Update: Pesticide

Remember the open call for people to get eaten by giant bugs that was posted on the Backbrain a while back?

The film was Pesticide (US-2008; dir. Pat Cerrato) and it appears that considerable giant insect mayhem took place on 11 November in Manhattan – South St. Seaport area. The film is currently in post-production.

Director: Pat Cerrato — IMDB profile

Here are some of the people who found themselves involved in the bug hunt:

George Ruiz — profile

Possible call description: 8. Uniformed NYPD Officers with their own uniform and/or props …

George got to play rookie cop Paul Mackenzie, in what is his first full-length feature. Below he is seen on-set with director Pat Cerrato. Is that wall covered in insect muck?

George was also involved in ADR (Additional Dialogue Recording):

Sally Shepard — profile

Possible call description: 1. Adult being eaten by giant insect, screaming, being thrown around, running and ultimately dying on camera.

Sally got to play “Dragging Victim (Supporting)”, as you can see from this shot, with a tow rope substituting for the giant insect that will be digitally added later:

Apparently Sally also worked on the production as a Boom Operator.

Artis L [aka Artis Lampkin] — profile

Possible call description: 9. NYPD Detective. Must be over 23 years old and come dressed in a suit that you can run in.

Artis will be playing Capt. Marvin Henderson. Unfortunately we haven’t got a shot of him in action.

Anthony Del Negro — profile

Possible call description: 8. Uniformed NYPD Officers with their own uniform and/or props …

Amanda Whitcroft, Grace, Cheryl Alessio, and Anthony Del Negro
on the Pesticide set

Julie Jei — IMDb profile

Raymond (Mayor), Tim (Cameraman) and Julie (Reporter)

Anyway, there you have it. Kaiju Search-Robot Avery promises he’ll keep us up-to-date on any information relating to this giant insect movie in the making as the bugs crawl out into the open.

• Source: via Avery