‘Trailer Park Housewives’ comes to Las Vegas

Just when you thought TV had exhausted every possibility for Vegas-based reality shows, along comes "Trailer Park Housewives: Las Vegas."

The wonderful folks behind Showtime's "Gigolos" and Oxygen's "Bachelorette Party: Las Vegas" taped interview segments last week at two local mobile home parks; the footage will turn up in a "sizzle reel" promoting the series.

During the interviews, potential cast members answered questions -- on camera -- for producer Kat Landsberg of Pariah, the production company behind "Bachelorette Party." The inquiries ranged from the "biggest misconception" people have regarding trailer park residents to "What's the capital of Las Vegas?" (Bzzzt! Trick question!)

Producers hope to cast a wide variety of residents, from just-starting-out teens to retirees. (One couple auditioning last week, for example, recently moved into a single-wide mobile home because the wife lost her job as a legal secretary -- and, as a result, she and her husband lost their house.)

Production is expected to start next spring, according to Las Vegas-based "Gigolos" creator Marklen Kennedy, who says Glitter City's wide diversity makes it an ideal reality-TV setting.

"You come across every type of person," he says. "This is a town full of amazing, creative people" with "really great stories."

And Las Vegas' trademark glitz "will definitely be the backdrop" for them, Landsberg adds; cast members "are not going to be coming to potlucks" on the show, she promises.

It's a wrap: All roads lead to Vegas, including the "Road to Hell."

Las Vegas-based filmmaker Albert Pyun ("The Sword and the Sorcerer," "Cyborg") was scheduled to complete production on this unofficial sequel to 1984's "Streets of Fire" on Sunday at the Hard Rock Cafe's second-floor concert venue, with Michael Paré reprising his "Streets of Fire" role as mercenary Tom Cody.

The finale features local band the Roxy Gunn Project -- with Gunn as Cody's long-lost daughter. But the local connections extend off-camera as well, Pyun reports, with line producer Daniel Gutierrez, director of photography Michael Su and art director Heather Caliguire all calling Las Vegas home. (Caliguire's also designing Pyun's next film, the futuristic "Red Moon," which begins shooting Nov. 15.)

Musical notes: Speaking of rock bands, Canadian rockers Soul Side In will shoot a video for their song "Invincible" this week -- and the video boasts a definite "From Dusk 'Til Dawn" vibe, according to director Brandon Christensen.

In the video, band members (who hail from Red Deer, Alberta) find a strip club in the desert and "think they're in for the night of their lives," Christensen notes -- that is, until they discover "the girls in the club are actually all vampires and don't intend to let them leave."

The Canadian connection is Five Finger Death Punch producer Kevin Churko , who recently relocated to Las Vegas and opened a recording studio; Churko's also worked with Canadian country singer Stacey McKitrick , whose debut music video Christensen directed here earlier this month.

Quick hits: Competitors in the Food Network's "Cupcake Wars" are expected to dish out sweet treats at the Tony Hawk Foundation's "Stand Up for Skateparks" benefit Saturday at Red Rock Resort, following a scheduled stint Sunday at the MGM Grand during the Professional Bullriders Association awards. And the locally produced feature "Little Monsters" planned to shoot at a private residence and at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, over the weekend, with UNLV film instructor David Schmoeller calling the shots. Among the cast members: local Diana Eden, who's playing a judge, marking her return to acting after three decades as a costume designer.

Carol Cling's Shooting Stars column appears Mondays. Contact her at (702) 383-0272 or ccling@reviewjournal.com.