NICOLAS CAGE TO STAR IN
SPECTREVISION & ACE PICTURES’
COLOR OUT OF SPACE
Directed by Richard Stanley, based on the novella by H.P. Lovecraft
New York, NY | January 23, 2018 – SpectreVision, the boutique genre division of Company X, and ACE Pictures announced today that principal photography will begin next month on COLOR OUT OF SPACE. Starring Nicolas Cage, the film will be directed by Richard Stanley -- his first feature in over twenty years. Based on the novella by H.P. Lovecraft, COLOR OUT OF SPACE will reunite Cage with SpectreVision, the company behind the critically acclaimed and commercially successful 2018 film MANDY. The film will also star Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck, RED SPARROW), Tommy Chong (UP IN SMOKE), Elliot Knight (DC’s Titans), Julian Hilliard (The Haunting of Hill House) and Q’Orianka Kilcher (The Alienist, DORA THE EXPLORER).
COLOR OUT OF SPACE will be produced by SpectreVision’s Daniel Noah, Josh C. Waller, Lisa Whalen and Elijah Wood. Timur Bekbosunov, Johnny Chang, Emma Lee and Peter Wong will executive produce for ACE Pictures. Stacy Jorgensen will executive produce for SpectreVision.
South African filmmaker Richard Stanley started career with back-to-back cult classics, HARDWARE and DUST DEVIL, before being released from the notoriously controversial 1996 production of THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU with Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer, an event chronicled in the 2014 documentary LOST SOUL: THE DOOMED JOURNEY OF RICHARD STANLEY’S ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU. In the years since, Stanley has become a major cult figure whose return to feature filmmaking has been anticipated by legions of fans.
In the 60 years since his passing, H.P. Lovecraft has come to be widely acknowledged as one of the most influential voices in American literature, and his work has spawned a multi-million-dollar industry with a truly global fan base. His influence and cult standing have inspired ranks in the horror echelon from Stephen King, Guillermo Del Toro, John Carpenter, Ridley Scott, J.J. Abrams, Sam Raimi, Stuart Gordon and many others.
COLOR OUT OF SPACE is a story of cosmic terror about The Gardners, a family who moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard. The mysterious aerolite seems to melt into the earth, infecting both the land and the properties of space-time with a strange, otherworldly color. To their horror, the Gardner family discover that this alien force is gradually mutating every life form that it touches...including them.
SpectreVision partner Daniel Noah commented "Lovecraft is the dark father of modern horror, and we have been searching for an adaptation that captures the true scope of his cosmic dread for years. Richard Stanley - a wizard in his own right - will at long last bring Lovecraft's humbling power to the screen unfiltered."
Johnny Chang, CEO of Ace Pictures Entertainment, added “ACE Pictures Entertainment is thrilled to finance and co-produce COLOR OUT OF SPACE, our second collaboration with SpectreVision. The adaptation by Richard Stanley is outstanding and unique, a perfect canvas for Nicolas Cage's inimitable acting style. We are tremendously excited to continue our partnership with SpectreVision and their signature style of genre.”
Nicolas Cage is repped by Mike Nilon of STRIDE Management.
Joely Richardson is repped by Gersh and ARG.
Elliot Knight is repped by ICM and Affirmative Entertainment.
Julian Hilliard is repped by Paradigm and The Green Room.
Q’orianka Kilcher is repped by APA and Anonymous.
ABOUT SPECTREVISION
Founded in 2010 by partners Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah and Josh C. Waller, SpectreVision was created to tell character-driven stories tackling emotional and human experiences that test the boundaries of the genre space. In 2015, Lisa Whalen joined the company as the fourth partner. The SpectreVision productions of A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, Cooties, Open Windows, The Boy, and their cult hit, The Greasy Strangler, have earned them spots at the most prestigious festivals in the world, as well as numerous awards and nominations. SpectreVision most recently released Mandy, the 2108 Sundance/Cannes breakout hit that has appeared on 93 “Best Of” Lists, including Entertainment Weekly and filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, as well as Transference, their VR game for Ubisoft, which released on all platforms, garnering 14 awards and nominations, including DICE, Raindance and IGN. SpectreVision has also released, under its SpectreVision Presents banner, the acclaimed films Toad Road, LFO, and the re-release of Beladonna of Sadness. SpectreVision’s parent entity, Company X, sold the Sundance film, Bitch, to MPI in 2017 and premiered their second production, Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss By Passing Through the Gateway Chosen By the Holy Storsh, at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss By Passing Through the Gateway Chosen By the Holy Storsh distribution is being handled by Marvista Entertainment.
ABOUT ACE PICTURES
Based in Los Angeles and Kuala Lumpur, ACE Pictures Entertainment is a film production and investment company as part of ACE Group, with a focus on diverse and unique film projects in partnership with US production companies, creators and producers. Since its launch in 2017, ACE Pictures Entertainment has provided full financing for CLEMENCY, a drama, starring Oscar-nominated / Golden Globe-winner Alfre Woodard; a revenge thriller LEAVE NOT ONE ALIVE, starring Oscar-winner Melissa Leo; IMAGINARY ORDER, a drama-comedy, starring Wendi McLendon-Covey and directed by Debra Eisenstadt; M FOR MAGIC, a documentary about the world-renowned Magic Castle in Hollywood; CURRENT SEA, a documentary about illegal fishing in Cambodia; and the supernatural thriller DANIEL ISN’T REAL, starring Patrick Schwarzenegger and Miles Robbins, and produced alongside Elijah Wood’s Company X / SpectreVision. ACE has also provided partial financing for COME AWAY, a fantasy film, starring Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie and directed by Oscar-winner Brenda Chapman.
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