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Jason Liles is making headlines for his intense portrayal of the giant gorilla, George, in the film adaptation Rampage. In our recent interview, Liles teased his next role would be big, and he was telling the truth. He is set to star in Godzilla 2 (aka Godzilla: King of Monsters) as King Ghidorah, one of Kong’s longtime enemies. King Ghidorah is a giant three-headed winged dragon covered in gold scales. Besides being terrifying, the giant beast has the ability to shoot gravity beams out of all three heads. King Ghidorah made its first appearance back in 1964 in Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster and has since battled Godzilla multiple times. In the upcoming movie, the dragon will appear alongside two other monsters Rodan and Mothra who will all take on Godzilla. Godzilla 2 centers on crypto-zoologist agency Monarch, “as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan and his ultimate
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Last year we reported that IT remake writer Gary Dauberman was writing the script for Paramount’s feature film adaption of the ’90s TV series “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” That news was followed by Paramount announcing a 201 release date for the movie. This week at CinemaCon Paramount unveiled an official logo letting fans know that the film is still coming. “The show is about the shared experience of telling stories — especially scary ones. We’re going to celebrate that with this movie and honor the darker, scarier tone of the show, which was really groundbreaking for Nickelodeon at the time. I hope the Midnight Society approves,” Dauberman, who produces with Matt Kaplan, recently told THR. The original series followed a group of teenagers who call themselves The Midnight Society. Each week one member of the club would tell a scary story to their friends. Are You Afraid of the Dark will arrive on October 11, 2019.
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We’ve been waiting for a while to hear more about Oscar-nominated director Luca Guadagnino ‘s new version of Dario Argento’s Suspiria. Yesterday, crowds at CinemaCon finally got a look and it sent people on Twitter into a frenzy. https://twitter.com/AmyKinLA/status/989607055240511488 https://twitter.com/slashfilm/status/989606582840246272 Dakota Johnson stars alongside Chloe Grace-Moretz, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Angela Winkler, Sylvie Testud, Malgosia Bela, Jessica Harper, and Lutz Ebersdorf. Written by David Kajganich, the film that centers on, “A young American Ballet dancer who travels to a prestigious dance academy in Europe, only to discover it is something far more sinister and supernatural. She becomes increasingly terrified after a series of gruesome murders ensue and she slowly unravels the dark history of the academy.” Suspiria was co-financed by Amazon Studios and K Period Media. It features a score composed by Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and is set for a Fall release.
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From 1978 to 1986, the Golden State Killer (aka The East Area Rapist) took the lives of 12 people and raped 46 women in California. He often tied up men and forced them to watch their companions being raped before he killed them. The Golden State Killer’s murders and rapes were not linked until 2000. He remained nameless and free until Wednesday when a task force of local law enforcement and federal investigators announced that they had finally arrested a suspect. Tuesday afternoon Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. was taken into custody at his Sacramento home and charged with eight counts of murder. All of Wednesday and today authorities have continued to search home and property for clues. Scott Jones, the Sacramento County Sheriff, stated that the task force had been keeping surveillance of the 72-year-old man and retrieved his DNA from a discarded item. The DNA matched samples left at crime scenes. One of the disturbing aspects of the case
