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Released in 1988, The Chiodo Brothers’ Killer Klowns from Outer Space has developed a massive circus tent of fans. Many—myself included—consider it to be the ringleader of killer clown movies. Recently, that fandom has resulted in all sorts of fun memorabilia, from Killer Klowns mugs to T-shirts and even a snow globe. But one obvious item has been missing.

Discovered on a Reddit thread, we at Dread Central have learned of an unofficial Killer Klowns from Outer Space firework! Released through Cutting Edge Fireworks and dubbed the “Happy Clown Bomb”, the box displays a not-so-film-accurate image of what appears to be the “Rudy” clown. Apparently, it shoots flaming balls. Neat.

Say Hello to The ‘Happy Clown Bomb’

This isn’t exactly “new” news, as the “Happy Clown Bomb” was released seven years ago. But I’d bet this is the first time most of you’re hearing about it.

The Masters of Ceremony Warbond was just announced for Helldivers 2, but it hasn’t been received too well. Arrowhead Game Studio’s live-service shooter has been going through a content drought in the last few months. And with problems like bugs and performance complaints on top of it, there was a lot of pressure on the studio to deliver with the new Warbond and update.

The studio knew that, too, and the developers even hyped up the Warbond that would drop on May 8. Arrowhead has been known for its community support and engagement, so the hopes were high because of this. But the reception for the new announcement has been mostly negative. Fans are complaining about the lackluster content and what seems to be a shrinkage of content.

The Master of Ceremony Warbond in Helldivers 2 is underwhelming

The main thing that fans are complaining about is the armor perk. Both...

Another Warbond is coming to Helldivers 2 on May 15, but following its reveal, players are already critical of how little it's offering. Premium Warbonds are the co-op shooter's steadiest influx of new content, charging players 1,000 Super Credits for new armor, weapons, stratagems, boosters, and more. Players have been vocal about a steady decline in each Warbond's content, though, and Masters of Ceremony is continuing the unfortunate trend.

Following the reveal of the Masters of Ceremony Warbond, the Helldivers subreddit has seen a noticeable number of posts criticizing the amount of items included. Creepy_Ad3991 says, "I'm sorry for being negative, but that's it?" Another user, NizzyDeniro, is less meek in their criticism, saying, "Warbonds have less content, same price. This is Unacceptable!!" with screenshot comparisons to prove their point. As demonstrated, Masters of Ceremony has much fewer items to offer than previous Warbonds, like Cutting Edge and Democratic Detonation.

Warbonds have less Content,...

In Helldivers 2, we spread democracy with bullets and bombs, and one of the ways we can do this better is with Warbonds. Warbonds in Helldivers 2 are like themed battle passes that let us unlock new weapons, equipment, and gear. And while we’ve been spoiled with many good ones to choose from, one of them is easily the best.

While Super Earth proudly claims all Warbonds promote democracy equally, we can all agree that the Democratic Detonation Warbond has unmatched value. No matter what faction or mission type you’re going for, this Warbond has something for you.

The Democratic Detonation Warbond has some of Helldivers 2‘s best weapons

So, what makes the Democratic Detonation Warbond so absurdly strong? Well for starters, it’s packed with top-tier weapons that handle nearly every threat Helldivers 2 can throw at you. The Thermite Grenade, for instance, melts tanky enemies like Chargers, Impalers, and Bile Titans.

Wrestling promos are the bread and butter of the WWE system. Promos are arguably even more important than the actual in-ring wrestling. Of course, the latter is important, but they're called promos for a reason. They promote - sell - to audiences matches and storylines, to motivate them to keep coming back for more.

Promos sell audiences the stories the wrestlers are telling, the shows coming soon to a venue near them, and why they should pay to buy a ticket or watch the product. A promo can be a solo segment from a wrestler directed to someone else, an interview, or even a talking segment with multiple wrestlers. As successful as WWE is now, much of that success is hinged on the quality of their promos. More than just promote, promos are capable of changing the landscape of storylines.

Roddy Piper Hits Jimmy Snuka Over the Head with a Coconut WWE All-Star Wrestling,...

Querétaro, Mexico, 09 August 2024 | Prepare for takeoff! Kid Pilot, the exhilarating VR flight adventure, has officially landed on the Meta Quest, opening up a thrilling new world of virtual reality aviation to a broader audience of VR aficionados.

Soaring Through the Skies with Kid Pilot

Step into the imaginative skies of Kid Pilot, where childhood dreams meet the immersive power of virtual reality. Grip the controls with your hand—reminiscent of handling a toy airplane—and brace yourself for a demanding flight journey. While Kid Pilot exudes a playful, toy-like charm, do not be deceived; this game caters to everyone, from casual gamers to experienced pilots eager for an exciting challenge. Buckle up and get ready to embrace your inner child while mastering the art of piloting in a game where the sky is merely the starting point.

Back to Flight School: A Blend of Nostalgia and Cutting-Edge VR

Melding the...

