Projects follow each other for Pedro Pascal! After Gladiator 2, The Last of Us and The Mandalorian star joins the cast of Zach Kreger’s horror film Weapons.
Purchased “on preview” (before the project was officially released for review) by New Line Cinema (a subsidiary of WarnerMedia Group) for $38 million, the feature film is described as a horror epic with several stories that are linked together. In the Vein of Magnolia by Paul Thomas Anderson.
Pedro Pascal (recently honored at the MTV TV Awards) is the first actor to join the cast. We don’t know yet what his role will be.
Pedro Pascal in The Last of Us
The long-awaited horror film
The Gun is Zach Kreger’s third feature film, to which we owe the horror film Barbarian, which airs on Disney+ in France from October 2022. On a $4 million budget, the film grossed $45 million worldwide in theaters, most of which was released via streaming. territories.
Starring Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård and Justin Long, The Barbarian follows Tess, a young woman who arrives in Detroit for an interview. During his stay, he rents an Airbnb.
But when he arrives late at night, he finds that the house is already occupied by a man. Despite the inconvenience, he decides to spend the night where the hotels are full. Awakened from her sleep by mysterious voices, Tess, in spite of herself, begins a series of terrifying discoveries…
Georgina Campbell
A critical and public success, Barbaros thrust its young director into the center stage. When the project was announced, the bidding for the purchase of the rights to the weapon increased.
The bitter battle for gun rights
according to The Hollywood ReporterNew Line acquired the rights to Weapons after a fierce battle with Universal Pictures and Netflix. The deal with New Line gave Zach Kreger $10 million to write and direct, as well as creative control over his work and a guaranteed theatrical release.
In a press release, studio president Richard Brenner said last February:Zach has proven with Barbaro that he can create a visceral theatrical experience for the audience and has mastered all the tools of the consummate filmmaker. We couldn’t be happier and hope this movie will be the first in a long series.“
The presence of Pedro Pascal in the casting makes the project even more exciting. The actor will be shooting Guns after Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2 and will be appearing at the Cannes Film Festival on May 16 in Pedro Almodovar’s Strange Way of Life, in which he stars alongside Ethan Hawke.
“Strange Life” trailer
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