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Part of the joy of watching John Kramer's (Tobin Bell) intricate traps in Saw isn't the blood and gore but how everything comes together in the end. While the long-running horror series has a reputation for its torture, the opposite is actually the case. The violence in the films is undeniable, but there is a meaningful message at the heart of Saw. "Cherish your life" becomes a mantra of Jigsaw's, and he puts people through these traps because they need to learn some lesson. Those who survive often become better for it.

Saw has been a source of inspiration over the years, but no franchise can hold a candle to the original. This is because, in addition to delivering high-concept material, it is also known for some monumental twists viewers would never see coming.

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Regular franchise director Kevin Greutert has made some potentially revealing comments about Saw XI’s production and upcoming release date. More on it below.

Saw X, directed by franchise veteran Kevin Greutert, was a pleasant surprise for both audiences and Lionsgate as the film racked up decent reviews and people showed up to watch Jigsaw hack up some more people, this time in Mexico.

Another instalment was confirmed by Lionsgate soon after the film’s release, with Greutert set to return as director. Greutert told us in an exclusive interview that he was keen on making one, and that Jigsaw was “crucial” for the franchise.

Saw XI was supposed to premiere in September 2024, giving the production just a year to get it made, but Lionsgate eventually delayed the film to 26th September 2025.

As the original Saw turns 20 this week and heads back into cinemas, many outlets have paid their respects...

Modern-day Scream Queen Lauren Lavera is leaving behind Art the Clown (David Howard Thorton) and taking up with Djimon Hounsou in the upcoming horror-thriller titled simply The Monster. Lavera starred as Final Girl Sienna Shaw in both Terrifier 2 and the recent box office success, Terrifier 3.

And Lavera will soon be rubbing shoulders with Hounsou in New York City, where two millennials are pulling off a major real estate scam, until things go horribly awry. The synopsis for The Monster reads as follows (per Deadline):

Monster follows two millennials who make quick money by leasing incredible New York City apartments they dont own to people who dont know they are being scammed. The con works brilliantly until they run into an apartment owner with a dark secret who flips the game on them.

Darren Lynn Bousman will helm Lavera and Hounsous terrifying team-up. Bousman famously took up the mantle...

Of all the historic Hollywood horror franchises, one in particular has maintained its relevance better than the rest. While people still remember The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Child's Play, and The Nightmare on Elm Street, they aren't flocking to the theaters year after year to see the new installment. With an entire company of dedicated filmmakers aiding its growth, James Wan and Leigh Whannell's baby is about to reach adulthood. 21 years into the Saw franchise, and the series is as relevant as it has ever been. If the success of the previous installment is any indication, it seems like it won't be stopping anytime soon.

Fresh off the wild success of Saw X, critically and financially, the team at Twisted Pictures hopes to deliver another satisfying entry. The eleventh entry in the Saw franchise, Saw XI, is currently slated for a 2025 release, but what other information about the highly-anticipated sequel is out there?...

Hulu has picked up U.S. rights to Paris Has Fallen, the new action series spinoff of the Gerard Butler Has Fallen film franchise. StudioCanal is producing the TV drama together with War of the Worlds producer Urban Myth Films, Millennium Media, Butler’s G-Base and Eclectic Pictures. Paris Has Fallen recently premiered on its Canal+ series in France. Hulu will release the show in the U.S. later this year.

Paris Has Fallen features Spiral actor Tewfik Jallab as Vincent Taleb, a protection officer safeguarding a French Minister who is targeted by a terrorist group. Joined by MI6 operative Zara (Red Notice actress Ritu Arya) they work to unravel a conspiracy that may implicate one of their own.

The series is inspired by the Has Fallen film franchise, which stars Gerard Butler as United States Secret Service agent Mike Banning. The trio of Has Fallen features — Olympus Has Fallen...

Exclusive: Here’s an eye-catching deal to kick off Cannes: Hulu has taken U.S. rights to Paris Has Fallen, the StudioCanal series based on Gerard Butler‘s Has Fallen film franchise.

Hulu plans to premiere the drama, which stars Spiral actor Tewfik Jallab, later this year after it made a strong debut in France, where it has become a top-three original on Canal+.

StudioCanal has closed a string of other deals for Paris Has Fallen, including with Amazon Prime Video in the UK and Ireland, and Sbs in Australia. The eight-part series is a co-production with Zdf, which will house the show in Germany.

