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D.J. Caruso Hopes to Reteam with Shia LaBouf on ‘Preacher’?
I guess there’s nothing wrong with wishful thinking or speculation, especially if fan reactions can maybe trigger something into becoming reality.
CloneWeb caught up with director D.J. Caruso who recently found himself attached to direct the live-action adaptation of Garth Ennis’ comic series Preacher. Caruso used some of the time to sound off on a wish list of actors he’d personally like to see in the Tarantino-esque genre film that follows a down-and-out Texas preacher (Jesse Custer) possessed by Genesis, a supernatural entity conceived by the unnatural coupling of an angel and a demon. Given immense powers, the preacher teamed with an old girlfriend and a hard-drinking Irish vampire and set out on a journey across America to find God — who apparently had abandoned his duties in heaven — and hold him accountable for his negligence.
While nothing is official, Caruso explained that he’s talked with Star Trek and Carriers star Chris Pine for the lead role of “Jesse Custer,” while Shia LaBouf had talked about playing Nirvana megafan “Arseface,” a depsressed kid who blew half of his face off in an attempt to emulate Kurt Cobain (pictured inside). His father is the town sheriff hunting down Custer and his crew.
Caruso worked with LaBouf on Disturbia and Eagle Eye.
If you want to watch a fun movie, watch a Ryuhei Kitamura movie. Whether it’s 2000’s Versus, 2004’s Godzilla: Final Wars, 2008’s The Midnight Meat Train or 2022’s underseen The Price We Pay, Kitamura always knows how to deliver a wild and crazy good time.
Up next from Ryuhei Kitamura? Deadline reports that he’ll be directing Thrill Ride, which sounds a bit like the best parts of Final Destination 3… expanded into a feature film!
Deadline details, “the English-language film will tell the story of a group of people, including two young women, who are trapped upside down on a roller coaster taken over by a mysterious saboteur threatening to drop them all one-by-one to their deaths.”
Film Bridge International is launching the project for sales ahead of the Cannes market.
Chad Law and Christopher Jolley wrote the screenplay.
“Thrill Ride is exactly the type of high-concept based thriller that our customers are looking for in the marketplace,” said Film Bridge’s Ellen Wander and Jordan Dykstra. “With Ryuhei at the helm, we know his vision and execution will deliver thrills of the highest quality.”
“As a hardcore rollercoaster fan since I was young, I immediately fell in love with this script filled with suspense, action, crazy ups and downs, turns, loops, and corkscrews at maximum speed,” adds Kitamura. “I can’t wait to get on a ride and bring life to the wildest rollercoaster imaginable.”
We’re already seated. Stay tuned for more on Thrill Ride as we learn it.
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