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“Worst Case” is dead… Long live “Army of Frankenstein”
January 27th, 2010 |Posted In: Uncategorized
Well I was depressed when I heard the news that “Worst Case Scenerio” was not going to be made. I posted the trailer for it and it looked awesome. On the plus side it looks like the makers are doing kinda a “Prequelesque” movie to it which hopefully will have all the elements that made WCS look so awesome.
We’ll be watching this project eagerly.
Words from the director: “The market for zombie movies is saturated and no distributor is buying them anymore: chances for financing WCS became very small. Also there are two other nazi-zombie flicks out there and as a result of that ours would look like a rip-off… When it became clear last year that WCS was as good as dead I came up with the idea of a WSC-prequel with al really low-budget of half a million Euro. That project almost came to fruitaton, but I can’t use the name Worst Case Scenario due to some rights-issues. The only way to get it on track was a different story and new title: Army of Frankenstein. This is still a working title but I think it covers the story nicely. The visual style will be the same as I will direct AoF! WCS can stay what is is, two kick-ass trailers and a great and promising story that never saw the light of day. Mabye someday we’ll dig it up, but than the Army of Frankstein will e roaming the Earth! This time we don’t want to rush things, we’re talking with a producer and are still writing the script with Miguel Tejada Flores.”
I dispute his assumption that the market is saturated with zombies… Sorry in my world there just is no such thing as too many zombie movies.
I loved this movie, for me it hit perfectly on the funny/gory/weird meter. While I’m sure there are people out there who think 3D films are a gimmick, and to be fair they kinda are, if done well and not over the top stupidly, it can turn out really well….. That was a very long and poorly constructed sentence. I sense my long long dead English teacher is now spinning in her grave.
From Variety:
“Everyone had fun watching (the first) ‘Zombieland’; making it a more visceral experience can only make it better,” said the film’s producer Gavin Polone. “I don’t think you want to see ‘Ordinary People’ in 3-D. But ‘Zombieland’ is clearly one movie that will benefit from (the technique).”
Sony has closed deals with Polone and helmer Ruben Fleischer to return for a sequel to the original, which cost $24 million and has earned $85.2 million worldwide to date (“Zombieland” has only opened in a few territories overseas). The Culver City studio is currently in talks with stars Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg to reprise their roles as a pair of post-apocalyptic survivors. Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are working on the sequel’s screenplay.
I assure you, they already have my money as I am desperate to learn more rules for survival in the coming zombpocalypse.