We Are What We Are (remake)

A seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Sage) rules his family with a rigorous ferver, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris (Childers) and Rose (Garner) are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family.

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First Clip Offers Uncomfortable Taste Of ‘We Are What We Are’!

After premiering to mixed review out of the Sundance Film Festival (I liked it), Stake Land director Jim Mickle’s We Are What We Are remake is heading to the Cannes market. With that, the sales agents have released the first ever footage from the cannibal flick starring Julia Garner, Bill Sage, Wyatt Russell, and Ambyr Childers.

In it we get a taste – pun intended – of the family of cannibals. They’re enjoying soup in an extremely unsettling setting.

A seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank rules the roost with a rigorous fervor, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris and Rose are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. The most important task the girls face is putting meat on the table— but not the kind that can be found at the local supermarket. As the unrelenting downpour continues to flood their small town, local authorities begin to uncover clues that bring them closer to the secret that the Parkers have held closely for so many years.READ MORE

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An Exclusive Look Inside ‘The Factory’!

Rumpus Room Productions has been busy this month filming The Factory in New York (not to be confused with Warners’ John Cusack thriller). The film is directed Dena Hysell (The Paladins) from a script by Golan Ramras (Snuff) and is being produced by Sirad Balducci. Now we have the first images from the set of the film!

Starring Azura Skye (pictured above; “American Horror Story”) Bill Sage (Mysterious Skin), and John Hennigan (John Morrison/Johnny Nitro – WWE), The Factory is inspired by true events. The film “Chronicles a group of people considering buying an old factory, who get trapped inside trying to escape the demons from the factory’s past.

The script was inspired by the horrible garment factory fires that are continuing to happen across the globe in Bangladesh and Pakistan, where hundreds of people are dying needlessly. Over a hundred years ago in the USA, these same sorts of fires and deaths were happening, which drove laws to change so it would no longer happen.

Head inside for the photo gallery! READ MORE

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[Sundance '13] eOne Gobbles Up ‘We Are What We Are’

Another horror sale has come in from Sundance, this time it’s Stake Land director Jim Mickle’s We Are What We Are (review here). It’s a remake of Mexican director Jorge Michel Grau’s picture about a family of cannibals that’s been moved from its original setting of Mexico City, to a poor part of the Catskills region in New York State.

eOne picked up the film, which was reportedly heatedly contested amongst bidders, for a low seven figures for the U.S. rights. eOne will role out the film to theaters in a platform formation.

In the film, “A devastating storm washes up clues that lead authorities closer and closer to the cannibalistic Parker family.” Cast includes Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner, Michael Parks, Wyatt Russell and Kelly McGillis.

We’ll keep you posted on a release date!

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[Sundance '13 Review] Ryan Digests ‘We Are What We Are’

Sundance Film Festival kicked off this past weekend and one of the first films to play the “Park City At Midnight” portion of the event was Stake Land director Jim Mickle’s We Are What We Are. It’s a remake of Mexican director Jorge Michel Grau’s picture about a family of cannibals that’s been moved from its original setting of Mexico City, to a poor part of the Catskills region in New York State.

Ryan Daley caught a screening of the film at the fest and wrote in with his review. “… this crafty exploration of familial ritual has a lot to say and it says it well. In Mickle’s film, tradition may have the power to bind people together, but if overused or outdated, tradition can also rip people apart.

We Are What We Are has several other Sundance screenings coming up. 1/22/2013 @ 6:00 pm at the Egyptian Theatre, 1/25/2013 @ 11:30 pm at Prospector Square Theatre and 1/26/2013 @ 6:00 pm at Broadway Centre Cinema 6.

Check out the full review here!

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[Sundance '13] First Look At The Poster For ‘We Are What We Are’!

Sundance Film Festival just kicked off this weekend and already we’ve got a look at a poster for one of our most anticipated films of the event, Stake Land director Jim Mickle’s We Are What We Are. It’s a remake of Mexican director Jorge Michel Grau’s picture about a family of cannibals that’s been moved from its original setting of Mexico City, to a poor part of the Catskills region in New York State.

In the film, “A devastating storm washes up clues that lead authorities closer and closer to the cannibalistic Parker family.” Cast includes Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner, Michael Parks, Wyatt Russell and Kelly McGillis.

We managed to snap a look at the poster, which sells cannibalism in a regal and stately manner. Check it out inside! READ MORE

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[Sundance '13] Two Fresh Looks At ‘We Are What We Are’

Sundance recently announced their Park City at Midnight line-up for the 2013 fest, which takes place January 17-27 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

While the above link will already take you to dozens of new hi-res photos, this morning two new stills were released from Stake Land director Jim Mickle’s We Are What We Are, his remake of Mexican director Jorge Michel Grau’s picture about a family of cannibals that’s been moved from its original setting of Mexico City, to a poor part of the Catskills region in New York State.

In the film, “A seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Sage) rules his family with a rigorous ferver, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris (Childers) and Rose (Garner) are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family.” Cast includes Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner, Michael Parks, Wyatt Russell and Kelly McGillis. READ MORE

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[Sundance '13] Meet The Cannibalistic Family In ‘We Are What We Are’

Just yesterday Sundance announced their Park City at Midnight line-up for the 2013 fest, which takes place January 17-27 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

While the above link will already take you to dozens of new hi-res photos, this morning a new and improved still was released from Stake Land director Jim Mickle’s We Are What We Are, his remake of Mexican director Jorge Michel Grau’s picture about a family of cannibals that’s been moved from its original setting of Mexico City, to a poor part of the Catskills region in New York State.

