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A.J. Bowen Toplines ‘Rites of Spring’, Early Promo Art!
Yesterday we revealed that writer/director Padraig Reynolds was finally prepping his feature, Rites of Spring, for an April shoot in Mississippi. This morning we woke up to all sorts of goodies including details, casting, location images and even some early promo art! Joining a slew of local actors are genre fav A.J. Bowen (A Horrible Way to Die, The House of the Devil, Hatchet 2, The Signal), Anessa Ramsey (The Signal, YellowBrickRoad), Marco St. John (Dead of Night) and Shanna Forrestall (Lionsgate’s forthcoming Eli Roth produced The Last Exorcism). Get more info and all of the goodies inside!
In Rites, a group of kidnappers escape to an abandoned sanitarium where they fall victim to a horrifying secret.
Wes and Bobby Benton of Ghost Rider Entertainment, Eric Thompson and John Norris are producing. The Aaron Sims Company is designing the creature, with Toby Sells handling the practical makeup FX. Cinematographer Carl Herse is lensing.
Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s The Platform was a massive hit for Netflix back in 2020, becoming one of the most watched original movies in the streaming service’s history.
Coming soon? The Platform 2! Netflix has shared two first look images from the upcoming sequel this morning, which will again be directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia.
Milena Smit and Hovik Keuchkerian star in The Platform 2.
Netflix previews, “A mysterious figure has managed to establish a new law in The Platform, but can justice truly be enforced in hell? And who will enforce it?”
No word yet on a Netflix premiere date for The Platform 2. Stay tuned.
The first film is set inside a vertical prison system, where inmates are assigned to a level and forced to ration food from a platform that moves between the floors. Inmates on high floors eat better than those below, and one man tries to effect change so everyone gets enough.
Rafael reviewed The Platform for us at TIFF, raving in his 4.5-star write-up: “The Platform takes full advantage of its isolated setting and small cast to instead focus on a high concept, a tight script, and sharp dialogue that will make you laugh as often as it will make you think. This is a funny, heartfelt, at times disgusting, yet also thought-provoking sci-fi thriller that reminds of Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer, but with way better food.”
The Platform also made Daniel Kurland’s Best International Horror Films of 2020 list.
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