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New World War Z Still; More on the Film's Running Zombies and a Possible Trilogy

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The full trailer for World War Z is expected to drop in a few hours, and in the meantime we have a new still featuring Brad Pitt along with a few comments from visual effects supervisor John Nelson about the type of zombies we'll see in the film.

EW provided the still and the following info:

Pitt plays Gerald Lane, a United Nations researcher watching civilization teeter on collapse in the face of a rapacious army of rasping death. How can the relentless hordes be stopped? To answer that question, Lane accepts a mission that pulls him away from his wife (Mireille Enos) and family and sends him on a global search for the plague’s dark origins — and, yes, that fact-finding odyssey just might take three PG-13 films to complete, if World War Z gets a lively response at the box office.

New World War Z Still; More on the Film's Running Zombies and a Possible Trilogy

After various re-writes and re-shoots, insiders promise the new ending was worth the cost and say the film still has plenty of the inventive spirit of the source material, the 2006 bestseller World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks... But World War Z will also feel the hot Internet wrath of purist fans who are offended that the film’s zombies might be better described as the running dead. That’s because World War Z follows in the fleet footsteps of Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake in 2005 with its flouting of the shambling zombie tradition set down by George A. Romero’s genre-sparking films, beginning with Night of the Living Dead in 1968.

Visual effects supervisor John Nelson (Iron Man) said World War Z’s zombies lean more toward sci-fi transformation victims rather than supernatural resurrection subjects. That led to a lot of research into animal behavior, especially for creatures under the amok-time sway of predator appetite or spawning urge. “They are like predatory animals that can’t control themselves,” Nelson said. “I worked with tigers [while shooting Gladiator], and if you watch them when a horse goes by, they go batty, even if they know they can’t reach it. When Zs see humans, they do [the] same thing - they activate. They launch themselves.”

He went on to add: “There are a lot of things in nature we’re mining as references. They move like birds or school of fish, too, in reactive formations, and it’s not because they have a higher level of [shared] thinking or communication – it’s about their nature and the fact that their instinct to infect is so basic, efficient, and overpowering. They will go through anything. If they lose both legs, they will walk on their hands. They lock in, and they’re like salmon going upstream or sperm swimming to be the first to egg.”

Paramount is releasing the Marc Forster-directed adaptation of the Max Brooks zombie infestation novel World War Z on June 21, 2013.

For more visit the official World War Z website, "like"World War Z on Facebook, and follow World War Z on Twitter.

New World War Z Still; More on the Film's Running Zombies and a Possible Trilogy

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New Hitchcock Featurette Goes Behind the Scenes

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More goodies have come in for Fox Searchlight's Hitchcock. Today we have a behind-the-scenes look at the film featuring director Sacha Gervasi along with stars Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren.

The new featurette dissects the eccentric, fascinating love story and creative collaboration between Alfred Hitchcock and Alma Reville, the woman that seemingly went unnoticed. Together the pair made some of the most powerful films in history.

The film, which is billed as “a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock, and his wife and partner, Alma Reville,” takes place during the making of Hitchcock’s seminal movie Psycho. Anthony Hopkins plays Hitchcock, and Helen Mirren stars as his wife. Scarlett Johansson, Danny Huston, Toni Collette, Jessica Biel, Michael Stuhlbarg, James D’Arcy, Michael Wincott, Richard Portnow, and Kurtwood Smith also star.

The project is based on the non-fiction book by Stephen Rebello that tracks how Hitchcock, at the height of his game as a director, decided to make a “lowly” horror movie. No studio wanted to touch it initially so Hitchcock scrounged for financing by himself. The movie, of course, became one of his biggest hits and one of the most influential of all time.

Claudia Lewis, President of Production, and David Greenbaum, Senior Vice President of Production, are overseeing the project for Fox Searchlight Pictures, which opens in select theaters starting November 23rd.

