• The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

  • Kevin Etten & Tom Gormican
  • Produced
  • Action
  • Comedy
  • 2019
  • Black List
  • Hit List
  • 85.7
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Market: Fri, 15 Nov 2019Sold: Fri, 15 Nov 2019
Producer: Kevin Turen, Nicholas Cage, Mike Nilon
Director: Kevin Etten
Actor: Nicholas Cage
ManagerOly Obst (3 Arts Entertainment)
ProductionSaturn Films
StudioLionsgate (Per Deadline Nov 15 2019 article.)
Actor Nicolas Cage, spiraling and trapped in debt, makes an appearance at the birthday party of a Mexicanbillionaire. While there, he learns that the billionaire runs a drug cartel, and the CIA recruits Cage for intelligence.
Nicolas Cage is at a dead end, but an invitation to a mysterious rich guy's birthday party might give him a new lease on life.
Nicolas Cage travels to Mexico for an unorthodox job after being rejected for a comeback role in a blockbuster production. However, Cage suddenly discovers that he must aid the CIA in busting a large drug cartel in Mexico.
Stuck in a rut, Nicolas Cage is invited to a Mexican billionaire's birthday party and is suddenly thrown into a crazy world of the cartel and CIA operations.
Film
Action, Comedy, Buddy, Drugs, Espionage/Spy, Movie Business, Organized Crime, Travel, Corruption, Agent, Celebrity, CIA, Daughter, Father, Father/Daughter, Friends/Friendship, Government, Spy, Undercover
117
R
High
M
White / European
56
Average
Tropic Thunder, This is the End, Furious 7
Modern day. Takes place over a few weeks.
Hotel room, Four Seasons restaurant, therapist office, house, private jet, airfield, Mexican jungle, various room in a compound, safehouse, movie theater, beach
NICOLAS CAGE discusses a potential role with QUENTIN TARANTINO. Nic talks to YOUNG NIC, Con-Air era Nicolas Cage, about his career.

Nic has a therapy session with his daughter ADDY (15). Afterwards, he tries to make plans for their evening, but she already has plans with a friend.

Nic drops Addy off and his ex-wife OLIVIA reminds him to be at Addy’s birthday party. Nic meets with his agent PATRICK, who tells him that a man is offering to pay Nic one million dollars to go to his birthday party. Despite Patrick reminding Nic of his debts, Nic refuses.

A few days later, Nic shows up to his daughter’s party two hours late. He didn’t get the Tarantino role. He gets drunk and makes a fool of himself. Olivia drives him home and asks him to be a better dad.

At his hotel, Nic can’t get into his hotel room. He calls Patrick and takes the party gig.

Nic is flown by private jet to Mexico. He is driven through the jungle to a compound, where he meets JAVI (45), the birthday boy. CARLOS, Javi’s security guard, asks Nic to sign an NDA, but he refuses.

Javi...