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Exclusive: BritBox International has tapped Sanjeev Bhaskar as the lead for its latest original drama series, Inspector Singh Investigates, and has picked up docs about legendary acting mavericks Richard Harris and Peter O’Toole.

Inspector Singh Investigates is a three-part drama that BritBox International has co-commissioned alongside UK distributor Dcd Rights and 108 Media. BritBox International, which operates outside the UK, takes North American and Australian rights, we’ve learned.

108 Media London, the UK production wing of international content firm 108 Media is producing the series, which will be shot in Malaysia. Dcd Rights is selling it internationally (excluding North America and Australia).

The crime drama is based on the novel of the same name from author Shamini Flint, following Bhaskar as the titular Inspector Singh as he investigates complex murders rooted in the cultural DNA of exotic Asian countries.

Diederick Santer and Jonathan Karas are executive producers for BritBox International, the...

Michaela Coel, Lenny Abrahamson’s “Normal People” and “The Masked Singer” were among the winners of the U.K.’s Royal Television Society (Rts) Craft & Design Awards.

Coel won the 2020 Rts special award for her groundbreaking BBC/HBO show “I May Destroy You.” In presenting the award to Coel, the judges said: “This piece sits in the true spirit of the craft and design Awards. The astonishing level of detail in all aspects of this production was humbling to see. A truly distinctive, highly creative and exemplary piece of work, in which the winner had also corralled outstanding demonstrations of expert craft skills across all the production disciplines.”

Lenny Abrahamson won best director of drama for smash hit BBC/Hulu show “Normal People.” “Beautiful, stylish and confident. This was the work of an elite director, skilfully providing the space for his actors to shine and their chemistry to transmit through the lens.

Hong Kong-based Australian filmmaker Antony Szeto has signed to direct the action thriller Weekend Warriors.

Scripted by Trevor Howis, the film follows a young Army reserve officer who tries to save his men and his brother from his psychopathic former mentor who is hell bent on revenge.

Szeto.s latest film is Fist of the Dragon, a martial arts actioner produced by the legendary Roger Corman. Shot in Nanhai, China, the film sees a retired Mma fighter (Ufc star Josh "The Punk" Thomson) head to the Far East to meet his new lover Meili (Hong Kong martial artist Juju Chan). When he inadvertently takes possession of a package sought by an international arms dealer, mayhem ensues.

That was Szeto.s second collaboration with Corman following The Haunted, a horror movie about a Western documentary crew who discover a story about a head concubine who violently murdered another concubine.

Howis tells...

On the outside, the English-language debut of French director Marina de Van looks like a traditional supernatural thriller, complete with a requisite “creepy” kid, and mysterious telekinetic powers. On the inside, Dark Touch is a heartrendingly sad, unflinchingly intimate exploration of the trauma of abuse: a horror movie that draws its nightmares from the sordid, squalid corners of real life. While de Van is possibly best known for her 2002 art house self-cannibalism shocker In My Skin, her latest feature proves that her ability to viscerally assault and disturb audiences remains undeterred.

Set in a bleak, isolated Irish village, the film centers around eight year old Niamh (played by a mesmerizing Missy Keating). Niamh’s parents and younger brother are brutally killed after their home appears to turn on them when inanimate objects and innocuous furniture are possessed by a murderous, destructive rage. Niamh, the only witness to the tragedy, is...

Filming on the romantic thriller set for spring 2014.

British director Suri Krishnamma has come on board to direct Megan’s Game, an adaptation of Tony Drury’s romantic thriller.

Filming is set to begin in spring 2014 with a theatrical release next autumn.

The story is described as “a love story with a murder twist” set against the backdrops of Snowdonia, the Welsh coast, Cote d’Azur and London.

Krishnamma’s latest thriller, The Dark Tourist starring Melanie Griffith and Michael Cudlitz, opened in the Us this summer and premiered in London at Frightfest 2013. Other recent features include Bad Karma starring Ray Liotta and Dominic Purcell, Locked In’ with Ben Barnes and Eliza Dushku, Good Karma with Billy Connelly and New Year’s Day’ for which Suri won the Jury Prize at the Raindance Film Festival.

Megan’s Game will be led by producer Paul Tucker alongside screenwriter Crispian Sallis and co-producer Jonathan Stafford. Production and post...

