After a relaxing cabin vacation doesn’t go as planned, Ash (Bruce Campbell) is left with three dead friends, an undead girlfriend and an angry evil spirit on the loose. As nightfall approaches, Ash must prepare to again battle the legions of the damned if he wants to make it to dawn. Welcome to Evil Dead II, director Sam Raimi’s infamous second film in his gleefully gory, cult classic Evil Dead franchise – starring Bruce Campbell as the most lethal and groovy hero in horror movie history!

Source: Yahoo! Movies

Oz The Great and Powerful imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum’s beloved character, the Wizard of Oz. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he’s hit the jackpot—fame and fortune are his for the taking—that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone’s been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity—and even a bit of wizardry—Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.

Source: /Film

The film is set to go into production in Michigan this month.

Source: Heat Vision

These directors on their wishlist? Tim Burton, Sam Raimi, Shawn Levy, Chris Weitz or Alfonso Cuaron.

Seems far-fetched, yet Weitz or Levy makes a little sense. The only reason Burton would do it if Depp woos him into it. Thoughts?

Source: Variety

For the first time the Armageddon Expo headed to Adelaide, Australia bringing with them some big names and Killer Film was there, to bring you all the excitement! A great time was had, the guests were fantastic and they took some time out to have a chat with Killer Film over the weekend.

Interview with David Hewlett

Marcella Papandrea: Hi David, thanks for taking some time out to chat with Killer Film at Armageddon.

David Hewlett: Oh yes, you guys are great. I saw the review you guys did for Vincenzo with Splice (review here).

MP: On behalf of the site thank you very much!

DH: Welcome.

MP: Can you tell us about what you are currently working on?

DH: Yeah, I can sort of talk about stuff. I am narrating a show for SyFy right now, which is like 45 episodes. It’s a kind of fun reenactment type of show which I am not allowed to name because it hasn’t been announced yet. It’s some great cheesy fun, there’s some wonderful and terrible stories. It’s fun, I do a kind of Rodney McKay type of commentary on there (laughs). So I am doing that, and I am also doing some writing, directing and possibly acting in some stuff for them on the web.

MP: Sounds very cool.

DH: Oh yeah which again I am not really allowed to talk too much about. I did get told off the other day for talking too much (laughs). ‘Stop mentioning the you know what’! But basically those two things, and the usual actor in LA type of thing, auditions.

MP: I think we all understand that, we know the drill.

DH: I dunno there’s like a zombie movie I wanna do, but we’ll see.

MP: Yes it seems Hollywood’s kind of transitioning once again, we’ve had vampires so let’s go to zombies once again.

DH: Yes, the funny thing is that every so often Hollywood will suddenly rediscover a genre. And the reality is for some people it just never stops, and it just keeps going the whole time. It sort of works that way.

MP: You’ve had quite a memorable career, are there any roles or projects that stand out for you the most when you look back?

DH: I’ve just been so lucky, played so many different and odd little things. I just did kind of a fun part on Rise Of The Apes, the new Planet Of The Apes movie. It’s not a big part but just a fun, meaty little role.

MP: It has apes in it, it has got to be cool.

DH: Apparently, again they are so secretive about this stuff now. Like with movies now days, studios are so worried about stuff getting out. You know I would have thought any publicity is good publicity. But yeah they are really worried about keeping things quiet. And the funny thing is you go for an audition now you can usually guess what it’s about, but then you can go online and find out all the information you want about it anyway. That’s what you do, report the news so people can find out about the films.

MP: Oh yes indeed I do, and hopefully doing it well.

DH: I am sure you are. So yeah there’s that anyway, and you know I love doing Vincenzo’s stuff. You know with a Vincenzo Natali movie there’s always something really fun there. You know Cube was great, and I had some fun on Splice more recently.

MP: Amazing.

DH: It is, isn’t it?

MP: Loved it.

DH: Yeah, it’s another strange Vincenzo movie. And you know right now he’s working on Necromancer. Wait, you should know that!

MP: Yes I do, very excited about that too.

DH: Oh yeah, which should be like amazing. It’s like one of my favorite books of like all time. I am very jealous that he’s got that one. Well, as long as I am in it, I don’t care (laughs).

MP: Oh come on, call him up and give him a classic story of why you’re perfect for it.

