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Vertical Entertainment has announced that it is acquiring English Speaking World rights to Neo-Noir Blood On Her Name at AFM. Starring Bethany Anne Lind (REPRISAL, OZARK), Will Patton (REMEMBER THE TITANS, ARMAGEDDON), and Elizabeth Röhm (AMERICAN HUSTLE, JOY) the film made its World Premiere in July at the Fantasia International Film Festival followed by a US premiere at Beyond Fest. Vertical will roll out a theatrical day & date release in early 2020. Blood On Her Name centers on a single mother (Lind) who’s panicked decision to cover up an accidental killing spirals out of control when her conscience demands she return the dead man’s body to his family. Directed by Matthew Pope, who makes his feature debut, Blood On Her Name was co-written by Pope and producer Don M. Thompson under the Rising Creek Banner. Thompson said “Matt and I always imagined this film to be a character piece wrapped in the body of a thriller, something we hope
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Some of today’s biggest names unite with a selection of today’s most visually-gifted filmmakers for a unique cinematic experience that crosses 5 Galaxies! An assemblage of futuristic, high concept stories about artificial intelligence, sci-fi thriller 5 Galaxies stars Pom Klementieff (Guardians of the Galaxy), Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight, “Suits”) and Neil Jackson (“Sleepy Hollow”) in a powerful profusion of science-fiction, featuring segments from visionary filmmakers such as Nelson Lee, Kristen Hilkert, Amir Reichart, Vitaly Verlov and Marc-Henri Boulier. Whether its love found in time of over-population or exploration of the unknown and space-travel, 5 Galaxies has a bit of something for every fan of the genre. 5 Galaxies lands on DVD and Digital on December 10th from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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Spook yourself up some pre-Christmas jeepers with The League of Legend Keepers: Shadows, an adventure-packed, fright-crammed horror treat for the whole family! “A family of archaeologists find the fifth pendant that has been missing for centuries. Unfortunately, a spirit has also been searching for this pendant. Once all pendants are brought together the shadows from the past are released. Will Sophie be able to save her town from the shadows?” Directed by Elizabeth Blake-Thomas and co-written by award-winning young actress Isabella Blake-Thomas (“Once Upon A Time”), The Legend Keepers : Shadows stars Richard Tyson (“Kindergarten Cop”), Jake Brennan (“The Orville”), Britt Flatmo (“Super 8”), Marcelo Tubert (“G.I Joe: Retaliation”), and Abigail Titmuss (“Days of Our Lives”). Dove-approved and equipped with enough “Stranger Things” flavor to entertain the family through the holiday break, The League of Legend Keepers: Shadows arrives DVD and Digital on December 10th from Uncork’d Entertainment. Check out the trailer.
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Announced last month, the Brannon Braga directed adaptation of Clive Barker’s Books Of Blood continues to announce its cast. The latest additions to the cast include Andy McQueen (Fahrenheit 451), Freda Foh Shen (Ad Astra), and Nicholas Campbell (Da Vinci’s Inquest), Deadline reports. They will star alongside previously announced cast members Anna Friel (Marcella) will also star alongside Britt Robertson (For the People), Rafi Gavron (A Star Is Born), and Yul Vazquez (Midnight, Texas). Written by Braga and Adam Simon (Salem) the adaptation is based on a short story by Barker. Books of Blood will take viewers on a journey into the uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time. Braga is also co-writing and executive producing the film. Seth MacFarlane will also executive produce.
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It’s time to get nostalgic, and by getting nostalgic I mean going back to Jurassic Park for real this time in Jurassic World Evolution’s upcoming DLC Return to Jurassic Park! Fans of the 1993 film will be happy to hear the voices of Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum reprising their roles as players are tasked with restoring the original park to its former glory and reopening the famed torch-lined gates again to guests! Included in the DLC are seven new story missions that will unlock the abilities to create new buildings such as the visitor center from the first film and the dreaded aviary from the third! With that said you can’t have an empty aviary in your park, so one of the new dinos you can clone is the Pteranodon! Along with the new flying-dino, there will be the Compsognathus (Compy) the cute tiny lizard that’s scarier in large numbers made famous from the film’s second installment.
