Welcome to this week’s Aew Dark review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and no, I’m not prettier than Margot Robbie. On this episode of FBI, Chuck Conners guest stars as Nick Maylor, a career criminal whose plans to assassinate the new mayor of Houston, Texas, the African-American radio host-turned politician Victor Jones Namath, must be stopped before it’s too late. That didn’t sound too bad coming from a second-rate hand-jockey like me, but you’re just stuck with my Aew review instead. I bet you wish that FBI episode was up next, rather than this s—, don’t you? Well, not as much as I wish that I was getting paid to write that episode…$5000…(drooling). At least I have this TalkTech s— here to dictate whatever I write…except it won’t delete any of the dumb things I say (which is...
- 3/27/2020
- by Nathan Favel
- Nerdly
Stars: Steve Carell, Eiza González, Leslie Mann, Diane Kruger, Janelle Monáe | Written by Caroline Thompson, Robert Zemeckis | Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Robert Zemeckis’ recent cinematic entities have entailed one single word if anything else is “mediocre”. The one-time directing king of spectacle with Cast Away, Back to the Future, Forrest Gump etc., has, in the last decade, delivered slog after slog in the likes of underwhelming pictures in Allied, Beowulf, Flight, The Walk and now Welcome to Marwen. A living breathing tragedy of a film if ever you’re unfortunate to witness one develop in front of your eyes. Zemeckis latest is a masterclass of how to convey every sense of the phrase “tone-deaf” into the medium of film. An absolute disaster from start to finish with one of the most truly painful performances I’ve had to endure in Steve Carell in his constant need for attention in the dramatic sense of performance.
Robert Zemeckis’ recent cinematic entities have entailed one single word if anything else is “mediocre”. The one-time directing king of spectacle with Cast Away, Back to the Future, Forrest Gump etc., has, in the last decade, delivered slog after slog in the likes of underwhelming pictures in Allied, Beowulf, Flight, The Walk and now Welcome to Marwen. A living breathing tragedy of a film if ever you’re unfortunate to witness one develop in front of your eyes. Zemeckis latest is a masterclass of how to convey every sense of the phrase “tone-deaf” into the medium of film. An absolute disaster from start to finish with one of the most truly painful performances I’ve had to endure in Steve Carell in his constant need for attention in the dramatic sense of performance.
- 4/12/2019
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’re highlighting the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.
Diane (Kent Jones)
The narrative directorial debut of film scholar, curator, and documentary filmmaker Kent Jones elicits an awful lot of anticipation. Often, first features contain raw emotions and boundless pent-up ideas often toned down in future efforts. Diane, written and directed by Jones–known for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, along with his previous theatrical feature which aimed to recapture the spirit of Hitchcock/Truffaut’s conversations by engaging with the best filmmakers working in contemporary cinema–is an observant and nuanced dramas which feels closer to the emotional truths of Kenneth Lonergan and Angus MacLachlan than the formal flair of Scorsese and Hitchcock. – John F.
Diane (Kent Jones)
The narrative directorial debut of film scholar, curator, and documentary filmmaker Kent Jones elicits an awful lot of anticipation. Often, first features contain raw emotions and boundless pent-up ideas often toned down in future efforts. Diane, written and directed by Jones–known for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, along with his previous theatrical feature which aimed to recapture the spirit of Hitchcock/Truffaut’s conversations by engaging with the best filmmakers working in contemporary cinema–is an observant and nuanced dramas which feels closer to the emotional truths of Kenneth Lonergan and Angus MacLachlan than the formal flair of Scorsese and Hitchcock. – John F.
- 3/29/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Don't you agree that there is something squalid in defending the likes of Robert Zemeckis? You know the guy won the Best Director Oscar, right? Indeed, one need only glance at virtually any woke online discussion of Back to the Future (1985) or Forrest Gump (1994) to see the reflexive disgust of a whole subset of aging cinephiles—from which I do not exempt myself—in action. Sift through his filmography. On one side, there’s the string of good-natured childhood touchstones that bring with them the baggage of a geeky cinephilic adolescence. On the other, the desert in which one painful commercial failure after another lie like bones in the blistering sun. These days, each new Zemeckis release is greeted with an embarrassed, if qualified shrug of the shoulders.Isn’t it banal, too, to have to admit that you find all the good movies of the year, well, listless, without merit?...
- 1/16/2019
- MUBI
Steve Carell plays real life Mark Hogancamp, a man who channels his trauma through his art. After a horrific beating leaves him with a traumatic brain injury and severe memory loss, Mark starts to create a new world, Marwen, which he fills with dolls that represent the women who’ve brought him back to life. And at the centre of this world is Cap’n Hogie, a World War Two soldier who’s brave and fearless and out to defeat the Nazis – and everything he wishes he could be.
Robert Zemeckis’s film jumps brilliantly between reality and the world of Marwen and the effects used are just gorgeous, bring real depth to the dolls as they are played so well by their human counterparts. When it really shines, though, is when something in the real world triggers a retreat for Mark into his fictional one. The trauma he suffers...
Robert Zemeckis’s film jumps brilliantly between reality and the world of Marwen and the effects used are just gorgeous, bring real depth to the dolls as they are played so well by their human counterparts. When it really shines, though, is when something in the real world triggers a retreat for Mark into his fictional one. The trauma he suffers...
- 1/4/2019
- by Amanda Keats
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The historical comedy opened on New Year’s Day.
Twentieth Century Fox’s historical comedy The Favourite is set for its first weekend in cinemas, having already set a new UK record for director Yorgos Lanthimos in taking £1.8m since its launch on New Year’s Day (Tuesday Jan 1).
Its early cume, which includes £336,655 from four days of previews prior to Tuesday, outranks Lanthimos’ previous highest amount for 2015’s The Lobster. That film opened to £229,946 and finished on £1.5m, and went on to secure a best original screenplay nomination at the 2017 Oscars.
The Favourite was also the number two title...
Twentieth Century Fox’s historical comedy The Favourite is set for its first weekend in cinemas, having already set a new UK record for director Yorgos Lanthimos in taking £1.8m since its launch on New Year’s Day (Tuesday Jan 1).
Its early cume, which includes £336,655 from four days of previews prior to Tuesday, outranks Lanthimos’ previous highest amount for 2015’s The Lobster. That film opened to £229,946 and finished on £1.5m, and went on to secure a best original screenplay nomination at the 2017 Oscars.
The Favourite was also the number two title...
