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‘Cloverfield: Overlord’ Lands This October
The fourth film of the Cloverfield franchise, Overlord, is now set to land this October, though it’s expected to be renamed by then. During a discussion with Digital Spy, J.J. Abrams teased that the film is going to get a little crazy. To talk about what the next one is and what’s going to happen sort of feels counter-intuitive,” Abrams told the site. “Overlord … first of all it’s something that I can’t wait for you to see cause the director, Julius Avery, has done an amazing job on it. But the specifics, you know, we should wait and see.But that’s really a crazy movie,” Abrams stated. Set during World War II, Overlord, directed by Julius Avery, takes place “On the eve of D-Day, a group of American paratroopers are dropped behind enemy lines to carry out a mission crucial to the invasion’s success, but as they approach their target, they begin to realize there is more going on in
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‘The Nun’ Recieves A New Release Date
Warner Bros. announced today that Corin Hardy’s The Conjuring 2 spin-off, The Nun, will be haunting theaters a little later than originally announced. First scheduled to be released this July, the date has now been changed to September 7, 2018. The Nun centers on a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania. After taking her own life, the Vatican opens an investigation. Together the investigator and a priest with a haunted past uncover the order’s unholy secret and confront a malevolent entity, the same one Ed and Lorraine Warren faced in The Conjuring 2. Taissa Farmiga, Demian Bichir, Bonnie Aarons, Charlotte Hope, Jonas Bloquet, and Ingrid Bisu star. Hardy will be directing from the screenplay written by James Wan and Gary Dauberman. Wan and Peter Safran are producing with Dauberman and Todd Williams are serving as executive producers. A second spin-off for The Conjuring 2, centered on the Crooked Man character, played by Javier Botet, is currently in development
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Three Films Based On One Book, Who Got It Right?
In August of 1938, readers of Astounding Science-Fiction Magazine beat the summer heat by reading a chilling science-fiction story that took them to the heart of Antarctica where a group of scientists was trapped along with a shape-shifting extraterrestrial. That story was Who Goes There?, by Don A. Stuart, the pen name of John W. Campbell Jr. The story was later reprinted in book form where Campbell used his real name. The novella eventually spawned three movies, the first one in 1951 titled The Thing from Another World that was followed up by John Carpenter’s 1982 cult classic The Thing (it spawned a video game as well as a series of comics.) which was followed up by the 2011 prequel using the same name. Three movies based on one book. The film industry is known for taking a book and making it into a film with mixed results, usually negative. So the question remains, out of the three films based
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What Keeps You Alive Set To Premiere At SXSW
It has now been announced that writer-director Colin Minihan’s What Keeps You Alive will be making its world premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival as part of their Midnighter’s line up. The thriller stars Hannah Emily Anderson hot off the heels of her role in Jigsaw, along with Brittany Allen (It Stains the Sands Red), Martha MacIsaac (Superbad), and Joey Klein who starred in the “12 Monkeys’” series. In the film, a female couple is pit against one another during their one-year anniversary. Austin, Texas’ SXSW will run from March 9th through March 18. You can find out more about the festival here. Check out the two new stills from What Keeps You Alive.
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‘John Whick’ Director Signs On For The ‘Sandman Slim’ Adaption
It appears that John Wick director Chad Stahelski is gearing up to kick-off a new franchise. The stuntman turned filmmaker has signed on to direct the film adaption of the first book of best-selling author Richard Kadrey’s nine-book fantasy series Sandman Slim, Deadline reports. Studio 8 acquired the rights last year. “Sandman Slim” is a supernatural vigilante who escapes from Hell to seek revenge for the murder of his girlfriend and the magicians responsible for getting him sent “downtown”. Kerry Williamson (What Happened to Monday) will be editing the script originally penned by Kel Symons. Patrick Walmsley of LBI Entertainment along with Julie Yorn will produce with John Lester. Studio 8’s Chis Goldberg and Rishi Rajani will oversee the film. The nine books of the series have been labeled as one Barnes and Noble’s “Best Paranormal Fantasy Novels of the Last Decade.” The 10th book of the Sandman Slim series will be published later this year.
