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Nearly three years ago, it was announced that Timo Tjahjanto (The Shadow Strays, V/H/S/94) had been enlisted to helm the remake of South Korean zombie epic Train to Busan for New Line Cinema, titled The Last Train to New York before being pulled from the schedule. The filmmaker recently gave an update on the film’s status.

When asked by a fan on X whether the director was still attached to the project, Tjahjanto replied “I’ve been ready since 2020, but when a film is stalled that’s not up to the director.”

The Last Train to New York was initially dated for theatrical release on April 21, 2023 before being temporarily un-dated in 2022. This is the first update, though not much of one, since the news that the remake was being pulled from the release slate.

In the original 2016 film from filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho, a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea,...

Ahead of the release of his Netflix movie Revelations, acclaimed South Korean filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan) has announced that he’s shambling back into the zombie arena with a new undead movie titled Gunche, and Deadline brings us casting news this week.

Jun Ji-hyun (My Love from the Star), Go Soo (Missing), Ji Chang-wook (The Worst of Evil) and Koo Kyo-hwan (D.P.) will star in Gunche, which has entered production.

Deadline notes, “Distributed by Showbox, the film’s English title has not been confirmed yet. In the Korean language, “gunche” means colony in a biological context.”

Interesting to note, distributor Showbox refers to the upcoming movie as “the culmination of Yeon Sang-ho’s universe, spanning from Train to Busan to Peninsula.”

Yeon Sang-ho’s hit zombie movie Train to Busan took the world by storm back in 2016, and it was followed by animated prequel Seoul Station and...

Acclaimed actor Christina Ricci is now among the many stars immortalized on the Hollywood Walk of Fame following a decorated film and TV career. Not only has acting given the Yellowjackets star success and fame, but she credits the industry for saving her from a tumultuous childhood.

Speaking with Variety about her Walk of Fame induction, which she called a "profoundly meaningful" moment in her decades-long career, Ricci opened up about her love for acting and what it did for her professionally and personally. Ricci admitted that becoming a film star gave her renewed purpose after a "not very nice" childhood with a family she didn't feel safe around. Having landed key roles in Mermaids, Casper and The Addams Family as a young actor, she showed she could handle the spotlight from an early age. However, she had to overcome the toxicity of home life to deliver on-screen.

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Yeon-Sang Ho, the mind behind Train to Busan, is teaming up with Hellbound screenwriter Choi Gyu Seok for a brand-new thriller mystery film, Revelations. We’re keeping track of everything you need to know about Revelations, including the plot, cast news, production updates, and more.

Revelations is an upcoming South Korean Netflix Original thriller film directed by Yeon Sang-Ho and written by Choi Gyu Seok. The pair previously worked together on both seasons of Hellbound. However, Yeon Sang-Ho is most well-known as the creator and director of the zombie horror Train to Busan.

Wow Point, who previously worked on The Bequeathed and Parasyte: The Grey, is producing the film. Hailey Yoomin Yang is an executive producer on Revelations, and the Academy Award-winning director Alfonso Cuarón is also an executive producer.

Seoul, South Korea – January 12: Director Yeon Sang-Ho attends Netflix...

An important detail of this 22-year-old book in the Discworld series by Sir Terry Pratchett makes it a great story to use for a potential adaptation. Many of the books within the series showcase a wonderful combination of love for the fantasy genre and a strong ability to satirize it, allowing the best Discworld books to be enjoyable to a wide audience and memorable due to its unique worldbuilding. However, those qualities and the structure of the series make choosing a story to adapt within Discworld difficult, as the several attempts at doing so over the years have shown.

While a Discworld TV show or movie would introduce new audiences to Practhett's work, finding the proper place to begin is a trying task. Discworld's books all have plots focusing on different groups, but some of those plots end up intersecting with others, making an adaptation of just one section...

"Don't tell me we came all this way for nothing..." Dark Star & Uncork'd Entertainment have revealed an official trailer for this indie horror film called The North Witch, the next freaky creation from indie genre filmmaker Bruce Wemple (he also made The Hangman earlier this year). Written by Anna Shields, this chilling tale invites horror fans into an eerie, suspenseful journey set against the foreboding wilderness.

At the end of September, JoBlo Media and Octane Multimedia teamed up to launch a new YouTube channel named JoBlo TV, which hosts multiple feature films to watch for free throughout the week. The genres we’ll be focusing on at JoBlo TV are Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Thrillers – and the movie we shared this week is a genre-bender (or blender) that’s described as a sci-fi horror comedy!

The movie in question is called Alien Party Crashers, and that sounds like a good time to me.

Written and directed by Peter Stray, Alien Party Crashers has the following synopsis: A London DJ returns to his home in Wales to host a New Year’s Eve party. When a wave of time travelling aliens descend on the party, he and his friends must protect their rural valley from the invaders. The film stars Robert Pugh, Hannah Daniel, Sophie Melville,...

