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We recently reported that the trailer for Melissa McCarthy‘s new movie, The Happytime Murders, has been released. While it looks like a lot of adult fun, one group of people aren’t happy. Fox5 is reporting that the people behind “Sesame Street” are suing the promoter of the movie saying that the movie has gone too far by tarnishing their puppets’ fame with gore, sex, violence, and all around raunchiness. Friday, a judge scheduled a hearing for this week for “immediate relief” on the behalf of “Sesame Street”, which filed a suit Thursday for an undisclosed amount, and wants The Happytimes Murders to be marketed in a different way. The lawsuit claims that the “Sesame Street” brand will be hurt by the trailer, along with its tagline, “No Sesame. All Street.” Directed by Brian Henson and set to be released on August 17, 2018, the film features McCarthy as a detective teaming up with a puppet detective to solve a series
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This July horror fans will witness a more extreme, bloody version of Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare with the Unrated Director’s Cut arriving from Universal Pictures. Lucy Hale and Tyler Posey star in the supernatural thriller from Blumhouse Productions (Happy Death Day, Get Out) where “a harmless game of “Truth or Dare” among friends turns deadly when someone—or something—begins to punish those who tell a lie—or refuse the dare…” Directed by Jeff Wadlow the film co-stars Violett Beane, Sophia Ali, Nolan Gerard Funk, Landon Liboiron, Sam Lerner, Brady Smith, Hayden Szeto, Aurora Perrineau, Morgan Lindholm, Tom Choi, and Gregg Daniel (interview). The Unrated Director’s Cut of Truth or Dare will arrive on digital platforms on July 3rd, 2018, and on Blu-ray and DVD on July 17th. Special Features: Game On: The Making of Truth or Dare Directing the Deaths Feature Commentary with Co-Writer/Director Jeff Wadlow and Actress Lucy Hale
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Producers, the Jalbert Brothers have big plans for both films and series. Following the first season of their his Amazon Prime series, “Haunted Tours“, they have just announced the opening of their new studio Jallywood which will make a serious impact on the Florida filmmaking scene. Later this summer they will be releasing the indie film Terror Talk, starring Sean Gloria (Followers). They will also be shooting season two of “Haunted Tours” starring Stephen Erkintalo and Victoria Catherine. The series is considered to be the most extreme paranormal show on television and plan on living up to that reputation when they attempt to communicate with Jesus Christ in Jerusalem. According to the press release, “the Jalbert Brothers’ path to success has not been an easy one. They have overcome many obstacles along the way, from growing up in a broken home in a lower-middle-class upbringing to being labeled slow learners by the school system. They are high school dropouts who
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Sony is serious about building its Marvel shared universe. Venom, starring Tom Hardy, will open in theaters this October. One of the other films on the menu for Sony is Morbius. The first details for Morbius, the vampire comic adaptation which we last reported on back in November of last year, has been uncovered by The Hashtag Show who reportedly reached out to Sony for an update. According to the site, in the movie, Morbius is a “Horror action story of a scientist who, in trying to find a cure for a rare blood disease, accidentally transformed himself into a living vampire who, though disgusted by his own bloodlust, chooses to prey upon criminals he deems unworthy of life.” The site also reported that Sony gave them the basic description of the type of actor the studio is looking to cast. Sony is not looking for a particular race but is looking for a man between that ages of 30
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It’s been almost a year since we reported that Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, had teamed up to create a new production company, Stolen Picture. Their first film under their new banner is the horror-comedy Slaughterhouse Rulez. It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about the movie until now, during a recent interview with Digital Trends, Pegg revealed that a subterranean monster is at the center of the story, directed by Crispian Mills. It’s going to be really fun. It’s a sort of a horror comedy,” Pegg told the site. “It felt like the right thing for Nick and I to have as our first collaboration with Stolen Picture. It’s about a private school in the U.K. which sells off parts of its land to a fracking company, and the fracking company then unleashes a subterranean monster that terrorizes the school. It’s a big metaphor for the U.K. privatizing things, and it’s mixed up with some ridiculous, sloppy horror.
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Writer-director Sylass Dall wants to take you back to 1979 for his supernatural indie thriller They Reach. Starring Mary Madaline Roe, Morgan Chandler, Eden Campbell, Kyan Zielinski, Elizabeth Rhoades, and Ash Calder, the story centers on a young girl who stumbles upon a possessed tape player, unwittingly unleashing a demonic entity that haunts her family while slowly dragging her small town to Hell. They Reach is set to arrive in the U.S. sometime next year.
