1. Blacklist script
The script of this film was selected for Blacklist in 2010 (then called The Kitchen Sink), and attracted the attention of Jonah Hill, who wanted to shoot the film himself, but later It was only a producer, but screenwriter Oren Uziel later wrote the script for 22 Jump Street ("Dragon Tiger Boys 2", 2014) for Qiao Pang.
Producer Matt Tolmach personally picked the script from the blacklist and brought in Adam Mckay (Ace Broadcaster, SNL, Ant-Man screenwriter) to polish it. The film was completed three years ago, but there was no news of its release until Halloween in 2015. Foreign netizens commented that the film's promotion was only fifty cents... In fact, vampires, zombies, and werewolves were still very popular themes in those days. Unfortunately, this film did not catch up with the craze at that time, and it seems a bit outdated now. Matt Tolmach is also the producer of Garfield's Spider-Man.
The metaphor of this play is relatively obvious: zombies can be regarded as real drug addicts, addicted to the brain. Once they eat, they can’t figure out anything. If they don’t eat, they will wake up a little bit. Vampires are related to sex, and being bitten by a vampire is like losing your virginity. , very tempting but never going back.
2. Director Robbie Pickering
personally Storyboarded the entire movie and did a lot of preparation work, including 150 pages of notes on light prop production and lighting. The filming process was very tight. The female lead Mackenzie Davis recalled that the studio was very busy, and the filming was carried out in accordance with the established process. Even if there were so many big names coming to make a cameo, sometimes the star chasing could not be taken care of. In the end, the film was shot in 36 days.
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Director John Hughes said that the film has some John Hughes film feel, such as The Breakfast Club ("The Breakfast Club", 1985). John Hughes is one of the most successful school youth film directors, so that later American youth films have more or less his shadow.
4. Cassette
The great German director Werner Herzog dubbed the film's big boss, Alien. He is a representative of the New German Film Movement, serious and crazy about film, even disregarding his own safety when making films.
There is also the male protagonist's father is Better call Saul, a lawyer from Breaking Bad, his mother is a veteran comedy actress Joan Cusack, the male protagonist goddess High School Musical Vanessa Hudgens, the vampire scumbag is Gossip Girl's Chuck, and the vampire rights teacher is a black brother Key, as well as Garfield's Spider-Man father-in-law Denis Leary, and the famous comedian Patton Oswalt.
The male lead Nicholas Braun also starred in this year's How to Be Single ("Single's Guide", 2016), the female lead Mackenzie Davis is in The Martian The NASA girl, the second male with the highest IQ, Josh Fadem, will star in next year's DC TV series Powerless with Vanessa Hudgens.
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Naked The studio was indeed naked, but everyone said that being naked together would not be embarrassing.
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