Justin G. Dyck has almost 40 directing credits to his name, and most of those credits have been on TV movie romances with titles like Christmas Wedding Planning, Christmas with a View, A Very Country Wedding, and Art of Falling in Love… but recently, Dyck has been shifting gears. In 2020, he brought us the supernatural horror movie Anything for Jackson (pictured above), which was released through the Shudder streaming service. He went on to contribute to episodes of Shudder’s Creepshow series. Last month, we heard he will be directing the horror film The Casket Girls, starring Gabrielle Union. Now, Deadline reports that Dyck will be directing the haunted house movie William for Aperture Entertainment.

William is an adaptation of a novel by Andrew Pyper, which was written under the author’s sci-fi/thriller pen name Mason Coile. Pyper is writing the screenplay with Chris Sivertson, whose previous writing credits include The Image of You,...

Exclusive: Aperture Entertainment has optioned rights to bestselling author Andrew Pyper’s recently published novel William, with Justin Dyck set to direct.

Penned under Pyper’s sci-fi/thriller pen name Mason Coile, William hit store shelves September 3 via Putnam.

The author and Chris Sivertson will adapt the novel as a thriller to be shot in Canada.

A contained sci-fi horror film that blends the worlds of Ex Machina and The Amityville Horror, William is set in a timely haunted house story in which the haunting is AI.

The New York Times Book Review praised the novel, calling it “a cyber-horror tale that combines cerebrality and carnage … a twist on The Shining in which the house is haunted by a ghost in the machine. … Coile [elevates the genre] with meticulously unsettling prose and a knowing dissection of character that transcends stereotype.”

Pyper is the internationally bestselling author of 11 novels including The Demonologist,...

Monstrous: Fang & Fur: "Monstrous is a new immersive queer horror experience that combines the worlds of scare attractions and queer nightlife into one thrilling event with so much to experience. Monstrous: Fang & Fur at Nowaday is specifically themed around the timeless monsters, the vampire and the werewolf.

Explore the backyard of Nowadays, which has become an eerie village suffering the curse of the werewolf in the days following the full moon. You will meet feral lycan folk who are slowly returning to their human form, hear ghostly stories told around the fire, commune with spirits with the Mystic, and immerse yourself in the haunting melodies of Hannah Gill and her band. If you survive long enough, you just might come face to face with a full fledged werewolf.

Journey into the dark club interior of Nowadays and discover a vampire den of pleasure and sin. Witness an Elizabeth Bathory style rope suspension demonstration,...

Katya Martín, who is best known for her role in the short-lived ABC series Promised Land, and Catharine Daddario, who was recently seen in If – and yes, if the last name made you wonder, she is the sister of Alexandra Daddario from Mayfair Witches, True Detective, and Texas Chainsaw 3D – have signed on to star in the horror comedy Muffled, Deadline reports. Filming is expected to begin in the Greater New Orleans area sometime in early September.

Muffled marks the feature debut of writer/director Stephen McNamee, who has a decade of short films to his name. The story McNamee has crafted for this one follows Nora (Martín) and Harper (Daddario) as they return to their hometown to investigate the disappearance of a childhood friend. While interviewing old acquaintances, they discover that their questions are unwelcome, and soon their search takes a dark turn.

Stephen McNamee and Burns McNamee are...

Stars: Evyn Flanders, Stefanie Estes, Molly Kunz, Colleen Camp, Michael X. Sommers, Claire Saunders | Written and Directed by Gordon Shoemaker Foxwood

Wild Eyed and Wicked opens with a young girl named Lily (Evyn Flanders; Brave the Dark), hearing a noise outside in the dark and, picking up a sword and shield, goes to investigate. Silvia her mother tells her to get inside, which she ignores. As a result, she gets to witness her mother put a gun to her head and pull the trigger.

The now-grown Lily wakes from seeing her mother’s death in a nightmare and heads off to give fencing lessons before having a session with Genevieve, her therapist, about the nightmares and her anxiety concerning her estranged father Greg contacting her as the anniversary of that night approaches.

We also know something else is going on because, as she takes a picture of her girlfriend Willow a clawed hand briefly appears.

South Korean filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan) is set to write and direct his first English-language film titled 35th Street for TriStar Pictures, Deadline reports today.

The film will be produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way and Wow Point.

Deadline notes that 35th Street is “being described as an action/horror film.”

Plot details, however, are under wraps. Stay tuned for more.

Yeon Sang-ho’s hit zombie movie Train to Busan took the world by storm back in 2016, and it was followed by animated prequel Seoul Station and later 2020 live action sequel Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula. Sang-ho returned to direct both follow-up projects.

More recently, Yeon Sang-ho has been behind a handful of horror television series’, including “The Cursed,” “Hellbound,” “Monstrous,” “The Bequeathed,” and “Parasyte: The Grey.”

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Calling all horror fans! We have good news to report. We've just learned that horror icons Barbara Crampton and Lin Shaye (Insidious franchise) will be starring together in an upcoming horror film titled The Possession at Gladstone Manor. What did we do to deserve such good news? I don't know, but we're over the moon about their castings. More on this below.

