There’s a Blade reboot in the works at Marvel Studios that will see the vampire hunter get worked into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and there has been some concern that this version of Blade will be watered down in comparison to the R-rated Blade films we got from New Line Cinema a couple decades ago. But during a conversation with Deadline, director Yann Demange assured fans that we don’t have to worry about seeing a PG-13 Blade movie. Like the upcoming MCU film Deadpool 3, the Blade reboot is going to be rated R!
Mahershala Ali is taking on the title role in this reboot, and when Blade came up in his Deadline interview Demange said, “They gave me the R, which is so important. … We are going to have fun, because Mahershala is such a deep actor. I’m excited to show a kind of ruthlessness, a roughness he has,...
Mahershala Ali is taking on the title role in this reboot, and when Blade came up in his Deadline interview Demange said, “They gave me the R, which is so important. … We are going to have fun, because Mahershala is such a deep actor. I’m excited to show a kind of ruthlessness, a roughness he has,...
- 11/6/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
No medium understands the terrifying potential of TV quite like film does. That’s right: countless horror movies have paid homage to the spooky possibilities of their industry’s smaller screen little brother over the years. Movies like Poltergeist, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, and The Ring all recognize that a television set is a powerful, scary totem.
A TV set is a device that families have placed in their living rooms for decades, passively welcoming in all manner of signals, blithely trusting that evil somehow won’t piggyback its way on them. Still, for much of television’s early years, there wasn’t a ton of great horror series to speak of (aside from the truly iconic like The Twilight Zone). That has all changed now.
With the arrival of the 21st century has come a veritable explosion of great horror TV shows. Thanks to the influence of...
A TV set is a device that families have placed in their living rooms for decades, passively welcoming in all manner of signals, blithely trusting that evil somehow won’t piggyback its way on them. Still, for much of television’s early years, there wasn’t a ton of great horror series to speak of (aside from the truly iconic like The Twilight Zone). That has all changed now.
With the arrival of the 21st century has come a veritable explosion of great horror TV shows. Thanks to the influence of...
- 10/30/2023
- by Maznah Shehzad
- Den of Geek
Generally speaking, TV is a less frightening medium than film. (Broadcast news notwithstanding.) Part of that’s the serialized nature of the format; it can be difficult to get really scared wondering whether Scully and Mulder will make it out of any given “X-Files” nightmare when there are 18 or so installments left in the season and you know the show can’t go on without its star characters. It doesn’t help matters that network standards have also kept horror TV decidedly tamer than anything found in R-rated horror efforts for decades; you just can’t put a Rob Zombie or Eli Roth joint anywhere.
And yet, in spite of those disadvantages, the genre has positively flourished on television as of late, with plenty of creepy limited series and spooky serialized dramas bringing terror to the small screen. Audiences curious about what caused this phenomenon can thank “American Horror Story,...
And yet, in spite of those disadvantages, the genre has positively flourished on television as of late, with plenty of creepy limited series and spooky serialized dramas bringing terror to the small screen. Audiences curious about what caused this phenomenon can thank “American Horror Story,...
- 10/10/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
The Toronto Film Festival has unveiled 42 short films to feature as part of its Short Cuts program in September, led by the Riz Ahmed-starrer Dammi and Redlights, toplined by Kaniehtiio Horn and Ellyn Jade.
Ahmed, who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Sound of Metal and last year earned a Oscar for the live-action short The Long Goodbye, toplines Dammi, a short directed by French auteur Yann Mounir Demange and set to world premiere in Locarno before landing in Toronto. The film also stars Isabelle Adjani, Souheila Yacoub, Sandor Funtek and Suzy Bemba and is produced by Ami, the French fashion brand, which teased a trailer for the film in Cannes.
Demange has TV series credits that include Secret Diary of a Call Girl and Dead Set, and movie credits like ’71 and White Boy Rick. Renee Zhan, who earned the Jury Award for best animated...
Ahmed, who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Sound of Metal and last year earned a Oscar for the live-action short The Long Goodbye, toplines Dammi, a short directed by French auteur Yann Mounir Demange and set to world premiere in Locarno before landing in Toronto. The film also stars Isabelle Adjani, Souheila Yacoub, Sandor Funtek and Suzy Bemba and is produced by Ami, the French fashion brand, which teased a trailer for the film in Cannes.
Demange has TV series credits that include Secret Diary of a Call Girl and Dead Set, and movie credits like ’71 and White Boy Rick. Renee Zhan, who earned the Jury Award for best animated...
- 8/9/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Marvel Studios’ “Blade,” starring Oscar winner Mahershala Ali, has found its new director in Yann Demange.
The “Lovecraft Country” and “White Boy Rick” director takes the reins of the vampire slayer movie from Bassam Tariq, who exited the production in September. He will direct from a brand new script by Emmy nominee Michael Starrbury, which is said to be “darker than most MCU movies.”
After Tariq’s departure from the project, which was set to begin production in November, Marvel Studios focused on revamping the story and putting the right team in place, ultimately entering negotiations with Demange. Starrbury also replaces screenwriter Stacy Osei-Kuffour who was originally tapped to write the film’s script.
Last month, Disney delayed “Blade” from its planned Nov. 3, 2023, release date to Sept. 6, 2024, following the production pause. With Demange in place, production on the film, which also stars Delroy Lindo and Aaron Pierre, is set to resume in Atlanta next year.
The “Lovecraft Country” and “White Boy Rick” director takes the reins of the vampire slayer movie from Bassam Tariq, who exited the production in September. He will direct from a brand new script by Emmy nominee Michael Starrbury, which is said to be “darker than most MCU movies.”
After Tariq’s departure from the project, which was set to begin production in November, Marvel Studios focused on revamping the story and putting the right team in place, ultimately entering negotiations with Demange. Starrbury also replaces screenwriter Stacy Osei-Kuffour who was originally tapped to write the film’s script.
Last month, Disney delayed “Blade” from its planned Nov. 3, 2023, release date to Sept. 6, 2024, following the production pause. With Demange in place, production on the film, which also stars Delroy Lindo and Aaron Pierre, is set to resume in Atlanta next year.
- 11/21/2022
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
In a delightful and yet strange turn of events, you have Kiefer Sutherland and his boy Jack Bauer to thank for the trashy, gory, and all around fun UK miniseries "Dead Set." I know, I know, there are no zombies in "24" and there are no Bauers (or terrorists) in "Dead Set," but in an article written by the series creator and writer Charlie Brooker for The Gaurdian, the man behind the world's first zombie reality TV crossover laid out the entire connection. It makes you wonder: how many other horror movies might have been inspired by the unstoppable, high octane take on counterterrorism seen...
The post How 24 Inspired Charlie Brooker's Zombie Mini Series Dead Set appeared first on /Film.
The post How 24 Inspired Charlie Brooker's Zombie Mini Series Dead Set appeared first on /Film.
- 5/18/2022
- by Kaylee Dugan
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Netflix has invested in Black Mirror creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones’ new production outfit Broke And Bones in a first-of-its-kind deal for the streamer in the UK, which could ultimately see it take full control of the company for around $100M, Deadline can reveal.
Sources said the agreement with five-time Emmy winners Brooker and Jones’ new venture has been 12 months in the making due to its unusual structure, and is a massive statement of intent about Netflix’s commitment to working with British creators. The UK is second only to the U.S. in feeding original content to Netflix’s 190M subscribers.
Quietly signed a number of weeks ago, Deadline understands that Netflix has the right to acquire Broke And Bones in chunks over a five-year period, giving the streamer exclusivity over the Brits’ new series and interactive projects. Although the deal could ultimately rise to nine figures,...
Sources said the agreement with five-time Emmy winners Brooker and Jones’ new venture has been 12 months in the making due to its unusual structure, and is a massive statement of intent about Netflix’s commitment to working with British creators. The UK is second only to the U.S. in feeding original content to Netflix’s 190M subscribers.
Quietly signed a number of weeks ago, Deadline understands that Netflix has the right to acquire Broke And Bones in chunks over a five-year period, giving the streamer exclusivity over the Brits’ new series and interactive projects. Although the deal could ultimately rise to nine figures,...
