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[TIFF '12 Interview] ‘No One Lives’ Director Ryuhei Kitamura

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Posted by Mike Pereira on September 17, 2012 @ 7:41pm
Category: Movies / Exclusives

When the WWE Films logo appears before a film, I keep my expectations in check. While I’ll admit that the Kane vehicle, See No Evil is in my guilty pleasure list, the majority I’ve seen are straight-to-video fare at its laziest. Like most DTV, they’re an attempt to cash in on whatever the fad may be at the moment and hope that fans looking for a quick fix won’t mind. From the offset, No One Lives (review) comes across as just that. The attempt at “clever” dialogue is consistently laughable but once the film is suddenly steered in a different direction at the end of the first act, my attention was grabbed. For the remainder of its duration, No One Lives is a creatively violent, trashy ride in the way the Friday the 13th movies are. If you watch it for what it is, fun will be had.

The skillful directing of Ryuhei Kitamura (Midnight Meat Train, Versus) is the main reason why I ignored the film’s obvious issues. I had the pleasure of chatting with him at TIFF ’12, where the film was getting its premiere. I asked him what drew him to the script. “I started reading it. First I felt; oh okay, No One Lives, everybody dies. Girl running in the woods, a couple of gangsters, okay another torture porn kind of movie which I love to watch but didn’t want to do myself. Then there’s a twist and turn in the script and I simply felt: wow this is a non-stop ride and it’s a fun popcorn project which was very different from the movie I did, Midnight Meat Train. That was much more twisted and a philosophical. So this was to me a fun, straightforward genre movie almost like the movies from the 80’s.” READ MORE

[BD Review] ‘No One Lives’ Sets Horror Back Nearly 10 Years

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Posted by MrDisgusting on September 09, 2012 @ 8:00pm
Category: Movies / Reviews

It felt like horror was set back 10 years When Courtney Solomon produced Captivity for After Dark Films. Now, WWE Studios is back in the production game with No One Lives, which feels very much out of the same ill-advised world where suits with tons of money and zero heart get behind genre films (because they think we’re an easy sell). While incredibly gory, No One Lives is soulless garbage whose problems begin and end with an appalling script.

Directed by Ryuhei Kitamura – of Midnight Meat Train and Versus fame – the plot follows a group of petty thieves that cross paths with Luke Evans as an ex-military agent (who has become a serial killer) and his prisoner (Adelaide Clemens).

Penned by David Cohen (presumably in 2005, right after Hostel hit theaters), the screenplay is jam-packed with cheesy dialogue and one-liners that couldn’t even be delivered by Tom Cruise. While most of the dialogue is laughable, the real issue comes with the character development. Everyone in No One Lives is a horrible piece of crap; as a viewer you’ll have to get behind either a group of crummy thieves (who murder people for no reason and talk to each other like dog shit), or a serial killer who kidnaps and tortures women (apparently). Everyone could die and it wouldn’t even matter to the viewer; and because everyone sucks, there’s no emotion behind any of their imminent deaths.

The good news is that there’s an insane amount of gore, and the gags are pretty great, but unfortunately there’s no fun behind it. No One Lives is generic “shock” cinema that was a result of Hostel, which is why it feels like it sets horror back 10 years.

It can’t be expressed enough just how terrible this film is. It’s camp without the laughs, a complete downer that’ll leave the audience feeling empty. There’s nothing more frustrating than watching films like this get made by people who understand nothing about the genre; they should stick to wrestling, at least that’s one form of entertainment they know how to produce.

[TIFF '12] Hang Out With New Imagery From ‘No One Lives’!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on August 27, 2012 @ 1:19pm
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Having its world premiere September 8 as part of the Midnight Madness portion of the Toronto International Film Festival is WWE and Pathe’s No One Lives, the latest genre offering from Midnight Madness director Ryuhei Kitamura.

Starring Luke Evans, Lee Tergesen, Adelaide Clemens, Laura Ramsey, Lindsey Shaw, America Olivo, Beau Knapp, Derek Magyar and Brodus Clay, Bloody Disgusting was supplied with the first bathc of imagery, many which carry a heft of blood and guts!

In the film, “A ruthless criminal gang takes a young couple hostage and goes to ground in an abandoned house in the middle of nowhere. When the captive girl is killed, the tables are unexpectedly turned. The gang finds itself outsmarted by an urbane and seasoned killer determined to ensure that no one lives.” READ MORE

Fox Home Ent. Dates ‘The Raven’ For Home Video

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 24, 2012 @ 11:52am
Category: Movies / Home Video

Dated October 9 for Blu-ray, DVD and VOD platforms from Fox Home Entertainment is The Raven, which stars John Cusack, Luke Evans and Alice Eve.

“John Cusack and Luke Evans star in this blood-curdling tale of terror that’s as dark and haunting as the legendary master of the macabre who inspired it – Edgar Allan Poe. Baltimore, 1849. While investigating a horrific double murder, police detective Emmett Fields (Evans) makes a startling discovery: the killer’s methods mirror the twisted writings of Edgar Allan Poe (Cusack). Suspecting Poe at first, Fields ultimately enlists his help to stop future attacks. But in this deadly game of cat and mouse, the stakes are raised with each gruesome slaying as the pair races to catch a madman before he brings every one of Poe’s shocking stories to chilling life…and death.”