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After making one hell of an impact at the box office, pulling in over $200 million worldwide, it’s no surprise that Paramount has now officially confirmed during CinemaCon that A Quiet Place is getting a sequel. Jim Gianopulos, Paramount Studio’s chairman made the announcement. A Quiet Place writer’s Bryan Woods and Scott Beck made it clear that they have plenty of ideas for the sequel. It’s such a fun world,” Woods told Fandango during a conversation a couple of weeks ago. “There are so many things you could do.” Beck added, “There are so many discarded set pieces, too, just hiding out on Word documents on our computer. So, yeah, there are certainly so many stories you could tell.” There is been no word of when the sequel might see release or if John Krasinski, who both starred, co-wrote, and directed A Quiet Place, will be involved. Krasinski recently filled in fans on the origin story of the creatures in
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After years of being in possession of Frank Darabont, the filmmaker behind the King adaptations The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile and The Mist, the movie rights for Stephen King’s The Long Walk is now possessed by New Line. New Line has brought on James Vanderbilt, the writer of 2007’s Zodiac and Independent’s Day: Resurrection, who wrote the script before the rights were even acquired. He will also produce alongside William Sherak. Tracey Nyberg of Mythology Entertainment will executive produce the film. The Long Walk, written under King’s pen name Richard Bachman, is set in “a future dystopian America ruled by an authoritarian. The Country holds an annual walking contest in which one hundred teens must journey, non-stop and under strict rules, until one of them is still standing alive to receive the prize. The story told of a 16-year-old walker named Raymond Garraty and the teens – some good, some bad, some mysterious – in his orbit.” The Long
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From the deranged minds of Tristan Clay and Destine Orndoff, following the release of their controversial film Red Eye, comes Inverted. Producers promise that it is “a film that is unlike any other film you may have seen in the past.” They say it “goes places many films shy away from and it stays there without coming back for air.” The film, “Set in the 70’s, a centuries-old cult known as the “Inverts” take four sin bearing individuals against their will to recruit for the holy war against the second coming of Christ. From a homosexual hippie, prostitute druggie, man in drag, and a pedophilic priest…they’re all deemed to be choice victims to invert through initiations that push past the most brutal boundaries.“ Lynn Lowry, Destinie Orndoff, Tommie Vegas, Trevor Dow, Jennifer Nangle, David McMahon, and Maria Olsen star in this dark horror-thriller. Inverted is currently running an Indiegogo campaign with perks like DVDs, autographs, shirts and more. Check it
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From director Myles Erfurth and co-writer Michael Mclaren comes Crocodylus, the story of a small town faced with a ferocious beast and the new trailer has just bared its teeth. https://vimeo.com/266408839 In the film, excitement and joy descend upon a small mid-Florida town called Peaceful Creek, as they kick-off Spring Break. NDMD 11 news station is broadcasting on the upcoming events when comes in that a local farmer, Jack Straw, has unearthed a prehistoric skull. Dr. David Williams is called and upon his arrival, all hell breaks loose. Antoni Corone, Dawn Soleri, Roberto Escobar, Noa Lindberg, and Courtney Dlugos star. Jay Cleveland and Avery Guerra serve as associate producers with Michael Mclaren executive producing. Stay out of the water, Crocodylus will be out on DVD later this year.
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“Game of Thrones” actress Natalie Dormer stars alongside Dead Pool‘s Ed Skrein in the revenge thriller In Darkness, from Anthony Byrne, which has now been acquired by Vertical Entertainment. Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck) also stars in the film co-written by Dormer and Byrne. In the film, “Blind pianist Sofia (Dormer) overhears a struggle in the apartment above hers that leads to the death of her neighbor Veronique (Emily Ratajkowski). It is the start of a journey that pulls Sofia out of her depth and brings her into contact with Veronique’s father, Milos Radic (Jan Bijvoet). A Serbian businessman accused of being a war criminal, Sofia is drawn into a dangerous world of corruption, investigating police, hitmen and the Russian mafia – a world with links to Sofia’s own hidden past and a path of revenge she has kept hidden until now.” The trailer has now arrived ahead of In Darkness’ May 25, 2018 release date.
