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Life, the "brutal showdown between professional thieves and immortal monsters in the void of space" is nearing the end, and we have an exclusive preview of the upcoming fifth issue that you can read right now! Published by Dstlry, the hit comic book series sees writers Brian Azzarello and Stephanie Phillips team up with artist Danijel Žeželj, colorist Lee Loughridge, and letterer Jared K. Fletcher on Life to create a "masterfully crafted flip book, housing two enthralling stories in one!"

Issue Synopsis: "In the penultimate issue of the hit series, after Queen Jesus reveals her dark plans, a vicious firefight between the Pros and the Cons brings them all to the brink. But when one side of the conflict can’t die, what chance do Jax and her crew really have?"

Series Synopsis: "In the future, a death penalty will be considered an act of kindness, as covert experiments have...

Horror legends James Tynion IV and Michael Walsh lead a group of the most exciting voices in the industry in Exquisite Corpses. This new ongoing comic book series kicks off in May with its first, 13-issue season from Image Comics and Tiny Onion. One at a time, the killers of Exquisite Corpses are being revealed and we're excited to share with Daily Dead readers "The Congregation."

"Every five years on Halloween, the wealthiest families in America play a game. In Exquisite Corpses, 12 of the deadliest people in the world are dropped into a small town with just one goal: last killer standing wins. For the citizens of Oak Valley, Maine—this year's unlucky arena—the goal is much simpler. They must survive the night."

Each killer represents a state/family and wields a specific weapon, with the last killer standing earning the state/family the power to rule America for 5 years.

Uncork’d Entertainment is set to release Womb, a gripping female-directed horror-thriller inspired by true events, on Digital and On Demand starting February 11th.

Womb delves into every woman’s worst nightmare: the terror of fetal abduction. The film not only offers a chilling portrayal of this rarely explored subject but also provides a deep understanding of the twisted motivations and dark justifications of the perpetrators involved.

Beautiful, pregnant and a recovering addict, 22-year-old Hailey heads to a remote cabin to meet her soon to be sister-in-law. What starts out as a beautiful, quiet weekend turns into pure terror when she becomes the prey of a deranged hunter obsessed with abducting her full-term fetus.

Directed by Bridget Smith and written and produced by Mike Walsh of Philly Born Films, Womb features a powerful lead performance by Taylor Hanks (The Giant) alongside Myles Clohessy (FBI: Most Wanted) and Ellen Adair (Law and...

The Universal Monsters are back in comics in full force, thanks to Skybound Entertainment, and the publisher’s next entry takes readers back to ancient Egypt with The Mummy. The latest in a line that has included new Dracula, The Creature from the Black Lagoon and Frankenstein miniseries, Skybound’s latest monster title focuses on Prince Imhotep, taking a look at the famous story from an entirely new perspective.

First shared by Skybound on Instagram, the preview for The Mummy #1 – written and illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks – makes it clear that the story takes place concurrently with the original 1932 film, this time told from the perspective of Helen Grosvenor.

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Played by Zita Johann in The Mummy, Grosvenor was a British/Egyptian woman who found herself embroiled in a centuries-old love story, as the revived Prince Imhotep became convinced she...

/Film can confirm that "Universal Monsters: The Mummy" — a reimagining of 1932's "The Mummy" starring Boris Karloff — is rising up and shambling into comic shops next year.

This new mini-series is the fourth and latest horror comic partnership between Skybound Entertainment & Image Comics and Universal Products and Experiences. Since 2023, Skybound has been publishing a "Universal Monsters" thematic series that lets horror comic superstars reimagine the Universal Monsters across four issue mini-series. In keeping with the branding, the stories and monsters are styled specifically after the original 1930s Universal Horror iterations.

The first Skybound "Universal Monsters" comic was "Dracula" by writer James Tynion IV and artist Martin Simmonds. Next was "The Creature From The Black Lagoon Lives" by Dan Watters, Ram V, and artist Matthew Roberts." "Frankenstein" (written and drawn by Michael Walsh) wrapped up this past November and so "The Mummy" is the logical next choice.

"Universal Monsters: The Mummy...

After delivering horror to the holiday season this month with the Creepshow 2024 Holiday Special, Skybound and Image Comics will usher in the new year in scary style with Creepshow Vol. 3 #5, featuring a killer camping tale by writer Ed Brisson and artist Kael Ngu and a haunted house story by writer Kami Garcia and artist Isaac Goodhart, all tied together with coloring by Miquel Muerto and lettering by Pat Brosseau.