- 7/30/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
"Reality Z" is the new Brazilian 'zombie' horror TV series, based on the Brit TV miniseries "Dead Set", produced in partnership with Conspiração Filmes and directed by Cláudio Torres, now streaming the first season of 10 episodes on Netflix:
"...the successful reality show 'Olympus', where 'Tk', J'essica', 'Augusto', 'Marcos', 'Veronica', 'Madonna' and 'Cleide' were confined, is interrupted when a 'zombie apocalypse' takes over Rio de Janeiro...
"...forcing the production and the cast to remain locked up in the studios...
"...while series producer 'Nina' leads the fight against the monsters..."
Main cast includes Ana Hartmann as 'Nina', Emílio de Mello as 'Alberto Levi', Carla Ribas as 'Ana Schmidt', Ravel Andrade as 'Leo Schmidt', Guilherme Weber as 'Brand', Luellem de Castro as 'Teresa', João Pedro Zappa as 'Tk', Hanna Romanazzi as 'Jessica', Jesus Luz as 'Lucas', Pierre Baitelli as 'Robson', Leandro Daniel as 'Augusto', Gabriel Canella as 'Marcos',...
"...the successful reality show 'Olympus', where 'Tk', J'essica', 'Augusto', 'Marcos', 'Veronica', 'Madonna' and 'Cleide' were confined, is interrupted when a 'zombie apocalypse' takes over Rio de Janeiro...
"...forcing the production and the cast to remain locked up in the studios...
"...while series producer 'Nina' leads the fight against the monsters..."
Main cast includes Ana Hartmann as 'Nina', Emílio de Mello as 'Alberto Levi', Carla Ribas as 'Ana Schmidt', Ravel Andrade as 'Leo Schmidt', Guilherme Weber as 'Brand', Luellem de Castro as 'Teresa', João Pedro Zappa as 'Tk', Hanna Romanazzi as 'Jessica', Jesus Luz as 'Lucas', Pierre Baitelli as 'Robson', Leandro Daniel as 'Augusto', Gabriel Canella as 'Marcos',...
- 7/1/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
The sun may be shining, but Netflix just can’t help keeping it spooky. One of the best things about their rise to the top of the entertainment world has been their eagerness to greenlight new horror shows. Highlights over the last few years have been Marianne, Castlevania, Dark, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and The Haunting of Hill House, which will be followed later this year by The Haunting of Bly Manor.
Today, however, we can add two more shows to that burgeoning library of spooktacular thrills. First up is Netflix Original Curon. This is an Italian horror series that sounds like an interesting cross between Marianne and The Haunting of Hill House. The synopsis describes it as so:
Seventeen years after the tragic events that forced her to leave Curon, a woman returns home with her twin children. They soon discover that the town is cursed: when you hear...
Today, however, we can add two more shows to that burgeoning library of spooktacular thrills. First up is Netflix Original Curon. This is an Italian horror series that sounds like an interesting cross between Marianne and The Haunting of Hill House. The synopsis describes it as so:
Seventeen years after the tragic events that forced her to leave Curon, a woman returns home with her twin children. They soon discover that the town is cursed: when you hear...
- 6/10/2020
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
Netflix is unleashing Brazilian zombies in “Reality Z,” its first collaboration with multi-Emmy winning Brazilian production house, Conspiracao. The series will be made available from June 10.
An adaptation of British horror miniseries “Dead Set” by “Black Mirror” creator Charlie Brooker, “Reality Z” is set against the stunning backdrop of Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro, where a zombie apocalypse forces the participants and producers of the “Olimpo” reality show to take shelter in the self-sustaining bespoke set.
Award-winning Brazilian director, screenwriter and executive producer Cláudio Torres (“The Invisible Woman”) took on the challenge to adapt the series by tapping into Brazil’s pop culture and its obsession with reality shows. “Olimpo” is not unlike “Big Brother Brazil,” which snagged an official Guinness World Records certificate when its March 31 episode collected more than 1.5 billion votes.
At first wary of “messing with a classic,” Torres sought inspiration in the Brazilian artistic movement of Anthropophagy.
An adaptation of British horror miniseries “Dead Set” by “Black Mirror” creator Charlie Brooker, “Reality Z” is set against the stunning backdrop of Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro, where a zombie apocalypse forces the participants and producers of the “Olimpo” reality show to take shelter in the self-sustaining bespoke set.
Award-winning Brazilian director, screenwriter and executive producer Cláudio Torres (“The Invisible Woman”) took on the challenge to adapt the series by tapping into Brazil’s pop culture and its obsession with reality shows. “Olimpo” is not unlike “Big Brother Brazil,” which snagged an official Guinness World Records certificate when its March 31 episode collected more than 1.5 billion votes.
At first wary of “messing with a classic,” Torres sought inspiration in the Brazilian artistic movement of Anthropophagy.
- 6/10/2020
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Is Netflix too square, or too costly, for most young Brazilians? Or just not the place where they’d ever sample cool Brazilian content?
The U.S. streaming giant may soon find out. Simply put, its latest Brazilian series, “Sintonia,” launched globally Aug. 9, can be seen as an acid test of Netflix’s ability to leverage original series in order to grow its audience outside the U.S. in a core demographic: Young adults.
As established players, especially in Europe, target more mature audiences, Netflix’s future, identity and part subscriber appeal as a company depends to an extent on such success.
Already, six of the Netflix’s 15 Brazilian Original Series broadly target the Ya crowd with futuristic, fantasy and horror plays, whether teen dystopian thriller “3%” now in its third season; “Reality Z,” reworking Charlie Brooker’s comedic zombie bloodbath “Dead Set”; or “Boca a Boca,” just announced, a teen contagion thriller.
The U.S. streaming giant may soon find out. Simply put, its latest Brazilian series, “Sintonia,” launched globally Aug. 9, can be seen as an acid test of Netflix’s ability to leverage original series in order to grow its audience outside the U.S. in a core demographic: Young adults.
As established players, especially in Europe, target more mature audiences, Netflix’s future, identity and part subscriber appeal as a company depends to an extent on such success.
Already, six of the Netflix’s 15 Brazilian Original Series broadly target the Ya crowd with futuristic, fantasy and horror plays, whether teen dystopian thriller “3%” now in its third season; “Reality Z,” reworking Charlie Brooker’s comedic zombie bloodbath “Dead Set”; or “Boca a Boca,” just announced, a teen contagion thriller.
- 8/2/2019
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Brains will be served Brazilian-style soon, as Netflix has announced its first Brazilian zombie show, Reality Z. Based on the British production Dead Set, created by Charlie Brooker, the series was adapted by Brazilian director, screenwriter and executive producer Cláudio Torres with Conspiração’s production.
The show was announced during Rio Creative Conference’s Primetime panel tonight. Combining horror, humor and pop culture, the show’s five episodes reveal a zombie apocalypse that imprisons participants and producers of a reality show called Olimpo, The House of the Gods, during its elimination night. The studio becomes a shelter for those who seek salvation in Rio de Janeiro, where chaos and hopelessness begin to rule.
Principal photography has commenced, starring Guilherme Weber, Jesus Luz, Ana Hartmann, Emilio de Mello Carla Ribas, Luellem de Castro, Ravel Andrade, and Sabrina Sato in a special collaboration.
The show is executive-produced by Cláudio Torres and Renata Brandão. Cláudio shares the direction with Rodrigo Monte and the scripting with João Costa. This is Netflix’s first collaboration with Conspiração, one of the biggest independent feature-film production companies in Brazil.
“The combination of Cláudio Torres’ creative vision, our partnership with Conspiração and the talent involved in this project will make this adaptation of Charlie Brooker’s hilarious series Dead Set a truly special event for horror fans around the world. What is even more exciting for us is that these carioca zombies form part of the slate of 30 original series and films from Brazil premiering through 2020,” said Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos.
“It’s incredible to see the ways in which Torres has reimagined this series, setting it in a city as iconic as Rio and tapping into Brazilian pop culture in such a sharp way”, said Brooker.
Brooker and Sarandos were in Brazil to attend Rio Creative Conference and paid a visit to the Reality Z set this week.
