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Since making his acting debut in 1982's "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," Nicolas Cage has gone on to amass an astounding filmography that has never stopped evolving. He's admittedly made some baffling choices as an actor, starring in the infamously terrible "Deadfall" (which has a zero rating on Rotten Tomatoes) and the 2019 dud "Grand Isle," whose flaws have more to do with its storytelling than Cage's performance as a haunted war veteran. Really, we would be here all day if I were to list the scores of middling-to-awful straight-to-video flicks Cage has starred in, yet the actor never, ever phones it in and shows up to every role with an intensity that is tough to match.

Being one of those actors who shines brighter than ever when given layered, intriguing roles to work with, Cage has delivered several unforgettable performances worth rooting for. For starters, we have the lesser-known...

New Orleans natives may be slightly disappointed to find that a movie titled “Crescent City” — long a popular nickname for the storied Louisiana metropolis — actually is set in and around Little Rock, Ark. On the other hand, they might be happy to find that their hometown is not represented at all in this overplotted and instantly disposable drama, a bland gumbo of serial killer tropes, internal affairs investigation, Satanic sex addicts and buddy-cop shoot-’em-up stuff. The movie opens day-and-date Aug. 16 in limited theatrical runs as well as on digital platforms, but it’s really best suited for home screen perusing — just so viewers can intermittently hit pause and ask one another, “Wait, what the hell was that all about?”

Terrence Howard and Esai Morales struggle mightily — and do more for the movie than it ever does for them — while attempting to impose some degree of plausibility (or at least...

Exclusive: NBC’s Chicago Fire has cast KaDee Strickland for a recurring role in Season 13. The new season begins Sept. 25 at 8 p.m. on NBC and next day on Peacock.

She will portray Monica Pascal, the new Fire Chief Dom Pascal’s (Dermot Mulroney) estranged wife. As Deadline reported in July, Mulroney joined the popular firefighter drama as Boden’s (Eamonn Walker) successor following his exit as a series regular in the Season 12 finale.

Before Boden was promoted to Deputy Commissioner of the Chicago Fire Department, he had chosen Christopher Herrmann (David Eigenberg) as his successor. The introduction of Dom Pascal would interfere with that plan, and Eigenberg earlier this month shared insight with Deadline as to why Herrmann may pass on the opportunity.

“I want to say he felt like he had the rug pulled from under him because I don’t think [Herrmann] saw what...

Production has begun in Sardinia on Italian director Louis Nero’s futuristic drama Milarepa, starring Harvey Keitel. The US’ Orwo Studios is handling sales to the film and talking to buyers at the EFM.

Keitel joins a cast that also includes F. Murray Abraham, Angela Molina, Iazua Larios, Al Yamagouchi, Michael Ronda and Bruno Bilotta.

Milarepa takes place in a ‘no tech’ future and follows the story of a young girl who must disguise herself as a boy in order to exact revenge on her father’s family for enslaving her and her mother. The story is inspired by a...

Exclusive: Trimax Media, the production company led by Alan Glazer (The Bank Job), has acquired film rights to No Bullet Got Me Yet, John Stansifer’s forthcoming book about U.S. Army Chaplain, Father Emil Kapaun.

Stansifer has scripted the film adaptation, titled Father Kapaun’s Valley, which Stephen Campanelli (Drinkwater) is attached to direct. The intention with the project is to help fill the void when it comes to U.S.-produced films about the Korean War, while spotlighting a little-known war hero currently on the path to sainthood. Set to produce are Glazer and Stansifer, whose book is slated for publication on March 12, 2024.

The most decorated chaplain in U.S. military history, Kapaun regularly risked his life during the Korean War to help soldiers survive, also taking great pains to support them in their faith, no matter their religion. Among the most notable incidents from his military history was...

Nicolas Cage's ability to play unhinged characters is his trademark, and he fully commits to each role, captivating audiences throughout the entire film. Cage's remarkable work ethic allows him to churn out a high number of films each year, with a level of zeal and dedication that sets him apart from other actors. While Cage may have been criticized for making bad movies, he has also been recognized for his outstanding performances in prestigious films, showcasing his range as a dramatic and comedic actor.

There are few actors who bring quite as much excitement to a movie as Nicolas Cage. He has been a huge star in Hollywood for decades and is still making all types of films. The thing is, people often call him out for making just as many bad movies as good movies.