Before Creepshow Vol. 3 #5 lurks onto shelves beginning January 22nd, we have a look at perilous preview pages from the anticipated issue as well as the delectably deadly main cover art by Martín Morazzo & Chris O’Halloran and the amazing variant covers by Kael Ngu and Steve Beach, respectively. Below, you can check out the cover art, preview pages, and press release with additional details:

Press Release: Los Angeles — Today Skybound and Image Comics revealed covers and interior pages from Creepshow Vol. 3 #5, the...

As Captain America: Brave New World soon approaches theaters, Marvel Comics has debuted a new line of variant covers that celebrate Sam Wilsons Captain America while paying homage to Steve Rogers before him. Starting next January, Marvel is releasing five unique variant covers, each calling back to an iconic Captain America comic, until the films release next February. These classic covers are sure to impress Cap fans, new and old.

Starting with Avengers #22, Marvel salutes over sixty years of Rogerss tenure as Captain America while embracing Sam Wilsons ownership of the title. Wilson has been Captain America for nearly a decade but still finds himself having to prove his worthiness of the title.

Whether it be by skeptics both on and off the page, Wilson has continuously been held to a high standard that anyone wearing the Stars and Stripes should be held to, albeit with more scrutiny than Rogers ever faced.

Since the Golden Age, the comic book industry has thrived on weird and creative ideas, which can be found in classic series like Superman and Green Lantern. One of the best places to see the industry's strangest and wackiest ideas is through team-ups and crossovers. The best of these combine completely unrelated or seemingly-mismatched universes, having heroes team up with characters who couldn't be more different -- and sending them on equally bizarre adventures.

Comic book crossovers offer readers the chance to see some of their favorite characters and properties interact, sometimes even seeing them fight. These stories can answer classic comic fan questions like who would win in a grudge match, which character is more powerful or whether some heroes would actually work better in another world. With creators turning in some excellent and strange scripts to make these team-ups great, these stories stand out as some of the best gems in print.

It's the final new comic book week of the month and sometimes companies save the best for last. It appears to be the case with this week’s new releases.

You’ll see more changes in Absolute Power after learning about Amanda Waller’s first outing with Task Force X. Both X-Men comic books on this list are crucial if you’re following From the Ashes or a fan of mutants. There’s also more going on in Skybound/Image Comics Energon Universe during a very emotional issue of Void Rivals.

Normally, this list is only five comics. But this week was too heavy with good issues not to add an extra one. Let’s get right to it with the best comic book of the week.

Something is Killing the Children #40Writer: James Tynion IVArtist: Werther Dell’Edera

No one creates emotionally brutal moments like James Tynion IV. This issue...

Skybound’s “Universal Monsters: Frankenstein” #1, now available, is the first of a new limited series run, written/illustrated by Michael Walsh, with covers by Terry Wolfinger:

…every distinct body part used by ‘Dr. Henry Frankenstein’ …

“…to reanimate his dead monster…

“…has a story to tell, including a decorated police officer, whose body was grave-robbed…”

“But the man has a son, who will change Frankenstein’s life forever…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

The Money Trench – The Music Industry Podcast with Mark Sutherland (‘Tmt’) is a brand new podcast curated by industry veterans, Mark Sutherland and exec producer Mike Walsh. Sponsored by Ppl, Tmt is set to hit streaming platforms on Monday 24th June.

Conceived as a weekly deep dive into the latest music industry news and views, The Money Trench - named after the infamous Hunter S. Thompson misquote about the music business - will bring listeners compelling insights from the forefront of the global music industry every Monday.

Each episode will discuss and debate the hot topics of the week and delve into the experiences of renowned artists and influential music business leaders who will share their thoughts on the industry of now and the future. The inaugural episode will feature Lorna Clarke, BBC Director of Music – diving into her storied career and pulling the curtain back on what it is...

Michael Walsh's new comic series explores Dr. Frankenstein's creation of the Monster through body part origins and emotional storytelling. Skybound Entertainment continues to bring classic horror properties to comics with a unique take on the Universal Monsters franchise. The series promises a chilling narrative, focusing on the Monster's hands in the first issue and hinting at the son of Frankenstein's Monster.

This summer, Boris Karloffs indelible version of Frankenstein's Monster will be brought to life once more thanks to an all-new series from Skybound Entertainment. Mary Shelleys Frankenstein captured the imagination of the world after it was published in 1818. The later Universal Monsters adaptation in 1931 equally chilled audiences the world over with its unforgettable interpretation of the classic story.