Paris Has Fallen is made by StudioCanal, War of the Worlds producer Urban Myth Films, and two companies behind the film franchise: Millennium Media and Butler’s G-base. Eclectic Pictures is also attached.

Jallab plays Vincent Taleb, a protection officer to a French Minister, who...

Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II-iv, Spiral) has set up his next horror project, directing an upcoming movie titled The Monster with Djimon Hounsou (A Quiet Place) starring.

Deadline first reported the news this afternoon.

In the upcoming horror movie, “Two millennials make quick money by leasing incredible New York City apartments they don’t own to people who don’t know they are being scammed.

“The con works brilliantly until they run into an apartment owner with a dark secret who flips the game on them.”

Jonathan Bernstein and James Greer (Unsane) wrote the screenplay.

“Darren sent me a script with incredible twists and turns and the opportunity to work with him and the brilliant Djimon Hounsou,” said Saw franchise producer Mark Burg, who is producing The Monster. “This movie will be amazing and scare the hell out of audiences worldwide.”

Tish and Nelson added, “We love finding new ways...

The Young and the Restless spoilers for Monday, October 21, 2024, are here! In the next episode, fans can expect Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) to kick Diane Jenkins-Abbott (Susan Walters) out of the house.

Coming Up On The Young And The Restless

Diane turns to Traci Abbott (Beth Maitland), who always tries to fix the family problems. Plus, Jack seems to be losing control of himself.

Could Victoria Newman’s (Amelia Heinle) comment foreshadow Jack’s dangerous spiral? Keep reading to find out what is coming up in the next episode of the CBS soap opera.

The Young And The Restless Spoilers – Jack Abbott’s Dangerous Spiral

Y&r spoilers for Monday, October 21 reveal that Jack seems to be going down a dangerous spiral. Victoria mentioned to Cole Howard (J. Eddie Peck) and Claire Grace Newman (Hayley Erin) that Jack is always discreet and in control in public.

Jack having it out...

The French creature feature Survive is making its way to North America, as Deadline reports that Samuel Goldwyn Films has picked up the distribution rights and are planning to give the film a theatrical and VOD release sometime in January.

Directed by Frédéric Jardin and from a screenplay written by Matt Alexander (which is actually a shared pseudonym for Mathieu Oullion and Alexandre Coquelle), Survive follows Julia and her loving husband who celebrate their son’s birthday on their boat in the middle of the ocean. When a violent storm nearly capsizes them, the family awakes in a desert land. Earth has undergone a tragic polarity reversal, draining water from the oceans. The family must race to safety before the water returns all while battling hungry creatures from the abyss that hunt for fresh flesh. That sounds like a set-up for a good time to me!

The film stars Emilie Dequenne...

More Rick and Morty goodness is headed your way.

Adult Swim has given a series order to Ricky and Morty: The Anime from director Takashi Sano (Tower of God), TVLine has learned. Sano previously wrote and directed the anime shorts Rick and Morty vs. Genocider and Summer Meets God (Rick Meets Evil).

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The network also greenlit Ninja Kamui, a...

Rick and Morty will get the anime treatment at Adult Swim.

Ahead of Warner Bros. Discovery’s Upfronts presentation on Wednesday, Adult Swim revealed the official greenlights for Rick and Morty: The Anime from Tower of God helmer Takashi Sano and Ninja Kamui from Jujutsu Kaisen’s Sunghoo Park. The series orders come as Adult Swim continues to build its anime portfolio, which currently includes the series adaptation of Junji Ito’s Uzumaki, Blade Runner, Black Lotus and more. The two newly-ordered series are in production and will premiere on Adult Swim and HBO Max.

Rick and Morty: The Anime is a “10-episode adventure” that will be separate from the flagship series, but will adapt themes and events from the original title. The upcoming anime will mark yet another Rick and Morty venture for Sano, who previously directed two anime shorts, “Rick and Morty vs. Genocider” and “Summer Meets God...

“Rick and Morty” is getting the anime treatment.

On Wednesday, Adult Swim announced it had greenlit the new anime series “Rick and Morty: The Anime,” from director Takashi Sano (“Tower of God”). Sano previously directed two anime shorts in the franchise, “Rick and Morty vs. Genocider” and “Summer Meets God (Rick Meets Evil).” Sano will adapt themes and events of the main series for “The Anime.”

