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Back in 2015 at the American Physical Society (APS) meeting in San Antonio, researchers from Cornell University presented a talk on Statistical Mechanics involving a zombie outbreak in the United States to a standing only room. Max Brooks’ book, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, inspired the researchers to run a real-world simulation of how a zombie virus outbreak as seen in Brooks’ book would play out in the real world. “Modeling zombies takes you through a lot of the techniques used to model real diseases, albeit in a fun context,” says Alex Alemi one of the graduate students who worked on the research with fellow graduate students. The simulation showed surprising results, in the simulation the zombie outbreak does not occur in many areas at once, it starts in New York City, the more likely place any major outbreak would arise in any major US city but the big apple was used in the test.
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Piercing, the murder thriller, written and directed by Nicolas Pesce (The Eyes of My Mother (review)), has unveiled its a new poster ahead of its world premiere at Sundance. In the film, an official selection at Sundance, Reed (Christopher Abbott) is going on a business trip. He kisses his wife and infant son goodbye, but in lieu of a suitcase filled with clothes, he’s packed a toothbrush and a murder kit. Everything is meticulously planned: check into a hotel and kill an unsuspecting victim. Only then will he rid himself of his devious impulses and continue to be a good husband and father. But Reed gets more than he bargained for with Jackie (Mia Wasikowska), an alluring call girl who arrives at his room. First, they relax and get in the mood, but when there’s an unexpected disruption, the balance of control begins to sway back and forth between the two. Is he seeing things? Who’s playing whom? Before the
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Today, Legendary Comics unleashed a new comic series, Pacific Rim Aftermath, ahead of Pacific Rim Uprising‘s arrival in theaters this March. Pacific Rim Aftermath is a six-part comic book prologue that is set nine years after the events of the original 2013 Pacific Rim film — and one year before the upcoming film. The series follows “Jake as he searches for the truth behind the death of his father, Stacker Pentecost, and introduces Griffin, a former Jaeger pilot who now works as an enforcer for a corrupt mob boss, as well as a mysterious criminal figure called the Mech Czar, who rules the underworld with a steel fist. With an emotionally charged narrative that paves the way for what is ahead in the new film, fans will discover new revelations that point to the future of the Pacific Rim universe.” Pacific Rim Aftermath was penned by comics writer Cavan Scott (Star Wars: Adventures, Doctor Who: The Lost Dimension) and features
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We’ve been talking about Todd McFarlane’s upcoming Spawn movie for a while now, but news has now come that the film has made a giant leap towards actually happening. While talking with ComicBook.com, the character’s creator, McFarlane, revealed that casting has begun! We just officially the other day had our first casting meeting, and so what that means for anyone listening today is with the final script we’re going to start sending that into Hollywood to actually go pick up the cast members,” MacFarlane stated. He continued, “So what you do during those first couple of meetings is go through all the characters and then sort of throw some names and bat some names around for people you think might fit it. More specifically, are there actors or characters you’ve seen in other movies that you think fall into that pool, because all of that gives the casting director a picture so that they can go ‘oh, okay, I know
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On the heels of the news we reported this weekend that Leonardo DiCaprio has signed on to star in Quentin Tarantino’s Manson film, comes news for another film involving the infamous cult leader Charles Manson. Word first came last year that American Psycho director Mary Harron and Guinevere Truner were teaming up once again, this time for The Family, “An examination of the infamous Manson Family murders through the eyes of graduate student Karlene Faith as she works with three young, brainwashed women who were part of the cult.” Today, Tracking Board is reporting that the film is finally moving forward with production set to begin in Los Angeles this March. The site also stated that currently, ‘Doctor Who’ actor Matt Smith is in talks to play the role of a real American psycho, Charles Manson. That’s not all, the site is also saying that Hannah Murray (Detroit) is in talks to play Manson family member Leslie Van Houten and
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BooksParanormalTrue Story
