From the boys behind the "Saw" movies comes "Repo! The Genetic Opera," a wacky musical about a mainstream market for human organs where people are buying, selling and upgrading their body parts. One of the stars of the film is none other than Paris Hilton, who we interviewed recently along with director Darren Lynn Bousman. Read about our full chat with Hilton during our visit to the film's set here. For a taste, check out the clip below in which the actress says her character's song "Come Up and Try My New Parts" is almost a hard-rock single.
It happened to "Hairspray" and "The Producers," and now the "Saw" franchise is in line to get the musical treatment. Well, sort of. "Saw" mastermind Darren Lynn Bousman has cast none other than Jigsaw himself -- veteran horror actor Tobin Bell -- to sing and dance his way through "Repo! The Genetic Opera!" Several other major actors will be announced soon, as production on the "Brazil"-meets-"Rocky Horror Picture Show" flick gets underway.
"'Repo' [is] my next film and it's a rock opera," Bousman told us. "There is definitely camp to it, but it is much more serious than the 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'. It is more violent than 'Saw' too; in fact, it makes all of the 'Saw' movies look like Disney films."
"I've talked to Tobin about 'Repo', and he's heard the music," added Bousman, saying that the duo would listen to the tracks between takes on the recently-wrapped Toronto set of October's "Saw IV." Read more...