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Charisma Carpenter on Her Role in ‘Human Target’
She’s been a cheerleader, goddess, trophy-wife, twins and now… a journalist? Former “Buffy” and “Angel” actress Charisma Carpenter has confirmed she will play investigative journalist Lori Stoltz in thriller Human Target.
The film sees Stoltz team-up with a renegade police detective (is there any other kind?) to uncover the truth behind the sinister disappearances of the Homeless population in Metro City.
Speaking from the Supanova Pop Culture Expo in Australia, Carpenter told Bloody Disgusting she’s “excited” to join the ranks of fellow female fictional journalists like Lois Lane, Veronica Guerin and, dare we say it, Carrie Bradshaw.
“I’m a journalist acting like a detective uncovering a horrible plot to do with the pharmaceutical industry, which I have to expose,” she said.
“You know, pharmaceutical companies are the natural evil now days.”
Human Target was originally set to be Michael Madsen’s directorial debut, before the film’s co-writer and producer Chaz Fatur was announced as his replacement. With only a short film under his belt, Fatur is (slightly) better known for his work as an extra on flicks like Pearl Harbor and Flags Of Our Fathers.
Carpenter’s The Expendables co-star Eric Roberts will join her in Human Target, along with everyone’s favorite Mexican Danny Trejo. Carpenter said although she’s seen Trejo “around“, she’s looking forward to the opportunity to work with him professionally.
“I’ve admired Danny Trejo for a lot of years,” she said.
Carpenter said she “hasn’t heard” when they will begin shooting in New York City, but she expects it to be within the next few months. The $10 million dollar film is pegged with a late 2011 release date. Carpenter will next be seen playing twins in the horror/thriller Deadly Sibling Rivalry.
Daniel Roebuck has been cast as Santa Claus in Terrifier 3, Bloody Disgusting can exclusively report.
Writer-director Damien Leone is currently wrapping production on the highly-anticipated sequel, in which Art the Clown unleashes chaos on the unsuspecting residents of Miles County as they peacefully drift off to sleep on Christmas Eve.
“I’ve been holding this secret for a long time!” Roebuck tells Bloody Disgusting. “I’ve been really excited about it. I’m actually entering into the movies that I watch. It’s extraordinary. This is Terrifier bigger, badder, best.”
Roebuck appears in Terrifier 3 alongside returning cast members David Howard Thornton, Lauren LaVera, Samantha Scaffidi, Elliot Fullam, and AEW superstar Chris Jericho.
No stranger to iconic horror properties, Roebuck has squared off against Michael Myers in Rob Zombie’s Halloween II, played The Count in Zombie’s The Munsters, succumbed to The Tall Man’s sphere in Phantasm: Ravager, and investigated death in Final Destination.
A distinguished character actor with over 250 credits, Roebuck has also appeared in The Devil’s Rejects, 3 from Hell, Bubba Ho-Tep, John Dies at the End, The Fugitive, Lost, Agent Cody Banks, and The Man in the High Castle. Incidentally, he’s also playing Santa in the family drama Saint Nick of Bethlehem, due out later this year.
Terrifier 3 will be released in theaters nationwide later this year via Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting in conjunction with our partner on Terrifier 2, Iconic Events Releasing.
Terrifier 3 comes courtesy of Dark Age Cinema Productions. Phil Falcone Produces with Lisa Falcone acting as Executive Producer. Co-producers include Mike Leavy, Jason Leavy, George Steuber, and Steve Della Salla. Brad Miska, Brandon Hill, and Erick Opeka Executive Produce for Cineverse. Matthew Helderman and Luke Taylor also Executive Produce.
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