Written by: Stoic Taco

Last week we wrote about how excited we were about the new film The Wettest County in the World, a period drama from director John Hillcoat and starring Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, and Gary Oldman.

This week comes the news that the Weinstein Co has recently acquired the film for the sum of in between $4 and $5 million dollars at  this year’s Cannes Film Festival, according to the L.A Times.

It looks like this Prohibition set drama, adapted from the book by Matt Bondurant written about his family, is only going from strength to strength and gathering more interest. Certainly the acquisition by the Weinstein Co is going to generate more interest about a film that could be one of this years stand outs.

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Written by: Stoic Taco

Last week we wrote about how excited we were about the new film The Wettest County in the World, a period drama from director John Hillcoat and starring Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, and Gary Oldman.

This week comes the news that the Weinstein Co has recently acquired the film for the sum of in between $4 and $5 million dollars at  this year’s Cannes Film Festival, according to the L.A Times.

It looks like this Prohibition set drama, adapted from the book by Matt Bondurant written about his family, is only going from strength to strength and gathering more interest. Certainly the acquisition by the Weinstein Co is going to generate more interest about a film that could be one of this years stand outs.

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Written by: Stoic Taco

The new film from John Hillcoat, The Wettest County in the World, is currently making the rounds in Cannes and is garnering some very critical interest from studios seeking US distribution rights, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter.

The film centres on 3 brothers running a massive illegal bootlegging business out of Southern Virginia during Prohibition, and who must seek out revenge when their operation is threatened.

Starring Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman , Guy Pearce, and adapted for the screen by Nick Cave based on the novel by Matt Bondurant.

To give you an idea of what to expect from the characters in this film, the following is a quote from Matt Bondurant’s website (www.mattbondurant.com) when asked if he had a favourite relative;

“Yeah, that would be my grand-uncle Forrest. In the 1920′s he had his throat cut from … Read More »

Written by: Stoic Taco

The new film from John Hillcoat, The Wettest County in the World, is currently making the rounds in Cannes and is garnering some very critical interest from studios seeking US distribution rights, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter.

The film centres on 3 brothers running a massive illegal bootlegging business out of Southern Virginia during Prohibition, and who must seek out revenge when their operation is threatened.

Starring Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman , Guy Pearce, and adapted for the screen by Nick Cave based on the novel by Matt Bondurant.

To give you an idea of what to expect from the characters in this film, the following is a quote from Matt Bondurant’s website (www.mattbondurant.com) when asked if he had a favourite relative;

“Yeah, that would be my grand-uncle Forrest. In the 1920′s he had his throat cut from … Read More »