However, even his “bad” movies are delightful. So what is it about Cage that continues to endure?...

Picking out the best Nicolas Cage movie can be fairly challenging, given the fact that the Hollywood star has starred in a diverse array of films of varying merit. Nothing short of a cultural tour-de-force, Nicolas Cage has managed to acquire a dedicated cult following over the years, whilst winning various accolades including an Academy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Golden Globe. However, when it comes to Cage, a string of offbeat roles granted him a bad movie streak. Seminal among these is Deadfall, Left Behind, and Pay The Ghost, among which the first two can be deemed as downright unwatchable.

Having said that, it is important to acknowledge that Cage is no stranger to portraying strong, complex characters, as evidenced in his revenge-fueled, yet pathos-inducing rendition of Red in Panos Cosmatos’ heavy metal valentine, Mandy. Underwhelming performances aside, there is a plethora of Cage films that deserve praise and consideration,...

Nicolas Cage’s direct-to-video days may be over — we’ve come a long way from the “Kill Chain,” “Primal,” “Grand Isle” triple-header of 2019 — but the guy is simply too eager and too curious to just sit by the phone and wait for someone to call him with a script as strong and/or well-tailored to him as “Mandy,” “Pig,” or “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.”

While Cage’s latest creative renaissance is hopefully still just getting started, his current upswing was always going to be pockmarked by its fair share of forgettably solid genre films. We’re talking respectable programmers with compromised scripts, cool supporting casts, and just enough credibility to stride onto Redbox with their heads held high. The kind of movie whose director tried to get it made for more than a decade before deciding that driving a roadworthy Nicolas Cage vehicle would be preferable to leaving...

A couple weeks ago, we learned that a new take on Red Sonja had gone into production – after spending decades in development hell – with Matilda Lutz (Revenge) in the title role. Deadline reports that Lutz is joined in the cast by Oliver Trevena, who has experience wielding a sword thanks to his role in the 2019 film The Rising Hawk. Trevena is taking on the role of Tr’aal, “a gladiator-type warrior who joins Sonja in her fight against an evil emperor”.

M.J. Bassett (Solomon Kane) is directing Red Sonja from a screenplay by Joey Soloway (Transparent) and Tasha Huo (Netflix’s Tomb Raider anime). This version of Red Sonja is derived from the sword and sorcery comic books by Dynamite Entertainment, based on the character created by Robert E. Howard and adapted by Roy Thomas. Details on the plot are being kept under wraps. All we know is that Sonja...

Exclusive: Oliver Trevena (Wire Room) is the latest addition to the cast of Millennium Media’s comic book film Red Sonja, which has entered production in Bulgaria. He joins an ensemble led by Matilda Lutz, which also includes the previously announced Wallis Day, Robert Sheehan, Michael Bisping, Martyn Ford, Eliza Matengu, Manal El-Feitury and Katrina Durden.

Derived from the sword and sorcery comic books of the same name from Dynamite Entertainment, Red Sonja is based on the heroine created by Robert E. Howard and adapted by Roy Thomas. Though the character is described as a fearsome warrior boasting a high degree of skill with a sword, details as to the film adaptation’s plot have thus far been kept under wraps. Trevena will play Tr’aal, a gladiator-type warrior who joins Sonja (Lutz) in her fight against the evil emperor.

M.J. Bassett (Solomon Kane) is directing the film for Millennium,...

Nicolas Cage has appeared in dozens of movies of varying critical reception over the years, but his latest movie Pig has risen above the rest as his highest-rated live-action movie on Rotten Tomatoes. With a 97% Certified Fresh score, Pig has topped Red Rock West at 95%, Moonstruck at 94%, and Face/Off at 92%. The 97% score is tied with the animated movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which featured Cage as the voice of Spider-Man Noir.

This is certainly great news for Nicolas Cage, who has developed a bit of a reputation for accepting all roles thrown his way, for better or for worse. He has previously starred in universally panned movies with 0% rotten scores on Rotten Tomatoes, like Deadfall and Grand Isle. Titles like The Wicker Man, Bangkok Dangerous, and Arsenal didn't fare much better. Perhaps this just goes to show that Cage is indeed a fantastic actor, he just needs the right material to work with.

