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Indiewire's most anticipated movies of 2014. You should all hop on her bandwagon now.
DARK PLACES
Synopsis: A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day by a secret society obsessed with solving notorious crimes.
What You Need To Know: 2014’s other Gillian Flynn adaptation (aside from David Fincher’s “Gone Girl”) may have a less well-known director at the helm (“Sarah’s Key” director Gilles Paquet-Brenner) but the cast definitely matches that of its higher-profile rival. Led by Charlize Theron (in a role originally rumored for Amy Adams, to give you an idea of the caliber of talent that’s always circled this project), the ensemble also includes our “House of Cards” favorite breakout, Corey Stoll, as the brother serving a life sentence, alongside Tye Sheridan, Chloe Grace Moretz, Nicolas Hoult, Christina Hendricks and Sterling Jerins.
Why Is It Anticipated: “Dark Places” has a stacked cast, a promising director and a salacious-sounding premise which has potential to be a twisty, grimy psychological thriller provided its more sensationalist aspects (Satanic cults; amateur crime solvers; recovered memories) are treated with a degree of restraint. Whatever you may think of Flynn’s writing, there’s no doubt she knows her way around a sticky, twisty plotline, and if that translates as well as it can to the screen, there’s quite the potential here for something taut, gripping and dark.
Release Date: September 5, 2014. If it sticks, then it will get out of the gate a month before “Gone Girl”—traditionally a wise strategy for the lower profile of two similar, easily bracketed properties.
GONE GIRL
Synopsis: Nick and Amy Dunne are seemingly the perfect couple, but when she disappears suddenly, Nick becomes the prime suspect. Could he have killed her? Or is the truth far more twisted?
What You Need To Know: After a frustrating few years which saw David Fincher try to mount his version of "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" only for Disney to get budget shy, the director makes his return with a film that, like his last effort, "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo," adapts an acclaimed water-cooler paperback thriller hit. Gillian Flynn's novel "Gone Girl" was a genuine literary phenomenon, and it's quite the coup that the adaptation (written by Flynn herself) landed Fincher as a director. His usual A-grade creative team are in place, with a somewhat eccentric cast involved: Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike take the leads, with Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit, Casey Wilson, Missi Pyle and the girl from the "Blurred Lines" video joining them. And Fincher's famously exacting shooting style is reportedly back in play and then some.
Why It's Anticipated: Two words: David Fincher. Don't get us wrong, we'd rather he was doing something more self-generated, rather than another director-for-hire gig, but if anyone can make the page-turner book's tricksy structure and unsympathetic characters work as a feature, it's probably him. And while the casting is undeniably, uh, eclectic (Doogie Howser! Madea!), we're certainly willing to give him the benefit of the doubt here, especially with such strong material to work from. We're especially jazzed about the chance to see Rosamund Pike, an oft-undervalued actress, get such a huge opportunity as this one.
Release Date: October 3, 2014. Could pop up at TIFF or NYFF before then, depending on its awards prospects.
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