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[TV] Netflix Developing More “Hemlock Grove”

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I wasn’t a huge fan of Netflix’s “Hemlock Grove,” in fact, I never finished the first season. As an obsessive completist, this is very telling. Still, the high-priced Netflix only series must have performed well enough to warrant a second season, so says THR.

The online mag conducted a lengthy interview with Netflix’s chief content officer Ted Sarandos, who speaks of potential plans for a second offering of “Hemlock Grove.”

We’re hearing the pitches for the second season with plotlines and storylines now,” he revealed.

He also speaks on the negative reactions, especially from the genre crowd: ““Hemlock” is much more polarizing; you either love it or hate it. The crossover for the people who love the show was “American Horror Story,” not T”he Vampire Diaries.” It was incredibly popular in the Nordics because of the popularity of the Skarsgards [Bill Skarsgard stars] and in Latin America, where the horror genre is very big.

The other thing I look at is the tween segment,” he adds. ““Hemlock Grove is horror, but it’s not really CW horror; it’s much more adult than that. So I think that we’d like to look at some series in that category.

He nails my exact problem with the series: it’s confused. It clearly doesn’t want to be CW horror, but it also dabbles in it. And it also wants to be “adult,” but it’s not sexy nor violent enough. I’d make a plea with him that the second season needs to clearly define what it is…

Did you guys finish the first season? Thoughts?

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‘The Exorcism’ Trailer – Russell Crowe Gets Possessed in Meta Horror Movie from Producer Kevin Williamson

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Russell Crowe (The Pope’s Exorcist) is starring in a brand new meta possession horror movie titled The Exorcism, and Vertical has unleashed the official trailer this afternoon.

Vertical has picked up the North American rights to The Exorcism, which they’ll be bringing to theaters on June 7. Shudder is also on board to bring the film home later this year.

Joshua John Miller, who wrote 2015’s The Final Girls and also starred in films including Near Dark and And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird, directed The Exorcism.

Joshua John Miller also wrote the script with M.A. Fortin (The Final Girls). This one is personal for Miller, as his late father was the star of the best possession movie ever made.

Miller said in a statement this week, “The origins of the film stem from my childhood spent watching my father, Jason Miller, playing the doomed Father Karras flinging himself out a window at the climax of The Exorcist. If that wasn’t haunting enough on its own, my dad never shied away from telling me stories of just how “cursed” the movie was: the mysterious fires that plagued the production, the strange deaths, the lifelong injuries— the list went on and on. The lore of any “cursed film” has captivated me ever since.”

“With The Exorcism, we wanted to update the possession movie formula (“Heroic man rescues woman from forces she’s too weak and simple to battle herself!”) for a world where no one group owns goodness and decency over another,” he adds. “We were gifted with an extraordinary cast and creative team to tell a story about how we’re all vulnerable to darkness, to perpetuating it, if we fail to face our demons. The devil may retaliate, but what other choice do we have?”

The film had previously been announced under the title The Georgetown Project.

The Exorcism follows Anthony Miller (Crowe), a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter (Ryan Simpkins) wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play.”

Sam Worthington (Avatar: The Way of Water), Chloe Bailey (Praise This), Adam Goldberg (The Equalizer) and David Hyde Pierce (Frasier) also star.

Of particular note, Kevin Williamson (Scream, Sick) produced The Exorcism.

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