Ten years ago in January, the people of Egypt took to the streets to demand the fall of President Hosni Mubarak and his regime. It was the most spectacular of the revolutions during the so-called Arab Spring both in numbers and media coverage, as well as for the abject failure of its goals. Manal Khaled’s long-gestating, aptly-named “Trapped” is composed of three stories set in those early days, when people from all walks of life were thrown together during the struggle for freedom, sharing their fears and hopes with strangers. That it struggles to do so is more a reflection of the prosaic nature of the filmmaking rather than the spirit of those involved.

The subject alone is a dangerous one to address in the current Egyptian political climate given the heightened state of repression under the military dictatorship, and Khaled struggled to find backers, ultimately crowdsourcing funding via...

Rajkummar Rao has a candid retort when you tell him he is successful enough now to be called a star. "You can call me whatever, but call me Raj. I think Raj is a nice name," says the actor, in a conversation with Ians.

The actor, who won the National Award in 2014 for his title role in Shahid, has given memorable roles in numerous films in his 11-year-old career - notably, Aligarh, Bareilly Ki Barfi, CityLights, Omerta, Newton and Trapped. Despite fame and awards, he has always come across as grounded. How does he manage to stay that way?

"God has not given me wings to fly so there is no point flying! I am doing this for myself because I saw this dream when I was a kid who wants to act. I wanted to be an actor and acting gives me the most amount of happiness and I...

Produced by Iceland’s powerhouse Sagafilm for local public broadcaster RÚV, “The Minister” has been sold by Cineflix Rights to Sbs for Australia, AMC Networks International for Southern Europe, and Tvo for Canada.

The multiple sales follow the recently announced acquisition by North American streaming platform Topic, with more deals pending.

The eight-part TV show headlines Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as populist Icelandic prime minister Benedikt Ríkhardsson whose worsening mental health condition threatens the stability of the government and the lives of those around him.

“‘The Minister’ showcases Sagafilm’s success in combining an exceptional cast, led by Ólafur Darri, with a compelling plot about populist politics that echoes the current zeitgeist,” said James Durie, head of scripted at Cineflix Rights. “These latest deals reflect the huge international interest we’ve already had as we continue to roll out the series to global buyers.”

The political drama was recently launched on local broadcaster RÚV,...

Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s debut feature launched at Venice 2019.

Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s This Is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection won the main New Visions Award, the Golden Puffin, at the Reykjavik International Film Festival which wrapped its 17th edition on Sunday, October 4.

Set in Lesotho, the film is about an 80-year-old widow who learns her village will be resettled.

The jury, comprised of filmmakers Shahrbanoo Sadat and Ísold Uggadóttir and New Europe Film Sales CEO Jan Naszewski, praised the film as “a voyage to a magical and isolated place where the 80-year-old protagonist is fighting for nature...

Mary Lambert, the director of Stephen King’s original 1989 Pet Sematary movie for Paramount, has signed with APA.

The trailblazing director is currently in Scotland helming A Castle for Christmas, the Netflix romantic comedy starring Brooke Shields and Cary Elwes.

On the feature front, Lambert also lensed the 1992 sequel Pet Sematary Two. The original Pet Sematary remains the highest-grossing horror movie directed by a woman.

Other features from Lambert include 14 Women; Grand Isle, starring Kelly McGillis and Ellen Burstyn; her first film, Siesta; Clubland, The In Crowd, and Urban Legends: Bloody Mary.

Lambert’s TV credits include The Blacklist, Arrow and YouTube’s Step Up: High Water.

She continues to ...

Mary Lambert, the director of Stephen King’s original 1989 Pet Sematary movie for Paramount, has signed with APA.

The trailblazing director is currently in Scotland helming A Castle for Christmas, the Netflix romantic comedy starring Brooke Shields and Cary Elwes.

On the feature front, Lambert also lensed the 1992 sequel Pet Sematary Two. The original Pet Sematary remains the highest-grossing horror movie directed by a woman.

Other features from Lambert include 14 Women; Grand Isle, starring Kelly McGillis and Ellen Burstyn; her first film, Siesta; Clubland, The In Crowd, and Urban Legends: Bloody Mary.

Lambert’s TV credits include The Blacklist, Arrow and YouTube’s Step Up: High Water.

