Stars: Abm Sumon, Frank Grillo, Matt Passmore, Michael Jai White, Niko Foster, Oleg Prudius, Kelly Greyson | Written by Asif Akbar, Nazim Ud Daula, Abdul Aziz | Directed by Asif Akbar
Mr-9: Do or Die is based on the first of a long-running series of mostly ghost-written novels chronicling the adventures of Masud Rana, Bangladesh’s answer to James Bond. Somewhat surprisingly given there are 500 or so novels in the franchise, this is only the second attempt at bringing them to the screen, the first being Masud Rana in 1974. Fifty years later, will the world be more receptive to the Bangladeshi Bond?
The film certainly starts on a familiar note with Rana running unnoticed across wide open lawns in broad daylight without being noticed. Despite his best efforts and his leaving a trail of bodies behind him, his target gets away and the two agents he was supposed to rescued are killed.
Mr-9: Do or Die is based on the first of a long-running series of mostly ghost-written novels chronicling the adventures of Masud Rana, Bangladesh’s answer to James Bond. Somewhat surprisingly given there are 500 or so novels in the franchise, this is only the second attempt at bringing them to the screen, the first being Masud Rana in 1974. Fifty years later, will the world be more receptive to the Bangladeshi Bond?
The film certainly starts on a familiar note with Rana running unnoticed across wide open lawns in broad daylight without being noticed. Despite his best efforts and his leaving a trail of bodies behind him, his target gets away and the two agents he was supposed to rescued are killed.
- 5/9/2024
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
The director of Saw X shared his thoughts on the lack of connections to previous movies, including Jigsaw and Spiral.
One of the most beloved aspects of the Saw franchise, on top of its intricate death traps, is its complicated, convoluted continuity that weaves throughout nearly every single installment.
One of the biggest open ends in the franchise is Matt Passmore’s Logan, who was revealed in Jigsaw to have been one of John Kramer’s first accomplices. With Saw X taking place between Saw I and Saw II, in theory, he’d still be an active part of John Kramer’s games.
Read full article on The Direct.
One of the most beloved aspects of the Saw franchise, on top of its intricate death traps, is its complicated, convoluted continuity that weaves throughout nearly every single installment.
One of the biggest open ends in the franchise is Matt Passmore’s Logan, who was revealed in Jigsaw to have been one of John Kramer’s first accomplices. With Saw X taking place between Saw I and Saw II, in theory, he’d still be an active part of John Kramer’s games.
Read full article on The Direct.
- 10/6/2023
- by Russ Milheim
- The Direct
Hello, Den of Geek readers. We would like to play a little game.
When James Wan and Leigh Whannell unleashed the first Saw in 2004, you might’ve thought the franchise was all about grisly murders and psychological nonsense. But if you still hold true to that opinion, then you have not been paying attention to the backstory and police procedural that accompanied the carnage. With each entry, the Saw franchise embraced flashbacks, flash-forwards, and flash-sideways, becoming more convoluted than that other 2000s phenomenon, Lost.
And now that Saw X is in theaters, you realize that you don’t understand the story at all. How can there be a 10th movie when John Kramer died in Saw III? Didn’t Jigsaw reboot the series in 2017? Did anyone actually see Spiral: From the Book of Saw?
Den of Geek readers, your attention to the bloody fun parts of Saw has left you unprepared.
When James Wan and Leigh Whannell unleashed the first Saw in 2004, you might’ve thought the franchise was all about grisly murders and psychological nonsense. But if you still hold true to that opinion, then you have not been paying attention to the backstory and police procedural that accompanied the carnage. With each entry, the Saw franchise embraced flashbacks, flash-forwards, and flash-sideways, becoming more convoluted than that other 2000s phenomenon, Lost.
And now that Saw X is in theaters, you realize that you don’t understand the story at all. How can there be a 10th movie when John Kramer died in Saw III? Didn’t Jigsaw reboot the series in 2017? Did anyone actually see Spiral: From the Book of Saw?
Den of Geek readers, your attention to the bloody fun parts of Saw has left you unprepared.
- 9/29/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Frank Grillo action film Mr-9: Do or Die has struck a North American distribution deal with Canadian outfit Swapna Scarecrow.
Swapna is due to release the film in 150 screens in U.S. and Canada on August 25, the same day it will be released in Bangladesh by Jaaz Multimedia. Above and below are first look images from the film.
The project was shot in Bangladesh and the U.S. and co-stars Bangladeshi actor Abm Sumon. Also starring are Michael Jai White, Sakshi Pradhan, Matt Passmore and Niko Foster.
LA-based sales company Premiere Entertainment world sales. Producers are Chasing Butterflies Pictures, Jaaz Multimedia, The Film Post, Al Bravo Films and Mr-9 Films.
Based on the popular Bangladeshi spy novel series Masud Rana, the film charts the story of spy Mr-9, a skilled and veteran spy with a muddled past. He is chosen to join forces with an elite group of international agents.
Swapna is due to release the film in 150 screens in U.S. and Canada on August 25, the same day it will be released in Bangladesh by Jaaz Multimedia. Above and below are first look images from the film.
The project was shot in Bangladesh and the U.S. and co-stars Bangladeshi actor Abm Sumon. Also starring are Michael Jai White, Sakshi Pradhan, Matt Passmore and Niko Foster.
LA-based sales company Premiere Entertainment world sales. Producers are Chasing Butterflies Pictures, Jaaz Multimedia, The Film Post, Al Bravo Films and Mr-9 Films.
Based on the popular Bangladeshi spy novel series Masud Rana, the film charts the story of spy Mr-9, a skilled and veteran spy with a muddled past. He is chosen to join forces with an elite group of international agents.
- 7/17/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Scott Bakula won’t be (quantum) leaping his way back onto NBC’s primetime lineup: The network has passed on Bakula’s ranch drama Unbroken, TVLine has learned.
The Yellowstone-esque drama was to have starred Bakula (NCIS: New Orleans, Quantum Leap) as retired rodeo champion and current rancher Ash Holleran in a story about “three dynastic ranch families on the central coast of California [that] make love and war in a passionate struggle to survive, ultimately setting the stage for a group of fiercely determined young women to win big for all at the National Championship of Rodeo,” per the official synopsis.
The Yellowstone-esque drama was to have starred Bakula (NCIS: New Orleans, Quantum Leap) as retired rodeo champion and current rancher Ash Holleran in a story about “three dynastic ranch families on the central coast of California [that] make love and war in a passionate struggle to survive, ultimately setting the stage for a group of fiercely determined young women to win big for all at the National Championship of Rodeo,” per the official synopsis.
- 7/21/2022
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
NBC has ordered the drama “Found” to series, Variety has learned. In addition, the network is passing on its pilots “Blank Slate” and “Unbroken.”
“Found” hails from writer and executive producer Nkechi Okoro Carroll with Shanola Hampton set for the lead role. The show is built around the fact that, in any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that the country seems to forget about. Public relations specialist Gabi Mosley (Hampton) — who was once herself one of those forgotten ones — and her crisis management team now make sure there is always someone looking out for the forgotten missing people. But unbeknownst to anyone, this everyday hero is hiding a chilling secret of her own.
The show also stars Brett Dalton, Gabrielle Walsh, Arlen Escarpeta, Karan Oberoi, with Kelli Williams, and Mark-Paul Gosselaar.
“Getting to put...
“Found” hails from writer and executive producer Nkechi Okoro Carroll with Shanola Hampton set for the lead role. The show is built around the fact that, in any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that the country seems to forget about. Public relations specialist Gabi Mosley (Hampton) — who was once herself one of those forgotten ones — and her crisis management team now make sure there is always someone looking out for the forgotten missing people. But unbeknownst to anyone, this everyday hero is hiding a chilling secret of her own.
