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Latest ‘Passengers’ TV Spot Highlights Obvious Tribute To ‘The Shining’
“How are things going, Mr. Torrance?”
Set for release on December 21st, the science fiction film Passengers isn’t a movie we planned on covering here on Bloody Disgusting – that’s what our new sci-fi/action/fantasy/comic book arm Cinema Runner is for – but I just caught a new TV spot last night that warrants coverage on any horror site. It looks like Norwegian director Morten Tyldum is a big fan of Stanley Kubrick!
The spot (which you can watch below) highlights a scene wherein Chris Pratt’s character visits the bar aboard the spacecraft he and Jennifer Lawrence’s character spend the movie inside of, and it’s plainly obvious that the set was heavily inspired by the Overlook Hotel’s bar in The Shining. The bartender is even a direct homage to the Overlook’s Lloyd, right down to his wardrobe and the fact that he’s not exactly a real human being. In The Shining, Lloyd was a ghost who wasn’t actually in the Overlook with Jack, and in Passengers, the bartender is some kind of android.
There’s also a scene in the same spot where Jennifer Lawrence is beating down a door with what certainly appears to be an axe, so it’s possible that Tyldum worked in a handful of tributes to The Shining. If nothing more, it’s pretty cool to see the Overlook’s bar so faithfully recreated.
In Passengers:
A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.
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‘The Exorcism’ Trailer – Russell Crowe Gets Possessed in Meta Horror Movie from Producer Kevin Williamson
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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