SLIPKNOT's CLOWN Talks About His First Feature-Film-Directing Gig In New Audio Interview

Metal Hammer editor Alexander Milas recently conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan for the "Metal Hammer" radio show on TeamRock Radio. You can now listen to the chat in two parts below.

Crahan has landed his first gig as a feature film director. He will get behind the camera for "Officer Downe", an upcoming movie based on a graphic novel about a Los Angeles cop who is killed repeatedly in the line of duty, but is telekinetically resurrected by his superiors and sent back onto the streets.

Crahan, who has directed a number of music videos and concert DVDs for SLIPKNOT, told The Pulse Of Radio that he's been working his way toward directing a feature for a long time. "I've been preparing myself with art my whole life, and preparing myself for directing and scriptwriting, and this is what I've been doing for 10 years, is learning and studying and taking it in," he said. "You know, I honestly believe that, you know, we are gonna create the next 'Clockwork Orange' and I'm gonna die trying because that's my life."

Crahan and SLIPKNOT singer Corey Taylor started their own film production company, called Living, Breathing Films, last year, although it is not clear if that outfit has anything to do with "Officer Downe".

The picture has yet to secure distribution and release plans. Crahan introduces the project in a new video that's been posted online.

The original graphic novel was created by writer Joe Casey and artist Chris Burnham, with Casey also writing the screenplay.

SLIPKNOT has toured since the May 2010 death of bassist Paul Gray, but the group has not recorded any new music since its last album, 2008's "All Hope Is Gone". The band is expected to begin work on a new album in early 2014.