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Evolution also launching Everest horror ‘Frostbite’ and student thriller ‘Jump’.

Altitude has boarded UK rights on Howard J. Ford’s Lockdown Hauntings, a pandemic-themed horror produced by the UK’s Evolution Pictures that is now in post.

The distributor is planning a theatrical release for the film around March 2021 to mark the anniversary of the first lockdown.

Lockdown Hauntings follows a notorious serial killer who recently died in prison, but is back from the dead and on the prowl for isolated young women during the Covid-19 lockdown.

The cast includes horror stalwart Tony Todd, who has previously appeared in the Candyman and Final Destination franchises,...

The Replacements are prepping an expansive box set reissue of their 1987 album, Pleased to Meet Me, featuring an assortment of rarities and unreleased tracks, including Bob Stinson’s final recordings with the band. The set will arrive October 9th via Rhino.

The collection will boast 29 previously unreleased tracks, including demos, rough mixes and outtakes. To coincide with the box set announcement, the Replacements shared six of those unreleased songs on digital platforms: Rough mixes of “Alex Chilton,” “Never Mind,” “Valentine,” “Kick It in” and non-album tracks, “Birthday Gal” and “Election Day.

Exclusive: Natalie Martinez (The I-Land), Brian Geraghty (The Hurt Locker), Genesis Rodriguez (Man on the Ledge) and Keilani Arellanes (Euphoria) have joined Kiefer Sutherland and Boyd Holbrook in Quibi’s The Fugitive, a new take on the 1993 Harrison Ford film that was based on the 1960s TV series. The new project hails from Scorpion creator Nick Santora, Thunder Road Films, 3 Arts Entertainment and Warner Bros. TV.

Written by Santora, The Fugitive centers on Mike Russo (Holbrook), a blue-collar worker who just wants to make sure his wife and 10-year-old daughter are safe when a bomb rips through the Los Angeles subway train he’s riding on. But the faulty evidence on the ground and “tweet now, confirm later” journalism paint a nightmarish picture: it looks to all the world that Mike was responsible for the heinous act. Wrongfully — and very publicly — accused, Mike must prove his innocence by uncovering the real perpetrator,...

Exclusive: Once Upon A Time In Hollywood producer and Quentin Tarantino regular collaborator Shannon McIntosh has set a four-picture venture with Evolution Pictures, the genre label of UK sales outfit Gfm Films.

McIntosh Films will team with Evolution on four martial arts action movies, which will be produced by McIntosh and H. Daniel Gross (Halloween: Resurrection), formerly of Blackbelt TV.

Two films are due to be shot in Thailand, with the other two lined up to be made in the Us. The team is aiming to shoot the first feature in early 2020. Gfm Films will handle world sales and will launch the slate at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival.

According to the team, the movies will feature a mix of “new young martial arts talent and well-established American & Asian stars of the genre.”

McIntosh and Gross, who have also been developing a martial-arts-themed series, said of the venture, “Joining forces...

Ryan Tedder has written songs for some of the most popular artists in the world: Beyoncé, Adele, Taylor Swift. Still, he’s never had an experience quite like the first time he hit the studio with Lil Nas X.

“He was holding a bunch of horse balloons that his label had given him to celebrate ‘Old Town Road,'” Tedder recalls. “As he was walking through the threshold of my studio, his phone dinged. It was Ron Perry [the head of Lil Nas X’s label, Columbia Records], saying, ‘Congrats, you are officially number one.’ He stopped, looked at his phone,...

Producer Mark Damon, whose credits include “2 Guns” and “Lone Survivor,” has bought the film and television rights for Israeli war story “Angels in The Sky” in a pre-Cannes Film Festival deal.

Damon, the co-head of Dcr Finance Fund and Foresight Unlimited, will executive produce with Dcr Finance Fund as primary financial backer. Damon will partner with former Paramount Pictures executives Mike Flint and Jerry Meadors along with Mark Lansky, an investment specialist who is the nephew of Meyer Lansky. Flint is the producer.

Foresight and Dcr will launch sales at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, which opens May 14. Peter Dekom is the project’s legal consultant.

The 2017 book, written by Bob Gandt, dramatizes the 1948 conflict in the Middle East immediately after the state of Israel was formed, which triggered a nine-month war waged by five Arab nations. About 150 overseas pilots and their crews, dubbed the Machal, made up most...

Hulu has confirmed that several of its original series will be debuting new episodes on the streaming service in July, including the first season of the highly anticipated Stephen King thriller “Castle Rock” as well as season 2 of the costume drama “Harlots” and season 4 of the comedy “Casual.”

And there will also be new to Hulu seasons of some of your favorites from other networks, including season 2 of “The Strain,” season 4 of “The Vikings” and season 8 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Likewise, there will be plenty of movies making their first Hulu appearances including the first five films in the “Star Trek” franchise and the Oscar-winning “Rosemary’s Baby.”