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Michael Biehn (The Terminator, Aliens) leads an electric cast in the unnerving new thriller Red Handed from writer-director Frank Peluso. When their father is murdered, three brothers descend upon an Oregon mountain river to spread his ashes. After they arrive, one of their children goes missing. One of the brothers was himself abducted 30 years ago when they visited this same river, but he has blocked the incident out of his mind. Only by unlocking the mysteries inside his subconscious, will they be able to find the child and return him to safety. Produced by Nick Cassavetes and Aaron Steele-Nicholson, Red Handed premiered at SPIFFest in Los Angeles last month. Christian Madsen, Owen Burke, Ryan Carnes, Kenzie Dalton and Michael Madsen co-star in Red Handed out on DVD and Digital December 3rd, from High Octane Pictures.
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Bumblebee director Travis Knight is at the helm for the feature film adaptation of the video game Uncharted. Mark Wahlberg is currently in final talks to star as Victor “Sully” Sullivan, an American treasure hunter, fortune seeker, and businessman, as well as a friend, mentor, and father figure, Variety reports. Wahlberg will star alongside Spider-Man actor Tom Holland who is playing the role of Nathan Drake. “The Uncharted film has a storyline that captures the protagonist as a young man, as he grows into the treasure hunter Nathan Drake.” The adaptation was penned by Art Marcum & Matt Holloway and Rafe Judkins.
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Horror icons A. Michael Baldwin(Phantasm) and Tiffany Shepis (Strange Nature) star in writer-director Jeremy Sumrall‘s wickedly bloody ode to ’80s horror, Pickaxe. In the film, the survivors of a series of brutal killings in a small town are forced to face a killer once again when a ritual resurrects him from the grave. Keefer Barlow, Perry Batson, Kerry Beyer, Drew Brown, Kelly Byrns, and Lyndsey Case co-star. Pickaxe is now available on digital from Wild Eye Releasing.
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Travel Channel is set to launch a brand new spooky series, “Trending Fear” with Adam Ellis the author behind the viral tale #DearDavid that millions followed on social media. In 2017, Buzzfeed author and illustrator Adam Ellis captured the image of a ghost child in his New York City apartment and wrote his first of many spine-tingling tweets: “My apartment is currently being haunted by the ghost of a dead child and he’s trying to kill me.” In a state of fear and confusion, he documented his haunting on social media under the hashtag #DearDavid. Fourteen million people feverishly followed his terrifying experience, yearning for answers behind the little boy who invaded Ellis’ life. Now, fueling both his fascination and his fear of the paranormal while simultaneously tapping into social media to explore every angle of his search, Ellis and friends Jen Lewis (researcher/documentarian) and Paul Bradford (ghost hunter and lead investigator) are on a mission to help others understand
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Can a film be cursed? That seems to be the case with Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made and now it’s out on Digital and VOD from Uncork’d Entertainment. Written and directed by Michael Laicini and David Amito, “Antrum was shot in the late 1970s, is said to be cursed. In 1988, a movie theatre in Budapest that was screening the film burnt to the ground, killing the 56 people who were in attendance. This incident follows the inexplicable deaths of a number of film festival programmers that had received Antrum as a submission and died shortly after watching it. These events have created a belief that watching Antrum will kill you. Else Films has successfully tracked down a sole copy of the film and packaged it for public release. As one programmer observed of Antrum, “You don’t watch the film, the film watches you.” Nicole Tompkins, Rowan Smyth, Dan Istrate, Circus-Szalewski, Kristen Elling, Shu Sakimoto, Carrie Hammontree, Pierluca Arancio,
