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Ted Bundy True Crime Thriller “No Man Of God” Coming To Blu-ray

In 1980, Ted Bundy was sentenced to death by electrocution. In the years that followed, he agreed to disclose the details of his crimes, but only to one man. No Man of God is based on the true story of the strange and complicated relationship that developed between FBI agent Bill Hagmaier and Bundy. Directed by Amber Sealey (No Light and No Land Anywhere), the film stars Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) as Bill Hagmaier with Luke Kirby (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) playing the role of the infamous killer. Aleksa Palladino (The Irishman) and Robert Patrick (Terminator 2) co-star. Kit Lesser penned the script. The film was produced by Wood, Daniel Noah, Lisa Whalen, and Kim Sherman. Ward and Jess De Leo of RLJE Films negotiated the deal with Whalen and Stacy Jorgensen on behalf of Company X / SpectreVision and the filmmakers. No Man of God lands on Blu-ray and DVD on October 19, 2021, from

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 25, 2021
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The ‘Toxic Avenger’ Remake Has Officially Wrapped Filming

Macon Blair (I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore, Green Room) is directing a remake of Troma’s The Toxic Avenger for Legendary Entertainment. Today, we’ve learned via a Tweet from Blair (below), who is not only directing but also wrote the script for the remake, that filming has now officially wrapped. In the 1984 original, directed by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, “The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.” Deadline has described the film as, “A contemporary reimagining of Troma Entertainment’s successful 1984 low-budget action-comedy hit, The Toxic Avenger is steeped in environmental themes and subverts the superhero genre in the vein of Deadpool. When a struggling everyman is pushed into a vat of toxic waste, he is transformed into a mutant freak who must go from shunned outcast to underdog hero as he races to save his son, his

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 14, 2021
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Elijah Wood Interrogates Bundy In The Trailer For ‘No Man of God’

In 1980, Ted Bundy was sentenced to death by electrocution. In the years that followed, he agreed to disclose the details of his crimes, but only to one man. No Man of God is based on the true story of the strange and complicated relationship that developed between FBI agent Bill Hagmaier and Bundy. Today, we’ve got the official trailer for the film from director Amber Sealey (No Light and No Land Anywhere). Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) stars as Bill Hagmaier with Luke Kirby (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) playing the role of the infamous killer. Aleksa Palladino (The Irishman) and Robert Patrick (Terminator 2) co-star. Kit Lesser penned the script. The film was produced by Wood, Daniel Noah, Lisa Whalen, and Kim Sherman. Ward and Jess De Leo of RLJE Films negotiated the deal with Whalen and Stacy Jorgensen on behalf of Company X / SpectreVision and the filmmakers. No Man of God opens in theaters

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 9, 2021
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Elijah Wood Will Face The ‘Toxic Avenger’ In Upcoming Reboot

Back in 2019, we reported that a reboot of the 80s cult classic The Toxic Avenger was in the works. We can now report that Lord of the Rings actor Elijah Wood (Come to Daddy) has been cast as the film’s villain. According to The Illuminerdi, Wood will play Bob Garbinger, whose description is as follows: “Leonine hair and eerie plastic surgery. The evil head of the shady company Garb X. He has no regard for the well-being of anyone but himself and embarks on a murderous spree to become as powerful as Toxie. His ego is bolstered by his standing amongst the town’s official but in reality, he lives in fear of the underworld gang he’s indebted to.” Macon Blair serves as both writer and director for the reboot which got its seal of approval from Toxic Avenger‘s original co-director Lloyd Kaufman, who had this to say about the script, “it’s better than the original. Macon Blair knows Troma

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 7, 2021
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Elijah Woods Interrogates A Killer In The First Look At ‘No Man Of God’

We’ve got the first images from RLJE Films’ new thriller No Man of God ahead of its premiere at the TriBeCa Film Festival. The film is based on real transcripts and conversations between serial killer Ted Bundy and FBI Agent Bill Hagmaier. No Man of God explores FBI agent Bill Hagmaier’s actual interrogation of Ted Bundy,” said Mark Ward, Chief Acquisitions Officer at RLJE Films. “A story that has never been told, No Man Of God brings a new and revealing perspective to the Ted Bundy story.” Directed by Amber Sealey (No Light and No Land Anywhere), the film stars Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy), Luke Kirby (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), Aleksa Palladino (The Irishman), and Robert Patrick (Terminator 2). It was written by Kit Lesser. No Man of God explores a familiar subject through a different lens. Through the brilliant direction of Amber Sealey, the film poses challenging questions about the dangers of our obsession with

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 7, 2021
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Elijah Wood Starring In New Ted Bundy Movie ‘No Man Of God’

