Universal 1440 Entertainment has announced that filming is currently underway on Death Race 3 in South Africa.  Luke Goss, Danny Trejo, Ving Rhames, Fred Koehler, Robin Shou, and Tanit Phoenix reprise their roles from Death Race 2, joined by franchise newbies Dougray Scott and Hlubi Mboya.  Universal 1440 executive Glenn Ross promises fans:

“Death Race 3 will exceed their expectations with even more explosive action, elaborately outfitted cars, inventive weaponry and death-defying stunts that have made the franchise such a huge fan favorite.”

Death Race 2 director Roel Reiné returned to helm the sequel; Mike Elliott, Jeremy Bolt, and Death Race director Paul W.S. Anderson are back on board as producers.  Hit the jump for the official synopsis and the full press release.

With Paul W.S. Anderson’s 2008 remake of Death Race having success at the worldwide box office and on home video, Universal decided to make a prequel and they’re releasing it this week under the banner of “DVD Originals from Universal Studios Home Entertainment Productions.”  While the remake starred Jason Statham as Jensen Ames, the prequel stars  Luke Goss, Sean Bean, Tanit Phoenix, and Danny Trejo.  The film is an origin story for the character of Frankenstein.

Anyway, I recently got to speak with most of the cast and after the jump you can watch my interview with Danny Trejo.  In Death Race 2, Trejo plays a Mexican Jew mechanic named Goldberg.  During the interview we talked about how he prepares as an actor, what films do people always want to talk to him about, was he upset he didn’t get to kick a lot of ass in Death Race 2, future projects like Spy Kids 4, Machete sequels and Harold and Kumar 3 (A Very Harold And Kumar Christmas), and a lot more.  Hit the jump to watch:

With Paul W.S. Anderson’s 2008 remake of Death Race having success at the worldwide box office and on home video, Universal decided to make a prequel and they’re releasing it this week under the banner of “DVD Originals from Universal Studios Home Entertainment Productions.”  While the remake starred Jason Statham as Jensen Ames, the prequel stars  Luke Goss, Sean Bean, Tanit Phoenix, and Danny Trejo.  The film is an origin story for the character of Frankenstein.

Anyway, I recently got to speak with most of the cast and after the jump you can watch my interview with Ving Rhames.  In Death Race 2, Rhames plays the head of a the media company that airs the race (he’s like a Rupert Murdock).  During the interview we talked about how he got ready for the movie, what kind of research he does, what films do people always want to talk to him about, the Blu-ray cover for the film, future projects like Dying to Live, and a lot more.  Hit the jump to watch:

With Paul W.S. Anderson’s 2008 remake of Death Race having success at the worldwide box office and on home video, Universal decided to make a prequel (called Death Race 2) and they’re releasing it this week under the banner of “DVD Originals from Universal Studios Home Entertainment Productions.”  While the remake starred Jason Statham as Jensen Ames, the prequel stars Luke Goss, Sean Bean, Tanit Phoenix, and Danny Trejo.  The film is an origin story for the character of Frankenstein.

Anyway, I recently got to speak with most of the cast and after the jump you can watch my interview with Luke Goss and Tanit Phoenix. They talk about what it was like to film in South Africa, the stunts and the weapons, what’s the difference between the rated and unrated editions, their future projects, and a lot more:

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 and with new casting info. Hit the jump to read the release and for thoughts on the newest contestant joining the Death Race.