Daniel Day-Lewis

Holy shit - I thought for sure this was going to be a pure unmitigated disaster (and who knows, maybe it will be) but judging simply by the looks of the just-released trailer, this might turn out to be just the deliciously surreal freak-show we all need in times like these.

From the looks of things, director Rob Marshall has gone back to his Oscar-winning ways of Chicago and left the fiercely-coutured-yet-cold Memoirs of a Geisha a distant memory with his stunning-looking film adaptation of the Tony-winning musical Nine. The story - if you wanna call it that - is based on an Italian play that was loosely inspired by Federico Fellini's film 8½.

Keeping it all in la famiglia Marshall coaxes out an appearance by the one and only Sophia Loren - who has morphed into the ultimate MILF. (Wait til you see her cheekbones, hello!) Also making Oscar-bait appearances are Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Penélope Cruz (wait til you see the move she pulls with her leg!), and Marion Cotillard, among others - all singing their well-toned asses off. This is the gayest story of the day, IMO.