Serial killer Ted Bundy remains one of the most popular killers in history. A new movie about the killer, No Man of God, is set to star Elijah Wood as an FBI analyst assigned to the case. The film is largely set in a single interrogation room, according to Deadline. And is based on real transcripts culled from interrogations between FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier (Wood) and Bundy that took place from 1984 to 1989. It will explore the relationship between the two men during the killer’s final years on death row. Casting for No Man of God is ongoing with the search on for the actor who will play Ted Bundy. Amber Sealy is in the director’s chair for the try crime movie. C. Robert Cargill penned the script. Elijah Wood will be producing along with Daniel Noah, Lisa Whalen, and Kim Sherman. Scott Derrickson, Bill Hagmaier, Stacey Jorgensen, and Mark Ward are executive producing. XYZ is handling international sales.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 18, 2020
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Movie Review: ‘Come To Daddy’ Is Wonderfully Weird And Warped

Come To Daddy…I was not prepared for the film. From the very beginning, I had a tense, uneasy feeling. Little did I know, that feeling would only grow. Elijah Wood has portrayed a lot of odd characters in the past, but Norval in Come to Daddy has to be the weirdest. In the film, Norval receives a letter from his estranged father that abandoned him and his mother when he was five. The letter asks Norval (Woods) to come for a visit, but as soon as he arrives he’s confronted by a man (Stephen McHattie, “October Faction”) whom he thinks is his father. After a few days of tense interactions and violent outbursts, Norval begins to question his situation. Soon he makes a discovery that leaves him fighting for his life. I have long been a fan of Elijah Wood, he’s a talented actor. However, his character in this movie is just unlikable. Norvel is a pathetic, whiny, wuss, and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 20, 2020
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‘Come To Daddy’ Gets A Home Release Date

Elijah Wood is making his return to horror with Come to Daddy, headed your way this March from Lionsgate. Come to Daddy centers on Norval Greenwood, who arrives at his estranged father’s remote coastal cabin after receiving a letter. He quickly discovers that not only is his dad a prick and a bit insane, but that he also has a shady past that they are about to come face to face with. Norval must fight demons, some real and some perceived, in order to reconnect with the father he doesn’t really know. Written by Toby Harvard (The Greasy Strangler), based on an idea from director Ant Timpson (ABC of Death), Come to Daddy also stars Stephen McHattie (“Watchmen”), Garfield Wilson (“The Man in the High Castle”), Michael Smiley (The World’s End), Martin Donovan (Tenet), and Simon Chin (Killing Eve). Harvard is producing along with Laura Tunstall, Mette-Marie Kongsved, Emma Slade, and Daniel Berkman. Lia Buman, Tim Headington, and Timpson serve

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2020
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Movie Review: Come to Daddy (2019)

Learn as little as possible about Come to Daddy — that includes avoiding trailers, though the one presented below thankfully avoids the film’s biggest reveals — and prepare for a highly uncomfortably blast. Director Ant Timpson’s genre-bending feature is chock full of secrets, well-calculated twists, and bravura performances. Family drama, gruesome set pieces, pitch-black humor, and even some poignant bittersweetness collide in the story of man-child Norval’s (Elijah Wood, Maniac; Cooties) travels to a remote beach house to meet his father, who abandoned Norval and his mother 30 years earlier. Norval was initially nervous about the reunion, but nothing prepared him for the verbal abuse and physical threats he receives courtesy of his highly aggressive, judgmental father (Stephen McHattie, Pontypool; Dreamland ), who chides Norval about his substance abuse recovery despite his own fondness for the bottle. In a nail-bitingly tense scene, the father plays an excrutiating game of mental chess regarding how well Norval actually knows rock music legend

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Joseph Perry
Dec 30, 2019
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Saban Films Snags Horror Comedy ‘Come To Daddy’ Starring Elijah Wood

Saban Films has snagged the U.S. rights to producer Ant Timpson‘s Come to Daddy, his directorial debut which made its world premiere at Tribeca last month before heading to Cannes. Starring Elijah Wood, the horror-comedy centers on a man in his thirties who travels to a remote cabin to reconnect with his estranged father. Stephen McHattie (Watchmen, Pontypool) also stars along with Wood and Martin Donavan (Ant-Man, “Big Little Lies”). Toby Harvard penned the script based on Timpson’s story. The film was produced by Mette-Marie Kongsved and Laura Tunstall for Nowhere, Katie Holly for Blinder Films, Daniel Bekerman for Scythia Films, Emma Slade for Firefly Films, and Toby Harvard. Tango Entertainment financed the film which is a Canadian, New Zealand, and Irish co-production that also had support from the New Zealand Film Commission. A theatrical release date should be announced soon for Come to Daddy. Take a look at the clip titled “Impress Me” that features Wood’s character Norval having

