Nicolas Cage Stars in Nightmare Comedy 'Dream Scenario', Exploring Internet Fame and Cancel Culture

'Dream Scenario', directed by Kristoffer Borgli and produced by A24, sees Cage as Paul Matthews, an unsuspecting professor turned celebrity overnight through others' dreams, highlighting the extremes of internet fame and the destructive prospects of being misjudged in a socially digital world.

In 'Dream Scenario', Nicolas Cage plays Paul Matthews, a professor who becomes a celebrity overnight when he begins appearing in people's dreams, shifting from harmless cameos to violent, Freddy Krueger-like figures, leading to real-world repercussions.
Norwegian director Kristoffer Borgli sees 'Dream Scenario' as a snapshot of the current social climate, drawing out a horror idea and placing it in real-world context to explore complicated cultural issues such as cancel culture.
The film, known for its wild dream sequences and real-unreal blur uses sound and dream physics to create an uncertain and suspenseful atmosphere.
Despite comparisons to Ari Aster’s 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar', 'Dream Scenario' uniquely handles the theme of fame, showing it from the perspective of the unwilling famous who is judged for actions taken in dream states.
'Dream Scenario' received positive feedback, particularly for Cage's performance, with Nicolas Cage himself declaring the film as a 'masterpiece', and compared it to 'Citizen Kane'.