After visiting New York a couple of weeks ago, and getting the chance to visit the locations used to shoot scenes of the movie, I have created a 3-part guide to the filming locations featured in The Warriors. There’s 150 photos showing the filming locations as they appeared in the late 1970s as well as my shots showing you what they look like as of September 2015. As you’ll see, a lot of the filming locations are still very much recognisable whilst a few, such as Union Square station which has been redeveloped, are less recognisable. Click here to jump in and view the filming locations feature and stay tuned for some special updates and surprises over the coming weeks!
Vamp Bikers Dos Screening Featuring Warriors Cast Members
Diamond Minds, LLC announced today the screening of their new Indie Film Vamp Bikers Dos at the 2015 Coney Island Film Festival. Eric Rivas has received three consecutive awards since 2012 at the Coney Island Film Festival for his previous films and has also won at the Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival and appeared 3 times at the New Filmmaker Series at Anthology Film Archives.
The film features a star-studded cast including Lillo Brancato (Bronx Tale) Angel Salazar (Chi-Chi from Scarface), Grandmaster Melle Mel (lead rapper for Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five), Michael Alig (The Club Kid) and the notorious actors from the 1979 Cult Classic The Warriors starring Dorsey Wright AKA “Cleon”, Brian Tyler AKA “Snow” and Apache Ramos the “ORPHAN!”. Geraldine Visco (Woody Allen Stardust Memories)
Vamp Bikers Dos depicts a group of witches who descend into a Biker Town and attack the Bikers and Vampires who are converted into slaves and take control but when the Vamp Biker alliance with Vampires is broken they wage a revengeful war against the Vampires for a crime that will be brought to trial.
Eric Rivas casted various casted members from the ‘Forbidden Ones’, Rafael Tito Martinez and His motorcycle club contributed their time and Harleys to lend the film an additional touch of authenticity beyond its Coney Island locale. The Forbidden ones also let us shoot in their clubhouse which is unprecedented. They helped us big time with indoor scenes and the authenticity.
It will be showcasing at the Coney Island Film Festival on Sept 19th 2015 at 8:00PM and will feature films on the subject of Puerto Rico, its people, including those in the Diaspora, or that have a Puerto Rican in a key production role. It will also feature our cast in panels to discuss various related topics
For more information and tickets visit: http://www.coneyisland.com/programs/coney-island-film-festival
It’s Still On and I’m Going…to the Conclave!
I am packed and ready to head off to New York in the morning giving me several days to enjoy New York City ahead of the reunion on Sunday. For those of you who are interested I’ll be liveblogging as much as I can from the event so make sure you are following me on Twitter @warriorsmovie and I’ll be using hashtag #coneyislandreunion (feel free to also use this on your tweets!). You can also view the live Twitter feed below.
I’ll be posting photos and videos from around New York as I try to get out to some of the filming locations so keep an eye out for those on Twitter and I’ll also try to post as much as I can during the event itself for those who couldn’t attend. You still do have a couple of days left to buy a ticket!
I’ll also be on Instagram posting photos and comments from my holiday/vacation, so do feel free to follow me on there as well.
As for those of you who have been a part of this website, or the forum, and who are going… I’ll see you there! Can you dig it!!!???
Coney Island Conclave – Live Blog Below (September 8th to September 15th)
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VAMP Bikers Dos (Part 2) Screening at Coney Island Film Festival
VAMP Bikers Dos, the sequel to VAMP Bikers, is being screened at the upcoming Coney Island Film Festival (currently slated for September 19th at 6pm). The film once again stars Brian Tyler, Dorsey Wright and Apache Ramos from The Warriors and is a unique mix of being a part-vampire and part-biker movie. Check out the teaser trailer above (or here). The festival starts a week after The Warriors reunion in Coney Island.
Help Fund a New Warriors Documentary
Eric Nyenhuis, the guy behind the upcoming reunion at Coney Island, is crowdsourcing funds to create a new Warriors documentary. I encourage all fans of The Warriors to chip in and make a contribution so you can get a DVD of the documentary or a digital download. If you’d like to contribute, click here.
One Month Until The Epic Warriors Conclave Reunion
There’s now just one month to go until The Warriors reunion in Coney Island. I’m going to be there and I am really excited to be taking part. Many of the original cast members will be present including Warriors, Punks, Furies and Orphans. There will be a cast meet & greet, Q&A and sessions for photos and autographs. It wouldn’t be complete without a movie screening which is also taking place along with a cosplay competition for good measure. To top it off there will be musical performances from the Gotham City Mashers and Sick Of It All. I am also aware there may be other surprises to come…
Tickets are available here. Join the hundreds of other fans travelling from around the world to join a very unique, one-off, conclave!
The Warriors Movie Site is Going to Visit Coney Island!
It’s been 13 years since I started The Warriors Movie Site but I am finally going to visit New York and Coney Island this September to attend The Warriors Reunion. I hope to see some long-standing visitors to this website and forum down in Coney. If you’ve not already got a ticket, pick one up here. I also look forward to meeting other fans of the movie including those also travelling from the UK/Europe. There’s a really good line up of guests scheduled to attend so look out for updates on this site once I return!
The Warriors Remake News – Mark Neveldine Trying To Acquire Rights
There have been rumours of a new Warriors movie for around 10 years now and following the death of Tony Scott in 2012, who was due to direct a remake, there has been very little news of a new movie project based on Walter Hill’s cult classic. However, a few days ago, an interview with Mark Neveldine, Director of The Crank movies, for Screen Crush, revealed that he is currently looking to remake the film with fellow Director, Brian Taylor.
“We [Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor] have never been interested in remakes, and probably still aren’t. But that’s the one that we’ve always felt would just be awesome. We just feel like we’re the perfect guys for that job; baseball bats, roller-skates, gangs, the heightened world. We know there’s been fear at some studios like “We make this movie today and gangs are gonna go wild!” And it’s like “Whatever.” You do it in Crank style, people are just gonna laugh and have fun”.
On being asked what twist they would add to the movie, Neveldine replied with:
“Well we would set it, obviously, five minutes in the future, and we’d really love to build these flamboyant gangs and have fun with them, and have a heightened sense of action and bring all the things that we’ve learned and stolen from Rodriguez and Tarantino and other great directors and put it on the screen [laughs]”.
Perhaps the remake isn’t dead in the water. What does everyone think of this news and who would you like to see star in the movie? Discuss on Facebook and Twitter.
Read More: Mark Neveldine on ‘The Vatican Tapes’ and Remaking ‘The Warriors’ | http://screencrush.com/mark-neveldine-vatican-tapes-interview/?trackback=tsmclip
Coney Island Cast Reunion of The Warriors
On September 13th 2015, the cast of The Warriors will be attending a reunion in Coney Island, New York – home of The Warriors! With tickets starting from just $15 you can be part of the event and meet the cast. The reunion has just been announced today but the details are yet to be released. Rest assured you will get updates on this event right here and on the Reunion website. Stay tuned boppers, stay tuned!
UPDATE: Tickets are available now!
Wonderful Coney Island Artwork
I just wanted to share this really awesome piece of artwork which can currently be seen in Coney Island as part of an art installation. I’d like to give credit to Thomas Carullo for sharing the photo and of course a big shoutout to #charliedovesnyc for creating the masterpiece!