The works of William Shakespeare are coming to TV, courtesy of Johnny Depp and "Copper" and "Homicide" producer Tom Fontana.
Depp's production company, Infinitum Nihil, and Fontana are working with Swedish company Yellow Bird Productions (which is behind the original adaptations of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" and its sequels) on the project, Deadline reports. Writer Randall Fontana (no relation to Tom) will pen the script.
It's not clear how the series will be structured, or how it will use the source material. Deadline describes the project this way: "a modern take on the plays of The Bard, building on the existing characters and plots from several of his most notable plays."
That could mean ... almost anything, really. Adaptations of the plays in a contemporary setting? Shakespeare characters transported to the present day? Romeo and Hamlet teaming up to fight crime? It's apparently all on the table.
The Shakespeare...
Depp's production company, Infinitum Nihil, and Fontana are working with Swedish company Yellow Bird Productions (which is behind the original adaptations of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" and its sequels) on the project, Deadline reports. Writer Randall Fontana (no relation to Tom) will pen the script.
It's not clear how the series will be structured, or how it will use the source material. Deadline describes the project this way: "a modern take on the plays of The Bard, building on the existing characters and plots from several of his most notable plays."
That could mean ... almost anything, really. Adaptations of the plays in a contemporary setting? Shakespeare characters transported to the present day? Romeo and Hamlet teaming up to fight crime? It's apparently all on the table.
The Shakespeare...
- 10/11/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Exclusive: Johnny Depp‘s Infinitum Nihil has partnered with leading Scandinavian producer Yellow Bird Productions, which is behind the original Girl With The Dragon Tattoo films, and Emmy-winning writer-producer Tom Fontana for a scripted series based on the plays of William Shakespeare. Young writer Randall Fontana (no relation to Tom Fontana) will write the project, described as a modern take on the plays of The Bard, building on the existing characters and plots from several of his most notable plays. Infinitum Nihil, which is run by Depp’s sister Christi Dembrowski, Yellow Bird Prods, and Tom Fontana will executive produce. Infinitum Nihil is currently in production on the Depp starrer for Disney The Lone Ranger. The company’s feature credits also include Hugo, Dark Shadows and The Rum Diary. In TV, Infinitum and Graham King’s Gk TV are developing a period drama about The Hollywood Reporter founder William Wilkerson at Lifetime.
- 10/10/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything regarding Albert Pyun’s sequel to his classic 80s Van Damme flick Cyborg, however Pyun hs taken to Facebook to announce that filming has begun on the film, titled Cyborgs: Rise of the Slingers, which will chronicle the genesis of the Slingers who, if you remember the original flick, were guardian mercenaries in Cyborg.
The screenplay is by Randall Fontana and Cynthia Curnan, and so far Sasha Mitchell, Michael Pare, and Olivier Gruner have been named as being attached to the project. To accompany the announcement, Pyun has also released a new title design for the film by Artifex in Montreal. Check it out:...
The screenplay is by Randall Fontana and Cynthia Curnan, and so far Sasha Mitchell, Michael Pare, and Olivier Gruner have been named as being attached to the project. To accompany the announcement, Pyun has also released a new title design for the film by Artifex in Montreal. Check it out:...
- 4/3/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Earlier this month we brought you news on the plan by one of my favourite directors, Albert Pyun, to helm a sequel to his classic 80s Van Damme flick Cyborg. And now we have some more new on the film along with some new teaser art.
The film, titled Cyborg: Rise of the Slingers, comes from a screenplay is by Randall Fontana and Cynthia Curnan, and stars (s0 far) Sasha Mitchell, Michael Pare, and Olivier Gruner. The movie will chronicle the genesis of the Slingers who, if you remember the original flick, were guardian mercenaries in Cyborg. Dread Central also report that Pyun in the process of nailing down the project’s lead actress who will be revealed, along with the full cast roster, later this month.
The film, titled Cyborg: Rise of the Slingers, comes from a screenplay is by Randall Fontana and Cynthia Curnan, and stars (s0 far) Sasha Mitchell, Michael Pare, and Olivier Gruner. The movie will chronicle the genesis of the Slingers who, if you remember the original flick, were guardian mercenaries in Cyborg. Dread Central also report that Pyun in the process of nailing down the project’s lead actress who will be revealed, along with the full cast roster, later this month.
- 11/20/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Director Albert Pyun dropped us a line with an update on his upcoming Cyborg: Rise of the Slingers (formerly Red Moon) and included a bit of teaser art for us to share. He's in the process of nailing down the project's lead actress and promises to reveal that info next week along with the full cast roster.
