Black Rock
Three childhood friends set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls’ weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival.
[Video Interview] Lake Bell And Katie Aselton On Moving Into Horror And Sustaining Injuries On ‘Black Rock’!
After playing last year’s Sundance Film Festival, Katie Aselton‘s Black Rock was acquired by LD Entertainment (The Collection) for a theatrical run. The thriller stars Aselton, Lake Bell, Kate Bosworth, Jay Paulson, Anslem Richardson and Will Bouvier.
In the thriller opening in theaters today May 17th, “Three childhood friends set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls’ weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival.”
Aselton and Bell’s characters in the film have a troubled history to say the least. I caught up with the pair last week at the SLS Hotel in Los Angeles to talk about the challenges of their roles and the vigors of shooting on location (and in continuity). READ MORE
Boyfriend F’ing the Topic Of Red Band ‘Black Rock’ Clip
Thing get intense in this red band clip from Katie Aselton’s Black Rock when the girls fight over a past boyfriend fucking quarrel. I can’t believe they’re still friends…
Starring Katie Aselton, Lake Bell, Kate Bosworth, Jay Paulson, Anslem Richardson and Will Bouvier, LD Entertainment will release in limited theaters on May 17.
In the thriller, “Three childhood friends set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls’ weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival.”
Bloody’s Fred Topel wasn’t a huge fan. READ MORE
Exclusive
[Interview] Katie Aselton Talks Directing And Starring In ‘Black Rock’, Transitioning From Drama To Horror
After playing last year’s Sundance Film Festival, Katie Aselton‘s Black Rock was acquired by LD Entertainment (The Collection) for a theatrical run. Here’s a new clip from the thriller starring Katie Aselton, Lake Bell, Kate Bosworth, Jay Paulson, Anslem Richardson and Will Bouvier.
In the thriller opening in theaters May 17, “Three childhood friends set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls’ weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival.”
I hopped on the phone with Aselton last week to talk about the transition from directing drama to horror and what it was like performing out in the elements with her co-stars. We also discussed how and why the film became partially funded through Kickstarter Check it out below! READ MORE
‘Black Rock’ Treasure Hunt In First Clip
After playing last year’s Sundance Film Festival, Katie Aselton’s Black Rock was acquired by LD Entertainment (The Collection) for a theatrical run. Here’s a new clip from the thriller starring Katie Aselton, Lake Bell, Kate Bosworth, Jay Paulson, Anslem Richardson and Will Bouvier.
In the first clip, the girls talk about their newfound treasure map and decide to “go for it.” Horror ensues.
In the thriller opening in theaters May 17, “Three childhood friends set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls’ weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival.”
Bloody’s Fred Topel wasn’t a huge fan. READ MORE
‘Black Rock’ Stills To Scream For…
After playing last year’s Sundance Film Festival, Katie Aselton’s Black Rock was acquired by LD Entertainment (The Collection) for a theatrical run. Check out a handful of brand new stills below from the thriller starring Katie Aselton, Lake Bell, Kate Bosworth, Jay Paulson, Anslem Richardson and Will Bouvier.
In the thriller opening in theaters May, “Three childhood friends set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls’ weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival.”
Bloody’s Fred Topel wasn’t a huge fan. READ MORE
[Exclusive] Amazing Alternate Poster For ‘Black Rock’ Goes For Retro Horror
After playing last year’s Sundance Film Festival, Katie Aselton’s Black Rock was acquired by LD Entertainment (The Collection) for a theatrical run. I haven’t seen the film yet, but I’m a big fan of Aselton’s film The Freebie and her co-stars here, Lake Bell and Kate Bosworth. I’m also a fan of this amazing alternate poster that has a balmy, yet threatening, tone and color scheme.
In the thriller, “Three childhood friends set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls’ weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival.”
Black Rock hits theaters on May 17th. READ MORE
Mumble-Horror ‘Black Rock’ Get Theatrical Poster
After playing last year’s Sundance Film Festival, Katie Aselton’s Black Rock was acquired by LD Entertainment (The Collection) for a theatrical run.
This morning, EW landed the exclusive poster premiere, as well as the announced May 17 release date.
In the thriller, “Three childhood friends set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls’ weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival.”
Bloody’s Fred Topel wasn’t a huge fan. READ MORE
Does This ‘Black Rock’ Trailer Insult The Very Institution Of Horror*?
*My headline has been misconstrued as being 100% serious. I’d like to clarify that it’s only 62.3% serious. Obviously there’s a little bit of sarcasm involved when I say something uber-portentous like “The Very Institution Of Horror.” Anyway, Black Rock, director Katie Aselton’s survival horror tale, “follows three childhood friends as they set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls’ weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival.”
The film premiered at Sundance earlier this year and I was surprised by the negative reaction. I mean, the pedigree is really good! Written by Mark Duplass (Baghead, Jeff, Who Lives At Home, Cyrus) and directed by Aselton (whose film The Freebie is actually supposed to be pretty good), you’d think that this would be the kind of thing where people with dramatic/comedy chops get a chance to do something fresh with horror. But everything I’ve heard – and the trailer backs this up – is that this is an unfortunate case of people who think they’re above the genre “slumming” in it for various reasons. Perhaps ineloquently, I summed up my feelings on it here almost a year ago.
