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Italian Spaghetti Western Zombie, “Garrett,” Getting Adapted to Television
Italian production company Wildside is venturing into unexplored genre TV territory with an adaptation of the Spaghetti Western Zombie, “Garrett,” based on the eponymous Italian comic book which has a cult following in Europe, Variety reports.
“The comic book takes its cue from Sam Peckinpah’s classic western movie “Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid,” with the twist that the Indians are zombies. Author Roberto Recchioni has described it as basically a mash-up of the “Pat Garrett” pic with George A. Romero’s Zombie movies. Is also turns the cowboys into glam heavy metal figures while keeping the historical context accurate.”
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The plan is to adapt the property into an English-language TV series likely to be shot in Spain with American actors, inspired both aesthetically and from a production standpoint by the Spaghetti Westerns that Sergio Leone shot in Spain which launched Clint Eastwood’s career. Lorenzo Mieli, head of Fremantle Italy, said he is in talks with U.S. broadcasters to come on board.
Mieli underscored he wants “Garrett” to have the same raw and realistic tone that Spaghetti Western epics are known for. “The zombies will look as realistic as possible,” he underlined.
While you wait for Alien: Romulus, the folks over at Devilworks have cooked up their own slice of “mockbuster” fun with Alien Hunt, and we’re debuting the trailer here on BD this morning.
This brand-new sci-fi horror from director Aaron Mirtes (The Bigfoot Trap, Painted in Blood) is set for its US premiere on May 14, and you can find it on digital thanks to Devilworks.
You can exclusively watch the official trailer for Alien Hunt below, which looks to combine elements of Alien and Predator. This particular “mockbuster” has very little interest in hiding its inspirations, with the alien designs plucked straight out of H.R. Giger’s beautiful brain. Hey, if you’re going to pull from other movies, might as well take from the all-time greats!
In Alien Hunt, “On a hunting trip in the wilderness, a group of siblings discovers an abandoned military outpost on their land, but is it what it seems?
“Their trip takes a sinister turn when they find themselves facing off against a relentless army of extra-terrestrial beings. Suddenly, the hunters become the hunted.
“The formidable squad of alien soldiers will stop at nothing to wipe out the enemy and in an all-out, brutal battle for survival, it’s kill or be killed in Alien Hunt.”
Barron Boedecker (Escape Pod, The Bigfoot Trap), Brent Bentley (The Perfect In-Laws, Haunt Season), Deiondre Teagle (The Visitor, Painted in Blood, Death Ranch), Chelsey Fuller (The Bigfoot Trap, The Silent Natural), Jesse Santoyo (A Nashville Country Christmas, Potter’s Ground), and Adam Pietripaoli (The Bigfoot Trap, The OctoGames) star.
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