“My challenge was to turn a five-part anthology miniseries into a series that can unfold into many seasons without losing the spirit, humor and social critique that Charlie conceived in the original Dead Set. For a fantastic movie fan, direct the first Brazilian zombie series is a gift that Netflix gave me” says director Cláudio Torres.
Reality Z is set to premiere exclusively on Netflix around the world in 2020, joining the slate of Netflix originals produced in Brazil for that year, including Invisible Cities, Onisciente and Spectros.
The show was announced during Rio Creative Conference’s Primetime panel tonight. Combining horror, humor and pop culture, the show’s five episodes reveal a zombie apocalypse that imprisons participants and producers of a reality show called Olimpo, The House of the Gods, during its elimination night. The studio becomes a shelter for those who seek salvation in Rio de Janeiro, where chaos and hopelessness begin to rule.
Principal photography has commenced, starring Guilherme Weber, Jesus Luz, Ana Hartmann, Emilio de Mello Carla Ribas, Luellem de Castro, Ravel Andrade, and Sabrina Sato in a special collaboration.
The show is executive-produced by Cláudio Torres and Renata Brandão. Cláudio shares the direction with Rodrigo Monte and the scripting with João Costa. This is Netflix’s first collaboration with Conspiração, one of the biggest independent feature-film production companies in Brazil.
“The combination of Cláudio Torres’ creative vision, our partnership with Conspiração and the talent involved in this project will make this adaptation of Charlie Brooker’s hilarious series Dead Set a truly special event for horror fans around the world. What is even more exciting for us is that these carioca zombies form part of the slate of 30 original series and films from Brazil premiering through 2020,” said Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos.
“It’s incredible to see the ways in which Torres has reimagined this series, setting it in a city as iconic as Rio and tapping into Brazilian pop culture in such a sharp way”, said Brooker.
Brooker and Sarandos were in Brazil to attend Rio Creative Conference and paid a visit to the Reality Z set this week.
“My challenge was to turn a five-part anthology miniseries into a series that can unfold into many seasons without losing the spirit, humor and social critique that Charlie conceived in the original Dead Set. For a fantastic movie fan, direct the first Brazilian zombie series is a gift that Netflix gave me” says director Cláudio Torres.
Reality Z is set to premiere exclusively on Netflix around the world in 2020, joining the slate of Netflix originals produced in Brazil for that year, including Invisible Cities, Onisciente and Spectros.
- 4/25/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Louisa Mellor Oct 29, 2018
Inside Black Mirror, a detailed oral history of every episode so far, is packed with behind-the-scenes insights. Here’s our pick…
Contains spoilers for all Black Mirror episodes to date. This story originally appeared on Den of Geek UK.
On November 20th, Inside Black Mirror officially hits book stores. It's set to be the "first and only official Black Mirror book.” It’s an oral history, as told to writer Jason Arnopp, of what went on behind the scenes and in development for each of the anthology show’s 19 episodes, featuring interviews with creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones, directors, designers, cast members and more, and it comes highly recommended by us.
A great read for fans of the show, Inside Black Mirror contains hundreds of nerdy titbits. Here are just a few we picked out...
1. In real life, the pig that appears in episode one "The National Anthem" was named Madge.
Inside Black Mirror, a detailed oral history of every episode so far, is packed with behind-the-scenes insights. Here’s our pick…
Contains spoilers for all Black Mirror episodes to date. This story originally appeared on Den of Geek UK.
On November 20th, Inside Black Mirror officially hits book stores. It's set to be the "first and only official Black Mirror book.” It’s an oral history, as told to writer Jason Arnopp, of what went on behind the scenes and in development for each of the anthology show’s 19 episodes, featuring interviews with creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones, directors, designers, cast members and more, and it comes highly recommended by us.
A great read for fans of the show, Inside Black Mirror contains hundreds of nerdy titbits. Here are just a few we picked out...
1. In real life, the pig that appears in episode one "The National Anthem" was named Madge.
- 10/29/2018
- Den of Geek
We'll forgive you if you thought that Matthew McConaughey is the main character in White Boy Rick. In fact, McConaughey is playing second fiddle to Richie Merritt who plays the Rick in the title of Yann Demange's latest thriller.
The director of '71 and "Dead Set" tackles the rise and fall of Ricky Wershe Jr., Aka White Boy Rick; the hustler, drug kingpin and youngest FBI informant ever (he was 14), who rose to prominence in 1980's Detroit before being arrested and charged with dealing cocaine.
Along with McConaughey and Merritt, the movie also stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Eddie Marsan, Bruce Dern, Piper Laurie and Bel Powley.
Demange made a big splash with his feature debut '71 which showed his ability to tell a small story amidst large-s...
The director of '71 and "Dead Set" tackles the rise and fall of Ricky Wershe Jr., Aka White Boy Rick; the hustler, drug kingpin and youngest FBI informant ever (he was 14), who rose to prominence in 1980's Detroit before being arrested and charged with dealing cocaine.
Along with McConaughey and Merritt, the movie also stars Jennifer Jason Leigh, Eddie Marsan, Bruce Dern, Piper Laurie and Bel Powley.
Demange made a big splash with his feature debut '71 which showed his ability to tell a small story amidst large-s...
- 6/4/2018
- QuietEarth.us
The limited series, formerly known as the miniseries, is the perfect hybrid beast between a movie and an ongoing TV series. A predetermined number of episodes allows enough freedom for more moving parts, intricate storytelling, and character depth. But the fact that the series will not return makes the narrative precious and should conclude in just the right way, even if that means in a deliberately open-ended fashion. The one-off nature of these makes them perfect for literary adaptations, epic events, and period pieces.
A new creature has entered the limited series bestiary though, and it is the anthology series. Ryan Murphy pretty much invented this, and it’s been messing with our definitions ever since. Because each season has its own contained story with characters specific to only that story, each season qualifies as its own limited series for the purposes of this list.
What doesn’t qualify? Those...
A new creature has entered the limited series bestiary though, and it is the anthology series. Ryan Murphy pretty much invented this, and it’s been messing with our definitions ever since. Because each season has its own contained story with characters specific to only that story, each season qualifies as its own limited series for the purposes of this list.
What doesn’t qualify? Those...
- 4/24/2018
- by Hanh Nguyen, Ben Travers, Liz Shannon Miller and Steve Greene
- Indiewire
[Editor’s note: Spoilers follow for every episode of “Black Mirror” Season 4.]
Happy “Black Mirror” Day! The release of Season 4 means that all the secrets of Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones’s always compelling sci-fi anthology series have spilled forth, and viewers are deciding just what they think of each individual installment.
The use of the word individual is key there, because while it’s easy to discuss “Black Mirror” in the abstract — “the ‘Star Trek’ episode is great” or “I didn’t really like the one with the metal dogs” — when you get into the particulars of each installment, both the benefits and the flaws of the anthology approach stand out.
Thanks to the creators treating each installment like, in “Arkangel” director Jodie Foster’s words, “a true anthology,” it’s impossible to avoid a range in quality. Some directors simply make better episodes, and not every cast is created equal. And sure, as a writer or co-writer,...
Happy “Black Mirror” Day! The release of Season 4 means that all the secrets of Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones’s always compelling sci-fi anthology series have spilled forth, and viewers are deciding just what they think of each individual installment.
The use of the word individual is key there, because while it’s easy to discuss “Black Mirror” in the abstract — “the ‘Star Trek’ episode is great” or “I didn’t really like the one with the metal dogs” — when you get into the particulars of each installment, both the benefits and the flaws of the anthology approach stand out.
Thanks to the creators treating each installment like, in “Arkangel” director Jodie Foster’s words, “a true anthology,” it’s impossible to avoid a range in quality. Some directors simply make better episodes, and not every cast is created equal. And sure, as a writer or co-writer,...
- 12/29/2017
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
Watching anything a decade after its release changes the context of a show, but there’s something about the way “Dead Set” plays now that’s understandably different than in 2008. The five-part series, following a group of contestants and crew trying to survive after a zombie outbreak spreads through the set of “Big Brother,” aped the megahit reality show’s set and production style before tearing it and the rest of civilization asunder. It’s partly genre exercise, partly a public wrestling with a changing TV landscape.
