Karyn Kusama’s career kicked off auspiciously with the indie drama, “Girlfight” which made a nice breakout star out of Michelle Rodriguez, but it’s been slim pickings ever since.
Producers seemed to focus on the boxing aspect of the film rather than the dramatic relationships and next thing she knew she was offered and taking forgettable gigs like “Jennifer’s Body ” and “Æon Flux.” Considering she’s wanted to make a Cronenberg-esque “body-horror” called, “Invisible X,” maybe Kusama is a genre-ist at heart, but it appears she’s making a slight left turn to direct a hunting drama called, “The Rut.”
The L.A. Times says rising star Chloe Moretz (“Kick-Ass,” “Let Me In,” Scorsese’s “The Invention of Hugo Cabret”) is in talks to star and it centers on a father-daughter relationship and focuses on “a daughter must learn the tricks of hunting and archery taught to her by her father after said father goes missing.”
If there’s actually a relationship in this film — like “Hanna” by Joe Wright; a father-daughter spy flick starring Eric Bana and Saoirse Ronan that has a killer script — and it’s not just an empty genre exercise/action survival picture, we could have something interesting on our hands, but honestly, Kusama really tested our patience with the soulless and empty “Jennifer’s Body” (botching a pretty funny Diablo Cody script), so she’s on “we’ll believe it when we see it” watch until further notice.
