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Maria Bakalova, who last played Ivana Trump in “The Apprentice,” will star opposite Peter Mullan in “No Way Off,” a suspense thriller which Altitude is presenting to international buyers at the American Film Market this week in Las Vegas.

The movie is written by Gaby Hull and will be directed by Brian Kelly. Matthew James Wilkinson (“Yesterday”) is producing for his Stigma Films banner.

Inspired by single-location thrillers such as “The Shallows,” “Buried” and “Crawl,” the movie is set on Christmas Eve and revolves around Laura, a young mother who waits at a bus stop with her infant son. “When the bus pulls up, its driver is wearing a latex Santa mask. Laura climbs aboard, collapsing into her seat. Exhausted and stressed, she soon fall asleep. When Laura wakes, night has fallen. The bus is now hurtling along a motorway, miles off its usual route. Apart from the sleeping baby,...

It looks like Sex Education star Asa Butterfield isn't quite done with Netflix just yet, seeing as though he's set to star in an upcoming Netflix thriller series titled Out of the Dust. More on his casting and the show below.

Butterfield is best known for starring in the lead role of Otis Milburn in the Netflix teen series Sex Education. He also had roles in the movies The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Then Came You, Your Christmas or Mine?, All Fun and Games and Your Christmas or Mine 2. His next project, other than Out of the Dust, is an upcoming animated sci-fi film called Rogue Trooper. Besides Sex Education, he has starred in one other Netflix project, the horror-thriller film Choose or Die.

Now that it's been announced that he'll be in Out of the Dust, this marks his second Netflix series and his third Netflix project overall.

Explore the Cast of Sex Education 1. Asa Butterfield as Otis Milburn – 6ft (182.9 cm) 2. Emma Mackey as Maeve Wiley – 5ft 7 in. (170.2 cm) 3. Gillian Anderson as Jean Milburn – 5ft 2 ¼ in. (158.1 cm) 4. Ncuti Gatwa as Eric Effiong – 5ft 9 ¾ in. (177.2 cm) 5. Connor Swindells as Adam Groff – 6ft (182.9 cm) 6. Aimee Lou Wood as Aimee Gibbs – 5ft 6 in. (167.6 cm) 7. Kedar Williams-Stirling as Jackson Marchetti – 5ft 10 in. (178 cm) 8. Mimi Keene as Ruby Matthews – 5ft 2 ½ in. (158.8 cm) 9. Mikael Persbrandt as Jakob Nyman – 6ft 2 ½ in. (189 cm)

Discover the real faces behind the beloved characters of Sex Education as we take a sneak peek into the lives of the show’s talented cast.

This British series premiered on January 11, 2019. It introduced us to the intriguing world of hypersexual high school students seeking clarity and personal growth alongside a captivating mix of rising stars and recognizable figures. It made us all embark on a thrilling journey.

The fourth and final series...

A unique Stone Age horror movie, Out of Darkness – previously titled The Origin – is now playing in theaters courtesy of Bleecker Street, and we’ve got an exclusive clip for ya today.

In this clip, the characters come across the disemboweled carcass of a woolly mammoth, which raises one terrifying question: what the hell is capable of killing such a massive beast?

Watch the clip below and find the trailer for Out of Darkness underneath.

We’ve been told, “It’s a tense, emotional, and incredibly crafted film; so much creativity went into making the paleolithic world – including the entire language spoken in the film, which was created specifically for this by a linguist and an archaeologist.”

In the film, “A small boat reaches the shores of a raw and desolate landscape. A group of six have struggled across the narrow sea to find a new home. They are starving,...

This week brings four new horror movies to the table, and they’re all releasing on the same day. That should make this Friday feel like Friday the 13th… even if it’s actually Friday the 9th.

Here’s all the new horror releasing on February 9, 2024!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

First up, Stone Age horrors will be unleashed in Out of Darkness, which had previously been titled The Origin. Bleecker Street brings the film to theaters on Friday, February 9.

We’ve been told, “It’s a tense, emotional, and incredibly crafted film; so much creativity went into making the paleolithic world – including the entire language spoken in the film, which was created specifically for this by a linguist and an archaeologist.”

In the film, “A small boat reaches the shores of a raw and desolate landscape. A group of six have struggled...

Last month, we heard that Bleecker Street, a studio that has previously brought us films like Logan Lucky, Captain Fantastic, Trumbo, and Golda, among many others, will be giving the Stone Age horror thriller Out of Darkness (which was formerly going by the title The Origin) a theatrical release in the United States on February 9, 2024. With that date right around the corner, a trailer for the film has arrived online and can be seen in the embed above.

