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Showrunners have had to publicly apologize for mistakes made on popular TV shows, whether they are professional errors or personal choices. Apologies from showrunners have varied in their effectiveness, and controversies have often lingered over their series even after apologizing. Mistakes can stem from harmful tropes, misgendering characters, offensive jokes, handling of relationships, to technical difficulties, and casting decisions. Apologies have been issued for all these reasons.

People in every industry inevitably make mistakes, and that's true of showrunners producing popular TV shows — some of whom have even had to apologize to their audiences over the years. Nobody is immune to the occasional faux pas, whether it's a minor hiccup or a catastrophic error. Those in charge of high-profile series risk disappointing fans when they make a mistake. Some have even offended their viewers with such miscalculations, often hurting their shows in the process.

Showrunners who have made larger errors...

From the Director & Producers of “Ash and Bone” comes the Supernatural Mystery/Thriller “The Devil’s Left Hand”. Written and Directed by Harley Wallen. Producers include Kaiti Wallen, Joseph Kelbie Williamson, Yan Birch, Nancy Oeswein and Annette Cama. releasing July 1,2023 on demand and digital

After the tremendous success of the Horror/Thriller “Ash and Bone” comes another Supernatural, Mystery/Thriller “The Devil’s Left Hand”.

Jerome Courshon of Lion Heart Distribution picking up the film for North American distribution.

Short Synopsis: A Demonic entity breaches a Medium at a young couples housewarming party and start to Terrify the attendees to gain power with the intention of wiping them all out, they must fight back and give the Demon as little power over them as their fear fuels the power of the Demon.

“My goal was to make a film that combined the different elements of horror with the focus on suspense and mystery,...

Entertainment industry vets Robyn Friedman and Danny Friedman have co-founded Compass Artist Management (Cam), a Toronto-based full-service talent and management agency that will rep clients for film, television, stage, new media, motion capture and voice artists in North America and around the world. The sibling duo will co-manage the firm’s roster, with an experienced executive team including Jane Cai as co-founder and VP of operations, Noreen Murphy as agent and manager of the firm’s Voice Performance Division, and Stephanie Zavitz as accounting manager.

The new venture has already established its roster with talents such as Shay Mitchell (Pretty Little Liars), Christopher Russell (Jack Ryan), Charlene Amoia (How I Met Your Mother), Hallea Jones (Locke & Key), Jarrod MacLean (Designated Survivor), Kevin Hanchard (Orphan Black) as well as stage actors Makambe Simamba, Samantha Walkes (Book of Mormon) and Simon Gagnon (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child).

Robyn began her...

With a psychic in attendance, all hell breaks loose at a party when a séance doesn't go as planned in Harley Wallen's new horror movie Agramon’s Gate, and ahead of its release on VOD this February, we've been provided with an exclusive clip to share with Daily Dead readers!

In our exclusive clip below, you can watch an urgent conversation take place following a séance gone wrong, and keep an eye out for Agramon’s Gate when it's released on VOD beginning February 11th from Midnight Releasing.

"From writer/director Harley Wallen, and featuring genre icons Laurene Landon (Maniac Cop) and Yan Birch (The People Under The Stairs), Agramon’s Gate premieres On Demand February 11.

A psychic reader and Medium is invited to a party. Something goes very wrong and something comes over from the other side to haunt the people from the party. They must solve the mystery before it's too late.

Stars: Richard Tyson, Scout Taylor-Compton, Billy Wirth, Yan Birch, Mel Novak, Erika Hoveland, Angelina Danielle Cama, Damien Chinappi | Written and Directed by Harley Wallen

One man production team Harley Wallen is back with his latest opus, Eternal Code, in which he stars as well as writing and directing. The film tells the story of a genetic research company who, breaking all moral and ethical codes, has developed a miracle device to sustain human life for the rich and powerful.