The haunting grace note in director Suri Krishnamma's psychological thriller Dark Tourist, written by Frank John Hughes, comes from Melanie Griffith in an exquisite performance as a waitress grieving a crushing loss—and who has the misfortune of crossing paths with a man slowly unraveling into a psychopath. Jim (Michael Cudlitz, of TV's Southland) is a security guard whose hobby is studying serial killers, and who spends his vacations mapping his way through their killing fields. Tourist follows him as he navigates the small town that gave birth to one such figure. In voiceover he reveals an empathy with his current antihero that is slowly revealed to be rooted in his own childhood traumas. As the film softly nods toward the visuals of David Fincher, H...

Why do we slow down to look at car accidents? Why do we put our hands in the moulded handprints of dead celebrities in Hollywood? Why are we obsessed with the lives of serial killers? There are the questions explored in Suri Krishnamma's chilling thriller Dark Tourist. With an incredible performance by Michael Cudlitz (from the TV show Southland), it is not an easy film to watch, but that is likely the intention. It is incredibly disturbing, not least because it asks the audience to question some of their own dark obsessions.Jim (Cudlitz) is a 'dark tourist', someone who visits homes/places connected with the dead. Though with Jim, is it perhaps a bit more macabre, as he takes his annual holiday from his security...

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From director Suri Krishnamma and writer Frank John Hughes, the indie drama Dark Tourist tells the story of graveyard-shift security guard Jim Tahna (Michael Cudlitz), a man with an obsessive interest in serial killers. When he takes a road trip to a small Northern California town to delve into the world of 1960s serial murderer/arsonist Carl Marznap (Pruitt Taylor Vince), he has a chance encounter with a local waitress named Betsy (Melanie Griffith), who shows him that there are other possibilities in life. At the film’s press day, co-stars Michael Cudlitz and Melanie Griffith spoke to Collider for this exclusive interview about what attracted them to this project, what it was like to work together, how important trust is, especially when you’re shooting very intense scenes with each other, and what Pruitt Taylor Vince added to the mix. They also talked about what they look for in...

A Field in England’s Ben Wheatley and The Raid’s Gareth Evans set to attend.

A total of 34 directors are confirmed to attend Film4 FrightFest 2013, which runs August 22-26 in London.

The guest list of directors includes Don Mancini (Curse Of Chucky), Suri Krishnamma (Dark Tourist), Bobcat Goldthwait (Willow Creek) and Adam Green (Holliston).

Also attending is Gareth Evans, who recently completed principal photography of The Raid 2 and Jason Eisener, both for V/H/S/2.

Cheap Thrills director Evan L. Katz will be at FrightFest as well as Steven R. Monroe for the world premiere of I Spit On Your Grave 2.

Blair Erickson will launch Banshee Chapter and other directors include Anthony Diblasi (Missionary), Jeremy Lovering (In Fear), Kit Ryan (Dementemania) and Christopher McBride for The Conspiracy.

The Ford Brothers will attend for their opening night film The Dead 2: India, as will co-directors Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado for closing night film Big Bad Wolves...

From the press release:

Are you ready for a spine-chilling global avalanche of Indian zombies, Israeli oldboys, vengeance-crazed Vikings, Swedish mesmerists, Irish telekinesis, Argentine undead, Aussie bone-crushers, murderous Mormons and Chilean assassins?

Film4 FrightFest 2013, returning for its 4teenth year, has unveiled its biggest line-up in history. From Thurs 22 August to Monday 26 August, the UK’s leading event for genre fans will be at the Empire Cinema in London’s Leicester Square to present 51 films on three screens. Empire 1 will house the main event while the Discovery strands will play in Empires 2 & 4. The new FrightFest Xtra strand, also in Screen 2, will allow fans to catch up with sold-out performances of the most popular attractions.

This year there are eleven countries representing five continents with a record-breaking thirty-three UK or European premieres and ten world premieres.

The world premieres include our opening night attraction The Dead 2: India from the Ford Brothers,...

Always ensure that any risky situation is tested before putting actors in a potentially dangerous situation. This is the lesson director Suri Krishnamma (New Year.s Day, The Grief Tourist) took away from filming the thriller Bad Karma.

Set primarily on the Gold Coast, Bad Karma follows a reformed criminal played by Ray Liotta who is forced to confront his crime riddled past after it turns up unexpectedly in the form of a gun-toting Dominic Purcell.

