Rhode Island Filmmaker Chad A. Verdi Attaches Professional
Wrestling Legend Tommy Dreamer, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and Extreme
Championship Wrestling (ECW) Along With Thea Trinidad aka Rosita From Total
Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) to Horror Film "Self Storage"
Dreamer and Trinidad Join Oscar Nominated Actor Eric Roberts
(The Dark Knight, The Expendables) and Horror Legend Michael Berryman (The
Hills Have Eyes, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest) Along With Jonathan Silverman
(Weekend at Bernie's, Inkubus)
EAST GREENWICH, RI--(Marketwire - Aug 2, 2012) - The
Woodhaven Production Company is pleased to announce the signing of professional
wrestling legend Tommy Dreamer and (TNA) Wrestler Thea Trinidad. Dreamer
is best known for his time spent with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and
Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). After nine years and leaving the WWE in
2010, Dreamer worked for "Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Among
other accolades, he is fourteen-time WWE Hardcore Champion and
a two-time world champion, having won the "ECW World
Championship twice. Dreamer is the only man to have won this title in
both the original company and in the WWE re-launch. The man famously known
as the "Innovator of Violence" in the ring now brings the same
ferocity to his on screen roles. Thea Trinidad aka Rosita is a female
professional wrestler, currently competing for Total Nonstop Action
Wrestling. In TNA, she is a former Tag Team Champion.
They join Oscar Nominated actor Eric Roberts (The Dark
Knight, The Expendables) and horror legend Michael Berryman (The Hills Have
Eyes, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest) along with Jonathan Silverman (Weekend
at Bernie's, Inkubus) in Self Storage. Verdi stated, "We
are very pleased to have signed both Dreamer and Trinidad, they bring a very
special look and feel to the film." Filming began in mid-July on
location in East Greenwich, RI and is expected to wrap very soon. The company
will soon be releasing new behind the scene photos to its fan base.
Self Storage, written by Rhode Island actor/writer/producer
Tom DeNucci (Inkubus, Loosies, Infected), tells the story of Jake,
the night watchman working at a highly secured self storage facility. His pals
are home from college and looking to party. Jake (Tom DeNucci) invites them to
his work for a fiesta of his own. Innocent mischief turns a naughty night of
sex, drugs and rock and roll into an evening of pure terror. Barbed wire fences
are meant to keep people OUT. But these fences keep people IN. Eric
Roberts plays the role of Walter, a former black operative with an evil
secret. Walter, along with his faithful brother at arms, Trevor (Michael
Berryman), has some unfinished business with a seedy underworld grifter, Jonah
(Jonathan Silverman). Black market business mixes with pleasure when Jake and
his pals stumble upon this heinous covert operation.
Verdi stated, "This film is going to be something
very special. It started with a great script and now with this cast, the sky is
the limit." Verdi is planning for a March 2013 release. Self
Storage is being produced by Verdi, Gino Pereira and Tom DeNucci. DeNucci
will direct. Michelle Verdi will head music and soundtrack.
Woodhaven added Executive-Producers Danielle Corsa, David
and Sherry Lussier, David Gere, Carl Dupre and Jonathan Silverman to the project.
David Gere was instrumental in the signing of Dreamer and Trinklad. Local
actors, Tom Paolino, Billy Vigeant, Sera Verdi, Chad Verdi, Jr. and Tanya Lynch
round out the cast.
Self Storage is Woodhaven's third horror film to be produced
in the last 20 months. Woodhaven released Inkubus, a slasher flick
starring horror icon Robert Englund (the original Freddy Krueger), in theaters
last Halloween to sell-out crowds. DVDs hit stores nationwide February 21st.
The film has now sold more than 100 thousand units through outlets like
Wal-Mart, RedBox, and Amazon and is currently on VOD
