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Paramount will be delivering a sequel to the 2013 film ‘Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters’ as earlier reported, instead they will be developing the movie into a TV series, produced by the studio and Gary Sanchez Productions, who produced the 2013 film. The news comes on the heels of Paramount’s deal with Amazon Studios for a ‘Jack Ryan’ series. There is no news yet when they will begin filming or on what network the ‘Hansel and Gretel’ series will air. In ‘Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters’ the siblings return to the village where they lived as children, after fifteen years. The two are now witch hunters and their village is under attack. As the Blood Moon approaches the two are the village’s only hope, they must stop the witches who are reeking havoc. The film stars ‘The Avengers’ actor Jeremy Renner as Hansel and Gemma Arterton as Gretel, Famke Janssen, Pihla Vitala, Derek Mears and Peter Stomare. We will keep
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In Writer/director Ari Kirschenbaum’s new horror film ‘Live-Evil’, a small college town and it’s police station are seized by evil on Halloween night. It’s up to the sheriff, his three deputies and a few locals to stop the evil before it takes over the town and possibly the world. Kirschenbaum has put together an impressive cast, including ‘The Walking Dead’s’ Vincent M. Ward, Charlene Amoia (American Reunion), Vladimir Kulich (Vikings), J. Richey Nash (Stay Alive) and ‘Candyman’ actor Tony Todd. ‘Live-Evil’ has been described as “Ghostbusters’ meets ‘Dawn of the Dead’ as seen through Rod Serling’s ‘Twilight Zone.'” I’m sold! ‘Live-Evil’ is currently touring film festivals, and should be released some time in 2016.
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‘Kong: Skull Island‘, set to be released on March 10, 2017, will be the first film in a trilogy featuring Kong and Godzilla. The film, directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, follows a man (Hiddleston) who travels to a legendary island in search for his brother who was stranded, while in search of a serum that is believed to be a cure all for any illness or disease. During the search the team must face the creatures on the island, including Kong, King of the Apes and dinosaurs, long thought to be extinct. ‘Skull Island’ will be followed by the release of ‘Godzilla 2’, which will be released on June 8, 2018. ‘Godzilla 2’ will feature the Monarch organization, from the 2014 film. In 2021, in the final film of the trilogy, we will see Godzilla and Kong go head to head. The new shared universe will also feature Godzilla’s classic enemies Mothra and Rodan, among others. Kevin Tsujihara, the CEO of
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John Lepper, film producer, writer, special effects makeup artist and horror fan, is now working on a comic titled ‘We Kill The Dead’. There is something very special about this comic, it will hold the record for most cameos by characters in horror films, supernatural characters to be exact. Not only will the comic have a ton of familiar characters, it will also have a few new ones as well. Unlike in some comic cameos, Lepper has permission to use the characters he’s featuring. And there are a lot of them, 22 to be exact. The list includes Reeker from ‘No Man’s Land’, Thorn from the film ‘Slasher House’, Dollman (Methodic), Mary Mattock (Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet), Verden Fell (FrightWorld), Jonah (Jonah Lives), Jack-O (Jack-O), Evil Highlander (Redwood Massacre), Stitches (Stitches), BBK (Gutterballs) and Black Night from the film ‘Dead of Knight’, just to name a few. Lepper is also in the process of writing a novel
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We reported back in November of 2014 that Universal will be creating a shared universe and will be rebooting several of their classic monster movies, including ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon‘, ‘The Wolf Man‘, ‘The Invisible Man’ and ‘The Mummy‘, the first movie of the new shared universe. Universal has put together a team of writers to plot out the new universe. New information has surfaced in regards to ‘The Mummy’ remake, set to be released in 2017. The new ‘Mummy’ film will be directed by Alex Kurtzman, who was behind ‘Star Trek’, ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ and ‘Mission Imposible III’. The script for the reboot was penned by Jon Spaihts (Alien: Engineers). The film will be set in modern times. There is one thing still up in the air, they have not decided on the sex of the mummy. ‘The Mummy’ is set to arrive in theaters on March 24th, 2017, with the next film (still untitled) to debut
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Lauren Cohan should look familiar, she plays Maggie in the hit TV show ‘The Walking Dead’, she has also starred in ‘Death Race 2′ (2010), Van Wilder (2006) and in the TV shows ‘Supernatural’ and ‘The Vampire Diaries’. Cohan is now stepping into her first lead role in the film ‘The Boy’, from Lakeshore Entertainment and Vertigo Entertainment. We first reported on ‘The Boy’ back in January, today we have news that not only is the trailer now available, but the release date has been set as well, for January 22, 2016.‘The Boy’ follows a nanny (Cohan) that is hired to look after an unconventional couple’s life like doll. The couple uses the doll to help them cope with the death of their young son or is it really that simple? The doll is treated as if it was actually their son, he’s fed, read to and tucked in, but there are rules that must be followed. As if the
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The Anthology film ‘Mexico Barbaro’ presents eight short films, each based on a traditional Mexican legend and each by a different director. The directors include Jorge Michel Grau, Laurette Flores, Isaac Ezban, Edgar Nito, Lex Ortega, aaron Soto, Ulises Guzman and Gigi Saul Guerrero. The legends each segment revolves around includes both new and old, but all part of the nation’s rich heritage. The short films feature everything from ghosts, monsters, boogymen, Aztec sacrifice, Day of the Dead and more. ‘Mexico Barbaro’ will be released on both DVD and VOD on November 3rd from Dark Sky Films.
