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Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s story Mr. Harrigan’s Phone is set to begin filming this month. The location has now been revealed. Much of the film will be shot in Norwalk, Connecticut at the Lockwood Mathews Mansion. The project is being developed by “American Horror Story” creator Ryan Murphy, with John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) writing and directing. “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone is from the latest collection of novellas “If It Bleeds” from Stephen King, about a young boy named Craig, living in a small town, who befriends an older, reclusive billionaire, Mr. Harrigan. The two form a bond over books and an iPhone, but when the man passes away, the boy discovers that not everything dead is gone, and finds himself able to communicate with his friend from the grave through the iPhone that was buried with him.” Donald Sutherland (The Hunger Games franchise) will star as “Mr. Harrigan” with Jaeden Martell (IT) playing the role of “Craig”.
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Director, writer, and star, Carlson Young takes us into another dimension this October with the fantasy thriller The Blazing World, which Young co-wrote with Pierce Brown. Ahead of its release, we have the trailer and a new clip titled “What are You” to share with our readers. In the film, decades after the accidental drowning of her twin sister, a self-destructive young woman (Carlson Young) returns to her family home, finding herself drawn to an alternate dimension where her sister may still be alive. Through an epic journey down the darkest corridors of her imagination, she tries to exorcise the demons pushing her closer and closer to the edge. Udo Kier, Dermot Mulroney, Vinessa Shaw, Soko, and John Karna also star in this gripping, emotional film which opens in select theaters and arrives On Demand on October 15, 2021, from Vertical Entertainment.
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Eleven filmmakers have joined forces for Isolation. The new Red Band trailer has just arrived giving us a glimpse of the unnerving film comprised of nine tales of survival filmed during lockdown. As a narrative framework, Director and Producer, Nathan Crooker created a fictional world many months into the future that is based around the current global pandemic. All eleven filmmakers used the same unifying framework in creating their stories. The filmmakers were tasked with how to stay creative using only what was available to them at the time. They were not allowed to use Zoom or any other video conferencing services and were only allowed to use the equipment and resources they had with them when they entered into lockdown, including cast and crew, adhering to their respective COVID-19 protocols. The impressive list of directors also includes Dennie Gordon (Jack Ryan, Legion, Hunters, Waco), Larry Fessenden (The Last Winter, Habit, Depraved”), Bobby Roe, (The Houses October Built 1&2), Andrew
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From award-winning co-writer and director, Claudia Llosa comes Fever Dream (aka Distancia de Rescate), based on the internationally critically acclaimed novel by Samanta Schweblin, premiering this October on Netflix. In the film, “a young woman lies dying far from home. A boy sits beside her. She is not his mother. He is not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, an invisible threat, and the power and desperation of family.” Fever Dream is produced by Mark Johnson, Tom Williams, and Claudia Llosa, and is co-produced by Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, and Miguel Morales. Starring María Valverde, Dolores Fonzi, Germán Palacios, Guillermo Pfening, Emilio Vodanovich, Guillermina Sorribes, Marcelo Michinaux, and Cristina Banegas, Fever Dream premiers globally on Netflix on October 13, 2021.
