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#SaveHannibal Is Trending After Fans Upset By News Of “Clarice” Series
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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Hello “Clarice”: Silence Of The Lambs Spin-Off Series Coming To CBS
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 Horror Fantasy Series “The Dead Lands” Premieres This January
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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Director Takes Viewers Inside The World Of ‘Gretel & Hansel’ In New Featurette
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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Thomas Jane Fights Werewolves This March In ‘Hunter’s Moon’
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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“Chucky” Is Coming To SyFy For New TV Series!
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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Evil Shows No Mercy In ‘Covenant’ – Out This February
This February, they will hide in plain sight… From director Manuel H. Da Silva (The Wakefield Project) comes the atmospheric and chilling supernatural horror film Covenant. In the film, after receiving word of his estranged mother’s untimely passing, a reluctant former army lieutenant must travel to a secluded town in the Pacific Northwest to unlock the mystery surrounding her suspicious death. Nick Smyth, Peter Valdron, Margaryta Soldatova, Dylan Lloyd, Paige Farlardeau, Anna Carr, and Kameryn Carr star. Covenant is available February 4th on Digital and Disc from High Octane Pictures.
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‘Invasion Planet Earth’ Lands This February
The world is under attack from an alien menace in the sci-fi action film Invasion Planet Earth from writer-director-producer Simon Cox. Co-written by Simon Bovey, the film centers on Thomas Dunn, who is a broken man after the death of his young daughter. When his wife falls pregnant again, he cannot believe their luck. However, his joy is short-lived, on the very same day, the people of Earth become plagued with terrifying visions of the end of the world. When a gigantic, all-consuming alien mothership appears in the sky and launches a ruthless attack on Earth’s cities, chaos and destruction follow! Tom must find the strength and wisdom to save his wife and unborn child. However, first, he must confront a shocking truth, a truth that threatens the key to the survival of the human race. Simon Haycock, Lucy Drive, Toyah Willcox, Sophie Anderson, Julie Hoult, Danny Steele, and Ian Brooker star. Invasion Planet Earth lands on VOD, Digital HD,
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Three Friends Get Bloody In ‘Harpoon’ – Now On Showtime
Dark secrets, rivalries, and sexual tensions rise when three friends are trapped on a yacht in Harpoon, written and directed by Rob Grant (Alive, What Doesn’t Kill You), Produced by Michael Peterson and Kurtis David Harder, the film stars Munro Chambers (Cardinal, Turbo Kid, Degrassi: The Next Generation), Emily Tyra (Code Black, Boardwalk Empire), and Christopher Gray (The Mist, The Society, Sell By) with narration by Brett Gelman (Fleabag, Stranger Things, The Other Guys). “With his perfect family and perfect upbringing, Richard (Christopher Gray) appears to have it all. So when he thinks that his long-term girlfriend, Sasha (Emily Tyra), and best friend, Jonah (Munro Chambers), are having an affair, it sends him into a fit of rage that leaves Jonah a bloody mess. Once Jonah and Sasha convince Richard the allegations are false, Richard tries to buy back their trust by taking them out for a day-trip on his family’s yacht. Tension boils over once out at sea, and
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Halloween Movie ‘Death Trap’ Leaves Six Friends Fighting To Survive (Trailer)
Emerald Wolf Studios has just released the first trailer for director Deandra Spinner‘s feature debut, Death Trap which sees six friends running for their lives. Spinner, alongside producers Christopher Smith and Darien Moultrie, enlisted the talents of actors Bruce Klefstad, Emma Butler, Laith Wallschlaeger, Mercedes Gutierrez, Nicholas Denmon, Dafni Sufra and Troy Brookins. “Death Trap follows the story of six friends on Halloween 1999 in what promises to be a night of mischief and debauchery. The night quickly turns sour when a deadly combination of Florida wildlife, inclement tropical weather and a youthful assumption of invincibility set the stage for an accident that leaves the group stranded in the dark interior of the night. Quick-tempered Jake disappears into the dark. Derek and Jamal search for their furious friend while the girls stay behind. Eventually, the girls’ patience wears thin and they set out to seek help on their own. They will all soon discover that alligators are not the only
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#SaveHannibal Is Trending After Fans Upset By News Of “Clarice” Series
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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Hello “Clarice”: Silence Of The Lambs Spin-Off Series Coming To CBS
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 Horror Fantasy Series “The Dead Lands” Premieres This January
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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Director Takes Viewers Inside The World Of ‘Gretel & Hansel’ In New Featurette
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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Thomas Jane Fights Werewolves This March In ‘Hunter’s Moon’
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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“Chucky” Is Coming To SyFy For New TV Series!
