Slice
The first full - duration laggard for the new horror - comedySlice , starring Zazie Beetz and Chance the Rapper , has just been released . Taking brainchild fromBuffy the Vampire Slayer’sHellmouth , The Wolf Man , and rescue pizza , Sliceis offering up a unquestionably unorthodox spin on repulsion .
InSlice , two pizza pie delivery employee ( played by Zazie Beetz and Chance the Rapper , in his first appearance feature film role ) take it upon themselves to solve a orphic drawstring of murders revolving around their local pizza pie junction . However , the profoundly they dig out , they at long last identify that the pizza pie joint was build atop a gateway to Hell , unleash unnameable horrors that include everything from ghosts to loup-garou . The movie also stars Joe Keery , Hannibal Buress , Paul Scheer , Rae Gray , and Y’lan Noel , and was written and place by Austin Vesely , a longtime collaborator with Chance the Rapper . After releasing a cryptical teaser trailer in October 2017 , A24 ( the studio behind flick likeMoonlightandLady Bird ) has finally release a more plot - grievous poke that dig into the moving picture ’s transcendental elements .
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The highly stylized trailer released byA24details the return of a wolfman - as well as other paranormal creatures - highlight Beetz as a local hero dedicated to taking charge against the late strand of murders . And , even though the poke is heedful not give away too much of the plot , some takeout food include the fact that Chance the Rapper ’s character , Dax Lycander , is one of the main suspect ( his last nameissuspiciously similar to the parole " lycanthrope , " which means " lycanthrope " ) ; Gray ’s character , Sadie , is a newsman set about to investigate the on-going incident ; and the werewolf and serial sea wolf may or may not be one and the same .
Slicehas utilized an interesting marketing campaign prior to its release , make pun - base posters urge by popular pizza pie franchises . One notice take inspiration from Little Caesars , only with the franchise ’s mascot missing his head , while two other post horse take inspiration from Dominos and Pizza Hut , featuring their traditional logos , but with blood and nipper marks . The movie ’s tagline on the posters is:“Dead . In 30 minute or less . "
Though a reasonably new studio ( plant in 2012 ) , A24 has gain a report for clinging to a distinctly avant esthetic . Even its few repulsion flick - likeIt come at NightandThe Witch- run to steer off from a traditional horror framework . That said , Sliceappears to be an exception , ditch subtlety in favour of a more stylistically experimental attack . And , though it could be a gamble , departing from the position quo with something as unusual asSlice , itmight at last yield off for the celebrated studio , marking a more expansive centering A24 may be unforced to go for next movies .
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Sliceis expected to release in either 2018 or 2019 .
Source : A24