She continues to ...

Acclaimed British director Amma Asante will direct a drama series adaptation of acclaimed novel “Smilla’s Sense of Snow” for German outfit Constantin Film.

Based on the bestselling book by Peter Höeg, and created and written by Clive Bradley (“Trapped”), the series will follows Smilla Jaspersen, whose investigation into the mysterious death of an immigrant Inuit child from the projects evolves into a much grander supernatural epic. Her search for answers sets her on a journey to her native home of Greenland.

The book was adapted as a film by Bille August in 1997, starring Julia Ormond, and produced by Bernd Eichinger and Martin Moszkowicz. Executive producers of the TV adaption are Constantin Film’s executive board members Oliver Berben and Robert Kulzer and the producer is Constantin CEO Martin Moszkowicz. Colin Scully, Alex Westmore and Brandon Zimon will oversee the project for the company.

The studio is expected to present the project to U.

Nicolas Cage’s current status as a crazed-eyed paycheck-hunting star of contemporary schlock cinema seems to have reached the new evolutionary stage of conjuring meta-minded movie mirth with The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. With Cage set to portray himself, it appears that the film has honed in on a momentum-riding co-star in Pedro Pascal.

Lionsgate is in talks with Pascal to co-star opposite Cage in the film, reports The Wrap. Should the deal be finalized, Pascal will play Javi, a character described as “a Nic Cage superfan who is not all that he appears to be.” The co-starring duo will be in front of the camera for director Tom Gormicon, who is known as the co-creator—alongside Kevin Etten—of Fox’s single-season 2017-2018 supernatural comedy, Ghosted, and a lone feature credit in 2014 ensemble comedy That Awkward Moment, which starred Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller, Zac Efron, Mackenzie Davis and Imogen Poots.

Taylor Swift’s Folklore takes Number One the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums Chart for a third straight week, topping the chart with 133,300 units during the week of August 7th through August 13th. After seeing the biggest debut on the Rs 200 since Lover, Folklore moved 64,700 sales and 83 million on-demand audio streams in its third week.

Following Folklore at Numbers Two and Three are Juice Wrld’s Legends Never Die took (98,800 units) and Pop Smoke’s Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon (87,800 units). The biggest debut of the week went to Luke Bryan,...

Netflix has ordered a documentary feature based on the life and career of civil rights attorney Ben Crump, Variety has learned.

The yet-to-be-titled documentary will be directed and produced by Nadia Hallgren, who recently received two Emmy nominations for her work on Netflix’s Michelle Obama documentary “Becoming.” Kenya Barris will produce via Khalabo Ink Society, while Roger Ross Williams will produce under his One Story Up Productions banner. Lauren Cioffi will also produce, with Geoff Martz executive producing.

The doc will examine a number of Crump’s past and current cases, his impact on American civil rights and racial justice, and the toll such work takes on him and his family. The founder and principal owner of Ben Crump Law, he first gained recognition while representing the family of Trayvon Martin and is currently working with the families of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd. His other clients...

In honor of the 55th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act, Magnolia Pictures, Participant and Color Farm Media will host a series of live events tied to the milestone and the documentary “John Lewis: Good Trouble.”

Producers will first lead a live tweet event of the film at 8 p.m. Et on Wednesday, which will follow the live tweets of leaders in the Civil Rights space, elected representatives, filmmakers and more. Their analysis will honor Lewis’s life and career. Erika Alexander, the documentary’s producer, will take over Secretary Hillary Clinton’s Twitter account.

On Aug. 6, Alexander will move to Secretary Clinton’s Instagram account, using the platform’s live function to chat with Stacey Abrams, Ayanna Pressley, Rev. William Barber, the film’s director Dawn Porter, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Aunjanue Ellis, Ledisi, Jose Antonio Vargas and Alexander’s “Living Single” cast members.

Also on Aug.

Korean Cultural Centre UK and Birkbeck University of London continue their collaboration with a new season of Korean Film Nights. This time the season, curated by a collective of Ma students from Birkbeck, responds to life in the time of pandemic. We are under lockdown, shielding at home, with restricted access to the public space. We have become, in one way or another, trapped. Trapped! The Cinema of Confinement is a meditation on the themes of isolation, restriction and incarceration, both physical and psychological.

