Sony Screen Gems have released three clips from Rod Lurie’s upcoming remake of Sam Peckinpah’s classic psychological thriller Straw Dogs which in turn the screenplay by Peckinpah & David Zelag Goodman is based on the novel The Siege of Trencher's Farm by Gordon Williams. The remake stars James Marsden & Kate Bosworth as a happily married couple, Marsden plays L.A. screenwriter David Sumner who decides to relocate to his wife's hometown where tensions begin to rise between them over a brewing conflict with the locals. The movie also stars Alexander Skarsgård, Dominic Purcell, Laz Alonso, Walton Goggins, James Woods & hits theaters September 16th. The original movie is actually coming to Blu-ray this September 6th. Hit the jump to check out the clips.
Synopsis: "David and Amy Sumner (James Marsden and Kate Bosworth), a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father’s death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amy’s ex-boyfriend Charlie (Alexander Skarsgard), leading to a violent confrontation."