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Ryan Reynolds to take on kidnap thriller tale Queen of the Night (plus, check out a concrete bit of plot info for Deadpool)

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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Alejandro Stepenberg