“Miracle at St Anna” Trailer and Poster
The trailer and poster for the upcoming World War II film, directed by Spike Lee and entitled “Miracle at St Anna,” has been released.
“Miracle at St. Anna” chronicles the story of four black American soldiers who are members of the US Army as part of the all-black 92nd “Buffalo Soldier” Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.
They experience the tragedy and triumph of the war as they find themselves trapped behind enemy lines and separated from their unit after one of them risks his life to save an Italian boy.
Screenplay is written by James McBride, the author of the acclaimed novel of the same name, the film explores a deeply inspiring, powerful story drawn from true history, that transcends national boundaries, race, and class to touch the goodness within us all.
The cast is comprised of several Italian-speaking, German-speaking and English-speaking actors. In the lead are Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Michael Ealy and Derek Luke.
The film hits theaters on September 26th.
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“Valkyrie” Trailer (updated)
Variety Video has the updated trailer for “Valkyrie“. The MGM/United Artists docudrama casts Tom Cruise as the leader of a historic plot to assassinate Hitler.
Acclaimed director Bryan Singer moves away from the worlds of Marvel and DC to helm this World War II thriller. Severely wounded in combat, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg returns from Africa to join the German Resistance and help create Operation Valkyrie, the complex plan that will allow a shadow government to replace Hitler’s once he is dead. But fate and circumstance conspire to thrust Stauffenberg from one of many in the plot to a double-edged central role. Not only must he lead the coup and seize contrl of his nation’s government… He must kill Hitler himself. Singer’s talented cast also includes Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Eddie Izzard, and Terrence Stamp.
“Valkyrie” was pushed to 2009 under an avalanche of bad buzz, including Cruise’s Scientology conflict with the German government and his very American performance in an entirely bratwurst-und-schnitzel setting.
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Spielberg’s DreamWorks to remake ‘Yomigaeri’
A new remake of a Japanese smash hit is in development over at DreamWorks and it’s a horror movie with a sci-fi element, but the horror elements aren’t really scary. Variety is reporting that Yomigaeri, a fantasy based on Shinji Kajio’s novel has had its rights acquired from Tokyo Broadcasting System by the house that Spielberg built. William Nicholson (”Gladiator“) is writing the screenplay while DreamWorks is eyeing a late 2008 start date.
A quick synopsis of the original film:
A boy who died during World War II turns up at the door of his now-ancient mother, looking the same, down to his burr haircut, as he did 58 years ago. Heita (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi), an elite bureaucrat for the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, is called in to investigate and is flummoxed by what he discovers. But when he discusses the case with Aoi (Yuko Takeuchi), a colleague and childhood friend, she is brusquely dismissive. The number of cases keeps growing, however.
