Horror icon Tom Savini has joined the cast of Secondary Heroes, it's been announced.
Tom's a veteran of the genre, with credits including the original and remake of Dawn of the Dead, as well as Friday the 13th, From Dusk Till Dawn and Machete.
You will recall Savini as the biker (called Sex Machine) with a groin-mounted gun in Robert Rodriguez' 1996 vampire classic From Dusk Till Dawn (see clip below), which also starred Harvey Keitel, George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino.
He's currently filming sequel Machete Kills - annouced at this year's San Diego Comic-Con - with Rodriguez back in the director's chair.
Savini is now on board the Stuart MacDonald directed comedy/horror script Secondary Heroes penned by fellow Michigan filmmaker DJ Perry. The film is being produced under Perry's Collective Development Inc banner www.cdiproductions.com in association with MacDonald's Boomerang Studios.
Perry, no stranger to acting or the genre (An Ordinary Killer,...
Tom's a veteran of the genre, with credits including the original and remake of Dawn of the Dead, as well as Friday the 13th, From Dusk Till Dawn and Machete.
You will recall Savini as the biker (called Sex Machine) with a groin-mounted gun in Robert Rodriguez' 1996 vampire classic From Dusk Till Dawn (see clip below), which also starred Harvey Keitel, George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino.
He's currently filming sequel Machete Kills - annouced at this year's San Diego Comic-Con - with Rodriguez back in the director's chair.
Savini is now on board the Stuart MacDonald directed comedy/horror script Secondary Heroes penned by fellow Michigan filmmaker DJ Perry. The film is being produced under Perry's Collective Development Inc banner www.cdiproductions.com in association with MacDonald's Boomerang Studios.
Perry, no stranger to acting or the genre (An Ordinary Killer,...
- 10/10/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding through the glen. Robin Hood, Robin Hood, must dodge the blood-sucking. 'Sherwood Horror' has long been sitting on the pre-production fence but it finally looks as though it's making progress on casting its Maid Marion, in the form of Albanian actress Alma Saraci (below) ('Spiral', 'Diary of a Serial Killer'). Saraci is currently in negotiations for the role in the classic tale with a vampire contemporary horror spin to it. If confirmed she'll be joining the likes of Bill McKinney, Taymour Ghazi, DJ Perry, Terry Jernigan, Paul Proios, Austin Two Feathers and Mike Powers....
- 12/7/2010
- Horror Asylum
Never mind the bloated version of Robin Hood in theatres now; what you're really looking for is some quality time with a more murderous kind of merry men, right? If so, you'll be happy to hear that some more casting news and concept art have come in for John Regan's Sherwood Horror. Dig it!
From the Press Release
Two more join Sherwood Horror, a contemporary set reimagining of the Robin Hood legend with bite. Ex-con Rob Locksley (DJ Perry of Dean Teaster's Ghost Town, 8th Plague, Blood Ties, and upcoming thriller Renovation) returns home after a six-year absence to find his town under the rule of vampires. He must join forces with his old roughneck hunting buddies to wage war against the evil Sheriff and his horde of blood-sucking minions.
Paul Proios (Gps, Dean Teaster's Ghost Town) is in talks to take on the role of Guy Gisborne, Nottingham's wicked deputy and right-hand vampire.
From the Press Release
Two more join Sherwood Horror, a contemporary set reimagining of the Robin Hood legend with bite. Ex-con Rob Locksley (DJ Perry of Dean Teaster's Ghost Town, 8th Plague, Blood Ties, and upcoming thriller Renovation) returns home after a six-year absence to find his town under the rule of vampires. He must join forces with his old roughneck hunting buddies to wage war against the evil Sheriff and his horde of blood-sucking minions.
Paul Proios (Gps, Dean Teaster's Ghost Town) is in talks to take on the role of Guy Gisborne, Nottingham's wicked deputy and right-hand vampire.
- 6/7/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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