The Zellner Brothers, the duo behind flatulence-heavy comedy Sasquatch Sunset, are getting weird with alien invasions in the comedy Alpha Gang. Deadline reports today that Chris Pine (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves) and Lily-Rose Depp (Nosferatu) are among the newest cast members. Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Odessa, It Comes At Night) and Doona Bae (Rebel Moon) […]
Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Odessa, It Comes At Night) and Doona Bae (Rebel Moon) join Pine and Depp; character details remain under wraps.
Alpha Gang follows “a group of alien invaders sent to conquer Earth. Disguised in human form as a 1950s leather-clad biker gang, they are ruthless in their mission
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until they succumb to the most toxic and contagious human condition of all: emotion.”
The alien invasion comedy is said to take place in a heightened reality, lensed by cinematographer Mike Gioulakis (Sasquatch Sunset, Us, It Follows). Based on the plot description and the Zellner Brothers’ previous work, it feels safe to expect things to get weird with their latest.
Cate Blanchett, Léa Seydoux, Dave Bautista, and Riley Keough, who reunites with her Sasquatch Sunset directors, will also star. It’s Blanchett who leads the cast; the two-time Oscar winner plays the Alpha Gang’s indomitable leader. Seydoux, Bautista, and Keough will play the gang members.
When the project was announced last year, Channing Tatum, Zoë Kravitz, and Steven Yeun were also in the ensemble as alien gang members but have since dropped out, likely for scheduling reasons.
The Zellner brothers are producing for ZBi, along with Blanchett and Coco Francini for Dirty Films, Keough and Gina Gammell for Felix Culpa, Ryan Zacarias for Fat City, Andrea Bucko for Sugar Rush Pictures, Mary Aloe for Aloe Entertainment, and Joshua Harris for Peachtree Media Partners.
