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Hereditary, Old, and A Quiet Place: Day One star Alex Wolff is preparing to helm his sophomore feature, the dark psychological thriller If She Burns, in which he’ll also star. The multi-hyphenate talent recently provided Deadline with an update on the film, teasing a “dark, emotional” ride ahead.

If She Burns will also star Victoria Pedretti (“You,” “The Haunting of Hill House”), Asa Butterfield (All Fun and Games, Flux Gourmet, Choose ofDie) and Justice Smith (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, The Quarry).

The film “follows a fiery young woman (Victoria Pedretti) who travels to Europe with her dysfunctional family after a traumatic incident. She finds refuge and danger in a turbulent affair with her enigmatic neighbor (Wolff), which along with increasing family tensions and mysterious wildfires, threaten to push her to breaking point.”

“It’s a dark but also warm and emotional thriller,” Wolff told Deadline.

Principal Entertainment has brought aboard Tom Spriggs and Chris Horsman as managers who bring clients with them.

Clients making the transition with Spriggs include 1883 breakout Isabel May and her Una Vaca Productions, Deniz Akdeniz (High Potential), Darren Mann (1923) as well as Anna Akana who is currently touring her one woman show It Gets Darker. Also joining Spriggs is Kevin Coughlin & Ryan Grassby, the writing team behind the upcoming Never Let Go for Lionsgate and 21 Laps, director Randall Okita (Menace), Joshua Caldwell (Mending the Line) and BAFTA winner and Oscar Nominee Lesley Paterson (All Quiet On the Western Front) and her writing partner Simon Marshall. Spriggs was executive producer of Menace, The King Tide, Castle In The Ground and Mean Dreams.

Horsman returns to Principal where he began his career as a representative. After years of being a talent agent at both ICM and CAA where he worked on teams with clients including Chris Rock,...

Exclusive: Jackie Tohn (Glow) and Sarah Podemski (Reservation Dogs) lead cast in Jewish summer camp comedy Floaters, which has recently wrapped filming in New York.

Rachel Israel (Keep the Change) directs the feature which also stars Aya Cash (The Boys) as Rabbi Rachel, Judah Lewis (The Babysitter) as Jonah, Nina Bloomgarden (The Resort) as Lindsey, Jake Ryan as Wetspot, and Seth Green (Family Guy) as Daniel.

Steve Guttenberg (Three Men and a Baby), wrestler and actor Maxwell Jacob Friedman (The Iron Claw), Jill Kargman (Odd Mom Out), Jonathan Silverman (Moonshine), and Dan Ahdoot (Cobra Kai) round out the cast.

Written by Brent Hoff and Andra Gordon and Amelia Brain, the movie follows struggling musician Nomi (Tohn) who accepts a last-resort job from her overachiever best friend Mara (Podemski): mentoring misfit campers, the “Floaters,” at their childhood Jewish summer camp. As the camp struggles to survive amidst competition with a longtime rival,...

Hereditary, Old, and upcoming A Quiet Place: Day One star Alex Wolff is set to produce and direct the dark psychological thriller If She Burns, in which he’ll also star alongside an impressive cast.

If She Burns will also star Victoria Pedretti, Asa Butterfield and Justice Smith.

The film “follows a fiery young woman (Victoria Pedretti) who travels to Europe with her dysfunctional family after a traumatic incident. She finds refuge and danger in a turbulent affair with her enigmatic neighbor (Wolff), which along with increasing family tensions and mysterious wildfires, threaten to push her to breaking point.”

The film is described as a “dark and sexy psychological thriller.”

Wolff is directing based on his own screenplay, and the multi-hyphenate filmmaker will also write and produce music for the film with Karl McComas-Reichl. The film is also produced by Jay Van Hoy (The Witch) and Andra Gordon (Castle in the Ground...

The Gold debuted on the BBC last year and was met with wonderful accolades. And rightly so. The miniseries was inspired by the strange real-life events that unfolded on November 26, 1983, when six armed men broke into the Brink’s-Mat security depot near London’s Heathrow Airport and planned to steal £1m. They inadvertently stumbled across £26m gold bullion instead.

