Jena Malone

First Trailer for IN OUR NATURE Starring Zach Gilford, Jena Malone, John Slattery, and Gabrielle Union

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: March 5th, 2012 at 7:44 pm

The first trailer for In Our Nature has been released in advance of the March 10 premiere at SXSW.  The indie drama features two of our favorite actors from two of the best dramas of the last decade in Mad Men‘s John Slattery and Friday Night Lights‘ Zach Gilford, starring alongside Jena Malone and Gabrielle Union.  Plus, the premise is believable and fraught with potential: Gilford takes his girlfriend (Malone) up to the family country house for a romantic weekend, but runs into his estranged father (Slattery), who shows up with his own young girlfriend (Union).  From there, the trailer fails to separate itself from the pack of indie dramas about troubled families that precede In Our Nature.  (Pretty sure there’s a scene where the two young leads scream their troubles away.)  But trailers typically don’t accomplish that even if the film does, so I remain hopeful for the feature debut of writer/director Brian Salverson.

Hit the jump for the trailer and a few screencaps.

Ben Kingsley and Jena Malone to Star in A DOLL’S HOUSE

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: November 1st, 2011 at 2:30 pm

The cast has been set for the feature film adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play A Doll’s House. Ben Kingsley, Jena Malone, Julian Sands (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), and Michele Martin (Assisting Venus) are set as the leads in the adaptation. Charles Huddleston (Assisting Venus) is directing the pic which will be a modern day version of Ibsen’s play. The film centers on “a young woman’s escape from an overbearing husband set during today’s recession.” Variety reports that Martin will play Nora Helmer, the young wife of a banking executive. Malone will take on the role of Nora’s friend Christine, who must choose between her loyalty to her friend or her own future, with Kingsley playing the Helmers’ friend Dr. Rank and Sands set as Nathan, “a professional in the seedy world of lending desperate people money.”

Ibsen’s Norwegian play was first published in 1879, and centers on a debt crisis. Kingsley just wrapped a role in the Sacha Baron Cohen comedy The Dictator. Malone was recently seen in Sucker Punch and is poised to play author Carson McCullers in Lonely Hunter.

Jena Malone to Play Author Carson McCullers in LONELY HUNTER

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: October 7th, 2011 at 7:53 am

Underrated actress Jena Malone (Sucker Punch) is set to play southern author Carson McCullers in the biopic Lonely Hunter.  Written, produced, and directed by Deborah Kampmeier, the film will span 35 years of McCullers’ life and show how her writing helped her cope with crippling illness and torrid marriages.  Lonely Hunter will also “feature notable figures including her best friend Tennessee Williams, her protégé Truman Capote, her roommate Gypsy Rose Lee and collaborator Ethel Waters,” so start your fan-casting!  This all sounds well and good, but I hope there’s a moment where McCullers looks directly into the camera and apologizes for the god-awful The Member of the Wedding.  If you’re thirteen and want to kill your love of reading for a solid year, pick up that novel.

Hit the jump for the full press release.  Malone’s other upcoming films include the love story Jack and Diane with Juno Temple, the indie drama For Ellen with Paul Dano, and The Wait with Chloe Sevigny.  Filming on Lonely Hunter is set to begin in spring 2012.

SUCKER PUNCH Blu-ray Review

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: July 4th, 2011 at 5:15 pm

Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch hit theaters in March earlier this year, but it’s road to theaters felt like watching a train hit the emergency break. The year before it came out, the film wowed comic-con audiences, and Warner Brothers had set visits – Snyder was still seen as a wonder boy, even if Watchmen didn’t take it home. But by the week of release, Warners couldn’t hold it in the bag: Sucker Punch is a weird movie that doesn’t totally work for a number of reasons.

It’s one of the great “I made a big hit movie, I’m going to go make my art” films that fails in interesting ways. And now there’s a director’s cut, which hopes to solve some of those problems. Emily Browning plays Babydoll, a girl with a traumatic past who’s put in an insane asylum with a bunch of other girls, and leads a fantasy life that transposes her inmates and doctors into dancers and pimps. My review of the Blu-ray and director’s cut of Sucker Punch follow after the jump.

