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[AFM '12] First Look At Blumhouse’s ‘Jessabelle’!!

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Posted by EvanDickson on October 31, 2012 @ 5:31pm
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Jessabelle, the new film from Saw VI and Saw 3D director Kevin Greutert and writer Robert Ben Garant (“Reno 911!”, A Night At The Museum) made an appearance at the American Film Market in Santa Monica today. Blumhouse (The Lords of Salem, Insidious, Paranormal Activity) is teaming up with Lionsgate for the project.

Sarah Snook, Joelle Carter (“Justified”), Mark Webber (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) Ana de la Reguera and Amber Stevens star in the film. Snook will play the terrified protag, while Webber will play her childhood friend who helps her uncover the truth about her family. The film is “about a girl who is forced to return to her father’s home in Louisiana when a car accident leaves her without the use of both her legs. What she finds there is a mystery surrounding her own birth and an angry ghost (named Jessabelle) that seems determined to destroy her.”

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[AFM '12] First Imagery From Hammer’s ‘The Quiet Ones’!!

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Posted by EvanDickson on October 31, 2012 @ 5:31pm
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Hammer brought their new film, The Quiet Ones, to the American Film Market today in Santa Monica. It stars Jared Harris, Sam Claflin, Erin Richards, Olivia Cooke and Rory Fleck-Byrne also star. The horror pic shot in Oxfordshire.

Directed by John Pogue and inspired by true events, “‘The Quiet Ones’ tells the story of an unorthodox professor who uses controversial methods and leads his best students off the grid to take part in a dangerous experiment: to create a poltergeist. Based on the theory that paranormal activity is caused by human negative energy, the rogue scientists perform a series of tests on a young patient, pushing her to the edge of sanity. As frightening occurrences begin to take place with shocking and gruesome consequences, the group quickly realizes they have triggered a force more terrifying than they ever could have imagined.”

The Quiet Ones marks Hammer’s next production after the worldwide box office hit, The Woman in Black, starring Daniel Radcliffe, which has taken over $130 million at the box-office worldwide to date.

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[AFM '12] Poster For The Long-Gestating ‘Prisoners’!

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Posted by EvanDickson on October 31, 2012 @ 5:30pm
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The long gestating Prisoners is finally cast up and shooting and the film made an appearance today at the American Film Market in Santa Monica.

Warners has locked in a September 20, 2013 release for the film. Aaron Guzikowski’s dark tale centers on a small-town man who, after his daughter and her friend are kidnapped and the cops fail to solve the crime, takes matters into his own hands, holding hostage the person he suspects committed the crime. He also comes into conflict with the big-city detective assigned to the case. Hugh Jackman, Melissa Leo, Jake Gyllenhaal and Paul Dano are all starring.

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[AFM '12] SOLD! ‘Cockneys vs. Zombies,’ ‘Tower Block’ and ‘The Condemned’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on October 31, 2012 @ 5:24pm
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Home entertainment group Shout! Factory has picked up U.K. horror film Cockneys vs. Zombies (pictured) for the U.S. and Canada and the suspense thriller Tower Block for the U.S. from SC Films, says The Hollywood Reporter. Shout! plans to bow the two features via VOD, electronic-sell-through and on DVD in 2013. The company said it is also planning a platform theatrical release and has secured U.S. television rights for the films. In addition, Strand Releasing has acquired all North American rights to Roberto Busó-García’s The Condemned (Los Condenados) and is in negotiations to license the U.S. TV rights to the film to HBO. Strand is planning a spring 2013 release for the thriller about a haunted mansion that was filmed in Puerto Rico.

The Condemned stars Cristina Rodlo as an heiress who plans to restore the mansion in her father’s memory only to discover that the mansion’s past is returning to haunt the surrounding town and its residents. The film also stars René Monclova, Daisy Granados, Marisé Álvarez and José Caro.

Directed by Matthias Hoene, Cockneys vs. Zombies stars Brit actors Harry Treadaway and Rasmus Hardiker as two clueless cockney brothers who plot to rob a bank in order to help save their grandfather’s old age home. But a strange virus is sweeping across East London, turning residents into zombies. The brothers band together to fight off the hordes of the undead and try and rescue the old folks.

Tower Block is a high-concept thriller directed by James Nunn and Ronnie Thompson in which the residents of a London tower block, all silent witnesses to a murder, become the target of a sniper, who begins picking them off one by one. READ MORE

[AFM '12] XLrator Media Goes ‘Under The Bed’!