Source Image: Amazon Although it wasn’t a huge hit upon its initial release, The Cutting Edge has endured for more than three decades as a cult classic. The movie, about a figure skater and a hockey player who team up to achieve an Olympic dream, featured D. B. Sweeney and Moira Kelly as the pair who build both a working and romantic relationship over time. As Sweeney told us when the film was released, the skating in the film was real, and it was a real challenge for him to learn, especially the figure skating. (Click on the media bar below to hear D. B. Sweeney) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/DB_Sweeny_The_Cutting_Edge_.mp3

The Cutting Edge is currently streaming on Pluto and MGM+ and available on DVD and most digital platforms.

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Starz has announced the movie and TV titles that will be available on the service in August. The Starz August 2024 schedule includes the season finale of Down in the Valley, featuring Nico Annan from P-Valley, and the season two final of The Serpent Queen, starring Samantha Morton and Minnie Driver.

On the film front, Spoiler Alert, Ordinary Angels, Armageddon Time, M3GAN, and several other notable titles–including the first four movies in the popular Jason Bourne franchise–join the Starz app in August.

The Serpent Queen Season 2 Starz August 2024 Highlights

Down In The Valley

“Down in the Valley” concludes its first season on Friday, August 2 at midnight on the Starz app. On linear, the season finale will debut on Starz on Friday, August 2 at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt in the U.S. and at 10:00 p.m. Et in Canada.

“Down in the Valley,” a groundbreaking new docu-series hosted...

What did five of the most critically acclaimed Asian movies that premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival have in common? They all were edited by rising Taiwanese studio Cutting Edge Films.

Formally established only in 2022, the company comprises a small group of film professionals who have worked together for over a decade. They are co-led by French editor Matthieu Laclau (Touch of Sin), known for his long-running collaboration with Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke, and Taiwanese producer Justine O. (The Chinese Mayor, Black Dog), whose work has nabbed a succession of festival prizes in recent years. The company says its recent successes point to the maturity and expanding reach of Taipei’s post-production sector, which has been buoyed by steady government support and a growing reputation for high-quality work at globally competitive prices.

“Taipei’s post-production scene is definitely having a moment,” says Laclau. “For VFX, editing or color grading,...

Yulin Kuang knows she hit the literary jackpot.

The writer-director, whose credits include The CW’s I Ship It, Hulu’s Dollface and Netflix’s The Healing Powers of Dude, is adapting Emily Henry’s People We Meet On Vacation for film and writing-directing the forthcoming Beach Read film for 20th Century Studios. Henry has became a household name in the world of romance, with devoted fans eager to see how her love stories translate onscreen — even going so far as to share dream casting choices, trying to find Easter egg clues that would tease anything of what’s to come and stoking rumors about a potential Paul Mescal and Ayo Edebiri casting thanks to a photo Henry shared on social media.

While it can be assumed adapting those stories might come with added pressure, Kuang understands fans’ anxiety over whether the adaptations will be up to par.

“I come from fandom…...

Polar Patriots premium Warbond in Helldivers 2 offers new weapons, armor, and traps for players, enhancing gameplay experience. The Warbond, themed around arctic elements, introduces new armor sets tailored for stealth, combat, and practicality in battle. Along with the new weapons and utilities, players can also expect new capes, banners, and emotes to customize their characters in-game.

Arrowhead has announced a new premium Warbond for Helldivers 2, called "Polar Patriots", which will bring new weapons, armor, and more to the game. These Warbonds are often how a large chunk of the game's content is delivered to players, with Helldivers Mobilize and Steeled Veterans launching alongside the game, with Cutting Edge and Democratic Detonation coming in the months that followed.

Each Warbond is themed, with the Cutting Edge Warbond introducing prototype weapons directly from Super Earth's Research & Development department which specializes in lighting, plasma, and laser armaments, such as the Sg-8P Punisher...

Since its launch, Helldivers 2 has been increasing and maintaining its concurrent player count at a stable rate. People are eager to jump into the fray against Terminids and Automatons in a bid to expand Super Earth’s dominion in the cosmos. However, that doesn’t mean the game is a perfect experience.

Glitches and bugs are common for most games, especially when it comes to live-service multiplayer titles. While the developers at Arrowhead are committed to fixing issues that crop up, the endeavor may result in some broken promises.

Helldivers 2 Warbonds May Not Be Created as Planned

The Helldivers 2 experience is fun, but not perfect.

Live service titles thrive on updating the game with new content. Be it new maps, weapons, armor, or even characters, the player base is always looking for something new to be added to the game. The battle passes for Helldivers 2, called Warbonds, bring all of...

Democratic Detonation is the third premium Warbond coming to Helldivers 2, utilizing its monthly Warbond release schedule. The premium Warbond features three new armor sets, three primary weapons, a secondary weapon, a grenade, a booster, capes, and emotes. Players can expect an emphasis on explosive damage with the Democratic Detonation Warbond.

Another premium Warbond for Helldivers 2 is right around the corner, bringing new weapons, armor, and more to the game. Helldivers 2 has been a breakout hit since its debut in February 2024, and two months later, it's continuing its steady stream of content with the Democratic Detonation Warbond. As the Galactic War against the Automatons and Terminids continues, developer Arrowhead Game Studios has delighted the player base with emergent storytelling and regular updates to both fix bugs and bring new items to the co-op third-person shooter.