West of the city Cluj-Napoca, Romania lays the 729-acre forest of Hoia Baciu. The forest over the years has been used by many as a way to escape the city and wander through nature. Many come to hike, camp, picnic, and most notable taking photographs of the unique trees that have grown in the woods. In recent years a bike path was installed for those wishing to bike among the vast vegetation. For those seeking excitement, there’s even a place where you can play Paintball or Airsoft and there’s even an archery range for those who wish to test their marksmanship skills. Hoia Baciu Forest’s soil even holds archeological evidence of a settlement dating back to the Neolithic period believed to have been established around 6500 BC making it the oldest settlement from that time period to be found in Romania. Hoia Baciu Forest has a little something for everyone, which would explain why it has so many visitors yearly,
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One film we are really excited about seeing this year is the prehistoric shark film The Meg, directed by Jon Turteltaub. Several members of the cast have gathered in the newly released image. Check it out. From left to right the front row shows Page Kennedy, Ruby Rose, Bingbing Li, Jason Statham, and Cliff Curtis. Robert Taylor, Rainn Wilson, Masi Oka, Sophia Shuya Cai, Masi Oka, and Jessica McNamee co-star in the big screen adaption of the novel ‘Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror’ by Steve Alten. In the film, “A deep-sea submersible—part of an international undersea observation program—has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific…with its crew trapped inside. With time running out, expert deep-sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Statham) is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer (Winston Chao), against the wishes of his daughter Suyin (Li Bingbing), to save the
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Any gamer worth their callused thumbs and carpel tunnel will tell you one of the best horror video games ever made would be the Fatal Frame series. Fatal Frame otherwise known as Zero in Japan and Project Zero in Europe is a horror video game series that’s deeply rooted in Japanese culture and folklore putting players against violent ghosts and the only weapon you have is an old camera with magical powers. Sounds silly, but the games are anything but, I’ve played many horror video games over the years and watched many horror movies as well but none of them have literally haunted my dreams like Fatal Frame. Needless to say, when I heard they were making a movie based off the first game I squeed how no man should but alas, the film was canceled which was possibly a good thing since it may have been whitewashed beyond recognition. I found out sometime later that eventually there was a
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Rose McGowen, the actress of films such as Scream, Planet Terror, Grindhouse, and of course the hit series ‘Charmed’, is poised to unveil her personal memoir/manifesto titled BRAVE. Described as a “no-holds-barred, pull-no-punches” account of her rise as an icon and activist, BRAVE also reveals her desire for change in the entertainment industry and sheds light on the dark side of Hollywood and the multibillion-dollar business that she believes was built on systematic misogyny. McGowen wants to empower people everywhere to “wake up and be BRAVE.” My life, as you will read, has taken me from one cult to another, the biggest cult of all: Hollywood. BRAVE is the story of how I fought my way out of these cults and reclaimed my lie. I want to help you do the same.” McGowen has stated. Not only is Rose McGowen a writer, director, musical artist, former actress, entrepreneur, and feminist, she the founder of #ROSEARMY. McGowen made her directorial debut
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Bryan Fuller is currently sinking his teeth into the pilot for the television adaption of Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles. During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Amy Powel, Paramount’s TV president, revealed that fuller is now working with Anne Rice and her son Christopher on the show’s pilot. It has not been revealed at this time is Fuller will be the showrunner for the vampire series. We bought 11 novels as part of the Vampire Chronicles initiative,” Powel stated. “Bryan Fuller is working with Anne Rice and [her son] Chris, who are writing the pilot. We hope that he chooses to stay on and potentially showrun.” Rice has hopes to make an ongoing series with a similar feel as ‘Game of Thrones’. The series will begin with the novel ‘The Vampire Lestat’. Fuller recently exited his position as showrunner along with Brian Green for ‘American Gods’. Creative differences with producers have been rumored to be the cause. Fuller has
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Back in 2015 at the American Physical Society (APS) meeting in San Antonio, researchers from Cornell University presented a talk on Statistical Mechanics involving a zombie outbreak in the United States to a standing only room. Max Brooks’ book, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, inspired the researchers to run a real-world simulation of how a zombie virus outbreak as seen in Brooks’ book would play out in the real world. “Modeling zombies takes you through a lot of the techniques used to model real diseases, albeit in a fun context,” says Alex Alemi one of the graduate students who worked on the research with fellow graduate students. The simulation showed surprising results, in the simulation the zombie outbreak does not occur in many areas at once, it starts in New York City, the more likely place any major outbreak would arise in any major US city but the big apple was used in the test.
