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Genre Stars Line Up for 'The Killing Jar'
Filed under: Action », Drama », Horror »
It's only because Mark Young's upcoming The Killing Jar sounds like a nifty cross between hostage thriller and monster movie that I think this piece is worthy of note -- but there's also the fact that the film now has guys like Michael Madsen, Harold Perrineau, and Danny Trejo attached. And anyone who loves action / horror / B-movies in general has to be somewhat intrigued by that particular ensemble.Mr. Young, who last year gave us the half-decent Tooth and Nail as part of the After Dark Horrorfest, will direct his own screenplay. The title is indeed The Killing Jar, and according to The Hollywood Reporter, it's about "a stranger armed with a shotgun who takes seven patrons hostage at a remote roadside diner. As the body count rises, the survivors discover that one of the hostages might be more dangerous than their captor." Count me in for this one. Any guesses, folks? One of the hostages is ... a werewolf! An alien! Bruce Wayne! I have no idea, but based on the flick's title, I'm guessing it's something icky and biological.
Production on The Killing Jar is presently underway in North Carolina. According to the IMDb, Kevin Gage, Lew Temple, and Lindsey Axelsson (yowza) are also on board. Needless to say (only because nobody would ever ask), this project is not a remake of this flick.
Lauren and Louis are 'The Least Among You'
Filed under: Drama », Independent », Casting », Scripts », Cinematical Indie »
You don't see much Lauren Holly news on Cinematical, but heck, how much is there really floating around? I was surprised to see that she continues to steadily work. It's just that instead of hanging with Jim Carrey and Andrew Dice Clay, she's been doing lots of television work. But here, finally, is some news for you Holly fans out there. The Hollywood Reporter has posted that the actress is starring with Louis Gossett Jr. in a new indie feature called The Least Among You, which headed into production this week. Written and directed by Mark Young, the project sounds strange and good, mixing history, violence, alcoholism, and monasteries.The film focuses "on a black man named Richard Kelly (newcomer Cedric Sanders), who, after graduating from college and becoming successful in the corporate world, is falsely arrested in the 1965 Watts riots. Kelly faces racial prejudice from professors and students after his agreement to a plea bargain that involves spending two semesters at a seminary." Yes, a seminary... Is that a punishment that has ever actually happened? It sounds strange, yet intriguing. Holly is playing a professor at the seminary, one who is a closet drinker after she lost her husband and kids while working as a missionary in Africa, while Gossett is an "elderly ex-con who lives in the basement of Kelly's dorm and inspires him to conquer his demons." Criminal reform -- Jesus style. Just to top things off, there's William Devane, who is playing "the seminary president who recruits Kelly." I wonder if he recruits from jails like coaches recruit football players...
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