First Look At Guillaume Canet’s Blood Ties

With the announcement of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival lineup now within days of being announced, some of the year’s bigger arthouse projects are getting prepared to be thrust into the spotlight, the white hot spotlight, that is, that is brought by the iconic festival.

And one of those films comes to us from director Guillaume Canet.

Entitled Blood Ties, the film features a cast that would surely heat up the Croisette this year, featuring Clive Owen, Mila Kunis, Matthaias Schoenaerts and Zoe Saldana, and is itself a remake of a French film known as Les Liens Du Sang. Canet himself starred in the original film, and this remake tells the tale of two brothers, who head back into a world of gangsters the elder knows far too well (he being a convict himself, played by Owen) with the hopes of helping their family.

Toss in a script that’s had the hands of beloved writer/director James Gray all over it, this is easily one of this year’s more interesting projects, that no one really seems to be talking about. The cast is super, and with Canet behind the camera, this is definitely a picture to keep an eye on. Gray being involved with the script is a massive selling point, and while it may only be cosmetic, it definitely adds to the intrigue here.

Here are some new photos from the picture to set the mood prior to Thursday’s announcement.