The programme delves into the rich and expansive Korean Film Archive, an online resource with hundreds of freely available classic titles. The archive is used as a way to explore our contemporary confinement, discovering how films from the past can connect viewers today and take on new meanings to help us make sense of our current predicament. Characters in the selected films are in their own...

I can honestly say the Netflix original series The Floor Is Lava is one of the most unique game shows I have ever seen. The show has contestants race across a range of crazy obstacle courses to get from one side of the room to the other but what sets this show apart is that the floor is flooded with a red bubbling liquid that represents lava. If you are unfamiliar with the concept of the “The Floor Is Lava” game you have to move around without touching the floor and this show is built on that premise. The winning contestants in this show get a “Volcano of Victory” which is simply a cheap lava lamp you could buy on sites such as Amazon but winners also get $10, 000 which proves to be the biggest encouragement for the contestant in this show.

The Floor Is Lava is perfect for a young...

If America had its own path to sainthood, John Lewis would have made it there long ago. The 80-year-old Civil Rights icon and congressman has navigated decisive American moments with superhuman finesse, making him a natural cinematic character. Dawn Porter’s absorbing documentary “John Lewis: Good Trouble” doesn’t try any fancy trickery to energize that saga, instead deriving its appeal from the sheer resilience of the change agent at its center. As with 2018’s Ruth Bader Ginsberg documentary “Rgb,” Porter offers a closeup look at a historic figure somehow still in the game decades down the line, and seemingly too good for this world. “As long as I have breath in my body,” Lewis says to the camera, “I’ll do what I can.”

At a more stable moment for American society, “Good Trouble” might not register as much more than a hagiographic celebration. Yet context is everything: Premiering in Tulsa,...

If America had its own path to sainthood, John Lewis would have made it there long ago. The 80-year-old Civil Rights icon and congressman has navigated decisive American moments with superhuman finesse, making him a natural cinematic character. Dawn Porter’s absorbing documentary “John Lewis: Good Trouble” doesn’t try any fancy trickery to energize that saga, instead deriving its appeal from the sheer resilience of the change agent at its center. As with 2018’s Ruth Bader Ginsberg documentary “Rgb,” Porter offers a closeup look at a historic figure somehow still in the game decades down the line, and seemingly too good for this world. “As long as I have breath in my body,” Lewis says to the camera, “I’ll do what I can.”

At a more stable moment for American society, “Good Trouble” might not register as much more than a hagiographic celebration. Yet context is everything: Premiering in Tulsa,...

Nicolas Cage has been named the hardest working actor in Hollywood over the last five years. This, according to an analysis of some of the biggest names in the business and looking at their output. It's important to note that it counts work as a producer, which helped to bolster quite a few names on the list. But in the case of Cage, it was purely grinding it out as an actor.

According to the report, Nicolas Cage has starred in 27 features over the last five years. In 2015 Cage had a relatively modest two movies released with The Runner and Pay the Ghost. But in 2018, for example, Cage put in a ton of work with Mandy, Looking Glass, 211, Teen Titans Go! to the Movies, Between Worlds and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse all hitting theaters. Last year saw the actor appear in movies such as Primal and Grand Isle. Cage...

Lionsgate has set a March 19, 2021 wide-release date for The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, the meta action comedy that stars Nicolas Cage as a version of himself.

Tom Gormican is directing the film based on the screenplay he wrote with Kevin Etten. Kevin Turen is producing.

The plot: Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, the fictionalized version of Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a super fan. When things take a wildly dangerous turn, Cage is 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.

The project has been percolating since November, when Lionsgate entered final negotiations for the film, to be helmed by Gormican, who created the Fox comedy series Ghosted that Etten executive produced.

Cage’s recent genre credits include cult hit Mandy, and he is starring in Wally’s Wonderland,...

Our last stop on our Cage-a-Thon was Grand Isle a psychological thriller with our Lord and Saviour alongside Kelsey Grammer for the first time in his 103 movie credited career. Now it was time to go back to beginning for the first proper big leading man role this hard working sumbitch would tackle. We did the TV Pilot then we watched the entirety of Fast Times so we could catch his 20 second cameo but now its time to see the movie where Nicolas Coppola became Nicolas Cage… No literally it was for this movie he changed his last name to Cage and would drop his famously connected last name for the purpose of making a career on his own merits. Lets see what happened here with 1983′s Valley Girl.

