In an extensive interview with About.Com, "Donnie Darko" helmer Richard Kelly spoke candidly about the cult hit's upcoming re-release as well as his next project - the all-star "sort of" comedy "Southland Tales".

In regards to "Darko" he confirmed that the Director's Cut which begins unrolling in theatres in Seattle next week, is "by no means the Sundance cut. This is something far beyond the Sundance cut. Certainly you’re going to see some of the scenes that were on the DVD as deleted scenes. You’re definitely going to see some of those back in the cut, but there are also some scenes that I purposely left off the DVD. There’s also some new material that no one has seen before, in terms of some of the visual effects sequences in the film".

His "Southland Tales" is aiming to begin filming this Summer - "We’re just still trying to lock in a few pivotal [parts]. There are still a lot of roles that are yet to be cast and there’s a couple pivotal, starring roles that haven’t been cast that are sort of determining what the final budget is". For now he confirms that Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Kevin Smith, Tim Blake Nelson and Jason Lee are part of the cast. He's quick to point out though that like "Darko", this is a real genre-bender: "The best way I can describe it is it’s 30% comedy, 30% musical, 30% thriller, and 10% science fiction. And those percentage levels could fluctuate, to some degree, as we finish the final cut of the film. There are musical sequences in the film, but it is not purely a musical".

For the full interview, click here.

Thanks to 'Bec'