The groundbreaking, hit anthology series FEMME FATALES returns to Cinemax this May with 12 all-new pulse-pounding episodes. Beginning Friday, May 25th at 11 PM, Femme Fatales ripped from the pages of the bestselling magazine, is the cult smash Entertainment Weekly calls “a badass-chick anthology series” and Geek Monthly hails as “50% Tarantino, 50% Sin City, 100% Cool.”
The sexy, thrilling anthology series is about powerful, sexy and dangerous women styled in the tradition of pulp stories, film noir and graphic novels. The half-hour program features stories inspired by such noir classic as Double Indemnity and Pulp Fiction and classic thriller TV series like The Twilight Zone.
In each stand-alone episode, which is part of a bigger interweaving mythology, women find extraordinary ways of coping with their problems, channeling their survival instincts and bringing out their inner guile. The series was recently honored as an Official Selection of the prestigious Sitges Film Festival in Spain which screened seven episodes from the series first season.
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The season premiere, “16 Minutes of Fame,” is a sly murder mystery and satire on today’s popular reality series like “Jersey Shore” and “Big Brother.”
Notable guest stars in the series include Vivica A. Fox (Kill Bill, Independence Day), Jeff Fahey (Lost, Grindhouse), Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight), Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers), Antonio Sabato, Jr. (General Hospital, Bones), Kyle Gass (Tenacious D), Steve Railsback (The Stunt Man, Lifeforce), Leilani Sarelle (Basic Instinct), Robert LaSardo (Nip/Tuck, Death Race), Reggie Hayes (Girlfriends), Paul Rae (True Grit), Dean Haglund (The X-Files, The Lone Gunmen), Charlie O’Connell (Crossing Jordan), Robert Picardo (Star Trek: Voyager) , Nikki Griffin (Fast & The Furious III) and legendary film director and Oscar® nominee Paul Mazursky.
MARK A. ALTMAN (Co-Creator/Executive Producer) is co-creator of Femme Fatales, the hit crime anthology series, currently entering its second season on HBO/Cinemax. Altman has also been a producer on such series as USA’s smash Necessary Roughness and ABC’s detective dramedy, Castle as well as such films as Free Enterprise, starring William Shatner and the $30 million film adaptation of the bestselling video game, DOA: Dead Or Alive, which was released by The Weinstein Company’s Dimension Films as well as Lionsgate’s House of the Dead franchise.
Altman has spoken at myriad industry events and conventions, including the ShowBiz Expo in Hollywood as well as the Variety/Final Draft Screenwriters Panel at the Cannes Film Festival. He has been a frequent guest and panelist at the International ComiCon held annually in San Diego, CA and a two time juror for the ComicCon Film Festival.
STEVE KRIOZERE (Co-Creator/Executive Producer) is a television writer-producer whose credits have included the hit television shows Castle for ABC, N.C.I.S. and the Pamela Anderson juggernaut, V.I.P. His freelance writing credits include Sliders, The Sentinel, NightMan, Team Knight Rider and Viper, as well as animated shows Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (Cartoon Network), Loonatics: Unleashed (Kids WB), MTV’s Animated Spider-Man and Edgar & Ellen (Nicktoons Network). He also developed the feature film adaptation of the novel, Howling Mad, for director Walt Becker (Wild Hogs) and Beacon Pictures.
Kriozere, with Altman, is also the author of the graphic novel, Elvis Van Helsing, about a slacker who discovers he is a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing and must fight the forces of evil with the help of a beautiful 800 year old succubus and his best friend, Randy as well as The Unknowns, a superhero comic, optioned by Brett Rattner.
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