Ben Affleck, Jon Hamm, Blake Lively, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall and Chris Cooper in THE TOWN trailer – Affleck’s directorial follow-up to GONE BABY GONE

By
Mark Walters
Published: July 16, 2010Posted in: News
Ben Affleck, Jon Hamm, Blake Lively, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall and Chris Cooper in THE TOWN trailer – Affleck’s directorial follow-up to GONE BABY GONE

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I saw this trailer before our screening of INCEPTION, and I can honestly say I knew nothing about it until that moment (oddly enough this looks stylistically a lot like a Christopher Nolan film).  Ben Affleck follows up his controversial directorial effort in GONE BABY GONE with THE TOWN, in which he also portrays a main role.  The cast also includes Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall, Blake Lively, and the great Chris Cooper.  I loved GONE BABY GONE, for its slick style and its unconventional storytelling.  I think Affleck should be doing more directing, so I’m happy to see this on the horizon.  Plus the trailer looks pretty solid, so there’s that too.  Assemble a great cast, make it gritty, and you’ve got my attention.  Check out the trailer and see what ya think.

THE TOWN opens September 10, 2010

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Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff.