William Shatner set to star in “Malevolent”
From Coverage Ink Films comes a killer-looking new animated film called Malevolent which releases next year. The film is said to be a sci-fi/horror film and the synopses sounds fucking bizarre. Check this out:
Malevolent features Miriam, a young woman who works for a non-profit which promotes global peace initiatives. This is in reaction to her estranged father — sociopath US war profiteer and billionaire Cyrus DeKalb (Ray Wise). When he learns he is dying, Cyrus calls Miriam and her three siblings together, ostensibly to discuss his will. However, what he actually has planned is to pronounce judgment on them all. They are, in his view, traitors, and he has elaborate death traps planned for each of them.
The wrinkle is: a race of intergalactic gamblers, who wager on human conflicts as bloody sport, have chosen Miriam as their protagonist for this match. Thus the entire situation is being manipulated by the Gamemaster (Morena Baccarin,) who has the power to reverse time and reconfigure events as they play out, much like a dungeon master in Dungeons & Dragons. And so the playing field is constantly changing under Miriam’s feet — sometimes to her benefit, but usually, not.
Ray Wise is a good enough actor all by himself, but then the producers went out and got themselves William Shatner, and the first trailer is fucking awesome. Chainsaws and a blood-stained motion comic seems to be ingredients that are working well together here. Check out the first trailer below:
