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It's been over 20 years since One Tree Hill made its television premiere on The WB and over 10 years since the beloved series came to an end on The CW. Time has only made fans adore the show more and more, and there's finally some good news on the potential future of the series: Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton Morgan are working on a sequel series at Netflix!

Before we get too excited about the prospect of returning to Tree Hill two decades later, it's the perfect time to look back at original cast members and celebrate their generation-defining series. One Tree Hill helped launch the careers of Chad Michael Murray, Hilarie Burton Morgan, Sophia Bush, James Lafferty, and Bethany Joy Lenz, and they're all still beloved today.

If you're diving back into your millionth rewatch of One Tree Hill (no judgment!), you're probably wondering how old the actors were compared to their teen characters.

Magnolia Pictures is giving the action thriller Red Right Hand a theatrical and VOD release today, February 23rd, and to mark the occasion we have been given an Exclusive clip from the film! Giving a preview of more than a minute of the film, this clip involves a “house shootout scene”, and you can check it out in the embed above.

Directed by Eshom Nelms and Ian Nelms from a screenplay by first-time feature writer Jonathan Easley, Red Right Hand stars Orlando Bloom (Lord of the Rings), Chapel Oaks (Will Trent), Garret Dillahunt (Fear the Walking Dead), Brian Geraghty (The Hurt Locker), James Lafferty (One Tree Hill), Jeremy Ratchford (Cold Case), Alexandra Park (12 Feet Deep), Scott Haze (Jurassic World Dominion), and Andie MacDowell (Groundhog Day). Here’s the synopsis: Cash (Orlando Bloom) is trying to live an honest and quiet life taking care of his recently orphaned niece Savannah...

Exclusive: Orlando Bloom (Carnival Row) and Andie MacDowell (Maid) have signed on to star in Red Right Hand, an upcoming action-thriller from directors Ian and Eshom Nelms (Fatman).

The film written by Jonathan Easley centers on Cash (Bloom), who is trying to live an honest and quiet life, taking care of his niece Savannah in the Appalachian hills of Odim County. When the sadistic Queenpin Big Cat (MacDowell) who runs the town forces him back into her services, Cash learns he’s capable of anything—even killing—to protect the town and the only family he has left. As the journey gets harder, Cash is drawn into a nightmare that blurs the lines between good and evil.

Asbury Park Pictures is serving as the project’s financier and producing alongside Traction. Individual producers on board include John Wick‘s Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, Asbury Park Pictures’ Mike Gabrawy, Traction...

Hitman Walton Goggins is going to try to kill Santa Claus, played by Mel Gibson, in Fatman, which has just been picked up by Saban Films. The dark comedy comes from writers-directors Eshom and Ian Nelms, and follows a hitman who decides to bump off Old St. Nick. You can see […]

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Fortitude International handles international sales.

Saban Films has acquired US rights to the dark comedy Fatman starring Mel Gibson, Walton Goggins and Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Eshom and Ian Nelms wrote and directed the story about a precocious 12-year-old who hires an unorthodox hitman to kill Santa Claus after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.

The film’s international sales agent Fortitude International’s Nadine de Barros and Mammoth Entertainment’s Todd Courtney produced with Rbl Studios’ Michelle Lang, Zed Filmworks’ Robert Menzies, and Skywolf Media’s Lisa Wolofsky.

Saban Films’ Bill Bromiley said, “This is our second collaboration with...

Mel Gibson is set to play Santa Claus in a new action comedy feature film called Fatman. When I think about an actor to play Santa, Gibson isn’t one that pops into my head, but it’s happening and I’m sure he’s going to be great in the role!

Fatman will tell the story of “a rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus who is fighting his business decline.” There’s an interesting and amusing twist to the story, though, as “a neglected and precocious 12-year-old hires a hitman to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.”

Yep, this movie sounds like it could be a lot of fun! It will be directed by the team of Ian and Eshom Nelms from a script that they wrote. Their previous film credits include Small Town Crime, Waffle Street and Lost on Purpose. They had this to say...