Third and Final Poster for Fox Searchlight's Hitchcock

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AFM 2012: The Sibling Faces the Resurrection

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AFM 2012: The Sibling Faces the ResurrectionAnother nugget of news has come our way out of AFM concerning the flick The Sibling, which is now known as movie number 167,223,129 bearing the title of Resurrection. Check out a new trailer and sales art right here.

Matt Orlando's new film stars Mischa Barton, Devon Sawa, and Michael Clarke Duncan.

Synopsis
Set during a single horrific day and night at a high school, a guidance counselor (Barton), the school principal (Duncan), and a local police officer (Sawa) must save the lives of several trapped students before a paranormal entity kills them all.


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The Trailer for Jurassic Park 3D Arrives with a Mighty Roar

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Following up on yesterday's release of a new one-sheet for Universal Pictures'Jurassic Park 3D, we now have the trailer to go along with it. Even after two decades it's impossible to watch it without grinning from ear-to-ear!

Steven Spielberg's dinosaur classic is set to return to theaters on April 5, 2013.

Written by Michael Crichton and David Koepp based on Crichton's popular novel, Jurassic Park (previously released in 1993) stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. It tells the tale of a theme park that suffers a major power breakdown, allowing its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok during a preview tour.

The Trailer for Jurassic Park 3D Arrives with a Mighty Roar

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Go Behind the Scenes of Texas Chainsaw 3D

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The cast and crew of Lionsgate’s Texas Chainsaw 3D recently sat down with MTV to offer fans some insight as to what horrors this legend of a horror icon has in store for viewers when it saws its way through theatres this January!

In theaters January 4, 2013, Texas Chainsaw 3D is directed by John Luessenhop from a screenplay by Adam Marcus, Debra Sullivan and Kirsten Elms. Dan Yeager, John Dugan, Bill Moseley, Alexandra Daddario, Sue Rock, Tania Raymonde, Scott Eastwood, Gunnar Hansen, Tobe Hooper, Paul Rae, Keram Malicki-Sánchez, Ritchie Montgomery, Trey Songz, Marilyn Burns, Shaun Sipos, Thom Barry and Richard Riehle star.

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Synopsis
Texas Chainsaw 3D continues the legendary story of the homicidal Sawyer family, picking up where Tobe Hooper’s 1974 horror classic left off in Newt, Texas, where for decades people went missing without a trace. The townspeople long suspected the Sawyer family, owners of a local barbeque pit, were somehow responsible. Their suspicions were finally confirmed one hot summer day when a young woman escaped the Sawyer house following the brutal murders of her four friends. Word around the small town quickly spread, and a vigilante mob of enraged locals surrounded the Sawyer stronghold, burning it to the ground and killing every last member of the family – or so they thought.

Decades later and hundreds of miles away from the original massacre, a young woman named Heather learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from a grandmother she never knew she had. After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her newfound wealth comes at a price as she stumbles upon a horror that awaits her in the mansion’s dank cellars…

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Simon Pegg Talks Zombie Stormtroopers in Latest Doc of the Dead Clip

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With Star Wars very much in the news lately, it only makes sense that zombies would enter the mix sooner or later given their incredible popularity right now. Enter the following clip from the upcoming Doc of the Dead.

From the Press Release
THEY’RE YOU. THEY’RE US. THEY’RE EVERYWHERE…THEY’RE ALL MESSED UP…THEY’RE DEAD. DOC OF THE DEAD is the definitive zombie culture documentary and speculative chronicle of the Zombie Apocalypse. The film features appearances by Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead) and the Grandfather of Zombie-dom, George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead). Others planned for the film include author Max Brooks (World War Z, soon to be a major motion picture starring Brad Pitt), Greg Nicotero (Executive Producer and make-up FX “The Walking Dead”), Charlie Adlard (Artist, The Walking Dead), Mick Garris (Stephen King's “The Shining,” and “The Stand”), Steve Barton (Never Sleep Again, Hatchet II, Survival of the Dead, "Paranormal Paparazzi"), Alan Jones (Frightfest), and many more!

