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From The Producers Of A QUIET PLACE And THE PURGE Film Series, Watch The Trailer For Paramount+ APARTMENT 7A – Prequel To ROSEMARY’S BABY

L-R Kevin McNally as Roman Castavet, Dianne Wiest as Minnie Castavet and Julia Garner as Terry Gionoffrio in Apartment 7A, streaming on Paramount+ 2024. Photo Credit: Gareth Gatrell/Paramount+.

Paramount+ has released the official trailer for the all-new psychological thriller APARTMENT 7A, available to stream exclusively on Paramount+ Friday, September 27 in the U.S. and Canada, Latin America and Brazil and on September 28 in the U.K., France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Australia. Availability in additional international Paramount+ markets to come at a later date. In addition to exclusively streaming on Paramount+, the film will be available for purchase on digital beginning Friday, September 27… perfect way to kick off the Halloween season!

Set in 1965 New York City, the film tells the story prior to the legendary horror classic Rosemary’s Baby, exploring what happened in the infamous Bramford building before Rosemary moved in. 

The highly anticipated film will debut at this year’s Fantastic Fest, the world’s largest genre and horror festival based in Austin, Texas, and will be featured in Paramount+ Peak Screaming, a curated collection of fan-favorite horror movies and Halloween episodes from beloved series.

An ambitious young dancer Terry Gionoffrio (Julia Garner, Ozark) dreams of fame and fortune in New York City, but, after suffering a devastating injury, an older, wealthy couple (Dianne Wiest, I Care a Lot, and Kevin McNally, Pirates of the Caribbean film series) welcomes her into their home in the luxury apartment building the Bramford. When fellow resident and influential Broadway producer (Jim Sturgess, Across the Universe) offers her another chance at fame, it seems that all her dreams are finally coming true. However, after an evening she can’t fully remember, disturbing circumstances soon have her second-guessing the sacrifices she’s willing to make for her career as she realizes that something evil is living not only in Apartment 7A, but in the Bramford itself. Additional supporting cast includes Marli Siu (Everything I Know About Love), Andrew Buchan (All the Money in the World), Rosy McEwen (Blue Jean) and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Wonka).

L-R Julia Garner as Terry Gionoffrio and Dianne Wiest as Minnie Castavet in Apartment 7A, streaming on Paramount+ 2024. Photo Credit: Gareth Gatrell/Paramount+.

APARTMENT 7A, a Paramount+ original movie in association with Paramount Pictures, is a Platinum Dunes/Sunday Night Production and is based on the novel Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin. Directed by Relic filmmaker Natalie Erika James, with a screen story by Skylar James and a screenplay by Natalie Erika James & Christian White and Skylar James, the film is executive produced by Vicki Dee Rock and Alexa Ginsburg and produced by John Krasinski, Allyson Seeger, p.g.a., Michael Bay, Andrew Form, p.g.a., and Brad Fuller.

Simon Bowles, A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE, will serve as Production Designer. Read our interview with him here: https://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2024/07/production-designer-simon-bowles-talks-creating-the-noises-colors-and-sets-of-a-quiet-place-day-one/

Key art for Apartment 7A, streaming on Paramount+ 2024. Photo Credit: Paramount+.

First Look At Paramount+’s APARTMENT 7A – Prequel To ROSEMARY’S BABY Debuts September 27

L-R Amy Leeson as Rosemary Woodhouse and Julia Garner as Terry Gionoffrio in Apartment 7A, streaming on Paramount+ 2024. Photo Credit: Gareth Gatrell/Paramount+.

Paramount+ has released first-look images from the new psychological thriller APARTMENT 7A and announced the new original film will premiere on Friday, September 27, in the U.S. with additional international markets later this year. Set in 1965 New York City, the film tells the story prior to the legendary horror classic Rosemary’s Baby, exploring what happened in the infamous Bramford building before Rosemary moved in. 

