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Geek Tyrant
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Shia LaBeouf Saddles Up for Crime Thriller Film GOD OF THE RODEO — GeekTyrant
Shia LaBeouf is set to star in God of the Rodeo , a new crime thriller written and directed by Father Stu filmmaker Rosalind Ross. The movie is set in Louisiana's infamous Angola Prison in 1967, God of the Rodeo tells the story of Buckkey, 'a hardened inmate serving a life sentence who finds a glimmer of redemption in an unlikely opportunity: the prison's first-ever inmate rodeo. 'As Buckkey and his fellow inmates prepare for a last grasp at glory, they're confronted with the reality that the rodeo is nothing more than a gladiatorial showcase — a grueling fight for survival designed to satiate the public's bloodlust and fulfill the warden's delusion of godliness." The film is based on journalist Daniel Bergner's real-life reporting from inside the prison which was one the most violent prisons in the American South. Giannina Scott is producing through her Cara Films label, with Ridley Scott and Michael Pruss on board via Scott Free Films. It sounds like exactly the kind of role that will give LaBeouf space to go unhinged, soulful, and unpredictable, as he likes to do with the films he stars in. LaBeouf's been keeping busy. He's currently on screen in Salvable , a Lionsgate drama about a washed-up boxer trying to fix things with his estranged daughter. He's also in David Mamet's Henry Johnson , which adapts Mamet's 2023 play and puts LaBeouf in the middle of a moral tailspin. God of the Rodeo doesn't have a release date yet, but it sounds like it will be a great project for LaBeouf to take on. Source: Deadline
Perth Now
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Shia LaBeouf to star in crime thriller God of the Rodeo
Shia LaBeouf is set to star in the crime thriller 'God of the Rodeo'. The 'Transformers' star, 38, has signed on to lead director Rosalind Ross' upcoming movie, which will be based on the reports of Daniel Bergner from inside the deadliest prison in the American South. Set in the harsh confines of Louisiana's Angola Prison in 1967, 'God of the Rodeo' follows Buckkey, a hardened inmate who discovers a faint hope of redemption through an unexpected chance - the prison's first inmate rodeo. As Buckkey and his fellow prisoners train for what may be their final shot at dignity, they come to realise the rodeo is no heroic contest, but a brutal spectacle. Designed to entertain the public and feed the warden's messianic ambitions, it becomes a punishing battle for survival masked as sport. As well as directing 'God of the Rodeo', Ross is set to write the movie's script. Meanwhile, Sir Ridley Scott and Michael Pruss are to produce 'God of the Rodeo' through Scott Free Films, alongside Giannina Scott under her Cara Films banner. LaBeouf could recently be seen in Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis', in which he starred opposite the likes of Adam Driver and Jon Voight. The filmmaker previously explained he chose to cast "cancelled" actors like LaBeouf - who has faced allegations of sexual battery, assault and infliction of emotional distress from former girlfriend FKA Twigs - in order to avoid 'Megalopolis' being written off as a "woke" movie that was "lecturing viewers". In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, he said: "What I didn't want to happen is that we're deemed some woke Hollywood production that's simply lecturing viewers. "There were people who are archconservatives and others who are extremely politically progressive. But we were all working on one film together. That was interesting, I thought." 'The Godfather' director praised LaBeouf for his work on 'Megalopolis', though revealed the actor had "deliberately" tried to create tension between the two creatives. He explained: "Shia really took to it. I had no experience working with him prior to this, but he deliberately sets up a tension between himself and the director to an extreme degree. "He reminds me of Dennis Hopper, who would do something similar, and then you'd say, 'Just go do anything,' and then they go off and do something brilliant." 'Megalopolis' - which also stars Aubrey Plaza, Nathalie Emmanuel and Giancarlo Esposito - takes place in a decaying future New York City, where a visionary architect battles political corruption and personal betrayal as he attempts to rebuild the city into a utopia called Megalopolis. Coppola also said he hoped audiences would resonate with the "vision of hope" woven throughout the movie, which polarised critics and ended up disappointing at the box office. Speaking at the Toronto International Film Festival, the filmmaker said: "It's a Roman epic, what can I say? It's a dive into a world that exists more than it should. Of course, it's about loyalty, but ultimately in the end it's a vision of hope. "There's always the vision of human beings that are great and are capable of dealing with any challenge they have to make a beautiful world for ourselves and for our children. It's a hopeful film."
