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ARCADIAN Trailer Teases A Tale Of Monsters, Men, And Nicolas Cage In The New Survival Thriller
“Are we not men!? *slams utensil into table*” …That’s gonna be a meme in due time, methinks. That’s also Nicolas Cage as seen in the official trailer for Arcadian, coming to theaters from RLJE Films and Shudder on April 12. It’s about time too seeing as the first look was released over a year ago. Formerly titled “Sand And Stones,” Arcadian reteams Cage with director Benjamin Brewer following their previous SXSW crime thriller entry, The Trust. The film was written by Braven scribe Michael Nilon, and also stars Jaeden Martell, Maxwell Jenkins and Sadie Soverall as it hails the SXSW return of Cage and Brewer next week. In a near future, normal life on Earth has been decimated. Paul and his two sons, Thomas and Joseph, have been living a half-life – tranquility by day and torment by night. One day, Thomas doesn’t return home on time from a visit […]
Fantasia XXVII Cancels Nic Cage Award Ceremony
Small programming note for anyone minding the business goings-on with the 27th edition of Fantasia. The festival announced over the weekend that Nicolas Cage is rescinding his invite to this year’s festivities in response to the SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists ). We’re sad to announce that due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, Nicolas Cage will no longer be able to attend the festival next weekend. We’ll be updating our website regularly as we receive news from other announced guests while circumstances evolve. Our hearts are with the actors, as well as with the WGA, and we hope to see the unions get a fair deal soon. Cage was set to receive the Cheval Noir Career Achievement Award at Fantasia, which is also screening his latest film from director Yuval Adler, Sympathy For The Devil. The film also stars Joel Kinnaman and is set […]
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL: ‘Fifty Percent-Sex’ Nicolas Cage Is Armed And Pissed In The Official Trailer
Nicolas Cage continues to be a corner stone of film fandom, and for reasons back on full display in the official trailer for psych-crime thriller, Sympathy For The Devil. The Renfield and Mandy star leads the Yuval Adler-directed pic alongside The Suicide Squad and “Hanna” series actor Joel Kinnaman, with a script by Luke Paradise. After being forced to drive a mysterious passenger (Nicolas Cage) at gunpoint, a man (Joel Kinnaman) finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse where it becomes clear that not everything is as it seems. Sympathy For The Devil opens in theaters on July 28 from RLJE Films. Entertainment Weekly was the first to break the trailer which you can view below.
ARCADIAN: Nicolas Cage Rides Shotgun In A First Look At The New Survival Thriller
Ben Brewer, the award-winning commercial and music video director and VFX artist (Everything Everywhere All At Once) who made his feature film debut with the SXSW competition title The Trust, starring Nicolas Cage and Elijah Wood, now takes the mantle for his newest effort, Arcadian. Currently in post-production, the new survival action thriller – formerly known as Sand And Stones – reteams Brewer with lead actor Cage, who can now be seen in a first-look photo just above from Highland Film Group, who’ve just launched sales at EFM this week. Also starring are Jaeden Martell (Warner Bros.’ It, Lionsgate’s Knives Out), Maxwell Jenkins (Apple TV’s “Dear Edward,” Netflix’s “Lost in Space”) and Sadie Soverall (Netflix’s “Fate: The Winx Saga,” Amazon’s Saltburn). Penned by Michael Nilon (Saban Films’ Braven starring Jason Momoa), Arcadian is set in a post-apocalyptic and sparsely populated world, where Paul (Cage) and his twin teenage sons, Joseph […]
RENFIELD Trailer Invites Toxic Work Relationships, Exploding Priests, And Nicolas Cage As The Vampiric Dark Lord Himself
The LEGO Batman Movie director Chris McKay’s newest action horror comedy looks a lot like something I could get into with the official trailer for Renfield now making the rounds. Nicholas Hoult and Nicolas Cage topline the fresh new inspired tale based on the work of Bram Stoker and opens on April 14 from Universal Pictures. In this modern monster tale of Dracula’s loyal servant, Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road, X-Men franchise) stars as Renfield, the tortured aide to history’s most narcissistic boss, Dracula (Oscar® winner Nicolas Cage). Renfield is forced to procure his master’s prey and do his every bidding, no matter how debased. But now, after centuries of servitude, Renfield is ready to see if there’s a life outside the shadow of The Prince of Darkness. If only he can figure out how to end his codependency. McKay directs from a screenplay by Ryan Ridley (Ghosted series, […]
Trailer: Nicolas Cage Does Things THE OLD WAY In The New Western Revenge Thriller
