America just wasn’t ready. While we’re glad to see the release of Passion Play, the tale of a mob-entangled jazz trumpeter’s forbidden romance with a sideshow attraction known as the “Bird Woman,” we’re sad to report that the Mickey Rourke-Megan Fox flick will go straight to DVD. We’ve been excited about the film ever since Mickey said Megan was “probably the best young actress I’ve ever worked with,” but negative film festival buzz scared away distributors, despite the presence of Bill Murray as a gangster by the name of Happy Shannon.
Thankfully, the people will have their chance to judge the film’s merits on May 24th, though the lack of a theatrical run likely means the Golden Raspberry Awards will disqualify the film from consideration, scrapping Megan’s chances of being nominated for Worst Actress for the third year in a row. Odds are probably better than her next movie, Friends With Kids, will hit theaters—unless America isn’t ready to see Megan Fox snowboard with Jon Hamm either.
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