But in the intervening years, it’s also become an interesting case study in the evolution of its writer/creator Charlie Brooker, who would go on to be a creative force behind “Black Mirror.” Brooker had an established career before and after “Dead Set” took on Halloween nearly ten years ago. But as a bridge to what would come in the four seasons...
But in the intervening years, it’s also become an interesting case study in the evolution of its writer/creator Charlie Brooker, who would go on to be a creative force behind “Black Mirror.” Brooker had an established career before and after “Dead Set” took on Halloween nearly ten years ago. But as a bridge to what would come in the four seasons...
- 12/27/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
The Alan Moore and David Lloyd V For Vendetta graphic novel has already had a great feature film adaptation, but now it sounds like it will get a TV series adaptation as well!
The news comes from Bleeding Cool, who says that the British TV network Channel 4 is the one producing it. Channel 4 is the same broadcaster and developer of projects such as Ultraviolet, Humans, Black Mirror, Utopia, Misfits, Crazyhead, Dead Set and Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams.
There are no other details than that. We have no idea what kind of talent is working on the series, but the network has a solid resume of series that they've produced so there's a good chance that the series will end up at least being a decent show.
I'm a fan of the film, which starred Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, and John Hurt. It's going to be hard to top,...
The news comes from Bleeding Cool, who says that the British TV network Channel 4 is the one producing it. Channel 4 is the same broadcaster and developer of projects such as Ultraviolet, Humans, Black Mirror, Utopia, Misfits, Crazyhead, Dead Set and Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams.
There are no other details than that. We have no idea what kind of talent is working on the series, but the network has a solid resume of series that they've produced so there's a good chance that the series will end up at least being a decent show.
I'm a fan of the film, which starred Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, and John Hurt. It's going to be hard to top,...
- 10/4/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
With The Walking Dead and Z Nation on television and a World War Z sequel on the way, it might seem like a bad time to recommend yet another piece of zombie entertainment. However, in the case of Dead Set, it’s worth risking a journey into the world of the living dead one more time. […]...
- 9/14/2017
- by Chris Vander Kaay
- bloody-disgusting.com
Author: Michael Walsh
Next Monday sees the home entertainment release of Underworld Blood Wars, the fifth film in the ever-evolving franchise which has taken over $500million at the box office and spawned a number of multimedia spin offs. Our review of Blood Wars called it ‘the best in the series’ and there are plans for another film, with series figurehead Kate Beckinsale back as Selene. Underworld as a franchise has never been in better shape.
The turn of the century presented a number of challenges for movie studios. In the subsequent seventeen years we have seen many movie genres and their various tropes reborn for the twenty-first century. The Zombie movie has picked up the pace with 28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead, Zombieland and the TV series Dead Set and The Walking Dead. Likewise the Vampire and Werewolves had a new day in the sun thanks to 30 Days of Night,...
Next Monday sees the home entertainment release of Underworld Blood Wars, the fifth film in the ever-evolving franchise which has taken over $500million at the box office and spawned a number of multimedia spin offs. Our review of Blood Wars called it ‘the best in the series’ and there are plans for another film, with series figurehead Kate Beckinsale back as Selene. Underworld as a franchise has never been in better shape.
The turn of the century presented a number of challenges for movie studios. In the subsequent seventeen years we have seen many movie genres and their various tropes reborn for the twenty-first century. The Zombie movie has picked up the pace with 28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead, Zombieland and the TV series Dead Set and The Walking Dead. Likewise the Vampire and Werewolves had a new day in the sun thanks to 30 Days of Night,...
- 5/19/2017
- by Michael Walsh
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Author: Matt Rodgers
Show almost anyone a picture of Riz Ahmed and they’ll be able to place him in something. It could be from Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker’s 2008 Big Brother zombie invasion satire, Dead Set. It might be as Aaron Kalloor, the Mark Zuckerberg techno genius who occupied one of the more interesting threads from Jason Bourne. More realistically, it’ll be from last year’s billion dollar Star Wars blockbuster, Rogue One, in which he played conflicted pilot Bodhi Rook. The point is, you can’t pigeon hole the guy.
Take this week’s City of Tiny Lights, in which Ahmed plays a London private eye investigating the case of a missing sex worker. The film might drown in its own dimly lit gloom, but the fact you stick with it is down to another chameleonic performance from the young Brit. You can read our review here.
Show almost anyone a picture of Riz Ahmed and they’ll be able to place him in something. It could be from Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker’s 2008 Big Brother zombie invasion satire, Dead Set. It might be as Aaron Kalloor, the Mark Zuckerberg techno genius who occupied one of the more interesting threads from Jason Bourne. More realistically, it’ll be from last year’s billion dollar Star Wars blockbuster, Rogue One, in which he played conflicted pilot Bodhi Rook. The point is, you can’t pigeon hole the guy.
Take this week’s City of Tiny Lights, in which Ahmed plays a London private eye investigating the case of a missing sex worker. The film might drown in its own dimly lit gloom, but the fact you stick with it is down to another chameleonic performance from the young Brit. You can read our review here.
- 4/6/2017
- by Matt Rodgers
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Everyone loves a good faith-based movie, because if not they’ll get tortured by Satan for an eternity, but those films don’t normally look as competently produced as Stuart Hazeldine’s The Shack does in this trailer. Granted, stuff like God’s Not Dead set the bar pretty low, but this trailer actually starts off looking more like a legitimate drama than an after-church special…at least until Octavia Spencer shows up as God. At that point, it enters into a fantastical wonderland full of magic trees, Tim McGraw, and people walking on water, with Sam Worthington doing a Batman voice the whole time that is nearly impossible to understand. Also, in a fun twist that will surely make The Shack as popular with the Kirk Cameron crowd as other religious movies are, Jesus is played here by Israeli actor Aviv Alush and not some white guy. Fun!
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- 12/2/2016
- by Sam Barsanti
- avclub.com
The rise of “Black Mirror” has been a fascinating thing to watch. It first aired fairly quietly in the fall of 2011 on the U.K.’s Channel 4, with a short run of three episodes. It hailed from creator Charlie Brooker who, though he had a couple of TV series behind him (hipster satire “Nathan Barley,” co-created with “Four Lions” helmer Chris Morris, and zombie-reality-tv miniseries “Dead Set”), was best known as a TV critic and on-air personality.
Continue reading Ranking All 13 Episodes Of ‘Black Mirror’ So Far at The Playlist.
Continue reading Ranking All 13 Episodes Of ‘Black Mirror’ So Far at The Playlist.
- 10/24/2016
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Welcome to a month full of an eclectic mishmash of new material: Selma's tackles the question of race in America, the Black Mirror creators return with unnerving new episodes (and bring an older Brit-zombie gem with them); Justin Timberlake turns Netflix into his biggest arena concert ever; and Christopher Guest gets the gang back together for another improv-a-thon. Throw in a couple of pilots, and October's shaping up to be a real grab bag. Enjoy your pumpkin-spiced recommendations.
The 13th — Netflix, 10/7
How about something light – like, say, the history of racism in America.
The 13th — Netflix, 10/7
How about something light – like, say, the history of racism in America.
- 9/30/2016
- Rollingstone.com
FrightFest panel included actor Andy Nyman, director Simon Rumley and Arrow Films’ Mike Hewitt.
The UK genre scene has experienced a “mushroom cloud of independent filmmaking” in the past decade but getting these films in front of audiences is proving an ever-increasing challenge, according to a panel chaired by Screen at Horror Channel FrightFest.
“In the UK, it’s become very hard to release smaller independent films in the traditional theatrical market without having a star or a specific in-built audience,” said Mike Hewitt, brand marketing and business development manager at distributor Arrow Films.
“There’s been a mushroom cloud of independent filmmaking and genre festivals like FrightFest can show these to their audience, who come and pay to see these films. But the challenge is then to get audiences to pay to see it elsewhere, either by buying the DVD, renting it digitally, or the hardest of all in cinemas.”