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‘Five Night’s At Freddy’s’ Movie Finds Its Director
After lingering in development for what seems like forever, a director for the Five Nights at Freddy’s adaptation has been found. Blumhouse announced via Twitter that Chris Columbus will be in the director’s chair. Mr. Columbus, are you ready for Freddy? #FiveNightsatFreddys pic.twitter.com/4F7QEnw16x — Blumhouse (@blumhouse) February 12, 2018 Columbus is most well known for having a history of directing family-friendly films like Harry Potter, Mrs, Doubtfire, and Home Alone, but he is not new to the horror genre having penned the script for Gremlins. The upcoming film is based on the Five Nights at Freddy’s video game which challenges players to survive for five nights. Players are put in the role of a security guard in a pizza restaurant who must survive the possessed animatronic characters who roam the restaurant looking for their next kill. First released back in 2014, the game has had five sequels.
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Metallica Frontman To Star Opposite Zac Effron In Ted Bundy Film
Joe Berlinger’s Ted Bundy biopic, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, is boasting a seriously impressive cast including Jim Parsons (The Big Band Theory), actress Lily Collins (The Dig), Acadamy Award nominee John Malkovich, Kaya Scodelario (Pirates of the Caribean: Dead Men Tell No Tales), Hayle Joel Osment (Future Man), Jefferey Donovan (Burn Notice), Angela Sarafyan (Westworld), Terry Kinney (Billions), and Dylan Baker (Trick ‘r Treat). Today, news has come in that Metallica frontman James Hetfield has joined the cast and will star opposite of Zac Effron who is playing Ted Bundy, MetalInjection.com reports. Hetfield has signed on to play the role of Officer Bob Hayward, the Utah highway patrol officer who first arrested the serial killer back in 1975, as his first film role. Director Joe Berlinger also co-directed the Metallica documentary Some Kind of Monster. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile will center on Bundy, who confessed to killing 30 women after his arrest. Collins is set to
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New Photo Of Older Laurie Strode Released
https://twitter.com/jamieleecurtis/status/963034547205103619 A new photo of an older Laurie has emerged viva Jame Lee Curtis’s twitter account. The scream queen, who will be starring in a new Halloween film this October, looks fearsome as ever. While previous photos of the aged Laurie have been released, this is our best look yet at this new version of one of horror’s most iconic heroines. Danny McBride will be writing the movie, while John Carpenter produces and possibly scores. This would be the franchise creators first return to the franchise in over 20 years. This reboot will land right around the original Halloween’s 40th anniversary. Onset photos have already surfaced as Halloween enters production, for an October 19th release date. Until then all we can do is wait for more news to break and Michael to return home one last time.
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Music Video For ‘Hell’s Kitty’ Unveiled Ahead Of Its March Film Release
Ahead of March’s digital and DVD release of the genre film Hell’s Kitty, the filmmakers have produced an exciting music video for the original song “Chainsaw Kitty”. The “Chainsaw Kitty” music video was meant to “reflect the often schizschizophrenic personality movie’s central antagonist – a supernatural, loving, but possessive cat named Angel.” The song is currently available on Amazon and Spotify; soon to be available on iTunes. The music video contains clips from the film and is available to watch here now. Hell’s Kitty centers on a Hollywood writer who tries to find love in L.A. with a possessed and possessive pussycat named Angel and features several horror icons. Guest stars include: Dale Midkiff (Pet Sematary), Doug Jones (The Shape of Water), Adrienne Barbeau (Swamp Thing), Ashley C. Williams (The Human Centipede), Kelli Maroney (Night of the Comet), Courtney Gains (The Children of the Corn), Barbara Nedelkajova (Hostel), and Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes); and costume work by Charles
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Viral Films Readying Lycanthropic Shocker Werehouse!
Viral Films, creators of last years impressive short For Her (which we reviewed right here), are preparing to unleash their next sinister short Werehouse…which as the title implies will feature some wicked werewolf action! Check out the official word from viscous Viral themselves! When a peaceful protest erupts into a full-blown riot, a trio of University Students who are caught in the middle seek refuge in a warehouse. Little do they realize that tonight is the one night of the month they really should’ve stayed out. The film is tentatively scheduled to shoot in the spring with a target release date of Halloween 2018! If you want to be part of the creation of Werehouse you can check out the film’s Kickstarter page right here!
