The Invisible Man Has a Hollow Ring to It?

I went to the cinema to see the movie 'The Invisible Man' on Monday with my youngest son, and I couldn't help thinking if Leigh's biggest influence when writing this movie wasn't the old Kevin Bacon flick about an invisible stalker, 'Hollow Man'.

I even wondered if when Cecilia (Elisabeth Moss) is cooking Bacon and eggs in the kitchen of "the safe house" that this isn't Leigh's way of embedding a (Kevin) Bacon Easter egg into the movie as a shout out to 'Hollow Man'?-)

The Oracle of Bacon

Turning 6 Degrees Down to 2 Degrees

Form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was
derived from Latin caecus meaning "blind"

But hey, maybe I'm just seeing things that ain't there, right?-)

Johnny Depp disappears from the reboot?

I thought it was ironic that Johnny Depp (a victim of domestic violence himself, so it appears now) was originally set to star as 'The Invisible Man' for Universal, until 'The Mummy' bombed and left Leigh to pick up the crumbs with the "reboot".

The Mummy

Ironically, David Koepp who wrote the screenplay for 'The Mummy' is writing and directing a film starring Kevin Bacon called, 'You Should Have Left':-)

The Invisible Man?

The Invisible Man is in cinemas from February 27

Considering that Leigh Whannell was in the movie 'Aquaman' with Johnny Depp's ex-wife Amber Heard, I can't help but see 'The Invisible Man' as a real life dark ironic comedy when looking at the bigger picture surrounding it all.

Johnny Depp in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Is that a hand silhouette in an 
Amber light on the wall Johnny?-)

Running an Amber Light on Elm Street?