To learn more about the project and how you can help, visit the official Doc of the Dead website, and "like"Doc of the Dead on Facebook!

The Zombie Apocalypse seems to be on everybody's lips these days. Should we categorize it as fiction, dismiss it as far-fetched paranoia, or speculate about it as a plausible scenario? Doc of the Dead is brought to the screen by the creators of the groundbreaking participatory and award-winning The People vs. George Lucas - Director Alexandre O. Philippe, Director of Photography/Producer Robert Muratore, and Producer Kerry Deignan Roy. It’s co-hosted by Geekscape’s own Jonathan London and Red Letter Media’s infamous Mr. Plinkett (The Phantom Menace review), who will be sitting in his basement, far away from all the chaos.

Doc of the Dead delves deep into the myriad crevasses of zombie culture to deliver the first ever in-depth look at a contemporary social pandemic of global proportions. Shot and edited in a cinematically edgy, high-octane style, it will host a rich and entertaining dialogue with zombie experts and celebrities, seek participation from YouTubers and indie filmmakers, and examine viral cultural trends to explore the possibility and ramifications of an actual zombie outbreak with sociologists, virologists, chemists, and members of the Zombie Research Society.

In short, this is the film that zombie fans across the globe have been secretly waiting for; and because reality is scarier than fiction, prepare to be utterly and positively FREAKED OUT! And remember – always aim for the head.

Doc of the Dead is written and directed by Alexandre O. Philippe and produced by DoP Robert Muratore and Kerry Deignan Roy.

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Bigfoot Brandishing his Night Claws on DVD Next Month

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It would be easy to dismiss Night Claws as just another low budget Bigfoot movie, but if you’re a lover of b-movies then the pedigree behind this latest piece of Sasquatchploitation makes it a must-see.

I first reported on this movie back in April of 2011 and I feel compelled to repeat a paragraph I wrote back then explaining why the film is a b-movie lover’s wet dream:

What if Yor, the Hunter from the Future (Reb Brown), Sharon Stone's lesbian lover from Basic Instinct (Leilani Sarelle), the star of a host of 80s/90s made-for-video action b-movies (Ted Prior), the King of the Kickboxer's girlfriend (Sherrie Rose), and Sylvester Stallone's brother (Frank Stallone) got together to star in a new Sasquatchploitation flick called Night Claws from the director of such horror movies as Killer Workout and Mardi Gras for the Devil (David A. Prior)?

Throw in traditional special effects (i.e. NO CGI!) from Bruce Larsen and Bill “Splat” Johnson and you have a recipe for old school Bigfoot mayhem.

A bloodthirsty Bigfoot, which kills without warning, is on a rampage near a small town. This is not your ordinary Bigfoot -- This creature is lightning fast, incredibly strong and seems to thrive on not just killing but tearing people apart as well. A strong, beautiful, and sometimes mysterious woman shows up claiming to represent the Federal Government and pushes the local Sheriff into hunting down this creature, but they are not alone in their hunt. As multiple groups of hunters all seek out the famed prize the lines become seriously blurred between the hunter and the hunted.

Midnight Releasing are brings Night Claws to DVD on December 11th. Sorry, no Blu-ray for Bigfoot. We should all know by now that Bigfoot prefers blurry video, not the sort of pristine picture quality we’ve come to expect from Blu-ray.

Disc extras will include a behind the scenes video and a music video.

Here’s a trailer for Night Claws that should leave you feeling squatchy.

Bigfoot Brandishing his Night Claws on DVD Next Month

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Silent Hill Downpour Gets a New Patch

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Konami has revealed that a brand new patch for Silent Hill Downpour is now available on the PlayStation Network. The patch will improve frame rate, fix bugs and much more! Read on to check out what all the new update has to offer.

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., has announced a patch and product update for Silent Hill: Downpour (review here), the critically acclaimed survival horror title originally released in March. The online patch, available via PlayStation Network, enhances the gameplay experience by improving features and bugs within the game.

