Yup, more zombies for your ass. Okay, these are “vampire zombies”, that have weird tentacles spewing out of their faces, so I suppose it’s not the same old raggedy-ass flesh-eaters. These fellows are called VIRULENTS, and they’re coming to the big-screen courtesy of John Moore (THE OMEN, BEHIND ENEMY LINES).
[The story] revolves around a ragtag group of soldiers who search for a lost patrol in Afghanistan. The soldiers, some from an American military unit, some from an Indian military unit, stumble into a nest of vampire zombies.
It seems that Moore wants none other than Dirk Diggler himself to lead the soldiers into battle. While it’s no guarantee that Wahlberg will jump on board, it’s not out of the realm of possibility, since he and director Moore just collaborated on MAX PAYNE. Moore said of that experience: “We had a hell of a time on ‘Max Payne.’ I think he’s an actor of unlimited potential and I’d just love to go around with him again.”
Moore’s thoughts on VIRULENTS: “The world’s pretty serious right now, and there’s an ironic lightness in ‘Virulents”… There’s a touch of macabre ridiculousness to it. I think we’ve seen a lot of attempts to make serious movies about serious things, and it strikes me that we might be a little more artful about how we make a point [these days].”
THE OMEN’s Julia Stiles