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Exclusive:Altitude has sold Hugo Keijzer’s sci-fi thriller The Occupantto North America, UK-Ireland and Australia-New Zealand ahead of its world premiere at SXSW London in June.

Decal has picked up North American rights while Signature Entertainment will release in UK-Ireland and Australia-New Zealand.

Rob Delaney and Ella Balinska star. A woman finds herself stranded and alone in the Caucasus mountains, where a mysterious helper offers her the choice between accepting the inevitable or abandoning reality.

Producers are Raymond van der Kaaij for Revolver Amsterdam, plus Kwesi Dickson, Jay Taylor and Isabel Freer for the UK’s Electric Shadow Company. Georgia’s 20 Steps International co-produces.

Lily James in ‘Cliffhanger’ (Photo Courtesy of Rocket Science)

Lily James takes the lead in the reboot of the 1993 action thriller Cliffhanger directed by Renny Harlin and starring Sylvester Stallone. Rocket Science released the first two photos from the new version, which is currently in filming in Austria’s East Tyrol region of the Lienz Dolomites.

In addition to Lily James (Pam & Tommy), the thriller stars Pierce Brosnan, Nell Tiger Free, Franz Rogowski, Shubham Saraf, Assaad Bouab, Suzy Bemba, and Bruno Gouery. Jaume Collet-Serra directs, based on a story by Ana Lily Amirpour.

“In this reboot of Cliffhanger, seasoned mountaineer Ray Cooper (Brosnan) and his daughter Sydney run a mountain chalet in the Dolomites. During a weekend trip with a billionaire’s son, they are targeted by a gang of kidnappers,” reads the official synopsis. “Ray’s older daughter Naomi (James), still haunted by a past climbing accident, witnesses the attack and escapes.

A “Cliffhanger” follow-up keeps on rolling. But now in a much different configuration.

Rocket Science in partnership with Thank You Pictures and Supernix has announced that filming is underway on “Cliffhanger,” a reboot of the 1993 action extravaganza that starred Sylvester Stallone and John Lithgow. This new version stars Lily James and Pierce Brosnan and is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, based on a story by Ana Lily Amirpour.

A proposed follow-up to “Cliffhanger” dates back to 1994, when TriStar announced “Cliffhanger 2: The Dam,” with Stallone returning. For years it sat fallow until 2019, when Amirpour was hired and Jason Momoa was earmarked to star. In 2023 it was re-announced as a legacy sequel, with Stallone set to return under the direction of Ric Roman Waugh. Mark Bianculli wrote that version of the script. Later in 2023, Jean-François Richet was hired to replace Waugh.

And now the production has veered in an entirely different direction,...

A reboot of Sylvester Stallone’s action classic “Cliffhanger” is currently in production, but the film will look a lot different from the package initially announced nearly 18 months ago.

Stallone will no longer star in the update meant to be directed by Ric Roman Waugh (“Greenland”) from a script by Mark Bianculli (“Hunters”). A creative overhaul has meant that actor Lily James will take on the lead role. Pierce Brosnan will co-star and Jaume Collet-Serra will direct. The project hails from Rocket Science in partnership with Thank You Pictures and Supernix.

Filming is underway in Austria with a buzzy supporting cast, including: Nell Tiger Free, festival darling Franz Rogowski (“Passages”), Shubham Saraf (“Shantaram”), Assaad Bouab (“Franklin”), Suzy Bemba (“Poor Things”) and Bruno Gouery, a breakout star of the Netflix hit “Emily in Paris.”

The new script is based on a story by Ana Lily Amirpour. Insiders familiar with the project...

If you are a fan of actor and filmmaker Dominic Brunt, you will no doubt be interested in our new interview with him, which has just been uploaded onto YouTube. Brunt has directed numerous horror films, including Attack of the Adult Babies and Wolf Manor. Outside of the horror genre, Brunt has also been playing Paddy Kirk in Emmerdale since 1997, so he is clearly a major celebrity who the British public will be very familiar with.

Brunt regularly attends FrightFest, and he was there this year to promote Broken Bird, which had its world premiere at the event. Written by Brunt and directed by his wife, Joanne Mitchell, Broken Bird tells the story of a mortuary assistant named Sybil (Rebecca Calder), who undergoes a downward spiral into the depths of madness, resulting in her causing harm to those who cross her path.

The film was shot in Serbia, and it...

Broken Bird had the enviable, and possibly daunting, task of opening this year’s FrightFest festival, which is now in its 25th year. Previous festival openers include The Guest, Land of the Dead and Suitable Flesh, so Broken Bird shares company with some very high fliers, but would this year’s opener nose dive or soar towards the sun? Well, it’s safe to say that Broken Bird is not a lame duck.