DH: Oh yeah, I’ve known him since I was like fourteen, I’ve been there (laughs). You know I can like guilt him into something (laughs). But you know Vincenzo’s always fun. He is just a nice guy and I grew up with him, but he’s got such a unique perspective on his films. Like even if things sound familiar to what he’s doing he always has a different take on it, a different spin on it. And that’s how I got into acting by working with friends. It wasn’t even working it was having fun and playing with my friends. The joke always is that my holiday is always working, if that makes sense.

MP: Of course it does!

DH: Ha yeah, like being in a film or being on a show to me it’s more relaxing or a getaway than like life. Although now I got a kid, so that’s like a toss up of what’s more fun. But the kid is more work but it’s great (laughs).

MP: I’ve been informed you are the man to ask about embarrassing stories. The ‘Why am I doing this?’ type of thing. There’s always a moment of ‘this isn’t quite right’.

DH: (laughs) Yes there are a few of those things, yes there are those parts where you walk in (laughs) and go like ‘Oh my God I am so wrong for this’. You know, and here’s a funny one. With Dogs Breakfast I wrote this funny little scene where the guy climbs out of the building naked and lands in the mud outside. And then we go to shoot it and of course I realized … I’m that guy (laughs). I may have written it, and I had this fun time writing it. But then the reality is I am also the one whose gotta go and play that part. So then sudden you’re standing there going like ‘Who wrote this, why would you chose to do this yourself’. I’m lying naked on the frozen ground in Vancouver and you know like in January and my wife who was producing it was freaking out about not having children, you know the bits are like on the ground (laughs). And she’s like ‘You’ve got to heat the ground where the baby parts are’ (laughs) so yeah those are the kinds of things where you go like ‘Why are you doing this, why would you do this?’ (laughs) I am a believer that there are two types of people, those who look good naked and those who just look funny naked. And I’m in the funny department I think.

MP: So that was all your own doing.

DH: Yes, I got myself into that one (laughs), I have no one to blame but myself. So if you want to see me, naked in a funny way see Dogs Breakfast.

MP: You’ve got me sold (laughs).

DH: I guess that paid off then.

MP: David, thank you so much for taking the time to chat with us.

DH: No worries, thank you very much, that was a pleasure indeed.

I’d like to thank David for taking the time out for this interview, it was a lot of fun. David always is such a great presence to have at Armageddon, he’s so nice, funny and entertaining. He had a packed panel on Sunday which became so epic that two other guests Colin Cunningham and Rainbow Sun Francks joined in. This really made the event feel so fan friendly, spontaneous and it was so much fun.

Interview with Renee O’Connor

Marcella Papandrea: Hello Renee, welcome to Adelaide’s Armageddon.

Renee O’Connor: Thank you, so what brings you here?

MP: I’m an Adelaide original and I wanted to be apart of the first Armageddon here.

RO: That’s great, and are you seeing family too?

MP: Of course, that’s part of the fun coming back home.

RO: So lovely, and was there something here at this event that really brought you in?

MP: The event as a whole, it is always such a great time and I am very happy to have you as a part of it.

RO: It is a great experience for you, and me and I am sure the website will love this too. This is a really fun event I have had a good time so far.

MP: Thanks for taking the time out to have a chat with us.

RO: My pleasure, it really is.

MP: Can you tell us about what you are up to at the moment? I believe you have something exciting to share with everyone?

RO: Yes I am actually out here supporting many things. There is a film I worked on in Texas called Beyond The Farthest Star and it’s something that fans of my career or the genre can help support. Because if you go on to Facebook and you look up the film (here) you can click the ‘bring it’ button. Especially for like Australia, the distributors can see exactly where the film is wanted so they can bring it out as a theatrical release. So that’s great and the film is great, it’s a small film, it’s a poignant film and something like an American Beauty. It has an incredible message of hope and it feels authentic. We would definitely appreciate anyone who supports it.

MP: That sounds great Renee, especially bringing in some social networking to help the film out.

RO: Yeah, it is wonderful.

MP: What else can you tell us about?

RO: I also have an awareness seminar that I teach around the world, and the goal of it is to bringing people into feeling more comfortable with their life, on a continuing basis. Where you feel more deeply and more curious about yourself so that it doesn’t take just like movies or music or art to bring out that natural curiosity and you can have it all the time. So Michelle Grant and I take the seminar around the world, it’s a two day seminar where I induct ‘you’ to find out your limitations, and what keeps you from the path that you really want to be on. Or to encourage you or inspire you if you are on the right path, to help you go deeper with that. I also have a video channel on my website, which is www.reneeoconnor.net and every month we put up videos of people interviewing other people who I find inspiring. Or whose work I have been following but I want to find out more about their sense of compassion. So I do interview other people about that. And we also do comedic short films about once a month, about the absurdity of life. It is called Five Ways To …

MP: That sounds quite busy, you have a lot of different and interesting things happening.

