King Cobra — Trailer

source:   ifcfilms.com, youtube.com

added: Mon, Sep 26th '16

Christian Slater and James Franco are two rival gay porn producers fighting over the same rising star (Garrett Clayton) in the trailer for the upcoming tabloid-based thriller "King Cobra."

Said to be inspired by "the insane true story of Cobra Video," the film follows an 18-year-old, aspiring gay porn star, Sean Lockhart aka "Brent Corrigan" (played by Clayton), who finds himself caught in the middle of an escalating and hostile war between two opposing gay porn moguls: the closeted suburban businessman, Stephen (Slater), and the hard-partying entrepreneur, Joe (Franco).

Also starring Alicia Silverstone, Molly Ringwald, and Keegan Allen, the film is written and directed by Justin Kelly (I Am Michael), who co-wrote the story with D. Madison Savage (aka Dan Savage), which is loosely based on the 2007 murder of Cobra Video founder Bryan Kocis.

"King Cobra" will be hitting theaters and VOD on October 21.

synopsis:
Based on a stranger-than-fiction true story, King Cobra is a deliciously dark, twisted plunge into the behind-the-scenes world of the pornography industry. It’s 2006, YouTube is in its infancy, and internet porn is still behind a paywall. Taking the stage name Brent Corrigan, a fresh-faced, wannabe adult video performer (Garrett Clayton) is molded into a star by Stephen (Christian Slater), a closeted gay porn mogul who runs the skin flick empire Cobra Video from his seemingly ordinary suburban home. But as Brent’s rise and demands for more money put him at odds with his boss, he also attracts the attention of a rival producer (James Franco) and his unstable lover (Keegan Allen) who will stop at nothing to squash Cobra Video and steal its number one star. Co-starring Alicia Silverstone and Molly Ringwald, King Cobra is part delirious, tabloid-shocker satire, part American tragedy.

 

directed by   Justin Kelly

starring   Christian Slater, James Franco, Garrett Clayton, Alicia Silverstone, Molly Ringwald, Keegan Allen

release date   October 21, 2016 (in theaters and on VOD)