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Chicago’s CINEPOCALYPSE Explodes Into the Music Box This June!
The Music Box Theatre announced today the return of Cinepocalypse, the Midwest’s largest gathering of horror films and the cinephiles who love them!
Shifting dates, the festival will kick into full fear on June 21st and conclude on June 28th, 2018 for a week full of ass-kicking genre world premieres, special guests and more.
Bloody Disgusting sponsored the 2017 showcase, which included over 60 films, including the World Premiere of Primal Rage and U.S. Premieres of Lowlife (jury award winner) Snowflake (audience award winner), and closing night film Beyond Skyline. Special guests such as Joe Carnahan, Eric Roberts, Larry Cohen Simon Barrett, Jessica Harper, Antonio Fargas, Barbara Crampton, along with filmmakers from around the world, appeared throughout the festival as well.
Programming efforts for the 2018 festival have already begun and submissions are officially open for shorts and features via Film Freeway.
“We couldn’t be any more thrilled to build off of last year’s festivities. In fact, we’re so excited that we pushed the date up 5 months! 2018 is already lookin’ to be an all-timer for genre film, and we’re eager to once again overload Chicago,” writes festival artistic director Josh Goldbloom.
Early bird badges for the festival will go on sale. For ticket prices and further information, please visit https://musicboxtheatre.com/events/Cinepocalypse-2018. The Music Box Theatre is one of the nation’s most prestigious art house theatres and makes a concerted effort to diversify programming and bolster local audiences through special events and festivals like Cinepocolypse, the Chicago Critics Film Festival and more throughout the year.
The Music Box Theatre stands as one of the nation’s most prestigious art house theatres, and has recently made a concerted effort to diversify programming and bolster local audiences. Located on the city’s Northside at 3733 North Southport Ave, The Music Box’s year-round programming has consistently offered genre fans some of the very finest cinematic experiences in digital, 35mm, and 70mm formats.
The Wayans are out to cancel the Cancel Culture with Scary Movie, and the cast assures it will do just that.
“They sort of have an across-the-board style,” Anna Faris tells EW. “It’s always been a part of the Wayans Brothers, their electricity. ‘Can we offend you? Will you still love us? Come on, you still love us, don’t you?'”
Regina Hall concurs, promising the “boundary-pushing” sixth installment in the horror parody franchise will “offend everyone.”
EW has shared a batch of behind-the-scenes images from Scary Movie, which hits theaters June 5 via Paramount.
Faris and Hall are joined by fellow franchise favorites Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Dave Sheridan, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, Chris Elliott, and Jon Abrahams in the legacy sequel.
The ensemble includes Damon Wayans Jr., Gregg Wayans, Kim Wayans, Benny Zielke, Cameron Scott Roberts, Heidi Gardner, Olivia Rose Keegan, Ruby Snowber, Savannah Lee Nassif, Sydney Park, Kenan Thompson, and Felissa Rose.
Michael Tiddes (A Haunted House) directs from a script by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, original Scary Movie director Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans (Scary Movie 2), and Rick Alvarez (A Haunted House).
The film will slash through reboots, remakes, requels, prequels, sequels, spin-offs, elevated horror, origin stories, anything with the word legacy in it, and every “final chapter” that absolutely isn’t final.
Scary Movie launched in 2000, followed by Scary Movie 2 in 2001. The Wayans’ involvement ended there, but the series continued with 2003’s Scary Movie 3, 2006’s Scary Movie 4, and 2013’s Scary Movie 5.
Regina Hall & Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans & Regina Hall on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Michael Tiddes & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Regina Hall & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
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