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HBO Adapting ‘The Last Of Us’ Gaming Franchise For New Series

Earlier this year it was announced that the hit zombie game “The Last of Us” may be getting a series adaptation. It’s officially happening! HBO has ordered the series with the game’s creator and writer Neil Druckmann co-writing and producing with the first season covering the first game of the franchise. Variety is reporting that “The series takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.” Craig Mazin (“Chernobyl”) is developing and executive producing the series for HBO and will be co-writing along with Druckmann. “Craig and Neil are visionaries in a league of their own,” Francesca Orsi, executive vice president of HBO Programming, states. “With them at the helm alongside the incomparable Carolyn

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2020
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Stephen Lang Teases ‘Don’t Breathe 2’

Filming has now wrapped on Don’t Breathe 2, the sequel to Fede Alverez’s 2016 hit home invasion horror. Stephen Lang, who starred in the original returns as the badass blind man. During a chat with THR earlier this week, Lang teased that the sequel will be “very much its own thing.” I never walked away from a scene on this feeling like we’d left something on the table there. We really strived to get everything we could out of it,” said Lang. “It has a tremendous kinship with the first film, but in many ways — in every way — it’s very much its own thing.” We kind of debate and negotiate and massage every word, every phrase, every grunt,” Lang added. “We all have a ball doing it, because we enjoy working together. On the day-to-day life on set, I had a lot of input into it.” Don’t Breathe 2 is the feature directorial debut of Rodo Sayagues, who

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2020
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A Husband Sets Out On A Dangerous Rescue Mission in ‘Redemption Day’

Writer Hicham Hajji makes his feature directorial debut with the action-thriller Redemption Day, co-written by Sam Chouia. The film features an all-star cast that includes Andy Garcia, Gary Dourdan, Serinda Swan, Martin Donovan, Ernie Hudson, and Samy Naceri. In Redemption Day, “Having just returned home, decorated U.S. Marine Captain Brad Paxton’s (Gary Dourdan) wife, Kate, is kidnapped by a terrorist group while working in Morocco. He is forced back into action for a daring and deadly operation to save the woman he loves.” This action-packed thriller ride lands in theaters on January 8, 2021, followed by its arrival On Demand and Digital on January 12th. We’ve got the new trailer that reveals a husband who will do anything to save his wife. Check it out.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2020
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Channing Tatum Starring In New Universal Monster Movie

The directing duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller (21 Jump Street) have teamed up once again for a new untitled Universal Monster movie. The movie is working hard to keep details as quiet as possible, but the film is being “described as a modern-day, tongue-in-cheek thriller inspired by Universal’s classic monster legacy,” by Deadline. Channing Tatum is set to star in the film, who also worked with the directors on the 2012 comedy reboot of 21 Jump Street. Wes Tooke wrote the script based on an idea by Reid Carolin. Lord and Miller will be producing under their Lord Miller production banner. Tatum, Carolin, and Peter Kiernan, who will produce under their Free Association banner. Aditya Sood, the president of Lord Miller, will also be producing. The last revival of the Universal Monster franchise was the fantastic film The Invisible Man, starring Elisabeth Moss, which gave us hope for the franchise after the first attempt of a new installment, The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2020
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’10 Cloverfield Lane’ Director Making A New ‘Predator’ Movie

It’s been a couple of years since we’ve seen the Predator in action, but that’s about to change. 20th Century Studios has given the green light for a brand new installment to the Predator franchise! Deadline is reporting that 10 Cloverfield Lane‘s Dan Trachtenberg will be directing the movie that will completely bypass Shane Black’s 2018 movie The Predator. Deadline states, “They are keeping the plotline under wraps for the moment, but I’m told it won’t swing back to the developments in the most recent film.” Patrick Aison (“Kingdom”) is writing the script for the fifth film of the original franchise, not including Alien Vs. Predator spinoffs. What do you think? Are you excited? Let us know on Facebook or Twitter.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2020
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A Sinister Stranger Stalks Alexandre Aja’s Upcoming Film ‘Elijah’

