Mickey Rourke was originally set to star in Martin McDonagh‘s next feature Seven Psychopaths, a film I listed as my number four most anticipated film of 2012. However, he was replaced by Woody Harrelson and Rourke followed that up by calling McDonagh a “jerkoff” and said, “He can go play with himself.” I don’t mind Rourke not having the role in the least, but these four new images from the film courtesy of Entertainment Weekly suggest he gave up a rather large part.
Seven Psychopaths gets its name from a screenplay the film’s lead character, Marty (Colin Farrell), is struggling to write. He is ultimately drawn into the dog kidnapping schemes of his oddball friends (Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken) and when they end up stealing the dog of a psychopathetic gangster (Harrelson) things spin out of control.
The four images released feature first looks at Farrell, Rockwell, Walken and, yes, Harrelson.
For those of you wondering why this would be one of my top five most anticipated films of the year, it begins with the fact McDonagh wrote and directed In Bruges, one of my favorite films of the last ten years and on top of the names already mentioned the cast also includes Olga Kurylenko, Tom Waits and Abbie Cornish.
CBS Films already picked it up for distribution, but an official release date has not yet been set. You can read a longer synopsis right here and check out the additional three new images directly below.