See Netflix schedule: Here’s what is coming and leaving in July

Available July 1: TV

Alaska: The Last Frontier: Complete Season 4 (Discovery)

Deadliest Catch: Complete Season 11 (Discovery)

Deadly Women: Complete Season 6 (ID)

Dual Survival: Complete Season 5 (Discovery)

Elementary: Complete Season...

A Russell T Davies TV project is always something to be excited about. From gifting us Queer as Folk to saving Doctor Who, he has given us a lot to be grateful for over the years. Hence why his various comeback series on Channel 4, E4 and online later this month are being greeted with such a sense of anticipation.

Cucumber, Banana and Tofu come 16 years after Davies shook up TV with Queer as Folk and his new shows look likely to be just as exciting, exploring the passions and pitfalls of 21st century gay life with a candid sense of humour.

But will it create as many stars as Davies's previous Channel 4 series? Here's what happened to the Queer As Folk stars after it ended in 2000.

Aidan Gillen (Stuart)

After playing the sexually rampant Stuart, Gillen landed a role in what many critics claim to be the "greatest...

Terrence Howard has been very vocal about his dismissal from the Marvel Cinematic Universe in recent years. After appearing in the original Iron Man, he was replaced by Don Cheadle for Iron Man 2. Apparently, he didn’t realize that the contract wasn’t “mutually binding” and that Marvel, despite making a multi-picture deal with him, still had the final say on whether they would bring him back or not.

For Iron Man 2, Howard was set to earn $8 million, which is a huge bump over the $4.5 million that he earned for the first one. Unfortunately for him though, Robert Downey Jr. got a bit greedy and took the money that was supposed to go to Howard.

“It turns out that the person that I helped become Iron Man, when it was time to re-up for the second one, took the money that was supposed to go to me and pushed me out,...

Word has rolled into our offices that The Banshee Chapter (review) has scored itself some distro across the pond, and with it have come some new images.

From the Press Release

Newly formed Intense Distribution and 101 Films are pleased to announce they have acquired the UK rights to the acclaimed horror/thriller Banshee Chapter, written and directed by Blair Erickson and starring Ted Levine (The Silence of the Lambs), Katia Winter (‘Dexter’, ‘Sleepy Hollow’) and Michael McMillian (‘True Blood’).

The film focuses on Anne Roland (Katia Winter), a young journalist with an appetite for controversy, as she follows the trail of a strange government research chemical that might have caused the death of her close friend (Michael McMillian). After tracing the substance to the desert ranch of an infamous retired novelist (Ted Levine), she’s drawn into an experience of terror and frightening entities that she cannot escape. The events...

Charlie Hunnam: ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ gets its Christian Grey (photo: shirtless Charlie Hunnam in ‘Pacific Rim’) In the last couple of weeks, the world has been rocked by several revelations that have left earthlings — depending on their particular expectations, prejudices, and mental health — infuriated, terrified, shocked, thrilled. Am I referring to the reported chemical attacks in Syria and the Obama administration’s determination that the U.S. should get involved in that country’s bloody civil war? Syrius Chemical Civil War? Is Obama endorsing a new video game? Is it in 3D? Nope, that’s not what I’m talking about. Nor am I referring to the ivory trade and the relentless poaching of African elephants, which will quite possibly lead to their extinction in the very, very near future. Or to the nearly 1,000 manatees and dolphins that have met with slow and agonizing deaths in Florida’s grossly polluted waterways.

The search for the perfect “Fifty Shades of Grey” cast might just be called “Fifty Shades of Actors”—as the number of names bandied about for the roles keeps on growing.

The latest celebs being considered are Dakota Johnson and Charlie Hunnam. Miss Johnson, who previously starred in the Fox-tv comedy “Ben & Kate,” is reportedly up for the lead role of Anastasia "Ana" Steele. Hunnam, of “Sons of Anarchy” fame, could become the elusive Christian Grey character.

Aside from being the daughter of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, Dakota has appeared in films like “Engagement” and “21 Jump Street.” Hunnam’s movie roles include “Pacific Rim,” “Deadfall,” and “The Ledge.” He also starred in the acclaimed but short-lived Judd Apatow series, “Undeclared.”

“Fifty Shades of Grey” is slated for an August 2014 release.

A trailer has come screaming in for elevated horror film The Banshee Chapter from producer Zachary Quinto, and we have every pixel of it here for your perusal. Elevated and otherwise. Man, we hate labels. Just watch the trailer, damn it.

From the Press Release

XLrator Media has acquired all U.S. rights to writer/director Blair Erickson’s 3D horror-thriller The Banshee Chapter starring Ted Levine (The Silence of the Lambs), Katia Winter (“Dexter”) and Michael McMillian (“True Blood”), XLrator Media CEO Barry Gordon announced.

The film was produced by Sunchaser Entertainment’s Stephanie Riggs, Before the Door’s Corey Moosa and Sean Akers, and Christian Arnold-Beutel. Zachary Quinto and Neal Dodson of Before the Door executive produced with Ben Samuels, Marcus Schoefer and Gudrun Giddings. The deal was negotiated by Gordon and Mike Radiloff for XLrator Media and CAA on behalf of the filmmakers.

