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John Goodman Starring in Another Alien Invasion Movie; First ‘Captive State’ Details
John Goodman is a goddamn national treasure, you guys.
We’re still holding out hope that John Goodman gets nominated for an Oscar for his INCREDIBLE performance in 10 Cloverfield Lane, which saw him play a batshit crazy conspiracy theorist hiding out in an underground bunker. Goodman’s performance in the film was undoubtedly one of last year’s best, and today we’re excited to report that he’s headed back into sci-fi land.
As reported by Collider, Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt will direct John Goodman in Captive State, an alien invasion film set for release sometime in 2018. Yes, Goodman is once again going to find himself in a world taken over by extraterrestrial lifeforms, and that alone is enough to already make Captive State one of our most anticipated 2018 movies.
In the sci-fi thriller…
Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after it has been occupied by an extraterrestrial force, Captive State uses a grounded sci-fi setting to shine light on the modern surveillance state and the threats to civil liberties and the role of dissent within an authoritarian society.
Ashton Sanders will star alongside Goodman.
In addition to Leigh Whannell’s upcoming Universal Monsters movie Wolf Man, Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel) has also joined the cast of Weapons, THR has announced tonight.
Weapons is the new horror movie from New Line Cinema and director Zach Cregger (Barbarian), with Julia Garner joining the previously announced Josh Brolin (Dune 2).
The upcoming Weapons is from writer/director Zach Cregger, who will also produce alongside his Barbarian producing team: Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.
The Hollywood Reporter teases, “Plot details for Weapons are being kept holstered but it is described as a multi and inter-related story horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia, the 1999 actor-crammed showcase from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.”
Cregger was a founding member and writer for the New York comedy troupe “The Whitest Kids U’Know,” which he started while attending The School of Visual Arts. The award-winning group’s self-titled sketch comedy show ran for five seasons on IFC-TV and Fuse. He was also a series regular on Jimmy Fallon’s NBC series “Guys with Kids” and the TBS hit series “Wrecked,” and was featured in a recurring role on the NBC series “About a Boy.”
Weapons will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
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