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Robert Eggers To Write And Direct The Remake Of Nosferatu

Robert Eggers, writer and director of the acclaimed film The Witch, is set to make a new film based on the 1922 silent masterpiece Nosferatu. The first vampire to ever be depicted on film will return to the silver screen via Eggers’ new version of the black and white classic. Jay Van Hoy and Lars Knudsen will serve as producers according to Deadline. There has been no release date announced. Eggers has another project to complete ahead of Nosferatu, a miniseries recounting the rise and fall of Russia’s mystic Rasputin. Eggers is also slatted to write and direct an upcoming medieval film titled The Knight, which Hoy and Knudsen are also producing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 27, 2016
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New Clip Unleashed For The Disaster Film The Wave

Scientists have warned the residents in the village of Akneset that another tsunami could happen at any time. It’s happening now. The village is directly in the path of a 85 meter (279 feet) high wave triggered by a rock slide. A geologist and his young daughter are caught in the middle of the of the chaos. The two are trying to escape the danger zone, along with everyone in the village before it’s to late. The Wave was directed by Roar Uthaug and stars Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Thomas Bo Larsen, Fridtjov Saheim, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Afrthur Berning, Edith Haagenrud-Sande, Lado Hadzic, Eili Harboe and Herman Bernhoft. The Wave has already been released in Norway and will be released in the U.S. on March 4th via Magnolia Productions. A new clip has just arrived in the US and it gives us a taste at the disaster as it begins.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 27, 2016
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The New TV Spot For The Purge: Election Year Urges You To Keep America Great

The new TV spot for The Purge: Election Year fits in perfectly with current political race, so much so that it could easily be mistaken for a real PSA like the ones we are currently being bombarded with. The Purge: Election Year picks up two years after the events of The Purge: Anarchy. Frank Grillo will reprise his role as Leo Barnes. Barnes now serves as head of security for Senator Charlie Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell). Barnes’ mission is to protect Senator Roan during her run for president, as well as to keep her safe during the annual Purge. When the two are betrayed and forced onto the streets of Washington D.C. on the night on the Purge, they must fight to stay alive until dawn or meet the same fate as those less fortunate. Universal’s Election Year is under the control of director James DeMonaco. Blumhouse Productions (Insidious) will produce along side Platinum Dunes (Friday the 13th) once again. Be

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 26, 2016
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The Witch’s Robert Eggers Set To Write And Direct Series About The Rise And Fall Of Rasputin

Robert Eggers’ The Witch debuted in theaters recently and has had a huge response from viewers and critics alike. Now, Eggers has moved on to his next project, another period piece. Eggers is set to both write and direct an upcoming miniseries about Grigori “The Mad Monk” Rasputin. Rasputin, born in 1869, is the infamous Russian mystic that became a trusted adviser to the Romanovs, the Russian Imperial family. Rasputin became indispensable to the family in all matters of both home and state. In Eggers’ six to eight episode mini series we will witness the rise of Rasputin to power and his murder in St. Petersburg. His influence grew so strong that many attempted to end his life. In 1916 they succeeded. Rasputin survived being stabbed, shot, strangled, shot again, all in the same night, before finally being drowned in the Neva River. The Romanovs were murdered only two years later. They were executed in Yekaterinburg, Russia by the Bolsheviks

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 26, 2016
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The Television Series Adaption Of The Exorcist Now Possess Their Regan

Scream Queen actress Brianne Howey has signed on for the television adaption of the horror classic The Exorcist according to Deadline. Howie will play Charlotte, a former ballerina who has not been the same since a terrible accident. She’s become depressed and anti-social. Her mother has come to believe that she is under the influence of a demonic entity. Charlotte appears to be the TV version of the film’s main character Regan. The FOX television version of The Exorcist is described as “a serialized psychological thriller that follows two very different men both tackling one family’s case of horrifying demonic possession”. Both men confronting the face of true evil. The pilot for the series, penned by Jeremy Slater (The Lazarus Effect), will be directed by Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes). The Exorcist ( was inspired by the novel of the same name penned by William Blatty. The film both terrified and inspired several generations of horror

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 26, 2016
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The Soska Sisters To Direct The Remake Of The 1977 Horror Film Rabid

