After shuffling from one B-movie home theater to another to pay off debt, Oscar winner Nicolas Cage is doing something much more exciting and rewarding to watch since 2018’s surreal horror craze “Mandy” at the last Projects. have been talked about most recently with the meditative drama of loss “Pig” or the ridiculous meta-comedy “Massive Talent”.
Reason enough to be more optimistic about the former action megastar’s upcoming films (“Con-Air”, “The Rock”, “Face/Off”). While we’re especially looking forward to his appearance as vampire prince Dracula in the horror comedy Renfield, another promising Cage project has now been revealed by the website Screen Daily: Nicolas Cage stars in end-time survival thriller”Sand and stones“.
That’s what “Sand and Stones” is about
In “Sand And Stones”, Nicolas Cage plays a man named Paul who has retreated with his twin sons Thomas and Joseph to a lonely farm in a post-apocalyptic world. Dangerous creatures roam here after sunset, devouring anything that stands in their way.
When a minor misstep by Thomas leads the monsters on their trail, the family of three hatches a desperate plan to survive. A relentless race against time begins…
From the stock maker Everything Everywhere All At Once
“Sand And Stones” also makes us so curious because Benjamin Brewer, a man who takes the director’s chair, is a key part of the team behind you as chief of visual effects in the ridiculous multiverse hit “Everything Everywhere All At Once”. which for us was not only the best film of the year. His new directing work also brings him together for the second time with Nicolas Cage, with whom he already shot the police thriller “The Trust” in 2016. Meanwhile, the screenplay comes from Mike Nilon, co-writer of Jason Momoa actor “Braven” and multi-year production partner of Cage.
It is still unclear when “Sand And Stones” will be released. At the upcoming American Film Market, the makers are now looking for a suitable distribution partner to start shooting in November 2022. A release at the end of 2023 would therefore be conceivable.