Nicolas Cage to Play Nicolas Cage in New Film About Himself

Who would you cast to play Nicolas Cage in a movie about his (fictional) life? Why not ... Nicolas Cage? That's exactly what's happening in the new film Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.

The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Cage is currently in final talks to play himself in the meta drama penned by Ghosted's Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten of Euphoria. If a deal is made, the Ghost Rider star will portray a fictional version of himself who gets into an interesting (and still fictional) dilemma.

So what is Unbearable Weight about? The film will follow Cage as he tries to get a role in a new Quentin Tarantino movie while trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter and get himself out of debt. In an effort to get some money, he works with a billionaire that turns out to be drug kingpin and Cage gets forced by the CIA to bring the man in. No word yet on whether Tarantino will also be played by Tarantino himself.

Right now, Unbearable Weight sounds like the type of film that Cage would want to work on and he's even given it his seal of approval when it was a mere script. Gormican reportedly sent Cage a copy of the script in hopes he would allow the film to be made and Cage actually agreed to produce it. Now we're just looking forward to seeing Cage-ception really soon.

Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent has not yet been given a release date. Stay tuned for more updates on this story.

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