‘Color Out Of Space’ Trailer: Nicolas Cage And Richard Stanley Take On H.P. Lovecraft
Get ready to get weird withColor Out of Space, a film that pairs directorRichard StanleywithNicolas Cage. Stanely has been absent from the world of feature filmmaking ever since his disastrous misadventures trying to make The Island of Dr. Moreau, but now he’s back with Nic Cage doing his Nic Cage thing, and adapting H.P. Lovecraft to boot. The firstColor Out of Spacetrailer is here, and it promises something strange. Watch it below.
Color Out of Space Trailer
These days, Nicolas Cage movies come with a certain expectation. We assume that Cage will freak out and go wild, behaving as if he’s from another planet. Sometimes it really does turn out like that, sometimes not.Color Out of Spacedefinitely delivers on the “Cage going wild” expectations, though. His performance is downright unhinged here, almost as if he’s in a completely different movie.
InColor Out of Space, “After a meteorite lands in the front yard of their farm, Nathan Gardner (Nicolas Cage) and his family find themselves battling a mutant extraterrestrial organism as it infects their minds and bodies, transforming their quiet rural life into a living nightmare.” Having Cage be in a Lovecraft adaptation is a big enough deal to catch the eye of genre fans. Throwing in Richard Stanely, who hasn’t helmed a movie in decades, andColor Out of Spaceis bound to be irresistible.
I caught the movie at TIFF, and came away completely befuddled. As I wrote in myreview:
One thought kept running through my head as I watchedColor Out of Space: “What thefuckis this?” It’s become almost a cliche at this point to highlight how “weird” and “bonkers” the latestNicolas Cagemovie is. But even those well-versed in the art of Cage’s self-titled Nouveau Shamanic acting style won’t be prepared for what’s in store withRichard Stanley’s adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s story. The prospect of Cage uniting with such a fascinating director as Stanely – whose career hit a major roadblock after the disaster of shootingThe Island of Doctor Moreau –is too intriguing to pass up. But is the end result actually worthwhile? Or just so damn weird that it has to be seen to be believed?
Color Out of Space, starring Nicolas Cage,Joely Richardson,Madeleine Arthur,Brendan Meyer,Julian Hilliard,Elliot Knight,Josh C. Waller,Q’orianka Kilcher, andTommy Chong, arrivesJanuary 24, 2020.