The Banshee Chapter centers...

Details via press release below..."Family Matters" and "Die Hard" star, Reginald Veljohnson, is heading to Baton Rouge, La after Memorial Day weekend to start work on Angel's Wings, a heartwarming, family film directed by Aaron L. Williams (Preaching to the Pastor, The Pastor's Secrets, Mama I Want to Sing). Veljohnson (Hart of Dixie, Mike & Molly, Tron: Uprising) plays "Coach Carter," a volunteer coach for the Angel's, a youth soccer team, who takes his "job" a bit too seriously. He joins previously announced cast members Taylor Faye Ruffin (The Chaperone, That's What I Am, Sinners and Saints), Tyler Humphrey (The Ledge, The Haunting in...

Summit Entertainment has released a brand new poster for James Wan‘s horror flick The Conjuring. In the movie, Patrick Wilson (Watchmen, The A-Team, The Ledge, Insidious) and Vera Farmiga (Safe House, Joshua, Up in the Air) star as a ghost-hunting couple who are called in to investigate a house. The family that lives there, headed by Lili Taylor and Ron Livingston (Office Space) report increasingly violent and terrifying supernatural activity. Mackenzie Foy, Joey King, John Brotherton, and Hayley McFarland round out the cast. In case you haven’t already watched it, check out The Conjuring trailer. The movie will be released to theaters on July 19th, 2013....

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: June 18, 2013

Price: DVD $29.98, Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.99

Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Movie 43 might have the distinction of featuring the most movie stars in a film that’s not a documentary about Hollywood.

The comedy stars Hugh Jackman (Real Steel), Justin Long (Going the Distance), Dennis Quaid (The Words), Greg Kinnear (The Kennedys), Emma Stone (Gangster Squad), Kate Winslet (Contagion), Liev Schreiber (Salt), Naomi Watts (Fair Game), Anna Faris (What’s Your Number?), Gerard Butler (Playing For Keeps), Halle Berry (Cloud Atlas), Terrence Howard (The Ledge), Elizabeth Banks (The Next Three Days), Richard Gere (Arbitrage), Kate Bosworth (Straw Dogs), Kristen Bell (Big Miracle), Jason Sudeikis (Horrible Bosses), Josh Duhamel (Life As We Know It), Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction) … Phew!

Rated R, Movie 43 tells a series of interconnected stories about a washed-up producer pitching insane story ideas all over Hollywood. Bob Odenkirk (TV’s Breaking Bad) took overall directing duties,...

XLRator Media, the company behind The Thompsons, John Carpenter’S The Ward and countless others, has nabbed the U.S. rights to Blair Erickson’s 3D horror film The Banshee Chapter, starring Ted Levine, Katia Winter and Michael McMillian. Read on for the press release.

Los Angeles, CA (April, 2013) — XLrator Media has acquired all U.S. rights to writer/director Blair Erickson’s 3D horror-thriller The Banshee Chapter starring Ted Levine (The Silence of the Lambs), Katia Winter (“Dexter”) and Michael McMillian (“True Blood”). XLrator Media CEO Barry Gordon announced the deal today.

The film was produced by Sunchaser Entertainment’s Stephanie Riggs, Before the Door’s Corey Moosa and Sean Akers, and Christian Arnold-Beutel. Zachary Quinto and Neal Dodson of Before the Door executive produced with Ben Samuels, Marcus Schoefer and Gudrun Giddings. The deal was negotiated by Gordon and Mike Radiloff for XLrator Media and CAA on behalf of the filmmakers.

Zachary Quinto's producing gig for his Before the Door Pictures production company, the elevated horror film The Banshee Chapter, has scored itself some distribution; and we have the details for you right here. Dig it!

From the Press Release

XLrator Media has acquired all U.S. rights to writer/director Blair Erickson’s 3D horror-thriller The Banshee Chapter starring Ted Levine (The Silence of the Lambs), Katia Winter (“Dexter”) and Michael McMillian (“True Blood”). XLrator Media CEO Barry Gordon announced the deal today.

The film was produced by Sunchaser Entertainment’s Stephanie Riggs, Before the Door’s Corey Moosa and Sean Akers, and Christian Arnold-Beutel. Zachary Quinto and Neal Dodson of Before the Door executive produced with Ben Samuels, Marcus Schoefer and Gudrun Giddings. The deal was negotiated by Gordon and Mike Radiloff for XLrator Media and CAA on behalf of the filmmakers.

The Banshee Chapter centers on a...

Shooting of the new sci-fi dramedy Space Station 76 didn’t take long and actor and playwright Jack Plotnick (Wrong) recently announced cast and plot details of his completed directorial debut.

The Ledge duo Patrick Wilson and Liv Tyler have joined Matt Bomer, with Marisa Coughlan, Jerry O’Connell, Kali Rocha and child actress Kylie Rogers.

