First, an apology to regular readers: much of this post will be a re-run for you. I have a good reason, though--in the past week, we've had more than 500 brand new visitors. That's a lot of people looking for information about Richard, and I want to make sure that his current projects are easy to find.
So first, a quick recap of current/upcoming Richard Grieco films (click titles to view trailers):
AE: Apocalypse Earth has Richard and
Highlander star Adrian Paul battling for survival on a strange and hostile planet. It's available on DVD May 28, and you can pre-order it now through
Richard Grieco's official website store.
After Midnight is a paranormal mystery from Fred Olen Ray, also starring Tawny Kitaen. No release date/information seems to be available for this one yet, but it is slated for later this year.
A House is Not a Home remains a bit of a mystery to me, even after watching the trailer. It's about a family that moves into a new house and is driven to move past their problems with one another and work together when they're haunted. I
think Richard is the thing that's haunting them (or one of them), but it's tough to tell for sure. One thing that caught my attention about this one was that Richard is listed as a co-producer.
In addition to those three movies that are slated for release this year, there are two kind of floating around in the sea of uncertain futures right now.
Cats Dancing on Jupiter was apparently completed in 2011 and has done the festival circuit, but not been more widely release as yet. It appears that the producers are holding off on a DVD release in hopes of a theatrical release, and I'd love to see that. The movie also stars Amanda Righetti from
The Mentalist, former Disney star Annalies Van der Pol and once-upon-a-time teen heartthrob Rex Smith. The storyline involves two young women whose seductive games don't end as their targets hope--unless that poor slob at the bar really wanted to end his night being dismembered in someone's barn. Side note: Richard has some very interesting blond streaks in his hair in this one, probably because his character appears to be a pretentious ass.
The other wildcard is called
Coachella Massacre, and appears to be a horror movie set at the Coachella music festival. Other than that, this one remains a complete mystery: it's still classified as "under development," the usual sources don't offer up much (read: any) information and the few casual inquiries I've sent out to people involved have netted no response.
I saw a Tweet this week that said "I wish #RichardGrieco played in more movies," but that isn't really the issue: I think what we all wish is that Richard's movies were better promoted so that fans weren't sitting around wishing he'd make a new movie when he's actually cranking them out lately.
Side note: It's not just about the movies! If you've been out of the loop for a while, you really should check out
Richard's artwork. You may know that he's been painting for most of his adult life--he apparently started developing his current genre on the set of
If Looks Could Kill--but in the past few years it's become much more than a hobby. He's done at least one gallery show and is selling paintings for tens of thousands of dollars.
Regular readers: I'll be back with something new in a day or two. I'm gathering information on the likelihood that Richard will appear in the second
21 Jump Street movie and how we may be able to help make sure that happens.
I know a little more about AE: Apocalypse Earth, having actually seen the movie and also interviewed writer/director Thunder Levin. A year ago, you couldn't have convinced me that I'd get excited about the category of Best Mockbuster Twin, but AE: Apocalypse Earth truly deserves a win in this category. If you have any doubt, check out this earlier post in which I compared The Asylum's knock-off to Will Smith's After Earth.
