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Seth Grahame-Smith To Write Beetlejuice 2

A legion of fans celebrated when Winona Ryder confirmed that Beetlejuice 2 was indeed happening. We now have new information about the long awaited sequel to the 1988 classic. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith will pen the Bettlejuice 2 script along side David Katzenberg, according to IMDb. Tim Burton will return to direct the sequel to Beetlejuice. Winona Ryder will return as Lydia and Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice, “The Ghost With the Most”. The two are the only cast members that have been announced. We will update you as the film continues to develop.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 20, 2015
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Vin Diesel Moving Forward With New Riddick Film And Series

We reported back in November the Vin Diesel announced there is a new film and TV series in the works for the Riddick franchise. He has now stated that the film will be an origin story and will go back to Furya where his character was born. The film will be co-written by David Twohy, who penned the scripts for the first three films. The movie will begin filming in early 2017. On Wednesday Diesel signed multi-year, first-look deal with Universal Television through his company One Race Productions for his Riddick TV series. Diesel intends to title his series “Merc City” and for the series to explore the Merc people and the Bounty Hunters of the Riddick universe.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 20, 2015
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Wolf Creek Series Teaser On The Hunt For An Audience

The teaser for the new Wolf Creek mini serieshas surfaced. The minseries, consisting of six one-hour episodes, is being directed by Tony Tilse and Greg McLean. McLean also directed both ‘Wolf Creek’ and ‘Wolf Creek 2’. John Jarratt will be returning to his role as the twisted killer, Mick Taylor. In the series, Mick Taylor targets an American family on vacation. Eve, played by Lucy Fry (Vampire Academy), a 19-year-old-woman, survives the massacre and sets out on a mission of revenge. In the teaser we see Eve sharpening her blade and is ready to take revenge against the man who killed her family, Mick Taylor. Wolf Creek also stars Deborah Mailman (Offspring), Miranda Tapsell (Redfern Now), Dustin Clare (Strike Back), Jake Ryan (Wentworth) and Jessica Tovey (Wonderland). The series will appear exclusively on Stan in mid 2016.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 19, 2015
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The Boy Has New Haunting TV Spot

William Brent Bell’s upcoming supernatural thriller, The Boy, has a new TV spot. The film Stars The Walking Dead‘s Lauren Cohan as Greta, a nanny, hired to care for a couple’s son. After being hired she learns that she will actually be caring for a life-sized doll that the couple is using to cope with the loss of their eight-year-old son who has passed away. After Greta violates several of the rules the couple has issued, she discovers that the doll is unlike any other, it may actually be alive. The Boy also stars Jim Norton, Diana Hardcastle, Rupert Evans, Ben Robson, Javier Botet and James Russell, along side Cohan. This creepy film was directed by William Brent Bell (The Devil Inside) and was written by Stacey Menear. The Boy will arrive in theaters on January 22, 2016. This is one film you don’t want to miss!

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 19, 2015
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Take A Trip To Twin Peaks With Their First Teaser Trailer

Showtime has debuted a new teaser for their upcoming Twin Peaks revival, set to premiere in 2017. The series is currently in production and will be directed by the show’s creator David Lynch. The groundbreaking series follows the residents of a small northwestern town. When their homecoming queen is murdered the town’s sheriff welcomes the help of FBI agent Dale Cooper to help solve the case. As Cooper investigates, the town’s secret come to light. The upcoming series will pick up twenty-five years later. Dana Ashbrook, Sheryl Lee, Kyle MacLachlan, Kimmy Robertson, Lara Flynn Boyle , Piper Laurie, Ray Wise, Joan Chen, Madchen Amick and Sherilyn Fenn will be returning for the series. They will be joined by new cast members, including Amanda Seyfried.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 19, 2015
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Damien Is Coming To A&E

A&E’s new supernatural series, Damien, follows The Omen’s Damien Thorn (Bradley James) as an adult. He has lived his entire life unaware of who he really is, but now, he must come to terms with being the anti-christ. The first season, consisting of ten episodes, will premier in 2016. Bradley James, who played the role of Liv’s love interest in iZombie, will star along side Omid Abtahi (Argo), Megalyn Echikunwoke (The Following), David Meunier (Aquarius) and Barbara Hershey who played the role of Lorraine Lambert in Insidious: Chapter 2. Scott Wilson, who you may recognize as Hershel from the hit series The Walking Dead, also appears in Damien. The show will not only continue the story that began in The Omen, it will feature aspects of the original story, including footage from the 1976 film, tying everything together.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 19, 2015
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A Conversation With Fright Hype’s Mike Hickey

