Repo! The Genetic Opera - "We started this opera shit!"

For the past few months, my life has been taken over by a film. A film that isn't even out yet and will only be on ten screens if Lionsgate Films has its way.

This film is called Repo! The Genetic Opera. It's a rock opera set in the not too distant future where organ failure has swept the planet and one company called GeneCo has the replacement organs to fix your body and the drugs to numb the pain of surgery. Problem is, if you're late on your payments, GeneCo will repossess your organs. And they have the perfect men for the job: masked assassins only known as Repo Men.

The plot of the film focuses around two families, the Largos and the Wallaces. The Largo family is headed by Rotti Largo (Paul Sorvino), the owner of GeneCo. However, he is dying and his three children are fighting over who will receive his company when he does kick the bucket. Luigi (Bill Moseley), a violent and arrogant masochist, believes he has the brains to run the company, Pavi (Ogre from Skinny Puppy), an extremely vain rapist, believes he has the charm, and Amber Sweet (Paris Hilton), a surgery and zydrate addict, believes she has the looks and the voice. Rotti is continuously disappointed with his children though and takes interest in someone different entirely.

The Wallaces have their own problems, however. Shilo Wallace (Alexa Vega) is kept inside the house by her father Nathan (Anthony Stewart Head) due to a rare blood disorder she inherited from her long dead mother Marni. She wants nothing more than to go outside and see the real world, but Nathan won't allow it. Nathan has his own secrets he's keeping from his daughter though. To her, he is a doctor, but the actual truth is that he's one of the Repo Men who works for GeneCo.

The one character who connects these two families is Blind Mag (Sarah Brightman), GeneCo's premiere opera singer who is *gasp* Shilo's godmother and is marked for repossession herself.

Outside of the action, there is Graverobber (Terrence Zdunich, co-creator of Repo!), a Zydrate peddler who is constantly on the run from the law and becomes Shilo's guide to the real world.

So, why did I become so invested in this film? Well, I'm a huge Joss Whedon fan and Anthony Head from Buffy is one of my favorite actors. I started looking into the film because of him, but for a while, I was repelled by Paris Hilton. But then...a little video called 'Zydrate Anatomy' hit the net...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otdH3SLNx-s

I almost couldn't comprehend what I was watching. It was sexy, it was catchy, it was intriguing, it was everything and a bag of chips...

Plus, I almost forgot that Paris Hilton was Paris Hilton! For this film, she completely transformed herself.

From that moment on, I was fully engrossed. I wanted more of this world of organ repossessions and little glass vials of Zydrate.

In the Repo! world, there are some big dates coming up. On September 30th, the soundtrack will be released digitally on Amazon.com. You can preorder it right now at notyourparentsopera.com as well as preview seven songs on the Pre-Surgery sampler. If you like what you hear, you should definitely get the soundtrack when it comes out!

On November 7th, the film will be released in New York and Los Angeles and Lionsgate currently doesn't have any intentions of expanding the release. HOWEVER! There are two major factors coming up that could change this. One is how the film performs in those ten theaters on the first week.

Second is the Repo! Road Tour.

The Repo! Road Tour is a seven day, seven city tour that director Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II-IV) and Terrence Zdunich will be making to show Repo! in cities that wouldn't be getting it. I don't remember all the cities, but Atlanta is on that list! Once I have more information, I'll post it, but theater owners will be calling Lionsgate and telling them about the turnout!

But right now, I urge you to visit repo-opera.com and take a look around. Take a look at the forums, read character biographies, listen to songs, watch clips, whatever. It will NOT disappoint! And if you like what you see, TESTIFY! Spread the word of The Genetic Opera!

I'll continue to post more information when I get it, but this is what I have for now. Visit repo-opera.com, buy the soundtrack when it comes out and show Lionsgate that this film is worth their time.

TESTIFY!!!