Nicolas Cage Is Set To Fight Against Cannibals In New Survival Thriller Parish

Published Aug 19, 2026, 12:01 PM EDT Ryan Northrup is a Senior Staff Writer on ScreenRant's Movie & TV News team, where he has authored nearly 5,000 articles, including features and reviews. A graduate of McMaster University, Ryan began his career in public relations before attending Vancouver Film School. There, he built lasting industry connections and optioned a feature film screenplay. Nicolas Cage will fight cannibals in Parish. Cage recently made a splash on the small screen with Prime Video's Spider-Noir, but most of his most celebrated work has been in the world of movies. Known for titles like Leaving Las Vegas (1995), Con Air (1997), and National Treasure (2004), Cage continues to make unpredictable choices as an actor, recently starring in Longlegs (2024), Dream Scenario (2023), and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022), and now he's set to take on the apocalypse with Parish. Per Deadline, Parish will feature Cage as one of the last survivors three decades after a nuclear apocalypse. After choosing to rescue a woman with a baby, Cage's character, who is named Parish, finds himself facing off against a horde of cannibals. Adam Sigal writes and directs the film, which is targeting an October filming start in Minnesota. More details about Cage's character and Parish's story are below: "[Parish is a] hardened survivor who has managed to stay alive with his highly trained attack dogs by following one unbreakable rule: never let anyone through the gate. That rule has kept him alive for three decades. But when a desperate woman carrying an infant appears outside his sanctuary, Parish is forced to choose between compassion and survival. His decision exposes the refuge he has spent years building and puts him in the crosshairs of a vicious band of cannibals closing in from the wasteland. With his highly equipped compound under siege and his past finally catching up with him, Parish is forced into a brutal fight to protect everything he has left.” David Tattersall, who served as cinematographer on the Star Wars prequels and Con Air, will take on the same role for Parish. Joel Shapiro and Steven Tyler Sahlein will produce the film, while Concourse Media will executive produce and finance with Archetype Media Finance. CEO of Concourse Media Matthew Shreder calls Parish "a sophisticated survival thriller that’s a cinematic event built for a global audience," stressing that the film has what it takes to be a "real theatrical event." Shapiro of MagiCity Studios also shared a statement about the upcoming Cage movie, highlighting just how intense the viewing experience will be: “Adam has created a world that is savage, cinematic and incredibly visceral, but what drew us to Parish was the humanity underneath it. Nick Cage brings an unpredictability and emotional intensity that makes him perfect for this character. And to be building this world alongside artists like David Tattersall is incredibly exciting. We’re approaching this as a big-screen experience from the ground up.” No release date for Parish has been set just yet, but with filming getting underway later this year, a bow in 2028 seems likely. The film is one of a number of projects Cage has coming up, including Madden, which releases this fall on November 18, and 2027 releases like Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse and Lords of War. Though fighting cannibals after a nuclear apocalypse is a new one for Cage, the actor is no stranger to post-apocalyptic projects. Cage recently starred in Arcadian (2024), and he previously appeared in Left Behind (2014) and Knowing (2009), all of which have apocalyptic storytelling elements. Sigal has a limited number of credits under his belt, but recently directed Simon Pegg in Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose (2023). He's also previously helmed Chariot (2022) and Stakeout (2019). It remains to be seen how Parish will fare with audiences, but the film could serve as the basis for another exciting and surprising Cage performance. Even if not all Cage movies end up being classics, the actor evidently continues to keep audiences on their toes with his project choices.