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Jessica Rothe leads the returning cast for Happy Death Day 2U, the follow-up to Blumhouse’s (Split, Get Out, The Purge series) surprise 2017 smash hit featuring riveting, repeating twists and comic turns. This time, our hero Tree (Rothe) discovers that dying over and over was surprisingly easier than the dangers that lie ahead. Isreal Broussard, Ruby Modine, Suraj Sharma, Steve Zissis, Rachel Matthews, Charles Aitken, Sarah Yarkin, and Caleb Spillyards also star. Jason Blum once again produces and Christopher Landon returns to write and direct this next chapter, while Happy Death Day executive producers Angela Mancuso and John Baldecchi are newly joined by executive producer Samson Mucke (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse).
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Back in 2016 Grady Hendrix‘s second novel, My Best Friend’s Exorcism hit shelves. Described as “Beaches meets The Exorcist,” the 80’s set tale takes place in the age of “Satanic Panic”. A touching tale of friendship and possession the book is getting an adaptation from Endeavor Content with Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day) and Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein producing. Landon will most likely direct as well. “The story is set in 1988 and follows the relationship of two best friends, Abby and Gretchen. After an evening of skinny-dipping goes disastrously wrong, Gretchen begins to act more and more different, as Abby slowly comes to believe her friend has become demonically possessed. Both girls must soon face a tough question: is their friendship strong enough to beat the Devil?” Jenna Lamia is now writing the script.
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Last year’s Happy Death Day was hit with genre fans bringing in $100 million at box offices with a $4.8 million budget, so it’s no surprise that there’s a sequel in the works. Star Jessica Rothe has hinted that there may be a Back to the Future style feel to the sequel. The sequel, the way he described it to me, elevates the movie from being a horror movie – and I wouldn’t even say it’s just a horror movie because it’s a horror, comedy, rom-com drama – into a Back to the Future type of genre film where the sequel joins us right from where we left off, it explains a lot of things in the first one that didn’t get explained, and it elevates everything,” Rothe told Collider. “I was really pleased to know that we weren’t just gonna be pushing all the buttons that people loved the first time, over and over again, ‘cause I think that
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Blumhouse, behind films like Get Out and Split, presents Happy Death Day from director Christopher Landon. The trailer is here and it has a serious Groundhog Day feel, but with a lot more death. Starring Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Rachel Matthews, Jason Bayle, and Charles Aitken, the film was co-written by Landon and Scott Lobdell. In the film, a college student (Rothe) relives the day of her murder with both its unexceptional details and terrifying end until she can discover her masked killer’s identity. It’s only fitting that Happy Death Day is set to be released on Friday the 13th this October from Blumhouse and Universal Pictures.
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Photo Credit: MTV Jessica Rothe, co-star of MTV’s series Mary + Jane has been cast in the lead role of ‘Tree’ in Christopher Landon’s new horror film Half to Death. Fear the Walking Dead actor Israel Broussard is set to play the role of the best friend. The film centers on a young woman who is trapped in a vicious cycle of death and must solve the mystery of who is trying to killer her and why before it’s too late. Landon, who also wrote 2016’s Viral, Paranormal Activity II through V, and 2007’s Disturbia, will be directing from the script he co-wrote with Scott Lobdell, according to Variety. Half to Death will be produced by Jason Blum of Blumhouse. John Baldecchi and Angela Mancuso will serve as executive producers.
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This October a new zombie movie titled ‘Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse’ (also known as Scouts Vs. Zombies) will bring humor to the zombie genre. Christopher Landon, who also directed ‘Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones’, will be directing this movie about three Scouts who join forces with a bad-ass waitress to survive when their town is swarmed by zombies. ‘Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse’ stars Patrick Shchwarzenegger, Tye Sheridan, Halston Sage, David Koechner and Jesica Ahlberg, among others. Zombies aren’t the only thing to fear in the zombie flick, the cast will also have to dodge crazy kitties. ‘Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse’ will open in theaters on October 30.
