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Showtime Confirms Taika Waititi’s Horror Comedy Series “The Auteur” Now In Production

Showtime has now confirmed that “The Auteur,” a new horror-comedy series, is in development from the Oscar-winning writer-director Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit, What We Do In the Shadows) who co-wrote the series with Peter Warren (Ghost Team), Deadline reports. Starring Oscar nominee Jude Law (The Young Pope), the series based on the graphic novel by Rick Spears, James Callahan, and Luigi Anderson. Described as a”gonzo horror-comedy, a twisted romance, and a glamorous, high wire act of biting satire,” “The Auteur” follows a film producer, desperate to make a great horror movie following a massive bomb, accidentally traps his production on a backlot with a serial killer. Waititi took home an Oscar for his most recent film, Jojo Rabbit which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in. The film is a World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother (Scarlett Johansson)

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 26, 2020
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Amazon’s “Age Of The Living Dead” Gets A 2020 Release Date

Dystopian Films has wrapped production on the second season of Amazon Prime’s “Age of the Living Dead,” following three months of production in Toronto, Los Angeles, and London. The series is set in the near future where vampires and humans are trapped in the United States behind border walls. The series stars Nicola Posener (Mythica), Bill Oberst Jr (Criminal Minds), Deji LaRay (Bosch), William McNamara (Copycat), Peter Barrett (White Collar Hooligan), Peter Woodward (The Patriot), Simon Phillips (No Easy Days), Ken Bressers (Nights Before Christmas), Michael Ray (Stealing Chaplin), and Julia Farino (Veep). Director-Producer Paul Tanter said of the show “Season 1 of the show hit impressive streaming numbers so a second season was always something we wanted to return too. This season we push the boundaries of the show to new highs and welcome an ever-expanding cast with lots at stake for the human race” The international production outfit, headed by Ken Bressers, Simon Phillips and Paul Tanter, currently

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 8, 2020
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Cast Announced For Mike Flanagan’s Netflix Series “Midnight Mass”

“Haunting of Hill House” director Mike Flanagan‘s upcoming Netflix horror series “Midnight Mass,” has now officially announced its full cast. The seven-episode series follows an isolated island community experiencing miraculous events, and frightening omens, after the arrival of a charismatic, mysterious young priest. Deadline reports that Kate Siegel (“The Haunting of Hill House”), Zach Gilford (The Purge: Anarchy), and Hamish Linklater (“Legion”) star along with Annabeth Gish (The Haunting of Hill House). Michael Trucco (Hunter Killer), Samantha Sloyan (Grey’s Anatomy), Henry Thomas (The Haunting of Hill House), Rahul Abburi (Killer Ransom), Matt Biedel (Altered Carbon), Alex Essoe (Doctor Sleep), Rahul Kohli (Supergirl), Kristin Lehman (The Chronicles of Riddick), Crystal Balint (The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco), Robert Longstreet (Doctor Sleep), Igby Rigney (Blue Bloods) and Annarah Shephard round out the cast. Interesting fact: “Midnight Mass” has ties to two other of Flanagan’s films. Midnight Mass is the title of the book written by the character Maddie Young in Hush. The title

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 6, 2020
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The CW Orders New Pilot For ‘The Lost Boys’ Series

Last year The CW scrapped the Catherine Hardwicke directed pilot for its new series “The Lost Boys“. This week the network order the new retooled pilot directed by Marcos Siega, who also helmed the pilots for CW’s “The Vampire Diaries” and Batwoman Deadline reports. The new version of the series, based on the 1987 classic, will have an all-new cast and will not feature original Lost Boys cast members Medalion Rahimi and Dakota Shapiro like the first version of the series planned. Rob Thomas, who co-wrote the new script, explained to Deadline the reason for the retooling. “There were scenes that we thought we could do a better job on, so it’s going through a 40% rewrite,” he said. “It’s not a total rewrite.” No cast members have been announced for the pilot as of yet.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 3, 2020
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According To Netflix’s First “Locke And Key” Teaser Sometimes Secrets Have To Burn

Netflix’s adaptation of Joe Hill‘s best-selling graphic novel “Locke and Key” will be unleashed this February, to the delight of fans. Last week we shared the first image from the series, today we have the first teaser which includes the caption: “Sometimes the secrets have to burn.” The teaser unveiled by the series’ Twitter account tonight. In the coming-of-age series “After their father is murdered under mysterious circumstances, the three Locke siblings and their mother move into their ancestral home, Keyhouse, which they discover is full of magical keys that may be connected to their father’s death. As the Locke children explore the different keys and their unique powers, a mysterious demon awakens — and will stop at nothing to steal them.” “Locke and Key” is from Carlton Cuse (“Lost”, “Bates Motel”) and Meredith Averill (“The Haunting of Hill House”) and stars Darby Stanchfield (“Scandal”) stars alongside, Jackson Robert Scott (IT), Connor Jessup (“American Crime”), Bill Heck (The Ballad of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 22, 2019
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Glory, Glory Hallelujah, “The Purge’s” Season 2 Trailer Is Here!