Out of Darkness has been making the festival rounds recently and even earned nominations in five categories at the British Independent Film Awards. Safia Oakley-Green won in the Breakthrough Performance category.

The feature debut for both director Andrew Cumming and screenwriter Ruth Greenberg, Out of Darkness is a survival horror film following a group of six who have struggled across the narrow sea to find a new home. They are starving, desperate,...

Stone age horrors will be unleashed in the upcoming Out of Darkness, which had previously been titled The Origin. A brand new trailer arrives today, giving a glimpse at the harrowing survival odds ahead in this Stone Age horror movie.

Bleecker Street will bring Out of Darkness to theaters on February 9, 2024.

Watch the new trailer below to get a look at the unforgiving Paleolithic period set survival horror movie.

We’ve been told, “It’s a tense, emotional, and incredibly crafted film; so much creativity went into making the paleolithic world – including the entire language spoken in the film, which was created specifically for this by a linguist and an archaeologist.”

In The Origin, “A small boat reaches the shores of a raw and desolate landscape. A group of six have struggled across the narrow sea to find a new home. They are starving, desperate, and living 45,000 years ago. First they must find shelter,...

Bleecker Street, a studio that has previously brought us films like Logan Lucky, Captain Fantastic, Trumbo, and Golda, among many others, has announced that they will be giving the Stone Age horror thriller Out of Darkness (which was formerly going by the title The Origin) a theatrical release in the United States on February 9, 2024.

Out of Darkness has been making the festival rounds recently and even earned nominations in five categories at the British Independent Film Awards. Safia Oakley-Green won in the Breakthrough Performance category.

The feature debut for both director Andrew Cumming and screenwriter Ruth Greenberg, Out of Darkness is a survival horror film following a group of six who have struggled across the narrow sea to find a new home. They are starving, desperate, and living 45,000 years ago. First they must find shelter, and they strike out across the tundra wastes towards the distant mountains that promise the...

Stone age horrors will be unleashed in the upcoming Out of Darkness, which had previously been titled The Origin. Deadline brings us the brand new update this afternoon.

Additionally, Deadline reports that Bleecker Street will bring Out of Darkness to theaters on February 9, 2024. Read on for everything you need to know about the film.

Bleecker Street recently acquired North American rights on the upcoming horror film, which is set during the Palaeolithic period – 45,000 years in the past!

We’ve been told, “It’s a tense, emotional, and incredibly crafted film; so much creativity went into making the paleolithic world – including the entire language spoken in the film, which was created specifically for this by a linguist and an archaeologist.”

In The Origin, “A small boat reaches the shores of a raw and desolate landscape. A group of six have struggled across the narrow sea to find a new home. They are starving,...

Exclusive: Bleecker Street’s survival horror thriller The Origin, which debuted at Fantastic Fest in September, is getting a title change. Now known as Out of Darkness, it will hit theaters on February 9.

Directed by Scottish helmer Andrew Cumming and written by Ruth Greenberg (The Spark) in both of their feature debuts, Out of Darkness follows a group of six who have struggled across the narrow sea to find a new home. They are starving, desperate and living 45,000 years ago. First they must find shelter, and they strike out across the tundra wastes toward the distant mountains that promise the abundant caves they need to survive. But when night falls, anticipation turns to fear and doubt as they realize they are not alone. As relationships in the group fracture, the determination of one young woman reveals the terrible actions taken to survive.

The movie was shot on location...

Stone age horrors will be unleashed in the upcoming The Origin, an intriguing new horror project that Bleecker Street is bringing to the ongoing Fantastic Fest this weekend.

Bleecker Street recently acquired North American rights on the upcoming horror film, which is set during the Palaeolithic period – 45,000 years in the past!

We’ve been told, “It’s a tense, emotional, and incredibly crafted film; so much creativity went into making the paleolithic world – including the entire language spoken in the film, which was created specifically for this by a linguist and an archaeologist.”

Preview The Origin with a gallery of exclusive first-look images below.

In The Origin, “A small boat reaches the shores of a raw and desolate landscape. A group of six have struggled across the narrow sea to find a new home. They are starving, desperate, and living 45,000 years ago. First they must find shelter, and they strike...

Despite existing for over half a century and evolving into one of the most profitable creative industries in the world, it’s only recently that filmmakers have gotten the hang of properly depicting video games on the big screen. This is likely because we’re now seeing a generation of writers and directors who actually grew up playing these games instead of observing them as outsiders – and that also applies to genre creators.

