By ANI
WASHINGTON: American actor Nicolas Cage is about to play a buffalo hunter in a movie adaptation of John Williams’ novel ‘Butcher’s Crossing’.
As per Variety, the upcoming film is being helmed by Gabe Polsky, who has directed documentaries like ‘Red Army’ and ‘Red Penguins’. Shooting for the movie will start within the US in October.
The film can be a reunion of types, as Polsky was a producer on Cage’s 2009 film ‘Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans’.
The movie is about within the 1870s and finds Cage enjoying Kansas buffalo hunter Miller, who takes on a younger Harvard dropout searching for his future out West.
The film is predicated on the 1960 transcendentalist novel by Williams, which explores man’s relationship with the pure world and particulars a largely untold however important chapter in American historical past.
Polsky is adapting the novel alongside Liam Satre-Meloy. ‘1917’ director Sam Mendes was believed to have been excited by adapting the e book round 10 years in the past.
Altitude is dealing with worldwide gross sales and can introduce the undertaking to consumers on the Cannes Virtual Market, 21-25 June. Altitude has additionally secured the movie for the UK and Irish distribution.
The movie will likely be produced by Polsky, Molly Conners of Phiphen Pictures alongside Will Clarke and Andy Mayson for Altitude Film Entertainment and Cage’s Saturn Films.
David Gallego will DoP and different key collaborators on the manufacturing will embody wildlife conservation charity Defenders of Wildlife and American adventurer and author Steve Rinella.
“This is an urgent story with timeless themes — a gut-wrenching journey exploring the limits of human nature. Nick Cage is one of the most dynamic and interesting performers and to have him take on this brilliant role will be exciting,” mentioned Polsky in regards to the upcoming movie.
Cage, an Oscar winner who within the Nineties and early 2000s was one of many largest Hollywood stars, has spent the final decade making an assortment of flicks starting from grade-Z motion movies to arty dramas to hallucinatory style outings.
The actor and his wide-ranging profession are getting the big-screen remedy through a singular drama from Lionsgate titled ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ through which Cage performs himself –and as model of himself. The film is due later this yr.
Cage additionally stars in ‘Pig’, through which he performs a wronged truffle hunter looking for his kidnapped pig. The film is due for a July 16 launch.