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I’m not sure there are many people that even remember the Wes Craven-produced film The Breed from 2006. Boasting performances from Michelle Rodriguez and Oliver Hudson, it came and went without much fanfare. Which makes it the perfect candidate for a reboot! Updating the story to be about influencers heading to an island, things go awry when the dogs on the island start attacking them. Because if there’s one group of people I’d love to see get attacked by rabid dogs: it’s influencers.

I chatted with directors Nathan and Griff Furst about the challenges of filming in Guatamala that included nearly everyone on the cast/crew getting sick. Page Kennedy (who will always be Radon Randell from Blue Mountain State to me) was very transparent about how he went to bat for his character. And Riele Downs gets into how the dogs were actually much nicer...

It's been 10 years since Wes Craven passed, but his legacy lives on. The horror master helmed a number of classics, from A Nightmare on Elm Street to Scream, and he also served as producer on countless other "scary movies." More recently, there was The Breed (2006), a creature feature set in an island cabin and centered around ravenous dogs. Now, almost two decades later, the sequel A Breed Apartis being released to the masses courtesy of Lionsgate and helmed by Griff and Nathan Furst. MovieWeb recently spoke with the filmmaker brothers to learn more about their uniquely meta follow-up to The Breed, which, as you'll find out, incorporates the actual production of the Craven-produced 2006 film into the plot itself.

"It's an unofficial sequel, and the reason why is, it was actually originally pitched to us. We didn't come up with the idea. One of the executive producers, which is the international financier,...

Disney's Remember the Titans is celebrating its 25th anniversay this year, believe it or not. And that firecracker of a young girl who called her daddy "Coach" throughout the hit movie? Yes, that was Hayden Panettiere, who has kept busy with a variety of other projects in the years since. That includes a pair of Scream films and the wildly popular series Nashville. Fans might forever know her as Juliette Barnes from the drama series centered on country music stars — and since Panettiere herself is a celebrity, she would later speak about how the story of Nashville even mirrored her own life at times.

In the years following the show's conclusion, the actress took a break from Hollywood and has since discussed her four-year hiatus. MovieWeb recently caught up with Panetierre amid the release of her new film, A Breed Apart, one of the first projects since her break, and...

A Breed Apart (2025) is a creature horror flick written and directed by The Furst Brothers. It follows a group of social media influencers who end up on an island for a competition, hoping that would change their lives for the better. Instead, it puts them in more misery and excruciating pain as they need to fight off a bunch of canines, thirsty for their blood. So, it becomes a survival horror thriller flick where these celebrities try their best to make it out alive. In the end, some of them manage to leave the island, whether dead or alive.

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A Breed Apart (2025) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis:

‘A Breed Apart’ follows a bunch of young social media celebrities caught on an island amid a group of feral canines, who are out for their blood. So, they must find a way out to save themselves.

What happens in ‘A Breed Apart...

For any fans of the critically panned and unwatched 2006 thriller The Breed, you’ll be happy to see a sort of spiritual sequel, without any of the original characters, story, or plot, in A Breed Apart. It’s a ridiculous movie about influencers who get hunted down by rabbit dogs, but an exciting watch nevertheless.

We here at FandomWire got to speak to co-star Page Kennedy (The Meg), alongside the writer/director/editor duo of the Furst brothers, Nathan and Griff, to explain how the film came to be and why silly movies like it should exist in the theatrical space.

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FandomWire: Let’s start with a basic question. Tell us about your character, Big Farmer Jay. Why did you take this role on?

Page Kennedy: Big Farmer Jay is a social media influencer who lives on the farm and is a rapper who uses his...

If it works, it works. For Jason Statham, that means putting gritty action thrillers on the big screen. The recent domination of the streaming charts of late, proves that Statham's brand of action is a huge crowd pleaser, and they're not too shabby at the box office either. He has even led a pair of creature features in recent years, starting with The Meg in 2018, and the sequel, Meg 2: The Trench, five years later.

