Nearly 15 years removed from the last installment, horror fans are in the longest dry spell without a new Friday the 13th movie since the franchise debuted in 1980 — but there’s no shortage of merchandise to fill the Jason-sized void in your life.
Over a dozen companies and artists have released Friday the 13th-inspired apparel, prints, and collectibles in honor of Jason’s big day…
Fright-Rags
Fright Rags has reprinted four Friday the 13th designs on T-shirts for $30 and zip-up hoodies for $55: Part II, III, and V by Justin Osbourn and Part VI by Christopher Lovell.
They’ve also restocked enamel pins with eight of the franchise’s victims: Burt, Shelly, Mark, Kate, Julius, Jack, Hitchhiker, and Demon. Designed by Matt Ryan Tobin, they’re $13 each.
Waxwork Records
Waxwork Records has re-pressed the Friday The 13th Part VII: The New Blood and Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes...
Over a dozen companies and artists have released Friday the 13th-inspired apparel, prints, and collectibles in honor of Jason’s big day…
Fright-Rags
Fright Rags has reprinted four Friday the 13th designs on T-shirts for $30 and zip-up hoodies for $55: Part II, III, and V by Justin Osbourn and Part VI by Christopher Lovell.
They’ve also restocked enamel pins with eight of the franchise’s victims: Burt, Shelly, Mark, Kate, Julius, Jack, Hitchhiker, and Demon. Designed by Matt Ryan Tobin, they’re $13 each.
Waxwork Records
Waxwork Records has re-pressed the Friday The 13th Part VII: The New Blood and Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes...
- 10/13/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
AMC+ announced on Thursday that it has has acquired the rights to three crime drama series: Cold Courage, Kin and Too Close.
The first to premiere on the streaming service is Lionsgate’s Cold Courage, which will hit AMC+ on Thursday, March 11. Based on the award-winning and best-selling novels from Finnish journalist Pekka Hiltunen, Cold Courage follows two women as they collide during a series of murders in present-day London. Mari (Pihla Viitala), a fierce psychologist, and Lia (Sofia Pekkari), a shy graphic artist, are drawn together through the “Studio” – a clandestine group of like-minded people operating off the grid, dedicated to righting the wrongs of the powerful, influential and corrupt.
John Simm appears as populist politician Arthur Fried and joins fellow cast-members Caroline Goodall and Arsher Ali. Jakob Eklund, Peter Coonan and Matteo Simoni also star.
The series was adapted for the screen by David Joss Buckley and Brendan Foley.
The first to premiere on the streaming service is Lionsgate’s Cold Courage, which will hit AMC+ on Thursday, March 11. Based on the award-winning and best-selling novels from Finnish journalist Pekka Hiltunen, Cold Courage follows two women as they collide during a series of murders in present-day London. Mari (Pihla Viitala), a fierce psychologist, and Lia (Sofia Pekkari), a shy graphic artist, are drawn together through the “Studio” – a clandestine group of like-minded people operating off the grid, dedicated to righting the wrongs of the powerful, influential and corrupt.
John Simm appears as populist politician Arthur Fried and joins fellow cast-members Caroline Goodall and Arsher Ali. Jakob Eklund, Peter Coonan and Matteo Simoni also star.
The series was adapted for the screen by David Joss Buckley and Brendan Foley.
- 2/18/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
AMC’s Acorn Media Enterprises and Irish pubcaster Rte have teamed up on “The South Westerlies,” an Irish-produced original comedy-drama featuring an ensemble cast led by Orla Brady (“Mistresses”). Zdf Enterprises and Norway’s TV2 are also on board the series, which has backing from Screen Ireland.
Dublin-based Deadpan Pictures is producing. It will bow on Rte in 2020. In the U.S. it will premiere on the Acorn TV streaming service, which recently surpassed the 1-million subscriber mark in North America.
Eileen Walsh (“Catastrophe”), Ger Ryan (“Rialto”), Sam Barrett, Lily Nichol (“Handymen”), Steve Wall (“Vikings”) and Patrick Bergin (“Patriot Games”) will also star in “The South Westerlies.”
Brady will play Kate, an environmental consultant for a Norwegian energy firm. Before landing a lucrative promotion, she has to go undercover among protesters and quash objections to a wind farm project near their small coastal town.
Filming is underway. The shoot will...
Dublin-based Deadpan Pictures is producing. It will bow on Rte in 2020. In the U.S. it will premiere on the Acorn TV streaming service, which recently surpassed the 1-million subscriber mark in North America.