British director...
The UK genre scene has experienced a “mushroom cloud of independent filmmaking” in the past decade but getting these films in front of audiences is proving an ever-increasing challenge, according to a panel chaired by Screen at Horror Channel FrightFest.
“In the UK, it’s become very hard to release smaller independent films in the traditional theatrical market without having a star or a specific in-built audience,” said Mike Hewitt, brand marketing and business development manager at distributor Arrow Films.
“There’s been a mushroom cloud of independent filmmaking and genre festivals like FrightFest can show these to their audience, who come and pay to see these films. But the challenge is then to get audiences to pay to see it elsewhere, either by buying the DVD, renting it digitally, or the hardest of all in cinemas.”
British director...
- 8/29/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Pack your sunscreen and floppy hats: HBO is taking you back to Miami this summer.
The pay cabler announced Tuesday that its sports comedy Ballers will return for Season 2 on Sunday, July 17, at 10/9c. Back with another 10 episodes, the Florida-set series follows former NFL superstar Spencer Strasmore (Dwayne Johnson), who attempts to reinvent himself as a financial manager for current players.
Immediately following Ballers‘ return is the series premiere of Vice Principals (10:30/9:30c), a nine-episode dark comedy from Eastbound & Down creators Danny McBride and Jody Hill. McBride...
The pay cabler announced Tuesday that its sports comedy Ballers will return for Season 2 on Sunday, July 17, at 10/9c. Back with another 10 episodes, the Florida-set series follows former NFL superstar Spencer Strasmore (Dwayne Johnson), who attempts to reinvent himself as a financial manager for current players.
Immediately following Ballers‘ return is the series premiere of Vice Principals (10:30/9:30c), a nine-episode dark comedy from Eastbound & Down creators Danny McBride and Jody Hill. McBride...
- 4/19/2016
- TVLine.com
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Fringe, Supernatural, Bob's Burgers... zombies pop up in all kinds of surprising places. Remember that time Ramsay Street was invaded?
Back in the 80s and 90s, the only groups regularly enjoying zombie movies were habitually stoned students, young lads looking to prove their mettle by lobbing VHS grenades of gore at each other's minds, and great sweating giants with mutton-chops corseted into two-sizes-too-small Iron Maiden T-shirts. Very few couples partook of the genre; liver-ripping and eye-gouging was rarely seen as the essential romantic complement to an evening entwined on the couch.
Aside from George A Romero’s satirical side-swipes at society, the majority of zombie movies were gloriously nasty, schlocky yuck-fests, with names like ‘Return Of The Great Zombie Intenstine Carnival III’, 'Zombies! Zombies, Oh, Christ Zombies, They're Eating My Eyes!' and ‘I Claw-hammered My Zombie Grandma’S Head Off’. Anyone with access to a video camera,...
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Fringe, Supernatural, Bob's Burgers... zombies pop up in all kinds of surprising places. Remember that time Ramsay Street was invaded?
Back in the 80s and 90s, the only groups regularly enjoying zombie movies were habitually stoned students, young lads looking to prove their mettle by lobbing VHS grenades of gore at each other's minds, and great sweating giants with mutton-chops corseted into two-sizes-too-small Iron Maiden T-shirts. Very few couples partook of the genre; liver-ripping and eye-gouging was rarely seen as the essential romantic complement to an evening entwined on the couch.
Aside from George A Romero’s satirical side-swipes at society, the majority of zombie movies were gloriously nasty, schlocky yuck-fests, with names like ‘Return Of The Great Zombie Intenstine Carnival III’, 'Zombies! Zombies, Oh, Christ Zombies, They're Eating My Eyes!' and ‘I Claw-hammered My Zombie Grandma’S Head Off’. Anyone with access to a video camera,...
- 10/28/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
From Autons to tribophysics via Kronkburgers, here's a pick of the best nerdy in-jokes and references from the 2005 series of Doctor Who...
Ten years ago, the world was about to be re-introduced to one of the most enduring and exciting television characters of all time, Doctor Who. The programme's new 2005 sheen brought with it a cheeky self-referential side (though it did do a bit of that in the 80s) and a knowingly raised pop culture eyebrow. From films such as E.T. to Barbarella to Star Trek to modern literature (The Lovely Bones) and icons (Michael Jackson) - everything was in the Time Lord’s gaze.
So let’s take our very own trip back in time and have a look at the more notable and interesting references and in-jokes from Doctor Who Series One, starring Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper.
Rose
Most obviously, this opener saw the return of the...
Ten years ago, the world was about to be re-introduced to one of the most enduring and exciting television characters of all time, Doctor Who. The programme's new 2005 sheen brought with it a cheeky self-referential side (though it did do a bit of that in the 80s) and a knowingly raised pop culture eyebrow. From films such as E.T. to Barbarella to Star Trek to modern literature (The Lovely Bones) and icons (Michael Jackson) - everything was in the Time Lord’s gaze.
So let’s take our very own trip back in time and have a look at the more notable and interesting references and in-jokes from Doctor Who Series One, starring Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper.
Rose
Most obviously, this opener saw the return of the...
- 3/23/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
We Londoners do like our undead taking over our green and pleasant land, whether they are on the big screen (Shaun of the Dead, 28 Days Later) small screen (Dead Set, I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse) or even in Whitechapel. This Easter, a former Wickhams department store on Mile End Road will soon be overrun with the living dead, in live immersion experience The Generation of Z: Apocalypse...
- 3/21/2015
- Horror Asylum
Originally published two years ago, we re-present our look back at Nathan Barley to mark its 10-year anniversary
10 years since Channel 4 aired Nathan Barley, Charlie Brooker's "self-facilitating media node" has gone from absurdist parody to frightening reality.
A flop when it originally aired, but a cult hit on DVD, Nathan Barley is love-it-or-hate it telly. From Brass Eye creator Chris Morris, it was edgy, raw and often hilarious.
Brimming with up-and-coming talent like Brooker (Dead Set), Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh), and fellow Booshers Noel Fielding and Richard Ayoade, as well as some blink-and-you'll-miss-'em cameos from Stephen Mangan (Episodes), Mat Horne (Gavin & Stacey) and Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch, we think it's time Nathan Barley was given the praise it deserved.
Inspired by a mock TV show called C**t from Brooker's satirical TVGoHome website, the show follows two East Londoners: Nathan Barley (Nicholas Burns), the "self facilitating media...
10 years since Channel 4 aired Nathan Barley, Charlie Brooker's "self-facilitating media node" has gone from absurdist parody to frightening reality.
A flop when it originally aired, but a cult hit on DVD, Nathan Barley is love-it-or-hate it telly. From Brass Eye creator Chris Morris, it was edgy, raw and often hilarious.
Brimming with up-and-coming talent like Brooker (Dead Set), Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh), and fellow Booshers Noel Fielding and Richard Ayoade, as well as some blink-and-you'll-miss-'em cameos from Stephen Mangan (Episodes), Mat Horne (Gavin & Stacey) and Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch, we think it's time Nathan Barley was given the praise it deserved.
Inspired by a mock TV show called C**t from Brooker's satirical TVGoHome website, the show follows two East Londoners: Nathan Barley (Nicholas Burns), the "self facilitating media...
- 2/11/2015
- Digital Spy
If you had 10 weapons at your disposal, an army of zombies in front of you, and nobody else to rely on, how long could you last? Though you likely would never want to find out the answer to this question in real life, you can play around with the scenario in The Falling Dead, a new mobile game from 4Dx Games that is now available for the iOS and Android.
Press Release - “December 16th 2014 – Fleetwood, England – Independent games studio 4Dx Games has announced its worldwide release of arcade strategy shoot-em-up The Falling Dead for mobile platforms.
The Falling dead is a fast paced, Zombie survival, arcade shooter with the aim to conserve limited ammo and survive the Zombie horde for as long as you can before becoming overrun. Shoot, stab, set fire and explode your way to survival by defeating ever increasing numbers of Zombies with whatever weapons of...
Press Release - “December 16th 2014 – Fleetwood, England – Independent games studio 4Dx Games has announced its worldwide release of arcade strategy shoot-em-up The Falling Dead for mobile platforms.
