The story of an actor, who
was famous for portraying an iconic superhero as he struggles to mount a
Broadway play, in the days leading up to opening night, he battles his ego as
he attempts to recover his family, career and himself.
Interesting story isn’t it?
That is the plotline of the new movie, Birdman. Yes Hanna-Barbera character
Harvey Birdman is having his own movie now. The movie will have a comedic twist
and will be directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu, writers of the movie are
Nicolás Giacobone and Gonzalez Iñarritu. The movie start filming in March 2013
in New York City and is expected to be released in 2014 according to IMDB and
is currently in the post-production stage. Actor Michael Keaton, who used to
play the role of Batman two decades ago, got the lead role in the Birdman
upcoming comedy movie. He has been spotted on the set of the film followed by a
man in superhero suit who supposedly is the conscious of the superhero that
Keaton used to play in the movie. Also co-starring in the movie according to
IMDB and other sources we find in the cast-character list the celebrity Emma
Stone as Keaton daughter, Naomi Watts as Laura, Zach Galifianakis and Edward
Norton among others.
The movie will be distributed
by Fox Searchlight Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox and is being produced by:
New Regency Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Worldview Entertainment.
The movie, has generated a
lot of “buzz” or publicity since some videos from the shooting in New York City
leaked to the internet and the media and some pictures of the filming.
Emma Stone on "Birdman" set in New York.
First view at the "Birdman" suit.
Michael Keaton in the "Birdman" set.
An official trailer has not
been yet found, but we do know that the movie will be released in 2014, so we
are expecting the teaser trailer by the end of 2013, lets wait and see how this
new twist of making a superhero movie as a comedy results for Twentieth Century
Fox.
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