Donnie Darko Director's Next

Corpus Christi, the new thriller from Darko Entertainment to be produced by respected industry veterans Eli Roth, Sean McKittrick and Richard Kelly, has finally come into its own with the announcement that the project has a director: none other than Kelly, one of the partners at Darko Entertainment itself, who also penned the script for the modern era thriller. Oh, and he's also the guy who made Donnie Darko.

The film revolves around the contemporary story of Paciencia "Patience" De La Rosa, a mentally unstable individual who served time in the Iraq war, as he adjusts to coming back to the world he knows by befriending his boss, the owner of a large grocery store chain who's looking to become a politician.

More information on Corpus Christi will be divulged within the next month, as the complete cast of both leads and supporting ensemble will be unveiled sometime in March. The film certainly has promise, so it should be interesting to see exactly who is picked out of the crowd to tackle the thriller.