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Yahoo
02-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence' First Teaser: What The World Needs Now Is A 'My Tomato'
If you missed San Diego Comic-Con, then you missed the first teaser and panel to David Ferino's Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence. In this first clip we meet adolescent prodigy, and genius CEO of VegIntel, inventor of 'MyTomato,' the vegetable which will solve all our problems, particularly those that A.I. can't fix. More from Deadline 'Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence': Cult Classic Reborn With David Koechner, Eric Roberts, Dan Bakkedahl, John Astin & More Tim Burton Plays Down Involvement In 'Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman' Reboot & Reveals Donald Trump Dream - Marrakech 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Producer Tommy Harper On How 'Wednesday' Spurred Burton To Revisit Cult Original, Future Collaborations & Solo Project 'Sometimes I Lie' The fifth movie in the 47-year old franchise is 'pitting the eternal power of nature against AI's best and brightest.' The original movie was released in 1978. Made for $100,000, it was produced by J. Stephen Peace and John DeBello. DeBello directed the pic based on an original idea by Costa Dillon in a story about mutated killer tomatoes that torment the globe as a group of scientists try to fend them off. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence stars David Koechner, John Astin, Dan Bakkedahl, Daniel Roebuck, Catherine Corcoran (Terrifier, Return to Nuke 'Em High), Paul Bates, Vernee Watson, Oscar nominee Eric Roberts, Myrna Velasco, Noor Razooky, Zachary Roozen, Joshua Poon. The Attack of the Tomatoes franchise spawned three sequels (Return of the Killer Tomatoes, Killer Tomatoes Strike Back and Killer Tomatoes Eat France) along with the Fox Network's Attack of the Killer Tomatoes animated TV series in the early 1990s.W. Finletter Films and Killer Tomatoes Entertainment partnered with Atomic Toybox Entertainment (Michael Polis) and IVC/Olas Media (Chad Peace, Juan Hernandez and Anthony Aslofi) to oversee production with Polis and Roger M. Mayer producing. Anchor Bay Entertainment is releasing the pic theatrically. [youtube
Geek Tyrant
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES: ORGANIC INTELIGENCE - The Cult Classic Mutates Again — GeekTyrant
Some franchises never die. They just ferment into something stranger. The absurd, acidic legacy of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is sprouting a new chapter with Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence , the fifth film in the killer produce saga, this time under the direction of David Ferino ( Wardcliffe, Nocturnally Yours ). The killer tomatoes are back. But this time, they've evolved into something smart. According to the official description, the movie pits 'the eternal power of nature against AI's best and brightest.' It's the age-old struggle between the organic and the algorithmic, with a side of pulp and satire. Ferino was roped into this chaos by original creators Costa Dillon and J. Stephen Peace, who are back as executive producers and co-writers. Peace said, 'We are just going to keep trying until we get it right.' Ferino added, 'This is nuts, I have to work with these guys.' As Dillon put it, 'This time, they're not just back. They're organically intelligent.' The series stars David Koechner ( Anchorman ) plays the President's Press Secretary, while genre icon John Astin ( The Addams Family ) returns as the scheming Professor Mortimer Gangreen. Other cast members include Dan Bakkedahl ( Veep ) as Finletter, Daniel Roebuck ( The Munsters ) as a truth-burying admiral, and Catherine Corcoran ( Terrifier ) as the first to fall victim to the new tomato uprising. There's also Samantha Bailey as Kate Patel, a genius tech CEO who invents 'MyTomato,' the so-called 'O.I.' solution for AI's shortcomings. It also includes Paul Bates, Vernee Watson, Eric Roberts, Noor Razooky, and social media chaos courtesy of Joshua Poon's 'The Influencer.' This is the franchise that gave us George Clooney in Return of the Killer Tomatoes , three sequels, and a Saturday morning cartoon. Shot entirely in Southern California in L.A., Long Beach, and San Diego, the movie is backed by W. Finletter Films, Killer Tomatoes Entertainment, Atomic Toybox, and IVC/Olas Media. Distribution is handled by Anchor Bay Entertainment, the same team behind the puppet-horror oddity Abruptio. Thomas Zambeck, CEO of Anchor Bay, said: 'Organic Intelligence is fresh, funny, weird, and self-aware — just the kind of beautifully chaotic project that fits our mission. Killer Tomatoes are ripe for reinvention.' Expect a limited theatrical release this Halloween.
