Exclusive: Aaron Eckhart and Devon Sawa are teaming with director Jesse V. Johnson for Thieves Highway.
Red Sea Media is handling foreign sales here at the Marche du Film in Cannes.
Travis Mills’ penned the crime thriller which Corey Large (One Ranger) is producing through his 308 Enterprises banner.
EPs are Kirk Shaw, Jordan Nott and Jon Keeyes (White Elephant). BondIt Media Capital and Pink 308 will finance the feature.
Eckhart plays an Oklahoma Stock Detective in over his head in the Breaking Bad world of modern cattle rustling. Eckhart and Johnson previously collaborated on Vertical’s Chief of Station which is currently in theaters and streaming.
Ex-stuntman, Johnson says, “Thieves Highway is a passion project, for Aaron and me. We spent a lot of time developing Travis Mills’ script, embracing factual anecdotes and actual characters...
Red Sea Media is handling foreign sales here at the Marche du Film in Cannes.
Travis Mills’ penned the crime thriller which Corey Large (One Ranger) is producing through his 308 Enterprises banner.
EPs are Kirk Shaw, Jordan Nott and Jon Keeyes (White Elephant). BondIt Media Capital and Pink 308 will finance the feature.
Eckhart plays an Oklahoma Stock Detective in over his head in the Breaking Bad world of modern cattle rustling. Eckhart and Johnson previously collaborated on Vertical’s Chief of Station which is currently in theaters and streaming.
Ex-stuntman, Johnson says, “Thieves Highway is a passion project, for Aaron and me. We spent a lot of time developing Travis Mills’ script, embracing factual anecdotes and actual characters...
- 5/20/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Peter Facinelli, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Stephen Dorff, Neal McDonough and Nathaniel Arcand have boarded Marc Furmie’s sci-fi action thriller Viper, which is being sold in the Cannes market by Solone.
Furmie and Jason Mavraidis wrote the script when takes place post a nuclear holocaust. An elite team of soldiers are sent into a condemned zone to destroy a bio-weapons lab. Instead they discover that Indigenous locals have returned to re-claim their land and discovered a cure for radioactive fallout. The pic’s is billed as being a cross between such pics as Saving Private Ryan and dystopian sci-fi films
Children of Men and Stalker.
Twilight thespian Facinelli plays Cole Vinson, the haunted captain of a team of operators sent into radiation-plagued Sector 12 by government agent Hank Reynolds (Minority Report‘s McDonough), in order to subsidize healthcare for his dying daughter. Vinson is soon confronted by a betrayal within...
Furmie and Jason Mavraidis wrote the script when takes place post a nuclear holocaust. An elite team of soldiers are sent into a condemned zone to destroy a bio-weapons lab. Instead they discover that Indigenous locals have returned to re-claim their land and discovered a cure for radioactive fallout. The pic’s is billed as being a cross between such pics as Saving Private Ryan and dystopian sci-fi films
Children of Men and Stalker.
Twilight thespian Facinelli plays Cole Vinson, the haunted captain of a team of operators sent into radiation-plagued Sector 12 by government agent Hank Reynolds (Minority Report‘s McDonough), in order to subsidize healthcare for his dying daughter. Vinson is soon confronted by a betrayal within...
- 5/13/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: We can tell you that James Franco and Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones are leading the action thriller The Razor’s Edge from producer Corey Large and filmmaker Demian Lichtenstein (3000 Miles to Graceland).
Red Sea Media is handling international sales and will debut the film for buyers at the upcoming Marche du Film in Cannes. Cameras roll June 25 in Georgia.
Lichenstein is helming off a screenplay he wrote with Vance Duplechin. After a mob hitman vows to leave his deadly past behind, he faces an impossible choice when his daughter is kidnapped and the woman he loves becomes a target of the syndicate. He is forced to undertake one final, perilous mission while being pursued by an assassin even more lethal.
Pic is executive produced by Kirk Shaw. BondIt Media Capital is financing with Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor and Jordan Nott also executive producing.
“I’m excited that we have signed the superbly talented actors James, Suki and Tommy Lee to bring The Razor’s Edge to the big screen. They are perfectly suited to embody the protagonists in director Demian’s script,” said Large. “We cannot wait to begin filming this taut thriller next month with an assist from our seasoned executive producer Kirk,” he added.
“We’ve worked with Corey on over a dozen projects throughout the years and always appreciate his ability to get projects made in many different industry climates. We’re excited for another adventure here with Corey and his team,” commented Bond It Capital co-founder CEO Matthew Helderman.
Large is producing through his 308 Enterprises. His other feature production, Assassination directed by Rain Man Oscar winner Barry Levinson and starring Academy Award-winner Al Pacino and BAFTA winning Shia Labeouf is shooting this fall.
Franco was Oscar nominated for Best Actor for 127 Hours and is a 2x Golden Globe winner for James Dean, in which he played the title role, and took home Best Actor in Miniseries, and for The Disaster Artist which he won Best Actor Feature Comedy/Musical. He starred in Sony’s original Spider-Man trilogy from Sam Rami.
Oscar, Emmy, SAG, Golden Globe, and Palme d’Or winner Jones counts an Oscar and Golden Globe supporting actor win for The Fugitive and starred in Sony’s Men in Black trilogy. Jones won a Lead Actor Emmy for NBC’s The Executioners’ Song, and a Cannes Palme D’Or for Best Actor for Sony Pictures Classics’ The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada which he also directed. He also directed The Homesman which starred Hilary Swank.
Franco is represented by UTA and Anonymous Content, Jones is represented by CAA and Jacobson, Russell, Saltz, Nassim & De La Torre.
Red Sea Media is handling international sales and will debut the film for buyers at the upcoming Marche du Film in Cannes. Cameras roll June 25 in Georgia.
Lichenstein is helming off a screenplay he wrote with Vance Duplechin. After a mob hitman vows to leave his deadly past behind, he faces an impossible choice when his daughter is kidnapped and the woman he loves becomes a target of the syndicate. He is forced to undertake one final, perilous mission while being pursued by an assassin even more lethal.
Pic is executive produced by Kirk Shaw. BondIt Media Capital is financing with Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor and Jordan Nott also executive producing.
“I’m excited that we have signed the superbly talented actors James, Suki and Tommy Lee to bring The Razor’s Edge to the big screen. They are perfectly suited to embody the protagonists in director Demian’s script,” said Large. “We cannot wait to begin filming this taut thriller next month with an assist from our seasoned executive producer Kirk,” he added.
“We’ve worked with Corey on over a dozen projects throughout the years and always appreciate his ability to get projects made in many different industry climates. We’re excited for another adventure here with Corey and his team,” commented Bond It Capital co-founder CEO Matthew Helderman.
Large is producing through his 308 Enterprises. His other feature production, Assassination directed by Rain Man Oscar winner Barry Levinson and starring Academy Award-winner Al Pacino and BAFTA winning Shia Labeouf is shooting this fall.
Franco was Oscar nominated for Best Actor for 127 Hours and is a 2x Golden Globe winner for James Dean, in which he played the title role, and took home Best Actor in Miniseries, and for The Disaster Artist which he won Best Actor Feature Comedy/Musical. He starred in Sony’s original Spider-Man trilogy from Sam Rami.
Oscar, Emmy, SAG, Golden Globe, and Palme d’Or winner Jones counts an Oscar and Golden Globe supporting actor win for The Fugitive and starred in Sony’s Men in Black trilogy. Jones won a Lead Actor Emmy for NBC’s The Executioners’ Song, and a Cannes Palme D’Or for Best Actor for Sony Pictures Classics’ The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada which he also directed. He also directed The Homesman which starred Hilary Swank.
Franco is represented by UTA and Anonymous Content, Jones is represented by CAA and Jacobson, Russell, Saltz, Nassim & De La Torre.
- 5/13/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Film Mode has notched up sales in key territories led by the UK and Germany on horror mystery #Amfad All My Friends Are Dead which screens in the market tomorrow [Monday Feb 19].
Jade Pettyjohn and JoJo Siwa star in the tale of college friends who rent a home for a weekend music festival and start to die one by one in a series of murders corresponding to the Seven Deadly Sins.
Marcus Dunstan from the Saw franchise directed and also stars alongside John Baldecchi from Happy Death Day.
Clay Epstein and his Film Mode sales team have closed deals in Germany and...
