In his 3.5-star review, Matt Donato called Lisa Frankenstein "a Valentine's treat for horror fans," and if you haven't had a chance to see the new horror comedy romance in theaters or would prefer to watch it from the comfort of your own couch, the new film from writer Diablo Cody and director Zelda Williams is heading to digital platforms beginning February 27th!
From the Press Release: Universal City, California, February 26, 2024 – Love has never been so cutthroat! Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse play this season’s “it” couple in the new hilarious and frightful film from Focus Features, Lisa Frankenstein, available exclusively on digital platforms to own or rent tomorrow, February 27, 2024, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
Lisa Frankenstein is directed by Zelda Williams in her feature-length directorial debut and written by Academy Award® winning scribe Diablo Cody (Jennifer’s Body). The film stars Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, Liza Soberano, Henry Eikenberry,...
From the Press Release: Universal City, California, February 26, 2024 – Love has never been so cutthroat! Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse play this season’s “it” couple in the new hilarious and frightful film from Focus Features, Lisa Frankenstein, available exclusively on digital platforms to own or rent tomorrow, February 27, 2024, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
Lisa Frankenstein is directed by Zelda Williams in her feature-length directorial debut and written by Academy Award® winning scribe Diablo Cody (Jennifer’s Body). The film stars Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, Liza Soberano, Henry Eikenberry,...
- 2/27/2024
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Compelling Pictures is coming on to produce and finance the high-concept psychological horror thriller The Blur, written and being directed by emerging director Joe Miale. Denis O’Sullivan and Jeff Kalligheri are producing for Compelling, alongside Scott Carr and Josh Crook. Carr brought the project to Compelling back in 2020 as a pitch and Miale wrote the script.
The film follows a visually-impaired family tormented by a ghost only seen by those who have severe myopia. It introduces a villain named Smudge to the horror pantheon, and will use innovative visual techniques–largely in-camera–to bring the terrifying character to life. Producers cited a 2021 study by the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness estimated that 43 million people worldwide are considered legally blind, while 295 million people worldwide live with moderate-to-severe visual impairment. And also noted the World Health Organization has estimated that approximately 2.2 billion people worldwide have some level of near or distance vision impairment.
The film follows a visually-impaired family tormented by a ghost only seen by those who have severe myopia. It introduces a villain named Smudge to the horror pantheon, and will use innovative visual techniques–largely in-camera–to bring the terrifying character to life. Producers cited a 2021 study by the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness estimated that 43 million people worldwide are considered legally blind, while 295 million people worldwide live with moderate-to-severe visual impairment. And also noted the World Health Organization has estimated that approximately 2.2 billion people worldwide have some level of near or distance vision impairment.
- 7/11/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: It’s official. According to Deadline, Mandy Moore and Kumail Nanjiani will indeed star in Threads: An Insidious Tale. They confirm that the project won’t be a continuation of the current Insidious series, but rather an offshoot taking place in the same universe.
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Sony Pictures will be giving the fifth film in the Insidious franchise, Insidious: The Red Door, a theatrical release on July 7th, but with a month and a half to go until that movie reaches the big screen it looks like Sony is already working with Blumhouse Productions and James Wan’s Atomic Monster on another Insidious film. This information comes from a Production Weekly listing and the website of casting director Nancy Nayor, both of which reveal there’s a project called Thread: An Insidious Tale in the works. A casting call for one of the characters even claims that Mandy Moore (This Is Us...
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Sony Pictures will be giving the fifth film in the Insidious franchise, Insidious: The Red Door, a theatrical release on July 7th, but with a month and a half to go until that movie reaches the big screen it looks like Sony is already working with Blumhouse Productions and James Wan’s Atomic Monster on another Insidious film. This information comes from a Production Weekly listing and the website of casting director Nancy Nayor, both of which reveal there’s a project called Thread: An Insidious Tale in the works. A casting call for one of the characters even claims that Mandy Moore (This Is Us...
- 5/30/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Sam Raimi's 1990 film "Darkman" may be classified as a superhero film, but it bears just as much genre resemblance to a 1930s Universal monster movie. The titular Darkman, Dr. Westlake (Liam Neeson), barely survives and explosion and facial acid bath, leaving only a small fraction of his skin left unburned. Fleeing the hospital, sans a lot of his face, Dr. Westlake begins operating out of a dank basement, working to construct a mask of synthetic skin that will allow him to appear as his did prior to the accident. Synthetic skin, you see was his field of expertise. His realistic mask, however, begins to melt and degrade if it's in direct sunlight for too long, hence his need to be a Darkman.
The aforementioned explosion/acid bath was done by goons working for the crime boss Robert G. Durant (an excellent Larry Drake) who was looking for some incriminating documents uncovered by Dr.
The aforementioned explosion/acid bath was done by goons working for the crime boss Robert G. Durant (an excellent Larry Drake) who was looking for some incriminating documents uncovered by Dr.
- 1/22/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Cast is rounding out on Boy Kills World, with Isaiah Mustafa (It: Chapter Two) joining the action pic set in a dystopian fever dream reality that is gearing up to shoot in South Africa.
As Deadline previously revealed, Bill Skarsgard (who starred with Mustafa in It: Chapter Two), Samara Weaving and martial arts expert Yayan Ruhian are leading the movie, which follows Boy (Skarsgard), a deaf mute with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, he escapes to the jungle and is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.
German filmmaker Moritz Mohr is set to make his feature directing debut on the project. Producers are Sam Raimi through Raimi Productions and Roy Lee of Vertigo Entertainment, with Zainab Azizi of Raimi Productions, Stuart Manashil of Novo, Dan Kagan and Andrew Childs of Vertigo Entertainment, and Reza Brojerdi of Ventaro Film.
As Deadline previously revealed, Bill Skarsgard (who starred with Mustafa in It: Chapter Two), Samara Weaving and martial arts expert Yayan Ruhian are leading the movie, which follows Boy (Skarsgard), a deaf mute with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, he escapes to the jungle and is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.
