class=”alignleft size-full wp-image-80130″ title=”john travlta nic cage” src=”https://www.heyuguys.com/images/2011/03/john-travlta-nic-cage.jpg” alt=”” width=”220″ height=”150″ />John Woo had the good sense a decade and a half ago to pit against one another the growling insanities that were a newly revived John Travolta and internet meme man in the making Nicolas Cage, and now Vulture are reporting that the pair may be reuniting once, maybe twice more.
The first project which has the Face/Off pair in their sights is Shrapnel, a script from Evan Dougherty which appeared on the 2008 Black List along with The Beaver, Ingolourious Basterds and Up in the Air among others, and deals with two soldiers on a hunting trip which turns into a hunt…only not.
Sounds like a solid use of the duo’s qualitites, both going slowly mad in a hostile environment trying to off each other, and it makes a change from a pair of the latest Hollywood teen faces sharing a screen.
Next up on the TravoltaCage fest is Sea Trial, Raymond De Felitta’s adaptation of his father’s novel, which is awaiting backing but signatures from the two men may make this an surer option.
Not sure if the parody train has let these two alight but in the right hands these two could be an interesting prospect.
