We’ve seen some stills, an exciting first trailer, and even heard about a forthcoming clothing line. Now Anna Karenina keeps the hype steady-flowin with a new poster. It’s decadent, bold, and introduces… The Train. Checkie out inside.
As you can see, this one tells a very different story from the first poster, although both play on the idea of the drama unfolding onstage. Here, Keira as Anna is featured front and center with the two men (Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Count Vronsky and Jude Law as Alexei Karenin) off in the periphery. And she is, necessarily, right in the path of an oncoming train.
Here’s what the cheeky guys at Indiewire had to say:
Joe Wright is definitely going for something far beyond what we might come to expect in a period-based adaptation of a literary masterwork, yet the tone of the trailer is evocative of some of the great, classic pieces of cinema of yore (think “Doctor Zhivago”). Frankly, we’re getting a Baz Luhrmann vibe but with a more restrained hand, and without the Jay-Z tossed in for the kids.
Lol, guess they’re not too exited about Luhrmann‘s upcoming Gatsby project. But what do you guys think of the new poster? Here’s the first one to refresh your memory:
Still excited?
Anna Karenina hits U.K. theaters on September 7th and opens in the U.S. on November 9th.
These posters are really beautiful but to be honest I don’t know how I feel about Keira playing Anna. When I read the book it was not how I imagined her to look like I always pictured her to be more like Monica Belluci. But I guess I will have to wait and see the final film before I judge her.
this isn’t the first time it’s been told as a film the first time was 1935 with Greta Garbo and Fredrick March. it’s Like if 3 Faces Of Eve was remade with one of the Olsen Twins & Crispian Mills in the roles of Eve White & her husband Ralph White though the original actors that did the roles in the 1957 film were 16 years apart right David Wayne who played Ralph was born January 30th 1914 while Joanne Woodward who played Eve and won the best actress oscar for her work was born February 27th 1930 while Crispian was born January 18th 1973 and the Olsen Twins were born June 13th 1986. of course Crispians grandfather is Sir John Mills and his mom is Hayley
Why am I not surprised Keira Knightley is playing Anna Karenina? Why does she always play women in period dramas? Is there no one else for these roles, like seriously. It’s a bit dull.