Wilson plays the unhappy and suicidal captain of the ship, while Tyler stars as an assistant captain on a space ship in a Seventies-style version of the future, which follows the crew of a space station. Magic Mike star Bomer taking on a supporting role as a ‘technician with a robotic hand who is married to a manipulative woman, played by Coughlan.

First-time director Plotnick wanted to use the situation as a metaphor for his ‘70s childhood:

People think that the 1970s were about the discos and the free love, but in the suburbs you were left feeling,...

Since being booted from the Iron Man franchise in 2008, Oscar-nominated actor Terrence Howard has been pounding the pavement, but getting little notice, appearing in overlooked features like The Ledge and Winnie. However, 2012 could prove a positive turn for Howard. Earlier this year, he starred in George Lucas's Tuskegee Airmen biopic Red Tails. This fall he will appear in Walter Salles's hotly anticipated adaptation of Jack Kerouac's On The Road opposite Kristen Stewart and Viggo Mortensen. And he is currently in production on Lee Daniel's ambitious ensemble drama The Butler which boasts a massive and star-studded cast that includes acclaimed talent like Forest Whitaker, Alan Rickman, and Melissa Leo, just to name a few. It's in this upswing that Deadline reports Howard has signed on to headline a new thriller A Girl and a Gun. Set in modern-day Los Angeles, the feature focuses on Ian (Howard) a...

It’s a clash of the curves … between three leading ladies in the same figure-friendly Stella McCartney Octavia dress!Kris Jenner recently sported the look in blue and black at Monday's E! Networks 2012 Upfront at Gotham Hall in New York City. She paired the dress with short black heels, a black clutch and a chunky orange and black beaded necklace. Kate Winslet donned the same skin-tight dress in red and black to the “Carnage” premiere in Paris on November 20. Strappy open-toe heels, a jeweled bracelet and a chic updo completed the outfit.Like the E! reality star, Liv Tyler went with the blue and black version way back in June to the New York screening of “The Ledge.” She accessorized the dress with Christian Louboutin Pigalle pumps and a matching black Stella McCartney clutch.We think Liv takes this one, the bright blue shade of the dress really makes her...

Another week, another Monday. So it’s time for the rundown of DVDs and Blu-ray’s hitting stores online and offline this week. It’s another packed week, with plenty of movies waiting to take you money, so let us breakdown the new releases and highlight what you should – and shouldn’t – be buying from today, April 16th 2012.

Pick Of The Week

Recoil (DVD/Blu-ray)

A cop turns vigilante after his family is murdered, exacting vengeance on the killers – and then on all criminals who have slipped through the system. Recoil Review

And the rest…

The Ledge (DVD/Blu-ray)

An affair with a neighbour’s wife (Liv Tyler) ends badly when Gavin (Charlie Hunnam) is forced onto a high rise ledge and given one hour to jump by a jealous husband (Patrick Wilson). A cop (Terrence Howard) is looking to save both their lives but will he have enough time?...

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: May 22, 2012

Price: DVD $29.98, Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.99

Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Another movie about the Tuskee Airmen (after 1995′s The Tuskegee Airmen), Red Tails stars Cuba Gooding Jr. (Boys N the Hood) and Terrence Howard (The Ledge).

The film tells the story of the first African-American combat unit to serve in World War II. As the squadron of pilots are given the chance to prove themselves in the sky, they must still battle discrimination on the ground.

Rated PG-13, Red Tails was directed by Anthony Hemingway, his first feature film after helming episodes of CSI: NY, Treme and other TV shows. Kevin Phillips (Mama, I Want to Sing), David Oyelowo (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) and Nate Parker (The Secret Life of Bees) also star.

The action film, which was executive produced by Star Wars‘ George Lucas, didn’t score well with critics,...

The Ledge

Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Liv Tyler, Patrick Wilson, Terence Howard, Christopher Gorham | Written and Directed by Matthew Chapman

Forced onto the edge of a tall building, Gavin Nicholls (Hunnam) cautiously steps onto a 20 story ledge insisting he must jump to save a life. Meanwhile police negotiator Hollis (Howard), assigned to talk him down, is also having the worst day of his life after a visit to the doctor has revealed him to be infertile, making him wonder whose children he and his wife are raising.

Gavin has just one short hour to make the choice between his own life or that of Shana (Tyler), the married woman with whom he has been having an affair. As a test of faith, Joe (Wilson), a fundamentalist Christian and wronged husband of the beautiful Shana, has forced Gavin onto the ledge of a tall building to prove his love. The battle of...

South by Southwest starts on March 9, and Sundance had better watch its back.

Although Park City's film festival still reigns supreme as America's preeminent independent film event, Austin's SXSW is running a close second. The reason? It's cooler. And we're not talking the temperature.

