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EMPIRE Magazine has the first promo stills of Alex, Justin Theroux and Paul Rudd in Mute along with an article about the film in its February 2017 issue:

MUTE

IN A PARALLEL dimension, Mute would have been Duncan Jones’ debut feature, but in the real world, because of a confluence of happy accidents — including a writers’ strike that freed up the soundstages of Shepperton Studios — that honour went to cerebral thriller Moon. Jones followed up with the futuristic Source Code and, after detouring into fantasy with Warcraft, he is
now returning to sci-fi and his long-gestating passion project, a tale set in a neon-soaked Berlin 30 years from now.

Ironically, though, Mute (which is coming directly to Netflix) was supposed to play out in the modern day, telling the neo-noir story of Leo, a mute American ex-pat looking for his missing girlfriend in the city’s seedy underworld. But after a lot of “tinkering”, Jones’ story found its mojo, growing to incorporate such hot-button topics as the corporatisation of everyday life and, in a contrast heightened by having Leo come from an Amish family, the tyranny of new tech. Says Jones, “What I found really interesting about moving it into the future is that when you live in a society that’s become so reliant on technology, how do you function if you’re technophobic?”

Despite its shimmering, state-of-the-art surface, Mute is firmly rooted in the past, notably a slew of very different films made between 1967 and 1982 that are represented by the film’s sleazy, mysterious villains, played by Paul Rudd
and Justin Theroux. “It’s a thriller with a very weird tone,” says Jones. “I’ve said in the past that it’s my homage to Blade Runner but, in a way, the references to that are more superficial than the references to things like Robert Altman’s
M*A*S*H, Paul Schrader’s Hardcore and Don Siegel’s Point Blank.”

Alexander Skarsgård, who plays Leo, namechecks two further influences. “I didn’t know Duncan at all — I was just a fan — and then he sent me the script,” he says. “I thought it was such a different story. It’s a sci-fi but with these very dark film-noir elements to it. It definitely has that Maltese Falcon, Casablanca film-noir vibe. Tonally, it’s like the movies from the ’40s, although we’re not trying to tap into a specific movie.” Well, that’s not strictly true. Fans of Moon will be thrilled to see elements of that story recurring — a sly tip of the fedora to the film that started it all.

by DAMON WISE

Sources: Our scans/transcription, Article: Damon Wise for EMPIRE Magazine (February 2017)
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Thanks. I like how Paul Rudd and Justin Theroux are not initially recognizable and yet Alex looks like he's doing a photo shoot.
Also glad to see an article and set pics this soon, since we didn't get anything during filming. I was expecting something a little later in the year.

Skarsgardforlife❤️ said:
We will all be waiting to see if Alexander joins Alexa. I think it will also clear up a lot of confusion about their relationship status
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Considering their relationship the last 6 months it probably won't clear anything up.:p I do think he'll be there, though.


"Has Reese Witherspoon ever been better than she is in Big Little Lies? Admittedly, I’ve seen only the first two episodes of the seven-episode miniseries, but in her portrayal of Madeline, a stay-at-home mom in wealthy Monterey, she is knowing and weary and funny and frustrated. A real person, in other words. The whole cast is great: Shailene Woodley plays Jane, a single mother who has moved to Monterey to start over; Nicole Kidman is Celeste, a woman often told she is beautiful, who is in an abusive, bizarre psychosexual dynamic with her younger husband (Alexander Skarsgård); Adam Scott, as Madeline’s put-upon husband who doubts she loves him; and Laura Dern, a career-oriented mom who knows she’s not liked. The drama revolves around a class of first-graders but also, more importantly, a murder (we don’t know who yet), which frames the series. A Greek chorus of parents being interrogated by the police adds color and sometimes contradictory insights about who did what to whom. Based on a 2014 novel by Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies skewers competitive parents and contemporary social mores, set to a score of crashing waves on beautiful beaches. But back to Reese! She’s always good, but not since Tracy Flick in Election has she been this perfectly cast. (She’s also an executive producer here, as is Kidman.)"

https://www.buzzfeed.com/kateaurthur/2017-tv-and-movie-preview?utm_term=.btQxM4AkrL#.ykmo3PjXQk
 
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scaredsquirrel said:
Happy new year tPF ladies!

Interesting re Big Little Lies - in the book, there wasn't an age difference with Alex's character and Nicole's, but I can see how that would work.
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Happy New Year!

IIRC Perry was a little bit older than Celeste in the book, but not enough to make a big deal of it. They've definitely changed some of the personal dynamics/details from the book to screen. I'm hoping that they all work out.

From TVLine, nothing new, or Alex being mentioned, but hopefully the full reviews will be as positive come February:

Best New TV Shows of Winter 2017
The TVLine staff sifted through a pile of screeners to single out the most promising winter arrivals, from the already buzzy (Riverdale is a groovy place to visit) to the star-studded (Big Little Lies fulfills its huge potential)
Big Little Lies (HBO)
Premieres Sunday, Feb. 19 at 9/8c
WHAT'S IT ABOUT?: Based on Liane Moriarity’s darkly comedic novel, the seven-episode limited series centers on three mothers — played by Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and Shailene Woodley (The Descendants) — whose seemingly perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.

