First Look at Greg Grunberg on Mega Spider

Clare Kramer, Ray Wise join the cast



As reported earlier, Mike Mendez has begun shooting Mega Spider in the Los Angeles area with Greg Grunberg starring.

An official press release and image have gone out today which includes more cast details and intentions with the film. Glad to hear they’re going for something zany.

Read on for all of the details!

It was announced today that production has begun on the Sci-Fi actioner MEGA SPIDER. The film, which is being described as a “TREMORS-style creature feature about a towering mutant arachnid on an 8-legged rampage across Los Angeles,” is being directed by Mike Mendez (THE GRAVEDANCERS) and was written by Gregory Gieras (DARK ISLAND). Shooting began September 6th.

Battling the beast are Greg Grunberg (HEROES, ALIAS) and Lombardo Boyar (THE BERNIE MAC SHOW) who star as an exterminator and his security guard sidekick. The unlikely heroes team-up with an elite military unit that includes genre vets Clare Kramer (THE GRAVEDANCERS) and Ray Wise (X-MEN: FIRST CLASS).

Mendez explained what drew him to the project “The script was hilarious, and as we got into the creature design and the casting we had one objective in mind: Fun. I love the tone of this movie and think audiences are going to have a wild time.”

Greg Grunberg couldn’t agree more “They say never work with animals and babies; I want to add giant spiders to that list. Having such a blast, laughing everyday and yet the movie is scary as sh*t!”

The film is being produced by Patrick Ewald and Shaked Berenson of worldwide sales and financing outfit Epic Pictures Group (Darren Lynn Bousman’s 11-11-11) along with Travis Stevens of Snowfort Pictures (A HORRIBLE WAY TO DIE), and Klaus von Sayn-Wittgenstein of Wittgenstein Ventures. Epic Pictures Group will handle worldwide sales.

“We have a phenomenal cast, interesting characters and an amazing VFX team. Mike is going to knock this one out of the park,” said Shaked Berenson of Epic Pictures Group.

Ewald adds “This creature is bigger than King Kong, deadlier than the Alien Queen and has the burning vengeance of a betrayed woman. MEGA SPIDER is a flaming, flashing, crashing blow-’em-up movie that will keep you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end.”

Snowfort’s Travis Stevens added, “This is a movie about killing a big-ass bug. There’s a lunacy to the concept that we’re really having fun with. You look at classics like TREMORS or STARSHIP TROOPERS and the humor is just as important as the mayhem. I think we’re finding a great balance between the two.”

The project first generated press when it was announced that willing participants could be terrorized on camera by contacting: [email protected]. Since then hundreds of extras have participated in the on-screen mayhem with requests being accepted until September 15th, 2011.

Source: Ryan Turek, Managing Editor