German filmmaker Moritz Mohr is set to make his feature directing debut on the project. Producers are Sam Raimi through Raimi Productions and Roy Lee of Vertigo Entertainment, with Zainab Azizi of Raimi Productions, Stuart Manashil of Novo, Dan Kagan and Andrew Childs of Vertigo Entertainment, and Reza Brojerdi of Ventaro Film.
- 10/28/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: An enticing-looking package is coming together for Boy Kills World, an action movie set in a dystopian fever dream reality that is gearing up to shoot in South Africa.
Bill Skarsgard will lead the cast as protagonist Boy, a deaf mute with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, he escapes to the jungle and is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death. Also attached are Samara Weaving, who will play assassin June 27, and martial arts expert Yayan Ruhian, who will be Boy’s mentor.
German filmmaker Moritz Mohr is set to make his feature directing debut on the project. His previous short films include Akumi, which was an award-winner in Germany. Mohr put together...
Bill Skarsgard will lead the cast as protagonist Boy, a deaf mute with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, he escapes to the jungle and is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death. Also attached are Samara Weaving, who will play assassin June 27, and martial arts expert Yayan Ruhian, who will be Boy’s mentor.
German filmmaker Moritz Mohr is set to make his feature directing debut on the project. His previous short films include Akumi, which was an award-winner in Germany. Mohr put together...
- 10/7/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Though principal photography already kicked off in Los Angeles last week on the pandemic-themed thriller “Songbird,” the movie produced by Michael Bay and Adam Goodman has found its two leads, “Riverdale” and “I Still Believe” actor Kj Apa and singer and “Feel the Beat” star Sofia Carson.
Apa and Carson join a cast that already includes Demi Moore, Bradley Whitford, Craig Robinson, Jenna Ortega, Paul Walter Hauser and Peter Stormare, but Apa and Carson lead the cast in a film that is centered around their love story. Here’s the full, newly released synopsis:
Told from street level through the eyes of the characters, “Songbird” takes place two years into the future, as lockdown has been re-implemented after a more serious virus continues to mutate. In a feeble attempt to keep the sickness contained, the city has been bisected into haves and have nots. The film centers around an essential...
Apa and Carson join a cast that already includes Demi Moore, Bradley Whitford, Craig Robinson, Jenna Ortega, Paul Walter Hauser and Peter Stormare, but Apa and Carson lead the cast in a film that is centered around their love story. Here’s the full, newly released synopsis:
Told from street level through the eyes of the characters, “Songbird” takes place two years into the future, as lockdown has been re-implemented after a more serious virus continues to mutate. In a feeble attempt to keep the sickness contained, the city has been bisected into haves and have nots. The film centers around an essential...
- 7/13/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Michael Bay-produced pandemic thriller “Songbird” has secured its first international sale out of the virtual Cannes market.
European powerhouse Leonine has snapped up rights for German-speaking Europe, Variety can reveal. It’s believed there’s been strong interest on the continent, and that a number of U.S. distributors are also circling the film, which was shopped to buyers this past week.
Principal cast includes Demi Moore, Craig Robinson, Paul Walter Hauser and Peter Stormare. ICM Partners and Endeavor Content are handling worldwide sales.
Produced by Adam Goodman and Andrew Sugerman Invisible Narratives in partnership with Bay and Catchlight Studios, “Songbird” is set two years in the future, where a pandemic rages on, continuing to mutate and wreak havoc around the world. The film — which has been likened to a hybrid between “Paranormal Activity” and “Cloverfield” — is focused on an essential worker who is immune to the virus,...
European powerhouse Leonine has snapped up rights for German-speaking Europe, Variety can reveal. It’s believed there’s been strong interest on the continent, and that a number of U.S. distributors are also circling the film, which was shopped to buyers this past week.
Principal cast includes Demi Moore, Craig Robinson, Paul Walter Hauser and Peter Stormare. ICM Partners and Endeavor Content are handling worldwide sales.
Produced by Adam Goodman and Andrew Sugerman Invisible Narratives in partnership with Bay and Catchlight Studios, “Songbird” is set two years in the future, where a pandemic rages on, continuing to mutate and wreak havoc around the world. The film — which has been likened to a hybrid between “Paranormal Activity” and “Cloverfield” — is focused on an essential worker who is immune to the virus,...
- 6/28/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Former Paramount production chief Adam Goodman’s Invisible Narratives has teamed with Michael Bay to produce Songbird, a pandemic thriller that plans to take an unusual approach to shooting a movie in Los Angeles during the lockdown. It will begin production within five weeks, and might be the first film to shoot in the city.
The film will be directed by Adam Mason (Into The Dark), who wrote the script with Simon Boyes (Misconduct). The filmmakers are providing remote training for the actors. None of the participants would say exactly how they plan to shoot a movie at a time when the guilds are still compiling their own safety protocols so that production can resume. I’m told that the filmmakers behind Songbird have screened their plans by the guilds, and they are good to go.
The film is ostensibly a taut thriller in the spirit of Paranormal Activity and Cloverfield.
The film will be directed by Adam Mason (Into The Dark), who wrote the script with Simon Boyes (Misconduct). The filmmakers are providing remote training for the actors. None of the participants would say exactly how they plan to shoot a movie at a time when the guilds are still compiling their own safety protocols so that production can resume. I’m told that the filmmakers behind Songbird have screened their plans by the guilds, and they are good to go.
The film is ostensibly a taut thriller in the spirit of Paranormal Activity and Cloverfield.
- 5/19/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Spooky Pictures, the genre label formed by producers Roy Lee (It) and Steven Schneider (Pet Sematary), has set the first production under its multi-picture slate deal with Image Nation Abu Dhabi.