An ambitious young dancer Terry Gionoffrio (Julia Garner, Ozark) dreams of fame and fortune in New York City, but after suffering a devastating injury, an older, wealthy couple (Dianne Wiest, I Care a Lot, and Kevin McNally, Pirates of the Caribbean film series) welcomes her into their home in the luxury apartment building the Bramford. When fellow resident and influential Broadway producer (Jim Sturgess, Across the Universe) offers her another chance at fame, it seems that all her dreams are finally coming true. However, after an evening she can’t fully remember, disturbing circumstances soon have her second-guessing the sacrifices she’s willing to make for her career as she realizes that something evil is living not only in Apartment 7A, but in the Bramford itself.

Additional supporting cast includes Marli Siu (Everything I Know About Love), Andrew Buchan (All the Money in the World), Rosy McEwen (Blue Jean) and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Wonka).

APARTMENT 7A, a Paramount+ original movie in association with Paramount Pictures, is a Platinum Dunes / Sunday Night Production and is based on the novel Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin. Directed by Relic filmmaker Natalie Erika James, with a screen story by Skylar James and a screenplay by Natalie Erika James & Christian White and Skylar James, the film is executive produced by Vicki Dee Rock and Alexa Ginsburg, and is produced by John Krasinski, Allyson Seeger, p.g.a, Michael Bay, Andrew Form, p.g.a, and Brad Fuller.

Simon Bowles, A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE, will serve as Production Designer. Read our interview with him here: https://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2024/07/production-designer-simon-bowles-talks-creating-the-noises-colors-and-sets-of-a-quiet-place-day-one/

The film will also be featured in the Paramount+ Peak Screaming collection that curates a broad and popular lineup of new originals, fan-favorite horror movies and iconic Halloween episodes from beloved series.

L-R Dianne Wiest as Minnie Castavet, Julia Garner as Terry Gionoffrio and Kevin McNally as Roman Castavet in Apartment 7A, streaming on Paramount+ 2024. Photo Credit: Gareth Gatrell/Paramount+.

Julia Garner as Terry Gionoffrio in Apartment 7A, streaming on Paramount+ 2024. Photo Credit: Gareth Gatrell/Paramount+.

L-R Dianne Wiest as Minnie Castavet and Julia Garner as Terry Gionoffrio in Apartment 7A, streaming on Paramount+ 2024. Photo Credit: Gareth Gatrell/Paramount+.

L-R Dianne Wiest as Minnie Castavet and Kevin McNally as Roman Castavet in Apartment 7A, streaming on Paramount+ 2024. Photo Credit: Gareth Gatrell/Paramount+.

L-R Dianne Wiest as Minnie Castavet and Julia Garner as Terry Gionoffrio in Apartment 7A, streaming on Paramount+ 2024. Photo Credit: Gareth Gatrell/Paramount+.

L-R Jim Sturgess as Alan Marchand and Julia Garner as Terry Gionoffrio in Apartment 7A, streaming on Paramount+ 2024. Photo Credit: Gareth Gatrell/Paramount+.

Julia Garner as Terry Gionoffrio in Apartment 7A, streaming on Paramount+ 2024. Photo Credit: Gareth Gatrell/Paramount+.

Watch The Wild Trailer For Dean Devlin’s GEOSTORM Starring Gerard Butler, Abbie Cornish And Ed Harris

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Today the world will be taken by storm. Check out the new Official Teaser for GEOSTORM now, in theaters October 20.

After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world’s leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong—the system built to protect the Earth is attacking it, and it’s a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out everything…and everyone along with it.

Dean Devlin (writer/producer, “Independence Day”) makes his feature film directorial debut with suspense thriller GEOSTORM, starring Gerard Butler (“Olympus Has Fallen,” “300”), Jim Sturgess (“Cloud Atlas”), Abbie Cornish (“Limitless”), Alexandra Maria Lara (“Rush”), Daniel Wu (“The Man with the Iron Fists,” “Warcraft: The Beginning”), with Oscar nominees Ed Harris (“The Hours,” “Apollo 13”) and Andy Garcia (“The Godfather: Part III”).