Describing the film as a complex love story, Krishnamma said the relationship between the reformed criminal and his new girlfriend (Vanessa Gray) is what makes Bad Karma more than a simple psychological-thriller.

.I would describe it as a love story about a man and a woman where a man's past has returned to haunt him. He has a choice to either return to his old former criminal days or to embrace the new life...

Director Thiagarajan Kumararaja’s feature Aaranya Kaandam (Anima and Persona), starring Jackie Shroff, Sampath Raj, Yasmin Ponnappa and Ravi Krishna has won the Western Union Audience Award at the 3rd London Indian Film Festival (Liff, June 20 – July 3). Sp Charan’s Capital Film Works produced the film.

Kumararaja said: “I don’t know what to say. It’s nice to know that people in Europe loved the film and in fact, that people across continents love the film. It also worked with audiences in the Us and with the jury at the Indian National Awards. And it is appreciated now in Europe also. I’m thrilled.”

Charan said: “I’m happy and proud of Aaranya Kaandam’s success this year. On behalf of Capital Film Works and the crew of Aaranya Kaandam, I would like to first of all congratulate London Indian Film Festival on a successful event this year and...

Thiagarajan Kumararaja’s Tamil feature Aaranya Kaandam starring Jackie Shroff, Sampath Raj, Yasmin Ponnappa and Ravi Krishna has won the Western Union Audience Award at the 3rd London Indian Film Festival which was held from June 20 – July 3, 2012.

Also at the festival this year, Satyajit Ray Foundation Short Film Award and a £1,000 prize was won by Neeraj Ghaywan’s Shor (Noise).

Meghna Gupta’s short Unravel was given a Special Mention by the jury that comprised directors Eran Creevy (Welcome To The Punch), Suri Krishnamma (The Grief Tourist), Andrew Hinton, winner of the 2011 Satyajit Ray Foundation Award for Amar, and Satwant Gill from Liff.

The festival closed with a screening of the Bengali film Baishey Srabon (Seventh August).

Sam Frears, son of the film director Stephen Frears and literary editor Mary-Kay Wilmers, has the rare degenerative condition familial dysautonomia. This extract from a new book vividly illustrates how he overcomes daily struggles to lead a rich life

Sam Frears walks into the Trojka Russian Tea Rooms in Regent's Park Road, north London, on the arm of my friend, who has recently introduced us. This morning we're having breakfast together for the first time. Sam is 40 years old, but looks younger. His hair is thick brown, his face reminiscent of black-and-white photos from the 1970s. One eye seems partially closed behind his dark-rimmed glasses. He walks slowly but with purpose, leaning into his companion yet somehow independent of him. He puts his hand out to the table and slides his body around to his seat. He says hello and speaks with the husky lightness of a man who has...

'At my first audition, they asked me things like: How are you? It didn't seem hard enough'

What got you started?

An uncle I loved got me into Fred Astaire when I was young. We had a scratchy old album of the Top Hat musical. I'd pretend I could tap-dance and my uncle would say: "Go, Tara, go!"

What was your big breakthrough?

My first job: a film called Hear My Song. I was still at Drama Centre, an intense, method-based school in London, and after three years of that, I couldn't believe the audition. It involved things like people saying: "Hello, how are you?" It didn't seem hard enough.

Are women in theatre and film under excessive pressure to look good?

Everybody's under pressure to look good – men and women. People want to see beauty, something above the ordinary. Think of what the Hollywood greats put themselves through: corsetry,...

Ray Liotta will star in Zero Gravity Productions' action-thriller "Bad Karma."According to Variety, Suri Krishnamma will direct from a Steve Allrich script.Dominic Purcell and Rhona Mitra are in talks to join the cast. The film focuses on a con man (Liotta) who must deal with his murky past after turning his life around following a near-death experience.Mark Holder, Christine Holder, Mark Williams and Danny Roth will produce with Liotta executive producing.Production begins in May in Canada.Liotta finished work on the upcoming comedy "Wanderlust" and is currently filming "Cogan's Trade," opposite Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, Sam Rockwell and Sam Shepard.

Ray Liotta will star in the action-thriller Bad Karma and Dominic Purcell and Rhona Mitra are in negotiations to join the Suri Krishnamma-directed film from Zero Gravity Productions. Steve Allrich wrote the script starring Liotta as a con man who turns his life around after a near-death experience, only to be forced to come to terms with his shady past, reports Variety. Producing are Mark Holder, Christine Holder, Mark Williams and Danny Roth while Liotta will serve as an executive producer on Bad Karma. Production is set to start in Canada this May.

