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We reported earlier this year that a re-imagining of Stephen King’s classic ‘IT’ was in the works. Director Cary Fukunaga has since been replaced by Andy Muschietti (Mama). Variety offered an update earlier this week revealing that the first film in the new two-part series is set to begin filming next summer, one year later than originally planned. Will Poulter (We Are the Millers) had signed on to play Pennywise when Fukunaga was in charge, but it’s unclear at the moment if he will still play the creepy clown under Muschietti’s direction. There will be two films in place of King’s one. The first will focus on the group of kids from the original story, tormented by Pennywise. The second will follow the group as adults, returned to their home town, faced with Pennywise’s stalking once again.
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Award winning Producers Dave Hastings and Kaush Patel have announced that the first trailer for their British anthology film ‘The House of Screaming Death‘ has now been released. Patel and Hastings also serve as directors of the film along side Alex Bourne, Troy Dennison and Rebecca Harris-Smith. Hastings of Lightbeam Productions had this to say: “We wrapped production on 25th August after a fantastic 23 day shoot! Our FANTASTIC crew were amazing and we couldn’t have asked for a better team! Every one of them gave it 110% and we couldn’t have done without them! And that also applies to our AMAZING cast, who brought our script and stories life more than we could have ever dreamed! They are stunning, each and every one of them.” He continues ” “we also had our amazing locations, which helped us bring to life all the atmospheric and eerie locations we needed for the differing segments. Each story you’ll see is set in
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Each week three team members board a haunted elevator that descends into an abandoned warehouse. One player must get out on each floor and complete a frightening challenge, while facing horrifying entities, to earn a cash prize for their team. But if they don’t make it back in time the elevator moves on, leaving them stranded with what ever is lurking there in the dark. Horror icons Jen and Sylvia Soska, aka “The Twisted Twins”, are behind the scenes pulling the strings and enjoying watching the contestants squirm. On this week’s episode of GSN’s ‘Hellevator’, ‘House of Trapped Souls’, a team of three enter a house built atop a field where the state’s worst criminals were laid to rest. The team will face obstacles that include using blood to uncover a hidden message and finding a missing head. ‘Hellevator’, from ‘Paranormal Activity’ producer Jason Blum, airs on The Game Show Network Wednesday nights at 8/7c .
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Joe Hill, son of literary legend Stephen King, is quickly making a name for himself in the horror genre. Last year’s film ‘Horns‘, directed by Alexandre Aja, was based on Hill’s novel by the same name. Movie and TV rights for Hill’s latest novel, ‘The Fireman’, are already being discussed ahead of the book’s April 2016 release. In ‘The Fireman’ the world has been overtaken by a deadly new virus. Harper is determined to survive long enough to deliver her baby. But when all it takes to start a deadly blaze, she’s going to need the help of a mysterious fireman. Hill has been busy, his collaboration with his father, ‘In The Tall Grass‘, is getting an adaption for film. The screenplay for ‘In The Tall Grass’ was penned by ‘Cube’ writer-director Vincenzo Natali, who also wrote several episodes of the cannibalistic series ‘Hannibal’. The film has already begun production.