Coming from The Silver Coin writer/artist Michael Walsh and colorist Toni-Marie Griffin, Universal Monsters: Frankenstein #1 promises a unique take on the classic James Whale film. Each issue...

Exclusive: Producer Kate Cohen (Jane Got a Gun) has tapped Oscar nominee Lesley Paterson (All Quiet on the Western Front) and Simon Marshall to script a feature adaptation of Viktor Frankl’s classic treatise, Man’s Search for Meaning. For Paterson’s husband and writing partner, Marshall, the project has taken on particular resonance of late, having just been diagnosed with late-stage pancreatic cancer.

Translated into 50 languages, with over 16 million copies sold, Frankl’s riveting account of his time in the Nazi concentration camps, and his exploration of the human will to find meaning in spite of unspeakable adversity, has offered solace and guidance to generations of readers since it was first published in 1946. At the heart of his work is the conviction that the primary human drive is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but rather the pursuit of meaning.

Producer Kate Cohen

Set to produce under her Straight Up...

Guy Gardner takes on his biggest mission yet: apprehending the feared bounty hunter Lobo. The United Planets assign Guy to capture Lobo, leading to an epic space wrestling adventure. Gardner's backup series ties into the upcoming "House of Brainiac" storyline, promising high stakes.

The most boisterous Green Lantern is embarking on the mission he was born for. The Green Lantern Corps might have gone through some dramatic changes as of late, but it's nothing Guy Gardner can't adjust to. Out of everything Guy could have been asked to do, he just got the most plum assignment in his entire career.

This spring, Guy Gardner is finally coming back into focus in Green Lantern. Starting with Green Lantern #10, the loudmouthed Emerald Knight will star in a 3-part backup series from Jeremy Adams and Justice League International's Kevin Maguire in "Guy's Bogus Lobo Adventure"

Green Lantern #10 (2024)

Release Date:

April 9th, 2024

Writer:

Jeremy...

This Valentine's Day, Skybound invited readers to board a lycanthropic locomotive with their new one-shot comic book Creepshow: Joe Hill’s Wolverton Station, and to celebrate the new release, we recently caught up with writer Jason Ciaramella and artist Michael Walsh to discuss adapting Joe Hill's werewolf-centric short story, infusing their unique styles into the iconic world of The Creep, and working with Skybound to bring this nightmare to undead life!

You can read our full Q&a with Jason and Michael below, and we also have a look at the chilling cover art and perilous preview pages from Creepshow: Joe Hill’s Wolverton Station.

Thank you for taking the time to answer questions for us, Jason and Michael, and congratulations on Creepshow: Joe Hill’s Wolverton Station, a new one-shot comic book adaptation of Joe Hill’s acclaimed short story! Hill has written so many amazing stories throughout his...

In the original Creepshow film, Joe Hill played Billy, a boy who got in trouble with his strict father (played by Tom Atkins) for reading a Creepshow comic book, so it's especially fitting that Joe Hill is teaming up with Jason Ciaramella and Michael Walsh to return to the eerie world of The Creep in the new one-shot comic Creepshow: Joe Hill’s Wolverton Station.

A fleshed-out adaptation of a short story by Hill, Creepshow: Joe Hill’s Wolverton Station will be unleashed on readers beginning March 27th from Skybound and Cartel Entertainment, and we have a chilling look at preview pages and cover art (including eye-catching variant covers by Gabriel Rodriguez and Maria Wolf) ahead of its release!

Press Release: Los Angeles 11/13/2023 — Gather round, kiddies, for a special presentation! Today Skybound announced Creepshow: Joe Hill’s Wolverton Station, an all-new one shot of the smash-hit, Eisner Award nominated comic...

Being one of Stephen King‘s children, author Joe Hill has a connection to the Creepshow franchise that goes back to its very beginning – in fact, Hill was in the original, classic 1982 film (watch it Here) that was written by King and directed by George A. Romero. He’s the kid in the wraparound segments. Decades later, Hill’s stories By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain, Twittering from the Circus of the Dead, and Mums were brought to the screen in episodes of the Creepshow TV series on the Shudder streaming service. And now another one of his stories, Wolverton Station, is getting the Creepshow comic book treatment. The one shot comic book Creepshow: Joe Hill’s Wolverton Station is set to reach store shelves (and digital stores) on Wednesday, March 27th.

