Joss Whedon's 'Cabin' Gets Its Fodder -- er, Tenants!
This just in from United Artists -- the young cast of the hotly anticipated Joss Whedon-scripted, Drew Goddard-directed-and-co-scripted horrorfest Cabin in the Woods has just been announced.
Actors Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kanz, and Jesse Williams will be checking into Whedon's Cabin, along with previously announced "old dude actors" Bradley Whitford and Richard Jenkins. Though the exact nature of their roles is being kept under wraps, Whedon had this to say via press release:
"Finding this ensemble has been very hard and very rewarding. Each of the kids is unique, fascinating and talented, and like true friends, the group is more than the sum of its parts. These are people you care about, able to go toe-to-toe with the amazing actors we've corralled thus far, and not unpretty in the bargain. I can't wait to harm them."
Lest you take the relative scarcity of big names in the young cast as a sign that Cabin will be just another teen hack-a-thon, you might remember that a lack of name talent was also a pre-release concern with the last film Drew Goddard had a hand in. That film was called Cloverfield.
Production is now under way on Cabin, and the film will open on February 5, 2010. (This is pushed back from a prior release date of October 23.)