Jade Pettyjohn and JoJo Siwa star in the tale of college friends who rent a home for a weekend music festival and start to die one by one in a series of murders corresponding to the Seven Deadly Sins.
Marcus Dunstan from the Saw franchise directed and also stars alongside John Baldecchi from Happy Death Day.
Clay Epstein and his Film Mode sales team have closed deals in Germany and...
- 2/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Oscar-nominated actor Alec Baldwin and Blade actor Stephen Dorff are starring in the indie feature Cold Deck, Deadline has learned.
The movie, directed by Brian Skiba and produced by Corey Large and Eric Bromberg, completed production before the SAG-AFTRA strike commenced on July 14.
In the pic written by Joe Perruccio, a team of loggers stumble upon a meth cook site deep in the forest and find themselves in a fight for survival as they’re hunted down by a drug cartel.
Pic is financed by 30 Enterprises and Chinese financier Pink308 which has a $50M film fund to do eight to ten features a year. EPs Kirk Shaw, Stephanie Rennie, Ram Getz, Greg Meyer and Michael Mortensen.
Cold Deck also stars Clive Standen, Tom Welling (Clark Ken on Smallville), Jesse Metcalfe, Lochlyn Munro (Riverdale) and...
The movie, directed by Brian Skiba and produced by Corey Large and Eric Bromberg, completed production before the SAG-AFTRA strike commenced on July 14.
In the pic written by Joe Perruccio, a team of loggers stumble upon a meth cook site deep in the forest and find themselves in a fight for survival as they’re hunted down by a drug cartel.
Pic is financed by 30 Enterprises and Chinese financier Pink308 which has a $50M film fund to do eight to ten features a year. EPs Kirk Shaw, Stephanie Rennie, Ram Getz, Greg Meyer and Michael Mortensen.
Cold Deck also stars Clive Standen, Tom Welling (Clark Ken on Smallville), Jesse Metcalfe, Lochlyn Munro (Riverdale) and...
- 8/11/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
At one point, Saw VI director Kevin Greutert was on board to direct a slasher movie called All My Friends Are Dead… but then Greutert got busy working on the upcoming sequel Saw X and ended up handing the helm over to Marcus Dunstan – the director of The Collector and co-writer of Saw VI. All My Friends Are Dead is now filming in Vancouver with Dunstan at the helm, and the first image from the film has been unveiled. You can take a look at this image, which features star Jade Pettyjohn of the School of Rock TV series, at the bottom of this article.
John Baldecchi is producing All My Friends Are Dead with Kirk Shaw and Stephanie Rennie, while Dominic Ianno, Sarah Donnelly, Jason Resnick, Suraj Gohill, Dan Rubin, Chris McGurk, Yolanda Macias, and Brad Miska serve as executive producers. Scripted by Josh Sims and Jessica Sarah Flaum,...
John Baldecchi is producing All My Friends Are Dead with Kirk Shaw and Stephanie Rennie, while Dominic Ianno, Sarah Donnelly, Jason Resnick, Suraj Gohill, Dan Rubin, Chris McGurk, Yolanda Macias, and Brad Miska serve as executive producers. Scripted by Josh Sims and Jessica Sarah Flaum,...
- 5/22/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Filming is officially underway in Vancouver, Canada on our slasher All My Friends Are Dead, from Cinedigm (Cidm), Roundtable Entertainment, and Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment (Fme). THR first shared the news.
The 90s-throwback slasher stars award-winning actress Jade Pettyjohn (Destroyer) and international sensation JoJo Siwa in the newest film franchise from genre veteran Marcus Dunstan and Happy Death Day Producer John Baldecchi.
“All My Friends Are Dead follows a group of college friends as they head to the year’s biggest music festival. When they get a killer deal on an Airbnb, they waste little time celebrating their good fortune. Their weekend of partying quickly turns into a nightmare as members of the group are murdered one by one. When they realize that each of these horrific deaths corresponds to one of the seven sins, it’s only a matter of time before their number is up.”
Lead...
The 90s-throwback slasher stars award-winning actress Jade Pettyjohn (Destroyer) and international sensation JoJo Siwa in the newest film franchise from genre veteran Marcus Dunstan and Happy Death Day Producer John Baldecchi.
“All My Friends Are Dead follows a group of college friends as they head to the year’s biggest music festival. When they get a killer deal on an Airbnb, they waste little time celebrating their good fortune. Their weekend of partying quickly turns into a nightmare as members of the group are murdered one by one. When they realize that each of these horrific deaths corresponds to one of the seven sins, it’s only a matter of time before their number is up.”
Lead...
- 5/20/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Jade Pettyjohn and JoJo Siwa have grabbed lead roles in All My Friends Are Dead, a slasher pic from genre veteran and director Marcus Dunstan.
The project from Cinedigm, Roundtable Entertainment and Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment is shooting in Vancouver, Canada, with an ensemble cast that includes Jennifer Ens, Ali Fumiko Whitney, Justin Derickson, Julian Haig, Cardi Wong, Jack Doupe-Smith and Michaella Russell.
With a screenplay by Josh Sims and Jessica Sarah Flaum, All My Friends Are Dead follows college friends at a big music festival where a weekend of partying quickly becomes a nightmare as the group is murdered one by one. When the friends realize each horrific death corresponds to one of the seven deadly sins, it’s only a matter of time before everyone’s number is up.
Cinedigm already picked up the North American rights to the film financed by Banc of California, Budding Equity and others.
The project from Cinedigm, Roundtable Entertainment and Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment is shooting in Vancouver, Canada, with an ensemble cast that includes Jennifer Ens, Ali Fumiko Whitney, Justin Derickson, Julian Haig, Cardi Wong, Jack Doupe-Smith and Michaella Russell.
With a screenplay by Josh Sims and Jessica Sarah Flaum, All My Friends Are Dead follows college friends at a big music festival where a weekend of partying quickly becomes a nightmare as the group is murdered one by one. When the friends realize each horrific death corresponds to one of the seven deadly sins, it’s only a matter of time before everyone’s number is up.
Cinedigm already picked up the North American rights to the film financed by Banc of California, Budding Equity and others.
- 5/20/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The iconic horror film The Call, starring Tobin Bell and Lin Shaye, is coming back to the big screen with an extended, uncut edition just in time for Halloween. The Call: The Uncut Experience will be in 700 movie theaters nationwide on Wednesday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. local time. For a complete list of theater locations go Here
We Are Movie Geeks has a special The Call: The Uncut Experience prize package for five lucky winners. The package includes:
A pair of tickets & 1 $25 concession stand gift card
Note: A DVD or online screening link will be provided in the event there is no theater showing near a winner.
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We Are Movie Geeks has a special The Call: The Uncut Experience prize package for five lucky winners. The package includes:
A pair of tickets & 1 $25 concession stand gift card
Note: A DVD or online screening link will be provided in the event there is no theater showing near a winner.
1 T-shirt1 Mask1 Mug
There will be five lucky winners. Just leave a comment below with your email address. We will pick the five winners later this week.
1. You Must Be A US Resident. Prize Will Only Be Shipped To US Addresses. No P.
- 10/4/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The story of the making of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is being turned into a dark comedy. Kirk Shaw’s Ambitious Entertainment and Yvette Yates Redick and Shaun Redick’s Impossible Dream Entertainment are teaming to turn the book Chain Saw Confidential, which was written by original Leatherface actor Gunnar Hansen, into a film. Tobe Hooper‘s The Texas Chain Saw […]
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- 5/19/2021
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Producer Kirk Shaw has launched Ambitious Entertainment, a new intellectual property acquisition and development fund. The venture starts with a strategic partnership with Impossible Dream Entertainment, the production company headed by producers Yvette Yates Redick and Shaun Redick, latter of whom produced Get Out and BlackKklansman, and together have the Jamie Foxx-starrer Day Shift at Netflix. Shaw, who has produced and financed over 240 films and television series will be board member and CEO of the fund. Joining him on the board is LatinX producer Yates Redick.
Ambitious Entertainment’s heads said they will invest up to $10 million for acquisitions and development of feature films and series over the next couple years. The multi-million dollar development investment, led by Gpl Ventures Managing Member Cosmin Panait, will allow the group to acquire and control rights to dozens of new intellectual properties. The overall goal is to go public on the...
Ambitious Entertainment’s heads said they will invest up to $10 million for acquisitions and development of feature films and series over the next couple years. The multi-million dollar development investment, led by Gpl Ventures Managing Member Cosmin Panait, will allow the group to acquire and control rights to dozens of new intellectual properties. The overall goal is to go public on the...
