Today Lionsgate hit us up with a press release announcing that Darren Bousman’s horror musical REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA has gotten underway in Toronto, Canada.
Bousman (every SAW but the first one) is directing from a screenplay by Terrence Zdunich and Darren Smith, co-creators of the original stage production of the same name upon which the film is based. Japanese musician, songwriter and composer Yoshiki Hayashi (better known as simply Yoshiki) is producing the film’s soundtrack.
Based on the stage play of the same name, REPO! tells the story of an epidemic of organ failures that devastates the planet, killing tens of millions. As scientists feverishly make plans for a massive organ harvest program, a multi-billion dollar biotech company called GeneCo begins to manufacture salvation- for a price- offering simple payment plans to those lacking the necessary funds to purchase new body parts outright. But all financed organs are subject to default procedures, including repossession at the hand of the notorious organ repo men.
Of course, there is also a similarly themed organ-repossesion thriller in pre-production at Universal called THE REPOSSESSION MAMBO, but I think they’re only dancing in that one, not singing.
REPO! stars Sarah Brightman, Anthony Head, Paris Hilton (looking classy above), Bill Moseley, Paul Sorvino, & Alexa Vega (below).
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