Unlike Sundance, SXSW is not only a film festival, but it also sidelines as one of the hottest music festivals of the year. And let's face it; Austin's got a lot more going on than Park City. When SXSW isn't in full swing, the city remains a movie lover's haven thanks to the celebrated Alamo Drafthouse, run by indie film's coolest cat, Tim League. Austin also boasts a thriving music scene all year round, and is commonly referred to as the live music capital of the world.

Oh, and the film festival? It falls in line. The past few years have seen SXSW premiere such indie hits as "Tiny Furniture,...

Liv Tyler a Science Fiction Side Effect

Pay attention movie fans, because today’s science fiction and horror update really packs a punch. At the heart of it is actress Liv Tyler. Her dear dad and American Idol judge may be engaged, but when it comes to Liv Tyler news, there’s been a bit of a drought. That’s okay, because today we can announce that she’s won a new sci fi gig.

Perhaps most famous for wearing pointy little ears in the role of Arwen of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Tyler was seen last year in a thriller called The Ledge, opposite Terrence Howard and Patrick Wilson and in quirky picture, Super, with Rainn Wilson and Ellen Page. Her current big news came to us from Deadline. She has been cast in the new Ti West sci fi/ thriller, The Side Effect.

Ti West is...

Ti West has found his next leading lady in the form of Liv Tyler, Deadline reports. She'll headline his upcoming sci-fi thriller, The Side Effect . Tyler will play Catherine Rigby, an outer space test subject for a pharmaceutical company that, after taking a new drug, mysteriously becomes pregnant and has to deal with the mounting fears of what has really transpired. West, known for horror entries like The House of the Devil and, most recently, The Innkeepers , is one of several directors contributing to the upcoming anthology films V/H/S and The ABCs of Death . Tyler, meanwhile, recently starred in Super and The Ledge . (Photo Credit: Dan Jackman / WENN.com)...

The Ledge

Blu-ray | DVD

Directed by: Matthew Chapman

Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Terrence Howard, Patrick Wilson, Liv Tyler

IFC/Mpi Home Video

Release Date: September 27, 2011

Movies and faith, when blended well together, make magical partners. Be it great pieces based around specific biblical events or narratives surrounding those who may be questioning their own faith due to hardships encountered in their lives, cinema plays as a wonderful vessel for filmmakers looking at giving the world distinct and singular takes on what makes organized religion so pertinent in today’s culture.

The Ledge isn’t that film [...]...

Chicago – If Fox Faith’s target audience was comprised of atheists, the studio might have churned out this deeply shallow thriller about religious fundamentalism. Though hate-spewing cult leaders like Fred Phelps deserve to be reviled, the vast majority of fictional films about extremism come off as profoundly simple-minded. Like Kevin Smith’s “Red State,” this picture sidesteps its provocative subject matter in favor of routine clichés.

Writer/director Matthew Chapman clearly regards the picture as somewhat of a passion project, since it was spawned by his experience of covering the 9/11 terrorist attacks as a reporter in New York. The unforgettable image of bodies plummeting from the Twin Towers seems to have served as the script’s primary inspiration. As the film opens, a scruffy “non-believer” (Charlie Hunnam) nears the ledge of a rooftop while glaring ominously at the building across the street.

Blu-Ray Rating: 2.0/5.0

It becomes quickly apparent that...

Hitting movie theaters this weekend:

50/50 – Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick

Courageous - Alex Kendrick, Ken Bevel, Kevin Downes

Dream House – Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts

What’s Your Number? - Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Ari Graynor

Movie of the Week

50/50

The Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick

The Plot: A comedic account of a 27-year-old guy’s cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

The Buzz: I don’t know, I’m not that excited about 50/50, but it’s gotta be better than Dream House, right? Naomi Watts and Rachel Weisz are both great actresses, generally known for choosing good films, but this Daniel Craig guy, really? He’s looking so haggard, like he’s strung out on heroin, and he just emanates this brooding whininess, and I sense zero acting talent within. How in the world did he become a leading man? I...

Good films should make you think or leave you with something to ponder for the next few days. It’s not an imperative quality, and the thoughts films inspire are highly subjective, but if you truly subscribe to film being an art form, it ought to do more than just be moving pictures – because that’s what life is. It should propose something. The Ledge does so but to a point that becomes more than just a little overbearing. It seems that Matthew Chapman’s script can’t help but descend into heavy handed pedagoguery on the subject of religious dogma versus free thinking. Now, a great many people may agree with the overarching points its main character, as played by Charlie Hunnam, makes in its rally against the black and white moralizing of the fundamental Christian viewpoint advocated therein by Patrick Wilson. In fact, I would count myself among...

Not to be confused with the other man standing on the edge of a building movie "The Ledge" that opened earlier this year starring Charlie Hunnam, Terrence Howard and Liv Tyler, "Man On A Ledge" takes a similar premise but drops the religious angle and goes strictly for B-movie thrills. Directed by Danish filmmaker Asger Leth (who made the heralded 2006 documentary about Haiti, “Ghosts of Cité Soleil,” and is the son of Jørgen Leth), and starring Sam Worthington, Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie, Elizabeth Banks, Ed Harris and a frequently underdressed Genesis Rodriguez, the story centers on an ex-cop turned…...

