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Writer Reveals “Starship Troopers” Series In The Works With Original Cast

TV Networks have turned to the movie industry with a record number of film to series adaptations in the works. One of the latest in the works is Starship Troopers. Screenwriter Ed Neumeier revealed the news during a recent interview that he is returning to pen the series. But that’s not all, according to Neumeier, the original cast is on board. I don’t want to jinx anything, but we are talking about trying to do a television show that is based on the idea.” Neumeier is currently on the hunt for the series a home. With the number of special effects that would be required for the series, it would need to be backed by a big network, like Netflix or Hulu. This is not the first time a series version of Starship Troopers has been discussed. Back in 2015 producer Neal H. Moritz brought up doing either a series adaptation or another feature, but neither came to fruition. The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 26, 2019
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Zac Efron IS Ted Bundy In The Trailer For ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile’

The trailer has arrived for Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, starring Zaf Efron as infamous killer Ted Bundy. Directed by Joe Berlinger, the trailer gives the impression that the film is more about Bundy’s life than it is about his brutal crimes. You have to admit, Efron’s resemblance to Bundy is uncanny. Lily Collins (Les Misérables) stars as Elizabeth Kloepfer, Bundy’s longtime girlfriend and whose point of view the film is told from. John Malkovich plays the role of Judge Edward Cowart, who presided over Bundy’s trial and sentenced him to death, with Jim Parsons in the role of lead prosecutor Larry Simpson. Haley Joel Osment, Angela Sarafyan, Dylan Baker, Jeffrey Donavan, Terry Kinney, and Metallica frontman James Hetfield round out the cast. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile debuts at Sundance this weekend.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2019
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Jacob Johnston Makes His Directorial Debut With ‘Dreamcatcher’

Writer-director Jacob Johnston‘s (Kadence) is making his feature debut with the thriller Dreamcatcher (no relation to Stephen King’s novel) and the film’s first cast members have just been announced. Zachary Gordon, Niki Koss, Olivia Sui, Elizabeth Posey, Emrhys Cooper, Blaine Kern III, and Travis Burns star, Deadline reports. “It’s an ensemble piece that follows a group who plan to avenge the mysterious death of their friend at a Music Festival, only to end up stalked by the same assailant.” Filming is set to begin this month for Dreamcatcher, produced by Krystal Vayda and Brandon Vayda who are producing for Quarzo Studios alongside Jacques Kurdian. Jamie Gallagher and Kristifor Cvjetic are co-producing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2019
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“Doctor Who” Star Joins ‘Morbius’ Cast

Director Daniel Espinosa‘s (Life) film adaptation of the comic Morbius has added another cast member. News has come via Variety that “Doctor Who” actor Matt Smith has joined Jared Leto (Suicide Squad), and Adria Arjona (“True Detective”). The dark Spider-Man spin-off was created by Roy Thomas and artist Gil Kane and debuted in Amazing Spider-Man #101. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless penned the script for the film. The film centers on Michael Morbius, a scientist who, while trying to find a cure for a rare blood disease, accidentally turning himself into a living vampire. He chooses to prey on criminals he deems unworthy to live to feed his blood lust.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2019
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Journey To ‘The Isle’ This February But You May Never Leave

Gothic horror combines with intense suspense in the new trailer for Matthew Butler Hart‘s award-winning film The Isle which teases a supernatural threat to a group of survivors. In the film, when three shipwrecked sailors land on an island abandoned except for four sole residents, one sailor starts to question what happened on the island. He must uncover the truth while he battles to save his own life and escape the isle’s clutches. Written by Matthew Butler-Heart (The Da Vinci Code), the film stars Tori Butler Heart (Two Down) Conleth Hill (“Game of Thrones”), Alex Hassell (“The Miniaturist”), Fisayo Akinade (Girl With All the Gifts), Alix Wilton Regan, Graham Butler, Emma King, Joe Bannister, and Ben Lee. Co-writer and producer Tori Butler Hart (Miss in Her Teens) also stars along with, Alix Wilton Regan (The Wife) and Graham Butler (Showtime’s “Penny Dreadful”). Based loosely on Scottish ghostly folklore with inspiration from Greek sirens, the tale is set in 1846 on

