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TIFF ’11: ‘God Bless America’ Is Hopefully Better Than This Cheap Poster

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13 years ago

September 9, 2011

Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America premieres at tonight’s “Midnight Madness” event at the Toronto International Film Festival. Have you guys seen Word’s Greatest Dad? Wow. That thing is nuts and crazy good and I would expect that this new one keeps up the pace!

I’m not so in love with this poster, but I’d bet it’s just a temporary piece of festival ephemera that will be replaced once the film’s actual campaign kicks in. The film stars Joel Murray (Hatchet, “Mad Men”) and Tara Lynne Barr (“The Suite Life Of Zach And Cody”) and is produced by Sean McKittrick, Jeff Culotta and Sara De La Rose in association with Darko Entertainment (Tedd Hamm and Richard Kelly).

Also written by Goldthwait, the film concerns “Loveless, jobless, possibly terminally ill, Frank (Joel Murray) has had enough of the downward spiral of America. With nothing left to lose, Frank takes his gun and offs the stupidest, cruelest, and most repellent members of society. He finds an unusual accomplice: 16-year old Roxy (Tara Lynne Barr), who shares his sense of rage and disenfranchisement.”

Poster after the jump.
Poster courtesy of HitFix.

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Matilda Firth Joins the Cast of Director Leigh Whannell’s ‘Wolf Man’ Movie

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26 mins ago

April 19, 2024

John Squires

Pictured: Matilda Firth in 'Christmas Carole'

Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.

Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.

The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).

Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.

Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.

Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.

In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.

Wolf Man 2024