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Last night, during the ninety-minute ‘The Walking Dead’ episode ‘Here’s Not Here’, the trailer of AMC’s new series ‘Preacher‘ made it’s world debut. The new series is based on the adaption of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s fantastic graphic novel by the same name. For those who are not familiar with the comics, let me explain. ‘Preacher’ follows Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper), a preacher from a small Texas town, who was pushed into preaching by his effing insane family. Jesse, after being possessed by Genesis, an entity that is half angel and half demon, sets out to find God. He is accompanied by his ex girlfriend Tulip O’Hare (Ruth Negga) and Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun), a vampire. The angels, desperate to have Genesis back in his cage, send “The Killer of Saints” to find him. Graphic Novel co-creator Garth Ennis will be working along side Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg on the script for the pilot of the series. AMC has
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Warning Spoilers ! There are troubling changes on ‘The Walking Dead’ that imply Glenn might not make it after all. On last night’s (November 1st) episode of TWD ‘Here’s Not Here’, you could see a change in the opening credits, Steven Yeun’s name has been removed. Yeun’s name has been listed in the opening credits since the very first episode, until now. In the episode ‘Thank You‘, Glenn was thrown to the ground, among a zombie horde, after Nicholas took his own life. The last moments show Glenn on the ground, screaming, as entails are being ripped out and torn apart. Many fans refuse to believe that Glenn is really dead and have come up with the theory that the intestines actually belong to Nicholas, who may have landed on top of Glenn. People believe he’s now hiding under the dumpster that he and Nicholas were standing on, but I’m not so sure. Unfortunately, there are other signs he’s in
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As we reported back in May, J.A. Bayona (The Orphanage) has signed on to direct ‘World War Z 2′, the follow up to 2013’s zombie outbreak movie starring Brad Pitt. Bayona recently got the offer to direct ‘Jurassic World 2’, but is locked into a deal with Paramount for ‘WWZ 2’ . Dennis Kelly will now be taking over for Steve Knight as scriptwriter for ‘WWZ 2′. Kelly is behind such films as ‘Utopia’, ‘Black Sea’ and will be writing the script for the upcoming remake of ‘Matilda’. Knight’s reason for exiting the film has not revealed. The plot is being kept under wraps for now, but we do know that Brad Pitt will be returning to his role as Gerry Lane. The original writer, Steve Knight did make an interesting statement in an interview earlier this year. “…I thought, ‘why not? What fun.’ It’s not quite like the other, we’re starting with clean slate.” There is no word if
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Fifteen years after the Salem Witch trials, a young woman begins to show signs of possession in’Salem Village’. Desperate for the truth, the town’s elders put their faith in a man of science to uncover the cause of what is happening in Salem and to find a way to end the terrifying events that are plaguing the town. This gritty possession thriller is already being compared to ‘The Witch’, a film that has yet to be released, but is acclaimed by critics. ‘Salem Village’ was penned by Richard and Mark Bianculli and will be distributed by STX Entertainment. The film is now in early preproduction, but there is no word yet who might direct or star in the film. David Gelb (The Lazarus Effect) was at one point listed as director, but has since moved on to other projects, leaving the film in search of a director.
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The National Association of Police Organizations, representing over 241,000 officers, along with other law enforcement groups in New York, Houston, L.A., New Jersey, Chicago and Philadelphia, have joined the boycott of Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino angered law enforcement agencies when he referred to police as “murderers” during a statement at a “Black Lives Matter” rally in New York City on October 24th. “This is not being dealt with in any way at all. That’s why we are out here.” Tarantino continued “If it was being dealt with, then these murdering cops would be in jail or at least be facing charges. When I see murderers, I do not stand by. I have to call a murder a murder, and I have to call the murderers the murderers.” According to Variety, The Weinstein Company, which will be releasing Tarantino’s ‘The Hateful Eight’ on Christmas, did not respond to a request for a comment about the boycott. The National Association of Police Organizations’
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On October 29th (2015), ‘Fifteen’, the world’s first live horror film debuted. ‘Fifteen’ was broadcast using Twitter’s Periscope app. The film lasts exactly fifteen minutes, hence the name. ‘Fifteen’ was developed by director Michael Gavin Booth (The Scarehouse) and Ryan Turek of Blumhouse Productions. ‘Fifteen’ stars Neil Napier of ‘Helix’, Sarah Booth, Hannah Kat Jones, Paula Jean Hixson and Alastair James. ‘Fifteen’ takes place on the night of October 29th. A serial killer, nicknamed “Truman”, is broadcasting his murderous rampage to the masses, via the Periscope app. The killer’s next target is a house where two roommates are preparing for the Halloween party that they’re hosting. But tonight, he’s picked the wrong house to mess with. ‘Fifteen’ was developed and rehearsed extensively over the past week. All of the action, stunts and special effects were in real time, with actors shooting the film with a smartphone. Gavin Michael Booth had this to say about the film: “We set out to
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We reported earlier this year that a re-imagining of Stephen King’s classic ‘IT’ was in the works. Director Cary Fukunaga has since been replaced by Andy Muschietti (Mama). Variety offered an update earlier this week revealing that the first film in the new two-part series is set to begin filming next summer, one year later than originally planned. Will Poulter (We Are the Millers) had signed on to play Pennywise when Fukunaga was in charge, but it’s unclear at the moment if he will still play the creepy clown under Muschietti’s direction. There will be two films in place of King’s one. The first will focus on the group of kids from the original story, tormented by Pennywise. The second will follow the group as adults, returned to their home town, faced with Pennywise’s stalking once again.
