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“The DTs In High Definition”

By Raymond Benson

In 1945, Billy Wilder’s The Lost Weekend was a big deal. If it wasn’t the first Hollywood movie to portray alcoholism as a serious problem, then it was certainly the most visible and influential one.

In the latter 1940s, Hollywood’s output changed from the sunshine-feel good-entertainments that the Golden Age had produced in the 30s and early 40s. American GIs came home from the war, and many were disillusioned and cynical. The war was the catalyst for Americans to “grow up.” They were ready to accept more serious, darker fare. Thus, we got film noir—crime pictures that were full of angst and betrayals—and we got the “social problem film.” The latter tackled subjects that Hollywood had previously never touched—alcoholism, racism, anti-Semitism, government corruption, and drug abuse. Titles like Gentleman’s Agreement,...

It’s a great time to be a horror fan. Not only are Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video and Shudder awash with all kinds of horror movies old and new, but the Criterion Channel is getting in on the gruesome action with a month’s worth of horror titles from the 1970s.

The subscription service is the digital offshoot of the Criterion Collection, which for more than 35 years has been providing definitive archival home video versions of classic and contemporary films from around the world. Criterion launched its streaming service last year as a way to offer a curated cross-section of its library of films online.

Horror has always had a respectful home at Criterion, with the company publishing definitive editions of a number of the genre’s landmark films. The October rollout of horror movies for the Halloween season is similar to what other companies are doing, but the focus is the difference here.

If you don’t have the patience to binge-watch an entire series of television during quarantine but still want a daily dose of entertainment, the Tribeca Film Festival will roll out one short film a day that you can stream online for free.

The daily series is charmingly titled “A Short Film a Day, Keeps Anxiety Away,” and the postponed festival will debut a new short film each day from a different filmmaker, including several making their online premieres and others that come from the festival’s alumni.

The first premiere of the series will be “Lady Hater” from writer and director Alexandra Barreto on Mar. 30. The film is a comedy short about a woman who finds herself stressed out after she picks the very wrong yoga class.

Also Read: SXSW to Stream and Give Awards to Films From Canceled Festival

The series will run over the next month and will be available on tribecafilm.

Above: French grande for Long Weekend. Artist Léo Kouper.Update: Sadly, because of coronavirus precautions closing down all of Lincoln Center yesterday, this series has been cancelled. It may only ever exist in poster form.One of the most interesting and eclectic New York repertory series in many a moon starts today at Film at Lincoln Center. Titled “Mapping Bacurau,” the series has been handpicked by filmmakers Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles to highlight the varied cinematic influences behind their current arthouse-meets-grindhouse sensation. The result is a baker’s dozen of eccentric horror movies, spaghetti westerns, revenge saga,s and essential texts of the Cinema Novo movement. Having art directed the U.S. poster for Bacurau with illustrator Tony Stella and designer Midnight Marauder, it was fascinating to see how the posters for these films had echoes in our final design, even if only coincidentally. One of which was...

Juliano Dornelles on Michael in Bacurau: “When Udo Kier’s character said to the outsiders about the Brazilian collaborators, ‘They don’t speak Brazilian here.’ Brazilian, it’s not a name.”

In celebration of the theatrical release of Bacurau in New York, Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles will present Mapping Bacurau, a program of films that include John Sayles’s Lone Star,; Colin Eggleston’s Long Weekend; Paul Morrissey’s Blood For Dracula; 70mm print of John Carpenter’s Starman; Ted Kotcheff’s Wake In Fright, and a 4K restoration of Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man: The Final Cut.

Kleber Mendonça Filho with Juliano Dornelles on Bacurau: “The horses for us is a very interesting marker that this is a Western. They’re beautiful animals, the way they move.” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Bacurau, shot by Pedro Sotero, edited by Eduardo Serrano, costumes by Rita Azevedo, with a.

Indigenous’ 60 Second Docs, the digital network that counts more than 600 documentaries and 8 million worldwide subscribers, has launched “60 Second Docs Official Selection,” a new vertical for which it will acquire and distribute a curated selection of short documentaries, ranging from 3 to 30 minutes in length, that will stream on the platform in their original length.