The two companies previously sealed a pact for Middle Eastern outfit Image Nation to finance low-budget genre movies from Spooky Pictures. The debut collaboration will be psychological thriller Watcher, based on an original spec by Zack Ford, which was on the ‘Blood List’ in 2016. Director Chloe Okun, whose 2014 short Slut was a festival hit, has been attached to helm the movie.
Set in the midst of a city-wide panic over an active serial killer, the film follows a young woman who moves into a new apartment with her fiancé only to be tormented by the feeling that she is being stalked by an unseen watcher in an adjacent building.
The pic is now casting ahead of a planned April shoot.
The two companies previously sealed a pact for Middle Eastern outfit Image Nation to finance low-budget genre movies from Spooky Pictures. The debut collaboration will be psychological thriller Watcher, based on an original spec by Zack Ford, which was on the ‘Blood List’ in 2016. Director Chloe Okun, whose 2014 short Slut was a festival hit, has been attached to helm the movie.
Set in the midst of a city-wide panic over an active serial killer, the film follows a young woman who moves into a new apartment with her fiancé only to be tormented by the feeling that she is being stalked by an unseen watcher in an adjacent building.
The pic is now casting ahead of a planned April shoot.
- 3/3/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Image Nation Abu Dhabi has inked a multi-picture deal with Los Angeles-based Spooky Pictures, and set up-and-coming director Chloe Okuno’s psychological thriller “Watcher” as the slate’s first title.
Spooky Pictures, which is the low-budget genre label recently formed by producers Roy Lee (“The Ring”) and Steven Schneider (“Pet Sematary”), and the Abu Dhabi outfit with deep pockets announced that “Watcher,” which involves a serial killer who prompts a citywide panic, is currently being cast in preparation for an April shoot.
In the pic, scripted by Zack Ford, a young woman moves into a new apartment with her fiancé only to be tormented by the feeling that she is being stalked by an unseen watcher in an adjacent building, according to promotional materials.
“The Watcher” will be produced by Aaron Kaplan, Sean Perrone, Mason Novick, and John Finemore, in addition to Lee and Schneider. Marc Bienstock, Derek Dauchy, and Stuart Manashil will executive produce.
Spooky Pictures, which is the low-budget genre label recently formed by producers Roy Lee (“The Ring”) and Steven Schneider (“Pet Sematary”), and the Abu Dhabi outfit with deep pockets announced that “Watcher,” which involves a serial killer who prompts a citywide panic, is currently being cast in preparation for an April shoot.
In the pic, scripted by Zack Ford, a young woman moves into a new apartment with her fiancé only to be tormented by the feeling that she is being stalked by an unseen watcher in an adjacent building, according to promotional materials.
“The Watcher” will be produced by Aaron Kaplan, Sean Perrone, Mason Novick, and John Finemore, in addition to Lee and Schneider. Marc Bienstock, Derek Dauchy, and Stuart Manashil will executive produce.
- 3/2/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Justin Long (Drag Me to Hell) and Donald Faison (Scrubs) star in The Wave, which is set to hit theaters and VOD on January 17th, 2020. Also in today's Horror Highlights: a trailer for I See You and release details for Clown Fear on DVD, Digital, and VOD.
The Wave Trailer and Theatrical Dates Released: "Justin Long and Donald Faison lead the unique modern-day parable that follows Frank (Long), an opportunistic insurance lawyer, who thinks he’s in for the time of his life when he goes out on the town to celebrate an upcoming promotion with his co-worker, Jeff (Faison). But their night takes a turn for the bizarre when Frank is dosed with a hallucinogen that completely alters his perception of the world, taking him on a psychedelic quest through board meetings, nightclubs, shootouts, and alternate dimensions. As Frank ping-pongs between reality and fantasy, he finds himself on a...
The Wave Trailer and Theatrical Dates Released: "Justin Long and Donald Faison lead the unique modern-day parable that follows Frank (Long), an opportunistic insurance lawyer, who thinks he’s in for the time of his life when he goes out on the town to celebrate an upcoming promotion with his co-worker, Jeff (Faison). But their night takes a turn for the bizarre when Frank is dosed with a hallucinogen that completely alters his perception of the world, taking him on a psychedelic quest through board meetings, nightclubs, shootouts, and alternate dimensions. As Frank ping-pongs between reality and fantasy, he finds himself on a...
- 12/13/2019
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
We’ve been a big fan of Gabrielle Union and her work for some time so we’re thrilled to partner with Universal Home Entertainment to offer one lucky reader a Combo Pack of Breaking In – Unrated Director’s Cut.
If you missed it, the film is about Shaun Russell (Union) who takes her son and daughter on a weekend getaway to her late father’s secluded, high-tech vacation home in the countryside where the family soon receives an unwelcome surprise from four men who break into the house in search of a hidden safe. After managing to escape, Shaun stops at nothing to turn the tables on the thieves and rescue her two children being held hostage in a house designed with impenetrable security. No trap, no trick and especially no man inside can match a mother with a mission. The film was directed by James McTeigue, and also...
If you missed it, the film is about Shaun Russell (Union) who takes her son and daughter on a weekend getaway to her late father’s secluded, high-tech vacation home in the countryside where the family soon receives an unwelcome surprise from four men who break into the house in search of a hidden safe. After managing to escape, Shaun stops at nothing to turn the tables on the thieves and rescue her two children being held hostage in a house designed with impenetrable security. No trap, no trick and especially no man inside can match a mother with a mission. The film was directed by James McTeigue, and also...
- 8/2/2018
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
We’re not sure exactly when David Hasselhoff moved into the space celebrity space as William Shatner, but he has now become a meta celebrity as witnessed by his Guardians of the Galaxy music video and now as the subject of the film Killing Hasselhoff, out Tuesday.