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Posted by EvanDickson on October 31, 2012 @ 4:15pm
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It was announced today that Xlrator Media has picked up another BD related project, Under the Bed! Directed by Steven C. Miller (Silent Night, Automaton Transfusion and written by Eric Stolze, the film stars Jonny Weston (Chasing Mavericks), Gattlin Griffith, Peter Holden, Musetta Vander & Kelcie Stranahan.

From the press release, “On the eve of the American Film Market, XLrator Media has acquired all U.S. rights to ‘Under The Bed’… ‘Under The Bed’ was produced by Brad Miska (V/H/S, A Horrible Way to Die), Tom Owen (V/H/S) and William Clevinger (The Devil’s Carnival, Automaton Transfusion) and executive produced by Zak Zeman (The Aggression Scale, A Horrible Way to Die) and Miller.”

In the film, “Every child knows about the monster under the bed—Neal Hausman’s mistake was trying to fight it. Neal has returned from a two-year exile following his tragic attempt to defeat the monster, only to find his father ticking ever closer to a breakdown, a new stepmother who fears him, and his little brother Paul, terrorized by the same monster. While Neal and Paul work together to try and fight the nocturnal menace, their parents are taking desperate measures to get the family back to normal. With no support from their parents, the brothers have nothing to rely on but each other, and courage beyond belief.”

Xlrator will release the film in theaters next summer.

[AFM '12] Promo Images And Synopsis For ‘Bait 2′!!

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Posted by EvanDickson on October 31, 2012 @ 3:06pm
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Arclight Films brought Bait 2, the soon-to-be sequel to the Australian shark-in-a-supermarket thriller Bait, to the American Film Market today in Santa Monica.

In the sequel, “It’s just another perfect day in the City of Angels. That is, until a three mile long, 100-foot tsunami completely obliterates Los Angeles, not only destroying it, but effectively wiping it from the map. However, for five students in a private school, on detention and missing out on a class trip, they turn out to be the lucky ones…or are they? Because before the day is through they will have to battle a tidal wave, the elements, each other, aftershocks, and worst of all, a 15-foot Great White Shark that has decided to make the school they are trapped in its new hunting ground. With the water constantly rising, fraying tempers, nowhere for them to go, and one of nature’s perfect sea creatures actively pursuing them, they are about to be taught a lesson in survival.”

Still no word on the cast or a director, but we snagged some promo images for you inside! Higher-rez ones coming today! READ MORE

[AFM '12] The Poster For ‘Summer Camp’, From The Makers Of ‘[REC]‘!!!

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Posted by EvanDickson on October 31, 2012 @ 1:45pm
Category: Movies / Exclusives

Yesterday we reported that the production house responsible for the [REC] franchise is developing the new horror project Summer Camp to shoot in 2013. They debuted the poster today at the American Film Market in Santa Monica.

While there are no details just yet, Sleep Tight screenwriter Alberto Marini will be making his directorial debut on the film and co-wrote the screenplay.

The plot is under wraps but Marini commented to Variety, “There’s a game common to the majority of kids around the world, both in and out of summer camps: “Tag, you are it”…. The fun of the game is that the roles are constantly changing: The pursuer becomes the pursued, the cat becomes the mouse.” He added, “We wanted to capture this idea in a horror-filled, adrenaline-pumped movie…. A film in which you’re never sure who your friends or who your enemies are, a game you’d never wish to be part of and where, sometimes, in order to escape the only option is to attack.” Jaume Balaguero (Sleep Tight, [REC], [REC]2) executive produces.

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[AFM '12] Poster For ‘Kill Your Friends’!!

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Posted by EvanDickson on October 31, 2012 @ 12:48pm
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Altitude Film Entertainment has set Prometheus star Rafe Spall for the lead in Britpop satire Kill Your Friends and added sci-fi Outpost 37 to its growing slate, reports Variety leading up to AFM. Spall takes the lead in Owen Harris’ film “About an A&R man who, desperately searching for the next big hit, takes the concept of killer tunes to a murderous new level.”

The film made an appearance at the American Film Market in Santa Monica this morning. Head inside for a sneak at the poster. Higher-rez coming soon! READ MORE

[AFM '12] Poster For Marcus Nispel’s ‘Backmask’!!!

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Posted by EvanDickson on October 31, 2012 @ 12:32pm
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Backmask – the Marcus Nispel-directed horror pic starring Gage Golightly, Michael Ormsby, Stephen Lang, Kelly Blatz, Brett Dier, Nick Nicotera, Nick Nordella and Brittany Curran – made an appearance to day at the American Film Market in Santa Monica. Nispel is best known for directing remakes of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th for Platinum Dunes.