Ryan Daley’s admittedly mixed-to-positive review says “There’s plenty of nail-biting tension in ‘Black Rock’, but that tension fades with every stupid decision the characters make, and audience frustration eventually builds to the bursting point. It‘s one of those movies that makes you want to yell at the screen.”
Again, I haven’t seen Black Rock – but I will and I have every intention of giving it a fair chance when I do. I hope I love it, but I haven’t felt this irked by a movie sight-unseen in some time.
Head inside to check out the trailer. READ MORE
Interview
[Sundance '12] Interview: ‘Black Rock’ Director and Star Katie Aselton
![BlackRock12212 [Sundance 12] Interview: Black Rock Director and Star Katie Aselton](http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/photosizer/upload/BlackRock12212.jpg "[Sundance 12] Interview: Black Rock Director and Star Katie Aselton")
Black Rock (review) sold to LD Entertainment immediately following its first midnight screening in the Sundance Film Festival’s Park City at Midnight Category.
Directed by Katie Aselton, the film stars Aselton, Lake Bell and Kate Bosworth as three friends on a camping trip who run afoul of three hunters who turn violent. It becomes a gritty fight to survive in the woods.
By Thursday of Sundance, Aselton was as exhausted as we were. She even offered to have a snuggle session instead of an interview, but I wasn’t smooth enough to take her up on it so I just went with a normal interview. Some spoilers follow in our talk, but they’re good spoilers about violence and nudity! READ MORE
[Sundance '12] Review: ‘Black Rock’ Survival Hampered By Character’s Dumb Decisions
One of the Sundance films I was personally most excited to see was Black Rock, Katie Aselton’s survival horror tale that followed three childhood friends as they set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls’ weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival.
Written and produced by the Mumblecore kings known as the Duplass brothers, who burst onto the scene with their Sundance entry Baghead, I expected a bit more. Here’s what Ryan Daley had to say:
“There’s plenty of nail-biting tension in ‘Black Rock’, but that tension fades with every stupid decision the characters make, and audience frustration eventually builds to the bursting point. It‘s one of those movies that makes you want to yell at the screen.”
Click the title above for the entire review. Keep up with all of our Sundance coverage here. Watch for interviews this coming week! READ MORE
[Sundance '12]: ‘Black Rock’ Scores Distribution With LD Entertainment After Bids From Several Suitors
Actor Katie Aselton’s directorial debut, Black Rock, premiered last night as part one the Midnight Titles at the Sundance Film Festival, and it’s already found distribution with LD Entertainment. I’d expect to see it in theaters sometime this year.
Per Deadline, “LD Entertainment is closing a North American distribution deal for Black Rock, the thriller that premiered last night in a midnight screening at The Library. I’ve heard six figures and it’s going to be a theatrical release… I’ve heard several distributors chased this, including Gold Circle, Lionsgate, Magnolia and IFC. ”
Aselton’s husband Mark Duplass (Baghead, Cyrus) wrote the screenplay that “follows what happens when three childhood friends meet for a weekend getaway on an isolated island and discover that they have company.”
Lake Bell (“The League”), Kate Bosworth (Strawdogs, Superman Returns), Jay Paulson (“Happy Town”), Anslem Richardson and Will Bouvier will co-star with Aselton.
“I grew up watching classic suspense films and have long had the idea of making a girl-based thriller where the threat to the characters is very real, and the audience is left with the terrifying thought ‘this could happen to me,” said Aselton earlier this year.
Keep up with all of our Sundance news right here. READ MORE
[Sundance 2012]: Another Look at ‘Black Rock’
![[Sundance 2012]: Another Look at Black Rock](/photosizer/upload/blackrock122011.jpg "[Sundance 2012]: Another Look at Black Rock")
Actor Katie Aselton’s (one of the best parts of “The League”) directorial debut, Black Rock, is slated to premiere next month at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Aselton’s husband Mark Duplass (Baghead, Cyrus) wrote the screenplay that “follows what happens when three childhood friends meet for a weekend getaway on an isolated island and discover that they have company.”
Lake Bell (“The League”), Kate Bosworth (Strawdogs, Superman Returns), Jay Paulson (“Happy Town”), Anslem Richardson and Will Bouvier will co-star with Aselton.
“I grew up watching classic suspense films and have long had the idea of making a girl-based thriller where the threat to the characters is very real, and the audience is left with the terrifying thought ‘this could happen to me,” said Aselton earlier this year.
Check out a brand new still above with all of our Sundance news available here. READ MORE
Mumblecore Guru Heads to ‘Black Rock’ with Wife, Actress
Actor-director Katie Aselton (one of the best parts of “The League”) has joined the thriller Black Rock with intentions to direct, writes THR.
“The film follows what happens when three childhood friends meet for a weekend getaway on an isolated island and discover that they have company.”
Lake Bell (“The League”), Kate Bosworth (Strawdogs, Superman Returns), Jay Paulson (“Happy Town”), Anslem Richardson and Will Bouvier will co-star with Aselton.
“I grew up watching classic suspense films and have long had the idea of making a girl-based thriller where the threat to the characters is very real, and the audience is left with the terrifying thought ‘this could happen to me,’ ” said Aselton.
Aselton’s husband Mark Duplass (Baghead, Cyrus) wrote the screenplay.
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