“The multiverse-straddling exploits of Rick and the gang pose challenges to the family bond, but they always rise to the occasion,” Sano said in a statement. “It’s such a life affirming sight, and Jerry is no exception. … I am honored to have been given an opportunity to tell a new story about this amazing family. I hope you enjoy their adventures!”

The new series, from Telecom Animation Film (“Lupin the IIIrd Series”), will span 10 episodes. It will air on Adult Swim and stream on HBO Max.

Crunchyroll has announced the nominations for its sixth annual Anime Awards, including anime series, characters, and creators across eight different streaming platforms — a new record for the kudos. Voting is open now; the full list of nominees can be found below.

Among top nominees, in the key best anime category: “86 Eighty-Six,” “Attack on Titan Final Season Part 1,” “Jujutsu Kaisen” (cour 2), Oddtaxi,” “Ranking of Kings” and “Sonny Boy.”

Crunchyroll has also added additional new categories for voice actors across several different regions and languages, including English, German, French, Portuguese, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Latin America) and Russian.

Funimation, Hulu, Netflix, Prime Video, iTunes, YouTube, HBO Max and Crunchyroll are all streamers represented by this year’s nominations. The tally includes 156 nominees in 26 categories, via 54 different properties.

The 38 studios represented by nominations include Mappa, Olm, P.I.C.S., Wit, Madhouse, A-1, Lidenfilms, CloverWorks, Tms Entertainment, Pine Jam, Pierrot, KyoAni, Bones, White Fox, Ufotable, Studio Bind,...

In the early 2000s, when the era of J-horror was reaching its peak, there were already many features which changed the formula or diverted from the tropes of a genre which, by that time, had become a little too predictable. Whereas the works of Kiyoshi Kurosawa had been known for their uniqueness, showing strange worlds and characters instead of being “only” horror movies, there were also odd entries such as “Uzumaki, directed by Akihiro Higuchi, better known as Higuchinsky. With regard to the original manga by Junji Ito, the director explained how he was much more interested in the changed the uzumaki (“spiral”) ignited in people and places, turning a familiar environment into something quite strange and weird, which is precisely the atmosphere we wanted to capture in his adaption. As a result, “Uzumaki” is a true oddity within J-horror, with a focus on atmosphere rather than scares, making it...

While the titular hero of Naruto is upbeat and friendly, the exact opposite can be said for his friend and rival, Sasuke Uchiha. Distant and brooding, Sasuke is driven to improve his ninja skills and exact revenge for the death of his clan. Remarkably, it is this dark and angsty attitude that makes the Naruto character surprisingly likable and a favorite among cosplayers.

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Some find that it can get boring if they constantly impersonate the optimistic hero of an anime and that a better challenge for them is to channel the gloom and menace of the antihero. With his distinct dark hair, cool-tone outfits, and changing dojutsu eyes, Sasuke is a dream for any costume aficionado to replicate.

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This year’s Cannes promises to be an edition unlike any other. More movies, fewer guests, plus a slew of logistical hurdles all add up to an epic case of Fomo — fear of missing out — for those too cautious to attend.

For those who do make the trek, however, Cannes artistic director Thierry Frémaux and his cohortsdown the Croisette seem determined to make it worth their while.

They’ve served up a slate that, sight unseen, has cinephiles salivating: The festival will kick off with “Annette,” a musical from “Holy Motors” director Leos Carax; and includes Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch” (a film we could scarcely imagine premiering anywhere else); Paul Verhoeven’s portrait of a nun on fire, “Benedetta”; three films featuring auteur darling Tilda Swinton; four starring Léa Seydoux; plus a bounty of anti­cipated titles from leading international directors.

It’s a sampling that would get audiences excited in any year,...

The 74th Locarno Film Festival will take place in person from August 4 to August 14 in Locarno, Switzerland, and the festival’s film lineup has been announced via The Hollywood Reporter. The Swiss event was founded back in 1946 and is one of the longest-running film festivals in the world.

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Studio pics at the Piazza Grande lineup will include Ferdinando Cito Filomarino’s thriller “Beckett” that features performances from John David Washington and Alicia Vikander, Shawn Levy‘s video game adventure film “Free Guy” led by Ryan Reynolds and Jodie Comer, John Swab’s actioner “Ida Red” starring Melissa Leo, and Liesl Tommy’s biopic “Respect” starring Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson.

