While the original PUPPET MASTER franchise will continue at Full Moon under the guidance of the company's founder Charles Band, the producers at Cinestate are crafting their own reboot franchise, which begins with the upcoming release of PUPPET MASTER: THE LITTLEST REICH.
Directed by Sonny Laguna and Tommy Wiklund from a screenplay by BONE TOMAHAWK's S. Craig Zahler, THE LITTLEST REICH stars Thomas Lennon as
a recently divorced young man who discovers a mint condition Blade doll in his deceased brother’s closet and plans to sell the toy at a convention in Oregon celebrating the 30th anniversary of the infamous Toulon Murders. All hell breaks loose at the Postville Lodge during the auction when a strange force animates all of the various puppets throughout the convention as they go on a bloody killing spree.
Lennon's co-stars include Udo Kier, Michael Paré, Barbara Crampton, Jenny Pellicer, Nelson Franklin, Alex Beh, Tina Parker, Skeeta Jenkins, and Charlyne Yi.
With PUPPET MASTER: THE LITTLEST REICH comes the chance to see these killer puppets on the big screen, as the film will not only be getting a VOD release on August 17th, but will also be playing in select theatres.
Cinestate has posted a list of the theatres that will be showing the film, and that list can be seen below.
I won't be able to make it to a theatrical screening, but I am very excited to see this movie. The only bummer here is that, with the release just three weeks away, we still don't have a trailer to watch.