''Blast Vegas'' is a 2013 American

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directed by

Jack Perez Jack Perez is an American Film director, film and television director, screenwriter and film professor. He directed the comedy-thriller ''Some Guy Who Kills People'' executive produced by John Landis. He also directed ''Mega Shark Versus Giant Oc ...

and written by Tom Teves and Joe D'Ambrosia, from a story by Meter Shwarzstein. The film stars

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Barry Bostwick Barry Knapp Bostwick (born February 24, 1945) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Brad Majors in '' The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' (1975) and Mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom '' Spin City'' (1996–2002). Bostwick has also ...

, and

Maggie Castle Maggie Castle (born August 7, 1983) is a Canadian actress best known for her role as Jenny Kolinsky in cult horror comedy series ''Todd and the Book of Pure Evil''. She was also the little girl, Amy Kramer, that battles the evil ventriloquist's ...

, and is about an Egyptian

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curse that destroys

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. It first aired on the Syfy channel on July 18, 2013.

Premise

Frat brothers head to

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for

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. When one of them steals an

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on display in a

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, they unwittingly release a

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that invokes a disastrous

in Las Vegas. This city is slowly being destroyed while Nelson (

) and his girlfriend Olive (

), along with Sal (

) race to remove the curse and calm the storm.

Cast

as Nelson, the protagonist who is trying to remove the curse. *

as Sal, a Las Vegas lounge singer who helps Nelson and Olive. *

as Olive, Nelson's new found girlfriend who's educated in the history of the curse.

Production

The film was written by Tom Teves and Joe D'Ambrosia and directed by

. The initial idea of the film originated in summer 2007, when

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announced that the film would be released by February 14, 2012, as ''Destruction: Las Vegas''. In summer 2010, it didn't work due to '' Grimm's Snow White'' being produced for that time. By fall 2010, the producers announced a tentative spring 2013 airdate on

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. Filming began around Spring 2012.

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and R-Team provided visual effects and CGI animation for the film. In all 2012, Syfy acquired the rights to air the film by July 18, 2013.

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