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The Release Of Amityville: The Awakening Rescheduled For 2017
Earlier today news came via Dread Central that the Weinstein Co. has cancelled the release of Amityville: The Awakening. The film was scheduled for release on April 1st, 2016, but now won’t make into theaters until January 6th, 2017. Amityville: The Awakening has already been delayed, renamed, and recut several times. It was originally scheduled for release back in September of 2014. Supposedly, the reason for the date change, this time, is because the studio does not want to go up against Batman v. Superman in theaters. Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), Bella Thorne (Blended), Jennifer Morrison (Once Upon a Time), Cameron Monaghan (Shameless), Thomas Mann (Project X) and Robo Cop’s Kurtwood Smith star in Amityville: The Awakening, written and directed by Franck Khalfoun (Maniac) with Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions serving as producer for the film. The film follows Joan (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a single Mother, and her three children, one who is very ill. They have relocated
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Poster Unveiled For HBO’s Upcoming Documentary Beware The Slenderman
We reported back in January that HBO, capitalizing on the current obsession with true crime documentaries like Netflix’s Making a Murderer, would soon release a dark documentary of there own titled Beware the Slenderman. Today, the first poster for the documentary was unveiled. Beware the Slenderman, set to premiere at SXSW on March 11, delves into the legend of Slenderman and the case of Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, two 12- year-old Wisconsin girls, and their brutal attempted murder of their friend and classmate, another 12-year-old girl. What makes the case so interesting are the girls’ claims that it was an attempt to please Slenderman, a legend created by the Something Awful internet forum. The two girls were convinced that Slenderman was very real and that he would hurt their families if they did not make a human sacrifice to him. On May 31, 2014, after months of planning, the two girls lured the victim into the woods, stabbed her
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Najarra Townsend And Tom Siezmore Star In The Dark Thriller Wolf Mother
Riding Hood Motion Pictures has released a first look teaser trailer for their upcoming noir crime thriller, Wolf Mother. The film, written and directed by Erik Peter (The Toy Soldiers), stars Najarra Townsend (Contracted), Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan), Dave Vescio (Hick), newcomer Kaegan Baron ,and Kevin Pinassi of the Twin Peaks revival. In the first look trailer we watch as the film’s heroes as they hatch a plan to find and rescue Kaitlin Miller, a missing child star. The teaser explores the horror and suspense of their journey as they descend into the dark world of sex trafficking. “I’m drawn to stories that in someway are connected to the current state of mind. Stories that are happening now, in our own backyard.” Carlson stated of the film’s plot and relevancy. “Most of the time for me, they just happen to be the darker stories.” Every year over 800,000 children go missing. 400,000 of those children are victims of sex
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Arnold Schwarzenegger May Battle The Predator Again
Arnold Schwarzenegger played one of his most iconic roles as “Dutch” in John McTiernan’s 1987 horror/sci-fi classic Predator. The original was the film only of the franchise that Schwarzenegger appeared in, but that may be changing. Word is, Schwarzenegger may be joining the cast for Shane Black’s upcoming sequel, The Predator. Black, who also directed Iron Man 3, is no stranger to the Predator franchise, which spawned several. In fact, Black starred in the 1987 original along side Schwarzenegger. Black played the role of Hawkins, one of the commandos in the film, sent into the jungles of Central America to rescue a group of hostages, only to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior. “I haven’t talked with him (Shane Black) yet but I’m going to meet with him for lunch sometime soon.” Schwarzenegger told The Arnold Fans, a Schwarzenegger fan site. “Just as soon as I’m finished with this (Arnold’s Sports Festival) and “The Celebrity Apprentice” and all this
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The New Clip For Hardcore Henry Puts You Right In The Middle Of The Action
Hardcore Henry, the first-person action film from director Ilya Naishuller, made quite a wave at the Toronto International Film Festival. STX won the bidding war over Hardcore Henry and is now set to release the film in theaters on April 8th. Henry has just been brought back from the dead by his wife (Haley Bennett), but remembers nothing. Moments later he’s being shot at and his wife kidnapped. A powerful warlord by the name of Akan (Danila Kozlovsky) has her, he also has an army of mercenaries and plan for world domination. Everyone wants to take Henry down, except for a mysterious man named Jimmy (Sharlto Copley). If Henry can take down Akan and rescue his wife, before time runs out, he might just be able to uncover who he really is. The trailer for Hardcore Henry is insane. And the new TV clip gives a better look at the action and puts you right in the center of the