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Batton down the hatches, Sharknado 6 will soon make landfall. Titled The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time, the movie’s first teaser has arrived! Set to be the final film of the franchise, Sharknado 6 will go where no Sharknado has gone before, through time. That’s right, Fin is going to time travel back to the original Sharknado to try and stop it in its tracks. We sat down with Tara Reid earlier this week for an interview and she teased what’s to come. Six is the best one. We’re gonna end this movie with a boom.” Reid continued. “We’re time traveling, we’re in the dinosaur age, we’re seeing George Washington.” Anthony C. Ferrante, who has directed every film of the series, is back for the final film. As always, there will be a horde of celebrity cameos, but they haven’t been announced yet. We do know that Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Vivica A. Fox, and Cassie Scerbo will be reprising
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It’s Alive, The Stuff, Maniac Cop, Body Snatchers, those are titles every genre fan recognizes. A new documentary, King Cohen, from filmmaker Steve Mitchell will delve into the life and work of the brilliant writer, director, and producer Larry Cohen, which Dark Star Pictures has just acquired the American rights to. Dark Star is planning a July 7th theatrical roll-out followed by an August 14th VOD release. Dark Star Pictures President Michael Repsch negotiated the deal with Bill Straus of Bridge Entertainment. Larry Cohen is one of a kind – a true film auteur. Steve Mitchell has brilliantly captured his essence and passion in this very entertaining and also informative film. We’re ecstatic to bring this work to North American audiences” says Michael Repsch, President of Dark Star Pictures. “We couldn’t be more delighted to have Dark Star Pictures unleash KING COHEN on North America,” says producer Matt Verboys. “They completely get Larry Cohen’s indelible impact on cinema and are
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The new poster for HBO‘s upcoming series “Sharp Objects” might leave you feeling tense, and not sure why. While it looks normal enough, it feels like something is lurking just below the surface. The poster may say “welcome home”, but it doesn’t look very welcoming to me. Starring Amy Adams (Arrival), Patricia Clarkson (The Green Mile), April Brinson (The Veil), Violet Brinson (The Veil), and Matt Craven (X-Men: First Class), the series is from director Jean-Marc Vallée and written by Marti Noxon. “Based on the book by The New York Times bestselling author Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl, Dark Places), this eight-episode series tells the story of reporter Camille Preaker (Adams) who returns to her small hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. Trying to put together a psychological puzzle from her past, she finds herself identifying with the young victims a bit too closely.” “Sharp Objects” is set to premiere July 8, 2018.
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Reports are coming in tonight about the plot of this year’s highly-anticipated movie Halloween, meant to be a direct sequel to the original. In the film, “Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.” Reportedly, this will be Laurie and Michael’s final showdown. Comicbook.com is reporting that Michael is never referred to by name, only as a “masked figure who has haunted her”, while all of the other films have implied that Laurie and Michael are siblings. Co-writer Danny McBride has already stated that “We’re kind of ignoring all the films past the first one,” He continued. ““It picks up after the first one, but it’s sort of an alternate reality. It’s as if the first Halloween ended in a slightly different way.” Virginia “Ginny” Garnder (Marvel’s Runaways),
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We recently reported that the trailer for Melissa McCarthy‘s new movie, The Happytime Murders, has been released. While it looks like a lot of adult fun, one group of people aren’t happy. Fox5 is reporting that the people behind “Sesame Street” are suing the promoter of the movie saying that the movie has gone too far by tarnishing their puppets’ fame with gore, sex, violence, and all around raunchiness. Friday, a judge scheduled a hearing for this week for “immediate relief” on the behalf of “Sesame Street”, which filed a suit Thursday for an undisclosed amount, and wants The Happytimes Murders to be marketed in a different way. The lawsuit claims that the “Sesame Street” brand will be hurt by the trailer, along with its tagline, “No Sesame. All Street.” Directed by Brian Henson and set to be released on August 17, 2018, the film features McCarthy as a detective teaming up with a puppet detective to solve a series
Continue reading →
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This July horror fans will witness a more extreme, bloody version of Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare with the Unrated Director’s Cut arriving from Universal Pictures. Lucy Hale and Tyler Posey star in the supernatural thriller from Blumhouse Productions (Happy Death Day, Get Out) where “a harmless game of “Truth or Dare” among friends turns deadly when someone—or something—begins to punish those who tell a lie—or refuse the dare…” Directed by Jeff Wadlow the film co-stars Violett Beane, Sophia Ali, Nolan Gerard Funk, Landon Liboiron, Sam Lerner, Brady Smith, Hayden Szeto, Aurora Perrineau, Morgan Lindholm, Tom Choi, and Gregg Daniel (interview). The Unrated Director’s Cut of Truth or Dare will arrive on digital platforms on July 3rd, 2018, and on Blu-ray and DVD on July 17th. Special Features: Game On: The Making of Truth or Dare Directing the Deaths Feature Commentary with Co-Writer/Director Jeff Wadlow and Actress Lucy Hale
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Producers, the Jalbert Brothers have big plans for both films and series. Following the first season of their his Amazon Prime series, “Haunted Tours“, they have just announced the opening of their new studio Jallywood which will make a serious impact on the Florida filmmaking scene. Later this summer they will be releasing the indie film Terror Talk, starring Sean Gloria (Followers). They will also be shooting season two of “Haunted Tours” starring Stephen Erkintalo and Victoria Catherine. The series is considered to be the most extreme paranormal show on television and plan on living up to that reputation when they attempt to communicate with Jesus Christ in Jerusalem. According to the press release, “the Jalbert Brothers’ path to success has not been an easy one. They have overcome many obstacles along the way, from growing up in a broken home in a lower-middle-class upbringing to being labeled slow learners by the school system. They are high school dropouts who
Continue reading →
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Sony is serious about building its Marvel shared universe. Venom, starring Tom Hardy, will open in theaters this October. One of the other films on the menu for Sony is Morbius. The first details for Morbius, the vampire comic adaptation which we last reported on back in November of last year, has been uncovered by The Hashtag Show who reportedly reached out to Sony for an update. According to the site, in the movie, Morbius is a “Horror action story of a scientist who, in trying to find a cure for a rare blood disease, accidentally transformed himself into a living vampire who, though disgusted by his own bloodlust, chooses to prey upon criminals he deems unworthy of life.” The site also reported that Sony gave them the basic description of the type of actor the studio is looking to cast. Sony is not looking for a particular race but is looking for a man between that ages of 30
Continue reading →
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It’s been almost a year since we reported that Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, had teamed up to create a new production company, Stolen Picture. Their first film under their new banner is the horror-comedy Slaughterhouse Rulez. It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about the movie until now, during a recent interview with Digital Trends, Pegg revealed that a subterranean monster is at the center of the story, directed by Crispian Mills. It’s going to be really fun. It’s a sort of a horror comedy,” Pegg told the site. “It felt like the right thing for Nick and I to have as our first collaboration with Stolen Picture. It’s about a private school in the U.K. which sells off parts of its land to a fracking company, and the fracking company then unleashes a subterranean monster that terrorizes the school. It’s a big metaphor for the U.K. privatizing things, and it’s mixed up with some ridiculous, sloppy horror.