What he could tell us in the meantime is that "the film is very nasty and pure horror. My first all-out horror film." Music to the ears, right?
The screenplay is by Randall Fontana and Cynthia Curnan, and confirmed cast members thus far include Sasha Mitchell, Michael Pare, and Olivier Gruner. Cyborg: Rise of the Slingers mixes steam and cyberpunk with post-apocalyptic vampire horror. It will chronicle the genesis of the Slingers, who were guardian mercenaries in Cyborg. And it will explain why the characters in Cyborg were named after musical gear.
What he could tell us in the meantime is that "the film is very nasty and pure horror. My first all-out horror film." Music to the ears, right?
The screenplay is by Randall Fontana and Cynthia Curnan, and confirmed cast members thus far include Sasha Mitchell, Michael Pare, and Olivier Gruner. Cyborg: Rise of the Slingers mixes steam and cyberpunk with post-apocalyptic vampire horror. It will chronicle the genesis of the Slingers, who were guardian mercenaries in Cyborg. And it will explain why the characters in Cyborg were named after musical gear.
- 11/19/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Director Albert Pyun dropped us a line with an update on Cyborg: Rise of the Slingers (formerly Red Moon) noting that he's leaving the sword and sorcery elements behind and instead will be adapting the loose prequel to his 1989 Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle Cyborg into the steampunk universe. He also included the film's revised artwork by Rob E. Brown.
Pyun expects to commence shooting November 28th in Las Vegas, Nevada. The screenplay is by Randall Fontana and Cynthia Curnan, and they're in talks with Kevin Sorbo as well as Roxy Gunn. If signed, the two will join Sasha Mitchell, Michael Pare, and Olivier Gruner. The lead female role has yet to be cast; they are looking at a couple of newcomers in Las Vegas to play the "meanest and most hard core radical action hero I've ever put on film," says Pyun.
Cyborg: Rise of the Slingers mixes...
Pyun expects to commence shooting November 28th in Las Vegas, Nevada. The screenplay is by Randall Fontana and Cynthia Curnan, and they're in talks with Kevin Sorbo as well as Roxy Gunn. If signed, the two will join Sasha Mitchell, Michael Pare, and Olivier Gruner. The lead female role has yet to be cast; they are looking at a couple of newcomers in Las Vegas to play the "meanest and most hard core radical action hero I've ever put on film," says Pyun.
Cyborg: Rise of the Slingers mixes...
- 11/5/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Director Albert Pyun dropped us a line this week to show off the inked artwork (by Rob E. Brown) for his upcoming film Red Moon, which he describes as a post-apocalyptic fantasy with lots of violence and creatures. Read on for more details!
Pyun expects to wrap the film, co-written by Cynthia Curnan and Randall Fontana, by November 24th. It marks his third collaboration with Fontana. Curnan also produces. The shoot will take place entirely in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the film has been already picked up for North America release by Wrekin Hill in the late spring 2012.
Red Moon serves as a sequel of sorts to the filmmaker's Tales of an Ancient Empire. Pyun tells us, "For Red Moon I took the sword and sorcery world into a post-apocalyptic world, a similar world to my Cyborg. So its grittier and darker. The idea is it's 20 years after Tales ends,...
Pyun expects to wrap the film, co-written by Cynthia Curnan and Randall Fontana, by November 24th. It marks his third collaboration with Fontana. Curnan also produces. The shoot will take place entirely in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the film has been already picked up for North America release by Wrekin Hill in the late spring 2012.
Red Moon serves as a sequel of sorts to the filmmaker's Tales of an Ancient Empire. Pyun tells us, "For Red Moon I took the sword and sorcery world into a post-apocalyptic world, a similar world to my Cyborg. So its grittier and darker. The idea is it's 20 years after Tales ends,...
- 10/14/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
We've been telling you about Bulletface, Albert Pyun's latest neo-noir thriller, for a while now, and finally he's provided us with a trailer so you can check it out for yourselves.
Synopsis:
The story is set along the Mexico/California Border, principally in Imperial Beach, CA. It concerns a female DEA agent, Dara Maren, who, in protecting her petty criminal younger brother, gets herself arrested and imprisoned in a nightmarish penal colony outside Tijuana. You can guess how bad it gets in there -- prison officials even harvest organs from the inmates. While she's in prison, Dara's brother is murdered by a drug lord who's creating a new DNA-altering drug made from human spinal fluid tapped from the living.
Hundreds of dead bodies are turning up along the Border, and the drug addicts become something not quite human. The drug is so addicting that even law enforcement and government officials are on the stuff.
