Two new movies - Tropic Thunder & Redbelt

Don't know if each movie ought to have its own thread, but both of these upcoming movies look to me to be like flicks I will definitely be watching as soon as they are released.

Tropic Thunder Trailer

If you don't know the premise, the trailer is pretty self-explanatory, but basically it seems to be a kind of riff on the formula from The Three Amigos, where a group of actors making a Vietnam-type war movie actually find themselves stuck in actual combat, but believe they are still just shooting a movie. Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey in a role that looks to be simply amazing. Also, I don't know if anyone else has heard this, but I read that Tom Cruise is in this as well, but I don't see him in the promo stuff, but he is listed on IMDB. Supposedly he plays a role that should go a long way towards repairing his image, whatever that means, but I don't know any of the details on that. Anyway, this looks like it's going to be great fun.

The other movie is

Redbelt

Mamet writes and directs this movie, about a sort of MMA type sports league or somesuch, with crooked promoters, and a Samurai-like honorable main protagonist. The main reason it interests me is because of the lead, Chiwitel Ejiofor. If the name is unfamiliar, that's no surprise. But if you saw Serenity, he was the main bad guy in that, the 'Agent' or 'Assassin' or whatever he was. Serenity has always been on of my favorite flicks, and his character is one of the main reasons why, and the actor behind it looks to be bringing that same kind of calm intensity to this role.

Anyone else looking forward to these two?

 

Ahhh... my bad, I never saw that thread.

Well, anyway, we can still talk about Redbelt..