Democratic Detonation will mark Helldivers 2's third premium Warbond, and fourth overall. It follows the Cutting Edge Warbond,...

Helldivers 2, the co-op third-person shooter from Arrowhead Game Studios, is the most surprising but deserving hit of 2024. The game is the direct sequel to the top-down shooter Helldivers, which was released back in 2015. The game has broken several records since its release in February.

The game has been praised by both fans and critics as they fight for democracy against the Automatons and Terminids. But this fun co-op game probably would not have existed if it wasn’t for the Mario developer Nintendo, as it was an inspiration for Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt.

There Wouldn’t Be a Helldivers 2 if not for Nintendo

Helldivers 2 CEO got into game development due to Nintendo.

Johan Pilestedt, the CEO of Arrowhead Game Studios and creative director of Helldivers 2, has been very active on social media ever since the release of the game. He has been interacting with the fans and answering all the...

Helldivers 2 has been the biggest and most deserving hit of 2024 so far. The game has received rave reviews from fans and critics alike and has managed to sell more than 8 million copies in just over a month since its release. Helldivers 2 is so popular that the developers have spent weeks sorting server issues and increasing the max player cap.

The game has recently received its new Cutting Edge premium Warbond with brand-new weapons, gear, and armor. There have also been rumors about the game collaborating with Starship Troopers and Destiny. The CEO of developer Arrowhead, Johan Pilestedt, has now teased another collaboration that could be a big one for the co-op shooter.

Helldivers 2 Developer CEO Teases Another Exciting Collaboration

Helldivers 2 may have a collaboration with Secret Lab.

Johan Pilestedt has been very active on social media since the release of Helldivers 2 and has been interacting with players, answering their questions,...

Helldivers 2 can lead to a change of heart in a man, and the community recently witnessed it. Interestingly, it was the man who stood by his decisions, no matter how vague they were. Dr DisRespect is a YouTuber and a debarred Twitch streamer who also happens to have his own gaming studio that is developing a game that he believes will blow away Call of Duty.

After not being able to withstand the view of Helldivers 2 even for a couple of minutes, Mr. Guy Beahm finally agreed to give the game a shot. Surprisingly (actually not), he loved the game, as can be seen in his YouTube stream.

Helldivers 2 Just Got Real for Dr DisRespect

Players are loving the latest Helldivers 2 update.

The fight for democracy has officially been joined by Dr DisRespect, and he seemed excited to be in there with fellow Helldivers. In his latest stream on the...

Helldivers 2 has been more and more successful, with new players joining the fight daily against Terminids and Automatons in the galactic war to protect humanity. Developer Arrowhead Studios has been bringing new updates with several weapon balances and fixes to help players.

It has also recently released the Cutting Edge Premium Warbond which added new weapons, suits, and more. Arrowhead is also looking for new staff, including a weapon concept artist, to join the studio but it has led fans to request that the studio bring weapons that are both manic and hilarious.

Arrowhead Looks to Hire More Staff to Work on Helldivers 2 and Gets Hilarious Weapon Requests in Return

Helldivers 2 fans request some interesting weapons to be added to the game.

Arrowhead Studios CEO Johan Pilestedt took to X/Twitter in search of a “really good” weapon concept artist who is looking for a job. He added that ideally anyone with some military service,...

A bug in Helldivers 2 causes Bile Titans to have significantly reduced health, rendering them easier to defeat. Players can dispatch Bile Titans with just one to two shots when using the bug, simplifying progress. The bug provides an ideal opportunity for Helldivers to take advantage of easier enemy encounters.

An unintended Helldivers 2 feature makes now the best time to climb the game’s progress ladder, which could be great news for those hoping to gain a leg up against its more challenging enemies. With Helldiver Corps teams advancing deeper into hostile territory to collect resources, soldiers will encounter an array of challenging adversaries. Each boasts unique defensive abilities and attack patterns, layering on more and more pressure as they begin to swarm. The appearance of new enemies demands that Helldivers make meaningful shifts in their tactical thinking.

One such enemy, the Bile Titan, is among the most lethal Terminids in...

Helldivers 2 is making incredible progress; after selling more than 1 million units in just the first four days, with that now ballooning up to 5 million, reportedly, the game is more popular than ever. The community has just liberated Tien Kwan and unlocked mechs for everyone. Arrowhead Game Studios, the team behind the game, is preparing new things for Helldivers 2.

The new Warbond Cutting Edge Premium was revealed with new weapons, new capes, and new prototype suits. This is the first Premium Warbond since its launch. This new content will arrive next week in the game.

The new Warbond premium, Cutting Edge, will be available next week on Helldivers 2 Helldivers 2 Warbond Cutting Edge premium will be coming next week

History has been written in the Helldivers 2 books after the complete liberation of Tien Kwan. Players can now use the most anticipated Exo-Patriot mech, and the community is celebrating. This objective was...

