Written By: Ken HulseySources: Ted V. Mikels / Avery Guerra
Veteran cult movie maker Ted V. Mikels is presently working on a new Astro-Zombies movie called "Astr-Zombies M3: Cloned." The film is the third in series that started way back in 1968 with the original "Astro-Zombies" which starred John Carradine, Wendell Corey and Tura Satana.
In the original film, a unemployed scientist tries to get revenge on the space agency who fired him by creating a army of super-human monsters from the remains of murder victims.
Mikels produced a direct-to-video sequel in 2002 called, "Mark of the Astro-Zombies", the film once again starred cult movie icon Tura Satana.
The director is just beginning the process of filming the third film in the series, but as he explains he is also consolidating his studios and transferring his older titles onto digital format.
"I'm moving my sixty years of movie-making collectibles , 35mm cameras and editing equipment, fifty tons of other stuff,( 'DUMPSTERIZING" MUCH OF IT), into new archival headquarters, demanding my full time and attention for at least another six weeks, and at the same time shooting on my newest movie 'ASTRO ZOMBIES M3::CLONED'."
Mikels is also a bit disgruntled that the press and fans alike aren't paying more attention to some of the other films that he has produced over the years.
"Seems that so many folks prefer to talk about my ASTRO or CORPSE movies. What about my other 400 credits in a non-stop attack on movie-making for sixty years? Like STRIKE ME DEADLY, THE BLACK KLANSMAN, THE DOLL SQUAD, TEN VIOLENT WOMEN, MISSION:KILLFAST, HEART OF A BOY, ETC."
Indeed sixty years is a long time, and Mikels has a point, he has worked on hundreds of other films besides "Astro-Zombies."
Mikels doesn't want to give anything away about his latest project as of yet, in fact he really won't be getting into full-swing with the project until about mid August.
The only thing that I know about the film is that model and actress Sara Dunn has been cast in the film. Most of you would know her from the syndicated television series, "Cinema Insomnia" where she stars alongside horror host Mr. Lobo. This should be a huge thrill for Sarah, because she will be starring alongside her idol Tura Satana.
The busy film maker was kind enough to take a couple of minutes out of his schedule to send us two teaser posters and a scouting video for "Astro-Zombies M3: Cloned" plus the trailer for his original "Astro-Zombies":
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