Alexandre Aja, who brought you films such as Crawl, Horns, High Tension, and Mirrors (among others), is gearing up to deliver his new film with Searchlight Pictures. Titled Elijah, the film “follows a young boy who invites a mysterious man into his home, believing the stranger to be the key to saving his sick mother. As increasingly disturbing things start to happen around his home, the boy soon realizes that the sinister stranger is not the savior he claims to be.” Cory Goodman (The Last Witch Hunter) penned the original script with Gregory Lavasseur (Mirrors) rewriting it, Deadline reports. David Goyer and Keith Levine of Phantom Four (The Night House) along with Adam Goldworm of Aperture Entertainment are producing. Searchlight’s DanTram Nguyen is overseeing the project.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 20, 2020
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German Movie ‘Live Or Let Die’ Unleashes New Zombie Filled Trailer

Genre specialist sales outfit Black Mandala has acquired the German zombie film Live or Let die and have now released the poster and the trailer. Through an outbreak of a virus, the human race has come near to extinction. The undead walks among the land and hunts the living. The very few that are left, aimlessly searching for a better tomorrow. The survivor and lone wolf Nick (Jan Bohlenschmidt) finds an old diary that contains a map, his last chance for hope to a safer sanctuary. After a bloody encounter with reckless John (Manuel Urbaneck), both get together and wander through the dead and destroyed land. Day after day it`s a hard fight of survival for their own lives until they realize that only one thing is clear: among the dead, the survivors are the biggest threat! Writer-director Manuel Urbaneck`s zombie film stars Jan Bohlenschmidt, Manuel Urbaneck, Steven Mooers, Alona Hertha, Michael Valentin, Heiko Schulz, Markus Hettich, Dirk Jeblick, Kai

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 19, 2020
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There’s A Killer On The Loose In The ‘Hunter Hunter’ Trailer

There is a killer on the loose in the new trailer for the intense horror-thriller Hunter Hunter, written and directed by Shawn Linden, revealing that it will take a hunter to track down this hunter of men. The film follows a family living in the remote wilderness earning a living as fur trappers. Joseph Mersault (Devon Sawa), his wife Anne (Camille Sullivan, “The Man in the High Castle”), and their daughter Renée (Summer H. Howell, Curse of Chucky) struggle to make ends meet and think their traps are being hunted by the return of a rogue wolf. Determined to catch the predator in the act, Joseph leaves his family behind to track the wolf. Anne and Renée grow increasingly anxious during Joseph’s prolonged absence and struggle to survive without him. When they hear a strange noise outside their cabin, Anne hopes it is Joseph but instead finds a man named Lou (Nick Stahl), who has been severely injured and left

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 19, 2020
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Plot Details For “Dexter” Revival Surface

Just before Halloween, we reported that a revival of the serial killer series “Dexter” was on its way. At the time the plot had not been revealed, but thanks to THR it has now come to light. Michael C. Hall returns to his role as Dexter, a killer of killers, for the 10-episode new season that picks up ten years after the events of the season eight finale. “Set 10 years after Dexter Morgan went missing in the yey of Hurricane Laura, the revival sees the character now living under an assumed name in a world away from Miami.” The original series’ showrunner Clyde Phillips is also returning along with Marcos Siega, director of nine episodes of the original series, who will direct six of the new episodes as well as executive produce. “Dexter” returns next Fall.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 19, 2020
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‘Castle Freak’ Reboot Will Debut On Shudder

The “reimagining” of Dennis Paoli and Stuart Gordon’s 1995 Full Moon horror cult classic will debut this December Shudder ahead of its arrival on Digital and VOD. The film marks the directorial debut of award-winning special effects artist Tate Steinsiek (“Face-Off”, Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich) In the film, after she is permanently blinded in a tragic car accident, Rebecca receives some bizarre news: her long-lost-mother has recently passed away, leaving her their family’s ancestral castle. Traveling to the estate with a group of friends, Rebecca hopes it will be an opportunity for her to reconnect with a past she never knew—and a mother who seemingly left her behind. When mysterious happenings begin to occur and her friends begin to die, Rebecca must unravel her family’s mysterious history. Clair Catherine, Jake Horowitz (The Vast of Night), Chris Galust (Give Me Liberty), Kika Magalhaes (The Eyes of My Mother), Emily Sweet (Syn), Elisha Pratt (“True Detective”), and Omar Brunson (Shadow Fighter)

