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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Mar 25, 2014 20:04:06 GMT -6
PHANTASM V. It’s happening, or has it already? Ain’t It Cool has debuted the first poster for PHANTASM: RAVAGER. Quint, over there, also adds: “…which may be ready for you to see sooner than you think.” Has director Don Coscarelli secretly shot the fifth, long anticipated PHANTASM film. It would seem so, as Shock Till You Drop has also thrown news in the ring. Their Ryan Turek writes, “I can tell you exclusively that the film has already been shot. That’s the rumbling I had heard for the last year now and recently had confirmed. The whole gang is back, too.” What will it be? I can’t wait to find out. See the poster for PHANTASM: RAVAGER below, and expect more news soon! s1360.photobucket.com/user/comiccollectorsguide1/media/PhantasmVteaser_big_zpse0e66d67.jpg.html
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Mar 26, 2014 8:54:11 GMT -6
The Phantasm Archives has dug up some new details on Phantasm V: Ravager which has already been filmed!
This project has been filming little by little since 2008. The original working title for several years was "Reggie's Tales." The original cast members put in appearances along with some Don Coscarelli regulars. It was partly filmed in Crestline, CA at Reggie Bannister's own home! Many of the familiar series elements are back... the 'Cuda and the sphere especially. Oh, yes... there will be blood! The Lady in Lavender will be making a return appearance. Don Coscarelli did NOT direct the film. Phantasm V: Ravager was written and directed by David Hartman under the supervision of Coscarelli.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Mar 27, 2014 11:30:04 GMT -6
insidemovies.ew.com/2014/03/27/phantasm-5-ravager-trailer-exclusive/When the surprise news broke earlier this week that a fifth Phantasm movie — called Phantasm: Ravager — was not just in the works but had actually been completed, it raised an awful lot of questions. Who directed the latest entry in the beloved cult horror franchise about the ghoulish, mysterious Tall Man and his lethal flying spheres? Which previous actors from the series (if any) would be making an appearance in the film? And when might we see some footage from the first Phantasm movie in 16 years? Related EW can confirm that Phantasm: Ravager is directed by filmmaker and artist David Hartman, whose résumé includes the TV show Transformers Prime and the Rob Zombie videos American Witch and Lords of Salem. Hartman also worked on the films Bubba Ho-Tep and John Dies at the End, both of which were directed by Phantasm overlord Don Coscarelli. Coscarelli himself cowrote Phantasm: Ravager with Hartman and produced it through his Silver Spheres company with executive producer Brad Baruh. “I felt it was time to let someone else play with my train set,” said Coscarelli in a statement. “David and I go back to my film Bubba Ho-Tep. He did terrific visual effects on that, and more recently created a wild animated sequence and some amazing visual effects in my most recent film, John Dies at the End. Our aesthetics are in sync and he’s quite an experienced director in his own right.” “Having worked with Don before, and being a huge fan of the entire Phantasm franchise, it was a great honor to do Ravager with him,” said Hartman. “This film is a real turning point in the series. There’s real closure for the core characters that I hope fans will respond to.” The cast of Phantasm: Ravager includes Angus Scrimm and Reggie Bannister, who have played, respectively, the Tall Man and luckless ice cream vendor Reggie in each previous film. They are joined by Michael Baldwin, who played the character Mike in each franchise entry except for Phantasm II (in which, aside from some flashback scenes, he was played by James LeGros). “We were fortunate to shoot amazing new sequences with horror icon Angus Scrimm,” said Hartman. “He has terrific scenes with Reggie and Mike that are truly powerful.” Series regulars Bill Thornbury and Kat Lester also appear in the film, whose release date has yet to be announced. Phantasm: Ravager was shot in and around southern California over the past two years. “The Phantasm films have been a guerrilla operation for decades now, totally outside of the studio system,” Coscarelli said. “We do them for the fans, and I think Ravager will definitely please them. In the past few years several studios have made offers to remake Phantasm with large budgets, but the fans were very vocal that they wanted the original cast to return and finish this iteration of the story with class.” Very few plot details have been released – but according to Coscarelli, Phantasm: Ravager includes “an extended sequence on the Tall Man’s home world.” Plus? “There are also some surprises thrown in that I promise will astonish long-time fans.”
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Apr 10, 2014 17:57:29 GMT -6
From the Press Release: Filmmaker Don Coscarelli has announced that PHANTASM: RAVAGER, the long-awaited fifth and final entry in his classic horror Phantasm series, has completed principal photography.
The original Phantasm was a worldwide critical and box office smash, spawning a huge cult of fans around the world and three well received sequels.
For the first time in the franchise's history, a new director is helming the production, one David Hartman. Hartman is a multiple Emmy-nominated animation director, whose work can be seen in such celebrated shows as Transformers Prime and Roughnecks: Starship Troopers. Serious genre fans have long been familiar with Hartman’s edgier output, including two blood-soaked music videos for Rob Zombie ("American Witch" and "Lords of Salem") and his illustrations of Steve Niles' Strange Cases for Image Comics.
"I felt it was time to let someone else play with my train set," noted Coscarelli, who co-wrote the film with Hartman and produced the film under his Silver Sphere banner along with executive producer Brad Baruh. "David and I go back to my film Bubba Ho-Tep. He did terrific visual effects on that and more recently created a wild animated sequence and some amazing visual effects in my most recent film, John Dies at the End. Our aesthetics are in sync, and he's quite an experienced director in his own right," Coscarelli stated.
"Having worked with Don [Coscarelli] before and being a huge fan of the entire Phantasm franchise, it was a great honor to do RAVAGER with him," says Hartman. "This film is a real turning point in the series. There's real closure for the core characters that I hope fans will respond to. We were fortunate to shoot amazing new sequences with horror icon Angus Scrimm—he has terrific scenes with Reggie (Bannister) and Mike (Michael Baldwin) that are truly powerful.”
Production on RAVAGER took place in and around Southern California over the past two years. "The Phantasm films have been a guerrilla operation for decades now, totally outside of the studio system," Coscarelli notes. "We do them for the fans, and I think Ravager will definitely please them. In the past few years several studios have made offers to remake Phantasm with large budgets, but the fans were very vocal that they wanted the original cast to return and finish this iteration of the story with class. And for the first time there’s an extended sequence on the Tall Man’s home world. I know Phantasm fans will be as excited as I am to see it.”
RAVAGER features Reggie Bannister (a veteran of all five films) in his decades-long pursuit of the malevolent Tall Man, and it finally forces him to confront the mysteries at the heart of the Phantasm saga. The entire original cast is back including Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Kat Lester, and Angus Scrimm, along with some great new characters. Coscarelli allows, “There are also some surprises thrown in that I promise will astonish long-time fans.”
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