Patch Features:

  • Improved frame rate
  • Fixed save game system
  • Fixed bugs in "Homeless" side quest/mission
  • Several other performance enhancements/bug fixes
  • Visit the official Konami website to learn more about the game.

    Silent Hill Downpour Gets a New Patch

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    In the Name of the King 3 Trailer Might Have You Hoping it Truly Is the Last Job

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    The whole point of a movie trailer is to serve as an enticement to make viewers want to see the full film. Whoever cut the trailer for Uwe Boll’s In the Name of the King 3 almost deserves a merit badge in sabotage for putting together one of the least enticing trailers in recent memory.

    It was just before Halloween when news broke regarding Uwe Boll’s In the Name of the King 3 being in the can. The third film follows the same premise as the second film with “Prison Break” star Dominic Purcell following in Dolph Lundgren’s shoes as a world-weary killer-for-hire getting magically transported to a medieval fantasy kingdom under siege by evil.

    Synopsis:
    Hazen Kaine, an American contract killer living in Sofia, Bulgaria, gets more than he bargains for when he enters into a contract with the mob. One last job before he gets out and starts a new life for himself. The targets: the three children of royal billionaire Andon Dupont. Seems simple enough, or so he thought. Hazen apprehends the children, and before he can blink an eye, a simple necklace worn by one of them sends his life spiraling back to medieval times. Now completely out of his element, Hazen fights for his life as he tries to escape a medieval army and a fierce fire-breathing dragon.

    It is here that Hazen learns what is it to be a real man and a true warrior. He must fight alongside these damsels and their people, dodging arrows and fire balls, to reclaim a kingdom that was stolen from them years before.

    I remember watching Far Cry and coming away thinking Uwe Boll just wasn’t even trying. Having seen the trailer for In the Name of the King 3 (which is, apparently, now subtitled “The Last Job”), I fully realize now what not trying looks like.

    I think I’ll just wait for Boll’s Zombie Massacre instead.

    In the Name of the King 3 Trailer Might Have You Hoping it truly is the Last Job

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    First Look at the Trailer for Warm Bodies Makes You Wanna Snuggle with a Corpse

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    Every day that movies like this come our way, all I can think about is the time when everyone realizes that necrophilia is actually pretty disgusting. That being said, check out this all too cute trailer for Warm Bodies courtesy of Entertainment Tonight!

    Starring Nicholas Hoult, Rob Corddry, Theresa Palmer, and John Malkovich, the film follows an existentially tormented zombie named "R" who begins an unlikely friendship with the girlfriend of one of his victims. It starts a chain reaction that will transform him, his fellow zombies, and maybe the whole undead world.

    We can hear the tweens swooning already! Look for more on this rotting romance soon!

    Check out Warm Bodies in theatres on February 1, 2013.

    Synopsis
    Zombies love people, especially their brains. But R (Nicholas Hoult) is different. He’s alive inside, unlike the hundreds of other grunting, drooling undead — all victims of a recent plague that drove the remaining survivors into a heavily guarded city. Now the Zombies roam about an airport terminal, searching for human prey and living in fear of the vicious Boneys, the next undead incarnation.

    One day, R and his best friend M lumber toward the city in search of food. There, R first sets his eyes on JULIE (Teresa Palmer), a beautiful human. Determined to save her—first from the other Zombies and then from the Boneys—R hides her in his home, a cluttered 747 aircraft. Julie is terrified, and R’s grunted assurances of “Not…eat” do little to calm her. But when R begins to act more human than Zombie, coming to her defense, refusing to eat human flesh, and even speaking in full sentences, Julie realizes that R is special.

