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After the murder of his wife, Alberto decides to exile with his son, Alan. Both venture into a violent world inhabited by mean characters that frame the development of Alan’s schizophrenia: He hallucinates that his father is a werewolf, a violent creature who threatens everything – Alan included – in his vicinity. According to legend, only a loved one can kill the beast. And Alan knows the legend.
‘We Are What We Are’ Is Getting A Prequel AND Sequel…
Memento Films International has launched sales on a prequel and a sequel to Jim Mickle’s pretty great We Are What We Are ahead of the picture’s international premiere in Directors’ Fortnight next week, reports Screen Daily.
Finnish filmmaker AJ Annila, best known for genre pictures Sauna (a terrible, yet visually stunning thriller) and Jade Warrior, has signed to direct the prequel What We Were. It will be his first English-language film.
Mexican director Jorge Michel Grau, who made the original film Somo Lo Que Hay, has agreed to do the sequel. He is currently developing a treatment for a 2014 shoot.
Mickle’s picture was about the Parker cannibal clan living in a remote New York State Catskills. The prequel will follows the love story between the mother and father, Frank and Emma Parker, and how Frank first introduced his sweetheart to cannibalism.
Nick Damici, who also worked on We Are What We Are and Mickle’s previous genre hit Stakeland, is writing the script for What We Were. READ MORE
An Exclusive Look At One Of The Best ‘The ABCs of Death’ Shorts, “D is for Dogfight”!
Now in limited theaters and VOD platforms everywhere is Magnet’s The ABCs of Death, the perfect movie for a group outing this weekend.
We’ve been provided with an exclusive clip from the anthology, which comes from Deadgirl director Marcel Sarmiento’s incredible “D is for Dogfight.” Watch as man fights beast for the ultimate revenge.
In this mega-anthology, “Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. The ABCs of Death is perhaps the most ambitious anthology film ever conceived with productions spanning fifteen countries and featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world’s leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children’s educational books, the motion picture is comprised of twenty-six individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.”
Jon Schnepp, Anders Morgenthaler, Ben Wheatley, Ti West, Nacho Vigalondo, Jake West, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Xavier Gens, Adam Wingard, Marcel Sarmiento, Kaare Andrews, Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Angela Bettis, Yūdai Yamaguchi, Mikael Wulff, Thomas Cappelen Malling, Jorge Michel Grau, Simon Rumley, Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Srdjan Spasojevic, Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, Jason Eisener, Andrew Traucki, Adrián García Bogliano, Timo Tjahjanto and Lee Hardcastle all took part! READ MORE
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Jorge Michel Grau Asks Damian Alcazar To Transform In Order To ‘Keep Quiet’
We Are What We Are director Jorge Michel Grau announced his latest film, Keep Quiet, around the time of the Fantasia Film Festival back in May and now details are starting to trickle in. Per Variety, Damian Alcazar (pictured above; The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian) will star in the film. Keep Quiet will be produced by Mayra Espinosa Castro of Velarium Arts and Todd Brown of XYZ Films. The project is still in the development phase.
In the film, “After the murder of his wife, Alberto decides to exile with his son, Alan. Both venture into a violent world inhabited by mean characters that frame the development of Alan’s schizophrenia: He hallucinates that his father is a werewolf, a violent creature who threatens everything – Alan included – in his vicinity. According to legend, only a loved one can kill the beast. And Alan knows the legend.”
More on this one as it comes in! Keep Quiet
Chat With The ‘ABC’s Of Death’ Directors On Reddit Today!
Now on VOD platforms everywhere is Magnet’s The ABCs of Death, which will also receive a limited theatrical run set for March 8. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s worth a look. If you have seen it – you may have some questions! Either way you’re encouraged to chat with with directors today on Reddit at 11AM PST – 2PM PST. Which means it starts in like two hours!
Participating talent include Nacho Vigalondo (A is for Apocalypse), Adrian Garcia Bogliano (B is for Bigfoot), Ernesto Diaz Espinoza (C is for Cycle), Marcel Sarmiento (D is for Dogfight), Thomas Malling (H is for Hydro-Electric Diffusion), Jorge Michel Grau (I is for Ingrown), Simon Rumley (P is for Pressure), Adam Wingard (Q is for Quack), Srdjan Spasojevic (R is for Removed), Lee Hardcastle (T is for Toilet), Ben Wheatley (U is for Unearthed), Kaare Andrews (V is for Vagitus), Jon Schnepp (W is for WTF), Xavier Gens (X is for XXL), Jason Eisener (Y is for Youngbuck), Ant Timpson (co-producer), and Tim League (co-producer).
