Rob Zombie opens up about ‘Tyrannosaurus Rex’

We have talked about ‘Tyrannosaurus Rex’ a few times before but we have never been able to give you any information outside of speculation. Well finally Mr Rob Zombie gave up some info to MTV about the flick:

“It’s not a horror movie,† explained Zombie in an exclusive interview with MTV from the set of “Halloween 2.† “It’s like an incredibly violent ’70s action movie. I can’t think of anything that’s like it. Just a gritty, gnarly, violent movie. But it’s not a horror movie in any way.†

“It’s sort of like a cross between that Dustin Hoffman movie ‘Straight Time’ mixed with ‘Raging Bull’†¦ sort of,† said Zombie. “I want to make a serious movie about this washed-up prizefighter who’s got this self-destructive tendency, and he comes out of prison and the only way he knows how to survive is by fighting.

He continued, “But his boxing career is over so he gets caught up in this sort of underground fight ring. But it’s all set in the ’70s, so it’s not like an ‘Ultimate Fighting’ type thing. It’s more like just nasty. It’s like if ‘Every Which Way But Loose’ was a serious movie. How about that? Minus the orangutan. [laughs]†

Yes! Rob Zombie finally stepping outside of the horror genre to do something more along the style of a grindhouse exploitation movie, that is freaking exciting.

I still really hope the main character is going to be played by Danny Trejo, that would make this news even better.