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Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan, Joe Alwyn to Star in Psychological Thriller ‘Keepers’
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Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan, and Joe Alwyn will star in the psychological thriller “Keepers” with Cross Creek Pictures on board to fully finance.
Production company Mad as Birds is planning for an early 2017 shoot in the U.K. Protagonist Pictures will launch foreign sales during the American Film Market, which opens Wednesday.
TV director Kristoffer Nyholm will helm “Keepers” from a script by Celyn Jones and actor/writer Joe Bone.
“Keepers” is set on an uninhabited island 20 miles from the Scottish coast as three lighthouse keepers arrive for their six-week shift. They stumble upon something that isn’t theirs to keep, triggering a tense battle for survival as personal greed replaces loyalty amid isolation and paranoia.
Producers are Andy Evans, Ade Shannon, and Sean Marley for Mad as Birds; Butler and Alan Siegel for G-Base; and Brian Oliver for Cross Creek Pictures. The project was brought to Cross Creek by Jason Seagraves, »
- Dave McNary
Sylvester Stallone Will Return To Star In That ‘Escape Plan’ Sequel You’ve Been Waiting For
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Three years ago, “Escape Plan” hit theaters. It starred Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger and it was dumb and got terrible reviews and tanked at the box office and everyone moved on with their lives. Well, everyone in North America at any rate. Overseas, the low rent action movie earned a staggering $112 million, hugely outpacing the tepid domestic haul of $25 million. And for the folks at Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films, that’s enough reason to greenlight a sequel.
Continue reading Sylvester Stallone Will Return To Star In That ‘Escape Plan’ Sequel You’ve Been Waiting For at The Playlist. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Cherry Glazerr’s ‘Nurse Ratched’ Music Video: ‘Southbound’ Director Roxanne Benjamin Helms Horror-Inspired Throwback
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Roxanne Benjamin has been busy in the horror world of late, having made her directorial debut with a segment of this year’s anthology film “Southbound” after serving as a producer on all three “V/H/S” movies. Now she’s back with a throwback music video for Cherry Glazerr “Nurse Ratched,” which you can watch below.
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In it, a girl wearing a red hoodie hitchhikes her way into a ride and goes on to confirm all your worst fears about people on the side of the road with their thumbs up; this leads to one of the bloodiest sequences you’re ever likely to see in a music video, especially for such a low-key song. From there, she takes the car for herself — and picks up an unsuspecting hitchhiker of her own. »
- Michael Nordine
Catherine Keener Joins ‘Sicario’ Sequel ‘Soldado’
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The follow up to 2015’s “Sicario” is underway, and Catherine Keener has now joined the project. “Soldado” will follow established characters Alejandro Gillick, played by Benicio Del Toro, and CIA agent Matt Graver, played by Josh Brolin as they continue to try and eliminate drugs and whatever else is being smuggled across the border.
While not technically a sequel, “Soldado” will have many of the same characters and exist in the same world, but will be a standalone film in the series.
Continue reading Catherine Keener Joins ‘Sicario’ Sequel ‘Soldado’ at The Playlist. »
- Stephanie Ashe
‘Hunter Gatherer’ Trailer: Andre Royo is Making a Very Unexpected Living in SXSW Winner — Watch
1 hour ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Ashley Douglas is just making a living. Recently released from prison after three years, the one-time ex-con, played by “The Wire” favorite Andre Royo, is back on the streets and hopeful that his life is finally going to fall back into place. Despite his very best intentions — and a scrappy can-do attitude — that’s not exactly what happens in Josh Locy’s feature directorial debut.
