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When I say the name Jared Leto the first thing you probably think of is his role as the new Joker in Suicide Squad. He’s also been in a lot of really great films, like Fight Club, American Psycho and many others. Well, he may very well have his next role already lined-up, as the new vampire Lestat. Yes, you read that right. There is new mixed adaption of Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire and her novel The Vampire Lestate in development. Yesterday, writer/director Josh Boone shared that the screenplay that he co-wrote with Jill Killington was complete. And confirmed that Universal Pictures is developing it for their new shared universe. The film’ is titled The Vampire Chronicles, according to Bloody-Disgusting. The film would join Universal’s upcoming remakes such as The Mummy, starring Tom Cruise, The Invisible Man, starring Johnny Depp, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Wolf Man, The Bride of Frankenstein and Dracula. Not only did
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Universal’ s new shared universe is beginning to take shape. The next film in the universe is their reboot of The Mummy. Deadline has reported that Oscar Award winner Russell Crowe is now in negotiations to join the cast alongside Tom Cruise, Peaky Blinders actress Annabelle Wallis, and Sofia Boutella who will be playing the first lead female mummy. Crowe is in talks to play “a Jekyll-like role”. Alex Kurtzman is in the director’s chair for The Mummy, which as already began filming and is set to premiere in theaters June 9, 2017. Remakes of The Wolf Man, Van Helsing, The Bride of Frankenstein, Creature from the Black Lagoon and The Invisible Man, starring Johnny Depp, are also in the works for the new universe. So far, it seems like Universal is pulling out all the stops to make the films as impressive as possible, including signing big name casts for each film.
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Even if you have never delved into the dark world of Creepypasta, you will recognize the name of the pale skinned, faceless legend, Slender Man. The original Slender Man legend was created by Something Awful forum’s user Eric Knudsen – under the name Victor Surge – while entering a contest for supernatural photography in 2009. As part of his submission he gave a backstory to his mysterious subject, with no idea how quickly the legend would spread. Screen Gems will soon bring the Slender Man to life in a new film according to ComicBook.com. The film, set to begin filming this Fall and see release in the Fall of next year, will be penned by David Birke (13 Sins). Some details surrounding Slender Man change depending on the storyteller, including the spelling of his name (Slender Man, Slenderman), but some things are always the same, he always wears a dark suit, and has abnormally long arms and legs and a
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Have you ever wanted to witness a seance? To commune with the spirits? Here’s your chance. In celebration of The theatrical premiere of The Darkness, they will be hosting a LIVE digital seance on Friday, May 6th, at 7 pm PT/10 pm ET. Celebrity medium Mistica Maria Louisa and Britt Griffith of “Ghost Hunters” will be hosting the LIVE event in attempts to contact the spirit world as they reach out to the ancestral Anasazi. Mistica Maria Louisa will also be doing readings from select Facebook fans, while Griffith uses ghost hunting technology to monitor the room. From the Pres Release: Who: Britt Griffith, Maria Luisa, and YOU WHEN: Friday, May 6, 2016, at 7PM PT/10PM ET WHERE: facebook.com/TheDarknessMov RSVP: facebook.com/events/931534240278238 Your Host and Paranormal Investigator Britt Griffith Britt’s lifelong hobbies is investigating claims of the paranormal, which led him to a friendship with Jason Hawes. In 2008 Jason reached out to Britt and asked if he would like to