When the company’s CEO (Erika Hoveland) refuses to approve these illegal methods, she and her husband (Billy Wirth) are kidnapped by a team of mercenaries hired by Oliver (Richard Tyson) to keep them out of the way. Fearing for her parents’ lives, their teenage daughter (Angelina Danielle Cama) must develop an unlikely ally (Damien Chinappi) to save her parents from those who would kill to live forever.

It would seem...

Painted Creek Productions and Vision Films Inc. announced on Tuesday the upcoming release of Harley Wallen’s action thriller feature film Eternal Code. Check out the trailer and poster below.

Breaking all moral and ethical codes, a genetic research company has developed a miracle device to sustain human life for the rich and powerful. When the company’s CEO (Erika Hoveland) refuses to approve these illegal methods, she and her husband (Billy Wirth) are kidnapped by a team of mercenaries hired by Oliver (Richard Tyson) to keep them out of the way. Fearing for her parents’ lives, their teenage daughter (Angelina Danielle Cama) must develop an unlikely ally (Damien Chinappi) to save her parents from those who would kill to live forever.

Eternal Code stars Richard Tyson (Black Hawk Down), Scout Taylor-Compton (Rob Zombie’s Halloween 1 & 2), Billy Wirth (The Lost Boys), Yan Birch (Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs...

Harley Wallen’s Eternal Code Announces VOD and DVD Release Through Vision Films and Limited Theatrical Release With Emagine Theaters Painted Creek Productions (“Painted Creek) and Vision Films Inc. (“Vision) announced on Tuesday the upcoming release of Harley Wallen’s Action Thriller feature film Eternal Code. Eternal Code stars Richard Tyson (Black Hawk Down), Scout Taylor-Compton (Rob Zombie’s Halloween 1 & 2), Billy Wirth (The Lost Boys), Yan Birch (Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs), Mel Novak (Bruce Lee’s Game of Death), Erika Hoveland (Injustice For All), Damien Chinappi (Betrayed), Kaiti Wallen (Moving Parts), Angelina Danielle Cama(Abstruse), Vida Ghaffari (The Mindy Project), Shane Hagedorn (Wild Faith), Harley Wallen (Bennett’s Song) and Calhoun Koenig (Law & Order Svu). Breaking all moral and ethical codes, a genetic research company has developed a miracle device to sustain human life for the rich and powerful. When the company’s CEO (Erika Hoveland...

Artwork and images have been revealed for the new horror movie Blind, starring Caroline Williams! A new poster has also been unveiled for Harley Wallen's thriller Agramon's Gate, starring Laurene Landon and Yan Birch (The People Under the Stairs). Also in today's Highlights: Frontières at Fantasia International Film Festival 2019 lineup, Splatter University (1984) Original Soundtrack (Ost) release details, and Too Late casting and production details.

Blind Poster and Images: "Love Is “Blind” In The New Horror Masterpiece By Marcel Walz Starring Sarah French and Caroline Williams

Silent Partners has just unveiled the first look poster and new stills from the upcoming feature Blind, the highly anticipated new horror thriller by Blood Feast remake director Marcel Walz.

Blind follows Faye (Sarah French), a former actress that lost her vision due to botched laser eye surgery, struggles to put her life back together while living alone in her dream house in the Hollywood Hills.

In today’s film news roundup, Chadwick Boseman’s “17 Bridges” is moved to September, “Under My Skin” completes production and “Eternal Code” is bought.

Release Dates

STXfilms has moved Chadwick Boseman’s action-thriller “17 Bridges” out of the crowded summer and into the early fall, swapping its July 12 release date for Sept. 27 in North America.

“Black Panther” star Boseman is producing and starring in “17 Bridges.” Brian Kirk, whose credits include “Luther” and “Game of Thrones,” is directing from a script by Adam Mervis.

Boseman will portray a disgraced NYPD detective who, after being thrust into a citywide manhunt for a cop killer, is given a shot at redemption. As the night unfolds, lines become blurred on who he is pursuing, and who is in pursuit of him.

Stx has also dated Dave Bautista’s comedy “My Spy” for Aug. 23. Bautista plays a hardened CIA operative who has been demoted and finds...

