Director Rod Lurie has posted a revised poster for his upcoming remake of Sam Peckinpah’s Straw Dogs that makes a little more sense based on the use of the reflection of Alexander Skarsgard’s character considering the previous poster featured a reflection in the portion of the glasses that was actually broken and resting on James Marsden’s cheek.
They’ve also gone 100% black-and-white this time, which is a bit closer to the original film’s highly memorable poster. I’ve included the original 1971 poster featuring Dustin Hoffman here and below the new and the old version for comparison.
Straw Dogs stars James Marsden and Kate Bosworth along with Skarsgard and is due to hit theaters on September 16, and centers on David and Amy Sumner (Marsden and Bosworth), a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, who return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father’s death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amy’s ex-boyfriend Charlie (Skarsgard), leading to a violent confrontation. The film also stars Dominic Purcell, James Woods and Willa Holland.
I’ve also included the first trailer at the very bottom of the post. What do you think of the poster change?
