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'The Tall Man' Starring Jessica Biel to Release in Theaters this August
25 May 2012 4:18 PM, PDT | MoreHorror | See recent MoreHorror news »
By MoreHorror.com
Image Entertainment has announced the theatrical release date of the upcoming film The Tall Man.
The Tall Man will release in theaters this summer on August 31, 2012 and stars Jessica Biel, Jodelle Ferland, Stephen McHattie, William B. Davis, and Samantha Ferris.
The movie is directed by Pascal Laugier who gained a lot of acclaim for his violent horror release Martyrs.
Check out an exclusive still from the upcoming film of Jessica Biel running scared, below the official synopsis.
Synopsis:
In an isolated, slowly dying mining town, children are vanishing without a trace – abducted, the townsfolk whisper, by a mysterious entity known locally as “The Tall Man.”
Town nurse Julia Denning (Jessica Biel; “Total Recall,” “Strangers”) seems skeptical…until her young David disappears in the middle of night. Frantic to rescue the boy, Julia lives every parent’s darkest nightmare in this twisting, shock-around-each-corner thriller from acclaimed director Pascal Laugier »
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Jessica Biel in “The Tall Man”
25 May 2012 12:41 PM, PDT | FamousMonsters of Filmland | See recent Famous Monsters of Filmland news »
I’m assuming she doesn’t play the title character, even if I’d enjoy the plot twist. Today, Dread Central uncovered a new still and synopsis for the upcoming horror romp The Tall Man. Jessica Biel plays the heroine who has to protect herself and son from….The Tall Man. Somebody call Rick Moranis to shrink this guy down to size (he’s never there when you need him). No word on if she’ll attempt to burn down every big & tall in town. Why all the hostility toward tall men? They can’t help that every woman finds them more appealing, that they are more likely to succeed in sports and usually have bigger genitalia. The new synopsis is as follows:
In an isolated, slowly dying mining town, children are vanishing without a trace – abducted, the townsfolk whisper, by a mysterious entity known locally as “The Tall Man. »
- Andy Greene
Release Date Announced for Jessica Biel's 'The Tall Man'
25 May 2012 8:00 AM, PDT | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »
No, The Tall Man is not a Phantasm remake or spin-off. Instead it's a "twisting, shock-around-each-corner thriller" from director Pascal Laugier. And while it's unlikely that, as in Laugier's Martyrs, the heroine will have all of her skin forcibly removed from her body, you can see for yourself when the film is released this summer. Get the release date and a synopsis after the jump. Here's the official synopsis for The Tall Man (which we reviewed when it played SXSW), due out in theaters on August 31, 2012 from Image Entertainment: "In an isolated, slowly dying mining town, children are vanishing without a trace – abducted, the townsfolk whisper, by a mysterious entity known locally as »
Jessica Biel’s Horror Thriller The Tall Man Hitting Theaters August 31
25 May 2012 6:55 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
The upcoming horror thriller ‘The Tall Man,’ staring Jessica Biel, Jodelle Ferland, Stephen McHattie, William B. Davis and Samantha Ferris, is set to hit theaters on August 31. The film, which will be distributed by Image Entertainment, was written and directed by Pascal Laugier. ‘The Tall Man’ is set in an isolated, dying mining town where children are vanishing without a trace. The towns people believe the children were abducted by a mysterious entity known as The Tall Man. Town nurse Julia Denning, played by Biel, is skeptical of the legend, until her son David disappears in the middle of the night. She begins frantic to save her son as [ Read More ] »
- Karen Benardello
'The Tall Man' Reveals A New Still Of Jessica Biel & A Brand New Plot Synopsis
24 May 2012 9:16 PM, PDT | Horrorbid | See recent Horrorbid news »
On August 31st Image Entertainment will be bringing French director Pascal Laugier's The Tall Man stateside in an attempt to scare American audiences this summer. Although no trailer has been released as of yet, a brand new still featuring star Jessica Biel has surfaced as well as a new plot summary. The new plot reveals, "In an isolated, slowly dying mining town, children are vanishing without a trace - abducted, the townsfolk whisper, by a… »
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, The Tall Man and Pitch Perfect All Get Release Dates
24 May 2012 6:43 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Check out the new release dates for the following films: The Tall Man, a horror/mystery/thriller starring Jessica Biel (The A-Team) and Jodelle Ferland (Silent Hill), will open August 31st, 2012. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, starring Emma Watson (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) and Logan Lerman (Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief) opens September 14th, 2012. Pitch Perfect, with Anna Kendrick (Scott Pilgrim vs the World) and Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Kick-Ass), opens Octboer 5th, 2012. Hit the jump for more on each film. Check out the synopsis for The Tall Man, directed by Pascal Laugier (Martyrs) and also starring Stephen McHattie, Jakob Davies, William B. Davis, Samantha Ferris and Katherine Ramdeen. We've also done a round up of all The Tall Man images, so enjoy: In an isolated, slowly dying mining town, children are vanishing without a trace – abducted, the townsfolk whisper, by a mysterious entity known locally as “The Tall Man. »
- Dave Trumbore
New Still and Synopsis from The Tall Man
24 May 2012 6:36 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Pascal Laugier's latest flick, The Tall Man, has found a good home for its Stateside release in Image Entertainment, and the company has provided a brand new still featuring star Jessica Biel as well as a new plot crunch. Dig it!