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Earlier today at CinemaCon, M. Night Shyamalan revealed the first footage from Glass, unfortunately, it is not available online yet, but we do have some of some of the plot details and an early look at the artwork. Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Willis, who both starred in Unbreakable (2000) will reprise their roles in Glass, the sequel to both Unbreakable and Split with James McAvoy and Anya Taylor-Joy returning to their roles from 2016’s hit. In the film, “Bruce Willis returns as David Dunn as does Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price, known also by his pseudonym Mr. Glass. Joining from Split are James McAvoy, reprising his role as Kevin Wendell Crumb and the multiple identities who reside within, and Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, the only captive to survive an encounter with “The Beast”. Following the conclusion of Split, Glass finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of “The Beast” in a series of escalating encounters, while the shadowy
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Jason Liles is making headlines for his intense portrayal of the giant gorilla, George, in the film adaptation Rampage. In our recent interview, Liles teased his next role would be big, and he was telling the truth. He is set to star in Godzilla 2 (aka Godzilla: King of Monsters) as King Ghidorah, one of Kong’s longtime enemies. King Ghidorah is a giant three-headed winged dragon covered in gold scales. Besides being terrifying, the giant beast has the ability to shoot gravity beams out of all three heads. King Ghidorah made its first appearance back in 1964 in Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster and has since battled Godzilla multiple times. In the upcoming movie, the dragon will appear alongside two other monsters Rodan and Mothra who will all take on Godzilla. Godzilla 2 centers on crypto-zoologist agency Monarch, “as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan and his ultimate
Continue reading →
From the Crypt
Last year we reported that IT remake writer Gary Dauberman was writing the script for Paramount’s feature film adaption of the ’90s TV series “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” That news was followed by Paramount announcing a 201 release date for the movie. This week at CinemaCon Paramount unveiled an official logo letting fans know that the film is still coming. “The show is about the shared experience of telling stories — especially scary ones. We’re going to celebrate that with this movie and honor the darker, scarier tone of the show, which was really groundbreaking for Nickelodeon at the time. I hope the Midnight Society approves,” Dauberman, who produces with Matt Kaplan, recently told THR. The original series followed a group of teenagers who call themselves The Midnight Society. Each week one member of the club would tell a scary story to their friends. Are You Afraid of the Dark will arrive on October 11, 2019.
Continue reading →
Film Festivals
We’ve been waiting for a while to hear more about Oscar-nominated director Luca Guadagnino ‘s new version of Dario Argento’s Suspiria. Yesterday, crowds at CinemaCon finally got a look and it sent people on Twitter into a frenzy. https://twitter.com/AmyKinLA/status/989607055240511488 https://twitter.com/slashfilm/status/989606582840246272 Dakota Johnson stars alongside Chloe Grace-Moretz, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Angela Winkler, Sylvie Testud, Malgosia Bela, Jessica Harper, and Lutz Ebersdorf. Written by David Kajganich, the film that centers on, “A young American Ballet dancer who travels to a prestigious dance academy in Europe, only to discover it is something far more sinister and supernatural. She becomes increasingly terrified after a series of gruesome murders ensue and she slowly unravels the dark history of the academy.” Suspiria was co-financed by Amazon Studios and K Period Media. It features a score composed by Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and is set for a Fall release.
Continue reading →
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From 1978 to 1986, the Golden State Killer (aka The East Area Rapist) took the lives of 12 people and raped 46 women in California. He often tied up men and forced them to watch their companions being raped before he killed them. The Golden State Killer’s murders and rapes were not linked until 2000. He remained nameless and free until Wednesday when a task force of local law enforcement and federal investigators announced that they had finally arrested a suspect. Tuesday afternoon Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. was taken into custody at his Sacramento home and charged with eight counts of murder. All of Wednesday and today authorities have continued to search home and property for clues. Scott Jones, the Sacramento County Sheriff, stated that the task force had been keeping surveillance of the 72-year-old man and retrieved his DNA from a discarded item. The DNA matched samples left at crime scenes. One of the disturbing aspects of the case
Continue reading →
MoviesNews