The show also stars Brett Dalton, Gabrielle Walsh, Arlen Escarpeta, Karan Oberoi, with Kelli Williams, and Mark-Paul Gosselaar.
“Getting to put...
- 7/21/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Cara Santana (Vida) has signed on to star alongside Marcia Gay Harden, Halston Sage, Andrew Richardson and Aidan Quinn in Annette Haywood-Carter’s indie comedy Daughter of the Bride (w/t) for MarVista Entertainment and Particular Crowd.
The film currently in production centers on Diane (Harden) and Kate (Sage) — mother and daughter and inseparable friends, whose lives are turned upside down when mom announces her engagement to a mystery man (Quinn) that she’s been dating for only a few weeks. In a series of comical events, Kate must come to terms with letting her mother be happy with someone else while she navigates her own love life and career aspirations. Kate subconsciously tries to sabotage the wedding plans, despite officiating the ceremony, and unexpectedly meets a mystery man (Richardson) of her own that seems too good to be true.
Karen Bloch Morse wrote the script. The film is...
The film currently in production centers on Diane (Harden) and Kate (Sage) — mother and daughter and inseparable friends, whose lives are turned upside down when mom announces her engagement to a mystery man (Quinn) that she’s been dating for only a few weeks. In a series of comical events, Kate must come to terms with letting her mother be happy with someone else while she navigates her own love life and career aspirations. Kate subconsciously tries to sabotage the wedding plans, despite officiating the ceremony, and unexpectedly meets a mystery man (Richardson) of her own that seems too good to be true.
Karen Bloch Morse wrote the script. The film is...
- 6/28/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Michael Jai White (The Dark Knight), Abm Sumon (Dhoka) and Matt Passmore (Jigsaw) are among cast joining Frank Grillo (Captain America) in Asif Akbar’s spy thriller Mr-9, which is now underway.
Grillo’s son Remy Grillo will make his acting feature debut on the project which is shooting in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Also starring will be Sakshi Pradhan (Poison), Niko Foster (Army Of One), Omi Vaidya (3 Idiots), Oleg Prudius (Wolf Warrior 2), Jackie Siegel (The Queen of Versailles), Anisur Rahman Milon (The Last Thakur) and Shahidul Alam Sachchu.
Writer-director Asif Akbar’s spy action-thriller is based on the popular Masud Rana novels written by late novelist Qazi Anwar Hussain. Plot details are being kept under wraps but we understand Grillo will play the nemesis of secret agent Rana — code name Mr-9 — of the Bangladesh Counter Intelligence Agency.
Bangladeshi actor Abm Sumon will be the...
Grillo’s son Remy Grillo will make his acting feature debut on the project which is shooting in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Also starring will be Sakshi Pradhan (Poison), Niko Foster (Army Of One), Omi Vaidya (3 Idiots), Oleg Prudius (Wolf Warrior 2), Jackie Siegel (The Queen of Versailles), Anisur Rahman Milon (The Last Thakur) and Shahidul Alam Sachchu.
Writer-director Asif Akbar’s spy action-thriller is based on the popular Masud Rana novels written by late novelist Qazi Anwar Hussain. Plot details are being kept under wraps but we understand Grillo will play the nemesis of secret agent Rana — code name Mr-9 — of the Bangladesh Counter Intelligence Agency.
Bangladeshi actor Abm Sumon will be the...
- 6/14/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Samantha Mathis and Norm Lewis and are set as series regulars opposite Matt Passmore and Floriana Lima in Blank Slate, NBC’s drama pilot from Dean Georgaris, John Fox, Davis Entertainment and Universal Television.
Created by Georgaris and Fox, written by Georgaris and to be directed by Richard Shepard, Blank Slate draws some parallels to Davis Entertainment’s long-running NBC series The Blacklist. In Blank Slate, Special Agent Alexander McCoy (Passmore) is a legend in law enforcement, the agent we all hope is out there, the agent we’d all like to be. The only issue is — he doesn’t actually exist. He’s a ghost, a phantom. So what happens when a man claiming to be Alexander McCoy walks through the door with all of his skills and knowledge but with an agenda nobody will see coming?
Mathis will play Dr. Sylvia Matthews, the team’s forensic psychologist.
Created by Georgaris and Fox, written by Georgaris and to be directed by Richard Shepard, Blank Slate draws some parallels to Davis Entertainment’s long-running NBC series The Blacklist. In Blank Slate, Special Agent Alexander McCoy (Passmore) is a legend in law enforcement, the agent we all hope is out there, the agent we’d all like to be. The only issue is — he doesn’t actually exist. He’s a ghost, a phantom. So what happens when a man claiming to be Alexander McCoy walks through the door with all of his skills and knowledge but with an agenda nobody will see coming?
Mathis will play Dr. Sylvia Matthews, the team’s forensic psychologist.
- 4/11/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Abhi Sinha is set as a series regular opposite Matt Passmore and Floriana Lima in Blank Slate, NBC’s drama pilot from Dean Georgaris, John Fox, Davis Entertainment and Universal Television.
Created by Georgaris and Fox, written by Georgaris and to be directed by Richard Shepard, Blank Slate draws some parallels to Davis Entertainment’s long-running NBC series The Blacklist. In Blank Slate, Special Agent Alexander McCoy (Passmore) is a legend in law enforcement, the agent we all hope is out there, the agent we’d all like to be. The only issue is — he doesn’t actually exist. He’s a ghost, a phantom. So what happens when a man claiming to be Alexander McCoy walks through the door with all of his skills and knowledge but with an agenda nobody will see coming?
Sinha will play Cornelius Kepler, the tech specialist on Maya’s Homeland Security team...
Created by Georgaris and Fox, written by Georgaris and to be directed by Richard Shepard, Blank Slate draws some parallels to Davis Entertainment’s long-running NBC series The Blacklist. In Blank Slate, Special Agent Alexander McCoy (Passmore) is a legend in law enforcement, the agent we all hope is out there, the agent we’d all like to be. The only issue is — he doesn’t actually exist. He’s a ghost, a phantom. So what happens when a man claiming to be Alexander McCoy walks through the door with all of his skills and knowledge but with an agenda nobody will see coming?
Sinha will play Cornelius Kepler, the tech specialist on Maya’s Homeland Security team...
- 4/5/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Luke Mitchell is headed back to The CW, with a godly recurring role on The Originals spinoff Legacies.
The actor will make his debut in this Thursday’s episode as Ken, “a malevolent god who has returned to take down Hope, the world’s only tribrid, and reclaim his title as the world’s most powerful being,” our sister site Deadline reports.
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Mitchell...
The actor will make his debut in this Thursday’s episode as Ken, “a malevolent god who has returned to take down Hope, the world’s only tribrid, and reclaim his title as the world’s most powerful being,” our sister site Deadline reports.
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Mitchell...
- 4/4/2022
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Dave Annable is set as a lead opposite Matt Passmore and Floriana Lima in Blank Slate, NBC’s drama pilot from Dean Georgaris, John Fox, Davis Entertainment and Universal Television.
Created by Georgaris and Fox, written by Georgaris and to be directed by Richard Shepard, Blank Slate draws some parallels to Davis Entertainment’s long-running NBC series The Blacklist. In Blank Slate, Special Agent Alexander McCoy (Passmore) is a legend in law enforcement, the agent we all hope is out there, the agent we’d all like to be. The only issue is — he doesn’t actually exist. He’s a ghost, a phantom. So what happens when a man claiming to be Alexander McCoy walks through the door with all of his skills and knowledge but with an agenda nobody will see coming?
2022 NBC Pilots & Series Orders
Annable will play Chris Logan, a congressional candidate and husband to Homeland Security Agent Maya Logan.
