The Double
Autumn is always a really exciting time for film fans as we see the blockbusters die away and the potential awards contenders raise their heads.
We have seen some great trailers drop these week as we continue to guess who could be the major runners and riders at next year's Oscars.
But don't fear not all of the great trailers have had an Oscar theme this week. We take a look at some that you shouldn't have missed.
- The Double Teaser Trailer
Richard Ayoade grabbed everyone's attention when he made his directorial debut with Submarine, and now he is back with his second film.
The Double is his new comedy project and sees him team up with Jesse Eisenberg and Mia Wasikowska for the first time.
Ayoade has teamed up with Avi Korine to pen the screenplay, which is based on The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
The comedy follows a man who is driven insane by the appearance of his doppleganger.
- Mandela: The Long Walk To Freedom Trailer - released 3rd January 2014
Idris Elba has been super busy juggling success on the big and small screen in recent years, but this promises to be one of the biggest film roles of his career.
The British actor is set to take on the role of Nelson Mandela in a movie that chronicles the form South African President's life.
The film sees Justin Chadwick back in the director's chair, while Naomie Harris is on the cast list as Winnie Mandela.
The film celebrates Nelson Mandela’s extraordinary journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his election as President of South Africa.
It explores the Mandela unknown to most of the world - the lover of fast cars and women, the boxing enthusiast and playboy, the skilful lawyer and the gun-toting freedom fighter - an intimate portrait of the making of a modern icon.
- Homefront Trailer - released 29th November
We love a bit of Jason Statham here at FemaleFirst and he is back this November with his new film Homefront.
The action/thriller sees Statham lead an all star cast that includes James Franco, Rachelle Lefevre, Winona Ryder and Kate Bosworth.
Former drug enforcement agent, Phil Broker is a family man who moves off the grid with his daughter, to a seemingly quiet bayou backwater to escape his troubled past.
However, Broker’s world soon becomes anything but quiet once he discovers that an underbelly of drugs and violence riddles the small town.
- August: Osage County Trailer - released 17th January 2014
August: Osage County is one of the movie that is tipped as being a possible Oscar contender as Tracy Letts play is adapted for the big screen.
This is set to be one of the best ensemble casts of the year as Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Benedict Cumberbatch, Abigail Breslin, Ewan mcGregor and Chris Cooper are all on board.
The movie tells the dark, hilarious and deeply touching story of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose lives have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
- The Railway Man Trailer
One of the January movies that I am looking forward to seeing is The Railway Man as Colin Firth returns to the big screen.
Directed by Jonathan Teplotzky and is based on the autobiography by Eric Lomax - this really is set to be one of the most powerful, harrowing and heart-breaking movies of the new year.
Firth is joined on the cast list by Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgard and Jeremy Irvine.
Firth takes on the role of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labour camp during World War II.
Decades later, Lomax discovers that the Japanese interpreter he holds responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him, and his haunting past.
Released 3rd January 2014
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