10 Upcoming Movies That Sound Utterly Insane
1. The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent
The Elevator Pitch: Nicolas Cage plays Nicolas Cage, a washed-up actor who is forced to take down a Nicolas Cage superfan (and drug lord).
Just when you thought Nicolas Cage can't outdo himself on the unusual-ometer, along comes The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent.
The film will star Nicolas Cage as a fictionalized version of himself, a creatively-unfulfilled actor who needs a bit of cash. So, he accepts a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a Mexican superfan, but when things take an unexpected turn, Cage must become different versions of his most iconic movie characters, desperately trying to save his family from a dangerous situation.
The premise is obviously quite ludicrous, and while the movie might not be great, or even good, one thing's for sure: it's going to be insane.
How insane? Well, the finished product is apparently too much for Cage himself, who has flat-out refused to watch it due to its "highly-neurotic" portrayal of him:
"It’s just too much of a whacked-out trip for me to go to a movie theater and watch me play [director] Tom Gormican’s highly-neurotic, anxiety-ridden version of me. Because he kept pushing me in that direction... he said, 'well, neurotic Cage is the best Cage.' I said, 'okay, okay. Let’s go, man. I’ll do what you want.' I won’t see it. But I do hope you enjoy it."
If Cage can't handle this movie's level of Cage, then we're all in for a crazy treat.
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