News has come that directors Jen and Sylvia Soska, aka ” The Twisted Twins”, are set to remake David Cronenberg’s 1977 film Rabid. The writer/directors are known not only for their films American Mary, See No Evil 2 and Vendetta, but also as the hosts of GSN’s competition series Hellevator . The Soska sisters also present the annual Women In Horror Massively Big PSA , an anthology that encourages people to donate blood. Variety announced that John Vidette’s Somerville House Releasing will be making a joint venture with Paul Lalonde and Michael Walker to not only produce the remake but an original series based on Rabid. In the original film, after a surgery goes awry, a woman develops a taste for human blood. Her victims are turned into vampire-zombie hybrids and soon the infection spreads into a city-wide epidemic. The Twisted Twins are busy ladies. They have several projects in the works including the film Puppet Killer, which they are

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 26, 2016
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Several New Cast Members Board Alien: Covenant

Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant, the long awaited sequel to Prometheus, will soon begin filming in Australia. Covenant, which is directly connected to Scott’s 1979 classic sci-fi/horror film Alien, is scheduled to open in theaters on October 6th, 2017. We reported earlier this year that Noomi Repace will not be reprising her role as “Dr, Elizabeth Shaw”, leaving Michael Fassbender as the only returning actor. A slew of new cast members have just been announced, including Kathrine Waterston (Inherent Vice), Damian Bicher (The Hateful Eight), Jussie Smollett (Empire), Amy Seimetz (Upstream Color), Callie Hernandez (Machete Kills), Carmen Ejogo (Selma) and Billy Crudup (Spotlight). A ship bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the colony ship Covenant, discovers what they think is a new uncharted paradise, but the planet is actually a dark and dangerous world – whose sole inhabitant is David (Fassbender), the “Synthetic” lone survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition. Scott has revealed that in

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2016
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Spike Has Ordered The Pilot For The Series Adaption Of The Mist

Last year we reported that a television series from Dimension Television was in the works based on Stephen King’s The Mist. Now, we can report that Spike has officially ordered the pilot from acclaimed writer Christian Torpe. The series will use both King’s novel and the 2007 film as inspiration. The series will tell an original story about a mist, filled with otherworldly terrors, that takes over a small town. Tensions between neighbors escalates as the creatures in the mist draw closer, but they must find a way to band together to survive. The 2007 film was written and directed by Frank Darabont and stars Thomas Jane, Laurie Holden, Sam Witwer and Melissa McBride. It was both terrifying and heart breaking. I’m curious to see how it translates as series.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2016
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Chris Geere To Play The Role Of A Paranormal Investigator In A New Horror-Comedy

Chris Geere (You’re the Worst) is set to play the role of a paranormal investigator looking to boost the ratings of his reality-TV show. Geere’s character heads down to Mexico with his team to shoot an episode in an alleged haunted house. Geere and his team, all who are complete fakers, think that the episode will be enough to boost ratings and save the failing series, but when the house actually turns out to haunted he and his team must scramble to survive. The yet-to-be titled horror-comedy will be directed by Tony West. The film will be debuting as West’s first full length feature. It will begin filming this March in Villahermosa and Mexico City according to THR. Daniel Posada, Dark Factory’s CEO, will be producing. Hopefully the name of the film will be announced soon.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2016
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Michelle Hurd Joins The Cast Of Ash Vs Evil Dead

Law & Order:SVU’s Michelle Hurd has joined season 2 of Ash vs Evil Dead. Hurd has been cast in the role of Ash’s high school sweetheart, a reoccurring role according to Deadline. Unfortunately, that’s all that has been revealed about Hurd’s role at this point. Ash (Bruce Campbell) will have to face his past in season two of Ash vs Evil Dead. Not only will Ash’s father (Lee Majors) and his childhood friend (Ted Raimi) come back into the picture, his high school sweetheart will also be entering back into his life, playing a big role in the upcoming season. On top of the past coming back to haunt him Ash, Kelly and Pablo are still coping with the events of last season which left Ruby (Lucy Lawless) in control of the necronomicon and the power to unleash hell on the world. This season will consist of ten half-hour episodes, which will premiere on September 23rd on STARZ.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2016