Acts Of Violence and No Tell Motel helmer Brett Donowho is back with the new Western revenge thriller, The Old Way. The official trailer is now online with a cast led by Nicolas Cage and Firestarter remake actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong leading the cast from a script by Carl Lucas. Academy Award® winner* Nicolas Cage stars in his first-ever Western as Colton Briggs, a cold-blooded gunslinger turned respectable family man. When an outlaw and his gang put Colton and his family in peril, Colton is forced to take up arms with an unlikely partner — his 12-year-old daughter (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) — in this action-filled film that builds toward its fateful showdown with pulse-pounding suspense. Noah Le Gros, Clint Howard, Abraham Benrubi, and Nick Searcy also star. Lionsgate will release The Old Way in theaters from January 6, 2023, followed by a premium VOD and Digital release beginning January 13, […]
SAND AND STONES: Nic Cage Tapped To Star And Produce Dystopian Survival Thriller From ‘The Trust’ Co-Director
Ben Brewer, lead VFX artist for A24’s Everything Everywhere All At Once, will reunite with actor Nicolas Cage for the survival-action thriller Sand And Stones. Cage is set to star from a script by Michael Nilon (Braven), who also reunites with the actor to produce the pic after working on numerous titles together, including The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent, and crime thriller The Trust which Brewer co-directed with Alex Brewer. Sand And Stones sets Cage in the role of Paul, who lives in a sparsely populated future with his twin teenage sons, Thomas and Joseph. Together, the trio have managed to claw out an existence in their remote farmhouse, yet they live in constant fear. When the sun sets, ferocious creatures of the night awaken to hunt and consume all living souls in their path. And when Thomas makes one small mistake, the nocturnal creatures gain the upper hand […]
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL: Kinnaman Takes Cage For A Ride In New Psych-Thriller Now Filming
Cameras are now rolling in Las Vegas for Sympathy For The Devil, the new psychological thriller from The Operative helmer Yuval Adler. Casting buzz on Tuesday brought word of actors Joel Kinnaman (The Suicide Squad) and Nicolas Cage (Willy’s Wonderland) who will star in the pic from a script by Luke Paradise. Sympathy For The Devil “follows “The Driver” (Kinnaman) who finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse after being forced to drive a mysterious man, “The Passenger” (Cage). As their white-knuckle ride progresses, it becomes clear that not everything is as it seems.” Christian Mercuri’s Capstone Studios has reteamed with Alex Lebovici’s Hammerstone Studios and Signature Films to produce since collaborating on Moritz Mohr’s upcoming Boy Kills World. Allan Ungar is producing with Mercuri, next to Stuart Manashil, and Signature’s Marc Goldberg. Lebovici is exec producing with David Haring, David Sullivan, Jason Soto, Tim Moore, Courtney […]
‘Massively Talented’ – Preview of THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT (Aprill 2022)
Nic Cage is back with THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT (2022). This newest trailer sees one of the true kings of method acting, hamming it up as a version of himself played for laughs as a blatant parody. Transcending the typical buddy cop formula, Director Tom Gormican has crafted a very self-aware comedy that looks to capitalise on the manic yet versatile nature of Cage coupled with the straight laced Pedro Pascal. The set up is bizarre as it is hilarious with the actor Nic Cage morphing into his action hero guises in order to rescue his besieged wife and daughter from a drug lord – who also happens to be a fan! One could assert that being such a fiercely meta-fiction piece, would easily paint this a form of post-modern post-modernism however at its core it would appear that this film exists for Cage to have fun with […]
THE UNBERABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT Red Band Teaser Sees Nic Cage On The Run!
New stills rolled out earlier this week at EW for director Tom Gormican’s new Nicolas Cage action comedy headliner, The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent. More importantly though, the new official trailer that dropped on Tuesday has all the Cageness Cage fans could want from a Cage film, and it looks like it’s gonna be lots of fun when it releases next year on April 22. Nicolas Cage stars as… Nick Cage in the action-comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, the fictionalized version of Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan (Pedro Pascal). Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative (Tiffany Haddish) and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones. […]
‘Boldly Insane’ PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND Releasing In Australia Next Month!
