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‘Deep Blue Sea 2’ Trailer Reminds Us Creating Smart Sharks Is A Terrible Idea
Earlier this year we reported that a sequel to 1999’s killer shark movie Deep Blue Sea was in the works. The sequel, which filmed this summer in Cape Town, South Africa, has received a 2018 release and an R rating for “creature violence, gore, and for language”. The trailer has swum in (via IGN) and proves once again that playing god with smart sharks is a horrible idea. Darin Scott (Tales from the Hood) is in the director’s chair for the sequel, simply titled Deep Blue Sea 2. Michael Beach, Rob Mayes, Danielle Savre, Nathan Lynn, and Darron Meyer star. Erik Patterson, Hans Rodionoff, and Jessica Scott penned the script for Syfy. In the film, “shark conservationist Dr. Misty Calhoun invited to consult on a top-secret project run by pharmaceutical billionaire Carl Durant (Beach). Calhoun is shocked to learn that the company is using the unpredictable and highly aggressive bull sharks as its test subjects. You can probably guess where
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Movie Review: Black Wake Deftly Combines Found Footage and Lovecraft Style Mythology!
Black Wake details the investigation of comely scientist Dr. Luiza Moreira (Nana Gouvea) who begins reviewing every scrap of video evidence concerning a rash of deaths occurring on various beaches near the Atlantic Ocean. As she presses on, Moreira finds shocking evidence that a monstrous prehistoric parasite may be responsible for the murderous mayhem. Complicating matters are a shadow organization that is following Moreira’s every move, a strange cult tied to the parasite (lead by a homeless man that may be Patient Zero of the outbreak), and the lil’ matter of the murder victims returning to life as violence crazed zombie-like beings! Can Dr. Moreira solve the case, survive the forces conspiring against her, maintain her sanity, and save the world? The greatest (though by no means “only”) thing Black Wake has going for it is a truly excellent sense of mythology and world building courtesy of screen writers Jerry Janda, Carlos Keyes, and Jeremiah Kipp (who also directed). As
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Mike Flanagan To Adapt Stephen King’s ‘Shining’ Sequel ‘Doctor Sleep’
Stephen King adaptions show no sign of slowing down. Next up is King’s Doctor Sleep, the sequel to ‘The Shining’ with Mike Flanagan at the helm. Back in December Flanagan mentioned during an interview that after his Gerald’s Game adaption, he would love to adapt ‘Doctor Sleep’. According to Deadline, his wish has been granted. Flanagan, who wrote and directed Oculus, Hush, and Before I wake, will rewrite the current Doctor Sleep script penned by Akiva Goldsman, as well as direct the adaptation. In the book, Danny Torrance carries the trauma he experienced at the Overlook Hotel into his adult life. He has become a reflection of his father, with a lingering rage bubbling under the surface. Drinking numbs his pain and his “shine”, but his powers return when he chooses sobriety and begins using his gift to help those dying at a hospice. He forms a psychic connection with a young girl who also has abilities, and who has
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New Paranormal Cop Series ‘Dead Inside’ Coming To The CW
The CW is capitalizing on the popularity of genre series, in fact, it has two new genre series on their way for the 2018-2019 season, ‘Charmed‘ and ‘Dead Inside’. ‘Dead Inside’ centers on an underachieving beat cop who, after surviving an explosion that killed her detective big brother, begins seeing his ghost. Together, they work to help crime victims both the living and the dead, Variety reports. ‘Dracula’ writer and ‘Pretty Little Liars’ producer Katie Lovejoy will pen the series as well as executive produce with Lawrence Doozer Productions president Jeff Ingold, in association with Warner Bros. Television. There is no word yet who star in the series, but as soon as we learn more we will let you know.