The Possession at Gladstone Manor comes from Umbrelic Entertainment, the same company that brought us the supernatural thriller film Monstrous starring Christina Ricci. K. Asher Levin, known for helming the movies Dig and Slayers, signed on to direct. He also co-wrote the film's screenplay with Danny Matier from a story by Addam Bramich.

Katz, Zambeck, Jordon Rioux, and Chris Knitter are producers of the horror flick, while Sean Krajeski, Ronnie Exley, Theresa Wayman, Jeremy Ross, and Anish Gupta are executive producers. Wayman is also composing the score.

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Exclusive: Sophia Bush (One Tree Hill) and Chris Carmack (Grey’s Anatomy) will topline The Stranger in My Home, a new thriller from Brad Krevoy’s Motion Picture Corporation of America, which entered production in Utah toward the end of last month.

Others set for roles include Chris Johnson (4400) and Amiah Miller (War for the Planet of the Apes).

Directed by Jeff Fisher (The Image of You), the film follows Ali (Bush), her husband Jeff (Johnson) and their brilliant, vivacious teenage daughter, Katie (Miller) — the absolute center of Ali’s world. When Tom Truby (Carmack) knocks at their door, life as they know it ends. 15 years ago, someone switched Ali and Tom’s babies at the hospital. And now Ali is facing the unthinkable: the daughter she brought home doesn’t belong to her.

An adaptation of the novel from bestselling UK author Adele Parks MBE, who has a multi-picture deal with Mpca,...

Pinocchio: Carved from Darkness brings a dark twist to the classic tale, with a vengeful puppet carved from cursed wood. Big names like Peter Stormare and a mix of live action and CGI promise a surreal, riveting horror experience for audiences. Director Joona Tena promises a gripping journey with poignancy, empathy, and modern horror themes like bereavement and broken family ties.

Everyone's favorite puppet, Pinocchio, is getting yet another horror movie treatment, this time by way of Pinocchio: Carved from Darkness, which is launching at the Cannes Film Market this week. The character of Pinocchio was first created by Italian author Carlo Collodi in 1881 when The Adventures of Pinocchio began as a serialized work of fiction in the magazine Giornale per i bambini. The stories were later collected into one novel, which was published in 1883, and the character was made famous by Disney in 1940 when they released their animated classic,...

Dubai-based distribution and production outfit Oceana Studios will launch sales on horror feature “Pinocchio: Carved From Darkness” at the Cannes Film Market.

The film, which is also produced by Oceana, will be directed by Joona Tena (“Superfurball”). Written by Paulie Siegel (“Jeremiah”), this dark turn on Carlo Collodi’s classic 1883 tale sees woodcarver Geppetto carve a puppet resembling his recently deceased son from a of block of wood discarded at a crime scene and cursed by Agatha, the priestess of a dark cult. As Pinocchio turns into a vengeful killer, a teen named Charlie and his mother Nancy arrive in the town looking for a fresh start. Meanwhile, a detective named Georgina starts investigating Agatha’s crimes. The characters intertwine with some tragic consequences.

The cast will include Peter Stormare (“John Wick: Chapter 2”) as Geppetto, Vicki Berlin (“Triangle of Sadness”) as Nancy, the semi-alcoholic mother of teenager Charlie. Daniel Nuta (“Watcher”) will play Ronnie,...

British boxing champion and “Love Island” runner-up Tommy Fury will make his acting debut with Oceana Studios’ “The Debt Inherited.”

The film also marks the directorial debut of Oceana CEO Danny Sawaf. Dubai-based distribution and production outfit Oceana, whose credits include “Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend,” starring Gabriel Byrne and Mira Sorvino, “Monstrous,” starring Christina Ricci, and “Terrifier 2,” will launch sales on “The Debt Inherited” at the Cannes Film Market.

The black comedy crime film is written by Niki Sheldrake and tells the story of Colin and Stanley, two good-for-nothing brothers who are faced with the repayment of their dead father’s debt to a notorious loan shark named Maggie. Soon enough, they unwittingly become involved in a criminal underworld and entangled in a web of blackmail and deceit with a host of insalubrious characters.

While the parts of Colin and Stanley are yet to be cast, the...

"Where are you going?" "Hell, baby." Dread has revealed an official trailer for an indie horror thriller titled The Hangman, the latest from genre filmmaker Bruce Wemple. This is now set for a VOD release this summer if any horror fans want to give it a look. The Hangman follows a father and son on a camping trip into deep rural Appalachia. A local cult has summoned an evil demon born of hate and pain, known to them as The Hangman, and now the bodies have begun to pile up. One more, the father wakes up find his son is gone. Starring LeJon Woods, Lindsey Dresbach, Richard Lounello, Jefferson Cox, Daniel Martin Berkey, & Mar Cellus. Wemple adds this amusing tease: "We set out to tell a story about the lengths a father will go to get his son back, including coming face to face with a bloodthirsty demon raised from hell.

