Roger Avery has written a script for PHANTASM PHIVE
(5) according to CSO this is the description.
"The Tall Man is the absolute man in this script. He gets his due
as the ultimate badass in this one and Roger knows this character very well.
He's taken a fantastic idea and run with it. He's thrown in elements of
some of the best and his script echoes such greats as Escape from New York,
Aliens & Dawn of the Dead. Roger has crafted an incredibly kickass and
entertaining read and hopefully will be attached to helm so he can make
an incredibly kickass and entertaining movie!"
"1999. It's been years since Reggie last fought The Tall Man,
and things have changed in a big way. Little by little over the years, The
Tall Man has decimated the countryside, turning towns into tombs. No longer
content with that, he has made his move upon America's cities, and like
a demented game of connect the dots, has slowly taken over a large portion
of the US. This area is now the walled in plague zone, which lies between
the new east and west coastes - New York and California.
"The Tall Mans dwarf-crunching operation has always been a messy
process, and now the thousands-per day proccessing operation has spawned
a plague: the bag plague - yellow blood with a contagious virus. Come in
contact with the yellow blood, and you're a goner. The victims - baggers
- live their un-lives in the zone, forever carrying the deadly contamination.
"By taking over such a large portion of city and country, The
Tall Man is no longer a creature operating from the shadows, unknown to
the world. Everything sure is getting noticed now. Fugitives can even trade
in their lives to enter the flyover zone and fend for themselves. Jail was
never more attractive.
"Mike is trapped within the zone in the Mormon Mausoleum - a
huge, sprawling industrial mortuary where The Tall Man resides and builds
his army to greater numbers. But another army - the US Army, send in a team
of troops to take him down. Not knowing the extent and mystery of The Tall
Man and his minions, they need help, fast. Help comes in the form of Reggie,
who has penetrated the zone to go for Mike. Reggie and the team hook up,
and they bust down the Mormon Mausoleum, eventually ending up in the red
planet, where revelations and final battles lie." (CSO) (HFA NEWS) |