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Quint has your first look at the Spierig Bros' new film, DAYBREAKERS, as well as a chat with the directors!!!

We need a vampire count meter by Aloy	Oct 22nd, 2007 01:27:22 AM
to see how many of these have been made
Kudos Boys! by holden_oz	Oct 22nd, 2007 02:07:43 AM
Can't wait for this. I'm biased, being from Oz and all, but I realy dug Undead, and glad to see they got another project off the back of that one. IT CAN BE DONE! Aussie filmmakers, there is hope! Good work, boys.
Gulf Coast? by ryandowneyjr	Oct 22nd, 2007 05:17:43 AM
It's called the Gold Coast, Quint.
Also, by ryandowneyjr	Oct 22nd, 2007 05:19:13 AM
I've had the biggest crush on Claudia Karvan since I was 10. I wish I was a few years older
Sheesh by metaluna	Oct 22nd, 2007 05:29:02 AM
...not another vamp movie. Are there enough goths in the world for this to break even? Yawn.
These guys are gonna be big by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks	Oct 22nd, 2007 06:09:43 AM
Undead, whilst amatuerish at times, trancended its budget and occasional flat scene with true originality, a great eye(s) for visuals, and a knockout ending. When that chick was spinning her blade of death to the Aussie flag falling in slo-mo I felt like saluting! Now I know why you Yanks do it.
Good thing this isn't just around the corner... by Fawst	Oct 22nd, 2007 08:33:26 AM
I Am Legend and this would be butting heads. This sounds pretty cool, I dig the concept. Still haven't seen Undead yet, but I'll have to check that out now. Three of my favorite actors in a quality-sounding Vampire flick? Sold. Even if it's slightly derivative, I'll take it. Once again, better to have something that at least TRIES to be new than something tired. Even if it IS Vampires :)
I second that motion by kilik777	Oct 22nd, 2007 09:10:07 AM
Yeah these guys could be big. Even though there were some flaws in Undead no one can say that it wasnt at least original. I think its highly underrated. http://tinyurl.com/pv8do
Undead was great! by Sprout	Oct 22nd, 2007 11:34:34 AM
It was a strange mix of horror and sci-fi but it somehow worked and if nothing else it gave us Zombie fish!
I thought the article title said SPIELBERG... by Abin Sur	Oct 22nd, 2007 12:00:09 PM
...not "Spiereg Bros." However, I'm glad I kept reading - this looks promising.
The Problem With This Movie... by Read and Shut Up	Oct 22nd, 2007 12:38:15 PM
...is portraying vampires as sympathetic beings. From the sound of it, they just about exterminated the human race and are running out of blood. Now we have "good" vampires trying to create a food source and "bad" vampires...being bad or something? Hell, anything that exterminates the human race DESERVES to croak. As Kirk said to Spock, "Then let them die!" Anyway, Undead was a cool flik, but I just can't see anybody crying over dead vampires.
I'll watch anything with Ethan Hawke. by Knuckleduster	Oct 22nd, 2007 12:39:52 PM
Don't know why, really. Guess I just like the guy, even if half the films he's in are kinda crap. He has been in some really great ones, though. Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Gattaca, Tape. I even like Great Expectations.
This sounds really cool by Neo Zeed	Oct 22nd, 2007 01:15:56 PM
I liked Undead and I'm looking forward to this.
Sounds good to me, i liked Undead by liljuniorbrown	Oct 22nd, 2007 02:11:13 PM
This seems better.
DIDN'T ETHAN ALREADY PLAY A VAMPIRE IN BLADE? by BringingSexyBack	Oct 22nd, 2007 03:35:59 PM
He makes a good vampire. This sounds intriguing, worth a look. But before the vampires ran out of humans, wouldn't them have created farms to raise humans like we raise livestock? I hope they explain how this food shortage came about.
big directors in the future by messi	Oct 22nd, 2007 03:39:04 PM
know a dude who worked with them. they seem like heading for big things.
come on guys by MC-909	Oct 22nd, 2007 03:50:30 PM
I'm happy for the brothers but COME ON...Undead was hilarious! That part where the fat dude was sliding across the floor shooting guns. WTF kind of corny shit was that? The part with the flag, while well executed, was waaaay too cheesy. And the ending? Oooookay. The whole film felt like a little brother trying to impress a bigger brother More power to the Spierigs, I really do hope them the best, especially if Undead can get them in a position to make legitimate, big-budget films. (Undead was made for only $1,000,000 which is pretty admirable) But guys, calling Undead a classic or claiming it's underrated...please. Don't insult yourselves.
Undead was weak and silly...at best by quantize	Oct 22nd, 2007 04:36:26 PM
I like this guys though, so i wish them well...but so far the talent factor appears low..
Undead was much better then Black Sheep by Womb2dooM	Oct 22nd, 2007 05:34:43 PM
Black Sheep failed miserably in it's cross-genre attempts (mainly those attempts at being funny) and just squandered itself into a boring, childish hell. At least Undead was marginally successful at mixing horror and comedy. The only reason it missed the mark is because it fell for the oldest b-movie mistake in the book - too many ideas.
BSB....that was Stephen Dorff (sp?)... by Francis Begbie	Oct 22nd, 2007 10:17:44 PM
not Ethan Hawke in Blade.
Re: so far the talent factor appears low.. by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks	Oct 23rd, 2007 08:22:19 AM
ummmm... Sam Neill, Ethan Hawke. So my question I guess is what you consider talent, or would you prefer Ben Stiller?
good movie by ironic_name	Oct 23rd, 2007 10:57:40 AM
for me to.. oh never mind.
Spierig? by MetiphisLabs	Oct 23rd, 2007 01:11:24 PM
Sounds like an Asian learning Enlglish trying to say Spielberg. You know it to be true.
Mmmmmmm, Ethan... by jeshakeoma	Oct 23rd, 2007 01:59:47 PM
Given that he went head to head with Denzel Washington and acquitted himself very well (Academy Award nomination), I'd say he has the chops for a film like this, as do Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill. I can't see a film with these three headlining it going straight to DVD so, even though vampires aren't my thing, I'll queue up to see Ethan. Yeah, he floats my boat.
Sam Neill by Speed Racer	Oct 24th, 2007 04:38:30 PM
For the record he's not Australian and it isn't his "home country". He's a New Zealander.
Re: so far the talent factor appears low.. by quantize	Oct 25th, 2007 06:04:40 PM
the directors you idiot.
Do not want. by rollermonkey	Oct 26th, 2007 08:08:36 AM
The reason 30 days... worked is because it has Vampires being Vampires...Monsters that hunt and kill humans. We identify with the humans because WE ARE human. I don't care about Vampire scientists trying to save Vampires or Vampires killing werewolves with guns.
Re: so far the talent factor appears low.. the directors you by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks	Oct 28th, 2007 01:42:07 AM
for their budget, and the fact they did all the fx themselves I'd consider them pretty talented. Who are you Martin Scorcese Jr.
QUINT, FUEL UP! by BobWinters5	Oct 28th, 2007 09:46:12 AM
Down that drink that you so cleverly named!!!
same neil not australian by hardcpy	Oct 29th, 2007 07:02:02 AM
just a quick fact sam neil is in actual fact a new zelander. just thought i would clear that up

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