Rrr filmmaker SS Rajamouli survives earthquake in Japan(Photo Credit –Instagram)

SS Rajamouli is currently in Japan, where he attended a special screening of his 2022 blockbuster, Rrr. The period action drama stars Ram Charan, Jr Ntr, Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Samuthirakani, Ajay Devgn, Olivia Morris, Ray Stevenson and others. Rajamouli’s son, SS Karthikeya, has also accompanied the director to Japan.

On March 21, in the early morning, earthquake tremors were felt in Japan. SS Rajamouli’s son, SS Karthikeya, posted where they were when the earthquake happened. On the social media platform ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), Karthikeya wrote, “Felt a freaking earthquake in Japan just now!!! Was on the 28th floor and slowly the ground started to move and took us a while to realise it was an earthquake. I was just about to panic but all the Japanese around did not budge as if it just started to rain!! Experience an earthquake box ticked.

South Korean dominance shows no signs of stopping, delivering even more outrageous storylines.

In Sll’s “Death’s Game,” a Prime Video Original fantasy drama based on a webtoon, a hard-working man – “who knows how to make lemonade out of the lemons,” said sales executive Youseon Jee at Series Mania – finally reaches his breaking point.

When he loses his home and his girlfriend, he decides to take his own life. Only to find himself in hell, literally facing Death, who presents him with 12 different lives, each facing a tragic end. If he manages to save at least one, he will be forgiven for his deed.

While Sll will also deliver comedy “Doctor Cha” about a housewife who, having experienced first-hand how selfish her family is, decides to go back to medicine – the show is being remade in Turkey – fantasy elements can be found in several new crime shows, including Cj Enm...

Described as “Doctor Who turned up to Ocean’s 11,” The Omega Eleven #1 takes readers on an adventure to Camelot for a seemingly impossible heist in Merlin's realm, and with the first issue of the five-issue series now on Kickstarter, Daily Dead had the pleasure of catching up with writer James Aquilone and artist Zac Atkinson in a new Q&a feature to discuss their unique new take on a timeless literary character (and other familiar faces from public domain).

Thank you for taking the time to answer questions for us, James and Zac, and congratulations on the Kickstarter campaign for The Omega Eleven! How long has this comic book series been in the works, and were you both longtime fans of Doctor Omega (who some consider to be the inspiration for Doctor Who) prior to working on this series?

James Aquilone: We started working on this project about a year and a half ago.

Umbrelic Entertainment co-founders launch new distribution arm, Anchor Bay Entertainment, to curate a library of films ranging from new releases to cult classics. Anchor Bay aims to honor the history and spirit of the beloved genre film brand while looking for interesting films that break the mold. Anchor Bay Entertainment's first releases include the unique horror film Abruptio and the anticipated documentary Dinner with Leatherface, featuring interviews with horror mainstays and the original cast of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Umbrelic Entertainment co-founders Thomas Zambeck and Brian Katz announced the launch of its new distribution arm, Anchor Bay Entertainment. The founders aim to curate a new library of films for distribution, projects that range from new release genre films, undiscovered treasures, cult classics, and remastered catalog releases. The name hearkens back to the classic home media distributor Anchor Bay, which was beloved by owners of VHS tapes and '90s and 2000s horror movie DVDs,...

Exclusive: Umbrelic Entertainment co-founders Thomas Zambeck and Brian Katz are bringing back a new Anchor Bay Entertainment with an eye on genre films, undiscovered treasures, cult classics, and remastered catalog releases.

“We had an opportunity to take the name of a beloved genre film brand, one we feel a personal connection to, for our new company,” says Zambeck. “This is a new venture, unaffiliated with any previous incarnations. We aim to honor the history and spirit of the past as we look for interesting films that break the mold, and will be discovered by new generations for years to come.”

In Lionsgate’s acquisition of Starz in December 2016, the studio absorbed the North American branches of Anchor Bay Entertainment. The Anchor Bay Entertainment trademark was up for acquisition so Zambeck and Katz took the opportunity to acquire it. The new Anchor Bay Entertainment doesn’t include the previous label’s library.

"The Omega Eleven" Kickstarter campaign is now live! Don't miss out on this thrilling sci-fi comic series featuring a time-heist with classic characters. Award-winning creative team James Aquilone and Zac Atkinson bring readers this five-issue epic, with stunning covers by various artists. Monstrous Books, known for their horror works, is publishing "The Omega Eleven," showcasing their focus on science fiction and adventure. Support the campaign now!

Screen Rant is excited to announce the Kickstarter campaign for The Omega Eleven has officially started. This comic series features a time-heist involving classic characters readers shouldn't pass up. It features an award-winning creative team and a thrilling sci-fi adventure.

The Omega Eleven has the creative team of James Aquilone and Zac Atkinson. It will be a five-issue sci-fi epic. There will be covers from various artists, including Zac Atkinson, J.K. Woodward, and Dave Acosta. The series is slated for publication by Monstrous Books,...

