Left Behind reboot starring Nick Cage

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2467046/

Not sure how I feel about this. I won't lie; my religious beliefs have become increasingly more conservative in recent years, but I never read the Left Behind books or watched the movies. They seemed more tailored to a very specific denomination of Christianity. Supposedly, however, this movie will have more "broad appeal", whether that means it will resonate more with non-denominationals like me or just have anything challenging and controversial ripped out of it and become another generic disaster movie remains to be seen.

Interestingly, it seems it has the same writers as the original films.

edited 2nd Feb '13 7:17:00 AM by Albor

OOH! I hope we get freaking-out Nic Cage!

They're seriously doing this? I've read all the Left Behind books and they're worthless. Bafflingly, when the book authors, Tim laHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins write on their own, they're great! Together, not so much. When you manage to make the Antichrist more likable than the main characters, you've failed.

Oh Jesus. That man needs a better agent.

Actually, he needs a lecture on fiscal responsibility, since that's what gets him into these movies most of the time.

Can't be on too high a pay packet if the budget for this travesty is a mere fifteen million dollars.

I feel the need to post this:

I was just thinking about that.

Perhaps Cage has recently converted to evangelical Christianity but never bothered to make an announcement.

Being thought of as shit didn't stop Twilight...

(No personal opinion on either, never had any interest in reading them. Talking purely about general public opinion.)

Or, alternately, it's just a paycheck.

That was already discussed, but as Tam H 70 pointed out, the movie's budget is relatively small.

Maybe he just takes crazy roles to keep his reputation for taking crazy roles.

He may well make this awesome.

I am skeptical. The source material is so deficient, I don't see how even Nick Cage can possibly pull it off.

Not to mention unpopular with the usual movie audience crowd.

Again, this movie is supposed to have a more broad appeal than the original books. In which case it will probably be similar to how it is with most religious movies; critics will hate it, audiences will love it.

Unless it winds up being just another generic disaster movie.

This has the potential to be the greatest thing if, and only if, they cast nick cage as the antichrist.

I think it is just because of Drive Angry and Ghost Rider.

I liked both Ghost Rider and Drive Angry.

Nic Cage chooses the best and worst movie roles given to him. He probably saw the script, opened up to a scene where he needs to say some Narmy line, and was all like "SIGN ME UP!!!"

...of course, considering this is on IMDB without any other new source, I call malarkey on this one.

Sadly, it isn't just on imdb.

Perez Hilton has it,

http://perezhilton.com/2013-01-04-ashley-tisdale-left-behind-star#.URQ3m9W1bpA

also:

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Ashley-Tisdale-Left-Behind-With-Nicolas-Cage-Rapture-Drama-34907.html

And this site even says where the film is going to be made:

http://www.nola.com/entertainment/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2012/11/left_behind_starring_nicolas_c.html

So....this is really happening?

This might be the next Room or Troll 2, guys. Why is no one else excited to see this? >____<

There is that. I think this will be closer to The Wicker Man remake.

The previous Left Behind movies veered more into So Bad They're Boring, at least for me and people I know.

Nic Cage has to be a Chewing the Scenery Nicolae Carpathia. Make it so!

I want him to say "Greetings" in 147 languages and make it FUNNY.

Hmm. That may work. But I fear that they will cast him as the hero instead.

I believe he is to be cast as Rayford Steele, an airline pilot who is on a transatlantic flight when the Rapture happens. I find it funny that a book written by born-again Christians has a main character with a name like a gay porn star. He meets his fellow gay porn star hero and chosen one Buck Williams on the flight.

edited 9th Feb '13 7:05:21 AM by Achaemenid

Oh horrors.

Nic, Nic, Nic, why are you so silly as not to take the plum role? Why?

There just isn't enough Picard facepalm videos in the multiverse for that stupidity.