Wah Happened?

The other big news out of Toronto (at least for us) was that Roadside Attractions picked up North American rights to Richard E. Grant's directorial debut Wah-Wah. With the film, Grant (Withnail & I) offers a coming-of-age tale not so dissimmilar to his own upbringing as a Brit in Swaziland during the early 1970s. But I suck at synopsizing things, so I'll just direct you to the Toronto Festival guide for the full, properly-spelled, coherent scoop on the film.

The film co-stars some folks you'll recognize such as Emily Watson, Gabriel Byrne, Miranda Richardson and Julie Walters. But the big story here is lead actor Nicholas Hoult, the dumpy little dweeb from About a Boy, who has now grown into a strapping, handsome young lad who we all agree is starting to look like Tom Cruise. But without all the crazy. Hoult gives an amazing, breakthrough performance in the film. You will be blown away. If you see the film. Which you all definitely should. We don't have a firm release date in place yet, but we're aiming for sometime this spring, perhaps around March or April. I'll keep you posted.