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Robert Eggers To Write And Direct The Remake Of Nosferatu

Robert Eggers, writer and director of the acclaimed film The Witch, is set to make a new film based on the 1922 silent masterpiece Nosferatu. The first vampire to ever be depicted on film will return to the silver screen via Eggers’ new version of the black and white classic. Jay Van Hoy and Lars Knudsen will serve as producers according to Deadline. There has been no release date announced. Eggers has another project to complete ahead of Nosferatu, a miniseries recounting the rise and fall of Russia’s mystic Rasputin. Eggers is also slatted to write and direct an upcoming medieval film titled The Knight, which Hoy and Knudsen are also producing.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 27, 2016
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New Clip Unleashed For The Disaster Film The Wave

Scientists have warned the residents in the village of Akneset that another tsunami could happen at any time. It’s happening now. The village is directly in the path of a 85 meter (279 feet) high wave triggered by a rock slide. A geologist and his young daughter are caught in the middle of the of the chaos. The two are trying to escape the danger zone, along with everyone in the village before it’s to late. The Wave was directed by Roar Uthaug and stars Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Thomas Bo Larsen, Fridtjov Saheim, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Afrthur Berning, Edith Haagenrud-Sande, Lado Hadzic, Eili Harboe and Herman Bernhoft. The Wave has already been released in Norway and will be released in the U.S. on March 4th via Magnolia Productions. A new clip has just arrived in the US and it gives us a taste at the disaster as it begins.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 27, 2016
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The New TV Spot For The Purge: Election Year Urges You To Keep America Great

The new TV spot for The Purge: Election Year fits in perfectly with current political race, so much so that it could easily be mistaken for a real PSA like the ones we are currently being bombarded with. The Purge: Election Year picks up two years after the events of The Purge: Anarchy. Frank Grillo will reprise his role as Leo Barnes. Barnes now serves as head of security for Senator Charlie Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell). Barnes’ mission is to protect Senator Roan during her run for president, as well as to keep her safe during the annual Purge. When the two are betrayed and forced onto the streets of Washington D.C. on the night on the Purge, they must fight to stay alive until dawn or meet the same fate as those less fortunate. Universal’s Election Year is under the control of director James DeMonaco. Blumhouse Productions (Insidious) will produce along side Platinum Dunes (Friday the 13th) once again. Be

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 26, 2016
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The Witch’s Robert Eggers Set To Write And Direct Series About The Rise And Fall Of Rasputin

Robert Eggers’ The Witch debuted in theaters recently and has had a huge response from viewers and critics alike. Now, Eggers has moved on to his next project, another period piece. Eggers is set to both write and direct an upcoming miniseries about Grigori “The Mad Monk” Rasputin. Rasputin, born in 1869, is the infamous Russian mystic that became a trusted adviser to the Romanovs, the Russian Imperial family. Rasputin became indispensable to the family in all matters of both home and state. In Eggers’ six to eight episode mini series we will witness the rise of Rasputin to power and his murder in St. Petersburg. His influence grew so strong that many attempted to end his life. In 1916 they succeeded. Rasputin survived being stabbed, shot, strangled, shot again, all in the same night, before finally being drowned in the Neva River. The Romanovs were murdered only two years later. They were executed in Yekaterinburg, Russia by the Bolsheviks

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 26, 2016
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The Television Series Adaption Of The Exorcist Now Possess Their Regan

Scream Queen actress Brianne Howey has signed on for the television adaption of the horror classic The Exorcist according to Deadline. Howie will play Charlotte, a former ballerina who has not been the same since a terrible accident. She’s become depressed and anti-social. Her mother has come to believe that she is under the influence of a demonic entity. Charlotte appears to be the TV version of the film’s main character Regan. The FOX television version of The Exorcist is described as “a serialized psychological thriller that follows two very different men both tackling one family’s case of horrifying demonic possession”. Both men confronting the face of true evil. The pilot for the series, penned by Jeremy Slater (The Lazarus Effect), will be directed by Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes). The Exorcist ( was inspired by the novel of the same name penned by William Blatty. The film both terrified and inspired several generations of horror

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 26, 2016
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The Soska Sisters To Direct The Remake Of The 1977 Horror Film Rabid