The Falling dead is a fast paced, Zombie survival, arcade shooter with the aim to conserve limited ammo and survive the Zombie horde for as long as you can before becoming overrun. Shoot, stab, set fire and explode your way to survival by defeating ever increasing numbers of Zombies with whatever weapons of...
- 12/17/2014
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Jack O'Connell plays a soldier caught in the middle of a brutal conflict in '71. Here's Caroline's review of a shockingly intense film...
One of the main jobs for even the most by-the-numbers thriller is to take the audience along the same emotional trajectory as the protagonist, making us feel what they're feeling and, often, only letting us know what they know. '71, the latest project in Jack O'Connell's 2014 tour de force, is by these requirements a fantastic thriller, and one that takes a relatively simple premise and wrings it for everything possible.
The protagonist we're following here is Gary Hook (O'Connell), a British soldier who finds himself in the middle of a riot during his first patrol in Belfast. Separated from the rest after things take a sudden and violent turn, he spends the rest of the running time stumbling around town in search of safety. The trouble is,...
One of the main jobs for even the most by-the-numbers thriller is to take the audience along the same emotional trajectory as the protagonist, making us feel what they're feeling and, often, only letting us know what they know. '71, the latest project in Jack O'Connell's 2014 tour de force, is by these requirements a fantastic thriller, and one that takes a relatively simple premise and wrings it for everything possible.
The protagonist we're following here is Gary Hook (O'Connell), a British soldier who finds himself in the middle of a riot during his first patrol in Belfast. Separated from the rest after things take a sudden and violent turn, he spends the rest of the running time stumbling around town in search of safety. The trouble is,...
- 10/8/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
If you like twisted, but funny and intelligent television, you should definitely check out Channel 4's Black Mirror. Created by Charlie Brooker (Dead Set, Nathan Barley) Black Mirror is a British anthology series, with a different cast and setting for each episode. Brooker has said his series is "about the way we live now . and the way we might be living in 10 minutes' time if we're clumsy," with others describing it as "a hybrid of The Twilight Zone and Tales of the Unexpected...
- 9/30/2014
- by Jesse Giroux
- JoBlo.com
This October the London Film Festival brings a wonderful, eclectic mix of films, shorts and events to the capital once again. Firmly establishing itself as a people’s festival (it being the best of the other festivals, Clare Stewart and her team acknowledging they can’t compete on world premieres), it will look to build on last year’s impressive new direction.
From the opening night fun with The Imitation Game to the final push of Brad Pitt’s Fury there will be a number of essential films to catch. The HeyUGuys team have chosen their favourites from among the hundreds playing.
You can find everything you need to book tickets and find out more information right here.
Here are the films you need to see next month.
The Tribe
There is nothing more exciting than a filmmaker attempting to push the boundaries; to shatter audiences expectations of what is...
From the opening night fun with The Imitation Game to the final push of Brad Pitt’s Fury there will be a number of essential films to catch. The HeyUGuys team have chosen their favourites from among the hundreds playing.
You can find everything you need to book tickets and find out more information right here.
Here are the films you need to see next month.
The Tribe
There is nothing more exciting than a filmmaker attempting to push the boundaries; to shatter audiences expectations of what is...
- 9/5/2014
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
House of Tomorrow will produce feature films as well as drama and comedy series.
Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones have launched House of Tomorrow, a new production house that will operate within entertainment group Endemol UK.
The production company will produce dramas, comedy series and feature films for the UK and international markets.
With Brooker as creative director and Jones as managing director, the new firm will build on the productions that have been written by Brooker and executive produced by Jones.
These include Emmy-winning satirical drama series Black Mirror for Channel 4, which has sold in over 80 countries; detective spoof A Touch of Cloth for Sky One, which has been picked up in more than 60 countries; zombie thriller Dead Set for E4, sold in over 140 countries; and the Brooker-presented satirical Wipe programmes for the BBC.
House of Tomorrow already has projects in development for broadcasters in the UK and Us and further announcements are expected soon.
Brooker...
Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones have launched House of Tomorrow, a new production house that will operate within entertainment group Endemol UK.
The production company will produce dramas, comedy series and feature films for the UK and international markets.
With Brooker as creative director and Jones as managing director, the new firm will build on the productions that have been written by Brooker and executive produced by Jones.
These include Emmy-winning satirical drama series Black Mirror for Channel 4, which has sold in over 80 countries; detective spoof A Touch of Cloth for Sky One, which has been picked up in more than 60 countries; zombie thriller Dead Set for E4, sold in over 140 countries; and the Brooker-presented satirical Wipe programmes for the BBC.
House of Tomorrow already has projects in development for broadcasters in the UK and Us and further announcements are expected soon.
Brooker...
- 7/28/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Guys, seriously…
Please explain Big Brother to me.
I’ve been writing for this site for the past 10 years or so, and every summer, like clockwork (or fish flies, or a punctual and virulent strain of televised herpes), this show returns.
I don’t understand it. I mean, I get the basics: a bunch of people are trapped in a house and they have to do things that the house tells them to do, and if they don’t they at least have to have awkward night-vision sex or else the house spits them out like a spray-tanned watermelon seed. The one time I watched, there was a lot of talk of “strategy” and “the game”. I play games. I’m great at Settlers of Catan. I once took down an entire apartmentful of powernerds after 4 tense hours of the Battlestar Galactica game (I was the secret Cylon, and I...
Please explain Big Brother to me.
I’ve been writing for this site for the past 10 years or so, and every summer, like clockwork (or fish flies, or a punctual and virulent strain of televised herpes), this show returns.
I don’t understand it. I mean, I get the basics: a bunch of people are trapped in a house and they have to do things that the house tells them to do, and if they don’t they at least have to have awkward night-vision sex or else the house spits them out like a spray-tanned watermelon seed. The one time I watched, there was a lot of talk of “strategy” and “the game”. I play games. I’m great at Settlers of Catan. I once took down an entire apartmentful of powernerds after 4 tense hours of the Battlestar Galactica game (I was the secret Cylon, and I...
- 7/11/2014
- by Brian Juergens
- The Backlot
The British techno-anxiety anthology series "Black Mirror" was one of the best things to sneak onto U.S. television last year (via DirecTV's Audience Network) -- check out our review here. The series originally ran for two three-episode seasons on the U.K.'s Channel 4 in 2011 and 2013, and now creator Charlie Brooker has promised that at least two more episodes are on the way. Brooker broke the news on a BBC Radio show hosted by Lauren Laverne, saying "There will be more -- I don't think I'm allowed to say quite when. There's going to be some and then there's going to be some more -- you'll get one helping and then there'll be another helping." Brooker, who also created the zombie series "Dead Set" and wrote episodes of "Brass Eye," "The 11 O'Clock Show" and "Nathan Barley," currently hosts BBC Two series "Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe." Of...
- 1/10/2014
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
What’s better than one movie about zombified Nazis? Two movies about zombified Nazis!
With Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead set to arrive sometime in 2014, after its premiere at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, here’s your first full trailer for the somewhat anticipated sequel to schlock horror fest Dead Snow. It’s pretty much what you would expect from a Nazi zombie black comedy, bringing the blood-soaked mayhem once again.
In true sequel fashion, Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead takes up right where Dead Snow left off. Our put-upon hero Martin, having killed his girlfriend, chain-sawed his own arm, and witnessed the gory rise of a zombie Nazi battalion, awakens in a hospital room with smiling faces peering down at him. The doctor explains how they found him, as Martin flashes back to the rather nasty events of the first film. Of course, the road to hell is paved with good intentions,...
With Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead set to arrive sometime in 2014, after its premiere at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, here’s your first full trailer for the somewhat anticipated sequel to schlock horror fest Dead Snow. It’s pretty much what you would expect from a Nazi zombie black comedy, bringing the blood-soaked mayhem once again.
In true sequel fashion, Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead takes up right where Dead Snow left off. Our put-upon hero Martin, having killed his girlfriend, chain-sawed his own arm, and witnessed the gory rise of a zombie Nazi battalion, awakens in a hospital room with smiling faces peering down at him. The doctor explains how they found him, as Martin flashes back to the rather nasty events of the first film. Of course, the road to hell is paved with good intentions,...
