There’s a behind-the-scenes shake-up on a new project produced by Adam McKay, the guy who used to make funny movies that were sometimes serious and now gets awards for making serious movies that are sometimes funny. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Succession director Mark Mylod has stepped in to replace Alexander Payne on The Menu, a horror-comedy/psychological thriller that we heard a bit about last year. At the time, with Payne still directing, Emma Stone and Ralph Fiennes were attached to star, but it doesn’t sound like either of them are on board anymore (it’s been a hell of a decade since 2019, we can’t blame anyone for letting plans fall through).
The Menu is about a couple who gets a chance to dine at an “exclusive restaurant on a remote island where an acclaimed chef has prepared a lavish tasting menu,” but the THR story doesn’t say what makes this a spooky story. Last year we guessed that it’s because the lavish tasting menu involves eating people, which still seems like the obvious bet, but we’re older and wiser now so we’re going to make a new guess. Instead of people, let’s say it involves cute baby animals. Actually, that’s a real thing people eat, so maybe… uh… people? C’mon, they’re eating people. Put “they’re eating people” on the poster just so nobody feels like they got bamboozled.
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Whoa, a movie where people eat at a restaurant? Sounds fucking intense.
The tense part is that they don’t really like the food, but the chef is standing right there and they don’t want to be rude, and they keep having to come up with positive things to say.
“In the end, we were our own just desserts.”FADE TO BLACK
“Ummm, okay, I’ll have the… soup. No wait. The beans in the minestrone will bloat me so I’ll have the salad. What am I talking about? The cheese in the salad is much more damaging to my physical and mental well-being. I will have the soup. Where did the waiter go? I CHANGED MY MIND!”
“The food is people” thing is so tired by now. Honestly, I think if you provided a meal made from a person who had signed an affidavit saying they were willing to be eaten, you’d have people out there happy to tuck in.
Where’s the Great Prophet Zarquon when you need him?
I was eating babies before it was cool.
The twist is that the island (and it’s food source) were once owned by one Doctor Moreau
I like Adam McKay (and especially love Alexander Payne)…but nothing about this project excites me. The story just seems lacking.
Am I the only one who sees this?