Valley Girl

Director: Martha Coolidge | Writers: Andrew Lane, Wayne Crawford

Stars: Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Elizabeth Daily

Its the age old tale...

Well well… As we skip right ahead to the latest movie in our Lord and Saviours filmography we come across Grand Isle. We started this little adventure with a TV and a blink and you will miss it cameo so It is good to get into some deep Cagey waters. Throw into the mix Kelsey Grammer and I am ready see what this 2019 direct to video release has for me… Incidentally his 6th movie of the year, not bad output for the hardest working man in cinema history.

Grand Isle

Director: Stephen S. Campanelli | Writers: Iver William Jallah, Rich Ronat

Stars: Nicolas Cage, KaDee Strickland, Luke Benward, Kelsey Grammer

Buddy is a young hard working new father struggling to make ends meet since coming home from his time in the Navy. After a twisty turny series of events Buddy is in the frame for murder and in an effort to...

Well people we are kicking off the Appreciation of our Lord and Saviour Nicolas Cage proper with his first official big screen debut in this Amy Heckerling directed, Cameron Crowe biographical tale Fast Times at Ridgemont High. A movie that admittedly I have never actually seen but heard many a great thing about this 80s coming of age comedy that launched many a career including the figurehead of our Appreciaton Society.

Now from what I know this one is a cameo but they all count and we shall count em all.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Director: Amy Heckerling | Writers: Cameron Crowe

Stars: Nicolas Cage, Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Ray Walston, Brian Backer, Pheobe Cates

Fast Times at Ridgemont High is your typical 80s/90s high school coming of age comedy/drama centered around bringing us the life and times of several young school students dealing with...

Exclusive: Five-time Emmy-winner Kelsey Grammer, Thomas Jane, and Denise Richards have signed on to co-star opposite Adam Copeland (a.k.a WWE’s Edge) in the heist thriller, Money Plane, directed by Andrew Lawrence.

Co-written by Lawrence and Tim Schaaf, the indie follows a professional thief (Copeland) who must rob an underworld criminal casino on an airplane to settle a debt with his ruthless employer (Grammer). While the heist unfolds in midair, the second man on the ground (Jane) uncovers a sinister double cross that threatens everything.

Richard Switzer and Tyler W. Konney are producing the pic with and executive producers Jason Cherubini and Alexander Ferguson. Taylor & Dodge is handling worldwide sales.

Copeland currently co-stars as Kjetill Flatnose in the History Channel series, Vikings. Grammer can next be seen on the big screen in Grand Isle opposite Nicolas Cage. Jane currently stars in Amazon’s The Expanse series. Richards’ recent...

A sub-Tennessee Williams potboiler triangle between restless sexpot, impotent husband, and hunky handyman ever-so-slowly congeals into a lumpy gumbo of thriller elements in “Grand Isle.” This third directorial big-screen feature for veteran Steadicam operator Stephen S. Campanelli has plenty of potential guilty-pleasure signifiers — not least being top-billed Nicolas Cage’s sixth vehicle this year — but the overripe (if underdeveloped) payoff arrives only after a full hour of patience-testing buildup. Opening on 15 screens Dec. 6, it looks to make a much larger commercial impact as a night’s disposable home entertainment in simultaneous on-demand release.

An opening sequence that turns out to be something of a red herring finds Cage’s tippling ex-Marine Walter Franklin roused from slumber in 1988 by a break-in at his rural southern Louisiana manse. The would-be thief manages to get back outside, but is shot by the master of the house as he’s clambering over the picket fence.

Screen Media Films will be releasing the Nicolas Cage-starring Grand Isle in theaters and on demand December 6 (that’s tomorrow!), and we’ve got an exclusive clip for ya today. Tied up, beaten and bloodied, Cage’s Walter takes center stage in the clip, taunting a home invader and telling him that there’s something dangerous in the house’s basement. […]...

Up-and-coming actor, Luke Benward is being dragged into the dark and twisted underworld of deceit and murder in the upcoming southern gothic thriller, ‘Grand Isle.’ The performer’s character, Buddy, is being corrupted by Nicolas Cage‘s troubled protagonist, Walter, in the film, which Screen Media is set to distribute in select theaters and On Demand this […]

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Stephen S. Campanelli’s Grand Isle arrives in Us theaters on December 6th; give the trailer a spin embedded at the top of the article. The film stars Nicolas Cage (Mandy), Kelsey Grammer, and Luke Benward. In addition to the trailer […]

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Nicolas Cage won’t have to dig too deep for his next role as… himself.

