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Exclusive: Former NFL star Rob “Gronk” Gronkowski (The Roaring Game), Sistine Stallone (47 Meters Down: Uncaged), and Mischa Barton (The O.C.) are among new additions to Bad News on the Doorstep, the 1950s mafia crime thriller on which we were first to report a week ago.

As previously announced, Chazz Palminteri and Robert Davi lead the cast opposite their sons, Dante Palminteri and Nick Davi. Others newly set include Robert Picardo (Star Trek: Voyager), Cerina Vincent (Cabin Fever), Federico Castelluccio (The Sopranos), Vincent Pastore (The Sopranos), Ed Marinaro (Blue Mountain State), John Fiore (The Sopranos), Kea Ho (Junction), Rob Goon (The Roaring Game) and Godsmack lead singer Sully Erna (Bleed for This).

Recently wrapping production in Rhode Island, Bad News on the Doorstep unfolds as a poignant coming-of-age narrative chronicling the lives of Frank and Gino, two Italian-American high-school football prodigies amidst the gritty backdrop of late 1950s New Jersey.

Darin Brooks is set to star in The Roaring Game. A new sports comedy produced by Chad A. Verdi and his East Coast production company, Verdi Productions. Also leading the cast are Fivel Stewart, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Justin Chatwin, and Antwon Tanner. Additional cast members are John Fiore, […]

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Exclusive: Darin Brooks (Blue Mountain State), Fivel Stewart (The Recruit), Eddie Kaye Thomas (American Pie), Justin Chatwin (Shameless) and Antwon Tanner (One Tree Hill) will lead The Roaring Game, a sports comedy from Producer Chad A. Verdi and his East Coast production company Verdi Productions (Bleed For This).

The screenplay by Tom DeNucci (Vault) follows Rickey, a high school custodian whose world is rocked when his girlfriend, Kelly, is selected to play hockey for Team USA and compete in the World Games, thus leaving him behind. Determined to win her back, he assembles a misfit curling team, leveraging his janitorial skills to compete for gold. Below is a first-look.

DeNucci is also directing. Chad A. Verdi (The Irishman) is producing, along with Michelle Verdi, Chad Verdi Jr., Paul Luba and Anthony Gudas. Sera Verdi is serving as an executive producer and Ed Brady is serving as an associate producer. Filming...

Z Dead End is a new horror film from director, Robert Resto and stars Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th franchise), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Robert Lasardo (The Mule), Dave Sheridan (The Devil’s Rejects), and John Fiore (The Sopranos).

Other talent includes Angie Stevenson (Sons of Anarchy), Eva Hamilton (The Black Mass), and Yury Tsykun (Burn After Reading).

Produced by Steven Rears and FX by Rob Cobasky and Brian Spears.

One Deputy Sheriff with the help from some odd characters must fight for their lives as a small town in Colorado is invaded by bodies falling from the sky,” reads the film’s official synopsis. “No one knows why the zombies have arrived. Where they came from or even why they’re here? The real question now is who will survive the ‘rain of the dead’?

The film is made by the New York-based production company, RestroFilms, which specializes in creating horror movies.

Z Dead End is a new horror film from director, Robert Resto and stars Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th franchise), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Robert Lasardo (The Mule), Dave Sheridan (The Devil’s Rejects), and John Fiore (The Sopranos). Other talent includes Angie Stevenson (Sons of Anarchy), Eva Hamilton (The Black Mass), and Yury Tsykun (Burn …

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"Found 'em! I'll send some guys..." Quiver Distribution has unveiled an official trailer for The Collective, a new action thriller from filmmaker Tom DeNucci. This is yet another of these junk action films, with a similar plot to so many others - involving hitmen and traffickers and taking out the "bad guys". A young recruit to a mysterious agency finds himself going rogue on his first assignment, tracking down a dangerous group of "untouchable" human traffickers. The Collective charts the story of a group of righteous assassins who take aim at a human trafficking ring that's backed by a network of billionaires. Lucas Till stars as Sam Alexander, a "rookie assassin", joined by Ruby Rose, Mercedes Varnado, Paul Ben-Victor, Tyrese Gibson, John Fiore, Levon Panek, plus Don Johnson as their leader. This looks as uninteresting and derivative as anything can, even the action. Will anyone even watch? // Continue Reading ›...

