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Exclusive: Sonic Gods Studios, the company behind reality competition series 60 Day Hustle, has found representation.

The production company has signed with UTA.

It comes after its inaugural show, which Deadline revealed earlier this year, has been renewed for a second season.

Sonic Gods Studios was formed by Chris Hayman, Michelle Delamor and Adam Horner. It was previously the Sonic Gods Media Agency before it moved into the entertainment space.

Six-part series 60 Day Hustle launched on Prime Video in August, although was not an Amazon original. It featured 12 Gen Z and Millennial entrepreneurs in an accelerator program designed to condense two years’ worth of business development into two months. Season one was hosted by Rudy Mawer.

The contestants for the first season were Viju Beauty’s Avijah Scarbrough, Chi Chi Foods’ Chiara Munzi, The Dinostorus’ Dario Civon, Simply Fancy Perfume’s Fancy Acholonu, J. Butler Golf’s Joshua Butler, Mas Vida Skincare’s Kalyne Lopez,...

60 Day Hustle is a reality competition series that features a group of young entrepreneurs competing for a cash prize of $100,000.

It marks the first series for Sonic Gods Studios, formerly known as Sonic Gods Media Agency, which is moving into the entertainment space.

The company, which was founded by Michelle Delamor, Chris Hayman, and Adam Horner, is launching the six-part show on August 8 on Prime Video, although it is not an Amazon original.

It will feature 12 Gen Z and Millennial entrepreneurs into an accelerator program designed to condense two years’ worth of business development into two months. It will be hosted by Rudy Mawer.

The contestants are Viju Beauty’s Avijah Scarbrough, Chi Chi Foods’ Chiara Munzi, The Dinostorus’ Dario Civon, Simply Fancy Perfume’s Fancy Acholonu, J. Butler Golf’s Joshua Butler, Mas Vida Skincare’s Kalyne Lopez, Marcus Alexander Footwear’s Marcus Thomas, Mosaic Cakes’ Mehmet Tascioglu,...

Exclusive: Australian talent management company Ignite Elite Artists has opened a UK division. The first clients on the company’s UK books are Peter Andre, Amanda Clapham (Hollyoaks), and Ethan Dillon (Vikings).

Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, the company was set up in 2011.

The firm said its expansion to the UK is a “natural progression” and “signifies Ignite’s dedication to fostering exceptional talent and facilitating unparalleled opportunities within the dynamic realms of film, television, and entertainment.”

Ignite also has offices in Sydney and Los Angeles.

“We believe this expansion presents incredible opportunities for our talent,” said CEO Kiera Horner, a spokesperson for Ignite UK. “By bridging the three major international film industries, we aim to provide unparalleled support to our artists while catering to the diverse needs of casting directors. Our ultimate goal is to propel the careers of our talents both domestically and on the global stage.”

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Exclusive: Australian talent management company Ignite Elite Artists, whose clients include Lukas Whiting (Nautilus), Cecilia Low (Love Me), Annie Rose Buckley (Saving Mr Banks) and Carrie Schroeder (I Am Frankie), has opened an office in LA.

Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, the company was set up in 2011.

The roster also comprises Zoe Sheridan (The Daisy Chain), Daniel Widdowson (Reef Break), Shane Emmett (Home and Away), Laila Thaker (Wentworth), Damien Sato (Echo 8), and U.S. producers including Adam Horner (Cypher).

The firm says it hopes the U.S. expansion is a precursor to additional growth in coming years.

“Opening offices in Los Angeles is a significant milestone for Ignite Elite Artists, and we are thrilled to be expanding our reach to the U.S. market,” said Michelle Horner, Ignite Elite Artists’ founder and CEO. “In Australia, we have worked hard to establish ourselves as a reputable talent management company, and we are...

Stars: Danny Trejo, Rachele Brooke Smith, Terri Ivens, Nicolas Coster, Leah Ann Cevoli, Branden Smith, Adam Horner, Melanie Brooke Sweeney, Dennis Lavalle | Written by Robin Bain, Amy Brown Carver, Lizzie Gordon | Directed by Robin Bain

I have watched too many Danny Trejo movies to know that just by having his name on the poster and physical media artwork does not guarantee a good movie. Of course, he’s been in some movies I absolutely love but his name is often used when he features for little more than seconds in a movie and I thought that would probably be the case with The Last Exorcist.

I wasn’t far wrong, to be honest but Danny Trejo’s role here could be called a little bit more than a cameo. In The Last Exorcist, we follow two sisters who have had a difficult upbringing and have neither of their parents still with them.

David Ellender’s Sonar Entertainment will handle international distribution of “Interface,” an e-sports sci-fi series conceived by Australian actress and screenwriter Ellie Popov. Production in Australia and Taiwan is set to begin in the first quarter of 2021.

