The guy who built his career on black comedy-dramas about human relationships may not seem like a prime candidate to remake a genuinely bizarre 70s horror flick, but Neil LaBute’s update of The Wicker Man looks pretty intriguing.
The movie features Nic Cage (channeling The Dead Zone Walken, or at least his hair) as a crestfallen cop searching for a missing girl in a strange island town, where he uncovers some dark secrets and pagans (who may also be P.A.G.A.N.s — People Against Goodness And Normalcy).
Among the community’s curious residents are Leelee Sobieski, Molly Parker, and Ellen Burstyn as the Christopher Lee pagan proxy.