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Timur Bekmambetov Goes Nuts and Brings us Killler Squirrels
13 May 2013 | Horror Asylum | See recent Horror Asylum news »
Flesh-eating squirrels? Ok, stick with it...'Squirrels' is the new project acquired from Bazelevs, the company that talented Russian filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov ('Night Watch', Wanted') is behind. Red Sea Media bought up the international rights tot he project and are currently shopping around for a director and an A-list cast. The flick will come from a script penned by co-writers Daniel Antoniazzi and Ben Shiffrin and is based on an original idea by Bekmambetov himself. Along with the announcement comes a cool piece of early teaser art featuring a hungry little fella and humourous strapline which you can check out below. Interesting that there's no mention whatsoever of Bekmambetov's most recent effort 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' on the poster. Something which perhaps doesn't hold as much cache as his past projects. Check it out. »
Timur Bekmambetov to Explore the Dangerous World of Squirrels
12 May 2013 10:10 AM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
I like Timur Bekmambetov. Although “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” left much to be desired, I’m always curious to see what the director, writer, and producer has to offer. It doesn’t matter how ridiculous or over-the-top the project may initially sound, chances are this fool will be easily separated from his money when it arrives in theaters. Bekmambetov is all set to produce the upcoming horror flick “Squirrels.” Yes, it’s a genre movie about squirrels. Judging from the teaser poster embedded below, these furry little critters have a hankering for human flesh. As stupid as it sounds, I can’t say that I’m turned off by the idea. Plus, you know, squirrels doing really bad things. Come on. Here’s what the movie about: When a young man’s estranged father is killed under suspicious circumstances, he returns home for the first time in years to get »
- Todd Rigney
Details on Timur Bekmambetov’s Flesh-Eating “Squirrels”
11 May 2013 9:59 AM, PDT | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
It has been announced that Wanted and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter director Timur Bekmambetov is putting together a new project that revolves around flesh-eating squirrels:
“Red Sea Media is in the process of assembling a strong slate for the upcoming Marché du Film, including Squirrels, a new horror-thriller that the company has just acquired international sales rights for from Bazelevs, Timur Bekmambetov’s production company. Bekmambetov is best known as director of the hit international films Night Watch, Wanted and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The film was written by Daniel Antoniazzi & Ben Shiffrin, based on an idea by Bekmambetov. Lisa Ellzey and Michele Wolkoff are executive producers. The production is currently setting a director, with an A-list cast expected to sign shortly. The Red Sea sales office at the Marché du Film will be located at the Lerins venue, booth #R19. Additional sales titles from the company will be announced in the coming days. »
- Jonathan James
"Wanted" Director To Unleash "Squirrels"
11 May 2013 8:41 AM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
"Wanted" director Timur Bekmambetov is set to produce the horror thriller "Squirrels" for Red Sea Media and his own production company Bazelevs.
The story follows a young man whose estranged father is killed under suspicious circumstances. He returns home for the first time in years to get to the bottom of the mystery.
Instead, he finds his mom’s sleazy new boyfriend, a natural gas company buying up the town, an angry female sheriff who happens to be his ex-girlfriend, and an army of flesh-eating squirrels hellbent on destroying everything in their path.
A director is currently being sought, with a major cast expected to sign shortly. Daniel Antoniazzi and Ben Shiffrin penned the script based on an idea by Bekmambetov.
Source: Bloody Disgusting »
- Garth Franklin
Hold On To Your Nuts Its Squirrels!!
10 May 2013 6:54 PM, PDT | Horror News | See recent Horror News news »
I’ve often thought it but been afraid to admit it in public but….Squirrels are terrifying!! You know they are, no need to hide it anymore. It’s about time those fury little creatures from hell are exposed and lucky for all of us director Timur Bekmambetov knows the truth and is about to expose the truth in his new film Squirrels.
A press release showed up today and all is exposed:
Red Sea Media is in … Continue reading → »
- Dave Dreher
Timur Bekmambetov to Unleash Flesh-Eating Squirrels at Cannes; First Word and Sales Art!
10 May 2013 5:44 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Sometimes a project will come across our desk that has us grinning from ear-to-ear. This is one of those times. Read on for the first details and art for the best project announcement of the day!