Created by Georgaris and Fox, written by Georgaris and to be directed by Richard Shepard, Blank Slate draws some parallels to Davis Entertainment’s long-running NBC series The Blacklist. In Blank Slate, Special Agent Alexander McCoy (Passmore) is a legend in law enforcement, the agent we all hope is out there, the agent we’d all like to be. The only issue is — he doesn’t actually exist. He’s a ghost, a phantom. So what happens when a man claiming to be Alexander McCoy walks through the door with all of his skills and knowledge but with an agenda nobody will see coming?
2022 NBC Pilots & Series Orders
Annable will play Chris Logan, a congressional candidate and husband to Homeland Security Agent Maya Logan.
- 4/2/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Victoria Pedretti has booked her first post-you role: The actress has joined Hulu’s upcoming series Saint X, our sister site Variety reports.
Adapted by Leila Gerstein (The Handmaid’s Tale, Hart of Dixie) from Alexis Schaitkin’s novel of the same name, the psychological drama explores “how a young woman’s mysterious death during an idyllic Caribbean vacation creates a traumatic ripple effect that eventually pulls her surviving sister into a dangerous pursuit of the truth,” per Variety.
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Adapted by Leila Gerstein (The Handmaid’s Tale, Hart of Dixie) from Alexis Schaitkin’s novel of the same name, the psychological drama explores “how a young woman’s mysterious death during an idyllic Caribbean vacation creates a traumatic ripple effect that eventually pulls her surviving sister into a dangerous pursuit of the truth,” per Variety.
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- 3/29/2022
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
NBC‘s upcoming drama pilot Blank Slate from Dean Georgaris and John Fox has cast 13 Reasons Why actor Matt Passmore and A Million Little Things star Floriana Lima in lead roles. As reported by Deadline, Passmore is set to star as Special Agent Alexander McCoy, while Lima will play Maya Logan, the seasoned head of a team of Homeland Security agents. The series comes from Universal Television and Davis Entertainment, the production company behind the long-running NBC series The Blacklist. The story centers on Passmore’s Agent McCoy, a legend in law enforcement who doesn’t actually exist; he’s a ghost, a phantom. The FBI is then turned upside down when a man claiming to be Alexander McCoy walks through the door with all of his skills and knowledge. But McCoy has his own agenda, which nobody will see coming. Passmore is best known for his lead role as...
- 3/29/2022
- TV Insider
Exclusive: Matt Passmore (The Glades) and Floriana Lima (A Million Little Things) are set as the leads of Blank Slate, NBC’s drama pilot from Dean Georgaris, John Fox, Davis Entertainment and Universal Television.
Created by Georgaris and Fox, written by Georgaris and to be directed by Richard Shepard, Blank Slate draws some parallels to Davis Entertainment’s long-running NBC series The Blacklist. In Blank Slate, Special Agent Alexander McCoy (Passmore) is a legend in law enforcement, the agent we all hope is out there, the agent we’d all like to be. The only issue is — he doesn’t actually exist. He’s a ghost, a phantom. So what happens when a man claiming to be Alexander McCoy walks through the door with all of his skills and knowledge but with an agenda nobody will see coming?
2022 NBC Pilots & Series Orders
Lima plays Maya Logan, the seasoned head of...
Created by Georgaris and Fox, written by Georgaris and to be directed by Richard Shepard, Blank Slate draws some parallels to Davis Entertainment’s long-running NBC series The Blacklist. In Blank Slate, Special Agent Alexander McCoy (Passmore) is a legend in law enforcement, the agent we all hope is out there, the agent we’d all like to be. The only issue is — he doesn’t actually exist. He’s a ghost, a phantom. So what happens when a man claiming to be Alexander McCoy walks through the door with all of his skills and knowledge but with an agenda nobody will see coming?
2022 NBC Pilots & Series Orders
Lima plays Maya Logan, the seasoned head of...
- 3/28/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Younger‘s sixth season ended with a big ol’ question for Liza Miller, and it looks like the show will throw a few more curveballs her way before the series wraps.
Paramount+ on Tuesday released the official trailer for Younger‘s seventh and final outing, which picks up shortly after Charles asked Liza to marry him at Diana’s wedding. But as Lauren (and Josh… and the audience) want to know, “Did she say yes? Are they engaged?!”
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Paramount+ on Tuesday released the official trailer for Younger‘s seventh and final outing, which picks up shortly after Charles asked Liza to marry him at Diana’s wedding. But as Lauren (and Josh… and the audience) want to know, “Did she say yes? Are they engaged?!”
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- 3/30/2021
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
The second season of Sarah Kendall’s comedy Frayed is currently filming in Sydney for the ABC/Sky Studios UK, with Hamish Michael, Jane Hall and Emma Harvie joining the regular cast.
The next instalment will find Sammy (Kendall) and her kids, having made it out of Australia, living in a tiny London flat while she frantically tries to prove that her lawyer, Rufus (Robert Webb), stole her house. Barely able to make ends meet working in ‘exhaust management’ (she’s a secretary in a muffler repair shop), Sammy is desperate to find a way to reclaim her opulent London life. She must also keep her kids far away from Australia and the truth about what happened to their neighbour.
Meanwhile back down under in Newcastle, an ambitious cop heads up the missing persons case and simply does not believe Sammy’s neighbour would just disappear.
With Jim (Ben Mingay...
The next instalment will find Sammy (Kendall) and her kids, having made it out of Australia, living in a tiny London flat while she frantically tries to prove that her lawyer, Rufus (Robert Webb), stole her house. Barely able to make ends meet working in ‘exhaust management’ (she’s a secretary in a muffler repair shop), Sammy is desperate to find a way to reclaim her opulent London life. She must also keep her kids far away from Australia and the truth about what happened to their neighbour.
Meanwhile back down under in Newcastle, an ambitious cop heads up the missing persons case and simply does not believe Sammy’s neighbour would just disappear.
With Jim (Ben Mingay...
- 2/4/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Army Of One opens with…a detective about to retire, but deciding (for reasons) to storm into a house allegedly containing a bunch of psychopathic murderers at dead of night. We can guess how that will end (even if the outcome is not actually shown). But it leaves partner Dillon (Matt Passmore) seriously injured. So, convalescing, Dillon heads off into what (to my UK eye) looks suspiciously like redneck country. Or Bible Belt. I dunno: are those the same thing?
At any rate, they have preachers, an accent that approximates to what I believe is often referred to as “deep south” – and families that appear to consist of at least a dozen children.
He is accompanied by wife, Brenner (Ellen Holman). Unfortunately for them, our pair of lovebirds take shelter during a downpour in what the film’s blurb describes as a 'Cartel compound'. Personally, I’d call it a safe house.
At any rate, they have preachers, an accent that approximates to what I believe is often referred to as “deep south” – and families that appear to consist of at least a dozen children.
He is accompanied by wife, Brenner (Ellen Holman). Unfortunately for them, our pair of lovebirds take shelter during a downpour in what the film’s blurb describes as a 'Cartel compound'. Personally, I’d call it a safe house.
- 12/20/2020
- by Jane Fae
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Stars: Ellen Hollman, Matt Passmore, Stephen Dunlevy, Geraldine Singer | Written by David Dittlinger, Ellen Hollman, Mary Ann Barnes, Stephen Durham | Directed by Stephen Durham
No, this is not me revisiting that bonkers Nicolas Cage Flick from a couple of years back… This Army of One features Ellen Hollman, a superstar bad-ass leading lady in waiting!
Sometimes a simple premise, executed very well, can get you most of the way. There is no simpler movie concept than a family member going out for revenge for a murdered loved one. If there is then please do correct me but I feel like these stories have been done to death. It is only every once in a while that something like Taken, Death Wish or Law Abiding Citizen comes along and revitalizes things and then we are back to square one when, for the following years, everything is a carbon copy.