SUCKER PUNCH Premiere Celebrity Images

by Christina Radish    Posted: March 25th, 2011 at 8:49 am

For the premiere of Zack Snyder’s fantasy thriller Sucker Punch, the stars of the film gathered under a tent housing the black carpet, in order to escape the rain and keep their gowns dry. The film’s leading ladies – Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone and Jamie Chung – were ultra-glam, as they came out to support the Watchmen and 300 director, who will next be taking on Superman: Man of Steel.

Joining the film’s main cast, co-stars Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm, Scott Glenn and Oscar Isaac, mingled at the Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood with Watchmen star Malin Akerman, Diane Lane (seen next as Martha Kent), Red Riding Hood star Max Irons, Scream 4 star Emma Roberts and Juno Temple, who will be in The Dark Knight Rises. Check out all of the exclusive photos after the jump:

SUCKER PUNCH Review

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: March 24th, 2011 at 3:09 pm

Imagination does not exist in a vacuum.  We’re inspired by experiences both internal and external.  We build our dreams on the dreams of others and if we possess a brilliant imagination, then we can transform these ideas into something fresh and new.  With his new film Sucker Punch, director Zack Snyder shows he not only misunderstands how imagination works, he also has no understanding of inspiration, empowerment, or joy.  The movie swims through the wet dreams of a teenage boy but pretends at higher aspirations of thoughtful escapism and transcendent determination.  For a movie where dragons battle fighter jets and teenage girls in skimpy outfits take down samurai golems, Sucker Punch is a surprisingly dull and self-serious affair that can’t be bothered to develop its heroine, but wants a round of applause every time she defeats a CGI monstrosity.  Despite all of the energy put into the stunning vistas and designs, nothing in Sucker Punch‘s visuals comes close to the majesty of its delusions of grandeur.

Jamie Chung, Jena Malone and Vanessa Hudgens Exclusive Video Interview SUCKER PUNCH

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: March 21st, 2011 at 10:20 pm

With director Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch opening this weekend, I got to sit down with most of the cast to talk about the film.  As the synopsis says, Sucker Punch is an “epic action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, and her incredible adventures blur the lines between what’s real and what is imaginary.” The film stars Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Jena Malone, Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm, Scott Glenn, and Oscar Isaac.

During my interview with Malone, Hudgens and Chung, we talked about how everyone bonded off set when they were filming in Vancouver, the training and lack of sweets and soda on set, deleted scenes, future projects like The Hangover 2, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island and Jack and Diane, and we also talked about doing karaoke (they told a great story).  Hit the jump to watch and look for a new video interview for Sucker Punch everyday this week.

5 Movie Clips from Zack Snyder’s SUCKER PUNCH

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: March 18th, 2011 at 6:49 pm

Warner Bros. has released five movie clips Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch which stars Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Jena Malone, Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm, Scott Glenn, and Oscar Isaac.  Sucker Punch is an “epic action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, and her incredible adventures blur the lines between what’s real and what is imaginary.”  Hit the jump to watch the clips and look for our exclusive video interviews with the cast next week.

45 High Resolution Images from Zack Snyder’s SUCKER PUNCH

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: March 14th, 2011 at 12:26 pm

Warner Bros. has released the full press kit for Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch.  Included are 45 high resolution images of Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Jena Malone, Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm, Scott Glenn, and Oscar Isaac.  Many of the images are new.  Sucker Punch opens March 25th.  Check them out after the jump:

Jena Malone and Abbie Cornish On Set Interview SUCKER PUNCH

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: March 1st, 2011 at 11:01 am

As you have seen by the abundance of on set interviews that I’ve just posted, when I got to visit the set of writer-director Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch in late 2009, I got to speak with a lot of people.  Thankfully, everyone was incredibly excited to be talking about making such a wild ride of a movie and it was a blast being on set.