Ray Liotta will star in the action-thriller Bad Karma and Dominic Purcell and Rhona Mitra are in negotiations to join the Suri Krishnamma-directed film from Zero Gravity Productions. Steve Allrich wrote the script starring Liotta as a con man who turns his life around after a near-death experience, only to be forced to come to terms with his shady past, reports Variety. Producing are Mark Holder, Christine Holder, Mark Williams and Danny Roth while Liotta will serve as an executive producer on Bad Karma. Production is set to start in Canada this May.

Melanie Griffith is to star in 'The Grief Tourist'. The 53-year-old actress is taking on her first movie role since 2005's 'Heartless' to play an as-yet unspecified part in the movie, which follows Bryan Cranston's lead character and his unhealthy obsession with his serial killers. As the lead character decides to retrace the steps of some famous mass murderers in order to better understand them, his hobby suddenly takes a darker turn. Suri Krishnamma is to direct the movie from a script penned by 'Band of Brothers' writer Frank John Hughes. Co-producer Michael Cudlitz will also star in the movie. Although Melanie's most recent role was ..

ComingSoon.net reports that Melanie Griffith is now part of the cast of Suri Krishnamma's "The Grief Tourist." Pic is currently in production The Golden Globe-nominated ("Working Girl") Griffith joins Michael Cudlitz, Bryan Cranston, Eddie J. Fernandez, Suzanne Quast, Donna Ponterotto and Marc Mazur. Griffith's last credit was for an episode of "Nip/Tuck." A psychological-thriller in the haunting tradition of films like "Taxi Driver" and "Monster," "The Grief Tourist" takes us into the chilling labyrinth of a man's dark hobby and his even darker mind. Jim Tahana doesn't leave much of an impression when he passes you by. But look closer and you'll sense his hunger...

Melanie Griffith has joined the cast of the upcoming thriller "The Grief Tourist" for Vision Entertainment Group and Suzanne DeLaurentiis Productions reports Yahoo News.

The story follows a disturbed and troubled man (Michael Cudlitz) whose fascination with serial killers leads him and the audience on a horrific and menacing journey through his obsessive and twisted mind as he retraces their footsteps.

Suri Krishnamma ("A Man of No Importance," "New Years Day") directs from a script by Frank John Hughes. Production is currently underway for release next year.

Griffith is currently at work on Nick Cassavettes drama "Yellow" co-starring Sienna Miller and Ben Foster.

After some stints in the theatre, a couple of short-lived TV series, and a recurring role in Nip/Tuck, Melanie Griffith is returning to the big screen in The Grief Tourist.Mrs Banderas will play an as-yet unspecified part in the indie drama, which sees Bryan Cranston wrestling an unhealthy obsession with serial killers. Re-tracing their steps to better understand them, his hobby takes a turn for the dark side...Suri Krishnamma is behind the camera, and the script is by Band of Brothers' Frank John Hughes. Co-producer Michael Cudlitz is also part of the cast. Griffith's last truly memorable screen role was arguably in John Waters' Cecil B Demented ten years ago. She's currently filming Yellow with Nick Cassavetes, and may also be attached to star alongside Nick Nolte in At 2:15. Is she starting a comeback?The Grief Tourist is due in 2011.

Melanie Griffith starring in The Grief Tourist Vision Entertainment Group, which recently announced its partnership with Suzanne DeLaurentiis Productions to produce The Grief Tourist, has added Golden Globe-winning actress and Oscar nominee Melanie Griffith to its already impressive cast. Directed by Suri Krishnamma (A Man of No Importance and New Year's Day), The Grief Tourist is currently in production for a release next year.

The Grief Tourist centers on a disturbed and troubled man whose fascination with serial killers leads him and the audience on a horrific and menacing journey through his obsessive and twisted mind as he retraces their footsteps. Possibly best known for her Oscar-nominated role as Tess McGill in Working Girl, Griffith is one of America's most-recognizable actresses, thanks in part to iconic turns in Something Wild, Body Double, Born Yesterday, Crazy in Alabama and Cecil B. Demented. She is currently in production on Nick Cassavetes' drama Yellow,...