Dubai-based distribution and production outfit Oceana Studios has picked up worldwide sales rights to thriller “Tonic,” starring Billy Blair (“Doc Holliday”) and Ed Westwick (“Gossip Girl”).

Written and directed by Derek Presley (“Boon”) and produced by U.S. production company Muscular Puppy, the film follows Sebastian Poe (Blair), a washed-up piano player performing across seedy jazz bars who ends up making a murderous deal with corrupt local police officer Terry Rush (Jason Coviello) to repay a drug debt. Over the course of one night, Sebastian is plunged into the dark streets of Dallas’ Deep Ellum district where he comes across an odd assortment of characters. Westwick plays Stanley Roberson, a ruthless and shady figure whom Sebastian is tasked with assassinating. The film also stars Lori Petty (“You’re All Gonna Die”) as Sebastian’s sister Elise Poe.

The film was shot earlier this year in Deep Ellum, a historical district of Dallas.

As earning significant profile for shows in a packed marketplace has become one of Europe’s most pressing industry concerns, a new and ambitious TV series festival is launching in Cadiz, southern Spain, as an initiative of Mediaset España and backed by shows from other key players on the Spanish TV scene, such as The Mediapro Studio and Movistar Plus+.

Speakers from the Spanish-speaking world take in writer-director-producer Armando Bo (“El Presidente”), an Oscar winning scribe for “Birdman, or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance,” and Daniel Écija, an executive producer on key hits in the last decade in Spain such as the multi-genre free-to-air series “Estoy Vivo,” and “Locked Up” “(Vis a vis,” a key into its lift-off into premium drama selling worldwide.

Some titles screening at Cadiz are already celebrated, such as Russell T. Davies’ “Nolly,” starring Helena Bonham-Carter.

Also in the Coming Next section is Norwegian political satire “Power Play,...

45 series will play in the festival’s official selection across five different sections

Refugee drama La Ley del Mar, starring Luis Tosar and Blanca Portillo, is to open the first edition of the South International Series Festival in Cádiz, which runs from October 6-12.

Some 45 series will play in the festival’s official selection in five different sections. Another 60 titles, spanning both fiction and non-fiction, will have previews and screenings.

See below for full line-up

Based on a true story, La Ley Del Mar is about the first European fishing boat that in 2006 rescued 51 sub-Saharan refugees adrift in the Mediterranean.

45 series will play in the festival’s official selection across five different sections

Migration drama La Ley del Mar, starring Luis Tosar and Blanca Portillo, is to open the first edition of the South International Series Festival in Cádiz, which run from October 6-12.

45 series will play in the festival’s official selection in five different sections. Another 60 titles, spanning both fiction and non-fiction, will have previews and screenings.

See below for full line-up

Based on a true story, La Ley Del Mar is about the first European fishing boat that in 2006 rescued 51 sub-Saharan immigrants adrift in the Mediterranean. The...

Up next from Dread is the horror movie Island Escape, the latest feature film from prolific indie creature feature director Bruce Wemple.

First Showing debuted the official Island Escape trailer this week, seen below.

In the film, “After a mysterious accident at a research camp on the Isle of Gran Manan, a CEO hires a team of blue – collar mercenaries to extract his daughter, a scientist working at the camp. Upon arrival, the team soon learns that not only is the island surrounded by a wormhole that causes time to reset every three days, but it’s also crawling with hideous and dangerous monsters. As they learn more about the nature of time, space and the creatures on the island, they quickly realize that death may be the easiest way to escape.”

Ariella Mastroianni, James Liddell, Grant Schumacher, and Chris Cimperman star.

Island Escape will be available On Demand on...

Exclusive: Republic Pictures has snapped up rights to The Image of You, a recently wrapped thriller starring Sasha Pieterse (Pretty Little Liars) in dual roles. Pic is set for release via Paramount Global Content Distribution at a date that hasn’t been disclosed.

Parker Young (United States of Al), Nestor Carbonell (The Morning Show), Michele Nordin (Justified) and Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino (Shining Vale) also star in the film from Mpca — an adaptation of the same-name novel from UK-based bestseller Adele Parks MBE, which Jeff Fisher (Killer Movie) directs from a script by Chris Sivertson (Monstrous).

The first project to emerge from a multi-picture deal between Mpca and Parks, The Image of You has Pieterse playing identical twins Anna and Zoe, who share a bond so close that nothing — and no one — can tear them apart. While Anna is romantic and trusting, her sister Zoe is daring and dangerous.

Steve Nissen, President and CEO of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, and Ellen K, Chair of the Walk of Fame Selection Panel and Radio personality, announced on the Hollywood Walk of Fame website that one of the new honorees on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will be Emmy nominated Yellowjackets star Christina Ricci.