Those real-life elements ignite The Gold, which made its debut on Paramount+ on September 17. Whether it becomes one of the streamers biggest hits of the year, as it did on the BBC, remains to be seen. Regardless, the series is primed to generate interest and, in between Star Trek seasons, it’s one of the more intriguing outings to hit Paramount+ this fall.

The all-star cast is something to savor. Created and written by Neil Forsyth (Guilt), The Gold features: Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey), Jack Lowden (Dunkirk), Dominic Cooper (Preacher), Charlotte Spencer...

Two-day event runs September 10-11 in association with TIFF.

New Zealand producers Emma Slade and Victoria Dabbs of Firefly Films and Canadian partner Michelle Morris of Lily Pictures are among 40 producer teams set to participate in Ontario Creates’ 2023 International Financing Forum (Iff) running September 10-11 in Toronto.

The two-day feature film co-financing and co-production market, in association with TIFF and now in its 18th year, is a hybrid event. There will be in-person one-on-one producer and executive meetings, an industry panel discussion with Ontario and international producers, networking opportunities, and online international meetings.

Selected producers will get the chance to...

Exclusive: Netflix has unveiled the cast for its coming-of-age sports drama Rez Ball, set in the world of Native American basketball, which Sydney Freeland (Marvel Studios’ Echo) boarded as director in 2021. Among those set to star are Jessica Matten (Dark Winds), Julia Jones (The Mandalorian), Amber Midthunder (Prey), Kiowa Gordon (Dark Winds), Dallas Goldtooth (Reservation Dogs), Cody Lightning (Echo), Ernest Tsosie (Better Call Saul) and Kauchani Bratt.

The ensemble will also feature a big set of newcomers in Devin Sampson-Craig, River Rayne Thomas, Jojo Jackson, Avery Hale, Hunter Redhorse Arthur, Henry Wilson Jr, Jaren K. Robledo, Damian Henry Castellane, Kusem Goodwind and Zoey Reyes. Production in New Mexico is now underway, with filming taking place on the Navajo Nation, with the permission and support of the local sovereign tribal nations.

(L-r) Jaren K. Robledo, Hunter Redhorse Arthur, Jojo Jackson, Devin Sampson-Craig, Henry Wilson Jr., Kauchani Bratt, Kusem Goodwind, Avery Hale,...

Co-financing, co-production forum takes place September 11-12.

New projects involving the producer of The Babadook, Game Of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin and Lemon Tree filmmaker Eran Riklis will be front and centre when the first in-person Ontario Creates International Financing Forum (Iff) in three years kicks off at TIFF next month.

Now in its 17th year, the two-day co-financing and co-production market takes place from September 11-12 in association with TIFF and features 42 feature film producer teams – 20 from Canada and 22 from as far afield as Australia, India, Norway, Scotland and the US.

The producers will participate in one-on-one producer...

Co-financing, co-production forum takes place September 11-12.

New projects involving the producer of The Babadook, Game Of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin and Lemon Tree filmmaker Eran Riklis will be front and centre when the first in-person Ontario Creates International Financing Forum (Iff) in three years kicks off at TIFF next month.

Now in its 17th year, the two-day co-financing and co-production market takes place from September 11-12 in association with TIFF and features 42 feature film producer teams – 20 from Canada and 22 from as far afield as Australia, India, Norway, Scotland and the US.

The producers will participate in one-on-one producer...

Exclusive: Neve Campbell has inked with new representation including The Gersh Agency, Anonymous Content for Management and attorneys Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.

The news comes in the wake of Campbell’s success with Paramount/Spyglass Media’s relaunch of Scream, one of the bright spots at the box office, grossing over $135M WW to date and sending the five-picture genre franchise’s tally to $739M-plus.

Upcoming, the Party of Five vet will star in the Netflix drama series The Lincoln Lawyer which is based on Michael Connelly’s second book, The Brass Verdict, in the legal thriller novel series.

In 2020, Campbell starred in the Disney+ film Clouds in which she plays Laura Sobiech, the author whose memoir Fly A Little Higher: How God Answered a Mom’s Small Prayer in a Big Way the film is based on. Campbell was also seen opposite Steve Coogan in Hot Air and...