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 18, 2020

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HBO Adapting ‘The Last Of Us’ Gaming Franchise For New Series

Earlier this year it was announced that the hit zombie game “The Last of Us” may be getting a series adaptation. It’s officially happening! HBO has ordered the series with the game’s creator and writer Neil Druckmann co-writing and producing with the first season covering the first game of the franchise. Variety is reporting that “The series takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.” Craig Mazin (“Chernobyl”) is developing and executive producing the series for HBO and will be co-writing along with Druckmann. “Craig and Neil are visionaries in a league of their own,” Francesca Orsi, executive vice president of HBO Programming, states. “With them at the helm alongside the incomparable Carolyn

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2020
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Stephen Lang Teases ‘Don’t Breathe 2’

Filming has now wrapped on Don’t Breathe 2, the sequel to Fede Alverez’s 2016 hit home invasion horror. Stephen Lang, who starred in the original returns as the badass blind man. During a chat with THR earlier this week, Lang teased that the sequel will be “very much its own thing.” I never walked away from a scene on this feeling like we’d left something on the table there. We really strived to get everything we could out of it,” said Lang. “It has a tremendous kinship with the first film, but in many ways — in every way — it’s very much its own thing.” We kind of debate and negotiate and massage every word, every phrase, every grunt,” Lang added. “We all have a ball doing it, because we enjoy working together. On the day-to-day life on set, I had a lot of input into it.” Don’t Breathe 2 is the feature directorial debut of Rodo Sayagues, who

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2020
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A Husband Sets Out On A Dangerous Rescue Mission in ‘Redemption Day’

Writer Hicham Hajji makes his feature directorial debut with the action-thriller Redemption Day, co-written by Sam Chouia. The film features an all-star cast that includes Andy Garcia, Gary Dourdan, Serinda Swan, Martin Donovan, Ernie Hudson, and Samy Naceri. In Redemption Day, “Having just returned home, decorated U.S. Marine Captain Brad Paxton’s (Gary Dourdan) wife, Kate, is kidnapped by a terrorist group while working in Morocco. He is forced back into action for a daring and deadly operation to save the woman he loves.” This action-packed thriller ride lands in theaters on January 8, 2021, followed by its arrival On Demand and Digital on January 12th. We’ve got the new trailer that reveals a husband who will do anything to save his wife. Check it out.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2020
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Channing Tatum Starring In New Universal Monster Movie

The directing duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller (21 Jump Street) have teamed up once again for a new untitled Universal Monster movie. The movie is working hard to keep details as quiet as possible, but the film is being “described as a modern-day, tongue-in-cheek thriller inspired by Universal’s classic monster legacy,” by Deadline. Channing Tatum is set to star in the film, who also worked with the directors on the 2012 comedy reboot of 21 Jump Street. Wes Tooke wrote the script based on an idea by Reid Carolin. Lord and Miller will be producing under their Lord Miller production banner. Tatum, Carolin, and Peter Kiernan, who will produce under their Free Association banner. Aditya Sood, the president of Lord Miller, will also be producing. The last revival of the Universal Monster franchise was the fantastic film The Invisible Man, starring Elisabeth Moss, which gave us hope for the franchise after the first attempt of a new installment, The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2020
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’10 Cloverfield Lane’ Director Making A New ‘Predator’ Movie

It’s been a couple of years since we’ve seen the Predator in action, but that’s about to change. 20th Century Studios has given the green light for a brand new installment to the Predator franchise! Deadline is reporting that 10 Cloverfield Lane‘s Dan Trachtenberg will be directing the movie that will completely bypass Shane Black’s 2018 movie The Predator. Deadline states, “They are keeping the plotline under wraps for the moment, but I’m told it won’t swing back to the developments in the most recent film.” Patrick Aison (“Kingdom”) is writing the script for the fifth film of the original franchise, not including Alien Vs. Predator spinoffs. What do you think? Are you excited? Let us know on Facebook or Twitter.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2020
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A Sinister Stranger Stalks Alexandre Aja’s Upcoming Film ‘Elijah’