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According To An Original Cast Member A Series Reboot Of Charmed Is Coming
With Hollywood’s obsession with remakes and reboots on the big screen, it’s no surprise that the trend of rehashing fan favorites is now moving to television. One of the most popular TV series in the horror genre from 1998-2006 was the bewitching tale of three sisters, all witches. If you guessed that I’m talking about Charmed, you’d be right. Since 2013 a remake of the show has been in the works, but with little mention of it the news had been forgotten by most, until now. An update came recently from Alyssa Milano, one of the original cast members. Milano not only revealed that the reboot of Charmed is now in development over at CBS, but that the original cast would not be returning. She also seems to imply that if CBS decided to do a reunion show she and others from the series would be interested. “Charmed fans! Nothing has been confirmed. CBS is developing a reboot without the
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The Brutal Supernatural Thriller Baskin Arriving On VOD This Month
Five police officers on night patrol arrive at a creepy backwater town in the middle of nowhere after a call comes in for backup. After entering the building they realize that they have stumbled into hell. Things grow worse for the officers as they descend into an ever-increasing nightmarish netherworld where grotesque creatures and hellish torture await them. The Turkish film Baskin, co-directed by Can Evernol and Ogulcan Eren Akay, will be having its U.S. premiere at The IFC Center in New York on March 25th and at the Los Angeles Arena Cinema on April 1st. Baskin, which is Turkish for “police raid”, will also be arriving on VOD on March 25th. Gorken Kasal stars along with Ergun Kuyucu, Mehmet Cerrahogulu, Sabahettin Yakut, Muharrem Bayrak and Mehmet Faith Dokgoz in this highly anticipated foreign horror film from IFC Midnight.
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Bates Motel Season 3 Recap
Season 4 of Bates Motel on A&E will premier Monday March 7th at 9 p.m. ET. Before the first episode airs we take a look back at some important things that happened last season. There are no easy days for the citizens of White Pine Bay. Norman has been having hallucinations of Blair Watson. His mother decides to home school him for his final year of high school and Emma decides to home school with him at the motel. Norman’s brother Caleb visits after their mother’s death causing Norma to have a meltdown. Norman decides to ask Emma to date him. He says it’s the right time. Emma has feelings for Norman but you can’t tell Norman’s reasoning since it’s really unclear what he’s feeling. Norman has been spending more and more time in the basement with his taxidermy. Gunner is helping Dylan at the cabin. Dylan then starts hiding Caleb after Gunner is found hanging out with him by
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Exits Sandman Adaption
The film adaption on Neil Gaiman’s graphic novel Sandman has been in development since 2013 when Joseph Gordon Levitt announced he was set to produce and co-write the script along side Gaiman, David S. Goyer and screenwriter Jack Thorne. Levitt was also rumored to be starring as main character, Morpheus. Saturday Levitt announced via Facebook that he was no longer connected to the project under New Line, a division of Warner Bros. In the statement he explained why. “…just don’t see eye to eye on what makes Sandman special, and what a film adaption could/should be. So unfortunately I decided to remove myself from the project. I wish nothing but the best for the team moving forward.” Neil Gaiman, the graphic novel’s creator, responded to Gordon-Levitt’s exist over Twitter today. “For the record, my respect for [Joseph Gordon Levitt], is undiminished.” Gaiman wrote.”Getting to know him was the best bit of the last round. He’s special.” In response Gordon-Levitt thanked
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Dakota Johnson And Tilda Swinton To Star In Suspiria Remake
This past September we reported that Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino was set to remake Dario Aregento’s 1977 film Supiria. Film critic Alex Heller-Nicholas revealed over a series of tweets earlier this week about his interview with Guadagnino, revealing several new pieces of information about the remake, which is set to open in theaters in 2017, including that Fifty Shades of Grey’s Dakota Johnson will be starring along side talented actress Tilda Swinton (Constantine, The Chronicles of Narnia). It was also revealed by Guadagnino that the film will be set in Berlin in 1977. And that the film will be “…about the mother and the concept of motherhood and about the uncompromising force of motherhood. It’s going to be about finding your inner voice – the title is very evocative on theses grounds.” In Argento’s original a young ballet dancer travels to a prestigious dance academy in Europe, only to discover it a front for something far more sinister and supernatural