Here is a new TV spot for Martha Marcy May Marlene. The film is the directorial debut of Sean Durkin, and stars Elizabeth Olsen as a young woman who has broken from the grasp of an abusive cult, which led by John Hawkes. The film follows her as she strying to find a normal life. 

Synopsis:

Martha Marcy May Marlene stars Elizabeth Olsen as Martha, a damaged woman haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, who struggles to reassimilate with her family after fleeing a cult.

Watch the trailer here and the TV spot below:

Ben P had a chance to review the film at Sundance and you can read an exceerpt of his review below:

Olsen deserves all the acclaim she's receiving for her performance here; she's superb, and she convincingly takes the audience on a journey of shattered memories and paranoia as we start to experience her recovery along with her.

Here is the international trailer for Martha Marcy May Marlene, which was a huge hit at Sundance. The film is the directorial debut of Sean Durkin, and stars Elizabeth Olsen as a young woman who has broken from the grasp of an abusive cult, which led by John Hawkes. The film follows her as she strying to find a normal life. 

Synopsis:

Martha Marcy May Marlene stars Elizabeth Olsen as Martha, a damaged woman haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, who struggles to reassimilate with her family after fleeing a cult.

This movie looks so powerful and emotionally thrilling and I can not wait to see this. Check out the trailer here and the international one below:

Ben P had a chance to review the film at Sundance and you can read an exceerpt of his review below:

Olsen deserves all the acclaim she's receiving for her performance here; she's superb,...

We told you a few weeks back that Star Trek‘s Zachary Quinto’s production company Before the Door Pictures was gearing up for a horror film called The Banshee Chapter, and now via this press release we received, the film has its first bit of cast!

Ted Levine (Shutter Island, American Gangster, The Silence Of The Lambs), Katia Winter (Arena, Level Playing Field, Barry Brown), and Michael McMillian (The Hills Have Eyes 2) will star in the elevated horror feature The Banshee Chapter. Interactive and transmedia director Blair Erickson wrote the screenplay and will make his feature directorial debut on the project.

Zachary Quinto’s (Star Trek) production company, Before The Door Pictures (Btd), has partnered with Sunchaser Entertainment and German producer Christian Arnold-Beutel (The Ledge, Flypaper) to produce. Sunchaser’s Stephanie Riggs and Btd’s Corey Moosa are serving as producers while Arnold-Beutel and Btd’s Quinto, Neal Dodson,...

Katia Winter (Arena) and Ted Levine (Shutter Island) have been tapped to star in writer/director Blair Erickson's horror film The Banshee Chapter. We first told you about the project earlier this month when it was announced that Zachary Quinto's production banner, Before the Door Pictures, would make The Banshee Chapter its third feature project. Per the press release, the film will tell the story of a young journalist (Winter) who goes looking for a missing friend (to be played by True Blood's Michael McMillian) who "had been experimenting with mind-altering chemicals developed in secret government drug tests." The almost always great Levine will make a turn as a "rogue counter-culture novelist" who helps Winter during the course of her search. The Banshee Chapter is scheduled to begin shooting in New Mexico this week. For a little more on the project and Quinto's Before the Door Pictures, hit...

We told you about Zachary Quinto's next producing gig for his Before The Door Pictures production company, the elevated horror film The Banshee Chapter, a couple of weeks ago; and already some nifty casting news has rolled on in!

From the Press Release

Ted Levine (Shutter Island, American Gangster, The Silence Of The Lambs), Katia Winter (Arena, Level Playing Field, Barry Brown), and Michael McMillian (The Hills Have Eyes 2) will star in the elevated horror feature The Banshee Chapter. Interactive and transmedia director Blair Erickson wrote the screenplay and will make his feature directorial debut on the project.

Zachary Quinto's (Star Trek) production company, Before The Door Pictures (Btd), has partnered with Sunchaser Entertainment and German producer Christian Arnold-Beutel (The Ledge, Flypaper) to produce. Sunchaser’s Stephanie Riggs and Btd’s Corey Moosa are serving as producers while Arnold-Beutel and Btd’s Quinto, Neal Dodson, and Sean Akers are executive producing.

Ted Levine (Shutter Island, American Gangster, Monk), Katia Winter (Arena, Everywhere and Nowhere, The Killing Game), and Michael McMillian (The Hills Have Eyes 2) will star in the elevated horror feature The Banshee Chapter. Interactive and transmedia director Blair Erickson wrote the screenplay and will make his feature directorial debut on the project.

Zachary Quinto's (Star Trek) production company, Before The Door Pictures (Btd) has partnered with Sunchaser Entertainment and German producer Christian Arnold-Beutel (The Ledge) to produce. Sunchaser's Stephanie Riggs and Btd's Corey Moosa are serving as producers while Christian Arnold-Beutel and Btd's Zachary Quinto, Neal Dodson and Sean Akers are executive producing. The project commences principal photography this week in New Mexico.

