Thursday, February 23, 2012

clips and trailers: The Woman in Black (2012)

Wednesday, October 19, 6:38 pm, 2011 by Nicola-t
Filed under Latest, T, upcoming film news, W

Personally, I’m really looking forward to this one. Not because I’m particularly interested in what Daniel Radcliffe is up to post-Harry Potter. But because I thought the original teaser trailer was that damn creepy.

The Woman in Black is an adaptation of a Susan Hill novel that’s been given the Jane Goldman treatment (Kick-Ass / Stardust). The film is being directed by James Watkins who’s only directed Eden Lake before this but he has written a few other features. I haven’t seen Eden Lake but Goldman has certainly done some good work with Kick-Ass and Stardust and, in my opinion, X-Men: First Class so I am pretty hopeful.

I’m also hopeful that Radcliffe can act. It’ll be interesting to see what he can do with another character; it certainly sounds like a bit of a departure from what he’s used to anyway. I’m somewhat suspicious that he’s playing a character that has a son, but sure, these things can happen…

Briefly, Radcliffe plays Arthur Kipps, a lawyer who has to leave his young son in London and go to a remote village to tie up the affairs of the deceased owner of a large estate, Eel Marsh House. All alone in the eerie mansion, he starts to notice something strange about the village, it’s inhabitants and the mansion itself…

… undoubtedly, scares ensue.

update 21/11/11: There is a quite a cool competition running for budding horror writers out there. Up until Dec 20th, writers are invited to submit a video of themselves reading their original short stories to The Woman in Black youtube page. 10 finalist will be chosen and voted on by the public and winner will get a trip to the UK premiere in Feb 2012 and their short story read out on the DVD by Daniel Radcliffe himself.

update 23/11/11: New teaser trailer added – Teaser trailer #3

update 26/01/12: TV ad spot added – TV ad spot #1 and the YouTube competition closing message from Daniel Radcliffe – clip: Competition closing message from Daniel Radcliffe

RELEASE DETAILS

release date: 10 Feb 2012
director: James Watkins
writers: Susan Hill (novel), Jane Goldman (screenplay)
cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer
genre: thriller, ghost story
running time: 113 minutes