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'ABCs Of Death 2' in Production
21 May 2013 7:49 PM, PDT | MoreHorror | See recent MoreHorror news »
by David Harkness, MoreHorror.com
Following up on the success of the ABCs of Death anthology, Magnet Releasing in Association with Timpson Films and Drafthouse Films will be releasing ABCs Of Death 2.
Check out all the details from the official announcement below.
From The Press Release:
Producers Ant Timpson, Tim League, and the Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnet Releasing announced today the production of ABCs Of Death 2, a high energy sequel to the 2012 anthology hit that delivers 26 new dark tales from the industry’s most celebrated genre directors. Taking all that was great from the first installment, ABCs Of Death 2 aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.
In a significant departure from the first installment, ABCs Of Death 2 is expanding beyond horror directors. The sequel’s new roster includes »
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Horror Anthology 'The ABCs Of Death' To Get A Sequel
16 May 2013 10:30 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
There are 26 letters in the English alphabet, but there are going to be two movies about "The ABCs of Death." A sequel to the creepy anthology is on the way, and filmmakers are promising a leaner and meaner set of horrors. You remember how this works: each director creates a short based on a theme related to a letter of the alphabet, and of course, death. Alex de la Iglesia ("The Last Circus"), Rodney Ascher ("Room 237"), and Academy Award-nominated animator Bill Plympton have already signed on to direct, plus there will be another competition to find the 26th filmmaker. The sequel is planned for a 2014 release, so you have plenty of time to break out your camera and get to work.
We're Officially Getting a 'Gremlins' Reboot
We brought you news earlier in the year about a potential reboot of Joe Dante's horror classic "Gremlins," and »
- Alison Nastasi
ABCs Of Death 2 Announced, Lineup of Directors Revealed!
15 May 2013 2:49 PM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »
On the eve of ABCs Of Death‘s May 21st Blu-ray/DVD release (read my review here), Drafthouse Films, Magnet Releasing, and Timpson Films are returning to deliver another alphabetic apocalypse with ABCs Of Death 2! An all new roster of directors have been chosen, ranging from Alex de la Iglesia, Larry Fessenden, Sion Sono, to Vincenzo Natali, twisted twins Jen & Sylvia Soska, and Julien Maury & Alexandre Butillo! That is one hell of an exciting and diverse lineup!
Like last time, the position of the 26th director will be chosen through a contest for the best fan-made short. If you think you’ve got what it takes, arm yourself with a camera and get shooting! Voting will take place over the summer.
ABCs Of Death 2 is schedule for a 2014 release. Read the official press release below, and order your copy of the first film on the 21st!
Magnet Releasing in Association »
- Justin Edwards
New Directors Announced for ‘ABC’S Of Death 2′
15 May 2013 1:46 PM, PDT | Destroy the Brain | See recent Destroy the Brain news »
Horror Anthology films are back. There is no doubt about it. Last year, we saw two of them – both from the same distribution company of Magnet Releasing – in V/H/S (review here) and ABC’s of Death. This year, we will see the follow-up to the former film, V/H/S. However, we will have to wait for ABC’s of Death 2 until 2014. While I consider ABCs of Death to be ”Fantastic Fest: The Movie”, the actual product wasn’t anywhere near the gratification one gets from the festival. Read the Press Release below for all the loose details. I’m really happy Jerome Sable is included on this director list as he someone I think everyone should look out for. You can even read our interview with Sable here.
From the Press Release
Producers Ant Timpson, Tim League, and the Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnet Releasing announced today »
- Andy Triefenbach
ABC's of Death 2 Moves Forward with International Lineup of Directors
15 May 2013 1:06 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Producers Ant Timpson, Tim League, and the Wagner/Cuban Company's Magnet Releasing announced today the production of ABCs of Death 2, a high energy sequel to the 2012 anthology hit that delivers 26 new dark tales from the industry's most celebrated genre directors. Taking all that was great from the first installment, ABCs of Death 2 aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.
In a significant departure from the first installment, ABCs of Death 2 is expanding beyond horror directors. The sequel's new roster includes Goya Award winner Álex de la Iglesia (The Last Circus, Oxford Murders); Room 237 mastermind Rodney Ascher; Academy Award-nominated animator Bill Plympton; Filipino icon - and Director's Fortnight inductee - Erik Matti (Exodus: Tales from the Enchanted Kingdom); and the founder of Nigerian "Nollywood" cinema Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen.