The Banshee Chapter centers on a young, female journalist (Katia Winter) who follows the mysterious trail of a missing friend (Michael McMillian) that had been experimenting with mind-altering chemicals developed in secret government drug tests.

Albuquerque, Nm (August 25, 2011) – Ted Levine (Shutter Island, American Gangster, The Silence Of The Lambs), Katia Winter (Arena, Level Playing Field, Barry Brown), and Michael McMillian (The Hills Have Eyes 2) will star in the elevated horror feature The Banshee Chapter. Interactive and transmedia director Blair Erickson wrote the screenplay and will make his feature directorial debut on the project.

Zachary Quinto’s (Star Trek) production company, Before The Door Pictures (Btd) has partnered with Sunchaser Entertainment and German producer Christian Arnold-Beutel (The Ledge, Flypaper) to produce. Sunchaser.s Stephanie Riggs and Btd.s Corey Moosa are serving as producers while Arnold-Beutel and Btd.s Quinto (Twitter: @ZacharyQuinto) , Neal Dodson and Sean Akers are executive producing. The project commences principal photography this week in New Mexico.

The Banshee Chapter centers on a young, female journalist (Winter) who follows the mysterious trail of a missing friend (McMillian) that had been experimenting with...

Fox Searchlight Pictures has released two great new haunting trailers for the film Martha Marcy May Marlene which stars Elizabeth Olsen as Martha, "a damaged woman haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, who struggles to reassimilate with her family after fleeing a cult." The film also co-stars John Hawkes, Christopher Abbott, Brady Corbet, Hugh Dancy, Maria Dizzia, Julia Garner, Louisa Krause and Sarah Paulson.

I saw the film up at the Sundance Film Festival and it was a solidly great film. Olsen who is the younger sister of Mary-Kate and Ashley is a wonderful actress, that has a lot more talent than her sisters. Here is an excerpt from our review written by Ben P.

Olsen deserves all the acclaim she's receiving for her performance here; she's superb, and she convincingly takes the audience on a journey of shattered memories and paranoia as we start to experience her recovery along with her.

Release Date: Sept. 27, 2011

Price: DVD $24.98, Blu-ray $29.98

Studio: IFC

Liv Tyler and Charlie Hunnam enjoy a tender moment before the thrills begin in The Ledge.

Charlie Hunnam (TV’s Sons of Anarchy), Liv Tyler (Super), Patrick Wilson (Barry Munday) and Terrence Howard (Iron Man) star in The Ledge, a thriller written and directed by Matthew Chapman.

The movie stars Hunnam as Gavin, who embarks on a passionate affair with his evangelical neighbor’s wife (Tyler). Gavin then finds himself in a battle of wills that have life or death consequences. As a nonbeliever, he is lured by his lover’s husband (Wilson) to the ledge of a highrise and told he has one hour to make a choice between his life or the one he loves. Without faith in an afterlife, will he be able to make a decision…?

An edge-of-your-seat-styled independent film reminiscent of an entry in the 1985 Stephen King...

Patrick Wilson

Patrick Wilson sees dead people.

Okay, Wilson himself doesn't actually see the deceased. But Michael Holt, his character in the new CBS drama A Gifted Man does. However, before you start thinking Wilson is poised to be the next Patricia Arquette running around solving crimes with the help of the dead each week, you should know it's only one specific person his character sees — his recently deceased ex-wife.

Why is Michael suddenly seeing his dead ex? No doubt the show will spell that over the first season, but judging from the first episode she's hanging around both to get Michael to tie up her loose ends, and to get him to loosen up as well.

Wilson recently appeared on a panel for A Gifted Man at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour where AfterElton had a chance to get a little one on one time with the actor.

Patrick Wilson is a well-regarded stage actor with pretty good taste, and he's appeared in enough really good movies-- like Little Children and (in my opinion) Morning Glory to still be a decent bet. But he's also got a lot of crap on his resume, from 2004's Phantom of the Opera to this year's The Ledge, and could always stand to tip the balance in his favor. Luckily things are looking pretty good for his next project, a little space movie you might have heard of called Prometheus, being directed by an up-and-comer called Ridley Scott. You know, no big deal. The Playlist has confirmed that Wilson has indeed been added to the massive, massively talented cast of Prometheus, which already includes Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce and Rafe Spall, among others. Despite an impressive Comic Con panel we still know virtually nothing about Prometheus,...

Zachary Quinto 's production company, Before The Door Pictures (Btd), has partnered with Sunchaser Entertainment and German producer Christian Arnold-Beutel (The Ledge, Super Hybrid) to produce the elevated horror feature The Banshee Chapter. Interactive and transmedia director Blair Erickson wrote the screenplay and will make his feature directorial debut on the project.

Sunchaser Entertainment's Stephanie Riggs and Btd's Corey Moosa will produce. Christian Arnold-Beutel will serve as executive producer along with Zachary Quinto and Btd's Neal Dodson and Sean Akers. The project is set to begin principal photography in August in New Mexico.

