Monday, September 24

• The Rock: new Southland Tales cut is "much better"

  Southland Tales, director Richard Kelly's long-delayed follow-up to the cult smash Donnie Darko, is set to finally arrive in theaters this November after an extensive re-cut mandated by the film's disastrous debut last year at Cannes.

  While few have seen Kelly's final cut, the new version has earned one key endorsement, from star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

  "I've seen it and it's fantastic," raved Johnson, whose name appears in Southland Tales' credits for the first time sans the trademark "Rock" moniker. "It's nothing like I imagined, and much better than the cut we showed at the Cannes Film Festival."

  Johnson made the remarks over the weekend at the press day for the Disney flick The Game Plan, which opens this Friday.

  
  
  Next Showing: Southland Tales opens November 9th
  

  Southland Tales Update

  Seann William Scott talks about Richard Kelly.

  Posted 09/24/2007 by Thomas

  Richard Kelly | Dwayne ``The Rock'' Johnson | Southland Tales | The Game Plan

Wednesday, September 5

• Scott in talks to enter Kelly's Box

  After Southland Tales debuted to a decidedly negative reception last year at Cannes, Richard Kelly's long-awaited sophomore project was plagued by rumors that the film might never see the light of day in the U.S. Thankfully, Sony finally put the speculation to rest last month when they announced that Southland Tales will open November 9th, with a running time considerably shorter than the 180 minute behemoth screened at Cannes.

  Kelly's apparent sophomore jinx hasn't done anything to sully his reputation in Hollywood. The Donnie Darko director is already hard at work on his third project, the horror flick The Box, with Cameron Diaz set to star. And now it appears like Southland Tales star Seann William Scott might be coming aboard as well.

  In an exclusive interview with ReelzChannel.com, the Dukes of Hazzard  star (lest we forget) revealed yesterday that he's currently in talks to join the cast of The Box, though details have yet to be ironed out. Scott describes Kelly's third film as "interesting and weird. It's gonna be a movie that people either love or hate. And I kinda like those films."

  An interesting and weird Richard Kelly film?  Imagine that.

  Scott's latest movie, Mr. Woodcock, opens September 14th.

  
  
  

  Mr. Woodcock - Trailer

  Seann William Scott battles gym coach Billy Bob Thornton

  Posted 09/05/2007 by Thomas

  Cameron Diaz | Richard Kelly | Seann William Scott | Thomas Leupp | Southland Tales | The Box | Mr. Woodcock

Wednesday, July 25

• Southland Tales to finally see light of day

  Southland Tales, Richard Kelly's long-delayed follow-up to his 2001 indie hit Donnie Darko, is now set for a November 9th release, Variety reports. Originally slated to open in 2006, Southland Tales was targetted for extensive re-editing after a less-than-stellar debut at Cannes last year.

  I had the chance to visit the set of Southland Tales in September of 2005, where I chatted with several members of the film's impressively eclectic cast, including Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Seann William Scott. Remarkably, none of them had the faintest clue as to what the film was about, which is never a good sign. 

  Director Richard Kelly is scheduled to appear at this week's annual San Diego Comic-Con, where he'll hopefully shed some light as to what exactly we can expect when Southland Tales arrives in theaters in November.

  
  

  Posted 07/25/2007 by Thomas

  Richard Kelly | Seann William Scott | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Dwayne ``The Rock'' Johnson | Southland Tales | Donnie Darko