Helldivers 2‘s highly anticipated arrival of mechs has taken a dramatic turn as developer Arrowhead Games announced a critical mission for players. A recent in-game event has disrupted mech production, prompting a call to action for all Helldivers.

This exciting update, dubbed ‘Cutting Edge Warbonds’, coincides with the announcement of new content slated for release on 14 March, and fans are especially ecstatic to continue the fight for democracy in mechs, with some rallying the troops in memory of the late Akira Toriyama.

Mechs Finally Confirmed For Helldivers 2, But That’s Not All

Mechs look to dramatically intensify Helldivers 2 combat. Image credit: Arrowhead

Helldivers 2’s social media channels issued a clear message yesterday: “This Is Not A Drill.” Evidently, an attack has halted operations at a key manufacturing facility, most likely housing vital mech factories. The location under threat, designated Tien Kwan, remains undisclosed, but its liberation is paramount for the...

Helldivers 2 is offering a new Warbond, called Cutting Edge, on March 14, which will bring new items to the game. Cutting Edge includes new armor sets, primary weapons, a secondary weapon, and a grenade to shake up the gameplay. The new Helldivers 2 Warbond will also bring new cosmetic items like capes, emotes, and player cards.

Helldivers 2 delivers a significant chunk of its content through Warbonds, and while two came alongside the game's launch, a new Warbond is being added to the game just over a month later. Warbonds work much like the battle passes that have become common in live-service games, but they allow players a decent amount of agency in determining the order in which each Warbond's items are unlocked. This new Helldivers 2 Warbond, called Cutting Edge, is bringing not only new cosmetic items, but new weapons and armor as well.

Upon the release of Helldivers 2, there were two Warbonds...

Arrowhead has announced a new Warbond for Helldivers 2, called "Cutting Edge" to enhance player loadouts. The Cutting Edge Warbond is arriving on March 14th and brings ultra-futuristic armor, lightning guns, stylish capes, and more. Players can expect a variety of new items from Super Earth's Research & Development department to combat the Terminids and the Automatons.

Arrowhead has announced a new Warbond for Helldivers 2, called "Cutting Edge". This new update will give players the chance to enhance their loadouts with an array of new items.

A new post on Helldivers 2's Steam community page further explains what to expect from the Cutting Edge Warbond, which will be arriving on March 14th. This Warbond sees Super Earth's Research & Development department conjuring up ultra-futuristic armor, guns that spit lightning, super stylish capes, and more for players to equip as they fend off the Terminids and the Automatons.

Source: Steam...

Finalists have been announced for the 2024 British Animation Awards, which will take place on March 7 at London’s BFI Southbank.

Contending for best feature film are “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget,” “A Cat Called Dom,” “Kensuke’s Kingdom,” “Puffin Rock and The New Friends” and “The Amazing Maurice.”

“Christopher at Sea,” “The Debutante” and “All Gucci My Broski” are nominated in the short film category.

Adjoa Andoh, Benedict Cumberbatch, Emilia Clarke, Idris Elba, Claire Foy, Tom Hollander and Hugh Laurie are among the ensemble cast members nominated for best voice performance for “Mog’s Christmas” “The Amazing Maurice” and “The Boy, the Mole, The Fox and the Horse.”

Baa also acknowledges achievement in television, with “Tweedy & Fluff,” “The Sound Collector – Harp Strings,” “The Rubbish World of Dave Spud – Moonbreaker” and “Lloyd of the Flies” nominated for best children’s series.

For best original music, composer David Arnold is nominated for “Mog’s Christmas...

Exclusive: Director Drew Walkup, and writers Adam Armstrong and Marcus DeVivo—the creative team behind the upcoming indie thriller Endangered—have signed with Zero Gravity Management for representation.

The trio’s debut feature centers on an aspiring architect, who spends her evenings trying to make ends meet as a ride-share driver. While wrapping up her shift, she decides to take on one last passenger – only to find herself in unexpected danger when she discovers the mysterious stranger is not who he appears to be. The film was released on VOD on July 26th, after a successful 2020/2021 festival run, and currently holds a 100 ‘Fresh’ Rotten Tomatoes score.

Walkup, Armstrong and DeVivo have also previously partnered on the creation of short films, branded entertainment and TV series, including multiple projects for the beloved Japanese superhero, Ultraman. Upcoming projects from the creative team include the horror film Sundown at Solstice Canyon, set against...

Cutting Edge Group, the largest independent film music publisher, is expanding its role in the financing of indie films, advancing funds for music rights in the pictures. The latest is a just closed deal for the Bart Freundlich-directed drama After The Wedding, starring Michelle Williams and Julianne Moore.

Cutting Edge has its name on no fewer than eight films that played at the Toronto Film Festival last week. The company pre-bought music rights to Donnybrook, A Private War, The Old Man & The Gun, Vita & Virginia, Hotel Mumbai, What They Had, Where Hands Touch, and Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy.

Cutting Edge’s business model allows it to invest in the music rights as part of the financial close of the film and then oversees all aspects of the music for the production. Ceg monetizes the rights through the collection of worldwide publishing royalties, soundtrack album sales, secondary licensing of the music to future productions,...