Royo, who picked up a Special Jury Award for his performance at this year’s SXSW Film Festival, where the film made its bow, goes all out as the luckless Ashley, who emerges back into the “real world” to find that very little has waited for him, including his beloved girlfriend Linda. As Ashley sets out to make his way in a time and place he no longer recognizes, he takes up with a compelling loner named Jeremy (George Sample III), and the duo pull »
- Kate Erbland
The National Center On Sexual Exploitation Calls Out ‘Westworld’ For Graphic Orgy Scene
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**Spoilers ahead** A lot happened on last night’s episode of “Westworld“: The Man In Black and Dr. Ford crossed paths; Dolores showed herself to be far more than just a damsel in distress; Maeve began to unravel more about what she is; and oh yeah, there was a giant orgy sequence. For a network that is routinely criticized for how much skin they show, HBO didn’t flinch in a scene that showed the visitors of Westworld indulging their sexual desires with wild abandon, but the sequence has ran afoul of The Nation Centre Of Sexual Exploitation.
Continue reading The National Center On Sexual Exploitation Calls Out ‘Westworld’ For Graphic Orgy Scene at The Playlist. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
New Horror Film Festival Will Debut at The Shining Hotel
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Festival co-directors Michael Lerman and Landon Zakheim chose Halloween to announce The Overlook Film Festival, a new genre festival that will open April 27 at Oregon’s Timberline Lodge. The historic hotel at the base of Mt. Hood was used for the exterior setting of the Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. The four-day festival will feature a weekend-long immersive game from Bottleneck Immersive and an original live version of the radio play Tales From Beyond the Pale by Glass Eye Pix. Live programming will also include musical performances, panel presentations, live podcasts, escape room challenges, magic shows, trivia night, games, […] »
- Paula Bernstein
“Student Filmmaking at its Finest”: Don Coscarelli on Phantasm
1 hour ago | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
The first filmmaker I ever interviewed was Don Coscarelli. It was 1998 and I was a junior in college, toiling away at the University of Kentucky student newspaper. Coscarelli agreed to chat about his career for the paper’s Halloween movie page and, clueless as to proper interview decorum — or what might be an appropriate amount of time to monopolize — I asked him about every movie he had ever made. Every. Single. Movie. It was a Frost-Nixon length tête-à-tête, but he was nice enough to humor me. Two decades later — and on the eve of another Halloween — I had […] »
- Matt Mulcahey
Original ‘Suspiria’ Star Jessica Harper Joins Cast Of Remake With Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton & Chloë Grace Moretz
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After years in development, cameras are now rolling on the remake of Dario Argento‘s classic “Suspiria.” And while the original director was a bit cheesed at not being consulted about it, perhaps he’ll be heartened a little bit by this latest development.
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Jessica Harper, who played the lead role of Suzy Bannion in the 1977 flick, has joined the redo being helmed by Luca Guadagnino (“A Bigger Splash,” “I Am Love“).
Continue reading Original ‘Suspiria’ Star Jessica Harper Joins Cast Of Remake With Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton & Chloë Grace Moretz at The Playlist. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Sarah Paulson Reprising ‘American Horror Story: Asylum’ Character for ‘Roanoke’
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“American Horror Story” creator Ryan Murphy is just full of October surprises. After revealing that a new season of “Ahs” will combine season three’s “Coven” with season one’s “Murder House,” Murphy tweeted Monday that Sarah Paulson would be reprising her role from season two in the the current season, “Roanoke.”
Sarah Paulson’s Asylum ultimate survivor Lana Winters returns this season on “Ahs: Roanoke.” Happy Halloween!
— Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) October 31, 2016
This isn’t the first time Paulson has reprised one of her many roles on the show. Her character of Billie Dean Howard from “Murder House” also showed up in last season’s “Hotel.” Gabourey Sidibe also reprised her role of Queenie from “Coven,” for “Hotel,” and Lily Rabe’s Sister Mary Eunice and Naomi Grossman’s pepper »
- Graham Winfrey
Lee Pace Hosts New Horror Anthology Podcast ‘Darkest Night’ on Shudder
2 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
AMC Networks’ horror streaming service Shudder, in partnership with podcast network The Paragon Collective, debuts “Darkest Night,” a new weekly horror anthology series narrated by renowned actor Lee Pace and written by Chris Bloodworth. The series features performances from actors like Denis O’Hare (“American Horror Story”), Missi Pyle (“The Artist”), RuPaul (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”), Michelle Visage, Ricky Dillon, Kc Wayland, Johnny Ferro, Callie Schuttera, Miguel Lopez and more.
