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Bad Robot’s ‘Overlord’ Trailer Injected With Ultimate Mayhem and Carnage!
Ahead of tonight’s San Diego Comic-Con, Paramount has surprised us all by declassifying the red band trailer for the top secret Overlord, a WWII genre film that looks straight out of “Wolfenstein”.
The trailer is ridiculously exciting and is jam-packed with nonstop action. Blasting AC/DC’s “Hell’s Bells”, Paramount is signaling to us that they think this is going to be a “fun” horror film, and show enough over-the-top footage that it’s hard not to grin from ear to ear. From what we can gather from the trailer, it looks as if these soldiers are going to have to go into battle against undead-ish super soldiers, created by some sort of Nazi serum. The biggest mystery box that this J.J. Abrams-produced horror film presents is the question as to who is behind the door at the end of the trailer? Hitler?
And for those asking about its possible Cloverfield connection, Bloody Disgusting confirmed with Paramount that this will not be part of the Cloverfield Universe.
In Overlord, “On the eve of D-Day, a group of American paratroopers are dropped behind enemy lines to carry out a mission crucial to the invasion’s success, but as they approach their target, they begin to realize there is more going on in this Nazi-occupied village than a simple military operation. They find themselves fighting against supernatural forces, part of a Nazi experiment.”
Directed by Julius Avery, the film stars Jovan Adepo and Wyatt Russell (“Black Mirror”), with Jacob Anderson (“Game of Thrones”), Dominic Applewhite (The King’s Speech), Pilou Asbaek (“Game of Thrones”), Iain de Caestecker (“Marvel’s AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.”), John Magaro (The Big Short), Mathilde Ollivier (The Misfortunes of Francois Jane), and Bokeem Woodbine (“Fargo”).
Paramount Pictures will release the film on November 9, 2018.
Wyatt Russell as Ford in the film, OVERLORD by Paramount Pictures
Mathilde Ollivier as Chloe in the film, OVERLORD by Paramount Pictures
Jovan Adepo as Boyce in the film, OVERLORD by Paramount Pictures
It was announced two weeks ago that Paramount is resurrecting the Scary Movie spoof franchise with a brand new reboot movie, which will likely arrive in theaters next year.
The new movie, a joint venture between Paramount and Miramax that will technically be the sixth installment in the franchise, is expected to go into production this coming Fall.
We don’t yet know who will be writing, directing or starring in the Scary Movie reboot, but two actors in particular have already expressed an interest in joining the franchise.
The first is Melissa Barrera, who can currently be seen in theaters in Radio Silence’s bloody horror movie Abigail. Barrera is of course also the star of Scream and Scream VI, which kind of makes her a perfect candidate to lampoon herself in a Scary Movie reboot.
“I always loved those movies,” Melissa Barrera tells the website Inverse. “When I saw it announced, I was like, ‘Oh, that would be fun.’ That would be so fun to do.”
The actress adds, “They have the iconic cast that did it, so we’ll see what goes on with that. I’m just excited to see a new one.”
In a tweet posted last night, Bailee Madison (The Strangers: Prey at Night, the upcoming “Pretty Little Liars: Summer School”) also threw her hat in the running.
Madison tweets, “Random but scary movie 6 hit me up cause I just feel like we’d have fun okay bye.” Your move, Paramount. And make sure you call Anna Faris and Regina Hall too.
Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, the first Scary Movie was released in 2000, just four years after Wes Craven reinvigorated the horror genre with his meta slasher masterpiece, Scream.
The film parodied horror movies of the time including Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and The Blair Witch Project, and the horror-comedy spoof scared up $278 million at the worldwide box office. The success of that first Scary Movie paved the way for an entire franchise of horror spoofs, five of them in total released between 2000 and 2013.
Bailee Madison in “The Strangers: Prey at Night’
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