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Vertical Entertainment has announced that it is acquiring English Speaking World rights to Neo-Noir Blood On Her Name at AFM. Starring Bethany Anne Lind (REPRISAL, OZARK), Will Patton (REMEMBER THE TITANS, ARMAGEDDON), and Elizabeth Röhm (AMERICAN HUSTLE, JOY) the film made its World Premiere in July at the Fantasia International Film Festival followed by a US premiere at Beyond Fest. Vertical will roll out a theatrical day & date release in early 2020. Blood On Her Name centers on a single mother (Lind) who’s panicked decision to cover up an accidental killing spirals out of control when her conscience demands she return the dead man’s body to his family. Directed by Matthew Pope, who makes his feature debut, Blood On Her Name was co-written by Pope and producer Don M. Thompson under the Rising Creek Banner. Thompson said “Matt and I always imagined this film to be a character piece wrapped in the body of a thriller, something we hope
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Some of today’s biggest names unite with a selection of today’s most visually-gifted filmmakers for a unique cinematic experience that crosses 5 Galaxies! An assemblage of futuristic, high concept stories about artificial intelligence, sci-fi thriller 5 Galaxies stars Pom Klementieff (Guardians of the Galaxy), Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight, “Suits”) and Neil Jackson (“Sleepy Hollow”) in a powerful profusion of science-fiction, featuring segments from visionary filmmakers such as Nelson Lee, Kristen Hilkert, Amir Reichart, Vitaly Verlov and Marc-Henri Boulier. Whether its love found in time of over-population or exploration of the unknown and space-travel, 5 Galaxies has a bit of something for every fan of the genre. 5 Galaxies lands on DVD and Digital on December 10th from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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Spook yourself up some pre-Christmas jeepers with The League of Legend Keepers: Shadows, an adventure-packed, fright-crammed horror treat for the whole family! “A family of archaeologists find the fifth pendant that has been missing for centuries. Unfortunately, a spirit has also been searching for this pendant. Once all pendants are brought together the shadows from the past are released. Will Sophie be able to save her town from the shadows?” Directed by Elizabeth Blake-Thomas and co-written by award-winning young actress Isabella Blake-Thomas (“Once Upon A Time”), The Legend Keepers : Shadows stars Richard Tyson (“Kindergarten Cop”), Jake Brennan (“The Orville”), Britt Flatmo (“Super 8”), Marcelo Tubert (“G.I Joe: Retaliation”), and Abigail Titmuss (“Days of Our Lives”). Dove-approved and equipped with enough “Stranger Things” flavor to entertain the family through the holiday break, The League of Legend Keepers: Shadows arrives DVD and Digital on December 10th from Uncork’d Entertainment. Check out the trailer.
Continue reading →
BooksHuluMoviesNewsStreaming TV
Announced last month, the Brannon Braga directed adaptation of Clive Barker’s Books Of Blood continues to announce its cast. The latest additions to the cast include Andy McQueen (Fahrenheit 451), Freda Foh Shen (Ad Astra), and Nicholas Campbell (Da Vinci’s Inquest), Deadline reports. They will star alongside previously announced cast members Anna Friel (Marcella) will also star alongside Britt Robertson (For the People), Rafi Gavron (A Star Is Born), and Yul Vazquez (Midnight, Texas). Written by Braga and Adam Simon (Salem) the adaptation is based on a short story by Barker. Books of Blood will take viewers on a journey into the uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time. Braga is also co-writing and executive producing the film. Seth MacFarlane will also executive produce.
Continue reading →
GamingNewsProduct
It’s time to get nostalgic, and by getting nostalgic I mean going back to Jurassic Park for real this time in Jurassic World Evolution’s upcoming DLC Return to Jurassic Park! Fans of the 1993 film will be happy to hear the voices of Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum reprising their roles as players are tasked with restoring the original park to its former glory and reopening the famed torch-lined gates again to guests! Included in the DLC are seven new story missions that will unlock the abilities to create new buildings such as the visitor center from the first film and the dreaded aviary from the third! With that said you can’t have an empty aviary in your park, so one of the new dinos you can clone is the Pteranodon! Along with the new flying-dino, there will be the Compsognathus (Compy) the cute tiny lizard that’s scarier in large numbers made famous from the film’s second installment.
