Just yesterday we saw Lionsgate’s first official still from Dominic Sena’s SEASON OF THE WITCH. In it we saw Nic Cage looking constipated, with the only thing more upset than his stomach being PETA for the dead animal strapped to his dome. Well ladies and gents, we’ve got a nice handful of new stills from the flick to ogle over (scroll, ya’ll).
Taking the cake from the crop of stills today is none other than Ron Perlman, who appears to be covering up his nether region as if a syphilitic ghoul was about to rape and pillage the man. Which, let’s face, with Cage in the mix, isn’t entirely out of the question (judge for yourself below).
On a slightly more serious note, I think it’s the still of the cabal of plague doctors that proves most disturbing. That shite looks like something out of the Somerton orgy party in Kubrick’s EYES WIDE SHUT (a truly frightening film BTW). Which of the bunch is your favorite still?
In Sena’s film, written by Bragi F. Schut, Nicolas Cage stars as medieval knight Behmen, who undertakes a mission pitting him against a devious witch, and making him the last hope for the world against an ancient, dark force. His faith broken by years of battle as a crusader, Behmen returns to central Europe to find his homeland decimated by the Black Plague.
While searching for food and supplies at the Palace at Marburg, Behmen and his trusted companion, Felson (Ron Perlman) are apprehended and ordered by the dying Cardinal to deliver a young peasant girl ¬ believed to be the witch responsible for the Plague to a remote abbey where her powers can be destroyed.
Behmen agrees to the assignment but only if the peasant girl is granted a fair trial. As he and five others set off on this dangerous journey, they realize with mounting dread that the cunning girl is no ordinary human, and that their mission will pit them against an evil that even in these dark times they never could have imagined.
The flick opens March 19th!