Coda Review — Coda (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by Sian Heder and starring Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durant, John Fiore, Lonnie Farmer, Kevin Chapman, Amy Forsyth, Molly Beth Thomas, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Ayana Brown, Kyana Fanene, Stone Martin and Eugenio Derbez. Coda (the letters of which stands for Child of Deaf [...]

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It’s time for the punks to meet the godfathers. The creators of SopranosCon merged with MobMovieCon for a family celebration. From July 23 to July 25, Harrah’s Resort & Casino in Atlantic City will house the boardwalk’s biggest gangster gathering since Nucky Johnson hosted the mob’s Atlantic City Conference in 1929.

“Al Capone will not be coming though,” VirtualCons CEO Michael Mota tells Den of Geek. “Those were the mobsters. I would say this would be the biggest gathering of mobster wannabes.” The Sopranos fan convention has come a long way since it was dreamed up by three gangster movie aficionados from New York, Maryland, and Rhode Island. The 2019 SopranosCon drew thousands of fans from as far as The Netherlands and the United Kingdom to the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus. A planned expansion to MobMovieCon had to be pushed back because of the pandemic, but the organizers introduced VirtualCons...

"Do you have something to say?" Apple TV has debuted a wonderful new trailer for the Sundance hit Coda, made by Sian Heder. The film premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and won both the Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize at the fest (and was one of my Top 10). As a Coda (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and singing, and her fear of abandoning her parents and leaving her family behind. The excellent cast in Coda features Emilia Jones as Ruby, Troy Kotsur is a stand out role as her father, the enigmatic Marlee Matlin as her mother, plus Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant, John Fiore, and Eugenio Derbez. Every family has its own language. I wrote in my review that...

Don't look up. It's the end of the world. Without any warning, bodies begin-dropping from the sky, colliding with the ground, only to rise once more. Z Dead End has arrived.

Z Dead End from Restro Films Entertainment and Cinema Factory Inc. is written and to be directed by Robert Resto, who is also one of the producers. One Deputy Sheriff (Felissa Rose) with the help from some odd characters must fight for their lives as a small town in Colorado is invaded by bodies falling from the sky. No one knows why the zombies have arrived. Where they came from or even why they're here? The real question now is who will survive the 'rain of the dead'?

Filming is scheduled to begin later this year in Texas. The all-star cast includes actors: Robert Lasardo, George Lazenby, Robert Mukes, Felissa Rose, Brinke Stevens, Dave Sheridan, Shawn C. Phillips, John Fiore,...

Stars: Jason Clarke, Kate Mara, Ed Helms, Bruce Dern, Jim Gaffigan, Olivia Thirlby, Clancy Brown, Taylor Nichols, John Fiore, Gillian Mariner Gordon, Katie Henoch, Lexie Roth, Angela Hope Smith, Vince Tycer, Victor Warren | Written by Taylor Allen, Andrew Logan | Directed by John Curran

The Senator, also know as Chappaquiddick in its domestic Us territory has had a somewhat quick and lukewarm release internationally, yet garnered relatively positive reviews. The topic of Chappaquiddick itself is deeply tragic and mesmerizing moment of Us history involving Ted Kennedy. Whose surname may give away his notoriety be known as the brother of Us President John. F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy. Little is truly know about that fatal night of Friday, July the 18th, 1969, in which Kenndey veered his car off the side of bridge into the cold water of Chappaquiddick with insufficient facts and figures brought to the public and private attention surrounding the vent,...

Director: Larry Blamire. Review: Adam Wing. Comedy. It’s an acquired taste. With that in mind, I’d like to make a few things clear - that would be me. Airplane. Not funny. Leslie Nielsen. Not funny. Chevy Chase. Not funny. Lee Evans. Funny (even if he does make me feel uncomfortable with his relentless sweating). The Mighty Boosh. Not funny. Harry Hill. Not funny. Leigh Francis. Not funny. My Family… are they even calling that comedy these days? Ricky Gervais. Funny. Steve Merchant. Funny. Michael McIntyre. Funny. Stewart Francis. Funny. Kevin Bridges. Funny. Simon Pegg. Funny. Dumb & Dumber. Funny. Steve Carell. Funny. Comedy, like I say, very much an acquired taste. Larry Blamire, best known for cult favourite The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, returns to writing, directing and producing with a loving tribute to 60’s sci-fi movies. Lets just make another thing clear - I hate spoofs. Sorry, I...

