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Post by marie on Sept 11, 2009 7:54:38 GMT -5
It looks like Ellen got involved in a new project! Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page and Liv Tyler are set to star in “Super,” a comedy that takes aim at the superhero genre. James Gunn wrote and will direct, with production set for December. [...] Wilson, who last worked with Page in “Juno,” plays an average guy who takes on the pseudo-superhero alter ego of the Crimson Bolt, after watching his wife (Tyler) fall under the spell of a charming drug dealer. Lacking super powers, he compensates by swinging a trusty wrench. www.variety.com/article/VR1118008447.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2562 |
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Post by marie on Dec 31, 2009 2:52:26 GMT -5
Screen Daily has discovered that actor Kevin Bacon has joined the cast of James Gunn's superhero comedy »Super«, which is currently filming in Shreveport, Louisiana. He is going to play Jacques, a smooth-talking drug dealer who steals the wife of an average guy played by Rainn Wilson, causing the latter to become a one-man crime-fighting force known as The Crimson Bolt. When asked why he cast Bacon, Gunn said: »Kevin Bacon is one of the few actors nimble enough to give life to Jacques, our supervillain with a nice streak. We need to love Jacques even while he’s doing horrible things - Kevin is one of the only actors I know who can pull that off.«
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Post by marie on Jan 21, 2010 10:51:01 GMT -5
A very small update from me on details of where Super will be filming in the Shreveport in LA.
Ambush Entertainment’s feature film “Super” — starring Kevin Bacon, Liv Tyler and Ellen Page — is shooting here through Jan. 17.
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Post by marie on Jan 21, 2010 10:52:13 GMT -5
More info on another of Ellen’s new project, Super have been released. The movie will be filmed next month in Shreveport, Louisiana.
The movie is titled Super, and Wilson leads as Frank D’Arbo, aka Crimson Bolt, a lost man who takes on the mantle when he finds his wife cheating on him. Super belongs to the newly popular “real-world losers who become superheroes” sub-genre, aka Kick-Ass, so expect it to be high on references to Superman, Spider-Man, etc.
James Gunn, the writer/director described the movie as a “dark, comedic, gritty, very unusual, and grounded film”.
Kevin Bacon is the drug-dealing villain of the piece but he hasn’t got any evil scheme to take over the world, or anything like that. He is the villain for no other reason than he slept with our lead’s wife, the catalyst event that sends D’Arbo on a new path to find justice, armed only with a pipe wrench. In this movie, our hero can’t fly, walk through walls or throw fists of super-human strength
Playing the role of D’Arbo’s wife, and no wonder Bacon couldn’t help himself, is Liv Tyler.
Also in the cast is Ellen Page, as the slightly eccentric clerk at the local comic book store who is desperate to become Rainn’s sidekick avenger.
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