Writer/director Tate Taylor has adapted Kathryn Stockett‘s bestselling novel The Help and the first trailer has arrived. The strong female cast includes Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, and The Amazing Spider-Man star herself Emma Stone. What I’m most interested in is the participation of The Tree of Life‘s Jessica Chastain. The up and coming star shot a handful of films after Malick’s next, but general audiences hasn’t had the chance to see them yet. I can vouch for her talent in Take Shelter and The Debt and can’t wait to see how she does here. Check out the trailer below via Moviefone (ugh).
Based on one of the most talked about books in years and a #1 New York Times best-selling phenomenon, “The Help” stars Emma Stone (“Easy A”) as Skeeter, Academy Award®–nominated Viola Davis (“Doubt”) as Aibileen and Octavia Spencer as Minny—three very different, extraordinary women in Mississippi during the 1960s, who build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project that breaks societal rules and puts them all at risk. From their improbable alliance a remarkable sisterhood emerges, instilling all of them with the courage to transcend the lines that define them, and the realization that sometimes those lines are made to be crossed—even if it means bringing everyone in town face-to-face with the changing times.
The Help hits theaters August 12, 2011.
Did you read the novel? Are you looking forward to the film?