RO: Yes, you know I sort of practice what I’ve been learning, which is about the awareness. The reason I teach the awareness work is because it has changed my life, and I want to life completely and as full and as brightly as possible. Although what I do might be more alternative and esoteric as other actors from film and television this is what I find fulfilling.

MP: What lead you to start doing the awareness and seminars?

RO: Well I had finished Xena, I was raising my children very happily but there was something that was missing in my life. And I started studying with this woman and I realized her sense of spirituality and her actual method in the system of living in the world was what I needed to continue to use as an artist. I think a lot of people have a lot of gifts and maybe they get overwhelmed and confused on which way to go. I felt that way at the time and I didn’t know what to do. Am I a producer? Am I an actor? Do I want to be a teacher? And I’m a mother, so how do I do all these things? She gave me a couple of tools which showed me its not that hard, and you just have to look at everything with a different lens, and it worked for me.

MP: And now you’re out there sharing it with everyone else.

RO: (laughs) Yes I want to share it with everyone else, for those who are interested. It might not fit everybody but it does fit some people.

MP: That’s it, if you have something special you believe can help people, you share it.

RO: Yeah that’s right exactly. And people are curious about these things, for me there was so much going on yet it was going anywhere at the same time so it was confusing.

MP: It sounds like that was where you met your crossroads.

RO: Yes, and you know that was one of the reasons that I fell into this work. And the people who have been studying it with me are getting a lot out of it as well, they are finding the path is maybe longer and more challenging then they expected but you get so much out of it and it’s worth it.

MP: Light at the end of the tunnel so to speak.

RO: Yeah, and then you start to look at everything very differently.

MP: It sounds really interesting.

RO: Thank you, I’m glad. You know as I said it doesn’t fit everyone and that’s fine, we all have our own journey and we go down our own road. I mean we are probably not that dissimilar, we have our own story with our own themes and challenges.

MP: Yes there is always something going on.

RO: Yeah I mean you’re producing other things and I am producing other things, and then you look at the reasons you are producing those things, and you start to look at the deeper meaning and you see how similar we all are. And yet also how to respect each other for our own unique stories.

MP: So how did you get into acting? Looking back at your career where did it all start for you? You found yourself in one of the most successful and memorable television series from the 90’s.

RO: Yeah, I had been living in Los Angeles and working as an actress and I originally met Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert through the Hercules television series. So then when Xena came up they had this role, and they had me in mind for this role but at the same time there was a bigger picture they had to look at and audition more people. So I definitely jumped through all those hoops as every actress does for a TV show. And it did work out I got the part that had my name on it and that was it. I’ve learned so much from playing Gabrielle and who I am as a person. I value the friendships I made and the lessons I’ve learned. That definitely created the basis for what I am doing now. I don’t think I’d be producing as much if I didn’t see other people doing it around me. It was like a school, it was about people management, being passionate, over coming obstacles. It was about looking to see these things and becoming strong. You know like if people tell you that you can’t do something, you do it anyway and I learned a lot from watching that. It was an incredible mentor in my life, and seeing someone like Lucy Lawless do her thing, handle the celebrity that came with it, the responsibilities that came with it. I was very fortunate to be around these people and be open enough to be aware of this and absorb it and take it on in my own life.

MP: That definitely sounds like an over all interesting experience, you certainly left your mark in television with that show, Gabrielle was great.

RO: Yes, you know I think it was about the relationship with those two ladies. I said this earlier to someone, the show was about their relationship.

MP: I always did watch Xena on Saturday nights.

RO: Oh thank you, always great to hear.

MP: Thank you so much for taking the time to have a chat with us.

RO: Yes thank you too, appreciate it.

It was a real pleasure to meet Renee and I send her many thanks for the interview and the goodies she gave me. It was great to have some Xena love at the Expo with Renee and Hudson Leick.

Interview with Laura Vandervoort

Marcella Papandrea: Hello Laura, thanks for taking some time out to have a chat with Killer Film.

Laura Vandervoort: No problem.

MP: Have you been having a good day so far at Armageddon?