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For generations, the Harker Family has protected the cursed skull of the last master vampire, the source of all vampires on earth. Now the last remaining Harkers must fight to save their ancestral home and the world in the award-winning horror-comedy I Had A Bloody Good Time At Harker House. In a modern-day Midwestern town, no one likes the last remaining Harker siblings because they believe in vampires and vampires don’t exist. To prove their family legacy, the Harkers misuse $50,000.00 of county renovation money to turn their historical home into a theatrical vampire reenactment show. When two dead bodies turn up with strange animal attack marks, the Harkers convince the town that a vampire is on the loose and promise to kill it on stage at their family home. Now the fate of the world lies in the hands of an unprepared generation of vampire hunters who must overcome their own shortcomings to fulfill their destiny as the heirs
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This October, writer-director David Lowery sends viewers back into the 14th century, a time when Christianity was just taking hold and the old gods still carried favor, to witness the life of Sir Gawain and his quest for honor in a world where magic is real, in The Geen Knight, based on the classic Arthurian poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight written in the fourteenth century. In the film, Gawain is invited to sit next to his uncle, King Authur at a Christmas celebration. When a challenge is given for someone of the court to face the Green Knight, Gawain accepts. As part of the “game”, Gawain must face the Green Knight again exactly one year later. When the time comes Gawain sets out on a journey that will change him forever. Gawain is played by Dev Patel and he does a fantastic job of emoting his character’s fear and suffering as he faces hardship after hardship on his
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Raimi Productions, Vertigo Entertainment, Nthibah Pictures, and Hammerstone Studios have joined forces to produce Boy Kills World, directed by Moritz Mohr (Akumi), which already has an impressive cast that includes Bill Skarsgård (Deadpool 2, It Chapter Two) in the title role of “Boy,” Samara Weaving (Ready or Not, Bill and Ted Face the Music), and martial arts master Yayan Ruhian (John Wick 3, The Raid: Redemption). The film was written by Arend Remmers and Tyler Burton Smith (Kung Fury: The Movie) based on Mohr’s short film of the same name. Boy Kills World is described as “a one-of-a-kind action spectacle set in a dystopian fever dream reality. BOY is a deaf-mute with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, BOY escapes to the jungle and is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.” CAA Media Finance will represent domestic rights and arranged the project’s financing with Simon Swart and Wayne
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This Halloween, a new psychological horror film, Barun and the House of the Cliff, is set to grip fans across the UK with a chilling tale set in a coastal town in England, premiering only in cinemas. “Set in the 1970s and filmed across England, Barun Rai and the House on the Cliff tells the story of Harmesh and Soumili, who move into their dream home unbeknownst to the spate of mysterious suicides plaguing the area and local police force. Perplexed and alarmed by the high rate of unexplained deaths, the pair seek answers from Detective Barun Rai – a specialist investigator famed for unraveling paranormal crimes.” As the bridge between our world and the paranormal universe, Detective Rai must win the trust and convince Harmesh and Soumili that the area’s suicides are no coincidence, as the pair face otherworldly grave danger. Barun Rai and the House on the Cliff is the latest film by director-producer Sam Bhattacharjee. The film
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Terror at Black Tree Forest, the re-imagining of the 2010 film of the same name by US Filmmaker Dustin Ferguson (Demonoids, 5G Zombies). TrashArts were approached by Dustin to helm a UK remake in 2019 but due to delays, cast availability, and then a global pandemic filming was delayed until July 2021. The original 2010 film was the first feature directed by Dustin which was followed by two sequels and a further 74 features in the past 11 years. The UK production companies, HB Films, and TrashArts Films have collaborated on several projects previously including Lonely Hearts (2018), The Millennial Killer (2019), Monsterous Diunion (2020) will be co-producing the film. The 2021 film is set in a wild and lonely area of the UK where a group of college students are planning to spend a weekend camping away from the stress of their studies and examinations. Will (Max Pill) recounts the story of the Terror At Black Tree Forest. Will
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They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious, and spooky, they’re all together ooky, they’re the Addams Family and they’re back with an all-new animated adventure in The Addams Family 2, now out on VOD and is playing in theaters. We’ve got a new explosive clip from the movie featuring that little rascal Pugsley during the family’s stop at the Grand Canyon. In the sequel to 2019’s movie, “We find Morticia and Gomez distraught that their children are growing up, skipping family dinners, and totally consumed with “scream time.” To reclaim their bond they decide to cram Wednesday, Pugsley, Uncle Fester, and the crew into their haunted camper and hit the road for one last miserable family vacation. Their adventure across America takes them out of their element and into hilarious run-ins with their iconic cousin, It, as well as many new kooky characters. What could possibly go wrong?” The voice cast includes returning Addams Family stars Oscar Isaac (Gomez), Charlize Theron
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Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s story Mr. Harrigan’s Phone is set to begin filming this month. The location has now been revealed. Much of the film will be shot in Norwalk, Connecticut at the Lockwood Mathews Mansion. The project is being developed by “American Horror Story” creator Ryan Murphy, with John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) writing and directing. “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone is from the latest collection of novellas “If It Bleeds” from Stephen King, about a young boy named Craig, living in a small town, who befriends an older, reclusive billionaire, Mr. Harrigan. The two form a bond over books and an iPhone, but when the man passes away, the boy discovers that not everything dead is gone, and finds himself able to communicate with his friend from the grave through the iPhone that was buried with him.” Donald Sutherland (The Hunger Games franchise) will star as “Mr. Harrigan” with Jaeden Martell (IT) playing the role of “Craig”.
