Thirty-seven years after making the deeply disturbing psychological thriller Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (watch it HERE), director John McNaughton and star Michael Rooker are reuniting for a vigilante thriller called Road Rage, which is described as being “in the vein of Dexter and the great avenger films of the ’70s”. The hope is that Road Rage will be the start of a franchise – and Deadline reports that Process Media and iNK Stories are even working together to develop a Road Rage video game that will provide “an interactive experience in which audiences can participate in the expanded story world”.
Road Rage will tell the story of
a serial killer who only kills those who deserve to die—presenting a modern hero who is a bad guy gone good, protecting the innocent and punishing the guilty.
Tim Perell is producing the film through his company Process Media.
McNaughton provided the following statement:
I’d wanted to work with Michael Rooker again since Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, but we never got the chance. Finally, I wrote a story that took the genre in a whole new direction. Michael Rooker as Stony; he drives a truck… and kills people. Stony is the ultimate serial killer… with a twist, and he’s going home now after twenty years to settle a score from the past.”
Perell added:
With Road Rage, John McNaughton and Michael Rooker aim once again to create a transgressive and shocking film that will exist at the cutting edge of art and genre. As Henry was ahead of its time, so Road Rage will be ahead of this time; both a disturbing and exhilarating reflection of contemporary American culture.”
iNK Stories co-founders Navid Khonsari and Vassiliki Khonsari said,
We are excited to work with John and Tim on developing a genre-bending game, with a feminist perspective on the American phenomenon of a serial killer.”
It’s cool to see Rooker and McNaughton working together again, and Road Rage definitely sounds like a movie I would want to watch. How does it sound to you? Let us know by leaving a comment below.