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Meagan Good, Jabari Banks (“Bel-Air”) and Bailee Madison (“Pretty Little Liars”) will star in “Rocky Top College,” the latest screenplay by former NBA player turned filmmaker Jarnell Stokes.

Directed by Jamal Hill (“Sins of the Father”), “Rocky Top College” follows the harrowing journey of Zion Williams, a young African American basketball prodigy from Memphis. After being suspended during his highly anticipated senior year, the nation’s No. 1 ranked prep phenom shocks the sports world by enrolling in a small-time college to continue his quest for NBA stardom. But once on campus, a series of peculiar and disturbing events has him questioning his decision whilst fighting to hold onto his fleeting sanity.

“This story is deeply personal, inspired by real-life experiences, and I’m grateful to have such a talented team helping bring it to life,” said Stokes. “Like Zion, I once walked this path. Basketball was my anchor in an unforgiving world,...

Exclusive: Ella-Rae Smith has been set as the lead of Tubi’s horror thriller My Bloody Galentine, from writer Eliza Maher and director Traci Hays. The project will premiere on February 13.

Smith will bring to life the character of Jadyn, the girl next door with a heart of gold who’s never left the United States — until now. She’s Glow’s Social Media Manager.

My Bloody Galentine ponders the question: What sucks more than being single on Valentine’s Day? Being dumped Right before Valentine’s Day… And on the eve of beginning a new job in another country. Consequently, Jadyn’s first day at Glow Beauty, the renowned skincare company, is off to a rough start. When she bursts out in tears during a planning meeting for her boss’ annual Valentine’s Day soiree, her new co-workers Brandi (Cassie Clare) and Alex (Miriam-Teak Lee) help her pull herself together.

Madelaine Petsch, best known as Cheryl Blossom on CW’s Riverdale, is set to star in Sightless, an indie thriller written and directed by Cooper Karl.

In the film, Petsch will play Ellen who, after being viciously blinded by an unidentified assailant, has become a veritable shut-in, living and working out of her apartment, never venturing outside, waiting for her assailant to make his next move.

Kaila York, Rick Benattar, and Nigel Thomas are producing the project on behalf of Headlong Entertainment and Benattar/Thomas Productions. Filming is slated to begin at the end of May.

Petsch, who can currently be seen in Season 3 of Archie Comics-based series, which will air its finale tomorrow and will return next fall for a fourth season, is repped by Mosaic, Wme, and Stone, Genow, Smelkinson, Binder & Christopher. She also stars in Clare at 16, a horror-comedy that she served as executive producer.

Meet Mary, the alcoholic medium who lets the spirits do the talking. A new teaser is out for the latest directional project by Bill Hutchens, wellknown from his acting roles in films such as "The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)", "The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence)", "Reyes" and "Your Flesh, Your Curse". Written by Craig Cooper-Flintstone, Rebecca Handley, Bill Hutchens and starring Jeanette Rourke, Thea Cantell, Anthony Clegg, Laura Cox, Luke Hope, Andrew Bentley, Nadine Hanwell, Neil Bromley, Eve Pearson II, Brian Carter, Lizabeth Venezia, Nigel Thomas, Jade Asha and many, many more. Find out more on  IMDb - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3323026 Website - https://www.kindredspiritsmovie.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Kindred-Spirits-766562780070330/...

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Glee alum Heather Morris is attached to star in the indie dance film, Back To 1, along with Drew Seeley (Another Cinderella Story) and Mekia Cox. Doug Penikas is directing the film from a script he wrote. It follows a principle ballerina who, before her debut, suffers a career-ending injury and must find a new life outside the world of dance. But when she befriends a gifted local composer, together they encourage each other to get back to 1. More Brandy Productions is producing the pic, which will feature original music by composer Bryan Arata with lyrics by Douglas Lyons, and choreography by Emmy-winners Bonnie Story and Chucky Klapow.

Actress Danika Yarosh has been cast in the Svetlana Cvetko-directed drama, Foreign Exchange, opposite Teri Polo and Dylan Walsh. Written by Chris Sivertson, the story follows Ana, an exchange...

Homeland’s Elizabeth Marvel is set to star in All The Little Things We Kill, an indie that tackles the issue of gun violence, directed by Adam Neutzsky-Wulff. Danielle Brooks (Orange Is The New Black), Guillermo Diaz (Scandal), Casey Cott (Riverdale), and Rj Mitte (Breaking Bad) also star in the Frankie Kl-penned pic. Marvel will play well-liked history/government professor at a local community college who unexpectedly takes her class hostage in an effort to force a Senator to pass a Gun Control Bill that he’d promised to enact after a school shooting seven years ago left her daughter dead. Neutzsky-Wulff and Kl are producing the project with Sara Victoria Pedersen. Marvel, who will next be seen in Netflix film The Land of Steady Habits, with Ben Mendelson, is repped by Innovative.

Bryce Durfee has been cast in the indie film Foreign Exchange, joining Teri Polo and Dylan Walsh.

