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A battle rages in the first trailer for “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” which reveals that a battle has begun with humanity’s fate hanging in the balance. On one side of the battle is Natalie Dormer’s (Game of Thrones) Magda, a shape-shifting demon who believes that humanity will always succumb to temptation. Magda’s sister Santa Muerte (Lorenza Izzo) stands on the other side believing in people’s natural goodness. The question is, who will win? From the original series’ creator, writer and executive producer John Logan, “City of Angels” is set in 1938 Los Angeles; a time and place deeply infused with social and political tension. When a grisly murder rocks the city, Detective Tiago Vega (Zovatto) finds himself entwined in an epic story that reflects the rich history of Los Angeles: from the building of the city’s first freeways and its deep traditions of Mexican-American folklore to the dangerous espionage actions of the Third Reich and the rise of radio
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Today, we get our first look at Jared Leto in the new teaser trailer for Morbius, which is now confirmed to be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Leto stars as Michael Morbius, a scientist who, while trying to find a cure for a rare blood disease, accidentally transforms himself into a living vampire. Though disgusted by his own bloodlust, he chooses to prey upon criminals he deems unworthy of life. The cast also includes Tyrese Gibson as FBI agent Simon Stroud, Jared Harris (“The Terror”) who plays Morbius’ mentor, Matt Smith (“Doctor Who”) whose role is villain Loxias Crown, and Adria Arjona (Pacific Rim: Uprising) as Morbius’ love interest. Daniel Espinosa (Life) directs from the script penned by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless based on the Morbius character created by writer Roy Thomas which made its debut in Amazing Spider-Man #101. Morbius sinks his fangs into theaters on July 31, 2020.
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The critically acclaimed jet-black comedy A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life is out on digital today. Described as “Sightseers meets Thelma and Louise” (Deborah Haywood, Pin Cushion), the film was written and directed by Staten Cousins Roe (This Way Out) and produced by Forward Motion Pictures – a multi-award-winning production company run by husband and wife team Staten Cousins Roe and Poppy Roe, who have just been longlisted as ‘Breakthrough Producers’ for the 2019 BIFAs. Following its hugely successful UK premiere at Arrow Video FrightFest in August and special Awards mentions at Manchester’s recent GrimmFest, the film stars Olivier Award-winning Katie Brayben (Doctor Who, King Charles III), Poppy Roe (This Way Out, Drawn,), Ben Lloyd-Hughes (Divergent, Malevolent) and Emmy-nominated Sian Clifford (Fleabag, Vanity Fair), and is directed by breakout British filmmaker Staten Cousins Roe, who was recently shortlisted for the prestigious Screen International Genre Rising Star Award. A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life follows Lou Farnt (Katie Brayben): a 30-something,
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This January, the sky opens for an almighty battle between good and evil. This valentine’s day, writer-director Scott Jeffrey presents Cupid, the horrifying true story of Venus and Mars’s offspring. Everyone knows the legend of Cupid. But do they know his dark side? After being horrendously embarrassed by the mean girls at school, Faye, a practicing witch, summons the evil Cupid to take revenge on all those who wronged her. On Valentine’s Day, Cupid does in fact rise and will stop at nothing until the walls are covered in blood. The students must figure out a way to stop Cupid and undo the spell before their hearts get broken…very literally. Georgina Jane, Bao Tieu, Michael Owusu, Abi Casson Thompson and Sarah T. Cohen star in the film produced by Jeffrey and Rebecca Matthews (Pet Graveyard). Cupid draws back his bow on February 11th on Digital and DVD from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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Following the news reports earlier today about CBS greenlighting the Silence of the Lamb spin-off series “Clarice“, fans have taken to social media with #SaveHannibal in an attempt to breathe new life into the “Hannibal” series that was canceled back in 2015 after three seasons. Fans refuse to give hope that Bryan Fuller’s series adaptation of “Silence of Lambs” will return with stars Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy. Who could blame them? The series was a fantastic, dark, fascinating journey into the mind of a cannibal psychiatrist (Mikkelsen) and his relationship with a young profiler named Will Graham (Dancy). Fuller took to Twitter this afternoon to give his thoughts on the “Clarice“/”Hannibal” situation. Martha (De Laurentiis) & I tried many times to work with MGM to include Clarice into our Hannibal story. They ultimately told us they had their own plans for Clarice and they didn’t need Hannibal to tell her story.“ Fuller continued, “Don’t think this impacts a potential
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When it comes to award-winning horror you don’t get much better than The Silence of the Lambs. CBS is now developing a series spin-off of The Silence of the Lambs titled “Clarice“, Deadline reports. The crime series is based on the iconic Thomas Harris character Clarice Starling, played in the film adaptation by Jody Foster. Set in 1993, a year after the events of The Silence of the Lambs, the series dives deep into the untold personal story of Clarice Starling as she returns to the field to pursue serial killers and sexual predators in Washington, D.C. after her encounter with serial killer cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Written and executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet, the series’ pilot is set to be filmed soon with a series order hopefully following. Deadline does note that the writer’s room has already been established, so that’s a good sign. Here’s a look back at iconic 1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme.