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‘Cloverfield: Overlord’ Lands This October
The fourth film of the Cloverfield franchise, Overlord, is now set to land this October, though it’s expected to be renamed by then. During a discussion with Digital Spy, J.J. Abrams teased that the film is going to get a little crazy. To talk about what the next one is and what’s going to happen sort of feels counter-intuitive,” Abrams told the site. “Overlord … first of all it’s something that I can’t wait for you to see cause the director, Julius Avery, has done an amazing job on it. But the specifics, you know, we should wait and see.But that’s really a crazy movie,” Abrams stated. Set during World War II, Overlord, directed by Julius Avery, takes place “On the eve of D-Day, a group of American paratroopers are dropped behind enemy lines to carry out a mission crucial to the invasion’s success, but as they approach their target, they begin to realize there is more going on in
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‘The Nun’ Recieves A New Release Date
Warner Bros. announced today that Corin Hardy’s The Conjuring 2 spin-off, The Nun, will be haunting theaters a little later than originally announced. First scheduled to be released this July, the date has now been changed to September 7, 2018. The Nun centers on a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania. After taking her own life, the Vatican opens an investigation. Together the investigator and a priest with a haunted past uncover the order’s unholy secret and confront a malevolent entity, the same one Ed and Lorraine Warren faced in The Conjuring 2. Taissa Farmiga, Demian Bichir, Bonnie Aarons, Charlotte Hope, Jonas Bloquet, and Ingrid Bisu star. Hardy will be directing from the screenplay written by James Wan and Gary Dauberman. Wan and Peter Safran are producing with Dauberman and Todd Williams are serving as executive producers. A second spin-off for The Conjuring 2, centered on the Crooked Man character, played by Javier Botet, is currently in development
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Three Films Based On One Book, Who Got It Right?
In August of 1938, readers of Astounding Science-Fiction Magazine beat the summer heat by reading a chilling science-fiction story that took them to the heart of Antarctica where a group of scientists was trapped along with a shape-shifting extraterrestrial. That story was Who Goes There?, by Don A. Stuart, the pen name of John W. Campbell Jr. The story was later reprinted in book form where Campbell used his real name. The novella eventually spawned three movies, the first one in 1951 titled The Thing from Another World that was followed up by John Carpenter’s 1982 cult classic The Thing (it spawned a video game as well as a series of comics.) which was followed up by the 2011 prequel using the same name. Three movies based on one book. The film industry is known for taking a book and making it into a film with mixed results, usually negative. So the question remains, out of the three films based
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What Keeps You Alive Set To Premiere At SXSW
It has now been announced that writer-director Colin Minihan’s What Keeps You Alive will be making its world premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival as part of their Midnighter’s line up. The thriller stars Hannah Emily Anderson hot off the heels of her role in Jigsaw, along with Brittany Allen (It Stains the Sands Red), Martha MacIsaac (Superbad), and Joey Klein who starred in the “12 Monkeys’” series. In the film, a female couple is pit against one another during their one-year anniversary. Austin, Texas’ SXSW will run from March 9th through March 18. You can find out more about the festival here. Check out the two new stills from What Keeps You Alive.
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‘John Whick’ Director Signs On For The ‘Sandman Slim’ Adaption
It appears that John Wick director Chad Stahelski is gearing up to kick-off a new franchise. The stuntman turned filmmaker has signed on to direct the film adaption of the first book of best-selling author Richard Kadrey’s nine-book fantasy series Sandman Slim, Deadline reports. Studio 8 acquired the rights last year. “Sandman Slim” is a supernatural vigilante who escapes from Hell to seek revenge for the murder of his girlfriend and the magicians responsible for getting him sent “downtown”. Kerry Williamson (What Happened to Monday) will be editing the script originally penned by Kel Symons. Patrick Walmsley of LBI Entertainment along with Julie Yorn will produce with John Lester. Studio 8’s Chis Goldberg and Rishi Rajani will oversee the film. The nine books of the series have been labeled as one Barnes and Noble’s “Best Paranormal Fantasy Novels of the Last Decade.” The 10th book of the Sandman Slim series will be published later this year.
