MinionZombie
12-Aug-2008, 11:14 AM
How do chaps,
Gary was kind enough to send me a copy of the script for the big budget Deadlands film - a partial remake of the first Deadlands, as well as a sequel ... so kind of like how Evil Dead 2 worked in that respect.
Quite simply I dug the script, the portion that remakes the original Deadlands feels especially frenzied and panicked. If it works as well on the page as it should on screen, then it'll be a breathless, explosive opening to the movie.
As an easy way of placing it, it's in Day of the Dead time-line territory, months down the line, but we're not stuck in a hole in the ground this time, instead we're above ground where pockets of survivors hide out in rural outskirts with the only form of contact between each group being either radio or "suicide runs".
The outside world is painted as a grim, desolate landscape, bringing in aspects of post 9/11 feeling, and the war in the Middle East, but mixing them with a nice sprinkling of good humour from the characters - as well as in the variety of featured zombies throughout the script.
Speaking of zombies - Gary continues his strain of zeds, in that the fresh ones are athletic, and the less fresh ones shamble, which does add an interesting mix - you don't know what you might face when exploring the dead world out there, will you get surrounded by shambling walkers, or will there be fresh runners out there waiting to pounce?
Also, indeed, there is gore to be had and there is a rather spiffing, gore-soaked final act which involves a sub-plot that hasn't really been seen or discussed in zombie films before, which adds a nice new tweak to typical zombie proceedings that we're used to.
I dearly hope it gets made, and after having read the script, I do wonder what on earth was wanted to be changed by "the suits", so-to-speak. Yes, it's dark - but it works that way.
Finally, the script for the big budget Deadlands shows Gary's progression as a writer - as well as that of co-writer Lonnie Martin - and his vision as a director. It's an exciting vision I'd love to see committed to film. :)
Gary was kind enough to send me a copy of the script for the big budget Deadlands film - a partial remake of the first Deadlands, as well as a sequel ... so kind of like how Evil Dead 2 worked in that respect.
Quite simply I dug the script, the portion that remakes the original Deadlands feels especially frenzied and panicked. If it works as well on the page as it should on screen, then it'll be a breathless, explosive opening to the movie.
As an easy way of placing it, it's in Day of the Dead time-line territory, months down the line, but we're not stuck in a hole in the ground this time, instead we're above ground where pockets of survivors hide out in rural outskirts with the only form of contact between each group being either radio or "suicide runs".
The outside world is painted as a grim, desolate landscape, bringing in aspects of post 9/11 feeling, and the war in the Middle East, but mixing them with a nice sprinkling of good humour from the characters - as well as in the variety of featured zombies throughout the script.
Speaking of zombies - Gary continues his strain of zeds, in that the fresh ones are athletic, and the less fresh ones shamble, which does add an interesting mix - you don't know what you might face when exploring the dead world out there, will you get surrounded by shambling walkers, or will there be fresh runners out there waiting to pounce?
Also, indeed, there is gore to be had and there is a rather spiffing, gore-soaked final act which involves a sub-plot that hasn't really been seen or discussed in zombie films before, which adds a nice new tweak to typical zombie proceedings that we're used to.
I dearly hope it gets made, and after having read the script, I do wonder what on earth was wanted to be changed by "the suits", so-to-speak. Yes, it's dark - but it works that way.
Finally, the script for the big budget Deadlands shows Gary's progression as a writer - as well as that of co-writer Lonnie Martin - and his vision as a director. It's an exciting vision I'd love to see committed to film. :)