- 5/19/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Set in the autumn of 1987 and starring horror genre titans Lin Shaye and Tobin Bell, The Call is coming to Blu-ray and DVD on December 15th via Cinedigm.
We have the full announcement and Blu-ray cover art below, and in case you missed it, check out our recent interview with Tobin Bell.
From the Press Release: Los Angeles, CA - Four Friends. One Phone Call. 60 Seconds. Stay Alive. After its successful nationwide theatrical run plus chart-topping premium VOD release, Cinedigm (Nasdaq: Cidm) announces that The Call is coming to Blu-ray™ & DVD December 15. Set in the fall of 1987, a group of small-town friends must survive the night in the home of a sinister couple after a tragic accident occurs. Needing only to make a single phone call, the request seems horribly ordinary until they realize that this call could change their life…or end it.
Led by horror icons Lin Shaye and Tobin Bell,...
We have the full announcement and Blu-ray cover art below, and in case you missed it, check out our recent interview with Tobin Bell.
From the Press Release: Los Angeles, CA - Four Friends. One Phone Call. 60 Seconds. Stay Alive. After its successful nationwide theatrical run plus chart-topping premium VOD release, Cinedigm (Nasdaq: Cidm) announces that The Call is coming to Blu-ray™ & DVD December 15. Set in the fall of 1987, a group of small-town friends must survive the night in the home of a sinister couple after a tragic accident occurs. Needing only to make a single phone call, the request seems horribly ordinary until they realize that this call could change their life…or end it.
Led by horror icons Lin Shaye and Tobin Bell,...
- 12/2/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
“Answer The Call For An Eerie Throwback To 80S Horror” Says Killer Horror Critic
Four Friends. One Phone Call. 60 Seconds. Stay Alive. After its successful nationwide theatrical run plus chart-topping premium VOD release, Cinedigm announces that The Call is coming to Blu-ray & DVD December 15. Set in the fall of 1987, a group of small-town friends must survive the night in the home of a sinister couple after a tragic accident occurs. Needing only to make a single phone call, the request seems horribly ordinary until they realize that this call could change their life…or end it.
Led by horror icons Lin Shaye and Tobin Bell, The Call has been a hit with both audiences and critics alike with The Digital Journal saying, “Tobin Bell is a revelation” and “Lin Shaye is irresistible.” Strong word of mouth helped The Call become one of the top preforming horror films of the season...
Four Friends. One Phone Call. 60 Seconds. Stay Alive. After its successful nationwide theatrical run plus chart-topping premium VOD release, Cinedigm announces that The Call is coming to Blu-ray & DVD December 15. Set in the fall of 1987, a group of small-town friends must survive the night in the home of a sinister couple after a tragic accident occurs. Needing only to make a single phone call, the request seems horribly ordinary until they realize that this call could change their life…or end it.
Led by horror icons Lin Shaye and Tobin Bell, The Call has been a hit with both audiences and critics alike with The Digital Journal saying, “Tobin Bell is a revelation” and “Lin Shaye is irresistible.” Strong word of mouth helped The Call become one of the top preforming horror films of the season...
- 12/1/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Set in the autumn of 1987 and starring horror genre titans Lin Shaye and Tobin Bell, the official trailer for The Call has been unveiled ahead of its October 2nd theatrical and drive-in release from Cinedigm:
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA- Four Friends. One Phone Call. 60 Seconds to Stay Alive. In the fall of 1987, a group of small-town friends must survive the night in the home of a sinister couple after a tragic accident occurs in The Call. Needing only to make a single phone call, the request seems horribly ordinary until they realize that this call could change their life…or end it. This simple task quickly spirals into terror as their worst nightmares become reality as they enter the realm of The Call.
This spine-tingling tale stars horror icons Lin Shaye and Tobin Bell, along with Chester Rushing (Stranger Things), Erin Sanders (Big Time Rush) and Judd Lormand...
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA- Four Friends. One Phone Call. 60 Seconds to Stay Alive. In the fall of 1987, a group of small-town friends must survive the night in the home of a sinister couple after a tragic accident occurs in The Call. Needing only to make a single phone call, the request seems horribly ordinary until they realize that this call could change their life…or end it. This simple task quickly spirals into terror as their worst nightmares become reality as they enter the realm of The Call.
This spine-tingling tale stars horror icons Lin Shaye and Tobin Bell, along with Chester Rushing (Stranger Things), Erin Sanders (Big Time Rush) and Judd Lormand...
- 9/25/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Four Friends. One Phone Call. 60 Seconds. Stay Alive. Check out the trailer:
Four Friends. One Phone Call. 60 Seconds to Stay Alive. In the fall of 1987, a group of small-town friends must survive the night in the home of a sinister couple after a tragic accident occurs in The Call. Needing only to make a single phone call, the request seems horribly ordinary until they realize that this call could change their life…or end it. This simple task quickly spirals into terror as their worst nightmares become reality as they enter the realm of The Call.
This spine-tingling tale stars horror icons Lin Shaye and Tobin Bell, along with Chester Rushing (Stranger Things), Erin Sanders (Big Time Rush) and Judd Lormand (Seal Team). The Call opens exclusively in theaters and drive-ins nationwide October 2 from Cinedigm (Nasdaq: Cidm).
Shaye is best known for her role of Elise Rainier from the worldwide box office hit franchise Insidious.
Four Friends. One Phone Call. 60 Seconds to Stay Alive. In the fall of 1987, a group of small-town friends must survive the night in the home of a sinister couple after a tragic accident occurs in The Call. Needing only to make a single phone call, the request seems horribly ordinary until they realize that this call could change their life…or end it. This simple task quickly spirals into terror as their worst nightmares become reality as they enter the realm of The Call.
This spine-tingling tale stars horror icons Lin Shaye and Tobin Bell, along with Chester Rushing (Stranger Things), Erin Sanders (Big Time Rush) and Judd Lormand (Seal Team). The Call opens exclusively in theaters and drive-ins nationwide October 2 from Cinedigm (Nasdaq: Cidm).
Shaye is best known for her role of Elise Rainier from the worldwide box office hit franchise Insidious.
- 9/25/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: Grant Gustin, known for his role as Barry Allen/The Flash in the CW eponymous series, has signed on to star in Operation Blue Eyes, in which he’ll play Barry Keenan, the infamous businessman who orchestrated the kidnapping of Frank Sinatra, Jr in 1963. Criminal Minds star Joe Mantegna is directing the indie from a screenplay by Bradley Barth and Joseph Nasser. Production is slated to commence in May.
The plot takes place in December of 1963 when Frank Sinatra Jr. is a struggling lounge singer, deep in his father’s shadow. A young wannabe stock tycoon Barry Keenan, with an ex-wife, alimony payments, a pill-addicted mother, and a similar monkey on his own back (the result of a car crash), comes up with a harebrained scheme to kidnap Junior and hold him for $240,000, ransom, chaos ensues. Barry succeeds in stealing Junior at gunpoint but after that, it’s one badly improvised move after another,...
The plot takes place in December of 1963 when Frank Sinatra Jr. is a struggling lounge singer, deep in his father’s shadow. A young wannabe stock tycoon Barry Keenan, with an ex-wife, alimony payments, a pill-addicted mother, and a similar monkey on his own back (the result of a car crash), comes up with a harebrained scheme to kidnap Junior and hold him for $240,000, ransom, chaos ensues. Barry succeeds in stealing Junior at gunpoint but after that, it’s one badly improvised move after another,...
- 3/11/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Feature in production with stars of Saw, Insidious franchises.
Voltage Pictures arrives at the Efm with international sales rights to upcoming horror feature The Call, which stars the Saw franchise’s Tobin Bell and Lin Shaye from the Insidious films.
Timothy Woodward Jr. directs from a screenplay by Patrick Stibbs about a group of friends who tormented an elderly woman suspected to be a witch. After the old woman dies, the friends are forced to call a phone installed in her casket. To their horror, someone on the other end picks up.
The feature, currently in production, is being produced...
Voltage Pictures arrives at the Efm with international sales rights to upcoming horror feature The Call, which stars the Saw franchise’s Tobin Bell and Lin Shaye from the Insidious films.