After making one hell of an impact at the box office, pulling in over $200 million worldwide, it’s no surprise that Paramount has now officially confirmed during CinemaCon that A Quiet Place is getting a sequel. Jim Gianopulos, Paramount Studio’s chairman made the announcement. A Quiet Place writer’s Bryan Woods and Scott Beck made it clear that they have plenty of ideas for the sequel. It’s such a fun world,” Woods told Fandango during a conversation a couple of weeks ago. “There are so many things you could do.” Beck added, “There are so many discarded set pieces, too, just hiding out on Word documents on our computer. So, yeah, there are certainly so many stories you could tell.” There is been no word of when the sequel might see release or if John Krasinski, who both starred, co-wrote, and directed A Quiet Place, will be involved. Krasinski recently filled in fans on the origin story of the creatures in
Continue reading →
From the Crypt
After years of being in possession of Frank Darabont, the filmmaker behind the King adaptations The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile and The Mist, the movie rights for Stephen King’s The Long Walk is now possessed by New Line. New Line has brought on James Vanderbilt, the writer of 2007’s Zodiac and Independent’s Day: Resurrection, who wrote the script before the rights were even acquired. He will also produce alongside William Sherak. Tracey Nyberg of Mythology Entertainment will executive produce the film. The Long Walk, written under King’s pen name Richard Bachman, is set in “a future dystopian America ruled by an authoritarian. The Country holds an annual walking contest in which one hundred teens must journey, non-stop and under strict rules, until one of them is still standing alive to receive the prize. The story told of a 16-year-old walker named Raymond Garraty and the teens – some good, some bad, some mysterious – in his orbit.” The Long
Continue reading →
Trailers
From the deranged minds of Tristan Clay and Destine Orndoff, following the release of their controversial film Red Eye, comes Inverted. Producers promise that it is “a film that is unlike any other film you may have seen in the past.” They say it “goes places many films shy away from and it stays there without coming back for air.” The film, “Set in the 70’s, a centuries-old cult known as the “Inverts” take four sin bearing individuals against their will to recruit for the holy war against the second coming of Christ. From a homosexual hippie, prostitute druggie, man in drag, and a pedophilic priest…they’re all deemed to be choice victims to invert through initiations that push past the most brutal boundaries.“ Lynn Lowry, Destinie Orndoff, Tommie Vegas, Trevor Dow, Jennifer Nangle, David McMahon, and Maria Olsen star in this dark horror-thriller. Inverted is currently running an Indiegogo campaign with perks like DVDs, autographs, shirts and more. Check it
Continue reading →
Trailers
From director Myles Erfurth and co-writer Michael Mclaren comes Crocodylus, the story of a small town faced with a ferocious beast and the new trailer has just bared its teeth. https://vimeo.com/266408839 In the film, excitement and joy descend upon a small mid-Florida town called Peaceful Creek, as they kick-off Spring Break. NDMD 11 news station is broadcasting on the upcoming events when comes in that a local farmer, Jack Straw, has unearthed a prehistoric skull. Dr. David Williams is called and upon his arrival, all hell breaks loose. Antoni Corone, Dawn Soleri, Roberto Escobar, Noa Lindberg, and Courtney Dlugos star. Jay Cleveland and Avery Guerra serve as associate producers with Michael Mclaren executive producing. Stay out of the water, Crocodylus will be out on DVD later this year.
Continue reading →
Trailers
“Game of Thrones” actress Natalie Dormer stars alongside Dead Pool‘s Ed Skrein in the revenge thriller In Darkness, from Anthony Byrne, which has now been acquired by Vertical Entertainment. Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck) also stars in the film co-written by Dormer and Byrne. In the film, “Blind pianist Sofia (Dormer) overhears a struggle in the apartment above hers that leads to the death of her neighbor Veronique (Emily Ratajkowski). It is the start of a journey that pulls Sofia out of her depth and brings her into contact with Veronique’s father, Milos Radic (Jan Bijvoet). A Serbian businessman accused of being a war criminal, Sofia is drawn into a dangerous world of corruption, investigating police, hitmen and the Russian mafia – a world with links to Sofia’s own hidden past and a path of revenge she has kept hidden until now.” The trailer has now arrived ahead of In Darkness’ May 25, 2018 release date.
Continue reading →
From the Crypt
Earlier today at CinemaCon, M. Night Shyamalan revealed the first footage from Glass, unfortunately, it is not available online yet, but we do have some of some of the plot details and an early look at the artwork. Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Willis, who both starred in Unbreakable (2000) will reprise their roles in Glass, the sequel to both Unbreakable and Split with James McAvoy and Anya Taylor-Joy returning to their roles from 2016’s hit. In the film, “Bruce Willis returns as David Dunn as does Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price, known also by his pseudonym Mr. Glass. Joining from Split are James McAvoy, reprising his role as Kevin Wendell Crumb and the multiple identities who reside within, and Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, the only captive to survive an encounter with “The Beast”. Following the conclusion of Split, Glass finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of “The Beast” in a series of escalating encounters, while the shadowy
Continue reading →
