New Posters for BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD and THE GIANT MECHANICAL MAN

We have a couple of new posters to show you tonight in order to give you a break from the relentless superhero news.  Take a deep breath, have a quick read, and then hit the jump to check them out:

• 2012 Sundance darling, Beasts of the Southern Wild is, as our own Matt Goldberg calls it: “a must-see movie…unlike anything you’ve seen in years.” You can check out his review here.
• The Giant Mechanical Man stars Jenna Fischer and Chris Messina in “an offbeat romantic comedy about a silver-painted street performer and the soft spoken zoo worker who falls for him.” Watch the quirky trailer here.

Hit the jump to check out the posters and synopses.

First up is Beasts of the Southern Wild:

In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl exists on the brink of orphanhood.  Buoyed by her childish optimism and extraordinary imagination, she believes that the natural world is in balance with the universe until a fierce storm changes her reality.  Desperate to repair the structure of her world in order to save her ailing father and sinking home, this tiny hero must learn to survive unstoppable catastrophes of epic proportions.

Here’s The Giant Mechanical Man, now in theaters (via IMPAwards):

THE GIANT MECHANICAL MAN is an offbeat romantic comedy about two outsiders — a misunderstood street performer (Chris Messina) and the soft spoken zoo worker who falls for him. Akerman will play Fischer’s well-meaning sister who pushes her towards dating a pompous motivational speaker, played by Topher Grace.