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Richard Kelly’s SOUTHLAND TALES

St1 Cover FinalWith just one film under his belt, DONNIE DARKO director Richard Kelly has a pretty secure spot as a cult director, but with his next project SOUTHLAND TALES, he’s taking that spot and turning it into a high rise development of cult status. The film stars The Rock, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Miranda Richardson, with a sprawling supporting cast that includes everyone from Kevin Smith to Mandy Moore to Justin Timberlake to Wallace Shawn. According to IMDb, the story goes like this:

Southland Tales is an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who’s stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and David Clark, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.

Ooooookay now! The movie may debut at Cannes but is expected to open this October. The fun part is that Kelly is building UP to the movie with three graphic novels, all illustrated by Brett Weldele (THE SURROGATES, COUSCOUS EXPRESS), and published by Graphitti Designs and View Askew. (Obviously, this is all part of the Kevin Smith/Bob Chapman conspiracy theory.)

The three GNS, which will be 96 pages long and a retailer friendly 6X9, will feature chapters 1, 2 and 3 of the story (The movie is described as chapters 4, 5 and 6 and further information is revealed on the film’s website.)

Chapman sent out some preview images, which you can see right here . All the biblio info is in the jump. Marketed properly, this could be a pretty interesting cross-platfo

TITLE: SOUTHLAND TALES BOOK I: TWO ROADS DIVERGE
WRITER: Richard Kelly
ART: Brett Weldele
FORMAT: 6” x 9” square-bound, 96 pages, full-color
SRP: $12.95
SHIPPING: May 2006
ISBN: 0-936211-75-X

COMING SOON

TITLE: SOUTHLAND TALES BOOK II: FINGERPRINTS
WRITER: Richard Kelly
ART: Brett Weldele
FORMAT: 6” x 9” square-bound, 96 pages, full-color
SRP: $12.95
SHIPPING: June 2006
ISBN: 0-936211-76-8

TITLE: SOUTHLAND TALES BOOK III: THE MECHANICALS
WRITER: Richard Kelly
ART: Brett Weldele
FORMAT: 6” x 9” square-bound, 96 pages, full-color
SRP: $12.95
SHIPPING: July 2006
ISBN: 0-936211-77-6