Eileen Walsh (“Catastrophe”), Ger Ryan (“Rialto”), Sam Barrett, Lily Nichol (“Handymen”), Steve Wall (“Vikings”) and Patrick Bergin (“Patriot Games”) will also star in “The South Westerlies.”
Brady will play Kate, an environmental consultant for a Norwegian energy firm. Before landing a lucrative promotion, she has to go undercover among protesters and quash objections to a wind farm project near their small coastal town.
Filming is underway. The shoot will...
- 10/11/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Svod service Acorn TV and Irish pubcaster Rte are joining forces for “Dead Still,” about a memorial photographer who investigates the murders of his recently deceased subjects in 1880s Ireland. Michael Smiley (“Luther”) and Kerr Logan (“Game of Thrones”) will star alongside Eileen O’Higgins (“Mary Queen of Scots”) and Aidan O’Hare (“Jackie”) in the six-part series.
“Dead Still” will be Acorn TV’s latest original and bow on the streamer in the U.S. and Australasia in 2020. It will share premiere rights with Rogers in Canada.
The series is an official Ireland-Canada co-production, with Toronto-based Shaftesbury and Dublin-based Deadpan sharing production duties. Screen Ireland and Creative Europe backed development of the series. Zdf Enterprises has international rights. It will sell the series outside of Ireland and the territories in which Acorn has it, which include the U.K.
“Dead Still” is written by John Morton. It is being...
“Dead Still” will be Acorn TV’s latest original and bow on the streamer in the U.S. and Australasia in 2020. It will share premiere rights with Rogers in Canada.
The series is an official Ireland-Canada co-production, with Toronto-based Shaftesbury and Dublin-based Deadpan sharing production duties. Screen Ireland and Creative Europe backed development of the series. Zdf Enterprises has international rights. It will sell the series outside of Ireland and the territories in which Acorn has it, which include the U.K.
“Dead Still” is written by John Morton. It is being...
- 5/30/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Acorn TV has partnered with Irish broadcaster RTÉ on its latest drama co-production – period mystery Dead Still.
The U.S. Svod service will launch the six-part series in 2020. It comes from Irish producer Deadpan Pictures, Toronto-based Shaftesbury and Germany’s Zdf Enterprises.
Set in 1880s Ireland in the Victorian era heyday of postmortem photography, the period drama follows a renowned memorial photographer as he investigates the murders of his recently deceased subjects
Written by John Morton (People Like Us) and directed by Imogen Murphy (Red Rock) and Craig David Wallace (Slasher), Acorn TV has rights in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom; co-premiere rights in Canada; and secondary rights in Ireland. Zdf Enterprises will distribute the series in the rest of the world. It was developed with the support of Screen Ireland and Creative Europe.
The show stars Luther’s Michael Smiley, Game of Thrones’ Kerr Logan,...
The U.S. Svod service will launch the six-part series in 2020. It comes from Irish producer Deadpan Pictures, Toronto-based Shaftesbury and Germany’s Zdf Enterprises.
Set in 1880s Ireland in the Victorian era heyday of postmortem photography, the period drama follows a renowned memorial photographer as he investigates the murders of his recently deceased subjects
Written by John Morton (People Like Us) and directed by Imogen Murphy (Red Rock) and Craig David Wallace (Slasher), Acorn TV has rights in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and United Kingdom; co-premiere rights in Canada; and secondary rights in Ireland. Zdf Enterprises will distribute the series in the rest of the world. It was developed with the support of Screen Ireland and Creative Europe.
The show stars Luther’s Michael Smiley, Game of Thrones’ Kerr Logan,...
- 5/30/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Kerr Logan, Michael Smiley, Eileen O’Higgins star in gallows humour tale of Victorian photographer who investigates murders.
Acorn Media Enterprises (Ame) has come on board Irish period drama series Dead Still, currently shooting in Ireland for national public service broadcaster Rte.
Ame, the UK-based development division of Us Ott channel Acorn TV, has secured all rights to the series for the Us, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. It also has co-premiere rights for Canada and secondary rights for Ireland.
Centring on a memorial photographer in Victorian Ireland who investigates the murders of his subjects, Dead Still will premiere...
Acorn Media Enterprises (Ame) has come on board Irish period drama series Dead Still, currently shooting in Ireland for national public service broadcaster Rte.
Ame, the UK-based development division of Us Ott channel Acorn TV, has secured all rights to the series for the Us, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. It also has co-premiere rights for Canada and secondary rights for Ireland.
Centring on a memorial photographer in Victorian Ireland who investigates the murders of his subjects, Dead Still will premiere...
- 5/30/2019
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Outoing Shane Murphy to return to Dublin as group head of drama and comedy at RTÉ.