The 55-year-old actor is set to star in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, a film that will feature Cage as a “creatively unfulfilled,” less rich version of himself, according to Deadline.

In the movie, Cage reluctantly accepts a $1 million offer to perform at the party of one of his super fans, who also happens to be a Mexican billionaire, reports the outlet. When the party gets out of control, Cage must rely on some of his iconic characters to save himself.

The actor rose...

Lionsgate is in final negotiations to land The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, a film project scripted by Tom Gormican (Ghosted) & Kevin Etten. Deadline has confirmed that if the deal makes, the studio will make the meta feature that will star Nicolas Cage playing a version of himself. Gormican, who created the Fox comedy series Ghosted, which Etten executive produced, would direct.

The film tells the story of Nicolas Cage (Cage), who, in need of some money and creatively unfulfilled, begrudgingly accepts a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a Mexican billionaire super fan. When things take a wild turn, Nick is forced to become a version of some of his most iconic and beloved characters in order to extricate himself from an increasingly dangerous situation.

Kevin Turen will produce, along with Cage and Mike Nilon via their Saturn Films.

The Oscar-winning Cage has been making genre...

Stephen S. Campanelli’s hurricane thriller Grand Isle with Nicolas Cage, Kelsey Grammer, Luke Benward, and KaDee Strickland hits theaters and on-demand this December. And today we have the wacky-ass trailer for you to check out. Give it a look below and then let us know what you think in the comments below or over on Facebook, Twitter, […]

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Nicolas Cage takes a prisoner (Emily Marie Palmer) in this first-look still from the thriller Grand Isle.

Also starring Kelsey Grammer, the film — which was directed by Clint Eastwood’s long-standing camera operator Stephen S. Campanelli (Sully, American Sniper, The Mule) from a script by Iver William Jallah and Rich Ronat — sees Cage playing a trigger-happy ex-Marine living on a quiet island in Louisiana with his seductive wife (Private Practice’s KaDee Strickland).

Grand Isle was produced by Raja Collins (True Memoirs of an International Assassin), Jeff Rice (2 Guns) and Jake Seal (Blaze).

Vmi Worldwide is selling the project ...

Nicolas Cage takes a prisoner (Emily Marie Palmer) in this first-look still from the thriller Grand Isle.

Also starring Kelsey Grammer, the film — which was directed by Clint Eastwood’s long-standing camera operator Stephen S. Campanelli (Sully, American Sniper, The Mule) from a script by Iver William Jallah and Rich Ronat — sees Cage playing a trigger-happy ex-Marine living on a quiet island in Louisiana with his seductive wife (Private Practice’s KaDee Strickland).

Grand Isle was produced by Raja Collins (True Memoirs of an International Assassin), Jeff Rice (2 Guns) and Jake Seal (Blaze).

Vmi Worldwide is selling the project ...

Long have we waited for a film that teams up Nicolas Cage and Kelsey Grammer, and then has them use heavy southern accents. Grand Isle is sweaty looking southern gothic thriller that has Cage hiring a young man to kill his wife, and Grammer as the cop looking into the crime. But there’s more than meets […]

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Grand Isle, the Nicolas Cage and Kelsey Grammer thriller being shopped globally by Vmi Worldwide, has been picked up for a raft of international territories.

First introduced to buyers at Afm last year and directed by Clint Eastwood’s long-standing camera operator Stephen S. Campanelli, Grand Isle sees Cage playing a trigger-happy ex-Marine living on a quiet island in Louisiana with his seductive wife (Private Practice’s KaDee Strickland).

Forced to hire a cash-strapped handyman (Luke Benward) to repair a fence destroyed while he was gunning down a home intruder, he finds his life taking a strange turn, and after a ...

