

Zahlers next project as writer/director is Brawl in Cell Block 99, an action movie starring Vince Vaughn which Heller and Sonnier are also producing. The chance to work with Lorenzo, Zahler and Band all at once on this new take is simply a dream come true. ∺s a child of the 80s and 90s, I spent a vast majority of my allowance on Charles Band-produced films, said Sonnier, Puppet Master was hands down my favorite, and I had the movie poster on my wall and a giant standee in my bedroom.

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We couldnt be more excited to take the series in a new direction while embracing all the practical effects and terrifying insanity that fans of the Puppet Master films love, said Heller.

All hell breaks loose at the Postville Lodge during the auction when a strange force animates all of the various puppets throughout the convention as they go on a bloody killing spree.īand will serve as an executive producer, with di Bonaventura and Vahradian producing for di Bonaventura Pictures alongside Dallas Sonnier and Jack Heller for Caliber Media. Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich will reportedly involve, a recently divorced young man who discovers a mint condition Blade doll in his deceased brothers closet and plans to sell the toy at a convention in Oregon celebrating the 30th anniversary of the infamous Toulon Murders. These colorful creatures have acted in various films as either the heroes or the villains, often going up against Nazis. It concerned a loose group of puppets created by Andre Toulon (originally played by William Hickey) who are endowed with life through an Egyptian spell.
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The cult classic series, which currently has eleven movies (most of them direct-to-video) to its name, was the brainchild of producer/director Charles Band of Full Moon Features, along with late puppet designer/animator Dave Allen. Learn more about the Puppet Master reboot below! Craig Zahler of Bone Tomahawk fame has been tapped by mega-producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian (1408, Transformers) to write a new reboot titled Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich, which is planned as the first in an intricate multi-part mythology. Until then, check out the full rundown and debut poster for PUPPET MASTER: THE LITTLEST REICH courtesy of Fangoria: Plot Synopsis A recently divorced young man who discovers a mint condition Blade doll in his deceased brother’s closet plans to sell the toy at a convention in Oregon celebrating the 30th anniversary of the infamous Toulon Murders. Now, according to The Hollywood Reporter, it seems that wish has come true as S. Zahler is repped by United Talent Agency, Caliber Media and Ziffren Brittenham.Back in January, our sister site ShockTillYouDrop posted a feature titled 10 Horror Movies That SHOULD Be Remade, and among the chosen ten was the Puppet Master franchise. Zahler’s next film is “Brawl in Cell Block 99,” starring Vince Vaughn and produced by Sonnier and Heller. Written by Patti Pauley Love or hate horror movie rehashes, one can’t certainly deny that 30 years after the original Full Moon picture was first released, that a fresh Puppet Master reboot doesn’t sound like a bad idea AT ALL. All hell breaks loose during the auction when a strange force animates all of the puppets throughout the convention, setting them on a bloody killing spree. “Littlest Reich” follows a recently divorced young man who discovers a mint condition Blade doll in his deceased brother’s closet and plans to sell the toy at a convention in Oregon celebrating the 30th anniversary of the infamous Toulon Murders.

Produced by Band and his Full Moon Features label, the series was established in 1989 with the first installment, which has since been followed by nine sequels, comic books, collector’s items and toys. The original franchise focuses on a group of anthropomorphic puppets animated by an Egyptian spell, each equipped with their own unique and dangerous device. “We couldn’t be more excited to take the series in a new direction while embracing all the practical effects and terrifying insanity that fans of the ‘Puppet Master’ films love,” Heller said.