In the film, “A devastating storm washes up clues that lead authorities closer and closer to the cannibalistic Parker family.” Cast includes Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner, Michael Parks, Wyatt Russell and Kelly McGillis. READ MORE

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[Sundance '13] Park City at Midnight and Other Genre Titles Announced; Hi-Res Image Gallery!

Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the 2013 Sundance Film Festival out-of-competition sections Spotlight, Park City at Midnight and New Frontier, as well as the installations and performances to be featured in the Festival’s New Frontier venue. The Festival takes place January 17-27 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

Inside you’ll find the full announcement with (mostly) first ever images from Ass Backwards, Hell Baby, In Fear, kink, S-VHS, Sightseers, The Rambler, Virtual Heroes and We Are What We Are!

In addition to those announced today, films in the U.S. and World Competition and NEXT < => sections have been announced. Films for the Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections have not yet been announced. For a full list of films announced to date visit the official Sundance website. READ MORE

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[AFM '12] ‘Eliza Graves’ and ‘Back in Crime’ Acquired, First Look At ‘We Are What We Are’ Remake

Paris-based Memento shared the first ever image from Stake Land director Jim Mickle’s cannibal We Are What We Are, a US remake of Mexican horror film Somo Lo Que Hay, starring Julia Garner, Ambyr Childers, Bill Sage and Kelly McGillis. Mickle will transpose Mexican director Jorge Michel Grau’s picture about a family of cannibals from its original setting of Mexico City, to a poor part of the Catskills region in New York State.

Screen Daily also reports that Memento has picked up world sales on Germinal Alvarez’ debut picture Back in Crime starring Jean-Hugues Anglade as a police inspector on the hunt for a serial killer known as the Eardrum Slasher. Anglade plays Richard Kemp, a police inspector who has been trying to solve a series of slasher murders for more than 20 years. Mélanie Thierry co-stars as a psychologist who gives evidence after witnessing an attack. In a strange twist, Kemp travels back in time to the site of the first murder and tries to change the course of history.

Lastly, Deadline says that Millennium Films has acquired to rights to Eliza Graves, a thriller to be directed by Brad Anderson (The Machinist). “The movie is about a new physician who arrives to apprentice at a mental institution where he falls in love with a patient under circumstances that are more complicated than they seem.” Joseph Gangemi’s screenplay is based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story “The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether.” Millennium plans to start production in spring 2013 and will begin making offers to principal cast next week.

‘We Are What We Are’ Family Adds Hot Cannibal

Ambyr Childers (Gangster Squad, Playback) is set to star in the rural psychological thriller We Are What We Are alongside Riley Keough, Julia Garner, Bill Sage and Wyatt Russell.

We Are What We Are, picked up by eOne this year in Berlin, is directed by Stake Land‘s Jim Mickle and is based on the 2010 Mexican film and Cannes Film Festival entry Somo Lo Que Hay.

Mickle will transpose Mexican director Jorge Michel Grau’s picture about a family of cannibals from its original setting of Mexico City, to a poor part of the Catskills region in New York State.

Andrew D. Corkin and Nicholas Shumaker will produce. READ MORE

Meet The ‘We Are What We Are’ Family Of Cannibals!

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In Memento Films project directed by Jim Mickle, Keough and Garner to play two sisters forced into cannibalism by father as part of family tradition

Riley Keough (Jack and Diane), granddaughter of the late Elvis Presley, Julia Garner (The Last Exorcism 2), Bill Sage (American Psycho) and Wyatt Russell (Cowboys & Aliens ) have joined the cast of Stake Land director Jim Mickle’s We Are What We, Screen Daily reports.

MFI describes Mickle’s We Are What We Are as a “re-imagination” of Mexican director Jorge Michel Grau’s absolutely fantastic Somo Lo Que Hay, about a family of cannibals in Mexico City.

Mickle, best known for his cult vampire picture Stake Land, which won Toronto’s Midnight Madness sidebar in 2010, has transposed the story to a poor part of the Catskills region in New York State. Using the clandestine cannibal premise of Grau’s film as a jumping off point, Keough and Garner will play a pair of sisters who are secluded from mainstream society. Following the untimely death of their mother, their father, played by Sage, forces them to perform a depraved ritual, carried out by their ancestors for generations. Russell will play a young deputy who is in love with Keough’s character.

Principal photography will begin in the Catskills on May 29, and will extend to the first week of July. The film will be delivered in January 2013. READ MORE

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American Psycho

Patrick Bateman is a homicidal maniac working on the New York stock exchange. His reasons for killing are debatable, such as extreme envy of fellow co-workers, material obsession, pure hatred or simply no other reason than complete insanity. His lunacy escalates throughout the film, killing at least 20 people in the process, including models, homeless people, co-workers, friends, and anyone else who stands in his way, be it rage, jealousy, or something else. The only person who he seems to sympathise with is his secretary, Jean, who eventually he can’t help but have a desire to murder her. Many times, Patrick can’t tell whether these events are real, or simply part of a psychotic delusion brought on by his problems.