Exclusive: Teri Polo, who just wrapped Freeform’s The Fosters series after five seasons, and Niptuck alum Dylan Walsh are set to star in the indie drama Foreign Exchange, directed by Svetlana Cvetko.

Polo and Walsh will play Olivia and Peter, grieving parents who lost their daughter in a car accident. They welcome a foreign exchange student into their home but have trouble not treating her as the replacement for the daughter they lost.

Chris Sivertson penned the screenplay, which Kaila York, Nigel Thomas, and Rick Benattar are producing.

In addition to The Fosters, Polo is known for her role in the Meet the Parents trilogy. Walsh starred in CBS’ Unforgettable and can currently be seen in Life Sentence on the CW.

Both actors are repped by Gersh and manager Bob McGowan.

New Svp of sales arrives from Us-based Koan.

Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) has bolstered its sales team in the long run-up to Cannes with the arrival of Devin Carter as senior vice-president of sales and announced fresh deals on Scott Adkins sci-fi action Incoming.

Carter (pictured) arrives from Us-based Koan, where he served as vice-president of sales and licensed rights to Danny Glover adventure fantasy The Age Of Dragons, among others. He will report to Peg president and CEO Elias Axume.

Peg has virtually sold out on the Scott Adkins sci-fi action film Incoming, where only the UK, France, Italy and Japan remain available.

Aaron McCusker is set to join Scott Adkins in Eric Zaragoza’s directorial-debut indie Incoming, written by Jorge Saralegui. Based on an original story by Rick Benattar, Nigel Thomas and Saralegui, it centers on an International Space Station that now serves as a prison. When the terrorist inmates take over the Station and turn it into a missile aimed at Moscow, only a shuttle pilot and a rookie doctor can stop them. McCusker will play Bridges, a shuttle pilot who's tasked…...

Doctor Strange actor Scott Adkins has been tapped as the lead in Benattar/Thomas Productions’ sci-fi action thriller Incoming, with helmer Eric Zaragoza making his film directorial debut. XLrator Media has secured the North American distribution rights to the film, which is currently in production in Belgrade, Serbia. Jorge Saralegui wrote the screenplay, based on an original story by Rick Benattar, Nigel Thomas and Jorge Saralegui, about an International Space Station… Julia Jones, whose credits include Taylor Sheridan’s Wind River and The Twilight Saga, has joined the cast of Hard Powder, the Hans Petter Moland-directed remake that stars Liam Neeson...

Ahead of Scream‘s Season 2 premiere on May 30th, MTV will host a Facebook Livestream event this Friday, May 13th where fans of the series will get to see the first seven minutes of the new season. Also: details on Zombie Cast podcast’s special interview with George A. Romero and production details for The Base.

MTV to Livestream the First Seven Minutes of Scream Season 2: “This Friday the 13th, MTV’s unveiling the first 7 minutes of the new season of “Scream.”

We all know that means this means one thing – an iconic opening kill.

Tune in at 6:00 p.m. Et and interact with “Scream” cast favorite Tom Maden during this terrifying Facebook Live event.

Oh, and one more thing…

Someone. Will. Die.”

“Season 2 of Scream picks up with Emma’s (Willa Fitzgerald) return to Lakewood after several months at a retreat, where she tried to recover from the horrors of last season.

Yesterday, distributor XLrator Media and production company Benattar/Thomas Productions announced the start of principal photography on a new action-thriller titled The Base. The new film stars Cam Gigandet (The Magnificent Seven, Twilight) and is being directed by military veteran Jesse Gustafson (Day 39). Based on an original story by Nigel Thomas and Rick Benattar and written by Guy Stevenson (The Last Heist), The Base stars Cam Gigandet as the leader of a “Dirty Dozen” band of military prisoners who have to fight off a terrorist attack on the remote "black site" prison in which they’re being held, which, unknown to them, is a cover for a secret drone control facility. “We are thrilled to work on The Base with Jesse Gustafson, a fresh and...

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XLrator Media and Benattar/Thomas Productions have begun production on a new action-thriller called The Base, starring Cam Gigandet (The Magnificent Seven, Twilight) and directed by Jesse Gustafson (Day 39).

XLrator Media will release the film worldwide in 2017 as part of its “Turbo” action label.

About the film:

Based on an original story by Nigel Thomas and Rick Benattar and written by Guy Stevenson (The Last Heist), The Base stars Cam Gigandet as the leader of a “Dirty Dozen” type band of military prisoners who have to fight off a terrorist attack on the remote "black site" prison in which they’re being held, which, unknown to them, is a cover for a secret drone control facility.

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Exclusive: XLrator Media and Benattar/Thomas Productions have kicked off production on their latest action-thriller, The Base, starring Cam Gigandet (The Magnificent Seven, Twilight) and directed by Jesse Gustafson. XLrator Media is eyeing a 2017 worldwide release date via its Turbo action label and is also selling foreign rights at the Cannes market beginning this week. Rick Benattar, Nigel Thomas, Barry Gordon and Michael Radiloff and are producing the film, which is…...

