Cheri Oteri, Jill Ritchie, and Amy Poehler have signed on to "Southland Tales," which stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, The Rock, and Seann William Scott. Among others joining the cast are Bai Ling, Miranda Richardson, John Larroquette, Jon Lovitz, Wallace Shawn, and Will Sasso. If nothing else, Kelly can claim his "Donnie Darko" follow-up effort features one of the most eclectic casts in recent years.
Cheri Oteri ("Saturday Night Live") will play a lesbian bodybuilder and "D.E.B.S." star Jill Ritchie comes onboard as Sarah Michelle Gellar's best friend.
While Richard Kelly's keeping the exact details of "Southland Tales" a closely guarded secret, basically the story revolves around a futuristic Los Angeles that teeters on the edge of social and economic disaster. The film takes place on July 4, 2008 and features The Rock as an action star with amnesia, Gellar as porn star Krysta Now, and Seann William Scott as a police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.
In an interview from July 2005, Kelly explained "Southland Tales" to me by quoting the last few lines from TS Elliot's "The Hollow Men:"
is is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but with a whimper
After quoting Elliot, Kelly added, "And in a movie starring The Rock, you can’t end the world with a whimper. It needs to end with a bang. So that’s what the movie’s about."
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