Alongside the English actor for both films was Page Kennedy, who has since kept busy with other projects — including an entirely new creature feature, A Breed Apart. MovieWeb recently spoke with the actor and rapper about his standout role in Lionsgate's latest horror feature and Kennedy also reflected on his time in the pair Meg movies. He even shared a remarkable anecdote from the sequel about his co-star Statham.

"We filmed the second Meg in London in the winter.

Jason Statham has been starring in action movies for the better part of the last 30 years, and he’s worked with countless stars during his time on sets. Statham is a bit of an enigma — despite having over 40 million followers on social media, he seems to prefer details of his life to be kept private. One actor who has spent considerable time with Statham on the sets of both The Meg and Meg 2: The Trench is Page Kennedy, who portrays DJ in both films opposite Statham’s Jonas Taylor.

Kennedy recently sat down for an interview with MovieWeb to talk about his new movie, A Breed Apart, and he was asked if he has any stories that have stuck with him over the years after his time working with Statham. Kennedy went into detail about the harsh conditions of filming Meg 2 in London in the winter, and how Statham...

Whether you’re talking about zero-budget Found Footage movies or tentpole blockbuster productions, getting a feature-length film off the ground is always a herculean task. That’s why it’s so tragic when a project goes off the rails, as I think most cinephiles can agree that no cast or crew has ever wanted to be part of a bad movie.

I bring this up because I want to believe that the Furst Brothers’ horror-comedy A Breed Apart is not the movie that the filmmakers originally set out to make. Only a particularly turbulent production beset by unforeseen complications, one would think, could have resulted in such a messy final product that represents some of the worst trends in modern filmmaking.

A Breed Apart was marketed as a meta-fictional follow-up to the Wes Craven-produced killer dog film, The Breed. While the majority of horror fans only remember that one...

Although Hayden Panettiere has hardly done badly as an actor, most "Scream," "Heroes," and "Nashville" fans can agree that we'd prefer to see her in more things. That's why it stings a little to find out that she almost auditioned for "Landman," the Texan oil industry drama that was co-created by Taylor Sheridan and debuted in 2024. As Panettiere explained in an interview with Us Weekly:

"There was one audition I was supposed to do for 'Landman.' [My former 'Heroes' costar] Ali Larter's role is what I was reading for, and as much as I wanna work with Taylor Sheridan — who's just genius and, the creation of his characters and their relationships and stuff, he really is a genius — I was like, 'There's no way I am getting this.'"

Panettiere added that she sees this as a mistake and feels she should've just auditioned anyway, just to see what would've happened.

For thousands of years, dogs and men have been best friends. Ever since being domesticated from their wolf-like predatory state, dogs have religiously stood by humanity as friends, emotional support, and subservient creatures. The saying goes, loyal like a dog. The domestication of dogs is a classic case of nature vs. nurture. Dogs were predatory hunters by nature. For instance, golden retrievers were used for hunting game birds because they could retrieve the hunted carcasses; however, it is adorably funny how they have become the most friendly dog breed to keep around. Clearly, nurture had taken over nature. But the question still remains, can you uproot instincts from their roots? A Breed Apart is an example of what could happen if nature takes its feral form once again and revives dogs’ primordial nature of hunting in packs.

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What Is the Film About?

A Breed Apart takes place on...

Every so often, a film’s premise lands on your desk that feels like a perfectly engineered B-movie setup, the kind that could either become a cult favorite or a cautionary tale. “A Breed Apart” barks loudly with that kind of energy right from the start. The core idea is deliciously simple: a collection of social media mavens, each chasing viral fame, are lured to a remote island.