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Director, writer, and star, Carlson Young takes us into another dimension this October with the fantasy thriller The Blazing World, which Young co-wrote with Pierce Brown. Ahead of its release, we have the trailer and a new clip titled “What are You” to share with our readers. In the film, decades after the accidental drowning of her twin sister, a self-destructive young woman (Carlson Young) returns to her family home, finding herself drawn to an alternate dimension where her sister may still be alive. Through an epic journey down the darkest corridors of her imagination, she tries to exorcise the demons pushing her closer and closer to the edge. Udo Kier, Dermot Mulroney, Vinessa Shaw, Soko, and John Karna also star in this gripping, emotional film which opens in select theaters and arrives On Demand on October 15, 2021, from Vertical Entertainment.
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Eleven filmmakers have joined forces for Isolation. The new Red Band trailer has just arrived giving us a glimpse of the unnerving film comprised of nine tales of survival filmed during lockdown. As a narrative framework, Director and Producer, Nathan Crooker created a fictional world many months into the future that is based around the current global pandemic. All eleven filmmakers used the same unifying framework in creating their stories. The filmmakers were tasked with how to stay creative using only what was available to them at the time. They were not allowed to use Zoom or any other video conferencing services and were only allowed to use the equipment and resources they had with them when they entered into lockdown, including cast and crew, adhering to their respective COVID-19 protocols. The impressive list of directors also includes Dennie Gordon (Jack Ryan, Legion, Hunters, Waco), Larry Fessenden (The Last Winter, Habit, Depraved”), Bobby Roe, (The Houses October Built 1&2), Andrew
Continue reading →
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From award-winning co-writer and director, Claudia Llosa comes Fever Dream (aka Distancia de Rescate), based on the internationally critically acclaimed novel by Samanta Schweblin, premiering this October on Netflix. In the film, “a young woman lies dying far from home. A boy sits beside her. She is not his mother. He is not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, an invisible threat, and the power and desperation of family.” Fever Dream is produced by Mark Johnson, Tom Williams, and Claudia Llosa, and is co-produced by Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, and Miguel Morales. Starring María Valverde, Dolores Fonzi, Germán Palacios, Guillermo Pfening, Emilio Vodanovich, Guillermina Sorribes, Marcelo Michinaux, and Cristina Banegas, Fever Dream premiers globally on Netflix on October 13, 2021.