"She's got a dark side... Darker than hell." Screen Media Films has unveiled an official trailer for the indie murder suspense-thriller called Grand Isle, the latest film directed by cameraman turned director Stephen S. Campanelli (also of Momentum and Indian Horse). Set during a hurricane, this seductive murder mystery turned wild thriller is about a young father who is charged for murder. He must prove his innocence through recalling a very twisted and dark night of events. Nicolas Cage stars with KaDee Strickland playing his wife, and a cast including Luke Benward, Kelsey Grammar, Emily Marie Palmer, Zulay Henao, and Oliver Trevena. This has a Southern Gothic look and feel, from the hurricane to the old house and all the sexual tension that sets things off. Might be a delectable watch if you're into these kind of pulpy stories. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Stephen S. Campanelli's Grand Isle,...

There really are two types of Nicolas Cage films nowadays. You have the run-of-the-mill, generic action-thrillers that feel as if Cage is just appearing in the film to keep himself busy and pay some bills. Then there are the films where the actor’s, uh, unique gifts are used to full effect and even if the film isn’t the most well-made or well-acted, it’s endlessly entertaining and never boring. Judging by the first trailer for “Grand Isle,” we could be looking at another film that falls in the latter category.

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With titles like the Nicolas Cage-Kelsey Grammer thriller Grand Isle, the Vince Vaughn- Liam Hemsworth crime drama Arkansas and the Aaron Eckhart- Tommy Lee Jones conspiracy thriller Wander on its slate, Vmi Worldwide might seem like just another banner selling mid-range genre wares at Afm in Santa Monica. But Vmi’s story is different than most.

In the late 1990s, company CEO Andre Relis was a singer in the punk band Rubberneck and struggling to hold down a regular job because of touring. But he was invited by his record-label boss to become a production assistant on several shows the company was ...

With titles like the Nicolas Cage-Kelsey Grammer thriller Grand Isle, the Vince Vaughn- Liam Hemsworth crime drama Arkansas and the Aaron Eckhart- Tommy Lee Jones conspiracy thriller Wander on its slate, Vmi Worldwide might seem like just another banner selling mid-range genre wares at Afm in Santa Monica. But Vmi’s story is different than most.

In the late 1990s, company CEO Andre Relis was a singer in the punk band Rubberneck and struggling to hold down a regular job because of touring. But he was invited by his record-label boss to become a production assistant on several shows the company was ...

Nicolas Cage is set to star in a new horror film called Wally’s Wonderland, and this is going to be another great project for the actor that has been making some pretty crazy films lately.

Cage will take on the role of a janitor who is “forced to spend the night in a twisted amusement park where he is pulled into a living nightmare. As the threatening animatronic characters come to life, the janitor has to fight his way from one monster to another to survive until morning and get out of the park.”

That sounds like fun! I actually can’t wait to see Cage find himself battling a horde of animatronic characters! There’s no doubt that he’s going to have fun making this movie and that it’s going to entertaining audiences.

The film is being directed by Kevin Lewis (The Drop) from a script written by G.O. Parsons.

Production earmarked for late January 2020 start.

Nicolas Cage will star in horror title Wally’s Wonderland as Foresight Unlimited prepares to launch world sales at Afm next week.

Landafar Entertainment, Jd Entertainment, Saturn Films, Almost Never Films, and Screen Media Ventures are producing the film, which is set to begin production in late January.

Cage will star as The Janitor, who is forced to spend the night in the twisted amusement park and must survive the night when animatronic characters come to life.

Kevin Lewis (The Drop) directs from a Blood List screenplay by G.O. Parsons. Grant Cramer, Jeremy Davis,...

Exclusive: Nicolas Cage is set to star in Wally’s Wonderland, a genre film to be directed by Kevin Lewis (The Drop). Cage will play a janitor, forced to spend the night in a twisted amusement park where he is pulled into a living nightmare. As the threatening animatronic characters come to life, the janitor has to fight his way from one monster to another to survive until morning and get out of the park.

Landafar Entertainment, Jd Entertainment, Saturn Films, Almost Never Films & Screen Media Ventures are behind the film. The screenplay, which was high on the Blood List, a list of highly anticipated genre scripts, is written by G.O. Parsons. Grant Cramer (Lone Survivor), Jeremy Davis (The Street Racer), and Danny Roth (Anti-Life) will produce along with Cage and Mike Nilon.

Danny Chan, Foresight Chairman Mark Damon, and Screen Media’s Svp of Worldwide Acquisitions Seth Needle will executive produce.