The new trailer for Bombshell was just released. Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie star in the new Jay Roach film.
Kidman and Theron transform into Fox News anchors Gretchen Carlson (Kidman) and Megyn Kelly (Theron) who expose Roger Ailes for his sexual misconduct and sexual harassment. Robbie plays Kayla Pospisil. John Lithgow plays Ailes.
The cast also includes Allison Janney as Ailes’ attorney Susan Estrich, Malcolm McDowell as Rupert Murdoch, and Connie Britton as Ailes’ wife Beth.
Watch the tension rise in the stunning trailer”
Bombshell will debut in theaters in December 2019
Theron is coming for Best Actress #2
why turn Charlize Theron into Elizabeth Banks if you can simply hire the latter? just a thought
Trailer for The Report:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x79Gf4cJDDE
Interesting that all three leads are all from the southern hemisphere.
Just remembered that John Lithgow is playing Ailes in this.
That could be something really impressive if the writing is up to snuff.
Lithgow may have a ‘falling down’ scene. A physical role!
Loving it!!
Damn the Best Actress race will be quite something this year. On one hand we have the presumed top players in high-profile prestige pics (Saoirse Ronan, Cynthia Erivo, Renee Zellweger, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Charlize Theron, Natalie Portman, Penelope Cruz, Lupita Nyong’O, Julianne Moore, Felicity Jones, Alfre Woodard); the promising newcomers and potential first time nominees (Awkwafina, Jodie Turner-Smith, Jesse Buckley) and completely under-the-radar contenders in seemingly through and through commercial plays (Emilia Clarke, Blake Lively).
And yes, while long shots, I’m not ruling out Clarke and Lively just yet. Clarke is working with a writer/director duo here with an impeccable track record (Emma Thompson / Paul Feig) and from the looks of the trailer, she will have to pull off winning screwball comedy, powerful drama and singing while Lively is directed by the great Reed Morano in the legendary Bond producer Barbara Broccoli’s first female-centric film, suggesting the material had to be damn strong for these talents to get involved. Long story short, even if Clarke and Lively won’t register in the awards race, the material they are working with could result excellent lead performances. My two cents.
P.S. And at the end of the day I just hope Jesse Buckley will get at least a Golden Globe nomination for Wild Rose although I would totally vote for her at the Oscars, too.
The makeup on Theron is uncanny. My brain can’t even acknowledge it’s her.
I watched “The Loudest Voice” a couple days ago, this whole story is pretty fresh in my mind.
Anything that further airs out this disgusting man as the predator he was is fine by me.
OMG! don’t know if it’s hair & make-up or good acting but Charlize Theron looks spot on in this. I really thought it was Megyn Kelly playing herself at first.
This film was not on my radar at all, but these ladies look so fierce, it’s a must-see now!
it’s driving my radar crazy
… Theron looks like she’s been deepfaked
CT looks good. And I’m not a Kelly fan (then or now) . Bah. Not a sympathetic character.
Oh I don’t mean deepfake in a bad way, just an uncanny way
The makeup work is impressive but we should remember that this is a Jay Roach film. If he was able to turn the story of the Hollywood blacklist into a slog and the first year of LBJ’s precidency into a film that is almost definition of “forgettable”, I have serious doubts about this movie being any good either
Why? Jay can still make a great film. Green Book is a prime example of why you shouldn’t doubt Jay. Nobody expected a Peter Farrelly movie to be good enough for nominations. Same goes for Adam McKay.
I meant: maybe we shouldn’t be automatically expecting greatness since the two previous “dramas based on big real-life events” he made weren’t any good either (and even the best one of those that he’s made, Game Change, is only solid in my opinion and would probably have recieved less impressive reactions had it played for Oscar consideration rather than for Emmy consideration). The two examples you mention are filmmakers making the jump from supposedly “less respectable” filmmaking into “prestige” filmmaking, Roach is approaching a very similar story than he has before. And I wasn’t particularly meaning this from an Oscar standpoint, rather as a (in hindsight pointlessly mean) mention that for me at least there is no proof of the actual quality of the film as far as my taste is concerned in this trailer, just an impressive craft achievement in makeup (although I’m not really one of those people who thinks it’s necessarily impressive to put makeup on someone to make them look like the real person as that can so often seem like a craft obstacle not made for the film’s benefit but rather to show off how talented the makeup team is and as I don’t live in the States I don’t know the person who they’re trying to replicate, to me it’s just a ton of makeup on Theron to make her look different for little reason). The film could easily get plenty of Oscar nominations, it’s been proven that the industry is kind of into Roach’s expression since they gave Trumbo a lot of guild nominations. I’ve just been doubting whether I’ll like this movie and this trailer didn’t prove me otherwise, unlike it did for seemingly most people here
I will love this movie. It might not end up being an awards-y movie but it’s right up my alley. Can’t wait!
Also, isn’t it safe to say this will be nominated for makeup? Good lord the work on Charlize is amazing.
Pretty much just give the Oscar for Best Makeup to this film. And maybe the Oscar to Theron. This single scene gave me so much information.
If this trailer is any indiciation, Theron could be indeed a very strong contender in either actress category for this.
Charlize’s transformation into Megyn Kelly is arguably more impressive than her transformation into Aileen Wuornos. I really cannot tell that’s her at all.
mind blowing.
this x 10
Kelly is kind of a wise guy. Script may or may not play to this. Not a vulnerable character.
Off topic but South Korea chose Parasite. Great news!
My mind literally cant wrap itself around the fact that that is Charlize. Wow.
Damn the makeup team nailed it, Theron looks just like Megyn Kelly. Also, I would watch these three read the phone book, so ALL three in one movie ? Just take my money already.