Continue reading →
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Award winning Producers Dave Hastings and Kaush Patel have announced that the first trailer for their British anthology film ‘The House of Screaming Death‘ has now been released. Patel and Hastings also serve as directors of the film along side Alex Bourne, Troy Dennison and Rebecca Harris-Smith. Hastings of Lightbeam Productions had this to say: “We wrapped production on 25th August after a fantastic 23 day shoot! Our FANTASTIC crew were amazing and we couldn’t have asked for a better team! Every one of them gave it 110% and we couldn’t have done without them! And that also applies to our AMAZING cast, who brought our script and stories life more than we could have ever dreamed! They are stunning, each and every one of them.” He continues ” “we also had our amazing locations, which helped us bring to life all the atmospheric and eerie locations we needed for the differing segments. Each story you’ll see is set in
Continue reading →
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Each week three team members board a haunted elevator that descends into an abandoned warehouse. One player must get out on each floor and complete a frightening challenge, while facing horrifying entities, to earn a cash prize for their team. But if they don’t make it back in time the elevator moves on, leaving them stranded with what ever is lurking there in the dark. Horror icons Jen and Sylvia Soska, aka “The Twisted Twins”, are behind the scenes pulling the strings and enjoying watching the contestants squirm. On this week’s episode of GSN’s ‘Hellevator’, ‘House of Trapped Souls’, a team of three enter a house built atop a field where the state’s worst criminals were laid to rest. The team will face obstacles that include using blood to uncover a hidden message and finding a missing head. ‘Hellevator’, from ‘Paranormal Activity’ producer Jason Blum, airs on The Game Show Network Wednesday nights at 8/7c .
Continue reading →
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Joe Hill, son of literary legend Stephen King, is quickly making a name for himself in the horror genre. Last year’s film ‘Horns‘, directed by Alexandre Aja, was based on Hill’s novel by the same name. Movie and TV rights for Hill’s latest novel, ‘The Fireman’, are already being discussed ahead of the book’s April 2016 release. In ‘The Fireman’ the world has been overtaken by a deadly new virus. Harper is determined to survive long enough to deliver her baby. But when all it takes to start a deadly blaze, she’s going to need the help of a mysterious fireman. Hill has been busy, his collaboration with his father, ‘In The Tall Grass‘, is getting an adaption for film. The screenplay for ‘In The Tall Grass’ was penned by ‘Cube’ writer-director Vincenzo Natali, who also wrote several episodes of the cannibalistic series ‘Hannibal’. The film has already begun production.
