A new clip for Mark Pellington’s I Melt With You has been released this month, looking at the raw truth of the modern male psyche.

The film follows four life-long friends (Thomas Jane, Jeremy Piven, Rob Lowe, and Christian McKay) who reunite over a week in summer. But when a tragedy strikes mid-party, one of them has a realization, leading the group to resurrect a former pact and to face the apparent disillusionment that defines their lives.

The cast looks great for this, portraying a real emotional and painfully honest side of these 40-something men.

The film, which also stars Thomas Jane, Sasha Grey and Carla Gugino, is set to be released on 9th December, 2011.

Here’s the brilliant new clip, alongside the film’s trailer, courtesy of Yahoo Movies:

Director Mark Pellington has had a pretty successful career so far in both the music and the film world, directing music videos for The Fray, Michael Jackson, Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen, and many more great artists.

His film credits also include 1999’s terrific Arlington Road, starring Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, and Joan Cusack, and his upcoming film, I Melt With You, is definitely something to look forward to.

Yahoo Movies have got the film’s great first poster and three new images from it, and they all look promising for what should be a great film. I Melt With You premiered at Sundance earlier in the year, where it sold to Magnolia Pictures. According to the press release, via Collider,

““Mark Pellington has made a maverick, stylish and powerful film that resonates for days after viewing,” said Magnolia SVP Tom Quinn. “Thomas Jane, Rob Lowe, Jeremy Piven and Christian McKay give some of the best performances of their entire careers and attention must be paid.””

That cast of Jane, Lowe, Piven, and McKay is definitely one to look forward to, with Piven and Lowe being two of my personal favourites, great in everything they star in.

“When four 40-something college friends meet up for their annual reunion, things start to spiral out of control.”

That basic premise might not be anything groundbreaking, but it was really well received after Sundance, and it sounds like it will be excellent, a different take on The Hangover idea with characters half a generation older, drinking more alcohol and taking more drugs, and having a much bigger sense of drama and thriller combined. It should be awesome.

FirstShowing have also got the film’s awesome new trailer, which is very much red band and not suitable for work, filled with drink, drugs, and driving, all combined, and all looking set for an excellent movie. A Lost Weekend, but so much more than that.

There’s no word yet on a release date here or in the States, but with any luck, we’ll both be getting it sometime soon. Until then, here is I Melt With You’s brilliant red band trailer, followed by the film’s first poster and then the three new images to enjoy. As usual with all of them, click to enlarge.

Magnolia Pictures have acquired the US distribution rights to Media House Capital and Raw Entertainment’s upcoming thriller I Melt With You.

Directed by Mark Pellington, I Melt With You stars Carla Gugino, Rob Lowe, Thomas Jane, Jeremy Piven, Sasha Grey, Arielle Kebbel, Tom Bower and Christian McKay.

Four friends gather every year to celebrate their friendship. This year they are unexpectedly forced to confront a forgotten promise they made 25 years earlier. As they examine choices they’ve made, they realize that what they said they would do with their lives and what they have done are entirely different.

The film will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival later today.

Here are some excellent interviews giving us a great insight into the movie, ‘Me and Orson Welles’ which stars Ben Chaplin, Claire Danes, Zac Efron, Zoe Kazan, Eddie Marsan and Christian McKay.

Our friend, James Kleinmann was able to interview the three leads from the movie and also director, Richard Linklater (The School of Rock, Before Sunset) asking him about what had drawn him to Robert Kaplow’s novel.

[gplayer href="http://www.heyuguys.co.uk/audio/me_and_orson_welles/efron_mono.mp3"] Interview with Zac Efron: [/gplayer]

[gplayer href="http://www.heyuguys.co.uk/audio/me_and_orson_welles/danes_mono.mp3"] Interview with Claire Danes: [/gplayer]

[gplayer href="http://www.heyuguys.co.uk/audio/me_and_orson_welles/mckay_mono.mp3"] Interview with Christian McKay (Orson Welles): [/gplayer]

[gplayer href="http://www.heyuguys.co.uk/audio/me_and_orson_welles/efron_mono.mp3"] Interview with Richard Linklater (Director): [/gplayer]

Me and Orson Welles is released 4th December and if you haven’t already seen it, you can see the trailer here.

Proof that Zac Efron can actually act has arisen in the form of the trailer for Me and Orson Welles! The movie is directed by Richard Linklater (The School of Rock and Before Sunset) and also stars Ben Chaplin, Christian McKay, Claire Danes, Kelly Reilly. It’s scheduled for release at the end of the year in the US (no UK release date as yet.

I’ve embedded the trailer below. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below. I don’t think this is going to be anything High School Musical or 17 Again I’m afraid Efron lovers!

Synopsis: In a whirlwind week in 1937 in New York City, a young aspiring actor named Richard is thrown into the middle of Orson Welles Mercury Theatre Company on the eve of the opening of Welles historic staging of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. During this week he will find romance with a worldly older woman, becomes immersed in a creative experience few are afforded and learn the downside of crossing the imperious, brilliant Welles. Richard is about to grow up fast.