Mel Gibson is attached to play Santa Claus in a brand new independent comedy ‘Fatman’ for Fortitude.

The film will be directed by Ian and Eshom Nelms from their own script, it tells the story of a rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus who is fighting his business decline — while a neglected and precocious 12-year-old hires a hitman to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.

Brandon James of Rough House, Nadine de Barros of Fortitude and Lisa Wolofsky of Skywolf will produce while James’ Rough House partners David Gordon Green, Danny McBride and Jody Hill will serve as executive producers.

“This rowdy Santa tale is a film we’ve been excited to make for some time and we’re thrilled to have equally passionate partners in Rough House and Fortitude who carry the same fire!” said Eshom and Ian Nelms.

Also in news – Haddish to team up...

Mel Gibson is attached to play Santa Claus in the independent action comedy feature “Fatman.”

Fortitude is handling international sales rights and will introduce the project to international buyers at the Cannes Film Festival, which opens May 14. CAA is handling U.S. sales rights.

Scheduled to film in early 2020 in Canada, “Fatman” is the story of a rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus who is fighting his business decline — while a neglected and precocious 12-year-old hires a hitman to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.

“Fatman” will be directed by the team of Ian and Eshom Nelms from their own script. Their credits include “Small Town Crime,” “Waffle Street” and “Lost on Purpose.”

The film will be produced by Brandon James of Rough House, Nadine de Barros of Fortitude and Lisa Wolofsky of Skywolf. Executive producers include James’ Rough House partners David Gordon Green, Danny McBride and Jody Hill.

If you wanted to have a romantic comedy movie night, you better get going because a number of classics are leaving Netflix in September.

“Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and Jennifer Garner’s “13 Going on 30” are departing the streaming service on Sept. 1, as well as “Just Friends” with Ryan Reynolds and Amy Smart. For dramatic fare, catch “Dead Poets Society,” “The Imitation Game,” and Christopher Nolan’s “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight” before they leave at the beginning of the month.

And with Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga’s “A Star Is Born” hitting theaters on Oct. 5, it might also be a good idea to check out the 1976 remake with Barbra Streisand before it leaves Sept. 15.

Here’s the full list of what’s leaving Netflix this month:

Sept. 1

13 Going on 30

A Royal Night Out

Batman Begins

Casino

Dead Poets Society

Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man...

Bloody Disgusting learned that Saban Films and Directv have acquired the North American rights to Small Town Crime, financed and developed by Avva pictures, which was written and directed by Eshom and Ian Nelms (Waffle Street, Night of the Dog, Lost on Purpose). Small Town Crime follows ex-cop Mike Kendall (John Hawkes) who discovers the body of a young woman and, in […]...

Recently veteran actress Dale Dickey dropped in to the ol’ Crypt o’ Xiii to give us the lowdown on the upcomin’ thriller Regression!

Famous Monsters. Welcome, Dale! Please, sit for a spell and tell us a little bit about the new film you are in, Regression, and the role you play.

Dale Dickey. At its core, Regression is a suspense thriller set in rural Minnesota dealing with a young girl’s cry of rape by her Father, leading a detective (Ethan Hawke), along with a psychoanalyst and a priest, to uncover the possibility of a satanic cult. Stemming from the mass ‘cult’ hysteria in the 1980s, it questions the use of regression therapy in helping to unravel the mystery. I play Rose Gray, mother of the accused, and grandmother of the victim Angela (Emma Watson). Dealing with poverty and alcoholism and an already vulnerable mental state, she is faced with...

The 2015 Woodstock “Fiercely Independent” Film Festival celebrated its Sweet 16, and came to a close on October 4.

The awards went to:

Best Feature Narrative: "Oliver’s Deal" directed by Barney Elliott

Honorable Mention: "It Had to be You" directed by Sasha Gordon.

Best Feature Documentary: "Incorruptible" directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi.