Simply log in to Reddit between 11AM and 2PM PST (2PM and 5PM EST) and leave your comment to receive answers in real time!
Special Video Featurette For ‘The ABCs of Death’!
Now on VOD platforms everywhere is Magnet’s The ABCs of Death, which will also receive a limited theatrical run set for March 8. Airing on cablers now, we’ve just shared a fun featurette that features interviews with the various filmmaking talents involved.
In this mega-anthology, “Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. The ABCs of Death is perhaps the most ambitious anthology film ever conceived with productions spanning fifteen countries and featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world’s leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children’s educational books, the motion picture is comprised of twenty-six individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.”
Jon Schnepp, Anders Morgenthaler, Ben Wheatley, Ti West, Nacho Vigalondo, Jake West, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Xavier Gens, Adam Wingard, Marcel Sarmiento, Kaare Andrews, Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Angela Bettis, Yūdai Yamaguchi, Mikael Wulff, Thomas Cappelen Malling, Jorge Michel Grau, Simon Rumley, Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Srdjan Spasojevic, Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, Jason Eisener, Andrew Traucki, Adrián García Bogliano, Timo Tjahjanto and Lee Hardcastle all took part! READ MORE
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[Sundance '13 Interview] Director Jim Mickle Talks About Putting His Own Stamp On ‘We Are What We Are’!
Sundance Film Festival just kicked off this 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.
If you’re following the fest at all, you may have seen more than a few glowing reviews pop up online after the film’s first screening. I just got off the phone with Mickle, who was on his way into yet another sold out showing of the film. We talked about his approach to remakes, the violence in the film and what he’s got coming up after the fest.
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 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. Head inside for the interview! READ MORE
[TIFF '12] First Images From Midnight Madness Selection ‘The ABC’s Of Death’!
Naturally, The 26-director horror anthology The ABC’s Of Death is one of the Midnight Madness selections of the Toronto International Film Festival, and now we have a look at several new pics from the film.
Directed by Kaare Andrews, Angela Bettis, Adrián García Bogliano, Bruno Forzani & Hélène Cattet, Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Jason Eisener, Xavier Gens, Jorge Michel Grau, Lee Hardcastle, Noboru Iguchi, Thomas Cappelen Malling, Anders Morgenthaler, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Simon Rumley, Marcel Sarmiento, Jon Schnepp, Srdjan Spasojevic, Timo Tjahjanto, Andrew Traucki, Nacho Vigalondo, Jake West, Ti West, Ben Wheatley, Adam Wingard, and Yûdai Yamaguchi – ABC’s will have its world premiere at the fest.
Twenty-six directors… 26 ways to die! The ABCs Of Death is perhaps the most ambitious anthology film ever conceived, featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world’s leading talents in contemporary genre film. With each director assigned a letter of the alphabet, they were then given free rein in choosing a word to create a story involving a tale of mortality. It’s an alphabetical arsenal of destruction orchestrated by some of the most exciting names in global horror including Ben Wheatley (Kill List), Ti West (House of the Devil), Jason Eisener (Hobo With A Shotgun), Adam Wingard (You’re Next), Xavier Gens (Frontieres), and Nacho Vigalondo (Time Crimes).
The Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 6th-16th. Head inside for the pics! READ MORE
We Are What We Are (VOD)
A middle-aged man dies in the street, leaving his widow and three children destitute. The devastated family is confronted not only with his loss but with a terrible challenge – how to survive. For they are cannibals. They have always existed on a diet of human flesh consumed in bloody ritual ceremonies… and the victims have always been provided by the father. Now that he is gone, who will hunt? Who will lead them? How will they sate their horrific hunger? The task falls to the eldest son, Alfredo, a teenage misfit who seems far from ready to accept the challenge… But without human meat the family will die. Shocking, bloody and deeply moving, WE ARE WHAT WE ARE is a remarkable reinvention of the horror genre – a visceral and powerfully emotional portrait of a family bound by a terrible secret and driven by monstrous appetites.
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