In fact, when it comes to horror, there have been a surprising amount of games featured in scary movies, with these interactive experiences often serving a central role in the story in much the same way that a cursed book or video tape might have been used in an older horror flick. With that in mind, we’ve decided to come up with a list highlighting six of the scariest video games in horror movies, as fictional...

All Fun and Games is an upcoming horror movie starring Natalia Dyer and Asa Butterfield, taking a twisted approach to children's games gone wrong. The trailer emphasizes the sarcastic tone of the story, hinting at the dark history of Salem and the consequences of ignorance. The film marks the directorial debut of Ari Costa and Eren Celeboglu, supported by a talented cast and the production team at Agbo.

All Fun and Games is an upcoming horror movie starring Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things) and Asa Butterfield (Sex Education). It's been described as taking "the elements of cruelty inherent in children’s games – Flashlight Tag, Hangman, Hide & Seek – and what happens when the games go too far. " The trailer, which you can watch below, announces that it's from the producers of The Strangers: Prey at Night and from the Russo Brothers' Agbo.

The film takes place in the town of Salem,...

The U.K.’s Stigma Films has snapped up TV rights for Jeffrey Boakye’s “I Heard What You Said,” an Amazon Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2022.

Told via a series of encounters based on the challenging and outrageous things people have said to him or about him, Boakye, a Black, male English teacher who has had to teach problematic texts, recounts how it feels to be on the margins of the British education system.

The deal was brokered by the Sarah Such Literary Agency.

Stigma’s film credits include “Daddy’s Head,” “T.I.M.,” “The Score,” upcoming Romola Garai project “Monstrous Beauty” and Netflix original “Choose or Die,” starring Asa Butterfield. The acquisition of “I Heard What You Said” follows on from Stigma branching out from feature films to television in the last year. Their first project is Steven Knight/Kudos series, “This Town” for BBC and the company...

Stone age horrors will be unleashed in the upcoming The Origin, an intriguing new horror project that Variety reports on this morning. Bleecker Street has acquired North American rights on the film, which is set during the Palaeolithic period – 45,000 years in the past!

Bleecker Street is planning a fall-winter 2023 release.

“The horror film follows a disparate gang of early humans who band together in search of a new land. But when they suspect a malevolent, mystical being is hunting them down, the clan is forced to confront a horrifying danger they never imagined.”

Safia Oakley-Green (“Sherwood”), Chuku Modu (“Captain Marvel”), Kit Young (“Shadow and Bone”), Iola Evans (“Choose or Die”), Luna Mwezi (“Needle Park Baby”), and Arno Luening (“Divine Comedy”) star alongside Rosebud Melarkey and Tyrell Mhlanga.

Andrew Cumming directed The Origin for Sony Pictures’ Stage 6. Ruth Greenberg (Run) wrote the script, while Oliver Kassman (Saint Maud) produced the horror film.

Bleecker Street has nabbed North American rights to first-time feature director Andrew Cumming’s Stone Age-set horror thriller The Origin.

The film from Sony Pictures’ Stage 6 had its world premiere at the 2022 BFI London Film Festival and was nominated for five British Independent Film Awards, winning one in the best breakthrough performance category for Safia Oakley-Green (Sherwood, Extraordinary). The script was written by Ruth Greenberg (Run), with Escape Plan Productions’ Oliver Kassman (Saint Maud) producing.

Bleecker Street is planning a fall/winter theatrical release, it unveiled on Tuesday as the Cannes Film Festival market was set to open.

Set more than 45,000 years in the past, the movie tells the story of a gang of early humans who band together in search of a new land. “When they suspect a malevolent, mystical, being is hunting them down, the clan is forced to confront a horrifying danger they never imagined,” according to a plot description.

On this episode of Daily Dead's official podcast, Tamika Jones, Scott Drebit, and Bryan Christopher catch up to discuss recent viewings, including Choose or Die, the original Prom Night, Slasher Season 4, and more!

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Exclusive: Cutting Edge Media Music has inked a deal with Anton, which will have it invest in the company’s films All Fun and Games and Mother’s Instinct, in exchange for the corresponding rights to the films’ original scores. The deal comes following two successful collaborations with Anton Production on the Searchlight horror-thriller The Night House and the disaster pic Greenland starring Gerard Butler.

