Nicolas Cage Is Directing And Starring In A Movie…

<p><strong>Nicolas Cage<&sol;strong> is one of the only actors to still have a sense of mystery to him&period; After years of manic performances&comma; and occasionally understated ones&comma; Cage can still carry a film&comma; even if he hasn&&num;8217&semi;t starred in a great film since 2010&&num;8217&semi;s <em>Kick-Ass<&sol;em>&period; Now after 6 years of mediocrity&comma; Cage seems ready to stretch his directing muscles with <em>Vengeance&colon; A Love Story<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Based off the novella&comma; <em>Rape&colon; A Love Story<&sol;em>&comma; by prolific writer <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Joyce&lowbar;Carol&lowbar;Oates">Joyce Carol Oates<&sol;a>&comma; <&sol;strong>the story focuses on a young girl who witnessing the rape of her Mother by four meth-heads&period; She comes across Detective John Drumoor &lpar;reportedly played by Cage himself&rpar; to report the crime and the rapists are subsequently arrested&period; The young girl is taken in by her Grandmother while they await the trial of the rapists&comma; who have been let out on bail&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With such a heavy subject and pulpy story turns&comma; it will be interesting to see if Cage can actually pull it off&period; But if we&&num;8217&semi;re to go off his directorial debut&comma; 2002&&num;8217&semi;s <em>Sonny&comma; <&sol;em>starring James Franco as a gigolo trying to get out of his current lifestyle&comma; which has 24&percnt; on Rotten Tomatoes&comma; we might have reason to be a little worried&period; <em>Vengeance&colon; A Love Story <&sol;em>is set to start shooting April 4th in Atlanta&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <&sol;strong><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blogs&period;indiewire&period;com&sol;theplaylist&sol;nicolas-cage-to-direct-and-star-in-adaptation-of-joyce-carol-oates-rape-a-love-story-20160308">The Playlist<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;