Extra features and cover art after the break. READ MORE

[BD Review] ‘The Raven’ Is Mediocre Poppycock

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Posted by EvanDickson on April 27, 2012 @ 9:38am
Category: Movies / Reviews

Relativity Media’s The Raven opens today. It stars John Cusack (Hot Tub Time Machine), Alice Eve (Star Trek 2), Luke Evans (The Hobbit) and Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) and is probably quite a bit bloodier than you’re expecting. But it’s also not very good.

From V For Vendetta director James McTeigue, The Raven is a good looking movie with decent performances, but it’s also deeply stupid. And it counts on the audience to be stupid as well. It’s not that the film isn’t enjoyable in moments, it is. The Raven isn’t an awful viewing experience or anything, it just thinks it’s something it’s not. Truly lush cinematography is utterly wasted in a film in which all the air has been vacuumed out and you’re too busy having your hand held to feel any suspense.

Click here for the review. And be sure to write your own review once you’ve seen it.

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Luke Evans Talks Tone, Gore And Character Dynamics In ‘The Raven’

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Posted by EvanDickson on April 25, 2012 @ 10:00am
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As Detective Fields in The Raven, Luke Evans plays the straight man to John Cusack’s Edgar Allan Poe. The film is, in many ways, structured like a buddy cop movie – albeit with a historical figure in a period setting and lots and lots of blood. Nevertheless, two leads from opposite walks of life are forced to team up to solve a series of crimes. It’s not the easiest job to maintain the screen with a more flamboyant presence, but Evans rises to the occasion.

I hopped on the phone with Evans late last week to discuss his role, balancing fiction with reality and staying true to the gruesomely beautiful spirit of Edgar Allan Poe’s writing.

From V for Vendetta director James McTeigue , “The macabre and lurid tales of Edgar Allan Poe are vividly brought to life – and death – in this stylish, gothic thriller starring John Cusack as the infamous author. When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Poe’s darkest works, a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans) joins forces with Poe in a quest to get inside the killer’s mind in order to stop him from making every one of Poe’s brutal stories a blood chilling reality. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues, which escalates when Poe’s love (Alice Eve) becomes the next target.”

Head inside for the interview. The Raven is in theaters this Friday, April 27. READ MORE

Nearly 50 Hi-Res Looks At Relativity’s ‘The Raven’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 20, 2012 @ 4:58pm
Category: Movies / Images

12theraven032012 Nearly 50 Hi Res Looks At Relativitys The Raven

Relativity Media has supplied us with nearly 50 hi-res images from The Raven, the whodunit horror thriller from V for Vendetta director James McTeigue that stars John Cusack as the elusive Edgar Allan Poe. You’ll find the entire gallery by clicking either featured still.

In theaters April 27, “Luke Evans will play a detective who partners with Poe (Cusack) to search for a serial killer who has kidnapped the author’s fiancee (Alice Eve) and has gone on a murder spree that mimics the author’s work.”

The new pics finally feature some haunting imagery such as the horseman below wearing a creepy skeleton mask. READ MORE

AFM ’11: New Sales Art for ‘Meat Train’ Director’s ‘No One Lives’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on November 01, 2011 @ 11:50pm
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A new piece of sales art has been released for WWE and Path UK’s No One Lives, which is being helmed by Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus, The Midnight Meat Train). The image below features your first look at Luke Evans (Clash of the Titans, The Raven) in the pic that also stars Adelaide Clemens (Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, Vampire, Wolverine), Lee Tergesen (Tobias Beecher from HBO’s “OZ”, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning), Laura Ramsey (The Ruins, The Covenant ), Lindsey Shaw (The Howling Reborn), America Olivo (Friday the 13th, Bitch Slap, Beau Knapp (Super 8), Derek Magyar and WWE wrestler Brodus Clay.

From a script by David Cohen: “A ruthless criminal gang takes a young couple hostage and goes to ground in an abandoned house in the middle of nowhere. When the captive girl is killed, the tables are unexpectedly turned. The gang finds itself outsmarted by an urbane and seasoned killer determined to ensure that no one lives.” READ MORE

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[Interview] Director and Star of ‘The Raven’ Talk ‘Saw’, Gore, Drugs and ‘Sherlock Holmes’!!

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Posted by EvanDickson on October 07, 2011 @ 10:24pm
Category: Movies / Interviews

Cusack10711 [Interview] Director and Star of The Raven Talk Saw, Gore, Drugs and Sherlock Holmes!!

Today is the 162nd anniversary of Edgar Allen Poe’s death and to commemorate the event there’s a whole lot of The Raven action going on. While marking a death date rather than a birth date may seem macabre, considering the subject at hand it seems more than appropriate.

Earlier this morning the trailer hit and a little bit later a group of journalists was ushered onto a conference call with the film’s director James McTeigue and star Luke Evans to discuss the film.

