''The Hunted'' is a 2015 American film based on the

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''The Hunted'' (2001) created and directed by

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. Starring Chapin and

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in lead roles. It tells the story of a struggling actor who leads a group of misfit slayers against an army of

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s. The film is one of the first to be produced under

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’s New Media contract and was distributed online through

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VOD.

Plot

Coming to terms with his unsuccessful attempts at becoming an actor, Bob (Chapin) is bitten by a vampire named Susan, (Ganderton) who is the daughter of a crazed vigilante slayer. Consequently, Bob becomes one of the Hunted, a small group of humans, bitten but not turned, who use cold steel and fighting technique to fend off vampires. The vampires, however, have developed an immunity to everything over the years, and the only way they can be killed is with a

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. Luckily, Bob knows how to wield a sword, mostly due to his starring role in a cheesy 80’s action flick called, “Vampslayer”. Find How Bob helps Susan and the Hunted defend the vampires forms the rest of the story.

Cast

as Bob *

as Susan * David Lain Baker as Harry * Gary Kasper as Dragos * Tex Wall as Lore Master * Andrew Helm as Kevin *

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as Vincent

Production

Conception and writing

''The Hunted'' began in 2001 as a long-standing Internet series, created by Chapin in an effort to train his credentials as a

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and

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-artist. Embracing his skills with a sword and his technical abilities behind the camera, he collaborated with his friends and colleagues in order to combine their talents and undertake an underdog story of LA-based vampire hunters. The fact that

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created by fans became the main content source for the online series is reflected in the theme of the film, where soccer moms learn to become vampire slayers, just like fans learning to become

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, thus providing everyone a chance to discover their true potential. The dialogues in the film make use of copious lines from well-known films and poems, ranging from '' Scarface'' (1983) and ''

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'' (1996) to

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Filming

The film received financial support in June 2011 via a

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campaign. The film was shot in

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in 2012 and is co-produced by New Deal Studios, the

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-winning effects studio behind numerous

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films, including ''

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'' (2010) and ''Interstellar'' (2014). Post-production was completed in March 2015. The majority of the film's cast consisted of stunt people.

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunted 2015 Film American action comedy films American vampire films Films set in Los Angeles 2015 action comedy films Films shot in Los Angeles 2010s English-language films 2010s American films