Ken Jeong (The Hangover, Ride Along 2) and David Hasselhoff (Baywatch, Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2) star in the outrageous comedy, Killing Hasselhoff, available on DVD and Digital on August 29 from Uphe Content Group. Or, you can win a copy of the DVD courtesy of our friends at Uphe. All you need to do is give us an inventive way you would kill David Hasselhoff and explain why he must die. We want your entries no later than 11:59 p.m., Friday, September 1. The contest is open to North American readers only and the decision of ComicMix‘s judges will be final.
Ken Jeong (The Hangover, Ride Along 2) and David Hasselhoff (Baywatch, Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2) star in the outrageous comedy, Killing Hasselhoff, available on DVD and Digital on August 29 from Uphe Content Group. Or, you can win a copy of the DVD courtesy of our friends at Uphe. All you need to do is give us an inventive way you would kill David Hasselhoff and explain why he must die. We want your entries no later than 11:59 p.m., Friday, September 1. The contest is open to North American readers only and the decision of ComicMix‘s judges will be final.
- 8/25/2017
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Universal City, California, July 11, 2017 – Ken Jeong (The Hangover, Ride Along 2) and David Hasselhoff (Baywatch, Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2) star in the most hilarious and outrageous come :lol: dy of the year, Killing Hasselhoff, available on DVD and Digital on August 29, 2017 from Uphe Content Group. Co-produced by the team behind 2017’s Baywatch and David Hasselhoff himself, the laugh-out-loud movie is packed with a host of celebrity cameos including comedian Howie Mandel (America’s Got Talent, Deal or No Deal), musician Kid Cudi, and The Hoff’s original Baywatch partner in life-saving crime, Gena Lee Nolin (Baywatch, Sheena). Rounding out the cast is Jon Lovitz (The Ridiculous Six, Grown Ups 2), Rhys Darby (Flight of the Conchords, The Boat That Rocked) and Jim Jefferies (Tainted Love, Legit).
What started out as a regular week quickly turns into the worst few days of his life when Chris (Jeong), a struggling nightclub owner,...
What started out as a regular week quickly turns into the worst few days of his life when Chris (Jeong), a struggling nightclub owner,...
- 7/13/2017
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Gabrielle Union will pull double duty on the upcoming feature “Breaking In,” which she will both star in and produce. Production is slated to begin in Los Angeles this July. The project is the confluence of a script by Ryan Engle and an original pitch courtesy of Jaime Primak. Union is attached to play the lead, a woman attempting to protect her family during a home invasion. James McTeigue (“V for Vendetta”) will helm as director. Casting for the film is at the hands of Nancy Nayor, who has previously headed casting on “Before I Fall” and the currently-in-production “Proud Mary,” which stars heavy hitters Taraji P. Henson and Neal McDonough. In addition to Union, Will Packer will produce via Will Packer Productions (which produces the Bet series “Being Mary Jane,” on which Union currently stars), as well as James Lopez and Practical Pictures' Craig Perry and Sheila Taylor.
- 6/7/2017
- backstage.com
by Peter Belsito
Zoey Deutch Halston, Sage Logan Miller in “Before I Fall” by Ry Russo-Young
To begin about this film is to say it is a ‘Ground Hog Day’ story.
The lead character, a popular high school girl, has an unremarkable — if a bit troubling — life, including difficult friends, challenging social life, some boy / sex issues and some big questions for her as to “what’s it all about?”
But why? Toward what end? How to resolve?
As the story begins Sam is one lucky teenager. She’s beautiful, rich, and popular, with the hottest boyfriend and the most loyal friends.
But she and her posse can be cruel and heartless; since elementary school they’ve relentlessly bullied one of their unfortunate female classmates.
On Friday, February 12th, driving home from a party, Sam is in a dramatic car crash.
This mysterious car wreck at the end of her day leads to her — what?...
Zoey Deutch Halston, Sage Logan Miller in “Before I Fall” by Ry Russo-Young
To begin about this film is to say it is a ‘Ground Hog Day’ story.
The lead character, a popular high school girl, has an unremarkable — if a bit troubling — life, including difficult friends, challenging social life, some boy / sex issues and some big questions for her as to “what’s it all about?”
But why? Toward what end? How to resolve?
As the story begins Sam is one lucky teenager. She’s beautiful, rich, and popular, with the hottest boyfriend and the most loyal friends.
But she and her posse can be cruel and heartless; since elementary school they’ve relentlessly bullied one of their unfortunate female classmates.
On Friday, February 12th, driving home from a party, Sam is in a dramatic car crash.
This mysterious car wreck at the end of her day leads to her — what?...
- 1/27/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Chevy Chase, Isabel Lucas and Dennis Miller have joined Peter Fonda in the ensemble comedy “The Ogilvy Fortune,” TheWrap has learned. Previously announced leads include Holt McCallany, Andrew Dice Clay and Richard Lewis. Nick Cassavetes will also star while executive producing the film, directed by Frank Peluso. “The Ogilvy Fortune” follows the search for pirate treasure hidden beneath a Caribbean island hotel that is about to be demolished. Also Read: Chevy Chase Exiting 'Community' Jimmy Holcomb is producing, while Nancy Nayor, Bruce Rubenstein, Josh Could, Tangley C. Lloyd and Cassavetes are executive producing. Luis Gonzalez-Bunster and Rolando Gonzalez...
- 11/17/2016
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
The entertainment industry is constantly changing, and it's important to stay aware of what’s going on. Want to find out who’s casting? What projects are happening? What’s coming up? Call Sheet highlights will help you stay in-the-know: The ABC pilot "Chev & Bev," starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo, has nabbed Greenstein/Daniel Casting for the comedy about grandparents forced out of retirement. Patrick Rush Casting is heading the ABC pilot "Broad Squad," which follows the first batch of patrol officers as they navigate the streets of Boston. ABC's drama "Runner" has added Susan Edelman to cast the project, which is set to start shooting March 12. Robert Ulrich of Ulrich/Dawson/Kritzer is attached to cast the ABC drama pilot "Quantico," which is scheduled to shoot this spring in Atlanta. The "Untitled Jenna Bans Project" has elected Nancy Nayor to cast the ABC drama about the resurrection of a politician’s missing son.