Timothy Woodward Jr. directs from a screenplay by Patrick Stibbs about a group of friends who tormented an elderly woman suspected to be a witch. After the old woman dies, the friends are forced to call a phone installed in her casket. To their horror, someone on the other end picks up.
The feature, currently in production, is being produced...
- 2/19/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Sometimes if you want something done right, you need to empty a ton of guns into a ton of people yourself. At least, if you’re the ex-cop gunning for revenge against the people who killed his son in the gleefully violent action thriller “Beyond the Law.” And ahead of the film’s day and date release later this week, you can see the glorious carnage for yourself in the new redband trailer, available exclusively at the top of the page.
From director James Cullen Bressack, “Beyond the Law” stars Johnny Messner as that ex-cop, who gets dragged back into his old life after his son is murdered. With nothing to lose, he mixes it up with the city’s lowlifes and crosses paths with a veteran detective (Dmx) also determined to uncover the truth. But as their investigations drag them deeper into the criminal underworld, the come up against the local mob,...
From director James Cullen Bressack, “Beyond the Law” stars Johnny Messner as that ex-cop, who gets dragged back into his old life after his son is murdered. With nothing to lose, he mixes it up with the city’s lowlifes and crosses paths with a veteran detective (Dmx) also determined to uncover the truth. But as their investigations drag them deeper into the criminal underworld, the come up against the local mob,...
- 12/4/2019
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
It’s hard to tell good from evil in “Beyond the Law,” but in the brutal first trailer — released ahead of its upcoming day and date release — Johnny Messner and Dmx are determined to figure it out. Despite, of course, the violence meted out by a host of thugs — and Steven Seagal’s trademark wrist-snap. Watch the new trailer, and a lot of brutal beatdowns, exclusively above.
From director James Cullen Bressack, “Beyond the Law” stars Messner as an ex-cop dragged back into his old life after his estranged son is murdered. With nothing to lose, he searches for answers among the city’s most corrupt and dangerous people and crosses paths with a veteran detective (Dmx) also determined to uncover the truth. But as their investigations drag them deeper into the criminal underworld, the come up against the local mob, and a mysterious criminal enforcer (Seagal).
“Beyond the Law” opens theatrically Dec.
From director James Cullen Bressack, “Beyond the Law” stars Messner as an ex-cop dragged back into his old life after his estranged son is murdered. With nothing to lose, he searches for answers among the city’s most corrupt and dangerous people and crosses paths with a veteran detective (Dmx) also determined to uncover the truth. But as their investigations drag them deeper into the criminal underworld, the come up against the local mob, and a mysterious criminal enforcer (Seagal).
“Beyond the Law” opens theatrically Dec.
- 11/12/2019
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Zombie Tidal Wave, a new Syfy original movie starring and produced by Ian Ziering (Sharknado), is set to premiere as part of Syfy’s shark-themed Off The Deep End weekend, Saturday, August 17 at 9 Pm.
The movie is the first project under the production pact between Ian Ziering’s I.Man Productions and Darby Parker’s Stronghold Entertainment. The feature stars Ziering and was directed by Ziering’s frequent collaborator Anthony C. Ferrante who helmed all six of Ziering’s Sharknado‘s film installments.
Ziering and Parker see this as the first of many installments where we follow lead Hunter Shaw (Ziering) as he contends with the ocean-borne outbreak which threatens his seaside island community, the rogue, veteran sailor leading a disparate group of locals to uncover the origins of the undead pandemic while battling the growing horde of infected before it can reach the mainland.
Shot on location in Krabi,...
The movie is the first project under the production pact between Ian Ziering’s I.Man Productions and Darby Parker’s Stronghold Entertainment. The feature stars Ziering and was directed by Ziering’s frequent collaborator Anthony C. Ferrante who helmed all six of Ziering’s Sharknado‘s film installments.
Ziering and Parker see this as the first of many installments where we follow lead Hunter Shaw (Ziering) as he contends with the ocean-borne outbreak which threatens his seaside island community, the rogue, veteran sailor leading a disparate group of locals to uncover the origins of the undead pandemic while battling the growing horde of infected before it can reach the mainland.
Shot on location in Krabi,...
- 6/26/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Ian Ziering is returning to Syfy, but don’t worry, it’s not another “Sharknado” film.
The cable network, home to all six of Ziering — and Tara Reid’s — “Sharknado” films, will premiere a new film starring and produced by Ziering: “Zombie Tidal Wave.” The feature is directed by Anthony C. Ferrante, who helmed the “Sharknado” films and stars Ziering as Hunter Shaw a “rogue, veteran sailor” who “contends with the ocean-borne outbreak which threatens his seaside island community.”
The film is first under the production deal between Ziering’s I.Man Productions and Darby Parker’s Stronghold Entertainment.
Also Read: Syfy to Develop 'Krypton' Spinoff Centered on Bounty Hunter Lobo
Shot on location in Krabi, Thailand in collaboration with Benetone Films, the film was financed by Piguant Pictures and The Wonderfilm Media Corporation. Wonderfilm’s Kirk Shaw and Imprint Entertainment’s Michael Becker also serve as producers on the film.
The cable network, home to all six of Ziering — and Tara Reid’s — “Sharknado” films, will premiere a new film starring and produced by Ziering: “Zombie Tidal Wave.” The feature is directed by Anthony C. Ferrante, who helmed the “Sharknado” films and stars Ziering as Hunter Shaw a “rogue, veteran sailor” who “contends with the ocean-borne outbreak which threatens his seaside island community.”
The film is first under the production deal between Ziering’s I.Man Productions and Darby Parker’s Stronghold Entertainment.
Also Read: Syfy to Develop 'Krypton' Spinoff Centered on Bounty Hunter Lobo
Shot on location in Krabi, Thailand in collaboration with Benetone Films, the film was financed by Piguant Pictures and The Wonderfilm Media Corporation. Wonderfilm’s Kirk Shaw and Imprint Entertainment’s Michael Becker also serve as producers on the film.
- 6/26/2019
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Cinedigm has acquired North American distribution rights to Silencer, an action thriller starring Johnny Messner and Danny Trejo and longtime Mma rivals Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell. A September theatrical release is in the works.
Timothy Woodward Jr.’s pic centers on a retired hitman (Messner) who must resurrect all of his deadly skills and fight a one-man war against his former employer who has kidnapped his step-daughter. Sean Mick penned the script, which pits Messner’s and Ortiz’s characters against Trejo’s and Liddell’s characters.
Woodward produced with Lauren de Normandie and Johnny Cleveland via their Status Media & Entertainment along with Terence Sims. Executive producers include Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor, Joe Listhaus, Patrick DePeters, Kirk Shaw, Drew Ryce, James Shavick and Jared Safier.
“Status Media delivers another potent picture — Silencer is an explosive actioner with strong production values, high dramatic stakes and the added bonus of pitting legendary Mma rivals,...
Timothy Woodward Jr.’s pic centers on a retired hitman (Messner) who must resurrect all of his deadly skills and fight a one-man war against his former employer who has kidnapped his step-daughter. Sean Mick penned the script, which pits Messner’s and Ortiz’s characters against Trejo’s and Liddell’s characters.
Woodward produced with Lauren de Normandie and Johnny Cleveland via their Status Media & Entertainment along with Terence Sims. Executive producers include Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor, Joe Listhaus, Patrick DePeters, Kirk Shaw, Drew Ryce, James Shavick and Jared Safier.
“Status Media delivers another potent picture — Silencer is an explosive actioner with strong production values, high dramatic stakes and the added bonus of pitting legendary Mma rivals,...
- 6/5/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Principal photography is scheduled to start in Alabama this summer.
Guy Pearce will star as a small-town marshal in the action thriller Disturbing The Peace, which Voltage Pictures is introducing to buyers in Cannes.
Principal photography is scheduled to start in Alabama this summer on the story of a law officer and former Texas Ranger haunted by a tragic shooting who must pick up a gun again when a biker gang invades his small town. Kelly Greyson co-stars.
York Shackleton directs from an original script by Chuck Hustmyre. Daniel Grodnik and Mary Aloe are producing for Grodnik/Aloe Productions along with Cindy Bond and Simon Swart.
Guy Pearce will star as a small-town marshal in the action thriller Disturbing The Peace, which Voltage Pictures is introducing to buyers in Cannes.
Principal photography is scheduled to start in Alabama this summer on the story of a law officer and former Texas Ranger haunted by a tragic shooting who must pick up a gun again when a biker gang invades his small town. Kelly Greyson co-stars.
