The Spierig Brothers are known amoung fans of the comedy/horror/splatter sub-genre for their 2003 film Undead. While the film left a number of us around here a bit cold (it is more than just a tad derivative of other entries in the genre), it was impressive what the Brothers did with under $1M, Adobe Premiere and a few Pentium IIIs. Their next film is being developed with Canada's Lionsgate (who is quite friendly with the low-budget horror folks) and New Zealand's Weta is doing the splatter and creature effects. If they can get the script polished far greater than Undead was, then this could be a fantastic match of talent.
"The future-set story of a world overrun by vampires where humans are being harvested for blood. As blood supplies dwindle, two vampire brothers - one a fervent human hunter and the other a sympathetic scientist with ties to the human cause - face off in a struggle to determine the fate of mankind."
I'm hoping they don't go the Blade vs. The Matrix route with this though. "Daybreakers" releases in North America in 2007.
[Source: Screendaily]
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That picture reminds me of Darkwatch (Video Game).
i loved Undead...saw it at bnat5. can't wait to see what these guys do next!
The thing that ruined Undead for me was its incredibly irritating characters - That screaming aussy cop in particular got my back up something serious. Pity, as it certainly had potential, and a lot of nice touches.