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"You've been dealt a bad deal… so don't make it worse." Did anyone know about this? There's a brand new 2022 remake of a classic 1940s film noir film titled D.O.A., premiering soon at the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival. The original D.O.A., directed by Rudolph Maté & starring Edmond O'Brien, was about a P.I. named Frank Bigelow who is told he's been poisoned and has only a few days to live, so he tries to find out who killed him and why. "While the story shares a title and premise with the original movie… most of the plot elements are original," the director of this new one explains. "With the clock ticking, Bigelow descends into a world of crooks and double-dealers, treacherous women and violent men, slashing through a tangle of conspiracies to figure out who 'killed' him & why." This one stars John Doe as Frank, with Paola Duque,...

A drifter with a guitar stirs things up in Christopher Hicky's small-town yarn The Grace of Jake, rolling into tiny Palestine, Arkansas, and admitting up front that "I came here to kill somebody." That threat notwithstanding, menace is not the primary mode of this easygoing, slice-of-life film, whose best moments find that drifter (real-life musician/actor Jake La Botz) making friends with unexpectedly welcoming locals. With a little more fine-tuning, Hicky's feature debut might have made a stab at the fest circuit; as it stands, its take on grudges and reconciliation will play best with heartland viewers on video.

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Exclusive: Indican Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to music video director Chris Hicky's debut film The Grace Of Jake and is planning for a limited theatrical release in the first week of February. The faith-based film, starring Jordin Sparks and Jake La Botz, follows ex-inmate and musician Jake Haynes (La Botz), who travels to rural Arkansas seeking revenge on his estranged father. His plan unravels as he discovers a complicated family history among the cotton…...

Stars: Scott Adkins, Nick Chinlund, Caitlin Keats, Madison Lawlor, Tony Perez, Jake La Botz, Scott Evans, Randy Hall, Julien Cesario, Ray Diaz, Anthony L. Fernandez | Written by Chad Law, Shane Dax Taylor | Directed by Isaac Florentine

After unwittingly making off with a mysterious flash drive during the rescue of his young niece from a powerful drug cartel, Colton MacReady is thrust into a relentless fight to save his family as the cartel descends upon his sister’s home in search of it and their own brand of south-of-the-border justice. In tow is a corrupt local sheriff and his crew of deputies, ensuring that help won’t be coming any time soon. What ensues is a non-stop assault, a blow-by-blow survival marathon for Colton to protect his loved ones and save his own life while keeping the drive from falling back into the wrong hands.

Isaac Florentine and Scott Adkins, two...

Title: Close Range XLrator Media Director: Isaac Florentine Writer: Chad Law & Shane Dax Taylorz Cast: Scott Adkins, Nick Chinlund, Caitlin Keats, Madison Lawlor, Tony Perez, Jake La Botz, Julien Cesario, Scott Evans Running Time: 80 minutes Rated: Unrated (Violence and language) VOD And iTUNES Release Date: December 4, 2015 Theatrical Release Date: December 11, 2015 A young white teenage girl is being held captive by a Mexican drug cartel. Her stepfather was their go-between for merchandise and their last shipment felt a little “light,” so they kidnapped her and then kept her once the merchandise was returned. In comes her maternal uncle Colton MacReady (Scott Adkins, Zero Dark Thirty), a former soldier with a ton of [ Read More ]

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Close Range Movie Trailer. Isaac Florentine‘s Close Range (2015) movie trailer stars Scott Adkins, Nick Chinlund, Caitlin Keats, and Jake La Botz. Close Range‘s plot synopsis: “A rogue soldier turned outlaw is thrust into a relentless fight with a corrupt sheriff, his obedient deputies, and a dangerous drug cartel in order to protect his sister and her young daughter.” There’s something off, regarding […]...

Given True Detective’s penchant for teasing out legendary tales, it’s fitting that a king (or, rather, the shadow of one) hovers over the second season’s third episode. It opens with what appears to be an Elvis impersonator (played by Jake La Botz) decked out in a shimmering powder-blue suit. He’s on his knees, pomaded hair slicked back, hamming it up onstage at Ray Velcoro’s local dive bar, not by lip-synching an Elvis tune but “The Rose,” a Conway Twitty cover first made famous by Bette Midler.Only two people are present to witness this spectacle: Ray and a man sitting across from him. We later learn it’s his father, with whom he has a fraught relationship. To wit: “You lacked grit,” Ray's father grumbles to his son, whose chest currently spurts with true blood from the two riot shells he was shot with in episode two’s nail-biting conclusion.

The title of True Detective Season 2's third episode is the final line of the episode, uttered by Frank Semyon after his wife asks him to sit down and talk with her. The meaning of that utterance, of course, means much more than just waiting another day to discuss their marital issues or Frank's increasing alienation from her. Over the course of the episode, Frank continues to hunt for replacement capital that disappeared into thin air when Casper was murdered; he's also hunting for the culprit of his business partner's grisly demise. Subsequently, another one of his confidants is brutally murdered, and Frank takes out his fury on a cocky sex-club owner, whom he beats within an inch of his life before ripping out his "Fuck You" grills with pliers. When Frank puts off talking with his wife, he's also putting off becoming the better person that he's aspiring to be,...

