Nicolas Cage’s latest Shaman-like acting feat, this one is called “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” has a just-released trailer. It hints at a very meta performance from the actor, playing himself. In it, an obsessive fan forces Cage to re-create his most famous characters and scenes during a birthday party. It’s Cage’s 49th movie in the last 10 years. Is that a record?
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Nicolas Cage has been officially cast to play the "Tiger King" himself Joe Exotic. This would not be the feature-length movie adaptation people were clamoring for, but, maybe more excitingly, a TV miniseries adaptation of the hit Netflix series.
Read moreNicolas Cage claims he was too drunk to understand his Vegas wedding, files for annulment
The world of Nicolas Cage is a dark, comedic and fascinating one.
Take for example the weekend he just had, where he filed for an annulment just four days after getting married in Las Vegas.
According to court records, Cage requested the annulment citing reasons that included being too drunk to understand his actions when he married girlfriend Erika Koike, claiming that he and Koike drank “to the point of intoxication” before the wedding Saturday.
The 55-year-old Cage argues he wasn’t aware of Koike’s “relationship with another person.”
This was/is the fourth marriage of the Oscar-winning actor.
Nicolas Cage Calls his upcoming ‘Prisoners of the Ghostland' “The Wildest Movie I've Ever Made"
During a masterclass at the 3rd International Film Festival and Awards Macao, Cage revealed that his upcoming film "Prisoners of the Ghostland," the English-language debut ofdirector Sion Sono (Love Exposure, Suicide Club, Why Don’t You Play in Hell?, Antiporno) was the "wildest" movie he's ever made:
Read more“Mandy” Director Panos Cosmatos Talks Nicolas Cage & His Batsh*t Crazy Psyche-Metal Revenge Movie
Filmmaker Panos Cosmatos’ “Mandy” is batshit crazy — and that is meant as the high compliment possible. This 120-minute hallucination into dreamy hell is visually stunning, and unlike anything, you’ve ever seen before. Yes, there are midnight movie tropes in the film; a chainsaw battle, an atmospheric soundtrack, and Nicolas Cage going completely bonkers by chugging a bottle of whiskey and snorting “cult coke,” but this revenge story, concocted from the deepest parts of Cosmatos’ subconscious, is a unique brand of trippy surrealism.
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Paul Greengrass’ "The Uprising," starring Andrew Garfield, opened to $3.2M from 2,068 theaters this weekend. Yikes. The budget hasn’t been disclosed, but is said to be in the $20-$30M range.