Tremors 5 is a 2016 American monster horror movie directed by Don Michael Paul (Half Past Dead; Lake Placid: The Final Chapter; Jarhead 2: Field of Fire) from a screenplay by John Whelpley (Tremors 3: Back to Perfection) and produced by Ogden Gavanski (The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Fire; Warm Bodies). This Universal 1440 Entertainment production is currently being filmed in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Michael Gross returns as weapons enthusiast and expert subterranean creature hunter Burt Gummer with Jamie Kennedy (Scream series) as his new right hand man, tech-savvy Travis.
Glenn Ross, General Manager and Executive Vice President, Universal 1440 Entertainment, commented: “The Tremors franchise has built a reputation for high intensity fun and suspense and this instalment takes it to a whole new level”.
Press release:
The theatrical release of the original Tremors in 1990 combined suspense-filled action, sci-fi imagination and witty humor in the tale of a tiny Nevada town terrorized by giant man-eating worms known as Graboids. The Graboids eventually morphed into even more deadly creatures known as Ass Blasters. In this all-new adventure that travels halfway around the world to South Africa, the Graboids and the Ass Blasters are not only bigger and badder but Tremors 5 introduces an additional unexpected surprise that raises the stakes in the battle for survival…