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Each episode of “Darkest Night” will place the listener in a recovered memory of the recently deceased, which slowly reveals a horrifying master plan. Recorded binaurally with cutting-edge technology, “Darkest Night” promises a fully immersive audio experience with sound quality that brings the entire narrative to life for a rich 360-degree, virtual reality effect when listening with headphones.
Shudder is a premium streaming video service that serves both the casual »
- Vikram Murthi
Daisy Ridley Responds To Criticism That Rey Is A Mary Sue, Says It’s “Irrational And It Doesn’t Make Sense”
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“I’m never online to start a fight,” Max Landis recently told The New York Times, though he does concede that he behaves like an unhinged fanboy on social media, acting “in the same way that I used to in the back of the comic book store — very quickly without thinking about it.” And it’s that penchant of operating without a filter that led him into controversial waters last year, when he declared that Rey was a Mary Sue in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” That phrase, which describes a female character who is idealized and only succeeds because of the will of the author, and the criticism by Landis, sparked plenty of outrage.
Continue reading Daisy Ridley Responds To Criticism That Rey Is A Mary Sue, Says It’s “Irrational And It Doesn’t Make Sense” at The Playlist. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Bring on the Holodeck! Here’s the Top 7 Vr Insights from the Ves Summit
2 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
October 29 was the eighth annual Ves Summit (at the Sofitel Hotel in Beverly Hills), where Visual Effects Society members discuss the tech and business elements of their craft — but this year, the obsession was virtual. Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality dominated the discussions, including two panels: “Cinematography and VFX: What Constitutes ‘Real’?” and “Visual Effects in the Wild.” However, at Ves, the untamed landscape was the one between our ears. Here’s our top takeaways.
Expect your amusement park attractions to become increasingly virtual. Sam Richards, visual effects design manager at Walt Disney Imagineering, said they’re trying to figure out how to put Vr into an attraction, given the cost of headgear, and are currently experimenting with pre-show usage.
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Vr will be the new VIP ticket. “Artists want to sell a premium ticket to incorporate holographic elements on stage, »
- Bill Desowitz
NBC Considering Limited Run Of New ‘Will & Grace’ Episodes
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The revival we sort of thought was happening may actually may happen now! After the stars of “Will & Grace” teased us last month with what turned out to be a 10-minute election-themed video (see below), NBC is rumored to be considering a full-fledged revival. Fans of the series have been overwhelmingly supportive of the reunion, and that response has prompted NBC to take action.
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“Will & Grace” ended in 2006 after 8 seasons, but now the network is said to be in talks with all four stars (Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, and Sean Hayes), as well as the series creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick.
Continue reading NBC Considering Limited Run Of New ‘Will & Grace’ Episodes at The Playlist. »
- Stephanie Ashe
‘The Shining’ Hotel Will Host a New Horror Film Festival, Picking Up Where The Stanley Left Off
2 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
While much of the industry views the film festival circuit as starting with Sundance, genre fans see it differently. Annual showcases for the latest horror movie achievements include Tiff’s Midnight Madness, Austin’s Fantastic Fest, and the Sitges Film Festival. Next year, you can add the Overlook Film Festival to that list.