All Fun and Games hinges on the premise that there’s a strange element of cruelty embedded in kids’ games—Flashlight Tag, Hangman, Simon Says—and sometimes it’s taken too far. The horror-thriller marking the first joint production for Anton and Agbo follows a group of siblings who find themselves in a game with a demonic twist. Asa Butterfield (Sex Education), Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things), Keith David (Greenleaf), Annabeth Gish (The Fall of the House of Usher) and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth (Pinocchio) star in the pic,...

You may recognize Asa Butterfield from his many film and television appearances throughout his 15-year film career. While the actor is arguably most known for his role as Otis Milburn in Netflix's acclaimed comedy series "Sex Education," his extensive acting résumé includes credits in "Hugo," "The Space Between Us," and, most recently, Netflix's horror flick "Choose or Die."

Butterfield started his career at a young age and rose to stardom for his stunning portrayal of Bruno in the historical drama "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas." Following his success from the film, the actor continued to land several leading roles throughout the 2010s, starring in films like "Ender's Game" alongside Harrison Ford and Abigail Breslin, as well as "Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children."

Butterfield continues to ride off of his many successes over the years and shows no signs of slowing down. The actor is set to star...

European producer-financier Anton and global talent management outfit Range Media Partners are teaming up for a development slate of European feature films.

The creative strategic alliance comes as Anton expands its U.K. and European production activities and Range Media Partners broadens its own development and production pipeline internationally.

The two companies have created an International Feature Development Fund that will be used to identify, option and develop IP from across Europe. Both companies will oversee the creative production process, commissioning scripts and working with U.K. and European talent.

Range Media Partners — launched in September 2020 by CAA and Entertainment One alum Peter Micelli — will leverage its international talent pool, while Anton will finance and handle sales on the films that emerge from the deal.

Range Media Partners formed a new international division headquartered in London under Oliver Riddle in the fall of 2021 to oversee the development and production of...

Production and finance company Anton and talent management firm Range Media Partners are partnering on a European development slate of feature films. The creative strategic alliance forms as Sébastien Raybaud’s Anton expands its UK and European production activities, and as Range continues to grow its development and production pipeline internationally.

The two companies have created an International Feature Development Fund, which will be used to identify, option and develop IP from across Europe. Both outfits will oversee the creative production process, commissioning scripts and working with talent from the UK and Europe. Range will leverage its deep international talent pool and Anton will finance and handle sales on the films that flow through the agreement.

Range Media Partners’ Head of International Production Oliver Riddle said, “I’m delighted to be working with Sébastien and his team. Anton’s scale and ambition is second to none across Europe, and this...

Exclusive: Kate Beckinsale (Underworld) has been set to star in action spy thriller Canary Black from Taken and Peppermint director Pierre Morel.

Producer, financier and sales firm Anton (Greenland) is launching the project for the Cannes market.

The Matthew Kennedy (Inheritance) script will see Beckinsale play top level CIA agent Avery Graves who is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld contacts to survive and help locate the coveted intelligence that the kidnappers want.

The project is being produced by Anton’s Sebastien Raybaud and John Zois with Sentient Entertainment’s Renee Tab and Christopher Tuffin.

Anton’s Cecile Gaget will launch worldwide sales at this month’s Cannes Market later this month and UTA Independent Film Group will oversee domestic rights in conjunction with Anton. Filming is slated for late 2022.

John Zois stated:...

The BBC has commissioned a six-part drama about the UK’s ska and two-tone music scene, which hails from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight.

Two Tone (working title) will tell the story of an extended family and four young people who are drawn into the world of ska and two tone music, which grew from the grass roots of the English cities Coventry and Birmingham in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

The music united black, white and Asian youths during a tough period for race relations in the UK.

The series also marks the beginning of a new deal between Knight and Banijay-uk backed Kudos, which gives the Deadwater Fell indie a first look at all of his future UK-based projects. The agreement also includes a commitment to grow the local workforce in Birmingham, using Knight’s Digbeth Loc Studios as a base.

Deadline first revealed Knight and Kudos were working on Two-Tone in November 2020.

News of the series, which will air on BBC1 and the BBC iPlayer, comes in the same month Knight’s lauded gangster drama Peaky Blinders came to an end on the BBC.

Kudos and Knight’s Nebulastar are co-producing in association with the former’s northern subsidiary Kudos North, Matthew James Wilkinson’s Stigma Films (Choose Or Die) and Nick Angel, the former Island Records A&r director who was a co-founder of Colin Firth’s Random Films.

Shooting will begin Birmingham at Digbeth Loc later this year.

“This is a project that’s literally very close to home and I’m developing characters and themes that are set in the early 80s but hopefully are very contemporary. Of course, the soundtrack will be sensational,” said Knight, who is creator, writer and executive producer.

