It looks like Nicolas Cage is going all indie again, and perhaps trying to learn a trick or two from Matthew McConaghey as he makes a turn in the independent drama JOE, which arrives in cinemas later this year. The film, directed by David Gordon Green (PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, THE SITTER), is described as a film containing a gripping mix of friendship, violence and redemption that erupts in the contemporary South in an adaptation of Larry Brown’s novel, ‘celebrated at once for its grit and its deeply moving core.’
JOE film brings Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage back to his indie roots in the title role as the hard-living, hot-tempered, ex-con Joe Ransom, who is just trying to dodge his instincts for trouble – until he meets a hard-luck kid, (MUD’s Tye Sheridan) who awakens in him a fierce and tender-hearted protector. With a screenplay by Gary Hawkins, JOE is based on the novel by the late Larry Brown (Big Bad Love, Facing the Moon), the former Mississippi firefighter renowned for his powerful, gothic storytelling and universal themes of honor, desperation and moral rectitude.
You can check out the trailer below, or head to Apple, where you can download and view in all sorts of shapes and hi-res sizes.
Source: Apple