[This interview contains spoilers for Scream (2022).]

There’s plenty of life left in Woodsboro as Neve Campbell’s Scream (2022) is the third film in the meta-slasher franchise to open atop the domestic box office.

In Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett’s “requel,” Campbell reprises her signature role as Sidney Prescott, introducing her to a whole new generation of Woodsboro kids that face the threat of Ghostface. As a legacy sequel, a number of viewers expected at least one legacy character to meet their end, and some even thought that Campbell’s character might finally go the way of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Ultimately, that did not happen as the responsibility instead belonged to David Arquette’s Dewey. For Campbell, seeing Sidney become a victim of Ghostface is something she never wants to see on-screen since she represents survival to so many people.

“I think it is important [that she never becomes a victim in these movies],” Campbell tells The Hollywood Reporter.

Event ran September 12-13 concurrent Toronto International Film Festival.

The virtual 2021 Ontario Creates International Financing Forum (iff) that took place this month brought together feature producers on projects at various stages of development with industry executives and hosted more than 550 meetings.

Iff, which took place from September 12-13 concurrent with Toronto International Film Festival, invited 42 industry executives from the likes of Netflix, Neon, Voltage Pictures, The Match Factory and Protagonist Pictures. Charlotte Mickie, vice-president of Celluloid Dreams, said: “Iff is awesome. The offering is diverse and rich, and the conversations with the producers are so stimulating and provocative, in a good way.

Virtual meetings, panels and networking to take place September 12-13.

New projects from producers and production companies behind The Father, Born To Be Blue, Mustang and I’m No Longer Here are among the roster at the virtual 16th Ontario Creates International Financing Forum (iff) set to run from September 12-13.

The two-day co-financing and co-production market, which will run online due to the pandemic, serves international and Canadian producers developing mostly English-language projects and takes place in association with Toronto International Film Festival.

Sessions encompass one-on-one producer and executive meetings with 42 executives in attendance including new companies like Voltage Pictures,...

Exclusive: Atypical star Keir Gilchrist, Elizabeth Marvel (Homeland) and Tom Pelphrey (Ozark) are set as series regulars alongside Elizabeth Olsen, Jesse Plemons, Patrick Fugit and Lily Rabe in HBO Max’s Love and Death, a limited series about the true story of Texas housewife Candy Montgomery’s murder of Betty Gore in 1980.

Written by Kelley and directed by Homeland‘s Lesli Linka Glatter, Love and Death is inspired by the book Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs and a collection of articles from Texas Monthly.

The series revolves around two churchgoing couples enjoying small-town family life in Wylie, until somebody picks up an ax. The couples are Candy (Olsen) and Pat Montgomery (Fugit) and Betty (Rabe) and Allan Gore (Plemons).

Gilchrist will play Pastor Ron Adams, Marvel will portray Pastor Jackie Ponder, and Pelphrey is Don Crowder.

Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy earns nine nods including best film.

Jeff Barnaby’s zombie horror Blood Quantum leads the Canadian Screen Awards nominations with 10 nods, the organisation announced on Tuesday (March 30)

The genre title from Prospector Films missed out on a best picture nomination but is in contention for lead actor with Michael Greyeyes, who starred in Sundance breakout Wild Indian, and garnered nods for best effects, best screenplay for Barnaby, and Michel St-Martin’s cinematography, among others.

Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy earned nine nods including best film alongside Tracey Deer’s Beans, Pascal Plante’s Nadia, Butterfly,...

Neve Campbell will reprise her iconic role as Sidney Prescott in Spyglass and Paramount’s relaunch of “Scream.”

Campbell joins previously announced cast members David Arquette and Courteney Cox who will return as Dewey Riley and Gale Weathers, respectively, as well as new cast members Jack Quaid (“The Boys”), Melissa Barrera (“In The Heights”) and Jenna Ortega (“You”).

Production will shoot in Wilmington, North Carolina, and Paramount will release the film worldwide on Jan. 14, 2022.

Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (“Ready Or Not”), of the filmmaking group Radio Silence, are directing the film. James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick are co-writing the screenplay. Plot details are being kept under wraps.

“After spending time speaking with Radio Silence, they have shown such love, respect and admiration for Wes Craven and all that he’s created in the ‘Scream’ franchise,” Campbell said. “I am beyond excited to step back into the role of Sidney Prescott and return to Woodsboro.

Roster of participants includes 44 female producers out of 73 in total.

The latest projects from producers of French Exit and The Babadook are among the roster at the virtual 15th Ontario Creates International Financing Forum (iff) set to run from September 13-14.

The co-financing and co-production market takes place in association with Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and serves international and Canadian producers developing mostly English-language projects.

The two-day schedule includes networking opportunities for producers with international sales agents, financiers, distributors, agents, and executive producers, as well as an exclusive state-of-the-industry panel discussion, producer drop-in sessions, and access to a TIFF case study on co-productions.

Roster of participants includes 44 female producers out of 73 in total.

The latest projects from producers of French Exit and The Babadook are among the roster at the virtual 15th Ontario Creates International Financing Forum (iff) set to run from September 13-14.

The co-financing and co-production market takes place in association with Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and serves international and Canadian producers developing mostly English-language projects.

The two-day schedule includes networking opportunities for producers with international sales agents, financiers, distributors, agents, and executive producers, as well as an exclusive state-of-the-industry panel discussion, producer drop-in sessions, and access to a TIFF case study on co-productions.

Roster of participants includes 44 female producers out of 73 in total.

The latest projects from producers of French Exit and The Babadook are among the roster at the virtual 15th Ontario Creates International Financing Forum (iff) set to run from September 13-14.

The co-financing and co-production market takes place in association with Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and serves international and Canadian producers developing mostly English-language projects.

The two-day schedule includes networking opportunities for producers with international sales agents, financiers, distributors, agents, and executive producers, as well as an exclusive state-of-the-industry panel discussion, producer drop-in sessions, and access to a TIFF case study on co-productions.

[This story contains spoilers for Castle in the Ground.]

At 22, Alex Wolff has already had a full 16-year career in Hollywood. From his supernatural horror hit, Hereditary, to his expanding role in the Jumanji franchise, Wolff has even written and directed his own film, The Cat and the Moon. Wolff’s latest role as Henry in Castle in the Ground checks another box that is consistent with most acclaimed actors as his grieving, opioid-addicted character required dramatic weight loss. Since he was already quite lean, losing 30 pounds took its toll on the New York native.

“I only had a couple weeks ...

[This story contains spoilers for Castle in the Ground.]

At 22, Alex Wolff has already had a full 16-year career in Hollywood. From his supernatural horror hit, Hereditary, to his expanding role in the Jumanji franchise, Wolff has even written and directed his own film, The Cat and the Moon. Wolff’s latest role as Henry in Castle in the Ground checks another box that is consistent with most acclaimed actors as his grieving, opioid-addicted character required dramatic weight loss. Since he was already quite lean, losing 30 pounds took its toll on the New York native.

“I only had a couple weeks ...

Joey Klein’s opioid addiction drama tells the story of Henry (Alex Wolff) as he sinks into a world of drugs and violence following the death of his mother. Set in Sudbury, Ontario, Henry turns to his mother’s allergy medication and befriends Ana (Imogen Poots) – his troublesome and noisy neighbour.

Castle In The Ground focuses on a small town struggling with an opioid epidemic. Henry’s fast-track through life showcases his enforced maturity as he cares for his sick mother. He is denied the opportunity to make the mistakes of a teenager as he constantly reiterates their deal – he goes to college when she gets healthy again. This oppression leads him to come to terms with grief by entangling himself in the dangerous world of Ana’s opioid addiction.

Their relationship builds upon Ana’s reliance on medication and Henry’s loss. She gives him apple pie for free...

From writer/director Joey Klein, the indie drama Castle in the Ground follows Henry (Alex Wolff), a teenager who’s also the caretaker of his chronically ill single mother (Neve Campbell) that he’s trying to nurse back to health while she’s more concerned about her stash of Oxycontin. When he befriends his troubled next-door neighbor (Imogen Poots), he finds himself falling deeper into the world of drug dependency at a time when opioid abuse runs rampant. During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, actress Neve Campbell talked about tackling the important subject of opioid abuse, …...

