Brothers - Sheridan says August 2009

Jim Sheridan has been talking about Brothers and, although he gives little away, there is some news about its release - set your watches and calendars for August 2009.


'A remake of Susanne Bier's acclaimed Danish flick Brothers, it tells the story of a man, played by Maguire, who is sent to fight in Afghanistan while his black-sheep brother (Gyllenhaal) cares for his wife and child. It co-stars big names including Natalie Portman and Sam Shepard. Sheridan continued: "We were in Santa Fey in New Mexico filming it for more than five months and we had a fabulous time. It's a great town and was good fun to make. I think that we're going to release that in August of next year."'


'The affable movie maker said that he hopes he'll be able to continue making films in which he really believes. "It's hard to know right now," he said. "I think like everything else, it's going to re-trench a little bit. I have never really done commercial movies but that may change."'


Whether the possible August date means showings at Cannes (in May) or Toronto (in September) - or neither - is open to speculation. But, at least, now we have a clue and a date to head towards for seeing Jake again, at long last, on the big screen.


Includes pictures from IHJ.