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The Beaver
Release Date: May 6, 2011 (limited)
SubscribeGenres: Comedy, Drama MPAA Rating: PG-13
Production Phase: Released
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Who's In It: Mel Gibson (TBA), Jodie Foster (TBA), Anton Yelchin (TBA), Jennifer Lawrence (TBA),
Who's Making It: Jodie Foster (Director), Kyle Killen (Screenwriter), Steve Golin (Producer), Keith Redmon (Producer),
Premise: A depressed family man starts to wear a beaver hand-puppet and soon will only interact with the outside world through it.... More »
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Another delay has hit The Beaver. This time the studio has decided to shuffle back the release of the picture from March 23 to May 6 (in a limited release), then expand wider with more screens should audiences take to the movie.
- Summit Entertainment. Comment on this Scoop (1)Saturday, December 4, 2010
Summit Entertainment has released the trailer for The Beaver, letting us see what kind of marketing campaign the studio has planned for the movie. Judging from the presentation of the trailer, it looks like Summit is presenting the movie as a drama and downplaying the dark comedy aspects.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
It's everyone's first look at Mel's beaver! 10 spy photos showing Gibson and his director/co-star Jodie Foster on the set of the film have hit the internet. At least we now know what the furry hand-sized mammal looks like. The beaver is finally out of the bag.
- D-Listed, Splash News. Comment on this Scoop (0)Thursday, September 10, 2009
Anton Yelchin (Star Trek, Terminator Salvation) just got cast as the son of Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster's characters. In the picture Yelchin's young adult wants his mom to divorce his seemingly crazy father.
Also cast in the film recently was actress Jennifer Lawrence. She's had guest roles in Monk, Cold Case and Medium as well as parts in the features The Poker House, Devil You Know and The Burning Plain.
- Variety. Comment on this Scoop (0)Thursday, August 20, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Before a single shot of The Beaver has been filmed, Summit Entertainment, the house that Twilight film series is building into Hollywood's latest big player, has opened talks with the production about distributing the picture. Nothing's set in stone just yet.
- Variety. Comment on this Scoop (0)Friday, July 10, 2009
Jodie Foster will star in and direct The Beaver, a black comedy based on Kyle Killen's screenplay that made last year's Black List of the top unproduced screenplays. Mel Gibson will play the film's central role, a depressed man who begins to only communicate through a hand-puppet that looks like a beaver. In addition to directing Foster will play the wife of Gibson's character. Filming is scheduled to get underway in September on the $19 million dollar production. [Full story]
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