Free State of Jones (McConaughey)

[kvz5]

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/matthew-mcconaughey-free-state-of-jones-casting-1201348676/

Matthew McConaughey is heading to Civil War drama “Free State Of Jones” with “The Hunger Games” director Gary Ross on board to helm.

Scott Stuber is producing the $65 million project that is shooting in the first quarter of next year.

Robert Simonds’ still-unnamed studio, dubbed STX by many, and IM Global are co-financing.

STX is taking domestic rights and IM Global is taking international rights, which are being sold at AFM. CAA brokered the domestic deal.

McConaughey will play Newton Knight, a soldier who flees the battlefields after being disillusioned by the horrors that touched his own family. On the run, he rallies the support of fellow deserters to lead an uprising against their former comrades, in the process creating a free safe haven.

 

[terry78]

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/ne...oining-mcconaughey-in-the-free-state-of-jones


True story of a slave that sparks a relationship with a confederate soldier, forcing him to rebel against his side.


If it wasn't a true story, I'd honestly be rolling my eyes.

 

[kvz5]

http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=489033

I don't care much about this but I'm glad that Gugu is getting opportunities.

 

[godisawesome]

This sounds fascinating!

I'm a Social Studies graduate who grew up and teaches in Missouri, so I've grown up and taught a bit about the sheer chaos of the Civil War and the various allegiances pledged by some communities apart from their peers. Every "Confederate" state fielded significant Unionist forces as well (with the exception of South Carolina), and West Virginia was only the most successful of the pro Union factions (provided you don't see the border states like Missouri as having been secured by in-state factions against a belligerent secessionist power block early on).

Seeing Pro-Unionist heroes/soldiers/guerrillas/criminals will be a breath of fresh air considering how often Confederate partisans get top billing in media. Jesse James got mythologized in the tales of the Wild West, but people have barely heard of men like Knight or the Lowry Gang (aka, the anti-Confederate Gang the james gang tried to blame for their own crimes).

It's especially interesting considering the usual ending to the story will be reversed; in most Jesse James-style stories, it's pointed out that he found fame and support after loosing the Civil War. Here, the protagonist will win the war, but the end of Reconstruction sees a shift into an era where he's either demonized or forgotten, and where several of the ideals he fought for are abandoned.

My one contention would be that they can't paint the film's morality entirely cynical or idealistic. The Civil War was a lot more chaotic than pop-culture tends to portray it. I want to see that.

 

[Hurm...]

Sounds excellent.

 

[kvz5]

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/k...of-jones-cast-matthew-mcconaughey-1201431835/

"Keri Russell, Mahershala Ali Join Matthew McConaughey’s ‘Free State of Jones’"

 

[MrMaooz]

 

[Octoberist]

hell yeah!

 

[terry78]

I likes that look.

 

[MrMaooz]

 

[Hurm...]

So far this looks incredible. Even the concept for the film is beautiful.

 

[kvz5]

 

[Whiskey Tango]

alright alright alright

 

[Lencho01]

I've never heard of this until today.

 

[CapedCrusader14]

The Abraham Lincoln Lawyer.

 

[Lencho01]

New THE FREE STATE OF JONES Images Show Matthew McConaughey Leading a Confederate Rebellion

 

[Fallen Angel]

Matthew McConaughey's FreeStateOfJones Gets New Release Date: http://thr.cm/EsNzix

Gary Ross' Civil War drama The Free State of Jones, starring Matthew McConaughey, will now hit theaters May 13, instead of March 11.

The shift to May means that Free State of Jones will open in the high-profile summer corridor, one week after Captain America: Civil War debuts. So far, the only other title slotted to roll out May 13 is Edward Snowden biopic Snowden.

 

[Napoleon]

Very excited to see this. Anything McConaughey does has my money.

One thing I hope though is that people don't paint this as a "white-savior" movie just because it's about a white man who risked his life to help African-Americans in a time when they faced massive persecution. It really bothers me that so many people seem to want to erase any person from history who helped oppressed people solely on the basis of their race, like Selma did by making LBJ hostile towards the Civil Rights Movement when he was the opposite in real life. Ugh.

 

[Fallen Angel]

 

[Schlosser85]

Why does the boy behind him look familiar.

 

[Marvolo]

Why does the boy behind him look familiar.

It's Jacob Lofland. He was in Maze Runner: Scorch Trials and Mud. And he played Kendal Crowe in Justified.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Official Trailer



[YT]watch?v=3EMkxEKKSQI[/YT]

 

[terry78]

Matt may be vying for another statue next year.

 

[Octoberist]

This is nitpick, and I'm a proponent of digital cams, but this movie has that digital cinematography look that i don't like. Where it looks flat almost overly lit.

Digital cameras are capable having beautiful imagery, like in The Revenerent or a movie I just saw, the Duke of Burgendy, which had very vibrant colors.

 

[Spider-Who?]

Hopefully they'll do some color grading to make the film look better; it looks like a cheap TV movie right now.