'2.22'..

Director Paul Currie.s 2.22, a romantic thriller starring Teresa Palmer, Game of Thrones. Michiel Huisman and Sam Reid, launches in Italy, the Middle East and a bunch of Asian markets on Thursday, followed by the Us on Friday.

Italy will be the widest release as distributor Notorious Pictures has booked 600 screens for the saga of Huisman.s Dylan, an air traffic controller in New York who nearly causes a fatal mid- air collision at the stroke of 2:22.

In the Us the film will get a limited theatrical release combined with premium VOD via Magnolia Pictures. The UK and France are the only major territories as yet unsold.

After arranging test screenings in Los Angeles Currie, who co-wrote the screenplay with American Todd Stein, told If, .We know the film plays well with date audiences. It is a commercial romantic thriller with a recurring theme of love through time.

Access Entertainment has taken a 24.9% stake in Bad Wolf, the production company behind the upcoming BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman’s epic His Dark Materials. Launched by Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner in 2015, in association with Welsh Government, Bad Wolf is based in South Wales and LA. Current projects include A Discovery Of Witches, based on the Deborah Harkness novels, and an adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s Warlord Chronicles. This investment by Access Entertainment provides Bad Wolf with further support to fast track its scripted productions, and grow business globally. Access Entertainment launched last year under former BBC Director of Television, Danny Cohen. Its focus is to invest across the entertainment sector with a concentration in high-quality TV, films, digital content and theater. In January, it teamed with BBC Worldwide and Lookout Point to launch Benchmark Television, an indie commissioning entity with the power to greelight scripted series without backing from a network or platform.

The Oscar frontrunner and star of Manchester By The Sea will collect the Desert Palm Achievement Award at the 28th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Affleck has earned career-best reviews for his role as a janitor with a devastating family history in Kenneth Lonergan’s film, which Amazon Studios snapped up for North America following its world premiere in Sundance.

He will attend the festival’s awards gala on January 2. Prior recipients of the Desert Palm Achievement Award include Jeff Bridges, Daniel Day-Lewis, Colin Firth, Matthew McConaughey, Sean Penn, Brad Pitt and Eddie Redmayne.

Cutting Edge has acquired co-ownership of Electric Entertainment’s music library in a seven-figure deal and formed a strategic venture to exploit the library and collaborate with Electric to enhance all future films and TV shows.

Exclusive: Music financier Cutting Edge Group and its investment arm Conduct is proving to be an attractive piece in the independent financing puzzle, with the company securing deals to invest in four new titles at Toronto this year. The music publishing rights specialist has signed deals to invest in Martin McDonagh's Three Billboards, starring Frances McDormand, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Abbie Cornish and Peter Dinklage; WW2 drama HHhH with Jason Clarke, Jack…...

If MTV Classic is anything like MTV, it'll be on the air for a month before people start complaining they don't play enough music. The "new" channel launched on August 1st, the 35th anniversary of MTV's debut, opening up the vaults to a pop-culture treasure trove that's been gathering dust for years. They should have done this years ago. MTV Classic wants to establish its music cred early on — they were wise to spend most of the first day playing classic Unplugged episodes, with Nirvana, Erykah Badu and R.E.M. The...

Ruzanna Kegeyan.

Ruzanna Kegeyan has joined Arclight Films as executive vice president of sales and acquisitions..

.The addition of Ruzanna to our team elevates the status of Arclight Films and increases our global outreach capabilities exponentially., said Arclight's MD Gary Hamilton..

.She brings an immense amount of knowledge and resources to the table including a powerful focus as well as connections in all major markets, from North America to China and beyond. We are delighted she is onboard..

Kegeyan most recently served as President of Synchronicity Entertainment, the vanguard division of The Solution Entertainment Group. In addition to overseeing worldwide sales and acquisitions for the company, she handled sales for key territories for Solution. .

On the Synchronicity side, she sold and packaged such films as Cooties starring Elijah Wood. On the Solution side, she was responsible for sales of films such as Laggies, starring Kiera Knightley, Chloe Moretz and Sam Rockwell,...

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Well, that was a PPV. It took place on a Sunday and was available on the WWE Network, so it clearly was a PPV. But beyond that, you really couldn’t tell the difference. Fastlane crowned a new #1 contender who will go on to face Triple H at WrestleMania Xxxii, but if you didn’t know who that would be a month ago, then you probably believe your uncle really does pull coins from behind your ear.

Aside from Roman Reigns’ unstoppable march to Mania, there really weren’t any major developments to come out of Fastlane. No one stabbed anyone in the back. No new stars debuted to challenge longtime title-holders. No titles changed hands. No WrestleMania matchups came into clearer focus (aside from the afore-mentioned main event). It really was the definition of a placeholder PPV.

If you skipped Fastlane, you missed a couple really good matches and some entertaining banter,...

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Did you know that WWE has a PPV on Sunday? Did you also know that there are only five matches officially announced as of the close of Raw? If you were expecting to see the card filled out Monday night, you were disappointed. (Oh, but the tag champs New Day will appear on an episode of the Cutting Edge Peep show during the PPV.)