Brothers should have each other’s back, but love can make you blind… with bloodlust. Brotherly love is replaced with brimming rage in the southern gothic musical, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, a collaboration between legendary singer/songwriters T Bone Burnett and John Mellencamp, along with the master of macabre, Stephen King. With the show’s tour kicking off in November, the cast has been announced.

The musical’s album became available on June 4th, and in addition to featuring the timeless chops of Elvis Costello, Kris Kristofferson and many more, it also showcases the voice acting talents of Matthew McConaughey and Meg Ryan. For more information on the album and the musical, visit:

http://www.ghostbrothersofdarklandcounty.com/

(September 30, 2014) – “The full cast for the southern gothic, supernatural musical Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, was announced today, with actor/writer/producer Billy Burke (The Twilight Saga) and actress/writer/singer Gina Gershon (Killer Joe,...

Just one day after the news that Sylvester Stallone may reprise his classic John Rambo role for a Rambo TV series, the actor's rep revealed he is not coming back to star. Here's what the actor's press representative had to say in a statement.

"While a television series based on the Rambo property is in development with Entertainment One and Nu Image, contrary to reports, Sylvester Stallone will certainly not reprise his role as the iconic John Rambo for the small screen."

The rep went on to say that the actor may still be involved with the series in a creative capacity, but a deal hasn't been finalized yet.

Sylvester Stallone portrayed John Rambo in First Blood (1982), Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Rambo III (1988) and Rambo (2008). Now that Sly is not strapping on the headband once again, who would you like to see play John Rambo in the upcoming TV series?...

Leading independent studio Entertainment One (eOne) is pleased to announce that it has firmed up a co-development pact with Avi Lerner (Rambo, The Expendables) and Nu Image to develop and produce a television series based on the legendary action movie, Rambo.

Under their exclusive option arrangement, the partners will collectively develop the series and shop it to broadcasters in the Us and internationally. The parties are currently in negotiations with Sylvester Stallone to be involved with the project on a creative level as well as potentially reprise his iconic role as the original Rambo.

Rambo is a cult classic series of movies and an epic feature film character starring Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo. Based on the David Morell novel First Blood, the film is about a troubled Vietnam War veteran and former Green Beret who is skilled in many aspects of survival, weaponry, hand to hand combat and guerrilla warfare.

Much is being made of the fact that Stephen King has—for the time being—decided to forego an eBook of his latest novel, Joyland. Several articles imply that he is no longer a fan of the digital format. Others argue that he shouldn’t get to decide how people experience a book, ignoring the fact that digital rights are separate from print rights and that authors get to choose how to exploit them. As illustrated in my first essay here at FEARnet, King has long been a champion of eBooks—an innovator, even. There was a digital version of The Wind Through the Keyhole last year and there will be one of Doctor Sleep later on this year. King isn’t challenging the format. He simply wants readers to have the retro feeling of holding a paperback in this one case. That’s what Hard Case Crime is all about,...

It's taken 55 years to bring On the Road to the big screen. Here, director Walter Salles talks about crisscrossing America, sending his cast to 'beatnik bootcamp' – and how obtaining Jack Kerouac's 1951 manuscript of the book inspired him to film the unfilmable

Walter Salles first picked up a copy of On the Road as a student in Brazil in the 1970s. The country was under a military dictatorship at the time, torture and censorship were rife, and the dog-eared book was passed furtively from hand to hand, a window to a kind of freedom he and his fellow students could only dream about. It affected him profoundly: "The way they lived was the way in which we wanted to live, so the book had a very resonant quality for my generation. The idea of movement as an instrument to better understand who you are and who you could eventually be...

Greg Moone From left to right at the table Susan V. Booth, Stephen King, John Mellencamp, T Bone Burnett.

Southern Gothic once referred exclusively to scribes and literature from the land of kudzu and mint juleps. Today, a Google search of the genre serves up everything from Bon Iver’s Wisconsin folk rock to gory novels by Australian Nick Cave.

Will a new musical from Stephen King and John Mellencamp also fit into the category?

Veteran Broadway performer Shuler Hensley is betting on it.

Atlanta's Alliance Theatre will produce the world premiere of Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, a chilling new musical with music and lyrics by John Mellencamp and book by Stephen King, as the closing show of the Alliance Stage Series set to open on April 4. A workshop of the show will be held beginning December 5, and will be led by Broadway veterans Emily Skinner, Shuler Hensley, Justin Guarini and Jake La Botz. The workshop will be directed by Susan V. Booth and feature musical direction by T Bone Burnett.

Sinners and Saints is an action oriented thriller which takes place in the backdrop of a "post-Katrina New Orleans" (Sinners). The film has an eclectic cast including Johnny Strong (Black Hawk Down), Tom Berenger (Platoon), Sean Patrick Flanery (Boondock Saints), Kevin Phillips (Blood and Bone), Costas Mandylor (Saw VI) Kim Coates, Method Man, Jurgen Prochnow, Jolene Blalock, Louis Mandylor, Brooklyn Sudano, and mixed martial artist Baz Rutten. Each of these cast members will be at the film's premiere, which takes place June 30th at Arclight Hollywood Cinema in Los Angeles. Proceeds from ticket sales will go to the Common Ground Relief organization to clean up and rebuild New Orleans. More details on the showing are below along with the film's trailer.

The synopsis for Sinners and Saints here:

"In lawless storm ravaged New Orleans, beleaguered Detective Sean Riley

is trying to cope with the death of his young son and the abandonment

of his wife.