Acorn Media Enterprises (Ame), the UK-based development division for North American streamer Acorn TV, has named Catherine Mackin its new managing director.
Mackin, who will be based in the London office of Acorn owner Rlj Entertainment, will join Ame this month from UKTV, where she is director of programme acquisitions. She will replace Shane Murphy, who is returning to Dublin as group head of drama and comedy at RTÉ.
Focusing on British and international television, Acorn has recently been pushing into original programming and...
Acorn Media Enterprises (Ame), the UK-based development division for North American streamer Acorn TV, has named Catherine Mackin its new managing director.
Mackin, who will be based in the London office of Acorn owner Rlj Entertainment, will join Ame this month from UKTV, where she is director of programme acquisitions. She will replace Shane Murphy, who is returning to Dublin as group head of drama and comedy at RTÉ.
Focusing on British and international television, Acorn has recently been pushing into original programming and...
- 7/2/2018
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
U.S. Svod service Acorn has hired former UKTV acquisitions chief Catherine Mackin as its commissioning chief. Mackin will become Managing Director of Acorn Media Enterprises, the company’s London-based development division.
Mackin, who starts in early July, replaces Shane Murphy, who is returning to Dublin as Group Head of Drama & Comedy at RTÉ. She will oversee Acorn TV’s growing commissioning and co-production slate, which includes titles such as London Kills and the second season of Agatha Raisin.
Mackin spent the last eight years as Director of Programme Acquisitions at UKTV, overseeing their scripted and non-scripted acquisitions, co-productions and pre-sales including Suits, Primeval and Murdoch Mysteries. She was largely responsible for stepping up the Discovery and BBC Studios-backed broadcaster’s move into premium U.S. shows and developing relationships with the major Hollywood studios.She was also Deputy Director of Programming at Ireland’s terrestrial commercial broadcaster TV3.
Mackin, who starts in early July, replaces Shane Murphy, who is returning to Dublin as Group Head of Drama & Comedy at RTÉ. She will oversee Acorn TV’s growing commissioning and co-production slate, which includes titles such as London Kills and the second season of Agatha Raisin.
Mackin spent the last eight years as Director of Programme Acquisitions at UKTV, overseeing their scripted and non-scripted acquisitions, co-productions and pre-sales including Suits, Primeval and Murdoch Mysteries. She was largely responsible for stepping up the Discovery and BBC Studios-backed broadcaster’s move into premium U.S. shows and developing relationships with the major Hollywood studios.She was also Deputy Director of Programming at Ireland’s terrestrial commercial broadcaster TV3.
- 7/2/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Cinema Retro has received the following press release:
Silver Spring, MD; May 31, 2018 – Acorn Media Enterprises (Ame), the UK-based development division for the Acorn TV brand of Rlj Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: Rlje), has partnered with Free@Last TV to develop the first ever scripted biopic of legendary comic Benny Hill, who despite immense popularity led a lonely life. The series is in development as 2 x 90 minutes/4 x 45 minutes with Caleb Ranson writing the series. The biopic will follow Benny Hill’s life from the mid-1930s through his tragic death in the 1990s.
Earlier this year, Acorn Media Enterprises with Free@Last TV announced Acorn TV’s first sole commission with the return of Agatha Raisin, Series 2 starring Ashley Jensen, which begins filming this summer.
“Lonely Boy: The Benny Hill Story” is an original drama that spans the life and times of Benny Hill from his early days as a part...
Silver Spring, MD; May 31, 2018 – Acorn Media Enterprises (Ame), the UK-based development division for the Acorn TV brand of Rlj Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: Rlje), has partnered with Free@Last TV to develop the first ever scripted biopic of legendary comic Benny Hill, who despite immense popularity led a lonely life. The series is in development as 2 x 90 minutes/4 x 45 minutes with Caleb Ranson writing the series. The biopic will follow Benny Hill’s life from the mid-1930s through his tragic death in the 1990s.
Earlier this year, Acorn Media Enterprises with Free@Last TV announced Acorn TV’s first sole commission with the return of Agatha Raisin, Series 2 starring Ashley Jensen, which begins filming this summer.
“Lonely Boy: The Benny Hill Story” is an original drama that spans the life and times of Benny Hill from his early days as a part...
- 6/30/2018
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Britannia star Hugo Speer and Trust Me’s Sharon Small are to lead the cast for U.S. Svod service Acorn’s first straight-to-series commission.
The pair are joined by Casualty and EastEnders actor Bailey Patrick and newcomer Tori Allen-Martin in the five-part drama, which will tell the story of a team of top murder detectives and will be shot like a documentary. Each episode will feature a different murder in addition to a serialized story involving the lead detective’s missing wife.
