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Ryan Reynolds Is Making A Horror Movie Based On Reddit Story!

Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds is adapting one of Reddit‘s most terrifying tale, “The Patient Who Nearly Drove Me Out of Medicine” written by Jasper DeWitt who is working with Reynolds and 20th Century on the film. The story, published two years ago in nine parts, centers on a doctor and psychiatric patient who has spent over twenty years in a hospital without a diagnosis and is known as a man “so intractable that no one bothered to read his file anymore.” Jeremy Kramer is overseeing the project for Fox, with Natalie Lehmann of New Regency, George Dewey and Patrick Gooing for Maximum Effort, and Vertigo’s Liya Gao. Reynolds will also produce. At this time no director or cast have been announced, according to Variety.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 8, 2018
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This January Witness The Brutality Of A Frat In ‘Pledge’ (Trailer)

This January, IFC Midnight’s brutal frat house flick Pledge is ready to put you through hell week in the newly released trailer. The award-winning thriller, from director Daniel Robbins, is fresh off its festival tour and ready shock viewers. Pledge follows three nerdy college freshmen, Ethan, David, and Justin, are having a tough time adjusting to college life. Rejected and ridiculed by just about every fraternity on campus, they are prepared to give up all hope. That is until a girl invites them off campus to a party at a secluded mansion. They are not only invited in but also treated like princes by the resident brothers. The party is everything they dreamed college would be—beautiful women, drinking, and most importantly, a cool group of guys willing to accept them as one of their own. When the friends are presented with an opportunity to pledge the elite social club, they accept without hesitation. However, as the gruesome, dehumanizing hazing progresses,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 7, 2018
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Mike Flanagan Teams Up Again With The Newton Brothers For ‘Doctor Sleep’

Filming has wrapped on director Mike Flanagan‘s Stephen King adaptation Doctor Sleep, the sequel to The Shining. Flanagan has teamed up again with the Newton Brothers (interview) to compose the film’s score. The Newton Brothers, whose real names are Taylor Stewart and Andy Gush, and Flanagan have worked together twice before, first on the King adaptation Gerald’s Game and then again on Netflix’s haunting series “The Haunting of Hill House.” The Shining is such an impressive piece of work in all forms, and Doctor Sleep picks up from that in such a brilliant way. Stephen King is incomparable,” the Newton Brothers said. “Working with Mike is an incredible honor every time. The material he works with, the stories he tells and adapts, the talent, the crew, the producers … everyone involved brings their A-game every time and it inspires us to create the absolute best score for the film that we possibly can. It’s humbling to be on this team.”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 7, 2018
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Netflix’s Action Thriller ‘Kate’ Snags ‘Huntsman: Winter’s War’ Director

Netflix continues to add their original library. The streaming giant has snagged Cedric Nicolas-Troyan (The Huntsman: Winter’s War) to direct their upcoming action thriller Kate, THR reports. According to the site, “The script by Umair Aleem follows a female assassin who, after being poisoned and with less than 24 hours to live, goes on a manhunt through the streets of Tokyo to take vengeance on her murderer before she dies.” Screen Arcade’s Bryan Unkeless (I, Tonya) and Kelly McCormick (Atomic Blonde) of 87eleven are producing Kate with Deadpool 2 director David Leitch and Scott Morgan are executive producing. Filming for Kate is set to begin in 2019.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 7, 2018
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Syfy Reviving Rod Serling’s “Night Gallery” Series

CBS and Jordan Peele are working to bring back “The Twilight Zone“, but they are not the only ones working to revive a Rod Serling series in the genre, Syfy is currently developing a revival of Serling’s “Night Gallery“. The newly revamped series comes from the creator and executive producer of “Teen Wolf” Jeff Davis and David Janollari, the executive producer of “Midnight, Texas.” “The Night Gallery reboot will update the 1969 series for the digital age. Dark and twisted morality tales paired with Serling’s specific brand of irony, Night Gallery will explore and exploit every modern nightmare imaginable, mining our fears of the dangers of social media.” Deadline reports. The original series ran on NBC from 1969 to 1973. Serling served as the host of “Night Gallery,” introducing each segment of an episode by unveiling a painting tied to the segment’s story. Universal TV and Universal Cable Productions will produce.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 6, 2018
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Respira’s First Images Tease A Dark Film

