Yesterday you got a not-so-great looking first peek (bad photo scan) of a blonde Emma Stone in “The Help.” Today, DreamWorks has released a batch of new photos and an official synopsis as well.
The film is a civil-rights era integration drama and stars Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone and Sissy Spacek among others. Directed by Tate Taylor, the official synopsis and more photos are below.
Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, “The Help” stars Emma Stone (star of the breakout hit, “Zombieland”) as Skeeter, a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends’ lives—and a small Mississippi town—upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Academy Award® nominee Viola Davis (“Eat Pray Love”) stars as Aibileen, Skeeter’s best friend’s housekeeper, who is the first to open up—to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter’s life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories—and as it turns out, they have a lot to say. Along the way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly—and unwillingly—caught up in the changing times.
Based on a #1 New York Times best-selling novel, “The Help” is already slated for a August 12, 2011 release.
