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Industry heavy-hitter Brian De Palma has made his mark in the film industry with movies like Carrie (1976), Raising Cain, Dressed to Kill, The Black Dalia, Mission to Mars, Mission Impossible, and Scarface. Now, De Palma is working on a new script and his next project is a horror film, according to Indiewire. The film is inspired by disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein, who was recently arrested on charges that include rape and sexual assault. But the character will not be named after the former Hollywood head honcho who is in serious trouble after being accused by multiple women. I’m writing a film about this scandal, a project I’m talking about with a French producer,” De Palma stated. “My character won’t be named Harvey Weinstein but it will ba a horror film, with a sexual aggressor and it will take place in the film industry.” While we don’t know a lot about the movie at this point it will be interesting
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Back in January, we shared the trailer for Paramount’s series adaptation of Michael Lehmann’s 1988 cult classic Heathers. Today, EW is reporting that series has been axed by the Paramount Network, formally known as Spike TV, following its premiere delay. The reason, Paramount felt that the show was insensitive following the Parkland, Florida mass shooting. This is a high school show, we’re blowing up the school, there are guns in the school, it’s a satire and there are moments of teachers having guns. It’s hitting on so many hot topics. This company can’t be speaking out of both sides of its mouth, saying the youth movement is important for us and we’ve done all these wonderful things to support that and at the same time, we’re putting on a show that we’re not comfortable with,” said Keith Cox, Paramount Network president of development and production. ““It’s a satire but it’s very bold,” Cox stated. “We knew that and then this
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Next week, on June 5th, DontNod and Focus Home Interactive’s new game “Vampyr” will hit shelves. To celebrate next week’s launch, the official launch trailer for the game was released today. In “Vampyr”, players take control of Dr. Jonathan Reid, a prominent surgeon who specializes in blood transfusions, who recently has become a vampire. Reid is back home in London after the Great War and the Spanish flu epidemic is in full swing. Reid not only has to decide who lives and dies but he will have to face off against other vampires living in London. Every choice made by players will help decide the fate of London. For my previous write-up about “Vampyr” click HERE
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Theaters get Distorted, a thriller filled with paranoia and conspiracy, this June. Directed by Rob King (The Humanity Bureau), the script written by Arne Olsen (Repeaters), Starring Christina Ricci (The Addams Family, Sleepy Hollow), Brendan Fletcher (The Revenant) and John Cusack (1408, Cell), the film centers on “Lauren and Russel Curran who decide to move away from the bustle of the city and into the peaceful oasis of The Pinnacle, a coveted luxury condo boasting ultra-modern design, state-of-the-art features, and security systems. Lauren begins to suspect the building has a dark side and seeks the help of Vernon, an investigative journalist with an interest in a cyber conspiracy. Together, they come to believe that The Pinnacle may be brainwashing unsuspecting residents.” Darren Benning executive produced alongside Nicolas Chartier, and Guy Griffithe. Distorted opens in theaters on June 22, 2018.
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Alexandre Aja, the director behind High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes, and Horns, is set to deliver the creature feature Crawl for Paramount. THR is reporting that Maze Runner actress Kaya Scodelario has now entered into negotiations to star in the film about “a young woman, who while struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped inside a flooding house, fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators (an alligator).” Evil Dead creator Sam Raimi will be producing along with Craig Flores (300: Rise of an Empire). Crawl follows up Paramount’s’ highly-successful film A Quiet Place, which has grossed over $236 at box offices so far. Its sequel has just been announced.