Continue reading →
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Last night, during the ninety-minute ‘The Walking Dead’ episode ‘Here’s Not Here’, the trailer of AMC’s new series ‘Preacher‘ made it’s world debut. The new series is based on the adaption of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s fantastic graphic novel by the same name. For those who are not familiar with the comics, let me explain. ‘Preacher’ follows Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper), a preacher from a small Texas town, who was pushed into preaching by his effing insane family. Jesse, after being possessed by Genesis, an entity that is half angel and half demon, sets out to find God. He is accompanied by his ex girlfriend Tulip O’Hare (Ruth Negga) and Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun), a vampire. The angels, desperate to have Genesis back in his cage, send “The Killer of Saints” to find him. Graphic Novel co-creator Garth Ennis will be working along side Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg on the script for the pilot of the series. AMC has
Continue reading →
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Warning Spoilers ! There are troubling changes on ‘The Walking Dead’ that imply Glenn might not make it after all. On last night’s (November 1st) episode of TWD ‘Here’s Not Here’, you could see a change in the opening credits, Steven Yeun’s name has been removed. Yeun’s name has been listed in the opening credits since the very first episode, until now. In the episode ‘Thank You‘, Glenn was thrown to the ground, among a zombie horde, after Nicholas took his own life. The last moments show Glenn on the ground, screaming, as entails are being ripped out and torn apart. Many fans refuse to believe that Glenn is really dead and have come up with the theory that the intestines actually belong to Nicholas, who may have landed on top of Glenn. People believe he’s now hiding under the dumpster that he and Nicholas were standing on, but I’m not so sure. Unfortunately, there are other signs he’s in
Continue reading →
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As we reported back in May, J.A. Bayona (The Orphanage) has signed on to direct ‘World War Z 2′, the follow up to 2013’s zombie outbreak movie starring Brad Pitt. Bayona recently got the offer to direct ‘Jurassic World 2’, but is locked into a deal with Paramount for ‘WWZ 2’ . Dennis Kelly will now be taking over for Steve Knight as scriptwriter for ‘WWZ 2′. Kelly is behind such films as ‘Utopia’, ‘Black Sea’ and will be writing the script for the upcoming remake of ‘Matilda’. Knight’s reason for exiting the film has not revealed. The plot is being kept under wraps for now, but we do know that Brad Pitt will be returning to his role as Gerry Lane. The original writer, Steve Knight did make an interesting statement in an interview earlier this year. “…I thought, ‘why not? What fun.’ It’s not quite like the other, we’re starting with clean slate.” There is no word if
Continue reading →
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Fifteen years after the Salem Witch trials, a young woman begins to show signs of possession in’Salem Village’. Desperate for the truth, the town’s elders put their faith in a man of science to uncover the cause of what is happening in Salem and to find a way to end the terrifying events that are plaguing the town. This gritty possession thriller is already being compared to ‘The Witch’, a film that has yet to be released, but is acclaimed by critics. ‘Salem Village’ was penned by Richard and Mark Bianculli and will be distributed by STX Entertainment. The film is now in early preproduction, but there is no word yet who might direct or star in the film. David Gelb (The Lazarus Effect) was at one point listed as director, but has since moved on to other projects, leaving the film in search of a director.
Continue reading →
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The National Association of Police Organizations, representing over 241,000 officers, along with other law enforcement groups in New York, Houston, L.A., New Jersey, Chicago and Philadelphia, have joined the boycott of Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino angered law enforcement agencies when he referred to police as “murderers” during a statement at a “Black Lives Matter” rally in New York City on October 24th. “This is not being dealt with in any way at all. That’s why we are out here.” Tarantino continued “If it was being dealt with, then these murdering cops would be in jail or at least be facing charges. When I see murderers, I do not stand by. I have to call a murder a murder, and I have to call the murderers the murderers.” According to Variety, The Weinstein Company, which will be releasing Tarantino’s ‘The Hateful Eight’ on Christmas, did not respond to a request for a comment about the boycott. The National Association of Police Organizations’
Continue reading →
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On October 29th (2015), ‘Fifteen’, the world’s first live horror film debuted. ‘Fifteen’ was broadcast using Twitter’s Periscope app. The film lasts exactly fifteen minutes, hence the name. ‘Fifteen’ was developed by director Michael Gavin Booth (The Scarehouse) and Ryan Turek of Blumhouse Productions. ‘Fifteen’ stars Neil Napier of ‘Helix’, Sarah Booth, Hannah Kat Jones, Paula Jean Hixson and Alastair James. ‘Fifteen’ takes place on the night of October 29th. A serial killer, nicknamed “Truman”, is broadcasting his murderous rampage to the masses, via the Periscope app. The killer’s next target is a house where two roommates are preparing for the Halloween party that they’re hosting. But tonight, he’s picked the wrong house to mess with. ‘Fifteen’ was developed and rehearsed extensively over the past week. All of the action, stunts and special effects were in real time, with actors shooting the film with a smartphone. Gavin Michael Booth had this to say about the film: “We set out to
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