LV: I have yeah, I just got to Adelaide last night and we did a meet and greet with some of the fans that was really cool. I’m here today and I hope I get to see a little bit of Adelaide. I’ve toured around Sydney for the past couple of days which was great. You know the energy here is great, I like the feel and the vibe here it’s been great doing the shows.

MP: How does this Convention compare to the ones you’ve attended in the States?

LV: This one just feels so relaxed and quaint in a good way. The one in Sydney was wonderful too, everyone is always so friendly at Conventions. (laughs) No one has ever been mean. People are just so enthusiastic, it’s nice.

MP: Can you tell us anything about Smallville, with the season and series wrapping up very soon?

LV: Yeah it is the last season and I just shot my last episode, it’s called ‘Prophecy’. I can’t say what number it is, I am not sure they have announced it yet. It’s going to be great, we’re going to wrap up Kara’s storyline and hopefully give the fans what they’ve been looking for. It was sad to say good-bye to everyone, everybody was kind of upset that the show was ending, the crew and the cast everyone’s a family. It’s been a great show, a good experience and I was sad to say good-bye to Kara and let her go because I feel like she’s my little creation. Mind you she was created before me but I spun her into what I wanted her to be.

MP: It was a different take on the character.

LV: Yeah and I put a bit of myself in her. Coming to the Conventions I’ve talked to the fans about what they wanted to see in Supergirl. So it is a combo of the fans wants and needs and what I wanted to make her. That’s how she grew.

MP: Was it difficult stepping into the show after six seasons and playing such an iconic character.

LV: Yeah, and when I was cast I looked up Supergirl and Supergirl information, background info, and researched everything. But I was intimidated as I had seen Smallville growing up, and they are a well-oiled machine and for me to jump in and be the new person and that was difficult. Especially as it was one of my biggest jobs at that point, on top of that she’s already an iconic character and I had to make sure I filled those boots properly and that skirt (laughs). I think because everyone was so friendly and the team over at Smallville was so welcoming I was able to relax into it. Now I feel like its second nature to play her.

MP: What was it like to work with Helen Slater who was the original film Supergirl back in the mid 80’s?

LV: Helen is fantastic, again I was intimidated because she was the original and I didn’t want her to hate me or think I was doing a horrible job with what she had done. But so to they are both very different characters. She’s beautiful, she was graceful, she’s an amazing singer, and we had a few chats about playing Supergirl. But over all she’s just a wonderful person, and a wonderful person to work with.

MP: What are you able to tell us about V? It is currently in its second season, some juicy story-lines are happening.

LV: Well I don’t want to give anything away, yes it is getting juicy and my character is getting to do a lot more. They are writing a lot more for her in terms of who she’s interacting with and where her storyline is heading. She’s got a backbone now, she’s got an opinion, she has to choose which side she’s on. I’m not sure where you guys here are at with the show.

MP: We’re actually only a few days behind, so yes I am up to date.

LV: She’s joined the fifth column so she’s finally chosen a side. It’s nice because Elizabeth Mitchell’s character Erica is sort of becoming a mother to her and showing her compassion and helping her along the way, whereas Anna has become more of Tyler’s mother. And now we have Jane Badler on the show now from the original. Yeah there’s going to be some major deaths in the finale, of main characters. There’s some character interactions that haven’t happened before, explosions, romance, so a bit of everything really. It’s really amping up.

MP: I’m looking forward to it.

LV: Yeah so am I, I haven’t seen the finale yet.

MP: We’ll have to wait a while to see it.

LV: (laughs) Yeah unfortunately, but that’s part of the fun of television. I promise you that it will be awesome. No one will expect what is coming.

MP: The show’s been on a roll, and your character especially has come a long way, she’s been developed so well.

LV: Yeah she’s gone from like the low cut top girl and nothing more to more than I ever could have hoped for in a character. She’s got so many layers, so much stuff going on right now.

MP: You’ve definitely crafted her into an interesting character to watch, it’s been great to see her development.

LV: Yeah she’s a great character, she really considers her options and I like that about her. She’s got the weight on her shoulders of being the next queen, saving the humans, killing her mother, grandma shows up (laughs).

MP: A lot going on.

LV: (laughs) Yeah exactly.

MP: Do you have anything upcoming that you are able to discuss?

LV: Yes well I did the last episode for me of Smallville, I did a movie called This Means War with Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, and it was just a little role for two days. It was more of a comedic role for me. And I did a movie with Ray Liotta that should be out later this year. And there’s a few things going on as well that I can’t really reveal just yet. I don’t want to count my eggs before they hatch (laughs).

