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Stars: Dayo Okeniyi, Shawn Thomas, Tyler Rice, Jeremy Isabella, Flood Reed, Claire Dodin, Matt Hish, Mike Apple, Brian Allen, John Joyce, Michael Todd Schneider, Paul J Hennigan, Gaya Malakian, Stephen O’Neil Martin, Chip Kratzinger | Written and Directed by Flood Reed

‘Based on a true story’? Check. Rural American setting packed full of aggressive Hillbillies and weirdos? Check. Not really based on a true story? Check. One of the most annoying American teenagers ever to inhabit a horror film this side of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’s Franklin? Check and check, in spades. Said teenage irritation and his three relatively bland friends get into trouble seeking a fabled strip club (really) out in rural America.

What sets American Backwoods: Slew Hampshire apart from its fellow Deliverance and Texas Chain Saw Massacre imitators is its devotion to sleaze and annoyance. Both, for the most part, being intentional. Bevvies of big...

We tv's South of Hell marathon kicks off on Black Friday, November 27th. Also in this round-up: the Cavity Colors' Madman shirt, Anguish and 8 Films to Die For release details, and a look at two teaser clips for American Backwoods: Slew Hampshire.

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American Backwoods: Slew Hampshire, a new indie slasher film that was awarded “Goriest Scene of the Year” by Rue Morgue Magazine, come from director Flood Reed and stars Dayo Okeniyi (The Hunger Games, Terminator: Genysis), Shawn Thomas and Tyler Rice.

Already a hit wth critics across the North America – where the film was released this past June – and with a European release imminent, we’ve got you’re your first look of the official full-length trailer for the film:

In June of 1994, one of the most brutal mass slaughters in history occurred in the backwoods of northern New England. Four months later, history is about to repeat itself. The end of summer signals the brink of manhood for a group of lifelong friends who proudly call New Hampshire their home. But when they embark upon a local rite of passage – traveling north for one final weekend of debauchery together – it...

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Some new details have been unveiled from the team behind the gory horror film American Backwoods: Slew Hampshire, including a new poster (see below).

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In honor of cast member Dayo Okeniyi's appearance in the newest installment of the Terminator franchise, the team behind American Backwoods: Slew Hampshire has released a new poster And three new exclusive teaser clips featuring their lead actor.

In addition to his role in Terminator: Genisys, Okeniyi has typically played supporting characters in Hollywood films like The Hunger Games and Runner Runner - but his work in American Backwoods: Slew Hampshire represents his first as a leading man. Despite being his only foray into the horror genre to date, his performance as "Bro" - the reluctant hero amidst an ensemble of creeps, cretins and creatures - has been widely lauded and even garnered him a nomination...

If you’re looking for a horror flick with a particularly violent edge, then writer/director Flood Reed’s American Backwoods: Slew Hampshire might do the trick. After all, the folks over at Rue Morgue Magazine were particularly horrified by the flick, eventually… Continue Reading →

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Cowboys vs. Dinosaurs will be released on May 19th on Digital HD and On Demand, and we have been given an exclusive clip to share with our readers. Also in this round-up: first photos from #Horror, and trailers for They Will Outlive Us All and American Backwoods: Slew Hampshire.

Cowboys vs. Dinosaurs: Press Release -- "An outrageous sci-fi adventure that entertainingly pits two unlikely species against each other, Cowboys vs Dinosaurs battles its way onto Digital HD and On Demand May 19 from MarVista Digital Entertainment (Mvde). Directed by Ari Novak, known for his visual effects work on Live Free or Die Hard, the inconceivable creature/disaster mash-up stars Oscar® and Golden Globe® nominee Eric Roberts (The Dark Night, The Expendables), Vernon Wells (Throwback, Commando), Rib Hillis (Groom’s Cake, “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”), Casey Fitzgerald (The Shift, Sorority Party Massacre), John Freeman (Luna, The Strange Curse of Love), Kelcey Watson (Boots,...

