This is a clip from the Lawless red carpet at the Cannes premiere- Watch this instead just looking at the pics and you see how utterly artificial those photo ops are. (No wonder actors all profess to hate them.) Most of the time, the actors involved haven’t seen each other since the film in question wrapped, which is why there is always hugging going on. It’s a good opportunity to see who truly gets along with whom and if there is any animosity.

I say all of that in order to say that I don’t see any between Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy. Watching the clip after looking at a particular photograph the other day, It just proves that a photograph is an instant in frozen time and very often what you may spend hours endlessly poring over and assigning deep meaning to, in reality means absolutely nothing. All of the speculation about “oh he’s mad", "she’s sad", etc etc is just that, speculation. I don’t mean to sound like a scold, that’s not my intention and trust me, when I see a pic of someone or something I like I am capable of projecting onto it what I want it to contain. When I saw the picture of Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy the other day, it LOOKED like they were mortal enemies and I wanted to know what was going on. Taken in context however, there is no evidence to support it. The camera caught them with somber expressions. For all we know they were deciding what to have for dinner.

This clip would seem to confirm my conclusion – Shia on Tom:

Okay now back to the good stuff. Here are two brand new clips from Lawless. Both feature Hardy quite prominently. The first also features Guy Pearce as Special Agent Raikes, who apparently has a death wish. Now THESE two are mortal enemies from the jump: Lawless clip #1:

This clip features Hardy and LaBeouf (as well as the strong silent Howard played by Jason Clarke). Hardy’s Forest (who is the middle brother but the de facto head of the family) is having a "fatherly" but oh-so-serious discussion with youngest brother Jack. Lawless clip #2

“We control the fear, you understand? Without the fear, we are all good as dead.” *shiver*

Lawless (which director Hillcoat has described as "Goodfellas in the woods") starring Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Jessica Chastain, Guy Pearce, Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke, Mia Wasikowska and Dane DeHaan opens in the US on August 31.

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I need someone to tell me what is going on in this pic. Are they about to come to blows right there on the red carpet?? Is Shia telling Tom his is cat is on the roof*? It looks both oddly inappropriate and strangely compelling. I’m not a huge Shia LaBeouf fan, but I have to say, these pics from the Lawless premiere at Cannes are the best I’ve ever seen.

I hope you’re not tired of hearing about this movie yet, but when I find pretty pictures of pretty people promoting flicks that we’ve been talking about (and that I’m especially interested in, let’s be honest) I have to post them.   

Tom Hardy and Shia LaBeouf, despite the surly expressions, cleaned up well. I like Shia’s longer hair and Hardy’s beard is growing on me. (I’m surprised there isn’t a tumblr called “Tom Hardy’s Beard” yet.) Even the always gorgeous Guy Pearce was sporting facial hair, albeit he just looked like he didn’t feel like shaving that day. I don’t blame him. I don’t think I’d like having to drag a razor across my face every day to satisfy social convention. I applaud men who don’t.

Mia Wasikowska and Jessica Chastain looked beautiful. Chastain, as I may have mentioned before, is my new girl-crush. And so far, she seems to be owning Cannes. She has two movies screening at the fest, Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted as well as the in-competition Lawless and she’s been a fixture at the glamorous parties, like the Haiti benefit Friday night.  She always looks bright-eyed and fabulous, impeccably dressed and smiling like she’s just having the time of her life (and let’s face it, she probably is). She was the only one who looked like they were having any fun at the Lawless photocall on Saturday morning.

Enjoy the pics. We’ll have more on the goings on in Cannes all week long and of course, more on Lawless as we get it.

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   *an old joke about not giving someone bad news all at once. Instead of blurting out the cat is dead, you start with "the cat is on the roof".   

_{The Bondurant Brothers: Jack (Shia LaBeouf), Forest (Tom Hardy) and Howard (Jason Clarke)}

I guess I’ve unofficially declared this Tom Hardy Day here at I Need My Fix (I’m sure Fearless Leader won’t mind).  After the posters for Lawless, we now have some pics from the Lawless photocall ahead of the screening held today in Cannes. They’re so far ahead of us here in North America, time wise, that it’s already happened.