The new vertical, which literally expands on the platform’s mandate to curate minute-long docs, launches Thursday with the first titles The Magic of Chess, directed by Jenny Schweitzer Bell, and Lost Weekend from Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb. New titles will be added biweekly to the platform that lives on Facebook, YouTube, and Igtv, with the titles to be promoted across Stories, Instagram and Twitter.

“In keeping with our goals of being the top destination for storytelling about the world’s most interesting characters at any length, we’re thrilled to be able to introduce our...

“Cinema won tonight,” Neon head Tom Quinn said as he escorted his father to his waiting limo in the parking garage of the Soho House, where a long line of partygoers was still waiting well past 11 p.m. just to get inside to the wild and very packed celebration Quinn’s company had planned for its Oscar nominees, Parasite and Honeyland.

When I saw Quinn at the Indie Spirit Awards on Saturday, he knew it was going to be a good night on some level, but I can tell you he didn’t know it was going to be this good. As we were talking, another Neon associate arrived with the newly engraved Oscar for Best Picture that has Neon’s name on it. Each studio gets their own duplicate Academy Award, in addition to the film’s producers receiving statuettes. At Soho he told me he was still reeling...

“American Horror Story” actor Finn Wittrock and “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” star Zoe Chao are set to star in a love story and comedy titled “Long Weekend,” the film’s production companies announced Thursday.

Wittrock and Chao will star alongside Damon Wayans Jr., Casey Wilson, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Jim Rash in a rom-com dashed with some magical realism from writer and director Steve Basilone. Principal photography just wrapped on the project in Los Angeles.

“Long Weekend” is the story of a down on his luck, struggling writer named Bart (Wittrock) and the enigmatic woman (Chao) who suddenly enters his life at the right time. Wayans Jr. and Wilson portray Bart’s always supportive best friends, McLendon-Covey is his pesky landlord, and Rash will play his new boss.

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Fifty Seventh Street Productions and Rebelle Media along with...

Finn Wittrock and Zoe Chao are the leads of Long Weekend, a romantic dramedy penned and directed by Steve Basilone, whose credits included writing for The Goldbergs, Community and Happy Endings. The pic, from Fifty Seventh Street Productions and Rebelle Media along with Park Pictures and Invisible Pictures, just wrapped principal photography in Los Angeles. Damon Wayans Jr., Casey Wilson, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Jim Rash co-star.

The plot of the love story infused with magical realism centers Bart (Wittrock), a down-on-his-luck struggling writer, and the enigmatic woman (Chao) who enters his life at the right time. Wayans Jr. and Wilson, who worked with Basilone on Happy Endings, play Bart’s always supportive best friends, McLendon-Covey is his pesky landlord, and Rash as his new boss.

Deanna Barillari, Laura Lewis, Sam Bisbee, Theodora Dunlap, Jess Jacobs and Audrey Rosenberg are producers. Franklin Carson, Jackie Kelman Bisbee and Lance Acord are executive producers.

Finn Wittrock and Zoe Chao have signed on to star in the independent romance drama “Long Weekend” from writer-director Steve Basilone.

The cast includes Damon Wayans, Jr., Casey Wilson, Wendy McLendon-Covey and Jim Rash. Wittrock plays a struggling writer, with Chao as an enigmatic woman who suddenly enters his life. Wayans Jr. and Wilson portray his best friends, while McLendon-Covey is his landlord, and Rash is his new boss. The film reunites Basilone, Wayans Jr. and Wilson who previously worked together on “Happy Endings.”

Fifty Seventh Street Productions, Park Pictures, Invisible Pictures, and Rebelle Media are producing the film. Producers are Deanna Barillar for Fifty Seventh Street Productions, Laura Lewis for Rebelle Media along with Sam Bisbee and Theodora Dunlap for Park Pictures and Audrey Rosenberg for Invisible Pictures. Franklin Carson, Jackie Kelman, Bisbee and Lance Acord will serve as executive producers. CAA Media Finance and Rebelle Media will handle film sales for “Long Weekend,...

Finn Wittrock and Zoe Chao are set to star in the romance feature film Long Weekend, which was written and will be directed by television veteran Steve Basilone. 

