The survival thriller, previously titled ‘Sand and Stones,’ additionally stars Jaeden Martell and Maxwell Jenkins.
Nicolas Cage followers, rejoice: the makers of the actor’s upcoming survival thriller, Arcadian (previously titled Sand and Stones), have launched the primary picture from the movie. In addition to giving us a take a look at Cage’s character, the shot additionally consists of his younger co-stars, Jaeden Martell (It, Knives Out) and Maxwell Jenkins (Lost in Space, Reacher).
In Arcadian, Cage performs Paul, a person elevating twin teenage sons (Martell and Jenkins) in “a post-apocalyptic and sparsely populated world.” When a brand new menace – beforehand described as “ferocious creatures” – arises, the trio “should execute a determined plan to outlive.” The newly launched picture exhibits Cage’s character and his sons driving, presumably, away from hassle.
In addition to Cage, Martell and Jenkins, Arcadian additionally stars Sadie Soverall (Fate: The Winx Saga, Saltburn), Samantha Coughlan (Alaska Daily, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) and Joel Gillman (C.B. Strike, Save Me). The movie is directed by Benjamin Brewer from a screenplay by Michael Nilon, who beforehand wrote the Jason Mamoa motion flick Braven, and has additionally produced a plethora of Cage movies, together with final 12 months’s The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. The challenge reunites Brewer and Cage, who beforehand labored collectively on Brewer’s characteristic directorial debut, The Trust, in 2016. Brewer can be at the moment having fun with nice acclaim because the lead visible results artist for the Oscar-nominated Everything Everywhere All At Once. Cage and Nilon produced the film alongside David Wulf (Call Jane), Braxton Pope (The Card Counter), and the duo Arianne Fraser and Delphine Perrier (Boss Level). Arcadian not too long ago wrapped filming in Dublin, Ireland, and is at the moment in post-production, with no launch date set presently.
The ever-prolific Cage stays as busy as ever. The Oscar winner can at the moment be seen within the western The Old Way, and can subsequent seem as Dracula within the comedic horror movie Renfield with Nicholas Hoult (The Menu, The Great) and Awkwafina (The Farewell, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings). Other Cage tasks due for launch in 2023 embrace the psychological thriller Sympathy for the Devil, reverse Joel Kinnaman (For All Mankind, The Suicide Squad), and The Retirement Plan, by which he’ll co-star with Ron Perlman (Don’t Look Up, Nightmare Alley) and Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children, Watchmen).
Cage is at the moment filming Longlegs, the newest providing from author/director Oz Perkins (Gretel & Hansel, I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives within the House). On high of all of that, Cage can be slated to look in Kristoffer Borgli’s upcoming comedy Dream Scenario, which is tentatively due for launch in 2024.
Stay tuned to Collider for updates and take a look at Arcadian‘s first picture beneath:
