Marko Mäkilaakso is a tenacious film-maker. When film school turned him down, he started making his own short films and music videos, eventually establishing an award-winning career.
A few years later, when the Finnish Film Foundation refused to fund his debut feature on the grounds it was a horror film, Mäkilaakso took the project to neighbouring Lithuania where he proceeded to set it up as a $5m English-language zombie thriller.
Set during the Second World War, Stone's War follows a platoon of US and Finnish soldiers who confront an army of zombies on the border between Finland and Russia. It was inspired by Zack Snyder's Dawn Of The Dead remake. "I'm not a huge zombie fan but I wanted to give it go," recalls Makilaakso.
Movie will be released in March 2008. Check out the teasers on their MySpace site.
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