Upon first meeting Sybil (Rebecca Calder) you would be forgiven for thinking she seems very proper, very traditional and very reserved; you would be right… to an extent. Her pristine and formal look, her polite and dignified manner and her interest in poetry seemingly make her the perfect employee – tending to grieving relatives and managing their needs, but Sybil has darker sides.

Sybil begins a new job in a funeral home run by the recently widowed Mr.

Rebecca Calder is superbly supple as the damaged protagonist in a richly imagined horror story

With her prim manners, mid-century chic and 180-degree rampart of a fringe, there’s something just too correct about Sybil (Rebecca Calder), though it’s this decorum that wins her a job at the funeral home of Mr Thomas (James Fleet). Like Amélie Poulain’s twisted little sister, she’s given to eruptions of fantasy: about a tryst with museum curator Mark (Jay Taylor), whom she runs into at an exhibition about Roman burials, or about sucker-punching an adulterer’s corpse. But, as she reveals to Mr Thomas, the morbidness and control-freakery have an explanation: she was orphaned as a child as a result of a car crash.

An extension of director Joanne Mitchell’s 2018 short, Broken Bird has not only the detail and richness of a long-cherished project, but also patrols a careful tonal...

Stars: Rebecca Calder, James Fleet, Sacharissa Claxton, Aleksa Muždeka, Jay Taylor, Robyn McHarry | Written by Joanne Mitchell, Tracey Sheals, Dominic Brunt | Directed by Joanne Mitchell

In keeping with its title, Broken Bird opens with Sibyl preparing a dead avian to be stuffed and mounted. It’s an uncomfortable start to a film full of uncomfortable and disturbing moments.

Apart from her amateur taxidermy, Sibyl also puts her talents to work at a funeral home run by Mr. Thomas. If this isn’t enough to make it clear that she’s not your typical protagonist, her only hobbies seem to be poetry night at the local pub and trips to a museum devoted to Roman funeral practices.

We’re also introduced to Emma, a policewoman whose life is unravelling in the wake of her young son Jake’s (Aleksa Muždeka) death and his body’s subsequent disappearance. We soon find out...

Sybil Chamberlain (Rebecca Calder) has just landed her perfect job, working as a mortician at a funeral parlour run by the kindly Mr. Thomas (James Fleet). The only survivor of a tragic car accident which took the rest of her family when she was just years ago, Sybil’s interest in death has grown over time at a similar rate to her increasing flights of fancy into a world where even outsiders such as she can find lasting love and live her dreams for real.

With a social life which mainly consists of avoiding other attendees at a nearby pub’s poetry night and taking various trips to the local Roman Funeral Museum, it’s during one of these visits that Sybil bumps into friendly employee Mark (Jay Taylor) and she is instantly smitten. Can she keep her increasingly twisted desires at bay and find true happiness?

Based on the...

Even more exciting Pigeon Shrine FrightFest news… Catalyst Studios has announced the UK cinema release of their eagerly awaited gothic horror film, Broken Bird. The film, which will celebrate its world premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, is set to open this year’s Pigeon Shrine FrightFest on 30th August 2024.

Broken Bird marks the feature directorial debut of Joanne Mitchell, a seasoned horror storyteller with nearly 15 years of experience in the genre. The film is an adaptation of Mitchell and Tracey Sheals’s 2018 award-winning short, Sybil, with the screenplay penned by Dominic Brunt. This haunting tale delves deep into the psyche of Sybil Chamberlain, a character whose life is a tapestry of sorrow, isolation, and dark fascination.

Sybil Chamberlain, portrayed by Rebecca Calder, is a quiet, creative individual with a peculiar set of hobbies—taxidermy and poetry. Her days are spent working at a funeral parlour, surrounded by the deceased,...

Catalyst Studios is excited to announce that their gothic horror Broken Bird, which celebrates its World Premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square, London, and opens this year’s Pigeon Shrine FrightFest, will also be released in UK cinemas from 30th August 2024.

Broken Bird marks the feature directorial debut of Joanne Mitchell, who for nearly 15 years has honed her craft as a horror storyteller. Broken Bird is a feature film adaptation of her & Tracey Sheals’s 2018 award-winning short Sybil, screenplay by Dominic Brunt.

This rich, disturbing tale steps into the life and mind of Sybil Chamberlain. Sybil is a quiet, creative soul. Her hobbies are taxidermy and poetry. She works in a funeral parlor with the deceased. She likes dead people. They understand her. At just ten years old, she experienced trauma in a tragic accident which took away the family she adored. Now, an aching loneliness prevails in a void which she seeks to fill.

The 25th edition of the Pigeon Shrine FrightFest promises to be an unforgettable celebration of horror cinema, taking place between 22 August to 26 August 2024.

