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We are headed back to a world where dinosaurs still walk the earth for the final installment of the Jurassic World trilogy with Colin Trevorrow back in the director’s chair. So what can we expect? If I could contextualize each film, I would say Jurassic World was an action adventure, Fallen Kingdom is kind of a horror-suspense film, and Jurassic World 3 will be a science thriller, in the same way, Jurassic Park Was.” Trevorrow said in a recent interview.” Franchise star Chris Pratt recently talked with MTV News about the third installment. I can’t say anything, but I can tell you when I heard the pitch, I was blown away. I can’t believe that we’re going to make the movie, and I can’t believe they found a way to deliver on the promise of the end of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Like, ‘Wait what? The island has blown up. The animals are out, we can’t put them back into
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“The Walking Dead” is losing another of their longtime leads. Several months ago it was announced that the lead actor Andrew Lincoln (Rick), was exiting the show, but sticking around for upcoming spin-off movies. Now Rick’s love interest, Michonne, played by Danai Gurira, is about to say goodbye as well. We won’t be saying goodbye just yet though. THR is reporting that Gurira will return for several episodes of season 10. After that, well, let’s just hope she’ll make an appearance in one of the “The Walking Dead’s” movies. As soon as a premiere date is announced for season 10 we’ll let you know. We expect a date to be announced soon for the first movie. In the meantime, enjoy the rest of this season.
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Stephen King adaptations just keep coming (not that we are complaining). Only one day after the trailer was released for the reboot of King’s Pet Sematary, news comes, via Deadline, that Alistar Legrand has now signed on to direct the adaptation of King’s novella Mile 81 from the script penned by Legrand and Luke Harvest. The tale, which was originally an e-book, was later expanded as part of King’s The Bazaar of Bad Dreams collection. “Set around a remote, boarded-up rest stop, the film will follow 12-year-old Pete, his brother, and a group of strangers who must fight to survive as they’re hunted by a mysterious force.” Legrand is the same director behind 2015’s supernatural film The Diabolical and the 2017 thriller Clinical. Ross M. Dinerstein, who produced the adaptation of King’s 1922, will serve as producer for Mile 81 which is headed to the European Film Market in Berlin. Mile 81 follows a long list of King adaptations headed
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While Child’s Play franchise creator Don Mancini and Universal are hard at work on their new franchise series, Orion and MGM have teamed up for the Child’s Play reboot. And the first full trailer is finally here. With Polaroid director Lars Klevberg in the director’s chair, Chucky will make his return to theaters this June. But that’s not all, Chucky’s getting a makeover and a new name. Originally known as “The Good Guy Doll” the red-headed killer has been rebranded as “Buddi”, an A.I. doll vastly different from the original talking doll. The movie follows “(Aubrey Plaza) who gives her son (Gabrial Bateman) a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature.” Beatrice Kitsos (“The Exorcist”), Brian Tyree Henry (“Atlanta”), and Ty Consiglio also star in the film written by Tyler Burton Smith (Kung Fury). Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg are producing under their KatzSmith Productions banner. Aaron Schmidt and Chris Ferguson are executive producing. Child’s Play
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The highly-anticipated horror film The 6th Friend, from star, producer and writer Jamie Bernadette, is now available on DVD and VOD. Directed by and co-written by Letia Clouston, and starring Bernadette, Chantelle Albers, Dominique Swain, Jessica Morris, Tania Nolan, and Monique Rosario, the slasher film with a supernatural twist tells of six college best friends that throw their own private graduation only to see it go terribly wrong when an uninvited guest arrives. Five years later, the girls gather once again and endure a night of far more horror and bloodshed. Jamie Bernadette produced along with Chantelle Albers, with Lyle Albers executive producing, Richard D.Erlich and Marlene Hagerott serving as associate producers, Dawn Manning as line producer, and Jim Towns as co-producer. Watch The 6th Friend now out on DVD and VOD, from The Asylum.
