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[andrew r]

Great to read Eliza's in another film! Surfer eh? Can't wait to see if she does surf! That'd be cool (and the gear too!). It does sound interesting, and Eliza won't be the naked chick who dies. Remember what she said about nudity? Also Eliza was one of the main actors in Wrong Turn, and look what happened there. No death.

Originally Posted by LadyDay

I think you mean Jumanji with Robin williams but nobody died in that Or maybe you meant another one. But there was a new movie about a video game where the people that got killed in the game died in real life the same way. I forgot the name of it. Samaire Armstrong was in it if i remember it right

The film you're talking about is Stay Alive. Samaire's in it with Frankie Muniz and Adam Goldberg (the reason why I know is he's Christina's boyfrined) among others.

[Aphrodite]

I think the indies will get her some cred as a good actor for the more serious/dramatic roles... and a movie like this might just be to pay the bills and get her name back out there to, as Keri said, the audience that actually knows who she is.

Originally Posted by Aphrodite

I think the indies will get her some cred as a good actor for the more serious/dramatic roles... and a movie like this might just be to pay the bills and get her name back out there to, as Keri said, the audience that actually knows who she is.

I think so too. Though technically this is another indie, its budget is probably higher than that of her last 3 films put together. Its also the type of film that will get a fortune spent on promoting it, so should be good for her profile

I havnt found out much about the plot but I did find an article on a Spanish site saying they originally intended to shoot in Hawaii, so that could be where the film is set...

[Keri]

This article? (Google translation service is your friend... )

It films will count on the participation of professionals of the Basque cinema and American I.

Fradua Mundaka “mamba is an old passed dinner service with a mysterious one that falls into the hands of a group of North American students. The young people know anything on the game, neither their sinister origin, nor its inherent powers. But the curiosity takes to them to play”. Thus the synopsis of the film “Mamba” begins, a film Gore of youthful cut that during the months of October and November will use like diverse scenes of running points of the coast of Bizkaia like Sopelana, Gorliz, Plen-tzia, Bilbao and Mundaka.

This last municipality, nailed in the heat of Reserve of the Biosphere of Urdaibai, has welcomed during both last days casting in which 40 people asked for themselves, between men and women. These tests of selection they have approached more than two hundreds of mundakarras of all the ages. “To see what leaves”, they explained some, that showed curiosity to know more data on the film.

The organizers of casting have valued of positive form the welcome in Mundaka. “Since anecdote is necessary to emphasize that people have approached who made a paper like figurantes in the film “Storm”", rolled in the locality in 1955. “More than fifty years later, they wish to repeat experience”, they emphasized. The selection tests will tomorrow continue in Sopelana and the next Friday. Therefore, the interested ones in exerting of figurantes have an appointment: it will be in the bar Rock, schedule morning -10,30 to 14,00 hours-and in the evening, of 16,00 to 20,00 hours.

Yankee Protagonists

According to well-known is had, the production of the film “Mamba” will be the responsibility of Audio-visual Manufactures - producing settled down in Madrid and the main distribution it is made up of actors and North American actresses, with Eliza Dushku (of the series of television Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Tru Calling) and Mike Vogel like protagonists.

However, she films will have many professionals of the cinema of Euskadi in the group since, with the exception of the script and the direction, the equipment will conform many Basoues. Rolled completely in English, she will be operates prime of the director Alvaro de Armiñán.

From She opens Productions - participant Bilbao company in the project explained that “the film started off with the idea of being carried out in Hawaii”, although the running in Bizkaia “is economic and for that reason, they accepted the proposal” to transfer the running. After looking for calm surroundings, “we showed preference for the locations vizcaina”.

An interesting translation, but I think you get the idea...

Original Spanish Source

Google translation service is your friend...

heh, my crazy, incoherent friend

A Satanic dinner service? ROFL!

Thanks Keri

[andrew r]

Thanks for the info. Also if it's an indie horror film, it could mean that it maybe either quite gory or very tense. What I mean by the latter is it could be sort of like The Ring, scary but no blood.

[eliza'snumber1fan]

thanks keri

hope its on a simuler idea to the first ring film, i liked that film cant wait for the surfer gear tho

[lovely_disaster]

thanks for the article. a whole row of ppl looked at me weird because little bursts of laughter came out of me. the translations were funny!

aw bummer that they're not filming in hawaii. i have a friend there thats doing absolutely nothing! i could've sent her to go peek around :P lol

i get what you guys mean about her needing to make money...it hadnt hit me until you brought it up keri

edit: not that she's working for free lol

[M@tt]

This film looks good, yay Eliza.

