Russell Mulachy is probably quite pleased with himself right now, after seeing his RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION top the box office charts for the weekend with $23.7 million. The Aussie director is currently working on THE SCORPION KING: RISE OF THE AKADDIN which may have even begun filming as he looks to get back into the film grove after spending years in the T.V. and music video wilderness.

Once THE SCORPION KING has wrapped, it looks like he will be helming ZEN IN THE ART OF SLAYING VAMPIRES, a new flick financed over at Capital Productions and it’s hoped it can be the first movie in a trilogy, as it’s based on Steven Elliott-Altman’s first novel of a 3 series franchise.

From Variety…

Protag is turned into a vampire as he and his lover are attacked in lower Manhattan. She dies, and he struggles to overcome his murderous instincts and thirst for blood through Zen meditation. A struggle for his soul ensues between the bloodsuckers and the zen masters.

Yet another vampire movie. The zombie and vampire genre seems to be the craze at the moment, but still there’s a reluctance for a 28 MONTHS LATER. That’s the horror movie I want to see greenlit!

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