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Festival fans can prepare for an unforgettable four-day experience as the Romford Horror Festival returns with a bigger, bolder, and bloodier line-up than ever before. Running from February 27th to March 2nd, the festival will take over the soon-to-be-open Lumiere at the Mercury Shopping Centre, setting the stage for its highly anticipated official launch at the end of March. This year’s event marks a major expansion, with 240 feature films and shorts screening across seven screens, offering a deep dive into both mainstream and independent horror.

Festival Director Spencer Hawken sees this edition as a milestone, not only for the festival itself but also as a crucial test for the new cinema. “This is a fantastic opportunity to test the venue with a live audience, and horror fans are the perfect guinea pigs,” he said. “They’re passionate, knowledgeable, and incredibly understanding if there are any technical hiccups. While our...

On Thursday, September 27, 2024, at 12:20 Am, Hancock’s Half Hour returns to That’s TV3 with an amusing episode titled “The Lift.” This beloved British sitcom, starring the legendary Tony Hancock, offers a blend of humor and relatable situations that is sure to entertain viewers.

In this episode, Hancock finds himself in a rather sticky situation when he inadvertently becomes the ninth passenger in a lift that is only meant to accommodate eight. As luck would have it, the lift gets stuck between floors, leaving Hancock and the other passengers in a tense predicament. In typical Hancock fashion, he attempts to lighten the mood by cracking jokes and trying to cheer everyone up. However, his well-intentioned efforts are met with dismay, as the other passengers are less than thrilled with his antics.

The episode showcases Hancock’s unique ability to turn everyday scenarios into comedic gold. With its clever writing and Hancock’s charm,...

While horror remakes are inevitable, its rare that international filmmakers are hired to helm American remakes of their originals. Even fewer filmmakers get to make not one, but Two movies about sentient killer elevators (Killovators? Murdervators?). Lucky for us, Dick Maas laughs in the face of convention. His feature debut, The Lift, is a zany 1980s concoction of A.I. paranoia and cable-attached monsters, kickstarting his career as an odd duckling who cherishes a proper B-Movie script. Movies like Amsterdamned, Prey (aka Uncaged), and Sint would further cement his audacious brand of metropolitan nightmares that treat midnight movie storylines with higher prestige, only adding to the Dutchman’s legacy.

Maas’ The Lift might seem like a strange choice for an American remake—a procedural thriller about corrupt elevator companies—but it’s hailed as one of the Netherlands’ premiere horror imports. Imagine an episode of The Twilight Zone with more...

TelevisaUnivision’s streaming platform ViX is firing up six new original shows during the first quarter of the year, including a comedy feature with Spain’s The Mediapro Studio.

“From hilarious comedies to impactful reality shows and docuseries, the new ViX Originals exhibits the diversity of genres and storytelling that can only be found on ViX,” said Rodrigo Mazon, executive VP & chief content officer for ViX at TelevisaUnivision.

In a nod to its creative partners, Mazon added: “At ViX, audiences can find content for everyone, consistently maintaining a high standard of quality made by the best content creators of today.”

According to TelevisaUnivision’s 2023 4th Quarter report, the Spanish-language streaming service ended the year with more than 7 million subscribers and generated more than $700 million in revenue.

However, like most other streaming platforms facing competitive headwinds and higher costs, production budgets per episode are being trimmed at ViX, according to sources.

The importance of revenue earned by studios from PVOD rentals reasserts itself with news that, as of Tuesday, all but two of the wide films released from either December 22 or December 25 will have home availability. That’s one month or less after their theatrical releases.

Top holiday grosser “Wonka” (Warner Bros.), which opened a week earlier, sleeper rom-com hit “Anyone but You” (Sony), and “The Iron Claw” remain theater-exclusive. Otherwise, the rush for home gold has taken over.

Three of these titles — “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” (WB), “Migration” (Universal), and “Ferrari” (Neon) debut on Tuesday. They will join “The Color Purple” (WB) and “The Boys in the Boat” (Amazon MGM), both of which came out last week, 22 days after release.

The results for the week actually showed that four earlier films scored better overall during the week. “Purple” did best at Vudu (#4), but only #8 at Apple TV and #10 at Google Play.

Warner Bros UK has released the official trailer for the upcoming film One Life, which tells the true story of Sir Nicholas Winton, a man who rescued hundreds of children from the Nazis during WWII. The film stars Anthony Hopkins as Winton and shows two different stages of his life, with Johnny Flynn portraying his younger counterpart. It also features a star-studded cast including Helena Bonham Carter and Romola Garai. One Life will premiere at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival and will later be shown at the London Film Festival. It is directed by James Hawes and written by Lucinda Coxon and Nick Drake. The UK release is set for January 1st, 2024.

Warner Bros UK has finally released an official trailer for One Life. The upcoming film is based on the true story of Sir Nicholas Winton, a man who rescued hundreds of children from falling into the hands of the Nazis during WWII.

Projects come from 34 different countries.

Projects from Rodrigo Reyes, Ike Nnaebue and Sean McAllister are among 48 titles that will be pitched to international and UK industry representatives and experts at this year’s Sheffield DocFest MeetMarket.

