The short movie accompanying 'Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back' in 1980 will star Rutger Hauer in one of the key roles.
- Jun 3, 2015
AceShowbiz - "Black Angel", which was screened with "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" back in 1980, is now being adapted into a full feature film. Roger Christian is returning to direct and write the project. "It's my passion project, has been for 35-36 years. I guess 'patience is a virtue' is a true saying," he says.
Commissioned by George Lucas, the short film follows a warrior who must save a young maiden from an evil force. It was shot in Scotland on a mere budget of $38,000 which, Christian claims, was spent mostly on "two big horses." The original negatives were considered lost but the movie showed up again in 2013 in Universal's U.S. archives.
Christian now has a budget of "around $15 million" for "Black Angel: The Feature Film". He tells The Hollywood Reporter, "I can make a huge epic film with that. I'm going down and dirty, I want the audience to smell the blood and the sweat and the tears. I'll be doing fights in mud and rain."
Rutger Hauer and John Rhys-Davies are attached to star as High Priest Sirdar and King Aeolus respectively. In Indiegogo page where the movie is campaigning to raise $100,000 in the crowdfunding, Laura Weissbecker is revealed to play a renegade princess. More cast members are to be announced later.