It’s hard to comprehend just how many films will be on offer to see at this fantastic event, so we have broken down each of the screens into articles for you to digest. And we may have saved the best (this one) until last!

We have already detailed what will be on offer in Discovery Screen 1, Discovery Screen 2 and Discovery Screen 3 across the long weekend.

Now it’s time to read about the final list of films on offer, detailed below. Read on for the film programme for the Main Screen, at the Cineworld, Leicester Square.

Pigeon Shrine FrightFest 2024 – Main Screen Thursday, 22 August 2024

5:30 Pm – Opening Film: Broken Bird (World Premiere) Directed by Joanne Mitchell and starring Rebecca Calder, James Fleet, Jay Taylor, and Sacharissa Claxton,...

Stars: Holli Dempsey, Jay Taylor, Michael Smiley, Liam McMahon, Joanne Mitchell, Justin McDonald, Martelle Edinborough | Written and Directed by Dominic Brunt, Jamie Lundy

Co-directors Dominic Brunt and Jamie Lundy open their film on a moment of familial bliss, as a mother enjoys time on the beach with her two young children, Evie and Tony. As she leaves to put on dinner at their nearby home, she asks the children to not stay long on the beach. Her departure is followed by foreboding shots of the water and creepy whispering before the inquisitive Evie vanishes for a bit. She returns drastically changed, now reacting with violence and acting possessively over a strange item she found. Her altered self leaves the family shattered, as they are unable to cope with the young girl’s actions.

Time skips forward to a now adult Evie (Holli Dempsey), who has since been put up for adoption,...

This week is once again loaded up with fresh new horrors, most of them available at home. The lone theatrical release, however, is one you don’t want to miss with a crowd this weekend.

Here’s all the new horror releasing June 13 – June 18, 2023!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

Most recently adapted by Leigh Whannell for Universal’s 2020 movie The Invisible Man, the classic H.G. Wells story gets a new adaptation with Fear the Invisible Man.

Fear the Invisible Man was released on VOD outlets today, June 13.

It’s not an official Universal Studios horror movie, mind you, but Wells’ The Invisible Man is a classic tale that’s in the public domain, allowing for indie productions such as this one.

In the film from Hanover Pictures, “A young British widow shelters an old medical school colleague, a man who has somehow turned himself invisible.

Stars: James Fleet, John Henshaw, Nicky Evans, Jay Taylor, Thaila Zucchi | Written by Joel Ferrari, Pete Wild | Directed by Dominic Brunt

I am always very much excited when the film-making duo Dominic Brunt and Joanne Mitchell have a new film coming out. They have proved themselves again and again when it comes to horror and the variety of ways they can creep audiences out. From the often subtle but great zombie movie Before Dawn, to the at times brutal revenge thriller Bait to the bizarre but brilliant Attack of the Killer Babies. Next up, they tackle the werewolf subgenre with Scream of the Wolf.

Scream of the Wolf shows a new vampire movie being shot in an old abandoned house but with a full moon in the sky some of the cast and crew go missing and a wolf seems like the most obvious culprit.

Despite only lasting about seventy minutes,...

You can’t make a good werewolf movie without a good werewolf, and the upcoming indie feature Scream of the Wolf looks to feature a pretty damn cool one. The monster was created by special make-up effects artist Shaune Harrison (“Game of Thrones”), Rue Morgue informs us this week, and you can unleash the beast by watching the trailer below.

Dominic Brunt‘s Scream of the Wolf bites into Digital and DVD on June 13, 2023.

In the film, “Making a vampire movie in an old, abandoned house should have been easy, but with the full moon, the nightmare begins. The body count rises as the cast and crew encounter the mansion’s resident werewolf, and by daylight, only the lucky will survive.”

James Fleet, Jay Taylor, and Thaila Zucchi star.

“With its effective touches of classic Wes Craven and Joe Dante films like Scream, Cursed, and The Howling, Scream of the Wolf is both fun,...

Altitude is selling the title at Cannes.

Altitude Film Sales has unveiled a first look at sci-fi thriller The Occupant, as the shoot wraps in Georgia and Northern Ireland. It is co-written and directed by Dutch filmmaker Hugo Keijzer.

It stars Ella Balinska as a woman stranded and alone in the Caucasus mountains. Producers are Raymond Van der Kaaij for Revolver Amsterdam, Kwesi Dickson and Jay Taylor for Electric Shadow Company and is co-produced by 20 Steps International.

The film was supported by the Netherlands Film Fund, the BFI Global Screen Fund, Northern Ireland Screen, Esc Studios and financing was led...

A couple weeks ago, we learned that Brotherhood of the Wolf and Silent Hill director Christophe Gans’ new Silent Hill movie, which is said to be “totally independent from the two previous movies”, had secured funding and would begin filming soon. Now the German website Filmportal has revealed a plot synopsis for Gans’ Return to Silent Hill, and where filming is going to take place!

