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We originally reported the new Independence Day sequel in March of 2015, followed by the announcement of the first trailer’s release last December, and a TV spot earlier this month. Now, a new action-packed trailer has arrived. Since the aliens attacked, on Independence Day, we’ve known that at some time they would be back. It has been twenty-years since the aliens failed invasion. Now, it’s time to fight once again. The new trailer for Independence Day: Resurgence has landed and in it London Bridge is really falling down. In fact, in the new trailer all of London has fallen, as have many cities worldwide. We get a glimpse of the post-alien world and we will see how humanity has stepped up its game with a serious arsenal. But the aliens have a new trick up their sleeves and a weapon that will be hard to beat. Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Vivica A. Fox, Judd Hirsch, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Brent
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It’s been a long time since we’ve had a horror film set in a retirement home. Most memorable was Bubba Ho-Tep and Cocoon. Let’s be honest, they’re creepy places. The upcoming film Lasso, directed by Roberto Marinas and written by Elaine Gibson, capitalizes on that. Variety reports Lindsey Morgan (The 100) has been cast in the lead role in the independent thriller that will also star Andrew Jacobs (Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones). The two will play characters navigating thyrough life while working at at a senior center. Their lives are turned upside down when a group of psychotic, blood thirsty cowboys from the local rodeo descend on the center. Now, they must fight to stay alive while trying to protect the facility’s residents.
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Director Jason Bognacki’s Mark of the Witch, which took home the award for Best Cinematography at Fright Night Film Fest 2014, is set to arrive on Digital Download and VOD on 6/6/16. Marie Olsen (Paranormal Activity 3) and Paulie Rojas (The Last Resort) star along side David Landry (Insurgent), Lillian Pennypacker (Tangerine Sky), Michael St. Michaels (Alex & Emma) and Nancy Wolfe (Helter Skelter). Mark of the Witch, originally titled Another, follows Jordyn (Rojas), a beautiful young woman “who is driven into a dark underworld of demonic possession, desire, and extreme indulgences when she learns that she may be the devil’s daughter.” Other Articles You Might Like: Salem Releases New Bewitching Trailer For Season 3 Witness True Evil In The New Featurette For The Witch In Honor Of The Witch – Real Witches In History
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Late last night Kevin Durand Posted a group photo on Instagram featuring his fellow cast members Corey Stoll, David Bradley and Ruta Gedmintas from the hit series The Strain. The caption below the picture was as follows: “Thank you to the cast and crew of #TheStrain Season 3. We all put our heads down and worked hard and accomplished something great. Had a blast with you all. What an honor and a pleasure. Thank you to those of you who are patiently waiting for it. We do this for you and we are grateful for the love. Thank you @fxnetworks for your belief in us. Season 3 is EPIC. Let’s do this! BOOM! Season 3 wrapped.” The Strain, created by Guillermo del Toro, follows a group of New Yorkers who have banned together to survive the Strigoi, a type of vampire that spreads it’s infection through blood and their worms. Every Strigoi is linked to “The Master”, who leads his
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Critically acclaimed writers and producers Chris LaMartina and Jimmy George (‘WNUF Halloween Special’, ‘Call Girl of Cthulhu’ , have teamed up to create BURIAL PLOTS, the first comic to be made and soon released from Baltimore’s Midnight Crew Studios. Inspired by classic comics ‘Tales From The Crypt ‘ and ‘The Witching Hour’, the new horror comic is said to be a must read for any horror fan, compiling bloodshed, macabre and monsters throughout 30 black and white pages. Comic Summary: “In BUM WRAP, a wronged homeless man discovers an ancient mummy and uses the decrepit creature to seek revenge. It’s a real rags-to-riches story! In SHAPESHIFTERS, a scrawny recruit transforms after he joins a gym run by a pack of muscle head werewolves. Will this killer workout get him ripped in thirty days?” BURIAL PLOTS will be released soon (the Kickstarter was beyond an success) but as it stands now, you still can rake in your rewards for backing the
