New Nebraska Images

by Helen Earnshaw | 29 September 2013

Nebraska is a movie that we are really looking forward to here at FemaleFirst as it sees Alexander Payne return to the director's chair.

The central performance of Bruce Dern has been whipping up a storm and we are keen to see what all of the fuss is about.

The movie will be part of the BFI London Film Festival next month as it continues to wow the festival circuit.

And we have some fantastic new images from the movie for you to check out:

Merie Wallace Will Forte is David Grant in NEBRASKA, from Paramount Vantage.

Bruce Dern will take on the central role of Woody Grant in the film; a role he has already picked up a Best actor gong for.

He triumphed at the Cannes Film Festival when the film had its world premiere earlier this year.

Will Forte will take on the role of Woody's son, in a role that we have not seen the actor tackle before.

Merie Wallace (Left to right) Bruce Dern is Woody Grant, June Squibb is Kate Grant and Will Forte is David Grant in NEBRASKA, from Paramount Vantage

Alexander Payne always makes fascinating and character driven films, this is his first film since the success of The Descendants.

However, he has not penned the screenplay this time around; that has been left to Bob Nelson.

The is the first feature film screenplay for Nelson after kicking off his career in TV.

Merie Wallace Bruce Dern is Woody Grant in NEBRASKA, from Paramount Vantage.

Stubborn, taciturn Woody (Dern) believes he’s got one last shot at mattering: a notice that he’s the lucky winner of a million-dollar sweepstakes.

To claim his fortune, Woody insists he must quickly get to the sweepstakes company’s office in Nebraska - a 750-mile journey that seems unlikely given that he can barely shuffle down the road a few blocks, at least not without stopping for a drink.

Worried for his father’s state of mind, it falls to Woody’s reluctant, baffled son David (Forte) to accompany him on a trip that seems hilariously futile on the surface.

Merie Wallace Alexander Payne on the set of NEBRASKA, from Paramount Vantage.

When Woody and David make a pit-stop in their hometown of Hawthorne - with the Grant’s tart-tongued matriarch (June Squibb) and anchor-man son (Bob Odenkirk) joining them - word of Woody’s fortune makes him a returning hero, while also opening a view into the unseen lives of David’s parents and a past more alive than he ever imagined.

Nebraska is a movie that seems to be winning over audiences wherever it plays and could well be a major force when the award's season rolls around.