We’re on the Road to WrestleMania, but if you expected to see the WWE World Heavyweight Champion, then you were disappointed. If you thought you’d see or hear from the Undertaker or a potential WrestleMania opponent, you were disappointed. If you wanted to see some star power from WWE to raise more interest in the product as Mania draws nearer, then you certainly were disappointed.

But if you wanted to watch Zack Ryder lose, Brie Bella try to emote, and someone win...

When Michael Ware got back from Iraq, he dumped all the handycam footage he'd shot there in a tupperware container at his mother's house.

When the former correspondent for Time and Newsweek finally brought himself to dredge them out, he realised he had a film on his hands.

"I was sitting there with a friend of mine who's an editor, and she helped me realise that there was a story buried in that archive", Ware said. "That led to us to ingest those tapes, which I'm extraordinarily thankful for because the first of them were just starting to deteriorate"..

Ware first approached Screen Queensland with the idea of fashioning his footage into a feature.

"I sat down with a three-person panel, very clumsily talking about a project I didn't yet have a handle on, about financing I didn't yet understand, and about logistics still beyond me. One of the three...

Li Bingbing stars in Nest.

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Filming has wrapped on the largest ever Chinese-Australian co-production at Village Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast.

The 3-D Movie, Nest, stars Chinese megastar Li Bingbing, Kellan Lutz (The Twilight Saga, Expendables 3), Kelsey Grammer (Transformers), Stef Dawson (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay), Chinese popstar and actor Wu Chun and Shane Jacobson (The Dressmaker, Oddball, Kenny).

Li Bingbing.s most recent film, Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal, on which Arclight Films holds the worldwide sales rights, earned $80 million in China last year.

She is best known internatiionally for her work in Transformers: Age of Extinction, Resident Evil: Retribution and Detective Dee: Mystery of the Phantom Flame.

Nest is the largest Chinese-Australian co-production to date, with investment funding from Screen Australia and Screen Queensland, and features an award-winning team both in front of and behind the camera..

Visual FX will be created by Cutting Edge and the world renowned,...

Darclight, the genre-driven label of Arclight films, is handling worldwide sales of the Chinese-Australian co-production, with an international cast that also includes Stef Dawson ("The Hunger Games: Mockingjay"), Chinese pop star Wu Chun, and Shane Jacobson ("The Dressmaker"). The film has already been sold in several territories in South and Southeast Asia, as well as Australia and New Zealand. "Nest," from director Kimble Rendall ("Bait 3D"), follows a team of scientists who lose their colleague in an ancient labyrinth, and must battle a swarm of deadly, man-eating funnel web spiders — discovering the secret behind the arachnids’ power and intelligence in the process. The largest Chinese-Australian co-production to date, with investment funding from Screen Australia and Screen Queensland, the film's visual effects will be created by Cutting Edge and Oscar-winning CG concern Rising Sun Pictures ("X-Men: Days of Future Past,"...

The Chinese-Australian co-pro is currently shooting in Australia.

Stef Dawson, Chinese pop star Wu Zun and Australia’s Shane Jacobson have joined the cast of 3D Chinese-Australian co-production Nest, which is currently shooting at Village Roadshow Studios in Australia.

Directed by Kimble Rendall (Bait 3D), the film also stars Li Bingbing, Kellan Lutz and Kelsey Grammer. The story revolves around a team of scientists battling a swarm of man-eating funnel web spiders to discover the secret behind their power and intelligence.

Billed as the largest Chinese-Australian co-production to date, the film has backing from Screen Australia and Screen Queensland and Beijing-based Loongs United Investment Company.

Visual effects on the film are being handled by Cutting Edge and Rising Sun Pictures (X-Men: Days Of Future Past). Arclight Films’ Darclight label is handling worldwide sales.

Irène Jacob and South African actress Thishiwe Ziqubu are attached to star in Saturn, a supernatural thriller which would be the first official Australia-South Africa co-production.

African-born, UK-based Elan Gamaker is the writer-director and the co-producers are Mark Overett.s New Holland Pictures Two and Fireworx Media.s Bridget Pickering, who was one of the producers of Hotel Rwanda.

Set in South Africa in the 1980s, the screenplay follows Patience (Zigubu) a young African woman who is asked to babysit two white children by her mother, who is campaigning against Apartheid.

Jacob (Three Colors: Red, The Double Life of Véronique) will play the children.s French mother, while a high-profile Aussie is in talks to play her husband.

The twist: the ghost of the children.s older brother Ben, an Army conscript who was reported to have died, tries to take them away.

Overett, who recently returned from a recce in Cape Town and Johannesburg,...

Jeremy Sims. Last Cab to Darwin will break even theatrically in Australia and New Zealand after grossing $8 million and will start. to repay investors from ancillary sales. After recouping the advance and P&A, Icon Film Distribution expects to see a margin of about $1 million over the film.s 15-year licence period, and it says the investors can expect to get a similar sum.

That.s according to Screen Australia.s Screen Blog which gives a rare, if not unprecedented, insight into the intricacies of the deals, costs and revenue streams.