The second season of “The Purge” is gearing up to unleash hell this October and we’ve got the new blood-drenched trailer that teases this season might be the biggest Purge yet. Based on the hit movie franchise, “The Purge” revolves around a 12-hour period when all crime, including murder, is legal. Season 2 explores how a single Purge night affects the lives of four interconnected characters over the course of the ensuing year, all inevitably leading up to the next Purge. From Blumhouse Television and UCP, the second season of the anthology series opens on Purge night but dives deeper than ever before into what the Purge world looks like the other 364 days of the year for the first time. The cast includes Derek Luke (“13 Reasons Why”), Max Martini (Pacific Rim), Paola Nuñez (“The Son”) and Never Goin’ Back actor Joel Allen. Season 2 is executive produced by the film franchise creator James DeMonaco, who executive produces along

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 6, 2019
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Watch The New Fire And Bimstone Filled Trailer For “Good Omens”

Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman‘s “Good Omens” is nearing its premiere date this May and to celebrate, we’ve got the new trailer filled with fire and brimstone. Starring Michael Sheen as Aziraphale and David Tennant as Crowley, the series follows two unlikely friends that must team in order to fix something that’s gone terribly wrong with the world. What do you get when you combine an Angel, a demon, the antichrist, and a witch? You get “Good Omens” that also stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Jon Hamm, Adria Arjona, Frances McDormand, Lourdes Faberes, Jag Patel, and Simon Merrells. Adapted by Gaiman, who also serves as showrunner, “Good Omens” premieres on Amazon Prime on May 31, 2019.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 7, 2019
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Horror Fuel Reviews The Premiere Of TNT’s “I Am The Night”

“Into Am the Night“, the new series from TNT has just premiered and I ‘d like to share my thoughts with you. The series centers on Pat, a beautiful young woman searching for where she belongs and a family hiding dark secrets. Pat’s mother is a verbally abusive alcoholic who resents her daughter. She blames Pat for her failed dream to become a singer. Despite this, Pat has grown into a sweet, but naive young woman. When she learns that she was adopted she searches through her mother’s things and discovers her birth certificate. Upon ambushing her mother with her discovery she learns that her real name is Fauna Hodel. Desperate to learn more about her family she calls her grandfather George and is invited to visit L.A. Following a fight with her mom she sets off to meet her birth family, not knowing the dangers she will soon face. The series also follows disgraced journalist Jay Singletary (Chris Pine),

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 29, 2019
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NBC Adapting 1999’s ‘Bone Collector’ For New Series

One of the best serial killer films to come out of the late 90’s was Philip Noyce’s thriller The Bone Collector, starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie, based on the novel by Jeffrey Deaver. After nearly two decades, the film is getting a series adaptation from NBC, according to The Wrap. The film follows retired forensic criminologist genius Lincoln Rhyme who was left paralyzed after an on the job accident. When a case brings him back into the fold, Rhyme partners with Amelia Sachs, an ambitious young cop, in order to take down a serial killer. Universal Television and Sony Pictures have teamed up with Keshet Studios for the series. Below you will find the trailer for the 1999 original film which is now streaming on Hulu. If you haven’t seen The Bone Collector, I recommend that you do so immediately.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 17, 2018
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Premiere Date Announced For Netflix’s New Series ‘Mindunter’ From The Director Of ‘Fight Club’

David Fincher, the director behind films such as Fight Club, Se7en, Zodiac, and Gone Girl, is gearing up to deliver his serial killer series Mindhunter. The series, set to premiere on Netflix this October, was penned by Joe Penhall and Scott Buck, based on the 1995 book ‘Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit’ written by John Douglas, a former special agent, and Mark Olshaker. The book, which also inspired the 2004 film, goes behind the scenes of high-profile cases that Douglas worked on such as the Green River Killer, the prostitute killer of Alaska, and Atlanta’s Wayne Williams, a serial killer who hunted down and murdered children. Starring Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallanay, Anna Torv, and Hannah Gross, set in 1979, “centers on the inquisitive and skilled FBI Agent Bill Tench (McCallany). Along with fellow serial killer investigator in the behavioral science unit, FBI Agent Hohlden Ford (Groff), Tench interviews serial killers to help them solve current murders.”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 14, 2017