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Tony Todd, the name is synonymous with a deep voice that sends chills down your spine, and brings to mind the role of the hook-handed supernatural killer Candyman. The tall (6′ 6″), imposing man is far from the dark, brutal character he’s most well known for. In fact, he’s a kind, laid-back man who goes above and beyond to show love to his many fans and to help those in need. Todd took the stage at the Texas Frightmare Weekend for a Q&A. He discussed his time as the character Kurn, on the series Star Trek: The Next Generation. He was asked about was his current role as the voice of Zoom, one of villains on The Flash, as well as his upcoming role as a ghost on the new series Dead of Summer. He also spoke about Frankenstein, and how he thinks the 2015 film didn’t get to attention it deserved. Todd shared one piece of news during the
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Golden Globe and Spirit Award-Winner Sally Kirkland (JFK, Valley of the Dolls, Suburban Gothic) has joined the already impressive cast of the horror film Gnaw from Unreal Media, alongside Penelope Mitchell (Hemlock Grove), Kyle Gass (Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny) and Chris J. Johnson (Cursed). Photo Credit: Chris Marino Gnaw, directed, co-written and co-produced by Hayler Garcia, is the follow up to his award-winning film An American Terror. The film centers on Jennifer Conrad (Mitchell), a small-town girl fleeing from her abusive husband (Johnson) and struggling to make a new life for herself in the big city. But something is eating away at her…bite by bite. “Penelope Mitchell stars in her first lead role in a feature film. She plays a woman escaping her abusive past. Through out the movie, while fighting this supernatural creature, she discovers the inner-strength she didn’t know she had.” Producer Richard Turner told me. Principle photography began May 2nd in Denver, Colorado. The
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Dolph Lundgren, Sara Malakul Lane, Lily Brooks O’Brian, James Chalke, Michael Aaron Milligan and Ibrahim Renno star in the shark thriller Shark Lake. Directed by Jerry Dugan and written by David Anderson and Gabe Burnstein, Shark Lake centers on officer Meredith Hernandez, a single mother raising Carley (O’Brian), her young daughter. Meredith’s life is thrown into chaos when she learns that her ex Clint (Lundgren), has been released from prison and is back in town. Clint was arrested for smuggling exotic animals, but Meredith and the small lake-side town have no idea that before he was arrested Clint released a pregnant shark into the lake. Not only is it thriving, its pups are grown and hungry. A mob boss won’t leave Clint alone until he gets the shark he is owed. Meanwhile, the three large sharks are eating both residents and vacationers visiting the lake. Meredith, with the help of a visiting doctor, is determined to hunt the sharks down.
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This week marks the 20th anniversary of The Craft and it has been a while since there has been any news about the remake. New came yesterday that it won’t be a remake after all. Douglas Wick, the new film’s producer, told HitFix that the film is actually a sequel that picks up 20 years later. I wouldn’t say that we wouldn’t so much call it a remake as a ‘twenty years later’. There will be callbacks to the original movie, so you will see there is a connection between what happened in the days of ‘The Craft,’ and how these young women came across the magic many years later.’ Wick stated. Wick also discussed the vision that Phil Graziadei and co-writer and director Leigh Janiak have in store. Here are some young women who once again discover the power of magic, and we explore their emotional lives, their wants, their fears, their longings, as they become empowered. So you
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Last week we told you that Sony Screen Gems’ thriller The Shallows, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and penned by Tony Jaswinski, had been given a new theatrical release date, June 29th. Today, we have a brand new trailer that reveals more of the story and gives us a closer look at the beast. Blake Liveley stars as Nancy, a young woman surfing in the waters off of a secluded beach. Nancy comes face-to-face with the ocean’s ultimate killing machine, a Great White that has killed her friends right in-front of her eyes. After she is attacked by the huge predator she finds refuge on an islet. The shark, still circling, is the only thing standing in her way of making it back to shore and getting help.
