Joel McHale to Play a Crooked Cop in Killer Guard Dog Pic ‘Junkyard’
Joel McHale, Jade Pettyjohn and comedian George Lopez have joined the cast of the killer guard dog pic ‘Junkyard’.
Joel McHale (pictured above in Scream 7) is continuing his horror run.
Deadline reports that the Community actor has been cast in the killer guard dog pic Junkyard, alongside Jade Pettyjohn (Destroyer) and comedian George Lopez (Blue Beetle).
The film “follows Sam (Pettyjohn), a strong-willed young woman who trespasses into a secluded scrap yard alongside her misfit friends, in search of something she’s lost. Soon, the friends find themselves trapped in a deadly fight for survival against a pack of bloodthirsty, well-trained guard dogs commanded by the mysterious junkyard owner (Lopez).”
McHale plays a corrupt sheriff who shows up and “turns the dangerous situation into something far worse”. Sounds like your average corrupt cop to me.
I’ve never been a fan of killer dog movies like Cujo or The Pack. That isn’t to say they aren’t any good, but I have a hard time watching the poor puppers get put down by the end. Hopefully in this case, it’ll be the humans who get what’s coming to them, not the dogs, but I wouldn’t hold my breath.
Dan Riesser (Stomping Ground) directs from a script he co-wrote with Mike L. Kinshella.
Producers are John Moss of Firebook Entertainment, alongside Jason Arsenault and Jason Scott Goldberg, with Jaime Gallagher co-producing.