Continue reading Locarno Film Festival Lineup Includes ‘Beckett,’ ‘Ida Red,’ Abel Ferrara’s ‘Zeros & Ones,’ Gaspar Noé’s ‘Vortex’ & More at The Playlist.

Year after year a site par excellence for the most innovative premieres—in that respect an antithesis to the ensuing fall circuit—the Locarno Film Festival returns triumphant next month. Their 2021 lineup, per usual, mixes iconic names with complete unknowns and, admittedly, a head-scratcher or two. Abel Ferrara’s much-anticipated Zeros and Ones, sure. Gaspar Noé’s Vortex—makes sense. A new film from The Wild Boys director Bertrand Mandico? Great! But Shawn Levy and a Jennifer Hudson Aretha Franklin biopic?

However, new festival head Giona A. Nazzaro sees it as part of a steady influx, telling Variety “A festival can be quite highbrow and also entertaining at the same time. That is why for this year’s lineup we have selected several comedies and also some genre movies, as well as straightforward auteur films.” By that metric it’s more inclusive than almost any other major competition on the European circuit.

With Cannes right around the corner, two more prominent European film festivals announced their official lineups for 2021 this week. The 2021 Locarno Film Festival (the 74th edition of the event) is taking place August 4-14 and will feature the world premiere of Abel Ferrara’s “Zeroes and Ones,” plus the Melissa Leo-Frank Grillo starring thriller “Ida Red” from director John Swab. Perhaps the most prominent U.S. title in the Locarno lineup is “Respect,” the Jennifer Hudson-starring Aretha Franklin biopic that has already caught the eye of Oscar pundits here in the states. The film will screen out of competition, as will Ryan Reynolds’ long-delayed Disney-Fox tentpole “Free Guy.”

“A festival can be quite highbrow and also entertaining at the same time,” Nazzaro told Variety in a statement. “That is why for this year’s lineup we have selected several comedies and also some genre movies, as well as straightforward auteur films.

Abel Ferrara’s contemporary thriller ’Zeros And Ones’ stars Ethan Hawke.

Abel Ferrara’s contemporary thriller Zeros And Ones and Srdjan Dragojević’s dark comedy Heavens Above are among 17 films from 12 countries having their world premiere in the international competition at the 74th Locarno Film Festival (August 4-14) under the new artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro.

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In his first collaboration with Ferrara, Zeros And Ones sees Ethan Hawke plays an American soldier stationed in Rome who pursues an unknown enemy threatening the entire world after the Vatican gets blown up.

Ahead of shooting in Italy...

Slate also includes new films from Michel Hazanavicius and Pierre Salvadori.

Wild Bunch International (Wbi) has unveiled one of its biggest Cannes slates to date as it gears up for its first trip to the Croisette in two years.

As well as 10 Cannes selections (as of June 15), it also features upcoming projects from Palme d’Or winners Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne and fellow Cannes laureate Arnaud Desplechin, and the portmanteau work Shining Sex, combining the talents of Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Sion Sono, directorial duo Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani, Bertrand Mandico and Kleber Mendonça Filho.

Now in pre-production, the Dardenne’sTori...

Slate also includes new films from Michel Hazanavicius and Pierre Salvadori.

Wild Bunch International (Wbi) has unveiled one of its biggest Cannes slates to date as it gears up for its first trip to the Croisette in two years.

As well as 10 Cannes selections (as of June 15), it also features upcoming projects from Palme d’Or winners Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne and fellow Cannes laureate Arnaud Desplechin, and the portmanteau work Shining Sex, combining the talents of Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Sion Sono, directorial duo Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani, Bertrand Mandico and Kleber Mendonça Filho.

Now in pre-production, the Dardenne’sTori...

Cannes-bound … Ari Folman’s Where Is Anne Frank?, the latest animated feature from the director of Waltz With Bashir Photo: Wild Bunch

The organisers of this year’s Cannes Film Festival (running from 7 to 17 July) have added additional titles to the official selection (already announced on 3 June) including Vortex by French enfant terrible Gaspar Noë and the latest animated feature from Israel’s Ari (Waltz With Bashir) Folman, Where Is Anne Frank?

Vortex, which features Italian horror director Dario Argento (80) in his first acting role, alongside Françoise Lebrun, details the last days of an elderly couple. It features in the Cannes Première section.