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Shudder’s new supernatural fantasy adventure series “The Dead Lands” is ready to premiere later this month. Set in a mythical Aotearoa—New Zealand in a time before time. A dishonored warrior, Waka Nuku Rau dies, but his Ancestors in the Afterlife send him back to the world to find redemption and honor. There, in the world of the living, he is aided by Mehe, a determined young woman, and together they discover the world has been disrupted by forces, not of the living. Someone, or something, is preventing the dead from entering the Afterlife and now the dead are thrown back into their decaying bodies to hunt the living.“The Dead Lands” is the first genre TV showcase of Māori mythic storytelling and martial traditions, created by a mainly Māori cast with significant Māori involvement at all levels of the production. Directed by Peter Meteherangi, Tikao Burger and Michael Hurst, “The Dead Lands” stars Te Kohe Tuhaka (Monster Problems) as “Waka Nuku
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A young girl leads her little brother into the dark woods in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil in Gretel & Hansel. Today, we have a new sneak peek featurette titled “New Tale” with director Osgood Perkins taking us inside the film. From Osgood “Oz” Perkins, the director of The Blackcoat’s Daughter and I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, Gretel & Hansel stars Sophia Lillis (It, HBO’s “Sharp Objects”), Sammy Leakey, Alice Krige (Star Trek, Netflix’s “The OA”), Jessica De Gouw (WGN’s “Underground,” The CW’s “Arrow”), and Charles Babalola (Netflix’s “Black Mirror,” The Legend of Tarzan). Gretel & Hansel was written by Rob Hayes (Netflix’s “Chewing Gum”) and produced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Sinister, Upgrade) and Fred Berger (La La Land, Destroyer) on behalf of Automatik. Sandra Yee Ling and Macdara Kelleher executive produced. Orion Pictures will unleash Gretel & Hansel in theaters on January 31, 2020.
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Genre star Thomas Jane (The Mist, Deep Blue Seas, The Predator) will battle werewolves in Hunter’s Moon, unleashed this March. In the film, “When their parents leave town, three teenage girls decide to throw a party in their new country home. But when a gang of dangerous local boys with sinister intentions turn up, the women are forced to not only defend themselves from the evil inside of the house but an unseen bloodthirsty predator that is hunting them one by one outside of the house.” Hunter’s Moon also stars Jay Mohr, Amanda Wyss, and Sean Patrick Flanery and is from executive producer Arnold Rifkin of Live Free or Die Hard and Hostage and Luke Taylor (Halloween II) as well as Matthew Helderman (Midway), Joe Listhaus (Jack Goes Home), Gato Scatena (Isolation), Jonathan Sheldon (Unfriended: Dark Web). Hunter’s Moon bares its teeth on DVD, Digital, and On-Demand on March 24, 2020, from Lionsgate
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Syfy announced today at the Television Critics Association winter press tour that it has given the straight-to-series order for a new series based on Chucky from the Child’s Play franchise. Titled “Chucky,” the series centers on an idyllic American town thrown into chaos after a vintage Chucky doll turns up in a back yard. A series of horrific murders begin to expose the town’s hypocrisies and secrets. Meanwhile, the arrival of enemies and allies from Chucky’s past threatens to expose the truth behind the killings as well as the demon doll’s untold origins as a seemingly ordinary child who became a notorious monster. The series hails from franchise creator Don Mancini who will also serve as a director, showrunner, and executive producer. David Kirschner, Nick Antocasta, Harley Peyton will executive produce as well. We first met our favorite possessed doll Chucky back in 1988 and have since seen six sequels and a reboot from a new team, which debuted in
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A battle rages in the first trailer for “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” which reveals that a battle has begun with humanity’s fate hanging in the balance. On one side of the battle is Natalie Dormer’s (Game of Thrones) Magda, a shape-shifting demon who believes that humanity will always succumb to temptation. Magda’s sister Santa Muerte (Lorenza Izzo) stands on the other side believing in people’s natural goodness. The question is, who will win? From the original series’ creator, writer and executive producer John Logan, “City of Angels” is set in 1938 Los Angeles; a time and place deeply infused with social and political tension. When a grisly murder rocks the city, Detective Tiago Vega (Zovatto) finds himself entwined in an epic story that reflects the rich history of Los Angeles: from the building of the city’s first freeways and its deep traditions of Mexican-American folklore to the dangerous espionage actions of the Third Reich and the rise of radio
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Today, we get our first look at Jared Leto in the new teaser trailer for Morbius, which is now confirmed to be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Leto stars as Michael Morbius, a scientist who, while trying to find a cure for a rare blood disease, accidentally transforms himself into a living vampire. Though disgusted by his own bloodlust, he chooses to prey upon criminals he deems unworthy of life. The cast also includes Tyrese Gibson as FBI agent Simon Stroud, Jared Harris (“The Terror”) who plays Morbius’ mentor, Matt Smith (“Doctor Who”) whose role is villain Loxias Crown, and Adria Arjona (Pacific Rim: Uprising) as Morbius’ love interest. Daniel Espinosa (Life) directs from the script penned by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless based on the Morbius character created by writer Roy Thomas which made its debut in Amazing Spider-Man #101. Morbius sinks his fangs into theaters on July 31, 2020.
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The critically acclaimed jet-black comedy A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life is out on digital today. Described as “Sightseers meets Thelma and Louise” (Deborah Haywood, Pin Cushion), the film was written and directed by Staten Cousins Roe (This Way Out) and produced by Forward Motion Pictures – a multi-award-winning production company run by husband and wife team Staten Cousins Roe and Poppy Roe, who have just been longlisted as ‘Breakthrough Producers’ for the 2019 BIFAs. Following its hugely successful UK premiere at Arrow Video FrightFest in August and special Awards mentions at Manchester’s recent GrimmFest, the film stars Olivier Award-winning Katie Brayben (Doctor Who, King Charles III), Poppy Roe (This Way Out, Drawn,), Ben Lloyd-Hughes (Divergent, Malevolent) and Emmy-nominated Sian Clifford (Fleabag, Vanity Fair), and is directed by breakout British filmmaker Staten Cousins Roe, who was recently shortlisted for the prestigious Screen International Genre Rising Star Award. A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life follows Lou Farnt (Katie Brayben): a 30-something,
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This January, the sky opens for an almighty battle between good and evil. This valentine’s day, writer-director Scott Jeffrey presents Cupid, the horrifying true story of Venus and Mars’s offspring. Everyone knows the legend of Cupid. But do they know his dark side? After being horrendously embarrassed by the mean girls at school, Faye, a practicing witch, summons the evil Cupid to take revenge on all those who wronged her. On Valentine’s Day, Cupid does in fact rise and will stop at nothing until the walls are covered in blood. The students must figure out a way to stop Cupid and undo the spell before their hearts get broken…very literally. Georgina Jane, Bao Tieu, Michael Owusu, Abi Casson Thompson and Sarah T. Cohen star in the film produced by Jeffrey and Rebecca Matthews (Pet Graveyard). Cupid draws back his bow on February 11th on Digital and DVD from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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Following the news reports earlier today about CBS greenlighting the Silence of the Lamb spin-off series “Clarice“, fans have taken to social media with #SaveHannibal in an attempt to breathe new life into the “Hannibal” series that was canceled back in 2015 after three seasons. Fans refuse to give hope that Bryan Fuller’s series adaptation of “Silence of Lambs” will return with stars Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy. Who could blame them? The series was a fantastic, dark, fascinating journey into the mind of a cannibal psychiatrist (Mikkelsen) and his relationship with a young profiler named Will Graham (Dancy). Fuller took to Twitter this afternoon to give his thoughts on the “Clarice“/”Hannibal” situation. Martha (De Laurentiis) & I tried many times to work with MGM to include Clarice into our Hannibal story. They ultimately told us they had their own plans for Clarice and they didn’t need Hannibal to tell her story.“ Fuller continued, “Don’t think this impacts a potential
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When it comes to award-winning horror you don’t get much better than The Silence of the Lambs. CBS is now developing a series spin-off of The Silence of the Lambs titled “Clarice“, Deadline reports. The crime series is based on the iconic Thomas Harris character Clarice Starling, played in the film adaptation by Jody Foster. Set in 1993, a year after the events of The Silence of the Lambs, the series dives deep into the untold personal story of Clarice Starling as she returns to the field to pursue serial killers and sexual predators in Washington, D.C. after her encounter with serial killer cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Written and executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet, the series’ pilot is set to be filmed soon with a series order hopefully following. Deadline does note that the writer’s room has already been established, so that’s a good sign. Here’s a look back at iconic 1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme.
