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Production Wraps On Pandemic Thriller ‘The Survivalist’ Starring John Malkovich

Another pandemic thriller is headed your way. Titled The Survivalist, the film stars John Malkovich and Jonathan Rhys Meyers and recently wrapped production in the Tri-State area. The film is set a year and a half after the fall of civilization from a viral outbreak. Former FBI agent, Ben (Meyers), is forced to protect a young woman who is immune to the disease from a dangerous gang hunting her. The gang is led by Aaron (Malkovich), a psychopath who believes he’s going to use her to save the world. We’re thrilled and honored to be working with screen legends John Malkovich and Jonathan Rhys Meyers on The Survivalist, an exhilarating, timely, and action-packed feature film with stellar performances,” Levine and Beckerman stated. The Survivalist is directed by Jon Keeyes who also produces alongside Jordan Yale Levine and Jordon Beckerman under their Yale Productions banner. Matthew Rogers wrote the original script. While no release date has formerly been announced, we should

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 23, 2020

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Tensions Rise As A Group Is Isolated Due To A Biological Threat In ‘Darkness in Tenement 45’

Writer-director Nicole Groton‘s female-driven horror thriller Darkness in Tenement 45 about a biological threat that causes people to seek isolation, a topic very poignant these days, is set to arrive this November. The award-winning film is set in the 1950s centers on “Joanna (Nicole Tompkins) who has been living with her overbearing Aunt Martha, in a low-income NYC tenement building ever since a violent outburst left her fighting a force that she can only describe as the “darkness.” Little did she know that weeks after moving in, a biological threat from the Soviet Union would leave the building boarded up and the tenants locked inside. With food dwindling and Martha’s controversial role as leader expanding, Joanna rallies the children in an attempt to save the building. Tensions come to a violent head when Martha delves into Joanna’s past and Joanna struggles to keep the darkness from overtaking her entirely.” Nicole Tompkins, David Labiosa, Melissa Macedo, Casey Kramer, Keyon Bowman, and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 17, 2020

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‘Antebellum’ Won’t Premiere In August After All

Just as Lionsgate’s Antebellum was nearing it’s August the 21st premiere date, the film has been delayed again, this time with no premiere date in sight. In fact, it has been removed for the schedule altogether. The question is, was the film removed due to the pandemic or because of the subject matter as tensions continue to rise surrounding the Black Lives Matters movement. This is the second time the film has been rescheduled already, it was originally set to open in theaters this Spring. Antebellum, written and directed by Gerard Bush and Christoper Renz (Bush+Renz), takes us on the nail-biting journey of successful author Veronica Henley (Janelle Monáe) as she finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality as she finds her self enslaved. To return home, she must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it’s too late. Kiersey Clemons, Jena Malone, Jack Huston, Eric Lange, Gabourey Sidibe, and Robert Aramayo also star. Bush and Renz are producing alongside McKittrick, Zev

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 2, 2020

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‘Before The Fire’ Unleashes A Pandemic This August (Trailer)

From director Charlie Buhler and writer/star Jenna Lyng Adams comes the timely pandemic thriller Before the Fire. Brimming with tension and paranoia, and featuring a tough-as-nails performance from its lead actress, the apocalyptic road movie Before the Fire is a tale of the strength of the human spirit against seemingly insurmountable odds. In the film, a global pandemic engulfs Los Angeles, rising TV star Ava Boone (SAG Award nominee Jenna Lyng Adams) is forced to flee the mounting chaos and return to her rural hometown. As she struggles to acclimate to a way of life she left behind long ago, her homecoming attracts a dangerous figure from her past – threatening both her and the family that serves as her only sanctuary. Jenna Lyng Adams (Netflix’s “The Kominsky Method“), Jackson Davis (“Shameless“) Ryan Vigilant (Naked as We Came, Lenox Avenue), and Charles Hubbell (The Midnight Chronicles) star. Dark Sky Films will release Before the Fire in virtual cinemas and on

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 3, 2020

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‘Before The Fire’ Trailer Teases People Are More Dangerous Than Any Pandemic

With perfect timing, Dark Sky Films has released the trailer for the pandemic thriller Before The Fire, the debut feature of Charlie Buhler. Jenna Lyng Adams of “The Kominsky Method,” wrote and stars in the film that follows Ava Boone (Adams), a Hollywood actress whose rising career is cut short when a pandemic influenza sends her back to the small town she fled years before, only to find something more dangerous than any virus waiting for her. Instead of shelter, her South Dakota hometown brings her face to face with unforeseen peril. Adams stars alongside Jackson Davis (Vida), Ryan Vigilant (Naked As We Came), and Charles Hubbell. Audiences are thirsty for unconventional, layered and imperfect women on-screen. Dark Sky Films has been known to support female-driven films and we are happy to have found the right partnership for this movie.” Adams states. Before the Fire made its festival debut just before the Covid pandemic struck. It is now set to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 26, 2020