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‘Clue’ Remake In The Works
Fox is letting Ryan Reynolds extend his wings and going solo with producing his first movie with his company Maximum Effort and the movie he’ll be working on, a live-action adaptation of the popular board game Clue. No details of the story had been released but Reynolds will be teaming up with Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick who he has already worked with before on both Deadpool films. A film version of the game already exists and attempts to remake it has come up in 2011 and 2016 with the projects being abandoned. The original film was made in 1985 and starred Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Martin Mull, and Lesley Ann Warren. The comedic twist of the game’s storyline where Curry’s character, the butler Wadsworth, takes the colorful characters on a marathon of sleuthing to solve the murder of Mr. Boddy who was murdered by one of the guests he was blackmailing. The film
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‘Unearthed and Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary’ Coming To Blu-ray
Back in 1989, director Mary Lambert collaborated with legendary author Stephen King to bring his best-selling book Pet Semetary to life. Two New England filmmakers, John Campopiano and Justin White have spent 5 years uncovering the story of Pet Sematary’s journey from book to film. For the first time, fans of King and the film can go behind the scenes in HD on the upcoming Blu-ray. Unearthed and Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary is both an in-depth independent documentary and a celebration of King’s classic, told by the cast and crew from the 1989 undead hit, as well as locals from Maine – the place it all started. The documentary contains interviews heard for the first time, tours of the iconic film locations, never-before-seen photographs and videos from the set. The interviews are with people such as director Mary Lambert, cast members Denise Crosby, Dale Midkiff, Miko Hughes, Brad Greenquist, Andrew Hubatsek, Susan Blommaert, the Berdahl twins, Michael Lombard
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‘Twin Peaks’ Actress Grace Victoria Cox Joins Ted Bundy Film
Filming has begun for Joe Belinger’s Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. We reported back in May that Zac Efron had signed on to star in the film as notorious serial killer Ted Bundy and last week we showed you the first image. Now, we have more casting news to share. Deadline is reporting that Grace Victoria Cox has joined the cast. The ‘Twin Peaks’ actress will be playing the role of Carol Daronch, a young woman who survived an encounter with Bundy and later IDs him in court. Told from the perspective of Bundy’s ex-girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer (Lily Collins), the film covers a several year span of their relationship while Bundy was hiding stalking and killing young women. Angela Sarafyan will co-star as Joanna, Elizabeth’s close friend. Oscar nominee John Malkovich is set to play Edward Cowart, the judge who presided over the killer’s trial and sentencing. Michael Werwie penned the screenplay which took home the prestigious Nicholl Fellowship
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2 ½ Minutes To Midnight
The famed “Doomsday Clock” is ticking ever so close to the infamous “Midnight” where the complete annihilation of mankind would occur. The figurative clock was created in 1947 after the world saw the results of the two nuclear bombings in Japan that ended the Second World War. The clock was set up as a sort of reminder to the public around the world to make people aware of factors that could possibly bring about a nuclear holocaust. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists released a statement Wednesday announcing the movement of the clock’s hands stating that this was the first time the clock has been this close to Midnight since 1953 after both the United States and the Soviet Union tested their nuclear weapons ushering in the Cold War and ticking the clock to 2 minutes to midnight. Other destructive factors contribute to why the clock ticks ever so closer. One of the factors this time around is Earth’s rising
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From The Writer Of ‘Insidious’ Comes ‘Upgrade’ – Out This Summer
Leigh Whannell’s name should sound familiar, he’s the writer behind Saw and Dead Silence. He also wrote and co-starred in the Insidious franchise. Now, Whannell’s latest film, titled Upgrade, which he both wrote and directed, has a release date. Upgrade “centers on Grey Trace, a technophobe in a utopian near-future when computers control nearly everything – from cars to crime-surveillance – who is paralyzed in a freak mugging. But when a billionaire technologist offers him an experimental paralysis cure – an implanted computer chip called STEM – Grey finds that the chip has a voice and a mind of its own.” Logan Marshall-Green (Prometheus), Betty Gabriel (Get Out), Harrison Gilbertson (Hounds of Love), Simon Maiden (Killer Elite), and Benedict Hardie (Hacksaw Ridge) star. Jason Blum, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Kylie du Fresne, Goalpost Pictures, and Automatik Entertainment are producing. Charles Layton, Rosemary Blight, and Ben Grant serve as executive producers. Upgrade, from Blumhouse Productions and NEON, will be out on June 1,
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Pull Up A Seat For The Supernatural Film ‘Dinner With The Alchemist’ This February
Pull up a seat for Dinner with the Alchemist, the supernatural drama based on the true events surrounding a series of murders in turn-of-the-century New Orleans. Starring Dan Istrate as Jacques St. Germaine, the wealthy Alchemist (Alias, 96 Souls, Drakul), Dionne Audain as voodoo priestess Marie Laveu ( I Love Dick, Lemon, How To Get Away With Murder ), and Megan Graves as Mary, the orphan (House of Cards, All Our Yesterdays: Past Is Prologue, Chris and Carol), and with an original musical score by composer John Pscitello (Becoming Bond, The Short Game, Unseen Enemy ), Dinner with the Alchemist weaves a tale filled with “historical facts and imaginative storytelling into a salacious, mysterious supernatural drama of murder and mayhem in the French Quarter.” The film hails from the husband and wife team of Kevin Good (director) and Jenna St. John’s (writer/producer/actress) and is set to be released on Video On Demand and Digital on February 13, 2018.
