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Has Freakshift Found Its Lead With Oscar Winner Alicia Vikander

After five years, Ben Wheatley’s Freakshift is finally proceeding. Co-written by Amy Jump, the film takes place in a world where monsters are very real and very dangerous. When night falls the monsters leave their underground homes to hunt people. “Freakshift” is a crew of misfits organized by the government to hunt down and kill the beasts. Freakshift may have finally found its lead. Deadline is reporting that Oscar winner Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina) has entered negotiations to star as the lead female protagonist in the action-thriller. Filming is set to begin this August. We will update you when we know more.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 18, 2017

From the Crypt

Malin Akerman Joins The Film Adaption Of Rampage

Casting news has arrived for adaption of the 80’s video game, Rampage. THR reports that Malin Akerman (The Final Girls) has joined the cast to play the role of the villainess, who is the head of a tech company and the person responsible unleashing monsters on the US. Akerman will co-star alongside Jack Quaid, P.J. Byrne, Matt Gerald, Naomi Harris, Joe Manganiello, Marley Shelton, and Breanne Hill, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Johnson will play an animal-loving hero and the cities’ only hope .Oscar nominated actress, Naomi Harris co-stars as a geneticist; Shelton has been cast as a scientist, and Manganiello will play the leader of a private military group. At the moment the plot is still being kept under wraps, but if the story follows the game’s plot, Revenge will feature monsters who attack US cities and landmarks, a monstrously transformed gorilla, a crocodile, and a wolf. Johnson will be once again be working with the team behind Andreas,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 17, 2017

From the Crypt

Blumhouse’s Next Project To Be ‘Truth Or Dare’ Starring Lucy Hale

Blumhouse has announced their next project. The horror powerhouse is following up their hit films Get Out and Split with Truth or Dare. Deadline reports that Jason Blum with be working on the project with Bates Motel writer-director Jeff Wadlow. The script was co-written by Wadlow, Chris Roach, and Jillian Jacobs. Wadlow, Roach and Blum will executive produce. Lucy Hale will be starring in the film. Hale is no stranger to the genre. She co-starred in Scream 4 and Fear Island, as well as the hit series Pretty Little Liars (pictured below). The film centers on a college student vacationing in Mexico. She is conned into playing a game of “Truth or Dare”, a supernatural version. When she returns home she discover that the game is not over. Hopefully, we will know more soon. Stay tuned.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 17, 2017

From the Crypt

The Babadook Director’s Next Project To Be A Revenge Thriller

After three years, The Babadook writer-director Jennifer Kent has announced that her next project will be the revenge thriller, titled The Nightingale. Kent will direct from the screenplay she wrote. Set in Tasmania in 1825, the film centers on a 21-year-old Irish woman and convict who witnesses the murder of her husband and her child at the hands of her soldier master and his men. She and her Aboriginal guide set out on a mission of revenge through the hellish wilderness. Variety reports that productions on The Nightingale begins later this month in Tasmania, Australia. Screen Australia, Screen Tasmania, and Made Up Stories and Bron Creative will executive produce as well as co-finance the thriller that stars Aisling Franciosi, Damon Herriman, Sam Claflin, Harry Greenwood, Ewen Leslie, Baykali Ganambarr, and Magnolia Maymurur.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 16, 2017

From the Crypt

John Krasinski And Emily Blunt Enter ‘A Quiet Place’

Image: eonline.com Real-life lovebirds John Krasinski (Jack Ryan, The Office) and Emily Blunt (Sicario, The Girl on the Train), will co-star for the first time together in the supernatural thriller A Quiet Place. Not only will Krasinski co-star alongside his wife, he will also write and direct the project. Scott Beck and Bryan Woods penned the first draft of the script. Platinum Dunes’ Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, and Andrew Form will be producing A Quiet Place. Krasinski will serve as co-executive producer with and Woods and Beck, according to Variety. So far, there are no plot details, but we do know that production is scheduled for this fall.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 15, 2017