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‘Five Night’s At Freddy’s’ Movie Finds Its Director
After lingering in development for what seems like forever, a director for the Five Nights at Freddy’s adaptation has been found. Blumhouse announced via Twitter that Chris Columbus will be in the director’s chair. Mr. Columbus, are you ready for Freddy? #FiveNightsatFreddys pic.twitter.com/4F7QEnw16x — Blumhouse (@blumhouse) February 12, 2018 Columbus is most well known for having a history of directing family-friendly films like Harry Potter, Mrs, Doubtfire, and Home Alone, but he is not new to the horror genre having penned the script for Gremlins. The upcoming film is based on the Five Nights at Freddy’s video game which challenges players to survive for five nights. Players are put in the role of a security guard in a pizza restaurant who must survive the possessed animatronic characters who roam the restaurant looking for their next kill. First released back in 2014, the game has had five sequels.
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Metallica Frontman To Star Opposite Zac Effron In Ted Bundy Film
Joe Berlinger’s Ted Bundy biopic, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, is boasting a seriously impressive cast including Jim Parsons (The Big Band Theory), actress Lily Collins (The Dig), Acadamy Award nominee John Malkovich, Kaya Scodelario (Pirates of the Caribean: Dead Men Tell No Tales), Hayle Joel Osment (Future Man), Jefferey Donovan (Burn Notice), Angela Sarafyan (Westworld), Terry Kinney (Billions), and Dylan Baker (Trick ‘r Treat). Today, news has come in that Metallica frontman James Hetfield has joined the cast and will star opposite of Zac Effron who is playing Ted Bundy, MetalInjection.com reports. Hetfield has signed on to play the role of Officer Bob Hayward, the Utah highway patrol officer who first arrested the serial killer back in 1975, as his first film role. Director Joe Berlinger also co-directed the Metallica documentary Some Kind of Monster. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile will center on Bundy, who confessed to killing 30 women after his arrest. Collins is set to
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New Photo Of Older Laurie Strode Released
https://twitter.com/jamieleecurtis/status/963034547205103619 A new photo of an older Laurie has emerged viva Jame Lee Curtis’s twitter account. The scream queen, who will be starring in a new Halloween film this October, looks fearsome as ever. While previous photos of the aged Laurie have been released, this is our best look yet at this new version of one of horror’s most iconic heroines. Danny McBride will be writing the movie, while John Carpenter produces and possibly scores. This would be the franchise creators first return to the franchise in over 20 years. This reboot will land right around the original Halloween’s 40th anniversary. Onset photos have already surfaced as Halloween enters production, for an October 19th release date. Until then all we can do is wait for more news to break and Michael to return home one last time.
Continue reading →
Music Video For ‘Hell’s Kitty’ Unveiled Ahead Of Its March Film Release
Ahead of March’s digital and DVD release of the genre film Hell’s Kitty, the filmmakers have produced an exciting music video for the original song “Chainsaw Kitty”. The “Chainsaw Kitty” music video was meant to “reflect the often schizschizophrenic personality movie’s central antagonist – a supernatural, loving, but possessive cat named Angel.” The song is currently available on Amazon and Spotify; soon to be available on iTunes. The music video contains clips from the film and is available to watch here now. Hell’s Kitty centers on a Hollywood writer who tries to find love in L.A. with a possessed and possessive pussycat named Angel and features several horror icons. Guest stars include: Dale Midkiff (Pet Sematary), Doug Jones (The Shape of Water), Adrienne Barbeau (Swamp Thing), Ashley C. Williams (The Human Centipede), Kelli Maroney (Night of the Comet), Courtney Gains (The Children of the Corn), Barbara Nedelkajova (Hostel), and Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes); and costume work by Charles
Continue reading →
Viral Films Readying Lycanthropic Shocker Werehouse!
Viral Films, creators of last years impressive short For Her (which we reviewed right here), are preparing to unleash their next sinister short Werehouse…which as the title implies will feature some wicked werewolf action! Check out the official word from viscous Viral themselves! When a peaceful protest erupts into a full-blown riot, a trio of University Students who are caught in the middle seek refuge in a warehouse. Little do they realize that tonight is the one night of the month they really should’ve stayed out. The film is tentatively scheduled to shoot in the spring with a target release date of Halloween 2018! If you want to be part of the creation of Werehouse you can check out the film’s Kickstarter page right here!
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