AFI Fest Sets Out of the Furnace Premiere, Walter Mitty Screening, Bruce Dern Tribute (Exclusive)
Scott Coopers Out of the Furnace, a thriller starring Christian Bale, Casey Affleck and Woody Harrelson, will make its world premiere at the 2013 AFI Fest in Hollywood, part of an expanded group of centerpiece galas that will also include a screening of Ben Stillers The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and a tribute to Bruce Dern coupled with a screening of Alexander Paynes Nebraska.
All three red-carpet galas will take place at the TCL Theatre, formerly Graumans Chinese.
Out of the Furnace, co-written by Cooper and Brad Ingelsby and directed by Cooper, follows a pair of brothers, with the older sibling (Bale) forced to go head-to-head with a vicious crime ring when his younger brother disappears.
The film is scheduled for a limited release by Relativity on Nov. 27, followed by a wider release on Dec. 6. In addition to Bale, Affleck and Harrelson, the cast includes Sam Shepard, Zoe Saldana, Forest Whitaker and Willem Dafoe. Eddie Vedder has written a new song for the soundtrack.
It is Coopers first film since Crazy Heart, for which Jeff Bridges won an Oscar.