Last month it was announced that Nicolas Cage had signed on to star in Vengeance: A Love Story, an adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ 2003 novel Rape: A Love Story, and now it has been revealed that Cage will also take on directing duties, with original helmer Harold Becker departing the project over a budgetary dispute.
“The financier thought it could be done for less and Becker thought it would affect the quality of the film so, they shook hands and said, it’s not going to work out, good-bye,” reveals Deadline’s source, who claims the producers wanted to trim $1 million from the budget.
Vengeance will mark Nicolas Cage’s second directorial effort after Sonny, which was released in 2002 and starred James Franco, Brenda Blethyn and Mena Suvari.
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Originally published March 12, 2016. Updated April 14, 2018.