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2019
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“Resident Evil’ TV Series Coming To Netflix

Are you ready for this? Resident Evil is headed to a TV near you. That’s right the hit film franchise is getting a small screen adaptation from streaming giant Netflix, Deadline has confirmed. Constantin Film, who was also behind the movie franchise that started back in 2002, based on the Capcom gaming franchise, is also behind the upcoming series which will be available globally. The show will explore the inner workings of the Umbrella Corporation which caused the global outbreak of the T-virus. Not only are we getting a “Resident Evil” series, we are also getting a new reboot of the franchise from director Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down).

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2019
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‘The Strangers’ Director Bryan Bertino Set To Begin Production On ‘The Dark And The Wicked’

Bryan Bertino, the man behind The Strangers and most recently Mockingbird and the Monster, is in the director’s chair for The Dark and the Wicked, which he also wrote. In the film, two siblings are summoned back to the family farm, in the middle of nowhere, to await the inevitability of their father’s death. What initially appears to be a timeless ritual of loss and remembrance turns out to be something very different. Filming is set for Texas as early as February for The Dark and the Wicked, produced by Adrienne Biddle, Sonny Mallhi, and Kevin Matusow producing. Casting news should arrive soon according to Production Weekly.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 24, 2019
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The CW Orders Pilot For ‘Lost Boys’ Series

“Welcome to sunny seaside Santa Carla, home to a beautiful boardwalk, all the cotton candy you can eat…and a secret underworld of vampires.” Back in 2016, we reported that The CW was developing a series adaptation of 1987’s classic The Lost Boys. Tonight, Deadline is reporting that The CW has now officially ordered the pilot. The series, originally written by Rob Thomas the series is now in the hands of “Scandal” and “Grey’s Anatomy” writer Heather Mitchell. “After the sudden death of their father, two brothers move to Santa Carla with their mother, who hopes to start anew in the town where she grew up. But the brothers find themselves drawn deeper and deeper into the seductive world of Santa Carla’s eternally beautiful and youthful undead.”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 24, 2019
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Shudder Announces February Premieres

This February, Shudder is showing horror fans some love with a killer line-up of films, series, and exclusives. Shudder also has a surprise planned to celebrate Women in Horror Month. Horror’s past comes to life this month on Shudder, first in the new Shudder Original documentary Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror, and then in the seven-part series “Eli Roth’s History of Horror.” After that, step into horror’s future with the Shudder Exclusive films The Crucifixion, offering a new take on the demonic possession genre from the director of Frontier(s), and Beast, an elegant, wild fable of love and murder. Horror Noire (2019) — available Thursday, February 7 Director: Xavier Burgin Shudder’s first original documentary takes a critical look at a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and embraced both black filmmakers and black audiences, presenting an essential social history of blacks in America as seen through their changing images in horror films. Beginning

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 24, 2019
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Nicolas Cage To Star In Adaptation Of H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘The Color Out Of Space’

Following is out of this world performance in Mandy, Nicolas Cage has reteamed with SpectreVision for the upcoming feature film adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s 1927 novella The Color Out of Space. Directed by Richard Stanley (Hardware, The Island of Dr. Moreau) from the script he penned, the film is a story of cosmic terror about The Gardners, a family who moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard. The mysterious aerolite seems to melt into the earth, infecting both the land and the properties of space-time with a strange, otherworldly color. To their horror, the Gardner family discover that this alien force is gradually mutating every life form that it touches…including them. Joely Richardson (Red Sparrow), Tommy Chong (Up in Smoke), Elliot Knight ( “Titans”), Julian Hilliard (“The Haunting of Hill House”), and Q’Orianka Kilcher

