Adam Egypt Mortimer saw the release of his action-thriller Archenemy in limited theaters and VOD platforms this past Friday through RLJE Films.
Eagle-eyed fans connected the dots and discovered that Archenemy may actually share the same universe as Mortimer’s previous film, the tripped-out psychological horror Daniel Isn’t Real.
Archenemy stars “True Blood’s” Joe Manganiello as a man who claims to be a hero from another dimension who fell through time and space to Earth, where he has no powers.
Bloody Disgusting caught up with Mortimer, who not only confirms that the two films share a universe, but that they’re the first two in his planned “Vortex Trilogy“.
“Clever viewers are noticing that Archenemy begins with the same cosmic vortex/void/wormhole that kicked off Daniel Isn’t Real. So here’s the deal with that,” reveals Mortimer who further explains, “These movies are little peepholes into bigger worlds.”
In Daniel Isn’t Real, a troubled college freshman suffers a violent family trauma that causes him to resurrect his charismatic childhood imaginary friend, Daniel (Patrick Schwarzenegger), to help him cope, not realizing how dangerous Daniel is.
“Daniel Isn’t Real resolved in a way where there could (and should) be more, and I’ve been thinking of stories where Daniel goes on to possess a new character. In fact, a deleted scene available on the home video release suggests a future role for Luke (played by Miles Robbins).
“So when I was writing Archenemy, a story about a multiverse, it hit me that these were in the same vast universe and I wanted to make sure to set that up,” he adds, teasing the third film in a trilogy. “It won’t be the next thing I do, but mark my words we are going to make a third movie in the Vortex Trilogy that will have Daniel return and force Max, in some form, to deal with it. A crisis on infinite vortices pulling together as many of the characters from both stories as we can fit for a true cosmic horror/cosmic action crossover hybrid!”
Here’s the trailer for Archenemy in which Manganiello plays a homeless alcoholic who is depressed that he’s trapped on Earth without his superpowers. Is he suffering from mental illness or was he truly our “Superman”? It hardly matters because Manganiello’s “Max Fist” may not be a superhero anymore, but he’s still determined to fulfill his destiny as a hero.
source https://bloody-disgusting.com/exclusives/3644788/archenemy-daniel-isnt-real-take-place-universe-adam-egypt-mortimer-promises-vortex-trilogy-exclusive/
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