According to the website, Return to Silent Hill has the following synopsis (using an online German to English translator): Driven by the shadows of his past, James Sunderland returns to Silent Hill to find his lost love, Mary Crane. But the dark, depressing small town is no longer the place from his memories. He meets characters who seem all too familiar and who try to divert him from his search for Mary. The longer he searches for Mary, the more he begins to wonder...

Stars: James Fleet, John Henshaw, Nicky Evans, Jay Taylor, Thaila Zucchi | Written by Joel Ferrari, Pete Wild | Directed by Dominic Brunt

I am always very much excited when the film-making duo Dominic Brunt and Joanne Mitchell have a new film coming out. They have proved themselves again and again when it comes to horror and the variety of ways they can creep audiences out. From the often subtle but great zombie movie Before Dawn, to the at times brutal revenge thriller Bait to the bizarre but brilliant Attack of the Killer Babies. Next up, they tackle the werewolf subgenre with the cleverly titled Wolf Manor.

Wolf Manor shows a new vampire movie being shot in an old abandoned house but with a full moon in the sky some of the cast and crew go missing and a wolf seems like the most obvious culprit.

Despite only lasting about seventy minutes,...

Bloody Disgusting has an exclusive look at the trailer and art for Wolf Manor, described as a “full-throttle, gore-filled tale” of a film crew caught in the claws of a manor house’s resident werewolf.

Directed by Dominic Brunt, the film was shot in three weeks in locations in Shropshire.

In the film…

During filming of a British, low-budget horror movie, the cast and crew begin disappearing. As the full moon rises, the nightmare begins, and the werewolf strikes.

Wolf Manor’s creature design was created by renowned special make-up effects artist Shaune Harrison with make-up design by Katie Wrigley.

It stars James Fleet (“Bridgerton”, Operation Mincemeat), Jay Taylor (Donkey Punch, Misfits), Thaila Zucchi (Evie, Attack of the Adult Babies), Rupert Procter, and John Henshaw (The Keeper, Looking For Eric).

Wolf Manor will be available to own or rent on DVD & Digital Download on January 9, 2023.

The post ‘Wolf Manor’ Trailer...

Talent involved includes Joshua Oppenheimer, Tilda Swinton and Odessa Young.

Fourteen film and TV projects have received a combined £2.2m in funding through the latest round of international co-production funding from the UK Global Screen Fund (Gsf).

The biggest award of £250,000 has been given to Iceland-Ireland-uk-Belgium feature The Damned, which will shoot early next year. Protagonist Pictures is selling and executive producing the film.

Individual awards range between £250,000 to £95,000,

Scroll down for the full list.

Set on a remote fishing outpost in the 19th century, the psychological horror is written by Jamie Hannigan, will be directed by Icelandic-uk director Thordur Palsson,...

Joanne Mitchell has racked up more than thirty screen acting credits over the course of a career that goes back thirty years – and Deadline reports that she is now making her feature directorial debut with a psychological horror film called Sybil! Filming is underway in Belgrade, with Rebecca Calder (Wrath of Man) starring alongside James Fleet (Four Weddings and a Funeral), Sacharissa Claxton (Sandman), Rupert Proctor (Notting Hill), Robyn Rainsford (Letters to April), and Jay Taylor (Red Tails).

Mitchell crafted the story for Sybil with Tracey Sheals, and even directed a 12 minute short version of the concept a few years ago. Dominic Brunt (the 2021 thriller Evie) has written the screenplay for the feature version of Sybil, which will be a twisted tale of a lonely mortician and her macabre quest for the perfect family. The Mortician’s life can be a lonely one. But there are always opportunities for love and revenge.

Described as a psychological thriller, Deadline reports today that Joanne Mitchell (The Outing) is on board to direct Sybil, an upcoming movie that’s centered on a lonely mortician.

Rebecca Calder (Love Me Do), James Fleet (Four Weddings and a Funeral), and Sacharissa Claxton (Sandman) will star in Sybil, which was written by Dominic Brunt.

Deadline previews, “The flick is billed as a twisted tale of a lonely mortician and her macabre quest for the perfect family. The Mortician’s life can be a lonely one. But there are always opportunities for love and revenge, the synopsis reads.”

Rupert Proctor (Notting Hill), Robyn Rainsford (Letters to April), and Jay Taylor (Red Tails) will also star. Joanne Mitchell and Tracey Sheals came up with the original story.

“We have an extraordinarily talented cast and crew to bring the bizarre and macabre world of Sybil to life,” said Mitchell. “I love the psychology behind the horror genre,...