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Folman, (Oscar nominated and Golden Globe winner for Waltz With Bashir), has adapted Anne Frank’s internationally-loved classic The Diary Of A Young Girl. Folman has talked...

Filmmaking provocateur Gaspar Noé is back with a surprise new film, “Vortex.” A mysterious, Instagram-style first-look image from the drama has been released, showing someone ghostlike under a bedsheet. Not much about “Vortex” is known yet, though it will have its world premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival in the newly created Cannes Premiere section. The cast includes the iconic Italian director Dario Argento, plus Françoise Lebrun and Alex Lutz.

A report in Variety on the film’s Cannes premiere describes “Vortex” as “a documentary-style film revolving around the last days of an elderly couple.” ScreenDaily reports that Noé “had been racing to finish the film” for Cannes, as production only started this year. Some intel dug up by The Film Stage pegs “Vortex” as fusing the styles of French filmmaker Jean Eustache and the Italian giallo horror genre, of which Argento is a figurehead. No official details from...

Following up his love-it-or-hate-it Climax, director Gaspar Noé secretly shot a new film this past spring and it’s among the additions to the Cannes Film Festival lineup, which also includes new work by Ari Folman, a Bill Murray concert film, Noémie Merlant’s directorial debut, and more.

As for the Enter the Void director’s latest, he shot Vortex over twenty days between mid-March and April 2021, with a cast including Dario Argento, Françoise Lebrun, and Alex Lutz, as well as a budget of 3.3 million euros, more than his last two features. Check out a roughly-translated synopsis below via his Le Temps de Trout Tout:

Gaspar Noé, son of the Argentinian painter Luis Felipe Noé, finished his film at the last minute because he shot it quickly and late. A quasi-documentary film about the last days of a loving old couple suffering from senility, played by Françoise Lebrun and Dario Argento.

Noé’s ’Vortex’ will play in the new Cannes Premiere section, while Folman’s animation ’Where Is Anne Frank?’ will play Out Of Competition.

The Cannes Film Festival (July 6-21) has completed its Official Selection with new films from Gaspar Noé and Ari Folman.

Noé’s Vortex will play in the new Cannes Premiere section, while animation Where Is Anne Frank? from Waltz With Bashir director Folman will play Out Of Competition.

Yohan Manca’s feature debut La Traviata, My Brothers And I joins the revamped Un Certain Regard strand.

Two French titles have been added to Midnight Screenings -...

In the latest consolidation move within WarnerMedia’s TV operations, Adult Swim and HBO Max’s adult animation development teams are being combined into one, led by Suzanna Makkos. Previously EVP Original Comedy and Animation for HBO Max, Makkos is taking an expanded role as EVP Original Comedy and Animation for HBO Max and Adult Swim.

She will continue to report to Sarah Aubrey, HBO Max’s head of original content, and will now also report to Adult Swim president Michael Ouweleen on all content developed for Adult Swim on all platforms. Adult Swim’s development team, led by VP Walter Newman, will now report into Makkos.

“The adult animation boom is just starting, and by aligning our strengths and organizing as one, unified, best-in-class development team we are creating an unmatched, multiplatform destination for both creators and fans,” said Aubrey. “Adult Swim has created an iconoclastic adult animation brand,...

Adult Swim is one of the longest-running purveyors of adult animation and President Michael Ouweleen talked up the medium’s ability to produce new content during Covid.

But the Turner veteran also warned that broadcasters and platforms may face a drop in viewing once the pandemic is over as a result of increased social activity.

“Coming out of this [pandemic], I think it’s going to be the 1920s again and people are going to go off and be out in the world in a very serious way. I think it will be gradual rather than sudden. But we will see a time where we’ve gotten really good at producing animation in all these flexible ways, but we might see a dip in content consumption in the future, once everyone’s safe and we have to be ready for that,” he said during an animation panel session at SXSW.

Ouweleen...

The newest collection of stories from the master of Horror Manga, Junji Ito. “Venus in the Blind Spot” contains a few iconic works of the mangaka along with adaptations of Edogawa Rampo and Robert Hichens.

Billed as a “best of” release of some the iconic creator’s work, the newest edition from Viz media exists as the highest quality one to date, an impressive feat granted the publisher’s history with the mangaka. However, the phenomenal approach in presentation becomes marred in the story selection which, many fans would agree, is a far-cry from the most notable work created by the master of horror.

