Bloody-Disgusting.com (generally the most reliable scoop source for horror news) is reporting that Amber Heard and William Fichtner (The Dark Knight, Prison Break) are in talks to join Nicolas Cage in the Patrick Lussier directed Drive Angry 3D, a 3D horror pic slated for release on February 11, 2011. Shooting begins in Shreveport, Louisiana this coming March.

The story centers on a man (Cage) driven by rage who is chasing the people who killed his daughter and kidnapped her baby. The vendetta/rescue spins out of control as the chase gets bloodier by the mile, leaving bodies strewn along the highway.

I’m kind of a bit iffy on the news personally, if it does come into fruition with Amber cast. I think it could be a cool, enjoyable – pulp esque picture, but at the same time it could also just turn out to be quite bad or too hoakey in the grand scheme of things. Also horror is my personal favorite genre so I’m happy Amber is continuing to find pretty diverse projects within the genre, but I also hope she will continue to branch out and challenge herself as always. While I don’t think any of us mind the thoughts of Ms. Heard in 3D, I hope she’s not going to just be known as the go-to horror girl nowadays!

Read on for a bit more information from BD.

“It’s hyper pulpy. It’s kind of like hyper-pulp, just kind of blood drenched, heavy, heavy car chase action that if you’re a fan of early Shane Black scripts,” De Luca tells Collider, referring to films like Lethal Weapon. “If you’re a fan of from the 70’s Two Lane Blacktop or Vanishing Point and you’re a fan of Dust ‘Til Dawn or Sin City, this kind of like glorious exhiltation of pulp movie-making. It aspires to be in that cannon, so that’s my torch way of describing why I’m excited by it because I like all those things. And Drive Angry to me had a blend of things I liked about Two Lane Blacktop and Duel and Vanishing Point and things I loved about ‘Dust ’til Dawn’ and things I loved about Sin City. And where we’re not as opulent as some of those films, we’re trying to be of that spirit.”

In terms of violence, it will be “a hard-R” and will feature “Car parts and body parts flying at you in 3-D.”

Source: Bloody-Disgusting.com