Morse and Burke will DRIVE ANGRY

By Michael Gingold

Arrow in the Head got the first word that David Morse has joined the cast of Summit Entertainment’s 3-D action-chiller DRIVE ANGRY. This comes hard on the heels of a Moviehole announcement that Billy Burke has also signed onto the film.

Directed and written by the MY BLOODY VALENTINE team of Patrick Lussier and Todd Farmer respectively, DRIVE ANGRY is about a criminal (Nicolas Cage) who sets out on a road trip of revenge against the evil cult who have murdered his daughter and plan to sacrifice his baby granddaughter. Also starring William Fichtner and busy genre actress Amber Heard (from ZOMBIELAND, THE STEPFATHER and the upcoming THE WARD, AND SOON THE DARKNESS and ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE) the film is set to roll in Shreveport, LA next month, with release currently scheduled for February 11, 2011. Morse’s long career as a character actor has included genre turns in DISTURBIA, DOUBLE VISION, THE GOOD SON and TV’s THE LANGOLIERS as well as the non-horror Stephen King films THE GREEN MILE and HEARTS IN ATLANTIS, while Burke, most visible recently as Bella’s father Charlie Swan in Summit’s TWILIGHT films, has also been seen in UNTRACEABLE, AFTER IMAGE, KOMODO and the Wes Craven-presented TV movie DON’T LOOK DOWN.