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If you missed San Diego Comic-Con, then you missed the first teaser and panel to David Ferino’s Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence.

In this first clip we meet adolescent prodigy, and genius CEO of VegIntel, inventor of “MyTomato,” the vegetable which will solve all our problems, particularly those that A.I. can’t fix.

The fifth movie in the 47-year old franchise is “pitting the eternal power of nature against AI’s best and brightest.”

The original movie was released in 1978. Made for $100,000, it was produced by J. Stephen Peace and John DeBello. DeBello directed the pic based on an original idea by Costa Dillon in a story about mutated killer tomatoes that torment the globe as a group of scientists try to fend them off.

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence stars David Koechner, John Astin, Dan Bakkedahl, Daniel Roebuck, Catherine Corcoran, Paul Bates,...

We’ve been hearing rumblings of a reboot of the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes franchise for a long time. Seventeen years, in fact. Now, after attempts by the duo behind the internet web series Ask a Ninja and filmmaker Dustin Ferguson to make a new movie fell through, a new entry in the franchise, titled Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence, has finally made its way through production and is set to receive a theatrical release this Halloween, courtesy of Anchor Bay Entertainment. The new Killer Tomatoes movie unveiled a promo video over the weekend (you can watch that in the embed above) and also has a presence at San Diego Comic-Con, where JoBlo’s own Mike Conway was able to catch up with several cast members and one of the producers!

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence is being referred to as a reboot simply because...

Hide your ketchup packets. Production has officially begun on Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence, the long-awaited fifth installment in the iconic cult horror-comedy franchise that first sprouted in 1978—and refuses to die.

Directed by David Ferino, the new film delivers a genetically modified showdown between the chaotic forces of nature and modern artificial intelligence, centered on a rogue biotech CEO, an experimental AI called “MyTomato,” and the slimy uprising that follows.

The cast features a stacked lineup of comedy stars, cult icons, and genre veterans, including David Koechner (Anchorman), Dan Bakkedahl (Veep), Daniel Roebuck (The Munsters), Catherine Corcoran (Terrifier), Paul Bates (Coming To America), Vernee Watson (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), and Academy Award nominee Eric Roberts (Runaway Train).

Also appearing is John Astin, beloved by generations as Gomez in the original Addams Family series, reprising his fan-favorite role as mad scientist Professor Gangreen—a character he portrayed...

We’ve been hearing rumblings of a reboot of the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes franchise for a long time. Seventeen years, in fact. That’s when it was announced that the duo behind the internet web series Ask a Ninja would be writing a remake. That didn’t pan out, but six years ago, filmmaker Dustin Ferguson said he was about to film the first attack scene for a Killer Tomatoes reboot. Then we never heard another thing about it. Now, Deadline has announced that a new entry in the franchise, titled Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence, is set to receive a limited theatrical release this Halloween, courtesy of Anchor Bay Entertainment – and we don’t have to worry about this project falling apart, because it has already wrapped production!

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence is being referred to as a reboot simply because it...

Exclusive: Never, ever think of holding a Z-grade movie franchise down.

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is alive again with a fifth movie, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence, from filmmaker David Ferino.

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence is billed as “pitting the eternal power of nature against AI’s best and brightest.”

The original movie was released in 1978. Made for $100,000, it was produced by J. Stephen Peace and John DeBello. DeBello directed the pic based on an original idea by Costa Dillon in a story about mutated killer tomatoes that torment the globe as a group of scientists try to fend them off.

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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence features a string of comedy stars and thespians including David Koechner (Anchorman franchise) as the U.S. president’s Press Secretary; and John Astin (Gomez from the original Addams Family and European Vacation) reprising...

Scout Taylor-Compton played teen heroine Laurie Strode in Rob Zombie’s Halloween remake, and came back for Zombie’s Halloween II. Danielle Harris played child heroine Jamie Lloyd in Halloween 4: The Return of the Michael Myers and Halloween 5, then was cast to play Annie Brackett in Zombie’s two Halloween films. Now, Taylor-Compton and Harris have a podcast called Talk Scary to Me, which is part of the Bloody Disgusting network – and our friends over at Bloody Disgusting have just shared the news that Taylor-Compton and Harris will be directing a movie together! It is, of course, a horror movie, and the title is Last Chance Motel.

Taylor-Compton and Harris also crafted the story for the film, which will follow a newlywed couple whose dream wedding spirals into a bloody nightmare when they uncover that their secluded venue—a desolate motel deep in the Nevada desert—is run...

Horror icons and hosts of Bloody Disgusting’s podcast Talk Scary to Me, Scout Taylor-Compton and Danielle Harris are joining forces for Last Chance Motel, a new horror movie.

Scout Taylor-Compton and Danielle Harris will not only star as co-leads in Last Chance Motel, but they also co-created the story and co-directed the upcoming feature film project.

Last Chance Motel is being developed under Talk Scary Productions and Hillin Entertainment, and it’s said to be a “pulse-pounding psychological thriller with slasher elements,” one that “promises to deliver a fresh, blood-soaked addition to modern horror.” It’s also set to “pay homage to classic slashers while injecting a modern psychological twist.”

The cast for the film includes Shane West, Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Monica Keena (Freddy vs. Jason), Sierra McCormick (The Vast of Night), Zachary Roozen (Deadly Debutantes) and more.

Last Chance Motel follows a newlywed couple...

Exclusive: Jack Black has boarded Gianna, a horror comedy short written, produced by and starring his School of Rock co-star Rivkah Reyes, as an associate producer.

Also starring Emmy nominee Margaret Cho (Fire Island) and Elizabeth Faith Ludlow (Peacemaker), the film follows the newly sober and recently single Gina (Reyes), who is faced with the literal devil herself, after her sliding-scale therapist (Cho) suggests spending time with her inner demons. Kait Schuster served as director, with Jarad Schwartz and Brando Crawford among the EPs on the short, which premieres at Inside Out Festival and will also play the Palm Springs Shorts Festival.

“I loved the perfectly twisted queerness of the story and script and I had to get involved,” said Cho of the project. “Rivkah is The Gay Future!!!!!”

Part of the cast of Uni’s recent box-office smash The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Black will also reunite with Reyes...