"For his final film role, James Van Der Beek transforms into a sinister pastor named Jacob in the upcoming thriller The Gates. A trailer for the movie was released on Wednesday, just one week after Van Der Beek's wife, Kimberly, announced his death on Feb. 11 from colorectal cancer. He was 48. The film also stars Mason Gooding, Keith Powers and Algee Smith as a trio of friends on a road trip gone wrong, according to the movie's description."
"Rather than sit in traffic, the group decides to take an ill-advised shortcut through a remote gated community, where they find themselves trapped behind the walls after they witness Van Der Beek's Jacob commit a murder. Over the course of the night, they find themselves blamed, hunted and fractured by their own differing belief systems, while the perpetrator emerges as the cunning patriarch that holds the entire community under his influence, the synopsis reads."
"We were incredibly fortunate to have worked with him on this film, Burr said. He brought experience and perspective to the role, and he built profound relationships with his fellow cast members and with the crew, he continued. While he was deeply dedicated to his performance as the flawed, amoral antagonist of our story, between scenes he effortlessly morphed back into the grounded, charming conversationalist he was at his core."
James Van Der Beek portrays a sinister pastor named Jacob in the thriller The Gates, scheduled for release on March 13. A trailer for the film was released one week after his death was announced on Feb. 11 from colorectal cancer; he was 48. Mason Gooding, Keith Powers and Algee Smith play three friends whose road trip goes wrong when they take an ill-advised shortcut through a remote gated community. The group becomes trapped after witnessing Jacob commit a murder and then find themselves blamed, hunted and fractured by differing belief systems while Jacob exerts patriarchal control. Van Der Beek's performance alternates between threatening violence and charismatic menace.
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