The story involves a young tech wizard who is kidnapped and thrust into a cyber-punk world, the Circuit Games, which are a breeding ground for mind-controlling military technology.

Popov’s Red Empire Productions developed the show. The company’s Amie Casey will produce alongside Justin Jones and Zeus Zamani’s Los Angeles-based Thriller Films, Adam Horner’s Ignite Pictures (Australia), and Steve Chicorel and Kelly Mi Li’s Taipei-based Organic Media Group. Nick Kozakis is set to direct the majority of the episodes.

The series is a private-sector co-venture that does not use a co-production treaty, but expects to be able to access federal and state rebate schemes in Australia, and government production support schemes in Taiwan.

Stars: Lizze Gordon, Margot Major, Adam Horner, Sofya Skya, Jocelyn Saenz, Miranda O’Hare, Jessica Louise Long, Sara Stretton, Aaron James, Terri Ivens, Jennifer Cipolla, Tessa Espinola | Written by Lizze Gordon | Directed by Margaret Malandruccolo

Five undergrad witches come together in order to perform a ritual to invoke the ancient powers of the witch Ashura. The leader of the coven gets carried away and accidentally kills one of the witches during the ritual. She needs the strength of a complete coven to invoke Ashura’s powers and sends them out to find a final witch. As she absorbs power the surviving girls’ plot to take her down but the possessed witch unleashes hell on campus with only one young witch left to stop her…

The Craft and Charmed have a lot to answer for. It seems that since then any film featuring teen girls in peril all feel in that same...

We're back with a jam-packed Horror Highlights! In today's installment, we have an exclusive clip from Coven, details on the acquisition of It Cuts Deep, first details for the graphic novel The Science of Ghosts, news on the new podcast Missing Dial Radio, a press release from Saban's acquisition of Initiation, a look at The Miskatonic's archival classes, advanced word on NYC's Shock Macabre Mansion in November, and a look at Arrow Video Channel's July lineup:

Exclusive Clip from Coven: "The Craft meets Suspiria in the bewitching Coven, set to spellbind audiences on DVD and Digital this summer.

Five undergrad witches come together in order to perform a ritual to invoke the ancient powers of the witch Ashura. The leader of the coven gets carried away and accidentally kills one of the witches during the ritual. She needs the strength of a complete coven to invoke Ashura’s powers and...

"Our destinies are intertwined." Uncork'd Entertainment has debuted the official trailer for an indie horror film titled Coven, which is not the most original title for a witch story. Described in the marketing as "The Craft meets Suspiria", the low-budget film is about five undergrad witches that come together in order to perform a ritual to invoke the ancient powers of the witch Ashura. One of them gets carried away, and starts absorbing more and more power. So the others have to take her down. Starring Lizze Gordon, Jennifer Cipolla, Margot Major, Adam Horner, and Terri Ivens. This looks like such a cheesy, bland film with some seriously awful VFX. And it doesn't even look like it might be good-bad or fun to watch, only bad-bad. Here's the official trailer (+ new poster) for Margaret Malandruccolo's Coven, direct from YouTube: Five undergrad witches come together in order to perform...

Luna Films today announced that James Marshall (Twin Peaks) and Louis Mandylor (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) have signed to star in the new series Three Knee Deep, which goes into production in Bucharest in January 2018… Marshall is hot off Showtime’s Twin Peaks, in which he reprised his role of James Hurley, while Mandylor recently completed work on Jesse V. Johnson’s The Pay Up. Holt Boggs, Adam Horner, Manuela Harabor and Marius Stanescu co-star in the series.

A harrowing psychological drama set against the backdrop of the world of “black op” special rendition and detention, the show will follow the lives of a handful of criminals incarcerated in a secret prison and the lengths that certain government officials will go to get what they want.

The first season of Three Knee Deep will consist of 5 episodes, and will be shopped upon completion. Bobby Barbacioru directs and produces under his Luna Films umbrella.

Exclusive: UK sales outfit boards doc about all-women punk band and Australian adventure movie.

UK sales outfit Moviehouse has added two films to its slate ahead of the Efm in Berlin.

Currently in post-production and readying for an autumn 2017 completion is documentary Here To Be Heard: The Story of the Slits,about the world’s first all-female punk band formed in 1976 London.

Contemporaries of The Clash and The Sex Pistols, the film tells the story of the Slits and the lives of the women involved, from the bands inception to its end in 2010 with the death of lead vocalist Ari Up.

The film Includes interviews with Slits band member Viv Albertine, The Sex Pistols’ Paul Cook, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, Don Letts, Dennis Bovell, Adrian Sherwood and previously unseen footage and recordings of the band.

Moviehouse Entertainment’s Mark Vennis is producing with director-producer William Badgley.

Also new to the slate is recently completed Australian title Rough Stuff...