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Warners Begins ‘Blood Wars’ Against Slavery
Warner Bros. has just acquired Blood Wars, said to be a radical reinvention of vampire mythology, TheWrap reports.
Imagine Entertainment is producing the film where “vampires have control of the world and humans are their slaves. But humans infiltrate the vampire army and plan a rebellion.” If you ask me it sounds like the same ol’ song and dance, and not much of a “reinvention”…
The project is based on a story by Chad St. John and Blacklight Transmedia, with Dalan Musson writing the script.
The subgenre remains big (in development) with Twentieth Century Fox in production on Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, The Hunger, a remake of Tony Scott’s 1983 film, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, based on the television show, Midnight Mass, based on the DC Comic, Nocturnal, with Legendary Pictures and Bite Me, with Thunder Road and Mad Chance.
Funny how none of these films (sans Abraham Lincoln) have made it into production — and it’s even funnier that the success of both “True Blood” and Twilight resurrected Vlad, two projects that land in a completely different subgenre with an even more narrow audience. Still, it’s exciting to know the studios are attempting to get more fangs into theaters.
Fresh new label Dreamscape Productions has announced the upcoming creature feature comedy Round the Decay, with Deadline bringing us the first casting news this afternoon.
Melody Kay (The NeverEnding Story III) will star alongside Victoria Mirrer (Everwinter Night), Phil Duran (“Breaking Bad”), Damian Maffei (Haunt, The Strangers: Prey at Night), Sarah Nicklin (The Black Mass, Garden of Eden), and Rodger Clarke (Red Dead Redemption II).
Round the Decay follows “Kenzie (Victoria Mirrer) as she gets entangled in a sinister plot in the sleepy town of Newport Valley to get closure on her broken engagement.”
Here’s the full official plot synopsis…
“When prominent locals take in a lost hiker, Kenzie, newcomer Roz and mysterious outsider Munroe find themselves caught between the leaders of the town’s factions and entangled in an ancient sinister plot dating back to its founder that threatens the survival of the town and their lives.”
Adam Newman wrote the script and is also directing the horror film.
Round the Decay is produced by Newman, Hansson, Jay Voishnis, Jon Balanoff, and Adam McDonald; and executive produced by Sean Ward, CEO of Dreamscape.
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