Barry Levinson is in talks to replace Nick Cassavetes as director of an upcoming biopic about mobster John Gotti, TheWrap has confirmed. If producer John Fiore can make a deal with the "Rain Man" director and "Donnie Brasco" producer, Levinson will take over for Nick Cassavetes, who dropped out of "Gotti: Three Generations" in April because of scheduling issues. John Travolta stars as the Dapper Don, John Gotti. Joe Pesci and -- if she's not in jail -- Lindsay Lohan also star. Actor-writer Leo Rossi wrote the screenplay. The movie focuses on the head of the...

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Lindsay Lohan has joined the cast of a new movie starring John Travolta as mobster John Gotti, Sr. The actress reportedly was in talks to play his daughter Victoria in “Gotti: Three Generations,” but instead will play the “Teflon Don’s”‘ daughter-in-law, Kim. The starlet has agreed to take another role in a John Fiore film, “Mob Street,” as part of the deal to star in the Gotti picture. The movie is expected out in 2012. [EW]...

Interviewed by Jessie Lilley

And just what is a “Renaissance Man” anyway? No, I’m not referring to the Voyager episode and I’m also not talking about the Penny Marshall film. In this context, the term Renaissance Man is defined as a person who excels at many different endeavors: the guy can do a lot of stuff and he does it all quite well. Such a one is the subject of this interview.

Larry Blamire first came across my radar when he and I were both living in Hollywood. I was at a private screening in the home of a friend of mine and he rolled a film called The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra. I was transfixed. What a delightful way to spend some time; laughing yourself silly. I immediately found a way to contact this man as I wanted to know what makes him tick.

It’s now years later and,...

"The Insider" has the latest... After suffering from what her family called a "life-threatening period of time," Charlie Sheen's wife Brooke Mueller has been released from a Los Angeles hospital. John Fiore, Brooke's father, tells Et that Brooke was released from the hospital Monday night and that her mother picked her up. Mueller was battling a case of pneumonia after being rushed to an L.A. hospital on January 19 with a 105-degree fever. A Colorado judge modified a protective court order (forbidding Sheen to talk to his wife following their alleged Christmas Day domestic dispute in Aspen, Co), allowing him to "be in [her] presence" and communicate with her while she remained admitted to the hospital for treatment. According to People magazine, now that she's been released, the protective order is back in place. A hearing is scheduled for February 8 in Aspen, Co to modify the order.

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"The Insider" has the latest... John Fiore, the father of Charlie Sheen's wife Brooke Mueller, tells "The Insider" how his daughter is doing now after going through a "life threatening period of time." Despite the fact that her organs were starting to shut down, Fiore tells "The Insider," "she is now doing much better. The family is very thankful." Mueller is still in the hospital but is responding well to antibiotics. Brooke was battling a case of pneumonia after being rushed to an L.A. hospital Tuesday night with a 105-degree fever. A Colorado judge modified a protective court order (forbidding Sheen to talk to his wife following their alleged Christmas Day domestic dispute in Aspen, Co), allowing him to "be in [her] presence" and communicate with her while she remains admitted to the hospital for treatment.

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Here are some cool film news you really shouldn't miss on this July 28, 2009:

• Richard Linklater is in final negotiations to direct "Liars (A-e)" for Miramax. Emma Forrest wrote the script, which follows a woman who stumbles across lost items from her ex-boyfriends on her way to Barack Obama's inauguration. Kat Dennings is attached to play a supporting character. (Variety)

• Richard Lagravenese, director of the decent "Freedom Writers" and the horrible "P.S. I Love You," is in talks to write and direct "Man and Wife" for Universal. The love story centers on an immigrant's love for the U.S., accoring to Variety.

• Joe Morton, Daniella Alonso (pictured above) and John Fiore have signed on to star in Mark Heller's "The Mulberry Tree," Written by Louis Crugnali, the film centers on a convicted murderer seeking redemption via conversations with a young man. (The Hollywood Reporter)...

