‘Bad Lieutenant’ Reboot?! With Nic Cage??
This is the official last sign that the end of the world as we know it is upon us. According to Variety, Nicolas Cage will star in an updated version of the 1992 classic “Bad Lieutenant,” with Werner Herzog directing, Edward R. Pressman producing and Avi Lerner’s Nu Image/Millennium Films financing.
The original film, also produced by Pressman, starred Harvey Keitel and was directed by Abel Ferrara from a screenplay by Ferrara and Zoe Lund.
The film followed a depraved New York police officer who was heavily involved in drugs, gambling, sex and stealing. The film received an NC-17 rating.
The new script’s penned by Billy Finkelstein, a TV writer with credits on Murder One, Law & Order and NYPD Blue. Stephen Belafonte, who brought Finkelstein to the project, is also producing, while development was financed by producers Alan and Gabe Polsky.
I’m happy to see that Cage is redeeming himself after Ghost Rider, Wicker Man, Next, and the National Treasure dynamic duo. It’s refreshing to see Nic go back to stretching himself as an actor and choosing projects that are intellectually intense. I know he will instill the public masturbation scene with the wit, class and gravity it deserves.
• Bad Lieutenant (remake)
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