Damon Wayans Jr., Casey Wilson, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Jim Rash will also star in the movie.

The movie is described as being infused with magical realism, and follows a down-on-his-luck struggling writer Bart (Wittrock) and the enigmatic woman (Chao) who suddenly enters his life at the right time.  

The film reunites Basilone, Wayans Jr. and Wilson, who previously worked together on beloved ABC series Happy Endings.

Producing is Deanna Barillari ...

Finn Wittrock and Zoe Chao are set to star in the romance feature film Long Weekend, which was written and will be directed by television veteran Steve Basilone. 

Damon Wayans Jr., Casey Wilson, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Jim Rash will also star in the movie.

The movie is described as being infused with magical realism, and follows a down-on-his-luck struggling writer Bart (Wittrock) and the enigmatic woman (Chao) who suddenly enters his life at the right time.  

The film reunites Basilone, Wayans Jr. and Wilson, who previously worked together on beloved ABC series Happy Endings.

Producing is Deanna Barillari ...

Paul Walton

Paul Walton is leaving Princess Pictures after seven years as a producer and partner in the production company founded by Laura Waters in 2003.

Walton described his decision to depart as bitter-sweet but is looking forward to the next chapter of his career, including finding ways to address the disruptive changes in the screen industry.

“I am sad to be leaving a talented team behind but it’s due to their creativity and support that I find myself excited about the future I am carving out for myself,” Walton, who finishes up on May 10, tells If.

“Our industry is changing and we all need to reinvent ourselves in response to this global disruption. I feel I have achieved so much during my time at Princess, both professionally and personally. It fills me with pride to be leaving behind a legacy of content that has pushed boundaries, challenged the norm...

Prolific screenwriter Everett De Roche, who died in Melbourne yesterday, was one of the instigators of the Ozploitation genre movement of the 1970s and 80s.

The Us-born writer, who migrated to Australia with his wife in 1968, was 67. He had battled with cancer for three years. He started as an in-house writer for Crawfords for four years in the 1970s, penning episodes of Homicide, Division 4, Ryan and Matlock Police.

His first feature screenplay was Colin Eggleston.s Long Weekend in 1978. Among his film credits were Richard Franklin.s Patrick (1978), Simon Wincer.s Harlequin (1980), Franklin.s Roadgames (1981), David Hemmings. Race to the Yankee Zephyr (1981), Russell Mulcahy.s Razorback (1984) and Franklin.s Visitors (2003).

In 2008 he and director Jamie Blanks collaborated on a remake of Long Weekend, for which he added two characters, a baby dugong and several scenes. "The basic environmental message works as well today as it did in 1978," he said.

Brent was once a happy teenager, until the day he accidentally drove his father’s car into a tree to avoid killing a man in the road. Unfortunately, the accident killed his father who sat in the passenger seat. Now, six months later, Brent is a shell of his former self; he mopes and broods, even when his girlfriend Holly is around.

One day after school, a shy girl nobody seems to like, named Lola, asks Brent to the end of school year dance, and he declines because he’s taking Holly. The only thing is that Lola doesn’t take well to rejection from boys she has crushes on…

The writing and directing debut of filmmaker Sean Byrne, The Loved Ones is an intense drama about a small band of outsiders in an Australian high school. The simple story uses at its core an interesting inversion of the usual population of high school students,...

This morning we have your first official image from Crawlspace, from director Justin Dix.

Wolf Creek helmer Greg McLean and Red Hill producer Craig McMahon serve as executive producers on this thriller which marks Dix's feature debut.  Previous to tackling this project, he was best known for his special effects work on Storm Warning, Long Weekend and Red Hill.

In the film, a special forces unit sent to contain a top secret underground military compound, come under attack from unknown forces. What seemed like a simple mission, turns deadly as soldiers turn up mangled without a trace of a killer.  Ditch Davey, Peta Sargeant, John Brumpton and Leslie Simpson star.

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The story of a 61 year old potato farmer who won an ultra marathon between Sydney and Melbourne in 1983 will be the centre of an ABC telemovie, it was announced today.

Dean Murphy will direct and Nigel Odell produce Cliffy for Clock End Films and ABC1.

