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Last month, Lionsgate released a special 30-second Halloween teaser trailer for Dominic Sena’s supernatural thriller Season of the Witch which had us scratching our heads. Sena is best known as the director of fun but disposable action films like Gone in Sixty Seconds, Swordfish and the recent comic book adaptation Whiteout, and I had heard great things about Brian Schut’s script… But the teaser looked like a direct-to-dvd Dark Castle production. The new trailer gives us a much better idea of what to expect, and somewhat raised expectations. Watch the trailer for yourself after the jump, and leave your thoughts in the comments below.
The film stars Nicolas Cage as a 14th century Crusader who returns with his comrade (Ron Perlman) to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague.
“A beleaguered church, deeming sorcery the culprit of the plague, commands the two knights to transport an accused witch (Claire Foy) to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence. A priest (Stephen Campbell Moore), a grieving knight (Ulrich Thomsen), an itinerant swindler (Stephen Graham) and a headstrong youth who can only dream of becoming a knight (Robert Sheehan) join a mission troubled by mythically hostile wilderness and fierce contention over the fate of the girl.When the embattled party arrives at the abbey, a horrific discovery jeopardizes the knight’s pledge to ensure the girl fair treatment, and pits them against an inexplicably powerful and destructive force.”
Click on the image below to watch the trailer in high definition on fandango.
Season of the Witch hits theaters on March 19th 2010.
The first feature film to be directed by Charles de Lauzirika is shooting right now, having successfully flown under the trade-announcement radar all the way to its Detroit location. It’s a psychological thriller called Crave and will star Josh Lawson, Emma Lung and Ron Perlman. What makes it particularly interesting, I think, is the director. De Lauzirika is previously the man responsible for producing the extra content on the lion’s share of my favourite DVD boxsets and special editions.
Not only did he produce the one-time world champion DVD SKU with the Alien Quadrilogy box (points off for the name, though), he’s also the guy behind the Blade Runner set that finally knocked it off it’s perch. And though I’m sworn to secrecy about it (ie. legally tied up in knots by a scary studio’s powerful legal people), I was recently lucky enough to see something very, very special he’s putting together on Blu-Ray. And I mean very very.
I’ve heard DVDs like de Lauzirika’s called “film school on a disc” before now. Hmmm. Okay… but does that mean he’s going to be uniquely well schooled, and that we can all expect Crave to kick off from the legacies of Ridley Scott, Sam Raimi, the Coens, James Cameron, Jean Pierre Jeunet and Mark Romanek? I mean, no pressure Charles.
ShockTillYouDrop say:
[Crave] centers on a downtrodden photographer (Lawson) who is haunted by the urban violence and decay around him causing him to retreat into an inner world of dark fantasies. When his intoxicating new romance with a beautiful young woman (Lung) goes sour, those dangerous visions explode into reality with deadly consequences.
They also reveal what Perlman’s character does for a living, so if you’re looking for another little drop of juice, go give them a squeeze.
De Lauzirika and his DVD supplements team are amongst the most underappreciated geek heroes, I’d say. I know there’s not a lot of people out there, statistically speaking, who make it all the way through every special feature on the discs they buy, but I know that I almost always do. And I know that with de Lauzirika’s work I can expect documentaries as well researched and crafted as anything you’d see made on any subject, not just as a disc supplement, and definitely nothing like the puff pieces other producers often churn out to pad the specs on a DVD and lure in mugs like me.
You most likely never heard of of Paul Prischman, one of de Lauzirika’s regular collaborators and a producer of some of the best material in the Blade Runner set, but the odds are far better that you’ve seen an enjoyed some of his work before now. Unfortunately, Paul was taken seriously ill and in March 2008 diagnosed with Grade 4 brain cancer, Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM). Unfortunately, the survival rate is very low for this kind of cancer.
A site was set up so that fans and supporters might contribute to Paul’s healthcare costs, or to his family. In recent months, there has been little fuss made over it, but the site still stands, and your donations would still mean a great deal, so I’m going to link to it again - Paul’s Brain Trust.
Lionsgate has released a special 30-second Halloween teaser trailer for Dominic Sena’s supernatural thriller Season of the Witch on IGN. The film stars Nicolas Cage as a 14th century Crusader who returns with his comrade (Ron Perlman) to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague.
“A beleaguered church, deeming sorcery the culprit of the plague, commands the two knights to transport an accused witch (Claire Foy) to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence. A priest (Stephen Campbell Moore), a grieving knight (Ulrich Thomsen), an itinerant swindler (Stephen Graham) and a headstrong youth who can only dream of becoming a knight (Robert Sheehan) join a mission troubled by mythically hostile wilderness and fierce contention over the fate of the girl.When the embattled party arrives at the abbey, a horrific discovery jeopardizes the knight’s pledge to ensure the girl fair treatment, and pits them against an inexplicably powerful and destructive force.”
Sena is best known as the director of fun but disposable action films like Gone in Sixty Seconds, Swordfish and the recent comic book adaptation Whiteout. I’ve heard great things about Brian Schut’s script, but I’m not impressed by the tiny bits in the trailer. Watch it embedded after the jump.
Speaking to Fangoria Radio, Ron Perlman has given an update on the status of Bubba Nosferatu, the vampiretastic follow-on from Don Coscarelli’s Elvis vs. the Mummy gem, Bubba Ho-Tep. Apparently he will have a window into which the shoot may be squeezed, coming right up he wraps the current season of Sons of Anarchy in September. Having spoken to Coscarelli and co-star Paul Giamatti, Perlman seemed confident that they could all work it out in time and get cameras rolling.
Fangoria also let slip the casting of Angus Scrimm as “a Boris Karloff-like horror star who Elvis meets up with in Las Vegas on the set of a vampire movie.” This would be Claude Killgore, who we meet during the flashbacks to the 70s that make up half of the film and, knowing Coscarelli, I already pictured Scrimm in the role when I was reading the screenplay. It’s not a huge role, but it is a fun one and he will get to face off against Perlman as Elvis as ‘Clay Burton’ in the film-within-the-film.
I’m quite torn about the replacement of Bruce Campbell’s Elvis with Ron Perlman. I think they’re both great but… well, it disrupts the ‘completeness’ of the series, for one thing. All the same, now I know that Perlman’s got the gig, I’ve adjusted and I’m keen to see what he does with it. He’s not yet really started preparing, however:
I try to do things one at a time, not to get ahead of myself too much, but I’m sure when the moment arrives, I’ll have plenty of time to immerse myself in the King. He’s a character that I’ve been living with my entire life.
There’s a little tease about a potential third Bubba flick at the end of the second script, and I really wouldn’t want to spoil it for you. So, without the pay off, here’s the setup: Elvis is asked “First mummies, now vampires. I got to keep a close eye on you. What’s next, Elvis, The Wolfman?”
Again, without spoiling anything, the most important word in that quote is Elvis, but I guess you’ll want to wait for the film to find out why.
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