So how...
No, this is not me revisiting that bonkers Nicolas Cage Flick from a couple of years back… This Army of One features Ellen Hollman, a superstar bad-ass leading lady in waiting!
Sometimes a simple premise, executed very well, can get you most of the way. There is no simpler movie concept than a family member going out for revenge for a murdered loved one. If there is then please do correct me but I feel like these stories have been done to death. It is only every once in a while that something like Taken, Death Wish or Law Abiding Citizen comes along and revitalizes things and then we are back to square one when, for the following years, everything is a carbon copy.
So how...
- 12/15/2020
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
"Thought you were dead..." Uncork'd has released an official trailer for an indie action film titled Army of One, featuring "rising action star" Ellen Hollman (who has a role in the upcoming The Matrix 4) as "1st Lieutenant Brenner Baker of the Army's 75th Ranger Division". Not to be confused with the Nicolas Cage comedy also called Army of One from a few years back. While out hiking, Special Forces Ranger Brenner Baker stumbles onto a Cartel's compound. Her husband's killed and she's left for dead. The Cartel made two mistakes, killed her husband and left her alive. They won't live to make another – now she's coming after them. The cast also includes Matt Passmore, Geraldine Singer, Gary Kasper, and Cam Bowen. This is pure jingoism action filmmaking with the added benefit of watching a badass woman take down bad guys. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Stephen Durham's Army of One,...
- 11/18/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
When a character returns to the place of their childhood after an extended time away, those stories tend to build to epiphany. Faced with what’s been missing from their life, our hero resolves to change their ways and learn from those they once overlooked. To its benefit, “Frayed,” the latest HBO Max summer import, doesn’t really have that moment. Instead, the series (which aired in Australia and the U.K. late last year), finds both comedy and drama in the more gradual idea that returning from a long time away can raise as many questions as it answers.
For “Frayed,” that starts with Sammy Cooper (Sarah Kendall), a London socialite whose life gets flipped when her wealthy husband is found dead. As details of his compromising situation start to surface and his estate is frozen, Sammy (who’s been going by Simone in an attempt to better ingratiate...
For “Frayed,” that starts with Sammy Cooper (Sarah Kendall), a London socialite whose life gets flipped when her wealthy husband is found dead. As details of his compromising situation start to surface and his estate is frozen, Sammy (who’s been going by Simone in an attempt to better ingratiate...
- 7/30/2020
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Yesterday we got our first full look at Spiral: From the Book of Saw. The movie seems to be an interesting take on the Saw franchise, combining the grisly and sadistic mutilation games that the series is known for with a Se7en inspired detective story. This twist comes courtesy of actor and comedian Chris Rock, who reportedly came up with the concept and got this new production moving.
As we saw in the trailer, Rock will play a detective investigating a grisly series of murders targeting police officers. Common to all the crime scenes is an ominous red spiral, immediately familiar to horror fans as being from the cheeks of Jigsaw’s puppet Billy. Your first reaction is to naturally suspect that Jigsaw is back and taking out his murderous desires on the police. The thing is, though, Jigsaw – at least the original one, played by Tobin Bell – is definitely dead.
As we saw in the trailer, Rock will play a detective investigating a grisly series of murders targeting police officers. Common to all the crime scenes is an ominous red spiral, immediately familiar to horror fans as being from the cheeks of Jigsaw’s puppet Billy. Your first reaction is to naturally suspect that Jigsaw is back and taking out his murderous desires on the police. The thing is, though, Jigsaw – at least the original one, played by Tobin Bell – is definitely dead.
- 2/6/2020
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
ABC will not be braving the Bermuda Triangle after all.
Commissioned nearly eight months ago, the pilot for the sci-fi drama Triangle has been officially passed on by the network, our sister site Deadline reports, following a late, international shoot and special effects work that took post-production into late August.
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Penned by Jon Feldman (Blood & Oil,...
Commissioned nearly eight months ago, the pilot for the sci-fi drama Triangle has been officially passed on by the network, our sister site Deadline reports, following a late, international shoot and special effects work that took post-production into late August.
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Penned by Jon Feldman (Blood & Oil,...
- 9/23/2019
- TVLine.com
‘Frayed.’
Merman Television and Guesswork Television’s comedy Frayed created by and starring Sarah Kendall will premiere on the ABC and iview on Wednesday October 16 at 9.10 pm.
The UK-based Australian comedian plays Simone Cooper, a fabulously wealthy London housewife who in 1988 is forced to return to her Newcastle hometown after her husband has a fatal attack during sex with a prostitute.
Broke, homeless and a social outcast, back home with her children she must revisit her past and the events that led her to flee as a teenager years earlier.
The ensemble cast includes Kerry Armstrong as Simone’s mother, Ben Mingay as her brother Jim, Doris Younane as Jim’s partner Bev, Matt Passmore as Dan, Simone’s high school sweetheart whom she left behind in Newcastle 20 years earlier, Diane Morgan and Robert Webb.
Nicole O’Donohue is the producer and the directors are Jennifer Leacey and Shaun Wilson.
Merman Television and Guesswork Television’s comedy Frayed created by and starring Sarah Kendall will premiere on the ABC and iview on Wednesday October 16 at 9.10 pm.
The UK-based Australian comedian plays Simone Cooper, a fabulously wealthy London housewife who in 1988 is forced to return to her Newcastle hometown after her husband has a fatal attack during sex with a prostitute.
Broke, homeless and a social outcast, back home with her children she must revisit her past and the events that led her to flee as a teenager years earlier.
The ensemble cast includes Kerry Armstrong as Simone’s mother, Ben Mingay as her brother Jim, Doris Younane as Jim’s partner Bev, Matt Passmore as Dan, Simone’s high school sweetheart whom she left behind in Newcastle 20 years earlier, Diane Morgan and Robert Webb.
Nicole O’Donohue is the producer and the directors are Jennifer Leacey and Shaun Wilson.
- 9/3/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
It's never too late to reinvent yourself, and family is what you make of it.
Family Pictures is the third movie in the Jane Green sequence, and not only has Lifetime struck gold with their book-to-screen series but with this particular author.
She has 20 books and 17 bestsellers, and at this rate, Lifetime could make a movie about every last one of them and hold our undivided attention. They need to get on that expeditiously!
There are common themes of found family, second chances, finding and reinventing yourself, pursuing your dreams, and an unmistakable love letter to womanhood. In other words, they had me at hello and kept me with delicious drama and noteworthy actresses.
Related: Elisabeth Röhm Talks Lifetime's Family Pictures, Working with Justina Machado, & More!
Family Pictures gave us a double dose of those with Elisabeth Röhm and Justina Machado.
And Matt Passmore's smarmy Mark should've thought twice...
Family Pictures is the third movie in the Jane Green sequence, and not only has Lifetime struck gold with their book-to-screen series but with this particular author.
She has 20 books and 17 bestsellers, and at this rate, Lifetime could make a movie about every last one of them and hold our undivided attention. They need to get on that expeditiously!
There are common themes of found family, second chances, finding and reinventing yourself, pursuing your dreams, and an unmistakable love letter to womanhood. In other words, they had me at hello and kept me with delicious drama and noteworthy actresses.
Related: Elisabeth Röhm Talks Lifetime's Family Pictures, Working with Justina Machado, & More!
Family Pictures gave us a double dose of those with Elisabeth Röhm and Justina Machado.
And Matt Passmore's smarmy Mark should've thought twice...
- 6/30/2019
- by Jasmine Blu
- TVfanatic
The final Jane Green book-to-screen feature is coming to Lifetime Saturday, June 29.
Matt Passmore, who you know from Satisfaction and The Glades, stars as a husband torn between two women and two worlds. He's not the greatest guy!
