Sundance ’11: Magnet Acquires ‘Hobo With a Shotgun’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on December 08, 2010 @ 8:42pm
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Magnet Releasing has picked up U.S. distribution rights to the genre flick Hobo With a Shotgun. The company plans a release in 2011. The film, which stars Rutger Hauer as a homeless vigilante in an exploitation workout, will have its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival next month as part of the Park City at Midnight section. Jason Eisener, who screened a short film at the festival in 2009, directed the feature project. The helmer won a contest at the SXSW film festival to create an original trailer like those featured in the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez double-feature Grindhouse, and he then expanded it into this full-length feature. As a throwback exercise in grindhouse gore, the movie features Hauer as a drifter who wanders into a crime-ridden town, decides he’s had enough and takes after the local crime boss with a shotgun. “Pure blood-drunk, bat-shit-crazy fun,” said Magnet exec Tom Quinn.
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Sundance ’11: ‘The Legend of Beaver Dam’ Short Screens Before ‘Hobo’!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on December 07, 2010 @ 11:43pm
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There is a rock musical short film that has been making quite the splash–of blood, that is. Ever since its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this past September (trust me, it’s AWESOME), “The Legend of Beaver Dam” has been touring film fests around the globe, picking up awards and delighting horror and non-horror audiences alike. Now, this January, it arrives in Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival 2011, screening ahead of the highly-anticipated Hobo with a Shotgun (starring Rutger Hauer) in the “Park City at Midnight” lineup. Details and trailer inside.
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Sundance ’11: Hi-Res Images From Kevin Smith’s ‘Red State’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on December 02, 2010 @ 8:43pm
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Kevin Smith’s dream has come true as he’ll be returning to the Sundance Film Festival with Red State, his political horror film starring Kyle Gallner, Melissa Leo, Dermot Mulroney, Michael Angarano, Steven Root, Michael Parks, and John Goodman. The pic follows a group of misfits who encounter fundamentalism gone to the extreme – in the form of a crazed preacher – in Middle America. Check out the first ever stills inside. What do you guys think? Cop Out was a pretty horrid attempt at the action genre… can Smith pull off a horror film?
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Sundance ’11: Enter the Nightmarish Unknown of ‘The Oregonian’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on December 02, 2010 @ 8:39pm
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Before The Signal premiered at Sundance a few years back, we were all treated to Calvin Lee Reeder’s short film “The Farm” that literally blew the audience out of their seats. Reader is now booking a flight back to Park City, Utah as his feature film debut The Oregonian has been accepted into the “Park City at Midngiht” portion of the Sundance Film Festival, taking place January 20-30. All we have is this tease, along with a few images: “After surviving a brutal car accident, a simple farm woman limps down the road into the nightmarish unknown.” Check out the pics inside. This is the #1 film in the entire festival I am looking forward to seeing. Reader won’t disappoint.
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Sundance ’11: The ‘Hobo With a Shotgun’ Takes the Streets!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on December 02, 2010 @ 8:35pm
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After winning the short film competition back in 2007 for Grindhouse, Jason Eisener is already heading to Sundance with Hobo With a Shotgun, which has been accepted into the “Park City at Midngiht” portion of the Sundance Film Festival, taking place January 20-30 in Park City, Utah. Starring Rutger Hauer, a hobo hops from a train with dreams of a fresh life in a new city, but instead finds himself trapped in an urban hell. When he witnesses a brutal robbery, he realizes the only way to deliver justice is with a shotgun in his hands and two shells in the chamber. I’m so insanely excited for this throwback thriller that looks incredibly blood. The trailer was AWESOME.
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Sundance ’11: Meet ‘The Troll Hunter’ Team, New Creature Images!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on December 02, 2010 @ 8:32pm
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Already acquired by Magnet Releasing, Andre Ovredal’s Troll Hunter has been accepted into the “Park City at Midngiht” portion of the Sundance Film Festival, taking place January 20-30 in Park City, Utah. The film is going to be under high scrutiny strictly because of the online hype. How good is it? Ryan Daley will tell us when he attends the fest. The pic follows a group of student filmmakers get more than they bargained for when tangling with a man tasked with protecting Norway from giant trolls.
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Sundance ’11: First Hi-Res Imagery From Incredible Serial Killer Thriller ‘I Saw the Devil’!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on December 02, 2010 @ 8:27pm
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One of the best films I saw at TIFF this past September was Kim Jee-woon’s I Saw the Devil (review), which has also been accepted into the “Park City at Midngiht” portion of the Sundance Film Festival, taking place January 20-30 in Park City, Utah. The pic, already acquired by Magnolia, is a violent revenge thriller about a young secret agent tracking the serial killer who murdered his fiancee. It will be included on my top 10 of 2010 list.
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Sundance ’11: Hi-res Images from ‘Septien’ and the Psycho Brothers

