While I loathed a lot of things about it (ending especially), BURIED did do one thing very right: it showcased Ryan Reynolds as having some serious f***ing acting chops. And so I’m very much looking forward to seeing him explore that same sort of desperation and intensity in a non-boxed-in situation with QUEEN OF THE NIGHT.
Co-written and directed by Atom Egoyan (CHLOE, THE DEVIL’S KNOT), the thriller will see Reynolds produce as well as play a “father who discovers a series of disturbing clues eight years after his daughter is abducted, a trail that leads him to believe the now 17-year old girl is alive. He is determined to find her.”
Said Egoyan: “I’m very excited about working with Ryan,” Egoyan said. “The richness of [Reynolds’] performances in such diverse films as Buried, Safe House and romantic fare such as The Proposal is extraordinary.”
Said Reynolds in return: “[Egoyan is] a provocative filmmaker [whose] films demand that we face what is most complex in our own psyches. Chloe, Felicia’s Journey and The Sweet Hereafter all possess the unique and careful touch of a true artist. I look forward to collaborating with him on this project and having an opportunity to observe his innovative directing style first hand.”
Said me: I’m glad we all love each other. I love you too. Now get to it, fellas. This one sounds pretty damn good.
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