Honorable Mention: "The Babushkas of Chernobyl" directed by Holly Morris, co-directed by Anne Bogart.

Best Animation: "The Five Minute Museum" directed by Paul Bush.

Honorable Mention: "Religatio" directed by Jaime Giraldo.

Best Short Narrative: "Stanhope" directed by Solvan "Slick" Naim.

Honorable Mention: "Welcome" (Bienvenidos) directed by Javier Fesser.

Best Short Student Short Film: "Against the Night" directed by Stefan Kubicki.

Best Short Documentary: "All About Amy" directed by Samuel Centore.

Honorable Mention: "Naneek" directed by Neal Steeno.

The Haskell Wexler Award for Best Cinematography: "Bob and the Trees" directed by Diego Ongaro with cinematography by Chris Teague and Danny Vecchione.

James Lyons Award for Best Editing of a Feature Narrative: "Oliver’s Deal" directed by Barney Elliott and edited by J.L. Romeu and Roberto Benavides.

Honorable Mention: "Touched With Fire" directed by Paul Dalio and edited by Paul Dalio and Lee Percy.

James Lyons Award for Best Editing of a Feature Documentary: "The Babushkas of Chernobyl" directed by Holly Morris and edited by Michael Taylor, Richard Howard, and Mary Manhardt

Honorable Mention: "I Will Not Be Silenced" directed by Judy Rymer and edited by Paul Hamilton.

Ultra Indie Award: "Lamb" directed by Ross Partridge.

Honorable Mention: "Bob and the Trees" directed by Diego Ongaro.

The World Cinema Award: "Meet Me in Venice" directed by Eddy Terstall.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Roberta Petzoldt ("Meet Me in Venice").

Tangerine Entertainment Juice Award for Best Female Feature Director: Linda-Maria Birbeck director of "There Should be Rules."

Carpe Diem Award Andretta Award for Best Film: "Waffle Street" directed by Eshom Nelms and Ian Nelms.

Fiercely Independent Award was presented by Atom Egoyan to Guy Maddin

Honorary Maverick Award was presented by Guy Maddin to Atom Egoyan.

For more information about the Woodstock Film Festival: http://www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/

Award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker, Susan Kouguell teaches screenwriting at Purchase College Suny, and presents international seminars on screenwriting and film. Author of Savvy Characters Sell Screenplays! and The Savvy Screenwriter, she is chairperson of Su-City Pictures East, LLC, a consulting company founded in 1990 where she works with writers, filmmakers, and executives worldwide. www.su-city-pictures.com, http://su-city-pictures.com/wpblog...

The 2015 Hollywood Film Festival (Hff) came to a close on Sunday at Arclight Cinemas with awards presented to films in six categories.

Best Narrative Feature went to Alexander Peter Lercher’s Austrian entry Forward. Side. Close! and Eshom Nelms and Ian Nelms’ Us selection Waffle Street.

Hemal Trivedi and Mohammed Ali Naqvi’s Pakistan-us film Among The Believers won best documentary honours.

Pony from Candice Carella took the best narrative short prize and Natasha Babenko’s Ukrainian film The Birth Of An Artist won the best documentary short award.

Emerging Filmmaker honours went to Lercher for Forward. Side. Close! and Carella for Pony.

Best Social Impact Film went to Right Footed, the Us film from Nick Spark.

“The response to our social impact direction and focus from the Hollywood community and major companies worldwide has been overwhelming,” said Hff CEO and executive producer Parks.

“Our mission of “See Good / Do Good / Feel Good” has been well received...

Read More: Laff Review: ‘Band Of Robbers’ Is A Wonderfully Absurd Crime Comedy With A Wicked Streak The 2015 Tallgrass Film Festival has announced its full slate of films, with Adam and Aaron Nee's "Band of Robbers" set as its opening feature. "Band of Robbers" modernizes Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, imagining them as a petty criminal and corrupt cop, respectively. The comedy stars Kyle Gallner, Hannibal Buress and Melissa Benoist, among others. Selected to close the festival is Ian and Eshom Nelms' "Waffle Street," based on James Adams' memoir of the same name. The film catalogues Adams' efforts to switch from the finance world to the food industry. Danny Glover and James Lafferty star. The Wichita-set festival will also screen Mark Webber's "The Ever After," about a couple suffering in the wake of a trauma, after presenting the filmmaker with the 2015 Ad Astra Award.