According to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, the Hollywood Walk of Fame Selection Panel selected a group of new well-known stars for the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the categories of motion pictures, television radio, recording, and sports entertainment. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors ratified these honorees on June 21, 2023, after selecting them from hundreds of nominations.

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Christina Ricci's Hollywood Career

This award comes after Ricci has spent more than 33 years in the entertainment industry. In 1990, she made her big screen debut in the critically...

Just announced this week, the Hollywood Walk of Fame Class of 2024 includes horror icon Christina Ricci, who finally gets her well-earned star on the Walk of Fame next year.

Christina Ricci is of course a longtime favorite among horror fans, becoming a household name thanks to her performance as Wednesday Addams in the live action Addams Family movies of the 1990s. She just returned to the world of The Addams Family in the Netflix series “Wednesday,” playing a new character for director Tim Burton.

Ricci also starred in Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow back in 1999, with other notable genre roles including Casper, Bless the Child, Wes Craven’s Cursed, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles, and Showtime’s hit series “Yellowjackets.” Ricci also appeared in Sam Raimi’s series “50 States of Fright,” and most recently starred in the 2022 horror movie Monstrous.

Nominated twice for Primetime Emmy Awards, Christina Ricci’s enduring body...

Exclusive: Paradigm on Friday announced its signing of Umbrelic Entertainment, the L.A. and Detroit-based film finance and production company founded and operated by Thomas Zambeck and Brian Katz. Umbrelic will be repped within Paradigm’s Content Group department by Nick LoPiccolo and Babacar Diene.

Since its 2018 founding, Umbrelic Entertainment has built a pipeline of non-coastal, non-traditional financial capital by demystifying the film industry for new investors and pairing them with commercial projects, producing or financing over a dozen films. Recent releases include the Chris Sivertson-directed horror thriller Monstrous, starring Christina Ricci, and the crime thriller American Murderer, starring Tom Pelphrey and Ryan Phillippe.

Forthcoming releases from Umbrelic include the sci-fi thriller Share with Bradley Whitford and Alice Braga, the action thriller Hellfire toplined by Stephen Lang and Harvey Keitel, and director Adam Sigal’s dark comedy Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose, starring Simon Pegg, Minnie Driver and Christopher Lloyd.

Exclusive: Dark star Louis Hofmann, one of Germany’s most in-demand young actors, is joining Bella Ramsey (The Last Of Us), Dominic West (The Crown), Ruth Negga (Loving), Fiona Shaw (Harry Potter) in period drama Monstrous Beauty, which HanWay is selling at the Cannes market ahead of a planned September shoot.

Ramsey, who shot to fame as the precocious Lady of Bear Island in Got and is coming off HBO’s blockbuster hit The Last Of Us, is heading back to court but this time as an aspiring playwright in the court of King Charles II who suffers from a rare condition that means she is entirely covered in hair.

Atonement and The Hour star Romola Garai has written and will direct the movie with Matthew James Wilkinson (Yesterday) producing for Stigma Films.

Hofmann will play Vale in Monstrous Beauty, an “average actor and extremely skilled lover by trade — but...

Is Bella Ramsey the next big thing in Hollywood? After playing Lady Lyanna Mormont in HBO‘s Game of Thrones and Ellie Williams in The Last of Us, Ramsey is ready for their next significant role. This role is Ramsey’s first project since their stunning performance in The Last of Us [the actor is non-binary and now prefers they/them pronouns]. According to Deadline, Ramsey will play “an aspiring playwright in the court of King Charles II who suffers from a rare condition that means she is entirely covered in hair” for Monstrous Beauty.

Romola Garai directs from a script she wrote, combining fiction and real historical characters. Dominic West plays King Charles II, Ruth Negga plays his mistress Nell Gwyn, and Fiona Shaw plays Aphra Ben, the first ever published female playwright in history. Cameras roll is September, with Matthew James Wilkinson producing

Per Deadline, here’s the complete synopsis for Monstrous Beauty:

“Set in the 17th Century,...

The Last Of Us star Bella Ramsey has found her next role in the upcoming period drama film Monstrous Beauty following the huge success of her HBO show. Ramsey first rose to fame as the young, sharp-tongued Lady of Bear Island on another hit HBO show, Game Of Thrones, from 2016 to 2019. The praise she received for that portrayal helped her land her biggest role to date starring as Ellie opposite Pedro Pascal's Joel in the zombie drama series The Last Of Us.

According to Deadline, Ramsey has now parlayed her success on the small screen into a new role as the lead in the drama Monstrous Beauty. The film will be set in 17th-century England in the court of King Charles II where Ramsey will play an aspiring playwright named Barbara Field. Her character will have a rare condition that causes her to be entirely covered in hair, as...

Exclusive: After playing formidable and unique young women in The Last Of Us and Game Of Thrones, Bella Ramsey has found their next potentially memorable role as the star of period drama Monstrous Beauty.