Additional »
- MovieWeb
Vincenzo Natali, Bill Plympton & More Turn Up for 'ABCs of Death 2'
15 May 2013 12:44 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
If you didn't catch the horror anthology The ABC's of Death, don't feel bad. The film didn't have a very big or successful theater run, but the VOD response has been pretty impressive, and the film hits Blu-Ray and DVD next Tuesday. In fact, the film found a big enough audience to warrant a sequel, and the names turning out to direct segments this time are pretty damn impressive. For those who aren't aware of the original film, it features different segments for each letter of the alphabet, depicting a gruesome way of dying that begins with any of the 26 letters of the alphabet. The sequel is doing the same thing over again. But this time, the director's list is pretty damn impressive. Here's the rundown from the press release: The sequel’s new roster includes Goya Award winner Álex de la Iglesia (The Last Circus, Day Of The Beast »
- Ethan Anderton
Magnet and Drafthouse Films Announce The ABCs of Death 2
15 May 2013 10:42 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Here we are just a few days shy of the home video release of The ABCs of Death when what happens across our desks? News of the sequel, The ABCs of Death 2. That's right, kids! More short form horror is on its way!
From the Press Release
Producers Ant Timpson, Tim League, and the Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnet Releasing announced today the production of ABCs Of Death 2, a high energy sequel to the 2012 anthology hit that delivers 26 new dark tales from the industry’s most celebrated genre directors. Taking all that was great from the first installment, ABCs Of Death 2 aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.
In a significant departure from the first installment, ABCs Of Death 2 is expanding beyond horror directors. The sequel’s new roster »
- Uncle Creepy
The ABCs of Death Sequel in the Works, First Directors Announced
15 May 2013 10:06 AM, PDT | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
Even though The ABCs of Death is not yet available on Blu-ray/DVD, the VOD release and festival screenings were successful enough that Magnet Releasing, Timpson Films, and Drafthouse Films are already moving forward with a sequel. The announcement was made at Cannes today, and included the initial list of directors:
Bill Plympton, Alex De La Iglesias (The Last Circus), Rodney Ascher (Room 237), Erik Matti, Lancelot Imasuen, Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper (Vanishing Waves), Sion Sono (Cold Fish), Vincenzo Natali (Splice, Cube), Larry Fessenden (The Last Winter), Marcus Dunstan (The Collection), Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo (Inside, Livid), E.L. Katz (Cheap Thrills), Jen and Sylvia Soska (American Mary), Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado (Rabies, Big Bad Wolves), Julian Gilbey (A Lonely Place To Die), Dennison Ramalho (Ninjas, Love For Mother Only), Jerome Sable (The Legend Of Beaver Dam), and Robert Morgan (Bobby Yeah).
Deadline reports that the full list »
- Jonathan James
Details Announced For 'ABCs of Death 2'
15 May 2013 10:00 AM, PDT | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »
Looks like audiences need further education - The ABCs of Death is getting a sequel. The anthology, featuring 26 shorts (each one a story about death, focused around a letter of the alphabet) by some of the brightest new horror directors of the time, will expand past horror directors. Of course, that doesn't mean that horror directors won't be prominently features. Genre favorites like the Soska Sisters (American Mary), Marcus Dunstan (The Collection), and Larry Fessenden (Habit). From the press release:
In a significant departure from the first installment, ABCs Of Death 2 is expanding beyond horror directors. The sequel’s new roster includes Goya Award winner Álex de la Iglesia (The Last Circus, Day Of The Beast); Room 237 mastermind Rodney Ascher; Academy Award-nominated animator Bill Plympton; Filipino icon – and Director’s Fortnight inductee – Erik Matti (On The Job, Magic Temple); and the founder of Nigerian “Nollywood” cinema Lancelot Imasuen.
