Kiah Roache-Turner Talks Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, Chatting With Fans, And A Potential Third Movie
Created by the filmmaking brother duo Kiah and Tristian Roache-Turner, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse is the follow-up to their feature debut zombie hit Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, which dropped in 2014 and garnered an 82% on Rotten Tomatoes. Both brothers share co-writing credits while Kiah directs and Tristan produces.
The sequel sees the return of Luke McKenzie, Bianca Bradey, Jay Gallagher, and introduces the new actors Shantae Barnes-Cowan, Tasia Zalar, and Nicholas Boshier. Executive produced for XYZ Films, the movie follows Rhys as he navigates the zombie-infested wasteland to corral civilians for the military. He eventually comes across a half-zombie-half-human named Grace and believes she can end the apocalypse. Described as a combination of Mad Max and Dawn of the Dead, the new movie will be screening at the sci-fi and horror movie festival Panic Fest on May 1. Ahead of the screening, Game Rant had the chance to chat with Kiah Roache-Turner about his Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, the future of Wyrmwood franchise, and how he makes these movies for his 12-year-old self.
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Game Rant: When you created the first movie, did you expect it to grow into something more?
Kiah Roache-Turner: We just did the coolest thing that we could think of. At the end of the day, it's a world that is cool — it's a zombie apocalyptic wasteland where the zombies can attach to vehicles and generators as a power source, and you've got somebody who has developed the power to control zombies like puppets, and you can jump into the mind of a zombie like a video game and be that zombie for a while. It's a world that came so easily once we started writing it. I could keep making these films for the rest of my life because
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