With its need for plenty of fresh-faced, young actors to fill the roles of it numerous doomed tributes, The Hunger Games proved a spectacular showcase for more than just its leads. Prior to this sci-fi adventure, Nigeria-born actor Dayo Okeniyi had only a couple of short films and a TV movie to his name. But after playing the brawny yet compassionate Thresh of District 11, Okeniyi scored roles in a string of features including James Ponsoldt's critically heralded The Spectacular Now, the recently wrapped horror-thriller Slew Hampshire, and the upcoming Ben Affleck-fronted crime drama Runner, Runner. Still, his next part could be his biggest yet. THR reports Okeniyi has entered into talks to join Universal Picture's remake of the 1981 drama Endless Love. Re-imagined by Gossip Girl writer Joshua Safran, the remake's script was given a polish pass by Country Strong writer-director Shana Feste, who is also set to helm.

Hollywood newcomer Dayo Okeniyi has been thrust into the spotlight as Thresh, one of the Tributes in "The Hunger Games" who is, as he puts it in his Twitter bio, "the reason Katniss makes it to Catching Fire No biggie." Uh, yeah, it's a biggie! And so is Dayo, who moved to Los Angeles just a few years ago to become an actor. Hey, he's always got a bachelor's degree in Visual Communications Design if this whole "being awesome" thing doesn't work out. We suspect it will, though.

Age: 23

Hometown: Dayo grew up in Lagos, Nigeria.

What He's Done: This is his first feature-length film!

What He's Doing Now: He plays Thresh, the other Tribute from District 11 along with Rue (Amandla Stenberg). We can't give much away about his character, but suffice it to say he's pretty darn tough, and Katniss thinks highly of him.

Reminds Us of: A younger Blair Underwood,...

February is Black History Month, and right now two African-American actors are Oscars front-runners (we're talking about you, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer). Plus, the talented and beautiful Adepero Oduye and Paula Patton were included in Vanity Fair's annual Young Hollywood issue -- which is usually all white.

In keeping with the props bestowed upon Hollywood's black performers this month, we present 13 black actors (and a bonus couple of pop stars transitioning to film) whose names you should memorize now, because we're predicting big things, juicy roles and long careers for all of them.

Nicole Beharie

Who She Is: The half-Nigerian, half-Jamaican beauty had a pivotal supporting role as the only woman Michael Fassbender actually wants to woo (and not just have sex with) in Steve McQueen's acclaimed drama "Shame." A graduate of Juilliard's prestigious drama program (where she received a scholarship named for fellow alum Robin Williams), the...

Some guys just know how to put together a trailer. The creators of the upcoming film Slew Hampshire definitely know what they're doing. Writer/director Flood Reed brings us a horrific vision of backwoods violence set to some kick-ass background music. In this 90-second trailer you get buckets of blood and the biggest collection of psycho eyes you'll ever see in such a short span of time!

Starring Dayo Okeniyi, Claire Dodin, Tyler Rice, Matt Hish, Shawn Thomas, Brian Allen and (in my opinion) one of the scariest guys in the horror business, Michael Todd Schneider of August Underground's Mordum fame. I'm sure the rest of the cast is brilliant as the trailer is very entertaining, but Schneider gives me chills. If you listen closely to the background song, you'll hear a line mentioning something about "…backwoods mutherfuckery…" That seems to pretty much sum things up.

Check out the trailer below,...

The lead roles for the movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins' popular novel, The Hunger Games, were taken care of early with Academy Award nominee Jennifer Lawrence set to play Katniss Everdeen and Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth locked in for the roles of Peeta Mellark and Gale Hawthorne.

Since the leads were cast, the team working on the movie have been very busy bringing together a bunch of supporting actors to solidify the cast. A short time ago it was reported that Elizabeth Banks (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Zack and Miri Make A Porno) was in talks to play Effie Trinket, the eventual handler of Lawrence's Katniss. The talks have now been sorted out, and Banks has been officially confirmed for the role.

Others that have been cast so far include Paula Malcomson (Caprica, Tombstone), who will play Katniss's mother, Willow Shields (In Plain Sight) as Primrose Everdeen, Amandla Stenberg...

Just last week, there was a cornucopia of casting for the Gary Ross (Pleasantville) directed big-screen adaptation of the first novel in Suzanne Collins‘ best selling trilogy, The Hunger Games. Among them were Dayo Okeniyi (Slew Hampshire), Amandla Stenberg (Falling Skies), Levin Rambin (CSI: Miami, Wizards of Waverly Place), Jack Quaid (son of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan), Willow Shields (Beyond the Blackboard) and Paula Malcomson (Caprica, Sons of Anarchy).

