As expected, Cate Blanchett and
Matthew McConaughey took home Oscars in the lead acting categories on
Sunday, while Jared Leto and Lupita Nyong'o were honored by the Academy
for supporting roles. So when will we see them again?
Nyong'o, who played tormented
slave Patsey in Best Picture winner “12 Years a Slave,” is already back
on the big screen with a small role as a flight attendant in Liam Neeson
thriller “Non-Stop.” Her future appears to be bright, but is a out of
focus at the moment, since she isn't officially attached to any other
projects. At least those who still haven't gotten around to seeing her
subtle, raw and painful performance in Steve McQueen's acclaimed drama
will get a second shot when Fox Searchlight expands “12 Years”
theatrical distribution this weekend.
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Leto, the rock star who returned
to acting after a long hiatus to play a transgender HIV sufferer in
“Dallas Buyers Club,” also hasn't decided on another film project just
yet. His band, 30 Seconds to Mars, announced on Tuesday that it would be
embarking on a 25-city national tour with Linkin Park and AFI. The
“Carnivores Tour” kicks off on Aug. 8 in West Palm Beach, FL.
Blanchett, who won her second
Oscar for playing an alcoholic socialite in the middle of a mental
breakdown in Woody Allen's “Blue Jasmine,” has plenty ahead, including
her directorial debut. Starting June 13, audiences can hear her voice in
DreamWork's “How to Train Your Dragon 2,” in which she plays the long-lost mother of viking dragon rider Hiccup (Jay Barachel).
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The 44-year-old actress also has roles in two upcoming Terrence Malick
(“Tree of Life”) films: “Knight of Cups,” and an untitled drama about
two intersecting love triangles set against the music scene in Austin.
Providing she doesn't get cut, at least.
Blanchett has played royal Elf
Galadriel in Peter Jackson's Middle Earth since “The Lord of the Rings:
The Fellowship of the Ring,” and she'll be back for the final
installment of the “Hobbit” trilogy, “There and Back Again,” which hits
theaters on Dec. 17.
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Blanchett has a larger role in
another potential blockbuster, “Cinderalla” — director Kenneth Branagh's
adaptation of the classic fairy tale about a servant girl who enchants a
prince with the help of a Fairy Godmother. Prepare for one of
Blanchett's cruelest performances yet, as she will play Cinderalla's spiteful stepmother, Lady Tremaine. Disney is releasing the live-action film on March 13 in 2015.
That's not all for Blanchett, either. She leads the cast of David Memet's “Blackbird,”
a thriller about a woman who travels to Los Angeles for the funeral of
her Hollywood VXF artist grandfather, whose well-kept secrets put her
life in danger. She'll also star as the title character in Todd Haynes’ romantic drama “Carol.”
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Last, but not least, Blanchett has also decided to make her directorial debut
with a psychological thriller called “The Dinner.”Oren Moverman (“The
Messenger”) is adapting Herman Koch’s bestselling 2009 novel, which
concerns the lengths some parents will go to protect their
children. Blanchett has not yet decided if she'll pull double duty as
the star of the film, as well.
After starring in a stellar
string of dramas, including “Killer Joe,” “Mud,” “Dallas Buyers Club,”
and HBO's “True Detective,” first time Oscar winner McConaughey is on
the top of his game.
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He'll follow-up the best year of
his career with Christopher Nolan's highly anticipated 2014 science
fiction film, “Interstellar.” McConaughey leads a group of explorers
making use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on
human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an
interstellar voyage. Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Topher Grace,
Casey Affleck and Wes Bentley are among McConaughey's co-stars, although
it's not clear what role they all play, since plot details are vague
and the first teaser was ambiguous.
In a continued effort to leave
his days as a shirtless rom-com leading man behind, the 44-year-old
movie star also decided to board Gus Van Sant's suicide drama, “Sea of Trees.” McConaughey
will star opposite Ken Watanabe as an American who wanders into the
infamous “Suicide Forest” at the foothills of Mount Fuji with the
intention of taking his own life. When he is interrupted by a Japanese
man (Watanabe) who has had second thoughts about his own suicide, both
begin a journey of reflection and survival as they try to find their way
out of the forest.