Kudos’ Karen Wilson, Martin Haines, Phil Temple and Laura Conway are exec producers, along with Wilkinson, Angel and the BBC’s Tommy Bulfin. Banijay Rights will handle international distribution.

Ben Irving, Acting Director of BBC Drama said: “Steven has taken his knowledge of this time and place and used it to weave a brilliantly original and characterful drama, set against the musical backdrop of ska and two tone. We are thrilled to be able to bring this unique piece to viewers on the BBC.”...

In his latest podcast/interview, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with long time collaborators and friends Toby Meakins (director) and Simon Allen (screenwriter) about their debut feature film Choose or Die.

A broke student who, in pursuit of an unclaimed 100,000 prize, plays an obscure 1980s survival computer game. After a series of unexpectedly terrifying moments, she soon realizes she’s no longer playing for the money, but for her own life.

Choose or Die is out now on Netflix and after its release on 15 April it was number one in US, UK, France, Canada and around the world. Check out our review right here.

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Limited series “Anatomy of a Scandal” has ended “Bridgerton” Season 2’s reign as the No. 1 English-language TV series on Netflix, according to the streaming service’s newly release Top 10 rankings.

For the week of April 18-April 24, “Anatomy of a Scandal” was viewed for 75.6 million hours in its second week of availability, while “Bridgerton” racked up 46 million and landed in the No. 2 slot on the list for the first time since it debuted the week of March 21. In third was new limited series “Conversations With a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes” with 37.5 million hours, and new reality dating series “The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On” was in fourth with 29 million.

The rest of the Top 10 English-language TV series included “Selling Sunset” Season 5 (28.4 million hours), “Bridgerton” Season 1 (17.3 million hours), “Hearstopper” Season 1 (14.6 million hours), “The Creature Cases” Season 1 (13.6 million hours), “Married at First Sight” Season 10 (12.8 million hours) and the Obamas’ new show...

The timing could not be more exquisite. Just as exhibitors and studios prepare to gather for their first full-throated, in-person CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas that begins April 25, bête noire Netflix revealed the streaming service lost 200,000 customers in Q1 2022 and will lose another 2 million in Q2.

For the National Association of Theater Owners, this is a long, dark drink of schadenfreude with a caffeine boost. Netflix, to a near-absurd degree, symbolized a nuclear threat to box office. However, this proves that while Netflix is a disruptor, it operates under the same laws of gravity that govern every other business.

However, to put this in perspective: It’s a dire prospect, losing more than 2 million users in six months — but that would represent one percent of the Netflix user base. For theaters, domestic gross for first quarter 2022 was 1.33 billion; the same period in 2019 grossed 2.44 billion. That’s a 45 percent drop and...

“Choose or Die” is a new Brit-produced horror feature, directed by Toby Meakins, starring Asa Butterfield, Iola Evans, Eddie Marsan and Robert Englund, now streaming on Netflix:

“…After booting up a lost 1980’s survival horror game, a young coder unleashes a hidden curse that tears reality apart, forcing her to make terrifying decisions and face deadly consequences. The coder is vying for a 100,000 prize when she decides to play this old game. However, when horrific things begin to happen around her, it becomes clear to her that money isn’t the main object of her game playing. If she wants to keep her life, she’ll need to win otherwise it’s game over…”

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Stars: Iola Evans, Asa Butterfield, Eddie Marsan, Angela Griffin, Robert Englund, Ryan Gage | Written by Simon Allen, Toby Meakins, Matthew James Wilkinson | Directed by Toby Meakins

Choose or Die tells the story of Kayla, a broke student who’s in a dead-end job to support her schooling and her mother, who helps her friend Isaac with his obsession with old computers and old games. And it’s an old game, Curs>r, an obscure 1980s survival computer game that offers gamers a prize of 100,000. A prize that decades later is Still unclaimed. Something Kayla plans on correcting. However, after a series of unexpectedly terrifying moments while playing the game, she soon realizes she’s no longer playing for the money, but for her own life…

There was a brief period in the 90s where horror movies tried to convince us that the future of horror was digital – from big-budget films like...