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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Evil Shows No Mercy In ‘Covenant’ – Out This February
This February, they will hide in plain sight… From director Manuel H. Da Silva (The Wakefield Project) comes the atmospheric and chilling supernatural horror film Covenant. In the film, after receiving word of his estranged mother’s untimely passing, a reluctant former army lieutenant must travel to a secluded town in the Pacific Northwest to unlock the mystery surrounding her suspicious death. Nick Smyth, Peter Valdron, Margaryta Soldatova, Dylan Lloyd, Paige Farlardeau, Anna Carr, and Kameryn Carr star. Covenant is available February 4th on Digital and Disc from High Octane Pictures.
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‘Invasion Planet Earth’ Lands This February
The world is under attack from an alien menace in the sci-fi action film Invasion Planet Earth from writer-director-producer Simon Cox. Co-written by Simon Bovey, the film centers on Thomas Dunn, who is a broken man after the death of his young daughter. When his wife falls pregnant again, he cannot believe their luck. However, his joy is short-lived, on the very same day, the people of Earth become plagued with terrifying visions of the end of the world. When a gigantic, all-consuming alien mothership appears in the sky and launches a ruthless attack on Earth’s cities, chaos and destruction follow! Tom must find the strength and wisdom to save his wife and unborn child. However, first, he must confront a shocking truth, a truth that threatens the key to the survival of the human race. Simon Haycock, Lucy Drive, Toyah Willcox, Sophie Anderson, Julie Hoult, Danny Steele, and Ian Brooker star. Invasion Planet Earth lands on VOD, Digital HD,
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Three Friends Get Bloody In ‘Harpoon’ – Now On Showtime
Dark secrets, rivalries, and sexual tensions rise when three friends are trapped on a yacht in Harpoon, written and directed by Rob Grant (Alive, What Doesn’t Kill You), Produced by Michael Peterson and Kurtis David Harder, the film stars Munro Chambers (Cardinal, Turbo Kid, Degrassi: The Next Generation), Emily Tyra (Code Black, Boardwalk Empire), and Christopher Gray (The Mist, The Society, Sell By) with narration by Brett Gelman (Fleabag, Stranger Things, The Other Guys). “With his perfect family and perfect upbringing, Richard (Christopher Gray) appears to have it all. So when he thinks that his long-term girlfriend, Sasha (Emily Tyra), and best friend, Jonah (Munro Chambers), are having an affair, it sends him into a fit of rage that leaves Jonah a bloody mess. Once Jonah and Sasha convince Richard the allegations are false, Richard tries to buy back their trust by taking them out for a day-trip on his family’s yacht. Tension boils over once out at sea, and
Continue reading →
Halloween Movie ‘Death Trap’ Leaves Six Friends Fighting To Survive (Trailer)
Emerald Wolf Studios has just released the first trailer for director Deandra Spinner‘s feature debut, Death Trap which sees six friends running for their lives. Spinner, alongside producers Christopher Smith and Darien Moultrie, enlisted the talents of actors Bruce Klefstad, Emma Butler, Laith Wallschlaeger, Mercedes Gutierrez, Nicholas Denmon, Dafni Sufra and Troy Brookins. “Death Trap follows the story of six friends on Halloween 1999 in what promises to be a night of mischief and debauchery. The night quickly turns sour when a deadly combination of Florida wildlife, inclement tropical weather and a youthful assumption of invincibility set the stage for an accident that leaves the group stranded in the dark interior of the night. Quick-tempered Jake disappears into the dark. Derek and Jamal search for their furious friend while the girls stay behind. Eventually, the girls’ patience wears thin and they set out to seek help on their own. They will all soon discover that alligators are not the only
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