- 1/4/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The new year kicks off with a bang, as Robert Zemeckis returns with Welcome to Marwen, a unique and creative piece of cinema that celebrates the individual. We had the immense pleasure of sitting down with the director himself – of course renowned for the likes of Back to the Future and Forrest Gump – while also chatting to the film’s two leading stars, Steve Carell and Leslie Mann.
The two cast members touch on what it was like to work with Zemeckis, and all three share their thoughts on working on a film that celebrates our quirks and differences, and doesn’t judge. Carell also talks about the joy in acting and understanding the world around him, while they all tell us about their own personal collections of toys they’ve never quite been able to throw away. Naturally, Zemeckis has quite the collection. The director finishes by talking about...
The two cast members touch on what it was like to work with Zemeckis, and all three share their thoughts on working on a film that celebrates our quirks and differences, and doesn’t judge. Carell also talks about the joy in acting and understanding the world around him, while they all tell us about their own personal collections of toys they’ve never quite been able to throw away. Naturally, Zemeckis has quite the collection. The director finishes by talking about...
- 12/26/2018
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
For the third time since his 2012 Oscar-nominated film Flight, filmmaker Robert Zemeckis tanked at the box office last weekend, with Universal/DreamWorks’ Welcome to Marwen bottoming out with $2.3M at 1,911 theaters.
This feature adaptation of the 2010 documentary Marwencol was an attempt by the director to deliver a similar type of heart-string-pulling drama that moviegovers have come to expect from the Oscar-winning Zemeckis, who often infuses his work with VFX, specifically motion-capture. Audiences didn’t buy the pitch dispensing God-awful exit scores of two stars, 57% positive and a 37% definite recommend on PostTrak with a B- on CinemaScore.
Marwen, based on a true story, stars Steve Carell as Mark Hogancamp, who after being brutally attacked, heals his Ptsd through art therapy constructing miniature WWII scenes of mostly female dolls. Ahead of Marwen‘s release, social media monitor RelishMix noticed a mixed reaction online among moviegoers with...
This feature adaptation of the 2010 documentary Marwencol was an attempt by the director to deliver a similar type of heart-string-pulling drama that moviegovers have come to expect from the Oscar-winning Zemeckis, who often infuses his work with VFX, specifically motion-capture. Audiences didn’t buy the pitch dispensing God-awful exit scores of two stars, 57% positive and a 37% definite recommend on PostTrak with a B- on CinemaScore.
Marwen, based on a true story, stars Steve Carell as Mark Hogancamp, who after being brutally attacked, heals his Ptsd through art therapy constructing miniature WWII scenes of mostly female dolls. Ahead of Marwen‘s release, social media monitor RelishMix noticed a mixed reaction online among moviegoers with...
- 12/24/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s shaping up to be a pretty bleak holiday season for Steve Carell and Robert Zemeckis after “Welcome to Marwen” flopped last weekend in spectacular fashion. The $40 million drama about a man’s attempts to overcome his Ptsd is one of the biggest bombs of the year, debuting to a disastrous $2.4 million from 1,191 theaters. It stands to lose between $45 million to $50 million when marketing and distribution costs are taken into account, according to rival studio executives, an embarrassing result for both Carell and Zemeckis.
“Welcome to Marwen” is also the worst wide-release major studio debut of 2018 — tying with Johnny Knoxville’s dud “Action Point” for that ignominious distinction — and a career-worst wide-release start for the A-list actor and the director. Compounding the pervasive air of disaster, “Welcome to Marwen” is the second big turkey for Universal Studios in as many weeks. The studio also stands to lose $125 million-plus on “Mortal Engines,...
“Welcome to Marwen” is also the worst wide-release major studio debut of 2018 — tying with Johnny Knoxville’s dud “Action Point” for that ignominious distinction — and a career-worst wide-release start for the A-list actor and the director. Compounding the pervasive air of disaster, “Welcome to Marwen” is the second big turkey for Universal Studios in as many weeks. The studio also stands to lose $125 million-plus on “Mortal Engines,...
- 12/24/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Universal Pictures is getting nothing but coal when it comes to its new releases at the Christmas box office. Just one week after the disastrous results for the Peter Jackson-produced “Mortal Engines,” the studio’s “Welcome to Marwen” has also become a big financial loss for the company over its first three days in theaters. “Marwen,” directed by Robert Zemeckis, opened to $2.5 million from 1,191 cinemas, tying the comedy “Action Point” as the year’s worst studio opening. The film is now expected to lose Universal at least $50 million, if not more, according to box office analysts (via Deadline).
“Marwen” stars Steve Carell as photographer Mark Hogancamp, who created a town built out of miniatures in his backyard as a way to cope with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following a violent attack. The supporting cast includes Leslie Mann, Janelle Monae, Merritt Wever, and Diane Kruger. The movie is Zemeckis’ third...
“Marwen” stars Steve Carell as photographer Mark Hogancamp, who created a town built out of miniatures in his backyard as a way to cope with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following a violent attack. The supporting cast includes Leslie Mann, Janelle Monae, Merritt Wever, and Diane Kruger. The movie is Zemeckis’ third...
- 12/24/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
When Mark Hogancamp woke up in an unfamiliar room, his body in terrible pain, he wasn't sure of much. All he knew was that it was 1985, he was in the Navy, and the room he found himself in had to be on the island of Ibiza in the Mediterranean Sea off the southeastern coast of Spain. The rest? A puzzle. And even more puzzling? The response when he told the man standing over his bed what year he believed it to be. "No," the man told him. "It's 2000. Five guys beat you almost to death. You've been in a coma for nine days." For all intents and purposes, on April 8, 2000, Mark Hogancamp died, the victim of a horrific assault at the hands five men outside a Kingston,...
- 12/24/2018
- E! Online
Over the course of his career, Steve Carell has taken on a gamut of different roles, from Dunder Mifflin's offbeat salesman Michael Scott to a cartoon supervillain turned curmudgeonly dad. In his upcoming biopic, Welcome to Marwen, the actor inhabits the role of Mark Hogancamp, a man who builds a miniature town of dolls after nearly dying from a violent attack. And yes, Hogancamp's real story is just as heartbreaking and full of resilience as one would imagine.
On April 8, 2000, five men beat Hogancamp outside of a bar in Kingston, NY, after he told them that he was a cross-dresser. The attack resulted in Hogancamp spending nine days in a coma and 40 days in the hospital. Along with post-traumatic stress disorder, he suffered brain damage that left him with little recall of his past life, which includes his experiences with homelessness, struggles with alcoholism, and past relationships. His last memory...
