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Netflix Orders The Series Adaption Of THE WITCHER Saga
Netflix has yet another original series in the works, based on the eight Witcher novels, with author Andrej Sapkowski on board as a creative consultant. Not only is Sapkowski “thrilled” about the new series, he says it will “stay true to the source material”. Known as The Witcher saga, the New York Times best selling books spawned a hit video game franchise by the same name. Tom Baginski who directed the intros for all three Witcher games will be directing at least one of the episodes each season. That’s right, I said seasons. The novels center on hunters, known as “witchers”, who develop supernatural abilities as a young age to battle monsters. Sean Daniel (The Mummy), Jason Brown (The Expanse), Tomek Baginski (The Cathedral), and Jarek Sawko (Another Day of Life) will serve as executive producers for the show, THR reports. There is no word yet which characters or which stories will be featured. While a release date has not
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Movie Review: BESETMENT Is A Good Film That Had The Potential To Be Better
One would be hard pressed to determine which of the following Amanda needs worse: a break from her mother or gainful employment. A case could be made that both are equally important. So imagine Amanda’s surprise when she is offered a job at a hotel located in the small Oregon town of Mitchell. It seems ideal, since it puts a fair bit of distance between Amanda and her mother while not only providing her a source of much needed income, but also providing her with room and board. Her new boss Mildred is a quirky, eccentric, no-nonsense kind of old gal, who has a meek and simple middle aged son named Billy. As Amanda tries to acclimate herself to her new job and surroundings, she will come to find out too late that her sparkling resume and previous experience had no bearing on putting her in the position where she now finds herself. In such a small town with very
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Dracula Untold Director Returning To The World Of Vampires With RED RIVER
XYZ Films is currently at Cannes shopping the world sales rights for the genre thriller Red River, written by Ronan Blaney (Love Bites) and directed by Gary Shore (Dracula Untold), Deadline says. Shore says that the film tells the story of “a vampire hell-bent on teaching an isolated town a thing or two about its treatment of outsiders is a valuable reminder that man is capable of being a real monster.” I love Ronan’s script – heartbreaking, violent and touching all at once.” Shore said. “With influences like High Plaines Drifter, Shane and Let the Right One In, it’s definitely an original in the genre with the potential to be a modern classic.” Mark Huffman will serve as producer for Red River. There is no word yet on the cast.
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Woman (In Horror) Crush Wednesday: Kristina Klebe
Greetings my Little Monsters! I am so pleased you’ve all returned to help me celebrate another wonderful Woman of Horror. I do have to admit that I feel remiss in my duties, having waited so long to write about this immensely talented woman. So, without further adieou, I present to you, Kristina Klebe. Kristina was born in New York City, but would grow up making the rounds with her family spending time in New York, France, Germany and Italy. The time spent growing up abroad allowed her to become fluent in the three aforementioned foreign languages. By the time she was in high school, Kristina had become a pianist and competitive equestrian. However these activities would have to take a back seat so that Kristina could commit more fully to her true love of acting. Kristina was granted early admission to Dartmouth, where she would pursue a major in Politics with a minor in Theater and Film Studies and graduate
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Meet MY FRIEND DAHMER This Fall
Less than 48 hours ago we reported that Zac Efron is set to play Ted Bundy in the upcoming film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile from Oscar-nominated director Joe Berlinger. Now, news has come about another serial killer film, My Friend Dahmer. THR is reporting that FilmRise has acquired the North American film rights to My Friend Dahmer, set to be released this fall, from writer-director Marc Meyers. Ex-Disney star Ross Lynch will play a high school aged Jeffrey Dahmer. Set in the late 1970’s, the film documents Dahmer’s decent from awkward teen to serial killer. Vincent Kartheiser, Anne Heche, Dallas Roberts, Alex Wolff, Miles Robbins, and Cameron McKendry co-star. Jody Girgenti, Michael Merlob, Adam Goldworm, Milan Chakraborty and Meyers produced the film. Michael Novogratz and Giorgio Angelini are executive producing.
