The ABCs Of Death is getting a sequel and the initial lineup includes some big names from all around the world with a good number remaining to be announced in the future.
The sequel includes Goya Award winner Álex de la Iglesia (THE LAST CIRCUS, DAY OF THE BEAST); ROOM 237 mastermind Rodney Ascher; Academy Award-nominated animator Bill Plympton; Filipino icon - and Director's Fortnight inductee - Erik Matti (ON THE JOB, MAGIC TEMPLE); and the founder of Nigerian "Nollywood" cinema Lancelot Imasuen.
Additional confirmed filmmakers include Lithuania's Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper (VANISHING WAVES), Japan's arthouse provocateur Sion Sono (COLD FISH, SUICIDE CLUB), SPLICE and CUBE's Vincenzo Natali, indie horror icon Larry Fessenden (THE LAST WINTER, HABIT), THE COLLECTION's Marcus Dunstan, France's Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo (INSIDE, LIVID), E.L. Katz (director of the SXSW breakout hit CHEAP THRILLS), twin auteurs Jen and Sylvia Soska (AMERICAN MARY, DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK), Israel's Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado (RABIES, BIG BAD WOLVES), A LONELY PLACE TO DIE's Julian Gilbey, Brazil's most controversial filmmaker Dennison Ramalho (NINJAS and LOVE FOR MOTHER ONLY), THE LEGEND OF BEAVER DAM and the upcoming STAGEFRIGHT's Jerome Sable, and animator Robert Morgan - creator of the BAFTA Award nominated short BOBBY YEAH.
Magnet is planning a 2014 release of the film. ABCs OF DEATH 2 is produced by Ant Timpson and Tim League, in conjunction with associate producers Todd Brown, Marc Walkow, Mitch Davis, and Ted Geoghegan.