    After a few close calls with the Boneys, and with her father mounting an armed search for her, Julie realizes she can’t hide forever. So she sneaks back home, leaving R broken-hearted. Desperate to see her, R decides to comb his hair, stand a little straighter, and impersonate a human long enough to get past the city guards. If only he can prove to the humans that Zombies can change, maybe R and Julie’s love might stand a chance. But with the rampaging Boneys heading toward the city and Julie’s father intent on killing R and his Zombie friends, the stage is set for an all-out battle between the living and the undead.

    A genre-bending tale of love and transformation, WARM BODIES is a story about a boy who loves a girl…for more than just her body.

    First Look at the Trailer for Warm Bodies Makes You Wanna Snuggle with a Corpse

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    Exclusive: Adrián García Bogliano on His New Project - Late Phases

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    Exclusive: Adrián García Bogliano on His New Project - Late PhasesWhile speaking with writer/director Adrián García Bogliano about his latest project, Here Comes the Devil, we also happened to hear more from the indie filmmaker about a new film on the horizon, Late Phases.

    When asked about his upcoming directorial slate, Bogliano replied, "I have three or four films in development right now, but there's one that looks like it'll be shooting in the next few months. That's something called Late Phases; when I read it, I thought it was an interesting script- no, actually, one of the best scripts I've ever read."

    "I'll be making Late Phases with Dark Sky and (writer) Eric Stolze as well as the producers behind V/H/S and A Horrible Way to Die. It's going to be the first time I'm making a film here in the US, too; I'm very excited," Bogliano added.

    Related Story:Fantastic Fest 2012: Adrián García Bogliano, Dark Sky, and Zak Zeman Going Through Late Phases

    We first heard about the project during Fantastic Fest 2012, when we received the following synopsis:

    Late Phases will tell the story of Ambrose McKinley, a blind war veteran, who moves into a community where the residents have been dying in increasing numbers - oddly, all have supposedly been the victims of dog attacks. But after barely surviving his own attack on his first night there, Ambrose discovers that the assailants are not just canines - they are entirely different and far more terrifying.

    Look for more from Bogliano on both Late Phases and Here Comes the Devil soon!

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    Try Out the New Nuketown Map and Streaming Features for Call of Duty: Black Ops II

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    Activision has revealed that Call of Duty: Black Ops II fans will be able to try out the new Nuketown map ahead of the game's November 13th launch via Black Ops 2 Live. Read on to learn more!

    Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Live is set to be the ultimate destination for any Call of Duty fan this weekend, and today Activision has announced that the hotly anticipated Nuketown 2025 multiplayer map will be exclusively available to play during the epic launch from 10th-12th November.

    One of the most popular maps in the Call of Duty franchise and originating from Call of Duty: Black Ops, Nuketown 2025 been re-imagined for Black Ops II and promises to deliver a heightened level of exciting game play, especially for all multiplayer fans.

    Black Ops 2 Live will be a dedicated e-sports experience giving fans the chance to play the game before its release at midnight on November 13th. Turning the traditional sports bar experience on its head, Black Ops 2 Live will enable thousands of fans the opportunity of playing new content for the very first time, bringing to life some of the key features of multiplayer and e-sports.

    Call of Duty: Black Ops II's new live streaming feature, available when the game launches on November 13th, will let players live stream gameplay on YouTube directly from the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game consoles. The first of its kind innovation coming from Activision and the game's developer, award-winning studio Treyarch, will allow players to live stream Call of Duty: Black Ops II multiplayer League Play games, as well as the player's webcam and audio commentary while playing.

    You can visit the official Call of Duty: Black Ops II website to learn more about the game.


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    The Walking Dead Episode 4: Around Every Corner Now Available For iOS

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    Telltale Games has revealed that The Walking Dead Episode 4: Around Every Corner is now available for iOS devices. Fans can pick up their favorite episodes on their handheld devices at a 20% savings! Read on to learn how you can get this game today.

    From the Press Release
    Today we would like to announce that Walking Dead: The Game, Episode Four - Around Every Corner (review here) is now available for download on iOS. This is the fourth of five episodes in the critically acclaimed game series from Telltale Games based on Robert Kirkman's award-winning comic book series The Walking Dead.

