Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #95. Ryan Gosling’s How To Catch a Monster

How To Catch a Monster

Director: Ryan Gosling
Writer: Ryan Gosling
Producers: David Lancaster, Michel Litvak, Marc Platt, Adam Siegel, Jeffrey Stott
U.S. Distributor: Warner Bros.
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Christina Hendricks, Eva Mendes, Matt Smith, Iain De Caestecker, Ben Mendelsohn, Barbara Steele, Reda Kateb

I’d bet that a little creative process seasoning by the likes of two-time partnerships with Nicolas Winding Refn and Derek Cianfrance might have ultimately pushed Ryan Gosling to move in front of the camera with what sounds like an ambitious, genre-bending project.  The picky Benoît Debie (Spring Breakers, Enter the Void) lenses.

Gist: Set against the surreal dreamscape of a vanishing city, BILLY, a single mother of two, is swept into a macabre and dark fantasy underworld while BONES, her eighteen-year-old son, discovers a secret road leading to an underwater town. Both Billy and Bones must dive deep into the mystery, if their family is to survive.

Release Date: The Detroit-shot film began lensing in May of 2013 – so while technically it could be ready for Cannes, the release strategy is in the hands of the studio. Are we looking at a Her type release?

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