MP: Thank you so much Laura.

LV: My pleasure.

Many thanks to Laura, it was great to have the time out to have a chat. She was a great addition to the Convention; it was a real pleasure to have her there.

Interview with David Anders

Marcella Papandrea: Hello David, thanks for coming and having a chat to Killer Film, how has Armageddon been so far?

David Anders: Thanks, yeah it’s been great, I’ve been great, having a blast. I have never been to Australia before, this is my first time.

MP: Welcome, hopefully you’ve been enjoying your stay here.

DA: Thanks, yeah definitely it’s an awesome country, it really is. The people have been great, and the sites are great, Sydney was great. I’ve been really enjoying my time in Adelaide, it’s been fun.

MP: Adelaide is a little more quieter than Sydney.

DA: Yeah but it is so relaxed and there is a lot going on too. Very cool.

MP: Can you tell us about what you are currently working on with The Vampire Diaries?

DA: Yeah, The Vampire Diaries. We’ve got like three episodes left to shoot for this season. Yeah we worked out that I wasn’t actually in the episode that is filming now which allowed me to come here.

MP: How has your time been on the show?

DA: It’s been so great.

MP: You play an interesting character.

DA: Yeah yeah … he is interesting, Uncle John … well, Papa John actually (laughs).

MP: He’s really all sorts of things (laughs).

DA: (laughs) Yeah he’s a badie, he wants all the vampires dead. But suddenly that makes me the bad guy (laughs).

MP: It’s so complicated.

DA: (laughs) It so is right.

MP: I mean when you look at it, how are you the bad guy when you want to kill vampires, aren’t they meant to be the villains?

DA: (laughs) Yeah well that happens when the vampires are your heroes.

MP: The dynamic automatically changes.

DA: Yeah, you’ve got your good vampires and your bad ones. But Uncle John comes from the school of ‘they are all bad’.

MP: I guess if you look at it from a different perspective he isn’t really a bad guy.

DA: (laughs) Exactly.

MP: Has it been a lot of fun? It seems like it!

DA: Oh yeah, it’s such a great group there. We have fun, we shoot in Atlanta, Georgia, which is a fun town. We have a great group of actors and crew, we have a lot of fun.

MP: Looking forward to seeing what happens on the show.

DA: Yeah me too.

MP: It’s at that ‘very interesting’ stage.

DA: Yes it really is, where are you guys up to here? Up to speed?

MP: Yes we are, it airs Thursday over in the States and they screen it here the following week. Which is great, it’s changed where we had to wait an entire year for a show to start.

DA: Yeah right that’s great (laughs). No spoilers then! (laughs) I never know what to say, usually I can not say too much anyway.

MP: Were you surprised your character was brought back this season?

DA: No not at all, I mean once it was revealed that ‘she was my daughter’ you know that’s a good reason to come back. But naturally I didn’t know what my fate was after last season when I had my fingers chopped off and stabbed I really didn’t know if I was going to live. But when they did keep me alive I knew (winks) that I’d be back.

MP: Is it weird for you to be on this show and not have an accent?

DA: (laughs) I know right? It is kinda actually, it really is. I am used to playing an Englishman.

MP: In my mind I was almost expecting you to have that accent (laughs).

DA: (laughs, puts on English accent) Oh, just wait a minute and I will.

MP: I guess you’d be so used to it that it just comes naturally now?

DA: Yeah it is, its funny like that. The directors and stuff are more convinced that I can’t play an American now. And I’m like ‘Look me up bro, I’m not faking my accent right now’ (laughs). I do like playing (changes accent) an Englishman. Something I can almost hide behind, and it does give me more of a character to get into.

MP: Do you feel that now you’ve got this role as John Gilbert who is American and not English, that this could help open up more doors for you to get those American character roles?

DA: I hope so, I hope I am establishing myself as an American actor. It is fun though, I love it. It does really versify my cannon of work.

MP: Are you just working on the show right now?

DA: Yeah just the show, but hopefully during the summer I can do a movie or something while the show is on its break.

MP: Are you thinking about possibly perusing roles where you do get to be the good guy? Or are you loving being the bad guy?

DA: (laughs) Oh I’d love to be the good guy.

MP: Bad guys sometimes tend to have to more appeal though.