Effortlessly drawing viewers into the dark world of addiction, while also making them care about the self-destructive main characters, can often be a humbling challenge for filmmakers. That’s certainly the case for actress Imogen Poots and her new drama, ‘Castle in the Ground,’ for which the cast and crew built a compelling intimacy that’s set […]

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Castle in the Ground, directed and penned by Joey Klein (The Other Half), is an uncompromising narrative that centers on Henry (Alex Wolff), a teenager who is understandably shaken by his mother’s (Neve Campbell) passing.

Filled with grief, Henry becomes addicted to his mother’s pills and his addiction is exacerbated when he gets caught up in [...]

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No matter what kind of story you’re trying to tell, getting two talented actors for central roles is an excellent first step. In the case of Castle in the Ground, even a premise that descends into some questionable territory is heavily mitigated by who you’re watching engage in these acts. Here, it’s Imogen Poots and Alex Wolff, with the latter having a truly tough leading role to play. The movie goes to some dark places and makes some debatable narrative decisions, but Poots and Wolff are so inherently watchable that you’re willing to forgive some of its trespasses. The movie is a drama about addiction. Henry (Wolff) is taking care of his sick mother Rebecca (Neve Campbell). She doesn’t have long to live, with her pain managed by medicine that Henry dispenses to her. When she passes away, Henry is at a loss, breaking up...

It’s a relatively slim week in new releases, even by the standards of the ongoing coronavirus shutdown — although there are a few gems to be found, if you hunt hard enough. Families have “Scoob!” which Warner Bros. decided to make available directly via digital, following the recent success of “Trolls World Tour.” And grownups can check out Tom Hardy playing the shell of a notorious gangster in “Capone.” Here are the week’s new releases, with excerpts from reviews and links to where you can watch them.

High-profile on-demand studio and indie offerings:

Capone (Josh Trank)

Distributor: Vertical Entertainment

Where to Find It: Rent on Amazon, iTunes and other on-demand platforms.

In “Capone,” Tom Hardy, as the aging, broken-down, not-all-there Al Capone, acts under a corpse-gray mask of desiccated-mobster makeup. Is “Capone” a fascinatingly idiosyncratic twilight-of-the-mobster drama? Or is it a “Saturday Night Live” sketch with pretensions? It may be a bit of both.

Effortlessly drawing viewers into the dark world of addiction, while also making them care about the self-destructive main characters, can often be a humbling challenge for filmmakers. That’s certainly the case for actor Alex Wolff’s new drama, ‘Castle in the Ground,’ for which the cast and crew built a compelling intimacy that’s set against the […]

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Percy Jackson author, Rick Riordan and his wife Becky announced via Twitter today that they are working on a live-action Percy Jackson series for Disney+.

"We can't say much more at this stage but we are very excited about the idea of a live-action series of the highest quality, following the storyline of the original "Percy Jackson" five-book series, starting with "The Lightning Thief" in season one."

Riordan went on to say that he and his wife would be involved in person in every aspect of the show, a comment making a clear reference to the fact that Riordan felt that the earlier live-action projects based on his popular book series diverged from his intent. 20th Century Fox had made the earlier films, Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. Both films scored around $200 million at the worldwide box office. While not scoring...

As the world is ravaged by the novel coronavirus, another public health crisis continues to take a devastating toll. Castle in the Ground is a harrowing descent into the depths of opioid addiction. It vividly portrays the downward spiral and eventual rock bottom of prescription drug abuse. The criminal aspect of the plot becomes too fantastic. Especially when other heady themes are developed, then strangely ignored. The lure of a quick fix to dull the pain is understood. The agony of withdrawal erases all convictions and boundaries.

Castle in the Ground takes place in Sudbury, Canada circa 2012. Henry (Alex Wolff) shares a small apartment with Rebecca (Neve Campbell), his cancer stricken mother. Henry foregoes college to be his mother's caretaker. He dutifully crushes her pills, goes to the pharmacy, and drives to medical appointments. Henry embraces his Jewish faith. He prays for his mother's recovery.