To lead on a positive, the release gloriously frames the art of Ito, with opening pages on glossy stock, highlighting his unique visual approach (these pages also include a mini-poster which is a welcomed collectible). In the vein of previous releases, the book...

As part of Comic-Con @ Home, Adult Swim has announced Adult Swim Con! This virtual event will give you the closest thing to the Comic-Con experience at home, with special previews, cast and crew Q&a's and much more. Of special interest to horror fans will be the sneak preview of Junji Ito's Uzamaki:

Adult Swim announces the first-ever Adult Swim Con, a free, fully-immersive convention experience where no badge, plane ticket, or hotel reservation is required. Running Thursday, July 23rd to Saturday, July 25th from 4pm–10pm Pst, lineup highlights include special behind the scenes looks at Rick and Morty presented by Pringles and Robot Chicken, featuring a Q&a with the cast and crew from both shows, a special Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time gameplay session, Toonami Edition with new show announcements, sneak previews of Blade Runner and Uzumaki, and an exclusive DJ set from Flying Lotus to...

Whenever Hollywood releases a great horror film, you can be reasonably sure that a similar film was made in Japan several years previously. Japan has been a hotbed for the creation of truly frightening horror movies for several years, but as Western audiences don’t like watching films with subtitles on, the idea usually has to be taken and re-made with an English-speaking cast in order for the concept to become a global success. That means if you want to see what the future of horror films might look like, you should probably be looking at Japan rather than what’s on at American movie theaters.

We want to highlight Japanese horror films in this article not just because they’re great, but because they don’t often get the acclaim they deserve. There are millions of people around the world who don’t know that “The Ring” or “The Grudge...

The suburban enclave of Lemoncurd — “a charming town full of charming people leading charming lives and eating charming food” — is surely home to many delightful residents, but only three of them really matter: a trio of Debras who, as the title of the bite-sized Adult Swim series tells us, are very busy indeed. Busy with what, you may ask? Only upending the social order, taking aim at the patriarchy, and engaging in all manner of crimes along the way (in pristine white outfits to boot).

Created by and starring the eponymous Debras — Mitra Jouhari (“High Maintenance”), Sandy Honig (“Isn’t It Romantic”) and Alyssa Stonoha (“Rules of Cool”) — the series is a canny fit for Adult Swim, which has long trafficked in off-kilter programming populated by fresh faces. The trio, all members of the Upright Citizens Brigade improv and sketch community, first started working together in 2015 when they teamed up to...

Around 25% will be invested in projects by new talents.

Warner Bros Germany is to invest €3m over the next three years in the development and production of feature films originating from or shot in the German region of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein in the first deal of its kind between a German regional fund and a Us major.

At least 25% of each annual €1m will be earmarked for projects by up-and-coming filmmakers to boost talent development in the region.

The deal was signed today (January 24) between Hamburg-based Warner Bros Entertainment and the regional film fund Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (Ffhsh)

The financial...

With the upcoming miniseries “Uzumaki:Creation” set for release this year on “Adult Swim”, it feels like an ideal time to revisit the manga. “Uzumaki” has had an enduring reputation of one of the core titles within the horror manga, almost becoming synonymous with mention of the genre. It can be said that Ito’s work, and this title in particular, proved to be gateway for many towards fandom into the sub-genre.

For those unfamiliar with the title, the story follows a young girl named Kirie and her friend Shuichi as they battle an infectious obsession with spirals plaguing their seaside town. The infection warps the mind and bodies of its inhabitants in all sorts of bizarre scenarios, eventually leading to the entire town being engulfed in a spiral pattern. Through Kirie and Shuichi paying constant witnesses to the decline of family, friends and community, the weight of...

