We've got three posters tonight from films that have hit the festival circuit in the past few months. Max Winkler's Ceremony premiered to positive notices at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, led by Michael Angarano, Uma Thurman, Lee Pace. Like Ceremony, Homework centers around a young writing talent, but wasn't received quite as well at Sundance despite the affable presence of Freddie Highmore and Emma Thomas. Fellow Sundance entry The Devil's Double isn't about youth so much as it's about Saddam Hussein's son Uday and his body double Latif Yahia, but by all accounts it's a solid twist on the gangster genre. If that sounds interesting, you should definitely check out Steve's interview with Dominic Cooper, who plays both Uday and Latif in the film. View all three posters after the break:Ceremony hits VOD on March 4 before a theatrical release on April 8. Via Cinematical:
A perpetual adolescent stumbling through his twenties with inflated self-confidence, Sam (Michael Angarano) clings to the naive notions of love and romance that he immortalizes in a series of unpublished childrenâs books. With his sensitive, sycophantic best friend Marshall (Reece Thompson) in tow, he heads to the Hamptons to make a last-ditch effort to woo the object of his infatuation.
Thirty-something publisher Zoe (Uma Thurman) is about to marry Whit (Lee Pace), a self-important documentary filmmaker whoâs an outrageous cross between Jacques Costeau and âCrocodile Hunterâ Steve Irwin. Sam refuses to accept that anyone else could be the love of Zoeâs life and, dressed to the nines in a crumpled burgundy suit, crashes Zoe and Whitâs wedding reception, determined to prove his point.
Fox Searchlight recently picked up Homework for release sometime in 2011. Via Kino Gallery:
HOMEWORK stars Freddie Highmore as George, a lonely and fatalistic teen whoâs made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, who is befriended by Sally, a beautiful and complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.
The Devil's Double has not finalized a distribution deal as of this writing. But there are several suitors -- according to Risky Business, Lionsgate is at the forefront -- so this one should hit theaters at some point. Via Kino Gallery:
Baghdad, the playground for the rich and infamous, where anything can be bought â but for a price. This is Uday Husseinâs world and with his depraved lust for debauchery and immorality, he helps himself to whatever turns him on. When army lieutenant Latif Yahia, is summoned to Saddamâs palace, he is faced with an impossible request â to be Udayâs âfidayâ â his body double, or have his family condemned to death. In a world entrenched in betrayal and corruption knowing who to trust becomes a matter of life or death for Latif, as he battles to escape from his forced existence.