Butler stars as Jake, a scientist who, along with his brother, Max, played by Sturgess, is tasked with solving the satellite program’s malfunction. Cornish stars as Secret Service agent Sarah Wilson; Lara as Ute Fassbinder, the ISS astronaut who runs the space station; Wu as Cheng, the Hong Kong-based supervisor for the Dutch Boy Program; with Garcia as U.S. President Andrew Palma; and Harris as Secretary of State Leonard Dekkom. The film also stars Adepero Oduye (“The Big Short,” “12 Years a Slave”), Amr Waked (“Lucy,” “Syriana”), Robert Sheehan (“The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones,” “Season of the Witch”) and Eugenio Derbez (“Instructions Not Included”).

The film, written by Dean Devlin & Paul Guyot, is being produced by Skydance’s David Ellison, Devlin, and Skydance’s Dana Goldberg. Herbert W. Gains and Electric Entertainment’s Marc Roskin are the executive producers. Rachel Olschan of Electric Entertainment and Cliff Lanning co-produce.

The behind-the-scenes creative team includes director of photography Roberto Schaefer (“Finding Neverland,” “Quantum of Solace”), production designer Kirk M. Petruccelli (“White House Down”), costume designer Susan Matheson (“The Big Short,” “Safehouse”) and VFX supervisor Jeffrey A. Okun (“Clash of the Titans,” “The Day the Earth Stood Still”).

A Warner Bros. Pictures and Skydance presentation, GEOSTORM is a joint venture between Skydance and Electric Entertainment, Inc.

Set to hit theaters October 20, 2017, it will be distributed in 3D and 2D in select theaters and IMAX, by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

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Watch Anthony Hopkins And Sam Worthington In New Trailer For KIDNAPPING MR. HEINEKEN

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Check out the brand new trailer for KIDNAPPING MR. HEINEKEN.

Based on a true story, KIDNAPPING MR. HEINEKEN stars Anthony Hopkins, Sam Worthington, Jim Sturgess and Ryan Kwanten.

In 1983, a group of childhood friends pulled off the crime of the century: kidnapping one of the richest men in the world, the heir of the Heineken beer empire (Anthony Hopkins). The shocking capture–by gunpoint in broad daylight on the streets of Amsterdam–resulted in the largest ransom ever paid for a kidnapped individual.

It was truly the perfect crime…until they got away with it.

The film is adapted by William Brookfield from the best-selling book by Peter R. de Vries.

Directed by Daniel Alfredson (THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS’ NEST), KIDNAPPING MR. HEINEKEN is set for a release on iTunes/VOD and in theaters March 6 by Alchemy (formerly Millennium Entertainment).

Visit the film’s official site: http://www.kidnappingmrheinekenmovie.com/

CLOUD ATLAS – The Review

THE MATRIX trilogy may be their most recognizable work, but I would contend that CLOUD ATLAS is Andy and Lana Wachowski‘s most profound, accomplished film to date. Co-directed with Tom Tykwer (RUN LOLA RUN) and based upon David Mitchell‘s award-winning novel of the same name, this science-fiction film addresses how individual lives can affect others’ lives in the past, present and future. The film contains multiples stories spanning many eras in human history, from centuries ago to centuries into the future, where the setting is a post-apocalyptic society.

CLOUD ATLAS features a line-up of talented stars rarely seen in one film. Leading the cast are Tom Hanks (CASTAWAY) and Halle Berry (MONSTER’S BALL), whose roles form the primary storyline throughout time, but are not the sole focal point of the film. Hugh Grant (ABOUT A BOY) delivers performances far outside his normal wheelhouse, delivering some truly unlikeable characters in addition to the enjoyably villainous characters delivered by Hugo Weaving (CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER). Weaving, who you may remember as the relentless Agent Smith from THE MATRIX, is much more accustomed to these roles, but seeing Hugh Grant take on this new type of role is refreshing, especially given how well he adapts.

The cast also features veterans performing alongside relatively new faces. Jim Broadbent (THE IRON LADY) is splendid and Susan Sarandon (THE LOVELY BONES), while not prevalent in the film, still adds some seasoned texture to the overall film. Newer talent includes Jim Sturgess (ACROSS THE UNIVERSE) and Doona Bae (THE HOST) amongst others, most of whom provide varied performances for multiple characters in different stories set in different stages of time. Not only is this an impressive undertaking, its also impressively effective, if not dauntingly complex.