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Katie (Daneah Underwood) has moved into a new house. In the basement she discovers old photos of the family that previously owned the house. After she begins to investigate the family she learns that they were all murdered. The more she uncovers, the more strange things begin to happen in the home and on the property. ‘Impervious’ was written and will be directed by Al Hallak (Error) and is set to be released in 2017. Many of the details surrounding the film have not been announced, but the first teaser trailer has been released.
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‘Ash vs. Evil Dead’ is approaching it’s premier on STARZ on Halloween. At the New York Comic Con Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi are already revealing names of the people they dream of making cameos in the series. Campbell told MovieBuzzers “I’d use a lot of them. “I’d get Robert Englund in there, Kane Hodder, all the guys I run into in the green room at these conventions. Shatner, I’d get him, whoever. But I’d like to get a lot of the genre people in. I don’t want to exclude them at all. We used Mimi Rogers in the first season. She’s great, because she’s a legitimate actress, and then we fucked with her.” Raimi seems to be on the same page with Campbell. “Sure, why not. Those guys are really great actors and I thinks fans [would like] seeing them play cameos as long as they’re right for the role. Casting is everything.” ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ stars Bruce
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In ‘The Confines’ a troubled young woman, trying to get her life in order, takes a night job as a security guard at an abandoned apartment building. She fights to not let her mind play tricks on her while she patrols the dark, aging, building, but as the night progresses she begins to witness strange things and realizes it’s not all in her head. Louisa Krause (Return) stars along side Jason Patric, who play’s the role of her partner, and Mark Margolis (Beneath) in ‘The Confines’ aka ‘The Abandoned’. This paranormal-thriller was directed by Eytan Rockaway. The release date has yet to be announced.
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Paramount will be delivering a sequel to the 2013 film ‘Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters’ as earlier reported, instead they will be developing the movie into a TV series, produced by the studio and Gary Sanchez Productions, who produced the 2013 film. The news comes on the heels of Paramount’s deal with Amazon Studios for a ‘Jack Ryan’ series. There is no news yet when they will begin filming or on what network the ‘Hansel and Gretel’ series will air. In ‘Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters’ the siblings return to the village where they lived as children, after fifteen years. The two are now witch hunters and their village is under attack. As the Blood Moon approaches the two are the village’s only hope, they must stop the witches who are reeking havoc. The film stars ‘The Avengers’ actor Jeremy Renner as Hansel and Gemma Arterton as Gretel, Famke Janssen, Pihla Vitala, Derek Mears and Peter Stomare. We will keep
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HalloweenNewsReviewsTrailers
In Writer/director Ari Kirschenbaum’s new horror film ‘Live-Evil’, a small college town and it’s police station are seized by evil on Halloween night. It’s up to the sheriff, his three deputies and a few locals to stop the evil before it takes over the town and possibly the world. Kirschenbaum has put together an impressive cast, including ‘The Walking Dead’s’ Vincent M. Ward, Charlene Amoia (American Reunion), Vladimir Kulich (Vikings), J. Richey Nash (Stay Alive) and ‘Candyman’ actor Tony Todd. ‘Live-Evil’ has been described as “Ghostbusters’ meets ‘Dawn of the Dead’ as seen through Rod Serling’s ‘Twilight Zone.'” I’m sold! ‘Live-Evil’ is currently touring film festivals, and should be released some time in 2016.
