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[DL] Reedus Readies Zombie Western



Just thought you guys and gals might want to see this

9:00am ET, 23-April-02

Reedus Readies Zombie Western

Actor Norman Reedus, who played Scud in Blade II, told SCI FI Wire that his 
work on that vampire-hunter sequel would lead directly to his next genre 
effort. "I started a production company and wrote a script in Spain with a 
great up-and-coming director," Reedus said in an interview, referring to 
Blade II assistant director and storyboard artist David Barto. "He's really 
popular over in Spain."

Reedus added, "He and I wrote the script, and we're going to make the movie 
at the end of the year. It's a western with zombies. It's like you get two 
kids together, have a pint of Guinness and say, 'What's the ultimate movie 
you want to write and make?' And we came up with a zombie western! I like 
horror. I like suspense. The zombies in this movie aren't so much 'Arghh.' 
It's not that type of thing. It's about going underground in an imaginary 
city that you find out is not imaginary. There's a sense of claustrophobia. 
It's a little different. We've got some of the guys who did some of the 
bullet stuff in The Matrix working on our zombies. One of them had worked on 
Blade II. So this zombie western is basically a lot of our friends who just 
want to make a movie. Hopefully, Mickey Rourke will be in it. I've been 
trying to wine and dine him to do this part he'd be so great for. Kris 
Kristofferson and Ron Perlman will be in it, and maybe Leonor Varela. We're 
basically stealing from [Blade II director] Guillermo del Toro in trying to 
make this movie. We're going to shoot it in an abandoned hospital in 
Barcelona and then down where Sergio Leone did his spaghetti westerns."

Dan


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