Jim O’ Rear to appear in HELL-EPHONE
Richmond, KY September 3, 2008: ZP International Motion Pictures announced that Jim O’Rear has signed on to appear in the upcoming release, HELL-EPHONE.
O’Rear will portray Detective John Darby in the film that is being directed by George Bonilla.
O’Rear began his career as a professional magician touring with David Copperfield and Harry Blackstone.
With his “magical” background and having been trained in New York at The American Academy Of Dramatic Arts, it was only natural that Jim move into the realm of film, television, and theatre where he has worked steadily as an actor, stuntman, and special make-up effects artist on such projects as Day Of The Dead, Star Trek 4, The Vampire Wars, Lethal Weapon 3, Creature Feature, Hayride Slaughter, Cop & ½, Psycho Beach Party, Evita, Little Shop Of Horrors, No Retreat No Surrender 3, Mortal Kombat: Conquest, and many more.
Jim continues to stay active working in independent film, making convention appearances, and devoting much of his time to writing. He has written and sold a number of horror-related screenplays, including The House Of Pain (in development with Robert “Freddy” Englund, Gunnar “Leatherface” Hansen, Tom “Friday The 13th” Savini, Bill “ChopTop” Moseley, and Debbie “Scream Queen” Rochon), Hayride Slaughter, Hayride Slaughter 2, The Deadly Obligation, Vampyre Tales, Wolfsbayne, The Deepening, and (currently screening in selected areas) Scream Farm. Jim also placed third for Best Screenplay in TSA’s screenwriting competition and is a current finalist in the Fade In Screenplay contest and Writer’s Network competition. Pre-production has just begun in Los Angeles on his new screenplay, Hellbreak, featuring an all-star horror cast.
“We are thrilled to add Jim O’Rear to our cast,” said George Bonilla. “Jim is a true professional and just a great person to work with.”
HELL-EPHONE is schedule to complete filming in early September with a late-fall 2008 release planned.