We had a chance to talk with Matt about his role in the movie, the joys of playing a troubled guy, and his ABC pilot, Triangle. Get all the details about those topics and more with our interview, below.
I have to tell you, it's so weird hearing your real voice. I never hear that here in America.
It's always a nice compliment, actually, when people ... they either take a step back, or they're like, "Wait, what?" Which is great, because if you can pick up that I was Australian from Australia, then I ain't doing my job very well. So it's always a nice feeling when someone goes, "Wait, what the hell?...
Matt Passmore, who you know from Satisfaction and The Glades, stars as a husband torn between two women and two worlds. He's not the greatest guy!
We had a chance to talk with Matt about his role in the movie, the joys of playing a troubled guy, and his ABC pilot, Triangle. Get all the details about those topics and more with our interview, below.
I have to tell you, it's so weird hearing your real voice. I never hear that here in America.
It's always a nice compliment, actually, when people ... they either take a step back, or they're like, "Wait, what?" Which is great, because if you can pick up that I was Australian from Australia, then I ain't doing my job very well. So it's always a nice feeling when someone goes, "Wait, what the hell?...
- 6/29/2019
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
If you enjoy television, then you're a fan of Elisabeth Röhm. She has worked on some of the most iconic series and entertained viewers with her nuanced portrayals of characters for years.
On Saturday, June 29, she's taking on Jane Green's Family Pictures starring opposite Justina Machado, each one portraying a wife very wronged by their husband, but also individually flawed.
As Maggie, Röhm gets to play a well-to-do character who has taken an easy route through life thanks to her wealthy husband (played by Matt Passmore), but she's also had her head in the sand.
We had a chance to talk with Röhm about the fun she had working opposite Machado, Passmore, and kicking the trope out of her character on Family Pictures.
What did you think of the Family Picture script when you first read it?
I have to say I loved it because it was a really different departure for me.
On Saturday, June 29, she's taking on Jane Green's Family Pictures starring opposite Justina Machado, each one portraying a wife very wronged by their husband, but also individually flawed.
As Maggie, Röhm gets to play a well-to-do character who has taken an easy route through life thanks to her wealthy husband (played by Matt Passmore), but she's also had her head in the sand.
We had a chance to talk with Röhm about the fun she had working opposite Machado, Passmore, and kicking the trope out of her character on Family Pictures.
What did you think of the Family Picture script when you first read it?
I have to say I loved it because it was a really different departure for me.
- 6/28/2019
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
This summer, Lifetime brings your favorite novels to life over three consecutive weekends in June.
Joining previously announced Book to Screen titles, Pride & Prejudice Atlanta premiering June 1 and Adriana Trigiani's Very Valentine on June 8, the Book to Screen summer movie series continues with three Jane Green titles.
Tempting Fate, starring Alyssa Milano (Insatiable), also marks executive producer Kim Raver’s (Grey’s Anatomy) directorial debut, premieres on Saturday, June 15 at 8Pm Et/Pt.
To Have and To Hold, starring Erika Christensen (Parenthood) debuts on Saturday, June 22 at 8Pm Et/Pt and Family Pictures, starring Justina Machado (One Day at a Time) and Elisabeth Röhm (Law & Order), airs on Saturday, June 29 at 8 Pm Et/Pt.
Lifetime's Book to Screen series will continue later this summer with five V.C. Andrews titles, based on the Casteel Family novels.
Based on Jane Green’s New York Times best-selling novel of the same name,...
Joining previously announced Book to Screen titles, Pride & Prejudice Atlanta premiering June 1 and Adriana Trigiani's Very Valentine on June 8, the Book to Screen summer movie series continues with three Jane Green titles.
Tempting Fate, starring Alyssa Milano (Insatiable), also marks executive producer Kim Raver’s (Grey’s Anatomy) directorial debut, premieres on Saturday, June 15 at 8Pm Et/Pt.
To Have and To Hold, starring Erika Christensen (Parenthood) debuts on Saturday, June 22 at 8Pm Et/Pt and Family Pictures, starring Justina Machado (One Day at a Time) and Elisabeth Röhm (Law & Order), airs on Saturday, June 29 at 8 Pm Et/Pt.
Lifetime's Book to Screen series will continue later this summer with five V.C. Andrews titles, based on the Casteel Family novels.
Based on Jane Green’s New York Times best-selling novel of the same name,...
- 4/24/2019
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Exclusive: After a lengthy search, Australian actress Pallavi Sharda (Pulse) has been tapped as the female lead opposite Mike Vogel in ABC drama pilot Triangle, from Jon Harmon Feldman and Jennifer Gwartz’s Random Hill and ABC Studios.
Written by Feldman and Sonny Postiglione and directed by McG, Triangle poses the question, what if the Bermuda Triangle was not a watery grave in the middle of the ocean but a land lost in time that has trapped travelers over the course of human history? When a family is shipwrecked in this strange land, they must band together with a group of like-minded inhabitants — from throughout history — to survive and somehow find a way home.
Sharda will play Alex, David’s (Vogel) girlfriend who is trying to connect with his teen daughter Natalie (Sarah Catherine Hook). Matt Passmore, Edwin Hodge, Mallory Jansen, Lorenzo Richelmy, Amit Shah and Diana Bermudez co-star
Feldman,...
Written by Feldman and Sonny Postiglione and directed by McG, Triangle poses the question, what if the Bermuda Triangle was not a watery grave in the middle of the ocean but a land lost in time that has trapped travelers over the course of human history? When a family is shipwrecked in this strange land, they must band together with a group of like-minded inhabitants — from throughout history — to survive and somehow find a way home.
Sharda will play Alex, David’s (Vogel) girlfriend who is trying to connect with his teen daughter Natalie (Sarah Catherine Hook). Matt Passmore, Edwin Hodge, Mallory Jansen, Lorenzo Richelmy, Amit Shah and Diana Bermudez co-star
Feldman,...
- 4/6/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Italian actor Lorenzo Richelmy, who played the title role in the Netflix series Marco Polo, is returning to American television with a lead role opposite Mike Vogel in Triangle, ABC’s drama pilot from Jon Feldman and Jennifer Gwartz’s Random Hill and ABC Studios.
Written by Feldman and Sonny Postiglione and directed by McG, Triangle poses the question: What if the Bermuda Triangle was not a watery grave in the middle of the ocean but a land lost in time that has trapped travelers over the course of human history? When a family is shipwrecked in this strange land, they must band together with a group of like-minded inhabitants — from throughout history — to survive and somehow find a way home.
Lorenzo will play Ham, one of the residents of the Triangle, a former pirate and a rogue who is skeptical of newcomers.
Triangle has assembled a formidable core...
Written by Feldman and Sonny Postiglione and directed by McG, Triangle poses the question: What if the Bermuda Triangle was not a watery grave in the middle of the ocean but a land lost in time that has trapped travelers over the course of human history? When a family is shipwrecked in this strange land, they must band together with a group of like-minded inhabitants — from throughout history — to survive and somehow find a way home.
Lorenzo will play Ham, one of the residents of the Triangle, a former pirate and a rogue who is skeptical of newcomers.
Triangle has assembled a formidable core...
- 3/28/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Former Satisfaction and The Glades star Matt Passmore is set for a lead role opposite Mike Vogel in Triangle, ABC’s drama pilot from Jon Feldman and Jennifer Gwartz’s Random Hill and ABC Studios.
Written by Feldman and Sonny Postiglione and directed by McG, Triangle poses the question: What if the Bermuda Triangle was not a watery grave in the middle of the ocean but a land lost in time that has trapped travelers over the course of human history? When a family is shipwrecked in this strange land, they must band together with a group of like-minded inhabitants — from throughout history — to survive and somehow find a way home.