On April 8, 2000, five men beat Hogancamp outside of a bar in Kingston, NY, after he told them that he was a cross-dresser. The attack resulted in Hogancamp spending nine days in a coma and 40 days in the hospital. Along with post-traumatic stress disorder, he suffered brain damage that left him with little recall of his past life, which includes his experiences with homelessness, struggles with alcoholism, and past relationships. His last memory...
- 12/24/2018
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
Universal will be relying on “The Grinch” for good box office news this Christmas, as the studio released a second straight bomb in as many weeks with DreamWorks’ “Welcome to Marwen.”
Made on a reported $40 million budget, “Marwen” opened to just $2.4 million from 1,911 screens this weekend, well below tracker projections of a $7-10 million opening. It’s tied with Paramount’s “Action Point” for the worst wide opening from a major studio this year, and it is the worst career wide opening for lead star Steve Carell and director Robert Zemeckis.
The movie is based on the true story of Mark Hogancamp, who was severely beaten by white supremacists and suffered brain damage and amnesia. To help with his recovery, he created a miniature village and populated it with figures representing people in his life, including his attackers. Critics panned the film with a 25 percent Rotten Tomatoes score, and audience...
Made on a reported $40 million budget, “Marwen” opened to just $2.4 million from 1,911 screens this weekend, well below tracker projections of a $7-10 million opening. It’s tied with Paramount’s “Action Point” for the worst wide opening from a major studio this year, and it is the worst career wide opening for lead star Steve Carell and director Robert Zemeckis.
The movie is based on the true story of Mark Hogancamp, who was severely beaten by white supremacists and suffered brain damage and amnesia. To help with his recovery, he created a miniature village and populated it with figures representing people in his life, including his attackers. Critics panned the film with a 25 percent Rotten Tomatoes score, and audience...
- 12/23/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
In Welcome to Marwen, director Robert Zemeckis uses the real-life story of artist and photographer Mark Hogancamp as a fantastical canvas to interrogate his own career. Reckoning with one’s legacy is a move typical of an auteur operating in their “late period,” but Zemeckis doesn’t take a direct route to the self-critique. Instead, he papers it over a feature-length dramatic portrait of a subject who, like in his film The Walk, was previously the focus of an acclaimed documentary. Stilted and occasionally mawkish, Welcome to Marwen will likely be considered a failure by critics and audiences alike, which is a shame because, while certainly not a success, it represents a fascinating reflection on the double-edged value of escapism.
Hogancamp’s story, first explored in Jeff Malmberg’s 2010 documentary Marwencol, in brief: After being beaten within an inch of his life by five men outside of a bar for...
Hogancamp’s story, first explored in Jeff Malmberg’s 2010 documentary Marwencol, in brief: After being beaten within an inch of his life by five men outside of a bar for...
- 12/21/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
The mysteries of the human brain have fascinated filmmakers (and filmgoers) since the earliest days of cinema. Of course, the subject has been fodder for countless horror and science fiction films with variations on iconic literature works such as Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr, Hyde. These also inspired comedies such as The Man With Two Brains and The Nutty Professor, among others. But there have also been several fact-based, or “inspired by real events” films centering on brain diseases and injuries, exploring how catastrophic trauma affects those individuals. Concussion from 2015 dramatized the very real cases of veteran football players who took hits to the head that caught up to them years later. Then there are the injuries to the brain that, like a computer keyboard, “pushes the delete button” with delusions and fantasy replacing the horrific memories. That’s exactly what happens to the real man profiled in the new film.
- 12/21/2018
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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Welcome to Marwen star Steve Carell on working with Robert Zemeckis, plus Vice, The Office and more.
Not only is Steve Carell genuinely nice, thoughtful and soft-spoken in real life, but he possesses a vast amount of acting talent that has been on full display in his recent work. Known for his comedic stints on The Daily Show, films like The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Anchorman and, of course, the now legendary series The Office, Carell’s body of work over the last few years has included a range of complex and fascinating roles, mostly as figures from real life: his Golden Globe-winning portrayal of John du Pont in Foxcatcher (2014), investment banker Steve Eisman/Mark Baum in The Big Short (2015), tennis star Bobby Riggs in Battle of the Sexes (2017) and, earlier this fall, journalist David Sheff in Beautiful Boy.
He’s now appearing in two films opening within...
Welcome to Marwen star Steve Carell on working with Robert Zemeckis, plus Vice, The Office and more.
Not only is Steve Carell genuinely nice, thoughtful and soft-spoken in real life, but he possesses a vast amount of acting talent that has been on full display in his recent work. Known for his comedic stints on The Daily Show, films like The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Anchorman and, of course, the now legendary series The Office, Carell’s body of work over the last few years has included a range of complex and fascinating roles, mostly as figures from real life: his Golden Globe-winning portrayal of John du Pont in Foxcatcher (2014), investment banker Steve Eisman/Mark Baum in The Big Short (2015), tennis star Bobby Riggs in Battle of the Sexes (2017) and, earlier this fall, journalist David Sheff in Beautiful Boy.
He’s now appearing in two films opening within...
- 12/20/2018
- Den of Geek
Eighteen years ago, in a bar outside Kingston, New York, Mark Hogancamp — an illustrator who liked wearing women’s high-heels — was nearly beaten to death by five thugs. Waking up after nine days in a coma, the bruised, broken and brain-damaged ex-soldier had no recall of having served in the Navy or having once been married. He also lost his ability to draw and nearly all of the memories of friends and family on which he had built a life. Suffering from severe Ptsd, Hogancamp attempted to heal himself through his art,...
- 12/20/2018
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
Join our newsletter to get more stories like this Robert Zemeckis’s live action Toy Story effect is sound. However, in Welcome to Marwen it raises disturbing questions when Steve Carell plays with them. Mark Hogancamp (Carell) takes pictures of action figures acting out World War II fantasies. This is true. The real Hogancamp’s art that helped him cope with a traumatic head injury was documented in the film Marwencol. What’s made up in the Hollywood version are the specific stories he tells about Cap’n Hogie and the women warriors of Marwen. Hollywood’s Mark Hogancamp sure imagines his fantasy women getting […]
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- 12/20/2018
- by Fred Topel
- Monsters and Critics
It’s not hard to see why Robert Zemeckis, a director who has often been drawn to finding the “human” side of technological flimflam, would want to turn the eccentric and touching 2010 documentary “Marwencol” into a dramatic feature. Like the documentary, Zemeckis’ “Welcome to Marwen” tells the story of Mark Hogancamp, a resident of Kingston, New York, who in 2000, outside a bar, was beaten by five louts to within an inch of his life. After spending nine days in a coma, he woke up, but his body was broken and he’d lost nearly all his memory. His friends, his failed marriage, his vast collection of ladies’ high-heeled shoes: He had no recall of any of it.
