Just Mercy, 2019. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. Starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Rafe Spall, Rob Morgan, Tim Blake Nelson, Drew Scheid, Steve Coulter, Mary Kraft, Rhoda Griffis, J. Alphonse Nicholson, and Karan Kendrick. SYNOPSIS: Just Mercy shadows world-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson as he recounts his […]
Movie Review – Just Mercy (2019)
Just Mercy, 2019. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. Starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Rafe Spall, Rob Morgan, Tim Blake Nelson, Drew Scheid, Steve Coulter, Mary Kraft, Rhoda Griffis, J. Alphonse Nicholson, and Karan Kendrick. SYNOPSIS: World-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson works to free a wrongly condemned death […]
New trailer for Just Mercy starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx and Brie Larson
Ahead of its US release this Christmas Day, Warner Bros. has revealed a new trailer for the upcoming drama Just Mercy. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, the film stars Michael B. Jordan as gifted young lawyer who defends those wrongly convicted by a flawed justice system, and also features a cast that also includes Jamie […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Just Mercy
Just Mercy, 2019. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton Starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson, Rafe Spall, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Tim Blake Neslon, Rob Morgan, Darrell Britt-Gibson, and Kirk Bovill SYNOPSIS: Charting the embryonic stages of civil defence attorney Brian Stevenson’s (Michael B. Jordan) illustrious career, Just Mercy recalls the very first cases he […]
First trailer for Just Mercy starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx and Brie Larson
Warner Bros. has debuted the first trailer for director Destin Daniel Cretton’s upcoming crime drama Just Mercy. Based on Bryan Stevenson’s bestseller Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, the film stars Michael B. Jordan as gifted young lawyer who defends those wrongly convicted by a flawed justice system. Joining Jordan in the cast […]
Marvel taps Destin Daniel Cretton to direct Shang-Chi
Deadline is reporting that Marvel has enlisted Destin Daniel Cretton to direct its upcoming superhero movie Shang-Chi, which will be the studio’s first film to be fronted by an Asian protagonist. Destin’s previous credits include Short Term 12 and The Glass Castle, both of which featured Captain Marvel star Brie Larson, who will also appear […]
Short Term 12 director to adapt graphic novel The Sculptor
Short Term 12 and The Glass Castle director Destin Daniel Cretton is teaming up with Michael Mitnick (The Giver) and Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps to adapt Scott McCloud’s acclaimed graphic novel The Sculptor. THR reports that the story follows David Smith, a struggling New York artist “who makes a deal with Death for the supernatural […]
Brie Larson to reunite with Short Term 12 director for Just Mercy
Having recently wrapped production on the superhero blockbuster Captain Marvel, it is being reported that Oscar winner Brie Larson is now in final talks to join the cast of Warner Bros. Pictures’ courtroom drama Just Mercy. Should Larson sign on, she would reunite with her Short Term 12 and The Glass Castle director Destin Daniel […]
Movie Review – The Glass Castle (2017)
The Glass Castle, 2017. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. Starring Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts, Max Greenfield, Sarah Snook, Robin Bartlett, Ella Anderson, Sadie Sink, and Chandler Head. SYNOPSIS: A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who’s an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who […]
Naomi Watts set to join Brie Larson and Woody Harrelson for Glass Castle
Naomi Watts (Demolition) is in talks to join the cast of Glass Castle, the new film from acclaimed director Destin Daniel Cretton, Variety has revealed. Glass Castle will see Cretton, who shot to prominence with his outstanding debut Short Term 12, re-teaming with star and now Oscar winner Brie Larson (Room) The film “tells of a successful young […]
