If the 70's thriller classic "Deliverance" is remembered for two things, its a repetitive banjo tune and Ned Beatty getting ass-raped by hillbillies. Now it seems the formula has been redone but with a younger, spunkier cast getting some backdoor action.
Variety reports that Kismet Entertainment Group has wrapped production on "Mojave", a contemporary thriller that "aspires to introduce the terror of "Deliverance" to a younger demo".
The story follows Eric Christian Olsen ("Dumb and Dumberer"), Rider Strong ("Cabin Fever"), Bumper Robinson ("Sabrina the Teenage Witch") and Wayne Young play friends who head to the desert to attend a winter rave. Instead, it turns into the trip to hell when they meet up with a couple of bad locals, played by Dash Mihok ("Dark Blue") and Vince Vieluf ("Rat Race"). Newcomer Jennifer Cortese is the female lead.
David Kebo and Rudi Liden wrote the script and make their directorial debuts on the movie. Kebo says "Our inspiration for the story of 'Mojave' came from our deep affection for the themes and cinematic sensibilities of those great thriller films from the '70s, such as 'Deliverance' and 'Mad Max. The film is about discovering who we are by facing the choices we hope we never have to make".
The film's producers David E. Allen and Mark Borman are also teaming on the dark romantic drama "Neo Ned" with Gabrielle Union and Jeremy Renner, to be completed this year.
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