Ramsey, who shot to fame as the precocious Lady of Bear Island in Got, is heading back to court but this time as an aspiring playwright in the court of King Charles II who suffers from a rare condition that means she is entirely covered in hair. This is their [the actor is non-binary and now prefers they/them pronouns] first role announced since HBO’s blockbuster hit The Last Of Us.

Atonement and The Hour star Romola Garai has written and will direct the movie, which will also star Dominic West as King Charles II (after he recently played Prince Charles in The Crown), Oscar nominee Ruth Negga (Passing) as his mistress Nell Gwyn, and Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve) as Aphra Ben, the first ever published female playwright in history.

Stars: Grant Schumacher, Rick Montgomery Jr., Caitlin Duffy, Andrew Gombas, William Champion, George Katt, Ariella Mastroianni | Written and Directed by Bruce Wemple

With The Tomorrow Job writer/director Bruce Wemple steps away from the creature features like Monstrous and Dawn of the Beast that he’s been making lately to go back to the time paradox films such as Lake Artifact and Altered Hours that he started his career with.

In fact, The Tomorrow Job reworks Altered Hours’ premise of a drug that can send its user a day into the future as the jumping-off point for its tale of Lee and his crew of time travelling thieves. Lee was a subject of the late Dr. Tupple’s experiments in time travel. And when he left the project, he took the remaining samples of the drug with him.

Now he, along with Finn and Martin use it to steal information for clients.

The drama stars Ko A-sung of Bong Joon Ho’s ‘The Host’ and ‘Snowpiercer’.

South Korea’s Showbox has secured international sales rights to Jang Kun-jae’s Because I Hate Korea and will launch sales at the upcoming European Film Market (EFM).

Based on the popular novel by Chang Kang-myoung, the film stars Ko A-sung, whose career took off when she played the young daughter in Bong Joon Ho’s The Host. She subsequently played roles in Bong’s sci-fi thriller Snowpiercer and more recently in comedy drama Samjin Company English Class.

Ko plays an average woman in her late...

Stars: Martin Lawrence, Melissa Roxburgh, John Malkovich, Chris Mullinax, Nellie Sciutto | Written by Reggie Keyohara III | Directed by Mauro Borrelli

Martin Lawrence is known for his comedic roles, but in Mindcage he plays it straight as Detective Jake Doyle who along with his partner Mary Kelly is tracking down a serial killer whose handiwork we see in the opening scene, a woman’s body turned into a statue in a church.

The killing looks like it was inspired by the work of a previous serial killer Arnaud Lefeure, better known as The Artist. Jake put him away years ago though and he’s scheduled to be executed in two weeks. After another victim is found, transformed into an angel, and attached to a locomotive the decision is made to try to get help from Lefeure.

If this makes you think of Silence of the Lambs you’re not alone. Writer...

Horror fans looking for something new to stream this October are in luck, as we’ve got the rundown of where to stream 79 horror movies from 2022.

The slasher “X” and “The Black Phone” with Ethan Hawke — which are both set in the ’70s — are now on streaming, as is Jordan Peele’s “Nope,” David Cronenberg’s “Crimes of the Future” and Rob Zombie’s take on classic ’60s sitcom “The Munsters.”

And you may have missed these foreign films: “The Innocents,” a Norwegian movie about children who misuse their supernatural powers; Austria’s “Luzifer,” which earned lead Franz Rogowski a Best Actor award at Fantastic Fest; Dutch folk horror film “Moloch;” “The Sadness,” an extreme body horror/zombie movie from Taiwan; “Saloum” from Senegal, which The Guardian called “slick gangster horror in wild west Africa;” and “Speak No Evil,” in which a get-together with a couple from Denmark and one...

Exclusive: Screen Media has acquired worldwide rights to Monsters of California, the upcoming sci-fi adventure film that marks the directorial debut for Blink-182’s lead singer and guitarist Tom DeLonge, who also wrote and performed original music for the film.

Screen Media will release in North America and have its Foresight Unlimited division handle international sales at the American Film Market.

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Monsters of California is co-written by DeLonge and Ian Miller and is produced through DeLonge’s To the Stars Media along with Stan Spry and Eric Scott Woods of Cartel Pictures (Creepshow).

The film stars Jack Samson (Zodiac), Camille Kostek (Free Guy), Casper Van Dien...

Exclusive: Production has officially wrapped production in Arkansas on the upcoming action thriller Hellfire under the seasoned Isaac Florentine directing with a cast that includes Stephen Lang, Harvey Keitel, and Dolph Lundgren. Hellfire also stars Scottie Thompson, Johnny Yong Bosch, Michael Sirow, Chris Mullinax, Maurice Compte, Levon Panek, and local actress Natalie Canerday amongst others.

The film is about a drifter (played by Stephen Lang) with a mysterious past who arrives in a small town and finds the residents in the grip of a ruthless crime boss and realizes he has to help them.

Written by Richard Lowry, the film is produced by Sasha Yelaun, Robert Paschall Jr (Old Way), Daniel Lief (Seized), and Johnny Remo (Monstrous). Executive producers include Rob Simmons, Ante Novakovic, Jeff Miller, Ronnie D. Lee, Sterling Griffin,...

