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AFM ’09: READ THIS NOW, I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH
AFM is an interesting time of the year, especially here on Bloody Disgusting. While we already have our hands filled with the daily news breaks, the American Film Market causes an overload of news that’s worse than the fate of the “glutton” in Se7en. While news will in fact return to normal by this time next week, I want to let the casual readers know that there are tons of great stories that they’re missing. And for those of you really trying your best to keep up with the madness, make sure you bookmark our AFM news page for everything horror-related revealed this week(end). Lastly, please note that when AFM news begins to exit the front page, we’ll be moving (most of) it to the Indie Section in order to keep it all organized in one place. Thanks for your patience and enjoy the fruits of our labor!
Released by Eli Roth’s label The Horror Section last year, Joe Begos (VFW, Christmas Bloody Christmas) horror movie Jimmy and Stiggs is getting an official spinoff movie.
Sebastián De Caro has acquired the Argentine spin-off rights to Jimmy and Stiggs from The Horror Section, and his spinoff movie will follow new characters in Argentina.
The title? Burger Night: Luli, Magda & Lore. Eli Roth and Joe Begos will Executive Produce the film, which centers on the same alien threat from Jimmy and Stiggs.
Variety reports this afternoon that the film will feature an all-female cast.
Agostina Palazzolo (“Ciclón), Agustina “Papry” Suásquita (Netflix’s “Envious”) and Maia Tarcic (“Letters to My Ex”) will star in Burger Night: Luli, Magda & Lore.
“I am thrilled with the cast — these are women of extraordinary talent, true cinema lovers, brave and wild. They are going to surprise everyone. Each one understands her character perfectly and they all fell in love with the original material,” Sebastián De Caro said.
In Jimmy and Stiggs…
A perfect storm of lousy news sees out-of-work filmmaker Jimmy spiral into a bender, during which he claims to have been abducted by aliens. Fearing their return, he contacts his old friend Stiggs to help him gear up for war. Begos stars alongside Matt Mercer (Contracted), practical alien puppets, and a whole lot of gore captured on 16mm film.
Daniel Kurland wrote in his review, “The world needs more playful, gonzo small-scale-yet-apocalyptic horror films like Jimmy and Stiggs. It’s a movie that has constant tricks on display and perpetually sprays blood in the audience’s face, but there’s an earnest center to it all.”
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