Passmore will play Liam, a dark, rash and complicated member of the land’s ruling family.
Feldman, Gwartz and Postiglione executive produce the pilot, which will be filmed in New Zealand. Edwin Hodge and Mallory Jansen also co-star.
Written by Feldman and Sonny Postiglione and directed by McG, Triangle poses the question: What if the Bermuda Triangle was not a watery grave in the middle of the ocean but a land lost in time that has trapped travelers over the course of human history? When a family is shipwrecked in this strange land, they must band together with a group of like-minded inhabitants — from throughout history — to survive and somehow find a way home.
Passmore will play Liam, a dark, rash and complicated member of the land’s ruling family.
Feldman, Gwartz and Postiglione executive produce the pilot, which will be filmed in New Zealand. Edwin Hodge and Mallory Jansen also co-star.
- 3/20/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
(L-r) Kevin Whyte, Lisa Wang and Todd Abbott accepting Spa’s Comedy Television Production of the Year award for ‘Please Like Me’ s2.
The screen industry needs to stop cutting writers’ fees and to do a lot better in providing career paths for writers, according to Guesswork Television MD Kevin Whyte.
Chiming with the concerns of the Australian Writers’ Guild and Cjz executives Nick Murray and Matt Campbell, Whyte tells If: “Working out how we can make Australia an attractive and lucrative place to be a television writer, which means we put stories and ideas first and foremost, is critically important.
“The struggling artist cliché is wearing a bit thin. The industry should focus on creating career paths, not just so people stay but to entice people in into the industry.
“I am not saying there is an easy solution but as our budgets come under more and more pressure...
The screen industry needs to stop cutting writers’ fees and to do a lot better in providing career paths for writers, according to Guesswork Television MD Kevin Whyte.
Chiming with the concerns of the Australian Writers’ Guild and Cjz executives Nick Murray and Matt Campbell, Whyte tells If: “Working out how we can make Australia an attractive and lucrative place to be a television writer, which means we put stories and ideas first and foremost, is critically important.
“The struggling artist cliché is wearing a bit thin. The industry should focus on creating career paths, not just so people stay but to entice people in into the industry.
“I am not saying there is an easy solution but as our budgets come under more and more pressure...
- 3/11/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Lifetime has its leads for a pair of movies based on Jane Green novels. The cable net said today that Justina Machado, Elisabeth Röhm and Matt Passmore will star in Family Pictures and Erika Christensen, Antonio Cupo, Andy Favreau and Carmel Amit are set for To Have and to Hold.
Both movies premiere next year, along with another based on Green’s Tempting Fate, which will star Alyssa Milano.
Family Pictures stars Machado (Jane the Virgin) and Sylvie and Röhm (Law & Order) as Maggie, strangers living on opposite coasts, leading very similar lives with husbands that travel for work too much and daughters about to leave the nest. But when their daughters befriend each other on a college tour, they soon discover a shocking secret that threatens to tear both families apart. Passmore’s (Jigsaw) role was not specified.
Manu Boyer is directing from a script by Ilene Rosenzweig.
Both movies premiere next year, along with another based on Green’s Tempting Fate, which will star Alyssa Milano.
Family Pictures stars Machado (Jane the Virgin) and Sylvie and Röhm (Law & Order) as Maggie, strangers living on opposite coasts, leading very similar lives with husbands that travel for work too much and daughters about to leave the nest. But when their daughters befriend each other on a college tour, they soon discover a shocking secret that threatens to tear both families apart. Passmore’s (Jigsaw) role was not specified.
Manu Boyer is directing from a script by Ilene Rosenzweig.
- 12/13/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Peep Show and Back star Robert Webb and Motherland’s Diane Morgan have joined the cast of Sky and ABC Australia comedy Frayed.
The pair will star alongside Sarah Kendall, Hacksaw Ridge’s Ben Mingay, The Glades’ Matt Passmore and Razzle Dazzle’s Kerry Armstrong in the six-part comedy, which is produced by Guesswork Television, the production company behind Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette, and Sharon Horgan’s Merman.
The series sees Kendall, who also appeared in Motherland, as a well-off London housewife who suddenly finds herself back in the Australian town that she grew up in, facing the flawed family she left behind. Set in 1988, Kendall plays Simone Burbeck, whose life appears perfect with a mansion in London with her perfect husband and children. However, it’s all lies. When her husband has a fatal heart attack in a disastrous session with a prostitute, the true state of their finances is revealed.
The pair will star alongside Sarah Kendall, Hacksaw Ridge’s Ben Mingay, The Glades’ Matt Passmore and Razzle Dazzle’s Kerry Armstrong in the six-part comedy, which is produced by Guesswork Television, the production company behind Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette, and Sharon Horgan’s Merman.
The series sees Kendall, who also appeared in Motherland, as a well-off London housewife who suddenly finds herself back in the Australian town that she grew up in, facing the flawed family she left behind. Set in 1988, Kendall plays Simone Burbeck, whose life appears perfect with a mansion in London with her perfect husband and children. However, it’s all lies. When her husband has a fatal heart attack in a disastrous session with a prostitute, the true state of their finances is revealed.
- 11/19/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Sarah Kendall
UK-based Australian comedian Sarah Kendall is starring in Frayed, a six-part comedy-drama commissioned by the ABC and Sky UK, the first collaboration between the broadcasters.
Kendall created the 1989-set show in which she plays Sammy Cooper, a fabulously wealthy London housewife who is forced to return to her hometown in Australia, where she must revisit her past and the events that led her to flee as a teenager years earlier.
Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s production company Merman Television, which developed the project with the ABC and Sky, is co-producing with Kevin Whyte’s Guesswork Television.
Filming is underway in Newcastle and Sydney supported by Create Nsw, followed by location shooting in London. Kendall wrote all the episodes. Nicole O’Donohue is the producer and the directors are Jennifer Leacey and Shaun Wilson.
The synopsis reads: “Painfully funny and sometimes dark, Frayed is full of complex characters,...
UK-based Australian comedian Sarah Kendall is starring in Frayed, a six-part comedy-drama commissioned by the ABC and Sky UK, the first collaboration between the broadcasters.
Kendall created the 1989-set show in which she plays Sammy Cooper, a fabulously wealthy London housewife who is forced to return to her hometown in Australia, where she must revisit her past and the events that led her to flee as a teenager years earlier.
Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s production company Merman Television, which developed the project with the ABC and Sky, is co-producing with Kevin Whyte’s Guesswork Television.
Filming is underway in Newcastle and Sydney supported by Create Nsw, followed by location shooting in London. Kendall wrote all the episodes. Nicole O’Donohue is the producer and the directors are Jennifer Leacey and Shaun Wilson.
The synopsis reads: “Painfully funny and sometimes dark, Frayed is full of complex characters,...
- 10/30/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Guesswork Television, the production company behind Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette, is teaming with Sharon Horgan’s Merman for a period comedy series for Sky and Australia’s ABC.
The British pay-tv broadcaster and Australian public broadcaster have commissioned Frayed, a six-part series fronted by comedian Sarah Kendall and The Glades star Matt Passmore.
The series sees Kendall, who has appeared in a number of British comedies including Horgan-penned Motherland, as a well off London housewife who suddenly finds herself back in the Australian town that she grew up in, facing the flawed family she left behind. It is set in 1989.
Kendall said, “I just wanted to visit my family in Newcastle but I ended up shooting a six-part comedy here for the ABC and Sky,” she said. “I’m incredibly excited to be given this opportunity. And I also love free flights.”
“We can all relate in some way to complex family drama,...
The British pay-tv broadcaster and Australian public broadcaster have commissioned Frayed, a six-part series fronted by comedian Sarah Kendall and The Glades star Matt Passmore.