From the Crypt

The Fly Getting A New Remake By Fox

It has been just over thirty years since David Cronenberg unleashed The Fly, the remake of the 1958 Kurt Neumann film of the same name. Cronenberg’s version, which starred Jeff Goldblum as a scientist who transforms into a giant, mutated fly after an experiment goes wrong, was one of the greatest practical effect films of the time. It seems that every thirty years or so we get a remake of The Fly. So what’s the buzz? A new remake has just been announced. Deadline is reporting that Sleight director J.D. Dillard is in negotiations with 20th Century FOX to direct and co-write the script along with Alex Theurer who is behind 2017’s Stray. The duo has teamed up before, to pen the script for Sleight. At the moment that’s all we know. We assume that the film will stick to the same storyline as did the first two films. We will keep you updated.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 15, 2017

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The Writers Of Halloween (2018) Drop A Few Hints

Last month news came via Master of Horror John Carpenter that the upcoming Halloween movie would be in hands filmmaking team Danny McBride and David Gordon Green, with Green directing. Jason Blum of Blumhouse will produce the project. Did I mention that John Carpenter will be serving as executive producer? He is. Are you psyched yet? …So you say you want a Revolution? You want to shake things up and bring back Halloween and make it rock David and Danny both came to my office recently with Jason Blum and shared their vision for the new movie and…WOW. They get it. I think you’re gonna dig it, They blew me away. I might even do the music. Maybe. It could be kind of cool. And you’ll get to see it in theaters on October 19th, 2018.” The next day Danny McBride revealed even more about the film: You know, it’s not a remake. It’s actually, it’s gonna continue to story

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 10, 2017

From the Crypt

New Info Surfaces For Piranha Sequel – Fish Hybrids !

Back in February, we reported that a new ‘Piranha’ film is in the works. Titled ‘Piranha JPN’ in Japan and ‘Summer of the Piranha’ internationally, the film will be produced by Hisako Tsukuba who has produced every film of the franchise since the 1978 original. New information has come to light. Roger Corman has now signed on as a producer. This is not the first film in the franchise that he has worked on. The other interesting piece of information is that some of the new piranha will actually be hybrids, half piranha and half tuna. Yes, I said Tuna. That means the fish will be bigger and faster. Set to be released some time in 2018, filming will begin this summer. We will update you when we know more. In the meantime, if you go for a dip watch out, “there’s something in the water”.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 5, 2017

From the Crypt

The Conjuring 2’s Vera Farmiga Joins Godzilla: King Of Monsters

‘Godzilla: King of Monsters‘ will soon begin filming in Atlanta, Georgia under the direction of Michael Dougherty. ‘Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown was the first cast member to be announced, followed by Kyle Chandler who will play the father of Brown’s character and scientist. Today, THR reported that Vera Farmiga has signed on to co-star. Farmiga, most recognized for her role as Lorraine Warren in ‘The Conjuring‘ franchise, recently co-stared as Norma Bates in the hit television series ‘Bates Motel’ which is currently airing its final season. Back in 2015 Legendary and Warner Bros announced a partnership in which Legendary would develop the films with Warner Bros. distributing. The first film born of the partnership was ‘Kong: Skull Island‘ which opens in theaters nationwide on March 10, 2017. The reason for the arrangement, Legendary plans a new “ecosystem’ of giant monsters, old and new. ‘Godzilla: King of Monsters’ is set to start filming in Atlanta, Georgia on June 19, 2017

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 27, 2017

From the Crypt

There’s Something In The Water – A New Pirahna Movie !

Summer is coming and with it comes the beach, the water, and….Piranha! That’s right, the ‘Piranha’ franchise is back! The IXFilm Group is making the water unsafe again for swimmers with ‘Piranha: Summer of the Piranha’, which they announced via their website. They also released several storyboard images. The only information that has surfaced so far is that it’s set for a 2018 release and will be produced by Hisako Tsukuba, who has produced every film of the franchise since back in 1978 when the original debuted. We also know that this go around it will be a Japanese production and set in Japan, according to IMDb. To date the ‘Piranha’ franchise has spawned five films in 39 years. In 2010, Alexander Aja remade the original which he titled ‘Pirahna 3D’. ‘Feast’ director John Gulager delivered ‘Pirahna 3DD’ in 2012. When we catch more details, we’ll give you an update.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 24, 2017

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