Nice, we’ve seen glimpses here and there of photos from Edgar Wright’s highly anticipated “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World,” but they’ve either been tiny, or set photos taken from Wright’s blog.
Kudos to Rope of Silicon who seem to be the first to have scored official Universal press photos from this film, as well as David Gordon Green’s upcoming medieval stoner comedy, “Your Highness” starring Danny McBride, Zooey Deschanel, James Franco and Natalie Portman (both films were high up on our 75 Most Anticipated Films of 201o list).
‘Scott Pilgrim’ obviously has a cadre of young actors involved including. Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick, Alison Pill and Brandon Routh. And at the top of this fight sequence image, where Cera’s Scott Pilgrim character appears to be brandishing a fiery light saber of some kind, you can see a glimpse of Jason Schwartzman’s Gideon Graves uber-hipster villain character starring down from on high in a white blazer (with Winstead’s Ramona Flowers character nearby).
ROS also seems to have the first official still of the SNL film “MacGruber,” a bone of contention film here that some think will be trash and others think will be dumb fun. SNL films don’t have a great track record so we err on the side of caution, at least for now.
You’re likely familiar with both films at this point, but just to recap, ‘Scott Pilgrim’ is about a Canadian slacker who must defeat seven ex-boyfriends in battle to win the heart of a girl he loves (very much a video-game like trope with the master baddie at the end of each level). ‘Pilgrim’ should hit in August if its U.K. release date is any indication.
“Your Highness” is set in medieval times and follows an arrogant, lazy prince (McBride) and his more heroic brother (Franco) on a quest to save their father’s kingdom. ‘Highness’ is set for an October 1 release date.
UPDATE: Movieweb has a few more peeks at Universal’s 2010 slate, including “Despicable Me” and “Little Fockers” as well as what appears to be a new installment of “Nanny McPhee.” (For the kids.)
I haven't read the comics, but if Scott Pilgrim has to defeat the seven douchey evil ex boyfriends of some girl, surely that girl is a terrible judge of character or has serious self esteem issues.
I've loved everything Edgar Wright has done so far, but this looks like a too cool for school crap fest!
or maybe im just getting old!!
Nah, you got it wrong.
It's all about video-game culture. If you grew up with the original nintendo you should be able to relate to the idea.
Mario has to pass 7 levels to get to the princess.
I've never owned a Nintendo, once had a commodore 64 though.
i'm just not buying the hype that this thing is generating. I 'spose i should quit my bellyaching and pick a copy of the comic, see what all the fuss is about.
I was super skeptical at first, but dunno read 'em and totally loved 'em. They're a blast of good fun.
Listen Tommy. No description of this will pique your interest the way reading the comic will. Read the first volume, it'll take you a little over an hour. If you're bored, move on.
"Highly anticipated"………..to whom, the few thousand people that read the comic? The way you guys are reppin' this you'd think it's dr. magorium's wonder emporium
"Highly anticipated"………..to whom, the few thousand people that read the comic? The way you guys are reppin' this you'd think it's dr. magorium's wonder emporium