Bryan Cranston will star in the independent thriller "The Grief Tourist." According to Variety, Michael Cudlitz ("Southland") will also star.Zachery Bryan, Adam Targum, Suzanne De Laurentiis and Cudlitz are producing.Suri Krishnamma ("A Man of No Importance," "New Years Day") is directing from a Frank John Hughes script.The film centers on a troubled man whose hobby of retracing the footsteps of serial killers blends into his reality.Cranston just won his third consecutive Emmy for the AMC drama "Breaking Bad." He will appear in the upcoming Tom Hanks film "Larry Crowne," opposite Hanks and Julia Roberts as well as Disney.s "John Carter of Mars."...

At the moment, “Breaking Bad” is one of my favorite television shows, due in part to the inspired performance from Bryan Cranston, who just snagged yet another Emmy for his efforts. Since I’m a pretty big Cranston fan, the idea of him starring in an indie feature that casts him as a man who is unnaturally obsessed with serial killers sounds particularly enticing. “The Grief Tourist”, which will be helmed by Suri Krishnamma and penned by “Band of Brothers” scribe Frank John Hughes, finds Cranston portraying an unstable individual who enjoys retracing the footsteps of some of the world’s most notorious serial killers. His adventures, however, soon land him in extremely hot water. Specifics are sketchy at the moment, but as soon as more information comes to light, I’ll be all over it. In the meantime, if you haven’t checked out “Breaking Bad”, I strongly recommend...

Having just collected his third consecutive Emmy for his work on the critically beloved AMC series Breaking Bad, Variety reports that 54-year-old Bryan Cranston has booked the lead role in the indie thriller The Grief Tourist. With director Suri Krishnamma (A Man of No Importance) at the helm, the story centers around a dark man whose fascination with the psychology of serial killers, yuh oh!, proceeds to eat away at his noggin. (Southland’s Michael Cudlitz will co-star.)

Since Cranston landed the enviably rich role of Breaking Bad’s Walter White he has booked eight film roles that are currently in pre- or post-production.

Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad") and Michael Cudlitz (Southland) have joined the mystery thriller "The Grief Tourist" for Vision Entertainment Group for Suzanne DeLaurentiis Productions reports Variety.

The story follows a disturbed and troubled soul, Jim Tahana, who retraces the footsteps of serial killers who fascinate him as his hobby.

His dark obsession with past killers soon becomes his reality and leads viewers on a menacing and horrific journey inside his twisted mind.

Suri Krishnamma ("A Man of No Importance," "New Year's Day") directs from a script by Frank John Hughes ("Band of Brothers," "Catch Me if You Can"). Cudlitz, Zachery Ty Bryan, Adam Targum and Suzanne DeLaurentiis will produce.

It's been a bloody great year for Bryan Cranston. A great few years in fact. While his Malcolm In The Middle co-stars have been flailing, shall we say, Cranston has been starring in an original hit show to huge critical acclaim, not to mention the three consecutive Emmy Best Actor awards which he can add to his CV.

But this isn't the only thing making Cranston smile at the moment. According to Empire, he has just signed on the dotted line, along with Michael Cudlitz (Band of Brothers), to star in Suri Krishnamma's indie flick The Grief Tourist. Aptly titled after the grief tourism phenomenon that sees people travelling to sites related to death or suffering, Cranston will play the lead role of a man obsessed with the workings of serial killers. So intrigued is he, in fact, by the way their minds work that he inevitably ends up thinking the same way.

If you watched the Emmy Awards the other night then you saw Bryan Cranston win his third consecutive Best Actor Emmy for is role in Breaking Bad, which is a well deserved win. He's so great in that show! He's now set to star in a new indie thriller called The Grief Tourist with Michael Cudlitz from Southland. This film sounds like it's right up his ally. 

The films story centers on a troubled soul who retraces the footsteps of serial killers who fascinate him as his hobby. His dark obsession with past killers soon becomes his reality and leads viewers on a menacing and horrific journey inside his twisted mind.

The movie will be directed by Suri Krishnamma (A Man of No Importance and New Years Day) and it was written by Frank John Hughes (Band of Brothers). With the talent involved with this project, it should end up being a film worth watching.

