Video Content:
- "Splice" director / screenwriter
Vincenzo Natali (2010)
Host Maaika Westen interviews the director about his feature film, "Splice."

- "Splice" Film Trailer
(YouTube)


Mini-Biography:
Vincenzo Natali gained international recognition in 1997 with the surreal sci-fi thriller “Cube.” The film earned Genie Award nominations for art direction, sound and score in Natali’s native Canada and went on to become a cult favorite, impressing viewers and critics alike.

His follow-up, “Cypher,” starred Jeremy Northam, Lucy Liu and David Hewlett in a tale about a man who assumes a new identity in preparation for an espionage career, but instead finds himself engulfed in a shaky, paranoid reality. Natali again received worldwide acclaim for his third feature, the 2003 sci-fi comedy “Nothing,” which he also co-wrote, and describes as a buddy comedy set in a void. Two years later, he directed “Getting Gilliam,” a documentary of Terry Gilliam’s production of the 2005 feature “Tideland,” which premiered concurrently with the feature. Natali also contributed a segment to the 2006 film-à-sketch “Paris, Je t’aime.”

Among the feature projects currently in development for Natali are the fantasy adventure “Tunnels” and the drama “High Rise,” which he is set to direct from his own screenplay, based on the J. G. Ballard novel.


SPLICE
Warner Bros. Pictures/Dark Castle Entertainment
Opening Date: Friday, June 4, 2010 (wide)
MPAA Rating: R for disturbing elements including strong sexuality, nudity, sci-fi violence and language.

Director: Vincenzo Natali
Writers: Story by Vincenzo Natali & Antoinette Terry Bryant • Screenplay by Vincenzo Natali & Antoinette Terry Bryant and Doug Taylor
Producers: Steven Hoban
Executive Producers: Sidonie Dumas, Yves Chevalier, Christophe Riandee, Guillermo del Toro, Don Murphy, Susan Montford
Cast: Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chanéac

Studio Synopsis for "Splice":
Superstar genetic engineers Clive (Adrien Brody) and Elsa (Sarah Polley) specialize in splicing together DNA from different animals to create incredible new hybrids. Now they want to use human DNA in a hybrid that could revolutionize science and medicine. But when the pharmaceutical company that funds their research forbids it, Clive and Elsa secretly conduct their own experiments. The result is Dren, an amazing, strangely beautiful creature that exhibits uncommon intelligence and an array of unexpected physical developments. And though, at first, Dren exceeds their wildest dreams, she begins to grow and learn at an accelerated rate—and threatens to become their worst nightmare.