Visionary director Park Chan-wook (No Other Choice, Decision to Leave, Old Boy) teams up with acclaimed cult filmmaker S. Craig Zahler (Bone Tomahawk, Dragged Across Concrete) for The Brigands of Rattlecreek.
The upcoming English-language western – directed by Park and written by Zahler – features an all-star cast that includes Matthew McConaughey (Interstellar), Austin Butler (Elvis), Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us) and Tang Wei (Decision to Leave).
The Brigands of Rattlecreek follows a sheriff (McConaughey) and a doctor (Pascal) who seek revenge against a group of bandits who use the cover of a torrential thunderstorm to rob and terrorize the occupants of a small town.
As City on Fire commenter CJ puts it: “This is probably the best unproduced script I have ever read. This thing has been bouncing around executives’ desks for nearly 20 years but nobody has the balls to make it. It is epic in length and is astoundingly violent and nihilistic.”
Bradley Fischer (Suspiria, Ready or Not) produces for Mythology Entertainment alongside Park for Moho Film (via Screen Daily).
🔥 Footnote: The thought of a filmmaker like Park Chan-wook taking on a western is a reminder of the greatness of Wisit Sasanatieng’s dreamy, yet ultra-violent throwback Tears of the Black Tiger; Takashi Miike’s surreal Sukiyaki Western Django; and of course, Kim Ji Woon’s thrilling action spectacle, The Good, The bad, The Weird. Regulators, mount up!!!
The Brigands of Rattlecreek is expected to start filming at the end of this year. Until then, check out some of the Trailers to the aforementioned titles below:
This is probably the best unproduced script I have ever read. This thing has been bouncing around executives’ desks for nearly 20 years but nobody has the balls to make it. It is epic in length and is astoundingly violent and nihilistic.
This team would be a dream to pull it all together, provided it all can make it to the screen. Matty Mac would be perfect as either the noble Sherriff or the mysterious, black-clad gunslinger Abraham. I get the feeling which one he would choose to play.
Good info. We actually used your comment in the story. Hope you don’t mind.
As a fan of both directors this could be a banger in the works if done right.