ON THE HORIZON KILLING THEM SOFTLY BUT NOT WITH HIS SONG Killing Them Softly corrals a bunch of famous faces from crime flicks (Ray Liotta, James Gandolfini, Animal Kingdom’s Ben Mendelsohn) to be slowly and stylishly mowed down by a sociopathic Brad Pitt. Armed with a goatee and a gun, Pitt plays a mob detective/enforcer assigned to clean up the mess after a heist in a gangland poker game goes wrong. Writer-director Andrew Dominik pairs up with Pitt again after their last venture, the artsy The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, was shot dead by poor box office returns. DISTRIBUTOR Weinstein CAST Brad Pitt, Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Sam Shepard DIRECTOR Andrew Dominik SCREENWRITER Andrew Dominik PRODUC- ERS Dede Gardner, Brad Pitt, Paula Mae Schwartz, Steve Schwartz GENRE Crime thriller RATING R RUNNING TIME 97 min. RELEASE DATE Nov. 30, <strong>2012</strong> IDENTITY THIEF BRIDESMAID GONE WILD Perpetually put-upon good guy Jason Bateman finds his comedy dream team partner in Melissa McCarthy, last seen stealing every scene in Bridesmaids and winning an Emmy for Mike & Molly. After finding a sleeper hit in Horrible Bosses, Bateman joined forces again with Bosses director Seth Gordon to make another adult comedy. But the star everyone will be looking at is McCarthy. After the runaway success of Bridesmaids, McCarthy has a string of comedies lined up for the coming year, including December’s Knocked Up sequel This Is 40, plus The Heat with Sandra Bullock in April 2013 and a small role in next summer’s The Hangover Part III. Identity Thief finds mild-mannered office drone Sandy (Bateman) pursuing the shamelessly greedy Diana (McCarthy), who has been maxing out his credit cards without his knowledge. Diana may be dowdy, but she uses her highly developed con artistry and neckpunching skills to lose Sandy fast. The car chase and physical fight scenes between Sandy and Diana raise the stakes—and adrenaline levels— of their unpredictable cat-and-mouse game. DISTRIBUTOR Universal CAST Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Genesis Rodriguez, Amanda Peet, Jon Favreau DIREC- TOR Seth Gordon SCREENWRITER Craig Mazin PRODUCERS Jason Bateman, Scott Stuber GENRE Comedy RATING TBD RUN- NING TIME TBD RELEASE DATE Feb. 8, 2013 78 BOXOFFICE PRO NOVEMBER <strong>2012</strong>
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