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesNewsThrillerTrailers
Michael Biehn (The Terminator, Aliens) leads an electric cast in the unnerving new thriller Red Handed from writer-director Frank Peluso. When their father is murdered, three brothers descend upon an Oregon mountain river to spread his ashes. After they arrive, one of their children goes missing. One of the brothers was himself abducted 30 years ago when they visited this same river, but he has blocked the incident out of his mind. Only by unlocking the mysteries inside his subconscious, will they be able to find the child and return him to safety. Produced by Nick Cassavetes and Aaron Steele-Nicholson, Red Handed premiered at SPIFFest in Los Angeles last month. Christian Madsen, Owen Burke, Ryan Carnes, Kenzie Dalton and Michael Madsen co-star in Red Handed out on DVD and Digital December 3rd, from High Octane Pictures.
Continue reading →
GamingMoviesNewsThriller
Bumblebee director Travis Knight is at the helm for the feature film adaptation of the video game Uncharted. Mark Wahlberg is currently in final talks to star as Victor “Sully” Sullivan, an American treasure hunter, fortune seeker, and businessman, as well as a friend, mentor, and father figure, Variety reports. Wahlberg will star alongside Spider-Man actor Tom Holland who is playing the role of Nathan Drake. “The Uncharted film has a storyline that captures the protagonist as a young man, as he grows into the treasure hunter Nathan Drake.” The adaptation was penned by Art Marcum & Matt Holloway and Rafe Judkins.
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesNewsTrailers
Horror icons A. Michael Baldwin(Phantasm) and Tiffany Shepis (Strange Nature) star in writer-director Jeremy Sumrall‘s wickedly bloody ode to ’80s horror, Pickaxe. In the film, the survivors of a series of brutal killings in a small town are forced to face a killer once again when a ritual resurrects him from the grave. Keefer Barlow, Perry Batson, Kerry Beyer, Drew Brown, Kelly Byrns, and Lyndsey Case co-star. Pickaxe is now available on digital from Wild Eye Releasing.
Continue reading →
NewsParanormalStreaming TVTravel Channel
Travel Channel is set to launch a brand new spooky series, “Trending Fear” with Adam Ellis the author behind the viral tale #DearDavid that millions followed on social media. In 2017, Buzzfeed author and illustrator Adam Ellis captured the image of a ghost child in his New York City apartment and wrote his first of many spine-tingling tweets: “My apartment is currently being haunted by the ghost of a dead child and he’s trying to kill me.” In a state of fear and confusion, he documented his haunting on social media under the hashtag #DearDavid. Fourteen million people feverishly followed his terrifying experience, yearning for answers behind the little boy who invaded Ellis’ life. Now, fueling both his fascination and his fear of the paranormal while simultaneously tapping into social media to explore every angle of his search, Ellis and friends Jen Lewis (researcher/documentarian) and Paul Bradford (ghost hunter and lead investigator) are on a mission to help others understand
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsTrailers
Can a film be cursed? That seems to be the case with Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made and now it’s out on Digital and VOD from Uncork’d Entertainment. Written and directed by Michael Laicini and David Amito, “Antrum was shot in the late 1970s, is said to be cursed. In 1988, a movie theatre in Budapest that was screening the film burnt to the ground, killing the 56 people who were in attendance. This incident follows the inexplicable deaths of a number of film festival programmers that had received Antrum as a submission and died shortly after watching it. These events have created a belief that watching Antrum will kill you. Else Films has successfully tracked down a sole copy of the film and packaged it for public release. As one programmer observed of Antrum, “You don’t watch the film, the film watches you.” Nicole Tompkins, Rowan Smyth, Dan Istrate, Circus-Szalewski, Kristen Elling, Shu Sakimoto, Carrie Hammontree, Pierluca Arancio,
Continue reading →
