Check out a trio of new stills from three of this years anticipated, yet differing genre efforts.
First up is the latest look at Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth pre-sequel THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG.
The second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug continues the adventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) as he journeys with the Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellan) and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) on an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG is released on the 13th December and stars returnees Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Aiden Turner, Hugo Weaving and Andy Serkis.
Next have director David O. Russell’s star-studded follow-up to his SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK with Abscam crime-caper AMERICAN HUSTLE.
A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld , who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso. DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that’s as dangerous as it is enchanting. Jeremy Renner is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds. Irving’s unpredictable wife Rosalyn could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down. Like David O. Russell’s previous films, American Hustle defies genre, hinging on raw emotion, and life and death stakes.
AMERICAN HUSTLE stars Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence Amy Adams, Robert De Niro, Jeremy Renner, Louis C.K., Michael Pena, Jack Huston and gets a limited US release on December 13th before going wide on Christmas Day. It will hit the UK Boxing Day
Finally we have a harrowing image from Steven R. Monroe’s sure-to-be-controverisal rape/revenge sequel, I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE 2.
Naturally beautiful, Jessica has just settled into New York where she, like many other young women, is trying to make it as a model. But what starts out as an innocent and simple photo shoot soon turns into something disturbingly unthinkable! Raped, tortured and kidnapped to a foreign country, Jessica is buried alive and left to die. Against all odds, she manages to escape. Severely injured, she will have to tap into the darkest places of the human psyche to not only survive, but to exact her revenge…
This film will receive a very limited theatrical release in the US on September 20th and will then be available on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD on September 24th. It will also premiere at London’s Film4 FrightFest on the 25th August. Jemma Dallender, Joe Absolom and Mary Stockley star.
