Wednesday 7 July 2010

80s Madman Reborn on web

Couple of snippets from a feature at the excellent retroslashers site which highlight the trend of older (especially 80s) slashers attracting new followers, new life and momentum for remakes/sequels through new media, from Playstation to iTunes to Youtube...

Sales has really taken Madman by the belt-buckle and secured its mass-availability long into the future across several formats. He informs us “We’re also now on YouTube Rental and heading for PlayStation, & Hulu. We’re also in iTunes review mode now and should be live there before Halloween.”
No talk of an old slasher movie resurfacing would be complete without bringing up the possibility of another Madman movie. Sales enthusiastically outlined to us what he refers to internally as the Madman Marz 3D Re-Imagining Project. “I’m in talks with studios and foreign buyers for a release in 2011. The script has been written by Paul “Madman Marz” Ehlers, his son Jon (born during production) and myself.  It’s killah! Really killah!” We’ve also heard that it could function as a dual reboot/sequel similar to Friday The 13th (2009) but plan a follow up conversation with Sales in future to address this.
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To keep up with the Marz Movement, visit the movie’s Facebook and Twitter.
SOURCE: http://retroslashers.net/the-future-of-madman-marz/