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John Krasinki‘s 2018 horror film A Quiet Place was a hit with critics and audiences alike. We’ve already reported that Krasinski has been hard at work on a sequel. Today we can tell you that the sequel is well on its way. In fact, Production Weekly is reporting that A Quiet Place 2 is set to begin principal photography this summer in upstate New York. In the first film which he co-wrote and directed, Krasinski played the role of Lee Abbott, a man whose family is forced to live in silence in a post-apocalyptic world, hiding from monsters who attack at the smallest sound. Emily Blunt, Krasinski’s onscreen and real-life wife, starred as Evelyn a mother struggling to keep her family alive while preparing to give birth. Millicent Simmonds played the role of Evelyn and Lee’s daughter Regan and was the breakout star of the film. If you haven’t seen A Quiet Place yet, stop what you are doing, turn
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The second trailer for Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsch‘s new Pet Sematary adaptation is here. Not only does it reveal the history of the burial ground, but it reminds us that “sometimes dead is better.” The trailer also teases that this adaptation is very different from the original. Judging by the footage, this time it’s Louis’ daughter Ellie at the center of the story, not his young son Gage. The film follows “Dr. Louis Creed, who after relocating with his family from Boston to rural Maine, discovers a mysterious burial ground deep in the woods behind the family’s home. When tragedy strike, Louis turns to his unusual neighbor Jud, setting off a perilous chain reaction that unleashes an unfathomable evil with horrific consequences.” Twins Hugo and Lucas Lavoie star as Gage Creed in the new adaptation that also stars Jeté Laurence as young Ellie Creed. Jason Clarke (Winchester) and Amy Seimetz (Alien: Covenant) star as Louis and Rachel Creed, with
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After the success of David Gordan Green’s 2018 smash hit Halloween, it’s no surprise that is a sequel is already in the works. In fact, it seems Blumhouse has already found the sequels’ writer. Collider reports that Scott Teems is currently in talks to write the script. This isn’t the first time Teems has worked with Blumhouse, he also penned the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s Firestarter. As for the 2018 film’s cast, the site notes that Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, and Andi Matichak are likely to return. It’s unknown at this time if David Gordan Green will be involved. Blumhouse could put a rush on the sequel aiming to release it this October, but odds are it won’t be out until next year.
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Small Town Monsters continues to explore the myths and reality of the most frightening legends. This time they take to the air with Terror in the Skies, whose trailer has just been unveiled. Director Seth Breedlove explores hundreds of years of terrifying reports of encounters with massive, winged creatures around the land of Lincoln. From Alton’s man-eating Piasa Bird legends to recent sightings in Chicago of a creature said to resemble Point Pleasant, West Virginia’s infamous Mothman, Terror in the Skies unlocks a centuries-old mystery. The first trailer for Terror in the Skies promises to open viewers’ minds to the possibility that such a thing could exist by way of believable witnesses and fascinating photographic, video and audio evidence. Small Town Monsters made waves in 2017 with their documentary The Mothman of Point Pleasant, which Terror in the Skies acts as a “spiritual sequel” to and one that will be concluded in 2020 by the final film in their Mothman
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Travis Stevens, the producer behind We Are Still Here, Cheap Thrills, and Starry Eyes makes his writing-directing debut with Girl on the Third Floor. Set to premiere at SXSW this March, the film’s festival trailer has just arrived, teasing an explosion of blood. Bursting pipes, rotting walls, and unidentifiable slime were not what Don Koch (WWE legend Phil “CM Punk” Brooks) expected when he convinced his wife Liz (Trieste Kelly Dunn of Showtime’s “Banshee” and “Applesauce”) that he could rehab their new Victorian home himself. In over his head, under duress, and tempted by his old weaknesses, Don soon discovers that the house has its own dark, sordid history and won’t be so easy to renovate after all… Also starring Sarah Brooks (We Are Still Here), Girl on the Third Floor is the debut film for newly formed Chicago-based production company QUEENSBURY PICTURES. SXSW Screenings of The Girl on the Third Floor: World Premiere | Sunday, March 10th, 11:45pm @