“Evans plays a detective who partners with Poe (John Cusack) to search for a serial killer who has kidnapped the author’s fiancee (Alice Eve) and has gone on a murder spree that mimics the author’s work.”

Hit the jump to check out some excerpts from the interview interspersed with some cool Edgar Allen Poe factoids.
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First Look at Luke Evans as a Detective in ‘The Raven’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on October 06, 2011 @ 9:13pm
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theraven072111 First Look at Luke Evans as a Detective in The Raven

Relativity Media has unleashed two new stills from The Raven, which arrives in theaters March 9, 2012. The first pic found after the break brings you a first look at Luke Evans as Detective Emmett Fields, with the second displaying Director James McTeigue discussing a scene with star John Cusack.

James McTeigue’s thriller is set in the last days of Poe’s life, when he gets wrapped up in a serial killer investigation.

“Luke Evans will play a detective who partners with Poe (Cusack) to search for a serial killer who has kidnapped the author’s fiancee (Alice Eve) and has gone on a murder spree that mimics the author’s work.”

Click the above image for the gallery.
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Sales Art for ‘Midnight Meat Train’ Director’s ‘No One Lives’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on August 15, 2011 @ 4:28pm
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We just scored some early sales art for the latest WWE production and Path UK’s No One Lives, which will be helmed by Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus, The Midnight Meat Train).

Bloody reported exclusively that Adelaide Clemens (Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, Vampire, Wolverine) and Lee Tergesen (Tobias Beecher from HBO’s “OZ”, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning) will be starring.

They join the previously announced Luke Evans (Clash of the Titans, The Raven), Laura Ramsey (The Ruins, The Covenant ), Lindsey Shaw (The Howling Reborn), America Olivo (Friday the 13th, Bitch Slap, Beau Knapp (Super 8), Derek Magyar and WWE wrestler Brodus Clay.

From a script by David Cohen, here’s the correct plot crunch: “A ruthless criminal gang takes a young couple hostage and goes to ground in an abandoned house in the middle of nowhere. When the captive girl is killed, the tables are unexpectedly turned. The gang finds itself outsmarted by an urbane and seasoned killer determined to ensure that no one lives.”
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‘Texas Chainsaw’/'Silent Hill’ Stars Align for ‘No One Lives’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on June 15, 2011 @ 3:15pm
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While the trades reported with an incorrect synopsis and cast, we’ve got the skinny on who will actually be starring in WWE and Path UK’s No One Lives, which will be helmed by Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus, The Midnight Meat Train).

Bloody learned exclusively that Adelaide Clemens (Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, Vampire, Wolverine) and Lee Tergesen (Tobias Beecher from HBO’s “OZ”, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning) will be starring, not Alexis Dziena and Angus Macfadyen, as previously reported.

Pictured: Lee Turgesen, left, and Adelaide Clemens”

The Raven

Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on April 27, 2011 @ 12:00am
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Evans will play a detective who partners with Poe (Cusack) to search for a serial killer who has kidnapped the author’s fiancee (Eve) and has gone on a murder spree that mimics the author’s work.

Forevermore, Films: Relativity Media Adds ‘The Raven’ to Their Line-Up

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Posted by MrDisgusting on January 20, 2011 @ 6:41pm
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With production now wrapped out of Serbia, Relativity Media has acquired distribution rights to Intrepid Pictures’ The Raven, the Edgar Allan Poe tale getting pretty hefty hype here on BD. Directed by James McTeigue, the thriller is set in the last days of Edgar Allan Poe’s life, when he gets wrapped up in a serial killer investigation. Luke Evans will play a detective who partners with Poe (John Cusack) to search for a serial killer who has kidnapped the author’s fiancee (Alice Eve) and has gone on a murder spree that mimics the author’s work. Ewan McGregor also stars.
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First Look: John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe in ‘The Raven’!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on December 13, 2010 @ 9:08pm
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I just got a heaping case of goosebumps, right down my arms, and straight up my back. Why? Because the Huffington Post just revealed a stunning first look at John Cusack as the infamous Edgar Allan Poe in James McTeigue’s forthcoming The Raven. Cusack, holding a raven on his extended arm, stands tall and proud in this gorgeous black and white image. The thriller set in the last days of Poe’s life, when he gets wrapped up in a serial killer investigation. Luke Evans will play a detective who partners with Poe (Cusack) to search for a serial killer who has kidnapped the author’s fiancee (Alice Eve) and has gone on a murder spree that mimics the author’s work. Ewan McGregor also stars.
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First Look at John Cusack in ‘The Raven’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on November 15, 2010 @ 6:23pm
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Hanging around on set, Gawker snagged a spy pic of star John Cusack in full Edgar Allan Poe gear on the set of The Raven, a new thriller from director James McTeigue that’s now in production. Also starring Ewan McGregor, Luke Evans and Alice Eve, the pic is set in the last days of Edgar Allan Poe’s life, when he gets wrapped up in a serial killer investigation. Evans will play a detective who partners with Poe (Cusack) to search for a serial killer who has kidnapped the author’s fiancee (Eve) and has gone on a murder spree that mimics the author’s work.
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