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A new trailer has just been released for season 2 of Fox’s Wayward Pines, giving us our first look at Djimon Housou and Jason Patric in their new roles. Season 2, which consist of 10 episodes, stars Jason Patric (The Lost Boys), Academy Award nominee Djimon Hounsou (Air,Blood Dimond) and Emmy Award nominee Hope Davis (American Crime). The struggle of of residents and the iron-fisted rule of the first generation will pick up right where it left off. Dr. Theo Yedlin (Patric) will wake up as a new resident in Wayward Pines and finds himself caught in the middle of the rebellion. In season 2 we will also meet CJ Mitchum (Hounsou), a former teacher and historian with extensive knowledge of the town’s origin. A decision made by Mitchum will affect the lives of everyone in Wayward Pines. Housnou and Patric will be joined by new cast members Tom Stevens (Cedar Cove), Nimrat Kaur, Josh Helman, and Kacey Rohl. In
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Word came back in 2014 that a Friday the 13th series would be coming to the CW Network that would explore a detective’s search for his brother who had gone missing on Crystal Lake. We posted an update back in August of 2015 that director David Bruckner had stepped away from the project and that writer Aaron Guzikowski has signed on. Since then information has been scarce. Today, new information has come via Pizowell.com. A source close to the show has revealed that the CW has officially killed their plans to make the series. One of the many reasons the series never came to be is that many executives didn’t like the concept behind the show.
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We reported back in March that Flatliners would be joining the long (long,long,long) list of remakes/reboots coming over the next few years. Now, we have learned via The Wrap that The Vampire Diaries’ Nina Dobrev is currently in talks with Sony Pictures to join the reboot’s cast, which already includes Ellen Page (Inception) and Diego Luna (Elysium). Dobrev currently plays several roles on The Vampire Diaries including Elena Gilbert, a vampire and the doppelganger of Katherine Pierce, a centuries old vampire. Yes, it gets a bit confusing, especially when they are both in an episode. There is one thing, besides the same appearance, that both characters have in common, they have both loved brothers Damon ( Ian Somerhalder) and Stefan (Paul Wesley). Neils Arden Oplev (Mr. Robot) is set to direct from the script penned by Ben Ripley (Source Code) with Laurence Mark and Michael Douglas producing. Filming for Flatliners is slated to begin this July. Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon,
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It has been a while since any news about the upcoming sequel to World War Z has surfaced. Today we can report the film has now entered into preproduction and is preparing to begin filming late this summer. WWZ 2 will follow United Nations Investigator Gerry Lane, played by Brad Pitt, and the continued fight to rid the world of the zombie plague. The original director, J. A. Banyon, stepped away from the project last year and the new director for WWZ 2 has yet to be announced. But it sounds like the new director, who ever he or she might be, is already in negotiations. The film also got a new writer, Dennis Kelly, who has taken over for Steve Knight. WWZ was very different from most of the zombie movies of 2013. Not only was it an outbreak film, the zombies were fast paced adding extra danger for the characters. During Gerry’s travels he learned the key to
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The 1992 horror-comedy Death Becomes Her, directed by Robert Zemeckis, will be available for the first time on Blu-ray from Scream! Factory later this month. Death Becomes Her stars Goldie Hawn as Helen Sharp, a frumpy woman left by her surgeon husband for the glamorous actress Madeline Ashton, played by Meryl Streep. Several years later Helen has transformed herself into a real beauty and returns to win back her ex husband Bruce (Bruce Willis). Madeline, who will go to any lengths to recapture her beauty, stumbles upon a secret society and a beauty treatment to die for. When Madeline and Helen go head to head they learn that they both have taken the treatment that not only prevents wrinkles, it prevents death, sort of. The new Blu-ray will feature several bonus features including: New The Making Of Death Becomes Her Interviews: Director Robert, Writer David Keoepp, Producer Steve Starkey, Director of Photography Dean Cundey, Production Designer Rick Carter and SFX
