Following Cate Blanchett’s Oscar win, all controversy surrounding Woody Allen seems to have been forgotten. The trailer for his latest movie Magic In The Moonlight has now arrived, which sees Emma Stone as his latest muse (she’s also signed up for his next film.
It also returns Allen to his love of the early days of jazz.
Here’s the synopsis: ‘Once again, Woody Allen has put together a stellar cast including Eileen Atkins, Colin Firth, Marcia Gay Harden, Hamish Linklater, Simon McBurney, Emma Stone, and Jacki Weaver. MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT is a romantic comedy about an Englishman brought in to help unmask a possible swindle. Personal and professional complications ensue. The film is set in the south of France in the 1920s against a backdrop of wealthy mansions, the Côte dAzur, jazz joints and fashionable spots for the wealthy of the Jazz Age.’
The film’s due out in the US in July and the UK in September.