Brit Marling Reuniting with “Another Earth” Director for “I Origins”

April 29, 2013 | Posted by Linda Ge in Casting Leave a comment

She’s already reunited with “Sound of My Voice” director Zal Batmanglij on “The East”, and now Brit Marling has lined up her second collaboration with her other Sundance partner, “Another Earth” director Mike Cahill on his sophomore feature, “I Origins.”

Deadline reports Marling, Michael Pitt, French actress Astrid Berges-Frisbey, “The Walking Dead” star Steven Yeun and “The Good Wife”’s Archie Panjabi will star in the sci-fi drama. Marling will be strictly acting in this one, with Cahill having written the script himself. Pitt has the lead role as a molecular biolgist who, along with his lab partner (Marling), “uncovers startling evidence that may fundamentally change society as we know it.” No word on when filming will begin.

Marling, a Sundance staple with the aforementioned “Another Earth”, “Sound of My Voice”, “The East” and “Arbitrage”, fecently wrapped up shooting on young Lincoln biopic “The Green Blade Rises” as well as dark art world comedy “Posthumous.” She is attached to literary adaptation “The Grace that Keeps This World” and most recently Civil War drama “The Keeping Room.”

Pitt is a regular on HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” while Berges-Frisbey was last seen in “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.”

Newport Beach Film Festival REVIEW: Brit Marling’s “The East” Goes Mainstream

April 29, 2013 | Posted by Linda Ge in Reviews 1 Comment

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Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij made a splash at Sundance two years ago with their micro-indie “Sound of My Voice”, and Hollywood quickly came calling: The screening for their new film “The East” kicked off at the Newport Beach Film Festival with a program director quipping “let’s see what they were able to do with an actual budget.” Well, what they did with an actual Fox Searchlight-sized budget is something altogether more mainstream than their previous effort, with all the positives and negatives that come with it.

Brit Marling Replacing Olivia Wilde in Civil War Drama “The Keeping Room”

April 24, 2013 | Posted by Linda Ge in Casting 2 Comments

Not surprising due to her constantly busy schedule, but Olivia Wilde has apparently dropped the indie Civil War drama formerly known as “The Keeping Room”, and The Wrap reports Brit Marling will be taking her place. Original cast members Hailee Steinfeld and Nicole Beharie remain on board.

Written by Julia Hart and to be directed by Daniel Barber, the now untitled film will follow two sisters and one slave, during the dying days of the Civil War, who are forced to defend their home from a band of soldiers who have broken off from the Union Army. Filming had been set to begin in March in North Carolina but it looks like that has been pushed back.

Marling, who has made a name for herself writing and starring in films such as “Another Earth” and “Sound of My Voice”, was last seen opposite Richard Gere in financial thriller “Arbitrage” and has also completed another writing/acting project, eco-terrorist thriller “The East” due out next month. She recently wrapped up shooting on young Lincoln biopic “The Green Blade Rises” as well as dark art world comedy “Posthumous” and is attached to literary adaptation “The Grace that Keeps This World.”

First Poster for “The East” Targets Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgard and Ellen Page

March 15, 2013 | Posted by Linda Ge in Images Leave a comment

eastpostersm Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgard and Ellen Page look properly menacing on the first poster for eco-terrorist Sundance thriller “The East.” Marling’s second collaboration with “Sound of My Voice” director Zal Batmanglij earned mostly praise from Sundance back in January, and is preparing to the slightly more hipster SXSW crowd tomorrow night.

Marling plays a young corporate contractor infiltrating an eco-terrorist organization intent on carrying out destructive acts on companies they believe are committing crimes against nature. Page, Skarsgard, Shiloh Fernandez and more play members of the group, and the film drew muted responses from its first audience at Sundance, most of whom agreed it was great, though perhaps not as great as Batmanglij and Marling’s first film.

“The East” will be released on May 31st. The first poster is below and the first trailer – ICYMI – is here.

Watch: Brit Marling returns to Sundance in first trailer for thriller “The East” as film draws muted praise

January 21, 2013 | Posted by Linda Ge in Reviews, Videos 1 Comment

It’s Sundance darling Brit Marling’s third year in a row back at the Utah film festival, but “The East” is her first return to co-writer as well as star since 2011′s double feature of “Another Earth” and “Sound of My Voice.” Judging by the reactions to her second collaboration with director Zal Batmanglij, she hasn’t lost any of her touch since hitting mainstream Hollywood’s radar.

After playing the enigmatic leader of a secretive, cultish group in “Sound of My Voice”, Marling takes the outsider role this time around, playing a young corporate contractor infiltrating an eco-terrorist organization intent on carrying out destructive acts on companies they believe are committing crimes against nature. Shiloh Fernandez, Ellen Page, Alexander Skarsgard and more play members of the group, and the film drew everything from raves to muted responses from its first audience at Sundance last night.

Sundance out of competition premieres announced; first look images from “The East”, “Stoker” and more

December 3, 2012 | Posted by Rebecca Lewis and Linda Ge in Images Leave a comment

Just last week Sundance Film Festival announced their 2013 picks, the films that will be competing against each other to win the coveted Grand Jury prizes and hopefully go on to bigger box office and critical success. Now today Sundance have announced the Out of Competition premieres and there are a lot of familiar and exciting rising stars in attendance.

Some of our most anticipated films of 2013 are included in today’s released line up, including Park Chan-Wook‘s English language thriller “Stoker” starring Mia Wasikowska, and “Breathe In“, the second directorial effort from Drake Doremus. Doremus, who hit the 2010 festival with “Like Crazy” which won him the Grand Jury prize, reunites with Felicity Jones in this new film – which again stars Jones as a foreign exchange students in America.

