Welcome to Marwen Trailer: Steve Carell Fights Nazis With His Art

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Steve Carell represent real - life assault dupe Mark Hogancamp in the house trailer for Robert Zemeckis’Welcome to Marwen . The photographic film is based on Jeff Malmberg ’s acclaimed 2010 documentaryMarwencol , which explore how the literal Hogancamp find a curative outlet in his miniatures art , after he was physically brutalized and left with severe brain damage that robbed him of much of his memory . Welcome to Marwenmarks the second documentary - turned movie that Zemeckis has channelize in recent years , after his 3D filmThe Walk(which was released in 2015 ) .

Written by Zemeckis and Caroline Thompson ( Edward Scissorhands , Black Beauty , City of Ember),Welcome to Marwenreveals what happens when , one Nox , Mark is viciously attacked by a radical of Nazis outside a bar that he help his friend Caralala ( Baby Driver ’s Eiza González ) to run . Unable to give therapy after he is released from the hospital more than a calendar month later , Mark instead fuels his recovery by constructing a 1/6 - musical scale WWII era village in his backyard . Universal has now release a prevue for the film online , following its snitch peep at CineEurope last week .

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As the trailer illustrates , Welcome to Marwen(which was formally titledThe Women of Marwen ) dips its toe into fancy by explore the characters and man of Marwen : the fictional settlement that Mark assembles . Marwen ’s imaginary citizens are bring to spirit by figure like Diane Kruger ( In the Fade ) and Falk Hentschel ( legend of Tomorrow ) , as well as Zemeckis ' own wife Leslie . Meanwhile , in the film ’s real mankind , Leslie Mann costars as Mark ’s Modern neighbor and Janelle Monáe plays a friend that Mark make during his time in rehab . you may determine the trailer in the outer space above , then check out the movie ’s card , below .

receive to Marwenarrives in theaters over this yr ’s Thanksgiving frame . It will have some fierce contender when it does and feather off with film likeCreed IIfor attention from adult moviegoers . Zemeckis ' last film , the WWII Latinian language / thrillerAllied , did n’t have much luck when it open during the same vacation week two years ago . That movie got half-hearted reviews and only earned $ 119.5 million at the global box office against an $ 85 million budget . Welcome to Marwenshould have an wanton time since it cost less , but it stay to be seen if the picture show generates the sort of award season buzz thatAllieddid not .

It will also be interesting to see ifWelcome to Marwenhas a greater or smaller cultural impact thanMarwencol . Zemeckis’The Walkwas mostly celebrated , yet failed to leave the lasting impression thatMan on Wire- the Oscar - winning documentary that exalt that moving-picture show - did , seven years sooner . There are sure timely element toWelcome to Marwen , in the way it examine the restriction of cure through art and champions the adult female in Mark ’s life history ( not to mention , its welcome anti - Nazi content ) . For those same grounds , it ’s possible that Zemeckis will fare better at tapping into the zeitgeist with his second documentary - plough movie than his first effort in that surface area .