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We are headed back to a world where dinosaurs still walk the earth for the final installment of the Jurassic World trilogy with Colin Trevorrow back in the director’s chair. So what can we expect? If I could contextualize each film, I would say Jurassic World was an action adventure, Fallen Kingdom is kind of a horror-suspense film, and Jurassic World 3 will be a science thriller, in the same way, Jurassic Park Was.” Trevorrow said in a recent interview.” Franchise star Chris Pratt recently talked with MTV News about the third installment. I can’t say anything, but I can tell you when I heard the pitch, I was blown away. I can’t believe that we’re going to make the movie, and I can’t believe they found a way to deliver on the promise of the end of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Like, ‘Wait what? The island has blown up. The animals are out, we can’t put them back into
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“The Walking Dead” is losing another of their longtime leads. Several months ago it was announced that the lead actor Andrew Lincoln (Rick), was exiting the show, but sticking around for upcoming spin-off movies. Now Rick’s love interest, Michonne, played by Danai Gurira, is about to say goodbye as well. We won’t be saying goodbye just yet though. THR is reporting that Gurira will return for several episodes of season 10. After that, well, let’s just hope she’ll make an appearance in one of the “The Walking Dead’s” movies. As soon as a premiere date is announced for season 10 we’ll let you know. We expect a date to be announced soon for the first movie. In the meantime, enjoy the rest of this season.
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Stephen King adaptations just keep coming (not that we are complaining). Only one day after the trailer was released for the reboot of King’s Pet Sematary, news comes, via Deadline, that Alistar Legrand has now signed on to direct the adaptation of King’s novella Mile 81 from the script penned by Legrand and Luke Harvest. The tale, which was originally an e-book, was later expanded as part of King’s The Bazaar of Bad Dreams collection. “Set around a remote, boarded-up rest stop, the film will follow 12-year-old Pete, his brother, and a group of strangers who must fight to survive as they’re hunted by a mysterious force.” Legrand is the same director behind 2015’s supernatural film The Diabolical and the 2017 thriller Clinical. Ross M. Dinerstein, who produced the adaptation of King’s 1922, will serve as producer for Mile 81 which is headed to the European Film Market in Berlin. Mile 81 follows a long list of King adaptations headed
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While Child’s Play franchise creator Don Mancini and Universal are hard at work on their new franchise series, Orion and MGM have teamed up for the Child’s Play reboot. And the first full trailer is finally here. With Polaroid director Lars Klevberg in the director’s chair, Chucky will make his return to theaters this June. But that’s not all, Chucky’s getting a makeover and a new name. Originally known as “The Good Guy Doll” the red-headed killer has been rebranded as “Buddi”, an A.I. doll vastly different from the original talking doll. The movie follows “(Aubrey Plaza) who gives her son (Gabrial Bateman) a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature.” Beatrice Kitsos (“The Exorcist”), Brian Tyree Henry (“Atlanta”), and Ty Consiglio also star in the film written by Tyler Burton Smith (Kung Fury). Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg are producing under their KatzSmith Productions banner. Aaron Schmidt and Chris Ferguson are executive producing. Child’s Play
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The highly-anticipated horror film The 6th Friend, from star, producer and writer Jamie Bernadette, is now available on DVD and VOD. Directed by and co-written by Letia Clouston, and starring Bernadette, Chantelle Albers, Dominique Swain, Jessica Morris, Tania Nolan, and Monique Rosario, the slasher film with a supernatural twist tells of six college best friends that throw their own private graduation only to see it go terribly wrong when an uninvited guest arrives. Five years later, the girls gather once again and endure a night of far more horror and bloodshed. Jamie Bernadette produced along with Chantelle Albers, with Lyle Albers executive producing, Richard D.Erlich and Marlene Hagerott serving as associate producers, Dawn Manning as line producer, and Jim Towns as co-producer. Watch The 6th Friend now out on DVD and VOD, from The Asylum.
