Movies

James Duval Goes ‘Beast Mode’; Devilworks Adds ‘Playhouse’ to Cannes Slate

Published

4 years ago

June 1, 2020

Donnie Darko fav James Duval takes on two roles in the 80’s throwback Beast Mode, directed by Chris W. Freeman & Spain Willingham.

UK-based genre sales outfit Devilworks has taken world rights to the film ahead of the online Marché du Film (June 22-26), reports ScreenDaily.

“Beast Mode follows a has-been Hollywood producer who turns to an ancient herbal elixir to save his career after he accidentally kills his lead star. His pact unleashes a band of bloodthirsty shape-shifting beasts on LA.”

Leslie Easterbrook (The Devil’s Rejects), Ray Wise (“Twin Peaks”, Dead End, The Lazarus Effect), C. Thomas Howell (The Hitcher), and James Hong (Big Trouble in Little China) also star. Freeman and Willingham co-produce with Aaron Scotti, who co-wrote the script with Drew Fortune.

Devilworks also acquired worldwide rights to UK supernatural thriller Playhouse, directed, written, and produced by brothers Fionn and Toby Watts.

Shot in Scotland, the thriller “centers on a notorious horror writer who moves into an ancient castle with his teenage daughter to work on his next play, only to face terrifying consequences when she falls prey to a supernatural evil lurking in the castle walls.”

Grace Courtney, William Holstead, James Rottger, and Helen Mackay lead the cast.

Here’s the sales art for both films that Bloody Disgusting was able to obtain.

Brad Miska

Horror movie fanatic who co-founded Bloody Disgusting in 2001. Producer on Southbound, V/H/S/2/3/94, SiREN, Under the Bed, and A Horrible Way to Die. Chicago-based. Horror, pizza and basketball connoisseur. Taco Bell daily. Franchise favs: Hellraiser, Child's Play, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Scream and Friday the 13th. Horror 365 days a year.

Click to comment

Movies

‘Avengelyne’ – Warner Bros. Adapting Rob Liefeld’s Comic Book with Margot Robbie Potentially Starring

Published

21 mins ago

April 30, 2024

John Squires

From Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld, the comic book Avengelyne is headed to the big screen courtesy of Warner Bros, with Deadline reporting today that the studio is “negotiating to close a seven figure film rights deal.” Deadline reports, “Most of the deals are closed.”

And check out this creative team that’s coming together. Deadline notes that Margot Robbie (Birds of Prey, Barbie) is eyeing the starring role, with Olivia Wilde (Don’t Worry Darling) directing and Tony McNamara (Poor Things) writing the screenplay.

The website details, “Avengelyne is an angel who fights the forces of evil and often finds herself face-to-face with demons and monsters.”

“She was the most feared warrior in Heaven’s Warhost, having single-handedly broken into Pandemonium, the outer fortress of Hell, to confront the Devil himself. She is a fallen angel, banished from Heaven by God after being tricked into questioning his love for humans. Avengelyne was stripped of all her angelic abilities, other than her great strength and her blood, which, once extracted from her body, could be used as a weapon or a miracle, when it is empowered by quoting verses from the Bible. Avengelyne uses her powers to fight demons on Earth and is being groomed to be humankind’s last hope in a coming Armageddon.”

Margot Robbie’s company LuckyChap will produce the Avengelyne movie adaptation.

Created by Rob Liefeld and Cathy Christian, the Avengelyne character debuted in the comic book Avengelyne: Deadly Sins #1 back in February 1995. Learn more over on Wikipedia.