Linnea Quigley is ready to star within the “Return of the Residing Useless Universe” movie Trash’s Revenge, which might be crowdfunding quickly
Virtually forty years in the past, author/director Dan O’Bannon delivered one of the extremely entertaining zombie films of all time with The Return of the Residing Useless (watch it HERE). An organization referred to as Residing Useless Media LLC claims to personal the copyright to the unique screenplay and the underlying script for that movie, in addition to different logos, which is how they’re capable of transfer forward with a brand new Return of the Residing Useless movie that’s aiming for a Christmas 2025 launch. However earlier this yr, a brand new firm referred to as ROTLD Originals LLC was shaped, with Return of the Residing Useless solid member Beverly Randolph, a.okay.a. Beverly Daybreak Hartley, signing the formation doc. And now it has been revealed that ROTLD Originals LLC is teaming up with DRagonSTUDIOS, an organization that owns the logos to The Return of the Residing Useless and ROTLD Universe, for a film venture referred to as Trash’s Revenge, which is described as being a part of the “Return of the Residing Useless Universe.”
Trash was the character performed by scream queen Linnea Quigley within the authentic movie – and Quigley and Randolph are each coming again for Trash’s Revenge. Quigley can be producing the movie, with Randolph serving as an affiliate producer.
Right here’s what it’s all about: Because the saga continues many years after the horrific occasions of the 1985 cult basic, Trash the infamous punk rocker, performed by Linnea Quigley, finds herself trapped in a previous the place fame has pale. As soon as a rebellious icon, Trash now embraces the persona of a grotesque Norma Desmond from Sundown Boulevard, attending conventions to signal autographs whereas her co-stars rise to better heights. For Linnea, her legacy as a star of Return of the Residing Useless turns into each a curse and a twisted ticket to notoriety in an business obsessive about horror and scandal. However when a younger filmmaker approaches her to make a documentary with staged re-enactments from the unique movie to rejoice the movie’s fortieth Anniversary, Linnea sees a chance to reclaim her place within the highlight regardless of the associated fee. Because the documentary delves into her previous, a stunning fact emerges: Return of the Residing Useless wasn’t simply fiction, a part of it was actual. Linnea confesses that she nonetheless possesses three authentic cannisters from the movie, hidden away in her basement. Cannisters that had been by no means revealed to the general public… till now.
Trash’s Revenge might be launching a crowdfunding marketing campaign on CineBacker.com subsequent month – and to search out out extra about that marketing campaign, click on the hyperlink. Filming will happen in Los Angeles, New York, and London.
Again in August, Residing Useless Media LLC filed a lawsuit in opposition to ROTLD Originals LLC, arguing that “merely being an actor in a movie doesn’t grant or convey any explicit rights to that character or some other character or any rights to the Unique Movie, any by-product works, or associated mental property.” There’s no phrase on what’s happening with that case, nevertheless it’s clearly not slowing down Trash’s Revenge.
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