He took refuge from the trauma by designing and building a miniature World War II village, which he populated with uniformed dolls, many based on the people around him. The Belgian village of Marwencol,...
He took refuge from the trauma by designing and building a miniature World War II village, which he populated with uniformed dolls, many based on the people around him. The Belgian village of Marwencol,...
- 12/19/2018
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
In the rare event when a major Hollywood studio advertises one of its films as “the most original movie of the year” — as Universal has done in the trailer for “Welcome to Marwen” — it tends to be code for: “We spent a ton of money on something that we have absolutely no idea how to sell.” And while that was certainly the case here, it’s hard not to sympathize with the poor souls in the marketing department, who were tasked with promoting a story that director Robert Zemeckis had no idea how to tell. In hindsight, it seems they did the best they could. As disconcerting as it was when the previews for “Welcome to Marwen” reduced the complicated and ineffably human saga of Mark Hogancamp into a glossy inspirational fable about the power of friendship, it’s even more disconcerting to find that the film itself does much the same thing.
- 12/19/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
“Welcome to Marwen” is, in a word, indescribable. But not in a good way.
Robert Zemeckis, who directed “Forrest Gump,” one of the most iconic underdog movies of all time, returns with another male protagonist with a remarkable story. But this time the filmmaker doesn’t quite seem to connect with his subject, which makes for an even greater disconnect with the audience.
Gaining empathy for a protagonist such as the one in “Marwen” shouldn’t really be an issue, though. This is, after all, the real-life story of Mark Hogancamp (played by Steve Carell), who was beaten so terribly by five men outside a bar in 2000 that it left him without most of his memory of the event and everything before then — horrific details that were previously revisited in the acclaimed 2010 documentary, “Marwencol.”
Also Read: Janelle Monáe's Wondaland Pictures and Universal Sign First Look Deal
They attacked him...
Robert Zemeckis, who directed “Forrest Gump,” one of the most iconic underdog movies of all time, returns with another male protagonist with a remarkable story. But this time the filmmaker doesn’t quite seem to connect with his subject, which makes for an even greater disconnect with the audience.
Gaining empathy for a protagonist such as the one in “Marwen” shouldn’t really be an issue, though. This is, after all, the real-life story of Mark Hogancamp (played by Steve Carell), who was beaten so terribly by five men outside a bar in 2000 that it left him without most of his memory of the event and everything before then — horrific details that were previously revisited in the acclaimed 2010 documentary, “Marwencol.”
Also Read: Janelle Monáe's Wondaland Pictures and Universal Sign First Look Deal
They attacked him...
- 12/19/2018
- by Candice Frederick
- The Wrap
Robert Zemeckis tries too hard to sentimentalise Mark Hogancamp’s story, meaning what might have been a complicated drama plays like a dud Forrest Gump
The remarkable career of artist and photographer Mark Hogancamp has been turned into an elaborate and misjudged movie of baffling pass-agg ickiness and pointlessness. It sentimentalises a story already told in Jeff Malmberg’s award-winning 2010 documentary Marwencol – and it plays to Steve Carell’s terrible weakness as an actor. He can play great comedy or irony, as in Anchorman, and he can be brilliant in a really dark role, as in Foxcatcher. But he’s awful when he has to be sweetly life-affirming and adorable.
In 2000, Hogancamp was savagely beaten and left for dead by homophobic bigots outside a bar, after he told them he liked cross-dressing. He miraculously recovered from his coma, though with his memory mostly shot, and then with heroic creativity worked...
The remarkable career of artist and photographer Mark Hogancamp has been turned into an elaborate and misjudged movie of baffling pass-agg ickiness and pointlessness. It sentimentalises a story already told in Jeff Malmberg’s award-winning 2010 documentary Marwencol – and it plays to Steve Carell’s terrible weakness as an actor. He can play great comedy or irony, as in Anchorman, and he can be brilliant in a really dark role, as in Foxcatcher. But he’s awful when he has to be sweetly life-affirming and adorable.
In 2000, Hogancamp was savagely beaten and left for dead by homophobic bigots outside a bar, after he told them he liked cross-dressing. He miraculously recovered from his coma, though with his memory mostly shot, and then with heroic creativity worked...
- 12/19/2018
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Fans of Jeff Malmberg's documentary Marwencol (2010) might understandably approach the Hollywoodization of its true-life tale, Robert Zemeckis' Welcome to Marwen, with trepidation. The background: In April 2000, upstate New York resident Mark Hogancamp was beaten to within an inch of his life after he drunkenly told some bar patrons he enjoyed wearing women's shoes. He spent nine days in a coma and over a month in a hospital recovering. The attack effectively erased all memory of his past and eradicated his addiction to alcohol.
Hogancamp had always enjoyed drawing, but since the encounter left him with ...
Hogancamp had always enjoyed drawing, but since the encounter left him with ...
- 12/19/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Fans of Jeff Malmberg's documentary Marwencol (2010) might understandably approach the Hollywoodization of its true-life tale, Robert Zemeckis' Welcome to Marwen, with trepidation. The background: In April 2000, upstate New York resident Mark Hogancamp was beaten to within an inch of his life after he drunkenly told some bar patrons he enjoyed wearing women's shoes. He spent nine days in a coma and over a month in a hospital recovering. The attack effectively erased all memory of his past and eradicated his addiction to alcohol.
Hogancamp had always enjoyed drawing, but since the encounter left him with ...
Hogancamp had always enjoyed drawing, but since the encounter left him with ...
- 12/19/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Is there room for late entries “Bumblebee,” “Mary Poppins Returns,” “Mortal Engines,” and “Welcome to Marwen” in the Oscar VFX bakeoff on January 5th? We’ll find out Monday when the Academy releases its shortlist of 10 qualifiers.
With the “E.T.”-inspired “Bumblebee,” Laika CEO Travis Knight dove into directing live-action for the first time. But he was acutely aware of the details that go into animated performance, having Industrial Light & Magic channel its energy into stripping down and simplifying the beloved Autobot for his ’80s origin story.
With most of the emotion coming from his big blue eyes when interacting with Hailee Steinfeld, Bee achieves a nuanced performance. The biggest challenge for Ilm, though, was turning the simplified G1 designs into realistic-looking characters, using cutting edge tech to achieve the vintage looks.
Rob Marshall’s “Mary Poppins Returns” offers live-action/CG convergence at its cutting-edge best. The director was...
