The peeps over at DreadCentral were lucky enough to host the debut of Robin Hardy’s THE WICKER TREE one-sheet. I must say the artwork is fantastic and it is a solid poster, love the flaming central piece too.
Now if you aren’t sure what THE WICKER TREE is well it is the long awaited sequel to the 1973 classic THE WICKER MAN. Now don’t worry, this isn’t like the Neil LaBute directed remake starring Nic Cage punching women in a bear suit and getting bees in his eyes. Now if you paid attention to the name Robin Hardy, he directed the original film and this is his follow up. I believe there is more faith to be had in this than the hilariously bad remake.
The Wicker Tree tells the story of singer Beth (newcomer Brittania Nicol) and her cowboy friend Steve (Henry Garrett, “The Bill,” “Skins”), two virginal Texans who come to Scotland to spread the gospel. These two innocents don’t know what they’re getting into as they find themselves trying to spread their chastity message at the estate owned by Sir Lachlan Morrison (Graham McTavish, Rambo, the upcoming The Hobbit films), who has revived ancient local religious practices when an accident at the nuclear power plant he runs rendered the area men infertile. The Wicker Tree was produced by Peter Snell and Peter Watson-Wood and executive produced by Alistair Gourlay.
The film was acquired by Anchor Bay and it will be released in theatres January 27th of next year. It stars Graham McTavish, Clive Russell, Honeysuckle Weeks, Henry Garrett, Callum Mitchell, Jacqueline Leonard, Prue Clarke, James Mapes, Keith Warwick, Brittania Nicol, Iain Stuart Robertson, Christopher Leveaux and Christopher Lee