Today I had the pleasure of talking with Mike Hickey, filmmaker and writer/host of Crypt TV’s Fright Hype, a great program that supplies news and updates about horror films and more. Mike took the time to answer a few of my questions and I would like to share them with you now. KM “How did you get into horror?” MH “As a kid I was into Halloween, more than normal. I stayed spooky. I was always into horror. My mom wasn’t though. She was fine with movies like the old Disney Legend of Sleepy Hallow and Hocus Pocus and stuff like that, but when I was around 10 I remember having a sleepover at my godmother’s (who was into horror movies) so I could watch Wolf with Jack Nicholson, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula.” KM “What was the horror movie that got you hooked?” MH “I watched Scream when I was 13. That really stuck with me.” KM “How did your

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 18, 2015
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David Koepp To Pen The Script For The Bride Of Frakenstein

David Koepp, the man behind Jurassic Park and Stir of Echoes, will pen the script for the up and coming “Bride of Frankenstein” reboot for Universal, which will be part of the new shared classic monster Universe. The film will be set in modern times, like all of the new Universal monster remakes. Universal wants Angelina Jolie Pitt to both direct and star in the film. Jolie is waiting to read the script to decide if she will accept, according to Variety.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 18, 2015
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Kathrine Waterston Will Be Fighting Xenomorphs In Alien: Covenant

Inherent Vice actress Katherine Waterston has joined the cast of Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant. Waterston has been cast in the lead female role of “Daniels”. She will star along side Michael Fassbender, who will reprise his role as the android David. Noomi Repace will also be returning for Covenant. The film “…begins with the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy. There, the crew discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world – whose sole inhabitant is the “synthetic” David (Michael Fassbender), survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 18, 2015
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The Abandoned Opens In Select Theaters This January

IFC Midnight has revealed the first poster The Abandoned (aka The Confines). Eytan Rockways makes his directorial debut with this horror-thriller that will open in select theaters and on VOD on January 8th. In the film, a troubled young woman, trying to get her life in order, takes a night job as a security guard at an abandoned apartment building. She fights to not let her mind play tricks on her while she patrols the dark, aging, building, but as the night progresses she begins to witness strange things and realizes that it’s not all in her head. Louisa Krause (Return) stars along side Jason Patric (The Lost Boys), who play’s the role of her partner. Mark Margolis (Breaking Bad) also appears in The Abandoned. The trailer should arrive soon.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 18, 2015

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Seth Grahame-Smith To Write Beetlejuice 2

A legion of fans celebrated when Winona Ryder confirmed that Beetlejuice 2 was indeed happening. We now have new information about the long awaited sequel to the 1988 classic. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith will pen the Bettlejuice 2 script along side David Katzenberg, according to IMDb. Tim Burton will return to direct the sequel to Beetlejuice. Winona Ryder will return as Lydia and Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice, “The Ghost With the Most”. The two are the only cast members that have been announced. We will update you as the film continues to develop.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 20, 2015
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Vin Diesel Moving Forward With New Riddick Film And Series

We reported back in November the Vin Diesel announced there is a new film and TV series in the works for the Riddick franchise. He has now stated that the film will be an origin story and will go back to Furya where his character was born. The film will be co-written by David Twohy, who penned the scripts for the first three films. The movie will begin filming in early 2017. On Wednesday Diesel signed multi-year, first-look deal with Universal Television through his company One Race Productions for his Riddick TV series. Diesel intends to title his series “Merc City” and for the series to explore the Merc people and the Bounty Hunters of the Riddick universe.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 20, 2015
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Wolf Creek Series Teaser On The Hunt For An Audience

The teaser for the new Wolf Creek mini serieshas surfaced. The minseries, consisting of six one-hour episodes, is being directed by Tony Tilse and Greg McLean. McLean also directed both ‘Wolf Creek’ and ‘Wolf Creek 2’. John Jarratt will be returning to his role as the twisted killer, Mick Taylor. In the series, Mick Taylor targets an American family on vacation. Eve, played by Lucy Fry (Vampire Academy), a 19-year-old-woman, survives the massacre and sets out on a mission of revenge. In the teaser we see Eve sharpening her blade and is ready to take revenge against the man who killed her family, Mick Taylor. Wolf Creek also stars Deborah Mailman (Offspring), Miranda Tapsell (Redfern Now), Dustin Clare (Strike Back), Jake Ryan (Wentworth) and Jessica Tovey (Wonderland). The series will appear exclusively on Stan in mid 2016.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 19, 2015
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The Boy Has New Haunting TV Spot

William Brent Bell’s upcoming supernatural thriller, The Boy, has a new TV spot. The film Stars The Walking Dead‘s Lauren Cohan as Greta, a nanny, hired to care for a couple’s son. After being hired she learns that she will actually be caring for a life-sized doll that the couple is using to cope with the loss of their eight-year-old son who has passed away. After Greta violates several of the rules the couple has issued, she discovers that the doll is unlike any other, it may actually be alive. The Boy also stars Jim Norton, Diana Hardcastle, Rupert Evans, Ben Robson, Javier Botet and James Russell, along side Cohan. This creepy film was directed by William Brent Bell (The Devil Inside) and was written by Stacey Menear. The Boy will arrive in theaters on January 22, 2016. This is one film you don’t want to miss!