Continue reading →
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Shudder’s new supernatural fantasy adventure series “The Dead Lands” is ready to premiere later this month. Set in a mythical Aotearoa—New Zealand in a time before time. A dishonored warrior, Waka Nuku Rau dies, but his Ancestors in the Afterlife send him back to the world to find redemption and honor. There, in the world of the living, he is aided by Mehe, a determined young woman, and together they discover the world has been disrupted by forces, not of the living. Someone, or something, is preventing the dead from entering the Afterlife and now the dead are thrown back into their decaying bodies to hunt the living.“The Dead Lands” is the first genre TV showcase of Māori mythic storytelling and martial traditions, created by a mainly Māori cast with significant Māori involvement at all levels of the production. Directed by Peter Meteherangi, Tikao Burger and Michael Hurst, “The Dead Lands” stars Te Kohe Tuhaka (Monster Problems) as “Waka Nuku
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A young girl leads her little brother into the dark woods in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil in Gretel & Hansel. Today, we have a new sneak peek featurette titled “New Tale” with director Osgood Perkins taking us inside the film. From Osgood “Oz” Perkins, the director of The Blackcoat’s Daughter and I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, Gretel & Hansel stars Sophia Lillis (It, HBO’s “Sharp Objects”), Sammy Leakey, Alice Krige (Star Trek, Netflix’s “The OA”), Jessica De Gouw (WGN’s “Underground,” The CW’s “Arrow”), and Charles Babalola (Netflix’s “Black Mirror,” The Legend of Tarzan). Gretel & Hansel was written by Rob Hayes (Netflix’s “Chewing Gum”) and produced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Sinister, Upgrade) and Fred Berger (La La Land, Destroyer) on behalf of Automatik. Sandra Yee Ling and Macdara Kelleher executive produced. Orion Pictures will unleash Gretel & Hansel in theaters on January 31, 2020.
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Genre star Thomas Jane (The Mist, Deep Blue Seas, The Predator) will battle werewolves in Hunter’s Moon, unleashed this March. In the film, “When their parents leave town, three teenage girls decide to throw a party in their new country home. But when a gang of dangerous local boys with sinister intentions turn up, the women are forced to not only defend themselves from the evil inside of the house but an unseen bloodthirsty predator that is hunting them one by one outside of the house.” Hunter’s Moon also stars Jay Mohr, Amanda Wyss, and Sean Patrick Flanery and is from executive producer Arnold Rifkin of Live Free or Die Hard and Hostage and Luke Taylor (Halloween II) as well as Matthew Helderman (Midway), Joe Listhaus (Jack Goes Home), Gato Scatena (Isolation), Jonathan Sheldon (Unfriended: Dark Web). Hunter’s Moon bares its teeth on DVD, Digital, and On-Demand on March 24, 2020, from Lionsgate
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Syfy announced today at the Television Critics Association winter press tour that it has given the straight-to-series order for a new series based on Chucky from the Child’s Play franchise. Titled “Chucky,” the series centers on an idyllic American town thrown into chaos after a vintage Chucky doll turns up in a back yard. A series of horrific murders begin to expose the town’s hypocrisies and secrets. Meanwhile, the arrival of enemies and allies from Chucky’s past threatens to expose the truth behind the killings as well as the demon doll’s untold origins as a seemingly ordinary child who became a notorious monster. The series hails from franchise creator Don Mancini who will also serve as a director, showrunner, and executive producer. David Kirschner, Nick Antocasta, Harley Peyton will executive produce as well. We first met our favorite possessed doll Chucky back in 1988 and have since seen six sequels and a reboot from a new team, which debuted in
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