Ahead of the UK digital release of his feature film Monstrous (read our review here), writer/director Chris Sivertson talks about the joy of working with Christina Ricci, monstrous inspirations and why horror films are our modern-day fairy tales.

What drew you to take the helm on Monstrous, given that you usually direct films you’ve either written or co-written?

Christina Ricci was already attached to the script when it came to me so that was a huge draw. I’ve loved her as an actress for decades and have always admired the interesting choices she makes in material. Then I got even more excited when I read the script. I just thought it was a beautiful and emotional story and it clicked perfectly with my sensibilities. I saw pretty clearly what I could bring to it as a filmmaker.

You drew a magnificent performance from Christina Ricci. What was it like directing her?...

Exclusive: Screen Media has acquired North American rights to the road-trip comedy The Nan Movie, written by Catherine Tate (The Office) and Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso), with plans for a day-and-date theatrical and on-demand release this July.

The film will serve as the origin story of Joannie Taylor aka Nan—the foul-mouthed grandmother character first introduced by Tate on her multi-award-winning BBC series, The Catherine Tate Show. It follows Nan as she goes on a wild road trip from London to Ireland with her long-suffering grandson Jamie (Mathew Horne) to make amends with her estranged and dying sister Nell (Katherine Parkinson). Through a series of flashbacks, we see the young sisters fall in love with the same handsome GI during World War 2 and how the consequences of this love triangle shaped Nan into the cantankerous old b*****d she is today. Militant vegan arsonists, Australian rugby teams, all-night raves and...

Monstrous Review — Monstrous (2022) Film Review, a movie directed by Chris Sivertson, written by Carol Chrest and starring Christina Ricci, Santino Barnard, Don Durrell, Colleen Camp, Lew Temple, Carol Anne Watts, Peter Hodge, Nick Vallelonga, Sally Elbert, Rachael Edlow, Neraida Bega, Philip V. Bruenn, Darin Cooper, Matt Lovell, Chris Mullinax, Nancy O’Fallon and [...]

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Screen Media has acquired North American rights to “Code Name Banshee,” an upcoming action-thriller with Antonio Banderas and Jamie King. The film will receive a day-and-date theatrical and on-demand release in July.

Directed by Jon Keeyes and written by Matthew Rogers, the duo behind “The Survivalist,” the film follows Caleb (Banderas), a former government assassin in hiding, who resurfaces when his protégé, the equally deadly killer known as Banshee (King), discovers a bounty has been placed on Caleb’s head. Tommy Flanagan co-stars as a mercenary, Anthony, who now seeking to collect said bounty, while Catherine Davis portrays Caleb’s daughter, Hailey.

The film is produced by Jordan Beckerman, Jon Keeyes, Jordan Yale Levine, Shaun Sanghani and executive produced by Stephen Braun, Lee Broda, Kurt Ebner, David Gendron, Barry Habib, Matthew Helderma, Ali Jazayeri, Roman Kopelevich, Jason Kringstein, Gigi Lacks, Scott Levenson, Michael Rothstein, Anne Ruden, Gregory Ruden, Marcie Sinaiko,...

Stars: Christina Ricci, Santino Barnard, Don Durrell, Colleen Camp, Lew Temple | Written by Carol Chrest | Directed by Chris Sivertson

Set sometime in the 1950s, Monstrous opens as Laura puts her son Cody in the back seat of the car and hits the road for California as “See You Later Alligator” plays on the soundtrack.

She’s leaving Arizona and an abusive ex-husband behind and plans to start over in a safer environment for her and her son. She’s rented a beautiful house by a large pond from Mr. and Mrs. and a job working for Mr. Alonzo.

But this sunny bit of nostalgia is about to turn much darker. Cody is convinced a monster from the lake is stalking them. He also misses home, and despite the reasons for their leaving, his father. Speaking of whom, he’s gotten Laura’s phone number and begins calling.

The first part...

Exclusive: Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting), Lenny Kravitz (Lee Daniels’ The Butler), Beverly D’Angelo (Violent Night), Colleen Camp (Back on the Strip) and Gavin Rossdale (The Bling Ring) have signed on to star alongside Vito Schnabel in the dark comedy The Trainer, which Tony Kaye (American History X) is directing from Schnabel and Jeff Solomon’s script.

The film currently in production, after nearly a decade in development, is based on an original story by Schnabel. It unfolds over eight days of sleep-deprived chaos and follows Jack (Schnabel), a down-on-his-luck fitness expert living with his mother in Los Angeles, who takes a maniacal swing at fame and fortune, trying to realize his version of the American dream.

Julia Fox, Steven Van Zandt, Taylour Paige, Stephen Dorff, John McEnroe, Gina Gershon, Luka Sabbat, Soo Joo Park, Brock O’Hurn, Bella Thorne, Laird Hamilton and Duke Nicholson are also set to star.