Exclusive: Script from Zodiac: Year Of The Snake and The League Of Extraordinary Gentleman writer.

La-based production outfit Benattar/Thomas Productions are in development on writer Jayson Rothwell’s action-thriller script Shotgun Love.

Producers Nigel Thomas (The Numbers Station) and Rick Benattar (Ironclad) are aiming for a 2016 shoot on the project.

The story centres on a former black-ops agent who is hired by a ruthless lawyer to rescue his kidnapped girlfriend from a cartel, only to discover she does not want to be rescued and is on a secret mission to infiltrate the gang in order to avenge her family.

La-based writer Rothwell recently completed work on the reboot of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen for Fox and Davis Entertainment while action script Zodiac: Year of the Snake was this month acquired by Le Vision Pictures USA.

Fledgling production team Benattar/Thomas, whose titles The Fixer and The Last Heist will be distributed by XLrator Media, recently...

Exclusive: La production outfit takes rights to Iraq war story.

Fledgling La-based film and TV production outfit Benattar/Thomas Productions, headed by UK executive Nigel Thomas (Killing Bono) and Us producer Rick Benattar (Ironclad), has bought rights to Iraq war book Sniper One.

The producers are aiming to move the film into production in 2016.

Written by former British soldier Sgt. Dan Mills, the account tells the true story of a British sniper unit sent into Iraq only to find themselves engaged in a full scale combat operation against overwhelming odds.

The men were besieged for six months, vastly outnumbered and with little help of rescue.

The book was brought to Benattar/Thomas by Tom Hopper, best known for his role as Billy Bones in Black Sails, who recently starred in the Benattar/Thomas feature The Fixer, which just wrapped principal photography in Ireland.

Hopper will serve as co-producer on the project as will Dan Mills.

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Exclusive: La production outfit takes rights to Iraq war story.

Fledgling La-based film and TV production outfit Benattar/Thomas Productions, headed by UK executive Nigel Thomas (Killing Bono) and Us producer Rick Benattar (Ironclad), has bought rights to Iraq war novel Sniper One.

The producers are aiming to move the film into production in 2016.

Written by former British soldier Sgt. Dan Mills, the novel tells the true story of a British sniper unit sent into Iraq only to find themselves engaged in a full scale combat operation against overwhelming odds.

The men were besieged for six months, vastly outnumbered and with little help of rescue.

The book was brought to Benattar/Thomas by Tom Hopper, best known for his role as Billy Bones in Black Sails, who recently starred in the Benattar/Thomas feature The Fixer, which just wrapped principal photography in Ireland.

Hopper will serve as co-producer on the project as will Dan Mills.

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Mia Wasikowska’s Madame Bovary Sells For Radiant Films

Radiant Films International has completed multiple sales deals in territories worldwide for Madame Bovary starring Mia Wasikowska including all French-speaking rights to Jour2Fête and Italy to Paco Pictures. Additional sales include Benelux to A-Film, Scandinavia to Svensk Filmindustri and Portugal to Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais, Latin America to Swen, Australia to Transmission Films, South Korea to Noori Pictures, Turkey to Aqua Pinema, Middle East to Gulf Film, Greece to Odeon and Iceland to Myndform. Radiant is handling all foreign sales on the project which they are actively selling at Efm.

The Solution Boards Tokyo Vice Starring Daniel Radcliffe

The Solution Entertainment Group is handling international rights to Tokyo Vice, produced by John Lesher’s Le Grisbi Productions. The Solution’s Myles Nestel and Lisa Wilson will exec produce and present to buyers at the Efm. UTA is representing Us rights. Adam Kassan is also producing.

Exclusive: XLrator Media will co-produce, release in the Us and oversee international distribution on three action-thrillers.

XLrator will co-produce, release in the Us and oversee international distribution on the slate.

Gordon is one of a small coterie of savvy low-overhead players in Us distribution who want to build a sustainable model for films and avoid ‘statement buys’ that are liable to run out of steam after the first window.

The move comes hot on the heels of a similar pact on sci-fi thrillers that XLrator struck with New Artists Alliance.

Michael Hurst’s time-travel story Paradox kicks off the Rnr slate and will commence shooting in spring for a 2016 release.

Rick Benattar, who runs Rnr with Nigel Thomas and Robert Menzies, produced Ironclad and Ironclad: Battle For Blood, both of which XLrator released in North America.

“We see this as an opportunity to expand our relationship with our existing partners like Netflix and Amazon and with some...

Post apocalyptic thriller will also star Jessica de Gouw and Martin McCann.

Principal photography has begun on zombie thriller Generation Z, starring Dougray Scott, Jessica de Gouw and Martin McCann.

Set in the wake of an apocalyptic zombie outbreak, the film centres on Melanie (de Gouw) and her boyfriend Lewis (McCann) who visit a safari retreat - The ReZort - where every paying guest has a licence to kill the undead.