One of the world’s largest documentary and factual pitching forums, MeetMarket moved to the beginning of the festival and will take place on June 15-16 with all projects in the development or production stage.

The projects have been selected from more than 500 submissions. Rodrigo Reyes, whose doc Sanson And Me was the winner of DocFest’s 2022 international competition, is pitching Mexican-us co-pro Warrior Mothers.

Courteney Cox is responding to that Prince Harry psychedelic mushrooms story.

The “Friends” actress is asked about the comments the Duke of Sussex made about her in his memoir Spare during an interview with Variety.

In his much-talked about book, Harry recalls digging in to “a huge box of black diamond mushroom chocolates” while staying at Cox’s house years ago.

Cox laughs, “He did stay here for a couple of days — probably two or three. He’s a really nice person.”

She admits she recently saw him at a birthday party and wanted to say hi, but didn’t because he was talking to other people.

Cox continues, “I haven’t read the book. I do want to hear it, because I’ve heard it’s really entertaining.

“But yes, it’s gotten back to me about it. I’m not saying there were mushrooms! I definitely wasn’t passing them out.

Hypothetical scenario: a serial killer has entered your 10th floor apartment. Against all odds, you’ve managed to barricade him in the bathroom. You run out the door, take the elevator downstairs, get in your car, and flee to the safety of the local police station. Is that the correct thing to do? No. The elevator could decide to kill you, as seen in 1983's The Lift. And if it doesn’t, your car could, like the black sedan in The Car. And if it doesn’t, but you get a flat tire, the spare tire could, as it does in Rubber. Sounds crazy, but if the makers of these films are right, you may never be safe again.

The trope of cursed objects is a unique corner of horror. Not to be confused with killer dolls and mannequins (that's a whole other niche), we're talking about your ordinary household objects come to life to wreck people's lives (and sometimes murder them) in the most bonkers, off-the-wall, and outrageous ways. Perhaps a comet or asteroid crashes into earth, causing a strange transference of energy, or an experiment goes horribly wrong. Sometimes, it's a phenomenon with no logical explanation, so it's even more difficult to defeat.

Cursed and killer objects in the movies ebb and flow with time. The 1970s and '80s were a particularly hot time for the subgenre, featuring a slew of deadly inanimate objects like a killer bed (more on that later), a killer car ("Christine"), a killer elevator ("The Lift"), and a killer lamp ("Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes"). Cursed objects were less prevalent in the '90s,...

On Saturday, Courteney Cox used a Drake-themed skit to amuse her followers on Instagram. Drake flashed the 58-year-old actress the middle finger in a brief video that was posted by the actress, who was recently spotted in Santa Monica.

Read More: Courteney Cox & Johnny McDaid Hilariously Botch Recreating ‘Dirty Dancing’ Scene — With A Lift From Ed Sheeran

Drake can be seen dancing to his hit song Sticky at the beginning of the clip. When Drake blows a raspberry, his pals cheer him on and laugh, and Courteney hesitantly exits.

Cox wrote in the caption, “No photos allowed…get it!” and added “Thanks for the inspiration @maxgoodrich!”

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Max Goodrich, a comedian and content developer, created the original sketch, which he posted online on January 31.

“Pov: You’re at the club with Drake,” the comedian wrote.

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Awards handed out to projects in 40th anniversary edition of CineMart.

Italy-France co-production Heads Or Tails (Testa o Croce)? and Ukrainian title Consider Vera were the major winners at Rotterdam’s IFFR Pro industry awards recognising projects from International Film Festival Rotterdam’s co-production market, CineMart.

The co-production market marks its 40th anniversary this year and hosted 20 features and five immersive projects. Itd ran from January 29 to February 1.

Heads Or Tails? from Italian-American directors Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis took home the Eurimages Co-production Development Award of €20,000. It is produced by Ring Film and Shellac Sud and follows...

Industry stalwarts including director Cheryl Dunye (“Bridgerton”), actor, writer, director Romola Garai, producer Elizabeth Karlsen (“Mothering Sunday”) and Sky Comedy commissioning editor Tilusha Ghelani have joined the illustrious roster of mentors at The Writers Lab U.K. & Ireland.

Now in its second year in the territory, the lab, which supports women and non-binary writers over 40, is set up to discover new writing voices from across Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The initiative is produced by Untamed Stories’ Julia Berg and Ruth Spencer and Twl co-founders Elizabeth Kaiden and Nitza Wilon.

It is presented with support from Dirty Films, the independent production company headed by Cate Blanchett, Andrew Upton, Coco Francini and Georgie Pym. The Writers Lab U.K. & Ireland is in association with Birds’ Eye View, Dancing Ledge Productions, Curzon Cm Development Fund, Maisie Williams’ production company Rapt, London-based film and TV agency Dench Arnold, Screen Scotland, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland,...

Kevin Hart and F. Gary Gray will team up on the heist film “Lift” for Netflix, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.

The spec script, written by Dan Kunka, was acquired by the streamer in March. Simon Kinberg is producing alongside Audrey Chon for Genre Pictures, while Matt Reeves and Adam Kassan are producing for 6th & Idaho and Hart and Brian Smiley for HartBeat Productions.