[Truefan]

It's incredible she comes to Spain :D

Well, here you have the translation of the spanish article... You know, my english is not very good, but I least I think it will be a little more comprehensive than the google translation... :D




The movie will count on the participation of professionals of the Basque cinema and American I.

Fradua Mundaka “mamba is an old game with a mysterious past that falls into the hands of a group of North American students. The young people doesn't know anything about the game, neither their sinister origin, nor its inherent powers. But the curiosity takes them to play”. That is the beginning of the synopsis of the film “Mamba”, a Gore movie that during the months of October and November will use as filming location several points of the coast of Bizkaia like Sopelana, Gorliz, Plentzia, Bilbao and Mundaka.

This last village, located in the Reserve of the Biosphere of Urdaibai, has welcomed these last two days a casting where 40 people were requested, between men and women. More than two hundreds of mundakarras of all the ages have approached these tests of selection. “To see what happens”, some of them explained, that showed curiosity to know more on the film.

The organizers of the casting have valued positively the welcome in Mundaka. “As an anecdote is necessary to emphasize that people who appeared as extras in the movie “Storm”, shootted in the locality in 1955, have approached to the casting, “More than fifty years later, they wish to repeat the experience”, they emphasized. The casting will continue in Sopelana tomorrow and the next Friday. Therefore, interested people have an appointment: it will be in the bar Rock, in the morning -10,30 to 14,00 hours-and in the evening, 16,00 to 20,00 hours.

Yankee Protagonists

For what it's known, the production of the movie “Mamba” will be responsibility of Audio-visual Manufactures - producing company settled down in Madrid- and the main cast is made up of North American actors and actresses, with Eliza Dushku (from the television shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Tru Calling) and Mike Vogel as stars.

However, she films will have many professionals from Euskadi in the group since, with the exception of the script and the direction, the crew will be conformed by many Basques. Shooted completely in English, the movie will be the director Alvaro de Armiñán's first work.

From Abra Productions - company from Bilbao company that participates in the project- it has been explained that “the film started off with the idea of being carried out in Hawaii”, although the shooting in Bizkaia “is economic and for that reason, they accepted the proposal” to move the shooting there. After looking for a calm location, “we choosed the locations from Vizcaya".

Thanks

[BlackWolf]

Thanks for all the info guys.

[Keri]

Originally Posted by BD100

heh, my crazy, incoherent friend

I dunno... I think Google Translation speaks better English than some English speaking Fanhost members!

Thanks for tidying up the translation though Truefan

[June87]

thanks for the info, the movie seems good.. and Eliza surfing even better !
I hope too it's more a 'the ring' kind than a basic teenage gore movie!
It would be good if it could help Eliza career, even if i like her doing indies too !

[andrew r]

Speaking of the Ring, look what that and the Grudge did for it's stars in the American versions.

[Keri]

Story has been picked up by Empire Online now

Eliza Dushku Plays Mamba
A board game turns deadly


Calling a film Mamba makes us think that someone really and truly is going ahead with a sequel to Snakes On A Plane (remember that?)

But it’s actually a horror film shooting right now with Wrong Turn’s Eliza Dushku and Poseidon’s Mike Vogel caught up in a board game that kills losing players. So, like Jumanji but with the threat of being killed and not ultra-hairy Robin Williams. We’ll pass Go and collect death, please!

Spanish director Alvaro de Arminan is calling the shots as we write this.

Source

[lovely_disaster]

lol what did they mean by "we'll pass Go and collecy death, please"?

thanks for that keri! so this movie might be sort of big?

[eliza'snumber1fan]

thanks keri

^ i think its a referance to the monopoly board game ,where you pass go and collect £$200.

[M@tt]

I like that they referred to her as "Wrong Turn's Eliza Dushku", I got sick and tired of her always being associated with Buffy and Bring It On, like it was the only two projects she's ever been a part of. Good to see Wrong Turn and Tru Calling finally getting the love and being considered noteworthy.

[andrew r]

Yeah well said Matt. I was tired of the whole BIO thing. That's six years old now!