- 12/30/2013
- by Lauren Humphries-Brooks
- We Got This Covered
As its title suggests, the terrific British anthology series "Black Mirror" is meant to offer a darker reflection of ourselves and where we are as a society as technology continues to shape our lives. The mirror in question isn't just allegorical -- it could also refer to the many shiny surfaces into which we peer on a regular basis -- like that of, say, an iPhone or a flatscreen TV. The series, which premieres in the U.S. tonight, November 12 at 9pm on DirecTV's Audience Network, takes place in a variety of futures and alternate universes that aren't all that removed from our present reality. Some, like the first installment, "The National Anthem," are speculative without being sci-fi, and without introducing elements that would make what unfolds impossible today. The six stand-alone stories, the majority of which are written by series creator Charlie Brooker ("Brass Eye," "Dead Set," "Nathan Barley...
- 11/12/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
"Black Mirror" is an acclaimed British anthology series about our fears about technology and the future, one that earned comparisons to "The Twilight Zone." Created by Charlie Brooker ("Brass Eye," "Dead Set"), the series aired in the U.K. in two three-episode seasons, the first in December 2011 and the second in February 2013, and was for a long time a contender for series most talked about on the internet and yet not available on U.S. television. But "Black Mirror" is finally coming (legally) to U.S. screens courtesy of DirecTV's Audience Network. The channel, which is exclusive to DirecTV subscribers, will be airing all six episodes of "Black Mirror," premiering on Tuesday, November 12 at 9pm. The series will air alongside another Brit series, "Secret State" at 10pm. "'Black Mirror' is truly unlike any other show that is currently on television, which makes it a perfect fit for Audience,...
- 10/29/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
James Nesbitt will lead the cast of Babylon, Danny Boyle's new project for Channel 4.
Nesbitt will play London police chief Richard Miller in the comedy-drama, which will be directed by Boyle from a script by Peep Show co-creators Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong.
Arbitrage star Brit Marling will play opposite Nesbitt as Liz Garvey, a PR executive who arrives in London from the Us to give the Metropolitan Police a public image overhaul.
Peep Show's Paterson Joseph has been cast as deputy police commissioner Charles Inglis, with ex-EastEnders regular Jill Halfpenny playing Territorial Support Group officer Davina.
Skins actor and writer Daniel Kaluuya will also star alongside Adam Deacon (Dead Set), Jonny Sweet (Chickens), Bertie Carvel (Hidden)
and Andrew Brooke (PhoneShop).
Kaluuya's character is a TV camera operator named Matt Coward, who trails specialist police officers in a bid to get dramatic first-hand footage of their operations.
Nesbitt will play London police chief Richard Miller in the comedy-drama, which will be directed by Boyle from a script by Peep Show co-creators Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong.
Arbitrage star Brit Marling will play opposite Nesbitt as Liz Garvey, a PR executive who arrives in London from the Us to give the Metropolitan Police a public image overhaul.
Peep Show's Paterson Joseph has been cast as deputy police commissioner Charles Inglis, with ex-EastEnders regular Jill Halfpenny playing Territorial Support Group officer Davina.
Skins actor and writer Daniel Kaluuya will also star alongside Adam Deacon (Dead Set), Jonny Sweet (Chickens), Bertie Carvel (Hidden)
and Andrew Brooke (PhoneShop).
Kaluuya's character is a TV camera operator named Matt Coward, who trails specialist police officers in a bid to get dramatic first-hand footage of their operations.
- 10/13/2013
- Digital Spy
If any case could be made for the advantage of running zombies in the zombie film sub-genre, Dead Set would easily trump any argument against the device. While I’m a zombie enthusiast who loves the lumbering dead, Dead Set not only endorses running zombies, but makes turns them on to a world of lazy, complacent television addicts, with remorseless fervor.
Like the reality shows that have become fixtures of civilization, we’re turned in to blood thirsty monsters that feed off of one another, and show little empathy for the weak, in the end. In one of the funnier and shocking moments during the big siege, station manager barely escapes a zombie by running in to a bathroom stall and pushing a wheelchair bound man in front of him.
Released in 2008, Dead Set is a brilliant zombie mini-series that drops the walking dead down in to the world revolving around reality television,...
Like the reality shows that have become fixtures of civilization, we’re turned in to blood thirsty monsters that feed off of one another, and show little empathy for the weak, in the end. In one of the funnier and shocking moments during the big siege, station manager barely escapes a zombie by running in to a bathroom stall and pushing a wheelchair bound man in front of him.
Released in 2008, Dead Set is a brilliant zombie mini-series that drops the walking dead down in to the world revolving around reality television,...
- 10/4/2013
- by Felix Vasquez Jr.
- SoundOnSight
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There's long been a hidden link between Hollyoaks and horror. Here are 10 actors who've made the jump from soap to gore...
Nb: This article contains spoilers.
There’s a moment in one of comedian Simon Amstell’s stand up shows where he recounts a conversation he once had with the executive producer of Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. Trading on the commonly held opinion that Hollyoaks is “rubbish”, Amstell enquired as to why the producer didn’t try to make it better. The answer came that they did make it better, but people stopped watching.
Even by the not-so-great standards that soaps are measured, Hollyoaks has always been firmly towards the bottom of the ladder. The fictional Chester suburb where the majority of inhabitants are extraordinarily good looking but also extraordinarily stupid has been identified by its often wildly outlandish storylines and impossibly pretty people.
There's long been a hidden link between Hollyoaks and horror. Here are 10 actors who've made the jump from soap to gore...
Nb: This article contains spoilers.
There’s a moment in one of comedian Simon Amstell’s stand up shows where he recounts a conversation he once had with the executive producer of Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. Trading on the commonly held opinion that Hollyoaks is “rubbish”, Amstell enquired as to why the producer didn’t try to make it better. The answer came that they did make it better, but people stopped watching.
Even by the not-so-great standards that soaps are measured, Hollyoaks has always been firmly towards the bottom of the ladder. The fictional Chester suburb where the majority of inhabitants are extraordinarily good looking but also extraordinarily stupid has been identified by its often wildly outlandish storylines and impossibly pretty people.
- 9/3/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Happy Thursday, y'all! While most of Digital Spy's TV team are getting ready to brave the nerd-tastic endurance test that is Comic-Con 2013, some of us have valiantly stayed behind to make sure all your telly queries are answered in our weekly Q&A.
Read on below for juicy deets on some of your favourite shows, and make sure you stick with DS in the coming days for all the Comic-Con goss on Doctor Who, Sherlock, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad and more...
Hi Tube Talk Q&A! Do we know why, apart from the first week, Channel 5 are debuting new The Walking Dead episodes on 5* on Sunday nights and then repeating them on the main channel Mondays/Tuesdays at midnight instead of the other way around? Is it due to low ratings as with Dallas or because of Big Brother?
Hi mark27b (what happened to mark27a?) Thanks for...
Read on below for juicy deets on some of your favourite shows, and make sure you stick with DS in the coming days for all the Comic-Con goss on Doctor Who, Sherlock, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad and more...
Hi Tube Talk Q&A! Do we know why, apart from the first week, Channel 5 are debuting new The Walking Dead episodes on 5* on Sunday nights and then repeating them on the main channel Mondays/Tuesdays at midnight instead of the other way around? Is it due to low ratings as with Dallas or because of Big Brother?
Hi mark27b (what happened to mark27a?) Thanks for...
- 7/18/2013
- Digital Spy
The Big Brother housemates have been challenged with a Dead Set-esque zombie task this week.
The housemates were woken up this morning by a frenzied alarm and zombies banging on bedroom windows from the garden.
A Vt was shown to the housemates demonstrating a virus that has wrecked havoc, which is heading towards the house. Green smoke was then released and only six housemates were given gas masks.
Wolfy, Charlie, Hazel, Daley, Callum and Joe took the masks and were saved from the virus. They are allowed to stay in the main part of the house.