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Danny McBride Reveals More About The New HALLOWEEN Film
A few days ago we reported that Danny McBride and David Gordon Green are making Michael Myers mortal again. Since then, McBride appeared on the Jim Norton & Sam Roberts Show to reveal more details surrounding their upcoming Halloween movie and confirmed that filming is set to begin this fall. It is not a reboot; it’s not gonna be a rehash,” said McBride. “It’s a continuation of Michael Myers – where we’re choosing to continue it from, you’ll have to see when the movie comes out. I’d already seen all these movies, but I’ve really been studying them now and just thinking about all the people that have been hired to make a Michael Myers movie. Just trying to avoid any mistakes that those people might’ve made. The first Halloween is scary as shit. And the second Halloween is scary, but not as scary. And then from there, it isn’t as scary. And I really think that what happens with
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Get Out Director Jordan Peele Is Heading To Lovecraft Country
It appears Get Out writer-director Jordan Peele is Heading to Lovecraft Country. Peele’s Monkey Paw Productions is teaming up with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot and Warner Bros. on a new one-hour series, titled Lovecraft Country, that will call HBO home. Underground creator Misha Green is currently penning the script for the pilot, based on the 2016 book by Matt Ruff. The series centers on 25-year-old Atticus Black. After his father goes missing, Black joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950’s America to find him. This begins a struggle to survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the malevolent spirits that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback. Peele brought the book to Green’s attention. “When I first read Lovecraft Country, I knew it had the potential to be unlike anything else on television.” Green said. I’ll be honest, I thought Get Out was fantastic and
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Simon Pegg And Nick Frost Teaming Up For New Horror Comedy, Sort Of
Who didn’t love Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz or The World’s End? You may have been wondering if they would ever team up for another horror-comedy. The good news is that they are, sort of. Pegg and Frost have now teamed up to create a brand new film and television company called Stolen Picture, Deadline reports. The first filming being made under the banner is a, you guessed it, horror comedy titled Slaughterhouse Rulez that will be directed by Crispian Mills based on the script that he co-wrote with Henry Fitzherbert and set at an elite boarding school. “Welcome to Slaughterhouse – where boys are girls are groomed for power and greatness and they’re about to meet their match. The story’s hero, Don Wallace, is a wide-eyed new boy from a modest background forced to navigate a baffling new world of arcane rules and rituals, presided by sadistic sixth formers. Matters of status
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‘Popular’ Actress Joins American Horror Story For Season 7
Filming will soon begin on season seven of American Horror Story, premiering this fall. So far several cast members have been announced, including returning cast Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters. Today, there is more casting news thanks to an Instagram post by creator Ryan Murphy. Newcomers Billie Lourd and Billy Eicher will be joined by Leslie Grossman who Murphy describes as “one of the funniest and most talented ladies” he knows. Grossman is familiar with political drama after starring in the series Scandal. She has co-starred in many other series including Speechless, 2 Broke Girls, Major Crimes, Dexter, Nip/Tuck, 10 Things I Hate About You, and the series Popular. She also appeared on an episode of Charmed. As we have already reported, season seven is inspired the chaotic presidential election last year. The series will kick off with the story beginning on the night of the election. Murphy recently shared an image on his Instagram account of one of the
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Fox Orders GHOSTED Series And Releases Trailer
Fox has greenlit the paranormal comedy series Ghosted, starring Adam Scott and Craig Robinson who have worked together before on the 2015 comedy Hot Tub Time Machine 2. Sarah Baker, Adeel Akhtar, Edi Petterson, Linc Hand, Christian Calloway, and Tisha French co-star The series, being described as a funny version of The X-Files, follows “a cynical skeptic (Robinson) and a genius “true believer’ in the paranormal (Scott) who are recruited by the The Bureau Underground to look into the rampant ‘unexplained’ activity in Los Angeles, all while uncovering a larger mystery that could threaten the existence of the human race.” Tom Gormican, who wrote the pilot, will serve as executive producer along with Naomi Scott, Oly Obst, Mark Schulman, Scott and Robinson. ‘Workaholics’ Kevin Etten will also be executive producing as well as working as the showrunner. Jonathan Krisel will be in the director’s chair. In the first trailer for the series, the men are kidnapped and thrust into a