Their host, a flamboyant fellow influencer, promises a high-stakes contest with the island itself as the grand prize. The catch? The island is teeming with some very un-photogenic, genetically agitated dogs. This isn’t your typical influencer retreat; it’s a creature feature with horror-comedy ambitions, a spiritual successor perhaps, in its wild-canine-chaos theme, to the 2006 film “The Breed,” though it charts its own distinct, and decidedly more over-the-top, territory.

You can almost feel the gleeful, schlocky intent, promising a particular brand...

The Final Destination franchise is back on the big screen after a 14 year break between installments, but that’s not the only new horror movie waiting for your attention this week.

Here’s all the new horror that released from May 12 – May 16, 2025!

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The third installment in the Poohniverse, Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare is now available to rent ($12.99) or buy ($19.98) digitally. It’s exclusively available on Amazon.

From Jagged Edge Productions and ITN Studios, the twisted take on the childhood classic is written and directed by Scott Chambers, who produced the Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey films in addition to starring in the second installment as Christopher Robin.

In the British indie slasher, “Wendy Darling strikes out in an attempt to rescue her brother Michael from the clutches of the evil Peter Pan who intends to send him to Neverland.

“A Breed Apart” is a new live-action thriller, written and directed by Griff and Nathan Furst, starring Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner, Riele Downs, Zak Steiner, Page Kennedy, Joey Bragg, Troy Gentile and Hayden Panettiere, releasing May 16, 2025 in theaters:

“…when ‘Violet’ (Currey) accepts an invite to a private island with some of the world’s most famous social influencers, she expects a weekend of unrivaled viral opportunity.

“She soon becomes part of her own horrific reality show when the guests are pitted against each other…

“…to capture the island's legendary man-eating dogs…”

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When I was twenty-years-old I watched The Breed, a cheesy killer dog movie starring Michelle Rodriguez at the height of her popularity. By no stretch of the imagination was it a “good” movie, but nearly twenty years later I still remember it. It’s the type of mind-numbing popcorn flick that goes great with an extra cheese pizza and a cold refreshing beer. It’s not the type of movie that I’d ever imagined would get a sequel, especially not nearly two decades later. While A Breed Apart isn’t exactly a direct follow-up to its predecessor, it maintains the absurdity of the original while doubling down on the comedy.

The plot

A movie set is abandoned when the canine actors unexpectedly contract rabies and attack their animal handlers. The dogs are left to freely roam the island until several years later when a group of influencers are called...

Grace Caroline Currey is no stranger to film audiences. She starred as Carol in Annabelle: Creation, Becky in Fall, and Mary Bromfield in DC’s Shazam! films. Now, she takes on the role of Violet in the barking-mad A Breed Apart, from directors Griff and Nathan Furst. Fortress of Solitude chatted to Currey about A Breed Apart, which can best be described as Jurassic Park with rabid dogs hunting down social media influencers. She spoke about what attracted her to the part, the most ridiculous scenes from the movie, and the Wonder Woman fan art calling for her to be the next Amazon warrior in the DC Universe. Fortress of Solitude: Why A Breed Apart? What was it about this specific movie that drew you to it? Grace Caroline Currey: I’ve played a lot of characters where I was crying almost the whole movie – specifically in Fall – and it...

A fresh take on the Wes Craven-produced horror movie The Breed, Lionsgate’s new movie A Breed Apart is being unleashed next week, and we’ve got an exclusive clip for ya today.

A Breed Apart is described as “a hilariously harrowing tale of terror,” and Grace Caroline Currey and Zak Steiner are featured in our exclusive clip that serves up final girl energy.

Check out the clip below and watch the trailer underneath for a taste of the meta twist on the 2006 movie that pits a new group of survivors up against a pack of wild killer canines.

Virginia Gardner and Grace Caroline Currey star alongside Page Kennedy (The Meg) in the new movie directed by filmmaking brothers Griff and Nathan Furst.

In A Breed Apart, releasing in theaters and On Demand at home on May 16, 2025, “When Violet accepts an invitation to a private island with some of...

Hayden Panettiere is opening up about her extended break from acting in a new interview.