Hart is set to play a master thief who is convinced by his ex-girlfriend and the FBI to pull off an impossible heist on a flight from London to Zurich.

Hart and Netflix have a creative partnership and are currently in production on “Me Time” starring Mark Wahlberg and Regina Hall.

Gray’s credits include “Straight Outta Compton,” “The Fate of the Furious” and “Men in Black: International,” and he is set to direct “Muscle” with Vin Diesel after “Lift.” He is...

Exclusive: Kevin Hart and director F. Gary Gray are set to team for the first time on Lift, a heist film that Netflix acquired last March as a spec script by Dan Kunka. Production will begin at the top of the year. The film is produced by Simon Kinberg and Audrey Chon for Genre Pictures, Matt Reeves and Adam Kassan for 6th & Idaho, and Hart and Brian Smiley for HartBeat Productions.

Hart will play a master thief who is wooed by his ex-girlfriend and the FBI to pull off an impossible heist with his international crew on a 777 flying from London to Zurich.

Lift falls under Hart and HartBeat Productions’ creative partnership with Netflix. They are currently in production on comedy Me Time starring Mark Wahlberg and Regina Hall. The Batman director Reeves’ 6th & Idaho is also in a Netflix deal.

Gray, who is coming off Straight Outta Compton, The Fate of the Furious...

The Asian titles for the September edition of Monthly Indie Shorts have been announced. They can be watched from September,1 till September 15, at monthlyindieshorts.com.

Ekjon Esshorer Golpo:The Story Of God

Directed by

Layek Ahmed Pobon

Bangladesh

Synopsis

Esshor dash Speaks to God alone in his mind, he has various questions about God in his mind, it is basically a movie of some simple questions.

Nafiri

Directed by

Mohammad Sadegh Ghahremani

Iran

Synopsis

Mr. Nafiri is responsible for revoking the birth certificates of those who have died … After forty years of work in this office, he suffers from mental problems and feels that he is approaching death.

Will You Bury Me

Directed by

Noor Eldine Aboud

Lebanon

Synopsis

Sophia, a young unorthodox mother and wife, sets out to help her family after her bigoted husband accuses her of hiding money from him. With a dread induced by her husband,...

Director-producer DeMane Davis is expanding her relationship with Warner Bros. Television Group with an overall deal. Terms were not disclosed, but Wbtvg confirms it is an exclusive, multiyear agreement.

Under the pact, Davis will reunite with Ava DuVernay, joining her new superhero DC drama Naomi as co-executive producer. Davis will helm multiple episodes throughout the season and also oversee the show’s directing team. Naomi hails from executive producers/writers DuVernay and Jill Blankenship, Array Filmworks, and Warner Bros. Television for The CW. As part of the deal, Davis also will develop new original programming for all platforms, including WarnerMedia’s HBO Max, external streaming services, cable, and the broadcast networks.

“Growing up, I would scarf down Cap’n Crunch while watching Bugs Bunny every Saturday. I imagined a lot of things, but back then seeing him lean...

Sunni Welles, an actor and musician who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault, died on Monday in Downey, California, after battling lung cancer, as Variety reports. She was 72. Her son Shaun O’Banion confirmed the news via Twitter.

Welles began her acting career at the age of 10 and appeared in popular TV shows such as Leave It to Beaver and My Three Sons. Born Nancy Kay Rihl in Caracas, Venezuela, she adopted her stage name when she was a teen.

Her entertainment career spanned music and dancing in addition to acting,...

Sunni Welles, a former actor and singer who was among the women who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault, has died, her son Shaun O’Banion announced on Twitter todeay. She was 72.

Welles died Monday after a battle with lung cancer at a hospice care center in Downey, CA, O’Banion told Deadline in a statement.

Welles’ acting career began when she was a child at age 10, appearing in episodes of such popular shows as Leave It to Beaver and My Three Sons.

She alleged at a 2015 news conference that Cosby raped her twice when she was an aspiring singer in the mid-1960s by drugging her drink. She said Cosby invited her to a jazz club after she ran into him on the set of I Spy. Welles said the first time he attacked her, she was drinking Champagne; after the second time, she never saw him again. It really affected my trust,...

Sunni Welles, an actress, singer and one of the woman who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault, has died. She was 72.

Welles’ passing was announced Tuesday by her son Shaun O’Banion, who referred to her as an “extraordinary woman.” She died Monday in a hospice care center in Downey, California.

Welles first got her start as a child actress, appearing on shows such as “Leave It to Beaver” and “My Three Sons,” taking her stage name from the word “Sunshine” and her surrogate father, screenwriter Halsted Welles.

Welles said in a statement through Gloria Allred in 2015 that she had met Cosby on set of “I Spy” when she was just 17 in the mid 1960s when her mother was working as a story editor at Paramount Studios. In meeting him she described her love of jazz and that she could do a good Nancy Wilson impression for him. She claimed she...