Continue reading →
BooksFilm Festivals
Piercing, the murder thriller, written and directed by Nicolas Pesce (The Eyes of My Mother (review)), has unveiled its a new poster ahead of its world premiere at Sundance. In the film, an official selection at Sundance, Reed (Christopher Abbott) is going on a business trip. He kisses his wife and infant son goodbye, but in lieu of a suitcase filled with clothes, he’s packed a toothbrush and a murder kit. Everything is meticulously planned: check into a hotel and kill an unsuspecting victim. Only then will he rid himself of his devious impulses and continue to be a good husband and father. But Reed gets more than he bargained for with Jackie (Mia Wasikowska), an alluring call girl who arrives at his room. First, they relax and get in the mood, but when there’s an unexpected disruption, the balance of control begins to sway back and forth between the two. Is he seeing things? Who’s playing whom? Before the
Continue reading →
Comic Books/Graphic Novels
Today, Legendary Comics unleashed a new comic series, Pacific Rim Aftermath, ahead of Pacific Rim Uprising‘s arrival in theaters this March. Pacific Rim Aftermath is a six-part comic book prologue that is set nine years after the events of the original 2013 Pacific Rim film — and one year before the upcoming film. The series follows “Jake as he searches for the truth behind the death of his father, Stacker Pentecost, and introduces Griffin, a former Jaeger pilot who now works as an enforcer for a corrupt mob boss, as well as a mysterious criminal figure called the Mech Czar, who rules the underworld with a steel fist. With an emotionally charged narrative that paves the way for what is ahead in the new film, fans will discover new revelations that point to the future of the Pacific Rim universe.” Pacific Rim Aftermath was penned by comics writer Cavan Scott (Star Wars: Adventures, Doctor Who: The Lost Dimension) and features
Continue reading →
Comic Books/Graphic Novels
We’ve been talking about Todd McFarlane’s upcoming Spawn movie for a while now, but news has now come that the film has made a giant leap towards actually happening. While talking with ComicBook.com, the character’s creator, McFarlane, revealed that casting has begun! We just officially the other day had our first casting meeting, and so what that means for anyone listening today is with the final script we’re going to start sending that into Hollywood to actually go pick up the cast members,” MacFarlane stated. He continued, “So what you do during those first couple of meetings is go through all the characters and then sort of throw some names and bat some names around for people you think might fit it. More specifically, are there actors or characters you’ve seen in other movies that you think fall into that pool, because all of that gives the casting director a picture so that they can go ‘oh, okay, I know
Continue reading →
BooksTrue Crime
On the heels of the news we reported this weekend that Leonardo DiCaprio has signed on to star in Quentin Tarantino’s Manson film, comes news for another film involving the infamous cult leader Charles Manson. Word first came last year that American Psycho director Mary Harron and Guinevere Truner were teaming up once again, this time for The Family, “An examination of the infamous Manson Family murders through the eyes of graduate student Karlene Faith as she works with three young, brainwashed women who were part of the cult.” Today, Tracking Board is reporting that the film is finally moving forward with production set to begin in Los Angeles this March. The site also stated that currently, ‘Doctor Who’ actor Matt Smith is in talks to play the role of a real American psycho, Charles Manson. That’s not all, the site is also saying that Hannah Murray (Detroit) is in talks to play Manson family member Leslie Van Houten and
Continue reading →
BooksParanormalTrue Story
West of the city Cluj-Napoca, Romania lays the 729-acre forest of Hoia Baciu. The forest over the years has been used by many as a way to escape the city and wander through nature. Many come to hike, camp, picnic, and most notable taking photographs of the unique trees that have grown in the woods. In recent years a bike path was installed for those wishing to bike among the vast vegetation. For those seeking excitement, there’s even a place where you can play Paintball or Airsoft and there’s even an archery range for those who wish to test their marksmanship skills. Hoia Baciu Forest’s soil even holds archeological evidence of a settlement dating back to the Neolithic period believed to have been established around 6500 BC making it the oldest settlement from that time period to be found in Romania. Hoia Baciu Forest has a little something for everyone, which would explain why it has so many visitors yearly,
