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Short Film 'The Bones' From Executive Producer Ari Aster Coming To Mubi

Short Film ‘The Bones’ From Executive Producer Ari Aster Coming To Mubi

From directors Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña (The Wolf House), and executive producer Ari Aster (Midsomma) comes the short black and white film The Bones. The fourteen-minute-long film is a fictitious account of the world’s first stop-motion animated film dated in 1901 and excavated in 2021 as Chile drafts a new Constitution, the footage documents a ritual performed by a girl who appears to use human corpses. Emerging in the ritual are Diego Portales and Jaime Guzmán, central figures in the construction of authoritarian and oligarchic Chile. The Bones is available exclusively on MUBI on December 8, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 6, 2021
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Ari Aster To Produce Upcoming A24 Movie Written By Michael R. Jackson

Ari Aster, the brilliant filmmaker behind Hereditary and Midsommar is teaming up once again with A24 to produce an upcoming new horror film, whose title has yet to be announced. The new film, whose details are being kept secret at this time, is written by Michael R. Jackson, a Pulitzer Prize-winner and award-winning playwright (A Strange Loop). Aster, who will produce alongside A24 and Lars Knudsen for Square Peg, has another film on its way, Disappointment BLVD. which will star Academy Award-winning actor Joaquin Phoenix. Image by Vulture.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 17, 2021
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Joaquin Phoenix Starring In Ari Aster’s ‘Disappointment BLVD’

Academy Award-winning actor Joaquin Phoenix, known for his roles in films such as Joker, Gladiator, and Walk the Line has found his next project, he’ll be starring in Disappointment Blvd from Hereditary and Midsommar director Ari Aster. Set to begin filming in Montreal late this summer, there is little known about Disappointment Blvd, except that it is a horror film with comedic undertones, which Aster describes as a “nightmare comedy.”. According to IMDB, the film is said to be “A decades-spanning portrait of one of the most successful entrepreneurs of all time.” We’ll update you when we know more.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 16, 2021
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Joaquin Phoenix In Talks To Star In Ari Aster’s ‘Beau Is Afraid’

Ari Aster, the brilliant filmmaker that brought us Hereditary and Midsommar, has been hard at work on developing his next project, described as a four-hour “nightmare comedy.” He has now found his star, Joaquin Phoenix. According to Discussing Film, Pheonix is currently in talks to play the lead role in the film, titled Beau Is Afraid. The feature horror is based on Aster’s 2011 short film Beau, Film Stage reports. The film is being described as a “surrealist horror film set in an alternative present,” with Beau being an, “extremely anxious but pleasant-looking man who has a fraught relationship with his overbearing mother and never knew his father.” When his mother dies, he journey’s back to his home, facing supernatural threats along the way. Phoenix has starred in a long list of fantastic films including 2019’s Joker, 2005’s Walk the Line, Gladiator, Inherent Vice, and You Were Never Really Here. Check out the 2011 short film below that inspired Beau

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 24, 2020
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Ari Aster Teases His Follow Up To ‘Midsommar’, A “Nightmare Comedy”

In 2019 Ari Aster unleashed his disturbing, hit film Midsommar (review). Now, he’s teasing his next project. During a Reddit Ask-Me-Anything session, the Hereditary director stated that his next film will either be a “zonky nightmare comedy” or a “big, sickly domestic melodrama” saying either project would fit in with both Midsommar and Hereditary. Aster also described the second film as an “anxiety comedy” and “an absurdist, evil comedy.” Recently, while speaking to a group of UC Santa Barbara’s students, Aster teased that he’s completed a new draft of the “nightmare comedy.” Aster also said that the film will be even longer than Midsommar‘s extended cut which is 147 minutes long and more disturbing than the film’s theatrical release, saying “All I know is that it’s gonna be four hours long,” Aster stated. It can be noted that both of its predecessors were over two hours long. As soon as we know more we’ll give you an update.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 7, 2020
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Two New Clips Take You Behind The Scenes Of ‘Midsommar’