Written by Robert B Taylor, casting is underway for the film, due to start April throughout Albury -Wodonga and regional Victoria.

Cliffy is the story of Cliff Young, who beat the finest athletes to win the Westfield Sydney to Melbourne ultra Marathon trimming two days off the previous record and beat his competitors by running while they were sleeping.

Carole Sklan, ABC TV’s Head of Fiction said: “Few stories capture the public imagination like that of Cliff Young. Nearly 30 years after famously shuffling from Sydney to Melbourne and into Australian folklore, Cliffy continues to fascinate and inspire. We are delighted to be partnering with...

The Victorian farmer who became famous after breaking world records in the 1983 Sydney to Melbourne marathon, Cliff Young, will be immortalised in an ABC TV telemovie.

Set against the backdrop of the early eighties, Cliffy will retrace Young.s journey from his days training in cow paddocks on his farm, to the epic six-day marathon run he won at 61-years of age. Cliffy has been picked up by ABC1, with filming due to start in mid-April across Albury-Wodonga and regional Victoria.

The telemovie was written by Robert B. Taylor (Muggers) and will be produced by Clock End Films. Dean Murphy (Charlie & Boots, Strange Bedfellows) will be directing the telemovie with Nigel Odell (Strange Bedfellows, Long Weekend) as producer.

Carole Sklan, ABC TV.s head of fiction said in a statement: .Few stories capture the public imagination like that of Cliff Young. Nearly 30 years after famously shuffling from Sydney to Melbourne and into Australian folklore,...

The Victorian farmer who became famous after breaking world records in the 1983 Sydney to Melbourne marathon, Cliff Young, will be immortalised in an ABC TV telemovie. Set against the backdrop of the early eighties, Cliffy will retrace Young.s journey from his days training in cow paddocks on his farm, to the epic six-day marathon run he won at 61-years of age. Cliffy has been picked up by ABC1, with filming due to start in mid-April across Albury-Wodonga and regional Victoria. The telemovie was written by Robert B. Taylor (Muggers) and will be produced by Clock End Films. Dean Murphy (Charlie & Boots, Strange Bedfellows) will be directing the telemovie with Nigel Odell (Strange Bedfellows, Long Weekend) as producer. Carole Sklan, ABC TV.s head of fiction said...

The Victorian farmer who became famous after breaking world records in the 1983 Sydney to Melbourne marathon, Cliff Young, will be immortalised in an ABC TV telemovie. Set against the backdrop of the early eighties, Cliffy will retrace Young.s journey from his days training in cow paddocks on his farm, to the epic six-day marathon run he won at 61-years of age. Cliffy has been picked up by ABC1, with filming due to start in mid-April across Albury-Wodonga and regional Victoria. The telemovie was written by Robert B. Taylor (Muggers) and will be produced by Clock End Films. Dean Murphy (Charlie & Boots, Strange Bedfellows) will be directing the telemovie with Nigel Odell (Strange Bedfellows, Long Weekend) as producer. Carole Sklan, ABC TV.s head of fiction said...

Late last year we bought you some explosive new stills from the set of 'Transit', the new thriller from directing twosome Antonio Negret and Josh Hodgins. It's been one heck of a wait for further updates on the production but today we can clap our hungry little eyeballs on the new one-sheet. The flick featuring Jim Caviezel ('Long Weekend'), Diora Baird -below ('Night of the Demons'), James Frain ('True Blood', 'Tron: Legacy'), Harold Perrineau ('Lost', '28 Weeks Later'), Elizabeth Rohm ('Heroes') and Sterling Knight is the latest movie from the After Dark Films camp. Check out the new poster below as well as a well earned peek at the always sexy (and naked) Diora Baird....

The newest from After Dark Films is Transit, and it is loaded with genre stars.  The film follows a vacationing family who is terrorized by criminals after they stash their stolen loot in the family minivan.  Hit the jump for more, including the full image. Transit stars James Frain (True Blood), Diora Baird (Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning), Elisabeth Rohm (Heroes), Jim Caviezel (Long Weekend, The Passion of the Christ), and Harold Perrineau (30 Days of Night: Dark Days).  Bloody Disgusting has more pics.