CEO and executive producer Brad Parks and executive director Rod Beaudoin will lead the event, set to run from September 23-27.

Parks funded the acquisition of the festival last year as it rebooted as a champion of social causes and alongside Beaudoin is reaching out to international partners and embracing new media and “cutting edge entertainment”.

This year the festival - whose motto is See Good | Do Good | Feel Good — programmed 20 narrative features, 27 documentaries and 38 shorts from 3,019 submissions and has included social impact TV and social impact streaming projects incorporating Vine and YouTube content.

Parks brings more than 15 years of experience in community engagement and social commerce software and served for more than a decade as vice-president of The Hanleigh Companies, America’s first direct underwriter for Lloyds of London specialising in entertainment, professional sports and high-net-worth corporate risk management.

Beaudoin has more than 20 years of festival programming and entertainment experience and helped launch the Beloit International...

Danny Glover co-stars in the upcoming feature film, "Waffle Street" - a dramedy that tells the story of James Adams (played by James Lafferty), a VP of a $30 billion hedge fund who lost his job in the recent market crash and wound up working as a waiter in a waffle shop. Amid the greasy madness of the 24-hour diner, Adams befriends ex-con grill master Edward Collins (played by Glover), who serves up hard life lessons. The riches-to-rags tale is an adaptation of James Adams' 2010 memoir of the same name, which chronicles the financier's foray into the food industry. After being laid off at the hedge fund where he worked, and further jaded by his culpability in...

Ted 2

William Shatner is reportedly set to cameo as himself in the upcoming "Ted" sequel which is currently filming in Boston.

Shatner will be appearing at a superhero fan convention to answer questions about his role in "T.J. Hooker," and will grow quickly annoyed as fans keep asking him about "Star Trek". [Source: Moviefone]

Waffle Street

James Lafferty ("One Tree Hill") will star in Ian and Eshom Nelms' upcoming indie drama "Waffle Street". Filming begins in Utah next week.

Lafferty plays a $30 billion hedge fund vp who loses his job in the recent market crash. He finds work as a waiter in a 24-hour diner, where he meets Edward Collins (Danny Glover). [Source: THR]

The Preppie Connection

Logan Huffman ("We Gotta Get Out Of This Place") has joined the cast of Joe Castelo‘s 1980s private school drug ring film "The Preppie Connection".

Huffman plays Ellis Tynes, a wealthy student dating popular girl...

• Will Ferrell may play schlock film producer Russ Meyers in the indie film Russ and Roger Go Beyond. Written by Christopher Cluess (The Simpsons), the movie will explore the relationship between Meyers and film critic Roger Ebert as they collaborated on the 1970 satire film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. [Variety]

• Joseph Fiennes and Harry Potter’s Tom Felton will co-star in the first-century epic thriller Clavius. Kevin Reynolds (Waterworld) will direct the film told through the eyes of Fiennes’ character, an agnostic Roman Centurion forced to locate the missing body of Jesus of Nazareth. Production begins this month in Spain,...

One Tree Hill star James Lafferty will star in upcoming indie Waffle Street, which will also feature Danny Glover. Photos 25 Summer Movies for Grown-Ups The film centers on a $30 billion hedge fund vp (Lafferty) who loses his job in the recent market crash. He finds work as a waiter in a 24-hour diner, where he meets Edward Collins (Glover). Ian and Eshom Nelms are directing the film, which will shoot in Lehi, Utah, beginning Aug. 4. The Nelms wrote the script with Autumn McAlpin, who had optioned the 2012 memoir of the same name. McAlpin also

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