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 19, 2019

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Ted Bundy True Crime Thriller “No Man Of God” Coming To Blu-ray

In 1980, Ted Bundy was sentenced to death by electrocution. In the years that followed, he agreed to disclose the details of his crimes, but only to one man. No Man of God is based on the true story of the strange and complicated relationship that developed between FBI agent Bill Hagmaier and Bundy. Directed by Amber Sealey (No Light and No Land Anywhere), the film stars Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) as Bill Hagmaier with Luke Kirby (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) playing the role of the infamous killer. Aleksa Palladino (The Irishman) and Robert Patrick (Terminator 2) co-star. Kit Lesser penned the script. The film was produced by Wood, Daniel Noah, Lisa Whalen, and Kim Sherman. Ward and Jess De Leo of RLJE Films negotiated the deal with Whalen and Stacy Jorgensen on behalf of Company X / SpectreVision and the filmmakers. No Man of God lands on Blu-ray and DVD on October 19, 2021, from

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 25, 2021
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The ‘Toxic Avenger’ Remake Has Officially Wrapped Filming

Macon Blair (I Don’t Feel At Home in This World Anymore, Green Room) is directing a remake of Troma’s The Toxic Avenger for Legendary Entertainment. Today, we’ve learned via a Tweet from Blair (below), who is not only directing but also wrote the script for the remake, that filming has now officially wrapped. In the 1984 original, directed by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, “The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.” Deadline has described the film as, “A contemporary reimagining of Troma Entertainment’s successful 1984 low-budget action-comedy hit, The Toxic Avenger is steeped in environmental themes and subverts the superhero genre in the vein of Deadpool. When a struggling everyman is pushed into a vat of toxic waste, he is transformed into a mutant freak who must go from shunned outcast to underdog hero as he races to save his son, his

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 14, 2021
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Elijah Wood Interrogates Bundy In The Trailer For ‘No Man of God’

In 1980, Ted Bundy was sentenced to death by electrocution. In the years that followed, he agreed to disclose the details of his crimes, but only to one man. No Man of God is based on the true story of the strange and complicated relationship that developed between FBI agent Bill Hagmaier and Bundy. Today, we’ve got the official trailer for the film from director Amber Sealey (No Light and No Land Anywhere). Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) stars as Bill Hagmaier with Luke Kirby (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) playing the role of the infamous killer. Aleksa Palladino (The Irishman) and Robert Patrick (Terminator 2) co-star. Kit Lesser penned the script. The film was produced by Wood, Daniel Noah, Lisa Whalen, and Kim Sherman. Ward and Jess De Leo of RLJE Films negotiated the deal with Whalen and Stacy Jorgensen on behalf of Company X / SpectreVision and the filmmakers. No Man of God opens in theaters

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 9, 2021
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Elijah Wood Will Face The ‘Toxic Avenger’ In Upcoming Reboot

Back in 2019, we reported that a reboot of the 80s cult classic The Toxic Avenger was in the works. We can now report that Lord of the Rings actor Elijah Wood (Come to Daddy) has been cast as the film’s villain. According to The Illuminerdi, Wood will play Bob Garbinger, whose description is as follows: “Leonine hair and eerie plastic surgery. The evil head of the shady company Garb X. He has no regard for the well-being of anyone but himself and embarks on a murderous spree to become as powerful as Toxie. His ego is bolstered by his standing amongst the town’s official but in reality, he lives in fear of the underworld gang he’s indebted to.” Macon Blair serves as both writer and director for the reboot which got its seal of approval from Toxic Avenger‘s original co-director Lloyd Kaufman, who had this to say about the script, “it’s better than the original. Macon Blair knows Troma

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 7, 2021
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Elijah Woods Interrogates A Killer In The First Look At ‘No Man Of God’

We’ve got the first images from RLJE Films’ new thriller No Man of God ahead of its premiere at the TriBeCa Film Festival. The film is based on real transcripts and conversations between serial killer Ted Bundy and FBI Agent Bill Hagmaier. No Man of God explores FBI agent Bill Hagmaier’s actual interrogation of Ted Bundy,” said Mark Ward, Chief Acquisitions Officer at RLJE Films. “A story that has never been told, No Man Of God brings a new and revealing perspective to the Ted Bundy story.” Directed by Amber Sealey (No Light and No Land Anywhere), the film stars Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy), Luke Kirby (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), Aleksa Palladino (The Irishman), and Robert Patrick (Terminator 2). It was written by Kit Lesser. No Man of God explores a familiar subject through a different lens. Through the brilliant direction of Amber Sealey, the film poses challenging questions about the dangers of our obsession with

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 7, 2021
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Elijah Wood Starring In New Ted Bundy Movie ‘No Man Of God’

