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Seth Gilliam, who may be best known for playing Father Gabriel in multiple seasons of The Walking Dead, and Sonja O’Hara, who received an Emmy nomination for her work on the limited series Doomsday, have teamed up to star in a short film called Stakeout – and Deadline reports that it has already been decided that Stakeout will be receiving the feature expansion treatment, with Gilliam and O’Hara reprising their roles for the longer version of the story.

Directed by Micah Khan, who wrote the screenplay with Victoria Diana and David Wappel, Stakeout is described as a paranormal crime thriller. The film will follow a pair of detectives tracking a brutal serial killer and is planned as the intro into multiple features set in a crime-ridden world suffering from a hidden vampire epidemic.

Khan produced the short film with Natalie Stavola, Katrina Kearns, Victoria Diana, and Francesco Cordero. Patrick Regan...

Stakeout, a short film starring Seth Gilliam (“The Walking Dead” and Sonja O’Hara (“Doomsday”), follows detectives tracking a serial killer in a world secretly overrun by vampires. Deadline reports today that a feature adaptation is on the way.

The short film’s stars, Gilliam and O’Hara, are both returning for the feature film.

Stakeout follows “a pair of detectives tracking a brutal serial killer.” The horror thriller is planned as the first of multiple features set in a crime-ridden world suffering from a hidden vampire epidemic.

The crime thriller with a supernatural twist is directed and written by Micah Khan (The Zombie Wedding) and written by Khan, Victoria Diana, and David Wappel.

“Everything under the sun has already been told before,” Khan stated. “So I want to go into the shadows to unfold new tales. It’s the perfect place to vent my fears about the future, each time...

Exclusive: A short film starring The Walking Dead and The Wire star Seth Gilliam and Emmy-nominee Sonja O’Hara (Doomsday) is being adapted as a feature.

Paranormal crime thriller Stakeout is directed and written by Micah Khan (The Zombie Wedding) and written by Khan, Victoria Diana, and David Wappel. The film explores a pair of detectives tracking a brutal serial killer and is planned as the intro into multiple features set in a crime-ridden world suffering from a hidden vampire epidemic.

Gilliam and O’Hara are both attached for the feature, which is aiming to shoot this year.

The short film is produced by Khan, Natalie Stavola, Katrina Kearns (I Feel Fine), Victoria Diana (Books), and Francesco Cordero, with executive producers Patrick Regan and 7th Draft Productions. Stavola is developing three features with Khan: the feature-length version of Stakeout, The Captain and The Last Farm.

Khan recently wrapped principal photography on...

Exclusive: Independent television pilots made some noise in 2024 with series such as Mark Duplass’ Penelope landing at Netflix.

The team behind Books, a comedy pilot, hope this remains true next year.

The project is headlined by Spencer Grammer, who voices Summer Smith in Rick and Morty, and Ajay Naidu, who starred in Office Space.

Filmed at Market Block Books, an independent bookstore in Troy, New York this week, the pilot follows cancelled author Wren Wild (Grammer) as she leads a quirky crew willing to do anything to keep their bookstore alive. Naidu plays her silent partner Murry, a former book agent who has no idea what he’s doing.

The pilot comes from director Micah Khan, who recently made his feature directorial debut with The Zombie Wedding, producer Victoria Diana and cinematographer Adam Muro with Tim Cahill, Kristina Libby and Patrick Regan of 7th Draft Productions exec producing.

The cast also includes Deepti Menon,...

Freestyle Digital Media is gearing up to release the horror-comedy The Zombie Wedding, a unique blend of romance and the undead. Set to debut on Cable and Digital VOD platforms including Apple TV, Amazon, Google Play, and more on 13th September 2024, the film will also play in select theatres across the US. It’s the first feature film from Weekly World News Studios, launching their IP-driven slate of movie projects.

The concept of The Zombie Wedding is as quirky as it sounds: a young New Jersey couple chooses to go ahead with their nuptials amidst a full-blown zombie apocalypse. What makes the story even more unconventional? The groom is already a zombie, while the bride is still human. As the day approaches, tensions rise not just between the undead and the living, but also between their two vastly different families.

Adapted from an interactive play of the same name, The Zombie Wedding...

There’s a new horror comedy, The Zombie Wedding, coming later this month — but what makes it most unusual is who’s behind it. This is the first B-movie to bear the brand “Weekly World News.” They’re back, and they’re getting into movies now. Weekly World News was a newspaper tabloid commonly available at grocery checkouts […]

The post It’s A Zombie Wedding, Hosted By The Weekly World News first appeared on popgeeks.com.

V/H/S/Beyond: "V/H/S/Beyond, the seventh installment of the V/H/S franchise will feature six new bloodcurdling tapes, placing horror at the forefront of a sci-fi-inspired hellscape."

Directed by

Jordan Downey (ThanksKilling, The Head Hunter)

Christian Long & Justin Long (Jeepers Creepers, Barbarian)

Justin Martinez (V/H/S, Southbound)

Virat Pal (Recapture)

Kate Siegel (Hush, "The Haunting of Hill House")

and a special presentation by

Jay Cheel (How To Build A Time Machine)

Premiering On Shudder October 4th

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Watch the Stop Motion Horror Short It Came From Beyond The Drain: "It Came From Beyond the Drain A man and his dog must defend themselves from a creature that erupts from beneath their kitchen sink. Directed by Adam Ciolfi"

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Director's Cut: "Happy Halloween, horror fans! Director's Cut, from filmmaker Don Capria, is slated to arrive in select cinemas this October 31st, and hits VOD later this Autumn! A riotous slasher throwback that pays tribute...

The first title to launch the Weekly World News IP-driven studio slate of movie projects is The Zombie Wedding, and Freestyle Digital Media has set a September release date for the romantic horror-comedy. Additionally, they’ve provided us with the exclusive trailer reveal.

Freestyle has scheduled a limited theatrical and VOD release date of September 13, 2024.

On September 13, there will be also be special Friday the 13th screening of The Zombie Wedding in New York City at the rock club/lounge The Cutting Room.

The Zombie Wedding will hit theaters in the following U.S. cities:

Los Angeles Chicago Atlanta Houston Denver

The Zombie Wedding tells the story of what happens when a young New Jersey couple decides to go through with their dream wedding – during the Zombie Apocalypse. Unfortunately, the bride is a human, and the groom is a zombie. Both families are fearful, but the humans’ behavior is downright beastly.

Exclusive: Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group, has acquired North American rights to the romantic comedy The Zombie Wedding. The film is based on the eponymous interactive play and is the first title to launch the Weekly World News IP-driven studio slate of movie projects. Freestyle Digital Media is planning a fall 2024 release date.

The Zombie Wedding tells the story of what happens when a young New Jersey couple decides to go through with their dream wedding during the zombie apocalypse. Unfortunately, the bride is a human and the groom is a zombie. Both families are fearful, but the humans’ behavior is downright beastly. When the Zombies become brain-deprived, the ceremony takes a turn for the weird. Weekly World News reporters cover this wild, wacky wedding – while trying to get out alive.

Written by Greg D’Alessandro, The Zombie Wedding was directed...