UNTÖT: Hayden Christensen Set To Battle WWII Undead
If you have been thinking to yourself that you just have not had your fill of Nazis, and zombies, and whichever combination thereafter, then have we got news for you.
If you have also been thinking to yourself, "Self. Where is Hayden Christensen these days? I've about worn out my DVDs of Attack of the Clones and Jumper. I need some new Christensen movies, stat!". Again, have we got news for you!
Someone out there is under the impression that combination of Nazis being bastards and the undead still has some... er... life to it. Hayden Christensen has signed on to fight the undead in Nazi-occupied Poland in the new movie Untöt. Video game producer/director Kris Renkewitz makes his feature film debut and will direct from his own screenplay.
UNTÖT, meaning "undead" in German, is set towards the end of World War II in December 1944. During a blizzard, an elite military unit headed by Lt. Fredrick Hank (Christensen), is dropped behind enemy lines in the mountains of Poland to destroy a secret Nazi weapons facility. The soldiers must face their greatest fears when they encounter something they could never have been trained for. The undead.
The film is being produced by Greg O'Connor for Solaris Entertainment, who holds the U.S. rights for the film. Production will begin this March in New York.
"Kris has already proven himself as a master visual artist with his successful career as a video game director. I'm thrilled to support his first foray into the medium of cinema with UNTÖT. He has written a haunting, edge-of-your-seat, action-packed script filled with supernatural elements and I can't wait to see his creative vision realized on screen," said O'Connor.
13 Films is handling international sales on the project and will introduce it to buyers at the European Film Market.
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