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John Krasinki‘s 2018 horror film A Quiet Place was a hit with critics and audiences alike. We’ve already reported that Krasinski has been hard at work on a sequel. Today we can tell you that the sequel is well on its way. In fact, Production Weekly is reporting that A Quiet Place 2 is set to begin principal photography this summer in upstate New York. In the first film which he co-wrote and directed, Krasinski played the role of Lee Abbott, a man whose family is forced to live in silence in a post-apocalyptic world, hiding from monsters who attack at the smallest sound. Emily Blunt, Krasinski’s onscreen and real-life wife, starred as Evelyn a mother struggling to keep her family alive while preparing to give birth. Millicent Simmonds played the role of Evelyn and Lee’s daughter Regan and was the breakout star of the film. If you haven’t seen A Quiet Place yet, stop what you are doing, turn
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The second trailer for Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsch‘s new Pet Sematary adaptation is here. Not only does it reveal the history of the burial ground, but it reminds us that “sometimes dead is better.” The trailer also teases that this adaptation is very different from the original. Judging by the footage, this time it’s Louis’ daughter Ellie at the center of the story, not his young son Gage. The film follows “Dr. Louis Creed, who after relocating with his family from Boston to rural Maine, discovers a mysterious burial ground deep in the woods behind the family’s home. When tragedy strike, Louis turns to his unusual neighbor Jud, setting off a perilous chain reaction that unleashes an unfathomable evil with horrific consequences.” Twins Hugo and Lucas Lavoie star as Gage Creed in the new adaptation that also stars Jeté Laurence as young Ellie Creed. Jason Clarke (Winchester) and Amy Seimetz (Alien: Covenant) star as Louis and Rachel Creed, with
Continue reading →
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After the success of David Gordan Green’s 2018 smash hit Halloween, it’s no surprise that is a sequel is already in the works. In fact, it seems Blumhouse has already found the sequels’ writer. Collider reports that Scott Teems is currently in talks to write the script. This isn’t the first time Teems has worked with Blumhouse, he also penned the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s Firestarter. As for the 2018 film’s cast, the site notes that Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, and Andi Matichak are likely to return. It’s unknown at this time if David Gordan Green will be involved. Blumhouse could put a rush on the sequel aiming to release it this October, but odds are it won’t be out until next year.
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Small Town Monsters continues to explore the myths and reality of the most frightening legends. This time they take to the air with Terror in the Skies, whose trailer has just been unveiled. Director Seth Breedlove explores hundreds of years of terrifying reports of encounters with massive, winged creatures around the land of Lincoln. From Alton’s man-eating Piasa Bird legends to recent sightings in Chicago of a creature said to resemble Point Pleasant, West Virginia’s infamous Mothman, Terror in the Skies unlocks a centuries-old mystery. The first trailer for Terror in the Skies promises to open viewers’ minds to the possibility that such a thing could exist by way of believable witnesses and fascinating photographic, video and audio evidence. Small Town Monsters made waves in 2017 with their documentary The Mothman of Point Pleasant, which Terror in the Skies acts as a “spiritual sequel” to and one that will be concluded in 2020 by the final film in their Mothman
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Travis Stevens, the producer behind We Are Still Here, Cheap Thrills, and Starry Eyes makes his writing-directing debut with Girl on the Third Floor. Set to premiere at SXSW this March, the film’s festival trailer has just arrived, teasing an explosion of blood. Bursting pipes, rotting walls, and unidentifiable slime were not what Don Koch (WWE legend Phil “CM Punk” Brooks) expected when he convinced his wife Liz (Trieste Kelly Dunn of Showtime’s “Banshee” and “Applesauce”) that he could rehab their new Victorian home himself. In over his head, under duress, and tempted by his old weaknesses, Don soon discovers that the house has its own dark, sordid history and won’t be so easy to renovate after all… Also starring Sarah Brooks (We Are Still Here), Girl on the Third Floor is the debut film for newly formed Chicago-based production company QUEENSBURY PICTURES. SXSW Screenings of The Girl on the Third Floor: World Premiere | Sunday, March 10th, 11:45pm @
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