Daybreakers - Vampire movie from "Undead" directors

Thrush · 06-26-09, 10:40 PM

Trailer

"In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind."

Ive been awaiting something new from these guys since "Undead". Which was my favorite of all of those movies from the zombie Renaissance from a few years back. This one looks pretty interesting.

Giantrobo · 06-27-09, 12:48 AM

Looks like it may be pretty good. We'll see....

Daytripper · 06-27-09, 11:13 AM

Looks fucking awesome. Sign my ass up.

GoldenJCJ · 06-27-09, 11:21 AM

hmm, looks like a fairly original idea, I guess.

I'm not big on vampire movies but I may check it out.

candyrocket786 · 06-27-09, 11:29 AM

Looks good.

HN · 06-27-09, 11:47 AM

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Gunde · 06-27-09, 01:23 PM

That looks incredible.

gglass4269 · 06-27-09, 04:18 PM

oh my god! that looks amazing!

mdc3000 · 06-27-09, 06:41 PM

I thought UNDEAD was a fucking blast and this looks cool as shit. Sold.

Sessa17 · 06-27-09, 06:43 PM

I thought Undead was a complete piece of shit, but this looks absolutely phenomenal & refreshing (an attempt at a new twist, not some adaptation from a novel or comic). LOVE Dafoe's line in the trailer & Ethan Hawke is one of my absolute favorite (& extremely underrated) actors.

KillerCannibal · 06-27-09, 08:14 PM

Very cool premise, looks like it has potential to be awesome. I'll def check it out, sucks it's not opening for a while.

Disneyboy · 06-27-09, 10:20 PM

The trailer looks awesome, but the first thing I thought of when I read the premise was I Am Legend (the book, not the movie.)

LickTheABCs · 06-27-09, 10:27 PM

I liked Undead so I'm in.

Jippy · 06-27-09, 10:56 PM

Kinda like the cover of Kate Bush's "Running Up that Hill" in the trailer. Anybody know who the artist is? Trailer looks like a bit like "I Am Legend" mixed with equal parts "Matrix", but it looks promising.

draven31 · 06-28-09, 12:18 AM

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Kinda like the cover of Kate Bush's "Running Up that Hill" in the trailer. Anybody know who the artist is? Trailer looks like a bit like "I Am Legend" mixed with equal parts "Matrix", but it looks promising.

it's done by Placebo..

awesome trailer!

Solid Snake PAC · 06-28-09, 12:59 AM

Damn...January 8, 2010?
anyway...I kinda see it as a bit of a twisted version of I Am Legend too...like an inversed version of it.

scott1598 · 06-28-09, 11:11 AM

didn't enjoy "Undead" as much as i thought i would, but that looked awesome and i'm in for that poster alone.

what and who was the song that played in trailer?

DonnachaOne · 06-28-09, 11:36 AM

A cover of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" by Placebo, off "Sleeping With Ghosts".

scott1598 · 06-28-09, 12:50 PM

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A cover of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" by Placebo, off "Sleeping With Ghosts".

thank you. looks like it is off the album "Meds" though? love it!

asianxcore · 06-28-09, 01:59 PM

I enjoyed Undead (minus the final act) and have been wondering for a while what the Spierig Bros. were up to.

Trailer looks interesting.

chris_sc77 · 06-28-09, 02:08 PM

I think this looks very very interesting. I was gonna say before watching the trailer that I am kinda Vampired-out but this looks refreshing. So visually it looks interesting and the plot sounds fun.
I also like that they hired real actors like Hawke, Sam Neill, and Willem Dafoe instead of the typical nameless CW rejects.
Looks like what underworld should have been.

DonnachaOne · 06-30-09, 04:55 AM

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thank you. looks like it is off the album "Meds" though? love it!

It's one disc 2 of my copy of "Sleeping With Ghosts", although the American rerelease of "Meds", which came out a few years after, also features it.

Superboy · 06-30-09, 12:44 PM

I thought Undead was probably one of the worst zombie movies ever, right up there with the Dawn of the Dead remake.

This movie looks like another dumb gimmicky sci-fi movie... like I, Robot.

Matthew Ackerly · 06-30-09, 02:10 PM

After all the hype Undead got upon release, it sucked. Another victim of the hype machine

Ill check this out, though.

Superboy · 07-05-09, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Matthew Ackerly

After all the hype Undead got upon release, it sucked. Another victim of the hype machine

Ill check this out, though.

It could have been the stupid story, the totally unlikable, moronic characters, the dumb plot twist, and the idiotic ending. There just aren't enough synonyms for stupid.