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‘Deep Blue Sea 2’ Trailer Reminds Us Creating Smart Sharks Is A Terrible Idea
Earlier this year we reported that a sequel to 1999’s killer shark movie Deep Blue Sea was in the works. The sequel, which filmed this summer in Cape Town, South Africa, has received a 2018 release and an R rating for “creature violence, gore, and for language”. The trailer has swum in (via IGN) and proves once again that playing god with smart sharks is a horrible idea. Darin Scott (Tales from the Hood) is in the director’s chair for the sequel, simply titled Deep Blue Sea 2. Michael Beach, Rob Mayes, Danielle Savre, Nathan Lynn, and Darron Meyer star. Erik Patterson, Hans Rodionoff, and Jessica Scott penned the script for Syfy. In the film, “shark conservationist Dr. Misty Calhoun invited to consult on a top-secret project run by pharmaceutical billionaire Carl Durant (Beach). Calhoun is shocked to learn that the company is using the unpredictable and highly aggressive bull sharks as its test subjects. You can probably guess where
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Movie Review: Black Wake Deftly Combines Found Footage and Lovecraft Style Mythology!
Black Wake details the investigation of comely scientist Dr. Luiza Moreira (Nana Gouvea) who begins reviewing every scrap of video evidence concerning a rash of deaths occurring on various beaches near the Atlantic Ocean. As she presses on, Moreira finds shocking evidence that a monstrous prehistoric parasite may be responsible for the murderous mayhem. Complicating matters are a shadow organization that is following Moreira’s every move, a strange cult tied to the parasite (lead by a homeless man that may be Patient Zero of the outbreak), and the lil’ matter of the murder victims returning to life as violence crazed zombie-like beings! Can Dr. Moreira solve the case, survive the forces conspiring against her, maintain her sanity, and save the world? The greatest (though by no means “only”) thing Black Wake has going for it is a truly excellent sense of mythology and world building courtesy of screen writers Jerry Janda, Carlos Keyes, and Jeremiah Kipp (who also directed). As
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Mike Flanagan To Adapt Stephen King’s ‘Shining’ Sequel ‘Doctor Sleep’
Stephen King adaptions show no sign of slowing down. Next up is King’s Doctor Sleep, the sequel to ‘The Shining’ with Mike Flanagan at the helm. Back in December Flanagan mentioned during an interview that after his Gerald’s Game adaption, he would love to adapt ‘Doctor Sleep’. According to Deadline, his wish has been granted. Flanagan, who wrote and directed Oculus, Hush, and Before I wake, will rewrite the current Doctor Sleep script penned by Akiva Goldsman, as well as direct the adaptation. In the book, Danny Torrance carries the trauma he experienced at the Overlook Hotel into his adult life. He has become a reflection of his father, with a lingering rage bubbling under the surface. Drinking numbs his pain and his “shine”, but his powers return when he chooses sobriety and begins using his gift to help those dying at a hospice. He forms a psychic connection with a young girl who also has abilities, and who has
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New Paranormal Cop Series ‘Dead Inside’ Coming To The CW
The CW is capitalizing on the popularity of genre series, in fact, it has two new genre series on their way for the 2018-2019 season, ‘Charmed‘ and ‘Dead Inside’. ‘Dead Inside’ centers on an underachieving beat cop who, after surviving an explosion that killed her detective big brother, begins seeing his ghost. Together, they work to help crime victims both the living and the dead, Variety reports. ‘Dracula’ writer and ‘Pretty Little Liars’ producer Katie Lovejoy will pen the series as well as executive produce with Lawrence Doozer Productions president Jeff Ingold, in association with Warner Bros. Television. There is no word yet who star in the series, but as soon as we learn more we will let you know.
