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Josh Boone’s Dark Take On ‘The Vampire Lestat’
More from Collider‘s interview with The Fault in Our Stars director Josh Boone, who confirms he’s fighting for the right to get behind the camera for Universal Pictures’ The Vampire Lestat.
“I’m still in the process… Really I haven’t even officially been hired yet,” he explains in a rare admission by a director. “I’m still in the process of trying to get hired. I’m always surprised when those things leak online. But I love it and I want to do it. I’m just in the developmental stage where I’m still kicking the project around.”
But what I enjoyed about Collider’s chat with Boone is his take on Anne Rice’s material, which a lot of people seem to misinterpret as horror.
“I would argue that [‘Lestat’s’] a romance film,” Boone explains when asked about his turn to horror. “If you look at ‘Interview with a Vampire,’ it’s about two people who are sort of in a toxic marriage for a century. You know what I mean? [‘Lestat’] really is still a character-driven story about a relationship.”
Personally, I’m so over the rockstar vampire sub genre (Only Lovers Left Alive put a stake in it), which is why I really hope they tell the history aspect of Lestat’s story as opposed to the modern day one.
The killer tomatoes are back in Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence, and the offiical poster for the brand new movie has been unleashed tonight.
Additionally, we’ve learned that the film’s theatrical release is set for this August, with a panel set for San Diego Comic-Con this month featuring the world premiere of the trailer.
While you wait, check out the official poster down below.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence will be released in select cities across the US beginning August 7th in major cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Diego, and others, and expanding to further locations throughout the month.
The fifth installment in the horror-comedy franchise pits the eternal power of nature against AI’s best and brightest.
In Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence, a young biotech prodigy develops a revolutionary genetically engineered vegetable designed to solve humanity’s problems. But when the experiment spirals out of control, it unleashes a new generation of killer tomatoes, setting the stage for another outrageous chapter in the long-running cult franchise.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes co-creators Costa Dillon and J. Stephen Peace return to write and executive produce. David Ferino directs.
The film features an ensemble cast led by franchise icon John Astin (The Addams Family), reprising his role as Professor Gangreen, comedy legend David Koechner (Anchorman), Academy Award nominee Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight), horror favorite Catherine Corcoran (Terrifier), comedy veteran Dan Bakkedahl (Veep), Myrna Velasco (Star Wars Resistance), Vernée Watson (Shrinking, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), and Paul Bates (Coming to America).
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes launched in 1979, followed by 1988’s Return of the Killer Tomatoes, 1991’s Killer Tomatoes Strike Back, and 1992’s Killer Tomatoes Eat France.
The franchise also spawned an animated series in 1990.
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