• 'Triple 9' Red Band Trailer: This Little Piggy Went To The Market

    Director John Hillcoat has yet to make a major box-office hit. The director behind Lawless, The Road, and the incredible 2005 western, The Proposition, makes bleak and brutal movies about the violent side of humanity. If this Triple 9 red band trailer is any indication, though, he may have finally brought his sensibility to a commercial project. Watch the Triple 9 Red…

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  • Kate Winslet Joins John Hillcoat's 'Triple Nine' [Updated With More Casting]

    Briefly: John Hillcoat (Lawless, The Proposition) can dredge whatever material he wants up out of the depths of his mind and it probably won't generate the ridiculous controversy set in motion by his thoroughly non-controversial Super Bowl Coke ad. So the film Triple Nine, about "a group of crooked cops who plan to kill one of their…

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  • Which 2014 Super Bowl Commercials Were Directed By Movie Directors?

    The small screen regularly attracts many big screen filmmakers to film 30 and 60 second television commercials, but the Super Bowl is the premiere for many of these new spots. So beyond the commercials for big screen movies and television shows, which of the commercials shown during the big game were directed by movie directors?…

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  • Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, And Michael B. Jordan Team Up For 'Triple Nine'

    Three of this year's hottest stars are teaming up for director John Hillcoat. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael B. Jordan, and Casey Affleck have just boarded Hillcoat's crime drama Triple Nine, joining the previously announced Christoph Waltz and Cate Blanchett. That's a cast to rival Hillcoat's last star-studded affair, the bootlegging pic Lawless. Which is really saying…

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  • 'Lawless' Red-Band Trailer: Bare Skin And High Tension

    Earlier today we showed you some B-roll behind the scenes footage from John Hillcoat's new film Lawless, which stars Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Jason Clarke, Jessica Chastain, and Mia Wasikowska in a bootlegging tale with support from Guy Pearce and Gary Oldman. Now there is a red-band trailer to advertise the film's August 29 release.…

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  • New 'Lawless' Trailer And Weapon Breakdown Infographic

    The Weinstein Company is banking on the popularity of The Dark Knight Rises to really elevate the public perception of Tom Hardy, and so now isn't such a bad time to release a new trailer showing off TWC's Hardy-starring film, Lawless. We've followed this one for quite some time, as John Hillcoat's bootlegging tale, scripted…

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  • 'Lawless' Trailer: John Hillcoat's Blast Of Bootlegging Americana

    "Do you have any idea what a Thompson submachine gun does to a mortal?" Oh, man, here we go. We've waited a long time to see footage from John Hillcoat's new film Lawless, formerly titled The Wettest County. Based on Matt Bondurant's book The Wettest County in the World, the film had a long pre-production…

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  • Russ Fischer's 10 Most Anticipated Films Of 2012

    Enough about 2011; let's look ahead to 2012. This past year was good about offering a diverse set of films that catered to many tastes, especially crowds that wanted something out of the range of standard multiplex fare. But 2012 looks like a much stronger year. We can almost always look ahead to a new…

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  • 'The Wettest County' Set For April 2012 Release

    There was a point earlier this year when it looked like we might see John Hillcoat's The Wettest County by the end of the year. The Weinstein Company picked up the film, originally called The Wettest County in the World, at Cannes, and it seemed reasonable to assume that a bootlegging tale from the director…

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  • First Look: Tom Hardy And Jason Clarke In 'The Wettest County In The World'

    The Georgia shoot for John Hillcoat's The Wettest County in the World has wrapped, and just in time to commemorate that milestone, producer Cassian Elwes has revealed a few new low-res looks at the film. The primary photo he sent out shows Jason Clarke, Tom Hardy and Shia LaBeouf as the three lead characters, the…

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