If Michael Keaton is genuinely having a comeback this time, thanks solely for his Oscar-nominated turn in Birdman, then that could easily turn into starring roles in stuff like Kong: Skull Island or it could lead to more serious fare, which is often a gamble, as dramas aren’t box office certainties or even, at least, critical and awards darlings. Keaton recently departed the Kong movie, so we’re left to be hopeful that the latter direction works out for him with the Ray Kroc biopic The Founder and this here movie, Spotlight. If the latter, due out first, bombs, then he could be on his way back down.
Interestingly enough, Spotlight is set at a newspaper and the world of journalism. Go back a little more than 20 years and you’ll find another newspaper-set movie he starred in, titled The Paper, and it was one of his major gigs after leaving the Batman franchise. It was also one of the best-reviewed movies of his career, for a leading role, yet it wasn’t a hit, and so the best he subsequently had going for him were awful fantastical comedies like Multiplicity and Jack Frost. Let’s hope there isn’t a repeat and he’ll be wishing he could have done Kong: Skull Island when he’s doing the Steve Guttenberg part in a Short Circuit remake or something worse.
In case you don’t get the gist of this investigative drama based on a true story and co-written and directed by Tom McCarthy (The Visitor) from the trailer up above, here’s the official synopsis via Open Road:
SPOTLIGHT stars Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schrieber, and Stanley Tucci. It tells the riveting true story of the Boston Globe’s Spotlight investigation team who uncovered a scandal that would rock the city and shock the world. For years, whispers of the Boston Archdiocese’s cover up of sexual abuse within the Catholic church were largely ignored by the media, the police and the legal system. Against all odds, the spotlight team fought to expose the truth.
Spotlight hits theaters on November 6th after debuting at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, meaning it could be aiming for end-of-year accolades. Movies like these do even worse when they’re clearly gunning for Oscars and then don’t come close. I wish it a lot of luck, and Keaton, as well.
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