He’s probably still celebrating his third straight Emmy win for Breaking Bad, but Bryan Cranston is keeping himself busy in between shooting seasons of the show. He, along with Michael Cudlitz, has just signed up to star in the indie thriller The Grief Tourist. Suri Krishnamma is behind the camera for the film, which follows a troubled man whose obsession is serial killers. He retraces their steps and starts becoming more and more like them until… Well, you can probably figure out the rest.There’s no word on a start date, but with Band of Brothers writer Frank John Hughes writing the script and Cranston in front of the camera, it should at least be something worth watching.Cranston has already finished his work on John Carter of Mars and is rumoured to be up for a role in fantasy romantic comedy London Fog.

Last night Bryan Cranston won the Best Actor in A Drama Series Emmy for the third year in a row. For those keeping score, that's one for every season the show has had. Formally better known for his comedic roles, be it as Dr. Tim Whatley on Seinfeld or the father, Hal, on Malcolm in the Middle, the man has completely reinvented his career and has started to convert that success into film roles. It has been announced via press release that Cranston, as well as Michael Cudlitz, have joined the cast of The Grief Tourist, directed by Suri Krishnamma. The roles are unspecified, but the lead character, Jim Tahana, has a habit of retracing the steps of serial killers, but soon the activity gets the better of him as "his dark obsession with past killers soon becomes his reality and leads viewers on a menacing and horrific journey inside...

Vision Entertainment Group has partnered with Suzanne De Laurentiis Productions to produce a new mystery thriller titled the The Grief Tourist. A disturbed and troubled soul, Jim Tahana, retraces the footsteps of serial killers who fascinate him as his hobby. His dark obsession with past killers soon becomes his reality and leads viewers on a menacing and horrific journey inside his twisted mind.

Cast for the film include Michael Cudlitz (Southland, A River Runs Through It, Grosse Point Blank, Running Scared, The Negotiator) and Emmy Award Winner Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad).

Vision Entertainment Group founders and producers Zachery Bryan (Fast & the Furious: Tokyo Drift, The Game of their Lives (opposite Gerard Butler), Held For Ransom (opposite Dennis Hopper)), and Adam Targum writing/producing credits include Fox’s “Standoff,” CBS’s “Eleventh Hour” and “CSI:ny” as well as the feature film, “The Good Student,” team up with Suzanne De Laurentiis “10th & Wolf,...

Machete won't be the last time you see Danny Trejo and Michelle Rodriguez working together. The two will be on screen in an indie called Skinny Dip that will likely be produced and co-directed by Trejo's son Gilbert Trejo. The other co-director will be Frankie Latina. What's the film about? The La Times offers that it would be " a revenge picture involving a young woman who kills a policeman." That's all we've got, but one could expect that Michelle Rodriguez would be the young woman. After the break, Bryan Cranston is fresh from his Emmy win with a new role. And then there's The Grief Tourist, which now boasts Bryan Cranson as well as Michael Cudlitz from Southland. A press release (below) announces that Suri Krishnamma will direct from a Frank John Hughes script about Jim Tahana, "a disturbed and troubled soul, [who] retraces the footsteps of serial killers who fascinate...

Bryan Cranston has come a long way from playing Jerry Seinfeld's dentist and the one-armed colonel in Saving Private Ryan. Just after collecting his third Emmy for his riveting work as the "Breaking Bad" cancer-stricken meth-maker, the actor will shift his attention to murderers in the mystery-thriller The Grief Tourist. The indie will be directed by Suri Krishnamma (A Man Of No Importance) and also features "Hey, it's that guy" actor Michael Cudlitz, who you may know...

Only one day removed from his third consecutive Emmy win, Bryan Cranston (TV’s Breaking Bad) is now attached to star in the mystery thriller The Grief Tourist alongside Michael Cudlitz (TV’s Southland). Per the press release, the film revolves around Jim Tahana, a troubled man whose hobby is retracing the footsteps of the serial killers who fascinate him. In addition to The Grief Tourist, Cranston is also appearing in a slew of upcoming films including: Nicholas Winding Refn’s (Bronson) Drive, Tony Kaye’s (American History X) Detachment, and another starring role in the thriller Leave.

The Grief Tourist is directed by Suri Krishnamma (New Year’s Day) and was penned by veteran actor Frank John Hughes (who also wrote the above mentioned Leave). Hit the jump for the full press release.

Here’s the press release:

Los Angeles, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ — Vision Entertainment Group has partnered with Suzanne...