Henry is transfixed by a raucous new neighbor.

In its opening scenes, the grief drama “Castle in the Ground” looks like it’s going to be a sweet, simplistic film about family bonding. The story begins with Henry (Alex Wolff) taking care of his sick mother (Neve Campbell), nursing her to health with daily prescriptions. He cares for her deeply, prays for her constantly, and drives her to church on Sundays despite Sudbury’s chilly weather.

Continue reading ‘Castle In The Ground’: Alex Wolff & Imogen Poots Put A Sympathetic Face On Drug Addiction [Review] at The Playlist.

In movies as in life, there is a familiar exasperation that often comes with witnessing people personally (rather than professionally) involved with addicts, as they try to make excuses for manipulative, mercurial behavior, chasing the user’s “new leaf” promises like a carrot on a stick. Fervently hoping for positive change, their desire to help can curdle into unintentional enabling. Plus, as engrossing as addiction may be from the inside, when viewed externally it sure can be monotonous.

Those are problems “Castle in the Ground” can’t quite escape in dramatic terms, as this well-acted second feature from actor-turned-director Joey Klein charts a grieving youth’s terrible choice of succor in the company of his junkie neighbor. Part gritty portrait of a mutually destructive drug-based relationship à la “Crush” or “Panic in Needle Park,” part crime thriller, the film never quite grips enough on either plane. The result is an earnest,...

Even as “Castle in the Ground” begins to fray and fall apart, Joey Klein’s dour but gripping opioid drama remains believable for how perfectly it dovetails with its grieving protagonist. Like 19-year-old Henry Fine (Alex Wolff) — a nice Jewish boy who lives with his dying mom (Neve Campbell) in a necrotic Sudbury apartment complex — the film is sensitive and mesmeric and oh so close to moments of cathartic beauty. And like 19-year-old Henry Fine — a grieving orphan who inherits his mom’s leftover OxyContin and fentanyl patches after she dies from Hodgkin’s lymphoma (or from an overdose of the treatment she’s been prescribed for it) — Klein’s film grows distressed, unsure of itself, and lost in a trite crime thriller that spirals away from what made it special in the first place.

And yet “Castle in the Ground” is so that it often feels as if it...

Scream 5 is finally happening and we recently learned that Neve Campbell is in early talks to return as Sidney Prescott once again. Now, the star of the franchise has discussed a little bit more about the project, revealing how directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett approached her about returning, as well as their plan to honor the late Wes Craven. Though, Campbell admits it will be odd to make a new Scream movie without the man who brought the franchise into existence.

Neve Campbell is currently promoting her latest movie, Castle in the Ground. During a recent interview, she was asked about Scream 5 and whether or not it was weird to think about making it without Wes Craven, who directed all four previous installments. Here's what Campbell had to say about it.

"I definitely had a period where I was thinking it would just be too odd to do a movie without Wes,...

What’s your favorite scary movie? If it’s Scream, then you’re in luck - franchise star Neve Campbell recently offered an update on the status of Scream 5. In an interview with Collider's Christina Radish about Campbell's upcoming movie Castle in the Ground, available digitally and on demand May 15th, Campbell offered some details about the potential fifth installment of the popular horror series, from Ready or Not directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillertt. [caption id="attachment_540708" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Miramax/caption] “Well, I’m not a hundred percent on it, but to …...

In the mid-2000s, Neve Campbell took a step back from Hollywood and moved to London in order to recalibrate her life and career. Tired of the endless stream of horror movies being offered to her, she knew that a major change was needed if she wanted to reshape the industry’s perception of her. As it turned out, Campbell’s instincts were correct as the industry eventually stopped viewing her as an “ingénue” thanks to subsequent roles on Mad Men and House of Cards. Campbell’s career shift also includes her latest role in Castle in the Ground as ...