Antonio Negret's 'Transit' is currently enjoying some shoot action in the heart of Louisiana. The new thriller, starring the likes of jesus himself Jim Caviezel ('Long Weekend'), Diora Baird ('Night of the Demons') - who you can gladly check out in all her topless glory below!, James Frain ('True Blood', 'Tron: Legacy'), Harold Perrineau ('Lost', '28 Weeks Later'), Elizabeth Rohm ('Heroes') and Sterling Knight. A new batch of explosive stills, taken in front and behind the camera, from the After Dark Films production have arrived online and you can check them out below....

Australian filmmaker Mark Hartley (who helmed last year's excellent documentary Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story Of Ozploitation! ) recently chatted with Fangoria and revealed plans to remake Richard Franklin's cult classic film Patrick after he wraps production on his current documentary Machete Maidens Unleashed . The original 1978 Patrick (helmed by Franklin who also made Psycho II and Road Games ) was about a comatose patient able to move objects via telekinesis with his mind, in an attempt to manipulate his nurse. Hartley told Fango that he and Justin King ( Nature's Grave ) are working on the script now with the intent to shoot it after their current doc Machete Maidens Unleashed wraps. "We.re sort of giving it a creepier, Gothic flavor, very...

Australian screenwriter, Everett De Roche, has penned some mid-sized horror hits recently in Storm Warning, Nature's Grave (review) and Nine Miles Down, but it seems he's aiming for something a tad grander in his latest script - a modern pirate adventure called High Seas.

I've known that High Seas was in development at Resolution Independent (the dudes behind Storm Warning and the upcoming Pa flick Wynter Dark) for about a year now, but word from producer Pete Ford is that De Roche has turned in the final draft and that everyone's pretty excited about it.

Ford also has this to say about High Seas: "It's the story about a father and son that have to battle pirates, the elements and themselves to save the day... okay that sounds kind of naff, trust me - it isn't. It kicks complete ass!"

After the break we've got three pieces of High Seas...

Review by: Jessica Baxter

Directed by: Jamie Blanks

Written by: Everett De Roche

Featuring: James Caviezel, Claudia Karvan

Peter and Carla are a married couple on the outs. In a half-assed attempt to rekindle their relationship they decide to take a romantic camping trip to a secluded Australian beach. It’s pretty clear from the get-go that this will be an epic fail. All they do is bicker, bicker, bicker. They clearly need to get divorced as soon as humanly possible. But away they go with their dog, fancy new camping equipment and Peter’s gun. Actually, Carla is ready to turn back pretty early. But Peter isn’t having it. Neither rain nor near-accidents nor getting lost will keep him from finding this spot and having a good fucking time, goddamnit!

Eventually, they do find the spot. And then the weirdness starts. Carla notices it first because ladies are intuitive like that,...

Gory greetings horroryearbook alumni! Welcome to another exciting edition of It Came From The Mailbox, a column where your old pal Brain Hammer reviews whatever random crap the good folks at horroryearbook decide to throw my way. Nature's Grave (aka Long Weekend) stars James Caviezel and Claudia Karvan as an unhappily married couple named Peter and Carla. In a last ditch effort to save the marriage Peter plans a weekend holiday on a remote beach in Australia. From the start, the vacation seems cursed. First Peter & Carla hit a kangaroo, then they lose their gps and cell phones. When they finally find the private beach they are looking for, the other couple they were supposed to meet up with is nowhere in sight.

Have I mentioned how much I love Magnolia lately? Not only do they release some of our favorite films on DVD, but they go to extreme lengths to make those DVD's fanboy centric. Take The Mutant Chronicles for example. Not only did Magnolia pick up Simon Hunter's mostly misunderstood little scifi epic for distro (interview with Hunter), but they gave it a 2-disc Director's Cut and loaded it with documentaries and commentaries galore. That's what I'm talking about.

This week also marks the release of another overdue epic, the Russian fantasy film Wolfhound. This one's about two years coming so I'm very much looking forward to giving it a spin.

Of course how could we forget to mention Jaimie Blanks' remake of the classic Australian 70s cult film, Long Weekend (review). It's been retitled Nature's Grave in the states so keep an eye out for Jim Cavizel's face covered...

