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The Babadook Director’s Next Project To Be A Revenge Thriller

After three years, The Babadook writer-director Jennifer Kent has announced that her next project will be the revenge thriller, titled The Nightingale. Kent will direct from the screenplay she wrote. Set in Tasmania in 1825, the film centers on a 21-year-old Irish woman and convict who witnesses the murder of her husband and her child at the hands of her soldier master and his men. She and her Aboriginal guide set out on a mission of revenge through the hellish wilderness. Variety reports that productions on The Nightingale begins later this month in Tasmania, Australia. Screen Australia, Screen Tasmania, and Made Up Stories and Bron Creative will executive produce as well as co-finance the thriller that stars Aisling Franciosi, Damon Herriman, Sam Claflin, Harry Greenwood, Ewen Leslie, Baykali Ganambarr, and Magnolia Maymurur.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 16, 2017

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John Krasinski And Emily Blunt Enter ‘A Quiet Place’

Image: eonline.com Real-life lovebirds John Krasinski (Jack Ryan, The Office) and Emily Blunt (Sicario, The Girl on the Train), will co-star for the first time together in the supernatural thriller A Quiet Place. Not only will Krasinski co-star alongside his wife, he will also write and direct the project. Scott Beck and Bryan Woods penned the first draft of the script. Platinum Dunes’ Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, and Andrew Form will be producing A Quiet Place. Krasinski will serve as co-executive producer with and Woods and Beck, according to Variety. So far, there are no plot details, but we do know that production is scheduled for this fall.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 15, 2017

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The Fly Getting A New Remake By Fox

It has been just over thirty years since David Cronenberg unleashed The Fly, the remake of the 1958 Kurt Neumann film of the same name. Cronenberg’s version, which starred Jeff Goldblum as a scientist who transforms into a giant, mutated fly after an experiment goes wrong, was one of the greatest practical effect films of the time. It seems that every thirty years or so we get a remake of The Fly. So what’s the buzz? A new remake has just been announced. Deadline is reporting that Sleight director J.D. Dillard is in negotiations with 20th Century FOX to direct and co-write the script along with Alex Theurer who is behind 2017’s Stray. The duo has teamed up before, to pen the script for Sleight. At the moment that’s all we know. We assume that the film will stick to the same storyline as did the first two films. We will keep you updated.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 15, 2017

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Akira Kurosawa’s Adaption Of Poe’s Masque Of The Red Death Entering Production

A movie adaption of Edgar Allen Poe’s terrifying tale, The Masque of the Red Death, is entering production. Originally adapted by Akira Kurosawa and set in Russia, it was set to be filmed back in 1998, but was never made due Kurosawa’s stroke, followed by his death. Chinese Studio’s Huayi Brothers in conjunction with CKF Pictures will breathe new life into the project by producing the film from Kurosawa’s screenplay. There is no word who will direct. Cinephilia & Beyond featured an English translation of the film’s plot, “humanity is faced with a deadly contagion, and people’s characters, resilience and survival are being tested as society is pushed well into the brinks of despair and possible annihilation.” Poe’s short story finds Prince Prospero as he attempts to avoid a plague, known as the “Red Death”, by seeking refuge in his abbey. As he hosts a masquerade ball with many wealthy nobles in attendance, a mysterious figure arrives disguised as a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 15, 2017

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Jamie Kennedy Is In A Tight Spot In This Behind The Scenes Photo From Tremors VI

The next installment of the Tremors franchise is currently filming in Cape Town, South Africa. The first images are already beginning to come in. Director Don Michael Paul just shared a new behind the scenes image on his instagram account of Jamie Kennedy in a sticky, gooey, tight spot, inside a Graboid. Yuck. The Graboids have continued to evolve throughout the ‘Tremors’ franchise. This time, they are going high-tech, they are being weaponized. Not only will Burt and Travis have a new threat to handle, they will be doing it in the snow, which is a first for the franchise. In Tremors VI, Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) and his son Travis Welker (Jamie Kennedy) find themselves up to their ears in Graboids and Ass-Blasters when they head to Canada to investigate a series of deadly giant-worm attacks. Arriving at a remote research facility in the artic tundra, Burt begins to suspect that Graboids are secretly being weaponized, but before he

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 14, 2017

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Steven Yeun Gets Bloody In The First Images From ‘Mayhem’