- 2/19/2015
- backstage.com
Guy East and Nigel Sinclair, Co-Chairmen of Exclusive Media and Simon Oakes, Vice-Chairman of Exclusive Media and President & CEO of Hammer announced today that Hammer.s latest supernatural thriller/horror, The Quiet Ones, will be presented for the first time at the upcoming European Film Market (Efm).
Written and to be directed by John Pogue (Quarantine 2) and produced by James Gay-Rees (Senna, Exit Through The Gift Shop) The Quiet Ones marks Hammer.s follow up to Daniel Radcliffe starrer The Woman in Black, which was released last weekend in the Us on 3,000 screens grossing an outstanding $21M.
Inspired by true events, The Quiet Ones tells the story of an unorthodox professor who uses controversial methods and leads his best students off the grid to take part in a dangerous experiment: to create a poltergeist. Based on the theory that paranormal activity is caused by human negative energy, the rogue scientists...
Written and to be directed by John Pogue (Quarantine 2) and produced by James Gay-Rees (Senna, Exit Through The Gift Shop) The Quiet Ones marks Hammer.s follow up to Daniel Radcliffe starrer The Woman in Black, which was released last weekend in the Us on 3,000 screens grossing an outstanding $21M.
Inspired by true events, The Quiet Ones tells the story of an unorthodox professor who uses controversial methods and leads his best students off the grid to take part in a dangerous experiment: to create a poltergeist. Based on the theory that paranormal activity is caused by human negative energy, the rogue scientists...
- 2/8/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
We have more possible casting news for The Quiet Ones with word coming in via Bloody Disgusting that Michael Sheen has been offered the lead role in Hammer's new flick, putting to rest rumors of Nicolas Cage joining in.
From the Press Release
Guy East and Nigel Sinclair, Co-Chairmen of Exclusive Media and Simon Oakes, Vice-Chairman of Exclusive Media and President & CEO of Hammer announced today that Hammer’s latest supernatural thriller/horror, The Quiet Ones, will be presented for the first time at the upcoming European Film Market (Efm).
Written and to be directed by John Pogue (Quarantine 2) and produced by James Gay-Rees (Senna, Exit Through The Gift Shop), The Quiet Ones marks Hammer’s follow up to Daniel Radcliffe starrer The Woman in Black, which was released last weekend in the Us on 3,000 screens grossing an outstanding $21M.
Inspired by true events, The Quiet Ones tells the story...
From the Press Release
Guy East and Nigel Sinclair, Co-Chairmen of Exclusive Media and Simon Oakes, Vice-Chairman of Exclusive Media and President & CEO of Hammer announced today that Hammer’s latest supernatural thriller/horror, The Quiet Ones, will be presented for the first time at the upcoming European Film Market (Efm).
Written and to be directed by John Pogue (Quarantine 2) and produced by James Gay-Rees (Senna, Exit Through The Gift Shop), The Quiet Ones marks Hammer’s follow up to Daniel Radcliffe starrer The Woman in Black, which was released last weekend in the Us on 3,000 screens grossing an outstanding $21M.
Inspired by true events, The Quiet Ones tells the story...
- 2/8/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Miles Teller, Justin Chon, Skylar Astin, Sarah Wright
star in Comedy
(Beverly Hills, Calif.) August 22, 2011- Principal photography begins today on the comedy 21 And Over, starring the rising cast, Miles Teller (Footloose), Justin Chon (The Twilight Saga), Skylar Astin (Taking Woodstock) and Sarah Wright (The House Bunny). Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, writers of The Hangover and The Change Up, will direct from their screenplay.
21 And Over is produced by Mandeville Films. David Hoberman (The Fighter) and Todd Lieberman (The Fighter), in association with Sir Richard Branson.s Virgin Produced (Limitless). Relativity Media will release the hilarious comedy in which two childhood friends drag their straight-arrow buddy out to celebrate his twenty-first birthday the night before an all-important medical school interview. But when one beer leads to another, the evening spirals into a wild epic misadventure of debauchery and mayhem that none of them will ever forget.
Rounding out the...
star in Comedy
(Beverly Hills, Calif.) August 22, 2011- Principal photography begins today on the comedy 21 And Over, starring the rising cast, Miles Teller (Footloose), Justin Chon (The Twilight Saga), Skylar Astin (Taking Woodstock) and Sarah Wright (The House Bunny). Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, writers of The Hangover and The Change Up, will direct from their screenplay.
21 And Over is produced by Mandeville Films. David Hoberman (The Fighter) and Todd Lieberman (The Fighter), in association with Sir Richard Branson.s Virgin Produced (Limitless). Relativity Media will release the hilarious comedy in which two childhood friends drag their straight-arrow buddy out to celebrate his twenty-first birthday the night before an all-important medical school interview. But when one beer leads to another, the evening spirals into a wild epic misadventure of debauchery and mayhem that none of them will ever forget.
Rounding out the...
- 8/23/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Lisa Soltau was living in Seattle when her friend Bonnie Gillespie sent her a book she had written called "Casting Qs," a compilation of interviews with casting directors. "I read it and I absolutely loved all the aspects of the job," says Soltau. "I loved the entertainment industry and movies and television. The process of casting sounded wonderful."She called one of the two casting offices in Seattle and ended up working as an intern there for about six months. But the CD told her she should move to New York or Los Angeles if she really wanted to pursue a career in casting. "I picked L.A. because I had lived there once for about three years and I thought it would be easier to acclimate there," Soltau says. "Plus I wanted to work on 'Six Feet Under,' which was airing at the time.
