LORDI Mania Continues - Motion Picture Up Next!
August 28, 2006, 18 years ago
According to Oikotimes.com, Finland's Eurovision stars LORDI's next plan is to make a major motion picture with the whole band as it's stars. The plan's are allready very far and the first version of screenplay is ready. Pete Riski, the director of all Lordi-musicvideo's has made the consept of the story. The movie will not be suitable for children, but it is not a horror-movie. Lordi's monsters will adventure in a monster-world.
"We are very enraptured. We have been talk about it whole month and now first version of script is completed," said Mr Lordi or Tomi Putaansuu. He added, that it would be a horror film. The story of film is based on their and Pete Riski, who have made Lordi videos, ideas. Main questions are still financing and schedule. Producer Markus Selin deals with those questions. Selin spoke, that they are going to do final decisions about the story on other things before October, so they could release the film for next year's Eurovision. Also they want to go to the international market.
The timetables and financing are still an open question, but the most successfull filmproducer of Finland - Markus Selin - is working on them. The desicion's about the project will have to be made during October, because the premier is planned to be in May 2007 at the time of the Eurovision song contest. The movie is supposed to be released in international market. The question, will the monsters be the first international moviestars of Finland, is answered in a few months time.