Exclusive: Scout Taylor-Compton, who starred as Laurie Strode in Rob Zombie’s 2007 reboot of Halloween and its 2009 sequel, is to star in thriller Ash and Bone.

Taylor-Compton, who also starred in long-running series Nashville, will feature in the film, directed by Harley Wallen (Betrayed) and written by Bret Miller (Some Are Born), alongside Mel Novak (Game of Death).

The film, which is produced by Painted Creek Productions, Cama Productions and Auburn Moon, is an urban legend thriller. Cassie Vanderbilt, played by Angelina Danielle Cama (Abeyance) is a rebellious teen whose wild streak escalates as her caring father Lucas, played by Wallen, decides to take her and his new wife Sarah, played by Kaiti Wallen (Snapshot), out of the city for some bonding and quality time together. But after Cassie crosses the infamous McKinley family, played by Jimmy Doom and Erika Hoveland, it becomes clear that sometimes danger lies hidden in the weeds,...

Check out these exclusive, never before seen screenshots of the much anticipated, compelling new sci-fi action thriller, Abeyance, which comes from Painted Creek Productions.

After a revolutionary invention with great implications Bridget (Erika Hoveland) finds a character flaw in the company they’ve partnered with to develop the prototype that could be the fountain of youth. When she pulls the plug and step away from their original deal she quickly realizes they will stop at nothing to get it back. After her family gets kidnapped to sway a favorable vote their hopes rely on their teen daughter Miranda (Angelina Cama) and her unlikely allies, Corey (Damien Chinappi), a suicidal military veteran and Stephanie, (Kaiti Wallen), a prostitute.

Abeyance is written, produced and directed by multi award-winning filmmaker and actor Harley Wallen and stars Scout Taylor Compton (Rob Zombie’s Halloween 1 and 2), Richard Tyson, Billy Wirth (The Lost Boys), Yan Birch...

In today’s film news roundup, Ben Foster is playing a boxer, Corbin Bernsen will portray a real estate developer and vampire fantasy “Empire V” is selling at Afm.

Castings

Ben Foster has signed on to star in boxing drama “Harry Haft” with Barry Levinson directing. Bron Studios and New Mandate Films are producing in association with Creative Wealth Media, which is financing the film.

Levinson is directing and producing from a screenplay by Justine Juel Gillmer, based on the novel “Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano” by Alan Scott Haft. The film is set post-World War II and will star Foster as Harry Haft, a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by the memories and his guilt, he attempts to use high-profile fights against boxing legends like Rocky Marciano as a way to find his first love again.

Besides Levinson,...

From writer/director Harley Wallen Agramon’s Gate stars Laurene Landon (Maniac Cop 1 and 2) and Yan Birch, alongside Calhoun Koenig, Aphrodite Nikolovski, Heather Fairbanks, Kaiti Wallen, Francisco Posada and Mason Heidger. The film tells the story of Richie, a young man with a dark past coming to pull him back in… And we have you exclusive first-look at the trailer for the film, along with an introduction from Harley Wallen himself!

Says Wallen:

When I wrote Agramon’s Gate this was one of the scripts that came out really easy. I wanted to make a horror movie with a good storyline that had good plot and great characters. So writing it pretty much poured right out after I figured out the components, characters and story. I was always a fan of horror movies that offered more than just gore. I love when there is a great story, strong suspense and...

Stars: Tara Reid, Harley Wallen, Calhoun Koenig, Aphrodite Nikolovski, Dennis Haskins, Victoria Mullen | Written by Nancy Oeswein | Directed by Harley Wallen

Starring and directed by Harley Wallen, and written by Nancy Oeswein, Bennett’s Song follows two very modern families and a young girl with big music dreams. Starring Tara Reid, Harley Wallen, Aphrodite Nikolovski, Dennis Haskins, Calhoun Koenig, and Victoria Mullen, the film is a very timely celebration of diversity, love and acceptance.