Comics Beat reports that Hill teamed up with Jason Ciaramella (C is for Cthulu) and Michael Walsh...

Skybound has announced Creepshow: Joe Hill’s Wolverton Station this week, an all-new one shot of the smash-hit, Eisner Award nominated comic book anthology based on Greg Nicotero’s Shudder TV series produced and licensed by Cartel Entertainment. Season 4 of the hit Shudder TV series of the same name is out now on AMC and AMC+.

Brian Witten is overseeing on behalf of Nicotero’s Monster Agency Productions.

“Joe Hill continues to astound me!” said Greg Nicotero. “From Horns to Fireman and now this latest story, he’s created fantastic scenarios and places his beautifully crafted characters smack in the middle of them! I love everything he writes and am honored to continue our fruitful collaboration.”

In this feature-length issue, Creepshow alum and New York Times Bestseller Joe Hill is joined by Jason Ciaramella (C is for Cthulu) and Michael Walsh (The Silver Coin) to adapt his acclaimed short...

From its autumnal aesthetic to its haunted history, Massachusetts is always a great place to spend the Halloween season, but horror fans were particularly spoiled this year. In addition to the usual festivities in Salem and repertory programming at Boston theaters, we had no less than four horror conventions throughout the state in the span of two months: Silver Scream Con, Terror Con, MonstahXpo, and Hometown Haunts & Hops.

Many convention memories are made in hotel bars, so why not set one in a brewery? The inaugural Hometown Haunts & Hops took place at Mayflower Brewing in Plymouth on October 28, providing a fun environment on the unseasonably warm Saturday before Halloween. Curated by America’s Hometown Horror podcast and Inebri-Art, both based in Plymouth, the event is poised to become an annual occurrence.

Lively but low-key, Hometown Haunts & Hops is a refreshingly intimate alternative to the often overwhelming convention experience. There were no shortage of activities,...

Warning! This article contains spoilers for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Annual - Out of Time #1 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles just introduced a mysterious older version of one of the original brothers from the future, one who’s battle-worn, highly deadly, and utterly alone. If this sounds familiar, that’s because it should, as the Last Ronin could be described exactly the same way. However, this new Last Ronin-esque Ninja Turtle from the future isn’t Michelangelo, though his identity has just been revealed.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin throws fans into the desolate future of the Tmnt world, one where every single Turtle brother and ally has been killed by the Foot Clan - everyone except Michelangelo. The story that follows is a heavy, heartbreaking tale of an old, jaded version of the iconic ‘party dude’ as he ventures on a fateful quest to avenge his family,...

Warning! This article contains spoilers for 2023 Annual Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of Time #1 Michelangelo’s dark metamorphosis in The Last Ronin redefined the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and even opened up an entirely new and exciting corner of the Tmnt multiverse in which to explore. Now, there’s a new rugged and gritty Turtle from the future hitting the scene in Tmnt continuity, but this one is the evil opposite of Michelangelo.

The upcoming 2023 Annual Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of Time #1 by Michael Walsh and Vlad Legostaev will show the Ninja Turtles facing a “threatening force from the future” as “worlds collide”, making the brothers question if they can “band together to take down this mysterious foe”. It seems as though this Turtle came back in time to kill the Ninja Turtles–but why? Three covers were included, one main cover and two variants, each one giving fans...

Alec Baldwin has lined up another project, joining the cast of the upcoming feature film Kent State.

The film is set to bring to life the violent and tragic events of May 4, 1970, when four students were shot and killed by the National Guard during a campus protest against the Vietnam War. Baldwin will play Kent State president Robert I. White.

The film is being sold in Cannes by Strive Global Media.

Currently in pre-production, Kent State marks the feature directorial debut of Karen Slade, who also wrote the screenplay. Produced by Kristen Moser of Autumn Moor Productions, the executive producers on the movie include Tom Ortenberg, Kevin Beer, Ivan Williams, and Michael Walsh.

The deal was brokered by Miriam Elchanan, president of sales & acquisitions at Strive Global Media, and Lynn Mooney, president of Onna Media.

Baldwin has just completed the filming on his tragedy-stricken feature Rust almost 18 months after the...

Grindstone/Lionsgate to release Hemlock Circle Productions comedy in the US.

Myriad Pictures has boarded international rights to the completed comedy The Re-Education Of Molly Singer starring Britt Robertson, Ty Simpkins and Jaime Pressly and has begun talks at EFM.