CLOUD ATLAS is immeasurably satisfying and uplifting, although few are likely to leave the theater having fully understood the massive scope of this enigmatic cinematic puzzle. David Mitchell’s novel followed six story lines through time, but the film takes it further, following several more story lines, attempting to connect many more lives throughout time than the book. The structure of the film jumps forward and backward in time, as does the tone and the genre, making this a truly unique and original work of daring filmmaking.

CLOUD ATLAS can be an intimidating film to take on, but only on the surface. Once engaged, the film flows surprisingly well, leaping in time from one life to another, setting the viewer up to discover one connection after the other. The whole of the film is tied together by a number of things, one being the actors playing multiple roles. I specifically refuse to point out who plays the individual roles, as part of the experience of watching this film is making those discoveries and connections on your own. The other significant element that serves as the most intoxicating adhesive is the original score from Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek and especially Tom Tykwer for his Cloud Atlas title piece of classically-inspired music.

For a film that cost an estimated $100 million to make, with such an enormous star-studded cast and as much high-quality CGI special effects work as CLOUD ATLAS, the fact that this is independently produced should compel even more interest. The Wachowski’s and Tykwer have created a philosophical playground on screen. The viewer’s eyes and ears will relish the feast that is CLOUD ATLAS and what the viewer witnesses is likely to stay with them indefinitely, resonating with an endless amount of food for thought as connections continually get made beyond the initial viewing.

For me, the most compelling story line takes place in the distant future, set in the post-apocalyptic society with a hint of BLADE RUNNER meets THE MATRIX, but the most engaging performances come from Tom Hanks, Jim Broadbent and Halle Berry, which should help refuel the fire in her recently faltering career. As much as I am drawn to go on for a few thousand more words, describing every last detail of the film, attempting to convey all the various themes and ideas, I would not be doing justice to CLOUD ATLAS, as much an enlightening event as it is an enjoyable film.

Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

CLOUD ATLAS opens in theaters nationwide on Friday, October 26th, 2012.

CLOUD ATLAS – Fantastic Fest Review

It’s a treat when a major movie comes along, one that looks and feels like a studio-produced movie yet has the intelligence and creativity of an independently film. Not since, say… THE FOUNTAIN, have I experienced such an event. That is until I saw CLOUD ATLAS. Not only was this in incredible eye-popping, jaw-dropping treat, it was a complete surprise, having seen this film as one of the two scheduled “secret screenings” while in attendance at Fantastic Fest 2012. And, as if that wasn’t enough to pour my affection all over like thick, rich gravy… this actually IS an independently-produced film!

THE MATRIX trilogy may be their most recognizable work, but I would contend that CLOUD ATLAS is Andy and Lana Wachowski‘s most profound, accomplished film to date. Co-directed with Tom Tykwer (RUN LOLA RUN) and based upon David Mitchell‘s award-winning novel of the same name, this science-fiction film addresses how individual lives can affect others’ lives in the past, present and future. The film contains multiples stories spanning many eras in human history, from centuries ago to centuries into the future, where the setting is a post-apocalyptic society.

CLOUD ATLAS features a line-up of talented stars rarely seen in one film. Leading the cast are Tom Hanks (CASTAWAY) and Halle Berry (MONSTER’S BALL), whose roles form the primary storyline throughout time, but are not the sole focal point of the film. Hugh Grant (ABOUT A BOY) delivers performances far outside his normal wheelhouse, delivering some truly unlikeable characters in addition to the enjoyably villainous characters delivered by Hugo Weaving (CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER). Weaving, who you may remember as the relentless Agent Smith from THE MATRIX, is much more accustomed to these roles, but seeing Hugh Grant take on this new type of role is refreshing, especially given how well he adapts.