There they meet Archer (Scott), a former zombie-hunter who has to step up when the security system at the ReZort crashes and unleashes thousands of bloodthirsty zombies back into the wild.

The film, produced by Matador Pictures, The Captain Starlight Company and UMedia, will be shot on location in Wales and on Mallorca, Spain. UMedia International is handling world sales.

The cast is led by Scott, perhaps best known for his role in Mission:Impossible 2, who recently wrapped shooting on Taken 3. Other main cast...

Matador Pictures, Captain Starlight Company and Umedia have announced that pre-production has commenced on feature film Zafari, shooting on location in the UK and Spain from July 2014. Casting is still to be announced, however the film comes from writer Paul Gerstenberger (All Stars) and is helmed by Outpost 1 and II director Steve Barker (pictured above).

Zafari is a slick and contemporary cutting edge story of survival in a post-apocalyptic world. Following a major zombie outbreak, humans once again have the upper hand and life has returned to relative normality with only an occasional reminder of recent horrific events. A rogue zombie or two might find their way into everyday life but they are quickly ‘disposed’ of by the authorities.

That is, all except the ones at Zafari – a zombie safari park where people can pay to go out to hunt and shoot the undead. It is the ultimate blood-sport experience.

Company is expected shortly to announce a partnership with a major Benelux distributor.

Umedia has confirmed a pre-production date of May 29 and a new director in Jahmil Xt Qubeka on its drama The Riders.

The cast is headline by Liam McIntyre (Spartacus), Pixie Davies and Richard E Grant. Susie Brooks-Smith is producing, Umedia is handling world sales.

Qubeka’s film Of Good Report, about a teacher-student relationship, was prevented from opening the Durban International Film Festival last year due to a refusal of classification by the South African Film and Publications Board. It was later cleared.

The news comes as Umedia, which has raised €330m through the Belgian tax shelter system over the last decade, is preparing to expand further.

Umedia employs 100 people and is headquartered in Brussels, has offices in London, Los Angeles and Paris. It is active in financing, production and sales and supports 30 to 40 films a year.

The company...

Over a year ago we learned of an upcoming film from Matador Pictures called Zafari, which really piqued our interest, thanks to an awesome premise. Now, pre-production has commenced, and we've got all the latest for ya today. Read on!

Screen Daily reports that Steve Barker will direct the post-apocalyptic zombie flick, written by Paul Gerstenberger, which is set to shoot on location in the UK and Spain in July 2014.

Following a major zombie outbreak, Zafari takes place in a zombie safari park where people can pay to hunt and shoot the undead. However, when its security is breached, a group of guests find themselves in a fight for survival against the zombies.

Casting will be announced shortly.

Producers are Nigel Thomas and Charlotte Walls of Matador Pictures, Nick Gillott of Captain Starlight and the film is being produced in association with Umedia, who also co-financed with Gloucester Place Films.

Exclusive: Apocalyptic tale directed by Steve Barker [pictured] will make its market debut in Cannes.

Pre-production has commenced on Zafari.

Written by Paul Gerstenberger, Steve Barker’s apocalyptic tale is produced by Nigel Thomas and Charlotte Walls of Matador Pictures, Nick Gillott of Captain Starlight and produced in association with Umedia, who also co-financed with Gloucester Place Films.

Umedia International is handling world sales and the film will make its market debut in Cannes.

It is set to shoot on location in the UK and Spain from July 2014, with casting to be announced shortly.

Following a major zombie outbreak, Zafari takes place in a zombie safari park where people can pay to hunt and shoot the undead. However, when its security is breached, a group of guests find themselves in a fight for survival against the zombies.

Thomas commented: “This marks our third collaboration with Steve Barker whose unique vision lies behind the success of the hugely popular...

UK film finance outfit has backed 19 productions in the last 12 months.

Gloucester Place Films has completed $20m of independent film financing since its launch.

The UK film finance outfit, a subsidiary of Matador Pictures, has backed a total of 19 productions in the last 12 months with a total production value of around $85m.

Projects backed include John Ridley’s Toronto 2013 and SXSW 2014 title Jimi: All is by My Side, Lisa Barros D’Sa & Glenn Leyburn’s BAFTA nominated Good Vibrations and Andrew Hulme’s Un Certain Regard entry Snow in Paradise.

Nigel Thomas [pictured] of Matador Pictures commented: “We’re delighted that Gloucester Place Films has been involved in the financing of a wide range of prestigious and highly regarded projects – including a BAFTA nominee, and selections for Toronto, SXSW, and Un Certain Regard.

“As a subsidiary of Matador Pictures, filmmakers and producers know that Gloucester Place Films is a safe and supportive financing partner for their projects and we...

Horror films dealing with the paranormal are all the rage at the moment, and they're showing no signs of slowing down. This time, however, the paranormal activity is set in the future!

As reported by Screen Daily, principal photography has begun today on a paranormal thriller called Residue, which will be the feature debut of Alex Garcia. The film follows the lives of eight characters caught up in the aftermath of a freak explosion at the heart of a sprawling, futuristic city.

