Even after the whirlwind of hype surrounding Snakes on a Plane, I think most people would be hard pressed to remember the name of it's director, David R. Ellis. Considering the ... mixed reaction Snakes received from critics and audiences, it's probably in the best interest of Ellis' career that it stays that way. So despite the bad reviews and cries of manufactured zeitgeist, Ellis seems to have managed to walk away unscathed and is already hard at work on his new film, Asylum. Now Variety has announced that Ellis, a former child actor and stunt man, is also attached to direct and co-produce the action thriller High Stakes for Persistent Entertainment.
The story follows two friends on a gambling trip to Las Vegas who rack up a gambling debt to the wrong people. The friends are then forced to become the subjects of a dangerous high-stakes bet to pay off their marker. Ronnie Christensen (Passengers) wrote the script and the film is set to start shooting this spring. There is no word on a cast yet, so Ellis and company are going to have to work quickly if they want to stick to their schedule.
Snakes On A Plane Director Continues To Find Work
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(Page 1)2. Jack, you are out of your goddamn mind. Directors like Ellis are a dime a dozen.
Posted at 4:01PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Sam
1. Dude, David R. Ellis is a VERY talented genre director. If you can't appreciate the choreography of death and destruction he wrought in "Final Destination 2", you just don't know your genre movies, and you should stick to reviewing and writing "news" about depressing Art House films about incest, racism, how bad America/Americans are, and gay guys dying of aids.
Posted at 1:18PM on Feb 14th 2007 by Jack Burton Says