The cast also features veterans performing alongside relatively new faces. Jim Broadbent (THE IRON LADY) is splendid and Susan Sarandon (THE LOVELY BONES), while not prevalent in the film, still adds some seasoned texture to the overall film. Newer talent includes Jim Sturgess (ACROSS THE UNIVERSE) and Doona Bae (THE HOST) amongst others, most of whom provide varied performances for multiple characters in different stories set in different stages of time. Not only is this an impressive undertaking, its also impressively effective, if not dauntingly complex.

CLOUD ATLAS is immeasurably satisfying and uplifting, although few are likely to leave the theater having fully understood the massive scope of this enigmatic cinematic puzzle. David Mitchell’s novel followed six story lines through time, but the film takes it further, following several more story lines, attempting to connect many more lives throughout time than the book. The structure of the film jumps forward and backward in time, as does the tone and the genre, making this a truly unique and original work of daring filmmaking.

CLOUD ATLAS can be an intimidating film to take on, but only on the surface. Once engaged, the film flows surprisingly well, leaping in time from one life to another, setting the viewer up to discover one connection after the other. The whole of the film is tied together by a number of things, one being the actors playing multiple roles. I specifically refuse to point out who plays the individual roles, as part of the experience of watching this film is making those discoveries and connections on your own. The other significant element that serves as the most intoxicating adhesive is the original score from Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek and especially Tom Tykwer for his Cloud Atlas title piece of classically-inspired music.

For a film that cost an estimated $100 million to make, with such an enormous star-studded cast and as much high-quality CGI special effects work as CLOUD ATLAS, the fact that this is independently produced should compel even more interest. The Wachowski’s and Tykwer have created a philosophical playground on screen. The viewer’s eyes and ears will relish the feast that is CLOUD ATLAS and what the viewer witnesses is likely to stay with them indefinitely, resonating with an endless amount of food for thought as connections continually get made beyond the initial viewing.

For me, the most compelling story line takes place in the distant future, set in the post-apocalyptic society with a hint of BLADE RUNNER meets THE MATRIX, but the most engaging performances come from Tom Hanks, Jim Broadbent and Halle Berry, which should help refuel the fire in her recently faltering career. As much as I am drawn to go on for a few thousand more words, describing every last detail of the film, attempting to convey all the various themes and ideas, I would not be doing justice to CLOUD ATLAS, as much an enlightening event as it is an enjoyable film.

Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

CLOUD ATLAS opens in theaters nationwide on Friday, October 26th, 2012.

UPSIDE DOWN Mind-Blowing, International Trailer

From Director Juan Solanas, watch this INCEPTION-like trailer for UPSIDE DOWN, starring Jim Sturgess & Kirsten Dunst. So fabulous to see more smart films coming to the cinemas deriving from the world of science-fiction!

SYNOPSIS:

Adam is a seemingly ordinary guy in a very extraordinary universe. He lives humbly trying to make ends meet, but his romantic spirit holds on to the memory of a girl he met once upon a time from another world, an inverted affluent world with its own gravity, directly above but beyond reach…a girl named Eve. Their childhood flirtation becomes an impossible love. But when he catches a glimpse of grownup Eve on television, nothing will get in the way of getting her back. Not even the law or science!

Written by Juan Solanas, Santiago Amigorena & Pierre Magny, UPSIDE DOWN will be in theaters in 2012.

Cameras To Roll On The Wachowski-Tykwer Directed CLOUD ATLAS; TOM HANKS, HALLE BERRY, HUGH GRANT Among Stellar Ensemble Cast

September 13th, 2011 – Producers Grant Hill and Stefan Arndt announced that CLOUD ATLAS will begin filming on September 16th. The ambitious, independently financed film will be co-directed by Andy and Lana Wachowski, directors/writers of the ground-breaking MATRIX trilogy, and Tom Tykwer, director/writer of PERFUME and RUN LOLA RUN.

Academy Award® winners Tom Hanks and Halle Berry lead an all-star ensemble that includes Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Ben Whishaw, Keith David and David Gyasi. The film also stars Hugh Grant and Susan Sarandon, with Chinese actress Zhou Xun and Doona Bae from Korea rounding out the internationally acclaimed cast.

CLOUD ATLAS is an epic story of humankind in which the actions and consequences of our lives impact one another throughout the past, present and future as one soul is shaped from a murderer into a savior and a single act of kindness ripples out for centuries to inspire a revolution.

The Wachowskis and Tykwer co-wrote CLOUD ATLAS, an adaptation of the celebrated best-selling novel by David Mitchell. Their unique creative collaboration began several years ago and has resulted in a vision that involves simultaneous filming of two full units that will take them to Scotland, Spain and Germany.

Award-nominated producers Grant Hill and Stefan Arndt are producing, with Philip Lee and Uwe Schott serving as executive producers.

The Producers have assembled a number of strong distribution and equity partners. CLOUD ATLAS will be distributed in the United States and Canada by Warner Bros. Pictures and in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland by X-Filme-Verleih. Dreams of the Dragon Pictures is an equity partner and holds all rights in China. Media Asia Group is an equity partner and holds all rights in Hong Kong. Ascension Pictures is an equity partner and holds all rights in Singapore and Malaysia. A Company is an equity partner and holds all rights in Russia and Eastern Europe. Focus Features International has sold the remaining territories, other than Japan, France, the UK and Australia, which the Producers have held back. These will be marketed later in the year, as filming progresses.

ONE DAY – The Review

The new romantic drama ONE DAY owes much if it’s structure to one of the greatest romantic comedies of the last 25 years, 1989’s WHEN HARRY MET SALLY. Like the previous film, the two leads meet many years ago and try to fight the mutual attraction and prove that a man and a woman can be good friends and avoid all that messy sex stuff. That’s not to say that there’s not a few laughs in DAY, while SALLY certainly has more than it’s share of dramatic tension. Still, is it possible that DAY’s Dex and Em will be more successful in pulling off the good friends thing than Harry and Sally?

The day referenced in ONE DAY’s title is July 15. That’s the day that Emma ( Anne Hathaway ) and Dexter ( Jim Sturgess ) celebrate their college graduation in 1988 by getting to know each other. Dex is more of a swinger, a player, while Em’s been a bit of a wallflower ( designated by her studious eyeglasses ). She’s not been on Dex’s radar, but since their friends have coupled up…why not? Em acts on her attraction to him and soon they’re back at her modest flat ( oops, forgot to mention that they’re British ). Fireworks don’t happen, but they do strike up a friendship. The film then catches up to them on July 15 for the next 18 years. Dex’s life takes a surprising turn when he becomes the star/host of a late night music and chat show. We also get to explore his rocky relationship with his Dad and Mum ( Patricia Clarkson another Yank doing a Brit accent ). Of course his meteoric rise is soon reversed thanks to the usual trappings of fame. Em finds that her climb is a slow one. She aspires to be a best selling author, but is stuck at a seedy Mexican restaurant where she begins a relationship with an aspiring stand-up comic. Somehow Em and Dex’s paths usually meet on that mid-Summer’s day. Will they ever spend some time together during the other three seasons?

ONE DAY is a terrific looking film. Director Lone Scherfig ( AN EDUCATION ) makes great use of the European locations ( besides the UK ) and approximates each year very well ( are we going to get nostalgic about the 90’s already? ). She’s got two engaging young actors to work with, but I had a tough time buying into this relationship. This may be more of a problem with the screenplay by David Nicholls based on his popular novel. We’re supposed to root for these two to get together in the opening scenes, but it seems that their personalities are so different that it’s difficult to imagine how they could have a long relationship outside of ” movie-romanceland”. Sturgess is a talented actor, but the Dex character for most of the film is a superficial, selfish jerk who’s not deserving of Em’s company. I’ll admit that I find Hathaway enormously appealing ( even hosting the Oscars ), so I had a difficult time buying her as a frump ( she does lose the glasses quickly, though she was still a mighty cute four-eyes ) who has to settle for the somewhat drippy, annoying comedian. Her accent was a bit iffy at times, but she’s still an enchanting screen presence ( so when is she gonna’ do a big musical already? ). My other problem with the script ( a big one ) is that a character abruptly does a 360 degree turn in behavior from what she had stated just minutes earlier ( I won’t say who ). Perhaps it was an editing snafu, but it took me right out of the story. If you’re a fan of the actors and a wanting a nice European travelogue than you might enjoy ONE DAY. I was hoping for a better thought out, mature romance that’s worthy of these two talents.

