'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' Director Fights 'Squirrels'

[hagios]

Red Sea Media is in the process of assembling a strong slate for the upcoming Marché du Film, including Squirrels, a new horror-thriller that the company has just acquired international sales rights for from Bazelevs, Timur Bekmambetov’s production company. Bekmambetov is best known as director of the hit international films Night Watch, Wanted and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The film was written by Daniel Antoniazzi & Ben Shiffrin, based on an idea by Bekmambetov.

“When a young man’s estranged father is killed under suspicious circumstances, he returns home for the first time in years to get to the bottom of the mystery. Hoping to uncover some logical explanation, he instead finds his mom’s sleazy new boyfriend, a natural gas company buying up the town, an angry female sheriff who happens to be his ex-girlfriend, and an army of flesh-eating squirrels hellbent on destroying everything in their path due to an erosion of their food chain as a result of environmental destruction by the gas company.”

Lisa Ellzey and Michele Wolkoff are executive producers. The production is currently setting a director, with an A-list cast expected to sign shortly. The Red Sea sales office at the Marché du Film will be located at the Lerins venue, booth #R19. Additional sales titles from the company will be announced in the coming days.

Warning: Don't Feed These Vicious 'Squirrels'!!

Red Sea Media has released an insane sales trailer for the soon-to-be-filmed Squirrels, a new horror-thriller that the company has acquired from Bazelevs, Timur Bekmambetov’s production company. Bekmambetov is best known as director of the hit international films Night Watch, Wanted and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The film was written by Daniel Antoniazzi & Ben Shiffrin, based on an idea by Bekmambetov.

“When a young man’s estranged father is killed under suspicious circumstances, he returns home for the first time in years to get to the bottom of the mystery. Hoping to uncover some logical explanation, he instead finds his mom’s sleazy new boyfriend, a natural gas company buying up the town, an angry female sheriff who happens to be his ex-girlfriend, and an army of flesh-eating squirrels hellbent on destroying everything in their path due to an erosion of their food chain as a result of environmental destruction by the gas company.”

There is still no director attached.

Squirrels - Pre-production Sales Trailer - YouTube

"This is not your Rocky Squirrel"

Rocky and Bullwinkle - Minisode 03 - YouTube

[Foggy]

Ah man, I'll wait for the sequel, Squirelnado!

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Ah man, I'll wait for the sequel, Squirelnado!

I'll wait for the sequel to that:
Abraham Lincoln: Squirrel Hunter

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Yup... I could see where this thread was headed before I finished the first paragraph of the quoted article!

[Tony208]

This is direct to DVD right

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

SQUIRREL!!! - YouTube

[MrBlonde]

MrBlondes confirmed movie of the year when this comes out.

[whiteberry]

with an A-list cast expected to sign shortly.

LOL....my crystal ball says it will star Tara Reid and Samuel L. Jackson ("Enough is enough! I have had it with these mother****ing squirrels in this mother****ing tree!"

[JohnWayne]

This this looks awesome!

[CoolRanch]

Originally Posted by whiteberry

LOL....my crystal ball says it will star Tara Reid and Samuel L. Jackson ("Enough is enough! I have had it with these mother****ing squirrels in this mother****ing tree!"

Well played!

And I'm actually excited for this film! It could be the perfect blend of horror and comedy. Plus, there's something psychologically unsettling about such a normally cute and peaceful creature becoming evil and carnivorous

[PopcornBandit]

[Galactus]

Originally Posted by whiteberry

LOL....my crystal ball says it will star Tara Reid and Samuel L. Jackson ("Enough is enough! I have had it with these monkey fighting squirrels in this Monday to Friday tree!"

TV edit

[hagios]

This is not too far off subject from the movie 'Squirrels' coming out. We have squirrels eating our wood(small bites) to the side boards on our garage & front steps on our porch! I know ... right!!! What will they go after next......

I call them our squirrels!!!

It is predicted that animals will become more aggressive towards 'us' in this 'our day & age'!

[Akijama]

Lulz.

[Al_The_Strange]

I love Bekmambetov's work, because he is usually so weird and outlandish. But this is weird and outlandish in a totally different way. I'll certainly give it a shot, but there better be some crazy bullet-curving cars-flying horse-throwing axe-swinging mayhem involved with these squirrels.

[MikeScott]

That's awesome. LOL. This will be fun.

[Moviefan1203]

Originally Posted by Tony208

This is direct to DVD right

No, sir. I can see it doing fairly well theatrically, it has popcorn fun written all over it.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by hagios

This is not too far off subject from the movie 'Squirrels' coming out. We have squirrels eating our wood(small bites) to the side boards on our garage & front steps on our porch! I know ... right!!! What will they go after next......

Well, they are persistent critters:

Mission Impossible Squirrel - YouTube

[MikeScott]

Originally Posted by Moviefan1203

No, sir. I can see it doing fairly well theatrically, it has popcorn fun written all over it.

I hope it does but it probably wouldn't do that great. Audiences don't seem to get "horror comedy." It says they are looking for an A-list cast though so if they can get some names attached maybe it will be.

[bowlingbilly10]

I'm reading everyone's post and y'all are making my day! I saw the trailer on YouTube and I was like, is this f***ing real?! I saw at the end of the trailer hold on to your nuts, I was laughing my ass off! Hollywood is OFFICIALLY out of ideas!! Would seriously anybody actually would pay to see this?!