Produced by Greg Duffy, Lisa Duff and Sims, the film's budget was nearly $4 million. The producer offset was worth nearly $1.3 million. Screen Australia invested $1.1 million, representing 27.55 per cent of the budget; Screen Nsw chipped in $250,000 and the Safc $68,000.

An additional $100,000 in a regional filming grant came from Screen Nsw and $100,000 from the Northern Territory government, while Cutting Edge and...

Twilight.s Kellan Lutz must like working in Australia as he has just joined the cast of Nest, writer-director Kimble Rendall.s 3D sci-fi thriller which will start production in Queensland this month.

That.s his second Australian gig: last month he starred in Shane Abbess. futuristic sci-fi thriller SFv1 as a drifter who teams up with military contractor Kane (Daniel MacPherson), to rescue Kane.s daughter (Teagan Croft) amid an impending global crisis.

Lutz and Kelsey Grammer (Cheers, Frasier) join the previously announced Li Bingbing in the Chinese/Australian co-production which centres on a group of scientists who discover a well-preserved mummified Emperor from 200 BC China. The plot follows the scientists as they encounter a swarm of man-eating funnel web spiders in an ancient labyrinth and strive to discover the secret behind the insects. power and intelligence.

Kellan plays Ridley, an international first responder and guide on their mission,...

Documentary filmmaker Sonya Pemberton and post production maven John Fleming are the latest recipients of the Film Victoria Screen Leader Awards.

The agency also announced the creation of two awards for a director and screenwriter in 2016, honouring Fred Schepisi and Jan Sardi.

The Film Victoria — Fred Schepisi Award for Achievement in Directing salutes the director, producer and screenwriter who made his name with The Devil.s Playground and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith.

Among his stellar credits are Iceman, Barbarosa, Plenty, Roxanne, Six Degrees of Separation, Iq, Evil Angels, Last Orders, The Eye of the Storm and Words and Pictures.

The Film Victoria — Jan Sardi Award for Achievement in Screenwriting recognises the achievements of the screenwriter whose first feature was Moving Out in 1983, followed by such works as the Academy Award-nominated screenplay for Shine, Love.s Brother, Mao.s Last Dancer and, most recently, the ABC miniseries The Secret River,...

The DJ Awards in Ibiza just celebrated its 18th edition, and even though DJ Mag holds down the fort when it comes to rankings of all things Edm, fans of dance music’s more sophisticated side might rejoice in some of the former awards ceremony’s selections.

That said, before you tear apart this claim in the comments section (I know you were going to), bear in mind that Hardwell does have not one, but two entries on this list – namely in the International DJ and Progressive House/Electro categories. Oh, and there’s an “Electronica” category, because apparently we’re still in the year 2000.

Aside from that, though, respectable outfits like Carl Cox, Hot Since 82, Luciano, and Solomun grace the other entries, and the “Special Awards” heading features an interesting collection of innovators and organizations behind the curtain.

Take a look at all the entries for the DJ Awards...

Australian director, Michael Rowe's new film Early Winter will have its world premiere today at the Venice Film Festival.

The film.s Australian producer Trish Lake is in Venice with Rowe and the two lead actors, Suzanne Clément (winner of the Un Certain Regard . Best Actress award at Cannes in 2012 for her role in Xavier Dolan.s Laurence Anyways) and Canadian actor Paul Doucet.

Lake said to be in Venice with such an international co-production between Canada and Australia at Venice Days was very exciting..

"There is already strong word of mouth on the film - a real buzz about it in the festival," she said..

"There were more than a hundred 100 media representatives who attended the first day.s press screening and, from what I understand, that is something of a record number for the first day of a Venice Days press screening.

.The fact that we have an Australian writer-director,...

Exclusive: Docu-drama selected for BFI London Film Festival.

Artscope has taken on international sales of UK artist and experimental director Ben Rivers’ Morocco-set The Sky Trembles And The Earth Is Afraid And The Two Eyes Are Not Brothers, a picture which explores the act of film-making.

Shot against the backdrop of the Atlas Mountains and the Moroccan Desert, the multi-layered film combines an adaptation of the late Tangiers-based, Us writer Peter Bowles’s 1947 short story A Distant Episode with footage of contemporary films sets.

“Part documentary, part fiction, we believe the film will not only speak to audiences familiar with Ben’s work as an artist but also to cinephiles and festival-goers eager to be shaken by different forms of expression,” said Sata Cissokho, head of Artscope, the specialist art film label of Paris-based Memento Films International.

The BFI London Film Festival (Lff) announced on Tuesday that the film would screen in its line-up in October. The feature...

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Dinosaurs are a woefully underused trope in the video game industry. Sure, we had the Turok series for a while in the late 90s, coupled with Primal Rage and Dino Crisis, but it’s about time the prehistoric predators come back with a bang. We can only put up with zombies for so long, after all. Killzone developer Guerrilla Games is hoping to do just that and more with all-new IP Horizon: Zero Dawn,

Featuring towering, mechanized dinosaurs, Guerrilla’s latest wowed the PlayStation faithful during Sony’s E3 presser yesterday evening, promising a beautiful open-world within which players can train and hunt the cyborg beasts. What makes Zero Dawn so special, though, is its intriguing set-up. Relegating humanity back to the caves, the PS4 exclusive will see mankind scavenging for resources in the far future, one where nature has completely reclaimed the once-powerful cityscapes that dominated the skyline.