Exclusive: Joanne Mitchell (The Outing) has signed on to direct the psychological horror Sybil, starring Rebecca Calder (Love Me Do), James Fleet (Four Weddings and a Funeral), and Sacharissa Claxton (Sandman).

Written by Dominic Brunt, Joanne Mitchell, and Tracey Sheals based on an original story by Sheals, the flick is billed as a twisted tale of a lonely mortician and her macabre quest for the perfect family. The Mortician’s life can be a lonely one. But there are always opportunities for love and revenge, the synopsis reads.

The pic is produced by Zoe Stewart (Hush) with Cataslyst Studios’ Holly Levow, Mark Pennell, and Paul Kampf. Principal Photography recently began in Belgrade. The cast is rounded out by Rupert Proctor (Notting Hill), Robyn Rainsford (Letters to April), and Jay Taylor (Red Tails).

“We have an extraordinarily talented cast and crew to bring the bizarre and macabre world of Sybil to life,...

Exclusive: BAFTA-winning Uprising producer Rogan Productions and Electric Shadow Company are forging Original Sin, a documentary miniseries exploring South African alleged murderer Gerhard Jansen van Vuuren and his trial.

After allegedly violently murdering his girlfriend Andrea Venter, when she was 25, in front of witnesses and CCTV cameras, and escaping prison twice, van Vuuren evaded the authorities across two continents for years, assumed three different identities and started families with several different women, before he was caught in 2020.

His trial was filmed as part of the doc and sentencing is due next month, while producers gained access to many of the major characters in the case along with reams of archive from both van Vuuren and Venter’s family.

The producers are forging as a mini-series but have the option to craft into a feature film. African producer MultiChoice Studios is also on board and Original Sin is being made in association...

Seemingly coming out of nowhere, the werewolf horror-thriller Wolf Manor, from actor and director Dominic Brunt has entered post-production. Directed by Brunt, the full-throttle, gore-filled film is the tale of a film crew caught in the claws of a manor house’s resident werewolf, was shot in three weeks in locations in Shropshire.

Shooting a vampire flick in an old, abandoned manor house should have worked like a dream, but the film crew are out of their depth, over schedule and desperate to get the shoot finished and go home. However, as the moon turns full, the nightmare begins. Blood flows and the body count rises as cast & crew meet the manor’s resident werewolf…

Brunt’s UK-produced film, which was written by Pete Wild and Joel Ferrari, stars James Fleet, Jay Taylor, Thaila Zucchi, Rupert Procter and John Henshaw. Wolf Manor’s creature design was created by renowned special make-up effects artist Shaune Harrison.

Only 140 out of 1,686 industry attendees took part online.

After last year’s festival relied on an online industry offering, with many international attendees unable to attend in person, the screen sector was champing at the bit to return to San Sebastian, a festival cherished by many for its beach location and exquisite culinary offerings, which wraps tomorrow (Sept 25).

Industry professionals who did manage to attend in 2020 remember the city being something of a ghost town, with restaurants often closed and evenings spent holed up in hotel rooms. But for the 69th edition, which continued to offer a mix of in-person and online industry events,...

Brit indie feature film Evie, starring Holli Dempsey, Michael Smiley and Jay Taylor, has just wrapped a four week shoot on locations in Yorkshire and the Llyn Peninsula, Wales.

Directed by Dominic Brunt and Jamie Lundy (making his feature film debut). the brooding psychological horror thriller centres on Evie (Dempsey), who has been burdened with a dark secret for most of her life.

Witness to a family tragedy when they were younger and ripped from an idyllic life by the sea, both Evie and her older brother Tony (Taylor) were put into care. Twenty years later they are reunited, but something terrible from their past follows…

Evie also stars Honey Lundy, Liam McMahon, Joanne Mitchell and Danny-Lee Brunt. Says director Dominic Brunt:

I was drawn to the allegorical aspects of the story and the stunning locations of Yorkshire and the Llyn Peninsula. I’d known Jamie Lundy as a brilliant...

Psychological thriller is co-directed by ‘Emmerdale’ star Dominic Brunt.

UK psychological horror Evie, co-directed by Emmerdale star Dominic Brunt and Jamie Lundy, has wrapped after shooting on locations in Yorkshire and Wales.

Produced by Paper Clip Pictures and Mitchell-Brunt Films Production, the thriller stars Holli Dempsey, best known for her roles in Ricky Gervais’ Derek and After Life, alongside Michael Smiley and Jay Taylor.

The story centres on a brother and sister who reunite 20 years after being separately placed in care, following a family tragedy. But they are soon confronted by something sinister from their past.

The film shot over...

Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment and Redbox Entertainment have acquired North American rights to action-thriller Sas: Red Notice from Parabolic Pictures’ Laurence Malkin and former special-forces operator Andy McNab.