“During a sex, drugs, and rock-fueled party, six small-town teenagers find an old vinyl record and decide to play it backwards in order to listen for any subliminal/satanic messages. Lo and behold, a seemingly malevolent spirit quickly infiltrates the group, wreaking havoc as it moves from one body to another. Eventually, however, it’s revealed that the spirit in question is actually trying to convey a message… and that the real source of horror isn’t particularly paranormal, but rather something (or someone) much closer to home.”

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[AFM '12] Paul W.S. Anderson Shoots Volcano Epic ‘Pompeii’ In April, What Does This Mean For ‘Resident Evil 6′?

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Posted by EvanDickson on October 31, 2012 @ 12:00pm
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Making an appearance at the American Film Market in Santa Monica this morning were some promotional materials for Pompeii, the new epic from Paul W.S.Anderson (Resident Evil 5, Event Horizon) that details the burying of that ancient village by a Volcano.

You may remember a few years back when it was speculated that Anderson might indeed skip Resident Evil 5, after all Pompeii was scheduled to come out in the spring of 2012 and RE5 for September of 2012. Obviously, only one of those films made their date. And while Retribution’s global take of $217,719,678M is a bit lower than Afterlife’s $296,221,663M – it’s by no means a flop. And Anderson has said that he is committed to finishing his “new trilogy” within the franchise.

What do you think? Can Anderson pull of both Pompeii and RE6? Do you want him to? Head inside for the synopsis! READ MORE

[AFM '12] Propel Into The Mind Of Dark Sky’s ‘Frankenstein’s Army’!!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on October 30, 2012 @ 12:59pm
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Dark Sky Films have released the first two official stills from Dutch director Richard Raaphorst’s eagerly-anticipated World War II horror/fantasy, Frankenstein’s Army.

The first still features “Propellerhead”, a hulking Nazi automaton that uses its spinning rotors to slice a bloody swath through the film’s terrified, lost Russian battalion. The second grisly official still features the power-hungry Doctor Frankenstein (Hellboy’s Karel Roden) himself, as he dissects an unwilling subject!

“‘Frankenstein’s Army’ takes place toward the end of World War II, as Russian soldiers push into eastern Germany and stumble across a secret Nazi lab, one that has unearthed and begun experimenting with the journal of one Dr. Viktor Frankenstein. The scientists have used the legendary Frankenstein’s work to assemble an army of super-soldiers stitched together from the body parts of their fallen comrades – a desperate Hitler’s last ghastly ploy to escape defeat.”

It stars Karel Roden (Hellboy), Alexander Mercury (The Golden Compass), Joshua Sasse (The Big I Am), Luke Newberry (The Heart of Me), Andrei Zayats (X-Men: First Class), Mark Stevenson (The Last Horror Movie), Hon Ping Tang (The Fifth Element), Cristina Catalina (Eastern Promises), Robert Gwylim (Escape from Sobibor), and Jan De Lukovicz. READ MORE

[AFM '12] Production House Behind ‘[REC]‘ Heads To ‘Summer Camp’!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on October 30, 2012 @ 10:32am
Category: Movies / News

The American Film Market kicks off tomorrow and Filmax International already leaked out a new genre project they have up their sleeves.

From the production house responsible for the [REC] franchise comes Summer Camp, a new horror project in development for shoot in 2013.

While there are no details just yet, Sleep Tight screenwriter Alberto Marini will be making his directorial debut on what I hope is a slasher. He co-wrote the screenplay.

Plot is under wraps but Marini commented to Variety: “There’s a game common to the majority of kids around the world, both in and out of summer camps: “Tag, you are it”…. The fun of the game is that the roles are constantly changing: The pursuer becomes the pursued, the cat becomes the mouse.”

He added: “We wanted to capture this idea in a horror-filled, adrenaline-pumped movie…. A film in which you’re never sure who your friends or who your enemies are, a game you’d never wish to be part of and where, sometimes, in order to escape the only option is to attack.”

Jaume Balaguero (Sleep Tight, [REC], [REC]2) executive produces.

Balaguero goes into production on REC: Apocalypse early next year. READ MORE

[AFM '12] ‘Monsters: The Dark Continent’ And Sci-Fi ‘Kill Command’ On The Block Along With Ben Wheatley’s ‘A Field In England’

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Posted by EvanDickson on October 25, 2012 @ 11:55am
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Director Tom Green’s (no, not that Tom Green) Monsters: The Dark Continent, the followup to Gareth Edwards’ Monsters is currently in prep and will have presale materials at AFM. Producers are James Richardson and Allan Niblo for Vertigo and Ben Pugh and Rory Aitken for Between the Eyes. Monsters director Gareth Edwards and actor Scoot McNairy will executive produce.