    Written by Gary Whitta, screenwriter behind such films as The Book of Eli starring Denzel Washington and After Earth starring Will Smith, The Walking Dead: Episode Four - Around Every Corner was met with considerable acclaim from arts and entertainment critics worldwide in its original release on console, PC and Mac.

    Rolling Stone recently declared that Telltale's series based on The Walking Dead is "truly excellent," while gaming website Polygon called it "...a landmark moment in interactive storytelling." Leading games publication Game Informer said that Episode Four "...shocks, emotionally tortures, and keeps heads spinning," while British national newspaper The Independent said that Episode Four is "slow, methodical, and brilliant as ever." New York Post also said that while playing Episode Four, "...every other game I was currently playing would cease to exist."

    Walking Dead: The Game is compatible with iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPad 2, and the new iPad. All episodes are available to pre-purchase as a 'Multi-Pack' within the $4.99 base application for an additional $14.99, saving 20% off of the total cost of the full season.

    We'll have more details on the release date of the highly-anticipated season finale episode, 'No Time Left,' for iOS coming very soon.

    Visit the official Walking Dead: The Game website for more.

    New Trailer Arrives for The Walking Dead: Episode 4 - Around Every Corner

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    Time to Vote on Your Favorite Fear in Honor of Citadel's Opening Weekend

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    You may recall that in mid-October the Citadel"Show Us What You Fear" Contest launched on the film's Facebook page (more details can be found here), and now it's time to vote on your favorite fear.

    With Citadel opening in limited theatres this weekend, it's time for us to reveal the five finalists for you guys to vote on. The finalist with the most votes may be eligible to receive the following:

  • A video call-out from director Ciaràn Foy
  • A pair of Citadel tickets
  • A Citadel poster autographed by Ciaràn Foy
  • A box set of New Video/Cinedigm films (titles TBD)
  • A copy of the Citadel Blu-ray upon release

    Related Story:Exclusive Clip from Ciaran Foy's Citadel

    Check out the Top 5 below, and underneath them you'll see the poll. The numbers on the pictures (top right corner in red) correspond to the numbers in the poll.

    Time to Vote on Your Favorite Fear in Honor of Citadel's Opening Weekend

    Time to Vote on Your Favorite Fear in Honor of Citadel's Opening Weekend

    Time to Vote on Your Favorite Fear in Honor of Citadel's Opening Weekend

    Time to Vote on Your Favorite Fear in Honor of Citadel's Opening Weekend

    Time to Vote on Your Favorite Fear in Honor of Citadel's Opening Weekend

    Citadel stars Aneurin Barnard, James Cosmo, Wumni Mosaku, Jake Wilson, and Amy Shiels. Ciaràn Foy is the writer/director.

    Synopsis
    Tommy Cowley (Aneurin Barnard) lives a quiet life in a decaying apartment complex with his highly pregnant wife. The couple is attacked one day by a group of hooded young thugs, and after a shocking act of violence, Tommy is left to raise his newborn daughter alone.

    So shaken by the events that he’s developed extreme agoraphobia, Tommy alternates days hiding out indoors in his new flat from imagined threats and intense therapy sessions aimed at bringing him back to normalcy.

    When the same hooded gang, seemingly intent on kidnapping his daughter, begins terrorizing his life again, he’s torn between his paralyzing fear and protective parental instinct. With the help of a vigilante priest who has uncovered the genesis of this ruthless, potentially supernatural gang, Tommy must overcome his fears and venture into the heart of the abandoned tower block known as the CITADEL to save his family.

    Winner of the Midnighter Audience Award at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival, CITADEL brings a fresh take to classic horror by raising the question: How can you protect your family from evil when you’re afraid of everything?

    Citadel

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  • XLrator Announces VOD/DVD Release Dates for The Thompsons and Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes

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    We're starting to hear the name XLrator Media a lot lately, and with good reason: They've been snapping up primo horror properties left and right! Today they announced some VOD/DVD release dates we've been waiting for.

