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  • Brittany Murphy Final Film Gets Release Date

    Brittany Murphy’s final film, Something Wicked, has a release date, more than four years after the actress’ unexpected death.

    The movie will first be screened Apr. 4 in Eugene, Oreg., at the Regal Valley River Center 15, where the psychological thriller was filmed in 2009. It will then show in Regal Cinemas in Portland and Seattle in the following weeks.

    Due to a small budget, the film will initially have a limited release. Producers are counting on word-of-mouth to help spread the word about the project.

    The film’s official Facebook account page encouraged support for the film.

    Post by Something Wicked.
    Something Wicked tells the story of a young couple whose dark past secrets get in the way of their future marital bliss. Murphy co-starred in the project, directed by Darin Scott, with Shantel VanSanten of One Tree Hill, James Patrick Stuart of Monsters vs. Aliens), John Robinson, who starred in Elephant, and Pretty Little Liars' Julian Morris. Murphy's death in December 2009 delayed the film's production schedule, and the project was not completed until December 2012. "It is an additional responsibility, you do want her performance to be the best it can be, because unfortunately it's her last performance," said producer and screenwriter Joe Colleran. He added that "the first months of reviewing the footage and starting to put things together and then seeing her and hearing her voice, it's very emotional." “There’s an important scene where her character is unraveling and she spent a long time getting ready and focused and went for it. Personally, I think it’s one of the best scenes of her career,” Colleran said. Murphy, who starred in Clueless, 8 Mile, and Girl, Interrupted, died of pneumonia, drug intoxication, and iron deficiency at the age of 32. Image via Wikimedia Commons

  • Brittany Murphy: Film to Release Years After Her Death

    Brittany Murphy died more than four years ago and now word has come that her final film will soon be released. Something Wicked will premiere first in theaters in Eugene, Oregon on April 4th. The film was actually shot in that location. From there it will head to Seattle and Portland, and then on to theaters in other parts of the country.

    The indie film is described as a “hauntingly seductive thriller about obsession and young love gone wrong.” In addition to Brittany Murphy, One Tree Hill’s Shantel VanSanten and Pretty Little Liars star Julian Morris also star in Something Wicked.

    Back in 2010 Shantel VanSanten sang the praises of her late costar.

    “She had the most infectious personality and it was really great to work with her,” the actress said of Murphy, who died back in December 2009. “I was completely shocked when I found out that she passed away.”

    Brittany Murphy is said to have died of pneumonia combined with anemia and multiple drug intoxication. In a very bizarre turn of events it was just five months later that her husband Simon Monjack also died of pneumonia and anemia. Just a few months ago Murphy’s father Angelo Bertolotti issued a claim saying his daughter had been poisoned. He accused investigators of “failure to conduct toxicology tests on the specimens” of his daughter’s hair. The county coroner later dismissed those charges however.

    In addition to Something Wicked, Brittany Murphy starred in films including Clueless, Girl, Interrupted, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Don’t Say a Word, 8 Mile, Just Married, Uptown Girls, Little Black Book, and Sin City. It will be interesting to see if the late actress has the kind of pull in death that she had in life. Will her fans flock to see her film now that she has been gone for more than four years?

    It is always a strange thing when a film is released after an actor in it has passed on. It will likely be very painful for those who were closest to Brittany Murphy.

    Image via Wikimedia Commons