From the Press Release
Red Sea Media is in the process of assembling a strong slate for the upcoming Marché du Film, including Squirrels, a new horror-thriller that the company has just acquired international sales rights for from Bazelevs, Timur Bekmambetov’s production company. Bekmambetov is best known as director of the hit international films Night Watch, Wanted and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The film was written by Daniel Antoniazzi and Ben Shiffrin, based on an idea by Bekmambetov. Lisa Ellzey and Michele Wolkoff are executive producers. The production is currently setting a director, with an A-list cast expected to sign shortly. The Red Sea sales office at the Marché du Film will be located at the Lerins venue, »
- Uncle Creepy
Timur Bekmambetov’s “Squirrels” Acquired By Red Sea Media
10 May 2013 5:26 PM, PDT | FamousMonsters of Filmland | See recent Famous Monsters of Filmland news »
Sciurophobics beware! Red Sea Media has acquired Squirrels, a horror film based on a story by Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Night Watch, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter). If a movie featuring an army of flesh-eating squirrels doesn’t make you intrigued, then you’re not intrigued the right way.
Los Angeles, CA (May 10, 2013) – Red Sea Media is in the process of assembling a strong slate for the upcoming Marché du Film, including Squirrels, a new horror-thriller that the company has just acquired international sales rights for from Bazelevs, Timur Bekmambetov’s production company. Bekmambetov is best known as director of the hit international films Night Watch, Wanted and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The film was written by Daniel Antoniazzi & Ben Shiffrin, based on an idea by Bekmambetov. Lisa Ellzey and Michele Wolkoff are executive producers. The production is currently setting a director, with an A-list cast expected to sign shortly. The Red »
- Andy Greene
Timur Bekmambetov Plans Squirrels
10 May 2013 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
Red Sea Media has announced plans for Squirrels , a new horror-thriller that the company has just acquired international sales rights for from Bazelevs, Timur Bekmambetov.s production company. Bekmambetov is best known as director of the hit international films Night Watch , Wanted and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter . When a young man.s estranged father is killed under suspicious circumstances, he returns home for the first time in years to get to the bottom of the mystery. Hoping to uncover some logical explanation, he instead finds his mom.s sleazy new boyfriend, a natural gas company buying up the town, an angry female sheriff who happens to be his ex-girlfriend, and an army of flesh-eating squirrels hellbent on destroying everything in their path due to an erosion of »
Benjamin Walker Set To Board Ron Howard’s ‘In The Heart Of The Sea’
8 May 2013 3:10 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
One film released last year that received a mountain of criticism was Timur Bekmambetov’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. A bonkers tale of the legendary 16th Us President’s extracurricular (supernatural) activities that I blooming well loved. I think it’s sometimes forgotten that you visit the cinema, more often then not, for a fun time and I was certainly rewarded with that even if others didn’t feel the same.
We now have word that that films lead, Benjamin Walker, is in final negotiations to join Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and Tom Holland (The Impossible) in director Ron Howard’s In The Heart Of The Sea, currently in pre-production over at Warner Bros. It will be an adaptation of Nathaniel Philbrick’s fact-based 2000 novel about the infamous whale attack on The Essex, which was the true story that inspired Herman Melville’s best-seller Moby Dick.
Walker will play a character named George Pollard, »
- Craig Hunter
FEARnet Offers up Some Killer Entertainment In May!!
22 April 2013 1:06 PM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »
The folks at FEARnet have some treats in store for viewers this May, when they premiere multiple films that haven’t been shown on networks before, including the bloody masterpiece, Battle Royale, completely uncut!! Read on!
FEARnet starts the summer off right, serving up a slew of premieres, stunts and marathons headlined by the World Television Premiere of Battle Royale, the way it was meant to be seen—completely unedited, in all its gory glory—on Saturday, May 18, at 10 p.m. Et/7 p.m. Pt.
Never before seen on television, the international blockbuster centers around the students of class 3-b, on their way to a field trip. After being gassed, they awaken to find themselves on a remote island where they are instructed to kill each other as part of a government law to deal with out of control students. And only one can survive. Banned in several countries for its violent content, »
- SMITH
‘Prometheus’ Screenwriter Jon Spaihts Hired for Disney’s ‘The Black Hole’ Remake
4 April 2013 9:26 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Yesterday, director Joseph Kosinski teased that Disney would be releasing some big news about the remake of its 1979 sci-fi film The Black Hole. Now, we know what he was talking about.