Jack, Jemima, Jackie, Dexter, Dan, Sam, Sophie and Gina are now infected and have been quarantined in the large task room.
While they remain in the task room, they will only have disgusting liquid food to live on.
Housemates will only be allowed back into the main house if they pass one of...
The housemates were woken up this morning by a frenzied alarm and zombies banging on bedroom windows from the garden.
A Vt was shown to the housemates demonstrating a virus that has wrecked havoc, which is heading towards the house. Green smoke was then released and only six housemates were given gas masks.
Wolfy, Charlie, Hazel, Daley, Callum and Joe took the masks and were saved from the virus. They are allowed to stay in the main part of the house.
Jack, Jemima, Jackie, Dexter, Dan, Sam, Sophie and Gina are now infected and have been quarantined in the large task room.
While they remain in the task room, they will only have disgusting liquid food to live on.
Housemates will only be allowed back into the main house if they pass one of...
- 6/25/2013
- Digital Spy
News
J.J. Abrams‘s production company has purchased the rights to adapt TV legend Rod Serling‘s last, uncompleted screenplay, The Stops Along the Way. It is hoped a network will order an adaptation of Stops that turns the teleplay into a mini-series. The details of the story are currently secret.
A magic-performing detective, perhaps? Please, Simpsons?
Will Arnett is bringing his voice to The Simpsons, TVLine reports. He’ll play an FBI detective who goes after Homer for illegally downloading a movie.
The upcoming season of Drop Dead Diva may be gaining a hunky new guardian angel but it’s losing its hunky boss as Josh Samberg is leaving the legal dramedy.
I guess Kim is going to have to take over all the grumpiness at Harrison & Parker.
Considering all the characters who have made a return appearance on Mad Men, Vulture asks, when will we get to see Sal again?...
J.J. Abrams‘s production company has purchased the rights to adapt TV legend Rod Serling‘s last, uncompleted screenplay, The Stops Along the Way. It is hoped a network will order an adaptation of Stops that turns the teleplay into a mini-series. The details of the story are currently secret.
A magic-performing detective, perhaps? Please, Simpsons?
Will Arnett is bringing his voice to The Simpsons, TVLine reports. He’ll play an FBI detective who goes after Homer for illegally downloading a movie.
The upcoming season of Drop Dead Diva may be gaining a hunky new guardian angel but it’s losing its hunky boss as Josh Samberg is leaving the legal dramedy.
I guess Kim is going to have to take over all the grumpiness at Harrison & Parker.
Considering all the characters who have made a return appearance on Mad Men, Vulture asks, when will we get to see Sal again?...
- 6/6/2013
- by Lyle Masaki
- The Backlot
Polemic Crisis: Cohen Turns Camera On His Fam
Having flown the coop over a decade ago to work in the film industry as a digital effects artist, first time feature director Shawney Cohen decided to return to his Jewish roost to help out with the family owned strip joint and motel in times of turmoil. It seems his parents, a life long couple who now seem to share nothing in common except an incendiary relationship with food, are now slaves to their sustenance. Presently 400 pounds, his kingpin father can do little but delegate from behind his desk, while his mother, only a mere 85 pounds, can barely stomach more than a few bites in a sitting. Within Cohen’s deeply personal, thematically complex docu debut, The Manor, their contradictory comestible issues turn out to be deeply seeded in the dirty business they’ve built their lavish lives upon.
Long before the...
Having flown the coop over a decade ago to work in the film industry as a digital effects artist, first time feature director Shawney Cohen decided to return to his Jewish roost to help out with the family owned strip joint and motel in times of turmoil. It seems his parents, a life long couple who now seem to share nothing in common except an incendiary relationship with food, are now slaves to their sustenance. Presently 400 pounds, his kingpin father can do little but delegate from behind his desk, while his mother, only a mere 85 pounds, can barely stomach more than a few bites in a sitting. Within Cohen’s deeply personal, thematically complex docu debut, The Manor, their contradictory comestible issues turn out to be deeply seeded in the dirty business they’ve built their lavish lives upon.
Long before the...
- 4/25/2013
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Plague Nation is Dana Fredsti’s sequel to the zombie novel Plague Town, and continues to follow Ashley Parker fighting the zombie threat. The book is now available in the Us, and will be available in the UK next week, and we’ve been provided with an exclusive excerpt to share with Daily Dead readers.
Synopsis: “The undead have been defeated in Redwood Grove, CA, but reports of similar outbreaks are coming in. What seemed to be an isolated event is turning into a pandemic. The last thing Ashley Parker wanted when she went to college was to join the military, but she is one of a select few who are immune to the virus. Gifted with enhanced speed, strength, and senses, she’s recruited by a shadowy international organization that’s existed for centuries, its sole purpose to combat the zombie threat.
Dark secrets begin to emerge, and when an unknown enemy strikes,...
Synopsis: “The undead have been defeated in Redwood Grove, CA, but reports of similar outbreaks are coming in. What seemed to be an isolated event is turning into a pandemic. The last thing Ashley Parker wanted when she went to college was to join the military, but she is one of a select few who are immune to the virus. Gifted with enhanced speed, strength, and senses, she’s recruited by a shadowy international organization that’s existed for centuries, its sole purpose to combat the zombie threat.
Dark secrets begin to emerge, and when an unknown enemy strikes,...
- 4/16/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Titan Books has just released Plague Nation where fans will be immersed into an action-packed adventure through hordes of undead with our zombie hunter Ashley Parker. We recently set down with author Dana Fredsti to discuss the undead chaos ahead in her latest novel.
Amanda Dyar: Tell us a little bit about Plague Nation (the thrilling sequel to Plague Town) and what were your inspirations for it. Why did you choose to write from the zombie standpoint?
Dana Fredsti: First off, I like the use of the word "thrilling" there. Thank you!
Plague Nation picks up where Plague Town left off. Allow me to cheat and use the copy written by the lovely folks at Titan:
The undead have been defeated in Redwood Grove, CA, but reports of similar outbreaks are coming in. What seemed to be an isolated event is turning into a pandemic. The last thing...
Amanda Dyar: Tell us a little bit about Plague Nation (the thrilling sequel to Plague Town) and what were your inspirations for it. Why did you choose to write from the zombie standpoint?
Dana Fredsti: First off, I like the use of the word "thrilling" there. Thank you!
Plague Nation picks up where Plague Town left off. Allow me to cheat and use the copy written by the lovely folks at Titan:
The undead have been defeated in Redwood Grove, CA, but reports of similar outbreaks are coming in. What seemed to be an isolated event is turning into a pandemic. The last thing...
- 4/9/2013
- by Amanda Dyar
- DreadCentral.com
Awards nominations are - and always will be - subjective, but when this year's Arqiva BAFTA Television Awards noms were announced this morning (April 9), a few glaring omissions left Tube Talk's head spinning...
Quite rightly, Sean Bean's brave turn in Accused was recognised, Peter Capaldi's standout performance in series two of The Hour drew praise and BBC Two's one-off thriller Murder got the plaudits it deserved.
But what of those overlooked by BAFTA? This feature is for all of those who definitely *won't* be picking up a gong next month.
The Arqiva British Academy Television Awards take place on Sunday, May 12, and will air on BBC One and BBC One HD. The BAFTA TV Craft Awards take place on Sunday, April 28 at the Brewery in London.
> The Girl, Parade's End, Accused head BAFTA TV award nominees
> BAFTA Television Awards 2013: This year's nominees in full
Doctor Who
No...
Quite rightly, Sean Bean's brave turn in Accused was recognised, Peter Capaldi's standout performance in series two of The Hour drew praise and BBC Two's one-off thriller Murder got the plaudits it deserved.
But what of those overlooked by BAFTA? This feature is for all of those who definitely *won't* be picking up a gong next month.
The Arqiva British Academy Television Awards take place on Sunday, May 12, and will air on BBC One and BBC One HD. The BAFTA TV Craft Awards take place on Sunday, April 28 at the Brewery in London.
> The Girl, Parade's End, Accused head BAFTA TV award nominees
> BAFTA Television Awards 2013: This year's nominees in full
Doctor Who
No...
- 4/9/2013
- Digital Spy
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