I mean come on this one is a no-brainer right? In a match made in casting heaven, Academy Award winner and Cheeriest Man on the Planet--0 years running--Tommy Lee Jones will play one of the greatest American generals of all time, Douglas MacArthur. Aside from the physical resemblance, MacArthur was by many accounts a cantankerous and gruff military personality. Cantankerous? Gruff? This is like asking Charlie Sheen to play a crazy person. Jones could phone this one in and still have it be an amazing performance.
The working title of the film is called Emperor and also stars "Lost" actor Matthew Fox. Here's a brief synopsis of the film:
Inspired by true events, EMPEROR is an epic story of love and understanding set amidst the tensions and uncertainties of the days immediately following the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II. On the staff of General Douglas MacArthur (Jones), the de facto ruler of Japan as Supreme Commander of the occupying forces, a leading Japanese expert, General Bonner Fellers (Fox) is charged with reaching a decision of historical importance: should Emperor Hirohito be tried and hanged as a war criminal?
Interwoven with this nail-biting political thriller is the story of Fellers’ love affair with Aya, a Japanese exchange student he had met years previously in the U.S. Memories of Aya and his quest to find her in the ravaged post-war landscape help Fellers to discover both his wisdom and his humanity and enable him to come to the momentous decision that changed the course of history and the future of two nations.
Interwoven with this nail-biting political thriller is the story of Fellers’ love affair with Aya, a Japanese exchange student he had met years previously in the U.S. Memories of Aya and his quest to find her in the ravaged post-war landscape help Fellers to discover both his wisdom and his humanity and enable him to come to the momentous decision that changed the course of history and the future of two nations.
As if the actors (Fox and Jones) weren't enough to get me to see this film already, the premise of the story seals the deal. There is always something so fascinating about WWII. Director Peter Webber's Emperor begins shooting this month in New Zealand and Japan with no release date scheduled yet. Audiences can next see Tommy Lee Jones in theaters this May in Men in Black III and Matthew Fox this December in World War Z.
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