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A group of scientist, standing beside an operating table, machines chirping and ventilators pumping. Slowly a doctor sinks a long needle, filled with cells and chemicals, into the brain-stem of a brain-dead patient, with the hopes of reactivating their brain and bring them back to life. No, it’s not a scene out of Frankenstein. It will soon be a reality. Bioquark, a U.S. biotech company, has been granted permission by a review board to begin human trials in both the U.S. and and India. The company will start with 20 brain-dead patients for their highly controversial study, known as the ReAnima project, beginning next year. Dr. Calixto Machado, a member of the American Academy of Neurology, is a well known neurological researcher, will be one of the doctors on the team. Their “subjects” have all been medically certified as being brain dead, meaning that the only thing keeping their bodies alive are life support machines. Their spinal cords will be
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When I say the name Jared Leto the first thing you probably think of is his role as the new Joker in Suicide Squad. He’s also been in a lot of really great films, like Fight Club, American Psycho and many others. Well, he may very well have his next role already lined-up, as the new vampire Lestat. Yes, you read that right. There is new mixed adaption of Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire and her novel The Vampire Lestate in development. Yesterday, writer/director Josh Boone shared that the screenplay that he co-wrote with Jill Killington was complete. And confirmed that Universal Pictures is developing it for their new shared universe. The film’ is titled The Vampire Chronicles, according to Bloody-Disgusting. The film would join Universal’s upcoming remakes such as The Mummy, starring Tom Cruise, The Invisible Man, starring Johnny Depp, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Wolf Man, The Bride of Frankenstein and Dracula. Not only did
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Universal’ s new shared universe is beginning to take shape. The next film in the universe is their reboot of The Mummy. Deadline has reported that Oscar Award winner Russell Crowe is now in negotiations to join the cast alongside Tom Cruise, Peaky Blinders actress Annabelle Wallis, and Sofia Boutella who will be playing the first lead female mummy. Crowe is in talks to play “a Jekyll-like role”. Alex Kurtzman is in the director’s chair for The Mummy, which as already began filming and is set to premiere in theaters June 9, 2017. Remakes of The Wolf Man, Van Helsing, The Bride of Frankenstein, Creature from the Black Lagoon and The Invisible Man, starring Johnny Depp, are also in the works for the new universe. So far, it seems like Universal is pulling out all the stops to make the films as impressive as possible, including signing big name casts for each film.
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Even if you have never delved into the dark world of Creepypasta, you will recognize the name of the pale skinned, faceless legend, Slender Man. The original Slender Man legend was created by Something Awful forum’s user Eric Knudsen – under the name Victor Surge – while entering a contest for supernatural photography in 2009. As part of his submission he gave a backstory to his mysterious subject, with no idea how quickly the legend would spread. Screen Gems will soon bring the Slender Man to life in a new film according to ComicBook.com. The film, set to begin filming this Fall and see release in the Fall of next year, will be penned by David Birke (13 Sins). Some details surrounding Slender Man change depending on the storyteller, including the spelling of his name (Slender Man, Slenderman), but some things are always the same, he always wears a dark suit, and has abnormally long arms and legs and a
Continue reading →
Paranormal
Have you ever wanted to witness a seance? To commune with the spirits? Here’s your chance. In celebration of The theatrical premiere of The Darkness, they will be hosting a LIVE digital seance on Friday, May 6th, at 7 pm PT/10 pm ET. Celebrity medium Mistica Maria Louisa and Britt Griffith of “Ghost Hunters” will be hosting the LIVE event in attempts to contact the spirit world as they reach out to the ancestral Anasazi. Mistica Maria Louisa will also be doing readings from select Facebook fans, while Griffith uses ghost hunting technology to monitor the room. From the Pres Release: Who: Britt Griffith, Maria Luisa, and YOU WHEN: Friday, May 6, 2016, at 7PM PT/10PM ET WHERE: facebook.com/TheDarknessMov RSVP: facebook.com/events/931534240278238 Your Host and Paranormal Investigator Britt Griffith Britt’s lifelong hobbies is investigating claims of the paranormal, which led him to a friendship with Jason Hawes. In 2008 Jason reached out to Britt and asked if he would like to