He counts Louis Theroux as a fan but struggles to find funding for his off-beat drama-doc hybrids. He explains why he uses non-actors to play themselves – and why he filmed his cleaner finding a cat with a defrosted pigeon in its mouth

While making his first documentary 20 years ago, Marc Isaacs spent two months in the lift of a London tower block, filming the residents coming and going, and asking whimsical questions (“What did you dream about last night?”). That short film, Lift, also featured a fly, which he bought from a pet shop; the insect expired in the final shot. Isaacs hadn’t intended that to symbolise the death of the fly-on-the-wall genre – “It only occurred to me afterwards” – but it fits his philosophy, which spurns any notions of unmediated reality. For two decades, he has prodded, coaxed and intervened, all from behind the camera. “I like to provoke,...

Exclusive: Ray Donovan’s Pooch Hall has signed with Zero Gravity for management.

Hall, who has starred for seven seasons as Ray’s (Liev Schreiber) younger brother Darryll Donovan on Ray Donovan, is set to film the feature-length film version of the hit Showtime series later this year. The film, directed by showrunner David Hollander, will bring the popular series to a close, picking up where Season 7 left off after its surprise cancellation last year.

Prior to Ray Donovan, Hall portrayed Derwin Davis on BET comedy series The Game. He began his career in New York where he landed a small role in the independent feature film Lift, opposite Kerry Washington. He went on to starring and supporting roles in the independent films Black Cloud and Blind Dating with Chris Pine for director James Keach; and larger studio films such as DreamWorks’ A Dog’s Purpose, directed by Lasse Hallström; the biopic Chuck,...

KollywoodHelmed by Vineeth Varapasad, ‘Lift’ stars actors Kavin and Amritha in the lead.Tnm StaffScreengrab/YouTubeActor Kavin, who made his debut as hero with the Tamil film Natpuna Ennanu Theriyuma, is now gearing up for the release of his next film Lift. The actor started appearing as the main protagonist in movies after playing supporting roles in a few Kollywood movies and the lead role in many television serials. The makers of the upcoming Tamil movie Lift starring actors Kavin and Amritha in the lead, dropped the first single from the movie on Thursday. The first single ‘Inna Mylu’ which is sung by actor Sivakarthikeyan, became viral soon after it was released. ‘Inna Mylu’ marks Sivakarthikeyan’s 10th song as a singer. With its quirky lyrics and entertaining steps, the peppy dance number managed to garner many views hours after its release. The track is currently trending on YouTube India in the 13th rank.

With the change in seasons comes optimism about coronavirus vaccinations and some mercifully warmer weather. And this time of year, Fox’s “The Masked Singer” and CBS’ “NCIS” come on like lions, making other programs go out like lambs. Will last year’s results predict this spring’s winners? In short, probably. History tends to repeat itself, pandemic or no pandemic. Last spring — by which we mean March 20, 2020 to June 19, 2020 — “The Masked Singer” Season 3 was broadcast television’s highest-rated primetime show among adults 18-49, according to Nielsen, with a 2.91 rating in that key demographic. That number, like all in this story, includes one week of (mostly) DVR viewing. Also Read: 'The Talk' Ratings Down 27% From Last Season - Could Sharon Osbourne Flap Give It a Lift? Runner-up in the key demo was ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” averaging a 2.45 rating at the tail-end of Season 16. It’s worth pointing...

With the exception of “60 Minutes,” CBS aired all reruns Sunday night, but the broadcast network still managed to top primetime thanks to a very strong afternoon lead-in: the opening weekend of 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament a.k.a. March Madness. The Syracuse vs. West Virginia game ended just ahead of a new episode of “60 Minutes,” which was the night’s highest-rated and most-watched show. CBS was first in ratings with a 0.7 rating/5 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 5 million, according to preliminary numbers. At 7 p.m., “60 Minutes” scored a 1.4/11 and 8.8 million viewers. The rest of the night was filled with drama reruns. Also Read: 'The Talk' Ratings Down 27% From Last Season - Could Sharon Osbourne Flap Give It a Lift? ABC was second in ratings with a 0.6/4 and in viewers with 4.7 million. At 7, “America’s Funniest Home Videos...

Producers Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Days of Future Past) and Matt Reeves (The Batman) are preparing to “lift” off at Netflix. The streamer has acquired a hot new spec script called Lift from writer Dan Kunka, winning a bidding war to acquire the title after it was sent to every studio earlier this week. The story involves a daring […]

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Singer-songwriter Helen Ballentine announced a new Skullcrusher EP, Storm in Summer, out April 9th via Secretly Canadian. She previewed the five-track set with its title song, a delicate swirl of ringing guitars and banjo plucks.

“And I wonder if I go back home, can I hide away?” Ballentine sings. “Or if I step into this storm, is it warm? Will I find my place?” She paired the song with a fittingly rainy video in which she stares solemnly out a window.

“I wrote ‘Storm in Summer’ after releasing the first Skullcrusher EP,...

