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Shane Black’s Predator reboot will arrive in theaters this summer and we have some new info. Black made it clear in a tweet this past February that movie will be filled with violence by saying, “And, just to be clear…PG-13 is for pussies. Spines bleed…a lot.” Here’s what we know: This time the predator will be stalking the suburbs where it will go head to head with the cast that includes Sterling K. Brown, Olivia Munn, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Thomas Jane, Jake Busey, Edward James Olmos, Trevante Rhodes, Augusto Aguilera, Alfie Allen, and Yvonne Strahovski. Jane revealed last month a little about the characters, that they are military vets suffering from PTSD who meet a guy who thinks he’s seen a UFO and the group decides to hunt down the creature. We’re all like ‘fuck that man, let’s go kill these fucking predators ourselves’ and we’re just crazy enough to believe that this guy really did see a UFO
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It’s been a while since we had an update for the film Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, but CBS Films has now announced that André Øvredal, who brought us the fantastic film The Autopsy of Jane Doe (review), will be in the director’s chair for the adaptation of the iconic books written by Alvin Schwartz. The script is being penned by Kevin and Dan Hageman (The Lego Movie). Production is set to begin early next summer and will center on a group of teens who investigate a series of strange and terrible murders in their small town. Guillermo del Toro, who was originally going to direct but stepped away, will be producing the film alongside Jason Brown, Sean Daniel, and Elizabeth Grave. No release date or cast has been announced yet. We’ll keep you posted.
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‘Walking Dead’ actor Chandler Riggs has signed to star in Anthony Jerjen’s directorial debut film Inherit the Viper, Deadline reports. Riggs will co-star alongside ‘Penny Dreadful’s’ Josh Hartnett, Bruce Dern (The Hateful Eight), Margarita Levieva (The Deuce), Owen Teague (Bloodline), Dash Mihok (Ray Donavan), and Valarie Curry (American Pastoral). Set in West Virginia, the film “follows siblings Kip (Hartnett), Josie (Levieva), and Boots (Teague) as they fight to escape the spiral of violence that has held them captive since their father’s passing. In these regions left behind by the economy, selling drugs has become their way of survival. A business that is hard to quit – at least not alive.” After Riggs posted a tweet on November 30th that left ‘Walking Dead’ fans concerned. In the photo, Riggs was sporting a haircut very different than his signature look on the hit series. He went from long locks to a mullet. The caption said, “I’m doing this movie and they had
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At least once in our lives, we’ve all had one of our parents tell us, “I brought you into this world, I can take you out of it.” Well, this January Mom and Dad are coming home to do just that. Starring Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair, and written and directed by Brian Taylor (Crank, Ghost Rider) this dark-horror-comedy looks pretty bloody good. In Mom and Dad, a teenage girl and her little brother fight to survive 24 hours during a mysterious mass hysteria causes parents to turn violently on their own kids. Mom and Dad will arrive in theaters, VOD, and Digital HD on January 19, 2018. A trailer should be released soon.
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An unholy force is locked away in a dilapidated, isolated farmhouse in Clay Staub’s sci-fi creature feature Devil’s Gate, starring Milo Ventimiglia. In the film, when a woman and her son mysteriously vanish, FBI agent Daria Francis (Amanda Schull) is dispatched to the small town of Devil’s Gate, N.D., to investigate the main suspect: religious fanatic, husband, and father to the missing, Jackson Pritchard (Milo Ventimiglia). When Francis and the local deputy Colt (Shawn Ashmore) arrive at the property they discover more than they have bargained for. IFC will be releasing Devil’s Gate in theaters and on VOD on January 5, 2017. The second trailer and poster (via EW) have both just arrived.
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Halloween
Fans are already drooling over next year’s Halloween. Today, we have some exciting casting news. Tracking Board is reporting that ‘Blue Blood’s’ Andi Matichak has been cast as the film’s young lead and will star alongside Judy Greer and Jamie Lee Curtis who will be reprising her role as Laurie Strode. Matichak is believed to be playing Greer’s daughter and Curtis’ granddaughter. Directed by Gordon Green, who co-wrote the film with Danny McBride, the film follows Laurie Strode who will have her final confrontation with her brother Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her all her life. The film was scored by John Carpenter who serves as executive producer along with Malek Akkad, and Jason Blum. Green Danny McBride will executive produce under their Rough House Pictures banner. Michael Myers returns home on October 19, 2018.
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From the writing duo Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsh, who also wrote Starry Eyes, comes a new version of Stephen King’s classic Pet Sematary and the release date has just been announced. The story, first published in 1983, centers on Louis Creed and his wife Rachel who have just moved with their two children into a home near a busy road. Soon they learn of a Pet Sematary near their property, where legend has it that animals buried there come back to life. When his daughter’s cat Church is run over Louis burys him in the stony soil of that sacred place. When Church returns he’s not the loving cat he once was. When Louis’ son Gage is killed Louis ignores all warnings and burys him in the same soil, but when he returns things go incredibly wrong. The cast of the film is yet to be announced. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Steven Schneider, and Mark Vahradian are producing. Paramount has
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Trailers
Adam Green’s fourth installment of the Hatchet franchise, Victor Crowley, has an official release date and brand new poster. Both Kane Hodder and Parry Shen will reprise their roles with Laura Ortiz, Felissa Rose, Dave Sheridan and Brian Quinn co-starring. “In 2007, forty-nine people were brutally torn to pieces in Louisiana’s Honey Island Swamp. Over the past decade, lone survivor Andrew Yong’s claims that local legend Victor Crowley was responsible for the horrific massacre have been met with great controversy, but when a twist of fate puts him back at the scene of the tragedy, Crowley is mistakenly resurrected and Yong must face the bloodthirsty ghost from his past.” Victor Crowley will slash his way onto Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD on February 6, 2018, from Dark Sky.
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Trailers
The first full trailer has arrived for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and it is awesome! This time around, they’re turning up the heat. The mission is more about saving dinosaurs. What could go wrong? A lot, judging by the trailer. Set several years after Jurassic World, a dormant volcano has become active on Isla Nublar and threatens to wipe out the remaining dino population. Claire Dearing is determined not to let that happen. Claire’s founded an organization, Dinosaur Protection Group,” explains actress Bryce Dallas Howard, “and they’re finding a way to get these dinosaurs off the island. She reaches out to Owen Grady to let him know this is happening.” Howard continues, “When you see them at the beginning of this story, you get caught up as to what’s going on, but it’s not what you would necessarily expect.” Besides Howard and Pratt, Jeff Goldblum will reprise his role in Jurassic Park. B.D. Wong will also be returning to his
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Trailers
This January a government’ occult experiments fight back in writer-director Matt Mitchell’s The Rizen. Laura Swift (The Snowman), Sally Phillips (the Bridget Jones series), Bruce Payne (Warlock III, Passenger 57), Julian Rhind-Tutt (Lucy), Tom Goodman Hill (Everest) and The Young Ones’ Adrian Edmondson star in this fast-paced action genre film. In 1955, NATO and the Allied Forces have been conducting secret, occult experiments in a bid to win the Arms Race. They have finally succeeded, but what they have unleashed could tear our world apart. Now one woman must lead the only other two survivors past faceless horrors that threaten to kill or capture them at every turn. They are the only ones left who can fight to close a door that should never have been opened. The Rizen arrives on VOD January 2, 2018, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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From the Crypt
Shane Black’s Predator reboot will arrive in theaters this summer and we have some new info. Black made it clear in a tweet this past February that movie will be filled with violence by saying, “And, just to be clear…PG-13 is for pussies. Spines bleed…a lot.” Here’s what we know: This time the predator will be stalking the suburbs where it will go head to head with the cast that includes Sterling K. Brown, Olivia Munn, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Thomas Jane, Jake Busey, Edward James Olmos, Trevante Rhodes, Augusto Aguilera, Alfie Allen, and Yvonne Strahovski. Jane revealed last month a little about the characters, that they are military vets suffering from PTSD who meet a guy who thinks he’s seen a UFO and the group decides to hunt down the creature. We’re all like ‘fuck that man, let’s go kill these fucking predators ourselves’ and we’re just crazy enough to believe that this guy really did see a UFO
Continue reading →
From the Crypt
It’s been a while since we had an update for the film Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, but CBS Films has now announced that André Øvredal, who brought us the fantastic film The Autopsy of Jane Doe (review), will be in the director’s chair for the adaptation of the iconic books written by Alvin Schwartz. The script is being penned by Kevin and Dan Hageman (The Lego Movie). Production is set to begin early next summer and will center on a group of teens who investigate a series of strange and terrible murders in their small town. Guillermo del Toro, who was originally going to direct but stepped away, will be producing the film alongside Jason Brown, Sean Daniel, and Elizabeth Grave. No release date or cast has been announced yet. We’ll keep you posted.
Continue reading →
From the Crypt
‘Walking Dead’ actor Chandler Riggs has signed to star in Anthony Jerjen’s directorial debut film Inherit the Viper, Deadline reports. Riggs will co-star alongside ‘Penny Dreadful’s’ Josh Hartnett, Bruce Dern (The Hateful Eight), Margarita Levieva (The Deuce), Owen Teague (Bloodline), Dash Mihok (Ray Donavan), and Valarie Curry (American Pastoral). Set in West Virginia, the film “follows siblings Kip (Hartnett), Josie (Levieva), and Boots (Teague) as they fight to escape the spiral of violence that has held them captive since their father’s passing. In these regions left behind by the economy, selling drugs has become their way of survival. A business that is hard to quit – at least not alive.” After Riggs posted a tweet on November 30th that left ‘Walking Dead’ fans concerned. In the photo, Riggs was sporting a haircut very different than his signature look on the hit series. He went from long locks to a mullet. The caption said, “I’m doing this movie and they had
Continue reading →
From the Crypt
At least once in our lives, we’ve all had one of our parents tell us, “I brought you into this world, I can take you out of it.” Well, this January Mom and Dad are coming home to do just that. Starring Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair, and written and directed by Brian Taylor (Crank, Ghost Rider) this dark-horror-comedy looks pretty bloody good. In Mom and Dad, a teenage girl and her little brother fight to survive 24 hours during a mysterious mass hysteria causes parents to turn violently on their own kids. Mom and Dad will arrive in theaters, VOD, and Digital HD on January 19, 2018. A trailer should be released soon.
