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Hills Have Eyes Star Heads to ‘New Terminal Hotel’
Ezra Buzzington (The Hills Have Eyes, Mirrors, Rob Zombie’s Halloween) has joined Tiffany Shepis and Stephen Geoffreys in the cast of writer/director BC Furtney’s indie horror flick NEW TERMINAL HOTEL, which is scheduled for shooting next month outside Pittsburgh, PA. Read on for details.
Buzzington will star as “Spitz” a wheelchair-bound child pornographer who’s a resident of the hotel and a friend of Geoffreys’ lead character.
“I get why Spitz is into the terrible shit he’s into.” Says Buzzington. “He’s trapped in an act not of his own design so he takes his aggressions and frustrations out on the most innocent source he can find. He’s kind of a sick f*ck. And those are always the most fun to play.”
Does it worry him to think that some people may find the character offensive? “Worry me? Nah.” He says. “My last director quoted Russ Meyer, I think it was, who said ‘If you don’t offend somebody in the first five minutes of your movie, you’re doing something wrong.’ I’m totally hip to that.”
The “last director” Ezra refers to is Chad Ferrin of “Easter Bunny, Kill! Kill!” fame. He just directed Ezra as John Hopper, a 70’s-styled serial killer/rapist who returns from the past due to some shenanigans played by medical students in “Someone’s Knocking at the Door”. Currently in the editing stage of production.
Ezra most recently appeared as Terrence Berry in Alexandre Aja’s Mirrors starring Kiefer Sutherland.
The Wayans are out to cancel the Cancel Culture with Scary Movie, and the cast assures it will do just that.
“They sort of have an across-the-board style,” Anna Faris tells EW. “It’s always been a part of the Wayans Brothers, their electricity. ‘Can we offend you? Will you still love us? Come on, you still love us, don’t you?'”
Regina Hall concurs, promising the “boundary-pushing” sixth installment in the horror parody franchise will “offend everyone.”
EW has shared a batch of behind-the-scenes images from Scary Movie, which hits theaters June 5 via Paramount.
Faris and Hall are joined by fellow franchise favorites Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Dave Sheridan, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, Chris Elliott, and Jon Abrahams in the legacy sequel.
The ensemble includes Damon Wayans Jr., Gregg Wayans, Kim Wayans, Benny Zielke, Cameron Scott Roberts, Heidi Gardner, Olivia Rose Keegan, Ruby Snowber, Savannah Lee Nassif, Sydney Park, Kenan Thompson, and Felissa Rose.
Michael Tiddes (A Haunted House) directs from a script by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, original Scary Movie director Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans (Scary Movie 2), and Rick Alvarez (A Haunted House).
The film will slash through reboots, remakes, requels, prequels, sequels, spin-offs, elevated horror, origin stories, anything with the word legacy in it, and every “final chapter” that absolutely isn’t final.
Scary Movie launched in 2000, followed by Scary Movie 2 in 2001. The Wayans’ involvement ended there, but the series continued with 2003’s Scary Movie 3, 2006’s Scary Movie 4, and 2013’s Scary Movie 5.
Regina Hall & Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans & Regina Hall on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Michael Tiddes & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Regina Hall & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
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