{"id":146303,"date":"2014-09-12T08:40:53","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T15:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=146303"},"modified":"2014-09-12T08:40:53","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T15:40:53","slug":"matthew-mcconaughey-in-sea-of-trees-in-first-look-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2014\/09\/12\/matthew-mcconaughey-in-sea-of-trees-in-first-look-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew McConaughey in Sea of Trees in First Look Image"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew McConaughey is going on a journey of life reflection in the first look image from his upcoming film, &#8216;The Sea of Trees.&#8217; The photo was released from the drama&#8217;s production company, Bloom, which launched and introduced the movie at the Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Sea of Trees&#8217; was directed by two-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker, Gus Van Sant. The movie&#8217;s Black List script was penned by Chris Sparling. Ken Kao, who works at Bloom, which is also an international sales and financing company, is producing the drama. Besides this year&#8217;s Academy Award-winning actor, the drama also stars Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe and two-time Oscar nominee Naomi Watts.<\/p>\n<p>Bloom has released the following synopsis for &#8216;Sea of Trees&#8217;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The film follows Arthur Brennan (McConaughey) trekking into Aokigahara, known as the Sea of Trees, a mysterious dense forest at the base of Japan\u2019s Mount Fuji where people go to contemplate life and death.  Having found the perfect place to die, Arthur encounters Takumi Nakamura (Watanabe), a Japanese man who has also lost his way. The two men begin a journey of reflection and survival, which affirms Arthur\u2019s will to live and reconnects him to his love with his wife (Watts).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Check out the first look image of McConaughey as Arthur in &#8216;Sea of Trees&#8217; below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Matthew-McConaughey-in-Sea-of-Trees-in-First-Look-Image.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Matthew-McConaughey-in-Sea-of-Trees-in-First-Look-Image.png\" alt=\"Matthew McConaughey in Sea of Trees in First Look Image\" width=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-146304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Matthew-McConaughey-in-Sea-of-Trees-in-First-Look-Image.png 621w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Matthew-McConaughey-in-Sea-of-Trees-in-First-Look-Image-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Written by: 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