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swo17 wrote: Wed Oct 14, 2026 12:25 am How is this real?

Director: Václav Marhoul (The Painted Bird)
Cast: Colin Bates, Richard Brake, Brad Dourif, James Franco, Emile Hirsch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rob Lowe, Nick Nolte, Dean Norris, Kodi Smit-McPhee

Spoiler

Writer: Ben Shapiro
Distributor: The Daily Wire

swo17 wrote:There's also a pro-ICE movie in the works starring Harvey Keitel and Danny Trejo and directed by one of the Polish brothers. Trejo's son has publicly stated that his father was misled about what the movie was, and is now contractually forbidden from disparaging it

Altair wrote: Wed Oct 14, 2026 12:55 am More surprising, surely, is that it's directed by Václav Marhoul, whose film The Painted Bird, played all the major film festivals and garnered a lot of strong critical attention.

swo17 wrote: Wed Oct 14, 2026 12:55 am There's also a pro-ICE movie in the works starring Harvey Keitel and Danny Trejo and directed by one of the Polish brothers. Trejo's son has publicly stated that his father was misled about what the movie was, and is now contractually forbidden from disparaging it

swo17 wrote: Wed Oct 14, 2026 4:46 am Actually I believe it's debuting there in a couple days. And rather than addressing Israel, I think it's supposed to show today's kids the dangers of socialism like open borders and men in women's sports

swo17 wrote: Wed Oct 14, 2026 4:46 am Actually I believe it's debuting there in a couple days. And rather than addressing Israel, I think it's supposed to show today's kids the dangers of socialism like open borders and men in women's sports

Captain Paranoia wrote: Wed Oct 14, 2026 4:30 am Insane to think how Shapiro (and The Daily Wire in general) has fallen from his peak, I remember when he was everywhere at the start of the 2020s and now his videos struggle to hit five figures of views.

To my knowledge of the cast, Norris is staunchly anti-Trump, Nolte has also criticized Trump, Lowe is apparently friends with Clarence Thomas, and I don't know about Dourif but it's interesting as he's semi-retired (beyond Chucky-related works as well as a cameo in The Pitt).

Leigh, ouy. I admit that i have a bit of a metric of sorts when it comes to people on politics, and as for those supportive of Israel; Leigh seems to be on the hard side of things (between her social media posts, being among the names condemning Jonathan Glazer's Oscar speech, as well as writing her name on many other pro-Israel petitions) and if anything she's one of the few names on that side of the spectrum that I happened to liked as an actress so I found disappointing.

Altair wrote: Wed Oct 14, 2026 12:55 am More surprising, surely, is that it's directed by Václav Marhoul, whose film The Painted Bird, played all the major film festivals and garnered a lot of strong critical attention.

Marhoul is reportedly pro-Israel as with Leigh (incidentally he was planning a biopic on Joseph McCarthy with Michael Shannon but it appears to have fallen in limbo)

swo17 wrote: Wed Oct 14, 2026 12:55 am There's also a pro-ICE movie in the works starring Harvey Keitel and Danny Trejo and directed by one of the Polish brothers. Trejo's son has publicly stated that his father was misled about what the movie was, and is now contractually forbidden from disparaging it

Trejo apparently was on the Daily Wire's show Mr. Birchum, which failed on all sides of the political spectrum (particularly their core audience). FWIW I think he had some tax issues back (and has worked on things politically on the opposite side of the spectrum) so he presumably takes any job offered and (particularly judging by his son's statement) I wonder on whether or not he should be given the benefit of doubt (as with some of the cast members)

Lastly, somehow this screened at the Warsaw Film Festival this year.