In The Lost Lands, a new movie based on a short story of the same name by Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin, comes out in the U.S. next weekend. In The Lost Lands stars Milla Jovovich as Gray Alys, a sorceress known to be able to procure anything your heart can desire...although you may not like the price you have to pay for it. Her latest quest takes her into the mysterious Lost Lands, guided by the hunter Boyce (Dave Bautista). Watch the trailer above and a clip below:
Yes, Dave Bautista threw a two-headed snake at some goons and it killed a bunch of them. That's the kind of sideways, high-octane entertainment you can expect from In The Lost Lands.
In The Lost Lands is directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, who's made a career directing what I'll fondly call high-end schlock: he directed the original Mortal Kombat movie way back in 1995 as well as a whole series of Resident Evil movies (which also starred Jovovich, his wife and long-time collaborator). He directed Pompeii, the movie where Kit Harington from Game of Thrones tries to dodge a volcano. He's been successful making these half-campy genre movies for many years, and I tip my hat to him.
In The Lost Lands comes with the added stamp of approval from George R.R. Martin himself; Anderson screened the movie for the author in Martin's personal theater in New Mexico. "I have to say, having been in this industry for a little while and made a bunch of movies, it's the most nervous I've ever been having a screening," the director told SFX Magazine. "I'm sitting there going, 'Shit. This is George R.R. Martin.' But at the end, he loved it. He said he felt that I had captured his voice better than anyone had in an adaptation, which made me feel amazing."
"The movie has a closed end and, I feel, a very satisfying end. But if George wanted to weave more Gray Alys stories, I'd be very excited."
George R.R. Martin has famously taken well over a decade to finish The Winds of Winter, the sixth book in his Song of Ice and Fire series, so I don't know if I would count on him to getting around to writing more stories about Gray Alys. But who knows? Maybe In The Lost Lands will be a giant hit when after it drops into theaters on March 7, and he'll feel compelled.
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