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‘The Purge 4’ Hunts Down A Cast And A Release Date

In the past 3 films of the Purge franchise, we have witnessed both everyday citizens and the elite fighting for survival during the 12 hour period where everything is legal. The Purge 4: The Island will be different. This time we are getting a prequel that goes back and focuses on the events that led up to the inaugural Purge event. Gerard McMurray will be directing from the script penned by James DeMonaco, who was behind the previous films of the franchise. Luna Lauren Valez, Melonie Diaz, Y’Ian Noel, Lex Scott Davis, David Breda, Chyna Layne, Joivan Wade, Maria Rivera, and Christian Robinson co-star. The Purge 4 is set to open in theaters on Wednesday, July 4, 2018, from Universal Pictures and has now entered production.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 30, 2017

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Matt Dillon Is Taking A Stab At Playing A Serial Killer In ‘The House That Jack Built’

‘Wayward Pines’ star Matt Dillon is set to star in the upcoming serial killer thriller The House That Jack Built alongside Ed Speleers, Uma Thurman, Riley Keough, Bruno Ganz, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, and Sofie Gråbøl. Written and directed by Lars von Trier (Antichrist, The Kingdom), the story follows Jack (Dillon), “a highly intelligent serial killer over the course of 12 years and depicts the murders that truly develop Jack as a serial killer.” The House That Jack Built has entered pre-production and is set to arrive sometime next year from IFC Films. We will keep you posted.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 29, 2017

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Official Plot Unveiled For ‘The Conjuring 2’ Spin-off ‘The Nun’

In The Conjuring 2 Ed and Lorraine Warren, played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, faced off against the demonic entity referred to as “The Nun”. Now, the spin-off which will tell the demon’s backstory has entered pre-production and the official synopsis revealed. Much of the cast has now been announced and includes Ingrid Bisu, Demian Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Charlotte Hope, and Bonnie Arrons who will reprise her role as the Nun. Corin Hardy will be directing from the screenplay written by James Wan and Gary Dauberman. Wan and Peter Safran are producing with Dauberman and Todd Williams serving as executive producers. In the film, “when a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order’s unholy secret. Risking not only their lives but their faith and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 29, 2017

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Sexy Slasher “Alpha Delta Zatan’ Now Available on VOD

A lot of slashers have a reputation for being sexy, but you won’t likely find a saucier option than “Alpha Delta Zatan”. Billed as a gay slasher, “Zatan” has lots of barely clothed men, porno style lighting, and a crazy jester penetrating everything in his path (with a knife you gutter mind.) Zatan looks more goofy than scary, but for fans of good looking men and gruesome looking gore, fans can scratch two itches at once this Halloween. Just don’t watch this one on family movie night. Or do, who am I to tell you what to do? You can rent or buy Alpha Delta Zatan here

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Oct 27, 2017

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’47 Meters Down’ Sequel Sinks Its Teeth Into A Release Date

Johannes Robert’s shark thriller 47 Meters Down made quite a splash with movie watchers, grossing $44 million at the box office domestically this summer. It’s no surprise that a sequel is coming our way. And there’s great news, Roberts will be returning to direct the sequel as well as to write the script with Ernest Riera. 48 Meters down, set in Brazil, centers on five young women from different backgrounds and countries united by their lust for life and desire for adventure in the coastal metropolis of Recife. In an attempt to get off the tourist trail, they decided to explore a hidden underwater ruin but the caves where the forgotten city lies are inhabited by the deadliest shark species in the ocean.” James Harris, Wayne Marc Godfrey, Mark Lane, and Robert Jones of Fyzz Facility will be producing. Altitude Film Sales will be executive producing. 48 Meters Down will swim into theaters on June 28, 2019.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 27, 2017

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Three New Cast Members Join ‘Hellboy’