The Tall Man is written and directed by Pascal Laugier and produced by Clément Miserez (Radar Films) and Kevin DeWalt (Mind’s Eye Entertainment) along with Jean-Charles Levy (Forecast Pictures) and Scott Kennedy (Highwire Pictures). Jessica Biel (New Years Eve, The A-Team), Jodelle Ferland (The Cabin in the Woods, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse), Stephen McHattie (Immortals, 2012), William B. Davis (“The X-Files,” Passengers), Samantha Ferris (Along Came a Spider), and Katherine Ramdeen (The World, The Flesh & The Devil) star.
Look for The Tall Man in theatres beginning August 31st.
Synopsis
In an isolated, slowly dying mining town, children are vanishing without a trace – abducted, the townsfolk whisper, by a »
- Uncle Creepy
Official Synopsis and Release Date for The Tall Man
24 May 2012 5:16 PM, PDT | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
The Tall Man is the latest film from Martyrs director Pascal Laugier and it has received an official release date of August 31st. We’ve been given the official synopsis, along with a photo featuring Jessica Biel to share with our readers.
Synopsis: ”In an isolated, slowly dying mining town, children are vanishing without a trace – abducted, the townsfolk whisper, by a mysterious entity known locally as “The Tall Man.” Town nurse Julia Denning (Jessica Biel; “Total Recall,” “Strangers”) seems skeptical…until her young David disappears in the middle of night. Frantic to rescue the boy, Julia lives every parent’s darkest nightmare in this twisting, shock-around-each-corner thriller from acclaimed director Pascal Laugier (“Martyrs”) called The Tall Man.”
The Tall Man stars Jessica Biel, Jodelle Ferland, Stephen McHattie, William B. Davis, and Samantha Ferris. It will be distributed by Image Entertainment and we’re told the movie has a running time of 106 minutes. »
- Jonathan James
Official: Pascal Laugier's The Tall Man Arrives in August
24 May 2012 4:30 PM, PDT | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
Image Entertainment is officially letting it be known that it intends to roll Pascal Laugier's latest film, The Tall Man, out into theaters on August 31st.
Laugier, as most of you known, knocked our teeth out with the devasting French import Martyrs. Here, he's working with Jessica Biel, Jodelle Ferland, Stephen McHattie, William B. Davis and Samantha Ferris
In an isolated, slowly dying mining town, children are vanishing without a trace – abducted, the townsfolk whisper, by a mysterious entity known locally as “The Tall Man.” Town nurse Julia Denning (Jessica Biel) seems skeptical…until her young David disappears in the middle of night. Frantic to rescue the boy, Julia lives every parent’s darkest nightmare.
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'Shadows Of The Colossus' Claims 'Chronicle' Director
24 May 2012 9:57 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Sony video game "Shadow of the Colossus" is being developed into a feature, with "Chronicle" director Josh Trank signed on to the project — he also happens to be a big fan of the game.
When a young man believes his lover to be dead, he heads to a "forbidden land" to summon a demon that can wake her. In order to bring the woman back to life, however, he needs to slay 16 colossi. They're massive, "skyscraper-sized giants" that rise from the ground, fly through the air, and dwell in the water. Soon, the man questions his pursuit and wonders if he's made a deal with the devil.
Let us know if you're a fan of the video game and if you believe Trank can do the adaptation justice. In the meantime, keep on reading for more Horror Bites!