Joe Morton, Daniella Alonso and John Fiore have boarded the indie feature The Mulberry Tree, which will be directed by U.K. helmer Mark Heller.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Louis Crugnali wrote the script and also stars in the drama about a Italian-American family based on his experiences growing up near Providence, R.I., and working in the state corrections system.

The script chronicles the meeting of Mickey Crugnali and Sam Morton, a convicted murderer dying of AIDS whose remaining days on "hospital detail" give him the opportunity for redemption through conversations with the young man about his own family issues.

Alonso (Friday Night Lights) plays Morton's long-lost daughter who strikes up a friendship with Mickey, and TV vet Fiore (Brotherhood) plays Mickey's father.

The Mulberry Tree is shooting in Providence.

Joe Morton, Daniella Alonso and John Fiore are starring in "The Mulberry Tree," an indie feature directed by U.K. helmer Mark Heller.

Louis Crugnali wrote the script and also stars in the drama about a Italian-American family based on his experiences growing up near Providence, R.I., and working in the state corrections system.

The script chronicles the meeting of Mickey Crugnali and Sam Morton, a convicted murderer dying of AIDS whose remaining days on "hospital detail" give him the opportunity for redemption through conversations with the young man about his own family issues.

Alonso ("Friday Night Lights") plays Morton's long-lost daughter who strikes up a friendship with Mickey, and TV vet Fiore ("Brotherhood") plays Mickey's father.

"Mulberry," being repped by Wme Global, is shooting in Providence. It is being produced by former casting director Russell Gray and Michael DeLiso, with financing a combination of private equity and Rhode Island tax incentives.

We've suspected the bad news for months but now, it's been confirmed that the Brotherhood series has indeed been cancelled by Showtime.

Brotherhood revolves around the lives of two brothers in an Irish-American neighborhood in Rhode Island. Tommy Caffee (Jason Clarke) is a family man and local politician while his brother Michael (Jason Isaacs) is a professional criminal who's involved with the Irish mob. Others in the cast of this gritty drama include Kevin Chapman, Annabeth Gish, Fiona C. Erickson, Brian Scannell, Kerry O'Malley, Fionnula Flanagan, Madison Garland, Billy Smith, Frank Ridley, Matt Servitto, Ethan Embry, Brian F. O'Byrne, Tina Benko, and John Fiore.

The series debuted on Showtime on July 9, 2006 and, despite some very positive reviews, Brotherhood didn't attract a lot of viewers; just 450,000. Showtime nevertheless renewed the show for a second season -- albeit one made up of only 10 episodes. They started airing in September of 2007 and the...

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Tony N' Tina's Wedding has been a theatrical phenomenon ever since its off-Broadway premiere some two decades ago, but everything that is unique about it has been necessarily lost in this screen adaptation written and directed by Roger Paradiso. Filmed in 2004 but only now getting a limited theatrical release -- the presence of a pre-Entourage Adrian Grenier in the cast may have something to do with it -- this broad comedy will quickly find its way to the video bins.

The stage show is a partially improvised, interactive theater experience that plunges the audience right into the heart of a wedding between two young Italians from Queens. In an attempt to inject a similar cinematic stylization into the proceedings, the filmmaker begins by providing only POV shots from the perspectives of the unseen couple, then settles into a home-movie-style format, as filmed by a flamboyantly gay wedding videographer (Guillermo Diaz).

Other than that technical conceit, the film plays out like a far too long (108 minutes) sketch featuring stereotypical characterizations and witless dialogue and situations. The director uses long, rambling takes to track the slapstick confrontations at the awesomely tacky Vinnie Black's Coliseum between the titular couple (Joey McIntyre, Mila Kunis); their warring in-laws (Priscilla Lopez, John Fiore) who once dated in high school; the pot-smoking best man; the ex-boyfriend (Grenier) who drunkenly interrupts the proceedings; the black priest who has a tendency to lapse into Baptist cadences; and the uncle who pees into a fountain, among other caricatures.

Aiming for an Altmanesque quality, the film fails miserably, undercut by the relentless broadness of its source material. What can be great fun to experience live becomes unbearably repetitive here, with only the occasional clever flourish -- the pre-credits "slide show" depicting mock advertisements for various Long Island businesses is a scream -- to relieve the tedium.