Major news from the folks behind the
Edward Douglas directed project titled THE DEAD MATTER. This one is
sounding good, read on for the complete press release:
Midnight
Syndicate Films has announced its first cast signings for the
upcoming supernatural horror thriller, The
Dead Matter,
directed by Edward
Douglas
(Midnight Syndicate) and produced in coordination with Robert
Kurtzmans (KNB FX, Dusk
Till Dawn) Precinct
13 Entertainment.
Andrew
Divoff (Wishmaster,
Air Force One), who
was seen most recently as the eye-patch- wearing villain, Mikhail
Bakunin, on ABCs Lost
and will be seen in the upcoming film, The
Rage, will be
joining the set of The
Dead Matter as the
character, Vellich, after completing work on a new, untitled, Steven
Spielberg movie that is scheduled for release in May of 2008.
Vellichs
arch-nemesis, Ian McCallister, will be played by Jason
Carter whose career spans everything from his renowned portrayal
of Marcus Cole on Babylon
5 to characters on
shows like Beverly
Hills 90210, Angel,
Charmed,
Third Rock from the
Sun, and in films
like Demon Under
Glass.
Horror-FX
legend Tom Savini (Dusk
Till Dawn, Dawn
of the Dead), a
fixture in the genre for over thirty years and seen most recently as
Deputy Tolo in Grindhouse,
will be portraying
the devious vampire overlord, Sebed.
After
wrapping production on his upcoming film, Ghouls,
in April, producer Gary
Jones (Xena,
Army of Darkness)
and producer, Edward Douglas, began pre-production for The
Dead Matter.
The FX
team at Precinct 13 has already begun work on what promises to be a
visual treat for audiences. Photos and teasers will be
available in the next month.
Look
for more major cast AND crew announcements in the next week.
Keep it
right here as we are all over this one. Set visits, interviews, you
name it we got it. Stay tuned.