York Shackleton directs from an original script by Chuck Hustmyre. Daniel Grodnik and Mary Aloe are producing for Grodnik/Aloe Productions along with Cindy Bond and Simon Swart.
- 5/11/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Nick Harley Sep 13, 2017
Nicolas Cage will rage as a big game hunter stuck on a ship with his prey in action film Primal.
Snakes on a plane? How about Cage on a rage….on a boat? Okay, admittedly not as catchy, but I’m sure some marketing executive is already hard at work on a memorable tagline for Nicolas Cage’s new film, Primal.
In Primal, Cage will play a big-game hunter working on behalf of a zoo. He must survive on a Greek freightliner after his haul of dangerous, exotic wild animals is set free by an escaped political assassin, aboard the ship to be extradited to the U.S. The animals, including a rare White Panther, wreak havoc, chaos ensues.
Picturing Nic Cage deliver animal-based puns while putting down attacking jungle beasts sounds like the best/worst movie ever. We couldn’t be more excited. Nick Powell, a...
Nicolas Cage will rage as a big game hunter stuck on a ship with his prey in action film Primal.
Snakes on a plane? How about Cage on a rage….on a boat? Okay, admittedly not as catchy, but I’m sure some marketing executive is already hard at work on a memorable tagline for Nicolas Cage’s new film, Primal.
In Primal, Cage will play a big-game hunter working on behalf of a zoo. He must survive on a Greek freightliner after his haul of dangerous, exotic wild animals is set free by an escaped political assassin, aboard the ship to be extradited to the U.S. The animals, including a rare White Panther, wreak havoc, chaos ensues.
Picturing Nic Cage deliver animal-based puns while putting down attacking jungle beasts sounds like the best/worst movie ever. We couldn’t be more excited. Nick Powell, a...
- 9/13/2017
- Den of Geek
Based on Stan Winston’s Pumpkinhead, a film about a demon summoned to exact vengeance on a group of teenagers, this collection from Fright Rags has something for everyone. Also in this round-up: All Hell Breaks Loose and Excess Flesh release information and Deprivation production details.
Fright Rags’ Pumpkinhead Collection: “Pumpkinhead V1 (Shirt) from $27.00
Art by Chris Lovell.
Pumpkinhead V1 (Zippered Hoodie) $47.00
Art by Chris Lovell.
Pumpkinhead V2 (Shirt) from $27.00
Art by Godmachine.
Pumpkinhead V2 (Baseball Tee) $37.00
Art by Godmachine.
Pumpkinhead 18X24 Screenprinted Poster $35.00
Limited To 175 Prints.
– 18×24 screen printed poster
– Art by Matt Tobin
Pumpkinhead 18X24 Screenprinted Poster (Variant) $45.00
Limited To 50 Prints.
– 18×24 screen printed poster
– Art by Matt Tobin.
Please note that both versions of the Pumpkinhead shirt and hoodie are printed on 100% pre-shrunk Cotton and ships in 1-2 business days. Us customers: Please allow 3-5 days for delivery. International customers: Please allow 10-14 days for delivery.”
For more information on this collection,...
Fright Rags’ Pumpkinhead Collection: “Pumpkinhead V1 (Shirt) from $27.00
Art by Chris Lovell.
Pumpkinhead V1 (Zippered Hoodie) $47.00
Art by Chris Lovell.
Pumpkinhead V2 (Shirt) from $27.00
Art by Godmachine.
Pumpkinhead V2 (Baseball Tee) $37.00
Art by Godmachine.
Pumpkinhead 18X24 Screenprinted Poster $35.00
Limited To 175 Prints.
– 18×24 screen printed poster
– Art by Matt Tobin
Pumpkinhead 18X24 Screenprinted Poster (Variant) $45.00
Limited To 50 Prints.
– 18×24 screen printed poster
– Art by Matt Tobin.
Please note that both versions of the Pumpkinhead shirt and hoodie are printed on 100% pre-shrunk Cotton and ships in 1-2 business days. Us customers: Please allow 3-5 days for delivery. International customers: Please allow 10-14 days for delivery.”
For more information on this collection,...
- 2/25/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Myriad Pictures has begun international sales on the horror film via its new Scoundrel label.
Victor Salva returns to the director’s chair 12 years after the last instalment in the horror franchise that has grossed more than $120m worldwide.
Jeepers Creepers 3 will star cast regulars Jonathan Breck as The Creeper and Brandon Smith as Sergeant Davis Tubbs.
Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope, which produced the first two films, will co-produce with Kirk Shaw and Surai Gohill’s Odyssey Media and Stan Spry’s The Cartel. Coppola, Shaw and Spry will produce and Myriad chief Kirk D’Amico serves as executive producer.
Production is scheduled to begin in Vancouver in the first quarter of 2016 on the story, which takes place on the final day of the Creeper’s feeding frenzy as a task force closes in on discovering the fiend’s origins.
“Writing and directing a new Jeepers film, the first in over a decade, is incredibly...
Victor Salva returns to the director’s chair 12 years after the last instalment in the horror franchise that has grossed more than $120m worldwide.
Jeepers Creepers 3 will star cast regulars Jonathan Breck as The Creeper and Brandon Smith as Sergeant Davis Tubbs.
Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope, which produced the first two films, will co-produce with Kirk Shaw and Surai Gohill’s Odyssey Media and Stan Spry’s The Cartel. Coppola, Shaw and Spry will produce and Myriad chief Kirk D’Amico serves as executive producer.
Production is scheduled to begin in Vancouver in the first quarter of 2016 on the story, which takes place on the final day of the Creeper’s feeding frenzy as a task force closes in on discovering the fiend’s origins.
“Writing and directing a new Jeepers film, the first in over a decade, is incredibly...
- 9/11/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Myriad Pictures has announced that a third entry in the "Jeepers Creepers" horror franchise is in the works.
Writer-director Victor Salva will return to helm the project with Jonathan Breck set to reprise his role as the Creeper. Brandon Smith will also return as Sergeant Davis Tubbs.
The first two movies, released in 2001 and 2003, centered on an ancient creature which hunts for 23 days every 23rd spring for human body parts and organs. The two films grossed a total $120 million at the worldwide box office.
Francis Ford Coppola, Kirk Shaw and Stan Spry will produce. Shooting is aiming to kick off in Vancouver early next year.
Source: Variety...
Writer-director Victor Salva will return to helm the project with Jonathan Breck set to reprise his role as the Creeper. Brandon Smith will also return as Sergeant Davis Tubbs.
The first two movies, released in 2001 and 2003, centered on an ancient creature which hunts for 23 days every 23rd spring for human body parts and organs. The two films grossed a total $120 million at the worldwide box office.
Francis Ford Coppola, Kirk Shaw and Stan Spry will produce. Shooting is aiming to kick off in Vancouver early next year.
Source: Variety...
- 9/11/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Ace Studios and Odyssey Media’s action thriller Pound Of Flesh, starring Jean Claude Van Damme, wrapped in Ace Studios’ facilities in Guangdong, China this week.
Directed by Ernie Barbarash, the film is produced by Odyssey’s Kirk Shaw and Ace Studios’ Henry Luk. It will be distributed by Odyssey, Automatic Entertainment and China’s Chunqiu Time Culture Co.
Van Damme stars alongside Canadian actor John Ralston, UK actress Charlotte Peters, UK martial arts actor Darren Shahlavi (Ip Man 2: Legend Of The Grandmaster), Marsha Yuan, Jason Tobin, Andrew Ng and Aki Aleong.
Action choreography was overseen by John Salvitti, who has worked on several films with Hong Kong action star Donnie Yen, including Kung Fu Jungle, Special ID, Iceman and Iceman 2.
Directed by Ernie Barbarash, the film is produced by Odyssey’s Kirk Shaw and Ace Studios’ Henry Luk. It will be distributed by Odyssey, Automatic Entertainment and China’s Chunqiu Time Culture Co.
Van Damme stars alongside Canadian actor John Ralston, UK actress Charlotte Peters, UK martial arts actor Darren Shahlavi (Ip Man 2: Legend Of The Grandmaster), Marsha Yuan, Jason Tobin, Andrew Ng and Aki Aleong.
Action choreography was overseen by John Salvitti, who has worked on several films with Hong Kong action star Donnie Yen, including Kung Fu Jungle, Special ID, Iceman and Iceman 2.