The series sees Kendall, who has appeared in a number of British comedies including Horgan-penned Motherland, as a well off London housewife who suddenly finds herself back in the Australian town that she grew up in, facing the flawed family she left behind. It is set in 1989.
Kendall said, “I just wanted to visit my family in Newcastle but I ended up shooting a six-part comedy here for the ABC and Sky,” she said. “I’m incredibly excited to be given this opportunity. And I also love free flights.”
“We can all relate in some way to complex family drama,...
- 10/30/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The idyllic scenes weren’t enough to keep this show going. The short-lived series, The Glades, was cancelled after only 4 seasons, but it was enough for us to get to know the characters really well. The small town of Palm Glade may forever be lost to us in that cliffhanger of a series finale, but the though of homicide detective Jim Longworth (Matt Passmore) can keep on coming back until we get our fill of the show—which is likely not to happen even now that the show is over. Here are 10 fact you probably didn’t know about The Glades:
10 Facts You Didn’t Know about “The Glades”...
10 Facts You Didn’t Know about “The Glades”...
- 5/27/2018
- by Jennifer Borama
- TVovermind.com
Stars: Callum Keith Rennie, Clé Bennett, Matt Passmore, Hannah Emily Anderson, Tobin Bell, Laura Vandervoort, Paul Braunstein, Mandela Van Peebles, Brittany Allen, Josiah Black, Edward Ruttle, Michael Boisvert, Sam Koules, Troy Feldman, Shaquan Lewis | Written by Pete Goldfinger, Josh Stolberg | Directed by Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
To be fair to the Saw movies, it was no surprise that they would eventually bring it back; and when Jigsaw was announced, one of the main questions had to be how to bring back John Kramer (Tobin Bell)? If he was brought back at all? Well now we have our answer…
When bodies start turning up around the city, it seems that Jigsaw may have returned. With him being dead though, is it the work of a copycat, or has Kramer somehow returned from the grave ten years after his reign of terror?
If you were a fan of the original Saw films...
To be fair to the Saw movies, it was no surprise that they would eventually bring it back; and when Jigsaw was announced, one of the main questions had to be how to bring back John Kramer (Tobin Bell)? If he was brought back at all? Well now we have our answer…
When bodies start turning up around the city, it seems that Jigsaw may have returned. With him being dead though, is it the work of a copycat, or has Kramer somehow returned from the grave ten years after his reign of terror?
If you were a fan of the original Saw films...
- 3/1/2018
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and/or own this week via various Digital HD providers such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical Jigsaw (horror sequel; Hannah Anderson, Laura Vandervoort, Mandela Van Peebles, Tobin Bell, Brittany Allen, Callum Keith Rennie, Matt Passmore, Josiah Black; available now to coincide with release of 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD; rated R) Thank You for Your Service (biographical war drama; Miles Teller, Haley Bennett, Joe Cole, Amy Schumer, Beulah Koale, Scott Haze, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Brad Beyer, Omar J. Dorsey, Jayson Warner Smith; rated R) Bpm (Beats Per Minute) (romantic drama; Nahuel...
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- 1/24/2018
- by Robert B. DeSalvo
- Movies.com
If you missed Billy the Puppet's return to the big screen this past Halloween, don't despair, because the creepy tricycle rider is making house calls on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray (including Digital), and DVD beginning January 23rd courtesy of Lionsgate, and to celebrate the home media release of the eighth film in the Saw franchise, we've been provided with three Blu-ray copies to give away to lucky Daily Dead readers!
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Prize Details: (3) Winners will receive (1) Blu-ray copy of Jigsaw.
How to Enter: We're giving Daily Dead readers multiple chances to enter and win:
1. Instagram: Following us on Instagram during the contest period will give you an automatic contest entry. Make sure to follow us at:
https://www.instagram.com/dailydead/
2. Email: For a chance to win via email, send an email to contest@dailydead.com with the subject "Jigsaw Contest". Be sure to include your name and mailing address.
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Prize Details: (3) Winners will receive (1) Blu-ray copy of Jigsaw.
How to Enter: We're giving Daily Dead readers multiple chances to enter and win:
1. Instagram: Following us on Instagram during the contest period will give you an automatic contest entry. Make sure to follow us at:
https://www.instagram.com/dailydead/
2. Email: For a chance to win via email, send an email to contest@dailydead.com with the subject "Jigsaw Contest". Be sure to include your name and mailing address.
- 1/23/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
On Demand DVD New Releases Jan. 22-28 Jigsaw When bodies start showing up around town, all evidence points to John Kramer, the legendary Jigsaw. But he has been dead for 10 years — or has he? Matt Passmore, Hannah Emily Anderson, Callum Keith Rennie (R, 1:32) 1/23 Thank You For Your Service (pictured above) A group of soldiers returning home to the United States struggles to fit back in to civilian life. They love their families and their brothers, but still struggle with a war that torments them long after they’ve left combat. Miles Teller, Haley Bennett, Keisha Castle-Hughes (R, [...]
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- 1/22/2018
- by Meredith Ennis
- ChannelGuideMag
The Jigsaw Killer is back and taking his signature brand of twisted scenarios to the next level when Jigsaw arrives on Digital January 9 and on 4K Ultra HD (plus Blu-ray and Digital), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital), DVD, and On Demand January 23 from Lionsgate. Renown genre directors Michael and Peter Spierig (Daybreakers, Undead) and writers Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger reinvigorate one of the most successful horror franchises of all time with their latest installment starring Tobin Bell (Manson Family Vacation, The Firm, The Saw franchise), Laura Vandervoot (TV’s “Smallville” and “V”), Callum Keith Rennie (TV’s “The Man in the High Castle,” “Californication,” Memento), Brittany Allen (It Stains the Sands Red), Matt Passmore (TV’s “The Glades”), and Hannah Emily Anderson (TV’s “Lizzy Borden Took an Ax”).
In the latest terrifying installment of the legendary Saw series, law enforcement find itself chasing the ghost of...
In the latest terrifying installment of the legendary Saw series, law enforcement find itself chasing the ghost of...
- 1/4/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
When Jigsaw was first announced by the folks at Lionsgate, and Saw: The Final Chapter was no longer the swan song promised, horror fans were understandably worried that the series was about to go one step too far and, dare we say it, jump the shark. Now, with the film having finished up its theatrical run, it’s clear that there’s little to no gas left in the tank of this once beloved franchise.
True, Jigsaw wasn’t an awful movie, but it was made more for the hardcore fans than anyone else and those seemed to be the only people who really enjoyed it. Still, the studio isn’t giving up on the titular killer just yet and will be releasing the pic on Blu-ray next month. On January 9th, to be exact, when it’ll hit 4K Ultra HD and Blu-Ray Combo Pack, with a...
True, Jigsaw wasn’t an awful movie, but it was made more for the hardcore fans than anyone else and those seemed to be the only people who really enjoyed it. Still, the studio isn’t giving up on the titular killer just yet and will be releasing the pic on Blu-ray next month. On January 9th, to be exact, when it’ll hit 4K Ultra HD and Blu-Ray Combo Pack, with a...
- 12/17/2017
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
If you missed Billy the Puppet's return to the big screen this past Halloween or you want to invite him into your own home, Lionsgate has you covered with their January home media releases of Jigsaw, the eighth film in the slice-and-dice Saw franchise:
Press Release: Santa Monica, CA (December 12, 2017) –The Jigsaw Killer is back and taking his signature brand of twisted scenarios to the next level when Jigsaw arrives on Digital January 9 and on 4K Ultra HD (plus Blu-ray and Digital), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital), DVD, and On Demand January 23 from Lionsgate. Renown genre directors Michael and Peter Spierig (Daybreakers, Undead) and writers Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger reinvigorate one of the most successful horror franchises of all time with their latest installment starring Tobin Bell (Manson Family Vacation, The Firm, The Saw franchise), Laura Vandervoot (TV’s “Smallville” and “V”), Callum Keith Rennie...