Continue reading →
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One film we are really excited about seeing this year is the prehistoric shark film The Meg, directed by Jon Turteltaub. Several members of the cast have gathered in the newly released image. Check it out. From left to right the front row shows Page Kennedy, Ruby Rose, Bingbing Li, Jason Statham, and Cliff Curtis. Robert Taylor, Rainn Wilson, Masi Oka, Sophia Shuya Cai, Masi Oka, and Jessica McNamee co-star in the big screen adaption of the novel ‘Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror’ by Steve Alten. In the film, “A deep-sea submersible—part of an international undersea observation program—has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific…with its crew trapped inside. With time running out, expert deep-sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Statham) is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer (Winston Chao), against the wishes of his daughter Suyin (Li Bingbing), to save the
Continue reading →
BooksForeignGamingReviews
Any gamer worth their callused thumbs and carpel tunnel will tell you one of the best horror video games ever made would be the Fatal Frame series. Fatal Frame otherwise known as Zero in Japan and Project Zero in Europe is a horror video game series that’s deeply rooted in Japanese culture and folklore putting players against violent ghosts and the only weapon you have is an old camera with magical powers. Sounds silly, but the games are anything but, I’ve played many horror video games over the years and watched many horror movies as well but none of them have literally haunted my dreams like Fatal Frame. Needless to say, when I heard they were making a movie based off the first game I squeed how no man should but alas, the film was canceled which was possibly a good thing since it may have been whitewashed beyond recognition. I found out sometime later that eventually there was a
Continue reading →
Books
Rose McGowen, the actress of films such as Scream, Planet Terror, Grindhouse, and of course the hit series ‘Charmed’, is poised to unveil her personal memoir/manifesto titled BRAVE. Described as a “no-holds-barred, pull-no-punches” account of her rise as an icon and activist, BRAVE also reveals her desire for change in the entertainment industry and sheds light on the dark side of Hollywood and the multibillion-dollar business that she believes was built on systematic misogyny. McGowen wants to empower people everywhere to “wake up and be BRAVE.” My life, as you will read, has taken me from one cult to another, the biggest cult of all: Hollywood. BRAVE is the story of how I fought my way out of these cults and reclaimed my lie. I want to help you do the same.” McGowen has stated. Not only is Rose McGowen a writer, director, musical artist, former actress, entrepreneur, and feminist, she the founder of #ROSEARMY. McGowen made her directorial debut
Continue reading →
BooksNewsStreaming TV
Bryan Fuller is currently sinking his teeth into the pilot for the television adaption of Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles. During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Amy Powel, Paramount’s TV president, revealed that fuller is now working with Anne Rice and her son Christopher on the show’s pilot. It has not been revealed at this time is Fuller will be the showrunner for the vampire series. We bought 11 novels as part of the Vampire Chronicles initiative,” Powel stated. “Bryan Fuller is working with Anne Rice and [her son] Chris, who are writing the pilot. We hope that he chooses to stay on and potentially showrun.” Rice has hopes to make an ongoing series with a similar feel as ‘Game of Thrones’. The series will begin with the novel ‘The Vampire Lestat’. Fuller recently exited his position as showrunner along with Brian Green for ‘American Gods’. Creative differences with producers have been rumored to be the cause. Fuller has
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