While I was still posting pics of last night’s big bash for Haiti, Tom Hardy and Jessica Chastain, along with their costars Shia LaBeouf, Guy Pearce, Jason Clarke, Mia Wasikowska and Dane DeHaan were already getting up to have their pictures taken.  Also in the lineup, were the director of Lawless (as well as The Road and The Proposition), John Hillcoat and its screenwriter, Nick Cave. (Yes, that Nick Cave. The musician/writer also did the music for the film.)

At the post-screening press conference, Hardy said that while he appreciated being compared to Brando, it’s his three-time costar Gary Oldman whom he looks up to. “I think he’s basically God,” he said. “He’s one of my heroes, completely. I did nothing but glean from him. “

In competition for the fest’s Palm D’Or, reviews coming out of Cannes are so far very favorable. Lawless opens in the US on August 31.

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We have new character posters for John Hillcoat’s Lawless, the bootlegging drama set in Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, about a family of moonshiners that are threatened by authorities who want a cut of their profits.  The film is currently in competition for the Palm D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.  There are posters for Jessica Chastain’s Maggie, Shia LaBeouf’s Jack, Mia Wasikowska’s Bertha  and Guy Pearce as Agt. Charlie Rakes. I can only assume that posters for TOM HARDY and Gary Oldman are on the way.

If the movie weren’t already on my “MUST SEE in 2012” list, I think these posters would pique my interest. Chastain looks like a part of the Barrow-Parker gang, indeed all four of them look like they could be period photographs taken by Dorothea Lange. (For the record, sometimes when you hear a film gets shut down for whatever reason and actors fall out because of availability. Both Amy Adams and Scarlett Johansson were both attached at one time in the role of Maggie. Having read the book, in my opinion, Jessica Chastain is a FAR better choice than either of them.) Can’t wait for this!

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Last night we got two new stills and a really bad poster for John Hillcoat’s Lawless, a movie based on Matt Bondurant’s novel which he based on the true tales of his Virginia mountain kinfolk. The night before that, we got the first kick-ass trailer.  In case you still haven’t heard, the movie’s about three brothers, played by Jason Clarke as Howard, Tom Hardy as Forest and Shia LaBeouf as Jack Bondurant, who become notorious (as in mad, bad and dangerous to know) bootleggers – a  word they themselves would never have used.  They were simply “blockadin’” and they continued the family business – “the whiskey trade” –  long after Prohibition had been repealed..

Those of you following the bouncing ball will remember that I said I’d do a post about this movie every day if the Weinstein Company wants to keep dropping new little tidbits. Well, guess what? Today we have five more brand new stills. They feature fresh angles on Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy and Jessica Chastain, as well as your first look at Mia Wasikowska and Guy Pearce

After its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival next month, Lawless is scheduled for an August 31 release in the States, leaving it primed for Venice. More will surely follow. Wonder what tomorrow will bring?

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Last night we got the first trailer for John Hillcoat’s Lawless, a movie based on Matt Bondurant’s novel based on the true tales of his Virginia mountain kinfolk. It’s about three brothers, played by Jason Clarke as Howard, Tom Hardy as Forest and Shia LaBeouf as Jack Bondurant, who become notorious bootleggers (in an area of the country rife with bootleggers they were still legendary) who continued the family business long after Prohibition.

Today we have two fresh new images, as well as the first poster. The stills are great. One features Shia LaBeouf, the other Tom Hardy. Bring ‘em on, keep ‘em coming. I’ll do a new post every day if the Weinstein Company wants to drop new little tidbits, but seriously Harvey, for the love of Oscar that is the worst poster ever, possibly in the history of movie posters. I see your logo prominently featured, but how do you squander the face value of a cast that includes Hardy, LaBeouf, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowska? 

All I can think is that the “real” poster wasn’t available in time for the trailer’s release, that they wanted to capitalize on the buzz surrounding the announcement that Lawless was going to Cannes and get it out there. Maybe the “real” poster will include the official Cannes Film Festival emblem. Because otherwise, if that was on purpose, you need to have a talk with your  marketing people. Just sayin’.