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 19, 2015
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Take A Trip To Twin Peaks With Their First Teaser Trailer

Showtime has debuted a new teaser for their upcoming Twin Peaks revival, set to premiere in 2017. The series is currently in production and will be directed by the show’s creator David Lynch. The groundbreaking series follows the residents of a small northwestern town. When their homecoming queen is murdered the town’s sheriff welcomes the help of FBI agent Dale Cooper to help solve the case. As Cooper investigates, the town’s secret come to light. The upcoming series will pick up twenty-five years later. Dana Ashbrook, Sheryl Lee, Kyle MacLachlan, Kimmy Robertson, Lara Flynn Boyle , Piper Laurie, Ray Wise, Joan Chen, Madchen Amick and Sherilyn Fenn will be returning for the series. They will be joined by new cast members, including Amanda Seyfried.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 19, 2015
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Damien Is Coming To A&E

A&E’s new supernatural series, Damien, follows The Omen’s Damien Thorn (Bradley James) as an adult. He has lived his entire life unaware of who he really is, but now, he must come to terms with being the anti-christ. The first season, consisting of ten episodes, will premier in 2016. Bradley James, who played the role of Liv’s love interest in iZombie, will star along side Omid Abtahi (Argo), Megalyn Echikunwoke (The Following), David Meunier (Aquarius) and Barbara Hershey who played the role of Lorraine Lambert in Insidious: Chapter 2. Scott Wilson, who you may recognize as Hershel from the hit series The Walking Dead, also appears in Damien. The show will not only continue the story that began in The Omen, it will feature aspects of the original story, including footage from the 1976 film, tying everything together.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 19, 2015
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A Conversation With Fright Hype’s Mike Hickey

Today I had the pleasure of talking with Mike Hickey, filmmaker and writer/host of Crypt TV’s Fright Hype, a great program that supplies news and updates about horror films and more. Mike took the time to answer a few of my questions and I would like to share them with you now. KM “How did you get into horror?” MH “As a kid I was into Halloween, more than normal. I stayed spooky. I was always into horror. My mom wasn’t though. She was fine with movies like the old Disney Legend of Sleepy Hallow and Hocus Pocus and stuff like that, but when I was around 10 I remember having a sleepover at my godmother’s (who was into horror movies) so I could watch Wolf with Jack Nicholson, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula.” KM “What was the horror movie that got you hooked?” MH “I watched Scream when I was 13. That really stuck with me.” KM “How did your

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 18, 2015
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David Koepp To Pen The Script For The Bride Of Frakenstein

David Koepp, the man behind Jurassic Park and Stir of Echoes, will pen the script for the up and coming “Bride of Frankenstein” reboot for Universal, which will be part of the new shared classic monster Universe. The film will be set in modern times, like all of the new Universal monster remakes. Universal wants Angelina Jolie Pitt to both direct and star in the film. Jolie is waiting to read the script to decide if she will accept, according to Variety.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 18, 2015
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Kathrine Waterston Will Be Fighting Xenomorphs In Alien: Covenant

Inherent Vice actress Katherine Waterston has joined the cast of Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant. Waterston has been cast in the lead female role of “Daniels”. She will star along side Michael Fassbender, who will reprise his role as the android David. Noomi Repace will also be returning for Covenant. The film “…begins with the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy. There, the crew discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world – whose sole inhabitant is the “synthetic” David (Michael Fassbender), survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.”

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 18, 2015
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The Abandoned Opens In Select Theaters This January

IFC Midnight has revealed the first poster The Abandoned (aka The Confines). Eytan Rockways makes his directorial debut with this horror-thriller that will open in select theaters and on VOD on January 8th. In the film, a troubled young woman, trying to get her life in order, takes a night job as a security guard at an abandoned apartment building. She fights to not let her mind play tricks on her while she patrols the dark, aging, building, but as the night progresses she begins to witness strange things and realizes that it’s not all in her head. Louisa Krause (Return) stars along side Jason Patric (The Lost Boys), who play’s the role of her partner. Mark Margolis (Breaking Bad) also appears in The Abandoned. The trailer should arrive soon.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 18, 2015
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