During the interview I participated in with Jena Malone and Abbie Cornish, they talked about the dance scenes, training for the film, the action, their relationships to Baby Doll, the costumes, and a lot more.  Hit the jump to either read or listen to what they had to say, and make sure to read my set report and also watch the recent trailer.  Sucker Punch gets released March 25.

SUCKER PUNCH Set Visit

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: March 1st, 2011 at 11:00 am

Jena Malone is practicing her musical number.  Abbie Cornish and Jamie Chung are preparing to fight crazy-looking soldiers in a German trench during World War I.  Emily Browning is going to attack a huge red dragon.  And this is just the tip of the iceberg of Sucker Punch.

It’s November 24^th, 2009 and I’m on a plane leaving Vancouver bound for Los Angeles.  I spent all day yesterday on the set of writer-director Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch and came away extremely impressed by the vision and scope of his 5th feature film.  While his previous two films (300 and Watchmen) have been both applauded and derided by how they reflect the source material, Sucker Punch is Snyder’s first foray into having complete freedom to tell a story without having to work within the confines of a pre-established universe.  And while I loved his last two films, I feel like this is the one that’s going to really capture everything Snyder has learned over the past several years. The movie looks fiercely original and unlike anything Hollywood has ever released.  It features an almost all girl cast and they’re fighting as hard as the men of 300.

Like the Watchmen set visit, Snyder gave us a ton of freedom on set and let us see everything he has in store for audiences on March 25th.  For a complete report of my experience, hit the jump.

New Retro Posters for SUCKER PUNCH

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: February 24th, 2011 at 8:10 am

Since Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch is set during the 1950s, it’s only proper that the film should get some retro-style posters.  They’re not as impressive as the retro posters for last year’s Kick-Ass, but they’re still eye-catching.  Then again, so is most of the Sucker Punch marketing since it’s relying on the sex appeal of its cast and the large weapons they’re wielding.

Hit the jump to check out the posters.  Sucker Punch stars Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Jena Malone, Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm, Scott Glenn, and Oscar Isaac.  The film opens March 25th.

Five New SUCKER PUNCH Character Posters

by Jason Barr    Posted: January 24th, 2011 at 4:48 pm

With its release just over two months away, Warner Bros. has revealed five new character posters to promote Sucker Punch.  Written/directed by Zack Snyder, Sucker Punch tells the story of a young girl (Emily Browning) who, when sent to an insane asylum, embarks on a journey to freedom that consistently blurs the line between real and imaginary.  In addition to Browning, Sucker Punch also stars Vanessa Hudgens, Jena Malone, Jamie Chung, Abbie Cornish, Carla Gugino, and Jon Hamm.  The film hits theaters on March 25th.

To become better acquainted with Sucker Punch‘s five heavily-armed females, hit the jump.  To catch up on all of our previous Sucker Punch coverage, click here.

New Images from THE HANGOVER PART II, SOURCE CODE, SCREAM 4, and More

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: January 17th, 2011 at 1:12 pm

New images from Sucker Punch, Source Code, Scream 4, The Hangover Part II, Larry Crowne, The Help, Abduction, Footloose, and Tower Heist have gone online.  Hit the jump to check out the images along with info on all of these films.

New Banner Poster for SUCKER PUNCH [UPDATED]

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: January 10th, 2011 at 7:29 pm

If the crazy trailers are any indication, Sucker Punch simply has too much for the aspect ratios typical to promotional artwork.  Warner Bros. released a banner poster this summer, and followed up with another today.  This one features the five young stars — Emily Browning, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, and Abbie Cornish — plus their character names.  [Update: We've updated the image above with a higher-resolution image that also includes the tagline and the release date]

Directed by Zack Snyder (Watchmen), Sucker Punch opens on March 25, 2011.  Here’s the logline:

She has been locked away against her will, but Babydoll (Emily Browning) has not lost her will to survive. Determined to fight for her freedom, she urges four other young girls–the outspoken Rocket (Jena Malone), the street-smart Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens), the fiercely loyal Amber (Jamie Chung) and the reluctant Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish)–to band together and try to escape their terrible fate at the hands of their captors,

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