Ricky Schroder releases the 'Hellhounds'

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Early buzz: Morrissey, 'Fringe,' Crispin, Death Cab, more
Published 8/29/2008 by Whitney Matheson at USATODAY.com - Pop Candy
... about the Germs movie, What We Do is Secret . - Ricky Schroder will direct a movie for the Sci Fi Channel called Hellhounds . - Rumer Willis has landed ...

Ricky Schroder's 'Hellhounds' coming to Sci Fi!
Published 8/29/2008 by Mandi Bierly at Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
Ricky Schroder's 'Hellhounds' coming to Sci Fi! Rickschroeder_l This is the most awesome news I've read this morning. From The Hollywood Reporter :"Ricky Schroder [pictured, left] has signed to direct Hellhounds , a telefilm that will air next year on Sci Fi Channel. The movie, set in 500 B.C., stars Scott Elrod [pictured, right, of Men in Trees fame] as Kleitos, a Greek warrior who with his companions fights against the hellhounds of Hades to rescue his bride from the Underworld and bring her back to life. The telefilm, written by Paul A. Birkett, is said to be full of CGI ...

Ricky Schroder, 'Hellhounds' Set For Unlikely Eastern European Tryst [Odd Couples]
Published 8/29/2008 by STV at Defamer
... After helping to define Hell itself over six seasons of Silver Spoons, fledgling director Ricky Schroder is taking his first-hand experience to the Sci-Fi Channel for the action epic Hellhounds — a 500 B.C. throwback about a Greek warrior who battles "the hellhounds of Hades" to get his wife out of the Underworld. He's even going to sacrifice his Labor Day weekend to do it, schlepping all the way to Romania as we speak to start production Sunday. See? That's why he's Ricky Schroder and you aren't. And the guy has more than paid his dues beyond that, ...

Silver Spoons is Directing a Sci Fi Movie, and It's a Slow News Friday Before a Holiday
Published 8/29/2008 at I Watch Stuff - The Best Movie News Ever
... from respectability. At least Shroder is excited though: "Twenty years ago, the Halmis and I collaborated on 'Lonesome Dove,' and I am honored that our relationship has developed to the point where they trust me to direct 'Hellhounds,' " Schroder said. Who wouldn't be honored, Ricky? Being entrusted with Hellhounds is like Sci Fi letting you hold their baby. Their mutant, computer-animated, disgusting baby that no one would ever want. Ricky Schroder releases the 'Hellhounds' [THR]