Manga creator Junji Ito (Tomie, Uzumaki, Gyo, Fragments of Horror) is recognized as one of the greatest contemporary artists working in the horror genre, and in a couple of weeks Viz Signature will be sharing his greatness via Shiver, which collects nine of his best short stories into one nightmare-inducing hardcover edition. If you’re a […]

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Earlier this year, we wrote about a new Japanese anime called “Junji Ito’s Collection”, a series that was based on the works of the legendary horror manga artist who brought us such titles as Gyo and Uzumaki. It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything new surrounding the title but today brings news that’s not […]

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One month ago, I posted a story about a new anime series that would be based off the work of horror manga legend Junji Ito (Gyo, Uzumaki). Today, new news has come out that reveals the series, which is now… Continue Reading →

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Junji Ito, the mastermind behind such terrifying visions as Gyo and Uzumaki, is going to see his “Haunted House” series adapted into an anime and there are rumors that it may be an anthology series! Asahi’s website (cheers CrunchyRoll) announced… Continue Reading →

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“It’s just thunder. It happens when it rains.”

‘When It Rains’ is an old story: a spiky, unpleasant person learns to accept help and to open up to those around them. It’s a little shopworn, a little canned, but it’s still a pleasant quarter hour and a successful about-face for a character who looked headed for ineffectual Saturday Morning Cartoon villainy. If it has a real weakness it’s not that its story has been told before but that it can’t let its moments land without indulging in its own preciousness. Moments like Steven posing after Garnet tells him that she loves him turn the organic into the contrived, though a prostrate Steven reaching automatically for Peridot’s hand after the two fall off a cliff is a great example of how emotionally deft the show can be at its best.

Motivated by fear after a...

Stuffed with straw, dressed in rags and left to twist in the breeze, the typical mild-mannered scarecrow may not be built to frighten anything larger than your average feathered pest... but that hasn't stopped these eerie effigies from coming to life in our nightmares. For generations, this image of the harvest has been associated with the darker, colder days to come, so it wasn't long before spooky tales were being spun about evil scarecrows wandering the fields, intent on reaping something more substantial than corn. Cinematic scarecrows have come a long way since the lovable Wizard of Oz character, but some of them might still be looking for a brain... maybe even the one that's still in your skull. Let's look at some of the all-time scariest movie scarecrows ever to stalk the fields by moonlight... “Bubba” (Dark Night of the Scarecrow, 1981) This chilling made-for-tv classic presents one of the...

Odd List Ryan Lambie Simon Brew 28 Nov 2013 - 06:04

Our series of lists devoted to underappreciated films brings us to the year 2000, and another 25 overlooked gems...

The new millennium brought with it an eclectic range of hit films. Hong Kong action director John Woo brought us Mission: Impossible II, the most profitable film of the year at the box office. Ridley Scott enjoyed one of the biggest critical and financial successes of his career with Gladiator, while Robert Zemeckis created a memorable drama with Tom Hanks and a ball named Wilson in Cast Away.

From a comic book movie standpoint, 2000 was also a key year. X-Men not only established a successful film franchise which is still going, with X-Men: Days Of Future Past out next year, but also headed up a wave of big-budget Marvel adaptations which shows no sign of slowing down.

As ever, we've travelled far outside the...

Looking for a little more than free candy in your basket this Halloween? Free Comic Book Day (the organization behind the event) has just released its list of titles for this year’s second-ever Free Comic Book Day Halloween ComicFest 2013.

Originally published on the Halloween ComicFest 2013 website, the announcement reveals a grand total of 22 titles from 16 different publishers including DC Comics, Marvel Comics, and Idw Publishing, to name a few. The titles are as follows:

Full-sized:

Skyward: Into the Grim

Sonic the Hedgehog #1

Soulfire: Genesis

Disenchanted Debut

Batman: Li’l Gotham #1

Batman: The Long Halloween #1

Cartoon Network Super Sampler

Thor: God of Thunder #1

Ultimate Spider-Man Adventures #1

Junji Ito’s Uzumaki

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children #1

Mini Comics:

Vamplets: The Legend of the Ghost Pony

Zombie Kid Diaries 3: The Walking Dad

Sesame Street #1

Pantalones, TX Zombinata

Archie’s Pals ‘N’ Gals

Adventure Time

Itty Bitty Hellboy #1

My Little Pony...

It’s Monday, so we all know what that means! Yes, it’s time for another rundown of DVDs and Blu-ray’s hitting stores online and offline this week. It’s a jam-packed week, with plenty of movies waiting to take you money, so let us breakdown the new releases and highlight what you should – and shouldn’t – be buying from today, September 3rd 2012.

Pick(S) Of The Week

Piranha 3Dd (DVD/Blu-ray)

There’s something in the water . . . again. And this time no one is safe from the flesh eating fish as they sink their razor sharp teeth into the visitors of the best summer attraction, The Big Wet Water Park. With Ving Rhames and Christopher Lloyd.

