Tag: Cabin in the Woods

Joss Whedon is a fan of Fran Kranz – he must be, considering he cast the actor in “Dollhouse” as well as the upcoming “Much Ado about Nothing.” The latest visit by Kranz to Planet Whedon is the subversive and sly “Cabin the Woods” (Whedon produced and co-wrote the movie with another old pal, Drew Goddard, who makes his directorial debut with “Cabin”). Kranz is on Broadway in “Death of a Salesman,” which costars Andrew Garfield of “The Amazing Spider-Man,” but we caught up with him by phone to hear about Joss as a boss. HC: We should assume that you didn’t do too much research for your role as Marty, the paranoid pothead in “Cabin in the Woods” right? FK: Everyone would like to think that, right? Like they just went out on the street and found me that way. ...

What’s awaiting horror fans who visit “The Cabin in the Woods”? The answer will be revealed on April 13 when Drew Goddard’s sly and subversive genre riddle finally reaches movie theaters. At WonderCon, Lionsgate hosted a special sneak preview of the film and, afterward, director-writer Goddard was joined on-stage by his partner on the project, writer-producer Joss Whedon. I interviewed the two of them and, between a lot of laughter, there was a feeling in the room that pair would deliver one of the most intriguing popcorn diversions of 2012. You’ll find some highlight moments from the Q&A below, but first a bit of background about the film’s protracted path to the projection room. Some horror movies keep the audience on the edge of their seat — this one had that effect on the cast and crew, which filmed it back in 2009 with an early 2010 target release. The fiscal calamity ...

The trailer for the horror thriller “The Cabin in the Woods” has popped up online and no one is more relieved than the fans of producer and co-writer Joss Whedon. Loyal Whedonites have been waiting a long, long, long time for “Cabin in the Woods,” which was filmed in early 2009 and originally slated to debut in early 2010, but was left in a protracted limbo because of the bankruptcy of its studio, MGM. Now Lionsgate has agreed to distribute the film, which promises to offer a twist on the classic teenagers trapped in a remote cabin genre (see: “Evil Dead” and “Cabin Fever”). The film is the directorial debut of former “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” writer Drew Goddard, who also wrote “Cloverfield” and features a number of Whedon veterans in the cast, including Fran Kranz (“Dollhouse”), Amy Acker (“Dollhouse” ...