I’ve heard of the 1995 sci-fi flick SCREAMERS, but never got a chance to check it out. The lengthly synopsis reads: On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only — to hunt down and destroy all enemy life forms But man’s greatest weapon has continued to evolve without any human guidance, and now it has devised a new mission: to obliterate all life. Col. Hendricksson (Peter Weller) is commander of a handful of Alliance soldiers still alive on Sirius 6B. Betrayed by his own political leaders and disgusted by the atrocities of this never-ending war, Hendricksson decides he must negotiate a separate peace with the New Economic Bloc’s decimated forces. But to do so, he will have to cross a treacherous wasteland where the deadliest threat comes from the very weapons he helped to create.
Sounds like a badass flick ala UNIVERSAL SOLDIER. Well over a decade later SCREAMERS has warrented a direct to DVD sequel. And the news rolling in is that Gina Holden (AVP: REQUIEM) will star.
GinaHolden.net reports: Gina has been offered the leading role in Screamers 2. Playing the beautiful, intelligent and driven Victoria Bronte, filming is set to begin filming in late January.
Sounds good. The film is about a group of humans from earth, including Lt. Victoria Bronte, who arrive on Sirius 6-B to investigate an SOS signal sent out from the planet, which has been supposedly deserted since the destruction of the man-made weapons known as “screamers.” Once the squad arrives, they find a group of human survivors eking out an existence in an old military outpost, but more important, they discover that the threat of the screamers has become even more insidious, now that they’re able to morph into human form.
It’s being directed by Sheldon Wilson (KAW). We’ll keep you updated on another other SCREAMERS 2 news.
Any movie with Gina Holden has to be worth a watch… for obvious reasons
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