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‘Twilight Saga’s Kellan Lutz To Star In ‘Tatua’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday November 26, 2012 @ 5:08pm PSTTags: Aaron Sims, Big Deals Film, Overnight Productions
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EXCLUSIVE: Now that the Twilight Saga series is over, the fittest vampire in the pack, Kellan Lutz, has found a new potential franchise to sink his teeth into. Lutz has signed to star in the indie genre film Tatua. Based on an original concept by comic book creators Paul Jenkins and Rob Prior, Tatua is about a man with a rare blood type that allows him to be tattooed with a powerful ink. He is able to pull those weapons straight off his skin, giving him an enviable leg up as a covert assassin. Aaron Sims, the vfx wiz who helmed the viral sensation short Archetype, is set to make his directing debut on the film, says Rick Schwartz, whose Overnight Productions has lined up the financing for a March production start in Toronto. READ MORE »

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‘Machete’ Producers Sue To Kill Robert Rodriguez’s Sequel

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday November 20, 2012 @ 6:32pm PSTTags: Big Deals Film, Lawsuit, Machete, Machete Kills, Overnight Productions, Robert Rodriguez

Overnight Productions today said it wants to cut ties with Robert Rodriguez’s Quick Draw Productions over the rights to Machete Kills. If successful, the court action could stop the release of the film – which Open Road acquired for distribution from Quick Draw last month. The complaint filed Tuesday (read it here), the producers of 2010’s Machete are seeking to terminate the April 2012 agreement in which they granted director/producer Rodriguez the rights to make another action movie about the rogue Mexican Federale. The rights would revert back to Rick Schwartz’s Overnight. The plaintiffs are seeking $2 million in damages Read More »

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