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Edgar Wright’s ‘Last Night In Soho’ Has Been Delayed

Edgar Wright, the director behind Shaun of the Dead and Baby Driver, has returned to the horror genre for his new film Last Night in Soho was originally set to premiere this September. Unfortunately, like many movies affected by the Coronavirus, the film has now been pulled from the schedule. Thomasin McKenzie’s and Glass’ Anya Taylor-Joy star in the film that centers on “a young girl, passionate in fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it seems, and time seems to fall apart with shady consequences.” Doctor Who’s Matt Smith, Michael Ajao (Attack the Block), Game of Thrones’ actress Diana Rigg, and Terence Stamp (Murder Mystery) also star. Hopefully a new release date for Last Night in Soho will be announced soon.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 17, 2020

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Enter The New ‘Evil Dead 2 Escape Room’ Without Leaving The Safety Of Your Home

Trapped at home and bored out of your skull? Hourglass Escapes, LLC has the answer. They have just announced the May opening of The Original Evil Dead 2: DEAD BY DAWN™ Live Video Escape Room! For a limited time only, you have the chance to escape the evil dead before they swallow your soul in the first officially licensed live video escape room, granted by Studiocanal S.A.S., based on Sam Raimi’s classic horror-comedy Evil Dead 2: DEAD BY DAWN™. Hourglass Escapes, LLC and their hit Escape Room is coming to your home in this streaming Live-Action Evil Dead 2™ Escape Room experience. This world-famous 5 star rated escape room and be played anywhere worldwide. Tickets will be on sale on May 8th with games starting May 15th. What is a live video escape room? According to Thomas Parslow at https://livevideoescaperooms.com/about/ “Live Video Escape Rooms are a new way to play Escape Rooms with your friends from the comfort and safety of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 29, 2020

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Movie Review: Corona Zombies (2020)

Barbie (Cody Renee Cameron) arrives home to discover the world is in the grip of a corona virus outbreak via the nightly news. Unlike the corona based fun n’ games we are currently balls deep in as of the time of this writing, this particular stain turns it’s victims into diseased zombies that terrorize the land with their battlecry: “Corona!” Oh and this sinister sickness originated from Scambell’s soup factory and their bat soup… subtle this mother fucker is definitely not. Meanwhile a paramilitary unit engages the corona zombies in the wild courtesy of footage lifted from Bruno Mattei’s 1980 Italian gut-muncher Hell of the Living Dead (footage from Zombies Vs. Strippers and the actual news is utilized as well). The rest of the film is packed to the revoltin’ rafters with juvenile humor, amazingly un-politically correct nonsense, up-to-the-minute plot points (not the zombies you dumb-ass ass-dumbs… rather it’s the quarantine, precautions we must take, and news footage displayed that

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DanXIII

Apr 14, 2020

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Genre Greats Teaming Up For Zombie Pandemic Film ’16 States’

Some of the biggest names in the horror genre are gathering for the zombie film 16 States. Don’t Breathe and Evil Dead director Fede Alvarez is helming the project with Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee (IT, The Ring) producing the film penned by “This Is Us” writing duo John Requa (They’re Watching) and Glenn Ficarra (Jungle Cruise), Deadline reports. The pandemic based film centers on a mother trying to reach her family in the midst of a zombie outbreak. Miri Yoon of Vertigo Entertainment is also producing along with Zaftig Films’ Requa, Ficarra and Charlie Gogolak, and Bad Hombre’s Alvarez, Rodolfo Sayagues and Shintaro Shimosawa. Lionsgate, who brought us Saw and many other great horror films, has acquired 16 States.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 12, 2020

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DVD Review: Infection (2019)

Dr. Adam Vargas (Rubén Guevara) and his neighbor Johnny (Leonidas Urbina) thought shit would be peaceful as fuck in their small town… but a fast spreading virus is coming their way pronto from the strife-torn urban jungles of Venezuela (not to date this review, but this is some timely-ass shit as I write these wicked words). Anyway, said virus turns people into flesh hungry pseudo-zombies (think those featured in Lenzi’s 1980 classic Nightmare City or it’s highly derivative, more well-known kissin’ cousin; Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later) and wouldn’t you know it; our heroes find themselves balls deep in Zombietown as they set off across on a fright filled journey to retrieve Vargas’ son from his grandmother’s house! So, as you can imagine, Infection drops us into some very familiar terror territory; we get our (kinda) zombie apocalypse, a small group that tries to survive the hungry hordes… hell, we even get pointed social commentary ala George A. Romero’s walking

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DanXIII

Apr 5, 2020

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