DA: Yeah you know I think everybody has a dark side, and it’s fun to tap into that.

MP: Offered that hero role, you’d take it?

DA: Sure, you know I’d love to do comedies too. But you know playing the villain or bad guy those characters have led me down this road and I am happy, it has been fun. I’m like in the villain part of my career (laughs).

MP: There you go, you might find yourself doing some different roles.

DA: Yeah, well it’s like the guy who play the protagonists want to play the antagonist and vice versa (laughs). But you know, I’m not going to say no to work (laughs). It’s all good.

MP: Do the best that you can do.

DA: (laughs) Exactly, and I do my best and it’s so great.

MP: Looking back at everything you’ve done, playing so many different characters, which has stuck out to you the most?

DA: Yes Stark on ALIAS. That was my favourite, it was my first big role too.

MP: Sentimental favourite?

DA: (laughs) Yeah that really is a sentimental favourite, but still it was the best. He was a cool character to play, it was different every episode. Like where in The Vampire Diaries it can be the same sort of thing, saying the same things over and over ‘Vampires, vampires, vampires, vampires’ which is fine (laughs) but I do like when it changes up which is what ALIAS and Stark did from episode to episode. But yeah at the same time Vampire Diaries does throw me some curve balls.

MP: Well yeah, fingers cut off, got a daughter, those are definite curve balls.

DA: (laughs) I know right? Yeah that was all very surprising. Nina and I called each other when we found out and were just like ‘WHAT?’ (laughs).

MP: Keeps the show interesting.

DA: (laughs) Yeah it does, it’s great I love it.

MP: Thank you so much for having a chat to us David.

DA: Appreciate, it was a pleasure meeting you.

A big thanks to David for his time, he was a lot of fun to chat to and he made Armageddon a great show along with the rest of the guests. We all certainly had a lot of fun watching through-out the weekend as Patricia Tallman put her artistic skills to good use and made a collage using his guest poster. In turn, David decided to do the same to Patricia, Laura’s and Lance’s posters. You can see their work at the bottom of this post.

Interview with Patricia Tallman

Marcella Papandrea: Hello Patricia, thanks for coming to have a chat with Killer Film.

Patricia Tallman: Thank you so much as well.

MP: How are you, how are you enjoying the day here at Armageddon so far?

PT: I love it, I’ve been so happy to be here in Australia. I am having a fabulous time.

MP: When you got contacted for the event were you excited to come down?

PT: Yes! I have tried to get down here a few times but it didn’t work out and this time it all came together. This was meant to be!

MP: Being from Adelaide originally …

PT: You are? This must be great for you to see the Expo has finally come here then?

MP: Yes I am, I think everyone is really happy to have it here. I know a lot of people from Adelaide travel around to see Armageddon when the time comes. Nice to have it in the home town.

PT: Yes, it’s nice for Adelaide, its fantastic. It’s so beautiful here and so far there’s been a really nice turn out. Oh have you seen any of the wrestling yet?

MP: Not this time, I have seen it all at every other Convention it always gets a huge turn out (laughs).

PT: (laughs) Yes it’s pretty fun they have that here. They’ve made it a total family event. At the last one we had like bumper cars, it was great. They really do have a lot of stuff to do it is very cool.

MP: Can you tell us about what you have been up to, what you have been working on lately?

PT: Oh yeah, I just finished a film called Dead Air, that was a lot of fun. It is a horror film, with a bit of a zombie flavour to it.

MP: I’m so there, you said horror and zombie!

PT: Fantastic, I think it has some great stuff that fans like yourself will enjoy. We are selling the DVD here and it is available on Amazon. It has been getting great reviews, so please check it out if you get the chance. Corbin Bernsen directed it too.

MP: Do you have any highlights when you look back over your career?

PT: Oh yeah. These might be fan favourites too, but Night Of The Living Dead was a great experience, it was really wonderful. Working with a lot of people that I already knew, it was very much a family feeling. Everyone was very happy for me because it was my first leading role in a film. So that was pretty exceptional. And then working on Babylon 5, to be on a series for that long and have such incredible writing and an incredible concept. Everybody involved was just fantastic, the actors and the crew it was so fantastic. So those were definite highlights, even though you know those are also fan favourites (laughs). I also had a good time working on all the Star Treks, I was part of the so called stunt team, and part of the stunt regulars on those shows. Dennis Madalone was the stunt co-coordinator and he’d bring us in whenever it was appropriate and that was a lot of fun, we did a lot of work together. Not quite as awesome as Babylon 5 but nothing can quite top that (laughs).

