Doomsday - new post-apoc flick (with a twist of Fallout?)

[Malky]

Saw this over at Sci-Fi.com:

Marshall Forecasts Doomsday

Director Neil Marshall (The Descent) told SCI FI Wire that his next film project will be a post-apocalyptic project called Doomsday, which will feature some of the same cast members as his past films. "Doomsday is a futuristic action thriller," Marshall said in an interview just after he attended Comic-Con International in San Diego last week. "It's about a group of people [who] team together to try to prevent the extinction of the human race. It will be a dark, brutal action adventure."

The idea sounds like a gritty combination of Mad Max and Escape From New York, and Marshall acknowledged that that's not a bad comparison. "It's kind of an Escape From L.A., except set in the U.K.," he said. "It will be a post-apocalyptic future and will include futuristic knights and involve car chases. There is a disease that threatens the remainder of humanity."

Marshall is currently promoting The Descent, a film about six women who get stuck in a cave and come under attack by blind, savage humanoid creatures. The Descent stars Shauna Macdonald, Alex Reid and Natalie Mendoza and opens Aug. 4. —Mike Szymanski

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=37318&type=0


Could be potentially awesome. Dog Soldiers was fun, and Marshall really came into his own with The Descent, which I'm willing to call one of the best horror films ever made. It's a shame the American release of The Descent has an abridged ending which falls completely flat.

 

[Silencer]

Malkavian, I'm sorry to rain on your movie taste parade, but IMO, you're talking about the maker of two of world's worst flicks evah.

So no newsposts. Maybe he should make a film about subterranean werewolves instead?

 

[Malky]

Malkavian, I'm sorry to rain on your movie taste parade, but IMO, you're talking about the maker of two of world's worst flicks evah.

Hardly, Dog Soldiers was a fun little flick. The Descent was one of the most creative, interesting, and frightening horror films in recent years. Seriously, I don't understand how you can call that movie one of the "world's worst flicks." It had a solid plot, a great cast, and it defied horror conventions to the max. It was so relieving to see a horror film completely devoid of idiotic busty women who can't fend for themselves unless some stupid jock boyfriend is around. The female characters in the movie were competent and realistic. The creatures that Marshall created were absolutely terrifying, as well.