WHY WE LIKE IT: The central mystery had us hooked right out of the gate, and the performances from the A-list trio are spot-on (particularly Witherspoon, in her most riotous turn since 2001’s Legally Blonde).
https://tvline.com/gallery/best-new-tv-shows-of-winter-2017/#!4/big-little-lies-best-new-shows/
 
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FreeSpirit71 said:
Its the 31st here so I am more than ready to give 2016 the middle finger and say ta-ta beyotch.

Happy New Year's everyone :') Let's hope for a bright 2017.
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Happy New Year! May the rest of your summer's weather not be so bloody hot and flash floody!

Propagandalf said:
Hi all,

I'm new to the forum, but not the fandom. I've been lurking for awhile and finally decided to join.

Just wanted to say "hi" and am curious how many people here have actually had a chance to meet Alex?
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Welcome! I like your user name.

emeld said:
he will be shooting "aftermath" with keira knightley starting on 7th january in hamburg. and it will be shooing next 3 months. so he wont go NY.
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Per the link provided a few days ago shooting starts on Wednesday the 10th, but I'm presuming he'll be doing preproduction next week. This doesn't prevent him from spending NYE in New York. However, Valter is still still in Bali so Alex might be as well.
If you mean going back for an extended time in New York, no, that won't be happening anytime soon, not with his filming schedule the next few months.
 
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I don't think so ... It seems Alexander wasn't there. Honestly, there are many photos of her and her friends (including ex Matt Hitt) that if he was there he would have been captured somehow. I understand being privat about relationship (not posing together, kissing publicly, posting love photos, talking about each other during professional interviews), but to hide in some extreme cases looks like paranoia or that one person is ashamed of the other and doesn't want to be seen publicly with him/her, introduce to friends etc ... You don't have to 'sell' your relationship and use it as PR, but you can still have it like any other couple and function normally.
 
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VampFan said:
One good thing about 2017 is we have at least 2 new Alex movies on Netflix and an HBO series to get a Skars fix. Looking forward to that. Wishing everyone here a very Happy New Year.
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I like Alex's role choices, but it is often difficult to go see his movies if you don't live in a major city. So knowing that two of his projects will be seen widely: BLL on HBO and Mute on Netflix, is nice. And The Aftermath is a studio film so that should see a release outside just indie theaters.

Propagandalf said:
Daily Mail (I know, totally not reputable) claim that Alex and Alexa rang the New year in together at an NY Masquerade ball. But no pics of them together or him at all. Just her posing.
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AnBuW said:
I don't think so ... It seems Alexander wasn't there. Honestly, there are many photos of her and her friends (including ex Matt Hitt) that if he was there he would have been captured somehow. I understand being privat about relationship (not posing together, kissing publicly, posting love photos, talking about each other during professional interviews), but to hide in some extreme cases looks like paranoia or that one person is ashamed of the other and doesn't want to be seen publicly with him/her, introduce to friends etc ... You don't have to 'sell' your relationship and use it as PR, but you can still have it like any other couple and function normally.
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In trying to decipher DailyFailSpeak, I don't think they were claiming that Alex was with Alexa on NYE, though they did mention him a lot. And now his hometown is apparently NYC and not Stockholm. :amuse:
He definitely wasn't there.
As for Alex and his privacy regarding relationships, this does get brought up quite a bit, that he's almost too private. But if he'd been there he wouldn't have hidden. With this relationship he's never hid that he was dating her. They didn't, and don't, get papped much, but still got photographed and mentioned on social media, both by fans and her friends. And in many of these photographs they'd actually be holding hands and being couply. Nor has he been trying to run the other way once he spotted a pap, even if he obviously hasn't liked being papped.
 
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Crying Terry from WOE. Its out on DirectTV in USA today!
 
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Alexander Skarsgård is a silent bartender in first look at Duncan Jones’ Mute
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Duncan Jones has traveled to the lunar landscape with Moon and the fantasy world of Azeroth with Warcraft, but for his next project, he’s turning his eye to futuristic Berlin.

For years, the director has talked about wanting to make his sci-fi thriller Mute, and now the project is finally coming to life. EW has an exclusive look at the first three images from the film, introducing Alexander Skarsgård as the tight-lipped protagonist and Paul Rudd and Justin Theroux as two sketchy surgeons.

Set in Berlin in 2052, Mute follows a bartender named Leo (Skarsgård) who lost the ability to speak after a childhood accident. After his beloved girlfriend Naadirah (played by Seyneb Saleh) unexpectedly disappears, he sets out on a noir-ish quest to find her, diving deep into the city’s seedy, neon underworld. (Jones has said before that his futuristic version of Berlin draws influence from both Blade Runner and Casablanca.)

The only recurring clue that Leo finds is a pair of wise-cracking American surgeons: Rudd, wearing a hell of a mustache, and Theroux, wearing a hell of a wig.

Jones co-wrote the script with Michael Robert Johnson (Sherlock Holmes), and he’s said in the past that Mute is somehow connected to his 2009 debut film Moon, which stars Sam Rockwell as a man working as a solitary miner on the Earth’s moon.

Netflix signed on to distribute Mute last year, and it’s expected to hit the streaming service later in 2017.
source: http://ew.com/movies/2017/01/06/ale.../?xid=entertainment-weekly_socialflow_twitter
 
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