Fantastic Fest XX Review: In DEATHSTALKER, Part Homage, Part Spoof, All Fantastic
The film enjoyed its World Premiere at the 20th edition of Fantastic Fest.
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DEATHSTALKER Is His Name. Catch The First Official Trailer!
Daniel Bernhardt slays as DEATHSTALKER, in theaters October 10 from Shout! Studios.
DEATHSTALKER: New Sales Art Debuts Online
Shout! will release the film in North America from October 10.
DEATHSTALKER: Shout! Acquires Daniel Bernhardt Sword-And-Sorcery Actioner Ahead Of Locarno
The film is currently set to premiere for the 78th Locarno Film Festival in August.
DEATHSTALKER Reboot Is Underway As First Look Goes Viral Of Daniel Bernhardt In Full Regalia
Already hitting the trades and genre film forums, a first look is already out and about with featured actor Daniel Bernhardt (John Wick, Nobody, Skylines) for Raven Banner’s Deathstalker. The label launched world sales at the Marché du Film over the weekend with cameras currently rolling in Canada. A reboot of the late Roger Corman’s cult Sword & Sorcery film franchise, Bernhardt stars as the titular character revised by writer and director Steven Kostanski (The Void, PG: Psycho Goreman). Bernhardt portrays the barbarian who finds himself cursed by a magical talisman that draws him into conflict with a malevolent wizard and a clan of monstrous assassins. Corman’s films capitalized on the 80s fan fervor of films like John Milius’ Conan the Barbarian, with a similar collision of pulp fantasy and lurid excess. Kostanski’s new vision promises a greater emphasis on exploring the series’ fantasy setting and filling it with monsters […]
DEATHSTALKER Reboot Casts Daniel Bernhardt For April Shoot
If you follow film fandom or “Action Twitter” or anything relevant to actor and action star Daniel Bernhardt, you’ve probably went about as nuts as everyone else when you read the Screendaily exclusive reporting plans to reboot 80s cult sword-and-sorcery thriller, Deathstalker. There are four of these films in existence stemming from the 1983 installment, capitalizing off of successes like the Conan films and Red Sonja with a similar allure. The first, produced by Roger Corman among others and starring Rick Hill, sees the titular warrior banding together with several other heroes ahead of a tournament hosted by a wicked sorceror in a seedy plot to retain power. That film is now getting a facelift at the behest of PG: Psycho Goreman director Steven Kostanski who will also pen the script. Bernhardt, a longstanding name in the genre with credits stretching back to the DTV action era and as of […]