Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments

Defendor

3/16/09 – SCI FI Wire reported that Elias Koteas’ upcoming film Defendor is a superhero comedy-drama-action film starring Woody Harrelson as an average Joe who think he has a secret superhero identity.  The independent film was written by Peter Stebbings, who makes his directing debut, and also features Sandra Oh and Kat Dennings.  "Woody plays this guy who, most of the time, is this meek individual," Koteas said. "And he takes it upon himself to be this Defendor. He doesn't have real powers. He has marbles that he throws at you. He has a club. He has bees in a bottle that he sics on you. You don't know if you should laugh or be pissed off or run or what.  As a character opposite that, you don't know 'who is this guy, and what the hell does he want?' The story is really quite beautiful."  Oh plays Harrelson's psychiatrist, while Dennings appears as a crack-addicted prostitute who befriends the Defendor. Koteas is a police detective who's crossed over to the dark side.

AlienAlmanac.com 2009