According to a new report, screenwriter Jon Spaihts has been hired to rewrite the film, picking up where screenwriter Travis Beachem left off. Previously, Spaihts wrote the Timur Bekmambetov-produced sci-fi film The Darkest Hour and the pseudo-Alien prequel Prometheus. Spaihts is also currently working on Len Wiseman’s reboot of The Mummy.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, which was the first to break the story, Spaihts won Disney over with his “big idea” concept for the film, which is “philosophical and somewhat dark in tone.”
For those unfamiliar with the original film, here’s a short synopsis via THR:
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- Rob Frappier
Flickering Myth's Greatest Comic Book Movies: #50 - #26
1 April 2013 11:42 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
As you'll no doubt be aware if you're a regular around these parts, we're big fans of comic book movies here at Flickering Myth. So with the 2013 comic book movie season about to get underway in April with the arrival of Oblivion and Iron Man 3, we thought we'd spend the month counting down our picks for the 25 Greatest Comic Book Movies, beginning on April 1st and running right through to the UK release of Iron Man 3 on April 25th.
Over the past few weeks, the writing team here at Flickering Myth have been putting together their own individual top tens, which we've used to compile our list. Any film based upon a comic book was eligible for inclusion, providing it had received a theatrical release either in North America or here in the UK. So, if you're a huge fan of David Hasselhoff and you're outraged as to »
- Flickering Myth
Michele Wolkoff Joins Mark Gordon Co.
1 April 2013 4:00 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Michele Wolkoff has joined the Mark Gordon Co. as exec VP of production in the film division.
Wolkoff will report to Mark Gordon. “Not only does she have tremendous skills and expertise across all aspects of film production, but she has a keen and gifted ability for recognizing great stories and shepherding them from script to screen,” he said.
Wolkoff has been president of development at Timur Bekmambetov’s Bazelevs, where she oversaw production and development of more than 20 projects including “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” along with directing business strategy and financial operations.
From 2003 to 2010, Wolkoff worked at Universal Pictures, where her last position was managing the studio’s relationship with international productions. Prior to that, she worked as director of international creative affairs, reporting to studio co-chairman David Linde.
Wolkoff supervised the development and production of “The Other Boleyn Girl” and “Sin Nombre.” She was also creative assistant to »
- Dave McNary
Lapaglia And Hemsworth Join “The Reckoning”
29 March 2013 5:40 PM, PDT | FamousMonsters of Filmland | See recent Famous Monsters of Filmland news »
Jonathan Lapaglia and Luke Hemsworth are joining The Reckoning, a film from Lightning Entertainment. The film will be directed John V. Soto (Crush). Hemsworth, much like the third Manning brother, is the lesser known of the Hemsworth clan, that has Thor and Gale as the other members. Lapaglia is the son of Without A Trace star Anthony Lapaglia. Check the press release for more deets on the film.
Los Angeles – Jonathan Lapaglia and Luke Hemsworth will star in the crime thriller The Reckoning, written and to be directed by John V. Soto (Needle, Crush), it was announced today by Robert Beaumont, President of Lightning Entertainment who is set to handle International sales rights to the film.
The Reckoning will start principal photography on April 29th on location in Australia. Deidre Kitcher (Needle, Crush) is producing. Robert Lundberg, Greg Coote, David Calvert-Jones, Roger Savill and Kim Savill will executive produce the film. »
- Andy Greene
Jonathan Lapaglia & Luke Hemsworth To Star In The Reckoning
25 March 2013 2:46 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Jonathan Lapaglia and Luke Hemsworth will star in the crime thriller The Reckoning, written and to be directed by John V. Soto (Needle, Crush), it was announced today by Robert Beaumont, President of Lightning Entertainment who is set to handle International sales rights to the film.
The Reckoning will start principal photography on April 29th on location in Australia. Deidre Kitcher (Needle, Crush) is producing. Robert Lundberg, Greg Coote, David Calvert-Jones, Roger Savill and Kim Savill will executive produce the film.
The story revolves around a detective who discovers footage at a murder scene, shot by two teenagers, that provides clues to the identity of a killer. The teens have since gone missing, and as the detective retraces their journey, he soon uncovers a trail of deceit and murder that leads all the way back to him.
Kitcher says that the thriller is “best described as Memento meets Kalifornia.”
A Filmscope Entertainment production, »
- Michelle McCue
Even Riverdale Isn't Safe from a Zombie Apocalypse! Afterlife with Archie Comic Book Is Coming!
