I blogged about the Season of the Witch film earlier in the year, and that seems to have given it the right royal kiss of death! It’s not been released yet and according to various sources including BD Horror News has been scheduled for reshoots in September. It seems that there was a clash with the similarly themed The Last Exorcism, and also some of the initial screenings weren’t that impressive.
Seems that Season of the Witch may not even make it to cinemas and will be straight to DVD.
Oh dear? Is that bad?
Possibly it’s just because of scheduling reasons, with another Nicholas Cage coming out in the same month? Will have to wait and sea.
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Some work seems to have been done on the previously threadbare website for Season of the Witch! Unfortunately the site still uses annoying flash players to slow down loading of content, but now there is more than just a brief synopsis and trailer video.
You also get sections on:
Doesn’t really add too much. I would be interested to see some sort of cast and crew interview or maybe a new trailer!
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Here’s a bit more information about Season of the Witch, although there’s not much available apart from the synopsis and cast list at the moment. Apparently some screenings happened in December 2009, but no reviews yet. The film is due out in March 2010.
Synopsis:
Nicolas Cage stars as a 14th century Crusader who returns with his comrade (Ron Perlman) to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. A beleaguered church, deeming sorcery the culprit of the plague, commands the two knights to transport an accused witch (Claire Foy) to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.
A priest (Stephen Campbell Moore), a grieving knight (Ulrich Thomsen), an itinerant swindler (Stephen Graham) and a headstrong youth who can only dream of becoming a knight (Robert Sheehan) join a mission troubled by mythically hostile wilderness and fierce contention over the fate of the girl.