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SD Comic-Con ’10: Adam Green – ‘Hatchet 2 Is Pure, 100% Me’
Talking exclusively to Bloody Disgusting following his epic, WAYYY unrated panel (featuring EIGHT deaths!), Adam Green promised that Hatchet 2 is 100% un-compromised (and that includes going out unrated!). “I had complete creative control this time. You notice that my name is above the title now – that’s not a ‘status’ thing. It’s the fact that nobody said anything; I had no script notes, no cast notes, no anything. Everyone was involved, but I had final say. This movie is pure, 100% me, and that was something I couldn’t pass up. Everything else I do is not really like that. So this was a good opportunity – the movie itself is exactly what I wanted it to be.” Green also promises that we will be seeing a teaser trailer very soon, and that both 3 and 4 are still in the cards. Look for the full interview later this week!
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.