    First out of the gate, and currently playing on VOD since November 2nd, is Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes (review here). The film is directed by Corey Grant and stars Drew Rausch, Rich McDonald, Ashley Wood, Noah Weisberg, and Frank Ashmore. Look for it on DVD beginning February 5, 2013.

    Synopsis
    After a "Bigfoot Hunter" claims to possess the body of a dead Sasquatch, a disgraced investigative journalist stakes his comeback -- and the lives of his documentary film crew -- on proving the find to be a hoax.

    Exclusive Clip from Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes

    Next is The Thompson, The Butcher Brothers' sequel to The Hamiltons, for which all the originals -- Cory Knauf, Samuel Child, Joseph McKelheer, and Mackenzie Firgens -- return. It follows the Hamiltons as they sneak into a new town. Ryan Hartwig, Daniel O'Meara, and Selina Giles also star.

    Its VOD premiere happens on November 22, 2012, and then the film kicks off 2013 in style as it arrives on DVD January 1st.

    Synopsis:
    A bloodbath at a gas station in the desert puts the family on the run, eventually seeing them resurface in the U.K. under a new identity as 'the Thompsons'. Desperate for protection in this unfamiliar country, the Thompsons seek out the help of a shadowy underground rumored to be sympathetic to vampires.

    Sales Trailer for The Thompsons Packing Lots of Blood and Bites

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    Second Clip from ThanksKilling 3 Flies In

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    From what we've seen so far, ThanksKilling 3 could be the strangest movie of the year... and then some! Check out this new clip in which Turkie gets wisemorphed into a 90's video game as he dukes it out with WiseTurkey in classic 8-bit fashion.

    Synopsis
    In ThanksKilling 3 the fowl-mouthed villain Turkie is back and hacking his way to find the last copy of ThanksKilling 2, which has landed in the hands of a group of disturbingly crude puppets.

    The death toll rises as Turkie carves through the likes of Flowis the rapping grandma, Rhonda the bisexual space worm, Yomi the puppet in search of her mind, and their equally ridiculous friends who all travel through fantastical settings such as the FeatherWorld and Turkey Hell. With the guidance of Uncle Donny (Dan Usaj), the wig-wearing inventor of the PluckMaster 3000, Jefferson (Joe Hartzler), Head of Security at ThanksgivingLand, and a WiseTurkey, the gatekeeper to the FeatherWorld, our collection of raunchy characters hope to fend off the murderous rampage of Turkie, all while trying to help Yomi find her mind.

    Directed by Jordan Downey, produced by Ricky Fosheim, and written by Kevin Stewart, Jordan Downey and Mike Will Downey, this hilariously gory sequel to cult hit ThanksKilling is the first movie to skip its own sequel. Gobble, Gobble, Motherf***er!

    Look for the flick on iTunes and VOD on November 13, 2012.

    An Exclusive Clip from Thankskilling 3 Gets Wise

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    The First Official World War Z Trailer Is Finally Here!

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    After a few days of teases, the first official trailer for Paramount's zombie extravaganza World War Z has arrived, but strangely, we still don't have an official synopsis. Expect one soon, and look for the film in theatres on June 21, 2013.

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    The Walking Dead's Sarah Wayne Callies and IronE Singleton Talk Death, Moral Dilemmas, and Lots More!

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    After last Sunday night's mind-blowing episode of "The Walking Dead," we sat in on a conference call with Sarah Wayne Callies and IronE Singleton, who talked about the fate of their characters and lots more. If you somehow haven't seen the episode yet, beware of major spoilers inside!

    Sarah, can you talk about how you got to such an intense level of emotion as an actress in Sunday's episode and also about the bond you have with Chandler (Riggs) as your son in the show. How was that to work through?

