Hollywood wonder Nicolas Cage seems to be leaning further and further into the off-the-wall persona he has crafted for himself over the years, with our first look at upcoming post-apocalyptic thrillerPrisoners of the Ghostlandconfirming the actor’s unique talents once again. The actor has been putting his name to some truly incredible projects of late, andPrisoners of the Ghostlandcertainly looks like one of them. If you have any doubt about that, just read the title of the movie again.
Starring Sofia Boutella, Bill Moseley, Ed Skrein, Young Dais, and Tak Sakaguchi alongside Cage,Prisoners of the Ghostlandis directed by Sion Sono and follows Cage as the notorious criminal Hero, who is sent to rescue anabducted womanwho has disappeared into a dark supernatural universe. There they must break the evil curse that binds them and escape the mysterious revenants that rule the Ghostland, an East-meets-West vortex of beauty and violence. Well, the movie’s potential to be incredible is confirmed.
Nicolas Cagehas already praised the script saying it is “unlike anything I’ve ever read before. It might be the wildest movie I’ve ever made, and that’s saying something. It’s out there. I wear a skintight black leather jumpsuit with grenades attached to different body parts, and if I don’t rescue the governor’s daughter from this state line where they’re all ghosts and bring her back they’re gonna blow me up. It’s just crazy. It’s way out there.” While the new images forgo giving us a glimpse of the jumpsuit that Cage is so excited about, the actor describing the movie as the “wildest” thing he’s ever made should be more than enough cause for celebration, considering his back catalogue.
As expected,Prisoners of the Ghostlandis just one of several achingly intriguing projects on the enticing horizon of Nic Cage. Filming began recently on what is sure to be the actor’s magnum opus,The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, which follows “a fictionalized, creatively unfulfilled Nicolas Cage who, in the face of financial ruin, accepts a $1 million offer toattend the birthday of a superfan, played by Pascal. When things take a wildly dangerous turn, Cage is forced to live up to his own legend, channelling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones.”
The actor will also go toe-to-toe agang of psychotic animatronic charactersinWilly’s Wonderland, which finds Cage as a quiet drifter who finds himself stranded in the remote town of Hayesville, Nevada. Agreeing to work as a night-shift janitor at Willy’s Wonderland, a once-successful family entertainment center, his tasks suddenly become an all-out survival fight when the Wonderland’s eight animatronic characters come to life and attempt to kill him.
If that weren’t enough for Cage enthusiast, he is also due to portrayTiger Kingpersonality Joe Exotic and will star inPigas a truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness, who must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped. Make no mistake, 2021 is going to be the year of Cage.
Prisoners of the Ghostlandwill have its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on August 16, 2025. This comes to us fromTwitter user @aSionSonoFilm.