One of the best genre films of the year, Midsommar (review) has now been released on home video, but the festivities are continuing with two new behind the scenes clips from the special features featuring Ari Aster, Jack Reynor, Florence Pugh, and Vilhelm Blomgren discussing their time filming this summer’s unsettling film! The film stars Florence Pugh (upcoming Black Widow and Little Women) as a young woman who reluctantly joins her boyfriend on a summer trip to a remote Swedish village for a midsummer festival, which becomes more and more sinister as the days pass. The Rotten Tomato Certified Fresh™ film also stars Jack Reynor (Kin, Free Fire, TV’s “Strange Angel”), William Jackson Harper (TV’s “The Good Place,” They Remain, TV’s “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan”), and Will Poulter (The Maze Runner, Detroit, The Revenant). “After a family tragedy, a young American couple joins some friends at a midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What begins as a carefree summer

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 8, 2019
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Movie Review: MidSommar

Ari Aster’s 2018’s acclaimed horror Hereditary made a huge impact with critics and audiences alike, so when I heard about his next film MidSommar I was more than excited and hopeful that he could continue his winning streak. Of course, the trailer for the film is creepy as hell, but it did not prepare me for what I saw when I finally sat down to watch the film. For three hours after I watched it last night, I sat in bed with the film’s events swimming in my head, in shock. Where to start? First let me say the film, as brutal as it is, it is simply stunning. Bright brilliant colors filled MidSommer, a palette the complete opposite of Hereditary. Everything is beautiful, even the gore is, in a strange way. The cinematography is absolutely incredible. Beauty and brutality go hand in hand in the film. As for gore, there is a ton of it and the term brutal

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 28, 2019
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Folk Horror ‘Midsommar’ Coming To Digital And Blu-ray

Ari Aster, the filmmaker behind last year’s breakout horror film Hereditary, is back with the unnerving and viscerally disturbing sun-soaked horror film Midsommar, coming soon to Digital, On Demand, and Blu-ray™. The film stars Florence Pugh (upcoming Black Widow and Little Women) as a young woman who reluctantly joins her boyfriend on a summer trip to a remote Swedish village for a midsummer festival, which becomes more and more sinister as the days pass. The Rotten Tomato Certified Fresh™ film also stars Jack Reynor (Kin, Free Fire, TV’s “Strange Angel”), William Jackson Harper (TV’s “The Good Place,” They Remain, TV’s “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan”), and Will Poulter (The Maze Runner, Detroit, The Revenant). “After a family tragedy, a young American couple joins some friends at a midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What begins as a carefree summer holiday takes a sinister turn when the insular villagers invite their guests to partake in festivities that grow increasingly unnerving and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 19, 2019
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Midsommar Trailer Invites You To Celebrate The Twisted Festivities

Ari Aster, the director of Hereditary, is back with Midsommar, a Scandinavian folk horror film. A24 has unveiled the new trailer that reveals a cult who celebrates Midsommar every 90 years. festivities In the film, ” a couple that travels to Sweden to visit their friend’s rural hometown for its fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.” Jack Reynor and Florence Pugh star alongside Will Poulter, Vilhem Blomgren, William Jackson Harper, Ellora Torchia, and Archie Madekwe. Join the festivities July 3, 2019.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 15, 2019
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Folk Horror Tale ‘Midsommar’ Gets An Early Release Date

Originally set to be released in August, news has come out of CinemaCon that Ari Aster‘s (Hereditary) folk horror film Midsommar has been moved up by a month. Jack Reynor, Will Poulter, Florence Pugh, Vilhem Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, William Jackson Harper, and Archie Madekwe star in Midsommar about a” couple that travels to Sweden to visit their friend’s rural hometown for its fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.” A24 will release Midsommar in theaters on the new date, July 3, 2019.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 4, 2019