- 5/27/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Principal photography has just wrapped on Jean Claude Van Damme's latest martial arts thriller, Pound of Flesh, which was filming at Ace Studios in Nanhai, China under the direction of regular collaborator Ernie Barbarash (6 Bullets, Assassination Games). Jcvd stars alongside British actor Darren Shahlavi, familiar to many from his work in Ip Man 2 and Mortal Kombat Legacy, as well as Hong Kong's Jason Tobin (Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift), Andrew Ng (The Man With The Iron Fists) and veteran performer Aki Aleong. The film also stars John Ralston, Charlotte Peters and Marsha Yuen. Produced by Kirk Shaw and Henry Luk, with Mike Leeder as co-producer, Pound of Flesh features fight choreography from John Salvitti, whose work with Donnie Yen has been highly praised in films...
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- 5/27/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Nicolas Chartier’s Voltage Pictures announced the casting on Monday [10] after launching pre-sales in Cannes. Production commenced on Jun 8 on the Gold Coast, Australia.
CAA handles Us rights to the thriller and also represents previously announced star John Cusack.
Brian Trenchard-Smith will direct the story about a bank thief who coerces an ex-Formula 1 champion into becoming his getaway driven.
Cusack will play the criminal and Jane the former motor racing driver turned driving instructor who finds himself at the mercy of the thief.
Kirk Shaw of Odyssey Media Inc, Paul O’Kane and Pam Collis are producing.
CAA handles Us rights to the thriller and also represents previously announced star John Cusack.
Brian Trenchard-Smith will direct the story about a bank thief who coerces an ex-Formula 1 champion into becoming his getaway driven.
Cusack will play the criminal and Jane the former motor racing driver turned driving instructor who finds himself at the mercy of the thief.
Kirk Shaw of Odyssey Media Inc, Paul O’Kane and Pam Collis are producing.
- 6/10/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
John Cusack and Thomas Jane are set to star in.Hard Drive, a thriller that starts shooting in Queensland on June 4.
The writer-director is Los Angeles-based Brian Trenchard-Smith. It.s his second film to be shot on the Gold Coast following last year.s Absolute Deception, which stars Cuba Gooding Jr. and Emmanuelle Vaugier and was acquired by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions in the Us..
Cusack will play a mysterious American who arrives in Brisbane and goes looking for a getaway driver. He hires a driving school instructor and washed-out Formula One driver (Jane). There follows a chase along the Gold Coast as the duo is pursued by the cops and the Mob.
Casting is underway for the supporting roles including the lawyer wife of Jane.s character, a no-nonsense female Australian Federal Police Officer, a ruthless businessman and a corrupt cop.
The producers are Odyssey.s Paul O.Kane and Pam Collis,...
The writer-director is Los Angeles-based Brian Trenchard-Smith. It.s his second film to be shot on the Gold Coast following last year.s Absolute Deception, which stars Cuba Gooding Jr. and Emmanuelle Vaugier and was acquired by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions in the Us..
Cusack will play a mysterious American who arrives in Brisbane and goes looking for a getaway driver. He hires a driving school instructor and washed-out Formula One driver (Jane). There follows a chase along the Gold Coast as the duo is pursued by the cops and the Mob.
Casting is underway for the supporting roles including the lawyer wife of Jane.s character, a no-nonsense female Australian Federal Police Officer, a ruthless businessman and a corrupt cop.
The producers are Odyssey.s Paul O.Kane and Pam Collis,...
- 5/22/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
John Cusack and Thomas Jane are set to star in The Hard Drive, a thriller that starts shooting in Queensland on June 4.
The writer-director is Los Angeles-based Brian Trenchard-Smith. It.s his second film to be shot on the Gold Coast following last year.s Absolute Deception, which stars Cuba Gooding Jr. and Emmanuelle Vaugier and was acquired by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions in the Us..
Cusack will play a mysterious American who arrives in Brisbane and goes looking for a getaway driver. He hires a driving school instructor and washed-out Formula One driver (Jane). There follows a chase along the Gold Coast as the duo is pursued by the cops and the Mob.
Casting is underway for the supporting roles including the lawyer wife of Jane.s character, a no-nonsense female Australian Federal Police Officer, a ruthless businessman and a corrupt cop.
The producers are Odyssey.s Paul O.Kane and Pam Collis,...
The writer-director is Los Angeles-based Brian Trenchard-Smith. It.s his second film to be shot on the Gold Coast following last year.s Absolute Deception, which stars Cuba Gooding Jr. and Emmanuelle Vaugier and was acquired by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions in the Us..
Cusack will play a mysterious American who arrives in Brisbane and goes looking for a getaway driver. He hires a driving school instructor and washed-out Formula One driver (Jane). There follows a chase along the Gold Coast as the duo is pursued by the cops and the Mob.
Casting is underway for the supporting roles including the lawyer wife of Jane.s character, a no-nonsense female Australian Federal Police Officer, a ruthless businessman and a corrupt cop.
The producers are Odyssey.s Paul O.Kane and Pam Collis,...
- 5/22/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Director Uwe Boll and actor Dominic Purcell are reteaming for a third time in Suddenly. This remake of a 1954 film is currently filming in Squamish, British Columbia. And, an early trailer has been released for this thriller. The film involves an assassination attempt on the President of the United States. Posing as secret service agents, four assassins hole up in a nondescript house. However, the locals hear of their plan and a battle rages in a small town. Fans of thrillers can view the clip below. The reel shows actor Purcell as Barren, leading the plot against the president. Ray Liotta also stars as a local deputy. More details on Suddenly are below. Director: Uwe Boll. Producer: Kirk Shaw. Cast: Ray Liotta, Dominic Purcell, Erin Karpluk, and Don MacKay. The trailer for Suddenly is here: *the original 1954 film starred actor and crooner Frank Sinatra. Source: Suddenly at Boll World Sales | | Advertise Here -.
- 3/26/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
We are back with the latest edition of the Indie Spotlight. Today’s feature includes horror posters, alien invasions, world zombie day, and much more:
New Trailer for Smiley: “Beginning October 12, AMC will exclusively release Smiley theatrically through its AMC independent platform on 28 screens in 14 markets including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston and Atlanta. The release will also be supported by a marketing campaign from AMC.
The story of the film follows a mentally fragile college student named Ashley (Caitlin Gerard from “Magic Mike” and “The Social Network”) who, after learning of an urban legend in which a mysterious serial killer named “Smiley” can be summoned through the Internet, must decide whether she is losing her mind or becoming Smiley‘s next victim.” Smiley also stars Melanie Papalia (“Endgame”) and Andrew James Allen (“Make It or Break It”), with Roger Bart (“Desperate Housewives”), Keith David (“The Thing...
New Trailer for Smiley: “Beginning October 12, AMC will exclusively release Smiley theatrically through its AMC independent platform on 28 screens in 14 markets including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston and Atlanta. The release will also be supported by a marketing campaign from AMC.
The story of the film follows a mentally fragile college student named Ashley (Caitlin Gerard from “Magic Mike” and “The Social Network”) who, after learning of an urban legend in which a mysterious serial killer named “Smiley” can be summoned through the Internet, must decide whether she is losing her mind or becoming Smiley‘s next victim.” Smiley also stars Melanie Papalia (“Endgame”) and Andrew James Allen (“Make It or Break It”), with Roger Bart (“Desperate Housewives”), Keith David (“The Thing...
- 9/24/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Kevin O’Neill will direct the upcoming film Dracano for Pulser Productions and Odyssey Media, Inc. as part of their multi-picture deal. Script is by Sci-Fi and Horror vet Lindsay James (Malibu Shark Attack, Ice Road Terror, Phantom Racer) and is being produced by Pulser Productions’ Stan Spry and Eric Woods and Odyssey Media Inc.’s Kirk Shaw and Devi Singh.
Dracano is the story of a catastrophic volcanic eruption that releases ancient dragon-like creatures on the… More...
Dracano is the story of a catastrophic volcanic eruption that releases ancient dragon-like creatures on the… More...
- 9/12/2012
- by HorrorNews.net
- Horror News
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Executive producer Kirk Shaw remembers Corey Haim as a great actor who struggled to cope with his emotions
Caring, eager, and not afraid to face his demons — those who worked with Corey Haim remember him with these kind words. The ’80s heartthrob died suddenly from a reported accidental overdose early March 10 in Los Angeles and the executive producer of his 2007 reality TV show The Two Coreys, Kirk Shaw, told HollywoodLife.com he will always remember Corey as a great actor who couldn’t beat his battle with his own emotions.