DVD Links: DVD News | Release Dates | New Dvds | Reviews | RSS Feed Unfortunately it's a very bad week for DVD and Blu-ray releases, but let's rundown the list anyway as maybe some of you are looking forward to at least renting one or two of these. The Soloist The best new film of the bunch has to be The Soloist, but even it isn't a stand-out masterpiece by any stretch. It does have a couple of good performances and is certainly worth a once over, but as far as being a purchase I would definitely recommend against it. Mutant Chronicles This action-sci-fi feature starring Thomas Jane, John Malkovich and Ron Perlman is probably the title I am most interested in renting and a little upset I forgot to request a review copy, but Netflix will take care of that. Race to Witch Mountain Ugh, just a bad, bad movie. Kids may...

If you've upgraded your system to include a Blu-ray player, then this is a pretty good week for you as August 4th will see the release of a few old friends including Blade II, Hannibal Rising, and Mimic. On the newer end of the spectrum, we have sci-fi/horror hybrids Alien Uprising and The Mutant Chronicles along with watch-it-at-your-own-risk fare like Cravings, The Chaos Experiment, Nature's Grave, and the anthology Slices.

If you have kids (or even if you don't), then Daffy Duck's Quackbusters is a must buy along with the Evil Christmas duo of Psycho Santa and Satan Claus. Once the kiddies are tucked safely in bed, then you'll want to pop in Hot Blood Sundae, which garnered a site record three different scores from Foy in his review, depending on how you choose to watch the flick. Rounding things out is 1982's Trapped, starring cult favorite Henry Silva.

Curious to know what frightful films and devilish discs will be available to view in the privacy of your own digital dungeon this week? Fango's got you covered.

Below the jump you'll find the full list of titles arriving in-stores this Tuesday, August 4, 2009 in our weekly version of the famous Fangoria Chopping List - updated with all the last-minute additions and deletions.

Note: Clickable links lead to Amazon.com

Alien Uprising

A suspected prisoner uprising brings Marines to the prison planet of Rove 12, but nothing is what it seems. The few surviving prisoners are hiding from a ruthless, blood thirsty creature. Now the prisoners and the marines must fight together to get off the planet Alive!

Art Of The Devil 3

Panor, a seductive rural teacher, longs to live a normal, peaceful life like everyone else in her village. But her beauty becomes her biggest curse as she becomes the object...

Year: 2009

Directors: Jamie Blanks

Writers: Everett De Roche

IMDb: link

Trailer: link

Amazon: link

Review by: agentorange

Rating: 6.2 out of 10

For his fifth foray into the horror genre, acclaimed Storm Warning director Jamie Blanks has taken on a remake of one of the most beloved Australian cult films of all time, Long Weekend. Big shoes right? Not only is Colin Eggleston‘s original ecological thriller considered a hidden gem of Australian 70s cinema, but when your story requires the only two human characters you’ve got to be so despicable that they are actually the antagonists you’ve really got to have some finesse as a filmmaker.

For the most part, Blanks succeeds in making a passable mid-budget man vs. nature film with two great performances by Jim Caviezel and Claudia Karvan. But, as a modern Long Weekend redux I can’t help but be disappointed in some technical corners that were obviously cut,...

Mother Nature is set to revolt yet again in Nature's Grave, and this time the bitch isn't playing around! What type of carnage does she have up her sleeve? How about we send you the DVD for free, and you can see for yourselves?

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‘Not Quite Hollywood’ is more than just a documentary on Australian genre films, its an amazing and comprehensive look at movies that have influenced some of the greatest minds in cinema. When you watch this movie you better have a pen and something to write on because there are some “i cant believe I haven’t seen this film yet!” moments you will inevitably experience.

Mark Hartley wrote and directed this Australian(weird!) documentary with the help of Quentin Tarantino. Over the course of 5 years he interviewed 80+ writers, directors, actors and film critics which landed him with 250 hours of footage to edit. The doc premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2008 and took home the best documentary award at 50th Australian Film Institute Awards.

Being a huge fan of exploitation cinema I was absolutely amazed at how many of the movies featured here I hadn’t heard of. I...