The 35-year-old actress took some time away from the spotlight after her ABC series Nashville ended in 2018, before returning for Scream VI, where she reprised her role as Kirby Reed from the fourth movie in the franchise.

Now, Hayden is dishing on her unexpecting break and how it was ultimately really good for her.

Keep reading to find out more…

“I had taken four years off. Didn’t know or plan to, but that’s just the way it panned out,” she told Us Weekly. “And I desperately needed it.”

The actress noted that the break was “never” in her mind and it happened organically and has allowed her to come back at a “different place in life.”

“The things that I’ve done before … it was just different enough that I felt like it...

One of Wes Craven's cult classics is getting a spiritual successor this summer in the form of A Breed Apart. Written and directed by The Furst Brothers, the survival horror comedy puts a new spin on 2006's The Breed, a film produced by the legendary Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream director that starred Michelle Rodriguez and followed a group of college kids on a "deserted" island where dogs were bred to kill. The new feature modernizes the concept, instead centering on a private island retreat where a group of social media influencers are confronted with man-eating beasts and forced into a deadly fight for survival that pits them against one another. We're excited to include the chilling survival flick as part of Collider's Exclusive Preview event for summer movies and share a new image highlighting two of the stars who will be thrown to the hounds on...

A Breed Apart, which is an “unconventional reimagining” of the 2006 Wes Craven-produced film The Breed, isn’t the only killer dog movie coming our way in the immediate future. Deadline reports that we’re also getting a survival thriller called Killing Breed from actor turned writer/director Matt Day, and Caitlin Stasey (Smile) and Damon Herriman (The Bikeriders) have signed on to star in it. Production is scheduled to begin in Australia in May 2025. The project was developed with the financial assistance of the South Australian Film Corporation and Architect is handling worldwide sales.

Killing Breed will pit a family, desperately fighting for survival at an isolated Outback lodge, against a raging bushfire, out of control and consuming everything in its path, and three savage dogs, trained to kill and now unleashed into the wild. Day said, “Killing Breed is a character-driven survival thriller grounded in raw, authentic emotion,...

Exclusive: Hayden Panettiere will star in A Breed Apart. Known for playing Claire Bennet in Heroes, Kirby Reed in slasher franchise Scream and Juliette Barnes in Nashville, Panettiere will take an as yet unspecified role in the film, which uses Wes Craven’s cult 2006 picture The Breed as a jump-off point.

In addition to Panettiere signing on, Deadline can also reveal the film has rounded out its ensemble cast.

Joey Bragg, Troy Gentile, Riele Downs and Page Kennedy will all appear. They join the previously announced Virginia Gardner and Grace Caroline Currey, who were seen together in vertigo-inducing Netflix movie Fall.

Billed as a reimagining of Wes Craven-produced and Nicholas Mastandrea-directed The Breed, the upcoming movie is more accurately a sequel of sorts and is set after events of the first film. The new picture originally bore the same name, but the title has now been tweaked.

The plot...

Exclusive: Virginia Gardner and Grace Caroline Currey scaled a 2,000-foot communications tower in Fall and will now face-off against wild dogs in The Breed.

Gardner has joined the survival pic, reuniting her with Currey (Shazam!) who had already signed on. She played Karolina Dean in Marvel’s Runaways on Hulu and Vicky in David Gordon Green’s Halloween. She also starred in Project Almanac and the Beautiful series.

Gardner and Currey co-starred in Scott Mann’s vertigo thriller Fall. After the success of the first film a sequel is in the works.

The Breed is billed as an unconventional reimagining of the cult Wes Craven-produced movie of the same name. Brothers Nathan and Griff Furst are directing. They also produce the film under their Curmudgeon Films banner. Daro Film Distribution is co-producing and financing. Filming in Guatemala, the film is expected to be released in 2025.

The 2006 original, which was directed by Nicholas Mastandrea,...