Ever since I got to talk with filmmaker Darren Lynn Bousman, his next project Repo! The Genetic Opera has been pretty high on my list of anticipated movies. Over the 4th of July weekend, it looks like the Repo! website got a bit of an overhaul, and brought even more to be excited about.
First up, they’ve added a new production video looking at the song “Seventeen” which is a crucial turning point for Shilo Wallace, played by former Spy Kid Alexa Vega. This is definitely a different role for the girl, and “Seventeen” pretty well encompasses everything that is different about it. For the musical number they brought in a live punk band (the only song they recorded a live band for) and adapted the set to transform Shilo’s bedroom into a punk rock concert stage. The result looks pretty damn cool.
The site has also added a production blog, although it doesn’t have anything on it right now other than a video introduction by Alexa Vega who greets readers and then goes off to eat an ice cream sandwich. She may be a punk rock teen, but even they’ve gotta eat some ice cream, right?
Apparently Lionsgate has finally given Repo! The Genetic Opera an official release date - November 7th. While it’s good to hear we might see Repo! in theatres this year, putting it up against James Bond’s Quantum of Solace isn’t exactly a position of comfort.
Check out the new video and bookmark the production blog over at the official Repo! website.