The film is based on McNab’s bestselling novel and stars Sam Heughan (Outlander), Ruby Rose (Batwoman), Andy Serkis (Black Panther), Hannah John-Kamen (Ant-Man and the Wasp), Tom Hopper (The Umbrella Academy), Noel Clarke (Bulletproof) and Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton).

The film follows Tom Buckingham, a suspended special forces operator, who is taking Dr. Sophie Hart from London to Paris to propose. When their train is deep inside the Channel Tunnel, heavily armed mercenaries, led by Grace Lewis, seize control of it and hold everyone hostage. Grace threatens to blow up the Channel Tunnel and declare economic war on a government that has its fair share of secrets to keep. Unarmed and cut off from his counter terror team, Buckingham is the only...

We have a new trailer for The Stand In. This is the latest from Saban Films, with filmmaker Jamie Babbit at the helm. Drew Barrymore hires her on set stand-in to take her place. The unassuming woman flips the script and steals her identity, career, and boyfriend in the process. Drew Barrymore has recently been hosting her own TV show, The Drew Barrymore Show. Her most recent starring role was as one of the lead's in Netflix's The Santa Clarita Diet. Barrymore hasn't headlined a movie since 2015's Miss You Already.

Saban has been making inroads as a major distributor in recent years. Some of the studio's 2020 releases include Guns Akimbo, Vivarium, We Summon the Darkness and Most Wanted. The Stand In arrives in select theaters, on demand and digital December 11. Be sure to check out the new trailer for yourself from the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Jamie Babbit directed from screenplay by Sam Bain (Four Lions).

Saban Films has acquired North American rights to Drew Barrymore dual role comedy and official Tribeca Film Festival selection The Stand-In.

The Exchange handles international sales on the story about a disaffected comedy actress who uses her adoring stand-in to play her in life as she tries to escape from the demands of fame.

Eventually, the stand-in takes over the actress’s identity, career and boyfriend, and kicks her out of her own house.

Jamie Babbit directed The Stand-In from a screenplay by Sam Bain (Four Lions), and the cast includes Michael Zegen,...

Saban Films announced Wednesday it has acquired the North American rights to “The Stand-In,” a comedy from Jamie Babbit that stars Drew Barrymore and Drew Barrymore in a dual lead role.

Babbit’s film was a selection of Tribeca and co-stars Michael Zegen, Ellie Kemper, T.J. Miller and Holland Taylor. Sam Bain wrote the script.

“The Stand-In” is the story of a disaffected comedy actress busted for tax evasion and her adoring, ambitious stand-in who she hires to do community service in her place. A co-dependent relationship ensues as the actress begins to use the stand-in in all parts of her life to escape from the stressful demands of fame. Eventually, the stand-in starts to take the actress’s identity, career and boyfriend and finally kicks her out of her own house.

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“Drew...

Saban Films has secured the North American distribution rights to The Stand-In, the Jamie Babbit-directed comedy starring Drew Barrymore in duel roles alongside Michael Zegen, Ellie Kemper, T.J. Miller, and Emmy award winner Holland Taylor. The pic was an official selection of this year’s Tribeca Film Festival

Written by Sam Bain, the plot centers on a disaffected comedy actress who is busted for tax evasion and her adoring, ambitious stand-in who she hires to do community service in her place. A co-dependent relationship ensues as the actress begins to use the stand-in in all parts of her life to escape from the stressful demands of fame. Eventually, the stand-in starts to take the actress’s identity, career and boyfriend and finally kicks her out of her own house.

Caddy Vanasirikul and Brian O’Shea of The Exchange produced the comedy with Flower Films’ Ember Truesdell and Chris Miller and Tom McNulty.

Porn star Ron Jeremy is being charged with sexual assaulting 4 different woman between 2014 and 2019. The 4 incidences are said to have taken place in West Hollywood. The charges were made on Tuesday.

Ronald Jeremy Hyatt is now facing charges of 'forcible rape, forcible oral copulation and sexual battery' according to documents filed by the Los Angeles County district attorney's office. The first charge is for attacking a 25-year-old woman at a West Hollywood residence in 2014. Ron Jeremy is also being charged for sexually assaulting two different women at a West Hollywood bar in 2017. The final charge is for raping a fourth woman at the same West Hollywood bar in the summer of 2019.

The bar in question, which is the location of three separate attacks, was not disclosed by prosecutors. At this time, Ron Jeremy's representing team has not been announced. The total charges against Ron Jeremy at this time include 'three counts of forcible rape,...

Magnus Martens’ (Jackpot) under-the-radar action-thriller Sas: Red Notice has wrapped production in London, Paris and Budapest with cast including Ruby Rose, Andy Serkis, Tom Wilkinson and Sam Heughan. Here’s a first look at Rose and Heughan (Outlander).