The cast includes Natalia Tena (pictured; Harry Potter, "Game of Thrones"), Iwan Rheon ("Game of Thrones"), Jamie Draven (Badland), Danny Webb (Alien 3), Brian Ferguson (Taggart), Eleanor Matsuura ("Utopia"), Franz Drameh (Attack the Block) and Adrian Schiller (Brighton Rock).

Creator and writer John Harrison (Tales from the Dark Side) will executive produce with Matador’s Nigel Thomas.

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Renowned photojournalist Jennifer Preston is investigating the aftermath of a...

Futuristic paranormal thriller to star Harry Potter’s Natalia Tena and Misfits/Game of Thrones actor Iwan Rheon.

Principal photography has begun today on paranormal thriller Residue, which will be be shot on location across Leeds and at Green Screen Studios.

The announcement was made by Content Media Corporation and Matador Pictures, which will produce the film in association with Gloucester Place Films, Green Screen Productions and Screen Yorkshire. Lead producer is Matador Pictures’ Charlotte Walls.

Residue is a paranormal thriller following the lives of eight characters caught up in the aftermath of a freak explosion at the heart of a sprawling, futuristic city.

It marks the feature debut of director Alex Garcia, best known for directing episodes of urban superhero series Misfits and conspiracy thriller Utopia.

Creator and writer John Harrison (Tales from the Dark Side) will also executive produce with Matador’s Nigel Thomas.

The ensemble cast includes Natalia Tena, best known for...

The kidnap thriller is written and directed by Paul Tanter.

Filming has wrapped on kidnap thriller The Disappearance of Lenka Wood.

Written and directed by British film-maker Paul Tanter, the film centres around a kidnapped woman whose ex-soldier husband attempts to free her. It is set in Turkey and New York.

Simon Phillips is producing for Press On Features and Runaway Features. Gloucester Place Films’ Nigel Thomas and Billy Murray are exec producing.

Czech actress Petra Bryant stars in her feature debut opposite Mark O’Neal (Wanted). Tom Knight (Kick Ass 2), Akbar Kurtha (24) and Billy Murray (Rise of Footsoldier) are all supporting.

The film is due for release summer 2014.

Open Road Films is in final negotiations to partner with XLrator Media for North American rights on writer-director John Ridley’s Jimi Hendrix movie “All Is By My Side,” an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap. Hendrix is played by Andre Benjamin (“Idlewild”) of Outkast fame. He stars alongside Hayley Atwell and Imogen Poots. Also Read: Taylor Swift, Metallica and Jimi Hendrix Keep Toronto’s Music Tradition Rocking Darko Entertainment’s Sean McKittrick, Jeff Culotta and Danny Bramson produced with Freeman Films’ Brandon Freeman and Anthony Burns, Subotica’s Tristen Orpen Lynch and Nigel Thomas...

Open Road Films has picked up its second title of Toronto after The Green Inferno, moving on North American rights with XLrator Media to John Ridley’s Jimi Hendrix tale All Is By My Side.

André Benjamin stars in the film, which charts a year in Hendrix’s life as he plies his trade in London. Hayley Atwell, Imogen Poots, and Ruth Negga. Content Media handles international sales.

Darko Entertainment’s Sean McKittrick, Jeff Culotta and Danny Bramson, Freeman Films’ Brandon Freeman and Anthony Burns, Subotica’s Tristen Orpen Lynch and Nigel Thomas of Matador Pictures produced.

Darko’s Edward H Hamm, Jr and Ridley served as executive producers. The distributors negotiated with CAA.

Eagle One Media has acquired worldwide rights to the Yellow Fever Production film The Last Light: An Irish Ghost Story. George Clarke’s feature shot on location in Northern Ireland. The film will open on Nov 5 on DVD, VOD and digital...

We're not exactly sure who's craving Outpost III: Rise of the Spetsnaz after the horrid second film, but hopefully this Nazi zombie-driven train can be saved from derailment. That being said, here's the trailer.

From the Press Release

Outpost III: Rise Of The Spetsnaz has sold all Us rights to XLrator Media, which successfully released Outpost II: Black Sun last year. Written by Rae Brunton, Outpost III: Rise Of The Spetsnaz marks Kieran Parker's directorial debut, delivering more action as the un-dead legion breaks out in its ruthless quest for power. Content is handling worldwide sales on the film, which has sold international territories including: the UK (Entertainment One UK) set to release in October 2013, Canada (Mongrel), Germany & Benelux (Splendid), Portugal (Lusomundo), Middle East (Gulf Film), China (H.G.C. Entertainment), Cis & Baltic States (Top Film), Japan (Aya Pro), South Korea (Sonamu), Hong Kong (Panorama), and Tawain (Catchplay).

Bryan Larkin...