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 23, 2019

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Writer Reveals “Starship Troopers” Series In The Works With Original Cast

TV Networks have turned to the movie industry with a record number of film to series adaptations in the works. One of the latest in the works is Starship Troopers. Screenwriter Ed Neumeier revealed the news during a recent interview that he is returning to pen the series. But that’s not all, according to Neumeier, the original cast is on board. I don’t want to jinx anything, but we are talking about trying to do a television show that is based on the idea.” Neumeier is currently on the hunt for the series a home. With the number of special effects that would be required for the series, it would need to be backed by a big network, like Netflix or Hulu. This is not the first time a series version of Starship Troopers has been discussed. Back in 2015 producer Neal H. Moritz brought up doing either a series adaptation or another feature, but neither came to fruition. The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 26, 2019
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Zac Efron IS Ted Bundy In The Trailer For ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile’

The trailer has arrived for Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, starring Zaf Efron as infamous killer Ted Bundy. Directed by Joe Berlinger, the trailer gives the impression that the film is more about Bundy’s life than it is about his brutal crimes. You have to admit, Efron’s resemblance to Bundy is uncanny. Lily Collins (Les Misérables) stars as Elizabeth Kloepfer, Bundy’s longtime girlfriend and whose point of view the film is told from. John Malkovich plays the role of Judge Edward Cowart, who presided over Bundy’s trial and sentenced him to death, with Jim Parsons in the role of lead prosecutor Larry Simpson. Haley Joel Osment, Angela Sarafyan, Dylan Baker, Jeffrey Donavan, Terry Kinney, and Metallica frontman James Hetfield round out the cast. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile debuts at Sundance this weekend.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2019
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Jacob Johnston Makes His Directorial Debut With ‘Dreamcatcher’

Writer-director Jacob Johnston‘s (Kadence) is making his feature debut with the thriller Dreamcatcher (no relation to Stephen King’s novel) and the film’s first cast members have just been announced. Zachary Gordon, Niki Koss, Olivia Sui, Elizabeth Posey, Emrhys Cooper, Blaine Kern III, and Travis Burns star, Deadline reports. “It’s an ensemble piece that follows a group who plan to avenge the mysterious death of their friend at a Music Festival, only to end up stalked by the same assailant.” Filming is set to begin this month for Dreamcatcher, produced by Krystal Vayda and Brandon Vayda who are producing for Quarzo Studios alongside Jacques Kurdian. Jamie Gallagher and Kristifor Cvjetic are co-producing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2019
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“Doctor Who” Star Joins ‘Morbius’ Cast

Director Daniel Espinosa‘s (Life) film adaptation of the comic Morbius has added another cast member. News has come via Variety that “Doctor Who” actor Matt Smith has joined Jared Leto (Suicide Squad), and Adria Arjona (“True Detective”). The dark Spider-Man spin-off was created by Roy Thomas and artist Gil Kane and debuted in Amazing Spider-Man #101. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless penned the script for the film. The film centers on Michael Morbius, a scientist who, while trying to find a cure for a rare blood disease, accidentally turning himself into a living vampire. He chooses to prey on criminals he deems unworthy to live to feed his blood lust.

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Jan 25, 2019
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Journey To ‘The Isle’ This February But You May Never Leave

Gothic horror combines with intense suspense in the new trailer for Matthew Butler Hart‘s award-winning film The Isle which teases a supernatural threat to a group of survivors. In the film, when three shipwrecked sailors land on an island abandoned except for four sole residents, one sailor starts to question what happened on the island. He must uncover the truth while he battles to save his own life and escape the isle’s clutches. Written by Matthew Butler-Heart (The Da Vinci Code), the film stars Tori Butler Heart (Two Down) Conleth Hill (“Game of Thrones”), Alex Hassell (“The Miniaturist”), Fisayo Akinade (Girl With All the Gifts), Alix Wilton Regan, Graham Butler, Emma King, Joe Bannister, and Ben Lee. Co-writer and producer Tori Butler Hart (Miss in Her Teens) also stars along with, Alix Wilton Regan (The Wife) and Graham Butler (Showtime’s “Penny Dreadful”). Based loosely on Scottish ghostly folklore with inspiration from Greek sirens, the tale is set in 1846 on

