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Vampire Mockumentary ‘What We Do In the Shadows’ Is Getting a Sequel!
Before I saw It Follows, Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s mockumentary What We Do In the Shadows (read our review) was a shoe-in for horror film of the year.
The film follows an endearingly unhip quartet of vampires, and was winner of the Toronto International Film Festival Midnight Madness People’s Choice Award. For good reason. It’s both a refreshing new take on vampires, and also absolutely hilarious. It’s a bit inside baseball, meaning only horror fans will get a lot of the jokes, but that’s a good thing because it means they weren’t pandering to general audiences.
Anyways, it felt like a one-shot of a film, but apparently a sequel is already being planned.
Clement confirmed to Stuff in New Zealand that a sequel to the vampire mockumentary is in the planning stages, and that it focuses on Rhys Darby’s control-freak werewolf Anton. The werewolves make a hilarious appearance in the movie and set the stage for a sequel perfectly.
What We Do In the Shadows is now on home video and is a must-must-must see. In it, “Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav are vampires who are finding that modern life has them struggling with the mundane—like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming roommate conflicts.”
Watch the opening 6 minutes here:
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‘Flesh of the Gods’ – Kristen Stewart & Oscar Isaac Starring in ’80s Vampire Movie from Panos Cosmatos!
A hugely exciting new project from visionary director Panos Cosmatos (Mandy) has been announced by Variety, with Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac starring in Flesh of the Gods.
The cherry on top? Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en, The Killer) wrote the screenplay!
Variety details the storyline, “Flesh of the Gods is set in glittering ’80s L.A., where married couple Raoul (Isaac) and Alex (Stewart) each evening descend from their luxury skyscraper condo and head into the city’s electric nighttime realm.
“When they cross paths with a mysterious and enigmatic figure known as Nameless and her hard-partying cabal, the pair are seduced into a glamorous, surrealistic world of hedonism, thrills and violence.”
“Like Los Angeles itself, ‘Flesh of the Gods’ inhabits the liminal realm between fantasy and nightmare,” Cosmatos said. “Both propulsive and hypnotic, ‘Flesh’ will take you on a hot rod joy ride deep into the glittering heart of hell.”
Producer Adam McKay adds, “This director, this writer, these incredible actors, vampires, choice ’80s punk, style and attitude for miles… that’s the film we’re bringing you today. We think it’s wildly commercial and wildly artful. Our ambitions are to make a movie that ripples through popular culture, fashion, music and film. Can you tell how excited I am?”
The project is launching in Cannes with WME Independent, CAA Media Finance and XYZ Films.
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