Bennett’s Song tells the story of a widower, Sam Bennett (Harley Wallen) and divorcee, Susan Song (Aphrodite Nikolovski) finding love against all odds. Their unconventional romance, which sees two very unique and diverse families with seven kids each collide with their not-so-pleasant next door neighbor (Tara Reid), who throws a wrench in the big music plans of the very independent Pearl (Calhoun Koenig), in this story of a a not-so-normal American family in the 21st century.

Bennett’s Song is a heart-warming new film about love, acceptance and inclusion. Directed by Harley Wallen and written by Nancy Oeswein, and starring Tara Reid, Harley Wallen, Aphrodite Nikolovski, Dennis Haskins, Calhoun Koenig, and Victoria Mullen; this sweet and sentimental film follows two very modern families and a young girl with big music dreams. It is a very timely celebration of diversity, love and acceptance that has been described as Modern Family meets High Fidelity.

What originally attracted you to Bennett’s Song?

My partner wrote the script and the it is absolutely fantastic. It’s a really current story about what it feels like to look and be different. To have a different family, different circumstances and still finds ways to be relatable. It is just about the difficulties to be a family now period. I was so scared, I have done thrillers, action and that style of film,...

In today’s film news roundup, Shia Labeouf is starring in “Tax Collector,” Scout Taylor-Compton joins “Abeyance,” and streaming service Docsville is expanding.

Castings

Shia Labeouf and Bobby Soto are starring in David Ayer’s crime thriller “Tax Collector,” which will be shot in Los Angeles this summer.

Cross Creek Pictures is financing “Tax Collector,” a co-production between Cross Creek and Cedar Park Entertainment, Ayer’s production company. Ayer and Chris Long of Cedar Park are the producers. The filmmakers are keeping the logline under wraps.

Ayer’s directing credits include “End of Watch,” “Sabotage,” “Fury,” “Suicide Squad,” and “Bright.” Labeouf worked with Ayer in the World War II action-drama “Fury.” Labeouf’s show business drama “Honey Boy” is in post-production.

Cross Creek is repped by CAA Media Finance and Schuyler Moore of Greenberg Glusker Fields. Cedar Park, Ayer, and Long are repped by CAA. The news was first reported by Deadline.

Stars: Kris Reilly, T.J. Storm, Harley Wallen, Calhoun Koenig, Kaiti Wallen, Dennis Marin, Brian Heintz, Jessika Johnson, Jennifer Jelsema, Michael Alexander | Written by Harley Wallen | Directed by Jerry Hayes, Harley Wallen

Moving Parts is about two very different couples who are drawn into organized crime, but it is soon clear that everyone and everything is not who or what they seem.

Suspecting her husband may be cheating Angela Prescott (Kaiti Wallen) hires private detective Seth Nichols (Harley Wallen) to follow her husband Kevin Prescott (Kris Reilly). However, during the investigations instead of finding another woman, Seth finds that Kevin has got himself involved with a local crime syndicate.

Adam Johnson (Dennis Marin) is having his own relationship issues with is partner Lisa Shields (Jessika Johnson) and decides to drink away his issues in a local bar, sharing his company with any woman who will give him the time. Detective James...

Award-winning filmmaker Harley Wallen (United Colors of Bennett’s Song, Moving Parts) has announced his latest project Agramons Gate. Wallen will write, produce and direct the film which is set to feature Laurene Landon (Maniac Cop 1 and 2) and Yan Birch (The People Under the Stairs, Death House), alongside Calhoun Koenig, Heather Fairbanks, Kaiti Wallen, Francisco Posada and Mason Heidger.

The film tells the story of Richie, a young man with a dark past coming to pull him back in. At the age of 12 he shot and killed his father to protect his mother who was being assaulted by his deeply troubled dad. Richie has just bought a house, gotten married and at the housewarming party along with a psychic medium something else comes through. Is it Carter, Richie’s father? Has Carter come back to settle the score? Or is it Sharon, his mother who’s been at a mental institution ever since?...