{"id":56377,"date":"2017-11-27T16:25:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T00:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=56377"},"modified":"2017-11-28T12:41:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T20:41:17","slug":"first-official-look-rooney-mara-mary-magdalene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/11\/first-official-look-rooney-mara-mary-magdalene.html","title":{"rendered":"Our first (official) look at Rooney Mara as <i>Mary Magdalene<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2017\/11\/marymagdalene-firstphoto.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-56380\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2017\/11\/marymagdalene-firstphoto-1024x466.jpg\" alt=\"marymagdalene-firstphoto\" width=\"1024\" height=\"466\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-56380\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We almost got to see <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/tag\/mary-magdalene-2018\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Mary Magdalene<\/a><\/i> last week. The film, which stars Joaquin Phoenix as Jesus and Rooney Mara as his most famous female disciple, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/03\/newsbites-mary-magdalene-chasing-star-jesus-vr.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">originally<\/a> going to come to theatres last Friday \u2014 but then, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/08\/mary-magdalene-gets-bumped-easter.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">in August<\/a>, it got bumped to March of next year.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->So, we haven\u2019t seen the actual movie yet. But today, in lieu of the film, we did get our first (official) look at Mara as the movie\u2019s title character. That\u2019s it at the top of this post.<\/p>\n<p>And it sounds like we might not have to wait much longer to see some actual footage from the film. One of the co-producers tweeted that a trailer will drop this Wednesday:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here's a first look at Rooney Mara in Garth Davis's Film4-backed drama Mary Magdalene. Trailer coming Wednesday\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y5wrcPPsh0\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/y5wrcPPsh0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Film4 (@Film4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Film4\/status\/935255913299984384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">November 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This, of course, is not the first photo of <i>any<\/i> sort that we have seen which shows us what Mara\u2019s Magdalene looks like. Last year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/11\/new-pictures-aviv-alush-as-jesus-in-the-shack-joaquin-phoenix-as-jesus-with-rooney-mara-in-mary-magdalene.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">several photos<\/a> were leaked from the set:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joaquin Phoenix is working his acting chops in latest role \u2014 Jesus <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VewVIv8ALP\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/VewVIv8ALP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vG3ogLgrzx\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/vG3ogLgrzx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Mail Celebrity (@DailyMailCeleb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyMailCeleb\/status\/800960533293895680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">November 22, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rooney Mara smoking a cigarette as \"Jesus\" hangs on the cross in between takes is now my favorite Rooney Mara performance of all time <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P1SGSDoMGN\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/P1SGSDoMGN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JarettSays\/status\/801470171160285185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">November 23, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><i>Mary Magdalene<\/i> comes to the UK on March 16 and to North America on March 30.<\/p>\n<p><b>November 28 update:<\/b> An earlier version of this post stated \u2014 based on statements at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_Magdalene_(2018_film)\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wikipedia<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/mary-magdalene-movie-first-look-rooney-mara-gets-biblical\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">SlashFilm<\/a> and other websites \u2014 that <i>Mary Magdalene<\/i> was now being released in North America by Sony Pictures, after being let go by the scandal-plagued Weinstein Company. These statements do not seem to be true, however.<\/p>\n<p>A publicist sent me a statement today from Rich Peluso, executive vice president of Sony\u2019s \u201cfaith-based\u201d branch Affirm Films, which says: \u201cAFFIRM Films is not connected to the MARY MAGDALENE movie, and I heard from our studio chairman that to his knowledge no one else at Sony Pictures Entertainment is either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia does not offer a source for its claim that Sony took over distribution, and I note that the film is still listed as a Weinstein release <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt5360996\/companycredits?ref_=tt_ql_dt_5\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">over at the IMDb<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So it seems that, until further notice, The Weinstein Company is still responsible for the film\u2019s North American release. But because the company is in such chaos right now, it doesn\u2019t seem likely that the film will make its North American release date.<\/p>\n<p>It could be that the foreign distributors are going ahead <i>without<\/i> the Weinsteins, and that the trailer popping tomorrow is for the film\u2019s foreign release only. We shall see.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A trailer will reportedly arrive on November 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":56380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[428,3352,4161,4163,3136,3353],"class_list":["post-56377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-mary-magdalene","tag-mary-magdalene-2017","tag-mary-magdalene-2018","tag-paul-apostle-of-christ","tag-rich-peluso","tag-rooney-mara"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Our first (official) look at Rooney Mara as Mary Magdalene<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A trailer will reportedly arrive on November 29.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/11\/first-official-look-rooney-mara-mary-magdalene.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Our first (official) look at Rooney Mara as Mary Magdalene\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A trailer will reportedly arrive on November 29.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2017\/11\/first-official-look-rooney-mara-mary-magdalene.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FilmChat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-11-28T00:25:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-11-28T20:41:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/227\/2017\/11\/marymagdalene-firstphoto.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"349\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Peter T. 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