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We originally reported the new Independence Day sequel in March of 2015, followed by the announcement of the first trailer’s release last December, and a TV spot earlier this month. Now, a new action-packed trailer has arrived. Since the aliens attacked, on Independence Day, we’ve known that at some time they would be back. It has been twenty-years since the aliens failed invasion. Now, it’s time to fight once again. The new trailer for Independence Day: Resurgence has landed and in it London Bridge is really falling down. In fact, in the new trailer all of London has fallen, as have many cities worldwide. We get a glimpse of the post-alien world and we will see how humanity has stepped up its game with a serious arsenal. But the aliens have a new trick up their sleeves and a weapon that will be hard to beat. Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Vivica A. Fox, Judd Hirsch, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Brent
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It’s been a long time since we’ve had a horror film set in a retirement home. Most memorable was Bubba Ho-Tep and Cocoon. Let’s be honest, they’re creepy places. The upcoming film Lasso, directed by Roberto Marinas and written by Elaine Gibson, capitalizes on that. Variety reports Lindsey Morgan (The 100) has been cast in the lead role in the independent thriller that will also star Andrew Jacobs (Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones). The two will play characters navigating thyrough life while working at at a senior center. Their lives are turned upside down when a group of psychotic, blood thirsty cowboys from the local rodeo descend on the center. Now, they must fight to stay alive while trying to protect the facility’s residents.
Continue reading →
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Director Jason Bognacki’s Mark of the Witch, which took home the award for Best Cinematography at Fright Night Film Fest 2014, is set to arrive on Digital Download and VOD on 6/6/16. Marie Olsen (Paranormal Activity 3) and Paulie Rojas (The Last Resort) star along side David Landry (Insurgent), Lillian Pennypacker (Tangerine Sky), Michael St. Michaels (Alex & Emma) and Nancy Wolfe (Helter Skelter). Mark of the Witch, originally titled Another, follows Jordyn (Rojas), a beautiful young woman “who is driven into a dark underworld of demonic possession, desire, and extreme indulgences when she learns that she may be the devil’s daughter.” Other Articles You Might Like: Salem Releases New Bewitching Trailer For Season 3 Witness True Evil In The New Featurette For The Witch In Honor Of The Witch – Real Witches In History
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Late last night Kevin Durand Posted a group photo on Instagram featuring his fellow cast members Corey Stoll, David Bradley and Ruta Gedmintas from the hit series The Strain. The caption below the picture was as follows: “Thank you to the cast and crew of #TheStrain Season 3. We all put our heads down and worked hard and accomplished something great. Had a blast with you all. What an honor and a pleasure. Thank you to those of you who are patiently waiting for it. We do this for you and we are grateful for the love. Thank you @fxnetworks for your belief in us. Season 3 is EPIC. Let’s do this! BOOM! Season 3 wrapped.” The Strain, created by Guillermo del Toro, follows a group of New Yorkers who have banned together to survive the Strigoi, a type of vampire that spreads it’s infection through blood and their worms. Every Strigoi is linked to “The Master”, who leads his
Continue reading →
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Critically acclaimed writers and producers Chris LaMartina and Jimmy George (‘WNUF Halloween Special’, ‘Call Girl of Cthulhu’ , have teamed up to create BURIAL PLOTS, the first comic to be made and soon released from Baltimore’s Midnight Crew Studios. Inspired by classic comics ‘Tales From The Crypt ‘ and ‘The Witching Hour’, the new horror comic is said to be a must read for any horror fan, compiling bloodshed, macabre and monsters throughout 30 black and white pages. Comic Summary: “In BUM WRAP, a wronged homeless man discovers an ancient mummy and uses the decrepit creature to seek revenge. It’s a real rags-to-riches story! In SHAPESHIFTERS, a scrawny recruit transforms after he joins a gym run by a pack of muscle head werewolves. Will this killer workout get him ripped in thirty days?” BURIAL PLOTS will be released soon (the Kickstarter was beyond an success) but as it stands now, you still can rake in your rewards for backing the
Continue reading →
