Dark Horse Films is negotiating with Sammo Hung (Kung Fu Hustle) to star in, and Kevin Munroe (Tmnt) to direct War Monkeys, described as a horror comedy. The script is from Cleve Nettles (All Over Again) and will be produced by Chris Patton (Destination Mars), who came up with the concept, and Robert Sanchez.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film “follows two janitors who, during a Christmas holiday, get trapped in an underground research facility after accidentally unleashing military-trained Rhesus monkeys. Hung is one of the janitors who battle the rabid simians.”
"Monkeys, guns, explosions. As a genre freak, I couldn't ask for anything more," Munroe told the trade.
The independent film company hopes to begin production early next year and use live, animatronic, and CGI-generated monkeys. They recently earned their first Emmy for the John Landis-directed documentary Mr. Warmth and are about to release My Name Is Bruce,...
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film “follows two janitors who, during a Christmas holiday, get trapped in an underground research facility after accidentally unleashing military-trained Rhesus monkeys. Hung is one of the janitors who battle the rabid simians.”
"Monkeys, guns, explosions. As a genre freak, I couldn't ask for anything more," Munroe told the trade.
The independent film company hopes to begin production early next year and use live, animatronic, and CGI-generated monkeys. They recently earned their first Emmy for the John Landis-directed documentary Mr. Warmth and are about to release My Name Is Bruce,...
- 11/19/2008
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
He's been in almost 150 films over the last four decades, directed almost 40, and is huge in Hong Kong. He's Sammo Hung and he's in negotiations to star in the Dark Horse Indie horror/comedy, War Monkeys, in 2009. Hung, who is trained in kung fu, will be fighting off combat trained monkeys. THR reports that Kevin Munroe (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) will direct. Monroe is building up cred as a horror geek, as he will just be coming off directing the horror comic book adaptation, Dead of Night when he attacks War Monkeys. Monroe tells THR "Monkeys, guns, explosions. As a genre freak, I couldn't ask for anything more." Maybe some kung fu? Friend of Munroe, Cleve Nettles (the upcoming Cat Town) penned the script while Dark Horse Indie producer Chris Patton (Destination Mars) came up with the story. The film will follow two hapless janitors who get stuck in an...
- 11/18/2008
- cinemablend.com
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