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Brainiacs Open the 5th Dimension in Animated ‘Cranston Academy: Monster Zone’
Ahead of this week’s AFM in Santa Monica, Double Dutch International (Villains) revealed to Bloody that BAFTA-winning actor Jamie Bell (Rocketman, Skin) and award-winning actress Ruby Rose (The Meg, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, “Batwoman”) are attached to voice animated feature Cranston Academy: Monster Zone.
Cranston Academy: Monster Zone is the story of Danny and Liz, two rival geniuses attending a secret school for child prodigies. Danny, wanting to prove that he is the smartest of them all, inadvertently opens a portal to another dimension and unleashes a slew of monsters on the school. Liz must put their rivalry aside and help Danny together with a half-moth, half-man professor aptly nicknamed Mothman, to overcome the creatures of the 5th dimension and save the school.
Currently in post-production, Cranston Academy: Monster Zone is penned by Carl Bunker and Bob Barlen (Escape From Planet Earth), an Anima production (Top Cat the Movie) with Prime Focus in association with Fifth Dimension Films, directed by Leopoldo Aguilar (Monster Island) and produced by Fernando De Fuentes, José C. García de Leton and Greg Gavanski.
In case you haven’t noticed, the public domain status of beloved icons like Winnie the Pooh, Cinderella and Mickey Mouse has been wreaking havoc on the horror genre in the past couple years, with filmmakers itching to get their hands on the characters and put them into twisted situations. In the wake of two Winnie the Pooh slashers, well, Pooh is about to battle Mickey.
It’s not from the same team behind the Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey films, to be clear, but Deadline reports that Glenn Douglas Packard (Pitchfork) will direct the horror movie Mickey vs. Winnie for Untouchables Entertainment and the website iHorror.
Deadline details, “The film follows two convicts in the 1920s who escape into a cursed forest only to be dragged and consumed into the depths of the dark forest’s muddy heart.
“A century later, a group of thrill-seeking friends unknowingly venture into the same woods. Their Airbnb getaway takes a horrifying turn when the convicts mutate into twisted versions of childhood icons Mickey Mouse & Winnie-The-Pooh, and emerge to terrorize them. A night of violence and gore erupts, as the group of friends battle against their now monstrous beloved childhood characters and fight to break free from the forest’s grip.
“In a horrific spectacle, Mickey and Winnie clash, painting the woods in a gruesome tableau of blood—a chilling testament to the curse’s insidious power.”
Glenn Douglas Packard wrote the screenplay that he’ll be directing.
“Horror fans call for the thrill of witnessing icons like the new Aliens and Avengers sharing the screen. While licensing nightmares make such crossovers rare, Mickey vs. Winnie serves as our tribute to that thrilling fantasy,” Packard said in a statement this week.
Producer Anthony Pernicka from iHorror previews, “We’re thrilled to unveil this unique take to horror fans. The Mickey Mouse featured in our film is unlike any iteration audiences have encountered before. Our portrayal doesn’t involve characters donning basic masks. Instead, we present deeply transformed, live-action horror renditions of these iconic figures, weaving together elements of innocence and malevolence. After experiencing the intense scenes we’ve crafted, you’ll never look at Mickey the same way again.”
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