8 days for the premiere in Venice.

As we all know, W.E., Madonna’s romantic drama inspired by Wallis Simpson, will premiere at the Venice Film Festival in a couple of days. Madonna has released an official statement about the movie…

Venice Film Festival director Marco Müller said…

The movie stills look amazing, hopefully I'll be able to catch the movie when it opens. Will it get an Australian release?

Madonna and Venice Film Festival director Release Statements as New Film Premiere
As we all know, W.E., Madonna’s romantic drama inspired by Wallis Simpson, will premiere at the Venice Film Festival in a couple of days. Madonna has released an official statement about the movie…

“I was always intrigued by the story of the King who gave up the throne for the woman he loved.
Why did he do it and what was so special about Wallis Simpson?
I wanted to tell it from a modern day point of view, so I created the story of Wally — a young woman trapped in an unhappy marriage. She knows she has to change her life and begins this journey from darkness to light with Wallis as her spiritual guide.
Wally’s obsession with the love story of Wallis and the King is ultimately what saves her. She lives vicariously through this historical romance. Though it seems childish and obsessive, it forces Wally to ask questions, take risks and take charge of her life.
To take the road less traveled.
And eventually find freedom.”

Venice Film Festival director Marco Müller said…

“It is very important because she is a very interesting filmmaker and very personal filmmaker.
She already proved that with her first feature.
Even more so in her sophomore film, ‘W.E,’ you would feel like it is such a celebrated love story, the love story of the century.”

Synopsis – W.E. is a romantic exploration of the mysterious connection across decades between two women confronting the consequences of desire. Caught in a loveless Manhattan marriage, abused and frustrated Wally obsesses over Wallis Simpson, the stylish American divorcee who captured the heart of Edward VIII who abdicated the throne as King of England. As the Duchess of Windsor, Wallis spends the rest of her life in the glare of celebrity exile. Inspired by the Duchess’ determination to pursue love in the face of social exile, Wally escapes into the arms of another man whose love sets her free. Madonna and a world-class team of collaborators present a passionate tale of the search for love and the meaning of happiness. W.E. (for Wallis and Edward, forever entwined in the love story of the 20th century) is a rich, cinematic portrayal of two strong women resolved to find romance.
W.E., which stars Andrea Riseborough, Abbie Cornish, James D’Arcy, and Oscar Isaac, will be shown out of competition Thursday. It is scheduled for theatrical release in the U.S. December 9.

I'm interested to see it. Wallis is very Madonna material. She was really ahead of her time in the way she dressed, her ambitions and rejecting the traditional norms of society...she was very Madonna in some ways actually.

'W.E.': Big ambition, small budget
Thykier delivers Madonna's royal love story for $15 mil
By Diana Lodderhose

Madonna-helmed 'W.E.' is told in parallel stories about Wallis Simpson and a contempo woman who is consumed by her story.
When producer Kris Thykier boarded Madonna's "W.E." in the spring of 2010 he treated the movie like any other production: deliver the director's vision while making something commercial.
"There was no profligacy here," said Thykier. "We knew what we felt the movie should cost in terms of market opportunity and then matching Madonna's ambition for the movie with that budget was a challenge."

Ambitious it was. The $15 million pic is her second as a director and was financed by the singer with the U.K. tax credit. It's structured as a parallel love story that sees a contemporary divorcee become consumed by the love affair of Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII.

Two interwoven stories spanning five decades and shot at 100 locations in three countries is the sort of structure that trips up even very experienced directors -- especially when two of the four main subjects are as iconic as Wallis and Edward.

"Wallis was a fashion icon and therefore the costume and jewelry aspects of it were significant," Thykier said. "They lived in a hugely opulent, aristocratic world and with the sets and costumes needed, it meant we had to deliver the goods."

That meant nabbing the right cast, which includes Andrea Riseborough as Wallis and Abby Cornish as her modern day counterpart Wally, and getting a crew that could bring those details to the screen.

Step in costume designer Arianne Phillips ("Knight and Day"), hair and makeup designer Jenny Shircore ("The Young Victoria") and production designer Martin Childs ("Shakespeare in Love").

"Madonna had a very clear idea of the world she wanted to create," said Thykier. "But what was impressive was her wish and ease with which she wanted to collaborate with the best possible people."

Thykier stresses that the movie is very much a fictionalized view of the Duke and Duchess' romance and life together but is "backed by enormous historical research."

"What we wanted to get to was a truth about them and a truth about their world without necessarily trying to create a biopic."

Thykier hopes auds will judge the film on its own merits, rather than as a Madonna product.

"When an iconic, global entity is involved it will be interesting to see how people react to that and whether people can judge the film without their own baggage or how they've felt about Madonna for 30 years."

So Ready for This. One of my most anticipated Films.

I'm so proud of momma pop.
Make your stans proud. I look for an oscar nom or golden globe win in the future.

you better keep it cute, sahn

OMG the stills... ****ing amazing...!

FIRST TRAILERS LEAKED!

This is all over the news in the UK

Today: Madonna attends the 68th Venice Film Festival (September 02 2011).

She looks very pretty.