In the mid-2000s, Neve Campbell took a step back from Hollywood and moved to London in order to recalibrate her life and career. Tired of the endless stream of horror movies being offered to her, she knew that a major change was needed if she wanted to reshape the industry’s perception of her. As it turned out, Campbell’s instincts were correct as the industry eventually stopped viewing her as an “ingénue” thanks to subsequent roles on Mad Men and House of Cards. Campbell’s career shift also includes her latest role in Castle in the Ground as ...

Some films are uniquely unsuited for pandemic lockdown viewing. Take for instance Castle in the Ground, a moderately affecting grief drama that builds a compelling intimacy and then allows it to evaporate as it lurches unpersuasively into a claustrophobic quasi-thriller set against the backdrop of the opioid crisis in Sudbury, Ontario. A layered lead performance from Alex Wolff fosters emotional involvement only up to a point given that great chunks of the movie are spent in dingy apartments experiencing woozy OxyContin highs amid artful chiaroscuro lighting. Not how most folks will be looking to fill their downtime right now.

There are ...

Some films are uniquely unsuited for pandemic lockdown viewing. Take for instance Castle in the Ground, a moderately affecting grief drama that builds a compelling intimacy and then allows it to evaporate as it lurches unpersuasively into a claustrophobic quasi-thriller set against the backdrop of the opioid crisis in Sudbury, Ontario. A layered lead performance from Alex Wolff fosters emotional involvement only up to a point given that great chunks of the movie are spent in dingy apartments experiencing woozy OxyContin highs amid artful chiaroscuro lighting. Not how most folks will be looking to fill their downtime right now.

There are ...

The month of May officially kicks off today, and that means we have a new batch of films headed to the small screen over the next few weeks to keep you entertained. Everything kicks off today with The Wretched from the Pierce Brothers, which is a super fun witch-tastic time, and then next week, digital releases amp up with a handful of releases hitting on Cinco de Mayo: Arkansas, Cry Havoc, Exorcism at 60,000 Feet, and the new Creepshow series as well.

A few days later, Z from writer/director Brandon Christensen arrives exclusively on Shudder on May 7th, and the 8th looks to be a very busy day with the digital releases of A Good Woman is Hard to Find, Vampire Burt’s Serenade, and the next installment of Blumhouse’s Into the Dark series, Delivered. On May 12th, you can finally own Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man...

Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]

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"I'm sorry that you got roped into all of this. You seem like a good kid." Gravitas Ventures has debuted an official trailer for an indie drama titled Castle in the Ground, which first premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last year and also at the Vancouver Film Festival. A grieving teenager named Henry befriends his charismatic but troubled next-door neighbor, Ana, and soon becomes embroiled in a world of addiction and violence just as the opioid epidemic takes hold of their small town. Alex Wolff stars with Imogen Poots, plus Tom Cullen, Star Slade, Kiowa Gordon, Keir Gilchrist, and Neve Campbell. Interesting to see this uses the 4:3 aspect ratio, but perhaps it adds to the overall distressing feel of this film. It's worth a look. Here's the new official trailer (+ poster) for Joey Klein's Castle in the Ground, direct from YouTube: And here's the alternate, longer...

Castle in the Ground Starring Alex Wolff, Neve Campbell and Imogen Poots and from writer/director Joey Klein (The Other Half), the drama, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, will be available on demand on May 15th. Check out the new trailer:

A grieving teenager (Alex Wolff) befriends his charismatic but troubled next-door neighbor (Imogen Poots), only to become ensnared in a world of addiction and violence as the opioid epidemic takes hold of their small town.

Castle In The Ground is Written & Directed by Joey Klein and stars Alex Wolff, Imogen Poots, Tom Cullen, with Keir Gilchrist and Neve Campbell.

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Gravitas Ventures today debuted a trailer for Castle In The Ground, an upcoming thriller that finds its characters as victims of the ongoing opioid epidemic that continues to claim tens of thousands of lives throughout the world each year. Directed and written for the screen by filmmaker Joey Klein, the film stars Alex Wolff as a grieving teenager…...

With the opioid crisis becoming such a massive problem in the United States, it was only a matter of time before films started to explore the full depths of this epidemic, as it destroys countless lives. And that’s what happens in the new drama, “Castle in the Ground.”