6 March 2013 3:47 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
No matter how much people complain the zombie craze has reached a saturation point, something comes along and you realize it still has yet to fully hit its zenith. Take for example Afterlife with Archie, an upcoming comic book in which Riverdale gets The Walking Dead treatment.
You just can’t make this stuff up anymore. Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, and the rest of the Riverdale kids will be forced to contend with zombies in a new comic book series launching later this year. It sounds like the basis for a Teefury mash-up shirt, doesn’t it? Nope. This is actually happening, and here’s how:
Jughead’s beloved pooch Hotdog is run over by Reggie in his roadster. He convinces Sabrina to hatch a spell to bring back the pooch, but when Hotdog bites Jughead, he soon craves flesh.
Deadline reportsAfterlife with Archie will be scripted by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. »
- Foywonder
Pride And Prejudice And Zombies Is Coming Back from the Dead
1 March 2013 3:50 PM, PST | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
It looks like Seth Grahame-Smith‘s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is set to come back from the dead and move into development. This novel has been trying to get a big screen adaptation for years. When it first started Natalie Portman was set to star and David O. Russell was going to direct. Since then director Craig Gillespie came and went, and there were several other actresses approached such as Blake Lively and Emma Stone, both of whom turned it down.
It was revealed in a recent press release from the Annapurna-backed Panorama Media, Darko Entertainment, Handsomecharlie Films, and producer Allison Shearmur, that they would start developing the movie again with Portman coming back as a producer on the movie. One of the better parts of this news is that the screenplay Russell wrote will be used for the film production. Russell is a hell of a talented guy, »
- Joey Paur
Daniel Radcliffe to Play Igor in Frankenstein
1 March 2013 12:00 AM, PST | kidspickflicks | See recent kidspickflicks news »
Update: Daniel Radcliffe will go from playing upright wizard to creepy assistant. The Harry Potter star is in final talks to play Igor, Dr. Frankenstein's hunchback assistant in 20th Century Fox's Frankenstein.
One can only assume Radcliffe will take inspiration from Dobby in how to say "Master" in the most disconcerting manner.
Source: Variety
Sept. 6, 2012 - A year after announcing Real Steel director Shawn Levy would be directing Max Landis' (Chronicle) take on Frankenstein, 20th Century Fox and Davis Entertainment are now announcing Paul McGuigan (Push, Lucky Number Slevin) will helm instead. Fox's vision of the project, which is said to focus on themes of friendship and redemption, was a low-budget picture; Levy wanted to make a big budget spectacle.
Sept. 2, 2011 - 20th Century Fox is taking one big lumbering step forward on its Frankenstein movie, one of Nine that are currently in development, by hiring Night at the Museum director-producer Shawn Levy. »
- tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
Shane Acker Adopts The 'Beasts Of Burden' Adaptation
20 February 2013 11:31 AM, PST | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
Shane Acker is returning to the realm of animated film. The "9" director will next tackle the CG animated feature "Beasts of Burden," based on the Dark Horse Comics series of the same name.
Reel FX announced the partnership, and says that "Turbo" scribe Darren Lemke is writing the script for the movie. Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson wrote the comic books, which tell the story of a group of animals that look into various paranormal events that happen in their Burden Hill neighborhood. Sounds like a story that's right up Acker's alley.
The central characters of "Beasts of Burden" are five dogs named Whitey, Jack, Red, Ace and Pugsley and a cat named Orphan. The characters first appeared in 2003 in "The Dark Horse Book of Haunting," and have had their own standalone graphic novels since.
This is Acker's first movie since "9," which was his debut feature. He earned the support »
- Terri Schwartz
Review: Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln”
26 January 2013 10:11 PM, PST | DearCinema.com | See recent DearCinema.com news »
There are numerous ways in which a biopic of a statesman or a politician can be put together in cinema and the chosen approach depends, partly, on the reverence with which the person is regarded by the public likely to watch the film. When a statesman is as well-regarded as a Lincoln or a Gandhi, it is impossible to be ‘truthful’ because a biopic, not being a documentary but an enactment, will be seen as being deliberately scurrilous unless its views agree with the dominant one. Where, in a biopic of a less venerated or more distant historical figure like a Te Lawrence or a Queen Elizabeth I, the director is allowed to become intimate with the subject, this is taboo when dealing with a Gandhi or a Lincoln. We identify with people who might have been as we are but a Gandhi and a Lincoln, at least by consensus, »
- MK Raghavendra
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