Screen Queensland is increasing. production investment and grant ceilings as part of a package of revised funding structures, programs and incentives.

Due to take effect from July 1, the changes are aimed at boosting production in Queensland and simplifying and streamlining processes for the State.s screen industry.

".Screen Queensland has engaged extensively with local industry and key stakeholders throughout the last 12 months to work on improving the service, infrastructure and financial incentives offered by our screen agency," said CEO Tracey Vieira.

"'We identified changes that needed to be made to support increased levels of screen content production and to ensure we are a competitive and first choice State for screen production.

"As a result we have made revisions to our funding frameworks including an increase to our Production Investment ceiling from $650,000 to $750,000 with a $100,000 top-up grant for eligible long-form and large scale productions, taking the total Sq funding to $850,000 for these projects.

Distributors in the Us, the UK and Turkey have bought The Fear of Darkness, a supernatural thriller from writer-director Chris Fitchett.

Producer Mark Overett is planning to stage Q&A screenings attended by Fitchett and key cast around Australia following the April 11 world premiere at the Gold Coast Film Festival.

He.s just done a deal with Transmission to release the film on DVD and Blu-ray, VOD and pay-per-view.

The saga of a brilliant young psychiatrist who is forced to confront the dark creature that dwells deep within her own unconscious when she investigates the disappearance of a university student, the film stars Penelope Mitchell, Maeve Dermody, Aaron Pedersen, Mark Leonard Winter, Damien Garvey and Christopher Sommers.

Alchemy (formerly Millennium Entertainment ) bought. the Us rights and Signature got the UK rights from the worldwide sales agent Arclight.

.We.re on the road to breaking even,. Overett tells If. He and...

Toronto, Ontario. It's mid-November on the Toronto set of Fxx's "Man Seeking Woman" and a strange "Cutting Edge" reenactment (kinda) is taking place. Series star Jay Baruchel, writer of one of the finest hockey movies ever made, is flopping around the ice at the Weston Lions Arena making a fool of himself.  In this episode's piece of heightened reality, Baruchel's Josh has been invited to accompany sister Liz and her boyfriend on a dancing evening, only to discover that the dancing is ice dancing and it's competitive ice dancing. As Liz and Leo shine on the rink, executing flips and synchronized moves, Josh flops and flounders to Hall & Oates' "You Make My Dreams Come True," slamming into the boards and crawling desperately across the ice. [No, Baruchel doesn't play the hockey player in "Goon." And yes, this ice dancing isn't likely to play an ongoing part of the "Man Seeking Woman" continuity. So yes, it's only barely like the hockey-to-figure skating transformation in "Cutting Edge." But I'm sticking to the comparison.] At the end of each take,...

Big Brother was the most complained-about TV show of 2014, followed by its spinoff show Celebrity Big Brother.

The Channel 5 reality shows topped the list from telecoms regulator Ofcom, with Bb receiving 3,784 complaints - mainly about winner Helen Wood's behaviour on the show.

Many of the 1,874 CBB complaints involved the behaviour and occasional lack of clothing of that show's winner Gary Busey.

Channel 4's Cutting Edge documentary about dogfighting and the controversial docuseries Benefits Street rounded out the top five.

Soaps Coronation Street (mainly the Marcus and Todd kiss), EastEnders (mainly the Linda Carter rape storyline) and Emmerdale were also in the top ten.

The full top ten was as follows:

1. Big Brother, Channel 5 - 3,784 complaints

2. Celebrity Big Brother, Channel 5 - 1,874 complaints

3. Cutting Edge: Going to the Dogs, Channel 4 - 1,805 complaints

4. Benefits Street, Channel 4 - 967 complaints

5. Coronation Street, ITV - 367 complaints

6. The X Factor, ITV, - 360 complaints

7. EastEnders,...

Exclusive: Metro International to launch sales on female buddy movie.

Christina Hendricks is attached to star in Jonathan Lynn-directed female buddy movie The Hurricanes, about three very different women who reunite to resurrect their once chart-topping 80s girl band.

Metro International is shopping Annalisa D’Innella’s script at the Afm, with shoot slated to get underway in February 2015.

Producers are Annalise Davis (The Railway Man) and Rajita Shah with Golden Globe-winning music producer Jimmy Harry also on board.

Additional casting is underway.

Additional finance comes from Belgian co-producers Entre Chien Et Loup (Filth), Creative England and Cutting Edge Group (The King’s Speech).

The script was selected at the Toronto Film Festival as one of 15 projects in the Finance Forum and was one of 10 UK projects with development support from Media in 2012/13.

The script follows Kim Ayers, who twenty years earlier was the perkiest member of a hit 80s girl-band, The Hurricanes. Today...