Based on the book by former UK soldier turned popular author Andy McNab, Heughan (Outlander) plays Tom Buckingham, the lead character in all three books. In Sas: Red Notice, Buckingham’s marriage plans are upended by the hijacking of a train and a plan to blow up the Channel Tunnel. Rose (Batwoman) plays Grace, the scion of a private military company. Serkis (Black Panther) portrays Clements, a liaison officer for the Prime Minister, while Wilkinson (Michael Clayton) is Lewis, the patriarch of a private military company.

Hannah John-Kamen (Ant Man and the Wasp) takes on the role of Dr. Sophie Hart, who finds herself in the middle of the coordinated attack, Tom Hopper...

Magnus Martens directing Sas thriller.

Magnus Martens’ action thriller Sas: Red Notice has wrapped production after shooting in London, Paris and Budapest. Altitude Film Sales is taking the title to this week’s European Film Market in Berlin.

Based on the novel by UK writer Andy McNab, the film stars Outlander’s Sam Heughan and John Wick Chapter 2’s Ruby Rose in the story of Tom Buckingham, an elite operator in revered British special forces unit the Sas. It is based on McNab’s own experiences.

The cast also includes Andy Serkis, Tom Wilkinson, Hannah John-Kamen, Tom Hopper, Owain Yeoman,...

Exclusive: X-Men and Taken franchise star Famke Janssen has joined Scott Speer’s Endless starring Alexandra Shipp and Nicholas Hamilton.

Endless, based on a draft by Rohit Kumar, follows madly in love 19-year-olds Chris (Hamilton) and Riley (Shipp) who are separated when a fatal accident leaves Chris stranded in limbo between life and death. In agony, Chris watches Riley grieve until they find a way to connect and share exhilarating, deeply emotional moments that transcend life and death. A story of love and loss, both Chris and Riley must ultimately accept the hardest lesson of all – letting go.

Janssen will play Chris’ single working-class mother. Production is currently underway in British Columbia. Janssen recently appeared on ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder in a recurring role and The Blacklist: Redemption. She most recently wrapped production on Primal opposite Nicolas Cage and The Poison Rose starring John Travolta and Morgan Freeman.

Independent handles international sales.

IFC Films has picked up Us rights to the Patricia Clarkson detective noir Out Of Blue following its recent world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival.

Carol Morley wrote and directed the Martin Amis adaptation about a New Orleans homicide detective who investigates the shooting of leading astrophysicist and black hole expert in a case that shakes her view of the universe and herself.

Rounding out the key cast are Mamie Gummer, Jacki Weaver, James Caan, and Toby Jones. Independent handles international sales. IFC FIlms plans a 2019 theatrical release.

Luc Roeg, Cairo Cannon, and Maggie Monteith produced.

Exclusive: IFC Films has picked up the U.S. distribution rights to Out Of Blue. The Carol Morley written and directed crime drama had its premiere at this year’s Toronto Film Festival and will be released in theaters sometime next year. Patricia Clarkson (The Green Mile), Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom), James Caan (Misery), Toby Jones (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), and Mamie Gummer (End Of Tour) star.

Based on the novel by Martin Amis, the story follows a New Orleans homicide detective Mike Hoolihan (Clarkson) as she investigates the shooting of leading astrophysicist and black hole expert Jennifer Rockwell (Gummer). Mike is rarely affected by what she sees – but something about this scene affects her, flooding her senses and completely overwhelming her. As she gets deeper into the case, her quest for the truth completely shakes her view of the universe, and ultimately herself.

Luc Roeg, Cairo Cannon, and Maggie Monteith produced the pic.

“There’s much we can’t see, detect or comprehend, yet we spend our lives trying to get to the heart of this dark energy.” That’s the chilling threat at the start of the first clip (above) for Carol Morley’s Patricia Clarkson-fronted neo-noir detective drama Out of Blue.

The film, which is based on Martin Amis’ novel, plays in the Platform section of Tiff and premieres on Friday September 7 at 9:30pm in the Winter Garden Theater.

Clarkson plays Mike Hoolihan in the neo-noir metaphysical mystery. She’s a homicide detective called to investigate the shooting of leading astrophysicist and black hole expert, Jennifer Rockwell. But once on the case, she’s affected in ways she struggles to comprehend.

Jacki Weaver, James Caan, Toby Jones, Aaron Tveit, Mamie Gummer, Jonathan Majors and Devyn A Tyler also star in the crime drama from the helmer of The Falling.

Exclusive: British director Justin Chadwick, who directed Alicia Vikander and Judi Dench in Tulip Fever, has been tapped to direct the mystery thriller Dead House, slated to being production later this year. Shannon Pestock penned the script, which is being produced by Daniel Wagner’s BiFrost Pictures, Jay Taylor of Electric Shadow, and Nate Adams for Grey Mountain Entertainment.

