Controversial MURDER-SET-PIECES Creator NICK PALUMBO And GUNSLINGER MEDIA Founder STEPHAN MILLER Join Forces To Create The $5 Million Shocker CORPSE
Internet innovator Stephan Miller’s Gunslinger Media and infamous Hollywood writer-director-producer Nick Palumbo’s Fright Flix Productions today announced a partnership to produce the highly controversial five million dollar horror film Corpse. Expected to receive an NC-17 for its extreme content, Corpse will be Palumbo’s first new film since his horrific NC-17 feature Murder-Set-Pieces began shocking audiences three years ago.
The maverick filmmaker describes the new multi-million dollar project as “a personal vision of the apocalypse. Just as ‘Murder-Set-Pieces’ took the slasher genre in new directions, ‘Corpse’ redefines the zombie film.” Palumbo is excited to have partnered with someone who shares both his vision and his approach to business. “I am very proud of my new partnership with Gunslinger Media. I have been looking for quite some time to find someone with the same sensibilities and work ethic. Stephan is a bold and visionary entrepreneur, and this is just the beginning of what I believe will be a lifelong partnership. When I presented Stephan with my ideas for ‘Corpse,’ he was very excited to be a part of what will surely be a groundbreaking horror film.” Gunslinger Media Founder and CEO Stephan Miller is equally pleased with the new alliance, observing, “Nick Palumbo is an extremely talented writer and director, and has a good business sense of the film industry, with an extreme focus on the horror genre.”
Miller is no stranger to the film industry, having worked on such films as The Island of Dr. Moreau and Kevin Costner’s The Postman as an exotic animal trainer before moving into independent production. Corpse has also attracted the attention and talents of special effects technician Vincent Guastini, whose resume includes Clint Eastwood’s Academy Award-winning Letters From Iwo Jima, Michael Mann’s Oscar winner The Last Of The Mohicans, and Darren Aronofsky’s Academy Award-nominated Requiem For A Dream.
New York Independent Film And Video Festival Award winner Brendan Flynt, who provided the stylish and disturbing images found in Murder-Set-Pieces, will be returning to the Palumbo fold to serve as Corpse’s director of photography. For an industry veteran like Gaustini, Corpse offers an opportunity to see his work shine in an unfettered, creative environment, free from the “filmmaking by committee” approach so often found in Hollywood. “I’m excited by the opportunity to work so closely with Nick. He’s allowing me to create monsters with the same kind of freedom of expression Rob Bottin experienced working with John Carpenter on ‘The Thing.’ With Nick, I know my art will be seen in the film, and not on the cutting room floor.” Since creating the NC-17 Murder-Set-Pieces over 3 years ago, controversy has followed Palumbo’s signature work everywhere.
With its status of being the only mainstream feature in Hollywood history to be rejected by no less than three film labs due to its ultra-violent imagery, the movie’s visceral approach to terror has quickly become the stuff of legend. Through it all, Palumbo has remained committed to his vision, and is happy to report that “Stephan is able to see and embrace my vision as well. Simply put, I make the kinds of horror films that I would pay to see: atmospheric, ultra-violent, and horrific, and all shot on glorious 35mm film. Stephen and I have the same goals in mind, and that is to revolutionize the horror film industry.” Indeed, Miller is no stranger to controversy himself. As co-publisher of Girls And Corpses magazine with Robert Steven Rhine, he oversees an irreverent comedy publication that depicts pretty girls with rotting corpses.
With a watchful eye on the horror community, the magazine’s website was voted the most vile site on the Internet by a prestigious New York advertising firm, and Google has denied the site advertising. Taking it all in stride, Miller notes, “they just don’t get what we are all about yet, but they will.” As part of this new partnership, Miller and Palumbo will document the making of Corpse for all to see on the net using video, podcasts, stills and a daily blog diary by the two exclusively on The Underground Horror Movie Network, (www.uhmn.com), an online horror community that features Miller as co-founder and Palumbo as a newly appointed board member.
About this cutting edge social networking site, Palumbo enthuses, “The Underground Horror Movie Network proves just what a unique and visionary person Stephan really is. This community will change the way horror films are viewed by the public in the future.” The ‘Corpse’ diaries are going to be like nothing fans have been privy to in the past. This will be a real treat for horror fans and budding filmmakers alike!” In Miller’s view, “fans want to know what happens from pre-production to the final cut, and they do not want to wait for the DVD to come out. We are reversing the process. You can watch what we go through, and then see the movie.”
The Corpse diaries will begin September 1st, 2007, with filming scheduled to commence in early December, 2007. The film is slated for a 2008 release. Corpse stems from an idea Palumbo had years ago, while driving across the country on a three day road trip. “We are shooting the apocalypse on 35mm, on location in the desolate plains of an ice cold winter in the heartland of America.” Like all Palumbo films, Corpse will take the viewer to a place they have never before seen.
So we can expect another campaign of spamming message boards for a piece of shit movie like we saw for MSP.
Still I'd love to see Nick Palumbo's Corpse….being dragged behind a car
Palumbo is a fucking genius, sadly he won't get the credit he rightfully deserves for years to come.