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The Release Of Amityville: The Awakening Rescheduled For 2017
Earlier today news came via Dread Central that the Weinstein Co. has cancelled the release of Amityville: The Awakening. The film was scheduled for release on April 1st, 2016, but now won’t make into theaters until January 6th, 2017. Amityville: The Awakening has already been delayed, renamed, and recut several times. It was originally scheduled for release back in September of 2014. Supposedly, the reason for the date change, this time, is because the studio does not want to go up against Batman v. Superman in theaters. Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), Bella Thorne (Blended), Jennifer Morrison (Once Upon a Time), Cameron Monaghan (Shameless), Thomas Mann (Project X) and Robo Cop’s Kurtwood Smith star in Amityville: The Awakening, written and directed by Franck Khalfoun (Maniac) with Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions serving as producer for the film. The film follows Joan (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a single Mother, and her three children, one who is very ill. They have relocated
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Poster Unveiled For HBO’s Upcoming Documentary Beware The Slenderman
We reported back in January that HBO, capitalizing on the current obsession with true crime documentaries like Netflix’s Making a Murderer, would soon release a dark documentary of there own titled Beware the Slenderman. Today, the first poster for the documentary was unveiled. Beware the Slenderman, set to premiere at SXSW on March 11, delves into the legend of Slenderman and the case of Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, two 12- year-old Wisconsin girls, and their brutal attempted murder of their friend and classmate, another 12-year-old girl. What makes the case so interesting are the girls’ claims that it was an attempt to please Slenderman, a legend created by the Something Awful internet forum. The two girls were convinced that Slenderman was very real and that he would hurt their families if they did not make a human sacrifice to him. On May 31, 2014, after months of planning, the two girls lured the victim into the woods, stabbed her
Continue reading →
Najarra Townsend And Tom Siezmore Star In The Dark Thriller Wolf Mother
Riding Hood Motion Pictures has released a first look teaser trailer for their upcoming noir crime thriller, Wolf Mother. The film, written and directed by Erik Peter (The Toy Soldiers), stars Najarra Townsend (Contracted), Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan), Dave Vescio (Hick), newcomer Kaegan Baron ,and Kevin Pinassi of the Twin Peaks revival. In the first look trailer we watch as the film’s heroes as they hatch a plan to find and rescue Kaitlin Miller, a missing child star. The teaser explores the horror and suspense of their journey as they descend into the dark world of sex trafficking. “I’m drawn to stories that in someway are connected to the current state of mind. Stories that are happening now, in our own backyard.” Carlson stated of the film’s plot and relevancy. “Most of the time for me, they just happen to be the darker stories.” Every year over 800,000 children go missing. 400,000 of those children are victims of sex
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Arnold Schwarzenegger May Battle The Predator Again
Arnold Schwarzenegger played one of his most iconic roles as “Dutch” in John McTiernan’s 1987 horror/sci-fi classic Predator. The original was the film only of the franchise that Schwarzenegger appeared in, but that may be changing. Word is, Schwarzenegger may be joining the cast for Shane Black’s upcoming sequel, The Predator. Black, who also directed Iron Man 3, is no stranger to the Predator franchise, which spawned several. In fact, Black starred in the 1987 original along side Schwarzenegger. Black played the role of Hawkins, one of the commandos in the film, sent into the jungles of Central America to rescue a group of hostages, only to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior. “I haven’t talked with him (Shane Black) yet but I’m going to meet with him for lunch sometime soon.” Schwarzenegger told The Arnold Fans, a Schwarzenegger fan site. “Just as soon as I’m finished with this (Arnold’s Sports Festival) and “The Celebrity Apprentice” and all this
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The New Clip For Hardcore Henry Puts You Right In The Middle Of The Action
Hardcore Henry, the first-person action film from director Ilya Naishuller, made quite a wave at the Toronto International Film Festival. STX won the bidding war over Hardcore Henry and is now set to release the film in theaters on April 8th. Henry has just been brought back from the dead by his wife (Haley Bennett), but remembers nothing. Moments later he’s being shot at and his wife kidnapped. A powerful warlord by the name of Akan (Danila Kozlovsky) has her, he also has an army of mercenaries and plan for world domination. Everyone wants to take Henry down, except for a mysterious man named Jimmy (Sharlto Copley). If Henry can take down Akan and rescue his wife, before time runs out, he might just be able to uncover who he really is. The trailer for Hardcore Henry is insane. And the new TV clip gives a better look at the action and puts you right in the center of the