Following on from the excellent MANDY (2018) and COLOUR OUT OF SPACE (2019), Nic Cage appears in another avante-garde offering called ‘PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND’ (2021). Cage stars as a condemned man recruited by a wealthy stranger to locate and rescue his daughter imprisoned by some bizarre cult like group. Though a simplistic premise, the movie itself is anything but one note and even the two-minute trailer evokes two adjectives: boldly insane. Whether real or imagined, this trailer immediately reminded me of the bizarre ‘EL TOPO’ (1970) directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky. Drawing from symbolism from both East and West, the characterisations in ‘PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND’ (2021) unashamedly wear its influences on its sleeve; adapting cowboys in westerns, sword fighters from samurai films and a clear post-apocalyptic setting – again boasting the premise that, anything goes. As it courts various genres, the trailer itself looks somewhat messy and incredibly unfocussed; […]
PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND Review: Trapped in The Subjectiveness Of Art
In a 2016 documentary about his life and creative process, there is a scene where filmmaker Sion Sono shows a barely completed painting, that he had been working on for months, to the crew filming him and asks dispassionately if they think it’s good art or not. The off-camera interviewer, clearly confused by the sudden and direct question sputters out that he doesn’t know. Sono sharply responds that it doesn’t matter if it’s good or bad and that it only matters if it expresses emotion. He then chucks the large canvas across the room with as much care as one throws a soiled tissue into the trash. This peculiar moment reveals a lot about how Sono views his work and it’s all I could think about after I watched his latest directorial effort, the post-apocalyptic “East meets West” mashup, PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND. The film, which marks the English language […]
Director Of The Ghostland: A Conversation With Visionary Filmmaker Sion Sono
The trailer for his latest film, PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND, doesn’t use the tag of “A Sion Sono Film” or even a simple “directed by” note to introduce the acclaimed filmmaker to American audiences. It instead goes for the attention-grabbing phrase “[from] the warped mind of Sion Sono.” Marketing and cheeky hyperbole aside, no one working in film today has as unique of a voice as the fifty-nine-year-old Japanese auteur. First drawing attention on the international scene with 2001’s SUICIDE CLUB which was released just as “J-Horror” was exploding in popularity worldwide, the bleak and wildly gory film was widely praised for its transgressive approach. That transgressive quality was a harbinger of what Sono would bring to everything he has done in its wake. His films actively work to defy classification- the heartwarming rumination on affection and religion (that also happens to feature Kung Fu perverts, cult abductions, and […]
PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND: Cage Stands Atop The Anarchy In The Official Poster
The campaign continues to ramp up for director Sion Sono’s latest genre mash-up spectacular, Prisoners Of The Ghostland, and RLJE Films is unloading all the assets out this week led by an official, and rather badass poster which you can peep at in the gallery below. Sono directs Prisoners Of The Ghostland from a script by Aaron Hendry and Reza Sixo Safai, starring Nicolas Cage as a Hero, a ruthless bankrobber donned in an explosive black leather suit by Samurai Town’s unflinching warlord, The Governor (Bill Moseley), who tasks him with finding his missing adopted granddaughter, Bernice (Sofia Boutella), or be exploded within five days. The film also stars Nick Cassavetes, Tak Sakaguchi and Yuzuka Nakaya. Prisoners Of The Ghostland releases in select theaters and on-demand from September 17. (Hat tip to Matt Essary for forwarding assets my way and contributing to this article!) (Updated with correct poster on August […]
PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND: Cage, Boutella, Sakaguchi, Guns Ablaze And Sword-Slashing Thrills In The Official Trailer!
