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Stranger Thing’s Millie Brown Joins Godzilla: King Of The Monsters

Photo Credit: ABC News Last week reported that Michael Dougherty (Trick r’ Treat, Krampus) will be directing ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters‘, which he co-wrote with Zach Shields. Today, we have casting news. Legendary has announced that ‘Stranger Things’ actress Millie Bobby Brown has signed on to star in the sequel to to 2014’s ‘Godzilla’ film. Brown, a very talented young actress, has been nominated for both a People’s Choice Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role as “Eleven” in the hit Netflix series that is now gearing up for its second season. The plot for the sequel has not been revealed, but we do know that it is part of Legendary and Warner Bros. new monster universe that includes ‘Kong: Skull Island‘, arriving in theaters March 10th. ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ is set to arrive in theaters on March 22, 2019, followed by ‘Godzilla vs King Kong’, to be released on May 29, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 28, 2017

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Patient Zero Killed Again

The pandemic film ‘Patient Zero’, originally set for release on September 2, 2016 then rescheduled for February 17, 2017, has been pulled from release by Screen Gems AGAIN. No new date has been announced at this point. We are beginning to wonder if we will see it at all. Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, ‘Patient Zero’ stars Matt Smith (Doctor Who), Stanley Tucci (The Hunger Games), Agyness Deyn (Clash of the Titans), ‘Game of Thrones’ actress Natalie Dormer and John Bradley. In the film an unprecedented global pandemic of a super strain of rabies has turned the majority of the world’s population into highly intelligent, streamlined killer known as “The Infected”. One victim, Morgan (Matt Smith), who is asymptomatic and can communicate with the infected, leads the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure for the outbreak.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 28, 2017

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Two New Cast Members Announced For Saw: Legacy

For years the ‘Saw’ franchise churned out film after film up to the release of ‘Saw 3D: The Final Chapter’ in 2010. It’s been 6 years since we’ve seen a new ‘Saw’, but that’s about to change. The franchise’s eighth film, ‘Saw: Legacy’, will soon begin production. News has come, via Variety, that the first two cast member have been announced. ‘Bitten’ actress Laura Vandervoort and Hannah Anderson of ‘Shoot the Messenger’ are set to “play a little game”. It is rumored that Jigsaw himself, Tobin Bell’ will be returning for the film, which hasn’t released its synopsis yet. The team of Michael and Peter Spierig will be directing from the script they co-wrote with Pete Goldfinger, based on the story created by James Wan and Leigh Whannell. Mark Burg, Oren Koules, and Gregg Hoffman will be returning to produce. Be ready to “play a little game” this Fall when ‘Saw: Legacy’ arrives in theaters in theaters on October 27.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 26, 2017

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Have A ‘Reel Nightmare’ This February

From writer-director Armand Petri comes ‘Reel Nightmare’, a tale of witches, set in a modern world with a Lovecraftian feel. The cast of ‘Reel Nightmare’ includes Madeleine Heil, Carrett Morosky, Andres Mejia Vallejo, Armond Petri, Eric Saleh, Hailey Chown, Mari-Liis Userdnov, Keith Edie, Christine Uhebe, Elize Bone, and Kate Mccafferty. From the Press Release: LOS ANGELES, CA – Three vengeful witches are summoned back from the dead after a skeptic young woman reads from their Necronomicon in Together Magic Films’ thrilling new horror feature “Reel Nightmare.” But were the so-called “Goodwin Witches” pure evil as the New England locals believe, or were they strong and powerful women who fell victim to a cruel witch hunt? Find out the truth on February 7, when “Reel Nightmare” will be released on Digital HD and VOD in the United States. Synopsis: The discovery of a mysterious book known as the Necronomicon brings production of a film to a deadly halt when its Miskatonic

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 26, 2017

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‘Originals’ Actress Joins ‘Jurassic World 2’

‘The Originals’ actress Daniella Pineda (pictured below) has joined the cast of ‘Jurassic World 2’, THR reports. ‘The Originals’ actress will star alongside Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, Justice Smith, Rafe Spall and Toby Jones. J. A. Bayona is in the director’s chair for the action-filled dino film co-written by Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly. Steven Spielberg will be serving as executive producer for the film that will connect ‘Jurassic World’ to ‘Jurassic Park’. ‘Jurassic World’ opens for business on June 22, 2018.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 25, 2017

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Johnny Depp To Star As ‘The Invisible Man’ In Universal’s Upcoming Reboot