With the “E.T.”-inspired “Bumblebee,” Laika CEO Travis Knight dove into directing live-action for the first time. But he was acutely aware of the details that go into animated performance, having Industrial Light & Magic channel its energy into stripping down and simplifying the beloved Autobot for his ’80s origin story.
With most of the emotion coming from his big blue eyes when interacting with Hailee Steinfeld, Bee achieves a nuanced performance. The biggest challenge for Ilm, though, was turning the simplified G1 designs into realistic-looking characters, using cutting edge tech to achieve the vintage looks.
Rob Marshall’s “Mary Poppins Returns” offers live-action/CG convergence at its cutting-edge best. The director was...
- 12/14/2018
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
In 2000, Mark Hogancamp was nearly beaten to death by five men outside of a bar. Left with brain damage and little money to afford therapy, Hogancamp began creating miniature doll versions of himself, his friends, and his attackers as a way to cope. This true story inspired the 2010 documentary “Marwencol” and the upcoming film “Welcome to Marwen,” directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Steve Carell.
Carell told Variety at the film’s Monday premiere in Hollywood that he was inspired by the documentary, but he wasn’t sure it needed to be turned into a scripted feature film. It wasn’t until he met with Zemeckis and learned about the director’s idea involving animation and motion capture that he realized there could be something there.
“We got together and he explained what his vision was, which was essentially to take this world that Mark had created, this miniature world,...
Carell told Variety at the film’s Monday premiere in Hollywood that he was inspired by the documentary, but he wasn’t sure it needed to be turned into a scripted feature film. It wasn’t until he met with Zemeckis and learned about the director’s idea involving animation and motion capture that he realized there could be something there.
“We got together and he explained what his vision was, which was essentially to take this world that Mark had created, this miniature world,...
- 12/12/2018
- by Rachel Yang
- Variety Film + TV
This holiday season, Academy Award® winner Robert Zemeckis—the groundbreaking filmmaker behind Forrest Gump, Flight and Cast Away—directs Steve Carell in the most original movie of the year. Welcome to Marwen tells the miraculous true story of one broken man’s fight as he discovers how artistic imagination can restore the human spirit.
When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp (Carell) and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic. As he builds an astonishing art installation—a testament to the most powerful women he knows—through his fantasy world, he draws strength to triumph in the real one.
In a bold, wondrous and timely film from this revolutionary pioneer of contemporary cinema, Welcome to Marwen shows that when your only weapon is your imagination…you’ll...
When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp (Carell) and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic. As he builds an astonishing art installation—a testament to the most powerful women he knows—through his fantasy world, he draws strength to triumph in the real one.
In a bold, wondrous and timely film from this revolutionary pioneer of contemporary cinema, Welcome to Marwen shows that when your only weapon is your imagination…you’ll...
- 12/12/2018
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Welcome to Marwen tells the real-life story of Mark Hogancamp, a man who was attacked so violently that he loses all memory of his adult life. As a way to heal, he constructs an elaborate miniature WWII village called Marwen and builds an imaginary universe around his dolls.
At the film's premiere Monday at the ArcLight Hollywood, star Steve Carell spoke about stepping into Hogancamp's shoes for the role, which he took on after seeing Marwencol, a 2010 documentary on Hogancamp's life. Carell met Hogancamp before portraying a version of him onscreen, saying he was "exactly what ...
At the film's premiere Monday at the ArcLight Hollywood, star Steve Carell spoke about stepping into Hogancamp's shoes for the role, which he took on after seeing Marwencol, a 2010 documentary on Hogancamp's life. Carell met Hogancamp before portraying a version of him onscreen, saying he was "exactly what ...
- 12/11/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Welcome to Marwen tells the real-life story of Mark Hogancamp, a man who was attacked so violently that he loses all memory of his adult life. As a way to heal, he constructs an elaborate miniature WWII village called Marwen and builds an imaginary universe around his dolls.
At the film's premiere Monday at the ArcLight Hollywood, star Steve Carell spoke about stepping into Hogancamp's shoes for the role, which he took on after seeing Marwencol, a 2010 documentary on Hogancamp's life. Carell met Hogancamp before portraying a version of him onscreen, saying he was "exactly what ...
At the film's premiere Monday at the ArcLight Hollywood, star Steve Carell spoke about stepping into Hogancamp's shoes for the role, which he took on after seeing Marwencol, a 2010 documentary on Hogancamp's life. Carell met Hogancamp before portraying a version of him onscreen, saying he was "exactly what ...
- 12/11/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Director Robert Zemeckis’ career has included a healthy share of excellent films, and now he’s back with Welcome to Marwen. The project, penned by Zemeckis and Caroline Thompson (Edward Scissorhands), centers on the true story of Mark Hogancamp’s (Steve Carell) intriguing manner of dealing [...]
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- 12/11/2018
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
The first trailer for Steve Carell's upcoming film Welcome to Marwen came out this Summer, and we've been intrigued ever since. The movie, directed by Robert Zemeckis and based on Jeff Malmberg's award-winning 2010 documentary, Marwencol, sees Carell playing the real-life Mark Hogancamp, a man who was beaten into a coma and spent 40 days in the hospital. After the attack left him with brain damage and Ptsd, Hogancamp immersed himself in an intricate world of World War II-era miniatures as a form of art therapy.
In our exclusive clip from the movie, you see how Zemeckis mashes both worlds together - Hogancamp's fictional, tiny town of Marwen and his actual reality - when Carell's Mark bonds with his new neighbor, Nicol (Leslie Mann). Welcome to Marwen also stars Diane Kruger, Merritt Wever, Janelle Monáe, Eiza González, and Gwendolyn Christie, and it hits theaters on Dec. 21.
In our exclusive clip from the movie, you see how Zemeckis mashes both worlds together - Hogancamp's fictional, tiny town of Marwen and his actual reality - when Carell's Mark bonds with his new neighbor, Nicol (Leslie Mann). Welcome to Marwen also stars Diane Kruger, Merritt Wever, Janelle Monáe, Eiza González, and Gwendolyn Christie, and it hits theaters on Dec. 21.
- 12/8/2018
- by Quinn Keaney
- Popsugar.com
I’ve got a great featurette to share with you today from director Robert Zemeckis and Steve Carell’s inspiring new film Welcome to Marwen.
The featurette puts the focus on bringing the imaginative world of Marwen to Life and includes interviews with the cast as crew as they discuss the process they went through to tell this story in the best possible way.
The film tells the moving and inspiring true story of a man named Mark Hogancamp and it looks like it is going to be a beautiful movie. I can’t wait to watch this.
