The Nicolas Cage Western 'The Old Way' gets a late 2022 release window.
Nicolas Cage is coming to the Wild West later this year, when director Brett Donowho’s The Old Way hits theaters. As Deadline reports, Saban Films acquired North American and other overseas territories distribution rights for the film, setting the fourth quarter of 2022 as a release window for The Old Way.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY The Old Way is the first Western in Cage’s career, but it is not the only one on the horizon. Last year, Cage also filmed Gabe Polsky’s Butcher’s Crossing, based on a novel by the same name by John Williams. In Butcher’s Crossing, Cage plays Miller, a buffalo hunter who crosses paths with a young man trying to connect with nature .
Last year, Cage also commented on his involvement with not one, but two Westerns after more than 40 years of working in Hollywood. As Cage puts it: The Old Way also stars Nick Searcy and Shiloh Fernandez. The film is produced by Donowho, Cage, Sasha Yelaun, Robert Paschall Jr., Johnny Remo, R. Bryan Wright, Micah Haley, and Saturn Films. Executive producers include Joshua Bunting, David Haring, Christian Mercuri, Mehrdad Moayedi, Fred Roos, and writer Carl W. Lucas.Unfortunately, there’s still no release date for Butcher’s Crossing.