The Canyons Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Documents five twenty-somethings' quest for power, love, sex and success in 2012 Hollywood.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Christian is a young LA trust-fund dude with casual rich-kid ties to moviemaking--he's financing a horror film simply to keep his dad off his back about doing something with his life. Christian has been dating Tara for about a year--she was an aspiring actress/model who settled down with Christian when the reality of the business became apparent to her. She's now just Christian's bored plaything. Christian's assistant Gina is producing the film for him and casting it with assistance from Tara. Gina is pushing Ryan, her boyfriend and struggling actor, for the lead in the horror movie Christian is producing. Unbeknownst to either Christian or Gina: Ryan and Tara were a couple three years ago. When Ryan came back into Tara's life during the auditions for the movie, they reignited their affair. But Christian, a dangerous control-freak, finds out about the affair and starts playing cruel mind games with both Tara and Ryan, which escalate into an act of bloody violence.

Cited as official plot version from ifcfilms.com

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Canyons.

• 
  Lindsay Lohan

  ... Tara

  Freakier Friday, Bobby

• J
  James Deen

  ... Christian

• A
  Amanda Brooks

  ... Gina

• L
  Lauren Schacher

  ... Caitlin

• N
  Nolan Gerald Funk

  Confession, Riddick

• G
  Gus Van Sant

  ... Dr. Campbell

• T
  Tenille Houston

  ... Cynthia

Crew Behind the Film

The The Canyons behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Paul Schrader last directed The Master Gardener and The Card Counter. The film's writer Bret Easton Ellis last wrote The Curse of Downers Grove and The Frog King.

Director

Paul Schrader

Screenwriter

Bret Easton Ellis

Producer

Braxton Pope

Production Details

What we know about the The Canyons movie production.

Key Facts

• Funded by a campaign on kickstarter.com.

Production Updates for The Canyons

Jun 2013

Completed

Changed The Canyons movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Oct 2012

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Jun 2012

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

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