Jessica Chastain's upcoming movies have been shuffled around. The Zookeeper’s Wife - a WW2 drama directed by Niki Caro - will be released next March while Miss Sloane is coming this December. In the John Madden (Shakespeare in Love, The Debt) directed movie, Chastain is Elizabeth Sloane, a DC lobbyist battling for gun control legislation. It's a timely topic that we hope is handled with the care it deserves. The supporting cast includes Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alison Pill, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jake Lacy, Sam Waterston and John Lithgow.
Good cast Jessica, are you excited? (A Gif story after the jump)
Hmmm is this an exciting announcement or will it become this year’s Truth (2015)? An interesting story with a marquee actress at the center that gets lost in the midst of awards season because no one cares enough to go out and see it. Even Jessica is not sure.
Can this movie get Chastain into the very competitive looking best actress race this year? Some have already been raved at Cannes (Ruth Negga), some are reprising their Tony winning performance (Viola Davis), some have overdue narratives that dwarf Chastain’s (Pfeiffer, Bening), some are starring in popular book adaptations (Emily Blunt) and then there is Emma Stone who everyone just fell in love with yesterday. Are you ready Jess?
But isn’t December too late to make an impact? Haven’t we learned anything from A Most Violent Year (2014)? Yes Jessica you should be concerned.
Awards aside, we would like to see Chastain give another great performance. She was totally lost in The Huntsman, didn’t get the tone and was serious when fun and campy was called for. Why didn’t you follow Blunt and Charlize Theron’s lead and chew some scenery? You weren’t hunting Bin Laden after all, it was a fantasy. We criticize because we love. Don't worry though, no one saw The Huntsman so you might have dodged that. Unless you care about box office.
What do you think of Chastain's chances this year?