Brit Marling and writing partner Zal Batmanglij are back again with “The East“, starring Marling as an operative whose loyalties are tested when she goes undercover to infiltrate a mysterious anarchist collective attacking major corporations. The pic also features Alexander Skarsgård, Ellen Page, Toby Kebbell and Shiloh Fernandez.

Noir film “The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman” with Shia LaBeouf and Evan Rachel Wood will also premiere at the 2013 festival, as will the Amanda Seyfried-starrer “Lovelace“. Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who starred in the 2012 festival hit “Smashed“, will be back again in “A.C.O.D“.

For Brie Larson and Elizabeth Olsen, Sundance 2013 will be especially busy, as both have films in and out of competition – “The Spectacular Now” and Joseph Gordon-Levitt‘s directorial debut “Don Jon’s Addiction” for Larson, and Beat pic “Kill Your Darlings” and the Naomi Foner helmed “Very Good Girls“, also starring Dakota Fanning and Boyd Holbrook for Olsen.

Click below for the first images from these films and the official synopses for the featured films.

Jack Huston and Brit Marling to star in edgy art world dramedy “Posthumous”

October 17, 2012 | Posted by Linda Ge in Casting Leave a comment

Rising stars Jack Huston and Brit Marling have been set to headline edgy indie dramedy “Posthumus”, according to Deadline.

Lulu Wang wrote and will direct the film set in the art world, which follows Huston’s struggling artist character. When he is mistakenly presumed to have killed himself, his art suddenly becomes a valuable hot commodity, so he decides to keep up the charade and pretend to be his own brother. The plan becomes complicated when he meets Marling’s enthusiastic reporter, who “begins to show him the real value of life and art.”

Huston last appeared in “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” and next stars opposite Bella Heathcote in 1960s coming of age musical drama “Not Fade Away.” He has also wrapped up on Beat generation origin tale “Kill Your Darlings”, in which he plays Jack Kerouac opposite Elizabeth Olsen, Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan. Marling, who has made a name for herself writing and starring in films such as “Another Earth” and “Sound of My Voice”, can currently be seen opposite Richard Gere in finanical thriller “Arbitrage” and has also completed another writing/acting project, eco-terrorist thriller “The East.”

Brit Marling joins James Franco and Glenn Close in “The Grace That Keeps This World”

October 11, 2012 | Posted by Linda Ge in Casting Leave a comment

Brit Marling, James Franco and Glenn Close have been set to star in literary adaptation “The Grace That Keeps This World”, according to Deadline. Azazel Jacobs will direct from a script by Matthew Aldrich, who adapted the Tom Bailey novel of the same name. The story will follow “a father and his sons as they prepare for the upcoming hunting season. Family conflicts arise when a rookie environmental cop begins an investigation of hunting violations that reveals a family divided by their life choices.”

Marling has become the It Girl of the indie scene thanks to her dueling Sundance breakouts in “Another Earth” and “Sound of My Voice” in 2011, both of which she also co-wrote. She can currently be seen playing Richard Gere’s daughter in thriller “Arbitrage” and recently completed work on another indie she co-wrote and starred in, “The East.” She’ll next be seen opposite Robert Redford and Shia Labeouf in “The Company You Keep.” This fall she will shoot young Lincoln biopic “The Green Blade Rises” with Diane Kruger and Jason Clarke.

Brit Marling joins Terrence Malick-produced young Lincoln biopic “The Green Blade Rises”

September 28, 2012 | Posted by Linda Ge in Casting 1 Comment

Get ready for Lincoln: The Prequel. If, after watching Benjamin Walker play Abe as a vampire hunter and seeing what Spielberg and Daniel Day Lewis bring out in November’s “Lincoln”, you are still thirsting for more on our 16th President, rest assured, here comes “The Green Blade Rises.” The Terrence Malick-produced, A.J. Edwards-written-and-directed biopic will focus on Lincoln’s childhood, where his future is clearly influenced by various adults in his life.

Jason Clarke and Diane Kruger are set to play young Abe’s father and stepmother, respectively, and now Deadline reports Wes Bentley and Brit Marling are joining the cast as well to play more influential adult figures in Lincoln’s childhood. Bently will play Lincoln’s first school teacher, while Marling will play Nancy, Lincoln’s mother who died when he was 9. The film will be shot in black and white and begins production this fall.

Watch: Anna Kendrick helps Shia LaBeouf track down Robert Redford in first trailer for “The Company You Keep”

August 30, 2012 | Posted by Linda Ge in Videos 1 Comment

Robert Redford is a wanted man and Shia LaBeouf is on his trail in the first trailer for Venice and Toronto-bound political thriller “The Company You Keep.” Redford also directed the film that follows his character, a former Weather Underground activist wanted for decades old crimes. When fellow former activist Susan Sarandon is arrested, he senses his time might be up soon, especially when LaBeouf’s eager young reporter sniffs out his trail, with a little help from Anna Kendrick, a former college hook-up who now has FBI clearance.

The trailer promises an exciting cat and mouse chase and mystery solving, and also features “America’s Got Talent” kid singer Jackie Evancho as Redford’s daughter. Brit Marling, at one point purported to be the female lead of the film, is conspicuously missing. “The Company You Keep” premieres at the Venice Film Festival on September 6th, then at the Toronto Film Festival on September 8th, and was recently picked up for US distribution by Sony Pictures Classics, so an Oscar season release may be in the cards.

Watch the first trailer below.

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