Additional »
- Alyse Wax
Sion Sono, Bruno Samper, Rodney Ascher, Vincenzo Natali, and More Among Abcs Of Death 2 Directors
15 May 2013 9:43 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Magnet Releasing has announced a slew of directors that will be contributing to the horror anthology sequel ABCs of Death 2, and it’s a fairly diverse lineup. Like its predecessor, the pic will deliver 26 genre-oriented short films each relating to a different letter of the alphabet. The producers are branching out of the horror genre for this new host of filmmakers, as Álex de la Iglesia (The Last Circus), Rodney Ascher (Room 237), and animation director Bill Plympton will be helming segments alongside Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper (Vanishing Waves), Sion Sono (Cold Fish), Vincenzo Natali (Splice), Marcus Dunstan (The Collection), and many more. Additional filmmakers are expected to be announced over the next few months, as production will get underway for a planned 2014 release. The follow-up is described as “a wilder, leaner, faster paced and even more entertaining anthology” than the first film, so hold on to your butts, »
- Adam Chitwood
Horror Anthology 'ABCs Of Death' Getting A Sequel In 2014
15 May 2013 9:05 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
We’re going to need more alphabets. On the back of the success last year’s horror anthology “The ABCs of Death” -- for which 26 directors each directed a short loosely connected to the theme of death and an arbitrary letter of the alphabet -- it looks like we’re going to be getting a sequel, with producers currently shopping the film at Cannes. They’ll be moving beyond exclusively horror directors this time too, with Alex de la Iglesia (“The Last Circus"), Rodney Ascher (“Room 237”) and animator Bill Plympton already signed on, and there will once again be a director’s competition to find the 26th filmmaker. “This time around we’re all determined to expand the concept to even more hyperkinetic, comically deranged and mortally dizzying heights of how someone can shuffle off this mortal coil,” said producer Ant Timpson. So it doesn’t seem to matter »
- Joe Cunningham
Cannes 2013: Abcs Of Death gets sequel
15 May 2013 3:16 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
A sequel to horror anthology ABCs of Death has been announced at Cannes 2013 by producers, reports Variety. Magnet is set to produce alongside Drafthouse Films and Timpson Films. The first film used different horror directors for each segment, and apparently the sequel will use helmers who aren't necessarily horror directors, with Alex de la Iglesia (The Last Circus) on board already as well as Rodney Ascher (Room 237) and animator Bill Plympton. As they did with ABCs of Death, the producers are set to hold another competition to add one more filmmaker to ABCs of Death, which finds release in 2014, sometime. »
Cannes: ‘ABCs of Death’ Gets Sequel
15 May 2013 1:00 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The producers behind “ABCs of Death” are getting ready to add more letters, announcing a sequel to last year’s anthology horror pic to shop at Cannes.
Magnet Films, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, will produce in association with Timpson Films and Drafthouse Films.
“ABCs of Death” tapped separate horror directors for 26 short films about death. The second film will expand beyond horror helmers, however, and has signed on directors including “The Last Circus’” Alex de la Iglesia, “Room 237′s” Rodney Ascher and animator Bill Plympton.
Like they did with the original, producers will hold a director’s competition this summer to include one additional filmmaker. Release of “ABCs of Death 2″ is planned for next year.
Magnet distributed last year’s horror pic “V/H/S” and will release a sequel to it later this year. Other credits include “Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie” and hockey comedy “Goon. »
- Rachel Abrams
Trailer: Alex de la Iglesia's Witching & Bitching Looks Awesome
12 March 2013 6:31 AM, PDT | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
Alex de La Iglesia's career has been varied, but I instantly fell in love with The Last Circus when that oddity reached the U.S. It felt like he had been creatively reinvigorated and I looked forward to what he'd do next. Following that film, he went on to do As Luck Would Have It (which I haven't seen yet). This year sees the release of Witching & Bitching and we have a trailer for you inside (courtesy of Rtve).
The preview looks great. Fueled by some aggressive music, the visuals introduce a gang of thieves who appear to pull off a public heist and then hit the road. In their journey, however, they run into a coven of witches and then shit gets really weird. The film opens overseas this fall; we'll keep you posted on domestic release news.