Bryan Cranston starring in The Grief Tourist Vision Entertainment Group has partnered with Suzanne DeLaurentiis Productions to produce a new mystery thriller titled the The Grief Tourist. A disturbed and troubled soul, Jim Tahana, retraces the footsteps of serial killers who fascinate him as his hobby. His dark obsession with past killers soon becomes his reality and leads viewers on a menacing and horrific journey inside his twisted mind.

Cast for the film include Michael Cudlitz, (Southland, A River Runs Through It, Grosse Pointe Blank, Running Scared, and The Negotiator) and Emmy Award Winner Bryan Cranston, (Breaking Bad).

Vision Entertainment Group founders and producers Zachery Ty Bryan, (The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, The Game of Their Lives, Held for Ransom) and Adam Targum (Fox's Standoff, CBS's Eleventh Hour and CSI: NY as well as the feature film, The Good Student) team up with Suzanne DeLaurentiis (10th & Wolf, Soul Fire Rising,...

According to the horror news site Dread Central, Eliza Dushku's latest called Locked In was once known as Valediction. Valediction is saying farewell and this latest trailer for the film attempts to explain Locked-in syndrome, which is a complete paralysis of the body except for the eyes. Some very complicated terms are given a little enlightenment in this high quality trailer for Locked In, where Dushku's character plays a vindictive ex-girlfriend. Watch the clip for yourself provided by Bloody-Disgusting.

The synopsis for Locked In here:

"The story moves through the lives of two fragile yet determined people and maps a private geography of love, loss and ultimate redemption. Josh leaves his advertising career at its peak, everyone wants either to be him or to have him. Then he walks away from it all, the money, recognition and the life. A car accident will leave his daughter in a strange...

One night with Eliza Dushku can solve all of your problems, physically and spiritually. That's the lesson Narnia star Ben Barnes learns in the trailer for Suri Krishnamma's Locked In, a thriller about... well, I'm not exactly sure what it's about. And like me, Meredith at io9 is positing that the answers lie in Ms. Dushku's naughty bits: "We're still not sure what Lester from The Wire is doing in it, but he seems to be some sort of spiritual guide that ferries spirits through Eliza's downstairs parts?"...

Once upon a time Eliza Dushku was in a little indie flick called Valediction. Fast forward a while, and it came to pass that Valediction had gotten itself a new name, Locked In. Spring ahead to today, and a new trailer has found its way online that's bound to get your ghost!

The flick directed by Suri Krishnamma also stars Ben Barnes, Sarah Roemer, Johnny Whitworth, and Brenda Fricker. Look for more as soon as we get it!

Synopsis

"The story moves through the lives of two fragile yet determined people and maps a private geography of love, loss, and ultimate redemption. Josh (Barnes) leaves his advertising career at its peak; everyone wants either to be him or to have him. He walks away from it all - the money, recognition, and the life. A car accident will leave his daughter in a strange coma, and when everyone has given up,...

Indian-born spiritual guru Deepak Chopra is teaming up with Liquid Comics to adapt his graphic novel Beyond for the big screen.

The 63-year-old self-help expert and New Age practitioner is to pen the screenplay for the UK film production, which will be directed by Suri Krishnamma, reports Variety.

Beyond is described as a supernatural thriller about a businessman whose wife disappears while on a family holiday in India. His search for her is guided only by the sound of her cries for help from the ether.

Chopra said: 'Beyond is a story about reality being multi-dimensional and how we can take journeys to realms we never dreamed of by separating the veils that partition our minds."

The guru appeared as himself in comedy The Love Guru, which starred Mike Myers, Jessica Alba and Justin Timberlake.

You know who Deepak Chopra is, right? He's the author who's into mind-body medicine, who publishes tons of self-help books, and who used to be a leader of the Transcendental Meditation movement. He also wrote a graphic novel a few years ago called Beyond, and now Variety reports that he will adapt the piece into a screenplay for Suri Krishnamma (Being Othello) to direct.

It's not just a graphic treatment of his teachings, but rather a supernatural thriller about a man whose wife disappears while on holiday in India. "His search for her is guided only by the sound of her cries for help from the ether." Chopra says: "Beyond is a story about reality being multi-dimensional and how we can take journeys to realms we never dreamed of by separating the veils that partition our minds."

Whether you're into it, or you think it's a farce, this is the...