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Posted by MrDisgusting on December 02, 2010 @ 8:26pm
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Michael Tully’s Septien has been accepted into the “Park City at Midngiht” portion of the Sundance Film Festival, taking place January 20-30 in Park City, Utah. Inside you’ll find the first ever images from the flick that follows a reclusive sports hustler returns home to his family farm after years of absence to reunite with his two eccentric, unhinged and emotionally damaged brothers. Hopefully we’ll see a poster and trailer soon. This looks like it could be this year’s dark horse.
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Sundance ’11: ‘Park City at Midnight’ Films Announced!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on December 02, 2010 @ 8:10pm
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For the past several years Bloody Disgusting has been doing heavy coverage on the Sundance Film Festival, the largest and most important film festival in the Nation. While the fest, which takes place January 10-20 in Park City, Utah, doesn’t focus too much on the horror genre, they have premiered some major flicks ranging from Saw to The Last Exorcism, The Blair Witch Project, Open Water, High Tension and even The Signal. Of the past several years, the coming 2011 Sundance looks quite promising including screenings of The Troll Hunter, Hobo With a Shotgun, The Woman and more! Read on for the genre films playing this January and watch for tons of updates in the coming hours.
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Sundance ’11: Draining Blood the Modern Way in Hi-Res ‘Vampire’ Pics

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Posted by MrDisgusting on December 02, 2010 @ 8:09pm
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Yesterday it was announced that Shunji Iwai’s Vampire was the first genre pic accepted into the Sundance Film Festival, taking place January 20-30 in Park City, Utah, now we got our hands on the first four official hi-res stills! It looks like this bloodsucker gets blood the modern way. The Japanese-Canadian production follows a seemingly normal young man prowls online chatrooms and message boards for the perfect girl who will ensure his survival. Kevin Zegers, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rachael Leigh Cook, Kristin Kreuk, Aoi Yu, and Adelaide Clemens all star.
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Sundance ’11: Kevin Smith’s ‘Red State’ Accepted

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Posted by MrDisgusting on December 02, 2010 @ 4:03am
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Writer-director Kevin Smith revealed today on his podcast that his political horror flick Red State was officially accepted into the Sundance Film Festival, which takes place January 10-20 in Park City, Utah. Now we can all look forward to the most ridiculous film auction of all-time… on Ebay. The pic, starring Kyle Gallner, Melissa Leo, Dermot Mulroney, Michael Angarano, Steven Root, Michael Parks, and John Goodman, follows a group of misfits encounter fundamentalism gone to the extreme in Middle America.
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Official Poster and Lobby Cards for ‘Hobo With a Shotgun’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on November 18, 2010 @ 6:40pm
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One of my own personal most anticipated indies is Jason Eisener’s grindhouse-esque Hobo With A Shotgun, which features the incredible Rutger Hauer, alongside Gregory Smith and Nick Bateman. We just not got our hands on the official poster and 6 lobby cards. Dig on ‘em inside and don’t forget to chew on the unrated trailer that premiered online a few weeks back. It looks bloody good to me!
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