The Rapture Can't Stop Nicolas Cage in Trailer for 'Left Behind'

There aren't many things in the world that can put a dent in Nicolas Cage's mojo. Endless runs of bad movies don't hurt him. Being the butt of jokes doesn't hurt. Not being able to play Superman doesn't hurt him. Even the almighty IRS falls to the sheer power of Cage. And apparently, not even the Rapture can hold a candle to him, at least that seems to be the point behind the new trailer for Left Behind.

Yes, it just looks like a longer, poorly-made version of HBO's The Leftovers but the fact is Left Behind has been around for a minute. It's based on the popular series of faith-based books that explore what happens to the people LEFT BEHIND (!!!!!!) after the Rapture. A battle between good and evil is about to erupt and if you guessed the Antichrist is behind it then all that time spent at Sunday School was worth it.

Also starring Cassie Thomson, Jordin Sparks, and Chad Michael Murray but with 100% less Kirk Cameron than the 2003 version, Left Behind opens October 3rd.

Read More

Trailer for Nicolas Cages' 'Left Behind' Remake Is Predictably Terrible

It was always going to be a union packed with unintentional comic potential, having Nicolas Cage star in a remake of Left Behind, the far right sci-fi novels adapted into awful movies with Kirk Cameron. As usual for Cage, if he takes one great step forward with a movie like Joe (he's brilliant in it, by the way), he takes a giant leap backwards soon after, and now that the Left Behind trailer is here this definitely looks like another one of his paycheck gigs.

The first clip released some time ago didn't promise much, and now we see why. Looking cheap and vaguely unfinished in the same way the Atlas Shrugged movies did, the film features an overacting Cage ("I know you all want answers AND SO DO I"!!!) as a man LEFT BEHIND after a number of people suddenly vanish in the Rapture. The story follows the survivors who must try to understand and cope with the enormity of what has occurred. Adding to the TV movie feel of this are a cast of TV regulars led by Chad Michael Murray and Cassi Thomson, along with Jordin Sparks, Nicky Whelan, Lea Thompson, and Olympic athlete Lolo Jones (!!!).

All snark aside, Christian-themed movies have been doing gangbusters at the box office, and considering the best selling source material Left Behind will probably find a big audience on October 3rd.

Post by Left Behind.

Read More

Anthony Mackie, Jeffrey Wright, Jennifer Hudson, and Jordin Sparks join 'The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete'

We've come to expect Anthony Mackie to be a stand out supporting player, even when overshadowed by bigger name talent. The times when he's fallen way short of expectations have been few, but one time when he most certainly did was when trying to play Tupac Shakur in Notorious, the Biggie smalls biopic. The director of that film was George Tillman Jr., and let's hope their next collaboration does much better.

Mackie, along with the great Jeffrey Wright(Syriana), will star in The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete, an indie drama featuring a script by Michael Starrbury. They'll be joined by singers/actresses Jennifer Hudson and Jordin Sparks, indicating their may be some musical bits to the story, which follows two inner-city youths forced to fend for themselves for the summer when their mothers are are taken away by the cops. We don't know who will be doing what just yet, nor who will be playing the two kids.

Tillman and Mackie are in two different places in their careers now, with the former looking to finally make the splash that has avoided him for years. He last directed Dwayne Johnson in Faster, which I enjoyed quite a bit but wasn't particularly memorable. Mackie, who will be appearing in Gangster Squad this September, recently signed on to play Falcon in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Production on The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete is currently underway. [Deadline]


- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Read More