Suri Krishnamma (“A Man of No Importance”) will direct the film adaptation of acclaimed New Age author Deepak Chopra's graphic novel "Beyond" says The Hollywood Reporter.

The supernatural thriller follows an American businessman and his family who journey to India on vacation. In the midst of a teeming bazaar, the son sees his mother wander into a small store but never come out, leading to a frenzied search for her whereabouts.

Gotham Chopra, Sharad Devarajan, John Garland and Michael Dufficy will produce the UK film production.

Deepak Chopra is best known for being a spiritual guru type – you might have caught him playing himself in The Love Guru, but if you didn’t, count yourself lucky you skipped that awful film – but he’s also become something of a comics creator. And now he’s adapting one of his titles, Beyond, into a film.Beyond finds a businessman travelling to India on holiday with his family who is stunned when his wife vanishes. He starts a desperate search for her, guided by the sound of her voice from the ether.“This is a story about reality being multi-dimensional and how we can take journeys to realms we never dreamed of by separating the veils that partition our minds,” is how Chopra explains it. Being Othello director Suri Krishnamma is the man responsible for getting that feeling up on the screen.

New Age guru and author Deepak Chopra and Liquid Comics will partner on a film adaptation of Beyond, a supernatural thriller about a businessman whose wife suddenly vanishes from a small store in India. Liquid Comics Founders, Gotham Chopra and Sharad Devarajan will produce the film with John Garland and Michael Dufficy. Filmmaker Suri Krishnamma will direct the film currently in development as a UK production. Announcing the deal, Deepak Chopra, who created the story and wrote the screenplay, said: Beyond is a story about reality being multi-dimensional and how we can take journeys to realms we never dreamed ...

New York, March 4 – New Age guru and author Deepak Chopra and Liquid Comics will partner together on a film adaptation of ‘Beyond,’ a supernatural thriller about a businessman whose wife suddenly vanishes from a small store in India.

Liquid Comics Founders, Gotham Chopra and Sharad Devarajan will produce the film with John Garland and Michael Dufficy. Filmmaker Suri Krishnamma will direct the film currently in development as a UK production.

Announcing the deal, Deepak Chopra, who created the story and wrote the screenplay, said: ‘Beyond is a story about reality being multi-dimensional and how we can take journeys to realms we never.

Locked In is a film that will be shown at the European Film Market beginning February 11th and the film stars horror favourite Eliza Dushku (Wrong Turn). The film was once known as Valediction, but now, instead of saying farewell, Locked In says hold on tight, in this first trailer. Dushku plays Renee a homewrecker, who, potentially, commits vehicular homicide. The film also stars Ben Barnes (Split Decision), but fans of Dushku, or of horror will not be able to see the film until later in 2010, after the screening in Berlin. All the info' on this thriller is below.

A synopsis for Locked In here:

"When a car accident leaves a father fighting for his daughter’s life, his journey for the pieces of the puzzle that will save her lead him to discover it's actually his life that he is fighting for (Dread)."

Release Date: 2010.

Director: Suri Krishnamma.

Writers: Ronnie Christensen.

So last week the first tiny tidbits of news broke surrounding the Eliza Dushku thriller Valediction. Not a whole hell of a lot was known about the feature then, but oh what a difference a week can make!

MTV caught up with Dushku to get the dirt! I have to admit, judging from what she had to say, it's kind of debatable whether or not this actually is a horror film; what do you guys think?

From the site:

"It’s about this young couple and they have a 6-year-old daughter, seemingly in a coma, but [they learn] she’s actually alive and fully living out in her brain, but is just in this locked-in state,” Eliza explains. “So he’s trying to have his daughter wake up from this traumatic experience.”

The film centers around a car accident Josh (Ben Barnes) has which leaves his daughter Brooke in a coma. But...

Last week some very tiny news broke about a new thriller starring Eliza Dushku entitled Valediction. While the film is already in production, the only details given were of a short plot synopsis that teased a similar fate as What Dream May Come. MTV caught up with Dushku and found out who is directing, starring, and got more information on what the film is about. Directed by Suri Krishnamma, the film stars Eliza Dushku, Ben Barnes, Brenda Fricker, Sarah Roemer, Johnny Whitworth and Dennis Haysbert. When a car accident leaves a father fighting for his daughters life, his journey for the pieces of the puzzle that will save her lead him to discover it's actually his life that he is fighting for. In the film, Dushku plays the daughter in the flashback scenes.