Photo: ‘Choose or Die’ What Makes Horror Horrifying? When it comes to horror films, there are a lot of factors that must be balanced in order to create an end product that’s satisfying for its potential audience. On top of the engaging story and likable characters vital to any movie’s success, a proper unsettling atmosphere must be established without being forced. Real horror doesn’t come merely from jumpscares or extreme violence, it comes from suspense, high stakes, and characters the audience cares about trying to escape nightmarish situations. This is something that classic horror films like ‘Child’s Play’ and ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ nailed. In a post-‘Saw’ world, however, a common complaint regarding many modern horror movies is that they rely more on shock and gore than actual tension. It was for this reason that the trailer for the latest Netflix horror film, ‘Choose or Die’, concerned me a bit.

Marvel and D.C. Comics will never team their two biggest superheroes, but this week sees Spider-Man and Batman go head to head at home. “The Batman” (Warner Bros./29.99) is likely to displace “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (Sony/19.99) as the #1 title on PVOD charts next week.

“Spider-Man” is #1 again for the fifth week on all three charts we follow, an unprecedented achievement and one that “The Batman” will not repeat. It’s the top-grossing film of 2022, but at 365 million that’s less than half of Marvel’s 2021 monster hit. “The Batman” also has more competition, and not just from upcoming releases like “Uncharted” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

Its biggest competition is itself: Warners announced last week that the film would debut on HBO Max April 18. That’s the same day it became available on PVOD, but Warners provided no promotion for its same-day availability.

From a marketing perspective,...

This article contains spoilers for Netflix’s Choose or Die

In Netflix’s Choose or Die we meet Kayla, who is struggling in poverty while taking care of her grieving mother. Intrigued by the possibility of winning a cash prize and changing her family’s fate, she unwittingly becomes embroiled in the supernatural world of a cursed retro video game called Curs>R, which forces its players to make distressing choices for others to save their own lives. Ultimately, Kayla manages to beat the game using her coding skills, unlocking the curse’s power for herself.

If you’ve just finished watching the streaming service’s wild horror genre offering, you might have noticed that the ending of the film is a little tantalizing, and it certainly leaves room for the story to continue if enough people are interested in seeing the deadly concept at the heart of the movie explored further.

Role playing games possess a certain escapist thrill, but what happens when fantasy creeps into reality? Today’s popular user-driven experience gets a nostalgic 1980s makeover in “Choose or Die,” the terrifying refrain in a game with extremely high stakes. The pushes the idea of a cursed survival game to sinister ends, creating a world where every choice has cruel — and very real — consequences. Anchored by a scrappy coder heroine named Kayla (Iola Evans), whose tough exterior is armor for a difficult home life, the film offers a fresh take on a smart concept through the eyes of a compelling teenager. More leads like this, please.

“Choose or Die” is a perfect entry point into genre for younger viewers, one that will also satisfy old school diehards even as it takes some pointed (perhaps deserved?) jabs at them.

The film opens with a scene of domestic strife: A mother and...

This article contains major Choose or Die spoilers.

Choose or Die is bound to surprise Netflix subscribers who are perhaps hoping for some lighter high concept horror when they give this new movie a spin: it does rather go for the jugular, in some cases literally! It also has a final act that unwraps its very weird central mystery, while perhaps even setting up an intriguing sequel for the streaming service to dish out at a later date.

In Toby Meakins’ grim mash-up of Jumanji, Ring, Black Mirror, and Red Dwarf (more on this later!), we meet a young coder called Kayla (Iola Evans) whose life is not going particularly well. Kayla works as a cleaner at a mysterious office that a local business called Kismet is supposedly occupying, but no one seems to have really been there in a long time. Kayla’s brother recently drowned at a local pool,...

“Choose or Die” is a new Brit-produced horror feature, directed by Toby Meakins, starring Asa Butterfield, Iola Evans, Eddie Marsan and Robert Englund, streaming April 15, 2022 on Netflix:

“…After booting up a lost 1980’s survival horror game, a young coder unleashes a hidden curse that tears reality apart, forcing her to make terrifying decisions and face deadly consequences. The coder is vying for a 100,000 prize when she decides to play this old game. However, when horrific things begin to happen around her, it becomes clear to her that money isn’t the main object of her game playing. If she wants to keep her life, she’ll need to win otherwise it’s game over…”

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There’s a surprisingly nasty edge to this tolerable yet derivative wannabe franchise-starter about a cursed game from the 80s

It’s strange that the silly but mostly tolerable horror Choose or Die was an acquisition rather than a homegrown Netflix original given how much it seems algorithmically modeled for the notoriously formula-obsessed platform. It stars Asa Butterfield, an in-house star thanks to the success of Sex Education. It’s contemporary-set but baked in 80s nostalgia, something that also inspires the aesthetic of the aforementioned comedy series as well as the entirety of long-running hit Stranger Things. It also focuses on a cursed video game, making it a close cousin to the streamer’s interactive Black Mirror hit Bandersnatch. It’s a film destined to live its days in the “if you like” container.

