Nicolas Cage Action Pic ‘Prisoners Of The Ghostland’ Picked Up By RLJE Films Ahead Of Sundance

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIf Rob Zombie made a slasher movie that was also an “attack of the killer Muppets” movie, it might look like “Willy’s Wonderland.” Directed by Kevin Lewis, from a script by G.O.

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Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorListen to the theme song of Nicolas Cage’s new horror movie “Willy’s Wonderland” and chances are you won’t be able to get it out of your heard.Here, Variety gives you the first listen to the full creepy, yet catchy “The Birthday Song and Willy’s Jingle.”In the Kevin Lewis-directed film, Cage plays a man whose car breaks down. In order to pay for the repairs, he agrees to clean an abandoned amusement park fun house.

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might be loony, but he definitely isn’t handsy. Actress Kat Dennings recalled an audition where she had to mime escaping from Cage after the Oscar winner refused to touch her out of respect.

So Nic Cage is a bank robber sprung, naked except for a sumo-nappy, from a lengthy stint in jail by the white-hatted, black-hearted Governor (Bill Moseley) of a fake Japanese cowboy town populated exclusively by caged Geisha prostitutes, one of the favorites of whom, Bernice (Sofia Boutella, being bafflingly good again despite the material) recently escaped, so The Governor straps Cage into a leather suit rigged with explosives on the arms, neck and testicles that are primed to explode if they

Three years ago, Sundance booked Panos Cosmatos' Mandy, a hyperviolent, singularly weird film that ranks among the most worthwhile products of Nicolas Cage's anything-for-a-paycheck period. Cult-movie lightning doesn't strike twice with Prisoners of the Ghostland, a Cage-starring (mostly) English-language effort by prolific Japanese director Sion Sono.

Also Read: Nicolas Cage Action Film 'Prisoners of the Ghostland' Picked Up by RLJE Films Ahead of SundanceTo ensure that Hero will not harm her, The Governor puts him in a leather jumpsuit with strategically-placed explosives designed to control his behavior and to force him to complete the job in just a few days.

Set on the trench that divides waking reality from the subconscious, director Christopher Makoto Yogi’s moody sophomore effort “I Was a Simple Man” achieves the narrative fluidity of dreams in a multigenerational ghost tale that conflates Hawaii’s recent history with one man’s burdensome life—both in irrevocable transition.

Sure, Sundance is absolutely loaded with some amazing prestige films that are sure to be in the discussion at the end of the year during awards season. Rebecca Hall’s “Passing?” Looks incredible and thought-provoking.

Also Read: 14 Buzziest Sundance Movies for Sale in 2021, From Questlove's 'Summer of Soul' to Rebecca Hall's 'Passing' (Photos)“Prisoners of the Ghostland” is presented by Patriot Pictures and was fully financed by Michael Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital Management.

Angelique Jackson RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has acquired the U.S. rights to the film “Prisoners of the Ghostland,” which stars Nicolas Cage and Sofia Boutella, ahead of its Sundance world premiere.“Prisoners of the Ghostland” stars Cage as a ruthless bank robber, sprung from jail by a wealthy warlord, called The Governor (Bill Moseley), whose adopted granddaughter Bernice (Boutella) has gone missing.