The a batch of images has just arrived from writer-director Gabriel Grieco’s (Still Life, Hipersomnia) third film, the thriller Respira (Breathe), which was one of the seven films selected for “Upcoming Fantastic Films” at Cannes this year. In the film, Leonardo gets a job as a fumigator pilot in the soybean fields and moves with his family to the countryside. When he starts working, he discovers a dark secret that will put him and his family in danger. Lautaro Vilo co-wrote the film that stars Sofía Gala, Lautaro Delgado Tymruk, Leticia Brédice, Gerardo Romano, Nicolás Pauls, Paula Brasca, Daniel Valenzuela, Chucho Fernández, Joaquín Rapalini, and Walter Jakob. Respira is executive produced by Jorge Poleri and Gabriel Grieco. Michael Kraetzer, Nicolás Onetti, and Luciano Onetti serve as associate producers.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 6, 2018
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Don Mancini Gives Details About Upcoming Child’s Play Series

Back in June, Child’s Play creator Don Mancini, who also wrote and directed most of the franchise, teased the upcoming TV series based on the film featuring Chucky. Mancini recently appeared on the podcast Post Mortem With Mick Garris and revealed a few of the series’ details. Just from having worked on Hannibal and Channel Zero… I saw an opportunity to reinvent the franchise yet again,” Mancini told Garris, whose own directing credits include Psycho IV and the upcoming horror anthology Nightmare Cinema. “One of the things that has kept the franchise alive and thriving for so long is that we’ve reinvented it in different ways, by making it a comedy, and then back to horror. But the sheer storytelling real estate of doing eight to 10 episodes… will allow us to delve into characters and relationships in a way that we’re never afforded in just a 90-minute movie. That’s really exciting to me. We’re going to be able to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 6, 2018
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This Christmas Unwrap A Mystery In The Supernatural Thriller The Harrowing

This Christmas director Jon Keeyes‘ (American Nightmare) supernatural thriller The Harrowing is set to premiere on VOD. Starring genre icons Michael Ironside (Total Recall, Starship Troopers) and Arnold Vosloo (The Mummy, G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra), the film centers on a detective (Matthew Tompkins, Sicario) haunted by the ritualistic murder of his best friend. Determined to discover the truth he goes undercover into a forensic hospital and is plunged into his own personal hell where demons might be real. Jon Keeyes, writer and director of the film, says “We’ve carefully crafted an intelligent, suspenseful, tense thriller that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats while driving them down a road of psychological twists and turns. Right out of the gate, we pull them in with an explosive opening sequence and then keep them guessing as the mystery unfolds until we blow their minds in the final moments. Being able to construct such an intricate puzzle like this

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 6, 2018
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Actor Nyasha Hatendi Talks Hulu’s “Into The Dark”, Replicas, And More

I had the opportunity to talk with Nyasha Hatendi, who stars in the third episode of Hulu’s horror anthology series “Into the Dark”, one of my favorite new series. Hatendi is an impressive actor who got his start on stage and appeared in “King Charles III“, which received 6 Tony nominations including Best Play, before appearing in the series “Casual”, films like The Front Runner, and in the films The Good Shephard where he stars opposite Robert De Niro, and the soon to be released movie Replicas with Keanu Reeves. Set to premiere on December 7th, “Into the Dark: Pooka” is a Christmas themed nightmare starring Hatendi as Wilson, a struggling actor who gets a temp job as the Christmas character in a plush suit to promote Pooka, the hottest toy of the year. At first, it’s not a bad gig, but as time goes by Pooka slowly takes over. Horror Fuel: “You got your start in theater. What made

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 6, 2018
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Premiere Date Announced For American Gods’ Second Season

Fans have been eagerly awaiting news on “American Gods” since it held its season one finale over a year ago. Today, we can report that Starz has just announced the premiere date for season 2 as March 10, 2019. According to Neil Gaiman, whose novel the series is based on, season 2 will be even darker and more dangerous. Ricky Whittle returns as Shadow Moon. Ian McShane will reprise his role as Mr. Wednesday. Emily Browning, Pablo Schreiber, Crispin Glover, Bruce Langley, Yetide Badaki, Mousa Kraish, and Kahyun Kim will also be returning for season 2. In Season 2, “A council at the House on the Rock explodes into chaos, sending deities both Old and New on quests across America that will converge on Cairo, Illinois: forcing Shadow to carve out a place as a believer in this strange new world of living gods — a dark world where change demands commitment and faith requires terrible sacrifice. Meanwhile, the sinister

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 6, 2018

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Ryan Reynolds Is Making A Horror Movie Based On Reddit Story!

Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds is adapting one of Reddit‘s most terrifying tale, “The Patient Who Nearly Drove Me Out of Medicine” written by Jasper DeWitt who is working with Reynolds and 20th Century on the film. The story, published two years ago in nine parts, centers on a doctor and psychiatric patient who has spent over twenty years in a hospital without a diagnosis and is known as a man “so intractable that no one bothered to read his file anymore.” Jeremy Kramer is overseeing the project for Fox, with Natalie Lehmann of New Regency, George Dewey and Patrick Gooing for Maximum Effort, and Vertigo’s Liya Gao. Reynolds will also produce. At this time no director or cast have been announced, according to Variety.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 8, 2018
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This January Witness The Brutality Of A Frat In ‘Pledge’ (Trailer)

This January, IFC Midnight’s brutal frat house flick Pledge is ready to put you through hell week in the newly released trailer. The award-winning thriller, from director Daniel Robbins, is fresh off its festival tour and ready shock viewers. Pledge follows three nerdy college freshmen, Ethan, David, and Justin, are having a tough time adjusting to college life. Rejected and ridiculed by just about every fraternity on campus, they are prepared to give up all hope. That is until a girl invites them off campus to a party at a secluded mansion. They are not only invited in but also treated like princes by the resident brothers. The party is everything they dreamed college would be—beautiful women, drinking, and most importantly, a cool group of guys willing to accept them as one of their own. When the friends are presented with an opportunity to pledge the elite social club, they accept without hesitation. However, as the gruesome, dehumanizing hazing progresses,

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Dec 7, 2018
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Mike Flanagan Teams Up Again With The Newton Brothers For ‘Doctor Sleep’

Filming has wrapped on director Mike Flanagan‘s Stephen King adaptation Doctor Sleep, the sequel to The Shining. Flanagan has teamed up again with the Newton Brothers (interview) to compose the film’s score. The Newton Brothers, whose real names are Taylor Stewart and Andy Gush, and Flanagan have worked together twice before, first on the King adaptation Gerald’s Game and then again on Netflix’s haunting series “The Haunting of Hill House.” The Shining is such an impressive piece of work in all forms, and Doctor Sleep picks up from that in such a brilliant way. Stephen King is incomparable,” the Newton Brothers said. “Working with Mike is an incredible honor every time. The material he works with, the stories he tells and adapts, the talent, the crew, the producers … everyone involved brings their A-game every time and it inspires us to create the absolute best score for the film that we possibly can. It’s humbling to be on this team.”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 7, 2018
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Netflix’s Action Thriller ‘Kate’ Snags ‘Huntsman: Winter’s War’ Director

Netflix continues to add their original library. The streaming giant has snagged Cedric Nicolas-Troyan (The Huntsman: Winter’s War) to direct their upcoming action thriller Kate, THR reports. According to the site, “The script by Umair Aleem follows a female assassin who, after being poisoned and with less than 24 hours to live, goes on a manhunt through the streets of Tokyo to take vengeance on her murderer before she dies.” Screen Arcade’s Bryan Unkeless (I, Tonya) and Kelly McCormick (Atomic Blonde) of 87eleven are producing Kate with Deadpool 2 director David Leitch and Scott Morgan are executive producing. Filming for Kate is set to begin in 2019.

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Dec 7, 2018
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Syfy Reviving Rod Serling’s “Night Gallery” Series

CBS and Jordan Peele are working to bring back “The Twilight Zone“, but they are not the only ones working to revive a Rod Serling series in the genre, Syfy is currently developing a revival of Serling’s “Night Gallery“. The newly revamped series comes from the creator and executive producer of “Teen Wolf” Jeff Davis and David Janollari, the executive producer of “Midnight, Texas.” “The Night Gallery reboot will update the 1969 series for the digital age. Dark and twisted morality tales paired with Serling’s specific brand of irony, Night Gallery will explore and exploit every modern nightmare imaginable, mining our fears of the dangers of social media.” Deadline reports. The original series ran on NBC from 1969 to 1973. Serling served as the host of “Night Gallery,” introducing each segment of an episode by unveiling a painting tied to the segment’s story. Universal TV and Universal Cable Productions will produce.

