Monday, September 15, 2008

Oscar Season Trailers: "Doubt"

With this post, I hope to reenergize this blog. In an attempt to post more, I plan to write shorter pieces, sometimes reviews and sometimes news. We'll see how it goes.

Recently, a new trailer was released of the upcoming film version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Doubt by John Patrick Stanley. You can view the trailer here. The Broadway production featured a Tony Award-winning performance by lead actress Cherry Jones, but all of the stage actors have been "upgraded" for this Oscar-seeking film.

I'm sad to know that Jones' well-regarded performance (which I would have liked to have seen) will not be in the film. But it's difficult to argue with the central casting of the film: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Huffman, and Amy Adams. And it is exciting to know that the film has been directed by the playwright himself.

Oscar season is almost upon us.

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