Get an armfull of your favorite snacks and check your brain at the door, because cult genre cinema fave Sion Sono (Love Exposure, Why Don’t You Play In Hell?, The Red Post On Escher St.) is making his international debut at the helm with none other than Nicolas Cage at the wheel, in an explosive black leather suit no less for action thriller, Prisoners Of The Ghostland. In the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town, a ruthless bank robber (Nicolas Cage) is sprung from jail by wealthy warlord The Governor (Bill Moseley), whose adopted granddaughter Bernice (Sofia Boutella) has gone missing. The Governor offers the prisoner his freedom in exchange for retrieving the runaway. Strapped into a leather suit that will self-destruct within five days, the bandit sets off on a journey to find the young woman—and his own path to redemption. Also make way for the likes of Hotel […]
‘SWINE FURY’ – Review of PIG (2021)
The absolute versatility of Nic Cage, cannot be understated and this is evident in his latest film ‘PIG’ directed by Michael Sarnoski. The brooding atmosphere comes courtesy of Cage’s protagonist, an unkept and dishevelled pig farmer who wrecks havoc on members of the underworld who had abducted his prized truffle pig – uncreatively named Pig. In what initially seems like a backwater John Wick, using any and all means to exact revenge and reclaim what is rightfully his. The muted tone of the film seems to add to the very dour and depressing atmosphere, perhaps laced with some cynical comedy as Cage’s protagonist is a fish-out-of-water in a modern city, seemingly as out of place as the premise of this dark film. Cage plays Robin ‘Rob’ Feld, a once renowned chef turned truffle forager who now appreciates the solitude more than days of fame. Since the passing of his wife, […]
THE RETIREMENT PLAN: Nicolas Cage Leads Ensemble Cast For New Action Thriller To Be Shot In The Cayman Islands
Make a note of Willy’s Wonderland and Mandy star Nicolas Cage with upcomers like The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent and Sono Sion’s Prisoners Of The Ghostland, both set to bear down on the masses at some point this year for festivals and commercial audiences. He’s got another on the way that’ll have him in setting foot in the bustling filmmaking environment over at the Cayman Islands for director Tim J. Brown’s (The Cradle, upcoming Buckley’s Chance) new action thriller, The Retirement Plan. Cage will be joined by Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Ashley Greene (Twilight franchise), Jackie Earle Haley (Shutter Island, Watchmen), Joel David Moore (Avatar), Grace Byers (Fox’s “Empire”) and Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters 1 & 2, The Crow), with NBA star-cum-actor Rick Fox (Showtime’s “Shameless,” HBO’s “Oz”), Emmy Award winner Lynn Whitfield (Madea’s Family Reunion, HBO’s “The Josephine Baker Story”) and 11-year-old newcomer Thalia Campbell rounding out the cast. In […]
MANDY: Nicolas Cage Goes Huntin’ For Crazy Evil On Limited Edition Blu-Ray From Dazzler In May
Pensive, vibrant arthouse revenge horror gets about as intrinsic, weird and brutally violent and fun with Mandy, the 2018 festival hit that continued to preserve starring actor Nicolas Cage’s palatable touch on the big screen and in pretty much any meme rivaling Keanu Reeves at this juncture. Produced in part with Elijah Wood and fan-inclusive label, Legion M, Panos Cosmatos directed the hypnotic horror thriller featuring Cage opposite actress Andrea Riseborough and actors Linus Roache, Ned Dennehy and Bill Duke, and topped with a visceral, haunting music score by the late Johann Johannsson in one of his final film compostions. Dazzler Media is proudly unleashing this puppy in the UK on Limited Edition Blu-ray from May 24, with pre-order links currently up-and-running. While it’s certainly not the last we’ll be hearing of Cage in his adventures on celluloid, it’s a damn good thing Dazzler is on top of this easy […]
RLJE Films Nabs PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND
Ahead of its forthcoming Sundance world premiere, RLJE Films is officially announcing its acquistion of action thriller, Prisoners Of The Ghostland. Sono Sion (Why Don’t You Play In Hell?) directs the pic from a script by Aaron Hendry and Rexa Sixo Safai (Western Wonderland). The film stars Nicolas Cage (Mandy), Sofia Boutella (The Mummy), Nick Cassavetes (Face/Off), Bill Moseley (Texas Chainsaw Franchise), Tak Sakaguchi (Tokyo Tribe) and Yuzuka Nakaya (The Forest of Love). Prisoners Of The Ghostland is set in the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town where a ruthless bank robber (Cage) is sprung from jail by wealthy warlord The Governor (Moseley), whose adopted granddaughter Bernice (Boutella) has gone missing. The Governor offers the prisoner his freedom in exchange for retrieving the runaway. Strapped into a leather suit that will self-destruct within three days, the bandit sets off on a journey to find the young woman—and his own path […]
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