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For generations, the Harker Family has protected the cursed skull of the last master vampire, the source of all vampires on earth. Now the last remaining Harkers must fight to save their ancestral home and the world in the award-winning horror-comedy I Had A Bloody Good Time At Harker House. In a modern-day Midwestern town, no one likes the last remaining Harker siblings because they believe in vampires and vampires don’t exist. To prove their family legacy, the Harkers misuse $50,000.00 of county renovation money to turn their historical home into a theatrical vampire reenactment show. When two dead bodies turn up with strange animal attack marks, the Harkers convince the town that a vampire is on the loose and promise to kill it on stage at their family home. Now the fate of the world lies in the hands of an unprepared generation of vampire hunters who must overcome their own shortcomings to fulfill their destiny as the heirs
Continue reading →
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This October, writer-director David Lowery sends viewers back into the 14th century, a time when Christianity was just taking hold and the old gods still carried favor, to witness the life of Sir Gawain and his quest for honor in a world where magic is real, in The Geen Knight, based on the classic Arthurian poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight written in the fourteenth century. In the film, Gawain is invited to sit next to his uncle, King Authur at a Christmas celebration. When a challenge is given for someone of the court to face the Green Knight, Gawain accepts. As part of the “game”, Gawain must face the Green Knight again exactly one year later. When the time comes Gawain sets out on a journey that will change him forever. Gawain is played by Dev Patel and he does a fantastic job of emoting his character’s fear and suffering as he faces hardship after hardship on his
Continue reading →
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Raimi Productions, Vertigo Entertainment, Nthibah Pictures, and Hammerstone Studios have joined forces to produce Boy Kills World, directed by Moritz Mohr (Akumi), which already has an impressive cast that includes Bill Skarsgård (Deadpool 2, It Chapter Two) in the title role of “Boy,” Samara Weaving (Ready or Not, Bill and Ted Face the Music), and martial arts master Yayan Ruhian (John Wick 3, The Raid: Redemption). The film was written by Arend Remmers and Tyler Burton Smith (Kung Fury: The Movie) based on Mohr’s short film of the same name. Boy Kills World is described as “a one-of-a-kind action spectacle set in a dystopian fever dream reality. BOY is a deaf-mute with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, BOY escapes to the jungle and is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.” CAA Media Finance will represent domestic rights and arranged the project’s financing with Simon Swart and Wayne
Continue reading →
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This Halloween, a new psychological horror film, Barun and the House of the Cliff, is set to grip fans across the UK with a chilling tale set in a coastal town in England, premiering only in cinemas. “Set in the 1970s and filmed across England, Barun Rai and the House on the Cliff tells the story of Harmesh and Soumili, who move into their dream home unbeknownst to the spate of mysterious suicides plaguing the area and local police force. Perplexed and alarmed by the high rate of unexplained deaths, the pair seek answers from Detective Barun Rai – a specialist investigator famed for unraveling paranormal crimes.” As the bridge between our world and the paranormal universe, Detective Rai must win the trust and convince Harmesh and Soumili that the area’s suicides are no coincidence, as the pair face otherworldly grave danger. Barun Rai and the House on the Cliff is the latest film by director-producer Sam Bhattacharjee. The film
Continue reading →
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Terror at Black Tree Forest, the re-imagining of the 2010 film of the same name by US Filmmaker Dustin Ferguson (Demonoids, 5G Zombies). TrashArts were approached by Dustin to helm a UK remake in 2019 but due to delays, cast availability, and then a global pandemic filming was delayed until July 2021. The original 2010 film was the first feature directed by Dustin which was followed by two sequels and a further 74 features in the past 11 years. The UK production companies, HB Films, and TrashArts Films have collaborated on several projects previously including Lonely Hearts (2018), The Millennial Killer (2019), Monsterous Diunion (2020) will be co-producing the film. The 2021 film is set in a wild and lonely area of the UK where a group of college students are planning to spend a weekend camping away from the stress of their studies and examinations. Will (Max Pill) recounts the story of the Terror At Black Tree Forest. Will
Continue reading →
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They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious, and spooky, they’re all together ooky, they’re the Addams Family and they’re back with an all-new animated adventure in The Addams Family 2, now out on VOD and is playing in theaters. We’ve got a new explosive clip from the movie featuring that little rascal Pugsley during the family’s stop at the Grand Canyon. In the sequel to 2019’s movie, “We find Morticia and Gomez distraught that their children are growing up, skipping family dinners, and totally consumed with “scream time.” To reclaim their bond they decide to cram Wednesday, Pugsley, Uncle Fester, and the crew into their haunted camper and hit the road for one last miserable family vacation. Their adventure across America takes them out of their element and into hilarious run-ins with their iconic cousin, It, as well as many new kooky characters. What could possibly go wrong?” The voice cast includes returning Addams Family stars Oscar Isaac (Gomez), Charlize Theron
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