In 2018 , Cage starred in the action thriller film , '' Mandy '' , which premiered on January 19 at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival . Nick Allen of RogerEbert.com praised the movie , writing that " for all of the endless feral performances that Cage has given , in movies good , bad and forgettable , Cosmatos ' style-driven , '80s - tastic passion for weird worlds and characters takes full advantage of Cage 's greatness , and then some . " On October , Mandy 's producer Elijah Wood announced the intention to sizing up an Oscar campaign for Nicolas Cage and for composer Jóhann Jóhannsson ( who died in February of that year ) but the film was disqualified because was also released on VOD on September 14
2018 Sundance Film Festival
2018 Sundance Film Festival
Nicolas Cage