Now, Lionsgate has announced two more additions to the cast. Kalia Prescott, who was a young stunt performer in The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause and Red Dawn, and newcomer Ian Nelson have been chosen to portray unnamed tributes of District 3, which is known for its expertise with explosives in The Hunger Games.

The Hunger Games is slated to hit theaters on March 23rd, 2012.

Just yesterday, we brought you the news about Elizabeth Banks (Man on a Ledge, Welcome to People) and relative newcomers, Dayo Okeniyi (Slew Hampshire) and Amandla Stenberg (Falling Skies) joining the cast of the Gary Ross (Pleasantville) directed big-screen adaptation of the first novel in Suzanne Collins‘ best selling trilogy, The Hunger Games.

Now, The Hunger Games Facebook page has announced that Levin Rambin (CSI: Miami, Wizards of Waverly Place) and Jack Quaid (son of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan) have been cast in the film as Marvel and Glimmer, two tributes from District 1, where they are among a group known as the “Careers.”

The Hunger Games is slated to hit theaters on March 23rd, 2012.

So, the last few days have shown us that writer Collins and director Ross decided to finally go ahead and cast black people in their movie (probably because everyone got pissed that they kept casting white people in all the ethnic roles), but now have finally moved on to casting white people again.

It's as if they cast the two blackest people whitey could find on short hand to quell the accusations of racism, and now they can go back to casting people like blond-haired, blue-eyed Elizabeth Banks in the other important roles.

District 12 tributes will be played by white people Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss) and Josh Hutcherson (Peeta), and the District 11 tributes will be played by black actors Dayo Okeniyi (Thresh) and Amandla Stenberg (Rue). Okeniyi will actually be in an upcoming horror film with the crappily amusing title Slew Hampshire (oops! Oh well. Even George Clooney was in Return to Horror High...

Just a couple of weeks ago, Lionsgate has announced that Josh Hutcherson (Red Dawn) and Liam Hemsworth (Arabian Nights) had joined Jennifer Lawrence in the Gary Ross (Pleasantville) directed big-screen adaptation of the first novel in Suzanne Collins‘ best selling trilogy, The Hunger Games.

Now, Variety reports that Elizabeth Banks (Man on a Ledge, Welcome to People) has joined the cast as well, and will be portraying Effie Trinket. In addition to Banks, Lionsgate has announced that Dayo Okeniyi (Slew Hampshire) and Amandla Stenberg (Falling Skies) will play Thresh and Rue respectively.

Banks character, Effie Trinket is a chaperone for the 12th District, where Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) are from. Okeniyi and Stenberg’s Rue and Thresh are “tributes” from District 11. The Hunger Games revolves around a boy and girl “tribute” chosen from each of America’s 12 districts, who are forced to compete to the death in...

Lionsgate is keeping quiet on casting for The Hunger Games but Variety reports that Elizabeth Banks is in talks to play Effie Trinket, the administrator who delivers the death-match kid competitors to their fate. Other roles cast are newcomers Dayo Okeniyi (upcoming Slew Hampshire) to play Thresh and seventh-grader Amandla Stenberg (upcoming Columbiana) to play Rue, both are slated to fight from District 11.

They join Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, Josh Hutcherson as Peeta and Liam Hemsworth as Gale. The Hunger Games is based on the Suzanne Collins young adult novel about a dystopian world where kids are forced to fight to the death once a year for the entertainment of the country. Gary Ross is directing.

Source: Variety...

Dayo Okeniyi and Amandla Stenberg have joined the cast of The Hunger Games. According to Entertainment Weekly, the two newcomers will play District 9 tributes Thresh and Rue in the Lionsgate picture. Okeniyi can be seen in the short Eyes to See, as well as the upcoming horror movie Slew Hampshire, while Stenberg will appear in the two upcoming films Colombiana and Taste of Romance. Okeniyi and Stenberg join actors Liam Hemsworth and Josh (more)...

Dayo Okeniyi and Amandla Stenberg have joined the cast of The Hunger Games. According to Entertainment Weekly, the two newcomers will play District 9 tributes Thresh and Rue in the Lionsgate picture. Okeniyi can be seen in the short Eyes to See, as well as the upcoming horror movie Slew Hampshire, while Stenberg will appear in the two upcoming films Colombiana and Taste of Romance. Okeniyi and Stenberg join actors Liam Hemsworth and Josh (more)...

