Nato – Squirrels
Alright, here’s my gamble pick, because outside of a ridiculous teaser trailer (seen below), nothing else has been announced surrounding a director, casting, or any other signs that show movement on the project. Red Sea Media previously announced that they’d be partnering with Wanted/Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter director Timur Bekmambetov (as a producer) on their creature feature Squirrels, but since then, the promo trailer is all we have – which still inspires a generous heaping of hope. I don’t think there’s any question about the comedic elements such an idea presents, and with Bekmambetov’s watchful eye, this could be one hell of a woodland adventure, maybe along the lines of something like Grabbers?
The only other information we have is a plot summary released via Bleeding Cool, which sounds zany enough to work:
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.
Nobody has created killer squirrels before, so I mean, why not? The story also doesn’t make them radioactive or mutated in anyway, like Zombie Roadkill did, which actually adds more comedy to the situation. Imagine if you were minding your own business, and all those cute little squirrels playing about in the trees started gnawing off your limbs? Hells yeah, I’m in!
Like I said, there are no plans for release yet, or even information on the cast and crew, but I’ll hold out hope that Squirrels is filming in secret as we speak, ready to pounce on viewers come 2014!
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