Brad Pitt spent most of last Fall in England filming the World War II movie Fury. Personally, I’m kind of “over” Hollywood’s insistence on making WWII films and glorifying that historical era, but just when I think that, I get caught up in a Band of Brothers marathon and I’m thinking, “I wish they would make more stuff like this.” Seriously, Band of Brothers is amazing. One of the best miniseries ever.
Anyway, it really seemed like the production of Fury dragged on and on – for the first time ever, Brad and Angelina were working on separate continents for months while she filmed Unbroken in Australia, and it seemed like that wasn’t supposed to be the plan. I kind of wondered if Fury was a mess, that we were going to get a repeat of the clusterwhoops that went down during World War Z’s production, and whether Pitt could weather another storm like that. So… I guess I’m glad to see that Fury seems to have come together reasonably well in post-production. Sony just revealed the first footage from Fury at the LA gaming expo E3.
It looks good. A character study set in WWII? Sure. The set up seems to be a bit like Saving Private Ryan, only they’re not searching for Private Ryan, they’re just fighting in the war. I guess that would make Brad the Tom Hanks character? And I’m fine with that. Brad does look good in fatigues and he’s a better actor than most people think. Will The Beef be the weak link? You never know. Also: LOVE Michael Pena.
Fury will be released on November 14th. Oscar contender?
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
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