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Bethesda Game Studios knows how to tease fans when it comes to their favorite game series, especially when it comes to “Fallout”, the post-apocalyptic first-person shooter that takes players into an alternate timeline where the United States suffered a nuclear holocaust. Yesterday, a teaser trailer for the latest installment of the gaming franchise was released, offering little details. “Fallout 76“, according to sources, is rumored to be an online multiplayer game that takes place inside Vault 76, one of many subterranean Vaults that were designed to house hundreds of selected citizens of the United States in the event of a nuclear blast. Those living in the vaults will eventually be evicted and sent back up to the surface to rebuild and repopulate what remains of the United States. The rumors also have stated that the game will be a survival RPG style game much like “Day Z” and “Rust” where players have to collect supplies and weapons and build shelters
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Global Digital Releasing has acquired worldwide rights to Matt Hartley’s psychological thriller Apotheosis and set the release date for this June. Written by Matt Hartley, who is making his directorial debut, Apotheosis “centers around a couple, Darwin (Cary Mark) and Christine (Marley Frank). Together, their turbulent relationship comes to a tragic end when Christine is found dead. Darwin is accused of her murder. But, the truth behind what really happened remains a dark mystery. The story weaves in and out of various scenarios and flashbacks, all told from the perspective of Darwin’s growing shadow.” Apotheosis will be released on VUDU, Amazon Prime and iTunes in North America as well as several other countries on June 5, 2018, followed by its arrival on iFlix and DVD at a later date. Several stills (above) along with the official trailer and poster were released today, teasing the intense experience of a man fighting to uncover a mystery, to keep his freedom, and save
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Asobo Studios and Focus Home Interactive will be taking gamers to Fourteenth-century France during the Black Plague in their upcoming emotionally driven game, “A Plage Tale: Innocence” The story centers on orphaned siblings, Amicia and her little brother Hugo, who are caught up in the middle of the horrors of the Plague as well as the Inquisition, and Hugo is ill with a mysterious illness. To make matters worse, the siblings are being pursued by not only the Inquisitors but by a hoard of deadly rats. Amicia and Hugo will have to rely on each other as well as other orphans they come across as they venture through French cities, towns, and the countryside to escape the Inquisition and the plague all the while trying to cure Hugo’s illness and solve the mysteries behind the pandemic. The game will be in third-person the only real weapons Amicia has at her disposal is a trusty slingshot and the creative childish minds
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A.R.S. films in association with DefTone Pictures Studios Inc. has released the trailer for Adam R Steigert’s FANG. It’s no coincidence that the trailer for this werewolf flick was released today, you see, tonight is the full moon. The film promises “a fresh new tale in the folklore of werewolf films as horror icons Melantha Blackthorne (Doris Crowley), Patrick Mallette (Roy Crowley) and their faithful caretaker Gregory Blair (Harold Pinter) will reinvent everything you think you knew!” Jennie Russo (She Kills), Michael O’Hear (Return to Nuke ‘Em High Volume 1, Johnny Gruesome), and Jason John Beebe (Sharknado 2: The Second One, Ombis: Alien Invasion) star along with newcomers Melodie Roehrig and Theo Kemp. In Fang, “After participating in a robbery turned murder, Chloe (Melodie Roehrig) and Joe (Theo Maefs) decided to hide out at a distant relative’s house only to find themselves stalked and hunted by creatures and forces unknown. Director Adam R. Steigert (Ombis: Alien Invasion, A Grim Becoming)
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Portola Pictures has announced the Digital HD release of writer-director Tyler Savage‘s psychological thriller Inheritance for this June. This chilling tale centers on Ryan Bowman who “has just inherited a $2.5 million beach house on the central California coast from his biological father, a man he’s never known and thought long dead. Arriving in the charming town with his pregnant fiancée, Ryan’s curiosity about his father soon leads him into an introspective investigation. As a looming family presence tightens its grip on him, Ryan pushes away his adoptive family and expectant fiancé. When he finally discovers the horrifying truth about his birth parents, he might be too late to stop himself from repeating a similar pattern…” Chase Joliet (It Comes at Night) and Dash Hawkins (Party Crashers) lead the cast that also includes Sara Montez (“Pitch”), Tim Abell (Sniper: Special Ops), Kate Norby (The Devil’s Rejects), Dale Dickey (Hell or High Water, “True Blood”), Krisha Fairchild (Krisha) and Drew Powell
