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Horror Vet Joel Soisson Has Taken on ‘Condition Dead 3D’
We learned of some pretty incredible news this weekend as Joel Soisson’s Neo Art & Logic will produce Condition Dead 3D, the epic-zombie actioner that will be helmed by Patrick Lussier (My Bloody Valentine 3D) from a screenplay by Dave Davis. You can read all about the project inside.
Moviehole.net‘s Clint Morris (“Complacent”) will produce Condition Dead with Soisson.
Soisson is a veteran producer whose past hits include Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Trick or Treat (the kick ass 80’s film), The Prophecy and Pulse. He previously worked with Lussier on the Dracula films released by Dimension.
Condition Dead 3D – of which a comic spin-off is also in the works – tells of a government-subsidised Zombie-hunting team, led by the indominatble Luther Judge, who find themselves with dual enemies – the dead, and one of their own. The film is apparently more akin to James Cameron’s “Aliens” than a Romero film. This will be the second 3D film for Lussier after this year’s “My Bloody Valentine 3D”.
We’re told the project is “moving along confidently” and that there’ll be ”more news soon.”
Morris and Davis are said to also be working on a horror/western project”.
Watch this spot for more updates as they come in.
Out today in select theaters and on digital platforms is heartfelt and playful documentary Mockbuster, which sees a director cold call a studio and ask to helm a lost-world dinosaur epic.
Inexplicably, they say yes.
Our exclusive clip below highlights both the comedic nature of this bizarre scenario as well as the pressures of shooting dino feature The Land That Time Forgot in a mere six days, with no real feature experience.
A dino attack scene causes friction on set in this scene.
In the documentary, “A struggling filmmaker’s opportunity collides with chaos and compromise when Sharknado’s notorious studio, The Asylum, invites him to direct a ‘mockbuster.’ With six days, a micro budget, and mounting pressure, Mockbuster is a comedic, behind-the-scenes documentary exploring the balance between low-budget filmmaking and creative ambition.”
More than just an inside look at filmmaking via low-budget film studio The Asylum, it doubles as one man’s pursuit of his dreams to charming, humorous effect.
“Mockbuster is a documentary about my own journey, but it’s also a love letter to one of the last grindhouses still functioning in Hollywood. We get to meet the characters and creators of some of the most infamous (and most hated) B-movies of the last few decades. People who make movies purely for profit – no pretension, no artistry, just monsters, C-listers, and chaos. A film that both genre fans and cinephiles can enjoy. But Mockbuster isn’t just about filmmaking, it’s about losing sight of your dreams, and reclaiming them in your own twisted way,” Director Anthony Frith said in a statement.
From Executive Producer and famed documentarian David Farrier, Mockbuster opens in select theaters and on digital platforms beginning July 10.