Metallica’s Lars Ulrich wants to follow in the footsteps of Rob Zombie and direct a movie, Getty Images Entertainment exclusively tips off Bloody Disgusting. Ulrich revealed the ambition during an interview with Getty Images Entertainment in Cannes where he is promoting his new movie, the band’s upcoming 3D film, Through the Never. “The biggest enemy… Read More
Bloody-Disgusting is thrilled to team up with A Pale Horse Named Death to bring you an exclusive stream of their song “In The Sleeping Death”, which comes from their new album Lay My Soul To Waste! The melodic, haunting grunge/metal track is a fantastic slow burner, one that has stayed with me since I first… Read More
Universal has a released a 60-second TV Spot for R.I.P.D., starring Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Bacon, Stephanie Szostak, Mary-Louise Parker, Marisa Miller, Mike O’Malley, James Hong, Robert Knepper, and Tobias Segal. In theaters July 19, “Nick is dead — at least, that’s how he remembers it — and teams up with another deceased detective,… Read More
The season finale of A&E’s “Bates Motel” airs tonight, so I figured I’d take a look back at the film that spawned it, Psycho, and the modest film franchise that followed. Most of these movies were holding up fairly well in my memory except for Psycho 2 and Psycho 3, so I re-watched those over… Read More
After Dark Films presents a twisted reality in Dark Circles arriving on DVD, Digital Download and Video on Demand May 21st from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. This supernatural horror film stars Pell James (The Lincoln Lawyer), Johnathon Schaech (That Thing You Do, Prom Night), Jennifer Foreman (Angry Little God) and Philippe Brenninkmeyer (Beerfest). The Dark Circles… Read More
Acclaimed novelist, screenwriter, cinematographer and now director S. Craig Zahler’s major new Western adventure Bone Tomahawk has been snapped up by Constantin for German-speaking Europe, while Magnolia Pictures will release here in the States, Bloody Disgusting is told. Principal photography is scheduled to commence in Utah on August 2013. Set to star Kurt Russell (Escape… Read More
Celluloid Dreams/uConnect, the sales division of uMedia, has snapped up the international rights to acclaimed Japanese director Takashi Miike’s untitled next feature, a terrifying contemporary take Japan’s most famous and chilling ghost story “Yotsuya Kaiden.” “Miike’s untitled project blurs the line between reality and nightmare when an actor named Kosuke plays the lead role of… Read More
Some belated news we apparently missed out on as Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters‘ Gemma Arterton, pictured below, and Pitch Perfect‘s Anna Kendrick, above, have been set to star alongside Ryan Reynolds in The Voices, the Marjane Satrapi-directed psychological thriller that is being co-produced by 1984 Private Defense Contractors and Mandalay Vision. Deadline reports that… Read More
Paris-based Backup Media, a film consultancy and investor, has unveiled the first financing deals put through on three titles by B Media Global. Variety reports that, launched last year by Backup, B Media Global is a film fund aimed at bringing Gallic financial know-how and clout to non-French movies made around the globe. In one… Read More
It’s unclear how many horror elements will be included, but the concept for Phase 4′s newly acquired Philosophers is pretty rad. The distributor has acquired all rights in the US and Canada to John Huddles’ sci-fi thriller starring James Darcy, says Screen Daily. Bankside Films handles international sales on the Croisette. “The Philosophers centers on… Read More
Captain America‘s Chris Evans is now circling the Stephen King adaptation The Ten O’Clock People, which once had Justin Long attached before scheduling conflicts got in the way, reports Deadline. Tom Holland (Fright Night) is still attached to adapt and direct the modernized take on the short story from King’s “Nightmares and Dreamscapes” “about a… Read More
It’s not quite an app, and it’s not quite a movie, it’s Haunting Melissa, a brand new moviegoing experience that happens right now exclusively on your Apple devices. We now have a new trailer for the film, directed by Hollywood producer Neal Edelstein – an award-winning independent filmmaker and early technology adopter whose credits include… Read More
