This week, a teaser trailer for Daniel Nettheim‘s The Hunter, starring Willem Dafoe, hit the web. The TIFF-bound film is based on a novel from Julia Leigh, who made her own film debut this year with the Emily Browning-starring Sleeping Beauty. A pair of scribes — Alice Addison and Wain Fimeri — are credited with adapting Leigh‘s literary work. Though it’s flown mostly under-the-rader until now, The Hunter looks like it could spark some intrigue when it debuts at Toronto. Sam Neill and Frances O’Connor will share the screen with Dafoe. A look at the film’s poster can be found below. [IMP Awards]
We also have the poster for Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, a biographical look at the life French pop star Serge Gainsbourg that has received some healthy early reviews. The film has Joann Sfar‘s name written all over it — not only is he the writer-director, but he’s also the author of the film’s graphic novel source material. This will be Sfar‘s film debut, in fact, and about the only thing he isn’t doing in the picture is playing the lead role; that responsibility falls on the shoulders of Eric Elmosnino. You can see it when it opens on August 31st, and you can take a glance at the film’s one-sheet below. [The Playlist]
Last up is the documentary Chasing Madoff, which will begin a limited release on August 26. Based on Harry Markopolos‘ best-selling novel No One Would Listen, and directed by Jeff Prosserman, the film will track the ten years during which Markopolos attempted to expose the fraud of Bernie Madoff. The film’s official poster can be seen below. [Cinema Blend]
What do you think of the posters? Which film are you most looking forward to?