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Nicolas Cage laughs maniacally in the first look at his new movie, Sympathy For The Devil. The Oscar-winning star has seen somewhat of a career resurgence thanks to his highly-praised performance in Pig, which he followed up by playing a fictionalized version of himself in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Cage now has a handful of promising projects lined up – such as Renfield, Dream Scenario, and Sympathy For The Devil.

Now, the first look at Cage and Kinnaman's Sympathy For The Devil has been revealed by Deadline.

The first Sympathy For The Devil image shows Cage's character laughing maniacally opposite Joel Kinnaman, whose character is handcuffed to the table and perplexed by his cackling. Check out the first-look image above.

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Everything We Know About Sympathy For The Devil

Despite borrowing its title, the upcoming psychological thriller bears no relation to The Rolling Stones' ubiquitous 1968 song.

Capstone Global and Hammerstone Studios will be presenting the psychological thriller Sympathy for the Devil to potential buyers at the European Film Market later this month, and in anticipation of that presentation they have unveiled the first image from the film! This image shows the characters played by stars Nicolas Cage (The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent) and Joel Kinnaman (The Suicide Squad), and you can check it out at the bottom of this article. (With thanks to Deadline.)

Directed by Yuval Adler (The Operative) from a screenplay by Luke Paradise (Lost on a Mountain in Maine), Sympathy for the Devil follows “The Driver” (Kinnaman), who finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse after being forced to drive a mysterious man, “The Passenger” (Cage). As their white-knuckle ride progresses, it becomes clear that not everything is as it seems.

That sounds very interesting to me.

Capstone and...

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Director: Andrew Moorman.

Writer: Arik Martin.

Breaking Glass Pictures is distributing Andrew Moorman's first film Sympathy through their specialty label Vicious Circle Films, which is concerned with "extreme material" (Breaking). Moorman's first film was created for $6500 on one set and the film involves three principal actors. Brad Miska at the horror review site Bloody Disgusting calls the film an: "independent Hitchcockian thriller" (Bloody). Yet, the constraints of the budget make the set design ineffective and the picture as a generalization overly claustrophobic. The brilliant acting by Aaron Boucher, Steven Pritchard and especially Marina Shtlelen, with excellent writing are not enough to fully break Sympathy free from the constraints of a minuscule film budget.

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Sympathy is an independent horror production that is getting rave reviews, despite having to labour on with a minuscule $6,500 budget. Andrew Moorman's entire film takes place in one hotel room, as a "bank robber...[holds a] rebellious teenager hostage" (Bloody). This Hitchockian styled thriller has been reviewed from Variety.com to Dread Central and Bloody Disgusting, with each review more flattering than the last. Available April 27th, Sympathy, from reviews, is worth sitting down to "feel completely f&%^ing entertained" (AintitCool)! The details for this small film are below.

The synopsis for Sympathy here:

"When a reckless bank robber and his rebellious teenage hostage hole up for the night in a bad motel, anything can happen. A mysterious stranger and dark twists of fate send this night into a descent of bloody madness in this deadly game of cat and mouse where nothing is what it seems. Lock yourself in for...

After playing Screamfest a few years back, Vicious Circle Films, the horror label of Breaking Glass Pictures, has picked up the North American distribution rights for the thriller Sympathy from Shoreline Entertainment, writes the Hollywood Reporter. The film, directed by Andrew Moorman and starring Marina Shtelen and Aaron Boucher, follows a reckless bank robber and his teenage hostage as they hole up in a bad motel for the night. Vicious Circle will release the flick on DVD April 27. "When a reckless bank robber and his rebellious teenage hostage hole up for the night in a bad motel, anything can happen. A mysterious stranger and dark twists of fate send the night into a descent of bloody madness in this deadly game of cat and mouse where nothing is what it seems. Lock yourself in for this claustrophobic tale that is one part classic suspense thriller, one part grindhouse horror."...