Can you guys do me a quick favor? Just click on this link and tell me if you see the same story that I see there, because I’m starting to think it might be an addled byproduct of the flu-y symptoms I have coming on at the moment.
What I’m seeing: They’re making a movie called Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Undead, starring underappreciated Sopranos alum John Ventimiglia (pictured) as a Shakespeare-adapting playwright/vampire. (Artie Bucco! As a vampire!) The supporting cast includes another of my all-time favorite character actors, Jeremy Sisto, as an incompetent cop, and Ralph Macchio as a mobster, which pretty much speaks for itself. And the film’s being scored by Sean Lennon, another underrated fave of mine.
All in all, I give this project a 20% chance of actually existing in the fact-based world. What do you say — is that Hollywood Reporter story there on the other end of that link, or did my flu-like virus make it up? And if it’s true, are you half as excited about it as I am?
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It’s for real. I know someone in it.
It’s true. A friend of mine is working on it (shooting wrapped a few months ago)!
I am so in…anything that brings back Ralph Macchio into my life, you can sign me up for! Is it horror-comedy (a la Shaun of the Dead) too? I sure hope so.
Dude. Dude. Dude. I loved “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead”.
What fun this movie is going to be!
AICN reported on this as well.
Heres hoping it fairs better than the last time filmmakers mixed mobsters and vampires (Innocent Blood anyone?)
I saw this film listed on imdb last month. As far as I know it’s true.
Can I buy my ticket now??
How can anyone claim that Yoko Ono’s kid is somehow “UNDERrated”?
He’s a kid who has had every chance on Earth (and all the production money in the world and opportunities to work with just about every producer and artist on Earth because his last name is “Lennon”) and is still a relative unknown. IMHO, the appropriate words are “overhyped” and “undertalented” not “underrated”.
The movie itself looks okay though.
It certainly sounds interesting… sent info about it to my dad, who is a huge fan of the original, Vampire-free play/film, and all he said was “oooooookay…”