Hogancamp was attacked by a group of Nazis, leaving him with severe memory loss and some serious post-traumatic stress. As a way to cope with his fears and pain, he builds a model town called Marwen that he fills with custom-made G.I. Joe action figures. He lives out a fantasy life with...
The featurette puts the focus on bringing the imaginative world of Marwen to Life and includes interviews with the cast as crew as they discuss the process they went through to tell this story in the best possible way.
The film tells the moving and inspiring true story of a man named Mark Hogancamp and it looks like it is going to be a beautiful movie. I can’t wait to watch this.
Hogancamp was attacked by a group of Nazis, leaving him with severe memory loss and some serious post-traumatic stress. As a way to cope with his fears and pain, he builds a model town called Marwen that he fills with custom-made G.I. Joe action figures. He lives out a fantasy life with...
- 12/7/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
While 2018 has been a stunning year for character animation and world building, powered by “Ready Player One,” “Black Panther,” and “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” the Oscar race for Best Visual Effects shapes up as a showdown between “First Man” and “Avengers: Infinity War” — reshaping in-camera VFX for Nasa’s trip to the moon versus Marvel’s brilliant CG Thanos.
On “Avengers: Infinity War,” Digital Domain created Thanos in parallel with Weta Digital. The success of both Thanos characters was a result of conveying every nuance of Brolin’s onset performance via Dd’s new high-res facial capture system, which captured Brolin’s facial data and then added the actor’s low-res onset performance. Through analysis and fine-tuning, the animators accurately joined Brolin with Thanos, which could yield Marvel its first VFX Oscar. The level of photo-real performance capture definitely raises the bar for a humanoid.
Damien Chazelle set out to...
On “Avengers: Infinity War,” Digital Domain created Thanos in parallel with Weta Digital. The success of both Thanos characters was a result of conveying every nuance of Brolin’s onset performance via Dd’s new high-res facial capture system, which captured Brolin’s facial data and then added the actor’s low-res onset performance. Through analysis and fine-tuning, the animators accurately joined Brolin with Thanos, which could yield Marvel its first VFX Oscar. The level of photo-real performance capture definitely raises the bar for a humanoid.
Damien Chazelle set out to...
- 11/30/2018
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Universal Pictures have realised the third trailer for Robert Zemeckis’s ‘Welcome to Marwen’ focusing on Carell’s traumatic journey to becoming his own hero.
Based on a true story, Welcome to Marwen tells the miraculous true story of one broken man’s fight as he discovers how artistic imagination can restore the human spirit.
Academy Award® winner Robert Zemeckis takes the helm on the film which stars Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, Janelle Monae and Diane Kruger.
Also in trailers – Final Us trailer emerges for Natalie Portman’s ‘Vox Lux’
The film hits Us cinemas on December 21st and UK cinemas January 19th
Welcome to the Marwen Official Synopsis
When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp (Carell) and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic. As he...
Based on a true story, Welcome to Marwen tells the miraculous true story of one broken man’s fight as he discovers how artistic imagination can restore the human spirit.
Academy Award® winner Robert Zemeckis takes the helm on the film which stars Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, Janelle Monae and Diane Kruger.
Also in trailers – Final Us trailer emerges for Natalie Portman’s ‘Vox Lux’
The film hits Us cinemas on December 21st and UK cinemas January 19th
Welcome to the Marwen Official Synopsis
When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp (Carell) and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic. As he...
- 11/30/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"Don't just imagine yourself as a hero, be one in real life." Universal has debuted the third official trailer for the new Robert Zemeckis movie, titled Welcome to Marwen, starring Steve Carell as a man who finds solace in WWII miniatures that he photographs. Opening in theaters in just a few more weeks. This is a true story, and many have seen the documentary about Mark Hogancamp already - which is getting a fresh release to coincide with this movie's opening. Carell plays Mark, the victim of a vicious attack who finds a unique and beautiful therapeutic outlet to help him through his recovery process. The film's cast includes Leslie Mann, Diane Kruger, Merritt Wever, Janelle Monáe, Eiza González, Leslie Zemeckis, Gwendolyn Christie, and Neil Jackson. The trailers for this movie haven't been that great, they're just a bit too sentimental and the movie looks so cheesy I'm not really...
- 11/29/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Steve Carell is fighting inner demons in his new film Welcome to Marwen, from Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis.
In a People exclusive trailer, the 56-year-old actor portrays Mark Hogancamp who suffers from a devastating attack that wipes away all his memories.
“I got beaten within an inch of my life because I was different,” Mark explains in a voiceover. “So I created a world where I can be anyone I want.
Mark creates an art installation of a small town and female figurines of the women he knows in real life. Portrayed by Eiza González, Janelle Monáe, Merritt Wever and Leslie Mann,...
In a People exclusive trailer, the 56-year-old actor portrays Mark Hogancamp who suffers from a devastating attack that wipes away all his memories.
“I got beaten within an inch of my life because I was different,” Mark explains in a voiceover. “So I created a world where I can be anyone I want.
Mark creates an art installation of a small town and female figurines of the women he knows in real life. Portrayed by Eiza González, Janelle Monáe, Merritt Wever and Leslie Mann,...
- 11/29/2018
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
"Welcome To Marwen", directed by Robert Zemeckis ("Back To The Future"), stars Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, Diane Kruger, Merritt Wever, Janelle Monáe, Eiza González, Gwendoline Christie, Leslie Zemeckis and Neil Jackson, opening December 21, 2018:
"...following a violent assault, 'Mark Hogancamp' (Steve Carell) loses his memories.
"But by putting together pieces from his old and new life...
"...Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic...
"...building an astonishing 'art installation'...
"...towards his road to recovery..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Welcome To Marwen"...
"...following a violent assault, 'Mark Hogancamp' (Steve Carell) loses his memories.
"But by putting together pieces from his old and new life...
"...Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic...
"...building an astonishing 'art installation'...
"...towards his road to recovery..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Welcome To Marwen"...
- 11/22/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Take another look at the drama feature "Welcome To Marwen", directed by Robert Zemeckis ("Back To The Future"), starring Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, Diane Kruger, Merritt Wever, Janelle Monáe, Eiza González, Gwendoline Christie, Leslie Zemeckis and Neil Jackson, opening December 21, 2018:
"...following a violent assault, 'Mark Hogancamp' (Steve Carell) loses his memories.
"But by putting together pieces from his old and new life...
"...Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic...
"...building an astonishing 'art installation'...
"...towards his road to recovery..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Welcome To Marwen"...
"...following a violent assault, 'Mark Hogancamp' (Steve Carell) loses his memories.
"But by putting together pieces from his old and new life...
"...Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic...
"...building an astonishing 'art installation'...