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Showtime Confirms Taika Waititi’s Horror Comedy Series “The Auteur” Now In Production

Showtime has now confirmed that “The Auteur,” a new horror-comedy series, is in development from the Oscar-winning writer-director Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit, What We Do In the Shadows) who co-wrote the series with Peter Warren (Ghost Team), Deadline reports. Starring Oscar nominee Jude Law (The Young Pope), the series based on the graphic novel by Rick Spears, James Callahan, and Luigi Anderson. Described as a”gonzo horror-comedy, a twisted romance, and a glamorous, high wire act of biting satire,” “The Auteur” follows a film producer, desperate to make a great horror movie following a massive bomb, accidentally traps his production on a backlot with a serial killer. Waititi took home an Oscar for his most recent film, Jojo Rabbit which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in. The film is a World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother (Scarlett Johansson)

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 26, 2020
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Amazon’s “Age Of The Living Dead” Gets A 2020 Release Date

Dystopian Films has wrapped production on the second season of Amazon Prime’s “Age of the Living Dead,” following three months of production in Toronto, Los Angeles, and London. The series is set in the near future where vampires and humans are trapped in the United States behind border walls. The series stars Nicola Posener (Mythica), Bill Oberst Jr (Criminal Minds), Deji LaRay (Bosch), William McNamara (Copycat), Peter Barrett (White Collar Hooligan), Peter Woodward (The Patriot), Simon Phillips (No Easy Days), Ken Bressers (Nights Before Christmas), Michael Ray (Stealing Chaplin), and Julia Farino (Veep). Director-Producer Paul Tanter said of the show “Season 1 of the show hit impressive streaming numbers so a second season was always something we wanted to return too. This season we push the boundaries of the show to new highs and welcome an ever-expanding cast with lots at stake for the human race” The international production outfit, headed by Ken Bressers, Simon Phillips and Paul Tanter, currently

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 8, 2020
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Cast Announced For Mike Flanagan’s Netflix Series “Midnight Mass”

“Haunting of Hill House” director Mike Flanagan‘s upcoming Netflix horror series “Midnight Mass,” has now officially announced its full cast. The seven-episode series follows an isolated island community experiencing miraculous events, and frightening omens, after the arrival of a charismatic, mysterious young priest. Deadline reports that Kate Siegel (“The Haunting of Hill House”), Zach Gilford (The Purge: Anarchy), and Hamish Linklater (“Legion”) star along with Annabeth Gish (The Haunting of Hill House). Michael Trucco (Hunter Killer), Samantha Sloyan (Grey’s Anatomy), Henry Thomas (The Haunting of Hill House), Rahul Abburi (Killer Ransom), Matt Biedel (Altered Carbon), Alex Essoe (Doctor Sleep), Rahul Kohli (Supergirl), Kristin Lehman (The Chronicles of Riddick), Crystal Balint (The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco), Robert Longstreet (Doctor Sleep), Igby Rigney (Blue Bloods) and Annarah Shephard round out the cast. Interesting fact: “Midnight Mass” has ties to two other of Flanagan’s films. Midnight Mass is the title of the book written by the character Maddie Young in Hush. The title

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 6, 2020
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The CW Orders New Pilot For ‘The Lost Boys’ Series

Last year The CW scrapped the Catherine Hardwicke directed pilot for its new series “The Lost Boys“. This week the network order the new retooled pilot directed by Marcos Siega, who also helmed the pilots for CW’s “The Vampire Diaries” and Batwoman Deadline reports. The new version of the series, based on the 1987 classic, will have an all-new cast and will not feature original Lost Boys cast members Medalion Rahimi and Dakota Shapiro like the first version of the series planned. Rob Thomas, who co-wrote the new script, explained to Deadline the reason for the retooling. “There were scenes that we thought we could do a better job on, so it’s going through a 40% rewrite,” he said. “It’s not a total rewrite.” No cast members have been announced for the pilot as of yet.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 3, 2020
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According To Netflix’s First “Locke And Key” Teaser Sometimes Secrets Have To Burn

Netflix’s adaptation of Joe Hill‘s best-selling graphic novel “Locke and Key” will be unleashed this February, to the delight of fans. Last week we shared the first image from the series, today we have the first teaser which includes the caption: “Sometimes the secrets have to burn.” The teaser unveiled by the series’ Twitter account tonight. In the coming-of-age series “After their father is murdered under mysterious circumstances, the three Locke siblings and their mother move into their ancestral home, Keyhouse, which they discover is full of magical keys that may be connected to their father’s death. As the Locke children explore the different keys and their unique powers, a mysterious demon awakens — and will stop at nothing to steal them.” “Locke and Key” is from Carlton Cuse (“Lost”, “Bates Motel”) and Meredith Averill (“The Haunting of Hill House”) and stars Darby Stanchfield (“Scandal”) stars alongside, Jackson Robert Scott (IT), Connor Jessup (“American Crime”), Bill Heck (The Ballad of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 22, 2019
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Glory, Glory Hallelujah, “The Purge’s” Season 2 Trailer Is Here!