Alexandre Aja, who brought you films such as Crawl, Horns, High Tension, and Mirrors (among others), is gearing up to deliver his new film with Searchlight Pictures. Titled Elijah, the film “follows a young boy who invites a mysterious man into his home, believing the stranger to be the key to saving his sick mother. As increasingly disturbing things start to happen around his home, the boy soon realizes that the sinister stranger is not the savior he claims to be.” Cory Goodman (The Last Witch Hunter) penned the original script with Gregory Lavasseur (Mirrors) rewriting it, Deadline reports. David Goyer and Keith Levine of Phantom Four (The Night House) along with Adam Goldworm of Aperture Entertainment are producing. Searchlight’s DanTram Nguyen is overseeing the project.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 20, 2020
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German Movie ‘Live Or Let Die’ Unleashes New Zombie Filled Trailer

Genre specialist sales outfit Black Mandala has acquired the German zombie film Live or Let die and have now released the poster and the trailer. Through an outbreak of a virus, the human race has come near to extinction. The undead walks among the land and hunts the living. The very few that are left, aimlessly searching for a better tomorrow. The survivor and lone wolf Nick (Jan Bohlenschmidt) finds an old diary that contains a map, his last chance for hope to a safer sanctuary. After a bloody encounter with reckless John (Manuel Urbaneck), both get together and wander through the dead and destroyed land. Day after day it`s a hard fight of survival for their own lives until they realize that only one thing is clear: among the dead, the survivors are the biggest threat! Writer-director Manuel Urbaneck`s zombie film stars Jan Bohlenschmidt, Manuel Urbaneck, Steven Mooers, Alona Hertha, Michael Valentin, Heiko Schulz, Markus Hettich, Dirk Jeblick, Kai

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 19, 2020
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There’s A Killer On The Loose In The ‘Hunter Hunter’ Trailer

There is a killer on the loose in the new trailer for the intense horror-thriller Hunter Hunter, written and directed by Shawn Linden, revealing that it will take a hunter to track down this hunter of men. The film follows a family living in the remote wilderness earning a living as fur trappers. Joseph Mersault (Devon Sawa), his wife Anne (Camille Sullivan, “The Man in the High Castle”), and their daughter Renée (Summer H. Howell, Curse of Chucky) struggle to make ends meet and think their traps are being hunted by the return of a rogue wolf. Determined to catch the predator in the act, Joseph leaves his family behind to track the wolf. Anne and Renée grow increasingly anxious during Joseph’s prolonged absence and struggle to survive without him. When they hear a strange noise outside their cabin, Anne hopes it is Joseph but instead finds a man named Lou (Nick Stahl), who has been severely injured and left

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 19, 2020
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Plot Details For “Dexter” Revival Surface

Just before Halloween, we reported that a revival of the serial killer series “Dexter” was on its way. At the time the plot had not been revealed, but thanks to THR it has now come to light. Michael C. Hall returns to his role as Dexter, a killer of killers, for the 10-episode new season that picks up ten years after the events of the season eight finale. “Set 10 years after Dexter Morgan went missing in the yey of Hurricane Laura, the revival sees the character now living under an assumed name in a world away from Miami.” The original series’ showrunner Clyde Phillips is also returning along with Marcos Siega, director of nine episodes of the original series, who will direct six of the new episodes as well as executive produce. “Dexter” returns next Fall.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 19, 2020
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‘Castle Freak’ Reboot Will Debut On Shudder

The “reimagining” of Dennis Paoli and Stuart Gordon’s 1995 Full Moon horror cult classic will debut this December Shudder ahead of its arrival on Digital and VOD. The film marks the directorial debut of award-winning special effects artist Tate Steinsiek (“Face-Off”, Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich) In the film, after she is permanently blinded in a tragic car accident, Rebecca receives some bizarre news: her long-lost-mother has recently passed away, leaving her their family’s ancestral castle. Traveling to the estate with a group of friends, Rebecca hopes it will be an opportunity for her to reconnect with a past she never knew—and a mother who seemingly left her behind. When mysterious happenings begin to occur and her friends begin to die, Rebecca must unravel her family’s mysterious history. Clair Catherine, Jake Horowitz (The Vast of Night), Chris Galust (Give Me Liberty), Kika Magalhaes (The Eyes of My Mother), Emily Sweet (Syn), Elisha Pratt (“True Detective”), and Omar Brunson (Shadow Fighter)

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 18, 2020
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