- 10/20/2010
- backstage.com
TORONTO -- M8 Entertainment said Friday it will produce and distribute "Lovewrecked", a teen comedy written by Stephen Langford and to be directed by Randal Kleiser. Montreal-based M8, formerly MDP Worldwide Entertainment, and Lance Bass' Bacon & Eggs will co-produce the comedy about a young girl who finds herself shipwrecked on a tropical island with her favorite rock star. There was no word on casting for the June shoot in the Caribbean. Nancy Nayor ("The Whole Nine Yards") is on board as casting director. Producer credits go to M8 Entertainment's Stewart Hall and Bacon & Eggs' Wendy Thorlakson and Joe Anderson. Other upcoming M8 Entertainment releases include the Mike Binder-directed "The Upside of Anger", to be handled by New Line Cinema in the United States, and "Santa's Slay", a horror-comedy featuring wrestler Bill Goldberg.
Watching the frequently crude gagathon "Road Trip", it's possible to guess many of the punchlines before they're delivered -- not surprising, given the long cinematic history of youthful comedies -- but this direct descendant of the genre's big kahuna, "National Lampoon's Animal House," is relatively a classy piece of nutty, sexy fun.
A surefire boxoffice hit for DreamWorks, the production has been godfathered and executive produced by wily vets Ivan Reitman and Tom Pollock, but the screenplay penned by Scot Armstrong and rookie director Todd Phillips -- best known for his award-winning documentary "Frat House" -- as well as the go-for-it cast, will really bring in the twentysomething target audience.
Some fans may not find it as fresh and successful as last year's "American Pie" or 1998's "There's Something About Mary". But, in the always-risky game of spending millions on silly movies that talk a lot about sex but rarely show it, "Road Trip" has a big quotient of collegiate pulchritude to go with the dick and boner jokes and nonsex comedy.
The ensemble cast is led by best friends Josh (Breckin Meyer) and E.L. Seann William Scott), who attend the University of Ithaca in New York and spend most of their energy dealing with the opposite sex. Josh is in a long-distance relationship with Tiffany (Rachel Blanchard), who attends the University of Texas in Austin. These two have been sweet on each other since childhood, and both have vowed to be faithful.
A cute framing device has eighth-year Ithaca student Barry (Tom Green) doing a cruddy job of leading a campus tour and relating instead the tall tale of Josh and Tiffany. With one hilarious moment in which the storyteller's insisting that girls in dorms always hang out topless is questioned by some of his audience of parents and prospective students, but then allowed to stand, most of "Road Trip" is technically one long flashback.
Encouraged by E.L. to have some fun with the bevy of beauties always in the vicinity, Josh is pursued enthusiastically by Beth (Amy Smart) but wants to stay faithful to Tiffany. He doesn't make it past a party of E.L.'s, where Josh outbids Beth's not-so-secret admirer Jacob (Anthony Rapp) in a goofy coed auction. Later, in Josh's room, Beth is the first of several aggressive females to crawl all over one of the male leads. She also uses his digital video camera to record their first tryst.
Said tape is stupidly left lying around and dumbly mailed by Josh's stoner egghead roommate Rubin (Paul Costanzo) to Tiffany, no less. The titular activity commences about 30 minutes into the movie, with Josh, E.L. and Rubin driving in the car of shy, dorky Kyle (DJ Qualls) to Austin to intercept the tape. Loony Barry stays behind to screw things up by telling Beth -- who really wants Josh and plans to confront Tiffany -- that the guys went to Austin, Mass. She decides he means Boston.
The jokes coming flying fast and thick, and most are admirably well-executed.
The quest for the tape takes the travelers into some inspired interactions with ornery, eccentric country folks. Early in the 1,800-mile trip -- during a great sequence that is simplistic yet so marvelously shot and edited that audiences will laugh themselves sick -- they destroy Kyle's car, bringing his bullheaded father (Fred Ward) into the mix of unfolding narrative strings.
Memorable cameos and bit parts include Andy Dick as a jerky motel clerk; Horatio Sanz as a disgustingly vindictive cook in a diner; Marla Sucharetza as a sperm bank nurse who gives E.L. assistance during perhaps the film's most outrageous scene; Edmund Lyndeck as Barry's Viagra-taking grandfather; Jessica Cauffiel as the "Wrong Tiffany", who Beth tracks down in Boston; and others truly too numerous to mention.
Used sparingly after the first half-hour, Green has an ongoing gag in which he tries to feed a live mouse to Rubin's pet snake, but nature does not take its course right away. The performances in general are perky and engaging. The talented Scott ("American Pie"), Meyer ("54"), Smart ("Outside Providence") and newcomers Costanzo and Qualls are energetic and twinkly eyed, as if inviting one to relax, enjoy and not take a single thing in the film seriously.
ROAD TRIP
DreamWorks
DreamWorks Pictures and
the Montecito Picture Co. present
an Ivan Reitman production
Director: Todd Phillips
Screenwriters: Todd Phillips, Scot Armstrong
Producers: Daniel Goldberg, Joe Medjuck
Executive producers: Ivan Reitman, Tom Pollock
Director of photography: Mark Irwin
Production designer: Clark Hunter
Editor: Sheldon Kahn
Costume designer: Peggy Stamper
Music: Mike Simpson
Casting: Nancy Nayor, Ann Goulder
Color/stereo
Cast:
Josh: Breckin Meyer
E.L.: Seann William Scott
Beth: Amy Smart
Rubin: Paul Costanzo
Kyle: DJ Qualls
Tiffany: Rachel Blanchard
Jacob: Anthony Rapp
Earl Edwards: Fred Ward
Barry: Tom Green
Running time -- 93 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
A surefire boxoffice hit for DreamWorks, the production has been godfathered and executive produced by wily vets Ivan Reitman and Tom Pollock, but the screenplay penned by Scot Armstrong and rookie director Todd Phillips -- best known for his award-winning documentary "Frat House" -- as well as the go-for-it cast, will really bring in the twentysomething target audience.
