Full Moon is already two films into their Deadly Ten project, which will give fans a peek behind the scenes of ten new films through live video feeds that are running every minute the cast and crew are on set. WEEDJIES! HALLOWEEN NIGHT and NECROPOLIS: LEGION were filmed earlier this year, and I checked in on the live streams of both of them from time to time.
The third Deadly Ten film will likely be one of the most popular, as it's a spin-off from the PUPPET MASTER franchise that centers on fan favorite puppet Blade. Titled BLADE: THE IRON CROSS, it's set to be directed by John Lechago from a screenplay by Roger Barron that has the following synopsis:
For decades the fans have been clamoring for it, and now Full Moon delivers with the first standalone feature debut of one of its most beloved (and most frightful) characters: the hook-handed maniac puppet, BLADE! Charles Band’s PUPPET MASTER series continues as an unspeakable evil from Blade’s past emerges in the form of a murderous Nazi scientist named Dr. Hauser. As Hauser’s heinous crimes are discovered, the psychic war journalist, Elisa Ivanov, awakens Blade, and together the bloody journey of revenge begins. It’s Herr Hauser’s reanimated undead army versus a possessed doll and a beautiful vengeance-seeking clairvoyant! Who will win, and how will it affect the Full Moon Universe? Find out in BLADE: THE IRON CROSS.
BLADE: THE IRON CROSS will begin filming on August 20th, but the live stream look behind the scenes will begin this Thursday, August 1st at 3pm EST. That's when the final casting session will be held, and fans will get to watch as Lechago and Charles Band decide which actors will be bringing the story's characters to life on screen. Viewers will likely get to see actors read lines from the script, get to evaluate the casting options for themselves, and then see if they would make the same choices as the filmmakers.
Then we'll get to see the cast that's assembled tomorrow interact with Blade on set when the live streamed principal photography begins in less than three weeks.
BLADE: THE IRON CROSS is in continuity with Full Moon's previous PUPPET MASTER films and is not connected to the Fangoria reboot PUPPET MASTER: THE LITTLEST REICH.
All ten Deadly Ten movies are scheduled to be released through Full Moon Streaming on February 14, 2020.