Peter Dinklage in talks for Joe Lynch’s horror/comedy Knights of Badassdom

By Jake Dee

Posted 17 years ago

Last Updated on July 26, 2021

Save for maybe ZOMBIELAND, the state of horror comedies these days are pretty abysmal. We either get gross imitations of SHAUN OF THE DEAD, or these smug, unfunny horror parodies no more amusing than a third rate National Lampoon’s flick. Well, one flick looking to restore glory to the horror-comedy subgenre (aside from GHOSTBUSTERS 3) is a flick called KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM, and word is actor Peter Dinklage is in talks to star in the film (B-D).

Directed by Joe Lynch (WRONG TURN 2: DEAD END), from a screenplay by ink virgins Kevin Dreyfuss and Matt Wall, KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM looks to start rolling this April. Actor Douglas Tait is also rumored at this point to be in the film.

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Synopsis: A huge group of dedicated, costumed LARP-ers (Live Action Role-Players) , dressed like knights, elves & various characters, give up their cell phones and take to the woods for the Central New Jersey Knights of Badassdom Adventure Society, where they are set to re-enact a dungeons and dragons scenario right out of the mythical Middle Ages.

After being dumped by his sexy girlfriend Beth, Joe reluctantly decides to join Eric and his Larping friends in the woods rather than stay behind and feel sorry for his newly single status. There he meets hot, ass-kicking, intimidating huntress LARPer Gwen, and finds himself a surreal adventure wilder than he ever imagined when a make-believe wizard casts an all-too-real spell from an ancient book he bought on EBay, releasing an actual demon with a taste for human blood — and souls — that starts systematically decimating the players in this suddenly deadly “game.” Will our guys become the heroes they have been pretending to be before time runs out?

Sounds kind of like the project WILD HUNT we introduced to you a few days ago, except with a much more humorous bent. By the way, I wonder what tastes better…human blood – or souls. Just a thought.

The lovely star of WRONG TURN 2!

Source: Bloody-Disgusting

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