Nice, we’ve seen glimpses here and there of photos from Edgar Wright’s highly anticipated “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World,” but they’ve either been tiny, or set photos taken from Wright’s blog.
Kudos to Rope of Silicon who seem to be the first to have scored official Universal press photos from this film, as well as David Gordon Green’s upcoming medieval stoner comedy, “Your Highness” starring Danny McBride, Zooey Deschanel, James Franco and Natalie Portman (both films were high up on our 75 Most Anticipated Films of 201o list).
‘Scott Pilgrim’ obviously has a cadre of young actors involved including. Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick, Alison Pill and Brandon Routh. And at the top of this fight sequence image, where Cera’s Scott Pilgrim character appears to be brandishing a fiery light saber of some kind, you can see a glimpse of Jason Schwartzman’s Gideon Graves uber-hipster villain character starring down from on high in a white blazer (with Winstead’s Ramona Flowers character nearby).
ROS also seems to have the first official still of the SNL film “MacGruber,” a bone of contention film here that some think will be trash and others think will be dumb fun. SNL films don’t have a great track record so we err on the side of caution, at least for now.
You’re likely familiar with both films at this point, but just to recap, ‘Scott Pilgrim’ is about a Canadian slacker who must defeat seven ex-boyfriends in battle to win the heart of a girl he loves (very much a video-game like trope with the master baddie at the end of each level). ‘Pilgrim’ should hit in August if its U.K. release date is any indication.
“Your Highness” is set in medieval times and follows an arrogant, lazy prince (McBride) and his more heroic brother (Franco) on a quest to save their father’s kingdom. ‘Highness’ is set for an October 1 release date.
UPDATE: Movieweb has a few more peeks at Universal’s 2010 slate, including “Despicable Me” and “Little Fockers” as well as what appears to be a new installment of “Nanny McPhee.” (For the kids.)