Some fans may not find it as fresh and successful as last year's "American Pie" or 1998's "There's Something About Mary". But, in the always-risky game of spending millions on silly movies that talk a lot about sex but rarely show it, "Road Trip" has a big quotient of collegiate pulchritude to go with the dick and boner jokes and nonsex comedy.
The ensemble cast is led by best friends Josh (Breckin Meyer) and E.L. Seann William Scott), who attend the University of Ithaca in New York and spend most of their energy dealing with the opposite sex. Josh is in a long-distance relationship with Tiffany (Rachel Blanchard), who attends the University of Texas in Austin. These two have been sweet on each other since childhood, and both have vowed to be faithful.
A cute framing device has eighth-year Ithaca student Barry (Tom Green) doing a cruddy job of leading a campus tour and relating instead the tall tale of Josh and Tiffany. With one hilarious moment in which the storyteller's insisting that girls in dorms always hang out topless is questioned by some of his audience of parents and prospective students, but then allowed to stand, most of "Road Trip" is technically one long flashback.
Encouraged by E.L. to have some fun with the bevy of beauties always in the vicinity, Josh is pursued enthusiastically by Beth (Amy Smart) but wants to stay faithful to Tiffany. He doesn't make it past a party of E.L.'s, where Josh outbids Beth's not-so-secret admirer Jacob (Anthony Rapp) in a goofy coed auction. Later, in Josh's room, Beth is the first of several aggressive females to crawl all over one of the male leads. She also uses his digital video camera to record their first tryst.
Said tape is stupidly left lying around and dumbly mailed by Josh's stoner egghead roommate Rubin (Paul Costanzo) to Tiffany, no less. The titular activity commences about 30 minutes into the movie, with Josh, E.L. and Rubin driving in the car of shy, dorky Kyle (DJ Qualls) to Austin to intercept the tape. Loony Barry stays behind to screw things up by telling Beth -- who really wants Josh and plans to confront Tiffany -- that the guys went to Austin, Mass. She decides he means Boston.
The jokes coming flying fast and thick, and most are admirably well-executed.
The quest for the tape takes the travelers into some inspired interactions with ornery, eccentric country folks. Early in the 1,800-mile trip -- during a great sequence that is simplistic yet so marvelously shot and edited that audiences will laugh themselves sick -- they destroy Kyle's car, bringing his bullheaded father (Fred Ward) into the mix of unfolding narrative strings.
Memorable cameos and bit parts include Andy Dick as a jerky motel clerk; Horatio Sanz as a disgustingly vindictive cook in a diner; Marla Sucharetza as a sperm bank nurse who gives E.L. assistance during perhaps the film's most outrageous scene; Edmund Lyndeck as Barry's Viagra-taking grandfather; Jessica Cauffiel as the "Wrong Tiffany", who Beth tracks down in Boston; and others truly too numerous to mention.
Used sparingly after the first half-hour, Green has an ongoing gag in which he tries to feed a live mouse to Rubin's pet snake, but nature does not take its course right away. The performances in general are perky and engaging. The talented Scott ("American Pie"), Meyer ("54"), Smart ("Outside Providence") and newcomers Costanzo and Qualls are energetic and twinkly eyed, as if inviting one to relax, enjoy and not take a single thing in the film seriously.
ROAD TRIP
DreamWorks
DreamWorks Pictures and
the Montecito Picture Co. present
an Ivan Reitman production
Director: Todd Phillips
Screenwriters: Todd Phillips, Scot Armstrong
Producers: Daniel Goldberg, Joe Medjuck
Executive producers: Ivan Reitman, Tom Pollock
Director of photography: Mark Irwin
Production designer: Clark Hunter
Editor: Sheldon Kahn
Costume designer: Peggy Stamper
Music: Mike Simpson
Casting: Nancy Nayor, Ann Goulder
Color/stereo
Cast:
Josh: Breckin Meyer
E.L.: Seann William Scott
Beth: Amy Smart
Rubin: Paul Costanzo
Kyle: DJ Qualls
Tiffany: Rachel Blanchard
Jacob: Anthony Rapp
Earl Edwards: Fred Ward
Barry: Tom Green
Running time -- 93 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 5/15/2000
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Full of high and low comedy, virtuosity and good spirits, ''An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'' well deserves the sobriquet ''family film''; there really is something here for everyone in the family.
Directors Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells have, along with a large band of gifted animation talents, produced a feature that emphasizes speed, motion, bright colors, shifts of perspective, and eye-popping computer graphics all served up in a stylish rush. Boxoffice prospects look exceptionally good.
The feature finds the title mouse, Fievel Mousekewitz, still living in the Bronx with his family of Russian-Jewish immigrants. A mass attack by cats drives the family underground (in a super rapids ride through the sewers) where they and a swarm of other, similarly harried mice are persuaded by a ticket-bearing, spiel-speaking mouse to head out west for a new settlement. The assembled mice agree, not knowing that the mouse is a puppet front for the evil feline Cat R. Waul, who together with his spider aide, T.R. Chula, and a gang of cats, plans to use these immigrants as the basis of a regular voluntary food supply.
There is also a subplot featuring Fievel's cat buddy, the tubby Tiger, and that fat cat's girlfriend, the saloon-singing Miss Kitty. They, together with Fievel and a broken-down old western hound named Wylie Burp, triumph over the cats in the climactic showdown.
However, the movie is less about its story than its technique, which is a delightfully relentless, zooming onslaught. Fievel goes from one trouble spot to another, from traps by alley cats to falls from moving trains to capture by a buzzard to being bottled up by the spider. And when Fievel gets a rest, its Tiger's turn for misadventure.
These episodes unwind in the densest concentration of computer graphics effects ever marshalled for a major feature release, and angles and perspectives spin vertiginously and continuously, the dazzle compounded by the flamboyantly bright coloring.
