Wednesday One-Sheets: ‘Kingsman’, ‘Star Wars’, ‘The Disaster Artist’
It’s the latest edition of Wednesday One-Sheets, my weekly roundup of the hottest and freshest movie posters!
Everything about The Disaster Artist amuses me: this is James Franco’s account of the making of The Room, Tommy Wiseau’s infamously awful film. Franco looks startlingly like Wiseau, and the use of the “I Did Naaaht! Oh, Hi Mark” quote from the film’s most iconic scene is extremely clever. I’m very very excited for The Disaster Artist.
The Last Jedi’s poster campaign continues to be significantly more striking than Force Awakens or Rogue One’s, with the use of red — the film’s designated key colour — enormously effective. These are genuinely beautiful, and it’s always nice to see Poe Dameron included. But where oh where is BB-8?
A pretty standard British political biopic poster. The Iron Lady, The King’s Speech etc. had similar artwork. The red is used well, I suppose, and the choice of font is decent. Meh.
AnnaPurna are trying really hard with Detroit — their first go at self-distribution — so they’ve stuck the faces of the four biggest stars on this just-okay one-sheet. Oh look, it’s John Boyega, making his second appearance today! Will Poulter? What’s he doing in a Detroit riots movie? And Anthony Mackie; good old reliable Anthony Mackie.
So the design of this poster is pretty nice — serious shades of Tomorrowland (which was a massive flop, keep in mind) — but, other than contractual obligation, I don’t see why the actors’ names need to be at the top. It’s a teaser poster — we don’t need the cast list quite yet. And it’s hardly an A-list bunch when Zach Galifianakis gets a ‘with’ credit.
Aaaaaaaay KINGSMAN IS BACK, BABY! I’m stoked for Matthew Vaughn’s superspy sequel, and WHAT A CAST. Firth. Egerton. Moore. Strong. Bridges. Tatum. Elton John’s in it too, but they’re keeping his look under wraps (good move). Clever use of ‘Suited’ and ‘Booted’ and, of course, ‘Deluded’, to differentiate the Brits from the Yanks and — of course — our villainess. These look like men’s fashion ads, as they should. Let’s hope Fox have taken advantage and booked a cologne tie-in for the movie.
