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Val Kilmer Starring in Movie about Global Warming Parasite

May 16, 2008 · Print This Article

Global warming offers plenty of nightmare scenarios ripe for Hollywood interpretation, and one of the new ones coming up stars Val Kilmer and focuses on a parasite inside a thawing Wooly Mammoth. Sounds awesome.

Ecorazzi has it:

Well, apparently, a group of student-scientists stumble upon a thawing Woolly Mammoth in a melting ice cap. Unfortunately, the Mammoth is packing a deadly parasite that had laid dormant (and hungry we might add) for thousands of years. One-by-one, everyone becomes infected, all hell breaks loose, and well, you get the picture. According to the synopsis, “soon the survivors are left with only one choice - to make the ultimate sacrifice and burn everything to the ground… including themselves.” Toasty.

Dread Central has the scoop from director Mark A. Lewis:

”I don’t consider it my job to …

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May 14, 2008 · Leave a Comment 

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May 15, 2008 · Leave a Comment 

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May 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment 

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Val Kilmer Starring in Movie about Global Warming Parasite

Global warming offers plenty of nightmare scenarios ripe for Hollywood interpretation, and one of the new ones coming up stars Val Kilmer and focuses on a parasite inside a thawing Wooly Mammoth. Sounds awesome. Ecorazzi has it: Well, apparently, a group... [Read more]

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