Overall Rating: Two and a Half stars Out of Five

New Stills Of Anne Hathaway & Jim Sturgess In Focus Features’ ONE DAY

Check out the new photos from director Lone Scherfig’s (AN EDUCATION) motion picture ONE DAY – adapted for the screen by David Nicholls from his bestselling novel One Day.

“The wit of David Nicholls’ writing appealed to me,” says One Day director Lone Scherfig. “But what compelled me was just how much of a real love story the piece is — and at a level you rarely come across.”

Film producer Nina Jacobson (THE HUNGER GAMES, DIARY OF A WIMPY KID), well-versed in recognizing books’ potential as movies and shepherding them to the screen, was struck by how much One Day affected her as she read it. She says, “I fell in love with the characters. The story is very universal. These characters, Emma and Dexter, and their journey truly speak to the way in which you transform after graduating from college and living your life; who you are then, and who you are twenty years later.

“It takes us time to grow up and until we do, we can’t necessarily be with the person we’re meant to be with. That time is necessary, yet it’s also something you can’t get back. So there is a wistful tone to the story.”

Eight weeks of filming ONE DAY took the cast and crew to locations in and around London, Edinburgh, and Paris through the summer of 2010.

Jim Sturgess (left) and Patricia Clarkson (right) star as Dexter and Alison Mayhew in the romance ONE DAY.

Romola Garai stars as Silvie in the romance ONE DAY

Anne Hathaway (left) and Rafe Spall (right) star as Emma and Ian in the romance ONE DAY

Author David Nicholls on the set of the romance ONE DAY

Director Lone Scherfig on the set of her romance ONE DAY

Anne Hathaway assesses working with Lone Scherfig as “a real lesson in everything. Lone would always make a choice that I couldn’t predict, whether it was a location or a scene approach.”

Jim Sturgess concurs, “Lone would have me play a sad scene with humor, and a funny scene with poignancy; she would change it up, encouraging you to try different things. This way, she had options on how to shape the piece. I trusted her completely.”

Hathaway comments that “about halfway through filming, I stopped trying to imagine the scenes in my head. I concentrated on knowing my lines and understanding why Emma was saying them — and then kind of left everything else up to Lone. Each day was dynamic because of her.”

Sturgess adds, “Because of that, for us each day on the set would feel like the first day on the set. Lone is possibly one of the funniest people I’ve ever met. But she also cares about every single person on the set, and navigated us to the right tone of the piece. The story holds a lot of layers. She was always tuned in to how to guide us through it.”

Hathaway relates, “We found the shared truth to tell Dex and Em’s story. As a result, there is a joyous quality to One Day.”

Scherfig concludes, “I wouldn’t want to make a movie that was lacking in love or in humor, and this one has a lot of both. So I hope audiences will laugh and cry — sometimes at the same time — with Emma and Dexter.”

Twenty years. Two people…

After one day together – July 15th, 1988, their college graduation – Emma Morley (Academy Award nominee Anne Hathaway) and Dexter Mayhew (Jim Sturgess of ACROSS THE UNIVERSE) begin a friendship that will last a lifetime. She is a working-class girl of principle and ambition who dreams of making the world a better place. He is a wealthy charmer who dreams that the world will be his playground.

For the next two decades, key moments of their relationship are experienced over several July 15ths in their lives. Together and apart, we see Dex and Em through their friendship and fights, hopes and missed opportunities, laughter and tears. Somewhere along their journey, these two people realize that what they are searching and hoping for has been there for them all along. As the true meaning of that one day back in 1988 is revealed, they come to terms with the nature of love and life itself.

ONE DAY will be released in theaters nationwide on Friday, August 19, 2011 and is MPAA-rated “PG-13” (for sexual content, partial nudity, language, some violence and substance abuse).

Visit the official movie site at www.ExperienceOneDay.com

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Photo credit: Giles Keyte. Copyright © 2011 Focus Features, All rights reserved