Dead 7
Dead 7 | |
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Directed by | Danny Roew |
Produced by |
David Michael Latt Paul Bales |
Screenplay by | Sawyer Perry |
Story by | Nick Carter |
Starring |
Nick Carter Howie Dorough A. J. McLean Jeff Timmons Carrie Keagan Jon Secada Joey Fatone Lauren Kitt-Carter |
Music by | Bryan Shackle |
Cinematography | Eric Gustavo Petersen |
Edited by | Jeremy M. Inman |
Production company |
The Asylum KaOtic Productions |
Distributed by | Syfy |
Release dates | April 1, 2016 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Dead 7 (formerly titled Dead West) is an American post-apocalyptic zombie horror western film written by Nick Carter, American singer best known as a member of the Backstreet Boys. It is directed by Danny Roew and produced by The Asylum. The movie aired on SyFy on April 1, 2016 in the United States. Carter managed to get two of his bandmates, A. J. McLean and Howie Dorough to star in the movie. In addition, Carter also cast several members from other boy bands like 98 Degrees, O-Town, 'N Sync and All-4-One.[1]
Plot
Set in post-apocalyptic west, a ragtag band of assassin gunslingers led by Jack, team up to rid a small town that's full of zombies. The Zombie plague is led by Apocalypta, who wants to take over the town. Now Jack & his crew are about to come face to face with a team full of zombies as they attack wherever they go, & when they arrive in town, the battle begins.
Cast
- Nick Carter (from Backstreet Boys) as Jack
- Howie Dorough (from Backstreet Boys) as The Vaquero
- A. J. McLean (from Backstreet Boys)[2] as Johnny Vermillion
- Jeff Timmons (from 98 Degrees) as Billy
- Joey Fatone (from 'N Sync) as Whiskey Joe
- Chris Kirkpatrick (from 'N Sync) as Mayor Shelby
- Jacob Underwood (from O-Town) as Stamper
- Trevor Penick (from O-Town) as Beau
- Erik-Michael Estrada (from O-Town) as Komodo
- Dan Miller (from O-Town) as Butch
- Delious Kennedy (from All-4-One)
- Carrie Keagan as Daisy Jane
- Art Alexakis (from Everclear)
- Tommy McCarthy (from No Authority) as Dylan
- Debra Wilson as Apocolypta
- Chloe Lattanzi as Trixie
- Frenchie Davis as Madame Jezebel
- Gerardo Mejia as Lloyd
- Jon Secada as Sheriff Cooper
- Dylan Vox as Zeke
- Lauren Kitt-Carter as Sirene
Production
Nick Carter had been aspiring to make a movie for years. In the past he's made several independent short films and in 2014 he started an Indiegogo campaign to fund his first feature-length movie titled Evil Blessings. Later that year however the director, Sxv'leithan Essex, died. This led Carter into scrapping the movie and replaced it with another movie, Dead 7, initially titled Dead West. In 2015, he landed the support of The Asylum, the production company behind Sharknado and many other SyFy productions, to produce the movie.
Filming began on August 20, 2015, in Anaconda, Montana at the 1880s ranch in the Valley just outside of town. They spend a week and a half filming at the ranch, and finally they went to Butte, Montana.[3] Locations in Butte to film includes The Dumas Brothel & The World Mining Museum. The final location was the Lady of The Rockies looking over the city. That was the reason why producer Dylan Fox choose Montana, because one of his production assistants show him a photo of The Lady of The Rockies while they were searching the state for filming locations and he agreed. They even had to rewrite the ending of the script, just to add the Lady of The Rockies to it. About 250 locals from in & around the Anaconda & Butte areas were used as zombie extras. Although 500 Montanans showed up for audition, including about half from Bozeman, Missoula & Helena. Production wrapped on September 8, 2015.
References
- ↑ "On the Set of 'Dead 7,' the All Boy-Band Zombie Western". thedailybeast.com. September 22, 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ↑ "O-Town & 98 Degrees Members Join BSB & N'Sync In 'Dead 7' — Pics". hollywoodlife.com. August 17, 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ↑ http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/120711/first-images-from-dead-7-feature-the-backstreet-boys-in-the-wild-west/
External links
- Dead 7 at the Internet Movie Database