Loading Trailer
Two young couples head into the New Guinea wilderness in an effort to find Michael Rockefeller, the heir to the Rockefeller fortune who disappeared in 1961.
Two young couples, in search of high-priced reward, travel to the New Guinea jungle to search for the missing heir to the Rockefeller riches. Instead, they discover a group of vicious cannibals, plunging them into a bloody struggle for survival.
Screenwriter turned filmmaker Jonathan Hensleigh (The Punisher) delivers a tale inspired by true events that follows two couple's trek through the cannibal-infested jungles of New Guinea in search for Michael Rockefeller, the lost beneficiary of the Rockefeller estate whose fabled to still be living in the wild after his disappearance during a 1961 expedition. Reportedly holding more than a few ties to Ruggero Deodato's cult jungle gross-out Cannibal Holocaust, Hensleigh's film stalled in distribution limbo after making its rounds on the festival circuit.
Vier jonge avonturiers starten een expeditie in het oerwoud van Papua Nieuw-Guinea om er Michael Rockefeller te zoeken, die al 50 jaar verdwenen is. Ze hopen zo een astronomische beloning van diens familie te krijgen. De trip in het moeilijk toegankelijke junglegebied is echter alles behalve een ontspannen uitstapje en de vier verdwijnen spoorloos. Enkel hun teruggevonden videocamera's documenteren het gruwelijke scenario wat zich in de tropische bossen heeft afgespeeld.
Welcome to the Jungle News Articles
[1] 2012 is already shaping up to be the biggest year yet of Adam Brody 's post-oc career, as the actor books two more high-profile roles. One is Some Girls , a feature adaptation of Neil Labute 's recent play about an almost-married man who travels across the country to visit his ex-girlfriends. It is unclear from Variety [2]'s story whether or not Labute will be directing the film himself. But Brody's next project will likely be Rob Meltzer's Welcome to the Jungle , as that project will shoot next month in Puerto Rico. The story centers around a design firm that goes on retreat to a tropical island, only to become stranded and see Lord of the Flies -style chaos break out. Brody will play the protagonist, who must save his colleagues from a power-hungry leader. Brody's only one of a rather eclectic cast that also includes Rob Huebel , Dennis Haysbert , Kristen Schaal ,
...Read full article»

