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08-12-2009, 10:35 AM

Work has begun on a prequel for Death Race, with Paul W.S. Anderson writing a new story that will focus on the back-story of the titular engine-revving blood sport.

ShockTillYouDrop reports that the script -- to be written by Tony Giglio -- will delve into the past of the heavily scarred and massively popular driver Frankenstein.

Giglio is also being touted as a possibility to direct.

The film will be produced by Anderson and Jeremy Bolt's Impact Pictures when the pair have finished work on Resident Evil: Afterlife.

Death Race grossed more than $74m worldwide last year.

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03-01-2010, 10:45 PM

The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision Blog announced today that actor Sean Bean will be joining Luke Goss in Universal’s Death Race: Frankenstein Lives, a sequel/prequel to the car-racing action flick by Paul W.S. Anderson.

As reported previously, the new movie, produced by Anderson and directed by Dutch filmmaker Roel Reine, focuses on the original Frankenstein (Goss) that Jason Statham’s character took over the role of in the previous Death Race entry.

Bean joins Lauren Cohan, Ving Rhames, Danny Trejo and Frederick Koehler on the project.

Written by Tony Giglio, the latest lap in the Death Race franchise is being included as part of Universal’s DVD Originals banner, a line of original home entertainment films that includes the recently released Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassin’s Ball.

Universal has sent out a press release announcing the start of principal photography, synopsis and with new casting info.

Universal City, California, March 1, 2010 - Start your engines…and load your weapons. The explosive, all-new high-octane Death Race 2 began principal photography on February 13, 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa. The spectacular prequel to Paul W.S. Anderson’s audacious re-imagining of the Roger Corman cult classic stars Luke Goss (Hellboy 2: The Golden Army), Ving Rhames (Con Air, Pulp Fiction), Sean Bean (National Treasure, Lord of the Rings trilogy), Danny Trejo (Planet Terror, “Burn Notice“), Frederick Koehler (”Oz,” “Touching Evil”) and Lauren Cohan (”Supernatural”) and promises even more outrageously outfitted muscle cars and death-defying stunts in a deadly driving competition. Director Roel Reiné (The Marine 2, The Lost Tribe) takes the helm of the adrenaline-fueled chronicle of Frankenstein, the greatest Death Race driver of all time, in an all-out thrill ride through a dystopian future.

Death Race 2 takes place in the very near future, as the United States economy begins to decline and violent crime starts to spiral out of control. To contain the growing criminal population, a vast network of for-profit, private prisons springs up, creating a lawless subculture ruled by gangs, cold-blooded killers and sociopaths. The worst of these prisons is Terminal Island. Convicted cop-killer Carl Lucas arrives on the Island to serve his life sentence just as ruthlessly ambitious television personality September Jones launches the ultimate reality show, Death Race. A brutal prison yard demolition derby that pits prisoners against each other in steel reinforced, heavily armed vehicles, Death Race offers the winner the ultimate prize: freedom - if he can survive to enjoy it. When Lucas signs up to be a driver, the stage is set for the birth of a legendary racer.

Okay, so we don’t mean a solidly A-list cast, but with genre veterans joining Luke Goss for a prequel story that will explore the origins of the man who drove as Frankenstein, it could definitely turn out to be fun.