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Industry heavy-hitter Brian De Palma has made his mark in the film industry with movies like Carrie (1976), Raising Cain, Dressed to Kill, The Black Dalia, Mission to Mars, Mission Impossible, and Scarface. Now, De Palma is working on a new script and his next project is a horror film, according to Indiewire. The film is inspired by disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein, who was recently arrested on charges that include rape and sexual assault. But the character will not be named after the former Hollywood head honcho who is in serious trouble after being accused by multiple women. I’m writing a film about this scandal, a project I’m talking about with a French producer,” De Palma stated. “My character won’t be named Harvey Weinstein but it will ba a horror film, with a sexual aggressor and it will take place in the film industry.” While we don’t know a lot about the movie at this point it will be interesting
Continue reading →
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Back in January, we shared the trailer for Paramount’s series adaptation of Michael Lehmann’s 1988 cult classic Heathers. Today, EW is reporting that series has been axed by the Paramount Network, formally known as Spike TV, following its premiere delay. The reason, Paramount felt that the show was insensitive following the Parkland, Florida mass shooting. This is a high school show, we’re blowing up the school, there are guns in the school, it’s a satire and there are moments of teachers having guns. It’s hitting on so many hot topics. This company can’t be speaking out of both sides of its mouth, saying the youth movement is important for us and we’ve done all these wonderful things to support that and at the same time, we’re putting on a show that we’re not comfortable with,” said Keith Cox, Paramount Network president of development and production. ““It’s a satire but it’s very bold,” Cox stated. “We knew that and then this
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Next week, on June 5th, DontNod and Focus Home Interactive’s new game “Vampyr” will hit shelves. To celebrate next week’s launch, the official launch trailer for the game was released today. In “Vampyr”, players take control of Dr. Jonathan Reid, a prominent surgeon who specializes in blood transfusions, who recently has become a vampire. Reid is back home in London after the Great War and the Spanish flu epidemic is in full swing. Reid not only has to decide who lives and dies but he will have to face off against other vampires living in London. Every choice made by players will help decide the fate of London. For my previous write-up about “Vampyr” click HERE
Continue reading →
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Theaters get Distorted, a thriller filled with paranoia and conspiracy, this June. Directed by Rob King (The Humanity Bureau), the script written by Arne Olsen (Repeaters), Starring Christina Ricci (The Addams Family, Sleepy Hollow), Brendan Fletcher (The Revenant) and John Cusack (1408, Cell), the film centers on “Lauren and Russel Curran who decide to move away from the bustle of the city and into the peaceful oasis of The Pinnacle, a coveted luxury condo boasting ultra-modern design, state-of-the-art features, and security systems. Lauren begins to suspect the building has a dark side and seeks the help of Vernon, an investigative journalist with an interest in a cyber conspiracy. Together, they come to believe that The Pinnacle may be brainwashing unsuspecting residents.” Darren Benning executive produced alongside Nicolas Chartier, and Guy Griffithe. Distorted opens in theaters on June 22, 2018.
Continue reading →
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Alexandre Aja, the director behind High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes, and Horns, is set to deliver the creature feature Crawl for Paramount. THR is reporting that Maze Runner actress Kaya Scodelario has now entered into negotiations to star in the film about “a young woman, who while struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped inside a flooding house, fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators (an alligator).” Evil Dead creator Sam Raimi will be producing along with Craig Flores (300: Rise of an Empire). Crawl follows up Paramount’s’ highly-successful film A Quiet Place, which has grossed over $236 at box offices so far. Its sequel has just been announced.