We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. This week’s feature includes first details on Harbinger Down, trailers for Beneath and Inbred, release details for The Black Dahlia Haunting, and much more:

First Details on Harbinger Down: “Award-winning Visual Effects artists Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr., co-founders of Studio Adi (Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.) launched a campaign today for Harbinger Down. “In the spirit of sci-fi/horror classics, Alien and The Thing, Harbinger Down is a tense, claustrophobic full-length creature film that will feature only practical Animatronic and Makeup Effects,” announced Gillis, who will write and direct.

“Our company, Amalgamated Dynamics, will create the kind of Oscar caliber Creature Effects for which we are known,” commented Woodruff, who will produce along with Studio Adi’s Jennifer Tung. Lance Henriksen is set to star.

In Harbinger Down, a group of grad...

XLrator Media has bought the U.S. rights to Outpost III: Rise Of The Spetsnaz, a film from Kieran Parker that promises a bunch of undead legions. The press release comes…Now!

17 May 2013, Cannes – Content announced today that Outpost III: Rise Of The Spetsnaz has sold all Us rights to XLrator Media, which successfully released Outpost II: Black Sun last year. Written by Rae Brunton, Outpost III: Rise Of The Spetsnaz marks Kieran Parker’s directorial debut, delivering more action as the un-dead legion breaks out in its ruthless quest for power. Content is handling worldwide sales on the film which has sold international territories including: the UK (Entertainment One UK) set to release in October 2013, Canada (Mongrel), Germany & Benelux (Splendid), Portugal (Lusomundo), Middle East (Gulf Film), China (H.G.C. Entertainment), Cis & Baltic States (Top Film), Japan (Aya Pro), South Korea (Sonamu), Hong Kong (Panorama) and Tawain (Catchplay).

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Another Outpost movie is on its way, and given the quality of the first and the mediocrity of the second, we're really hoping that this third film, entitled Outpost III: Rise of the Spetsnaz, can get things back on track!

From the Press Release

Content announced today that Outpost III: Rise Of The Spetsnaz has sold all Us rights to XLrator Media, which successfully released Outpost II: Black Sun last year. Written by Rae Brunton, Outpost III: Rise Of The Spetsnaz marks Kieran Parker's directorial debut, delivering more action as the un-dead legion breaks out in its ruthless quest for power. Content is handling worldwide sales on the film, which has sold international territories including: the UK (Entertainment One UK) set to release in October 2013, Canada (Mongrel), Germany & Benelux (Splendid), Portugal (Lusomundo), Middle East (Gulf Film), China (H.G.C. Entertainment), Cis & Baltic States (Top Film), Japan (Aya Pro...

'All Is By My Side', the Jimi Hendrix biopic currently filming in Ireland with Andre 3000, will not feature any Hendrix songs in the film, it has been confirmed.Tristan Orphen Lynch is producing for Subotica alongside Darko's Sean McKittrick, Jeff Culotta and Danny Bramson. Nigel Thomas is producing for Matador. Ridley and Tedd Hamm will executive produce. 'All Is By My Side' also stars Hayley Atwell (Captain America), Jade Yourell (Fair City, Happy Ever Afters), Danny McColgan (13 Steps Down), Laurence Kinlan (Love/Hate, The Guard) and Imogen Poots (Jane Eyre). Among the Irish crew working on the project are line producer Donna Eperon (Love Eternal, The Other Side of Sleep); cinematographer Tim Fleming (Once, Citadel) and English production designer Paul Cross (Spooks, Luther).

It’s official: John Ridley will direct a bio-film about the late Jimi Hendrix, who’ll be played on screen by the musician Andre Benjamin. Ridley also has written the original screenplay for the project, titled All Is By My Side. Haley Atwell and Imogen Poots will appear in co-starring roles. Darko Entertainment, Subotica Entertaiment and Matador Pictures will produce the film, which Darko is financing. Producing are Darko’s Sean McKittrick and Jeff Culotta, Danny Bramson, Subotica’s Tristan Orphen Lynch and Matador’s Nigel Thomas. Ridley and Tedd Hamm will serve as exec producers on the project, scheduled to begin production

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Good news for fans of Nazi-themed horror flicks! The third film in the Outpost franchise has officially gone before cameras, and we have all the latest details right here.

From the Press Release

Content is delighted to announce principal photography has begun on the third installment of the Outpost franchise, The Rise Of The Spetnaz. The film shoots on location in Glasgow and Yorkshire.

Kieran Parker (Outpost, Outpost: Black Sun) directs from a script penned by Rae Brunton (Outpost, Outpost: Black Sun). The cast includes Bryan Larkin (Battleground) as the lead Russian Dolokhov and James “The Colossus” Thompson – Ultimate Combat World Heavyweight Champion as The Berserker.

In the third installment of the hit Nazi zombie action horror movie, Outpost: Rise Of The Spetnaz, we discover the horrifying origins of these supernatural soldiers and see them in ferocious gladiatorial battle against the most ruthless and notorious of all military special forces: the Russian Spetsnaz.

