American actor Nicolas Cage is set to play a buffalo hunter in a film adaptation of John Williams’ novel Butcher’s Crossing. As per Variety, the upcoming movie is being helmed by Gabe Polsky, who has directed documentaries like Red Army and Red Penguins. Shooting for the film will begin in the US in October. The movie is also a reunion of sorts, as Gabe was a producer on Nicolas’s 2009 movie Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.
