Bonus Episode: Interview with Writer/Director John Penney (RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD III, THE KINDRED)

November 19, 2024 Bonus Episode 01:11:5665.87M
The New World Pictures Podcast
The New World Pictures Podcast
Bonus Episode: Interview with Writer/Director John Penney (RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD III, THE KINDRED)
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John Penney returns to the podcast! Following our TORMENT reunion episode alongside his cohorts Earl Ghaffari (WAYNE’S WORLD) and Scott Alexander (ED WOOD), John is back to discuss his time working as an assistant editor for New World movies BODY ROCK, GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN, and THE STUFF (as well as RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD) before writing RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD III and becoming a director with 2006’s ZYZZYX RD! John talks about working for Academy Award-winning editor Richard Halsey (ROCKY), learning life lessons from Sarah Jessica Palmer, and listening to movie pitches from Larry Cohen! This is a wide-ranging interview you don’t want to miss!
 
For more about John and Brian Yuzna’s company Dark Arts Entertainment, head here: https://www.darkartsentertainment.com/
 
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John Penney Biography

Award winning writer/director, John Penney, attended UCLA where he studied film and received a degree in English. In addition to his screenplays, John has written short stories that have won him an award from the Adelphi Academy in New York and have been published in the “Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.”

In 2011 John wrote and directed the supernatural thriller “Hellgate” starring William Hurt and Cary Elwes. The film was awarded Best Film at the Bram Stoker International Film Festival, as well as the Best Horror Film from the Fantasy Horror Awards in Italy, sponsored by Syfy Europe Universal. Prior writer-director credits include the thriller “Zyzzyx Road” starring Katherine Heigl and Tom Sizemore, the family film “Magic” with Robert Davi and Christopher Lloyd, and a segment in the anthology film “Virus of the Dead.”In 2017 John formed the genre company Dark Arts Entertainment with Brian Yuzna, (“Re-Animator” “Honey I shrunk the Kids”) which has been producing a range of quality, marketable features and multimedia projects tailor-made for today’s discerning horror audience.

Source: The Summit