The second season of “The Purge” is gearing up to unleash hell this October and we’ve got the new blood-drenched trailer that teases this season might be the biggest Purge yet. Based on the hit movie franchise, “The Purge” revolves around a 12-hour period when all crime, including murder, is legal. Season 2 explores how a single Purge night affects the lives of four interconnected characters over the course of the ensuing year, all inevitably leading up to the next Purge. From Blumhouse Television and UCP, the second season of the anthology series opens on Purge night but dives deeper than ever before into what the Purge world looks like the other 364 days of the year for the first time. The cast includes Derek Luke (“13 Reasons Why”), Max Martini (Pacific Rim), Paola Nuñez (“The Son”) and Never Goin’ Back actor Joel Allen. Season 2 is executive produced by the film franchise creator James DeMonaco, who executive produces along

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 6, 2019
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Watch The New Fire And Bimstone Filled Trailer For “Good Omens”

Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman‘s “Good Omens” is nearing its premiere date this May and to celebrate, we’ve got the new trailer filled with fire and brimstone. Starring Michael Sheen as Aziraphale and David Tennant as Crowley, the series follows two unlikely friends that must team in order to fix something that’s gone terribly wrong with the world. What do you get when you combine an Angel, a demon, the antichrist, and a witch? You get “Good Omens” that also stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Jon Hamm, Adria Arjona, Frances McDormand, Lourdes Faberes, Jag Patel, and Simon Merrells. Adapted by Gaiman, who also serves as showrunner, “Good Omens” premieres on Amazon Prime on May 31, 2019.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 7, 2019
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Horror Fuel Reviews The Premiere Of TNT’s “I Am The Night”

“Into Am the Night“, the new series from TNT has just premiered and I ‘d like to share my thoughts with you. The series centers on Pat, a beautiful young woman searching for where she belongs and a family hiding dark secrets. Pat’s mother is a verbally abusive alcoholic who resents her daughter. She blames Pat for her failed dream to become a singer. Despite this, Pat has grown into a sweet, but naive young woman. When she learns that she was adopted she searches through her mother’s things and discovers her birth certificate. Upon ambushing her mother with her discovery she learns that her real name is Fauna Hodel. Desperate to learn more about her family she calls her grandfather George and is invited to visit L.A. Following a fight with her mom she sets off to meet her birth family, not knowing the dangers she will soon face. The series also follows disgraced journalist Jay Singletary (Chris Pine),

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 29, 2019
Horror Fuel

NBC Adapting 1999’s ‘Bone Collector’ For New Series

One of the best serial killer films to come out of the late 90’s was Philip Noyce’s thriller The Bone Collector, starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie, based on the novel by Jeffrey Deaver. After nearly two decades, the film is getting a series adaptation from NBC, according to The Wrap. The film follows retired forensic criminologist genius Lincoln Rhyme who was left paralyzed after an on the job accident. When a case brings him back into the fold, Rhyme partners with Amelia Sachs, an ambitious young cop, in order to take down a serial killer. Universal Television and Sony Pictures have teamed up with Keshet Studios for the series. Below you will find the trailer for the 1999 original film which is now streaming on Hulu. If you haven’t seen The Bone Collector, I recommend that you do so immediately.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 17, 2018
Horror Fuel

Premiere Date Announced For Netflix’s New Series ‘Mindunter’ From The Director Of ‘Fight Club’

David Fincher, the director behind films such as Fight Club, Se7en, Zodiac, and Gone Girl, is gearing up to deliver his serial killer series Mindhunter. The series, set to premiere on Netflix this October, was penned by Joe Penhall and Scott Buck, based on the 1995 book ‘Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit’ written by John Douglas, a former special agent, and Mark Olshaker. The book, which also inspired the 2004 film, goes behind the scenes of high-profile cases that Douglas worked on such as the Green River Killer, the prostitute killer of Alaska, and Atlanta’s Wayne Williams, a serial killer who hunted down and murdered children. Starring Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallanay, Anna Torv, and Hannah Gross, set in 1979, “centers on the inquisitive and skilled FBI Agent Bill Tench (McCallany). Along with fellow serial killer investigator in the behavioral science unit, FBI Agent Hohlden Ford (Groff), Tench interviews serial killers to help them solve current murders.”

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 14, 2017
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