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Nicolas Cage & Justin Long to Star in Action-Thriller ‘Best Pancakes in the County’
Nicolas Cage (Longlegs), Justin Long (Barbarian), and Shelley Hennig (“Teen Wolf”) will star in the action-thriller Best Pancakes in the County, Deadline has learned.
Currently in production in Arkansas, the film is written and directed by Ken Sanzel (Kill Chain).
It’s set over the course of one night at a small-town diner that becomes the epicenter of a deadly standoff involving rogue federal agents, a fast-talking con man (Cage) with a dangerous past, and a waitress (Hennig) harboring secrets of her own.
As loyalties blur and tensions erupt, survival depends on who can outthink – and outgun – everyone else. In this diner, the ‘best pancakes in the county’ turn out to be the least explosive thing on the menu.
Producers are Raja Collins (The Wrath of Becky), Eduard Osipov (Hunting Season) of Beno Films, Eric Brenner (Crazy Heart), and Niko Fomenko and R. Wesley Sierk III (On the Line) of Caliwood Pictures.
Executive producers include Caliwood’s John D. Straley, Audra Gricius, Jina Panebianco, Lance Kawas, Ahmed S. Boomrod, Eugene Pruss, and Fortitude International’s Nadine de Barros.
“We’re thrilled to reunite with the iconic Cage, guided by the visionary Ken Sanzel,” the producing team said in a statement. “This action-packed, fast-paced adventure with wit and intensity is set to captivate audiences worldwide.”
Fortitude International is handling worldwide sales for the film, which will have a presence at the upcoming EFM in Berlin.
Justin Long in ‘Barbarian’
Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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