WWII zombies aren’t going out of style anytime soon.
“Internationally recognized actor” (that’s what the press release says) Hayden Christensen will star in the action/horror film, UNTÖT, it was announced today by WARRIOR producer Greg O’Connor of Solaris Entertainment.
Successful video game producer/director Kris Renkewitz makes his feature film debut and will direct from his own screenplay.
UNTÖT, meaning “undead” in German, is set towards the end of World War II in December 1944. During a blizzard, an elite military unit headed by Lt. Fredrick Hank (Christensen), is dropped behind enemy lines in the mountains of Poland to destroy a secret Nazi weapons facility. The soldiers must face their greatest fears when they encounter something they could never have been trained for. The undead.
“Kris has already proven himself as a master visual artist with his successful career as a video game director. I’m thrilled to support his first foray into the medium of cinema with UNTÖT. He has written a haunting, edge-of-your-seat, action-packed script filled with supernatural elements and I can’t wait to see his creative vision realized on screen,” said O’Connor.