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Jesus With a Shotgun: First Insane Trailer Arrives For Alex de la Iglesia’s ‘Witching and Bitching’
11 March 2013 11:00 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
If Jason Eisener‘s recent exploitation offering, Hobo with a Shotgun, didn’t do enough to satisfy your twisted brain cells, one can leave it to the wildly creative director Álex de la Iglesia, whose latest film features Jesus himself with a shotgun. Giving us a demented trip with The Last Circus, he went into more crowdpleasing territory with his last project, As [...] »
- Jack Cunliffe
SXSW Midnighter 'Cheap Thrills' Picked Up for Worldwide Sales Rights
8 March 2013 3:00 PM, PST | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »
Cheap Thrills, the indie thriller that scored the opening “Midnighters” spot at South By Southwest, has already landed a deal. The Paris-based company Films Distribution, whose past genre acquisitions include Benjamin Rocher’s cult zombie hit The Horde, Alex de la Iglesia’s insane clown-vs-clown epic The Last Circus and Franck Richard's darkly comic cannibal flick The Pack, will bring the film to the Cannes Film Festival to sell to distributors. Produced by Snowfort Pictures (whose horror comedy Big Ass Spider! is also screening at SXSW), Cheap Thrills is the directorial debut of screenwriter E.L. Katz (Home Sick, Autopsy). It stars Pat Healy and Sara Paxton – who previously starred in Ti West's The Innkeepers – along with David Koechner, Ethan Embry and Amanda Fuller. The story by Trent Haaga (Deadgirl) and David Chirchirillo (Dances with Werewolves) involves a new father facing eviction whose life is turned upside down when »
- Gregory Burkart
SXSW 2013: New Image Home to Some Cheap Thrills; Distro News for the Film
8 March 2013 12:12 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Hot on the heels of yesterday's one-sheet premiere for E.L. Katz's South by Southwest offering Cheap Thrills, we have a new still for you guys to peep or scope or whatever it is you weirdos do with your eyes. Dig it!
But first, we have some news that international sales agent Films Distribution has acquired the foreign sales rights to Cheap Thrills, the economy themed thriller opening the Midnighters program at SXSW. Paris-based Films Distribution has a long history of handling elevated genre films that have been worldwide successes, such as Alex de la Iglesia’s visionary The Last Circus, Franck Richard’s flesh-eating party film The Pact, and Benjamin Rocher’s French urban zombie film The Horde.
U.S. sales will be handled by Josh and Dan Braun of Submarine Entertainment.
The E.L. Katz directed film stars David Koechner, Ethan Embry, Amanda Fuller, and Innkeepers costars Pat Healy and Sara Paxton. »
- Uncle Creepy
As Luck Would Have It | Review
14 February 2013 8:00 AM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
The Spark of Life: Iglesia’s Latest a Soap Opera Soap Box
Following on the heels of his successful 2010 award winner The Last Circus, Alex de la Iglesia leaves behind genre for his most straightforward drama effort yet with As Luck Would Have It, a denigration of class and greed that operates nearly exclusively as a mouth piece for the overtly obvious views it continuously espouses. Once again snagging some A-list talent, Iglesia sinks them, along with Kiko de la Rica’s glorious cinematography, into a quagmire of telenovelic proportions. A would be satire, Iglesia bungles melodrama, black comedy, and motifs more at home with Arthur Miller into a heterogeneous mixture of humanity where black and white never fade to grey.
An out of work advertising executive, Roberto (Jose Mota), is desperate to get out of a two year unemployment slump. His ravishingly beautiful and supportive wife, Luisa (Salma Hayek »
- Nicholas Bell
Watch Four Clips From Alex De La Iglesia's As Luck Would Have It
7 February 2013 1:35 PM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
We are unabashed fans of Alex de la Iglesia here at Twitch. The director of The Last Circus, Ferpect Crime and The Day of the Beast is hard at work on his next feature, Witching & Bitching. While we wait for that, his previous effort As Luck Would Have It has now begun a small theatrical run and, more importantly, can be found on Cable VOD, SundanceNOW and other digital outlets -- iTunes, Amazon Streaming, PS3 Playstation Unlimited, Xbox Zune, Google Play and YouTube -- thanks to IFC. To whet your whistle, IFC has given us four clips you can watch below the synopsis. Roberto (famed Spanish comic José Mota) once had a promising career in advertising. But now out of work during the economic downturn, he struggles to keep his family...
[Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]
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Exclusive Clip: Watch Salma Hayek's Surprising Discovery In Scene From 'As Luck Would Have It'
1 February 2013 2:02 PM, PST | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Those with their ear to the ground likely already know the name of director Álex de la Iglesia. He's the helmer behind the somewhat insane "The Last Circus," which made some big waves on the festival circuit in 2010, and his follow-up is no less unique. "As Luck Would Have It" features Salma Hayek in a co-starring role in a tale that uses an extraordinary situation to explore the current state of the news and entertainment media. Spanish comic actor José Mota co-stars as Roberto, a family man struggling to make ends meet for his family. However, a freak accident ironically gives him the chance of a lifetime, with the incident sparking a major media firestorm that's so big he lands an agent to help navigate his way through the hype and attention. But at what cost will this fame bring? In this exclusive clip from the movie, we find out »
- Kevin Jagernauth
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