Dark Horse Preps War Monkeys

Posted by dominie in Films, News on November 20th, 2008

Kevin Munroe (TMNT, Dead of Night) will direct the horror comedy War Monkeys from Dark Horse Indie reports THR. It project, potentially Dark Horse’s biggest feature yet, was first announced August of last year with Cleve Nettles (All Over Again) attached to write the script. Sammo Hung (Kung Fu Hustle) is currently in negotiations to star. The star is a veteran of the Hong Kong kung fu scene, directing, acting, and choreographing dozens of films.

Based on a story from producer Chris Patton, War Monkeys “follows two janitors who, during a Christmas holiday, get trapped in an underground research facility after accidentally unleashing military-trained Rhesus monkeys.” Hung will play one of the janitors who battles the rabid simians.

Dark Horse hopes to begin shooting in early 2009 using a combination of live monkeys as well as animatronic puppets and CGI.