Anyone who thinks Kevin Bacon doesn’t have a little bit of vampire blood in him must see this ageless Hollywood icon in motion in Prime Video’s new comedy horror sequence The Bondsman.
Looking as match and wonderful as ever, Bacon performs Hub Halloran, a rugged bounty hunter for the household enterprise who knocks on the improper door one night time and dies within the dust parking zone of some low cost Appalachian motel. But the Devil has different plans for this fallen mortal and he returns to life with the flexibility to see rogue demons who’ve escaped from Hell’s jail.
Now Hub’s obtained a brand new gig working for the King of Hades ensnaring AWOL entities of the underworld as he learns what unforgivable sins of his personal attracted Lucifer’s laser-like consideration within the first place.
What we needed to do was to create a scream out loud, snort out loud mashup of household dramedy with Appalachian lore with demon searching and music.
Erik Oleson, govt producer on The Bondsman
It’s a rollicking (and sometimes gory) highway full of an abundance of snickers, dismembered physique elements, a cool blues soundtrack, Bacon’s sharp comedic timing, and a completely invested forged that delivers a cultured supernatural romp. Think Keanu Reeves’ Constantine and Bruce Campbell’s Ash vs. the Evil Dead with a splash of Brimstone and Dog the Bounty Hunter.
And it’s this playful mix of genres and deadpan angle that make this new sequence from veteran producer Erik Oleson (Carnival Row, Marvel’’s Daredevil) and creator Grainger David not solely particular, however within the working to be the most effective Prime Video reveals.
“I believe what makes the present distinctive and unique is the style mashup that we do,” govt producer Oleson tells TechRadar. “You’ve not seen this sort of mixture of genres ever.
“Yes in fact, there are every kind of demon reveals and flicks and we find it irresistible. That’s virtually a style unto itself. What we needed to do was to create a scream out loud, snort out loud mashup of household dramedy with Appalachian lore with demon searching and music. And by the way in which, there’s going to be Kevin Bacon driving chainsaws via demons’ foreheads. That was the enjoyable of it.”
It’s virtually inconceivable that Bacon has been performing for practically 50 years, with memorable characteristic movie appearances in National Lampoon’s Animal House, Footloose, She’s Having a Baby, Tremors, Flatliners, Apollo 13, Stir of Echoes, The Hollow Man, Mystic River, and dozens extra. The powerful sardonic character he’s portraying right here in The Bondsman appears tailor made.
“I believe he’s Dorian Gray,” Oleson jokes. “He might need truly bought his soul. Kevin is drawn to characters which have completely different contradictions and dimensions, because the Hub Halloran character does. Here’s a man who’s making an attempt to make issues proper together with his household however he’s additionally caught within the mud, and he’s obtained a chip on his shoulder.
“It permits Kevin to play completely different tones that Mr. Bacon is able to doing. We all know that Kevin is comedy, like Animal House, then Mystic River, among the darkest drama you’ll ever see, and every thing in between. Working with the best filmmakers of the final two generations! So Kevin is a terrific associate for a showrunner as you’re constructing a present from scratch. We have been in fixed communication about how you can dial within the tone.
“Through the method Kevin would do takes the place some have been extra comedic and a few have been extra dramatic. He’d make completely different decisions in scenes in order that within the edit room we’d have the choice. He’s not only a nice actor, he’s additionally a really sensible producer.
“Offscreen he’s only a skilled and reveals up ready and units that instance for the forged and crew. It was a very skilled, household type of set, which is the type of factor that as a showrunner I attempt to construct. Everybody ended up pals on the finish of it, and Kevin was instrumental in all of that.”
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Music is an enormous component of The Bondsman’s witty tone and gothic sensibility, even to the purpose of inserting unique music unexpectedly composed by the forged.
“Music is the cornerstone of the present, and the juxtaposition of demonic fights with this music that might not usually be in a demonic battle was one thing that made us all snort and joyful,” Oleson provides.
“Kevin Bacon and co-star Jennifer Nettles wrote unique music and we put it into the sequence. They truly lower an EP, in character, that releases the day after the present drops. It was a pinch myself second to know that I had Kevin Bacon and Grammy Award-winning Jennifer Nettles saying, ‘hey Eric, we wrote this tune over the weekend. I don’t know if you wish to apply it to the present.’
“So that’s the opposite facet I believe will actually make it enjoyable for audiences to observe.”
From Blumhouse Television and Amazon MGM Studios, The Bondsman’s eight-episode debut season premieres on April 3, 2025.
