New ARTHUR Stills Starring Russell Brand & Helen Mirren

RUSSELL BRAND as Arthur in Warner Bros. Pictures’ comedy “ARTHUR,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

Here are the latest stills from Warner Bros. Pictures ARTHUR. Although I’m not a huge fan of Russell Brand, I recently went with some friends to a very small venue in Los Angeles to see Brand “rehearse” material for an upcoming documentary. Now being a huge fan of the original ARTHUR starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minelli, I am not happy about this re-make. Some classics should not be touched, and I had fully planned to heckle Mr. Brand about this until I saw him hilariously shame a woman who got up in the middle of his act to go outside and take a call. He literally berated her all the way to the door. But since it’s too late to fire off a protest email to the powers-that-be at Warners, I can at least hope they do a decent job of the remake. Helen Mirren is a good casting choice, however I’d rather be that woman shamed on the phone than have to watch the no-name Greta Gerwig, that is going to butcher one of Liza’s most iconic comedic roles.

HELEN MIRREN as Hobson and RUSSELL BRAND as Arthur in Warner Bros. Pictures’ comedy “ARTHUR,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

Synopsis:

Irresponsible charmer Arthur Bach (Russell Brand) has always relied on two things to get by: his limitless fortune and the good sense of lifelong nanny Hobson (Helen Mirren) to keep him out of trouble. Now he faces his biggest challenge–choosing between an arranged marriage that will ensure his lavish lifestyle or an uncertain future with the one thing money can’t buy, Naomi (Greta Gerwig), the only woman he has ever loved. With Naomi’s inspiration and some unconventional help from Hobson, Arthur will take the most expensive risk of his life and finally learn what it means to become a man, in this re-imagining of the classic romantic comedy ARTHUR.

ARTHUR stars Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Greta Gerwig, Luis Guzman, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Garner and is directed by Jason Winer, written by Peter Baynham from a story by Steve Gordon.

From Warner Bros. Pictures, ARTHUR will be in theaters on April 8, 2011.

(Center of the crowd) RUSSELL BRAND as Arthur in Warner Bros. Pictures’ comedy “ARTHUR,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release

All Photos Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures/Photo by Barry Wetcher