Andy Palmer directed the story about a young lawyer who gets the chance to win back her job and must pose as a university freshman in order to help her boss’s awkward teenage son navigate his first semester.

Grindstone/Lionsgate will release the Hemlock Circle Productions comedy in the US. The cast includes Nico Santos, Wendie Malick, and Cierra Ramirez.

The brilliant minds at Boom! Studios are now preparing for the latest release in their ever-expanding horror library: Harrower. Set for a 2023 release, Harrower follows the urban legend of its title character, an elusive boogeyman haunting a small town in New York called Barlowe. This unkillable purveyor of puritanical vengeance is very real, much to the chagrin of the children in his path.

One child who isn't as afraid is young teenage Jessica Brink. Jessica finds herself obsessed the Harrower and the urban legend that precedes him. The deeper that Jessica digs into the lore of the Harrower, the closer she gets to uncovering deep secrets surrounding her morbid fixation, a fixation that may prove easier said than done to pull herself out of.

Related: Exclusive: Dune's 'House Harkonnen' Gets The Prequel Treatment From BOOMHarrower is written by Justin Jordan, whose most notable works include Reaver, Spread, and The Strange Talent of Luthor Strode.

Welcome to the eighth installment of our new column 100 Word Hits, in association with comics retailer The Unreality Store, in which Matthew De Monti brings us short, sharp reviews of the latest books to hit comic stores over the past month or so!

The Silver Coin #12 Written by Stephanie Phillips | Art by Michael Walsh

February 1945 and the American Army are pushing through the Italian Alps clearing out some last vestiges of fanatical Nazi opposition. Pleading for mercy a dying German tries to trade a mysterious silver coin for his life. Private Hart the recipient of the coin wishes that he can overcome his fear of killing and be like his fellow GI’s who have no compunction in taking lives.

But as we know the coin has a way twisting its’ holders wishes and before long Hart is killing with impunity and neither Germans or his fellow Americans are safe from the coin’s curse!

Exclusive: James DuMont (The Righteous Gemstones), Christopher James Baker (Ozark), Manny Galan (City on a Hill), Juvian Marquez (Power Book II: Ghost) and Anirudh Pisharody (9-1-1) will round out the cast of the thriller Unit 234, from director Andy Tennant, which is currently in production in the Cayman Islands. The quintet will star alongside previously announced cast members including Isabelle Fuhrman, Don Johnson and Jack Huston.

In the film written by Derek Steiner, a lone employee at a remote storage facility (Fuhrman) discovers an unconscious man locked inside Unit 234, chained to a gurney and missing a kidney. She must then fight to survive a ruthless gang, dead set on retrieving their precious cargo…at any cost. Blythe Frank, Hadeel Reda, Lee Dreyfuss and Productivity Media’s William Santor and Doug Murray are producing, with Johnson, Colleen Camp and Radiant Films International founder Mimi Steinbauer serving as executive producers. Radiant...

Exclusive: Miranda Rae Mayo is reteaming with her former Chicago Fire co-star Yuriy Sardarov on Daddy, a dark comedy written and directed by Neal Kelley and Jono Sherman, which will enter production in Topanga Canyon next week.

The film is set in a dystopian society where the state has the power to determine who can and cannot father children, watching as four men attend a government sanctioned retreat in the remote mountains of California. When they show up at the site, only to find no guide or instructions waiting for them, they are left to their own devices and must prove to themselves—and each other—that they have what it takes to become fathers.

Kelley and Sherman are producing the film—also starring Pomme Koch (The Band’s Visit)—under their Twnshp Pictures banner, with The Kalin Company’s Sophia Kalin. Nathan Nemon is exec producing.

Mayo is best known...

Exclusive: Chris Mulkey (On the Basis of Sex, Captain Phillips) has signed on to a starring role in The Redeemer, the indie Western from writer-director Myles Clohessy, which is heading into production in Montana later this month.

The two-time Independent Spirit Award nominee joins a cast that includes Titus Welliver, Brandon Routh, SAG Award winner Robert Clohessy, Mo Brings Plenty, Eddie Spears, Golden Globe nominee Irene Bedard, Timothy V. Murphy and newcomer Baylee Toney, as previously announced.

The Redeemer tells the story of Butch (Mulkey), a washed up war hero in 1880s Montana who embark on a life-or-death rescue mission into the frontier, alongside his estranged son Garrett (Routh), to save his Indigenous wife Aponi (Bedard) and daughter-in-law (Toney), after they’re kidnapped by a gang of violent outlaws led by the formidable former Calvary Captain Randall Ferguson (Murphy). But a harsh winter, the horrors and dangers of the frontier,...

