Hopper Teams Up With Tarantino On Motorcycle Movie

[TerribleTabo]

Hopper Teams Up With Tarantino On Motorcycle Movie
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Dennis Hopper is joining forces with Quentin Tarantino after signing up to star in motorcycle film "Hell Ride." The 71-year-old, who shot to fame in 1969 as the director and star of motorcycle road movie Easy Rider, will join Michael Madsen, Larry Bishop and Eric Balfour in the film.

Tarantino is producing "Hell Ride," which is being written and directed by Bishop and is described as a contemporary take on classic western The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.

Hopper, who starred in 1993's Tarantino-scripted True Romance, tells MTV, "I am doing a motorcycle movie this year that Quentin Tarantino is producing. I am playing Eddie 'Scratch' Zero. And I couldn't possibly begin telling you who that is, but he is weird enough... I know Quentin and I love all of his work."

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index....tino_on_motorc

Hell Ride (2008) is a feature film from Larry Bishop being released under the "Quentin Tarantino Presents" banner. The film promises to be a blood and sex-soaked tale of motorcycle revenge and retribution.

Hell Ride has been scheduled to premiere at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Bishop will also take extra duties on this film by not only starring in Hell Ride, but will write, direct and co-produce with Michael Steinberg and Shana Stein producing with Quentin Tarantino taking on the job of Executive Producer.

Larry Bishop and Quentin Tarantino have set a late April production start in Los Angeles for "Hellride," Bishop's modern-day take on those 1960s motorcycle flicks he used to turn out for B-movie masters American International Pictures. It's the project Tarantino inspired Bishop to begin some five and a half years ago, when he told Larry, "It is your destiny to write, direct and star in a movie,'" and said he would help produce it.[citation needed]

Larry Bishop will star as bad-ass biker Pistolero, (named after the original title for Robert Rodriguez’s Desperado) who along with The Gent (Michael Madsen) and Comanche (Eric Balfour), hit the road to avenge the death of Pistolero’s old lady Cherokee Kisum (Julia Jones), by the 666ers a rival motorcycle gang.

Vinnie Jones and the ultimate bike riding legend Dennis Hopper to star as members of the satanic biker gang the 666ers.

[Motoduc1]

Phew! I was wondering when we were going to get yet another stupid motorcycle movie. It's been more than a year since Ghost Rider.

[AaronB]

i thought it was going to be this hopper

[altersys]

Originally Posted by AaronB

i thought it was going to be this hopper

lol me too. i was thinkin "there's a gonna be a lot of kicking in this flick"

[That Nice Guy Beck]

eh

[Blueshark928]

I must be that old. From the thead title, I knew it was Dennis Hopper.

[TerribleTabo]

Originally Posted by Blueshark928

I must be that old. From the thead title, I knew it was Dennis Hopper.

I actually don't know who that other guy in the funny leather suit is. :P
Dennis Hopper is the only Hopper I know of.

I never even seen Easy Rider before, but I know he was in it.

[uncrameses]

Originally Posted by TerribleTabo

I actually don't know who that other guy in the funny leather suit is. :P

You're kidding, right?

[TerribleTabo]

Originally Posted by Rameses

You're kidding, right?

Nope, I have no idea who he is. He looks like some kind of racer, but I don't follow any of that stuff. [laugh]
Not trying to disrespect him, but that kind of stuff just never appealed to me.

[That Nice Guy Beck]

thats brad pitts dad, henry pitt on that bike