UK-based Stealth Media Group and Iron Sky producer Cathy Overett’s new shingle Cathartic Pictures have joined to produce a revolving slate of films and to set up an Australian outpost the sales agent. Deadline reports that the first film in the deal is Bullets For The Dead, a $2M zombie Western set to shoot in… Read More
The Weinstein Company‘s Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters has added the final pieces to its casting puzzle. Deadline reports that “Modern Family‘s” Sarah Hyland, pictured above, and “Vikings’” Gabriel Byrne, below, will now also be sinking their teeth in the movie based on the books by Richelle Mead. Bryne will play Victor, one of the leaders… Read More
Emili Pons has launched Barcelona-based low-cost genre label Ms Entertainment to exploit the demand for Spanish or English-lingo fright fare, Variety is reporting. First movie to roll at Ms Entertainment will be Asmodexia, the feature debut of Catalan Marc Carrete, whose shorts — “Mal cuerpo” (pictured) and slasher pic “Castidermia” (trailer below) — bowed at… Read More
IFC Midnight acquired North American rights to Cinipix’s action/thriller Raze, directed by Josh Waller, Deadline writes. The film, written by Robert Beaucage, stars Zoe Bell, Rachel Nichols, Tracie Thoms and Sherilyn Fenn, and made its world premiere at last month’s Tribeca Film Festival. “Raze follows Sabrina, a woman who is mysteriously abducted and held captive… Read More
Most of the Godzilla coverage on other sites is hit-whoring garbage. I mean, how many images and videos do you need to see of a talk or a guy wearing a military uniform? Exactly. Today Legendary Entertainment actually shared something pretty cool, a behind-the-scenes green screen shot of a subway crash. The caption stated: “Director… Read More
Saturday morning cartoons were hotter than ever in 1991, which is why there are literally a plethora of pilots and single-seasoned shows that failed to make it to a second round. Such the case with the god awful “Little Shop,” Fox’s attempt at a cartoon based on Little Shop of Horrors, featuring Seymour and the… Read More
I feel like a lot of advertisers have lost focus on what advertising is. Many of the ads we see today just go through the motions, so much so that we literally block them out as they’re blasting across our small/big screens. I went to school for advertising, which is why I’m so incredibly sensitive… Read More
Robin Hardy’s 1973 British horror classic The Wicker Man was based upon David Pinner‘s 1967 novel “Ritual.” 35 years later, Pinner announces that he’s penned a sequel. And the title, well, it’s actually pretty great… “The Wicca Woman.” “I’ve just completed the sequel to ‘Ritual,’ after all these years, called ‘The Wicca Woman,’” Pinner tells… Read More
Here’s the official one-sheet to go along with the first still and red band trailer for Paul Middleditch’s Rapture-Palooza, which Lionsgate will release in limited theaters and on VOD platforms June 7. The poster is absolutely hideous. Anna Kendrick, John Francis Daley, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson and Ken Jeong all star in a new end… Read More
French producer Charles Gillibert and filmmaker Alexandre Aja have jointly acquired adaptation rights to American writer Laura Kasischke’s bestseller In a Perfect World, Screen Daily writes. “In A Perfect World revolves around, newly-married, former flight attendant Jiselle, who is surviving life as a new stepmother to three children. Their lives are altered forever when a… Read More
Hong Kong’s Golden Scene is producing Dumplings (pictured) director Fruit Chan’s first Hong Kong-set feature in almost a decade, sci-fi thriller The Midnight After, based on a best-selling novel, reports Screen Daily. Chan plans to start shooting in June with an ensemble cast including regulars from his previous films, including Wong You Nam (Hollywood Hong… Read More
Shaun of the Dead‘s Simon Pegg has come on board the Australian thriller Kill Me Three Times from Red Dog director Kriv Stenders, Screen Daily reports. Cargo Entertainment is handling international pre-sales in Cannes. Pegg, who plays Scotty in this weekend’s North American release Star Trek Into Darkness, joins the action set in a sun-drenched… Read More











































