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Monday
17Aug2009

Ron Perlman: 'Bubba Nosferatu' Is Getting Close

DateMonday, August 17, 2009 at 1:01AM
When Bruce Campbell portrayed a still-living Elvis in Bubba Ho-Tep, it was a rite of passage for one of the coolest guys in the business. You could see him playing Elvis many years earlier without the benefit of the sequined jumpsuit. But he decided not to return to director Don Coscareli's sequel, which is scheduled to follow the original in 2011, some nine years after Elvis and a black JFK first came into our lives from their retirement home.

So who do you get to play a perfect Bruce Campbell role if Campbell isn't available? Well, I wouldn't immediated think Hellboy, but yes, Ron Perlman has signed on for Bubba Nosferatu: Curse of the She-Vampires, and he says there's a good chance it could start filming soon.

“I’ll be done shooting [the cable series] Sons of Anarchy in September, and we’re hoping to get into production on Bubba in my hiatus between seasons two and three," Perlman tells Fangoria. "I just spoke to Paul Giamatti [set to play Elvis’ manager, Colonel Tom Parker] and Don Coscarelli this morning, and we’re just moving the ball down the field, trying to get her done.”

So that's good news. Seriously, nine years to wait for another one of these? Still, the thought of Vincent the Beast as The King is not easy to wrap one's mind around, although Perlman certainly seems gung-ho about the opportunity:

"Well, he’s so iconic because there was never anyone like him and never since. Elvis created an entire new place for that image. He’s so iconic, he’s mythic. I’m very titillated to see what it’s gonna be like to be inside the white jumpsuit.”

I have a feeling he'll be the only one "titillated" by the Ron Perlman Jumpsuit Experience.

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