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2019
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“Resident Evil’ TV Series Coming To Netflix

Are you ready for this? Resident Evil is headed to a TV near you. That’s right the hit film franchise is getting a small screen adaptation from streaming giant Netflix, Deadline has confirmed. Constantin Film, who was also behind the movie franchise that started back in 2002, based on the Capcom gaming franchise, is also behind the upcoming series which will be available globally. The show will explore the inner workings of the Umbrella Corporation which caused the global outbreak of the T-virus. Not only are we getting a “Resident Evil” series, we are also getting a new reboot of the franchise from director Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down).

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2019
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‘The Strangers’ Director Bryan Bertino Set To Begin Production On ‘The Dark And The Wicked’

Bryan Bertino, the man behind The Strangers and most recently Mockingbird and the Monster, is in the director’s chair for The Dark and the Wicked, which he also wrote. In the film, two siblings are summoned back to the family farm, in the middle of nowhere, to await the inevitability of their father’s death. What initially appears to be a timeless ritual of loss and remembrance turns out to be something very different. Filming is set for Texas as early as February for The Dark and the Wicked, produced by Adrienne Biddle, Sonny Mallhi, and Kevin Matusow producing. Casting news should arrive soon according to Production Weekly.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 24, 2019
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The CW Orders Pilot For ‘Lost Boys’ Series

“Welcome to sunny seaside Santa Carla, home to a beautiful boardwalk, all the cotton candy you can eat…and a secret underworld of vampires.” Back in 2016, we reported that The CW was developing a series adaptation of 1987’s classic The Lost Boys. Tonight, Deadline is reporting that The CW has now officially ordered the pilot. The series, originally written by Rob Thomas the series is now in the hands of “Scandal” and “Grey’s Anatomy” writer Heather Mitchell. “After the sudden death of their father, two brothers move to Santa Carla with their mother, who hopes to start anew in the town where she grew up. But the brothers find themselves drawn deeper and deeper into the seductive world of Santa Carla’s eternally beautiful and youthful undead.”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 24, 2019
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Shudder Announces February Premieres

This February, Shudder is showing horror fans some love with a killer line-up of films, series, and exclusives. Shudder also has a surprise planned to celebrate Women in Horror Month. Horror’s past comes to life this month on Shudder, first in the new Shudder Original documentary Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror, and then in the seven-part series “Eli Roth’s History of Horror.” After that, step into horror’s future with the Shudder Exclusive films The Crucifixion, offering a new take on the demonic possession genre from the director of Frontier(s), and Beast, an elegant, wild fable of love and murder. Horror Noire (2019) — available Thursday, February 7 Director: Xavier Burgin Shudder’s first original documentary takes a critical look at a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and embraced both black filmmakers and black audiences, presenting an essential social history of blacks in America as seen through their changing images in horror films. Beginning

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 24, 2019
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Nicolas Cage To Star In Adaptation Of H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘The Color Out Of Space’

Following is out of this world performance in Mandy, Nicolas Cage has reteamed with SpectreVision for the upcoming feature film adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s 1927 novella The Color Out of Space. Directed by Richard Stanley (Hardware, The Island of Dr. Moreau) from the script he penned, the film is a story of cosmic terror about The Gardners, a family who moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard. The mysterious aerolite seems to melt into the earth, infecting both the land and the properties of space-time with a strange, otherworldly color. To their horror, the Gardner family discover that this alien force is gradually mutating every life form that it touches…including them. Joely Richardson (Red Sparrow), Tommy Chong (Up in Smoke), Elliot Knight ( “Titans”), Julian Hilliard (“The Haunting of Hill House”), and Q’Orianka Kilcher

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