"...towards his road to recovery..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Welcome To Marwen"...
- 8/28/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Director Robert Zemeckis has been one of the most imaginative and refreshing minds in film for nearly four decades. Zemeckis has given us films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the Back to the Future trilogy, Forrest Gump, Cast Away, and The Polar Express just to name a few; And he continues to bring is unique vision to audiences with Welcome to Marwen. I would try to explain the film but I would not do it any justice. Just watch the new trailer below in which may just be his most imaginative film yet.
When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp (Carell) and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic. As he builds an astonishing art installation—a testament to the most powerful women he knows—through his fantasy world,...
When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp (Carell) and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic. As he builds an astonishing art installation—a testament to the most powerful women he knows—through his fantasy world,...
- 7/20/2018
- by Chris Salce
- Age of the Nerd
One of the few directors who is able to still wrangle a decent-sized budget for Hollywood studio fare that doesn’t involve capes or anything of the ilk, Robert Zemeckis’ formally inventive films are still ones to marvel at. Following his return to live-action with the trio of Flight, The Walk, and Allied, his next project looks is a mix of that realm and a healthy dose of motion capture.
Welcome to Marwen, another remake of a documentary from the director, is based on the 2010 film Marwencol, and after a wild first trailer, a second one has now arrived that shifts tones to an entirely inspirational one, perhaps fitting for its new December holiday release date. The story follows Steve Carell’s character in the true story of a man who was beaten into a coma, leaving memory loss, he then constructs a fantastical World War II-era world of dolls that fight the Nazis,...
Welcome to Marwen, another remake of a documentary from the director, is based on the 2010 film Marwencol, and after a wild first trailer, a second one has now arrived that shifts tones to an entirely inspirational one, perhaps fitting for its new December holiday release date. The story follows Steve Carell’s character in the true story of a man who was beaten into a coma, leaving memory loss, he then constructs a fantastical World War II-era world of dolls that fight the Nazis,...
- 7/19/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Universal Pictures has dropped a new trailer for Welcome to Marwen celebrating the women who help get Mark back on track after his horrific attack.
Based on a true story (captured in the fascinating documentary Marwencol), Welcome to Marwen tells the miraculous true story of one broken man’s fight as he discovers how artistic imagination can restore the human spirit.
Academy Award® winner Robert Zemeckis takes the helm on the film which stars Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, Janelle Monae and Diane Kruger.
Also in trailers – Stanley Tucci, Matt Smith and Natalie Dormer star in trailer for Patient Zero
The film hits UK cinemas January 19th
Welcome to the Marwen Official Synopsis
When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp (Carell) and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic.
Based on a true story (captured in the fascinating documentary Marwencol), Welcome to Marwen tells the miraculous true story of one broken man’s fight as he discovers how artistic imagination can restore the human spirit.
Academy Award® winner Robert Zemeckis takes the helm on the film which stars Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, Janelle Monae and Diane Kruger.
Also in trailers – Stanley Tucci, Matt Smith and Natalie Dormer star in trailer for Patient Zero
The film hits UK cinemas January 19th
Welcome to the Marwen Official Synopsis
When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp (Carell) and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic.
- 7/19/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Last year Universal brought the blockbuster “Get Out” to the Oscars where it prevailed with one of its four bids (Best Original Screenplay). This year, the studio has three strong contenders, one of which reunites “La La Land” writer/director Damien Chazelle with that film’s leading man Ryan Gosling.
They are making “First Man,” the first film to chronicle the life and times of Neil Armstrong, the astronaut who was the first to walk on the moon. It will take one small step for man and one giant leap into theaters on October 12, 2018, right in the midst of the fall awards season.
“La La Land” reaped a record-tying 14 Oscar bids in 2017 and won six including Best Director for Chazelle but infamously fell short of Best Picture in the envelope mix-up heard ’round the world. Gosling earned a Best Actor nomination, as he also did 10 years prior for his role...
They are making “First Man,” the first film to chronicle the life and times of Neil Armstrong, the astronaut who was the first to walk on the moon. It will take one small step for man and one giant leap into theaters on October 12, 2018, right in the midst of the fall awards season.
“La La Land” reaped a record-tying 14 Oscar bids in 2017 and won six including Best Director for Chazelle but infamously fell short of Best Picture in the envelope mix-up heard ’round the world. Gosling earned a Best Actor nomination, as he also did 10 years prior for his role...
- 7/18/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Sneak Peek footage, plus images from the biographical drama "Welcome To Marwen", co-written and directed by Robert Zemeckis ("Forest Gump"), starring Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, Diane Kruger, Merritt Wever, Janelle Monáe, Eiza González, Gwendoline Christie, Leslie Zemeckis and Neil Jackson, opening December 21, 2018:
"...following a violent assault, 'Mark Hogancamp' (Steve Carell) loses his memories.
"But by putting together pieces from his old and new life...
"...Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic...
"...building an astonishing 'art installation'...
"...towards his road to recovery..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Welcome To Marwen"...
"...following a violent assault, 'Mark Hogancamp' (Steve Carell) loses his memories.
"But by putting together pieces from his old and new life...
"...Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic...
"...building an astonishing 'art installation'...
"...towards his road to recovery..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Welcome To Marwen"...
- 7/18/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
"This Christmas, to dream is to heal." Universal has released the second official trailer for the new Robert Zemeckis movie, titled Welcome to Marwen, starring Steve Carell as a man who finds solace in WWII miniatures. This is a true story, and many of you may have seen the documentary about Mark Hogancamp already. Carell plays Mark, a victim of an attack who finds a unique and beautiful therapeutic outlet to help him through his recovery process. The cast includes Leslie Mann, Diane Kruger, Merritt Wever, Janelle Monáe, Eiza González, Gwendolyn Christie, Leslie Zemeckis, and Neil Jackson. This new trailer is much better than the first trailer, playing up the emotional side of it, as well as the awkward but lovable charm that Carell brings to this role. This looks like it'll play best with audiences and not for awards. Here's the second official trailer (+ poster) for Robert Zemeckis' Welcome to Marwen,...
- 7/18/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"Our pain is our rocket fuel."
Director Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future) and actor Steve Carrell have set out to make an incredibly unique film called Welcome to Marwen and we have another incredible new trailer for you to watch today along with a collection of fun character posters. The film tells the moving and inspiring true story of a man named Mark Hogancamp.
Hogancamp was attacked by a group of Nazis, leaving him with severe memory loss and some serious post-traumatic stress. As a way to cope with his fears and pain, he builds a model town called Marwen that he fills with custom-made G.I. Joe action figures. He lives out a fantasy life with these figures that come to life in his imagination and they help him face and deal with the struggles that he's going through. I love the visual style of this whole thing.