While Steven Yeun‘s character died on The Walking Dead, Yeun’s still very much alive and kicking ass in Joe Lynch’s upcoming film Mayhem, penned by Matias Caruso. Yeun stars alongside Australian actress Samara Weaving (The Babysitter). Dallas Mark Roberts, Caroline Chikezie, Mark Stewart Frost, Kerry Fox, Lucy Chappell, and Steven Brand co-star. In the film, “After being framed for corporate espionage on the same day that a mysterious virus is unleashed on his company, attorney Derek Cho (Yeun) is forced to savagely fight tooth and nail for not only his job but his life. Lynch told Heat Vision: “It’s not every day you get to throw action, sci-fi, horror, drama and even satire in the genre blender and hit puree, but Matias’ script, combined with a gung-ho cast and crew – especially Steven and Samara – will make for a deliciously dangerous and exciting cinematic smoothie…with a hell of a kick.” Mayhem, filmed in Belgrade, Serbia, is making it’s world

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 13, 2017

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Godzilla VS. Kong Is Coming!

With Kong: Skull Island now in theaters and Godzilla: King of Monsters already in production with casting underway, it was just a matter of time before got our first news on Godzilla vs. Kong and today is the day. News comes via THR that development has officially begun on Godzilla vs. Kong. Legendary has gathered a team of great writers to plan the film featuring epic battle between clash between the two giants. Pirates of the Caribbean’s Terry Rossio will head the writers’ room that includes Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne of Star Trek Beyond, Lindsey Beer (Dungeons & Dragons), T.S. Nowlin (Maze Runner), J. Michael Straczynski (World War Z), and Cat Vasko (Queen of the Air). As soon the story is outlined a writer will be hired to penn the script. We will keep you posted. Be sure to catch Kong: Skull Island currently playing in theaters nationwide. It will be followed by the release of Godzilla: King of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 12, 2017

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T.J. Miller Is Going ‘Underwater’ With Kristen Stewart

Deadpool actor T.J. Miller is final negotiations to join Kristen Stewart and Jessica Henwick in the disaster film Underwater, according to THR. The film follows a crew of underwater researchers who must scramble to safety after an earthquake devastates their subterranean laboratory. William Eubank (The Signal) will direct from a script penned by Brian Duffield (Insurgent). Kevin Holloran serves as executive producer, with Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, and Tonia Davis producing. Production is expected to start in New Orleans later this month.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 11, 2017

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“Live Fast. Die Young. Leave Carnage”- A First Look At Johnny Gruesome

The first art (above) and the first images from Gegory Lamberson’s upcoming zombie revenge film, Johnny Gruesome, has arrived and they’re awesome. I mean come on, the tag line on the poster, “Live Fast. Die Young. Leave Carnage,” pretty much says it all. From the Press Release: Red Hill Movies LLC has released the first poster for Johnny Gruesome, the upcoming horror thriller based on the award-winning novel by Gregory Lamberson (Slime City,Killer Rack), who directed the film adaptation in Western New York last July. Johnny Gruesome is the story of a murdered high school student, Johnny Grissom, who returns from the grave for revenge in classic E.C. Comics’ fashion. The poster features Anthony De La Torre (Lords of Chaos) as the title character in makeup created by Craig Lindberg (SNL, Boardwalk Empire). Byron Brown II (The Romans) co-stars as Johnny’s guilt wracked best friend, singer-songwriter Aprilann portrays Johnny’s girlfriend, and Michael DeLorenzo (star of TV’sNew York Undercover and Resurrection

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 10, 2017

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Saw: Legacy Rated For “Grisly Bloody Violence And Torture”

This October Saw: Legacy will open in theaters. The franchise, which has always been filled with violence and gore, has always been rated “R”, so it is no big shock that the sequel has been given a “R” rating as well for “Grisly Bloody Violence and Torture.” In Saw: Legacy, bodies are turning up around the city, having met a uniquely gruesome demise. As the investigation proceeds, evidence points to one man: John Kramer. But how can this be? The man known as Jigsaw has been dead for over a decade. Or has an apprentice picked up the mantle of Jigsaw, perhaps even someone inside the investigation? That’s right, Tobin Bell will be back, in what capacity we aren’t sure. Mandela Van Peebles, Hannah Anderson, Laura Vandervoort, Callum Keith Rennie, Brittany Allen, Hannah Emily Anderson, Matt Passmore, Josiah Black, Michael Bolsvert, Shaquan Lewis and James Gomez will co-star. Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfinger, the team behind Piranha 3DD wrote the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 9, 2017

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