More from Ari Aster

Short Film 'The Bones' From Executive Producer Ari Aster Coming To Mubi

Short Film ‘The Bones’ From Executive Producer Ari Aster Coming To Mubi

From directors Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña (The Wolf House), and executive producer Ari Aster (Midsomma) comes the short black and white film The Bones. The fourteen-minute-long film is a fictitious account of the world’s first stop-motion animated film dated in 1901 and excavated in 2021 as Chile drafts a new Constitution, the footage documents a ritual performed by a girl who appears to use human corpses. Emerging in the ritual are Diego Portales and Jaime Guzmán, central figures in the construction of authoritarian and oligarchic Chile. The Bones is available exclusively on MUBI on December 8, 2021.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 6, 2021
Horror Fuel

Ari Aster To Produce Upcoming A24 Movie Written By Michael R. Jackson

Ari Aster, the brilliant filmmaker behind Hereditary and Midsommar is teaming up once again with A24 to produce an upcoming new horror film, whose title has yet to be announced. The new film, whose details are being kept secret at this time, is written by Michael R. Jackson, a Pulitzer Prize-winner and award-winning playwright (A Strange Loop). Aster, who will produce alongside A24 and Lars Knudsen for Square Peg, has another film on its way, Disappointment BLVD. which will star Academy Award-winning actor Joaquin Phoenix. Image by Vulture.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 17, 2021
Horror Fuel

Joaquin Phoenix Starring In Ari Aster’s ‘Disappointment BLVD’

Academy Award-winning actor Joaquin Phoenix, known for his roles in films such as Joker, Gladiator, and Walk the Line has found his next project, he’ll be starring in Disappointment Blvd from Hereditary and Midsommar director Ari Aster. Set to begin filming in Montreal late this summer, there is little known about Disappointment Blvd, except that it is a horror film with comedic undertones, which Aster describes as a “nightmare comedy.”. According to IMDB, the film is said to be “A decades-spanning portrait of one of the most successful entrepreneurs of all time.” We’ll update you when we know more.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 16, 2021
Horror Fuel

Joaquin Phoenix In Talks To Star In Ari Aster’s ‘Beau Is Afraid’

Ari Aster, the brilliant filmmaker that brought us Hereditary and Midsommar, has been hard at work on developing his next project, described as a four-hour “nightmare comedy.” He has now found his star, Joaquin Phoenix. According to Discussing Film, Pheonix is currently in talks to play the lead role in the film, titled Beau Is Afraid. The feature horror is based on Aster’s 2011 short film Beau, Film Stage reports. The film is being described as a “surrealist horror film set in an alternative present,” with Beau being an, “extremely anxious but pleasant-looking man who has a fraught relationship with his overbearing mother and never knew his father.” When his mother dies, he journey’s back to his home, facing supernatural threats along the way. Phoenix has starred in a long list of fantastic films including 2019’s Joker, 2005’s Walk the Line, Gladiator, Inherent Vice, and You Were Never Really Here. Check out the 2011 short film below that inspired Beau

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 24, 2020
Horror Fuel

Ari Aster Teases His Follow Up To ‘Midsommar’, A “Nightmare Comedy”

In 2019 Ari Aster unleashed his disturbing, hit film Midsommar (review). Now, he’s teasing his next project. During a Reddit Ask-Me-Anything session, the Hereditary director stated that his next film will either be a “zonky nightmare comedy” or a “big, sickly domestic melodrama” saying either project would fit in with both Midsommar and Hereditary. Aster also described the second film as an “anxiety comedy” and “an absurdist, evil comedy.” Recently, while speaking to a group of UC Santa Barbara’s students, Aster teased that he’s completed a new draft of the “nightmare comedy.” Aster also said that the film will be even longer than Midsommar‘s extended cut which is 147 minutes long and more disturbing than the film’s theatrical release, saying “All I know is that it’s gonna be four hours long,” Aster stated. It can be noted that both of its predecessors were over two hours long. As soon as we know more we’ll give you an update.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 7, 2020
Horror Fuel