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Jessica Rothe leads the returning cast for Happy Death Day 2U, the follow-up to Blumhouse’s (Split, Get Out, The Purge series) surprise 2017 smash hit featuring riveting, repeating twists and comic turns. This time, our hero Tree (Rothe) discovers that dying over and over was surprisingly easier than the dangers that lie ahead. Isreal Broussard, Ruby Modine, Suraj Sharma, Steve Zissis, Rachel Matthews, Charles Aitken, Sarah Yarkin, and Caleb Spillyards also star. Jason Blum once again produces and Christopher Landon returns to write and direct this next chapter, while Happy Death Day executive producers Angela Mancuso and John Baldecchi are newly joined by executive producer Samson Mucke (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse).
Continue reading →
BooksMoviesNews
Back in 2016 Grady Hendrix‘s second novel, My Best Friend’s Exorcism hit shelves. Described as “Beaches meets The Exorcist,” the 80’s set tale takes place in the age of “Satanic Panic”. A touching tale of friendship and possession the book is getting an adaptation from Endeavor Content with Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day) and Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein producing. Landon will most likely direct as well. “The story is set in 1988 and follows the relationship of two best friends, Abby and Gretchen. After an evening of skinny-dipping goes disastrously wrong, Gretchen begins to act more and more different, as Abby slowly comes to believe her friend has become demonically possessed. Both girls must soon face a tough question: is their friendship strong enough to beat the Devil?” Jenna Lamia is now writing the script.
Continue reading →
From the Crypt
Last year’s Happy Death Day was hit with genre fans bringing in $100 million at box offices with a $4.8 million budget, so it’s no surprise that there’s a sequel in the works. Star Jessica Rothe has hinted that there may be a Back to the Future style feel to the sequel. The sequel, the way he described it to me, elevates the movie from being a horror movie – and I wouldn’t even say it’s just a horror movie because it’s a horror, comedy, rom-com drama – into a Back to the Future type of genre film where the sequel joins us right from where we left off, it explains a lot of things in the first one that didn’t get explained, and it elevates everything,” Rothe told Collider. “I was really pleased to know that we weren’t just gonna be pushing all the buttons that people loved the first time, over and over again, ‘cause I think that
Continue reading →
Trailers
Blumhouse, behind films like Get Out and Split, presents Happy Death Day from director Christopher Landon. The trailer is here and it has a serious Groundhog Day feel, but with a lot more death. Starring Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Rachel Matthews, Jason Bayle, and Charles Aitken, the film was co-written by Landon and Scott Lobdell. In the film, a college student (Rothe) relives the day of her murder with both its unexceptional details and terrifying end until she can discover her masked killer’s identity. It’s only fitting that Happy Death Day is set to be released on Friday the 13th this October from Blumhouse and Universal Pictures.
Continue reading →
From the Crypt
Photo Credit: MTV Jessica Rothe, co-star of MTV’s series Mary + Jane has been cast in the lead role of ‘Tree’ in Christopher Landon’s new horror film Half to Death. Fear the Walking Dead actor Israel Broussard is set to play the role of the best friend. The film centers on a young woman who is trapped in a vicious cycle of death and must solve the mystery of who is trying to killer her and why before it’s too late. Landon, who also wrote 2016’s Viral, Paranormal Activity II through V, and 2007’s Disturbia, will be directing from the script he co-wrote with Scott Lobdell, according to Variety. Half to Death will be produced by Jason Blum of Blumhouse. John Baldecchi and Angela Mancuso will serve as executive producers.
Continue reading →
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This October a new zombie movie titled ‘Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse’ (also known as Scouts Vs. Zombies) will bring humor to the zombie genre. Christopher Landon, who also directed ‘Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones’, will be directing this movie about three Scouts who join forces with a bad-ass waitress to survive when their town is swarmed by zombies. ‘Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse’ stars Patrick Shchwarzenegger, Tye Sheridan, Halston Sage, David Koechner and Jesica Ahlberg, among others. Zombies aren’t the only thing to fear in the zombie flick, the cast will also have to dodge crazy kitties. ‘Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse’ will open in theaters on October 30.
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