Here is Shaw’s statement:
It was with both personal and professional sadness that I heard of Corey Haim’s passing this morning. Great performances by actors most often come from those who successfully dive deep into their soul to dredge up and bring their own inner demons into their stage and screen performances.
In this way a...
Executive producer Kirk Shaw remembers Corey Haim as a great actor who struggled to cope with his emotions
Caring, eager, and not afraid to face his demons — those who worked with Corey Haim remember him with these kind words. The ’80s heartthrob died suddenly from a reported accidental overdose early March 10 in Los Angeles and the executive producer of his 2007 reality TV show The Two Coreys, Kirk Shaw, told HollywoodLife.com he will always remember Corey as a great actor who couldn’t beat his battle with his own emotions.
Here is Shaw’s statement:
It was with both personal and professional sadness that I heard of Corey Haim’s passing this morning. Great performances by actors most often come from those who successfully dive deep into their soul to dredge up and bring their own inner demons into their stage and screen performances.
In this way a...
- 3/10/2010
- by Kirstin Benson
- HollywoodLife
John Schneider, Roma Downey and Brooke Nevin have been tapped to star in "Wedding Dance," a Hallmark Channel original movie airing next year.
The telefilm, which goes into production this month in Vancouver, centers on a young bride-to-be (Nevin) who is shocked when the father (Schneider) she never knew shows up alive and holding the deed to her family's dance studio, which she is hoping to sell in order to pursue her dream of becoming a therapist. She turns to her attorney (Downey) for help.
This marks the third Hallmark Channel movie for Schneider, following 2007's "You've Got a Friend" and May's "Shark Swarm." It's the first for Nevin ("The 4400") and Downey, though the latter is a familiar face to viewers of Hallmark Channel, which airs reruns of her series "Touched by an Angel."
"Wedding Dance" will be directed by Mark Jean ("7th Heaven") from a story by Jean Abounader...
The telefilm, which goes into production this month in Vancouver, centers on a young bride-to-be (Nevin) who is shocked when the father (Schneider) she never knew shows up alive and holding the deed to her family's dance studio, which she is hoping to sell in order to pursue her dream of becoming a therapist. She turns to her attorney (Downey) for help.
This marks the third Hallmark Channel movie for Schneider, following 2007's "You've Got a Friend" and May's "Shark Swarm." It's the first for Nevin ("The 4400") and Downey, though the latter is a familiar face to viewers of Hallmark Channel, which airs reruns of her series "Touched by an Angel."
"Wedding Dance" will be directed by Mark Jean ("7th Heaven") from a story by Jean Abounader...
- 11/12/2008
- by By Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Steven Seagal is starring in A Higher Form of Learning, an action thriller that he also wrote. Insight Film Studios and Cinetel are teaming on the direct-to-DVD film, which is being directed by Jeff King.
The story centers on a detective who travels the world in pursuit of serial killers. He finds himself in Memphis hunting two murderers while also chasing his own demons.
Cameras are set to roll this week in and around Vancouver.
Insight's Kirk Shaw is producing. Seagal is executive producing.
This is Seagal's latest foray in the profitable direct-to-DVD market. His last theatrical feature was 2002's Half Past Dead.
The story centers on a detective who travels the world in pursuit of serial killers. He finds himself in Memphis hunting two murderers while also chasing his own demons.
Cameras are set to roll this week in and around Vancouver.
Insight's Kirk Shaw is producing. Seagal is executive producing.
This is Seagal's latest foray in the profitable direct-to-DVD market. His last theatrical feature was 2002's Half Past Dead.
- 9/18/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Toronto International Film Festival
TORONTO -- Battle in Seattle is a dramatic freeze-frame of five days in 1999 when tens of thousands of activists took to the streets of Seattle and virtually shut down a meeting of the World Trade Organization in protest of globalization and environmental damage by multinational conglomerates and powerful governments. The film is something of a rarity for an American political film. While it makes no bones about where its sympathies lie, these fictional stories show a genuine fascination with the role politics plays on both sides of such confrontations and how things can spin out of control with no single person to blame.
Naturally, the film was made by a foreigner, Irish actor Stuart Townsend, who makes a remarkably confident writing and directorial debut. Political movies are always iffy at the boxoffice, but the time may be ripe this film: Mainstream concern over these issues today has caught up with the 1999 protest. And the weave of multiple storylines with an ensemble cast, not unlike Bobby or Crash, gives the film an immediacy that could attract concerned adult audiences.
Indeed the Hollywood shorthand for Battle in Seattle could be Bobby meets Medium Cool. Townsend and his team smoothly integrate archival news footage into stories of protestors, police, government officials, innocent bystanders and news people who experience five rough days in the final moments of the millennium.
First the activists come into focus. An amusing and prophetic opening sequence introduces one leader, Jay (Martin Henderson), as he rescues attractive tough girl Lou (Michelle Rodriguez), as the two dangle perilously from a crane to hang an anti-WTO sign. Soon everyone will be performing a high-wire act.
Jay and his good friend Django (Andre Benjamin, aka Andre 3000 from Outkast) have spent months preparing for this conference to insure the protest is peaceful and successful in shutting down the conference.
Mayor Jim Tobin (Ray Liotta) -- a fictional stand-in for Paul Schell who was mayor at the time -- is equally concerned with the first goal. A former Vietnam protestor himself, Tobin wants to give a legitimate arena to free speech so long as no one gets hurt. But his police chief is wary.
Among the police on duty, Dale (Woody Harrelson) is preoccupied with the pregnancy of wife Ella (Charlize Theron). He barely notices the rah-rah bloodlust of fellow cops such as the hardhead Johnson (Channing Tatum).
On Day One, organizers outsmart Seattle's containment plan. Protestors, some dressed as endangered animals, jammed key intersections downtown, trapping delegates in hotel rooms and causing the cancellation of opening ceremonies. Then anarchists take over, destroying property and hijacking the protest from its peaceful organizers.
On the second day, calls from the police chief, White House and an impatient governor overrule the mayor's best judgment. Police in riot gear respond to crowds with tear gas, pepper spray and brutal tactics. Later, the National Guard is called in, forcing news reporter Jean Asbury (Connie Nielsen) to switch from covering key issues such as delegate Dr. Maric's (Rade Sherbedzija) campaign for low-cost medicine in developing countries to covering what is essentially a police riot.
This is not the film's only terrible irony. The most horrific moment comes this second day when Ella gets caught in the riot and one of her husband's fellow officers throws a contemptuous baton into her stomach, causing a bloody miscarriage. This triggers a fierce reaction by Dale the next day against a taunting protestor, who is Jay.
Hundreds swept from the streets wind up in jail, creating a dilemma for the mayor, who understands that worldwide news coverage and the sheer impossibility of sending each and every case to court have tied his hands. There is no way to save face.
The personal stories -- Jay and Lou's romance that falters on the barricades, Dale and Ella's tragedy, the mayor's predicament and Jay's own dicey legal status when he lands in jail -- are caught only in snatches and suffer from occasional contrivances. Yet they do humanize the conflict and raise the stakes all around. The film may not have the knockout energy of Paul Greengrass' docudrama Bloody Sunday, but it doesn't have the superficiality of Bobby either.
Townsend has a good grasp of what happened in Seattle and how to convey these events in personal stories. He catches people under enormous stress that brings out the best and sometime the worst in them. Tempers flare, belligerence rules and physical and emotional pain ensues.
The 1999 issues on display have not gone away. If anything, things are much worse. Another Seattle may not happen because governments have learned how to better prepare. But public anger, corporate greed and worldwide unrest continue unabated. Battle in Seattle catches the opening skirmish.
