Behold the trailer for 'Get Low'...

...potentially one of the Oscar players this year:

-Thoughts?

Sony Pictures Classics picks up 'Get Low' for distribution, as well as 'Lebanon'

Here's the story from Variety:

In a low-seven-figure deal, Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North American rights to another first feature out of Toronto: Aaron Schneider's debut "Get Low."

Southern period drama, a Toronto Gala premiere, stars Robert Duvall as a grumpy recluse who stages his own funeral. Sissy Spacek and Bill Murray co-star.

"Get Low" was produced by Dean Zanuck under his Zanuck Independent shingle.

Pic was one of the most buzzed-about projects at the fest, where the Weinstein Co.'s purchase of "A Single Man" was the only other acquisition priced above $1 million.

SPC also snapped up U.S. rights to Venice Golden Lion winner "Lebanon," the narrative feature debut of Israeli writer-director Samuel Maoz.

Maoz's pic is an unrelenting look at war based on his own experiences as a young soldier manning a tank during Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1982.

SPC, which also released "Waltz With Bashir," will be hoping to position "Lebanon" for a run at the foreign-language Oscar, although it remains to be seen whether Maoz's pic will be Israel's entry.

The winner of the Israeli Film Academy's annual Ophir Awards is automatically selected as the country's Oscar pic, and "Lebanon" is up against gritty crime drama "Ajami."

The winner will be announced at a ceremony Saturday in Tel Aviv.

-Looks like Duvall and Murray are officially in the race...thoughts?

Poster day seemingly continues with one for Get Low!

What does everyone think?

Will Jack Nicholson be in the new James L. Brooks movie?

Maybe, according to The Hollywood Reporter:
Jack Nicholson may reunite with James L. Brooks, the filmmaker who directed Nicholson to Oscar-winning performances in "Terms of Endearment" and "As Good as It Gets."Nicholson is in talks to join the cast of Brooks' latest project, an untitled romantic comedy that stars Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd and Owen Wilson. Written by Brooks, the story sees Witherspoon as a professional softball player torn between two men, a solid guy played by Rudd and a charming ball player with a 94-mile an hour fastball played by Wilson. Bill Murray had been in talks to play the role of the father but ultimately lost interest. Nicholson, who had been itching to be in front of the camera and had been talking to several studios about certain projects, stepped in to help his old friend.The project is due to start lensing later in June on the East Coast. Brooks is producing with Paula Weinstein, Laurence Mark and Julie Ansell.Nicholson's deals are known for being notoriously hard to close and this one is still in the early stages.
-Brooks got him 2 Oscars, so this could be very exciting, though Bill Murray might have been even better in the role, not that we'll ever know...what do you think?