Nicolas Cage Set to Direct and Star in VENGEANCE: A LOVE STORY
Nicolas Cage has signed on to direct and star in a new film called Vengeance: A Love Story. This wouldn’t be the first time that Cage has directed a movie. In 2002, he directed James Franco in a movie called Sonny.
The new film project is based on a novel written by Joyce Carol Oates called Rape: A Love Story. Cage will play Detective John Dromoor in the film, “who is asked to help a woman named Teena, who is gang-raped over the Fourth of July weekend. Teena's daughter, who witnessed the attack, asks the detective to help her when it seems that her mother's attackers may be getting away with it when the lawyers put the focus on Teena's credibility, based on her sobriety and sexual promiscuity.” Harold Becker was previously set to direct, but now Cage has taken over.
This sounds like it will be a pretty heavy movie. Rape is one of those subjects that tends to make a lot of people uncomfortable. It could prove to be a powerful story, though. Cage had this to say in a statement:
“I'm excited to work on Vengeance: A Love Story and bring Joyce Carol Oates’ bittersweet novel to the screen. Storytelling has always been my passion and I'm honored to work with this talented team to tell a tale of the suffering too many women have endured.”
I really didn’t think that Sonny was a good film, but maybe Cage has improved as a director. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see. The script comes from John Mankiewicz and it will start shooting on April 4 in Atlanta.
Source: THR