The Banshee Chapter centers on a young, female journalist who follows the mysterious trail of a missing friend who had been experimenting with mind-altering chemicals developed in secret government drug tests. A fast-paced blend of fact and fiction, the film is based on real documents, actual test subject testimony, and uncovered secrets about programs run by the CIA.

His company's first venture into film delivered the Sundance selected feature Margin Call (read Alex's review here), and now Zachary Quinto's production banner Before the Door Pictures is heading into horror. Today the company announced collaboration with Sunchaser Entertainment and German producer Christian Arnold-Beutel (behind two other Sundance selected films The Ledge and Flypaper) for The Banshee Chapter, a film described  as an elevated horror film. Blair Erickson wrote the screenplay and will make this his feature directorial debut. Details on this intriguing new horror film are below. Read on! The story follows young, female journalist who follows the mysterious trail of a missing friend who had been experimenting with mind-altering chemicals developed in secret government drug tests. A fast-paced blend of fact and fiction, the film is based on real documents, actual test subject testimony, and uncovered secrets about programs ...

He's best known for playing Spock in Jj Abrams' reboot of Star Trek or, for you fans of the small screen, as Gabriel Gray/Skylar on "Heroes," but Zachary Quinto wears other hats as well. He will be donning his producer chapeau when his Before The Door Pictures production company produces the elevated horror film The Banshee Chapter.

For those of you who were wondering, "elevated horror" is a format that is more dramatic and character-driven, focusing primarily on atmosphere and dread and less on gore.

The screenplay for The Banshee Chapter was written by Blair Erickson, who will be taking the helm of this picture, making his feature directorial debut. What we’ve gotten so far on the film is that it centers around a missing person, mind-altering chemicals, and clandestine government experiments. There's a recipe for success if I've ever heard one! Read on!

From the Press...

Zachary Quinto's production company, Before The Door Pictures, has partnered with Sunchaser Entertainment and German producer Christian Arnold-Beutel (The Ledge) to produce the elevated horror feature The Banshee Chapter. Interactive and transmedia director Blair Erickson wrote the screenplay and will make his feature directorial debut on the project. "'Banshee' centers on a young, female journalist who follows the mysterious trail of a missing friend who had been experimenting with mind-altering chemicals developed in secret government drug tests. A fast-paced blend of fact and fiction, the film is based on real documents, actual test subject testimony, and uncovered secrets about programs run by the CIA." The project is set to begin principal photography in August in New Mexico.

A press release came our way about a new horror film gearing up for filming soon called The Banshee Chapter from Spock’s company, Before the Door Pictures. This will be the directorial debut for Blair Erickson.

Zachary Quinto’s production company, Before The Door Pictures (Btd), has partnered with Sunchaser Entertainment and German producer Christian Arnold-Beutel (The Ledge, Flypaper) to produce the elevated horror feature The Banshee Chapter. Interactive and transmedia director Blair Erickson wrote the screenplay and will make his feature directorial debut on the project.

Sunchaser Entertainment’s Stephanie Riggs and Btd’s Corey Moosa will produce. Arnold-Beutel will serve as executive producer along with Quinto and Btd’s Neal Dodson and Sean Akers. The project is set to begin principal photography in August in New Mexico.

The Banshee Chapter centers on a young, female journalist who follows the mysterious trail of a missing friend who had...

“Would you die for your beliefs?”

The Ledge, a 2011 Sundance Film Festival entry, opens with a man, who we learn is Gavin (Charlie Hunnam Sons of Anarchy), walking out onto a ledge of a building. Within minutes the police surround the building and Detective Hollis (Terrence Howard, Iron Man) is on the scene to try to talk Gavin down. Gavin admits to Hollis that he’s not doing this because he wants to, but because he has to. He tells Hollis the story of why he’s up on the roof about to jump to his death.

Gavin lives with his roommate, Chris (TV veteran Christopher Gorham), who he tells us is gay. Gavin is an assistant manager at a local hotel when Shauna (Liv Tyler Super ) comes looking for a job. Shauna also happens to be Gavin’s neighbor. She lives with her ultra religious husband, Joe (Patrick Wilson Hard Candy,...

Charlie Hunnam ("Sons of Anarchy") stars in The Ledge, which was the most unredeemable film at the Sundance Film Festival this year, and that's being kind to unredeemable films. Coming into the festival, it was one of the most buzzed about movies at Sundance, thanks to a cast that also features Liv Tyler, Terrence Howard, and Patrick Wilson, and a hook -- a film told from the point of view of a man standing on a ledge -- that at least sounded compelling.

It is not.

When the film opens, Gavin (Hunnam) is standing on a ledge on the roof of a building, and a police officer, Hollis (Howard) -- who just found out that he had been sterile all his life -- is trying to talk him down. We quickly learn that Gavin isn't on top of that building of his own volition. For reasons that are initially unclear,...