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As seen in the trailer for the film, “Castle in the Ground” tells the story of a teen boy that becomes ensnared in the deadly opioid epidemic when he befriends a troubled neighbor after he experiences a loss of his own.

Continue reading ‘Castle In The Ground’ Trailer: Imogen Poots & Alex Wolff Star In This Tale Of Opioid Addiction at The Playlist.

Last year, Josh Stewart addressed the opioid crisis in his film Back Fork, and now Joey Klein is taking a look at the epidemic's devastating effects in his new movie Castle in the Ground. Featuring a star-studded cast including Alex Wolff (Hereditary), Imogen Poots (Green Room), and Neve Campbell (Scream), Castle in the Ground will come out digitally this May, and we've been provided with its tense trailer ahead of its release.

Written and directed by Joey Klein, Castle in the Ground stars Alex Wolff, Imogen Poots, Tom Cullen, Keir Gilchrist, and Neve Campbell. Gravitas Ventures will release the film on VOD beginning May 15th.

Synopsis: "A grieving teenager (Alex Wolff) befriends his charismatic but troubled next-door neighbor (Imogen Poots), only to become ensnared in a world of addiction and violence as the opioid epidemic takes hold of their small town."



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Working on “Human Capital” was a reunion for Alex Wolff and Maya Hawke.

The two play love interests in the indie thriller about a horrific accident that causes two families to fracture as secrets are uncovered and threatened to be exposed.

It turns out that Wolff and Hawke went to pre-school together in New York City. They even dressed as Power Rangers together for Halloween, Wolff, 22, tells me on this week’s episode of “The Big Ticket,” Variety and iHeart’s weekly podcast. “I feel like Maya’s going to deny that she dressed as a Power Ranger for Halloween, and I just want to go on record, she’s lying,” Wolff cracked.

In the movie, Wolff plays a loner with anger issues. He’s very similar to the high schooler he plays in “The Cat and the Moon,” which also marked his feature film writing and directing debut.

While...

Iain Softley to direct dark comedy from screenplay by Johnny Ferguson.

Jessica Barden, star of Netflix series The End Of The F***ing World and a former Screen Star of Tomorrow, has joined Jason Isaacs on The Dead Spit Of Kelly, one of several sales titles that Myriad Pictures is bringing to the Efm in Berlin.

Iain Softley will direct the UK-Ireland dark comedy from a screenplay by Johnny Ferguson set in turn-of-the-century Dublin where a diligent taxidermist Murphy (Colin Morgan) is tormented by his boss, the vile and volatile Kelly (Isaacs).

Fast-rising Barden, a Screen Star of Tomorrow 2015 and former...

Exclusive: Neve Campbell has boarded Warner Bros. drama Clouds and will play Laura Sobiech, the author whose memoir Fly a Little Higher: How God Answered a Mom’s Small Prayer in a Big Way the Justin Baldoni-directed film is based on.

The pic follows 17-year-old Zach (Fin Argus), Laura’s son, whose diagnosed a second time with Osteosarcoma, a rare form of pediatric bone cancer, but this time it’s terminal. In the months leading up to his death, he finds the courage to date and fall in love with his dream girl, Amy (Madison Iseman) and despite waves of sorrow and guilt knowing he’s leaving his loved ones behind and in pain, he writes a song saying goodbye and to thank all the people who stood by him.

Laura blogged about her son’s battle with cancer on the Caring Bridge website. In May 2013 a documentary called My...

Every few years, a movie comes along that attempts to tackle the revolving drug epidemic from the perspective of the user; with varying degrees of success. Be it Requiem for a Dream, Spun, or something more expansive like Traffic or Sicario, the really great movies on the subject are less about the drugs and more about the people. Castle in the Ground is a decidedly smaller budget entry into this already well-treaded territory.

Alex Wolff stars as Henry, a responsible young man who has put off going to college to care for his ailing mother. When his mother passes away, Henry is angry and lonely and rather than turning to family, he finds comfort in his mother's unused drugs and the company of his new neighbour Ana (Imogen Poots), a drug addict camped...