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Netflix Orders The Series Adaption Of THE WITCHER Saga
Netflix has yet another original series in the works, based on the eight Witcher novels, with author Andrej Sapkowski on board as a creative consultant. Not only is Sapkowski “thrilled” about the new series, he says it will “stay true to the source material”. Known as The Witcher saga, the New York Times best selling books spawned a hit video game franchise by the same name. Tom Baginski who directed the intros for all three Witcher games will be directing at least one of the episodes each season. That’s right, I said seasons. The novels center on hunters, known as “witchers”, who develop supernatural abilities as a young age to battle monsters. Sean Daniel (The Mummy), Jason Brown (The Expanse), Tomek Baginski (The Cathedral), and Jarek Sawko (Another Day of Life) will serve as executive producers for the show, THR reports. There is no word yet which characters or which stories will be featured. While a release date has not
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Movie Review: BESETMENT Is A Good Film That Had The Potential To Be Better
One would be hard pressed to determine which of the following Amanda needs worse: a break from her mother or gainful employment. A case could be made that both are equally important. So imagine Amanda’s surprise when she is offered a job at a hotel located in the small Oregon town of Mitchell. It seems ideal, since it puts a fair bit of distance between Amanda and her mother while not only providing her a source of much needed income, but also providing her with room and board. Her new boss Mildred is a quirky, eccentric, no-nonsense kind of old gal, who has a meek and simple middle aged son named Billy. As Amanda tries to acclimate herself to her new job and surroundings, she will come to find out too late that her sparkling resume and previous experience had no bearing on putting her in the position where she now finds herself. In such a small town with very
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Dracula Untold Director Returning To The World Of Vampires With RED RIVER
XYZ Films is currently at Cannes shopping the world sales rights for the genre thriller Red River, written by Ronan Blaney (Love Bites) and directed by Gary Shore (Dracula Untold), Deadline says. Shore says that the film tells the story of “a vampire hell-bent on teaching an isolated town a thing or two about its treatment of outsiders is a valuable reminder that man is capable of being a real monster.” I love Ronan’s script – heartbreaking, violent and touching all at once.” Shore said. “With influences like High Plaines Drifter, Shane and Let the Right One In, it’s definitely an original in the genre with the potential to be a modern classic.” Mark Huffman will serve as producer for Red River. There is no word yet on the cast.
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Woman (In Horror) Crush Wednesday: Kristina Klebe
Greetings my Little Monsters! I am so pleased you’ve all returned to help me celebrate another wonderful Woman of Horror. I do have to admit that I feel remiss in my duties, having waited so long to write about this immensely talented woman. So, without further adieou, I present to you, Kristina Klebe. Kristina was born in New York City, but would grow up making the rounds with her family spending time in New York, France, Germany and Italy. The time spent growing up abroad allowed her to become fluent in the three aforementioned foreign languages. By the time she was in high school, Kristina had become a pianist and competitive equestrian. However these activities would have to take a back seat so that Kristina could commit more fully to her true love of acting. Kristina was granted early admission to Dartmouth, where she would pursue a major in Politics with a minor in Theater and Film Studies and graduate
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Meet MY FRIEND DAHMER This Fall
Less than 48 hours ago we reported that Zac Efron is set to play Ted Bundy in the upcoming film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile from Oscar-nominated director Joe Berlinger. Now, news has come about another serial killer film, My Friend Dahmer. THR is reporting that FilmRise has acquired the North American film rights to My Friend Dahmer, set to be released this fall, from writer-director Marc Meyers. Ex-Disney star Ross Lynch will play a high school aged Jeffrey Dahmer. Set in the late 1970’s, the film documents Dahmer’s decent from awkward teen to serial killer. Vincent Kartheiser, Anne Heche, Dallas Roberts, Alex Wolff, Miles Robbins, and Cameron McKendry co-star. Jody Girgenti, Michael Merlob, Adam Goldworm, Milan Chakraborty and Meyers produced the film. Michael Novogratz and Giorgio Angelini are executive producing.