It’ll probably fare well there as fans of the above might find just about enough...

It’s no big secret that Netflix has been struggling to cultivate profitable original franchises of its own, especially of the wide tentpole variety. But consider its latest algorithm addition, Toby Meakins’ directorial debut “Choose to Die,” the rare winner from their original film output—even though it’s more of a vision board of what it could be, the film introduces a nifty premise that recalls not just “A Nightmare on Elm Street” but how that series was able to make multiple irresistible sequels.

Continue reading ‘Choose Or Die’: A ‘Nightmare On Elm Street’-Esque Horror About Video Game Curses at The Playlist.

Netflix’s Choose or Die draws heavy inspiration from A Nightmare on Elm Street in tone, style, visual references, and even voice-over by Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund. While its influences and retro 80’s video game horror conceit draw from the past, the teen horror movie wants to leave nostalgia in the past. It results in a breezy, fun gateway horror […]

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Even the smallest feature-length film is a considerable logistical enterprise, so it’s a bit flummoxing how little thought appears to have been put into “Choose or Die.” While there have been worse-crafted, even more routinely formulaic Netflix horror efforts, this one takes the cake for sheer whateverness of barely-there plot, concept, character detailing and so on. If some movies now seem designed to be consumed on phones, this one demands so little attention, for such scant rewards, you could probably watch it while vacuuming or doing yoga without missing anything important.

Not that first-time feature director Toby Meakins or his cast do slipshod work. But their labors are expended on a “viral” curse premise so indifferently defined and developed, the result recalls the archaic term “quota quickie,” which referred to low-budget 1930s British films made by Parliamentary decree just to keep the industry chugging. “Choose or Die” may substitute supernatural deaths for music-hall songs,...

Exclusive: Horror-thriller All Fun And Games, starring Asa Butterfield (Sex Education) and Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things), begins production today in Canada with joining cast including Benjamin Evan Ainsworth — who has the title role in Disney’s upcoming Pinocchio — Keith David (Greenleaf) and Annabeth Gish (The Fall of the House of Usher).

The Anton and Agbo production, which is going through the latter’s Gozie Agbo banner, was a buzz title among buyers at the recent EFM market in Berlin. Anthony and Joe Russo are among exec producers.

The story follows two kids who play a game with their sadistic older cousin and awaken a cruel entity knows as ‘The Skarrow.’ Co-directors are Ari Costa (second unit on Extraction and Avengers: Endgame) and Eren Celeboglu (The Internet Kills).

Pre-sales inked out of Berlin by Anton include Square One for Germany; Sun Distribution Group for Spain, Portugal and Latin America; Rialto for Australia and N.

A list of new streaming releases on Netflix, what a concept!

Netflix’s list of new releases for April 2022 is highlighted by the return of one of the great sci-fi comedies ever. Natasha Lyonne is set to return as the temporally displaced Nadia on Russian Doll season 2 on April 20. The first season of the show premiered in 2019 and appeared to tell a rather complete story about one Brooklyn woman’s experiences of dying over and over again. But Lyonne and fellow producers Leslye Headland and Amy Poehler still have some story to tell. Netflix is undoubtedly very happy to let them continue to tell it.

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Another major series of note this month is the final batch of episodes for Ozark.

Netflix has released an official trailer for a new horror/thriller movie called Choose or Die. The film’s original title was “Curs>R”, which is the name of the fictional 80’s text adventure game that warps reality and has murderous consequences.

Think The Ring but with an interactive fiction game.

Synopsis:

After firing up a lost 80s survival horror game, a young coder unleashes a hidden curse that tears reality apart, forcing her to make terrifying decisions and face deadly conseq...

“Choose or Die” is a new Brit-produced horror feature, directed by Toby Meakins, starring Asa Butterfield, Iola Evans, Eddie Marsan and Robert Englund, streaming April 15, 2022 on Netflix:

“…After booting up a lost 1980’s survival horror game, a young coder unleashes a hidden curse that tears reality apart, forcing her to make terrifying decisions and face deadly consequences. The coder is vying for a 100,000 prize when she decides to play this old game. However, when horrific things begin to happen around her, it becomes clear to her that money isn’t the main object of her game playing. If she wants to keep her life, she’ll need to win otherwise it’s game over…”

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What if a classic text adventure had deadly consequences? That's the idea behind "Choose or Die," the upcoming new Netflix horror movie that puts a lethal spin on the idea of choosing your own adventure.