Continue reading →
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Writer-director Sylass Dall wants to take you back to 1979 for his supernatural indie thriller They Reach. Starring Mary Madaline Roe, Morgan Chandler, Eden Campbell, Kyan Zielinski, Elizabeth Rhoades, and Ash Calder, the story centers on a young girl who stumbles upon a possessed tape player, unwittingly unleashing a demonic entity that haunts her family while slowly dragging her small town to Hell. They Reach is set to arrive in the U.S. sometime next year.
Continue reading →
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Batton down the hatches, Sharknado 6 will soon make landfall. Titled The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time, the movie’s first teaser has arrived! Set to be the final film of the franchise, Sharknado 6 will go where no Sharknado has gone before, through time. That’s right, Fin is going to time travel back to the original Sharknado to try and stop it in its tracks. We sat down with Tara Reid earlier this week for an interview and she teased what’s to come. Six is the best one. We’re gonna end this movie with a boom.” Reid continued. “We’re time traveling, we’re in the dinosaur age, we’re seeing George Washington.” Anthony C. Ferrante, who has directed every film of the series, is back for the final film. As always, there will be a horde of celebrity cameos, but they haven’t been announced yet. We do know that Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Vivica A. Fox, and Cassie Scerbo will be reprising
Continue reading →
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It’s Alive, The Stuff, Maniac Cop, Body Snatchers, those are titles every genre fan recognizes. A new documentary, King Cohen, from filmmaker Steve Mitchell will delve into the life and work of the brilliant writer, director, and producer Larry Cohen, which Dark Star Pictures has just acquired the American rights to. Dark Star is planning a July 7th theatrical roll-out followed by an August 14th VOD release. Dark Star Pictures President Michael Repsch negotiated the deal with Bill Straus of Bridge Entertainment. Larry Cohen is one of a kind – a true film auteur. Steve Mitchell has brilliantly captured his essence and passion in this very entertaining and also informative film. We’re ecstatic to bring this work to North American audiences” says Michael Repsch, President of Dark Star Pictures. “We couldn’t be more delighted to have Dark Star Pictures unleash KING COHEN on North America,” says producer Matt Verboys. “They completely get Larry Cohen’s indelible impact on cinema and are
Continue reading →
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The new poster for HBO‘s upcoming series “Sharp Objects” might leave you feeling tense, and not sure why. While it looks normal enough, it feels like something is lurking just below the surface. The poster may say “welcome home”, but it doesn’t look very welcoming to me. Starring Amy Adams (Arrival), Patricia Clarkson (The Green Mile), April Brinson (The Veil), Violet Brinson (The Veil), and Matt Craven (X-Men: First Class), the series is from director Jean-Marc Vallée and written by Marti Noxon. “Based on the book by The New York Times bestselling author Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl, Dark Places), this eight-episode series tells the story of reporter Camille Preaker (Adams) who returns to her small hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. Trying to put together a psychological puzzle from her past, she finds herself identifying with the young victims a bit too closely.” “Sharp Objects” is set to premiere July 8, 2018.
Continue reading →
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Reports are coming in tonight about the plot of this year’s highly-anticipated movie Halloween, meant to be a direct sequel to the original. In the film, “Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.” Reportedly, this will be Laurie and Michael’s final showdown. Comicbook.com is reporting that Michael is never referred to by name, only as a “masked figure who has haunted her”, while all of the other films have implied that Laurie and Michael are siblings. Co-writer Danny McBride has already stated that “We’re kind of ignoring all the films past the first one,” He continued. ““It picks up after the first one, but it’s sort of an alternate reality. It’s as if the first Halloween ended in a slightly different way.” Virginia “Ginny” Garnder (Marvel’s Runaways),
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