Continue reading →
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Respira’s First Images Tease A Dark Film

The a batch of images has just arrived from writer-director Gabriel Grieco’s (Still Life, Hipersomnia) third film, the thriller Respira (Breathe), which was one of the seven films selected for “Upcoming Fantastic Films” at Cannes this year. In the film, Leonardo gets a job as a fumigator pilot in the soybean fields and moves with his family to the countryside. When he starts working, he discovers a dark secret that will put him and his family in danger. Lautaro Vilo co-wrote the film that stars Sofía Gala, Lautaro Delgado Tymruk, Leticia Brédice, Gerardo Romano, Nicolás Pauls, Paula Brasca, Daniel Valenzuela, Chucho Fernández, Joaquín Rapalini, and Walter Jakob. Respira is executive produced by Jorge Poleri and Gabriel Grieco. Michael Kraetzer, Nicolás Onetti, and Luciano Onetti serve as associate producers.

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Dec 6, 2018
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Don Mancini Gives Details About Upcoming Child’s Play Series

Back in June, Child’s Play creator Don Mancini, who also wrote and directed most of the franchise, teased the upcoming TV series based on the film featuring Chucky. Mancini recently appeared on the podcast Post Mortem With Mick Garris and revealed a few of the series’ details. Just from having worked on Hannibal and Channel Zero… I saw an opportunity to reinvent the franchise yet again,” Mancini told Garris, whose own directing credits include Psycho IV and the upcoming horror anthology Nightmare Cinema. “One of the things that has kept the franchise alive and thriving for so long is that we’ve reinvented it in different ways, by making it a comedy, and then back to horror. But the sheer storytelling real estate of doing eight to 10 episodes… will allow us to delve into characters and relationships in a way that we’re never afforded in just a 90-minute movie. That’s really exciting to me. We’re going to be able to

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Dec 6, 2018
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This Christmas Unwrap A Mystery In The Supernatural Thriller The Harrowing

This Christmas director Jon Keeyes‘ (American Nightmare) supernatural thriller The Harrowing is set to premiere on VOD. Starring genre icons Michael Ironside (Total Recall, Starship Troopers) and Arnold Vosloo (The Mummy, G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra), the film centers on a detective (Matthew Tompkins, Sicario) haunted by the ritualistic murder of his best friend. Determined to discover the truth he goes undercover into a forensic hospital and is plunged into his own personal hell where demons might be real. Jon Keeyes, writer and director of the film, says “We’ve carefully crafted an intelligent, suspenseful, tense thriller that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats while driving them down a road of psychological twists and turns. Right out of the gate, we pull them in with an explosive opening sequence and then keep them guessing as the mystery unfolds until we blow their minds in the final moments. Being able to construct such an intricate puzzle like this

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
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Actor Nyasha Hatendi Talks Hulu’s “Into The Dark”, Replicas, And More

I had the opportunity to talk with Nyasha Hatendi, who stars in the third episode of Hulu’s horror anthology series “Into the Dark”, one of my favorite new series. Hatendi is an impressive actor who got his start on stage and appeared in “King Charles III“, which received 6 Tony nominations including Best Play, before appearing in the series “Casual”, films like The Front Runner, and in the films The Good Shephard where he stars opposite Robert De Niro, and the soon to be released movie Replicas with Keanu Reeves. Set to premiere on December 7th, “Into the Dark: Pooka” is a Christmas themed nightmare starring Hatendi as Wilson, a struggling actor who gets a temp job as the Christmas character in a plush suit to promote Pooka, the hottest toy of the year. At first, it’s not a bad gig, but as time goes by Pooka slowly takes over. Horror Fuel: “You got your start in theater. What made

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 6, 2018
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Premiere Date Announced For American Gods’ Second Season

Fans have been eagerly awaiting news on “American Gods” since it held its season one finale over a year ago. Today, we can report that Starz has just announced the premiere date for season 2 as March 10, 2019. According to Neil Gaiman, whose novel the series is based on, season 2 will be even darker and more dangerous. Ricky Whittle returns as Shadow Moon. Ian McShane will reprise his role as Mr. Wednesday. Emily Browning, Pablo Schreiber, Crispin Glover, Bruce Langley, Yetide Badaki, Mousa Kraish, and Kahyun Kim will also be returning for season 2. In Season 2, “A council at the House on the Rock explodes into chaos, sending deities both Old and New on quests across America that will converge on Cairo, Illinois: forcing Shadow to carve out a place as a believer in this strange new world of living gods — a dark world where change demands commitment and faith requires terrible sacrifice. Meanwhile, the sinister

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