Expectations can run high whenever a buzzworthy filmmaker makes the leap from indie to mainstream. And Radio Silence — Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, Chad Villella and former member Justin Martinez — certainly had a lot to live up to after V/H/S. This production collective’s rousing contribution to the 2012 anthology film not only impressed audiences and critics, the same segment also caught the attention of 20th Century. This led to the studio recruiting the rising talent for a hush-hush found-footage project later titled Devil’s Due.
However, as soon as Radio Silence’s anticipated first film was released into the wild, the reactions were mostly negative. Devil’s Due was dismissed as a Rosemary’s Baby rehash but dressed in different clothes; almost all initial reviews were sure to make — as well as dwell on — that comparison. Of course, significant changes were made to Lindsay Devlin’s pre-existing script; directors Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett...
However, as soon as Radio Silence’s anticipated first film was released into the wild, the reactions were mostly negative. Devil’s Due was dismissed as a Rosemary’s Baby rehash but dressed in different clothes; almost all initial reviews were sure to make — as well as dwell on — that comparison. Of course, significant changes were made to Lindsay Devlin’s pre-existing script; directors Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett...
- 5/8/2024
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Real estate mogul Doval Bacall is set to finance producer Steven Schneider’s next feature film, Boyfriend, as his first significant entertainment deal.
Genre specialist Schneider is known for his work on the Paranormal Activity and Insidious franchises as well as The Devil Inside, The Visit, Split, Pet Sematary and Watcher.
Bacall is principal and partner of Bacall Companies, a family-owned commercial real estate development and management company which has works across the retail, offices, food and beverage, hospitality and financial lending sectors. He runs the company with his brothers and business partners Dante, Dorayd and Daivin Bacall. Current holdings include more than 145 properties located throughout the Midwest and Florida.
Boyfriend is an original screenplay by Marlon Chapman and will be directed by Anne Hamilton (American Fable), produced by Schneider of Room 101, Doval Bacall under his Your Script Produced! Studios banner and Paul Coy Allen of Midas Entertainment.
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Genre specialist Schneider is known for his work on the Paranormal Activity and Insidious franchises as well as The Devil Inside, The Visit, Split, Pet Sematary and Watcher.
Bacall is principal and partner of Bacall Companies, a family-owned commercial real estate development and management company which has works across the retail, offices, food and beverage, hospitality and financial lending sectors. He runs the company with his brothers and business partners Dante, Dorayd and Daivin Bacall. Current holdings include more than 145 properties located throughout the Midwest and Florida.
Boyfriend is an original screenplay by Marlon Chapman and will be directed by Anne Hamilton (American Fable), produced by Schneider of Room 101, Doval Bacall under his Your Script Produced! Studios banner and Paul Coy Allen of Midas Entertainment.
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- 3/20/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: After working with NBC on his shows Siberia and Emerald City, Matthew Arnold has returned to the network as the creator, executive producer and showrunner of Nowhere, a new drama series in development with Atomic Monster, Vertigo Entertainment, Room 101 (Paranormal Activity franchise) and Antihero Entertainment.
Originally conceived by Arnold as a novella, which he’s adapted into a forthcoming novel, the show is billed as a high concept mystery in the vein of Manifest or La Brea, with supernatural thriller elements. It watches as a group of individuals awake to find that all the inhabitants from their remote Vermont town have seemingly vanished overnight. Led by the former sheriff, the remaining citizens embark on a mysterious search for their missing loved ones, uncovering numerous supernatural anomalies along the way.
In addition to Arnold, executive producers for Nowhere will include James Wan, Rob Hackett...
Originally conceived by Arnold as a novella, which he’s adapted into a forthcoming novel, the show is billed as a high concept mystery in the vein of Manifest or La Brea, with supernatural thriller elements. It watches as a group of individuals awake to find that all the inhabitants from their remote Vermont town have seemingly vanished overnight. Led by the former sheriff, the remaining citizens embark on a mysterious search for their missing loved ones, uncovering numerous supernatural anomalies along the way.
In addition to Arnold, executive producers for Nowhere will include James Wan, Rob Hackett...
- 12/15/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
American writer, director, and producer William Brent Bell is a bit of an enigma if you ask us. On the one hand, he has a track record of box office hits. Conversely, those same films that grossed millions of dollars have not been well received. Bell, who has seven feature films under his belt, is probably best known for horror films such as “The Boy,” “Brahms: The Boy II,” and “The Devil Inside.”
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All three of these films are listed as rotten on the critic’s side of the Tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes.
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- 7/13/2022
- by Jamie Rogers
- The Playlist
While Jaume Collet-Serra has excelled in providing a genuine Hitchcockian vision to B-movie concepts in the last decade before getting sucked into the Disney machine, it was 2009’s Orphan that served as a notable breakout. Telling the story of a couple who adopts a nine-year-old girl harboring secrets of her own, it was a stellar showcase for the director to flex his psychological horror muscles. Now, over a decade later, a prequel is here.
Sadly, Collet-Serra has not returned to the director’s chair, giving the reins to William Brent Bell. However, star Isabelle Fuhrman––who is now 23––has returned to the role of Esther. After orchestrating a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Esther travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. Yet, an unexpected twist arises that pits her against a mother who will protect her family from the murderous “child” at any cost.
Sadly, Collet-Serra has not returned to the director’s chair, giving the reins to William Brent Bell. However, star Isabelle Fuhrman––who is now 23––has returned to the role of Esther. After orchestrating a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Esther travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. Yet, an unexpected twist arises that pits her against a mother who will protect her family from the murderous “child” at any cost.
- 7/13/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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