Press Release: Santa Monica, CA (December 12, 2017) –The Jigsaw Killer is back and taking his signature brand of twisted scenarios to the next level when Jigsaw arrives on Digital January 9 and on 4K Ultra HD (plus Blu-ray and Digital), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital), DVD, and On Demand January 23 from Lionsgate. Renown genre directors Michael and Peter Spierig (Daybreakers, Undead) and writers Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger reinvigorate one of the most successful horror franchises of all time with their latest installment starring Tobin Bell (Manson Family Vacation, The Firm, The Saw franchise), Laura Vandervoot (TV’s “Smallville” and “V”), Callum Keith Rennie...
- 12/13/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Last month, I had the opportunity to check out the 4Dx in-theater technology for Andy Muschietti’s adaptation of It, and this week, I had a chance to hop into the hot seat once again for Jigsaw, the latest entry of the Saw franchise, which was helmed by Michael and Peter Spierig. As someone who is something of a Saw enthusiast, I was eager to see what the brothers behind such films as Daybreakers and Predestination had in store with their new deadly game of survival and redemption.
**Spoiler Alert: Because I’ll be discussing how the 4Dx technology played into certain specific moments in Jigsaw, there will be some spoilers that follow (plus, I have my own “waxing poetic” moments about this franchise that I’m eager to discuss). I’d recommend seeing the film for yourself first before reading any further.**
First, let’s dig into Jigsaw. It...
**Spoiler Alert: Because I’ll be discussing how the 4Dx technology played into certain specific moments in Jigsaw, there will be some spoilers that follow (plus, I have my own “waxing poetic” moments about this franchise that I’m eager to discuss). I’d recommend seeing the film for yourself first before reading any further.**
First, let’s dig into Jigsaw. It...
- 10/31/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Back from either the dead or a seven-year sabbatical when he last appeared in the now-misleading Saw 3D: The Final Chapter in 2010, the latest reincarnation of Jigsaw is largely more of the same, with a little less gore. Jigsaw’s “healing” games — a cross between Tony Robbins making his audience walk on hot stones and Dr. Phil yelling at “patients” — is just as cutthroat as The Food Network’s Guy’s Grocery Games, and then some.
What might make for a fun movie is a straight-forward drama from the point of view of John Kramer (Tobin Bell) about what the Jigsaw killer does to fabricate these devices and what he does with the rest of his time carrying out the kinds of things Matthew Barney can only dream about. We’ve gotten bits and pieces of that over the years, but never the kind of artist biopic that Jigsaw truly deserves,...
What might make for a fun movie is a straight-forward drama from the point of view of John Kramer (Tobin Bell) about what the Jigsaw killer does to fabricate these devices and what he does with the rest of his time carrying out the kinds of things Matthew Barney can only dream about. We’ve gotten bits and pieces of that over the years, but never the kind of artist biopic that Jigsaw truly deserves,...
- 10/28/2017
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Rob Leane Oct 29, 2017
Spoilers! If you’re scratching your chin after watching Jigsaw, here’s our spoiler-filled attempt to explain it...
This article contains spoilers for Jigsaw.
The trailers for Jigsaw presented Saw fans with a mystery: if Tobin Bell’s John Kramer is dead, how come there is a new batch of Jigsaw victims just now beginning to emerge? Various fan theories were available, but in the end, only one of them could be true.
This is your final warning: after this image of our spoiler squirrel, we’re going deep into Jigsaw spoilers...
To continue the franchise even further following John Kramer’s death, Jigsaw uses two classic storytelling devices from the Saw playbook: the new film teaches us that Jigsaw had one more secret apprentice, and it uses flashbacks to showcase yet another house of horrors concocted, built and inhabited by John prior to his death.
As...
Spoilers! If you’re scratching your chin after watching Jigsaw, here’s our spoiler-filled attempt to explain it...
This article contains spoilers for Jigsaw.
The trailers for Jigsaw presented Saw fans with a mystery: if Tobin Bell’s John Kramer is dead, how come there is a new batch of Jigsaw victims just now beginning to emerge? Various fan theories were available, but in the end, only one of them could be true.
This is your final warning: after this image of our spoiler squirrel, we’re going deep into Jigsaw spoilers...
To continue the franchise even further following John Kramer’s death, Jigsaw uses two classic storytelling devices from the Saw playbook: the new film teaches us that Jigsaw had one more secret apprentice, and it uses flashbacks to showcase yet another house of horrors concocted, built and inhabited by John prior to his death.
As...
- 10/27/2017
- Den of Geek
It’s been six Billy-less Halloweens since Saw 3D closed the book on John Kramer’s legacy, but now – after executive consideration (aka “Who wants more money?”) – the Spierig Brothers look to scare-up familiar box office treats this October with Jigsaw. Seven straight years of torture-porn bloodletting (2004-2010), six years off – writers Pete Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg should have Loads of sanguine grotesqueness stockpiled. That’s Lionsgate’s hook, right? You wouldn’t reboot an iconic horror franchise without good reason. Shock audiences, defy expectations and explore uncharted grounds. Prove that we need Kramer and company back in our lives! Don’t just toy with the same franchise devices Saw fans are used to – exactly like y’all did.
For this eighth go-around, five subjects find themselves trapped in a barn under “Jigsaw’s” control. Wait – didn’t Jigsaw die in Saw III? We saw it! That’s the mystery...
For this eighth go-around, five subjects find themselves trapped in a barn under “Jigsaw’s” control. Wait – didn’t Jigsaw die in Saw III? We saw it! That’s the mystery...
- 10/27/2017
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Lionsgate released their new horror/thriller sequel flick, Saw 8 aka "Jigsaw" into theaters today, October 27,2017, and all the top movie critics have wrote up their official opinion/reviews for it. We found seven of them on the Metacritic.com site. Over there, the overall score turned out to be pretty mixed with a total average score of 44 out of a possible 100. The rest of the critic reviews we got are from Rottentomatoes.com ,. They also gave it an overall score of 44 percent. Jigsaw stars: Matt Passmore, Callum Keith Rennie, Clé Bennett, Hannah Emily Anderson, Laura Vandervoort, Mandela Van Peebles, Paul Braunstein, Brittany Allen and Josiah Black. It was directed by Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig. It was written by Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfinger. We've provided a brief excerpt from all the top critics (below) which summarizes how they pretty much felt about the movie. Kyle Turner over at The...
- 10/27/2017
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Lionsgate’s Jigsaw earned $1.6 million in Thursday-night previews at over 2,400 locations.
The film sees the Saw horror franchise get a fresh makeover with a new storyline and new characters. Michael and Peter Spierig direct the eighth installment, which picks up a decade after the death of the eponymous murderer as police investigate a rash of slayings matching Jigsaw's signature fatal puzzles. Matt Passmore, Callum Keith Rennie, Cle Bennett and Emily Anderson star in the R-rated movie. It opens in 2,941 theaters (including Imax locations) this weekend and is expected to debut at $20 million or more.
DreamWorks and...
The film sees the Saw horror franchise get a fresh makeover with a new storyline and new characters. Michael and Peter Spierig direct the eighth installment, which picks up a decade after the death of the eponymous murderer as police investigate a rash of slayings matching Jigsaw's signature fatal puzzles. Matt Passmore, Callum Keith Rennie, Cle Bennett and Emily Anderson star in the R-rated movie. It opens in 2,941 theaters (including Imax locations) this weekend and is expected to debut at $20 million or more.
DreamWorks and...
- 10/26/2017
- by Ashley Lee
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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