Serial killer Ted Bundy remains one of the most popular killers in history. A new movie about the killer, No Man of God, is set to star Elijah Wood as an FBI analyst assigned to the case. The film is largely set in a single interrogation room, according to Deadline. And is based on real transcripts culled from interrogations between FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier (Wood) and Bundy that took place from 1984 to 1989. It will explore the relationship between the two men during the killer’s final years on death row. Casting for No Man of God is ongoing with the search on for the actor who will play Ted Bundy. Amber Sealy is in the director’s chair for the try crime movie. C. Robert Cargill penned the script. Elijah Wood will be producing along with Daniel Noah, Lisa Whalen, and Kim Sherman. Scott Derrickson, Bill Hagmaier, Stacey Jorgensen, and Mark Ward are executive producing. XYZ is handling international sales.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 18, 2020
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Movie Review: ‘Come To Daddy’ Is Wonderfully Weird And Warped

Come To Daddy…I was not prepared for the film. From the very beginning, I had a tense, uneasy feeling. Little did I know, that feeling would only grow. Elijah Wood has portrayed a lot of odd characters in the past, but Norval in Come to Daddy has to be the weirdest. In the film, Norval receives a letter from his estranged father that abandoned him and his mother when he was five. The letter asks Norval (Woods) to come for a visit, but as soon as he arrives he’s confronted by a man (Stephen McHattie, “October Faction”) whom he thinks is his father. After a few days of tense interactions and violent outbursts, Norval begins to question his situation. Soon he makes a discovery that leaves him fighting for his life. I have long been a fan of Elijah Wood, he’s a talented actor. However, his character in this movie is just unlikable. Norvel is a pathetic, whiny, wuss, and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 20, 2020
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‘Come To Daddy’ Gets A Home Release Date

Elijah Wood is making his return to horror with Come to Daddy, headed your way this March from Lionsgate. Come to Daddy centers on Norval Greenwood, who arrives at his estranged father’s remote coastal cabin after receiving a letter. He quickly discovers that not only is his dad a prick and a bit insane, but that he also has a shady past that they are about to come face to face with. Norval must fight demons, some real and some perceived, in order to reconnect with the father he doesn’t really know. Written by Toby Harvard (The Greasy Strangler), based on an idea from director Ant Timpson (ABC of Death), Come to Daddy also stars Stephen McHattie (“Watchmen”), Garfield Wilson (“The Man in the High Castle”), Michael Smiley (The World’s End), Martin Donovan (Tenet), and Simon Chin (Killing Eve). Harvard is producing along with Laura Tunstall, Mette-Marie Kongsved, Emma Slade, and Daniel Berkman. Lia Buman, Tim Headington, and Timpson serve

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2020
Horror Fuel

Movie Review: Come to Daddy (2019)

Learn as little as possible about Come to Daddy — that includes avoiding trailers, though the one presented below thankfully avoids the film’s biggest reveals — and prepare for a highly uncomfortably blast. Director Ant Timpson’s genre-bending feature is chock full of secrets, well-calculated twists, and bravura performances. Family drama, gruesome set pieces, pitch-black humor, and even some poignant bittersweetness collide in the story of man-child Norval’s (Elijah Wood, Maniac; Cooties) travels to a remote beach house to meet his father, who abandoned Norval and his mother 30 years earlier. Norval was initially nervous about the reunion, but nothing prepared him for the verbal abuse and physical threats he receives courtesy of his highly aggressive, judgmental father (Stephen McHattie, Pontypool; Dreamland ), who chides Norval about his substance abuse recovery despite his own fondness for the bottle. In a nail-bitingly tense scene, the father plays an excrutiating game of mental chess regarding how well Norval actually knows rock music legend

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Dec 30, 2019
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Saban Films Snags Horror Comedy ‘Come To Daddy’ Starring Elijah Wood

Saban Films has snagged the U.S. rights to producer Ant Timpson‘s Come to Daddy, his directorial debut which made its world premiere at Tribeca last month before heading to Cannes. Starring Elijah Wood, the horror-comedy centers on a man in his thirties who travels to a remote cabin to reconnect with his estranged father. Stephen McHattie (Watchmen, Pontypool) also stars along with Wood and Martin Donavan (Ant-Man, “Big Little Lies”). Toby Harvard penned the script based on Timpson’s story. The film was produced by Mette-Marie Kongsved and Laura Tunstall for Nowhere, Katie Holly for Blinder Films, Daniel Bekerman for Scythia Films, Emma Slade for Firefly Films, and Toby Harvard. Tango Entertainment financed the film which is a Canadian, New Zealand, and Irish co-production that also had support from the New Zealand Film Commission. A theatrical release date should be announced soon for Come to Daddy. Take a look at the clip titled “Impress Me” that features Wood’s character Norval having

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 19, 2019
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