Universal’s most recent film, ‘The Mummy‘, is set to release this June. Before ‘The Mummy’ can even arrive in theaters the studio is moving ahead with the next reboot, ‘The Invisible Man’. In fact, Universal has now officially announced that the film has found its star, Johnny Depp, cast as Dr. Griffin. The reboot of the ‘The Invisible Man’, originally released as the 1933 adaption of H.G. Well’s novel, will be in the hands of Alex Kurtzman, who also directed the new ‘Mummy’ movie, Deadline reports. Chris Morgan will be producing. Universal’s Executive Vice President Jon Moore and Vice President Jay Polidoro will over see the project. In the original, a scientist, played by Claude Rains, discovers the key to invisibility, unaware that it will cost him his sanity. Depp’s most recent roles include Captain Jack Sparrow in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man Tell No Tales’, the “Mad Hatter” in ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’, Grinderwald in ‘Fantastic Beasts

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 25, 2017

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Thomas Jane Joins The Fight Against The Predator

The cast of ‘The Predator’ keeps growing and is only getting better. A few days ago we reported that Sterling K. Brown had joined the cast alongside Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Trevante Rhodes, and Boyd Holbrook. THR is reporting that Thomas Jane is in final negotiations to join the fight. Jane is far from a new-comer to the genre. Recently, Jane faced a possessed boy in ‘Incarnate‘. He’s been up against nightmares come to life in ‘Before I Wake‘, giant monsters in ‘The Mist’, survived genetically altered sharks in ‘Deep Blue Sea’, and kicked ass as ‘Punisher’. Shane Black is in the director’s chair for ‘The Predator’ which is being described as both a sequel to the original and a reboot. Black co-wrote the film along with ‘Monster Squad’ writer Fred Dekker. ‘The Predator’ is set to being filming soon and scheduled to open in theaters on February 9, 2018.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 24, 2017

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Michael Dougherty To Deliver Godzilla 2

After months of running the writer’s room for Legendary’s ‘Godzilla’ franchise, Michael Dougherty has signed to not only write the upcoming sequel with his ‘Krampus‘ co-writer Zach Shields, he’ll be directing as well, Variety reports. Back in 2015 Legendary and Warner Bros announced a partnership in which Legendary would develop the films with Warner Bros. distributing. The first film born of the partnership was ‘Kong: Skull Island‘ which opens in theaters nationwide on March 10, 2017. The reason for the arrangement, Legendary plans a new “ecosystem’ of giant monsters, old and new. Dougherty has a history of making great films, the genre favorite ‘Trick ‘r Treat’ is just one example. I look forward to seeing what he does with ‘Godzilla 2’, set for release on March 22, 2019. It will be followed by ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ on May 29, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 23, 2017

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Movie Rips Off Leatherface Title – Don’t Be Fooled

Fans are eagerly awaiting the release of the ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ prequel ‘Leatherface‘. Some fans might believe that it was just released on DVD in UK, but it hasn’t. A film has just been released titled ‘Leatherface’, but it is an impostor. The knockoff, directed by Rene Perez, would like for you to believe that it is actually part of the ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’, but in reality it is not. On the poster stands a man with a chainsaw and stitched together mask, the tag line “The Legend Lives On…” written at the bottom. Hmmm, I wonder where they got that idea (sarcasm)? The Synopsis for the movie goes like this: Four wannabe actors take part in a horrifying reality show in which a serial killer stalks them in a remote cabin and their reactions are filmed for TV. The survivor of the week is promised $1 million and the starring role in their very own horror film. The only

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 23, 2017

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Writer-Director Storm Ashwood Is Taking Us To ‘The School’

Writer-director Storm Ashwood is ready to take us to ‘The School’ in 2018. While little is known about the film, we do know that it has now entered pre-production. The cast has not been announced at this time. The film, a supernatural thriller, is being produced by Blake Northfield and Timur Innvutt of ‘Out of the Shadows’, Jim Robinson (Narcititis) and Ciaran Jordan (Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead’), Dread Central reports. Synopsis: Amy, an attractive, successful surgeon, struggles to cope with her emergency room duties and those of a young mother looking after her hospitalized son who has fallen into a coma. After being reprimanded by her boss for obsessively believing her son will wake up, Amy becomes trapped in a coma/purgatory of her own – The School, where children from her past emerge to taunt and test her to the core. Can Amy survive the lessons of The School and save those children, her son, and herself? Will she

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 23, 2017

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