Getting a Hand on "Shame"

A sales poster for "Shame" featuring minimalistic art, surfaced last week, thanks to MFO and Collider:

You see a hand against glass, and a head hiding down maybe from the shame he's feeling.

Or involved with something,

Or who knows until the film comes out.

For those who watched "Hunger" and followed Steve McQueen's work throughout the process, minimalistic is common in his film work.  The first poster for "Hunger" was just a half black, half white poster with a quote from the film.  The second poster for "Hunger" featured the feces painted wall.

Minimal.

But minimal says a lot.  It gets your mind going and thinking, what exactly is this about?  What time in my life do I remember being in that position?  Or others?

This film will start production in January, pretty much right after X-Men is done.  It's one project after another for some time now.

Michael IS Rochester

It didn't take long for the studios to put out a trailer for "Jane Eyre".  In fact, it was the very next day after the poster was revealed on Monday.

Here's the video:

We've been holding our breath with this film, because so many naysayers weren't sure about Michael's ability to portray such a brooding, mad character.  If you've read our earlier posts about Michael's talent, you know that we've been trying to make people understand that he's done this before.  We knew he'd 'hit it out of the park' as we say in the states.

And he does.

People all over the place have been sharing their thoughts about how great Michael looks and performs in just this little snippet of film.

We're very happy fans.

We knew he could do it.  There was no doubt in our minds.

Many film enthusiasts, who have been following Michael's career recently, chimed in their excitement.  Most Jane Eyre book purist also expressed their anxiousness in seeing this 'gothic' tale.

We are relieved.

Now, we just have to wait for the film to hit theaters.

While we wait for pre-movie interviews, press junkets, premieres, etc, you can take a look at some of the sites that have posted screen capsfrom this little trailer.

http://mynewplaidpants.blogspot.com

http://enchantedserenityperiodfilms.blogspot.com

http://movies.yahoo.com

More pictures can be found on MFO's Forum and in their gallery, also on Mfmultiply's blog site.

"Jane Eyre" Poster Brings Mia and Michael into View

Last week, the Official Jane Eyre Facebook page announced that a new 'film asset' would be revealed this Monday.  As fans of Michael's work, we all wondered what a 'film asset' was.

Then a tweet came through from the distributor:
@FocusFeatures #JaneEyre fans. LIKE our Facebook page & be the 1st to see a brand new image from the film this Monday. Join now 4 access http://is.gd/gKPVu

We went around thinking, maybe a poster?

When we got online, we saw various news sites post about the new item:
a poster...with a little peek at Michael's look as Rochester.

(we're two for two now, wishing for something and having it come true-see previous post for Fable III...hmmm).

We think that Michael's character is going to be somewhat of a secret surprise until studios or promotions put out stills. 

It's a very simplistic poster, which we like.  It's very mysterious like the story itself.  We like that it does somewhat feature Michael's profile.  We don't think there would be happy fans if Michael was left out from the first poster.  It's also protrays a beautiful profile of Mia as Jane. 

The film comes out March 11, 2011, but don't worry.  In a few months, or sooner, we'll start hearing about promotions, maybe interviews or something like the press junket/'premiere' for "Fish Tank" in NYC.  We hope it gets more of a promotion because Mia is better known by film enthusiasts.

Other things to note in the Michael world:

"Centurion" and "Jonah Hex" have been released in the states on dvd/blu-ray.  "Fable III" has been released in the states, UK and Japan.  "Jonah Hex" will available in the UK on dvd/blu-ray on December 27.  Order all these and more through MFO's Amazon store (region 1 items) and Amazon Shoppe (region 2 items).

Visit MFO's site and forum for more information and goodies for Michael's fans.