Mads Mikkelsen, Harvey Keitel and Roy Dupuis Are One Third Of Rodrigo Gudino's CUT THROATS NINE!

Ladies and gentlemen, this would be what you would call a 'dream cast' for a first time feature director.  Harvey Keitel has just joined Mads Mikkelsen and Roy Dupuis in the cast of Rodrigo Gudino's Cut Throats Nine.  Gudino's debut feature after a trio of highly acclaimed shorts, Cut Throats Nine is a hard edged horror-western slated to go in to production in early 2010.  Here's the full announcement:

Harvey Keitel joins international cast
of Rue Morgue Cinema's flagship feature

Toronto, CANADA - Rue Morgue Cinema in association with Someone At The Door Productions, is proud to announce its flagship feature film CUT THROATS NINE, a high action remake of the Spanish/Italian western Condenados a vivir, has attached veteran Hollywood actor HARVEY KEITEL (Pulp Fiction, Bad Lieutenant). Keitel joins a growing international cast comprised of Danish superstar MADS MIKKELSEN (Casino Royale, Valhalla Rising) and Canadian luminary ROY DUPUIS (The Rocket, La Femme Nikita).

CUT THROATS NINE will be helmed by award-winning director Rodrigo Gudiño (The Facts In the Case of Mister Hollow) from a script by Gudiño and Joseph O'Brien (RoboCop: Prime Directives) based on a story by Joaquin Romero Marchent and Santiago Moncada. Marco Pecota will produce the film for Rue Morgue Cinema/Someone At The Door Productions. Award winning cinematographer Derek Rogers C.S.C. (Cube, Resident Evil: Apocalypse) is slated to lens the picture, with Kyle Glencross (300, Dawn of the Dead) handling the film's special effects.

CUT THROATS NINE follows a wagonload of convicts as they travel the northern mountains to carry out their death sentences. Following a surprise attack from a gang of bandits, only the sergeant, his beautiful young daughter and seven of the most sadistic, murderous men alive survive the assault. CUT THROATS NINE in an original crowd pleasing experience that pushes the relatively subdued excesses of both the western and the horror movie into creative new territory.

CUT THROATS NINE is set to go into production in Toronto in early 2010.

Rue Morgue Cinema in association with Someone At The Door Productions has two other films in development, including the animated feature "Weaver Island" and the caustic drama "Grown Up Suzanne".

Expect more on this soon!