Tasmanian Devils (film)

Tasmanian Devils is a 2013 television film directed by Zach Lipovsky and starring Danica McKellar and Apolo Ohno. The movie was first released onto the SyFy channel on January 19, 2013 and centers around a group of friends that get attacked by extremely large tasmanian devils. Radio Times rated the film poorly, giving it two out ofstars.

SyFy officially announced plans to film Tasmanian Devils on October 18, 2011, and a week later confirmed that Danica McKeller would be cast as the movies lead character. Lipovsky was brought on as the films director, which would later prompt WWE Studios to hire him to direct Leprechaun Origins based on his work with Tasmanian Devils. Filming took place in Canada over an 18month period. Gizmodo questioned the films casting of Tasmanian devils as a film villain, as they noted that it was an endangered animal due to Devil facial tumour disease. A conservationist for the Save the Tasmanian Devil Appeal later commented on the film, stating that she felt that few people would take the film seriously and that if it raises the awareness of the devil overseas, and prompts people to find out more, then it is a good thing.

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