Director Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future) and actor Steve Carrell have set out to make an incredibly unique film called Welcome to Marwen and we have another incredible new trailer for you to watch today along with a collection of fun character posters. The film tells the moving and inspiring true story of a man named Mark Hogancamp.
Hogancamp was attacked by a group of Nazis, leaving him with severe memory loss and some serious post-traumatic stress. As a way to cope with his fears and pain, he builds a model town called Marwen that he fills with custom-made G.I. Joe action figures. He lives out a fantasy life with these figures that come to life in his imagination and they help him face and deal with the struggles that he's going through. I love the visual style of this whole thing.
- 7/18/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The first trailer for “Welcome to Marwen” is…interesting. If you knew nothing about the true story the film is based on, you might assume ‘Marwen’ is a fairly light-hearted romp. But for those of us familiar with the documentary “Marwencol”, the trailer treated the tragic, but uplifting, story of artist Mark Hogancamp almost with a bit of disrespect.
Continue reading After Bad Buzz, New ‘Welcome To Marwen’ Trailer Course Corrects With A Brand-New Tone Just A Month Later at The Playlist.
Continue reading After Bad Buzz, New ‘Welcome To Marwen’ Trailer Course Corrects With A Brand-New Tone Just A Month Later at The Playlist.
- 7/18/2018
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Universal has given road-trip drama “Green Book,” starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali, an awards-season release of Nov. 21.
Production companies are Participant Media and DreamWorks Pictures. Peter Farrelly directs the movie, based on a true friendship that transcended race, class and the 1962 Mason-Dixon line.
Mortensen portrays an Italian-American bouncer with a seventh-grade education who is hired to drive a world-class pianist, played by Ali, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South. They must rely on the “Negro Motorist Green Book” to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for blacks. Confronted with racism, danger — as well as unexpected humanity and humor — they are forced to set aside differences to survive and thrive.
Producers are Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler and Farrelly along with Farrelly’s fellow writers, Nick Vallelonga and Brian Currie. The drama is executive produced by Participant’s Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King,...
Production companies are Participant Media and DreamWorks Pictures. Peter Farrelly directs the movie, based on a true friendship that transcended race, class and the 1962 Mason-Dixon line.
Mortensen portrays an Italian-American bouncer with a seventh-grade education who is hired to drive a world-class pianist, played by Ali, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South. They must rely on the “Negro Motorist Green Book” to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for blacks. Confronted with racism, danger — as well as unexpected humanity and humor — they are forced to set aside differences to survive and thrive.
Producers are Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler and Farrelly along with Farrelly’s fellow writers, Nick Vallelonga and Brian Currie. The drama is executive produced by Participant’s Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King,...
- 6/26/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Universal has set a November 21 release date for Green Book, the Participant/DreamWorks road trip movie starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali and directed by Peter Farrelly. The studio’s Steve Carell-starrer Welcome to Marwen, which had been on that date, now moves to December 21, the Friday before Christmas.
In the true story Green Book, Mortensen plays Tony Lip, an Italian-American bouncer with a seventh-grade education who is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley (Ali), a world-class pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South in 1962. They must rely on the “Negro Motorist Green Book” to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African Americans on the Mason-Dixon line. Linda Cardellini co-stars.
The studio dropped the trailer for the Robert Zemeckis-directed Welcome to Marwen last week. Based on the 2010 documentary Marwencol, it centers on Mark Hogancamp (Carell), who survives a vicious...
In the true story Green Book, Mortensen plays Tony Lip, an Italian-American bouncer with a seventh-grade education who is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley (Ali), a world-class pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South in 1962. They must rely on the “Negro Motorist Green Book” to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African Americans on the Mason-Dixon line. Linda Cardellini co-stars.
The studio dropped the trailer for the Robert Zemeckis-directed Welcome to Marwen last week. Based on the 2010 documentary Marwencol, it centers on Mark Hogancamp (Carell), who survives a vicious...
- 6/26/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The first trailer for Steve Carell's upcoming film Welcome to Marwen is here, and full disclosure: it's going to make you get a little teary-eyed. The film is directed by Robert Zemeckis and based on Jeff Malmberg's award-winning 2010 documentary Marwencol, and sees Carell playing the real-life Mark Hogancamp, who was beaten into a coma by five men and spent 40 days in the hospital.
After the attack left him with brain damage and Ptsd, Hogancamp immersed himself in an intricate world of World War II-era miniatures as a form of art therapy. In the trailer, Zemeckis mashes both worlds together - Hogancamp's fictional, tiny town of Marwen and his actual reality - to wondrously trippy effect. Welcome to Marwen also stars Leslie Mann, Diane Kruger, Merritt Wever, Janelle Monáe, Eiza González, and Gwendolyn Christie, and hits theaters on Oct. 12.
After the attack left him with brain damage and Ptsd, Hogancamp immersed himself in an intricate world of World War II-era miniatures as a form of art therapy. In the trailer, Zemeckis mashes both worlds together - Hogancamp's fictional, tiny town of Marwen and his actual reality - to wondrously trippy effect. Welcome to Marwen also stars Leslie Mann, Diane Kruger, Merritt Wever, Janelle Monáe, Eiza González, and Gwendolyn Christie, and hits theaters on Oct. 12.
- 6/24/2018
- by Quinn Keaney
- Popsugar.com
Universal Pictures have released the first look at Steve Carell in the trailer for Welcome to Marwen from Robert Zemeckis.
Based on a true story (captured in the fascinating documentary Marwencol), Welcome to Marwen tells the miraculous true story of one broken man’s fight as he discovers how artistic imagination can restore the human spirit.
Academy Award® winner Robert Zemeckis takes the helm on the film which stars Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, Janelle Monae and Diane Kruger.
Also in trailers – Old family feuds raise their head in new trailer for Creed II
Welcome to the Marwen Official Synopsis
When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp (Carell) and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic. As he builds an astonishing art installation—a testament to the most...
Based on a true story (captured in the fascinating documentary Marwencol), Welcome to Marwen tells the miraculous true story of one broken man’s fight as he discovers how artistic imagination can restore the human spirit.
Academy Award® winner Robert Zemeckis takes the helm on the film which stars Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, Janelle Monae and Diane Kruger.
Also in trailers – Old family feuds raise their head in new trailer for Creed II
Welcome to the Marwen Official Synopsis
When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp (Carell) and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic. As he builds an astonishing art installation—a testament to the most...
- 6/21/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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