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UPDATE: Get Ready For TWO New ‘Ju-On’ Films This June!
If the rash of sequels and remakes weren’t confusing enough, creator Takashi Shimizu has produced not one, but two brand new Ju-On (The Grudge) films for the feature’s tenth anniversary! The most shocking part is that these films are slated for release on June 27th in Japan (I guess they’re referring to this year, there’s no other indication of next), with the official teaser trailer already available on the official website. You can read all about it beyond the break and check out the trailer there as well.Update: Click here for plot details.
Twitch Film reports:
“Not counting the video game entry into the franchise – also coming as part of the anniversary – there are two new feature length installments in the works – both of which are due to release on June 27th. Ju-On: Shiroi Roujo – directed by Ryuta Miyake – and Ju-On: Kuroi Shoujo – directed by Mari Asato – are the new installments, both of them supervised by Shimizu and original producer Taka Ichise. A two-for-one teaser has arrived on the anniversary website, both of them creepy as hell, and both of them looking to mess about substantially with the series mythology while also incorporating certain key elements.”
Click either title above for early one sheets and five stills from each film.
Check out the official website for more on both.
After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.
You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!
Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.
Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”
“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.
She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”
Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.
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