After the disappointingly short teaser trailer they release a month or so back, I'm glad to see that AMC decided to share their entire 9 minute Comic Con preview withe the world this afternoon... and yep, "Rover" even makes an appearance!

Synopsis:

An update to the cult favorite series from the 1960s about a government agent who is kidnapped and sent to a remote island known as "the Village".

Even though the writers went an entirely new direction with the 6-part redux, it still has a real classic quality so I have complete faith that the show will be just as mysterious and twisted as the original. Jim Caviezel feels perfectly cast as 6 too. I just watched him in the Long Weekend remake (or "Nature's Grave" to us here in the states and Canada) last week and was reminded at how great he can be. Jericho's Lennie James even makes an appearance too,...

The Jamie Blanks-directed remake of Long Weekend is now being called Nature's Grave . It's hitting DVD through Universal Home Entertainment on August 4th sans any extras. James Caviezel and Claudia Karvan star in this redo about a couple to venture off to a beach retreat and upset Mother Nature and all her lil' creatures. Watch a sales trailer here .

Poor James Caviezel. No matter what movie he stars in, he's probably going to be forever known as Jesus. I suppose there are worse things an actor can be remembered for than playing Christ. Having just finished fighting an alien monster in Outlander, Caviezel will next be seen on DVD this August battling more earthly terrors on his way to Nature's Grave. God help him.

Originally titled Long Weekend, Nature's Grave is director Jamie Blanks (Urban Legend, Valentine) near shot-for-shot remake of a moody 1978 Australian chiller about a bickering couple from the city (Caviezel and Claudia Karvan of Aquamarine) that head out for a long weekend getaway on a secluded beach and find themselves on the wrong side of mother nature after not showing it the proper respect. Bugs and snakes and other local animals of the land, air, and sea don't take kindly to these city slickers tossing their...

Producer and writer Anthony Egan is buzzing about his contribution to the growing 3-D horror market Flies . The film is the latest from director Jamie Blanks who jumped back onto the genre scene last year with Storm Warning and has a remake of Long Weekend on the way. " Flies 3D is a love letter to '70s animal attack flicks with a healthy dose of '50s mutant bugs," Egan tells ShockTillYouDrop.com. "It's been in development for well over a decade, back when the only Aussie flicks in the ball park were Dark Age , Razorback and, at a stretch, the original Long Weekend ." Egan scripted this throwback and is producing with producer David Hannay. "Jamie officially came on board last year, but turns out he'd been slipped an early draft by...

While I still haven't taken the time to write a review for his remake of Long Weekend, Jamie Blanks (Urban Legend, Storm Warning) is already out prepping his next horror film. During an interview with Inside Film, Australian producer David Hannay announced he would be teaming up with Anthony Egan to bring us a new 3D horror film entitled Flies, which will be directed by Blanks from a screenplay by Egan. Veteran and legendary producer David Hannay (Stone, The Man from Hong Kong) is teaming up with editor/writer Anthony Egan to produce what could potentially be Australias first feature film in stereoscopic 3D.

Australian producers David Hannay and Anthony Egan are teaming up to unleash the 3D horror film Flies , scripted by Egan. According to Inside Film, Jamie Blanks ( Storm Warning ) is attached to direct. Flies is based around the concept of genetically-engineered insects that escape and attack a small town. "It was a concept we thought that no one has really touched on the subject of 'nature goes nuts' in Australia," Egan tells If, somehow forgetting the choice "nature run amok" offerings that have and are coming out of his country including Blanks' own upcoming Long Weekend . "So we thought up an idea that would fit that genre and have appeal in the national marketplace." Production is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2009 and is...

I personally hated Douglas Buck's remake of Sisters, which is why I'm not all that excited for his next project, The Broken Imago. It's also a tough subject to cover, man vs nature, even Jamie Blanks failed with his remake of Long Weekend, which I had high expectations for. If you click over to Bdtv you can watch a very early teaser trailer for Imago, which looks so-so, what do you think? A vengeful nature has unleashed a powerful virus from the worlds diminishing rainforests. Transmitted through air and touch, the virus physically assaults the doomed infected, violently twisting their bodies into strange intolerable shapes.

