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I’ve been missing Michael Fassbender a lot lately. Not just Fassy gossip, although that would nice and, I’m sorry, but Alicia Vikander isn’t doing it for me. But I’m been missing him on-screen too. Did anyone go and see Frank last fall? It was such a small movie and it was barely in a handful of theaters. I saw X-Men: Days of Future Past, but it didn’t even feel like that was Fassy’s movie (like X-Men: First Class) as much as Hugh Jackman’s movie or even Jennifer Lawrence’s movie.

So, yes, it feels like we’ve been going through a Fassy drought. But maybe this year will be better. He’s got Macbeth, The Light Between Oceans, that Terrence Malick movie (which might even be released this year, you never know), possibly the Steve Jobs movie, and then this long-gestating project, Slow West. Fassy produced Slow West and he stars as some kind of Wild West outlaw with a heart of gold (or something). Here’s the brand new trailer:

It looks like what the Coen Brothers attempted with their remake of True Grit. Sort of sassy and darkly humorous, but with people actually getting killed. And yes, that’s RORY MCCANN. Also known as The Hound from Game of Thrones. He’s one of my favorite actors on GoT. The young kid – the actual lead of the film, it seems – is Kodi Smit-McPhee, an Aussie-American actor. He’s only 18! He’s adorable.

So, would you watch this? I ended up enjoying the Coen Brothers’ True Grit, so I would probably watch this. Plus, it’s Fassy. I need a dose of Fassy every now and then.

Screencaps from trailer.
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