MP: I think Babylon 5 came out at the right time for sci-fi, with Star Trek kind of being the frontier series for the genre. Babylon 5 I think helped shape the standard of things to come.

PT: Yes. I think you are spot on with that, you’re right. It was one of those times where I read the script, loved it and then I didn’t think I’d get it. I thought they’d go with some big star or something (laughs). You know I also did enjoy working on Jurassic Park too, we didn’t really know what we were working on. We hadn’t seen the effects, the effects hadn’t really existed yet, so we had no idea (laughs). So when we saw the final product, we all sat in the audience and it was just like ‘Wow’.

MP: Yes for me seeing that film at the cinema was one of the best moments, I sat there wide eyed.

PT: Yes I know, it’s like the first time you saw Star Wars. I am sure you remember the first time you saw that.

MP: Yes of course!

PT: See I’m old enough that I saw Star Wars, the first Star Wars in the movie theaters. I stood in line with my little brother, he and his friends wanted to see it too so I drove. And I stood in line with him for 45 minutes, which at the time was just unheard of. You know like standing in line for a movie at that time, like any length of time no body did that. The fact that we did that was like beyond geeky. But I remember sitting in the audience, which was packed, and they had this new thing called surround sound. It was a new thing then and we were like whatever (laughs). Then the music started and it was all around us, and no body has experienced this before, and then the ship goes over head and it was like the coolest thing ever.

MP: Yes, Jurassic Park was really like the Star Wars of that time, there is no comparison.

PT: Yeah and there are some films you just have to see in the theater. Like Avatar, that’s the first thing I can think of more recently over the past 10 or so years that was as astonishing as that first moment with Star Wars. And (laughs) I wasn’t in Avatar, but going back yes Jurassic Park would probably have been the most astonishing thing I have seen that I was apart of.

MP: How about Army of Darkness, what was that experience like?

PT: Army of Darkness was fun, it was also really hard, it was really hard work. It had very little money, it was not a big budget production. The make-up affects were really extensive, I had to wear very uncomfortable make-up for long periods of time. But it was fun seeing it, that was one of those films where you see it and go ‘Ahh okay, I get it’ (laughs).

MP: It is such a fun film to watch and every time I watch it in the back of my mind I am thinking about how much work went into it all.

PT: Yeah it really was, and you know watching Bruce Campbell is so much fun, he’s so great. It’s good to see him do his thing, he’s so talented.

MP: I doubt there would have been an Evil Dead series without him.

PT: Exactly, you know it was created around Bruce, you know Sam and he are really good friends. Sam knew exactly what he was doing with Bruce and the films, he knew how to create this around Bruce.

MP: Did you have any other projects you were able to tell us about?

PT: Oh yes, I am working on a project with Joe Straczynski who created Babylon 5, and I am very excited about that, it is going to be amazing. I can’t talk about what it is just yet but as soon as I can I’ll be telling everyone about it.

MP: Thank you so much Patricia it was a pleasure to chat to you.

PT: Thank you it was a pleasure, and you can all find me on Facebook and Twitter, I’d love to hear from you.

Many thanks to Patricia for the interview, she entertained us all with her fantastic artistic skills during the weekend. She started an art project with David Anders’ guest poster, and by the end of the Expo it was an amazing piece of original art. You can check out the photos of it below.

Filming is scheduled to begin this July.

He isn’t exactly an obvious choice for this prequel of sorts, to play the role of the wizard. But he does however have a relationship with director Sam Raimi, starring in all three of his Spider-man films. The film is a top priority for Disney and it looks as though they want to get this cast pretty quickly. It is looking to shoot this summer, so we’ll see if Franco takes this one.

Source: Collider

There’s currently no start date or release date set for the film, but the studio and director Sam Raimi are hoping to get started later this year. But Depp is currently set to begin filming on Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows this Spring, and is set to re-team with Gore Verbinski in The Lone Ranger. The studio would obviously love for Depp to be involved in both projects, but a commitment to Oz would delay The Lone Ranger.

Directed by Peter Dowling, the film follows a lost bachelor party group who are trapped underground with cannibals.

Source: STYD

Source: FirstShowing, Variety

Interesting. An original horror film for next Halloween? Lionsgate Films is leading the charge in the genre releases and this could be a refreshing change of pace. Look for it October 28th, 2011.