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‘The VelociPastor’ Getting a “Spiritual Sequel” With Upcoming Vampire Movie ‘Outback Dracula’
We had learned a few months back that a sequel to last year’s The VelociPastor – a horror movie about, yes, a priest who turns into a dinosaur – was in the works, and writer/director Brendan Steere has now revealed in a chat with THR that the follow-up is more of a “spiritual sequel” than it is a direct sequel. It’s a vampire film titled Outback Dracula, oddly enough.
THR explains that Outback Dracula “shifts the madness to 1880s Australia, where a psychic, lesbian schoolteacher teams up with the world’s greatest adventurer to find her missing girlfriend and to defeat Dracula and his Golden Army of the Undead.”
“The movie will have the same insane, anything-goes tone as the first film that we all fell in love with,” Steere told the site. He explains that Outback Dracula, which will be made with a significantly higher budget than The VelociPastor, is “an Australian LGBTQ+ vampire movie.”
Furthermore, The VelociPastor and Outback Dracula will be the first two parts of a “spiritual trilogy” of over-the-top horror-comedy tales, with the third film not yet announced.
Keith C. Blackmore’s book series Mountain Man is headed to the screen, with Deadline reporting today that Joe Manganiello (“True Blood”) is on board to star in the film adaptation.
The actor will also produce the upcoming zombie movie.
“Mountain Man tells the story of Gus, a lonely post-apocalyptic survivor facing isolation and the ever-present specter of a zombie attack, who struggles with alcohol abuse and suicidal thoughts until he discovers another survivor, a captivating woman who poses another threat altogether.”
John Lee (False Positive) will direct Mountain Man from a script by Matt Deller.
“John is a brilliant creative mind. We’ve been looking for the right thing to do together since we filmed Pee Wee’s Big Holiday and it’s finally here,” 3:59’s Joe and Nick Manganiello told Deadline. “Very excited to get to work on such weird, wild project with him.”
Film Bridge International is launching sales on the project in Cannes.
Blackmore’s Mountain Man series features 7 books, the first one published in 2011.
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