Neil Marshall’s Hellboy reboot has already begun filming with ‘Stranger Things’ actor David Harbour starring as the big red guy. Three new cast members have now been announced, Sophie Okonedo (The Escape Artist), Alister Petrie (The Night Manager), and Brian Gleeson (Mother!). Okonedo will play Lady Haootn, a “resident seer at the Osiris Club”. Petrie will appear as a high-ranking member of the club named Lord Adam Glaren who is obsessed with uncovering mysteries of the supernatural variety. And Brain Gleeson will play the role of Merlin, a wizard. Okonedo, Petrie, Gleeson join Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, Sasha Lane, Penelope Mitchell, and Daniel Dae Kim. In the film, Hellboy and his team are on a mission to save the world from Nimue, played by Jovovich, a medieval sorceress who wants to destroy humankind. Hellboy fans will have to wait a while to see the film. It is not set to arrive in theaters until January 11, 2019.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 23, 2017

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Naomi Watts To Star In Son Of Sam Inspired Thriller ‘The Wolf Hour’

Naomi Watts has signed on to both star and executive produce the upcoming psychological thriller The Wolf Hour, directed by Alistair Banks Griffin. Variety quotes HanWay Films’ managing director Gabrielle Stewart as saying the “Son of Sam” inspired film is a “Hitchcockian tension in a densely layered world with a role that will exploit every fiber of Academy Award nominee Naomi Watt’s emotional range as an actor,” Stewart continued. “Director Alistair Banks Griffin has a clear vision of the world he is enveloping Watts in: all of our senses are going to be stimulated.” Griffin, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Bailey Conway Anglewicz, Bradley Pilz will produce The Wolf Hour which is set to begin filming in New York City later this year. Linda Moran of Belladonna Productions, Fred Berger of Automatik, and Gabrielle Nadig will co-produce along with Watts. Watts has appeared in films and series such as The Glass Castle, King Kong, The Ring, The Ring Two, ‘Twin Peaks’ and most

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 23, 2017

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First Images Arrive Of Dee Wallace, Tara Reid, And Mischa Barton In ‘Ouija House’

ITN Distribution and Millman Productions have just announced that the supernatural thriller Ouija House has just wrapped and the first images unveiled. Starring genre icon Dee Wallace, Sharknado actress Tara Reid, and Mischa Barton (The Sixth Sense), the film centers on a graduate student who brings together a group that unwittingly unleash an evil entity while using a Ouija Board. From the Press Release: ITN Distribution and Millman Productions have released the first photos from their first co- production, the just-wrapped supernatural thriller OUIJA HOUSE. The movie features an all-star cast, including Tara Reid, Mischa Barton, and Dee Wallace. ITN is the worldwide sales agent and will be repping the movie at MIPCOM and AFM. Ben Demaree (HANSEL V. GRETEL) directs from a screenplay by Justin Hawkins and Jeff Miller, based on a story by Miller. OUIJA HOUSE concerns a graduate student who, trying to finish the last of her research on a book project she hopes will help her

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 20, 2017

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Jennifer Tilly, Halloween And The Chucky Franchise

Jennifer Tilly is an actress and voice-over artist who has appeared in numerous animations and movies of various genres and different critical reception, from less praised films to the Academy Awards nominated Bullets over Broadway. However, she is probably best known for the part she plays in “Chucky” franchise. And we can safely say, there is no Chucky without her. With the release of the Cult of Chucky on October 3rd, the series gains its newest, seventh edition. All just in time for the jolliest time of the year (Halloween). Jennifer Tilly, who played the lead role, has been in every consecutive installment since the fourth one — Bride of Chucky, dating back to 1998. Tiffany, played by Tilly, brought something new to the table as previously Chucky was mostly represented as a murderer. Tiffany, on the other hand, while hopelessly in love with him, shows him a more human and compassionate side; although she doesn’t really hesitate to kill

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Oct 19, 2017

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Prehistoric Shark Film ‘Meg’ Catches A New Title

Warner Bros. Pictures has now announced that the prehistoric giant shark film Meg, directed by John Turteltaub, has caught a new title, The Meg. Action star Jason Statham (The Expendables franchise) appears alongside actress Li Bingbing (Transformers: Age of Extinction), Cliff Curtis, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, Page Kennedy, Jessica McNamee, Masi Oka, Robert Taylor, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, and Sophia Shuya Cai. In the film, which has already wrapped filming in New Zealand, “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 crew—and the ocean itself—from this unstoppable threat: a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon. What

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 18, 2017

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