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Trailer: A Violent Road Awaits For Carter Smith’s THE PASSENGER
The official trailer is currently out for director Carter Smith’s new crime thriller, The Passenger. Smith directs from a script by Jack Stanley with a cast led by Kyle Gallner, Johnny Berchtold and Liza Weil.
DEAD BY DAYLIGHT Sure to Bring Screams in Theatres!
Behavior Interactive’s surprise success with their asymmetric horror title DEAD BY DAYLIGHT is the latest hit game to make the jump from the small to the silver screen! Teaming up Blumhouse and Atomic Monster production companies, both familiar with the Horror genre, is sure to be a great formula to bring the love letter to the genre that is DBD to greater heights.
THIS BEAST: Kurt Sutter, Blumhouse Pair Up For New Netflix Thriller
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UPGRADE: Leigh Whannell’s Explosive Sci-Fi Action Horror Lands A TV Sequel Series
Leigh Whannell’s 2018 Blumhouse-produced hit sci-fi action thriller, Upgrade, is officially headed for television. Whannell directed the SXSW Audience Award-winner, which centers on a tetraplegic imbued with STEM, an advanced A.I. tech that enables him to physically carry out his own campaign against the four supersoldiers that injured him and killed his wife, only to put him face to face with an even more nefarious conspirator.
Craving Horror This Thanksgiving? Try INTO THE DARK
Google “Thanksgiving horror” and you will be overwhelmed with real people’s holiday horror stories involving food or family or both. There are a few films that take place on Thanksgiving, but for a holiday that basically encourages gluttony, there are some slim pickings when it comes to holiday horror films.
FANTASY ISLAND: The First Trailer Lands Online For Blumhouse’s New Revival
What’s your fantasy? Nothing kinky, now. Is it a tropical island? What about a tropical island that can make your wishes come true?
After Five Years Of Rumors, Jamie Foxx Will Reboot Todd McFarlane’s SPAWN For Blumhouse
McFarlane spoke to Deadline asserting the Sleepless star will take up the role of Al Simmons, taking the live-action mantle of the famed Image Comics character previously held in 1998 by actor and martial arts star Michael Jai White. The new film will be rebooted by none other than McFarlane himself who is quoted at Deadline with fervor in explaining his intentions to producers who are either recalcitrant or too confused by all the Marvel and DC hoopla to know what from what regarding this particular venture in which our dark, R-rated anti-hero will be a largely silent one:
THE FIRST PURGE Ignites War And Unrest In The First Official Trailer
The first official trailer is online and packing some serious, stimulating action for its horror millieu, and looks to be an exciting addition to a growing franchise prior to its current television expansion. Check it out below!
Craig Zobel To Helm Politically Charged Action Thriller THE HUNT For Blumhouse And Universal
Damon Lindelof and Nick Cuse have reportedly penned a project now being housed in the auspices of Blumhouse and Universal Pictures following a competitive situation. The film in question is titled The Hunt, which is being described over at the The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog as a politically charged action thriller that “…takes its cues from the current political climate in America and aggressive nature of right versus the left — taking it to a more extreme, and violent, level.”
The project marks the latest for the duo since working on HBO drama, The Leftovers with Craig Zobel who is set to direct the new action thriller. Wednesday’s THR exclusive concludes that Zobel will executive produce as will Cuse, and with Lindelof producing through his White Rabbit banner with Jason Blum over at Blumhouse, the same company that grew its recent successes from such poltically and socially toned thrillers like Get Out and The Purge film franchise.
NYCC 2017: SPAWN Patriarch Todd McFarlane Discusses Reboot Production Details
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Comic book creator and regular social media art tutor Todd McFarlane made some dreams come true over the summer when he officiated his R-rated Spawn reboot with Blumhouse. On Thursday, he took to New York Comic-Con to confirm post-Christmae pre-production for a February start date, reportedly promising a “dark and R-rated,” induction far more toned grimly than Tim Miller’s Deadpool.
“It’s going to be dark,” McFarlane said, explaining that Spawn won’t be a standard superhero movie and its darkness will spring from a realistic drama that will play on fear. “I will have a shark in black water,” he said metaphorically, “and if you’re swimming he will come and you’ll be gone and he will f*ck you up.”
He also affirmed the film he will be able to touch base and share tidbits with fans via live Facebook video during production, a perk feasible largely on the count of having financial control; The film will reportedly be budgeted at $10 million dollars with the possibility of backing from Universal Pictures with whom Blumhouse’s own Jason Blum has a first look deal.
“The only things we need from them,” he said, “are distribution and marketing. We don’t need your input, we don’t need your cash, we don’t need your creativity – and they don’t like those deals. They always want the budget to go up because then they have to put money in it and then they own it.”
An audience member then questioned McFarlane regarding his own confidence in being able to direct his first film. In turn, McFarlane answered, citing his opportune craft in comic book drawing and the Grammy he earned in 2000 for the hit music video from KoЯn, titled “Freak On A Leash”, which he produced a few years after launching McFarlane Entertainment.
“…I didn’t use to draw comic books and I drew comic books and I won awards. I don’t know how to read music and I have a Grammy Award.
“I’m spending my own money so who cares if it doesn’t work out. It’s a $10 million budget movie, and (a studio) would just get a 22-year-old punk director. I just want to be the old punk directing it.”
The new Spawn reboot will mark the first attempt at a live action adaptation of McFarlane’s long-running comic book IP since it landed action star Michael Jai White as the first African-American to portray a major comic superhero in the 90s. There’s no official word yet on casting. (Deadline)
SPAWN Is A Go At Blumhouse With Todd McFarlane Directing
“Having worked with many visionary directors, I think Todd’s unique artistic talents will only add to his role as director of this film,” Blum said in statement.
Film Of The Week: THE PURGE (2013)
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