The Pantani Affair Gets International & U.S. Sales Deals

Exclusive: The Pantani Affair (Il Caso Pantani), about iconic Italian cyclist Marco Pantani, is launching for international sales at the virtual EFM via Italian firm Iuvit Media Sales. The biographical drama, written, directed and produced by filmmaker and Mr.Arkadin Film founder Domenico Ciolfi (Passaggio A Vuoto), explores the last five years of champion cyclist Marco Pantani’s life, including the events surrounding a doping scandal during the 1999 Giro d’Italia and the beloved sportsman’s tragic death in 2004, at the age of 34. The film is one of the many in consideration for this year’s David Di Donatello awards, which opened its nominations to all movies released via streaming due to the pandemic. Three different actors play Pantani: Marco Palvetti (Gomorrah), Brenno Placido (Romanzo Criminale) and Fabrizio Rongione (Two Days). The film also stars Libero De Rienzo (The Two Popes...

KollywoodThe song is written, composed and performed by music director Sean Roldan.Tnm StaffYouTube ScreengrabOnly about a month ago, we saw idly lovers rise up in defence when a British Professor made a “controversial” comment about the simple-looking but most versatile south Indian dish. Now here’s a whole song based on the idly and a condiment that makes for a lip-smacking combination, the chutney. While it sounds like it could go viral on TikTok (ouch) or on Instagram Reels, the song comes with a dash of philosophy too — “Without Idly, there is no chutney […] Without duality, there is no singularity.” Here’s your food for thought, did you see it coming? The song is the first single from Think Originals and has been written, composed and performed by music director Sean Roldan. Also featuring Bigil fame Amritha, the song has a whacky visualisation that shows a group of men,...

There was a flurry of news surrounding the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Black Panther 2 yesterday, and not only was it confirmed that the sequel would start filming in July, but the first new face in the ensemble has been announced as well. Joining returning stars Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Danai Gurira and Lupita Nyong’o will be Narcos: Mexico‘s Tenoch Huerta as a mystery villain.

This will mark the biggest role of the 39 year-old’s career by far, although he does have plenty of experience working on blockbusters having played the pivotal part of Mexican Man in Lift in James Bond sequel Spectre. There’s still no official word on who he’ll be portraying in the McU pic, but a new report now claims that he might be suiting up as White Tiger, who’s been rumored on a few occasions to be involved in the film.

KollywoodThe star, who was seen sporting a thick beard some days ago, is now seen with a new look.Digital NativeBigg Boss Tamil fame Kavin, well-known for his role Vettaiyan and in the season 2 of the television soap opera Saravanan Meenatchi, posted his new look online creating quite a stir among his fans. The star, who was seen sporting a thick beard some days ago, is now seen with a new look. In the selfie posted online, Kavin is seen with a short stubble and new hairstyle. Reports are that the new look is for his upcoming film Lift, which will be directed by the debut director Vineeth Varaprasad, a well-known advertisement filmmaker. Amritha Aiyer of Bigil fame has been roped in to play the female lead in this entertainer. The first look poster of Lift was released a few months ago which had Kavin and Amritha Aiyer sitting inside...

Slowthai gives birth in the video for “Feel Away,” a new song featuring James Blake and Mount Kimbie.

Directed by Oscar Hudson (who previously worked on Radiohead’s “Lift” video), the clip features the U.K. rapper in a maternity ward as he grows a pregnant belly and gets an ultrasound. Shortly after he gives birth, the baby bizarrely turns out to be cake — which he eagerly breaks apart and eats at the end. Blake appears on vocals, singing, “This time I’ll have one hand free/This has nothing to do with me.

The past few months haven’t seemed that different from the darkest days of 1968 to David Crosby. The biggest difference was that Nixon was a villain he was able to largely understand. Trump is a very different story.

“I would paint the villain in darker colors this time,” he tells Rolling Stone. “I’ll tell you how I envision this guy [Trump]. He feels to me like an 8-year-old kid that has never been allowed in his dad’s office and he’s broken and he’s peeing on the papers,...

Appropriately dubbed Webbys From Home due to the current Covid-19 landscape, the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences has unveiled the nominees for the 24th annual Webby Awards. The New York ceremony was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic and will now take place via an Internet celebration on May 19.

The Webbys honor the year’s best Internet work as well as outstanding individuals and organizations who are using the Internet to respond to the impact of the coronavirus. Nominees in the entertainment realm include HBO, Saturday Night Live, BBC, Netflix, Star Wars, Hulu and Comedy Central. Lizzo, Lil Dicky, Ellen, Trevor Noah, Jennifer Garner, Billie Eilish, Jimmy Fallon, Florence Pugh, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ariana Grande, Idris Elba, Stephen Colbert, LeBron James, Celine Dion, Tom Hanks, Billy Eichner and Chris Evans have also received nominations.

“The Internet is our glue right now. It’s the most powerful tool for us to support and uplift one another,...

SXSW has partnered with The Texas Tribune Festival for “Conversations About America’s Future” at this year’s SXSW conference and festival. The two-day series will take place March 14-15 at the Fairmont Austin as part of the SXSW Conference’s Government & Politics Track. SXSW kicks off on March 13 and continues through March 22.

This marks the return of the series which will bring some of the nation’s best-known journalists together with top elected officials, political activists, and influential thought leaders — timely considering this is an election year. Guests slated to appear this year include Hillary Rodham Clinton, Anita Hill, Gretchen Carlson, Andrew Yang, among others.