Speer, who has also starred in ITV’s Marcella and BBC’s The Musketeers, stars as Detective Inspector David Bradford, who comes back to work after his wife goes missing and there are still no significant leads on her case. Small plays ambitious Detective Sergeant Vivienne Cole, who has been running the murder team in David’s absence and is frustrated by David’s approach to their investigations.
The pair are joined by Casualty and EastEnders actor Bailey Patrick and newcomer Tori Allen-Martin in the five-part drama, which will tell the story of a team of top murder detectives and will be shot like a documentary. Each episode will feature a different murder in addition to a serialized story involving the lead detective’s missing wife.
Speer, who has also starred in ITV’s Marcella and BBC’s The Musketeers, stars as Detective Inspector David Bradford, who comes back to work after his wife goes missing and there are still no significant leads on her case. Small plays ambitious Detective Sergeant Vivienne Cole, who has been running the murder team in David’s absence and is frustrated by David’s approach to their investigations.
- 6/25/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Acorn TV has picked up the U.S. rights to Australian drama Mystery Road, which stars Feud’s Judy Davis and Jack Irish’s Aaron Pedersen.
The Svod service will air the series in August after acquiring the rights from All3Media International.
The drama, which is directed by Redfern Now’s Rachel Perkins, stars Pedersen as detective Jay Swan, who is sent to the remote outback town of Patterson to investigate the disappearance of two young cattle workers. He is partnered with local copy Emma James, played by Davis, to solve the case.
Mystery Road is produced by David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin, alongside executive producers Sally Riley and Ivan Sen. The series is produced by Bunya Production for ABC Australia.
Shane Murphy, Managing Director of Acorn Media Enterprises said, “Acorn Media Enterprises and Acorn TV are thrilled to partner again with our friends at all3media international on another high-quality international production.
The Svod service will air the series in August after acquiring the rights from All3Media International.
The drama, which is directed by Redfern Now’s Rachel Perkins, stars Pedersen as detective Jay Swan, who is sent to the remote outback town of Patterson to investigate the disappearance of two young cattle workers. He is partnered with local copy Emma James, played by Davis, to solve the case.
Mystery Road is produced by David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin, alongside executive producers Sally Riley and Ivan Sen. The series is produced by Bunya Production for ABC Australia.
Shane Murphy, Managing Director of Acorn Media Enterprises said, “Acorn Media Enterprises and Acorn TV are thrilled to partner again with our friends at all3media international on another high-quality international production.
- 6/19/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
“Mystery Road” will play on Acorn TV in the U.S. after the streamer boarded the series, which is a spinoff of Australian movies “Mystery Road” and “Goldstone.”
The drama was commissioned by Australian pubcaster the ABC. It stars Judy Davis (“Feud”) and Aaron Pedersen (“Jack Irish”) as detectives investigating the mysterious disappearance of two young men from a remote Australian Outback town. Davis is local cop Emme James, who partners with Pedersen’s indigenous detective, Jay Swan. Their investigation into the boys’ disappearance stirs up the local community as they unearth other crimes and miscarriages of justice that stretch back years.
Acorn TV specializes in English-language drama and will be a the North American partner on “Mystery Road.” It joins the existing team of Sydney-based Bunya Productions, which made the movies on which the series is based, and All3Media’s international arm, which is distributing the series. Acorn...
The drama was commissioned by Australian pubcaster the ABC. It stars Judy Davis (“Feud”) and Aaron Pedersen (“Jack Irish”) as detectives investigating the mysterious disappearance of two young men from a remote Australian Outback town. Davis is local cop Emme James, who partners with Pedersen’s indigenous detective, Jay Swan. Their investigation into the boys’ disappearance stirs up the local community as they unearth other crimes and miscarriages of justice that stretch back years.
Acorn TV specializes in English-language drama and will be a the North American partner on “Mystery Road.” It joins the existing team of Sydney-based Bunya Productions, which made the movies on which the series is based, and All3Media’s international arm, which is distributing the series. Acorn...
- 6/19/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
ABC Australia’s six-part drama series stars Judy Davis, Aaron Pedersen.
Streaming service Acorn TV has acquired North American rights to ABC Australia’s six-part drama series Mystery Road.
The deal between the service’s UK-based development division Acorn Media Enterprises (Ame) and distributor All3media International also covers available secondary rights to the series for the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
Mystery Road, with Judy Davis and Aaron Pedersen starring for director Rachel Perkins, will get its North American premiere as an Acorn TV Original in August.