'The Apparition' Gets a Ghostly New Trailer
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- Alison Nastasi
The Tall Man to Make His Presence Known in August
21 May 2012 12:14 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Pascal Laugier's latest flick, The Tall Man, has found a good home for its Stateside release in Image Entertainment, and the horror friendly label is planning on sending the flick to theatres this August. Read on for the latest.
According to Jessica Biel Central, “The news comes after rave reviews from the Cannes Film Festival. The New York Times posted a blurb earlier this month with August releases, and listed ‘The Tall Man’ on August 31st. Now it has been confirmed by Producer, Kevin DeWalt, that the film will indeed hit theaters on August 31st. It has not been confirmed whether or not it is a limited or wide release.”
Thanks to DC reader Stephen for the heads-up!
The Tall Man is written and directed by Pascal Laugier and produced by Clément Miserez (Radar Films) and Kevin DeWalt (Mind’s Eye Entertainment) along with Jean-Charles Levy (Forecast Pictures) and »
- Uncle Creepy
Bradford 2012 Review: Livid
7 May 2012 7:00 AM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
Julian Maury and Alexandre Bustillo achieved worldwide recognition for the macabre Inside (2007), one of the films that sparked off a wave of ultraviolent horror from the continent, alongside outrageous talking points like Alexandre Aja's Haute Tension (2003) or Pascal Laugier's Martyrs (2008). Maury and Bustillo have talked about how they wanted their sophomore feature to move away from all that gritty savagery - how it didn't seem so much fun once everyone was doing it - and yet initially Livid feels like the same old cynical stalk and slash, just draped in decaying Gothic finery.But stick with it, and despite the over-abundance of genre conventions (an old house, a hidden evil, stupid people meeting ghastly deaths and so on) you realise Livid is definitely »
UK film festivals: Win tickets to Livid at Bradford 2012!
16 April 2012 3:00 AM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
UK Twitch readers! Fancy dropping in on the 18th Bradford International Film Festival later this month? Got a taste for strange, experimental French horror? The nice people at the National Media Museum, where the festival takes place, have let it be known there's some tickets up for grabs. Two pairs, to be exact, to see Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury's sophomore horror flick Livid, screening as part of the festival's Bradford After Dark strand and introduced by the directors themselves.Bustillo and Maury won widespread recognition among genre fans for the bloody woman-in-peril thriller Inside (2007), which along with movies like Pascal Laugier's Martyrs (2008) and Alexandre Aja's Haute Tension (2003) brought worldwide acclaim for the new wave of horror filmmakers coming out of France at »
A Bloodied Jessica Biel Goes in Search of The Tall Man on New Poster
4 April 2012 | Horror Asylum | See recent Horror Asylum news »
Hottie Jessica Biel ('Total Recall') has popped up on the first new poster for Pascal Laugier's 'The Tall Man'. Image Entertainment recently acquired the Us distribution rights to the flick from the 'Martyrs' director which sees Biel hunting down the mysterious tall man after he goes running off with her son in a town plagued with a history of missing children. Stephen McHattie ('Pontypool'), William B. Davis, Samantha Ferris and Katherine Ramdeen all co-star in the production which is set to open in theatres across France from 12 September. No word on a UK or Us release just yet however. Check out the poster below. »
SXSW 2012 Review: ‘The Tall Man’ Is Short on Suspense and Smarts
21 March 2012 10:03 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
SXSW Midnighter pick The Tall Man falls into the category of the most aggravating kind of disposable movies. It’s not bad, there’s a certain level of competency, and a few of its ideas, if translated right, would make for an interesting film. Unfortunately those ideas aren’t handled right, and the final result is a tedious, bland, and unsubtle thriller. Set in the small rundown town of Cold Rock, there lives the legend of “The Tall Man,” someone who’s been snatching kids away from their families. While there’s been no sighting or hard evidence of his existence, he’s still been talked up into a nightmarish figure. The government and anyone else of real importance hasn’t done anything about it since it’s a poor town. The lead of the film, Jessica Biel‘s Julia Denning, is a local free clinic nurse and a widow and, like »
- Jack Giroux
Jessica Biel To Play Vera Miles In Sacha Gervasi's 'Alfred Hitchcock And The Making Of Psycho'
21 March 2012 5:24 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
While her better half has more or less upstaged her in recent times, Jessica Biel looks to be going through a bit of renaissance this year featuring in Len Wiseman's "Total Recall" remake as well as Pascal Laugier's "The Tall Man." Now there's a high-profile project to add to that list with the actress joining 'Story Of Anvil!' director Sacha Gervasi's "Alfred Hitchcock And The Making Of Psycho."
