In Wanted: Undead or Alive, a Union soldier on the lam and a cowboy with nothing left to lose make the mistake of crossing paths with a corrupt sheriff by the name of Claypool. Teaming up with Geronimo's "sexy niece" (played by Navi Rawat) for help, they also have to contend with Geronimo's curse, which is causing an unusual amount of nasty zombies to crop up and get in their way. I had a chance to talk with director Glasgow Philips.

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Wanted: Undead or Alive is a film that takes place in the wild west. What challenges did you experience directing the characters and action for this time period?

Did you just copy and paste your questions for Brian Corder?! What the f**k?! Ahhhh...just kidding, it's a good question. The honest answer is that the movie's more about Western movies than about the actual Wild West. I didn't do a lot of research into how things actually were back then — just enough to know that many of our details (Chris Kattan's shirt, the way people talk) were NOT authentic period. We were basically going with "what's the most fun?" rather than "what's the most real?" as our guiding question. Our propmaster, Phyllis Detrich, was a true expert on period detail — she's worked on a ton of real Westerns — so she kept me advised when we were doing something waaaaaaaay out in left field, and we'd decide whether or not to make adjustments. For the most part we didn't make them, but it was wonderful to have someone like Phyllis on hand so that we weren't making too many mistakes by accident. We like to make mistakes on purpose! Except when we make them by accident.

You are also the writer. Has the director part of you had to dramatically tweak the 'filmed' story to accommodate the requirements of budget and location? If so, what type of impact did it have on your originally written storyline?

One great thing about the experience was that I didn't have to make too many adjustments. We had amazing locations, many of which were on the same piece of property, a place called Bonanza Creek Ranch just outside Santa Fe. We did have to make some changes — for instance, renting a real cannon turned out to be really expensive, so we used a pot-bellied stove instead of a cannon for an explosive gag. But the movie's being a comedy made that kind of "problem" not so much of a problem... you just use what's at hand, and the problem becomes part of the storyline. It doesn't hurt to have really funny, flexible actors, either...