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Sony Screen Gems’ Major Date Shifts, 3D Maneuvers
Sony Screen Gems has made some major changes in their forthcoming genre slate. Let’s start with the highly anticipated Underworld 4, which is said to no longer be arriving in 3-D. The vampires vs werewolves action-saga will arrive in theaters on September 23, 2011. This is a major delay from the originally announced Jan ’11 date. Scott Charles Stewart’s follow-up to Legion, Priest, will now be arriving in cinemas on January 14, 2011 – shifting from its original August ’10 date – and is also said to be converting to 3-D. Lastly, The Roommate is being pushed out of its September slot all the way back to February 4, 2011. So while 2010 will be a quiet year from Screen Gems, 2011 is set to explode. Click any title above for full details on each film.
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‘Death Boom’ Documentary Trailer – Eli Roth & Leonardo DiCaprio Expose the Deathcare Industry
From Eli Roth, Leonardo DiCaprio‘s Appian Way Productions, and QC Entertainment (Get Out, Us) comes the documentary Death Boom, which aims to pull back the curtain on the deathcare industry. Watch the official trailer for the Death Boom documentary below.
Directed by Jessica Chandler, the exposé documentary is produced by Eli Roth and Leonardo DiCaprio, with Eli Roth also serving as the narrator for Death Boom.
Death Boom will premiere at the Tribeca Festival on June 9.
“Compelled by the urgency of the subject and the rare opportunity to document an unfolding crisis on American soil, Death Boom pulls back the curtain on the catastrophic mental and environmental impacts of the contemporary deathcare industry.”
“The film, shown through the lens of the workers at the heart of it as they prepare for the passing of 77 million baby boomers, exposes the toll that embalming, cremation, and traditional burial have on those who’ve passed, their families, and deathcare workers, and the corruption – political, religious, and corporate – that stands in opposition to greener methods being nationally legalized and accessible. It ultimately shows what is possible if these green methods are put into wider practice, and works toward normalizing conversations around death and grief.”
“Jessica Chandler and I have wanted to make this film for over 20 years, since she first told me about the environmental horrors of the death care industry and how avoiding death as a subject makes us complicit,” said Roth. “We spent years finding brave people willing to speak on camera, revealing the poisoning of our bodies and land that contaminates our water, air, and food.”
Roth continued, “We aimed to show the issue from all sides, without blame or shame, and to present clear solutions that already exist but are blocked by those invested in maintaining the current system for profit. Made entirely in secrecy, the film will shock and inspire. This is not an attack on an industry, but an effort to understand how we got here and how we can move forward together to protect future generations.”
Variety debuted the below trailer for Death Boom this afternoon.