Continue reading →
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Bethesda Game Studios knows how to tease fans when it comes to their favorite game series, especially when it comes to “Fallout”, the post-apocalyptic first-person shooter that takes players into an alternate timeline where the United States suffered a nuclear holocaust. Yesterday, a teaser trailer for the latest installment of the gaming franchise was released, offering little details. “Fallout 76“, according to sources, is rumored to be an online multiplayer game that takes place inside Vault 76, one of many subterranean Vaults that were designed to house hundreds of selected citizens of the United States in the event of a nuclear blast. Those living in the vaults will eventually be evicted and sent back up to the surface to rebuild and repopulate what remains of the United States. The rumors also have stated that the game will be a survival RPG style game much like “Day Z” and “Rust” where players have to collect supplies and weapons and build shelters
Continue reading →
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Global Digital Releasing has acquired worldwide rights to Matt Hartley’s psychological thriller Apotheosis and set the release date for this June. Written by Matt Hartley, who is making his directorial debut, Apotheosis “centers around a couple, Darwin (Cary Mark) and Christine (Marley Frank). Together, their turbulent relationship comes to a tragic end when Christine is found dead. Darwin is accused of her murder. But, the truth behind what really happened remains a dark mystery. The story weaves in and out of various scenarios and flashbacks, all told from the perspective of Darwin’s growing shadow.” Apotheosis will be released on VUDU, Amazon Prime and iTunes in North America as well as several other countries on June 5, 2018, followed by its arrival on iFlix and DVD at a later date. Several stills (above) along with the official trailer and poster were released today, teasing the intense experience of a man fighting to uncover a mystery, to keep his freedom, and save
Continue reading →
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Asobo Studios and Focus Home Interactive will be taking gamers to Fourteenth-century France during the Black Plague in their upcoming emotionally driven game, “A Plage Tale: Innocence” The story centers on orphaned siblings, Amicia and her little brother Hugo, who are caught up in the middle of the horrors of the Plague as well as the Inquisition, and Hugo is ill with a mysterious illness. To make matters worse, the siblings are being pursued by not only the Inquisitors but by a hoard of deadly rats. Amicia and Hugo will have to rely on each other as well as other orphans they come across as they venture through French cities, towns, and the countryside to escape the Inquisition and the plague all the while trying to cure Hugo’s illness and solve the mysteries behind the pandemic. The game will be in third-person the only real weapons Amicia has at her disposal is a trusty slingshot and the creative childish minds
Continue reading →
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A.R.S. films in association with DefTone Pictures Studios Inc. has released the trailer for Adam R Steigert’s FANG. It’s no coincidence that the trailer for this werewolf flick was released today, you see, tonight is the full moon. The film promises “a fresh new tale in the folklore of werewolf films as horror icons Melantha Blackthorne (Doris Crowley), Patrick Mallette (Roy Crowley) and their faithful caretaker Gregory Blair (Harold Pinter) will reinvent everything you think you knew!” Jennie Russo (She Kills), Michael O’Hear (Return to Nuke ‘Em High Volume 1, Johnny Gruesome), and Jason John Beebe (Sharknado 2: The Second One, Ombis: Alien Invasion) star along with newcomers Melodie Roehrig and Theo Kemp. In Fang, “After participating in a robbery turned murder, Chloe (Melodie Roehrig) and Joe (Theo Maefs) decided to hide out at a distant relative’s house only to find themselves stalked and hunted by creatures and forces unknown. Director Adam R. Steigert (Ombis: Alien Invasion, A Grim Becoming)
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Portola Pictures has announced the Digital HD release of writer-director Tyler Savage‘s psychological thriller Inheritance for this June. This chilling tale centers on Ryan Bowman who “has just inherited a $2.5 million beach house on the central California coast from his biological father, a man he’s never known and thought long dead. Arriving in the charming town with his pregnant fiancée, Ryan’s curiosity about his father soon leads him into an introspective investigation. As a looming family presence tightens its grip on him, Ryan pushes away his adoptive family and expectant fiancé. When he finally discovers the horrifying truth about his birth parents, he might be too late to stop himself from repeating a similar pattern…” Chase Joliet (It Comes at Night) and Dash Hawkins (Party Crashers) lead the cast that also includes Sara Montez (“Pitch”), Tim Abell (Sniper: Special Ops), Kate Norby (The Devil’s Rejects), Dale Dickey (Hell or High Water, “True Blood”), Krisha Fairchild (Krisha) and Drew Powell
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