However, the animators have not neglected their character work, and the individuals are portrayed in elastic eloquence, with faces and whole bodies undergoing comically expressive transformations. The bulbous Tiger goes through some particularly circular transformations while the villainous Cat R. Waul (who seems based on the Fox in ''Pinocchio'') is all calculating angles.
The three main songs are bouncy and appropriate, though not as memorable as the original's ''Somewhere Out There, '' which gets a short reprise from Fievel's older sister Tanya, whose singing aspirations form part of the plot's engine. The theme from ''Rawhide'' gets a short and amusing (for grownups) run-through. James Horner's score is a nice western pastiche, from Copeland to hoedown.
The voices are all well-done, with John Cleese doing a drolly supercilious turn as Cat R. Waul and Jon Lovitz a chip-on-the-right-shoulder T.R. Chula. As the voice of Wylie Burp, James Stewart was an extremely effective choice, and his denouement benediction provides a perfect closing sentiment. Dom DeLuise (Tiger), Phillip Glasser (Fievel), Nehemiah Persoff (Poppa Mousekewitz) and Erica Yohn (Mama Mousekewitz) all return from the original, while Amy Irving performs for Miss Kitty and Cathy Cavadini is perfectly on key and off as Tanya.
AN AMERICAN TAIL: FIEVEL GOES WEST
UNIVERSAL
Steven Spielberg Presents
Producers Steven Spielberg, Robert Watts
Directors Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells
Story Charles Swenson
Screenplay Flint Dille
Created by David Kirschner
Original songs James Horner, Will Jennings
Music James Horner
Casting Nancy Nayor, C.S.A., Valerie McCaffrey
Art director Neil Ross
Supervising animators Nancy Beiman, Kristof Serrand, Rob Stevenhagen
Special effects supervisor Scott Santoro
Supervising editor Nick Fletcher
Color
Voices:
Fievel Phillip Glasser
Cat R. Waul John Cleese
Wylie James Stewart
Tiger Dom DeLuise
Papa Nehemiah Persoff
Chula Jon Lovitz
Miss Kitty Amy Irving
Tanya Cathy Cavadini
Mama Erica Yohn
Running time -- 75 minutes
MPAA Rating: G
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
Directors Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells have, along with a large band of gifted animation talents, produced a feature that emphasizes speed, motion, bright colors, shifts of perspective, and eye-popping computer graphics all served up in a stylish rush. Boxoffice prospects look exceptionally good.
The feature finds the title mouse, Fievel Mousekewitz, still living in the Bronx with his family of Russian-Jewish immigrants. A mass attack by cats drives the family underground (in a super rapids ride through the sewers) where they and a swarm of other, similarly harried mice are persuaded by a ticket-bearing, spiel-speaking mouse to head out west for a new settlement. The assembled mice agree, not knowing that the mouse is a puppet front for the evil feline Cat R. Waul, who together with his spider aide, T.R. Chula, and a gang of cats, plans to use these immigrants as the basis of a regular voluntary food supply.
There is also a subplot featuring Fievel's cat buddy, the tubby Tiger, and that fat cat's girlfriend, the saloon-singing Miss Kitty. They, together with Fievel and a broken-down old western hound named Wylie Burp, triumph over the cats in the climactic showdown.
However, the movie is less about its story than its technique, which is a delightfully relentless, zooming onslaught. Fievel goes from one trouble spot to another, from traps by alley cats to falls from moving trains to capture by a buzzard to being bottled up by the spider. And when Fievel gets a rest, its Tiger's turn for misadventure.
These episodes unwind in the densest concentration of computer graphics effects ever marshalled for a major feature release, and angles and perspectives spin vertiginously and continuously, the dazzle compounded by the flamboyantly bright coloring.
However, the animators have not neglected their character work, and the individuals are portrayed in elastic eloquence, with faces and whole bodies undergoing comically expressive transformations. The bulbous Tiger goes through some particularly circular transformations while the villainous Cat R. Waul (who seems based on the Fox in ''Pinocchio'') is all calculating angles.
The three main songs are bouncy and appropriate, though not as memorable as the original's ''Somewhere Out There, '' which gets a short reprise from Fievel's older sister Tanya, whose singing aspirations form part of the plot's engine. The theme from ''Rawhide'' gets a short and amusing (for grownups) run-through. James Horner's score is a nice western pastiche, from Copeland to hoedown.
The voices are all well-done, with John Cleese doing a drolly supercilious turn as Cat R. Waul and Jon Lovitz a chip-on-the-right-shoulder T.R. Chula. As the voice of Wylie Burp, James Stewart was an extremely effective choice, and his denouement benediction provides a perfect closing sentiment. Dom DeLuise (Tiger), Phillip Glasser (Fievel), Nehemiah Persoff (Poppa Mousekewitz) and Erica Yohn (Mama Mousekewitz) all return from the original, while Amy Irving performs for Miss Kitty and Cathy Cavadini is perfectly on key and off as Tanya.
AN AMERICAN TAIL: FIEVEL GOES WEST
UNIVERSAL
Steven Spielberg Presents
Producers Steven Spielberg, Robert Watts
Directors Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells
Story Charles Swenson
Screenplay Flint Dille
Created by David Kirschner
Original songs James Horner, Will Jennings
Music James Horner
Casting Nancy Nayor, C.S.A., Valerie McCaffrey
Art director Neil Ross
Supervising animators Nancy Beiman, Kristof Serrand, Rob Stevenhagen
Special effects supervisor Scott Santoro
Supervising editor Nick Fletcher
Color
Voices:
Fievel Phillip Glasser
Cat R. Waul John Cleese
Wylie James Stewart
Tiger Dom DeLuise
Papa Nehemiah Persoff
Chula Jon Lovitz
Miss Kitty Amy Irving
Tanya Cathy Cavadini
Mama Erica Yohn
Running time -- 75 minutes
MPAA Rating: G
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
- 11/19/1991
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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