Funny thing. There’s only so much crap movie fans will take before they finally give up on an actor or director but for whatever reason, we seem to give some guys more of a pass than others.
Take Alex Proyas for example. The guy has directed a bunch of big box office, paint by number hits but pickier fans are still holding out for that little morsel that may bring us back the director behind favourites such as The Crow and Dark City. Could it be that day is approaching? It may very well be.
Our peeps over at Quiet Earth have uncovered the poster and full description of Proyas’ next film, a supernatural thriller titled Knowing which stars Nicholas Cage and one of my favourite actresses of the moment, Rose Byrne.
In 1958, as part of the dedication ceremony for a new elementary school, a group of students is asked to draw pictures to be stored in a time capsule. But one of the students, a mysterious girl who seems to hear whispered voices, fills her sheet of paper with rows of apparently random numbers instead.
Fast forward 50 years to the present: A new generation of students examines the contents of the time capsule and the girl’s cryptic message ends up in the hands of young CALEB MYLES. But it is Caleb’s father, professor TED MYLES (Nicolas Cage), who makes the startling discovery that the encoded message predicts with pinpoint accuracy the dates, death tolls and coordinates of every major disaster of the past 50 years. As Ted further unravels the document’s secrets, he realizes it foretells three additional events—the last of which hints at destruction on a global scale and seems to somehow involve Ted and his son. When Ted’s attempts to alert the authorities fall on deaf ears, he takes it upon himself to try to prevent more destruction from taking place.
This gripping supernatural thriller charts one man’s faltering steps towards belief in the ultimate order of the universe even as he finds himself surrounded by mounting chaos. With the reluctant help of DIANA WHELAN (Rose Byrne) and ABBY, the daughter and granddaughter of the now-deceased author of the cryptic prophecies, Ted’s increasingly desperate efforts take him on a heart-pounding race against time until he finds himself facing the ultimate disaster—and the ultimate sacrifice.
Cryptic prophecies, ultimate disasters and sacrifices? Count me in, even if it is bad haired Cage.
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Comment by Russell James — May 29, 2008
I’m curious about Knowing though. I’d buy that for a dollar.
Comment by Kurt Halfyard — May 29, 2008
Serious Kurt, I would stay away from Garage Days. I’ve never been able to look at the guy the same way since.
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Comment by Kotto — May 30, 2008
I kind of hate Nick Cage though.
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