We all remember the classic video games -- titles such as "Zork" and "Deadline" that kept us hammering away at our keyboards as kids. Tom Hanks even encountered one in the 1988 family film, "Big." But what happens when games go bad?

"Choose or Die" stars Asa Butterfield and Iola Evans as two friends who discover a long-lost video game with an intriguing reward: Complete the game and earn a cash prize of $125,000....

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Get ready for another "death game" horror title coming from Netflix, because the trailer for British horror film "Choose or Die" really wants to remind you of "Squid Game" or "Alice in Borderland."

There is also a video game twist that brings to mind the Greed Island Arc from "Hunter x Hunter", and how its game affected the real world, with players acquiring spell cards and items that they could use in the real world to kill each other mercilessly. 

"Squid Game" may have brought the death game genre to new heights of popularity on the TV front when it premiered on Netflix last year, but it's been...

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"The more the cursed suffer, the more curser benefits." Netflix has revealed an official trailer for a horror thriller titled Choose or Die, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Toby Meaknis. The film is debuting on Netflix starting in April for anyone looking for a fun fright night pick. After firing up a lost 80s survival horror game, a young coder unleashes a hidden curse that tears reality apart, forcing her to make terrifying decisions and face deadly consequences. The film's original title was Curs>R, which is the name of the old video game she decides to play. Starring Asa Butterfield, Iola Evans, Eddie Marsan, Robert Englund (Freddy!!), Kate Fleetwood, Ryan Gage, Angela Griffin, and Joe Bolland. Okay this looks killer! I really dig the vintage video game vibe. This seems like an out-there concept only Netflix would fund, which is great to see. And it has the potential...

Do you know who Netflix likes? Asa Butterfield. He’s the star of Netflix’s “Sex Education” series, and if there’s one thing Netflix does, it’s listening to their algorithm. It’s clearly told them the audience likes Asa Butterfield, and thus, he’s been cast as the star of their new nostalgic ’80s horror movie “Choose Or Die.”

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From director Toby Meakins (2013’s “Breathe”) and written by Simon Allen, “Choose Or Die” centers on a broke student who, in pursuit of an unclaimed 100,000 prize, plays an obscure 1980s survival computer game.

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Looking like the kitchen sink of young adult horror films, Netflix shares the trailer for Choose or Die, their latest original in which a retro game (“Curs>r”) is unboxed and wreaks havoc on a town. Choose or Die begins after a young coder (Iola Evans) fires up a lost 80s survival horror game and unleashes […]

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Screambox has a special treat for horror fans this week, announcing that they have acquired US rights to all episodes of Freddy's Nightmares and will premiere them on their streaming service on February 15th!

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to sleep, Screambox announced the acquisition of U.S. rights for all 44 episodes of the iconic horror series “Freddy’s Nightmares,” from Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, for its streaming service. The series is set to premiere on February 15, and it will mark the first time the show has been available to stream on a subscription service. In addition, Screambox will debut Knightriders in March, the 80s film Written/Directed by George A. Romero and starring Ed Harris and Tom Savini.

Based on one of horror’s most storied franchises, “Freddy’s Nightmares” is an anthology series starring the original Freddy Krueger, Robert Englund. Airing from 1988 to 1990, each...

Exclusive: Sebastian de Souza, Eddie Marsan and Rich Sommer have boarded the Chloe Domont-directed finance world thriller opposite Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich.

The MRC and T-Street emerging filmmaker label movie, which Deadline first told you about, is already in production.

de Souza stars as Leo in Hulu and MRC Television’s The Great from Oscar-nominated Tony McNamara. Prior to this, he starred as Gareth in the critically acclaimed adaptation of Normal People, for Hulu and the BBC, directed by the Oscar-nominated Lenny Abrahamson. He was seen in the iconic role of Sandro Botticelli in the second season of Medici, opposite Sean Bean, Daniel Sharman and Bradley James on Netflix. Prior to this, he played a guest lead in the feature Pixie, opposite Alec Baldwin and Olivia Cooke, directed by Barnaby Thompson. He also played Edmund in Claire McCarthy’s feature Ophelia, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival,...

Robert Englund is coming to Netflix in the upcoming fourth season of “Stranger Things,” but that’s not the only Englund project hitting Netflix soon. Englund stars alongside Asa Butterfield (The Wolfman) in Choose or Die, formerly titled Curs>R, set to premiere on Netflix on April 15. “After firing up a lost 80s survival horror game, a young coder […]

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