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Zaror, Trejo And Lee Board Olmos's Fantasy Action Comedy, THE GREEN GHOST
The fallout hasn’t been easy to deal with for fans since the mysterious debacle behind the stifled development of Mo’ Brothers films, Timo Tjahjanto’s The Night Comes For Us, and incidentally, Kimo Stamboel’s One Good Thing, the latter for which Redeemer star, action maestro Marko Zaror (pictured left, right of Arnold Chon) was supposed to be filming about now. Gladly however, this is not at all hampering Zaror‘s career as the film could very well possibly take off once again further somewhere down the line.
In the meantime, the Chilean martial arts action star is now keeping firmly busy in Texas ahead of the upcoming production of the new comedy, The Green Ghost, from Mutt Productions. Splinter (2006) and Filly Brown (2013) helmer Michael D. Olmos is on board to direct from a script by Holy Hell (2009) scribe Rafael Antonio Ruiz, which centers on the story of Charlie, a gringo raised in the barrio with a secret family gift and destined for a journey of self-discovery that will prepare him to battle an evil Aztec servant witch for the fate of the world. The film will reunite Zaror with Machete Kills lead actor Danny Trejo, in addition to Zambo Dende co-star, actress and martial artist Michelle Charlene Lee, along with action coordinators Arnold Chon (Arena, AWOL-72) and Freddie Poole (Rope-A-Dope 2, The Sector), accompanied by numerous action actors and stunt performers. There’s no word yet on who will play our heroic lead while filming is set to start next week in the town of Lockhart in Austin, Texas.
Zaror left 2014 on a pretty high note with forthcoming appearances in this summer’s U.S. release of Ernesto Diaz Espinoza’s revenge thriller, Redeemer, in addition to the live-action shortfilm adaptation of Latin American comic book superhero Zambo Dende, now in post-production. All I’m saying is to pay close attention to what happens next for Zaror in 2015, because I think more suprises are in store. Just going with my gut here.
Stay tuned for more on The Green Ghost!
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Paul Sloan Is Armed And Ready In A New Character Still From THE NIGHTCREW
Photo Credit: Sissy Nightmare
Writer and director Christian Sesma unveiled the latest character photo featuring actor Paul Sloan from the upcoming action thriller, The Nightcrew from Premiere Entertainment and Seskri Productions. Sloan joins a cast that also includes Luke Goss, Bokeem Woodbine, Chasty Ballesteros, Jason Mewes, Derek Mears, Roberto Sanchez, JacqueliIne Lord and Danny Trejo in a story about a rag tag team of bounty hunters who become the target of a savage Mexican cartel after chasing a mysterious female across the border, only to discover she is way more than she appears to be.
The film is currently in post production after wrapping several days ago while Sesma has officially announed the start of preparation for his early 2014 filming schedule for his next film, AWOL 72. No premiere date has been announced yet for The Nightcrew, although a trailer could be aired online this February followed by a possible Fall 2014 release, so stay tuned for more info and more photos and hopeful footage to come soon.
Film Of The Week: MACHETE KILLS (2013)
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Danny Trejo Battles The Undead In ZOMBIE HUNTER
Just in time for Halloween, actor Martin Copping joins Danny Trejo in the new action horror flick from director and co-writer K. King, Zombie Hunter. Not much to say about this one, so it appears to be pretty simplistic, and a perfect seller with Trejo on the front cover of the DVD and Blu-Ray which is hitting store shelves on Tuesday courtesy of Well Go USA, just three days shy of the theatrical release of Machete Kills.
The BADASSES Are Coming Home In 2014
Danny Trejo, best known for his blade-wielding badass lead role in Machete and the upcoming film, Machete Kills, made headlines back in 2012 having starred in the internet viral video-inspired film, Badass. On Thursday, ComingSoon.net reported that the sequel, Badasses, wrapped up filming and is currently in post-production, also starring Danny Glover and Andrew Divoff. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is handling distribution.
Both movies, written and directed by Craig Moss, are inspired by a character based on an internet camera phone recording of a fight that occured on bus mid-transit in Oakland, California back in 2010. The “winner” of that fight, Thomas A. Bruso, who was 67 at the time, became an internet sensation known as “Epic Beard Man”.
The sequel will follow Trejo’s character, Vietnam War veteran Frank Vega, now owning his own community center in Los Angeles where he mentors young boxers. When his prized student gets mixed up in a bad crowd and is ultimately murdered he and friend, Frank, must take matters into their own hands to find his killer, while protecting themselves as well as Frank’s newfound love interest.
The film is slated for a limited theatrical release in late 2013, followed by DVD, Blu-Ray and digital distribution in early 2014.
In other news, Trejo’s current film from director Robert Rodriguez, Machete Kills, has been moved from its original September release date to its new date on October 14, 2013, courtesy of Open Road Films.