Rose Byrne Joins Nick Cage In Knowing
Rosa Byrne has jumped aboard the train with Nick Cage for the upcoming Sci-Fi thriller Knowing. We get the scoop today from the fabled caves of yahoo:
Byrne will play the daughter of a woman who buried a 1962 time capsule bearing the dates of the assassinations of historical figures, the hotel fire death of the wife of a professor (Cage) and an imminent world apocalypse. After the professor discovers its contents and alerts her, the initially skeptical Byrne begins remembering strange incidents from her childhood. Alex Proyas (”I, Robot”) will direct.
I enjoy a good movie about the apocalypse and finding your prophet mothers time capsule full of predictions is as cool a place as any to unravel this tale. For some reason Nick Cage seems to belong in this story. If someone told me the plot of the film and asked me who should star in it, I would recommend him without hesitation.
Rose Byrne recently scored a Golden Globe for her performance in Damages. Following up the win with an apocalyptic sci-fi thriller is how I would celebrate too. There are people that every actress should strive to work alongside and Nick Cage is one of them. He has a unique style that can hit or miss depending, but he is his own man, and I never discount a film with him in it. For every National Treasure (sucks) there is a Face/Off (awesome).
No word yet on when Knowing will be in theaters, but we will be sure to keep you posted.
1. Alex replies at 4th March 2008, 5:02 pm :
Rose Byrne! Awesome! She’s a great actress. Alex Proyas! Wow! He’s a great director. Nic Cage… eh. Not so much.
2. Joey replies at 4th March 2008, 6:12 pm :
Well glad to see Alex Proyas is going to direct something again. It’s been way too long.
3. Terry Letourneau replies at 4th March 2008, 9:31 pm :
Rose was great in Sunshine. She has come a long way from being Padme’s decoy who gets killed in Attack of the Clones.
4. Vek replies at 5th March 2008, 7:24 am :
Rose Byrne is an excellent actress. Nicolas Cage is an abomination. I detest him. He is the only actor I actually refuse to watch, Tea Leoni being the only actress. Can’t stand him and he’s ruined this film for me by being attached. Ugh.
5. sfsilver replies at 5th March 2008, 10:49 am :
Nic Cage hasn’t been great in years. He’s demonstrated a complete disregard for good material. His schlocky movies aren’t even decent within the category of empty popcorn fare.
He might have a good performance still in there somewhere but it’s becoming increasingly less likely at every turn.
And what’s happened to his mouth? Is it just me or did his teeth get even bigger in the last two years? Might just be that whitening has placed undue and glaring emphasis on his weakest/worst physical feature.
6. louis replies at 5th March 2008, 2:01 pm :
anything Alex Proyas touches is gold