President Macy vs. Herbert West!
Filed under: Horror, Remakes and Sequels
Just one week ago, we shared some news about an all-new Re-Animator trilogy that producer Brian Yuzna seems pretty darn psyched about, and today Fangoria brings us some even cooler news:William H. Macy, one of the most talented, admired, and gosh-darn likable character actors in the known universe, has been signed to play the President of the United States in Stuart Gordon's House of Re-Animator! Returning for the third trilogy are director Gordon, producer Yuzna, screenwriter Dennis Paoli, and Dr. West himself: Jeffrey Combs. (Someone get Bruce Abbott's agent on the phone ... or his wife if he doesn't have an agent anymore. And please don't forget the lovely Barbara Crampton...)
Ready for the plot? The U.S. President dies, so one high-ranking moron calls Dr. West in to bring the Commander-in-Chief back to life ... and if you've ever seen, say, 5 random minutes of Re-Animator, then you know precisely what happens next. (Yay!)
(Y'know, while the gorehounds stress and worry about Sam Raimi's potential return to the Evil Dead series, I'm of the opinion that the Re-Animator trilogy gets a pretty raw deal. True, everyone loves the first one cuz it's a splatter-tastic mega-classic, but those sequels aren't all that bad, you know. And now that a new trilogy is getting the kick-start (and with the original filmmakers, no less), I think this is pretty big news indeed. For the horror geeks, anyway. Like me.)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-17-2006 @ 6:33PM
Rocksy said...
Cant wait to see it. Am a big fan of William H. Macy. Am usually weary of sequels(especially those to Horror), but some have been quite impressive. Am keeping an open mind.
Bring ot on !
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5-17-2006 @ 6:40PM
Rocksy said...
Cant wait to see it. Am a big fan of William H. Macy. Am usually weary of sequels(especially those to Horror Movies),but some have been quite impressive. Am keeping an open mind.
Bring ot on !
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5-17-2006 @ 7:18PM
Peter said...
I was skeptical about the trilogy's anouncement last week, but this new plot/cast revelation does get my hopes up.
I'm calling it right now that there will be a gag between the dead president's head and an intern...
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5-18-2006 @ 11:34AM
Patrick said...
Oh man. Can't wait!
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5-18-2006 @ 1:18PM
Richard von Busack said...
For me the most astonishing part of adding the President to this plot is the strong physical resemblance between David Gale and almost-president John Kerry. Don't get me wrong, I voted for Kerry. The connection between Gordon and Macy: Gordon was a long-time Chicago stage guy (he founded the Organic Theater), and he directed Macy in a recent but mostly unreleased film adaptation of a Mamet play. Title escapes me right now, but it played at this year's Cinequest film fest in San Jose.
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