Exclusive: Roberto Urbina (Snowpiercer), McCaul Lombardi (American Honey), Julieth Restrepo (Loving Pablo), Kendal Rae (2 Broke Girls), Luis Chávez (Ocean’s Thirteen), Julio César Cedillo (Sicario), Manuel Uriza (Rambo: Last Blood) and Chris Mulkey (On the Basis of Sex) will star in Deadland, an indie thriller from director Lance Larson, which has wrapped production in Oklahoma and Texas.

The film centers on border agent Angel Waters (Urbina), who is called to investigate a man who walks the harsh plains of the South Texas desert, finding that what should be a routine apprehension quickly turns into his worst nightmare.

In an unexpected turn of events, the migrant is accidentally killed, with Waters and his fellow officers quickly burying the body in the desert. They swear to an oath of silence—but the migrant refuses to stay silent.

Larson and Jas Shelton wrote the script, with David Elliot providing creative supervision. Larson and...

Exclusive: Peter Greene, Joseph D’Onofrio and Myles Clohessy (The Bog) have signed on to star in Cross, an indie drama from director Judy San Roman (The Wrong Path), which will go before cameras in October.

They join an ensemble that includes Christopher Brian Roach, Mario Polit, Andrew Koss, Rayvin Disla and Deanna Mayo.

The film, written by San Roman and Joanne Tamburro (Jesse), centers on a 22-year-old (Disla) who is falsely accused of robbery, watching as his girlfriend (Mayo) makes a deal with criminals to secure the money necessary to bail him out. While the young woman’s overprotective father (Greene) tries to help, both are nonetheless drawn into the underbelly of a local drug ring, intersecting with cops, criminals and scoundrels, who all have their own secret agendas. Ultimately, Disla’s character turns to a boxing match with a grand...

Exclusive: Janel Parrish (Pretty Little Liars) and Jonathan Bennett (Mean Girls) have signed on to star in Myles Clohessy’s indie horror film, The Bog.

They join previously announced cast members Mark Ryder (Borgia), Timothy Murphy (Westworld) and Robert Clohessy (Blue Bloods) in the film, which goes into production in Ireland and Scotland in October.

Inspired by haunting true events, The Bog tells the story of two couples, led by a troubled Collette (Parrish), who intertwined through friendship, unknowing infidelity and a tragic family death, decide to take an epic hiking trip into the remote Scottish Highlands to get away from it all, reconnect and stay at one of the secluded ancient cottages that dot the area. What starts as the time of their lives—and a much-needed, doctor-requested couples retreat—quickly spirals out of control for the group of friends in the isolated, harrowing mountain territory. There, they find...

Expanding his operation to original content of the visual kind, longtime Motley Crue manager Allen Kovac today announced the creation of Better Noise Films.

Its initial project slate includes horror film “The Retaliators” starring Michael Lombardi (FX’s “Rescue Me”), Marc Menchaca and Joseph Gatt (“Dumbo”). Written by Darren Geare and Jeff Allen Geare and directed by Bridget Smith, the movie also features cameos and music by Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee, Five Finger Death Punch and Papa Roach, among others.

Also on deck is “Sno Babies,” a drama about opioid-ravaged middle-class suburbia told through the story of two heroin-addicted girl friends. Produced by Kovac and Mike Walsh of Philly Born Films, it was inspired by a true story.

A division of Better Noise Entertainment, Kovac serves as CEO and Dan Lieblein, formerly of Cinecom Entertainment Group, October Films, USA Films and USA Home Entertainment, is COO. Rounding out the...

Exclusive: Paola Andino and Katie Kelly are joining the Bridget Smith-directed independent drama Sno Babies, which goes into production in early November in Philadelphia, Pa.

Inspired by true events, Sno Babies tells the story of 16 year-old best friends Kristen McKusker (Kelly of NBC’s Game of Silence ) and Hannah Reid (Andino of Nickelodeon’s Every Witch Way and Queen of the South) who become addicted to heroin. Kristin is an honor student from a good Catholic family who finds her world upside down after becoming pregnant while addicted to heroin. Hannah is an edgy, vixen and an only child from a family of divorce who finds herself battling for her life while also battling her struggles with heroin. “After a long casting process, we are thrilled to have found these two crazy talented, beautiful, passionate actresses to tell this very powerful story,” said Smith in a statement. Sno Babies...