06-26-09, 10:40 PM	#1
Thrush DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Under a dead Ohio sky Posts: 4,068	Daybreakers - Vampire movie from "Undead" directors Trailer "In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind." Ive been awaiting something new from these guys since "Undead". Which was my favorite of all of those movies from the zombie Renaissance from a few years back. This one looks pretty interesting.

06-27-09, 12:48 AM	#2
Giantrobo DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: TORRANCE, CA Posts: 48,261	Re: Daybreakers - Vampire movie from "Undead" directors Looks like it may be pretty good. We'll see.... __________________ XBOX Gamertag: Giantrobo On my 4th 360 as of 3.26.10

06-27-09, 11:13 AM	#3
Daytripper DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 8,301	Re: Daybreakers - Vampire movie from "Undead" directors Looks fucking awesome. Sign my ass up.

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GoldenJCJ DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado Posts: 6,823	Re: Daybreakers - Vampire movie from "Undead" directors hmm, looks like a fairly original idea, I guess. I'm not big on vampire movies but I may check it out. __________________ ...

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Sessa17 DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: NJ, the place where smiles go to die Posts: 7,393	Re: Daybreakers - Vampire movie from "Undead" directors I thought Undead was a complete piece of shit, but this looks absolutely phenomenal & refreshing (an attempt at a new twist, not some adaptation from a novel or comic). LOVE Dafoe's line in the trailer & Ethan Hawke is one of my absolute favorite (& extremely underrated) actors. __________________ "I got the shotgun, you got the briefcase. It's all in the game though, right?" - Omar Proudly doing my part to support the economy

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KillerCannibal DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Behind the Orange Curtain Posts: 17,041	Re: Daybreakers - Vampire movie from "Undead" directors Very cool premise, looks like it has potential to be awesome. I'll def check it out, sucks it's not opening for a while. __________________ DVDAf Horror Movie Challenges: 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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Disneyboy Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 158	Re: Daybreakers - Vampire movie from "Undead" directors The trailer looks awesome, but the first thing I thought of when I read the premise was I Am Legend (the book, not the movie.)

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Jippy DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 1,404	Re: Daybreakers - Vampire movie from "Undead" directors Kinda like the cover of Kate Bush's "Running Up that Hill" in the trailer. Anybody know who the artist is? Trailer looks like a bit like "I Am Legend" mixed with equal parts "Matrix", but it looks promising. __________________ "He had such a wealth of experience in his voice, heaven and hell and no one could touch him. He was the real thing." Nick Cave on Johnny Cash

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Solid Snake PAC DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denton, Tx Posts: 22,121	Re: Daybreakers - Vampire movie from "Undead" directors Damn...January 8, 2010? anyway...I kinda see it as a bit of a twisted version of I Am Legend too...like an inversed version of it.

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scott1598 DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: I want to go to there! Posts: 19,338	Re: Daybreakers - Vampire movie from "Undead" directors didn't enjoy "Undead" as much as i thought i would, but that looked awesome and i'm in for that poster alone. what and who was the song that played in trailer? __________________ "stranger than fiction" Movie collection "almost famous" SteelBook™ collection "Even though I am no better than a beast, don't I have the right to live?"

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DonnachaOne DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: A place where they know how to pronounce "Donnacha" correctly Posts: 9,806	Re: Daybreakers - Vampire movie from "Undead" directors A cover of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" by Placebo, off "Sleeping With Ghosts".

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asianxcore DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 10,889	Re: Daybreakers - Vampire movie from "Undead" directors I enjoyed Undead (minus the final act) and have been wondering for a while what the Spierig Bros. were up to. Trailer looks interesting. __________________ R.I.P DVDSpot DVDTalk "October Horror Movie Challenge" 2012 2011 2010 2009 DVDTalk "B-Movie/Exploitation/Drive-In Challenge" 2011 2010

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chris_sc77 Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bellefontaine, Ohio Posts: 5,628	Re: Daybreakers - Vampire movie from "Undead" directors I think this looks very very interesting. I was gonna say before watching the trailer that I am kinda Vampired-out but this looks refreshing. So visually it looks interesting and the plot sounds fun. I also like that they hired real actors like Hawke, Sam Neill, and Willem Dafoe instead of the typical nameless CW rejects. Looks like what underworld should have been.

06-30-09, 12:44 PM	#23
Superboy Suspended Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: So Cal Posts: 7,073	Re: Daybreakers - Vampire movie from "Undead" directors I thought Undead was probably one of the worst zombie movies ever, right up there with the Dawn of the Dead remake. This movie looks like another dumb gimmicky sci-fi movie... like I, Robot.

06-30-09, 02:10 PM	#24
Matthew Ackerly DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,797	Re: Daybreakers - Vampire movie from "Undead" directors After all the hype Undead got upon release, it sucked. Another victim of the hype machine Ill check this out, though.