God of Carnage

First Look at Roman Polanski’s CARNAGE Starring Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly, and Christoph Waltz

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: March 22nd, 2011 at 8:51 am

The first image from Roman Polanski’s new film Carnage (based off the play God of Carnage) has gone online.  The film stars Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Kate Winslet, and Christopher Waltz as two sets of parents who come together to talk about a schoolyard fight between their kids.  If that cast combined with this director doesn’t make you want to see this movie, you’re nuts.  And while Polanski is known for the deadly seriousness of his movies, Foster says the movie has some humor:

“It all happens in real-time, so it’s about an hour and 45 minutes of negotiation between two sets of parents and how it all falls apart,” she said. “Kind of like Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, but a little funnier. There’s a lot of wit.”

So I guess it will be like Revolutionary Road but intentionally funny.  Hit the jump to check out the first image from the film as well as a photo of Polanski on the set.  Carnage is currently in post-production and may hit theaters before the end of the year.

John C. Reilly Joins Roman Polanski’s GOD OF CARNAGE

by Jason Barr    Posted: October 19th, 2010 at 10:23 am

John C. Reilly has signed on to star in Roman Polanski’s adaptation of the Tony-winning play, God of Carnage.  Written by Yasmina Reza, the play tells the story of two sets of parents who meet shortly after their sons get into a fight on the playground.  As parents sometimes do, they begin attacking each other’s parenting skills before turning on their spouse’s and exposing their own marital shortcomings.

Reilly joins an already solid cast which includes Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, and Matt Dillon.  Per Deadline, he will play Foster’s husband, Michael.  The role was originally turned on-stage by James Gandolfini.  Filming on God of Carnage is set to begin in Paris this January.  Reilly recently finished working on the comedy Cedar Rapids alongside Sigourney Weaver, Ed Helms, Anne Heche, and Rob Corddry.

Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, and Matt Dillon Sign on to Roman Polanski’s GOD OF CARNAGE

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: September 23rd, 2010 at 7:32 am

Roman Polanski is lining up a terrific cast for his adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s Tony-winning play God of Carnage.  Deadline reports that Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, and Matt Dillon have signed on to star in the drama.  Per Deadline, “God of Carnage tells the story of two sets of parents who meet after their sons are involved in a schoolyard fight. The meeting goes disastrously wrong as each pair attacks the other’s parenting skills before turning on each other about problems in their own marriages.”  Remember kids: if you get into fight in the schoolyard, you’re probably going to break up your parents.

Foster is currently in the unenviable position of defending Mel Gibson as he stars in her first directorial feature in 15 years, The Beaver.  Winslet will next be seen in Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion and the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce.  Waltz is currently shooting on Paul W.S. Anderson’s The Three Musketeers and will next be seen in Michel Gondry’s The Green Hornet and Francis Lawrence’s Water for Elephants.  Dillon most recently co-starred in Takers.

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