Produced by David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin for Bunya Productions, with...
Streaming service Acorn TV has acquired North American rights to ABC Australia’s six-part drama series Mystery Road.
The deal between the service’s UK-based development division Acorn Media Enterprises (Ame) and distributor All3media International also covers available secondary rights to the series for the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
Mystery Road, with Judy Davis and Aaron Pedersen starring for director Rachel Perkins, will get its North American premiere as an Acorn TV Original in August.
Produced by David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin for Bunya Productions, with...
- 6/19/2018
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
North American Svod service Acorn is developing a biopic of irreverent British comedian Benny Hill. The digital platform is working up a 2 x 90-minute series about the comic, best known for his wild slapstick shenanigans, with Midsomer Murders writer Caleb Ranson.
Lonely Boy: The Benny Hill Story will follow Hill’s life from the mid-1930s through his tragic death in the 1990s and will explore his early career as well as his rise to fame and tragic decline in the late 80s. It will follow the journey of a cripplingly insecure young boy with a desire to make people laugh, through the dying last days of variety as well as the double-standards of the tabloid press.
The series is produced by British production company Free@Last, which produces Ashley Jensen-fronted Agatha Raisin, which became Acorn TV’s first sole commission. It is being written by Ranson and Hilary Bonner,...
Lonely Boy: The Benny Hill Story will follow Hill’s life from the mid-1930s through his tragic death in the 1990s and will explore his early career as well as his rise to fame and tragic decline in the late 80s. It will follow the journey of a cripplingly insecure young boy with a desire to make people laugh, through the dying last days of variety as well as the double-standards of the tabloid press.
The series is produced by British production company Free@Last, which produces Ashley Jensen-fronted Agatha Raisin, which became Acorn TV’s first sole commission. It is being written by Ranson and Hilary Bonner,...
- 5/31/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Two series of homicide detectives drama to shoot back-to-back; North American debut expected next winter.
North American streaming channel Acorn TV has given a two-season straight-to-series commission to London Kills, a UK-set drama from Footballers’ Wives creator Paul Marquess.
The series is currently casting and is scheduled to go into production in May. Acorn Media Enterprises, the UK-based development division of the Rlj Entertainment channel, will co-produce with Marquess’ Pgmtv.
The companies will shoot the two series – each consisting of five one-hour episodes – back-to-back, with a North American debut expected next winter.
Acorn Media International will distribute in all English-speaking...
North American streaming channel Acorn TV has given a two-season straight-to-series commission to London Kills, a UK-set drama from Footballers’ Wives creator Paul Marquess.
The series is currently casting and is scheduled to go into production in May. Acorn Media Enterprises, the UK-based development division of the Rlj Entertainment channel, will co-produce with Marquess’ Pgmtv.
The companies will shoot the two series – each consisting of five one-hour episodes – back-to-back, with a North American debut expected next winter.
Acorn Media International will distribute in all English-speaking...
- 3/23/2018
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
All3media International to distribute outside English-speaking territories.
Source: Acorn TV
In its first series commission, North American streaming service Acorn TV is to co-produce a second season of British comedy-drama Agatha Raisin.
The service’s UK-based development division Acorn Media Enterprises will co-produce the new season with Free@Last TV, which created the show, and Company Pictures. Free@Last’s Barry Ryan and David Walton will continue to produce, with Michele Buck from Company Pictures remaining as executive producer and Guy Hescott as producer.
Acorn Media International will distribute Agatha Raisin in all English-speaking territories and All3media International will distribute across the rest of the world.
Based on the bestselling novels by M C Beaton, the series follows a London PR executive who becomes an amateur sleuth in a small Cotswolds village. The series originally aired in the UK in 2016 on Sky 1 – and got its North American premiere on Acorn the same year – but the...
Source: Acorn TV
In its first series commission, North American streaming service Acorn TV is to co-produce a second season of British comedy-drama Agatha Raisin.
The service’s UK-based development division Acorn Media Enterprises will co-produce the new season with Free@Last TV, which created the show, and Company Pictures. Free@Last’s Barry Ryan and David Walton will continue to produce, with Michele Buck from Company Pictures remaining as executive producer and Guy Hescott as producer.
Acorn Media International will distribute Agatha Raisin in all English-speaking territories and All3media International will distribute across the rest of the world.
Based on the bestselling novels by M C Beaton, the series follows a London PR executive who becomes an amateur sleuth in a small Cotswolds village. The series originally aired in the UK in 2016 on Sky 1 – and got its North American premiere on Acorn the same year – but the...
- 1/15/2018
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
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