Content announced that the third installment of the Outpost franchise will go into production on April 10th. The film is set to shoot in the UK.

Shock was first tipped off about the third film, called Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz last fall. That's the sales art we spied at the American Film Market you see on the right.

Kieran Parker will direct the script penned by Rae Brunton. The cast includes Bryan Larkin (Battleground) as the lead Russian Dolokhov and James “The Colossus” Thompson - Ultimate Combat World Heavy Weight Champion as The Berserker. More cast will be announced soon.

Produced by Arabella Page Croft and Kieran Parker for Black Camel Pictures and Executive Produced by Nigel Thomas from Matador Pictures and Jamie Carmichael from Content, the film is backed by Matador Pictures.

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John Cusack, who's been busy with James McTeigue's The Raven (March 2012; the goods from Comic-Con), Lee Daniels' The Paperboy (in post; details) and Scott Walker's Frozen Ground (filming) has boarded The Number Station, along with Malin Akerman. Directed by Dane Kasper Barfoed and written by F. Scott Frazier, the action thriller will begin shooting in November. The synopsis is below: Cusack plays a disgraced black ops agent tasked with a dead-end job of protecting a code operator for an isolated covert CIA broadcast station played by Akerman. His mission is simple: protect the code operator. Keep her safe and secure, whilst knowing that she must never be taken alive… The film is being produced by Sean and Bryan Furst (Frusta Films) and Nigel Thomas (Matador Pictures).

John Cusack is set to star in the thriller "The Numbers Station" for Content says The Hollywood Reporter.

The story follows a disgraced black ops agent charged with protecting a CIA code operator (Malin Akerman). Danish director Kasper Barfoed is helming from a script by F. Scott Frazier.

Cusack is replacing the previously cast Ethan Hawke. Sean Fyrst, Bryan Furst and Nigel Thomas will produce. Shooting kicks off in mid-November.

John Cusack will star in The Numbers Station for Furst Films and Matador Pictures. We first reported on this project last September, when Malin Akerman joined the cast. That report also indicated Ethan Hawke was starring, although it seems he has dropped out since then.

The story centers on a former black ops agent who lands a dead-end job protecting a CIA code operative in a Nevada desert station. They must fight for survival when the station comes under attack by unknown forces. John Cusack is playing the disgraced black ops agent, while Malin Akerman will portray the code operative.

Kasper Barfoed is directing The Numbers Station from a script by F. Scott Frazier. Sean Furst and Bryan Furst are producing for Furst Films, and Nigel Thomas will produce for Matador Pictures.

Production is scheduled to begin in mid-November.

The Numbers Station comes to theaters in 2012 and stars John Cusack,...

The Numbers Station action thriller casts John Cusack Kasper Barfoed (The Candidate) directs the film which starts shooting this November with Sean and Bryan Furst of Furst Films producing alongside Matador Films' Nigel Thomas. Chris Fenton and Chris Cowlesare executive producing. In the F. Scott Frazier-scripted film Cusack stars as a disgraced black-ops agent who is given a dead-end job of protecting a code operator (Akerman) for an isolated covert CIA broadcast station. Cusack was last seen in the uproariously funny Hot Tub Time Machine. His Shanghai project has yet to find U.S. release, while, as far as upcoming work goes, he's completed Morgan O'Neill's The Factory with Jennifer Carpenter and Mae Whitman and is in post-production phase for Limbo as well as Lee Daniels' The Paperboy with Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey...

The Numbers Station action thriller casts John Cusack Kasper Barfoed (The Candidate) directs the film which starts shooting this November with Sean and Bryan Furst of Furst Films producing alongside Matador Films' Nigel Thomas. Chris Fenton and Chris Cowlesare executive producing. In the F. Scott Frazier-scripted film Cusack stars as a disgraced black-ops agent who is given a dead-end job of protecting a code operator (Akerman) for an isolated covert CIA broadcast station. Cusack was last seen in the uproariously funny Hot Tub Time Machine. His Shanghai project has yet to find U.S. release, while, as far as upcoming work goes, he's completed Morgan O'Neill's The Factory with Jennifer Carpenter and Mae Whitman and is in post-production phase for Limbo as well as Lee Daniels' The Paperboy with Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey...

Is it just me, or is John Cusack getting a little comfortable in the thriller genre? Next year alone should see the release of The Raven & The Frozen Ground, and The Factory might be hitting before 2011 is one for the books. Variety has news of an additional entry to add to his slate, this one being director Kasper Barfoed‘s The Numbers Station.

Written by F. Scott Frazier, the story follows Cusack as “a disgraced black-ops agent tasked with a deadend job of protecting a code operator [Akerman] for an isolated covert CIA broadcast station.” Ethan Hawke is said to have originally been attached to play the main character, but he dropped out for undisclosed reasons. Producing are Sean and Bryan Furst of Furst Films, along with Matador Pictures’ Nigel Thomas. The film is currently without a distributor, but Content will pitch it around the American Film Market; the presence of...

