Shane Blackhas been writing killer screenplays for a while now, but as a director he only has two films under his belt—both of which are home runs. The noir caperKiss Kiss Bang Bangcouldn’t be more different than Black’s Marvel spinIron Man 3, but both films are unmistakably from the same filmmaker with the same sensibility, and so it’s with great anticipation that we all await Black’s next directorial effort, the 70s-set caperThe Nice Guys.
The film is a two-hander withRyan GoslingandRussell Croweas a private investigator and enforcer, respectively, who get caught up in a web of intrigue as they investigate the case of a missing girl. The movie undoubtedly has the same flavor asKiss Kiss Bang Bang, so when Collider’s own Steve Weintraub was able to chat with Black just before the Warner Bros. presentation at CinemaCon, he discussed the connection between the two movies:
“I think it’s inevitable if you know the first film that you will probably recognize this as being very similar in tone. The comedy caper inKiss Kiss Bang Bang, obviously it had some drama in it, it had some romance in it, hopefully we have the same sort of levels but also the same sort of cracked feeling, that sort of off-beat feeling. That would be my goal, is that it’s similar toKiss Kiss Bang Bangin its tone even if the characters are slightly different.”
So if you’re a fan ofKiss Kiss, Bang Bang(and if you’re not, what’s wrong with you?), odds seem pretty good that you’re gonna loveThe Nice Guyswhen it opens in theaters on May 20th.
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