Synopsis:
The story is set along the Mexico/California Border, principally in Imperial Beach, CA. It concerns a female DEA agent, Dara Maren, who, in protecting her petty criminal younger brother, gets herself arrested and imprisoned in a nightmarish penal colony outside Tijuana. You can guess how bad it gets in there -- prison officials even harvest organs from the inmates. While she's in prison, Dara's brother is murdered by a drug lord who's creating a new DNA-altering drug made from human spinal fluid tapped from the living.
Hundreds of dead bodies are turning up along the Border, and the drug addicts become something not quite human. The drug is so addicting that even law enforcement and government officials are on the stuff.
- 2/22/2010
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
When director Albert Pyun and his team do a giveaway, they don't mess around! They are providing five lucky Dread Central readers autographed DVD packages of Pyun's latest film, Bulletface. And they're not just your typical one- or two-disc DVD sets either. Each one contains five discs, two of which are soundtracks.
More specifically, each winner will receive:
Bulletface feature film Left For Dead: Inferno Version feature film (read our review of the original version here) Bulletface Special Director's Commentary feature film Left For Dead original score soundtrack Bulletface original score soundtrack + songs by Elyzium
Along with providing us with the contest info, Pyun shared his motivation for directing Bulletface:
"Why did I want to make Bulletface? Well, when I first read Randall Fontana's script, I was drawn to the way he created a kind of throwback to the B-movie noir crime thrillers of the 1940's and 50's.
More specifically, each winner will receive:
Bulletface feature film Left For Dead: Inferno Version feature film (read our review of the original version here) Bulletface Special Director's Commentary feature film Left For Dead original score soundtrack Bulletface original score soundtrack + songs by Elyzium
Along with providing us with the contest info, Pyun shared his motivation for directing Bulletface:
"Why did I want to make Bulletface? Well, when I first read Randall Fontana's script, I was drawn to the way he created a kind of throwback to the B-movie noir crime thrillers of the 1940's and 50's.
- 2/19/2010
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Director Albert Pyun dropped us a line today with a first look at the DVD artwork for his upcoming horror and revenge thriller Bulletface, which has a release date of January 26, 2010.
The story is set along the Mexico/California Border, principally in Imperial Beach, CA. It concerns a female DEA agent, Dara Maren, who, in protecting her petty criminal younger brother, gets herself arrested and imprisoned in a nightmarish penal colony outside Tijuana. You can guess how bad it gets in there -- prison officials even harvest organs from the inmates. While she's in prison, Dara's brother is murdered by a drug lord who's creating a new DNA-altering drug made from human spinal fluid tapped from the living.
Hundreds of dead bodies are turning up along the Border, and the drug addicts become something not quite human. The drug is so addicting that even law enforcement and government officials are on the stuff.
The story is set along the Mexico/California Border, principally in Imperial Beach, CA. It concerns a female DEA agent, Dara Maren, who, in protecting her petty criminal younger brother, gets herself arrested and imprisoned in a nightmarish penal colony outside Tijuana. You can guess how bad it gets in there -- prison officials even harvest organs from the inmates. While she's in prison, Dara's brother is murdered by a drug lord who's creating a new DNA-altering drug made from human spinal fluid tapped from the living.
Hundreds of dead bodies are turning up along the Border, and the drug addicts become something not quite human. The drug is so addicting that even law enforcement and government officials are on the stuff.
- 1/14/2010
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Over the holidays we heard from director Albert Pyun, who informed us that instead of his next release being Tales of an Ancient Empire, his long gestating follow-up to The Sword and the Sorcerer, it will be the gory and disturbing Bulletface written by Randall Fontana.
Pyun and Fontana first worked together on Hong Kong 97 back in 1994. Here's how Albert describes Bulletface, which he also promises is more sexually explicit than his other films and not for the faint of heart: [It] is a departure for me because of how gritty and hardboiled it is. The story is set along the Mexico/California Border, principally in Imperial Beach, CA. It concerns a female DEA agent, Dara Maren, who, in protecting her petty criminal younger brother, gets herself arrested and imprisoned in a nightmarish penal colony outside Tijuana. You can guess how bad it gets in there -- prison officials even harvest organs from the inmates.
Pyun and Fontana first worked together on Hong Kong 97 back in 1994. Here's how Albert describes Bulletface, which he also promises is more sexually explicit than his other films and not for the faint of heart: [It] is a departure for me because of how gritty and hardboiled it is. The story is set along the Mexico/California Border, principally in Imperial Beach, CA. It concerns a female DEA agent, Dara Maren, who, in protecting her petty criminal younger brother, gets herself arrested and imprisoned in a nightmarish penal colony outside Tijuana. You can guess how bad it gets in there -- prison officials even harvest organs from the inmates.
- 12/28/2009
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
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