The producers of The Hunger Games have been busy fleshing out the cast of their film, and they’ve just announced that they found two relatively unknown actors to play two of the more well-loved characters, District 11 tributes Thresh and Rue. Newcomers Dayo Okeniyi and Amandla Stenberg will portray the young tributes forced into the Hunger Games arena with Katniss Everdeen (played by Jennifer Lawrence). Okeniyi only has one film to his name, a feature called Slew Hampshire which has not yet been released, and twelve-year-old Stenberg has a slightly longer resume (and quite the IMDb bio which is worth a read—we love that it includes the fact that she has ridden in the Goodyear blimp), as well as her own website, AmandlaStenberg.com.

Pretty safe to say that these two won’t be unknowns for long.

[Photos: IMDb]...

With main characters already cast in the form of Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen and Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth as Peeta and Gale respectively, the supporting cast for the anticipated adaptation of The Hunger Games is beginning to fill out. EW reports the characters of Thresh and Rue from District 11 will be played by fresh faced actors Dayo Okeniyi and Amandla Stenberg. The young Stenberg will be seen in Colmbiana next, and Okeniyi appears in an upcoming horror film called Slew Hampshire. Find out how to keep up on the casting for the rest of the districts in The Hunger Games below! In the story, Katniss and Peeta are from Distrcit 12, but there 10 other districts yet to be revealed. Since many of these characters are likely very minor parts and will be filled by more unknown faces, we won't highlight all of them unless a bigger ...

Any fans of The Hunger Games series of books? As I’m sure you know by now, a movie adaptation based on the best-selling trilogy of Ya novels, written by Suzanne Collins, is in the works, as the films cast gradually comes together.

I haven’t read the books, so I’m not at all equipped to discuss content or characters; but I can tell you that, about an hour ago, Lionsgate, the studio behind the project, announced, via the official Hunger Games Facebook page, that the characters named Thresh and Rue, also known as Tributes, have been cast, and both are played by relative newcomers, Dayo Okeniyi, and Amandla Stenberg – both pictured above.

For the uninitiated (myself included), The Hunger Games franchise can be summarized as follows (courtesy of Amazon.com): “In a not-too-distant future, the United States of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war,...

Amandla Stenberg ("Colombiana") and Dayo Okeniyi ("Slew Hampshire") are set to play the characters of Rue and Thresh respectively in the upcoming film adaptation of "The Hunger Games" at Lionsgate.

In the books, the pair are the tributes from District 11 who've been sent to fight to the death in the titular games. Jennifer Lawrence stars as the fearless warrior Katniss while Josh Hutcherson is her love interest Peeta, both are the tributes from District 12.

Katniss teams up with the young but skilled Rue early on. Thresh is seen as one of the fiercest players in the game. Liam Hemsworth also stars, though his role is said to be minor in the first film.

Lionsgate has also posted a Facebook profile with a scorecard of who'll play the 'tributes' from the various districts. So far only two of the twelve are filled.

Director Gary Ross has just cast two important supporting roles in his adaptation of the Suzanne Collins book The Hunger Games. He'd already announced that Oscar-nominee Jennifer Lawrence would play Katniss Everdeen [1], the main character, and that her main men - Peeta and Gale [2] - would be portrayed by Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth respectively. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. In the story, the government selects two children, called "tributes," from each of the 12 districts to compete in the titular games, a televised battle to the death. Katniss and Peeta are from District 12 and now the District 11 tributes Thresh, a big, burly male and Rue, a small but capable female, have been given faces. They'll be portrayed by newcomers Dayo Okeniyi and Amanda Stenberg. Read more after the jump. Entertainment Weekly [3] exclusively broke the casting news, which was then announced on the official Hunger Games Facebook page [4]. According to EW,...

The Hunger Games adaptation has already found its District 12 tributes in Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss) and Josh Hutcherson (Peeta). Now, Lionsgate has set its sights on District 11: EW has confirmed exclusively that the studio has cast Hollywood newcomers Dayo Okeniyi and Amanda Stenberg as Thresh and Rue in the adaptation of the Suzanne Collins trilogy, directed by Gary Ross. Okeniyi, playing the intimidatingly strong tribute, has appeared in a short called Eyes to See and an upcoming horror film, Slew Hampshire. Stenberg, who is on board as Katniss’ arena ally Rue, has roles in the September’s Colombiana and the telefilm Taste of Romance.