Set in 1885 Pennsylvania, the pic follows Annaliese Kruger who, after witnessing the brutal slaughter of her husband and children, finds employment in the confines of the town’s dead house, a morbid dwelling where bodies are kept for 48 hours to make certain they have passed. But any semblance of normalcy is shattered when Annaliese sleuths out the psychopath who killed her family. Driven to save other families from her fate, she will have to catch the killer herself… if she can stay alive.

The script, which was...

Jason Lei Howden directs story of ordinary man thrust into deadly live-streamed game.

Samara Weaving has joined Daniel Radcliffe on Altitude sales title and action comedy Guns Akimbo ahead of an April 28 production start in Auckland, New Zealand.

Production will also take place in Munich, Germany. Occupant Entertainment is producing in association with Pump Metal Films and Ingenious Media on the Germany-New Zealand co-production, with Four Knights Film, New Zealand, as well as Maze Pictures and Occupant Entertainment Germany.

Jason Lei Howden directs from his screenplay about a lovelorn man whose mundane existence is turned upside-down when he finds himself...

Network: PBS. Episodes: Ongoing (two hours). Seasons: Ongoing. TV show dates: June 24, 2017 — present. Series status: Has not been cancelled. Performers include: Stefanie Martini, Sam Reid, Blake Harrison, Alun Armstrong, Ruth Sheen, Jessica Gunning, Andrew Brooke, Nick Sidi, Geraldine Somerville, Geoffrey Streatfeild, Nancy Carroll, Rosie Day, Lex Shrapnel, Jay Taylor, Jacob James Beswick, Joshua Hill, Daniel Ezra, Tommy McDonnell, and Jordan Long. TV show description: A prequel to the Helen Mirren police drama, and adapted from the Lynda La Plante novel Tennison, the Prime Suspect: Tennison TV show airs on ITV in UK as Prime Suspect: 1973. The series centers on Jane Tennison (Martini) in the early days of her...

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It’s time to meet Jane Tennison (again).

Stefanie Martini, (Doctor Throne, Emerald City) will in effect playa young Helen Mirren in ITV’s Prime Suspect prequel, tentatively titled Tennison and written by creator Lynda La Plante. The six-part series will follow the title character, played by Mirren from 1991 to 2006, at the beginning of her police career in London circa the 1970s.

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Sam Reid (The Astronaut Wives Club), Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners), Alun Armstrong (Penny Dreadful), Ruth Sheen (Unforgotten), Lex Shrapnel (Hunted) and Jay Taylor (The Bill) are set to costar.

Following the trailer debut last month, we now have the first poster for A Fantastic Fear of Everything, set to hit UK theaters June 8 (no Us release date has been set). Simon Pegg stars as an author of children's books that decides to branch out and write an adult crime novel. When he begins to research Victorian Era serial killers, the writer becomes increasingly paranoid, and is convinced he will be murdered. Check out this 1-sheet featuring the frightened star.

A Fantastic Fear of Everything comes to theaters June 8th, 2012 and stars Simon Pegg, Clare Higgins, Amara Karan, Sheridan Smith, Kerry Shale, Jay Taylor, Mo Idriss, Tuyet Le. The film is directed by Chris Hopewell, Crispian Mills.

Simon Pegg premiered the first trailer for his upcoming horror-comedy A Fantastic Fear of Everything on his Twitter page today. The actor stars as a writer who delves into research on Victorian era serial killers for his crime novel, which makes him paranoid and delusional. Check out the first footage, and read his message to Twitter followers.

A Fantastic Fear Of Everything - Trailer

"As promised, a Twitter exclusive. Coming soon, from @CrispianMills, I give you A Fantastic Fear of Everything..."

Jack (Simon Pegg) is a children's author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in his script, what should be his 'big break' rapidly turns into his 'big breakdown',...

We have added the awesome new full trailer for Lucasfilm's upcoming World World II epic drama, "Red Tails." The film about African-American fighter pilots in WWII is based on a story from "Star Wars" mastermind, George Lucas.The film stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Tristan Wilds, Lee Tergesen, Andre Royo, Method Man, Jesse Williams, Elijah Kelley, Nate Parker, Ne-Yo, Daniela Ruah, Marcus T. Paulk, Michael B. Jordan, Max Brown, Rick Otto, Kevin Phillips, Aml Ameen, Edwina Findley, Jay Taylor, Stacie Davis, Joshua Dallas and Leslie Odom Jr.Watch the new full trailer for "Red Tails" below;"Red Tails" is set for release across the Us from January 20th, 2012. The UK release date is to be announced.Movie is based on a story...