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‘Clue’ Remake In The Works
Fox is letting Ryan Reynolds extend his wings and going solo with producing his first movie with his company Maximum Effort and the movie he’ll be working on, a live-action adaptation of the popular board game Clue. No details of the story had been released but Reynolds will be teaming up with Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick who he has already worked with before on both Deadpool films. A film version of the game already exists and attempts to remake it has come up in 2011 and 2016 with the projects being abandoned. The original film was made in 1985 and starred Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Martin Mull, and Lesley Ann Warren. The comedic twist of the game’s storyline where Curry’s character, the butler Wadsworth, takes the colorful characters on a marathon of sleuthing to solve the murder of Mr. Boddy who was murdered by one of the guests he was blackmailing. The film
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‘Unearthed and Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary’ Coming To Blu-ray
Back in 1989, director Mary Lambert collaborated with legendary author Stephen King to bring his best-selling book Pet Semetary to life. Two New England filmmakers, John Campopiano and Justin White have spent 5 years uncovering the story of Pet Sematary’s journey from book to film. For the first time, fans of King and the film can go behind the scenes in HD on the upcoming Blu-ray. Unearthed and Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary is both an in-depth independent documentary and a celebration of King’s classic, told by the cast and crew from the 1989 undead hit, as well as locals from Maine – the place it all started. The documentary contains interviews heard for the first time, tours of the iconic film locations, never-before-seen photographs and videos from the set. The interviews are with people such as director Mary Lambert, cast members Denise Crosby, Dale Midkiff, Miko Hughes, Brad Greenquist, Andrew Hubatsek, Susan Blommaert, the Berdahl twins, Michael Lombard
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‘Twin Peaks’ Actress Grace Victoria Cox Joins Ted Bundy Film
Filming has begun for Joe Belinger’s Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. We reported back in May that Zac Efron had signed on to star in the film as notorious serial killer Ted Bundy and last week we showed you the first image. Now, we have more casting news to share. Deadline is reporting that Grace Victoria Cox has joined the cast. The ‘Twin Peaks’ actress will be playing the role of Carol Daronch, a young woman who survived an encounter with Bundy and later IDs him in court. Told from the perspective of Bundy’s ex-girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer (Lily Collins), the film covers a several year span of their relationship while Bundy was hiding stalking and killing young women. Angela Sarafyan will co-star as Joanna, Elizabeth’s close friend. Oscar nominee John Malkovich is set to play Edward Cowart, the judge who presided over the killer’s trial and sentencing. Michael Werwie penned the screenplay which took home the prestigious Nicholl Fellowship
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2 ½ Minutes To Midnight
The famed “Doomsday Clock” is ticking ever so close to the infamous “Midnight” where the complete annihilation of mankind would occur. The figurative clock was created in 1947 after the world saw the results of the two nuclear bombings in Japan that ended the Second World War. The clock was set up as a sort of reminder to the public around the world to make people aware of factors that could possibly bring about a nuclear holocaust. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists released a statement Wednesday announcing the movement of the clock’s hands stating that this was the first time the clock has been this close to Midnight since 1953 after both the United States and the Soviet Union tested their nuclear weapons ushering in the Cold War and ticking the clock to 2 minutes to midnight. Other destructive factors contribute to why the clock ticks ever so closer. One of the factors this time around is Earth’s rising
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From The Writer Of ‘Insidious’ Comes ‘Upgrade’ – Out This Summer
Leigh Whannell’s name should sound familiar, he’s the writer behind Saw and Dead Silence. He also wrote and co-starred in the Insidious franchise. Now, Whannell’s latest film, titled Upgrade, which he both wrote and directed, has a release date. Upgrade “centers on Grey Trace, a technophobe in a utopian near-future when computers control nearly everything – from cars to crime-surveillance – who is paralyzed in a freak mugging. But when a billionaire technologist offers him an experimental paralysis cure – an implanted computer chip called STEM – Grey finds that the chip has a voice and a mind of its own.” Logan Marshall-Green (Prometheus), Betty Gabriel (Get Out), Harrison Gilbertson (Hounds of Love), Simon Maiden (Killer Elite), and Benedict Hardie (Hacksaw Ridge) star. Jason Blum, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Kylie du Fresne, Goalpost Pictures, and Automatik Entertainment are producing. Charles Layton, Rosemary Blight, and Ben Grant serve as executive producers. Upgrade, from Blumhouse Productions and NEON, will be out on June 1,
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Pull Up A Seat For The Supernatural Film ‘Dinner With The Alchemist’ This February
Pull up a seat for Dinner with the Alchemist, the supernatural drama based on the true events surrounding a series of murders in turn-of-the-century New Orleans. Starring Dan Istrate as Jacques St. Germaine, the wealthy Alchemist (Alias, 96 Souls, Drakul), Dionne Audain as voodoo priestess Marie Laveu ( I Love Dick, Lemon, How To Get Away With Murder ), and Megan Graves as Mary, the orphan (House of Cards, All Our Yesterdays: Past Is Prologue, Chris and Carol), and with an original musical score by composer John Pscitello (Becoming Bond, The Short Game, Unseen Enemy ), Dinner with the Alchemist weaves a tale filled with “historical facts and imaginative storytelling into a salacious, mysterious supernatural drama of murder and mayhem in the French Quarter.” The film hails from the husband and wife team of Kevin Good (director) and Jenna St. John’s (writer/producer/actress) and is set to be released on Video On Demand and Digital on February 13, 2018.
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