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Donnie Darko News

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Writer-director Richard Kelly's bold debut film is a social satire, a dark comedy, a science fiction time-travelling fantasy, and a suburban nightmare about an extremely intelligent, depressive, self-destructive, narcoleptic, gun-toting, sex-crazed, teenaged arsonist: Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal). DONNIE DARKO is not your .. Read more

Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle, Patrick Swayze
Director Richard Kelly
Genres Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller

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  • Southland Tales

    Clips from Donnie Darko director's new film

    • 04 Sep 2007

    A forthcoming movie from the director of sci-fi cult hit Donnie Darko looks to have finally secured a release date and fans can check out some clips now online. Detailed on film website Ain't It Cool, some snippets of Southland Tales can currently be viewed online and should give audiences an idea of what to expect from the picture, set to open on December 7th in the UK. According to Ain't It Cool, filming on Southland Tales finished a number of years ago - but following a number of edits and... Read more

    Step Up 2 the Streets

    Darko family values

    • 09 May 2008

    A sequel to cult hit Donnie Darko is reportedly on the way - and although Donnie himself won't be making a miraculous return from the grave, bunny-rabbit-of-doom Frank could be hopping back for more. Screen Daily says British company Velvet Octopus will be pushing the film - which is titled S Darko after its central character, Donnie's little sister Samantha - at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. Daveigh Chase will reprise her role as Samantha, it adds. S Darko, which will also star Son Of... Read more

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    Two added to Darko sequel

    • 30 May 2008

    Elizabeth Berkley and Briana Evigan have signed up to appear in S Darko, Chris Fisher's sequel to Donnie Darko. Justin Chadwin and Ed Westwick are also set to appear in the movie, in which Daveigh Chase reprises her role from the original cult classic. Set seven years after the first film, it will follow Donnie's sister Samantha who is attempting to deal with her broken family and flees town with her best friend, after they are beset with bizarre visions. According to Hollywood Reporter,... Read more

    Morocco

    Jake Gyllenhaal signs up for Prince of Persia

    • 21 May 2008

    Jake Gyllenhaal is set to play the lead role in the Disney adaptation of hit videogame Prince of Persia. The Donnie Darko star will play the sixth-century prince Dastan in the Mike Newell-directed movie, which will go into production in London and Morocco this July. British actress Gemma Atherton will play feisty princess Tamina, starring alongside Gyllenhaal to prevent the all-powerful Sands of Time falling into the hands of an evil nobleman. Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, the movie's... Read more

    Southland Tales

    "Exclusive" Southland Tales poster online

    • 15 Oct 2007

    An "exclusive" poster for the new film from Donnie Darko writer-director Richard Kelly is now online and should whet the appetites of fans waiting to see the sci-fi thriller. Empire Online posted the teaser this weekend prior to the movie's scheduled release date of December 7th, after various obstacles kept the film in development for months. It is likely to be as mind-boggling as Kelly's previous work – the aforementioned Donnie Darko – which saw Jake Gyllenhaal as a... Read more

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      Writer-director Richard Kelly's bold debut film is a social satire, a dark comedy, a science fiction time-travelling fantasy, and a suburban nightmare about an extremely intelligent, depressive, self-destructive, narcoleptic, gun-toting, sex-crazed, teenaged arsonist: Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal)....

    • Donnie Darko
      Writer-director Richard Kelly's bold debut film is a social satire, a dark comedy, a science fiction time-travelling fantasy, and a suburban nightmare about an extremely intelligent, depressive, self-destructive, narcoleptic, gun-toting, sex-crazed, teenaged arsonist: Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal)....