“The 2020 election is the most important election of our generation, and at SXSW our goal is to address the issues that affect the lives of all citizens,” said SXSW Chief Programming Officer Hugh Forrest. “We’re fortunate to have a young, diverse and engaged...

The Paley Center for Media today announced that it will pay tribute to the extraordinary Kerry Washington with the special program Celebrating Kerry Washington: Conversation & Exclusive Preview Screening of Little Fires Everywhere.

The program will take place on Tuesday, March 17 at 7:30 pm.

“I’m truly honored to be returning to the Paley Center stage for this look back at my work,” said Kerry Washington. “And I’m thrilled to be previewing Little Fires Everywhere, as part of this extraordinary evening.”

“We’re thrilled to welcome back Kerry Washington to the Paley Center,” said Maureen J. Reidy, the Paley Center President & CEO. “Ms. Washington is a tremendous talent and we look forward to celebrating her remarkable career and to hosting the exclusive New York premiere of Little Fires Everywhere.”

Kerry Washington is among the most respected and influential talents in television today. A New York native, this versatile talent has...

On Monday, actor Tiffany Boone broke her silence and posted a letter to her social media channels addressing her exit from Showtime’s “The Chi” after making supervisors aware of alleged misconduct by her former co-star Jason Mitchell. In the letter, Boone discussed her decision-making process and the media coverage — and social media commentary — that followed the story.

Speaking to Variety at the premiere of her Amazon series “Hunters,” her first public appearance since publishing the letter, Boone discussed the timing of her missive.

“You know, it’s been awhile since all of that happened, since everything came out. I work on my own time. I wanted to deal with it the way I wanted to deal with it,” Boone said. “I didn’t feel like I owed anyone anything. I was going through my own experience.”

“Now seemed like the right time to just tell the part of the...

Hulu has dropped the trailer for its upcoming sci-fi series “Utopia Falls,” and the trailer finds teenagers, hundreds of years in the future, discovering an ancient relic called hip-hop.

“Whoa. How’s he doing that so fast?” one teen says to another in the trailer, as they watch a rapper in a hip-hop music video for the very first time in their lives.

“I have no idea,” replies the fellow teen. “Why would they keep something like this from us?”

Watch the trailer above.

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The sci-fi hip-hop series will feature the voice of Snoop Dogg, and music from artists including Kendrick Lamar, Alessia Cara, The Notorious B.I.G., Daniel Caesar, Jessie Reyez, Bill Withers and The Roots.

Here is the official description for the series, which premieres Feb.

A plumber is haunted by a sound that only he can seemingly hear in Stefano Nurra's Hum, and ahead of its premiere on Gunpowder & Sky's Dust on Thursday, September 26th, we've been provided with the exclusive trailer for the sci-fi short film.

Written and directed by Stefano Nurra, Hum stars Adam Shaw (Doctors), Paul Reynolds (Terminal), James Bryce (Border Queen), and Shend (Schemers).

You can watch our exclusive trailer for Hum below, and we've also been provided with the key art for the short film. Keep an eye on Dust's Facebook and YouTube pages to learn more.

Hum synopsis: "Grieving plumber Chris Page is tormented by a mysterious low frequency noise seemingly only he can hear. The unexplained phenomenon known as "The Hum". With the help of rogue scientist Prof. McAven, Chris traces the origin of the sound, discovering way more than expected.

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What at first seems like a lighthearted middle school experiment of ping pong balls, red light, and white noise soon turns into an obsession that could unlock a door into the vast, deadly unknown in Lucid Nation. Ahead of its premiere on Gunpowder & Sky's Dust label on Thursday, August 8th, we've been provided with the exclusive trailer for Lucid Nation to share with Daily Dead readers.

You can get a look at the escalating dread of the experiment in our exclusive Lucid Nation trailer below, and we've also been provided with posters from the short film. Keep an eye on Dust's Facebook and YouTube pages to learn more.

"Lucid Nation Synopsis

Best friends Henry and Josh attempt an experiment at home that they learned about in school. After stealing a red light bulb from the school's dark room, they cover their eyes with ping pong balls and listen to white...

(And it's going to be called... Dick Maas: The Documentary) In my home country of the Netherlands, there are plenty of people and filmmakers who are interested in creating genre entertainment, but the industry is generally loath to support them. "Don't try to be Hollywood" is often the advice given to people. It is therefore almost a miracle that we do have one director who has been making genre films for over 35 years, often with financial success and international acclaim. His name: Dick Maas. You may know him from films as The Lift, Amsterdamned, Saint, or his recent creature-feature Prey (reviewed here), which was considered his biggest flop until it suddenly started breaking records a few weeks ago in China, with over a million...

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Gunpowder and Sky’s sci-fi label Dust will launch adventure “Prospect,” starring Pedro Pascal, Sophie Thatcher and Jay Duplass, on Nov. 2 at Regal theaters nationwide.

“Prospect” will digitally premiere on SingularDTV’s blockchain-enabled VOD platform in 2019 following its theatrical run. Written and directed by Zeek Earl and Christopher Caldwell, the film centers on Thatcher and Duplass portraying a father-daughter team following their path through the galaxy in search of the ultimate payday. The film also stars Andre Royo, Sheila Vand and Anwan Glover.