**Please Note: This will be at the top for a while; be sure to scroll down for updated news stories!** Horror may currently be in a slump, but the 2008 American Film Market has shown a huge light at the end of the tunnel. This year showcased a record number of horror titles and Dread Central was on hand to catch a great deal of them. Some were good, some were bad but all showed that this genre still has plenty of lifeblood left. Many exhibitors were also kind enough to show us movie promos, while others coldly showed us the door (Lesbian Vampire Killers, I’m looking at you). The most promising show previews were easily Night of the Demons and Clive Barker’s Dread, with plenty of new projects being announced. Check out our full Afm '08 coverage here.

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After first few pics from Jamie Blanks' ("Storm Warning") upcoming remake of "Long Weekend"; here's the first teaser trailer for the film! Jim Caviezel and Claudia Karvan star in "Long Weekend" as a couple on holiday trying rekindle their relationship, but they are so focused on one another that they treat mother nature like shit, and finally mother nature gets her revenge on them both. "Long Weekend" will be debuting at Afm, which kicks off on November 5th. ...

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Just the other day we showed you the first few pics from Jamie Blanks’ (Storm Warning) upcoming remake of Long Weekend; today we can follow it up with the first teaser trailer for the film!

Jim Caviezel and Claudia Karvan star in Long Weekend as a couple on holiday trying rekindle their relationship, but they are so focused on one another that they treat mother nature like shit, and finally mother nature gets her revenge on them both. Can’t wait to see how Blanks updated this! Long Weekend will be debuting at Afm, which kicks off on November 5th. Dig the teaser below!

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We just found a set of the first images from Jamie Blanks’ upcoming remaking of the nature gets revenge movie Long Weekend, which will be showing itself at the upcoming American Film Market in Santa Monica.

The remake stars Jim Caviezel and Claudia Karvan as a couple vacationing in an attempt to resurrect their dying marriage. A disrespect for nature leads to some pretty horrifying consequences, however, and soon they’re fighting for their lives.

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"The Lonely Maiden," starring Morgan Freeman and Christopher Walken; "The Killing Room," starring Timothy Hutton; and "Powder Blue," starring Forest Whitaker, will all screen for the first time at the 29th American Film Market, running Nov. 5-12 at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel and Le Merigot Beach Hotel in Santa Monica.

The market will present 513 films, including 102 world premieres and 375 market premieres.

In addition to Freeman and Walken, the Yari Film Group's "Maiden" stars William H. Macy; "Killing Room," from ContentFilm International, stars Chloe Sevigny, Nick Cannon and Peter Stormare along with Hutton; Qed International's "Powder Blue" boasts a cast that includes Whitaker, Jessica Biel, Kris Kristofferson, Ray Liotta and Patrick Swayze.

Other pictures set for world premieres include "Baby on Board," with Lara Flynn Boyle, John Corbett, Heather Graham and Jerry O'Connell (Entertainment 7); "Evil Angel," starring Ving Rhames (Arrow Entertainment); "High Life," with Timothy Olyphant (Shoreline Entertainment); "La Linea,...

We just received an e-mail from a blogger who somehow scored exclusive new stills from two upcoming Darclight films. Inside you'll find new looks at Jamie Blanks' Long Weekend remake and Jody Dwyer's Dying Breed (trailer), which will be playing at next month's Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Read on for the pics or click the title above for more.

Jim Caviezel and Claudia Karvan will star in the suspense thriller "Long Weekend" for Arclight Films.

Jamie Blanks will direct from a script by Everett De Roche. Based on the 1978 Australian thriller of the same name, the story concerns a young couple on a camping trip who callously disregard the local environment, firing guns and wounding wildlife, until the wildlife starts to hit back. The 1978 version starred John Hargreaves and Briony Behets and was directed by Colin Eggleston.

"The original film was a great example of a classic chiller and was acclaimed by audiences and critics alike," Arclight head Gary Hamilton said. "We think the time is right to make this new film and that it will have a huge appeal to audiences worldwide."

Hamilton and Nigel Odell are producing. Principal photography is scheduled to begin in Australia in mid-November.

Darclight, the genre division of Arclight Films, will handle worldwide distribution and sales of the film, commencing at AFM, which runs Oct.