In the film “Seven years on from the events of Monsters, and the ‘Infected Zones’ have spread worldwide. Humans have been knocked off the top of the food chain, with disparate communities struggling for survival. American soldiers are being sent abroad to protect US interests from the Monsters, but the war is far from being won.”

Also at the market from Protagonist is Kill Command, to be written and directed by Steve Gomez. Per Screen Daily, “The near-future set film will follow an elite army unit involved in a fight to the death after it is helicoptered to a remote island training facility where the US Defence Department creates robot weapons.” The film will shoot in the spring of next year.

Protagonist is also doing pre-sales for Kill List and Sightseers director Ben Wheatley’s A Field In England. In the film, “In the war-torn English countryside in 1648, a small group of deserters flee the raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured and forced to help one of their captors in his search to find hidden treasure he believes is buried in the field. The group descends into a chaos of arguments, fighting, and paranoia, and, as it becomes clear that the treasure might be something other than gold, they gradually become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field.“

[AFM '12] ‘Final Girl’ Will Get Revenge On Wes Bentley

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Posted by MrDisgusting on October 23, 2012 @ 2:25pm
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Photographer Tyler Shields is now in pre-production on Final Girl, whcih begins lensing later this year in Canada. With AFM a few weeks away Studio City Pictures revealed the full cast for the flick that follows four teenage boys who ritualistically hunt and kill teenage girls in the woods choose the wrong victim for their sick game.

Abigail Breslin, Alexander Ludwig, Wes Bentley, Logan Huffman, Michael Trevino, Connor Paolo, Francesca Eastwood and Michael Trevino all star, Bloody Disgusting can report.

“Loner Veronica is new to school, shy and vulnerable the perfect target for a group of teenage boys who lure girls into the woods to hunt and kill them for sport. It’s only after they get her alone that she turns the tables on them, escaping and revealing she’s armed and knows how to defend herself. Little do they know, Veronica is an assassin-in-training, and she’s chosen killing these boys as her final test. When the dust clears, Veronica will find out if she can be the final girl these boys ever have a chance to hurt.”

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[AFM '12] ‘Outpost 37,’ ‘Kill Your Friends,’ ‘Entity’ and ‘I Spit On Your Grave Too’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on October 23, 2012 @ 11:43am
Category: Movies / Trailers

Outpost 37 is the feature helming debut of L.A.-based VFX supervisor Jabbar Raisani. Raisani, whose VFX work includes several projects with Robert Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios including Predators and Machete, co-wrote the sci-fi thriller with Blake Clifton. “The film follows a docu crew accompanying an elite unit of marines tasked with protecting mankind in the aftermath of an alien invasion.”

CinTel Films has released the “official” synopsis for I Spit on Your Grave Too, which we exclusively broke the news that Steven R. Monroe will direct from a screenplay by Thomas Fenton. “Naturally beautiful, Jessica has just settled into New York where she, like many other young women, is trying to make it as a model. But what starts out as an innocent and simple photo shoot soon turns into something disturbingly unthinkable! Raped, tortured and kidnapped to a foreign country, Jessica is buried alive and left to die. Against all odds, she manages to escape. Severely injured, she will have to tap into the darkest places of the human psyche to not only survive, but to exact her revenge…”

Lastly, inside we’ve added the official market trailer for Entity, which stars Dervla Kirwan, Charlotte Riley, Branko Tomovic, Rupert Hill, Oliver Jackson and Michael David Worden. READ MORE

[AFM '12] Trailer for Uwe Boll’s Latest Game Adaptation: ‘Zombie Massacre’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on October 10, 2012 @ 2:01pm
Category: Movies / Indie

Uwe Boll is back into adaptation videogames as he’s acquired the rights to Zombie Massacre, based on the Wii project developed by Benjamin Krotin’s 1988 Games.

Marco Ristori and Luca Boni, who directed Eaters for Boll, will get behind the camera.

Zombie Massacre (AKA Gloom 4) is a 1998 computer game for the Amiga computer. It was a clone of the immensely popular first person shooter Doom on the Amiga.

“A bacteriological weapon – developed by the US Government to create a super soldier – spreads an epidemic in a quiet little town in the middle of Eastern Europe, Roznov. All citizens have been turned into infected zombies. The town is in quarantine, but the Government wants to destroy it to avoid the propagation of the epidemic.

The rest of the world is in the dark about everything. The plan is: to bring an atomic bomb into the nuclear plant of the city to pretend a terrible accident. No one has to know the truth.

A commando of mercenaries is hired to do the mission. The leader is Jack Stone, an ex soldier now in jail to have murdered his brothers in arms during a mission. If he accomplish the mission he will be free. The battle is on. Hordes of monsters against a bunch of men. There is no hope. Who will survive?”