The film won the Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Award at SXSW, where Dust bought the film. Peter Debruge gave “Prospect” a strong review for Variety when it debuted at SXSW: “If anything, this is what the standalone ‘Star Wars’ movies should feel like.”

“Zeek and Chris’ visual feel and tone achieved in ‘Prospect’ is reminiscent of both the wonderfully grounded aesthetic of the first Star Wars movie, as...

Content studio Gunpowder & Sky is launching a free-to-stream channel on Roku devices for Dust — its content division dedicated to edgy sci-fi entertainment — stocked with films, TV shows and original short films.

The new channel, DUSTx, will be free to access on Roku and the programming will carry ads, which will be sold by Roku. G&S promises it will be a destination for “mind-expanding science fiction that explores the future of humanity through the lens of science and technology.” DUSTx will be available on all Roku devices starting Aug. 18.

Dust, which debuted in November 2016, now has more than 2 million online followers. G&S has launched channels for the sci-fi brand on YouTube, Facebook, Vrv, Pluto TV and Xumo.

DUSTx is available initially only on Roku, but G&S is in distribution talks with other partners. At launch, the channel will include about 20 films, 30 series and 200 of its best short films. The...

Gunpowder & Sky has acquired worldwide rights to “Prospect.”

The Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell directed the sci-fi Western had its world premiere at SXSW.

It centers on a teenage girl and her father who travel to a remote moon looking to strike it rich by harvesting a large gem deposit. Things don’t go as planned. The father and daughter are forced into a desperate fight to survive after they encounter hostile natives.

Gunpowder & Sky will release the film theatrically in the U.S. later this year through its sci-fi label Dust. Independent will handle sales outside the U.S. The London-based sales firm will screen the film for buyers in Cannes.

Floris Bauer, co-founder and president of Gunpowder & Sky, said the company’s move into sci-fi comes as the genre is uniquely positioned to reflect the zeitgeist.

“Science-fiction explores what it means to be human and where we’re heading as humans,...

August’s home entertainment releases are going out in a blaze of glory, as we have a bunch of great titles coming our way on August 29th, including a handful of cult classics such as The Man with Two Brains, The Manster, Amsterdamned, Vicious Lips, and a two-disc special edition set for The Slayer from Arrow Video.

As far as recent horror titles go, be sure to keep an eye out for Demon, Inconceivable, Timebomb, The Hollow One, The Evil in Us, and Safe Inside. Warner Bros. put together a quad pack Blu-ray set featuring four Stephen King classics (It, Salem’s Lot, The Shining, Cat’s Eye) undoubtedly to get everyone ready for Pennywise next month, and Paramount is keeping busy with several Blu-ray re-releases, including Clue, The Addams Family, and Galaxy Quest.

Amsterdamned (Blue Underground, Blu/DVD Combo)

The Danger Lies Just Below the Surface. Down...

The ’burbs can be one spooky place to live. Megan Freels Johnston's The Ice Cream Truck release details, trailer, and poster leads today's Horror Highlights! Also: Camp Cold Brook casting details, Blu-ray / DVD release details for The Lift, the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride announcement, Red Christmas theatrical info, and the new Wtf! trailer.

The Ice Cream Truck Trailer and Release Details: Press Release: "Writer-director Megan Freels Johnston’s suburban nightmare The Ice Cream Truck will hit theaters August 18 and be released day-and-date on VOD via Uncork’d Entertainment. A new trailer and poster have been released to coincide with the release.

The provocative psychological thriller stars Deanna Russo (Being Human, Gossip Girl) as Mary, who moves back to her suburban hometown after her husband gets relocated for work. As her family ties up loose ends back home, she moves into their new house alone. And although the move makes Mary nostalgic for her youth,...

Having just announced that they will be releasing Dick Maas’ 1983 Dutch horror/thriller The Lift, it only makes sense that Blue Underground would also be releasing the 2001 English-language remake, which was also directed by Maas! The 2K restoration Blu-ray… Continue Reading →

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Blue Underground is resurrecting Amsterdamned on a limited edition Blu-ray / DVD, and we have all the details in today's Horror Highlights, which also includes Comet TV's July giveaway, covers for the new Captain Kronos comic book, and a new featurette for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.

Amsterdamned Limited Edition Blu-ray / DVD: Blue Underground will release Amsterdamned on a limited edition Blu-ray / DVD on August 29th.

"Down in the murky depths of Amsterdam’s famous canals lurks a murderous predator. Surfacing at night, he kills at random and disappears without a trace. As the bodies begin to pile up and mass hysteria envelopes the city, Detective Eric Visser is assigned to head the investigation. With only the escalating number of victims to go on, Visser pursues his quarry with a vengeance, unaware that his beautiful new girlfriend may be the mysterious killer’s next victim.

Huub Stapel (The Lift) and Monique van de Ven (Turkish Delight) star in this pulse-pounding thriller written and directed by Dick Maas (Silent Witness), highlighted by an explosive speedboat chase through the city’s narrow canals. Long unavailable on U.S. home video, Blue Underground proudly presents Amsterdamned in a brand-new 2K restoration from the original Dutch negative, approved by Dick Maas!