John Cusack has found his next role in The Numbers Station, being directed by Kasper Barfoed (The Candidate). Variety reports that The Raven actor will star opposite Malin Akerman in the action thriller. Filming is slated to being in mid-November. Daybreakers producers Sean and Bryan Furst are producing the film under the Furst Film's banner, along with Nigel Thomas from Matador Pictures. Chris Fenton and Chris Cowles are exec producing. 

F. Scott Frazier penned the script that has Cusack playing "a disgraced black-ops agent tasked with a deadend job of protecting a code operator for an isolated covert CIA broadcast station played by Akerman." The actor will be seen on the big screen in The Paperboy and Frozen Ground, while Akerman will next be seen in Rock of Ages.

I like Cusack in just about everything, and this sounds pretty cool. What are your thoughts?

Source: Variety (http://www.variety.

Jackboots on Whitehall isn’t exactly news. Released in the United Kingdom on October, 2010, it was the first film of its kind to feature animatronic puppets and the voices of well-known British actors including Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Richard O’Brien and Richard Griffiths. The satirical film took place in an alternate history of the Second World War, in which Nazi Germany have seized London, causing the British to band together at Hadrian’s Wall to tey and thwart the German invasion. Produced by Karl Richards of U.K. production outfit, Entertainment Motion Pictures (E-Motion), the film boasts pioneering techniques in animation, fusing innovative puppeteering animatronics developed by Rory McHenry and visual effects by Mfx London. Executive Producers are Nigel Thomas and Charlotte Walls of Matador Pictures.

Well not the film is set to make is North American debut on July 26th,...

HollywoodNews.com: Come meet “Wild Target” Director Jonathan Lynn (“The Whole Nine Yards,” “My Cousin Vinny”) in a Q&A following the Hollywood Film Festival screening on Sunday, Oct. 24, 5 p.m. at the Hollywood ArcLight Cinema. For more info and to buy tickets, click here.

Review: It’s been a while since a breezy, British action comedy has arrived on U.S. shores; their heyday being in the ‘80s when such titles like “A Fish Called Wanda” and “Time Bandits” held their place on the marquee.

When it comes to mobsters, guns and laughs, British director Jonathan Lynn knows a thing or two about crafting a crowd pleasing caper. Lynn is so good at it, Hollywood tapped him for his stylings with “The Whole Nine Yards,” “Sgt. Bilko” and “My Cousin Vinny.” With “Wild Target,” Lynn comfortably returns to the London stomping ground which he made famous with the...

Check out the poster for Roadside Attractions' "Princess Kaiulani" starring Q'orianka Kilcher, Barry Pepper, Will Patton, Shaun Evans and Jimmy Yuil. Marc Forby directs and writes the drama as well as producing alongside Nigel Thomas, Lauri Apelian, Ric Galindez and Roy Tjioe. Set against the dramatic island backdrop of Hawaii and based on the inspiring true story, "Princess Kaiulani" is a breathtaking romance about an unlikely heroine and her unwavering fight to defend the independence of her people. In 1888, Hawaii was a paradise teetering on the brink of civil unrest. The tide had turned against the long-incumbent royal family, under the malevolent influence of a rebel party with links to the American government. Within months, the Palace was overthrown, and the royals exiled...

Roadside Attractions is getting in the aloha spirit, acquiring U.S. rights to the Hawaiian historical biopic "Princess Ka'iulani," written and directed by Marc Forby.

The film, which had its world premiere at the recent Hawaii International Film Festival under the title "Barbarian Princess," stars Q'orianka Kilcher ("The New World") as a princess caught up in the last days of the Hawaiian monarchy who flees to England.

The cast includes Barry Pepper, Shaun Evans and Will Patton.

"Princess" was produced by Island Film Group and Matador Pictures, with Nigel Thomas, Ricardo S. Galindez, Roy J. Tjioe, Lauri Apelian and Forby serving as producers.

Roadside is planning a late-spring release, with Lionsgate handling DVD and other U.S. ancillary markets through Roadside's output deal. Contentfilm International is handling overseas sales.

The deal was brokered by Roadside co-presidents Eric d'Arbeloff and Howard Cohen and Island Film Group founders Tjioe and Galindez on behalf of the filmmakers.

Anthony Diblasi will make his directorial debut in the Horrorfest 2010 entry Dread. The second film in the Book of Blood franchise and "the action follows three college students who set out to produce a documentary about fear, only to find themselves the subjects of an experiment in terror" (After Dark Films). This Midnight Picture Show will have a national release through the After Dark Film Festival beginning January 29, 2010. Have a look at the official trailer for the show, a movie still, and further associated crew inside.

Release Date: January 29 (Limited Theatrical).

Writer: Anthony Diblasi.

Producers: Clive Barker, Joe Daley and Jorge Saralegui, Nigel Thomas and Charlotte Walls Lauri Apelian

Cast: Shaun Evans, Jackson Rathbone, and Hanne Steen.

A trailer for Dread here:

Sources:

After Dark Films Source Media...