Nov 18 2008 Sammo Hung Will Fight Specially-Trained Army of Monkeys
Sammo Hung, the veteran Hong Kong action star you all know from the '90s Rush Hour-style CBS cop series Martial Law (alongside Arsenio Hall!), is in talks to star in Dark Horse Films' War Monkeys. From THR:
Sammo Hung is negotiations to star in "War Monkeys," a horror comedy shaping up to be the biggest feature yet from the independent arm of Dark Horse Films.UTA-repped Kevin Munroe ("TMNT") is in negotiations to direct the film for Dark Horse Indie.
The horror comedy follows two janitors who, during a Christmas holiday, get trapped in an underground research facility after accidentally unleashing military-trained Rhesus monkeys. Hung is one of the janitors who battles the rabid simians.
To give you an idea of what Sammo Hung and another guy fighting an army of armed Rhesus monkeys might be like, I've included a clip below the cut that should help you envision it. Just pretend everyone but Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao (Pete Wentz-hair guy) are monkeys.
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Aug 29 2007 Studios Compete for Most Idiotic Title
Though not formally announced as a competition, Dark Horse Indie will soon be competing head-to-head against the Icelandic Film Center for the most literal idiotic movie title. From Dark Horse comes War Monkeys, which is not meant as a political commentary about government and military "monkeys" mucking up the war, but is about actual military-trained monkeys attacking a janitor who is accidentally locked in with them.
Meanwhile, from the depths of Iceland comes The Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre, which is described as being something like Texas Chainsaw Massacre (even starring Leatherface) except for the parts about Texas and chainsaws being replaced with Reykajvik and whale watching, which implies to me that whale watching is somehow the primary massacre weapon.
It certainly sounds like no matter who wins this battle, the overall winner will be the human race.