Biel will play "Psycho" actress Vera Miles who portrayed Lila, the sister of protagonist Marion Crane who teams with P.I. Milton Arbogast to uncover Marion's whereabouts. Miles also starred in Richard Franklin's "Psycho" sequel, Hitchcock's "The Wrong Man" and was set to star in "Vertigo" before a falling out with the British helmer over her pregnancy ruled her out of the film. Kim Novak, of course, took over the career-defining role.
Adapted for the screen by »
- Simon Dang
Jessica Biel-Starrer 'The Tall Man' Acquired by Image Entertainment
16 March 2012 11:28 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Toronto - Image Entertainment has acquired all U.S. rights to the Jessica Biel-starring thriller The Tall Man as part of a deal with Canadian co-producer Mind’s Eye Entertainment unveiled this week at SXSW. International distributor France’s Snd started shopping the feature from writer/director Pascal Laugier at last year’s Afm, before a world bow in Berlin and a screening this month in Austin, Texas. The film, which was shot in northern British Columbia, is a France-Canada co-production produced by Minds Eye Entertainment, Radar Films, Forecast Pictures and Highwire Pictures. Image Entertainment picked up the theatrical, home entertainment,
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- Etan Vlessing
SXSW '12 Review: Pascal Laugier's 'The Tall Man' An Unfocused & Silly Horror Tale
14 March 2012 7:58 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
A few years ago there was a sort of mini-horror movie renaissance in France, with a bunch of talented young directors paying homage to their favorite American horror films the only way they knew how – by making them incredibly French. Under the stewardship of older French genre provocateurs (like Luc Besson and Christophe Gans), a new litter of spiky young filmmakers gave us visceral and challenging movies like "Them," "High Tension," "Frontier(s)," "Inside," and "Martyrs." The latter in particular was pretty heavily fawned over and picked up by The Weinstein Company for distribution through their Dimension shingle, although when it came time to release the film, they weren't sure what to do with such an extreme movie. Now the writer/director of "Martyrs," Pascal Laugier, is back with his first English language film, "The Tall Man." And whatever blood-splattered charm he might have mustered with "Martyrs," it isn't apparent now. »
- Drew Taylor
SXSW Films 'The Tall Man' & 'Girls Against Boys' Get Picked Up; 'That's What She Said' Finds A Home
14 March 2012 7:40 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
SXSW has been underway for just short of a week now, and distribution deals have been struck for a couple of the films playing Austin. But to get things started, let's rewind to Sundance.
Phase 4 Films has acquired the U.S/Canadian distribution rights to "That's What She Said," Carrie Preston's comedy starring Anne Heche, Marcia DeBonis ("Whatever Works") and Alia Shawkat ("Arrested Development"). It's not the best news for anyone who saw the film's premiere at Sundance and loved it, because although it has secured distribution, it will be a fairly low-key affair with a day-and-date release in theaters and on VOD later this year. The movie follows best friends (Heche and De Bonis) -- one looking for love, another just coming out of a relationship -- who cross paths with a neurotic New Yorker (Shawkat). If anything, the film continues the recent renaissance of Anne Heche »
- Joe Cunningham
SXSW Features ‘Girls Against Boys’ and ‘The Tall Man’ Picked Up For Distribution; ‘Barrymore’ To Finally See Light Of Day
13 March 2012 8:05 PM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Some big purchases were recently made – first, Anchor Bay acquired the rights to the SXSW 2012 Midnight selection Girls Against Boys, which resulted in one of the first film distribution deals at the festival. Directed by Austin Chick (Xx/Xy) and produced by Aimee Shieh and Clay Floren, the thriller follows Shea, a 21-year old student who, after a brutal sexual assault, teams up with fellow nightclub bartender Lu for a weekend of “one beautifully staged execution after another.” Danielle Panabaker (Friday the 13th, The Crazies) and Nicole Laliberte (Dinner for Schmucks, Kaboom) play the murderous duo in the rape revenge film that has already been described as “controversial.” [Deadline]
And we won’t have to wait long to see their killing spree – it was confirmed by Kevin Kasha, executive vice president of acquisitions and co-productions for Anchor Bay, that the film will be released this year as part of their “2012 line-up. »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
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