Two New Clips Take You Behind The Scenes Of ‘Midsommar’

One of the best genre films of the year, Midsommar (review) has now been released on home video, but the festivities are continuing with two new behind the scenes clips from the special features featuring Ari Aster, Jack Reynor, Florence Pugh, and Vilhelm Blomgren discussing their time filming this summer’s unsettling film! The film stars Florence Pugh (upcoming Black Widow and Little Women) as a young woman who reluctantly joins her boyfriend on a summer trip to a remote Swedish village for a midsummer festival, which becomes more and more sinister as the days pass. The Rotten Tomato Certified Fresh™ film also stars Jack Reynor (Kin, Free Fire, TV’s “Strange Angel”), William Jackson Harper (TV’s “The Good Place,” They Remain, TV’s “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan”), and Will Poulter (The Maze Runner, Detroit, The Revenant). “After a family tragedy, a young American couple joins some friends at a midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What begins as a carefree summer

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 8, 2019
Horror Fuel

Movie Review: MidSommar

Ari Aster’s 2018’s acclaimed horror Hereditary made a huge impact with critics and audiences alike, so when I heard about his next film MidSommar I was more than excited and hopeful that he could continue his winning streak. Of course, the trailer for the film is creepy as hell, but it did not prepare me for what I saw when I finally sat down to watch the film. For three hours after I watched it last night, I sat in bed with the film’s events swimming in my head, in shock. Where to start? First let me say the film, as brutal as it is, it is simply stunning. Bright brilliant colors filled MidSommer, a palette the complete opposite of Hereditary. Everything is beautiful, even the gore is, in a strange way. The cinematography is absolutely incredible. Beauty and brutality go hand in hand in the film. As for gore, there is a ton of it and the term brutal

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 28, 2019
Horror Fuel

Folk Horror ‘Midsommar’ Coming To Digital And Blu-ray

Ari Aster, the filmmaker behind last year’s breakout horror film Hereditary, is back with the unnerving and viscerally disturbing sun-soaked horror film Midsommar, coming soon to Digital, On Demand, and Blu-ray™. The film stars Florence Pugh (upcoming Black Widow and Little Women) as a young woman who reluctantly joins her boyfriend on a summer trip to a remote Swedish village for a midsummer festival, which becomes more and more sinister as the days pass. The Rotten Tomato Certified Fresh™ film also stars Jack Reynor (Kin, Free Fire, TV’s “Strange Angel”), William Jackson Harper (TV’s “The Good Place,” They Remain, TV’s “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan”), and Will Poulter (The Maze Runner, Detroit, The Revenant). “After a family tragedy, a young American couple joins some friends at a midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What begins as a carefree summer holiday takes a sinister turn when the insular villagers invite their guests to partake in festivities that grow increasingly unnerving and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 19, 2019
Horror Fuel

Midsommar Trailer Invites You To Celebrate The Twisted Festivities

Ari Aster, the director of Hereditary, is back with Midsommar, a Scandinavian folk horror film. A24 has unveiled the new trailer that reveals a cult who celebrates Midsommar every 90 years. festivities In the film, ” a couple that travels to Sweden to visit their friend’s rural hometown for its fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.” Jack Reynor and Florence Pugh star alongside Will Poulter, Vilhem Blomgren, William Jackson Harper, Ellora Torchia, and Archie Madekwe. Join the festivities July 3, 2019.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 15, 2019
Horror Fuel

Folk Horror Tale ‘Midsommar’ Gets An Early Release Date

Originally set to be released in August, news has come out of CinemaCon that Ari Aster‘s (Hereditary) folk horror film Midsommar has been moved up by a month. Jack Reynor, Will Poulter, Florence Pugh, Vilhem Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, William Jackson Harper, and Archie Madekwe star in Midsommar about a” couple that travels to Sweden to visit their friend’s rural hometown for its fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.” A24 will release Midsommar in theaters on the new date, July 3, 2019.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 4, 2019
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