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‘Kong: Skull Island‘, set to be released on March 10, 2017, will be the first film in a trilogy featuring Kong and Godzilla. The film, directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, follows a man (Hiddleston) who travels to a legendary island in search for his brother who was stranded, while in search of a serum that is believed to be a cure all for any illness or disease. During the search the team must face the creatures on the island, including Kong, King of the Apes and dinosaurs, long thought to be extinct. ‘Skull Island’ will be followed by the release of ‘Godzilla 2’, which will be released on June 8, 2018. ‘Godzilla 2’ will feature the Monarch organization, from the 2014 film. In 2021, in the final film of the trilogy, we will see Godzilla and Kong go head to head. The new shared universe will also feature Godzilla’s classic enemies Mothra and Rodan, among others. Kevin Tsujihara, the CEO of
Continue reading →
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John Lepper, film producer, writer, special effects makeup artist and horror fan, is now working on a comic titled ‘We Kill The Dead’. There is something very special about this comic, it will hold the record for most cameos by characters in horror films, supernatural characters to be exact. Not only will the comic have a ton of familiar characters, it will also have a few new ones as well. Unlike in some comic cameos, Lepper has permission to use the characters he’s featuring. And there are a lot of them, 22 to be exact. The list includes Reeker from ‘No Man’s Land’, Thorn from the film ‘Slasher House’, Dollman (Methodic), Mary Mattock (Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet), Verden Fell (FrightWorld), Jonah (Jonah Lives), Jack-O (Jack-O), Evil Highlander (Redwood Massacre), Stitches (Stitches), BBK (Gutterballs) and Black Night from the film ‘Dead of Knight’, just to name a few. Lepper is also in the process of writing a novel
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We reported back in November of 2014 that Universal will be creating a shared universe and will be rebooting several of their classic monster movies, including ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon‘, ‘The Wolf Man‘, ‘The Invisible Man’ and ‘The Mummy‘, the first movie of the new shared universe. Universal has put together a team of writers to plot out the new universe. New information has surfaced in regards to ‘The Mummy’ remake, set to be released in 2017. The new ‘Mummy’ film will be directed by Alex Kurtzman, who was behind ‘Star Trek’, ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ and ‘Mission Imposible III’. The script for the reboot was penned by Jon Spaihts (Alien: Engineers). The film will be set in modern times. There is one thing still up in the air, they have not decided on the sex of the mummy. ‘The Mummy’ is set to arrive in theaters on March 24th, 2017, with the next film (still untitled) to debut
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Lauren Cohan should look familiar, she plays Maggie in the hit TV show ‘The Walking Dead’, she has also starred in ‘Death Race 2′ (2010), Van Wilder (2006) and in the TV shows ‘Supernatural’ and ‘The Vampire Diaries’. Cohan is now stepping into her first lead role in the film ‘The Boy’, from Lakeshore Entertainment and Vertigo Entertainment. We first reported on ‘The Boy’ back in January, today we have news that not only is the trailer now available, but the release date has been set as well, for January 22, 2016.‘The Boy’ follows a nanny (Cohan) that is hired to look after an unconventional couple’s life like doll. The couple uses the doll to help them cope with the death of their young son or is it really that simple? The doll is treated as if it was actually their son, he’s fed, read to and tucked in, but there are rules that must be followed. As if the
Continue reading →
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The Anthology film ‘Mexico Barbaro’ presents eight short films, each based on a traditional Mexican legend and each by a different director. The directors include Jorge Michel Grau, Laurette Flores, Isaac Ezban, Edgar Nito, Lex Ortega, aaron Soto, Ulises Guzman and Gigi Saul Guerrero. The legends each segment revolves around includes both new and old, but all part of the nation’s rich heritage. The short films feature everything from ghosts, monsters, boogymen, Aztec sacrifice, Day of the Dead and more. ‘Mexico Barbaro’ will be released on both DVD and VOD on November 3rd from Dark Sky Films.
Continue reading →
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Katie (Daneah Underwood) has moved into a new house. In the basement she discovers old photos of the family that previously owned the house. After she begins to investigate the family she learns that they were all murdered. The more she uncovers, the more strange things begin to happen in the home and on the property. ‘Impervious’ was written and will be directed by Al Hallak (Error) and is set to be released in 2017. Many of the details surrounding the film have not been announced, but the first teaser trailer has been released.
Continue reading →
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‘Ash vs. Evil Dead’ is approaching it’s premier on STARZ on Halloween. At the New York Comic Con Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi are already revealing names of the people they dream of making cameos in the series. Campbell told MovieBuzzers “I’d use a lot of them. “I’d get Robert Englund in there, Kane Hodder, all the guys I run into in the green room at these conventions. Shatner, I’d get him, whoever. But I’d like to get a lot of the genre people in. I don’t want to exclude them at all. We used Mimi Rogers in the first season. She’s great, because she’s a legitimate actress, and then we fucked with her.” Raimi seems to be on the same page with Campbell. “Sure, why not. Those guys are really great actors and I thinks fans [would like] seeing them play cameos as long as they’re right for the role. Casting is everything.” ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ stars Bruce
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In ‘The Confines’ a troubled young woman, trying to get her life in order, takes a night job as a security guard at an abandoned apartment building. She fights to not let her mind play tricks on her while she patrols the dark, aging, building, but as the night progresses she begins to witness strange things and realizes it’s not all in her head. Louisa Krause (Return) stars along side Jason Patric, who play’s the role of her partner, and Mark Margolis (Beneath) in ‘The Confines’ aka ‘The Abandoned’. This paranormal-thriller was directed by Eytan Rockaway. The release date has yet to be announced.
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