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Emily Hampshire Joins “Chapelwhaite” Series Based On King’s ‘Jerusalems Lot’

Actress Emily Hampshire has joined the cast of Epix’s “Chapelwhaite“, based on Stephen King‘s short story Jerusalem’s Lot. The “Schitt’s Creek” actress will star opposite Adrien Brody (The Pianist), Deadline reports. The story follows Captain Charles Boone (Brody) who, in the 1850s moves his family to his ancestral home in Preacher’s Corner, Maine. There he must confront hidden secrets and fight against the darkness that has plagued his family for generations. Hampshire will play Rebecca Morgan, “an ambitious young woman” who left the comforts of home for college and has now returned to write for the prestigious Atlantic Magazine.” Rebecca is instantly drawn to the Captain. She applies to be the governess of the infamous Chapelwaite Manor so that she can write her novel based on the family. Jason and Peter Filardi will executive produce as well as serve as showrunners. Production will begin this April in Novia Scotia on “Chapelwhaite” with a Fall 2020 premiere.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 4, 2020

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Milla Jovovich & Tony Jaa Look Badass In The First Character Posters For ‘Monster Hunters’

Resident Evil star Milla Jovovich takes up arms in writer-director Paul W.S. Anderson‘s (Resident Evil) adaptation of the Monster Hunter video game. We’ve got the first character posters featuring Jovovich and Tony Jaa and they are badass AF (below). “Behind our world, there is another: a world of dangerous and powerful monsters that rule their domain with deadly ferocity. When Lt. Artemis (Milla Jovovich) and her elite unit are transported through a portal from our world to a new world, they are in for the shock of their lives. In her desperate attempt to get home, the brave lieutenant encounters a mysterious hunter (Tony Jaa), whose unique skills have allowed him to survive in this hostile land. Faced with relentless and terrifying attacks from the monsters, the warriors team up to fight back and find a way home.” Tip “T.I.” Harris, Meagan Good, Diego Boneta, Josh Helman, and Ron Perlman also star. Jeremy Bolt is producing for Constantin Films. Monster

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 28, 2020

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“Dark Harvest” Being Adapted By ’30 Days Of Night’, “Hannibal” Director

Norman Patridge‘s horror novel Dark Harvest is set to be adapted by David Slade, the director who brought us Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night, and “Hannibal”. Deadline is reporting that the adaptation, written by Michael Gilio, has found a home at MGM. The novel is set on Halloween 1963 in a small Midwestern town where “ the October Boy is the prize in an annual rite of life and death. One teen, Pete McCormick, knows that killing the October Boy is his one chance to escape a dead-end future in the one-horse town. But before the night is over, Pete will look into the saw-toothed face of horror – and discover the terrifying true secret of the October Boy.” The casting process should begin soon. You can pick up your copy of Norman Patridge‘s Dark Harvest now on Amazon.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 22, 2020

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Jeffrey Dean Morgan Hunts A Serial Killer In ‘The Postcard Killings’ Trailer

“Walking Dead” actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan stars alongside Famke Janssen (Hause on Haunted Hill) in The Postcard Killings, the film adaptation of the best-selling book by James Patterson and Liza Marklund. In the trailer, we meet a troubled detective on the hunt for a twisted serial killer. NYPD Detective Jacob Kanon (Morgan), whose world is thrown into turmoil when he learns his daughter and son-in-law have been brutally murdered in London. When he goes there find out who is responsible he learns similar crimes are being reported across Europe, with each killing accompanied by a postcard sent to a local journalist. Fighting against time, bureaucracy and his own grief, Jacob will do whatever it takes to stop the killings and find justice for his little girl.” Cush Jumbo, Steven Mackintosh, Joachim Król, and Denis O’Hare round out the cast. Witness The Postcard Killings in theaters on March 13, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 21, 2020

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‘Antlers’ Director Adapting ‘A Head Full Of Ghosts’ – First Star Announced

Director Osgood Perkins was set to next direct A Head Full of Ghosts, the adaptation of Paul Tremblay‘s novel. Perkins has now stepped away with Antlers director Scott Cooper stepping up to revise the script and direct, Deadline reports. The site also revealed that Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actress Margaret Qualley will star in the Robert Downey Jr. produced the film. “When 8-year-old Merry’s older sister exhibits signs of an indeterminate and terrifying affliction, the Barrett family slowly tears itself apart. Now, 20 years later, Merry is confronted with her family’s traumatic past when Rachel, a journalist with a similarly haunted past, delves into the case, causing Merry to relive and reconsider the devastating memories of her childhood.”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 15, 2020

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‘Idle Hands’ Director’s Zombie Movie ‘Eat, Brains, Love’ Coming To Digital

