Jason Lee Joins Cast Of Thicker

It appears Jason Lee will be the lead in a feature length remake of Enfants Terribles. We get the scoop about this project thanks to our friends at cinematical:

Back in 2005, there was a short film called Enfants Terribles. Written and directed by Terry Nemeroff, the black comedy starred Peter Facinelli, Leslie Zemeckis, and the wonderful Christopher Lloyd — and focused on the uber-cheery themes of incest, murder, and grave robbery. Now MovieWeb reports that the film is getting the feature treatment under the title Thicker, and according to IMDb, it’s about a brother and sister who try to steal back an inheritance that their newly-dead mother had buried with her.

All of the actors have returned (with different names), and will join the likes of Jason Lee, who has a lead role, along with Clea DuVall, J.K. Simmons, Peter Stormare, John Turturro, Rachel Miner, Amanda Plummer, Jon Gries, Bobby Cannavale, James LeGros, Frank Whaley, Jon Polito, and Glenn Plummer.

I enjoy dark comedy very, very much. It makes light of the most forbidden of subjects, and this film certainly seems to be setting out right with both incest and grave robbing on deck. I don’t know if Jason Lee is the man that should be the lead for a dark comedy, but we will see how he fares. I would prefer Christopher Walken myself, but he may too senior in years for the role.

I have not seen the short film, but I think it is great that the cast is back for the full length. They are familiar with the characters, have lived in their skin, and have been part of the on screen family. I think it makes perfect sense to re-cast the group and I would be interested in watching both of the films back to back, in order to see the evolution of the characters from one film to the next. I think the inclusion of the short film on the DVD is a must for this very reason.