For 4 seasons, jack of all trades Greg Nicotero (author, director, producer, FX artist, and so on.) teamed up with the Shudder streaming service to deliver us the anthology collection Creepshow, a continuation of the franchise George A. Romero and Stephen King started with the 1982 movie Creepshow and the 1987 sequel Creepshow 2. We not too long ago discovered that there won’t be a season 5 of that collection – however AMC Networks, Nicotero, and Shudder are persevering with their working relationship with an unscripted horror competitors collection known as Guts & Glory. We beforehand heard that Guts & Glory would debut with a two-episode premiere on Tuesday, September 9 on each Shudder and AMC+ within the U.S. and Canada… however you will have observed that the date glided by and there was no Guts & Glory. That’s as a result of the present has shifted again to an October 14th premiere date. Our pals at Bloody Disgusting confirmed the primary two episodes can be accessible to observe on that day, and the remaining 4 episodes of the six-episode collection, which options an built-in sponsorship by Hyundai, will drop weekly, constructing as much as a November 4 finale.
A press launch tell us that the collection “flips the script on the normal competitors present – thrusting gamers into an immersive horror expertise filled with surprising challenges.“ It blends the depth of a horror movie with the stress of a actuality present survival sport, confronting the contestants’ fears, talent and mind in varied eventualities. Gamers should survive the evening or be eradicated in methods they by no means noticed coming.
Rob Fox, EVP of manufacturing for AMC Networks, supplied the next assertion: “If you realize horror, you realize the innovation and creativity that Greg Nicotero brings to the style. His legendary particular results work has given audiences a recent and thrilling tackle acquainted style staples from his infamous walkers of The Strolling Lifeless to the monsters of Creepshow and extra, by no means failing to shock and scare. We’re thrilled to proceed our longstanding relationship with Greg in bringing his distinctive idea to life with moments and eventualities that shock, shock and showcase the depth of this style.“ Nicotero added, “I couldn’t be extra excited with this chance to discover this new panorama. To marry a non-scripted competitors present with a style narrative lands alongside the traces of ‘if Survivor and The Blair Witch Project had a baby.’ It’s some of the artistic and natural issues I’ve ever performed, creating FX that need to occur stay in actual time and capturing the trustworthy reactions….all of the whereas combating to see who the winner can be. So as to add to the mayhem, I additionally obtained to reunite most of the key crew members from The Strolling Lifeless Universe to assist deliver this present to life.“
An AMC Studios manufacturing, Guts & Glory is being govt produced by Nicotero (who can be the showrunner) and Brian Witten from Monster Company Productions, Chris Wagner from White Label, and Andrew Molina from Salaryman. Jeffrey F. January is a co-executive producer.
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