The first trailer for Oscar hopeful Big Eyes, starring Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz, has been released.
Will Amy Adams finally get her Oscar? After five nominations and zero victories, that’s one of the exciting questions surrounding Big Eyes, a film directed by Tim Burton.
Big Eyes stars Adams as Margaret Keane, the painter behind the success of Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz). The movie will tell the story of how they met, how he took success for her popular paintings of waifs with big eyes, and what she eventually came to do about it.
Adams previously said that the plot seems like one you would write for a film, but the astonishing thing is that this actually happened. Frankly, it’s pretty hard to believe.
Burton has a style and tone that are similar in most of his movies, and his recent run of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Alice in Wonderland, Dark Shadows, and Frankenweenie proves that not since Big Fish has Burton done something really different.
In Big Eyes, Burton has taken on a project outside of his comfort zone this year. It will be great to see the director take on the kind of project he normally wouldn’t.
He definitely picked the right kind of project to do it with, too. Big Eyes could be the film that finally lands Amy Adams an Oscar, but it won’t be an easy road, as other actresses have come out of the gates strong. The film could also make a play in other categories like Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for Waltz. With its December 25 release date, Big Eyes will be a prime Oscar candidate.