Norman Reedus (“The Walking Dead”) continues to make very interesting choices with his bigbaldhead production company, recently setting into motion a small screen version of the slasher franchise Sorority House Massacre. Reedus is clearly a fan of deep cut genre films, and Deadline reports that he’s tapped another property from the past for a series adaptation.
Through bigbaldhead, Reedus will produce a television series adaptation of Russ Meyer’s 1965 exploitation film Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, a movie he has loved since childhood.
Reedus is developing the project with AMC Studios.
Deadline details, “Utilizing the movie’s tale of a trio of badass go-go dancers on a cash-fueled rampage through the desert, Faster Pussycat the TV show aims to pay homage to the original but also go beyond the fast cars and karate kicks to home in on the strong female characters and the overturning of cultural norms that was deeper in the bones of the movie.”
“I’ve been watching Russ Meyer’s film since I was a kid, wearing my Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill! shirt to school,” Norman Reedus told Deadline this week. “It’s safe to say I’m beyond inspired by Russ’ style of filmmaking and I am over the moon excited for the opportunity to reimagine this story for the modern world.”
In the original film, “Three go-go dancers holding a young girl hostage come across a crippled old man living with his two sons in the desert. After learning he’s hiding a sum of cash around, the women start scheming on him.” Tura Satana memorably starred as Varla.
source https://bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3666936/norman-reedus-amc-turning-1960s-exploitation-film-faster-pussycat-kill-kill-series/
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