BATTLE IN SEATTLE
A Hyde Park Films presentation of an Insight Studios/Remstar production in association with Proud Mary Entertainment and Redwood Palm Pictures
Credits:
Writer/director: Stuart Townsend
Producers: Mary Aloe, Kirk Shaw, Maxime Remillard, Stuart Townsend
Executive producers: Julien Remillard, Ashok Amritraj, Vanessa Pereira
Director of photography: Barry Ackroyd
Production designer: Chris August
Costume designer: Andrea Des Roches
Music: One Point Six
Editor: Fernando Villena
Cast:
Ella: Charlize Theron
Dale: Woody Harrelson
Mayor Jim Tobin: Ray Liotta
Jay: Martin Henderson
Lou: Michelle Rodriguez
Dr. Maric: Rade Sherbedzija
Django: Andre Benjamin
Jean: Connie Nielsen
Abasi: Isaach de Bankole
Johnson: Channing Tatum
Running time -- 98 minutes
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TORONTO -- Battle in Seattle is a dramatic freeze-frame of five days in 1999 when tens of thousands of activists took to the streets of Seattle and virtually shut down a meeting of the World Trade Organization in protest of globalization and environmental damage by multinational conglomerates and powerful governments. The film is something of a rarity for an American political film. While it makes no bones about where its sympathies lie, these fictional stories show a genuine fascination with the role politics plays on both sides of such confrontations and how things can spin out of control with no single person to blame.
Naturally, the film was made by a foreigner, Irish actor Stuart Townsend, who makes a remarkably confident writing and directorial debut. Political movies are always iffy at the boxoffice, but the time may be ripe this film: Mainstream concern over these issues today has caught up with the 1999 protest. And the weave of multiple storylines with an ensemble cast, not unlike Bobby or Crash, gives the film an immediacy that could attract concerned adult audiences.
Indeed the Hollywood shorthand for Battle in Seattle could be Bobby meets Medium Cool. Townsend and his team smoothly integrate archival news footage into stories of protestors, police, government officials, innocent bystanders and news people who experience five rough days in the final moments of the millennium.
First the activists come into focus. An amusing and prophetic opening sequence introduces one leader, Jay (Martin Henderson), as he rescues attractive tough girl Lou (Michelle Rodriguez), as the two dangle perilously from a crane to hang an anti-WTO sign. Soon everyone will be performing a high-wire act.
Jay and his good friend Django (Andre Benjamin, aka Andre 3000 from Outkast) have spent months preparing for this conference to insure the protest is peaceful and successful in shutting down the conference.
Mayor Jim Tobin (Ray Liotta) -- a fictional stand-in for Paul Schell who was mayor at the time -- is equally concerned with the first goal. A former Vietnam protestor himself, Tobin wants to give a legitimate arena to free speech so long as no one gets hurt. But his police chief is wary.
Among the police on duty, Dale (Woody Harrelson) is preoccupied with the pregnancy of wife Ella (Charlize Theron). He barely notices the rah-rah bloodlust of fellow cops such as the hardhead Johnson (Channing Tatum).
On Day One, organizers outsmart Seattle's containment plan. Protestors, some dressed as endangered animals, jammed key intersections downtown, trapping delegates in hotel rooms and causing the cancellation of opening ceremonies. Then anarchists take over, destroying property and hijacking the protest from its peaceful organizers.
On the second day, calls from the police chief, White House and an impatient governor overrule the mayor's best judgment. Police in riot gear respond to crowds with tear gas, pepper spray and brutal tactics. Later, the National Guard is called in, forcing news reporter Jean Asbury (Connie Nielsen) to switch from covering key issues such as delegate Dr. Maric's (Rade Sherbedzija) campaign for low-cost medicine in developing countries to covering what is essentially a police riot.
This is not the film's only terrible irony. The most horrific moment comes this second day when Ella gets caught in the riot and one of her husband's fellow officers throws a contemptuous baton into her stomach, causing a bloody miscarriage. This triggers a fierce reaction by Dale the next day against a taunting protestor, who is Jay.
Hundreds swept from the streets wind up in jail, creating a dilemma for the mayor, who understands that worldwide news coverage and the sheer impossibility of sending each and every case to court have tied his hands. There is no way to save face.
The personal stories -- Jay and Lou's romance that falters on the barricades, Dale and Ella's tragedy, the mayor's predicament and Jay's own dicey legal status when he lands in jail -- are caught only in snatches and suffer from occasional contrivances. Yet they do humanize the conflict and raise the stakes all around. The film may not have the knockout energy of Paul Greengrass' docudrama Bloody Sunday, but it doesn't have the superficiality of Bobby either.
Townsend has a good grasp of what happened in Seattle and how to convey these events in personal stories. He catches people under enormous stress that brings out the best and sometime the worst in them. Tempers flare, belligerence rules and physical and emotional pain ensues.
The 1999 issues on display have not gone away. If anything, things are much worse. Another Seattle may not happen because governments have learned how to better prepare. But public anger, corporate greed and worldwide unrest continue unabated. Battle in Seattle catches the opening skirmish.
BATTLE IN SEATTLE
A Hyde Park Films presentation of an Insight Studios/Remstar production in association with Proud Mary Entertainment and Redwood Palm Pictures
Credits:
Writer/director: Stuart Townsend
Producers: Mary Aloe, Kirk Shaw, Maxime Remillard, Stuart Townsend
Executive producers: Julien Remillard, Ashok Amritraj, Vanessa Pereira
Director of photography: Barry Ackroyd
Production designer: Chris August
Costume designer: Andrea Des Roches
Music: One Point Six
Editor: Fernando Villena
Cast:
Ella: Charlize Theron
Dale: Woody Harrelson
Mayor Jim Tobin: Ray Liotta
Jay: Martin Henderson
Lou: Michelle Rodriguez
Dr. Maric: Rade Sherbedzija
Django: Andre Benjamin
Jean: Connie Nielsen
Abasi: Isaach de Bankole
Johnson: Channing Tatum
Running time -- 98 minutes
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- 9/14/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jon Cryer and James Denton have joined the cast of Tortured, a psychological thriller directed by Nolan Lebovitz.
Adam Lebovitz of Five Star Pictures, Kirk Shaw via Insight Film Studios and Proud Mary Entertainment's Mary Aloe are producing the movie, which stars Laurence Fishburne and Cole Hauser.
The story follows an FBI agent (Hauser) who goes undercover as an organized crime enforcer. When he's ordered to undertake the weeklong torture of an accountant (Fishburne), he begins to question his roles.
Cryer plays Hauser's partner, and Denton is the two men's supervisor.
Production began Monday in Vancouver.
Paradigm Motion Picture Finance Group will rep the domestic distribution rights of the film, and Nicolas Chartier of Voltage Pictures will handle foreign sales. Paradigm packaged the film.
The movie marks a return to features for Cryer, who stars in CBS' hit comedy Two and a Half Men and got his start in films like Pretty in Pink. Cryer's most recent movie was 2001's Glam. He is repped by Paradigm and Forward Entertainment.
Adam Lebovitz of Five Star Pictures, Kirk Shaw via Insight Film Studios and Proud Mary Entertainment's Mary Aloe are producing the movie, which stars Laurence Fishburne and Cole Hauser.
The story follows an FBI agent (Hauser) who goes undercover as an organized crime enforcer. When he's ordered to undertake the weeklong torture of an accountant (Fishburne), he begins to question his roles.
Cryer plays Hauser's partner, and Denton is the two men's supervisor.
Production began Monday in Vancouver.
Paradigm Motion Picture Finance Group will rep the domestic distribution rights of the film, and Nicolas Chartier of Voltage Pictures will handle foreign sales. Paradigm packaged the film.
The movie marks a return to features for Cryer, who stars in CBS' hit comedy Two and a Half Men and got his start in films like Pretty in Pink. Cryer's most recent movie was 2001's Glam. He is repped by Paradigm and Forward Entertainment.
- 5/15/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Matthew Perry has signed to star in Numb, a dark comedy from writer Harris Goldberg, who is making his feature directorial debut on the picture. Paul Schiff is producing along with Insight Films' Kirk Shaw and Mary Aloe. Perry will play a screenwriter who suffers from acute depersonalization disorder, a condition so alienating and sanguine that it makes the chronically depressed look perky. When he falls for a girl, he puts himself through every single therapy in the book in order to win her love. Harris developed the project with Schiff, who took it to Insight, an indie production-finance company based in Canada.
- 4/18/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Matthew Perry has signed to star in Numb, a dark comedy from writer Harris Goldberg, who is making his feature directorial debut on the picture. Paul Schiff is producing along with Insight Films' Kirk Shaw and Mary Aloe. Perry will play a screenwriter who suffers from acute depersonalization disorder, a condition so alienating and sanguine that it makes the chronically depressed look perky. When he falls for a girl, he puts himself through every single therapy in the book in order to win her love. Harris developed the project with Schiff, who took it to Insight, an indie production-finance company based in Canada.
- 4/18/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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- 11/9/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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