Two promo pics for STATE OF PLAY!

by Matt Holmes

OWF'S Mark Clark has given me the heads-up on some promo pics from next month's thriller, STATE OF PLAY which he found over at Image.net. It's the first movie from Scottish helmer Kevin Macdonald since his brilliant THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND and is based on the rather excellent British mini-series that aired a few years ago. In this remake, Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck play two old college room-mates, one a congressman (Affleck) whose mistress has been murdered, and the other (Crowe) an investigate reporter who works alongside the police to solve the case. The original series is really gripping but the very mediocre trailer and the huge mis-casting of Crowe and Affleck, made the trailer seem rather mediocre. Simply put, we liked this project much better when it was a FIGHT CLUB reunion with Edward Norton and Brad Pitt. state-of-playsdss Rachel McAdams, Viola Davis, Jason Bateman, Helen Mirren, Jeff Daniels, Robin Wright Penn make up what is a stellar cast. And Tony Gilroy (MICHAEL CLAYTON, THE BOURNE SERIES) wrote the screenplay, so I'm dumbfounded why this looks so, blah. STATE OF PLAY is out in the U.S. on April 17th and a week later in the U.K.

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Matt Holmes is the co-founder of What Culture, formerly known as Obsessed With Film. He has been blogging about pop culture and entertainment since 2006 and has written over 10,000 articles.