Alexander Payne’s THE DESCENDANTS poster and trailer starring George Clooney

Alexander Payne’s THE DESCENDANTS poster and trailer starring George Clooney

Hard to believe SIDEWAYS was seven years ago, but director Alexander Payne is finally back behind the camera for a big screen effort, and he’s got George Clooney starring in the lead. THE DESCENDANTS tells the story of a distant father forced back into a full time gig with his kids after his wife suffers and accident. But of course there’s more to it than that.  We showed you a very brief clip a few weeks back, which happens to be a clip taken directly from the film’s full trailer.  The movie co-stars Judy Greer, Matthew Lilliard, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Shailene Woodley, Michael Ontkean, Ron Huebel, Mary Birdsong, and more. Take a look at the poster above and the trailer below. I love Payne’s work, and this looks every bit as good as you’d expect coming from someone like him. Plus it’s Fox Searchlight, and they tend to release quality work, so there’s that too. Tell us your thoughts in the comments.

From Alexander Payne, the creator of the Oscar-winning SIDEWAYS, set in Hawaii, THE DESCENDANTS is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family’s land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.

THE DESCENDANTS opens December 16, 2011

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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.