Continue reading →
Trailers
An unholy force is locked away in a dilapidated, isolated farmhouse in Clay Staub’s sci-fi creature feature Devil’s Gate, starring Milo Ventimiglia. In the film, when a woman and her son mysteriously vanish, FBI agent Daria Francis (Amanda Schull) is dispatched to the small town of Devil’s Gate, N.D., to investigate the main suspect: religious fanatic, husband, and father to the missing, Jackson Pritchard (Milo Ventimiglia). When Francis and the local deputy Colt (Shawn Ashmore) arrive at the property they discover more than they have bargained for. IFC will be releasing Devil’s Gate in theaters and on VOD on January 5, 2017. The second trailer and poster (via EW) have both just arrived.
Continue reading →
Halloween
Fans are already drooling over next year’s Halloween. Today, we have some exciting casting news. Tracking Board is reporting that ‘Blue Blood’s’ Andi Matichak has been cast as the film’s young lead and will star alongside Judy Greer and Jamie Lee Curtis who will be reprising her role as Laurie Strode. Matichak is believed to be playing Greer’s daughter and Curtis’ granddaughter. Directed by Gordon Green, who co-wrote the film with Danny McBride, the film follows Laurie Strode who will have her final confrontation with her brother Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her all her life. The film was scored by John Carpenter who serves as executive producer along with Malek Akkad, and Jason Blum. Green Danny McBride will executive produce under their Rough House Pictures banner. Michael Myers returns home on October 19, 2018.
Continue reading →
From the Crypt
From the writing duo Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsh, who also wrote Starry Eyes, comes a new version of Stephen King’s classic Pet Sematary and the release date has just been announced. The story, first published in 1983, centers on Louis Creed and his wife Rachel who have just moved with their two children into a home near a busy road. Soon they learn of a Pet Sematary near their property, where legend has it that animals buried there come back to life. When his daughter’s cat Church is run over Louis burys him in the stony soil of that sacred place. When Church returns he’s not the loving cat he once was. When Louis’ son Gage is killed Louis ignores all warnings and burys him in the same soil, but when he returns things go incredibly wrong. The cast of the film is yet to be announced. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Steven Schneider, and Mark Vahradian are producing. Paramount has
Continue reading →
Trailers
Adam Green’s fourth installment of the Hatchet franchise, Victor Crowley, has an official release date and brand new poster. Both Kane Hodder and Parry Shen will reprise their roles with Laura Ortiz, Felissa Rose, Dave Sheridan and Brian Quinn co-starring. “In 2007, forty-nine people were brutally torn to pieces in Louisiana’s Honey Island Swamp. Over the past decade, lone survivor Andrew Yong’s claims that local legend Victor Crowley was responsible for the horrific massacre have been met with great controversy, but when a twist of fate puts him back at the scene of the tragedy, Crowley is mistakenly resurrected and Yong must face the bloodthirsty ghost from his past.” Victor Crowley will slash his way onto Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD on February 6, 2018, from Dark Sky.
Continue reading →
Trailers
The first full trailer has arrived for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and it is awesome! This time around, they’re turning up the heat. The mission is more about saving dinosaurs. What could go wrong? A lot, judging by the trailer. Set several years after Jurassic World, a dormant volcano has become active on Isla Nublar and threatens to wipe out the remaining dino population. Claire Dearing is determined not to let that happen. Claire’s founded an organization, Dinosaur Protection Group,” explains actress Bryce Dallas Howard, “and they’re finding a way to get these dinosaurs off the island. She reaches out to Owen Grady to let him know this is happening.” Howard continues, “When you see them at the beginning of this story, you get caught up as to what’s going on, but it’s not what you would necessarily expect.” Besides Howard and Pratt, Jeff Goldblum will reprise his role in Jurassic Park. B.D. Wong will also be returning to his
Continue reading →
Trailers
This January a government’ occult experiments fight back in writer-director Matt Mitchell’s The Rizen. Laura Swift (The Snowman), Sally Phillips (the Bridget Jones series), Bruce Payne (Warlock III, Passenger 57), Julian Rhind-Tutt (Lucy), Tom Goodman Hill (Everest) and The Young Ones’ Adrian Edmondson star in this fast-paced action genre film. In 1955, NATO and the Allied Forces have been conducting secret, occult experiments in a bid to win the Arms Race. They have finally succeeded, but what they have unleashed could tear our world apart. Now one woman must lead the only other two survivors past faceless horrors that threaten to kill or capture them at every turn. They are the only ones left who can fight to close a door that should never have been opened. The Rizen arrives on VOD January 2, 2018, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
Continue reading →