Elevator (DVD)

9 people stuck on an elevator – one has a ticking bomb – the other 8 will do absolutely anything to survive. The bomb cannot be defused. There is no escape and no promise of rescue.

It must be very, very strange to be Junji Ito. Given what comes out of the celebrated manga artist's head, I can only imagine what all happens in it. Best known as the writer of Tomie and Uzumaki, Ito has a loyal worldwide cult for his off-kilter horror works and that cult has embraced the recent animated adaptation of his Gyo with open arms.A story that imagines what would happen if all the fish in the world suddenly sprouted legs and moved to dry land - imagine a great white shark ambling down your street - Gyo has been a hit on the festival circuit and is about to be released on DVD in the UK on the Terrorcotta imprint. Which means, yes, new...

Director: Takayuki Hirao. Review: Adam Wing. It’s probably not a question you’ve asked yourself before, but what would happen if all the fish in the world sprouted legs and walked on dry land? That’s the question morbid manga master Junji Ito (Uzumaki, Tomie) posed when he created Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack. Takayuki Hirao directs this lively adaptation of Ito’s manga, an anarchic animation that reeks of the ‘death stench’, a revolting smell first encountered when mutant fish bring a city to its knees. As you’ve probably guessed by the rest of the title, Gyo finds our frenzied fishy friends leaving the ocean behind in favour of big city life, causing chaos, confusion and devastation wherever they go. We first meet Kaori in Okinawa, where giant mutant sharks with metal legs are attacking her and her friends in their holiday home. When she loses touch with her boyfriend,...

Screened at the 2012 Terracotta Far East Film Festival. “Gyo” is an Ova anime adaptation of the horror manga by popular artist Junji Ito, the mad genius best known for the likes of “Tomie” and “Uzumaki”. Directed by Takayuki Hirao, the film is a lunatic tale which revolves around the bizarre concept of horrible smelling fish with sharp, talon like legs emerging from the sea and laying waste to Japan. Kicking off in Okinawa, the story focuses on a young woman called Kaori, who is attacked by the creatures while on holiday with her friends. Although they survive, she loses contact with her boyfriend Tadashi back in Tokyo, and fearing the worst heads to the capital, only to find it overrun by the fish and their monstrous ‘death stench’. Although the idea of legged, murderous sealife may sound weird enough, this really is just the tip of a particularly crazed and fetid iceberg,...

Anime studio ufotable are bringing morbid manga master Junji Ito's putrid, and surreal, story of mutant zombie fish that sprout legs and attack Okinawa, Japan, to home video systems everywhere later this month.Ok. Wrapped your head around that concept yet, readers? It's eccentric to say the least. That's right,Gyo, that bizarr-o survival horror tale of a couple vs. bio-mechanical fart propelled rotting sea-life, is now a new Ova directed by Takayuki Hirao (Futakoi Alternative), and slated for release on Feb. 15'th. Ito is probably most well-known as the creator of a couple of classic horror mangas, Tomie, and my personal favorite, Uzumaki. Both have been brought to the screen in live action incarnations, the Tomie manga spawning a long running series of films, about...

The Power of the SpiralOnce in a while, as a writer, I come across a concept that makes me hate the field I’ve entered. Not because it’s offensively ridiculous. Quite the contrary; these are pieces that I aspire to produce, words and images that I would give an obsolete body part just to have the courage to conjure. Junji Ito’s Uzumaki is one of those works of art. The story, set in the...

Best known for their backing of extreme splatter films Machine Girl and Tokyo Gore Police Fever Dreams are about to dip their toes into another part of the Japanese cult film pool with Tomoo Haraguchi’s upcoming kaiju film Death Kappa.  And, yes, Haraguchi has turned everybody’s favorite friendly little turtle spirit into a fearsome giant killer.  Don’t know Haraguchi’s name?  You probably know his work.  The man has done effects work for the likes of Kore-Eda (Air Doll) and Tsukamoto (Bullet Ballet) while designing creature effects for high profile films like Ashura and Uzumaki and you want kaiju cred?  How about a bit of Gamera?  This man knows his stuff, no doubt about it.

And while Haraguchi is still relatively early in the production of his latest directorial effort he has already put together an introductory promo that showcases both the miniature sets that will be...