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A new trailer has just been released for season 2 of Fox’s Wayward Pines, giving us our first look at Djimon Housou and Jason Patric in their new roles. Season 2, which consist of 10 episodes, stars Jason Patric (The Lost Boys), Academy Award nominee Djimon Hounsou (Air,Blood Dimond) and Emmy Award nominee Hope Davis (American Crime). The struggle of of residents and the iron-fisted rule of the first generation will pick up right where it left off. Dr. Theo Yedlin (Patric) will wake up as a new resident in Wayward Pines and finds himself caught in the middle of the rebellion. In season 2 we will also meet CJ Mitchum (Hounsou), a former teacher and historian with extensive knowledge of the town’s origin. A decision made by Mitchum will affect the lives of everyone in Wayward Pines. Housnou and Patric will be joined by new cast members Tom Stevens (Cedar Cove), Nimrat Kaur, Josh Helman, and Kacey Rohl. In
Continue reading →
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Word came back in 2014 that a Friday the 13th series would be coming to the CW Network that would explore a detective’s search for his brother who had gone missing on Crystal Lake. We posted an update back in August of 2015 that director David Bruckner had stepped away from the project and that writer Aaron Guzikowski has signed on. Since then information has been scarce. Today, new information has come via Pizowell.com. A source close to the show has revealed that the CW has officially killed their plans to make the series. One of the many reasons the series never came to be is that many executives didn’t like the concept behind the show.
Continue reading →
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We reported back in March that Flatliners would be joining the long (long,long,long) list of remakes/reboots coming over the next few years. Now, we have learned via The Wrap that The Vampire Diaries’ Nina Dobrev is currently in talks with Sony Pictures to join the reboot’s cast, which already includes Ellen Page (Inception) and Diego Luna (Elysium). Dobrev currently plays several roles on The Vampire Diaries including Elena Gilbert, a vampire and the doppelganger of Katherine Pierce, a centuries old vampire. Yes, it gets a bit confusing, especially when they are both in an episode. There is one thing, besides the same appearance, that both characters have in common, they have both loved brothers Damon ( Ian Somerhalder) and Stefan (Paul Wesley). Neils Arden Oplev (Mr. Robot) is set to direct from the script penned by Ben Ripley (Source Code) with Laurence Mark and Michael Douglas producing. Filming for Flatliners is slated to begin this July. Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon,
Continue reading →
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It has been a while since any news about the upcoming sequel to World War Z has surfaced. Today we can report the film has now entered into preproduction and is preparing to begin filming late this summer. WWZ 2 will follow United Nations Investigator Gerry Lane, played by Brad Pitt, and the continued fight to rid the world of the zombie plague. The original director, J. A. Banyon, stepped away from the project last year and the new director for WWZ 2 has yet to be announced. But it sounds like the new director, who ever he or she might be, is already in negotiations. The film also got a new writer, Dennis Kelly, who has taken over for Steve Knight. WWZ was very different from most of the zombie movies of 2013. Not only was it an outbreak film, the zombies were fast paced adding extra danger for the characters. During Gerry’s travels he learned the key to
Continue reading →
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The 1992 horror-comedy Death Becomes Her, directed by Robert Zemeckis, will be available for the first time on Blu-ray from Scream! Factory later this month. Death Becomes Her stars Goldie Hawn as Helen Sharp, a frumpy woman left by her surgeon husband for the glamorous actress Madeline Ashton, played by Meryl Streep. Several years later Helen has transformed herself into a real beauty and returns to win back her ex husband Bruce (Bruce Willis). Madeline, who will go to any lengths to recapture her beauty, stumbles upon a secret society and a beauty treatment to die for. When Madeline and Helen go head to head they learn that they both have taken the treatment that not only prevents wrinkles, it prevents death, sort of. The new Blu-ray will feature several bonus features including: New The Making Of Death Becomes Her Interviews: Director Robert, Writer David Keoepp, Producer Steve Starkey, Director of Photography Dean Cundey, Production Designer Rick Carter and SFX
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