Ethan Hawke is 'Born to be Blue'; Lily James and Sam Claflin have 'Their Finest Hour and a Half'

 Ethan Hawke is set to play jazz legend Chet Baker in Born to be Blue, a film he helped develop for writer/director Robert Budreau. Baker broke out in the 1950s and was seen as the whole package with the aura of a James Dean, but his turbulent life was ruled by drug addiction and it nearly derailed his career. The film will follow Baker's "amazing comeback and roller coaster love affair that altered the way he played music and aided him on the road to redemption."[EW]

Lone Scherfig (An Education) continues to gather Hollywood's youngest and brightest for her most recent films. She's set to adapt Lissa Evans' book, Their Finest Hour and a Half, and she's brought on Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) and Lily James (Cinderella) to star. The story has an interesting premise, taking place after the German blitz of WWII when a British movie crew tries to make a patriotic film to boost morale. Claflin recently worked with Scherfig on the secret society drama, The Riot Club, while James is currently filming Pride & Prejudice & Zombies. [Deadline]

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Two Clips from Lone Schefig's 'The Riot Club' with Sam Claflin, Max Irons, and Natalie Dormer

2009's great coming-of-age drama An Education not only introduced us to the supremely talented Cary Mulligan, it also put Dutch director Lone Scherfig on the map for a lot of people. It's been a little bit of a wait for her follow-up, The Riot Club, but it's another look at British high society and priviledge with a cast that's full of potential.

Sam Claflin, Max Irons, Natalie Dormer, Holliday Grainger (Bonnie & Clyde), Douglas Booth, Jessica Brown Findlay, Sam Reid (Belle), Olly Alexander (God Help the Girl), and Tom Hollander star in the film which screenwriter Laura Wade based on her popular stageplay. She drew inspiration from the real-life Bullingdon Club, Oxford University's most exclusive society that has produced some of the most powerful and prestigious figures in the U.K. The Riot Club premiered this weekend at TIFF, and since we all can't be there these two clips will have to suffice in showing what happens when rich, spoiled brats all get together in one place.

The Riot Club opens in the U.K. on September 19th but nothing for the U.S. yet.


The Riot Club - Clip - Initiation by MyMovies_International


The Riot Club - Clip - Are You Posh? by MyMovies_International

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Trailer Time: One Day, starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess

David Nicholls decided to adapt his own 2009 novel, One Day, into a feature film. Directed by Lone Scherfig(An Education), the story is of Emma(Anne Hathaway) and Dexter(Jim Sturgess), who sleep together one night back in 1988 right before their college graduation. They don't become a couple, but stay friends, and the film covers their relationship over the course of 20 years by looking at one day of each year, July 15th. Check out the trailer below...



Not gonna lie, this is the kind of movie I tend to fall for. I prefer a straight up romance, presented in (relatively) unique fashion to the tired old rom-coms we get nowadays. And yet I'm extremely weary about this one. It's not a problem with Anne Hathaway. I'm sure she'll be fantastic despite the disappearing/reappearing accent she has here. It's Jim Sturgess, who I always feel is still working because better actors simply can't take every role. Maybe he'll change my mind for once.

One Day makes it's way into theaters on August 19th where it'll be soundly thrashed by something much bigger.

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