BEST PANCAKES IN THE COUNTY: Independent Film Company Acquires New Nicolas Cage Action Thriller For November Release
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Ken Sanzel’s new action thriller, Best Pancakes In The County, has been acquired for U.S. release by Independent Film Company. A target release date for theatrical and digital has been set for November 30.
Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage stars in the film, reuniting with Sanzel since 2019’s Kill Chain. Sanzel directs from his own script for a story set over the course of one explosive night, as an unassuming small-town diner transforms into the epicenter of a deadly standoff involving rogue federal agents, a fast-talking con man with a dangerous past and a waitress harboring secrets of her own. As loyalties blur and tensions erupt, survival depends on who can outthink — and outgun — everyone else.
Cage plays The S.O.B., an eccentric and cunning criminal caught in the escalating confrontation, alongside Justin Long (Weapons, Barbarian) as Cookie, and Shelley Hennig (Unfriended, Ouija) as Dolly. The ensemble cast also includes Lauren German (Lucifer), Ravi Patel (Animal Control), Brandon Mychal Smith (Get On Up), Kelly Greyson (Sleeping Dogs), Jaylen Moore (Six), and Michael Sirow (Sleeping Dogs).
Filming took place in Arkansas, and is produced by Eduard Osipov, Raja Collins, Eric Brenner, Niko Fomenko, Gary Preisler and R. Wesley Sierk III. Exec producers are John D. Straley, Audra Gricius, Jina Panebianco, Lance Kawas, Ahmed S. Boomrod, Eugene Pruss, and Nadine de Barros.
The film is produced by Beno Films and backed by CaliWood Pictures, with Fortitude International handling international sales.
“BEST PANCAKES IN THE COUNTY is exactly the kind of eccentric and wildly entertaining ride that Nicolas Cage does better than anyone else,” said IFC Entertainment Group’s Chief Acquisition Officer, Mark Ward. “Ken has built a tense, funny and unpredictable thriller around a fantastic ensemble, and we can’t wait for audiences to experience the chaos this November.”
“Working with Nic again was an opportunity to create a character who could be funny, dangerous and completely unpredictable from one moment to the next,” said Sanzel. “And then he took it to wilder and more unexpected places than I could have imagined. We wanted to take this seemingly ordinary diner, fill it with people with dueling and hidden agendas, juxtapose the threat of violence with the urgency of getting breakfast orders right, and keep turning up the pressure until everything explodes. IFC immediately understood the fast, fun tone of the film, and I’m excited to have them bringing it to audiences.”
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