Joey Lawrence and Former WWE Diva Kick Zombie Ass in Isle of the Dead
Heads up, zombie fans! Isle of the Dead premieres Thursday, August 18, at 8:00 PM on Syfy, and the cast and crew will also be live tweeting the premiere using the hashtag #IsleOfTheDead. Right now, though, you can check out the trailer and more!
From the Press Release:
From the producers of “Z Nation” comes a new zombie thriller, Isle of the Dead, premiering August 18th on Syfy. The film stars D.C. Douglas (Resident Evil), Maryse Ouellet Mizanin (WWE Diva), and Joey Lawrence (“Melissa & Joey”).
The story begins ten years ago, when an Army research post on a remote tropical island was decimated by a strange new virus. Now, a team of SEALS on a recon mission has gone missing on the island. When a Strike Team arrives to rescue them, they must deal with an onslaught of zombies. As they fight their way to the old lab facility, they realize that the Colonel in charge of the research station (D.C. Douglas) is still alive and still experimenting—the zombies are his creations, and every new wave the team faces is more vicious and ghastly than the one before.
“Isle of the Dead began as a collaboration between actor D.C. Douglas and the creative team behind Alpha House,” Douglas explains. “While working on an Asylum comedy with Jacob Cooney and Brandon Trenz, I discovered that their real passion was zombie films! I told them I thought it’d be cool if we could come up with a zombie film that tipped its hat to the Resident Evil video games. They loved it, and so I went to the producers at Asylum and essentially begged. To my delight they greenlit the idea, and off we went.”
Douglas has garnered a fervent fanbase from his voiceover portrayal of Albert Wesker in the Resident Evil video game franchise. Adding to his zombie appeal is his recurring role as Pa Kettle on the Syfy hit series “Z Nation.”
Maryse Ouellet Mizanin debuts in her first lead film role as CIA operative Mikaela Usylvich. “It was amazing,” says Mizanin, “I was very excited about making the film but also very nervous because having a lead role is no joke! Even though I have been working in live TV with WWE for a long time and I have been performing in front of live audiences, I was still super nervous… It’s crazy to think that 7 years ago I couldn’t speak English, and now I’m in a movie as the lead character. It’s definitely a dream come true!”
“I think fans of Joey Lawrence will be the most surprised,” says Douglas, “since the hard as nails Lt. Paul Gibson is a far cry from his usually wholesome characters.”
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