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Harmony Korine's 'Spring Breakers,' Starring James Franco and Selena Gomez, Will Get a Nationwide Spring Release
As we predicted in September back when Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures picked up U.S. distribution rights to Harmony Korine's "Spring Breakers," the production and financing entity will team up with a distributor -- in this case A24 -- to release the film nationwide theatrically next Spring. Talk about perfect timing.
"Spring Breakers."
The film, which made a splash in Venice before screening in Toronto, centers on four female co-eds (Ashley Benson, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens and Rachel Korine) in an unnamed college town who rob a coffee shop to fund a trip to the beach, only to end up in the slammer. Enter James Franco, sporting dreadlocks and grillz, as the local petty gangster who bails them out. "Like all of Korine's movies, 'Spring Breakers' fixates on people frustrated by societal restrictions and subsequently tearing them down," wrote Eric Kohn in his review. "The idea takes precedence over any semblance of a narrative. While young audiences may enter 'Spring Breakers' expecting a guilty pleasure, they instead will find a success of increasingly abstract moments..."
READ MORE: Harmony Korine Talks 'Spring Breakers,' Casting Selena Gomez, and How Her Mom Is a Fan of His Work
“Leave it to Harmony to create one of the most anticipated movies of the social media generation,” said A24. “His film is at once incredibly mainstream and wildly subversive. We couldn't imagine a better partner on this film than Annapurna and Megan Ellison, one of the most daring producers working in film today.”
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Based God | November 17, 2012 10:28 AM
Riff Raff, James Franco, Jodi Highroller, James Riff, Riff Franco
Dan Zipgun | November 16, 2012 11:59 AM
You guys really need a captcha in place for all the spam bots. just sayin.
strike_a_poseur | November 16, 2012 11:15 AM
For the not quite last time -- because people are going to fuck this up forever -- Franco's character has braids, not dreads. Braids, not dreads!
Mark | November 15, 2012 12:56 PM
The film premiered at Venice, not Toronto.