The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is a 2022 American movement comedy film directed with the aid of Tom Gormican from a screenplay co-written with Kevin Etten. It stars Nicolas Cage as a fictionalized version of himself, along side a helping solid that includes Pedro Pascal, Sharon Horgan, Ike Barinholtz, Alessandra Mastronardi, Jacob Scipio, Neil Patrick Harris, and Tiffany Haddish. The film had its international most useful at South through Southwest on March 12, 2022, and is scheduled to be launched inside the United States on April 22, 2022, with the aid of Lionsgate.Premise[edit]
Actor Nick Cage begrudgingly accepts a $1 million provide to wait the birthday of a billionaire tremendous fan. When matters take a wild flip, Nick is compelled to come to be a version of some of his maximum iconic and loved characters if you want to extricate his spouse and daughter from the fan whom the CIA has informed him is a notorious hands supplier.Cast[edit]
- Nicolas Cage as a fictionalized model of himself
- Cage additionally portrays Nicky Cage, a figment of Cage’s imagination, seen as a younger Wild at Heart-generation version of himself.[2]
- Pedro Pascal as Javi Gutierrez, a billionaire and Cage tremendous-fan who arranges to pay Cage $1 million to seem at his birthday.
- Sharon Horgan as Olivia Henson, Cage’s state-of-the-art fictional ex-wife
- Tiffany Haddish as Vivian, a CIA agent
- Ike Barinholtz as Martin, a CIA agent
- Alessandra Mastronardi as Gabriela
- Jacob Scipio as Carlos
- Neil Patrick Harris as Richard Fink, Cage’s agent
- Lily Sheen as Addy Cage, Cage’s daughter
- Paco León as Lucas Gutierrez, Javi’s cousin
- David Gordon Green as himself
- Demi Moore as Olivia, another of Cage’s fictional ex-better halves
- Anna McDonald as Addy, Cage’s fictional daughter
Production[edit]
In The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, actor Nicolas Cage performs a fictionalized version of himself who he said bears little resemblance to his actual offscreen character. Cage at the start grew to become down the position “3 or four instances” however modified his mind after creator-director Tom Gormican wrote him a private letter.[3] On November 15, 2019, Lionsgate acquired the manufacturing rights.[4] In August 2020, Pedro Pascal entered negotations to celebrity.[5] In September 2020, Sharon Horgan and Tiffany Haddish joined the forged,[6][7] with Lily Sheen being brought in October.[8] In November 2020, Neil Patrick Harris joined the cast of the movie.[nine]
Principal images started out on October five in regions around Croatia, together with the town of Dubrovnik.[10] Mark Isham composed the musical score.[eleven]Release[edit]
In the US, the film will be theatrically released on April 22, 2022.[12] In New Zealand, it is going to be released on 17 April. It turned into originally set to be launched on March 19, 2021.[thirteen] It premiered at the South with the aid of Southwest movie competition on March 12, 2022.[14][15]Reception[edit]Box office projections[edit]
In United States and Canada, the movie can be launched along The Bad Guys and The Northman, and is projected to gross $8-thirteen million in its starting weekend.[sixteen]Critical response[edit]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 29 critics’ evaluations are tremendous, with an average rating of seven.6/10.[17] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the movie a score of seventy six out of one hundred primarily based on 10 critics, indicating “typically favorable reviews”.[18]References[edit]^ “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)”. Irish Film Classification Office. Retrieved March sixteen, 2022.^ December thirteen, Clark Collis; EST, 2021 at 09:00 AM. “Nicolas Cage plays Nick Cage in first have a look at comedy-mystery ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent'”. EW.com. Retrieved December 13, 2021.^ Hibberd, James (March nine, 2022). “Nicolas Cage on Playing Nicolas Cage: ‘I Wanted No Part of It'”. The Hollywood Reporter. No. March 9, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.^ Patrick Hipes; Anthony D’Alessandro (November 15, 2019). “Nicolas Cage Pic ‘The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent’ Near Lionsgate Deal”. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 20, 2020.^ “Pedro Pascal in Talks to Join Nicolas Cage in ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent'”. TheWrap. August 20, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.^ McNary, Dave (September 2, 2020). “Sharon Horgan Joins Nicolas Cage’s ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ (EXCLUSIVE)”. Variety. Retrieved September 21, 2020.^ N’Duka, Amanda (September 21, 2020). “Tiffany Haddish Joins Nicolas Cage In ‘The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent'”. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 21, 2020.^ D’Alessandro, Anthony (October 13, 2020). “Lily Sheen Joins Nicolas Cage Lionsgate Action Comedy ‘The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent'”. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October thirteen, 2020.^ D’Alessandro, Anthony (November 23, 2020). “Neil Patrick Harris Boards Lionsgate Nicolas Cage Satire ‘The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent'”. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 23, 2020.^ The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent starring Nicolas Cage starts filming in Croatia^ “Mark Isham Scoring Tom Gormican’s The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent“. Film Music Reporter. December 14, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2022.^ D’Alessandro, Anthony (June 30, 2021). “Lionsgate Dates Nicolas Cage Satire ‘Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent’ & Kingdom Story Movies”. Deadline. Retrieved June 30, 2021.^ Hipes, Patrick (February 3, 2020). “Nicolas Cage’s ‘The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent’ Gets 2021 Release Date”. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 20, 2020.^ D’Alessandro, Anthony (February 2, 2022). “SXSW’s Lineup For Return To In-Person Festival Includes Movies With Sandra Bullock, Nicolas Cage, Pete Davidson, Rose Byrne & More”. Deadline. Retrieved February five, 2022.^ “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent“. South by way of Southwest. Retrieved March 10, 2022.^ Robbins, Shawn (March 25, 2022). “Long Range Box Office Forecast: The Bad Guys and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent“. Boxoffice Pro. Retrieved March 26, 2022.^ “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent“. Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved April 10, 2022.^ “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent“. Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved April 10, 2022.External links[edit]
- Official internet site
- The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent at IMDb