Extras:

Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Dick Maas and Editor Hans van Dongen The Making of Amsterdamned Tales From The Canal - Interview with Star Huub Stapel Damned Stuntwork – Interview with Stunt Coordinator Dickey Beer Dutch Trailer S. Trailer Loïs Lane Music Video – “Amsterdamned” (Directed by Dick Maas) Poster & Still Gallery Bonus Collectable Booklet with new essay by author Michael Gingold"

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Comet TV July Giveaway: "June is an action packed month over at Comet TV! With so many films you can only see on the Sci-Fi and Horror channel!

But that’s not all, did you know that this July is the 70th anniversary of the famed Roswell UFO crash?

This July 4th beginning at 10Am/9C Aliens Invade! Say wha? Yep, to ring in the 4th, Comet TV is holding an Invasion: Alien Attack Movie Marathon!

There’s Invisible Invaders (1959), The Falling (1987), Strange Invaders (1983) and more!"

Prize Details: (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive (1) prize pack from Comet, including:

(1) Limited Edition custom designed Fidget Spinner (2) Comet TV Popcorn Tubs (1) Comet TV Cylinder Survival Bottle (2) Bags of Popcorn (1) Limited Edition Comet TV Alien Invasion Collector Card

How to Enter: We're giving Daily Dead readers multiple chances to enter and win:

1. Instagram: Following us on Instagram during the contest period will give you an automatic contest entry. Make sure to follow us at:

https://www.instagram.com/dailydead/

2. Email: For a chance to win via email, send an email to contest@dailydead.com with the subject “Comet July Prize Pack Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.

Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on July 6th. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per entry method, per household, will be accepted."

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Captain Kronos Comic Book: "Captain Kronos will be the second Hammer title following the success of Peter Milligan and Ronilson Freire’s The Mummy: Palimpsest​ which hits bookstores in August. ​

Written by Dan Abnett (Aquaman, Guardians of the Galaxy) with stunning art by Tom Mandrake (Sidekick, The Spectre) Titan Comics’ new series chronicles the adventures of the mysterious and powerful Kronos who has dedicated his life to destroying the evil vampire plague.

Hammer Comics: Captain Kronos #1

​(Part 1 of 4)

Writer: Dan Abnett

Artist: Tom Mandrake

Fc - 32pp - $3.99 - On sale: September 27, 2017

In the depths of Eastern Europe, the legendary vampire hunter, Captain Kronos, and his two assistants, Grost and Carla, are called upon to help rid a town of its vampire plague.

However, beneath the surface of the beleaguered town a malevolent force far more evil and deadly is awakening and it might just be the match of Kronos... ​

​Cover A: Mike Perkins

Cover B: Hammer Glamour - Caroline Munro

Cover C: Tom Mandrake"

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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Featurette: "EuropaCorp and STXfilms will release Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets in theaters nationwide on July 21.

Cast: Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, with Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, Herbie Hancock, Kris Wu, and Rutger Hauer

Director: Luc Besson

Writer: Screenplay by Luc Besson. Based on the comic book series Valerian and Laureline by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières, Published by Dargaud.

Producer: Virginie Besson-Silla

Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets is the visually spectacular new adventure film from Luc Besson, the legendary director of The Professional, The Fifth Element and Lucy, based on the ground-breaking comic book series which inspired a generation of artists, writers and filmmakers.

In the 28th century, Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laureline (Cara Delevingne) are a team of special operatives charged with maintaining order throughout the human territories. Under assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two embark on a mission to the astonishing city of Alpha-an ever-expanding metropolis where species from all over the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence and cultures with each other. There is a mystery at the center of Alpha, a dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.

Rating: PG-13"

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(In the Vondelpark, the mighty Vondelpark, the lion sleeps tonight...) For decades now, director Dick Maas has been bucking trends in Dutch cinema. "We should focus on art-house, we can't compete with Hollywood!" has been the industry mantra here since the seventies. Yet time and time again, Dick has proven the industry wrong. His 1983 film The Lift was a sensation, won international acclaim and made household names of himself and his lead actor Huub Stapel. A few years later, he made the raunchy anti-social comedy Flodder and brought large scale destruction and stunts to the Netherlands, together with the start of a very successful franchise. Horror and comedy. Thrills. Dick Maas has always unabashedly, unapologetically gone for providing entertainment to his audiences. And he...

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Amsterdamned, The Lift and Sint director Dick Maas returns to Dutch cinema screens this Halloween season with his latest piece of crowd pleasing fun Prey (Prooi). And what's next in a career that's seen the director terrorize his home town with killer elevators, killer Santas ad a killer diver lurking in its canals? A killer lion, of course. Maas' Prey turns a big cat loose on the streets of Amsterdam and it's one hungry kitty. Throw a one legged, wheelchair bound hunter into the mix and you've got a recipe for fun. We shared the teaser for this one a while back but with theatrical release coming in just a couple weeks the full trailer is now also available. Check it out below!...

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