Lawless is scheduled for an August 31 release in the States, leaving it primed for Venice after it bows in Cannes in May. More to follow.

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John Hillcoat’s Lawless, (formerly titled The Wettest County in the World, after the book upon which it’s based, and then shortened to The Wettest County), which was already in my top ten just moved right up to the top of my MUST SEE list for 2012. (Not that it matters much since I don’t get to decided what gets released when and I just have to wait for it like everyone else.)

Here’s the first official trailer for the film, which is based on a novel based on a true story (the first anything other than two stills cadged from print publications), which stars Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf and Jason Clarke as the fearsome Bondurant brothers of Franklin Virginia, infamous bootleggers who ran ‘shine long after Prohibition was repealed.

Even though Tom Hardy’s physical appearance doesn’t quite match the description of Forest Bondurant from the book (Forest had been kind of thin and gaunt since surviving the post WWI influenza outbreak that claimed his mother and sisters. Hardy is beefier because he had to bulk up for Bane in The Dark Knight Rises), his voice alone is enough to convince me that he’s the right man for the role. Full of smoke and the red clay of the Virginia mountains, a lifetime of drinking corn whiskey that would probably poison you or I, and most importantly…quiet menace…there is no trace of London at all.

I love Guy Pearce's look. I think he may be doing Paul Muni meets Lon Chaney. Excellent!

Lawless, which also stars Gary Oldman, Jessica Chastain (who supposedly has some pretty steamy scenes with Tom Hardy), Mia Wasikowska, Noah Taylor and Dane DeHaan, will make screen at the Cannes Film Festival next month. It opens in the US on August 31, but is expected to screen at the Venice Film Festival earlier that month.

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Here’s your first look at Tom Hardy and Shia LaBeouf in John Hillcoat’s upcoming prohibition drama, Lawless. We did have one lonely still featuring Hardy with a gun way back during festival season last year, when the movie was still known as The Wettest County in the World, the same title as the novel by Matt Bondurant upon which it’s based. (Although word is, that pic was a set photo and not official, which these are- via ThePlaylist.)

In the interim we heard that the title had been shortened to The Wettest County, which is not that bad, but still takes the stuffings out of the original. Then a few days ago we learned that the title had been changed completely, to Lawless. My first thought was that this was another “dumbing down” of a title that was just too complex for the masses to handle. (Yes, that was sarcasm. I realize it doesn’t always work in print.) Think The Eagle down from The Eagle of the Ninth (again the title of the book as well as more interesting and descriptive) or Shattered from Butterfly on a Wheel or John Carter from John Carter of Mars. But film titles do get changed before release quite often and for a lot of reasons. (Before the internet we were just blissfully unaware.)

Sometimes a film has a “working title” that filmmakers never intended to keep, like Woody Allen’s Nero Fiddled, which is now To Rome with Love. The Avengers will be known as Avengers Assemble in the UK to avoid confusion with a long running television show.

When Wettest County became Lawless, some immediately saw the hand of producer Harvey Weinstein in the move. Harvey has a fondness for one word titles and what Harvey wants, Harvey usually gets. It turns out that’s not entirely the case.

Director John Hillcoat had always wanted the title Lawless, but Terrence Malick was already working on a project with that name. Apparently Malick, who is a fan of Hillcoat’s work (The Proposition and The Road) became aware of that and offered to let Hillcoat and Weinstein have the title since they are in the post-production process and Malick is still in pre.

The film is set in depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, and Hardy and LaBeouf play two of the three main brothers (Jason Clarke plays the third) who are moonshiners in a family-run bootlegging gang that is threatened by authorities who want a cut of their profits.  The cast includes Gary Oldman (TTSS reunion! Woot!), Guy Pearce (was starred in the director’s The Proposition), Jessica Chastain (whom we already know has steamy love scenes with Hardy), Mia Wasikowska and Dane DeHaan (whom no one had heard of until Chronicle but he’s apparently this year’s Jessica Chastain.)

Lawless seems almost a lock for the Venice Film Festival since Harvey moved the release to August 31. (Which means he sees awards potential, but we know how that goes, don’t we Harvey? *coughCoriolanusuntilanArtistshowsupcough*)

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