It was only last month that news broke that a sequel to the Jason Statham flick Death Race, based on a script by Tony Giglio (Timber Falls) that follows the origins of both Frankenstein and the deadly fuel-injected game, had been greenlit.
Since then we’ve had word of the official title – Death Race: Frankenstein Lives, and now, via Shock Till You Drop comes news that:
Universal Home Entertainment and Impact Pictures have tapped Roel Reiné to get in the driver’s seat of Death Race: Frankenstein Lives, the direct-to-DVD sequel to Paul W.S. Anderson’s Death Race.
The film is a prequel, penned by Tony Giglio, once again set at Terminal Island where a man named Carl “Luke” Lucas enters the titular game. Essentially, it’s a look at a previous “Frankenstein” before Anderson’s film put Jason Statham into the boots of the character.
Reiné, who hails from the Netherlands, recently wrapped another direct-to-DVD sequel, The Marine 2, and also helmed The Lost Tribe and the Lance Henriksen-starring Deadwater. He [also] produced the upcoming Bear, a nature-run-amok thriller which arrives sometime next year.
You can read more on Death Race: Frankenstein Lives from writer Tony Giglio over at ShockTillYouDrop.