Continue reading →
According To An Original Cast Member A Series Reboot Of Charmed Is Coming
With Hollywood’s obsession with remakes and reboots on the big screen, it’s no surprise that the trend of rehashing fan favorites is now moving to television. One of the most popular TV series in the horror genre from 1998-2006 was the bewitching tale of three sisters, all witches. If you guessed that I’m talking about Charmed, you’d be right. Since 2013 a remake of the show has been in the works, but with little mention of it the news had been forgotten by most, until now. An update came recently from Alyssa Milano, one of the original cast members. Milano not only revealed that the reboot of Charmed is now in development over at CBS, but that the original cast would not be returning. She also seems to imply that if CBS decided to do a reunion show she and others from the series would be interested. “Charmed fans! Nothing has been confirmed. CBS is developing a reboot without the
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The Brutal Supernatural Thriller Baskin Arriving On VOD This Month
Five police officers on night patrol arrive at a creepy backwater town in the middle of nowhere after a call comes in for backup. After entering the building they realize that they have stumbled into hell. Things grow worse for the officers as they descend into an ever-increasing nightmarish netherworld where grotesque creatures and hellish torture await them. The Turkish film Baskin, co-directed by Can Evernol and Ogulcan Eren Akay, will be having its U.S. premiere at The IFC Center in New York on March 25th and at the Los Angeles Arena Cinema on April 1st. Baskin, which is Turkish for “police raid”, will also be arriving on VOD on March 25th. Gorken Kasal stars along with Ergun Kuyucu, Mehmet Cerrahogulu, Sabahettin Yakut, Muharrem Bayrak and Mehmet Faith Dokgoz in this highly anticipated foreign horror film from IFC Midnight.
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Bates Motel Season 3 Recap
Season 4 of Bates Motel on A&E will premier Monday March 7th at 9 p.m. ET. Before the first episode airs we take a look back at some important things that happened last season. There are no easy days for the citizens of White Pine Bay. Norman has been having hallucinations of Blair Watson. His mother decides to home school him for his final year of high school and Emma decides to home school with him at the motel. Norman’s brother Caleb visits after their mother’s death causing Norma to have a meltdown. Norman decides to ask Emma to date him. He says it’s the right time. Emma has feelings for Norman but you can’t tell Norman’s reasoning since it’s really unclear what he’s feeling. Norman has been spending more and more time in the basement with his taxidermy. Gunner is helping Dylan at the cabin. Dylan then starts hiding Caleb after Gunner is found hanging out with him by
Continue reading →
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Exits Sandman Adaption
The film adaption on Neil Gaiman’s graphic novel Sandman has been in development since 2013 when Joseph Gordon Levitt announced he was set to produce and co-write the script along side Gaiman, David S. Goyer and screenwriter Jack Thorne. Levitt was also rumored to be starring as main character, Morpheus. Saturday Levitt announced via Facebook that he was no longer connected to the project under New Line, a division of Warner Bros. In the statement he explained why. “…just don’t see eye to eye on what makes Sandman special, and what a film adaption could/should be. So unfortunately I decided to remove myself from the project. I wish nothing but the best for the team moving forward.” Neil Gaiman, the graphic novel’s creator, responded to Gordon-Levitt’s exist over Twitter today. “For the record, my respect for [Joseph Gordon Levitt], is undiminished.” Gaiman wrote.”Getting to know him was the best bit of the last round. He’s special.” In response Gordon-Levitt thanked
Continue reading →
Dakota Johnson And Tilda Swinton To Star In Suspiria Remake
This past September we reported that Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino was set to remake Dario Aregento’s 1977 film Supiria. Film critic Alex Heller-Nicholas revealed over a series of tweets earlier this week about his interview with Guadagnino, revealing several new pieces of information about the remake, which is set to open in theaters in 2017, including that Fifty Shades of Grey’s Dakota Johnson will be starring along side talented actress Tilda Swinton (Constantine, The Chronicles of Narnia). It was also revealed by Guadagnino that the film will be set in Berlin in 1977. And that the film will be “…about the mother and the concept of motherhood and about the uncompromising force of motherhood. It’s going to be about finding your inner voice – the title is very evocative on theses grounds.” In Argento’s original a young ballet dancer travels to a prestigious dance academy in Europe, only to discover it a front for something far more sinister and supernatural
Continue reading →