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Tony Todd, the name is synonymous with a deep voice that sends chills down your spine, and brings to mind the role of the hook-handed supernatural killer Candyman. The tall (6′ 6″), imposing man is far from the dark, brutal character he’s most well known for. In fact, he’s a kind, laid-back man who goes above and beyond to show love to his many fans and to help those in need. Todd took the stage at the Texas Frightmare Weekend for a Q&A. He discussed his time as the character Kurn, on the series Star Trek: The Next Generation. He was asked about was his current role as the voice of Zoom, one of villains on The Flash, as well as his upcoming role as a ghost on the new series Dead of Summer. He also spoke about Frankenstein, and how he thinks the 2015 film didn’t get to attention it deserved. Todd shared one piece of news during the
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Golden Globe and Spirit Award-Winner Sally Kirkland (JFK, Valley of the Dolls, Suburban Gothic) has joined the already impressive cast of the horror film Gnaw from Unreal Media, alongside Penelope Mitchell (Hemlock Grove), Kyle Gass (Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny) and Chris J. Johnson (Cursed). Photo Credit: Chris Marino Gnaw, directed, co-written and co-produced by Hayler Garcia, is the follow up to his award-winning film An American Terror. The film centers on Jennifer Conrad (Mitchell), a small-town girl fleeing from her abusive husband (Johnson) and struggling to make a new life for herself in the big city. But something is eating away at her…bite by bite. “Penelope Mitchell stars in her first lead role in a feature film. She plays a woman escaping her abusive past. Through out the movie, while fighting this supernatural creature, she discovers the inner-strength she didn’t know she had.” Producer Richard Turner told me. Principle photography began May 2nd in Denver, Colorado. The
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Dolph Lundgren, Sara Malakul Lane, Lily Brooks O’Brian, James Chalke, Michael Aaron Milligan and Ibrahim Renno star in the shark thriller Shark Lake. Directed by Jerry Dugan and written by David Anderson and Gabe Burnstein, Shark Lake centers on officer Meredith Hernandez, a single mother raising Carley (O’Brian), her young daughter. Meredith’s life is thrown into chaos when she learns that her ex Clint (Lundgren), has been released from prison and is back in town. Clint was arrested for smuggling exotic animals, but Meredith and the small lake-side town have no idea that before he was arrested Clint released a pregnant shark into the lake. Not only is it thriving, its pups are grown and hungry. A mob boss won’t leave Clint alone until he gets the shark he is owed. Meanwhile, the three large sharks are eating both residents and vacationers visiting the lake. Meredith, with the help of a visiting doctor, is determined to hunt the sharks down.
Continue reading →
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This week marks the 20th anniversary of The Craft and it has been a while since there has been any news about the remake. New came yesterday that it won’t be a remake after all. Douglas Wick, the new film’s producer, told HitFix that the film is actually a sequel that picks up 20 years later. I wouldn’t say that we wouldn’t so much call it a remake as a ‘twenty years later’. There will be callbacks to the original movie, so you will see there is a connection between what happened in the days of ‘The Craft,’ and how these young women came across the magic many years later.’ Wick stated. Wick also discussed the vision that Phil Graziadei and co-writer and director Leigh Janiak have in store. Here are some young women who once again discover the power of magic, and we explore their emotional lives, their wants, their fears, their longings, as they become empowered. So you
Continue reading →
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Last week we told you that Sony Screen Gems’ thriller The Shallows, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and penned by Tony Jaswinski, had been given a new theatrical release date, June 29th. Today, we have a brand new trailer that reveals more of the story and gives us a closer look at the beast. Blake Liveley stars as Nancy, a young woman surfing in the waters off of a secluded beach. Nancy comes face-to-face with the ocean’s ultimate killing machine, a Great White that has killed her friends right in-front of her eyes. After she is attacked by the huge predator she finds refuge on an islet. The shark, still circling, is the only thing standing in her way of making it back to shore and getting help.
Continue reading →
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A group of scientist, standing beside an operating table, machines chirping and ventilators pumping. Slowly a doctor sinks a long needle, filled with cells and chemicals, into the brain-stem of a brain-dead patient, with the hopes of reactivating their brain and bring them back to life. No, it’s not a scene out of Frankenstein. It will soon be a reality. Bioquark, a U.S. biotech company, has been granted permission by a review board to begin human trials in both the U.S. and and India. The company will start with 20 brain-dead patients for their highly controversial study, known as the ReAnima project, beginning next year. Dr. Calixto Machado, a member of the American Academy of Neurology, is a well known neurological researcher, will be one of the doctors on the team. Their “subjects” have all been medically certified as being brain dead, meaning that the only thing keeping their bodies alive are life support machines. Their spinal cords will be
Continue reading →