The new horror festival, which begins April 27, will take place Oregon’s Timerline Lodge — the eerie building that provided the exteriors for the haunted Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining.” Guests of the festival will stay in and around the hotel for four days while taking in programming featuring numerous highlights of contemporary horror in addition to classic titles. Programming will include “an immersive game” from the experiential gaming company Bottleneck Immersive and a live performance of the serialized radio play “Tales From Beyond the Pale,” produced by indie horror maestro Larry Fessenden. (The previous »
- Eric Kohn
‘The Secret History of Twin Peaks’ Audiobook: Listen to an Excerpt Delving Into Josie Packard’s Shadowy Past
2 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
If we know anything about next year’s “Twin Peaks” revival, it’s that we don’t really know anything about next year’s “Twin Peaks” revival. There are exceptions, of course: David Lynch will be directing every episode, and most of the main cast is returning along with a surprising slate of newcomers (Michael Cera? Eddie Vedder?). But in terms of the show’s narrative direction, Lynch and co-creator Mark Frost have been expectedly tight-lipped. Frost did recently release his book “The Secret History of Twin Peaks,” however, and you can now listen to a 16-minute excerpt from the audiobook version.
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A novel that expands on the show’s fictional backstory and characters, “The Secret History of Twin Peaks” functions as a supplement to the TV series. This portion of »
- Michael Nordine
‘Halloween’ Star P.J. Soles Discusses Shooting John Carpenter’s Slasher Classic in Hour-Long Podcast — Listen
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It’s been almost 40 years since director John Carpenter terrified audiences everywhere with the horror film “Halloween,” but the slasher classic still resonates with fans today, many of whom love to revisit the film every year around October 31. One such fan is Earwolf podcaster Matt Gourley, who recently spoke with “Halloween” star P.S. Soles, who played the role of Lynda van der Klok in the 1978 film.
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During the more than one-hour podcast, Soles discussed the day she had to shoot the famous love scene that included a brief “flash” of nudity and culminated with her death.
“That was a fun day. John Carpenter was more nervous about it that I was because he kept asking me, ‘Are you okay with this?’” Soles said, adding that she figured a quick shot of nudity would be fine, »
- Graham Winfrey
‘Stranger Things’ Newscast Alludes to the Fate of Barb — Watch
3 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
If all the Eleven costumes you’ve seen for Halloween aren’t enough to sate your “Stranger Things” obsession, here’s another reminder of the binge-worthy show’s existence: a faux-newscast addressing some of the questions left hanging by season one. The main topic broached by Brenda Wood in her “Minute by Minute” segment: the fate of Barb, who became a fan favorite in just a few episodes.
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“When asked to describe Barbara,” the reporter says, “her friends and peers praised her as someone who was loyal to a fault.” Also, she can “really rock a pair of mom jeans — or, as we call them now, jeans” and sports “an absolutely fantastic pair of glasses.” Barb plays the best friend of a main character in “Stranger Things,” and has ascended to meme status since the ’80s-set Netflix show premiered over the summer. »
- Michael Nordine
Chicago Newcity Names the 2016 Film 50
3 hours ago | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
I’m a couple of weeks late posting about the latest edition of the Chicago Newcity Film 50 because, well, it’s a dense read — think Filmmaker‘s 25 New Faces times two, made all the more impressive because one person, Ray Pride (also a Filmmaker Contributing Editor) pens all the profiles. A list of 50 people who comprise a composite snapshot of the Windy City’s community of media creators (this year, Pride’s preamble states, the list devoted itself to artists as opposed to producers and programmers), the Chicago Film 50 is both an insightful read and a great resource. Writes Pride, […] »
- Scott Macaulay
Happy Halloween: The Scariest, Most Unnerving TV Shows That Aren’t Part of the Horror Genre
3 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Sometimes the scariest part of a TV show is what you don’t see.
An adage applicable for horror and non-horror series alike, the above certainly plays to our topic of the day: Halloween. While many will be celebrating by dressing up and going out, those that dress down to stay in have plenty of options in front of them for safe, cinematic frights. But what about the less popular Halloween picks? You know, the shows that really get under your skin without making you watch as they literally peel it back. The series that defy a ratings system because maybe there’s no gruesome violence, but parents still feel iffy about letting their kids watch it.
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These shows will rattle your bones, shake you to your core and, yes, frighten you in (we hope) a refreshing, »
- Ben Travers
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