Grab your Valentine and get ready, Gunpowder & Sky’s horror brand ALTER, DIGA Studios and Full Fathom Five announced today that their teen zombie flick Eat, Brains, Love from director Rodman Flender (Idle Hands, “Scream: The TV Series”) is set to be released globally next week. “The good news: Jake’s dream girl, Amanda, finally knows his name. The bad? It’s because they both contracted a sexually transmitted mysterious zombie virus and devoured half of their senior class. Now they’re on the run from the government as they search for a cure, all while weighing up the existential question of who really deserves to be eaten alive.” Starring Jake Cannavale (Nurse Jackie) as ’Jake’, Angelique Rivera (American Crime) as ‘Amanda’, Sarah Yarkin (American Horror Story) as ‘Cass’ and Alex Stage (“Cloak & Dagger”) as ‘Kyle’, Eat, Brains, Love is a gory and funny zombie-rom-com based on the living dead road trip novel by Jeff Hart. Eat, Brains, Love premieres on iTunes,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 6, 2020

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Amazon Adapting Meg Gardiner’s ‘The Dark Corners Of The Night’

Ahead of being published on February 18th, Meg Gardiner‘s novel The Dark Corners of the Night, the third book in a series, has already been picked up for a series adaptation with Amazon Studios acquiring the rights earlier this week, according to Deadline. “The first book, UNSUB, follows a female detective on the trail of an infamous serial killer – inspired by the still-unsolved Zodiac case – who breaks his silence and begins killing again. The detective grew up watching her father destroy himself and his family as he chased the killer, and now finds herself confronting the same monster her father failed to catch.” “In the third book, The Dark Corners of The Night, the heroine has risen through the ranks to become a Behavioral Analysts for the FBI and is on the hunt for a serial killer who targets families, killing the parents and leaving the children alive to witness the unspeakable horror.” Larry Trilling (“Goliath”) will serve

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 6, 2020

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Osgood Perkins Adapting Horror Novel ‘A Head Full Of Ghosts”

Osgood Perkins has become a heavy hitter in the horror genre, delivering films like The Blackcoat’s Daughter, I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, and Gretel & Hansel, which just arrived in theaters. So, you may be wondering what’s next for Perkins. According to Bloody Disgusting, he’s next doing a loose adaptation of Paul G. Tremblay‘s A Head Full of Ghosts which won the 2015 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel. Stephen King said the novel, “Sacred the living hell out of me and I’m pretty hard to scare.” The plot of the novel involves an American family under strain when their fourteen-year-old daughter, Marjorie Barrett, exhibits signs of mental illness. The story is told from the point of view of Marjorie’s eight-year-old sister, Merry. The novel includes elements of Catholic exorcism and reality television exploitation. It’s certainly a script that I’m happy about. Whether or not that becomes a movie, you know how

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 3, 2020

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Director Christopher Gans Reveals A New ‘Silent Hill’ Movie Is Coming

Nearly ten years have passed since we got a new installment of the Silent Hill franchise. Now, out of nowhere the original director, Christopher Gans has revealed that a new Silent Hill movie is in the works. While speaking with the website Allocine, Gans teased not only a new Silent Hill but a Project Zero (known as Fatal Frame in the United States) adaptation as well. I have two horror film projects with [producer] Victor Hadida,” Gans told the French site. “I am working on the adaptation of the video game Project Zero. The film will take place in Japan. I especially don’t want to uproot the game from its Japanese haunted house steeting. And we’re also working on a new Silent Hill. Silent Hill, and adaptation of the video game of the same name, made its debut back in 2006 and starred Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, and Laurie Holden. When her adoptive father disappears, Sharon Da Silva (Jodelle Ferland)

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 1, 2020

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Fiona Dourif Joins The Cast of “The Stand”

Fiona Dourif, who starred in both Curse of Chucky and Cult of Chucky, has joined the cast of CBS All Access’ upcoming adaptation of “The Stand.” Dourif revealed during a talk with Syfy that she will be playing the role of “Rat Woman,” a new take on the Stephen King character “Rat Man” who was played by Rick Aviles in the original miniseries. I’m playing Rat Man…do you guys remember Rat Man? Rat Man is now Rat Woman,” Dourif told Syfy. “I read the books and watched the miniseries. I love The Stand.” Dourif joins the cast that already includes Alexander Skarsgård, Heather Gram, Whoopi Goldberg, Jovan Adepo, Marilyn Manson, Owen Teague, Brad William Henke, Daniel Sunjata, James Marsden, Amber Heard, Nat Wolff, Eion Bailey, Odessa Young, Katherine McNamara, Henry Zaga, and Hamish Linklater. The 10-episode series is co-written and directed by Josh Boone and features a new ending written by King himself. The series will depict Stephen King‘s tale

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 1, 2020

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