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Danny McBride Reveals More About The New HALLOWEEN Film
A few days ago we reported that Danny McBride and David Gordon Green are making Michael Myers mortal again. Since then, McBride appeared on the Jim Norton & Sam Roberts Show to reveal more details surrounding their upcoming Halloween movie and confirmed that filming is set to begin this fall. It is not a reboot; it’s not gonna be a rehash,” said McBride. “It’s a continuation of Michael Myers – where we’re choosing to continue it from, you’ll have to see when the movie comes out. I’d already seen all these movies, but I’ve really been studying them now and just thinking about all the people that have been hired to make a Michael Myers movie. Just trying to avoid any mistakes that those people might’ve made. The first Halloween is scary as shit. And the second Halloween is scary, but not as scary. And then from there, it isn’t as scary. And I really think that what happens with
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Get Out Director Jordan Peele Is Heading To Lovecraft Country
It appears Get Out writer-director Jordan Peele is Heading to Lovecraft Country. Peele’s Monkey Paw Productions is teaming up with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot and Warner Bros. on a new one-hour series, titled Lovecraft Country, that will call HBO home. Underground creator Misha Green is currently penning the script for the pilot, based on the 2016 book by Matt Ruff. The series centers on 25-year-old Atticus Black. After his father goes missing, Black joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950’s America to find him. This begins a struggle to survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the malevolent spirits that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback. Peele brought the book to Green’s attention. “When I first read Lovecraft Country, I knew it had the potential to be unlike anything else on television.” Green said. I’ll be honest, I thought Get Out was fantastic and
Continue reading →
Simon Pegg And Nick Frost Teaming Up For New Horror Comedy, Sort Of
Who didn’t love Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz or The World’s End? You may have been wondering if they would ever team up for another horror-comedy. The good news is that they are, sort of. Pegg and Frost have now teamed up to create a brand new film and television company called Stolen Picture, Deadline reports. The first filming being made under the banner is a, you guessed it, horror comedy titled Slaughterhouse Rulez that will be directed by Crispian Mills based on the script that he co-wrote with Henry Fitzherbert and set at an elite boarding school. “Welcome to Slaughterhouse – where boys are girls are groomed for power and greatness and they’re about to meet their match. The story’s hero, Don Wallace, is a wide-eyed new boy from a modest background forced to navigate a baffling new world of arcane rules and rituals, presided by sadistic sixth formers. Matters of status
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‘Popular’ Actress Joins American Horror Story For Season 7
Filming will soon begin on season seven of American Horror Story, premiering this fall. So far several cast members have been announced, including returning cast Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters. Today, there is more casting news thanks to an Instagram post by creator Ryan Murphy. Newcomers Billie Lourd and Billy Eicher will be joined by Leslie Grossman who Murphy describes as “one of the funniest and most talented ladies” he knows. Grossman is familiar with political drama after starring in the series Scandal. She has co-starred in many other series including Speechless, 2 Broke Girls, Major Crimes, Dexter, Nip/Tuck, 10 Things I Hate About You, and the series Popular. She also appeared on an episode of Charmed. As we have already reported, season seven is inspired the chaotic presidential election last year. The series will kick off with the story beginning on the night of the election. Murphy recently shared an image on his Instagram account of one of the
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Fox Orders GHOSTED Series And Releases Trailer
Fox has greenlit the paranormal comedy series Ghosted, starring Adam Scott and Craig Robinson who have worked together before on the 2015 comedy Hot Tub Time Machine 2. Sarah Baker, Adeel Akhtar, Edi Petterson, Linc Hand, Christian Calloway, and Tisha French co-star The series, being described as a funny version of The X-Files, follows “a cynical skeptic (Robinson) and a genius “true believer’ in the paranormal (Scott) who are recruited by the The Bureau Underground to look into the rampant ‘unexplained’ activity in Los Angeles, all while uncovering a larger mystery that could threaten the existence of the human race.” Tom Gormican, who wrote the pilot, will serve as executive producer along with Naomi Scott, Oly Obst, Mark Schulman, Scott and Robinson. ‘Workaholics’ Kevin Etten will also be executive producing as well as working as the showrunner. Jonathan Krisel will be in the director’s chair. In the first trailer for the series, the men are kidnapped and thrust into a
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