News has come that directors Jen and Sylvia Soska, aka ” The Twisted Twins”, are set to remake David Cronenberg’s 1977 film Rabid. The writer/directors are known not only for their films American Mary, See No Evil 2 and Vendetta, but also as the hosts of GSN’s competition series Hellevator . The Soska sisters also present the annual Women In Horror Massively Big PSA , an anthology that encourages people to donate blood. Variety announced that John Vidette’s Somerville House Releasing will be making a joint venture with Paul Lalonde and Michael Walker to not only produce the remake but an original series based on Rabid. In the original film, after a surgery goes awry, a woman develops a taste for human blood. Her victims are turned into vampire-zombie hybrids and soon the infection spreads into a city-wide epidemic. The Twisted Twins are busy ladies. They have several projects in the works including the film Puppet Killer, which they are

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 26, 2016
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Several New Cast Members Board Alien: Covenant

Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant, the long awaited sequel to Prometheus, will soon begin filming in Australia. Covenant, which is directly connected to Scott’s 1979 classic sci-fi/horror film Alien, is scheduled to open in theaters on October 6th, 2017. We reported earlier this year that Noomi Repace will not be reprising her role as “Dr, Elizabeth Shaw”, leaving Michael Fassbender as the only returning actor. A slew of new cast members have just been announced, including Kathrine Waterston (Inherent Vice), Damian Bicher (The Hateful Eight), Jussie Smollett (Empire), Amy Seimetz (Upstream Color), Callie Hernandez (Machete Kills), Carmen Ejogo (Selma) and Billy Crudup (Spotlight). A ship bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the colony ship Covenant, discovers what they think is a new uncharted paradise, but the planet is actually a dark and dangerous world – whose sole inhabitant is David (Fassbender), the “Synthetic” lone survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition. Scott has revealed that in

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2016
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Spike Has Ordered The Pilot For The Series Adaption Of The Mist

Last year we reported that a television series from Dimension Television was in the works based on Stephen King’s The Mist. Now, we can report that Spike has officially ordered the pilot from acclaimed writer Christian Torpe. The series will use both King’s novel and the 2007 film as inspiration. The series will tell an original story about a mist, filled with otherworldly terrors, that takes over a small town. Tensions between neighbors escalates as the creatures in the mist draw closer, but they must find a way to band together to survive. The 2007 film was written and directed by Frank Darabont and stars Thomas Jane, Laurie Holden, Sam Witwer and Melissa McBride. It was both terrifying and heart breaking. I’m curious to see how it translates as series.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2016
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Chris Geere To Play The Role Of A Paranormal Investigator In A New Horror-Comedy

Chris Geere (You’re the Worst) is set to play the role of a paranormal investigator looking to boost the ratings of his reality-TV show. Geere’s character heads down to Mexico with his team to shoot an episode in an alleged haunted house. Geere and his team, all who are complete fakers, think that the episode will be enough to boost ratings and save the failing series, but when the house actually turns out to haunted he and his team must scramble to survive. The yet-to-be titled horror-comedy will be directed by Tony West. The film will be debuting as West’s first full length feature. It will begin filming this March in Villahermosa and Mexico City according to THR. Daniel Posada, Dark Factory’s CEO, will be producing. Hopefully the name of the film will be announced soon.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2016
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Michelle Hurd Joins The Cast Of Ash Vs Evil Dead

Law & Order:SVU’s Michelle Hurd has joined season 2 of Ash vs Evil Dead. Hurd has been cast in the role of Ash’s high school sweetheart, a reoccurring role according to Deadline. Unfortunately, that’s all that has been revealed about Hurd’s role at this point. Ash (Bruce Campbell) will have to face his past in season two of Ash vs Evil Dead. Not only will Ash’s father (Lee Majors) and his childhood friend (Ted Raimi) come back into the picture, his high school sweetheart will also be entering back into his life, playing a big role in the upcoming season. On top of the past coming back to haunt him Ash, Kelly and Pablo are still coping with the events of last season which left Ruby (Lucy Lawless) in control of the necronomicon and the power to unleash hell on the world. This season will consist of ten half-hour episodes, which will premiere on September 23rd on STARZ.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2016
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