    Sarah Wayne Callies: Lori's death is very unique among the ones we've had on "The Walking Dead" because it's one that she's chosen. The other one that comes close is Jim deciding to leave us by the side of road in Episode 105, although he's already been bitten at that point. So it's an interesting tone because it's not surrounded by quite the same level of crisis and panic, although she's clearly in a situation where things are going to go badly with or without her choice. In a way it's a pain for us to admit that. It has to do with the work we've done for the last two and a half years. I can't imagine doing a scene like that with an actor you didn't have a strong rapport with and a character you didn't know quite as well. But I think there is something about a scene like that…we all sort of felt that the best thing we can do is just be present and support one another and create an environment where anything's okay.

    It was pin-drop quiet through that whole scene. We didn't close the set. The whole crew was there and there was a level of concentration and respect and focus from all 80 people who were there. It was remarkable and I think it was probably also significant that the entire cast showed up. I finished the scene and when I came out and there was almost every single member of our cast that had just come to sit and watch and be there. And I think that was important for Chandler, that he was surrounded by the people he would be moving on with.

    It was difficult, I'll be honest. Chandler and I really didn't talk at all that week that we were shooting because we couldn't look at each other without losing it. I love that kid. When we lost Jon (Bernthal), Andy (Lincoln) and I were there and we put our arms around Chandler and we said, 'you know you have us.' And I felt like a bit of a jerk having to reassure this young man that I would be there for him and then sort of taking off five episodes later. But he's in very good hands with that cast and crew. And he's a remarkable professional and I know he'll be fine.

    Did you have any creative input on either the script or how she died in this episode?

    Sarah Wayne Callies: Frank (Darabont) and I talked a lot about the necessity of Lori dying and he fought me on it. He said he thought he had a way around it. We never got a chance to see how that would work out. Glen (Mazzara) and I talked about it a lot, not just what that scene would be like, but how we owned that moment through the first two episodes of the season because originally there was a different timeline and we had longer to build to that moment. And so when it got shortened we talked about what we needed, what pieces had to be in place both for Lori and Carl and for Rick, for his development later in this season. And it is an intimate process because Glen lost his mother shortly before this season. So I was very aware that this was a scene that he had written about a woman saying goodbye to her son, having just said goodbye to his mother and heard many of those words. We batted ideas and lines back and forth for about two weeks and what we shot was a combination of those efforts. There were a couple of things that I said that weren't on the page, but were a product of sitting with Chandler in a room and trying to say goodbye to him. And it's just a great gift of a scene to me as an actor. Not that it's all about me, but I'm an actor. So it's all about me, right?

    The great gist of that scene to me was that I got to say everything I wanted to say to him and to the show and to the cast. And people ask me, "Well how does it feel to leave the show?" And I just want to say, "Well, watch the episode. You'll know exactly how I feel because it's all there." There were some very specific things that mattered to me to find with Lori in the third season and redemption was a big part of that. A sense of redemption in her marriage and a sense of redemption with Carl. And while I don't think either of those were achieved completely because that would tie things up in a package that is far too neat for our show. We took steps down that path that I think not only dramatically changes the show, but in a way that I'm grateful for personally because I have such profound affection for Lori.

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    What did it mean to play that character?

    Sarah Wayne Callies: Oh God, the world. I loved Lori; I love Lori. She is one of those characters that will live in my heart for a long, long, long, long time. I learned so much from her and one of the things that I'm most grateful to the show for is early on, when I had my first conversation with Frank, we agreed that we wouldn't do the TV version of this. Lori was not going to be some big-busted beautiful woman in this. We talked about doing the ugliest, dirtiest, most dangerous and sometimes unlikable version of this that we could and then you get the script and you realize you chickened out…and he never did. And I remember going to set the very first day wearing less makeup and my hair looking kind of like a mess and in clothes that were dirty and torn and a size too big. And he looked at me and he went, "Perfect." And, you know, I've never worked on a show where the producers wouldn't go, "Well I mean come on, at least put on some lipstick and comb your hair. And for crying out loud let's give her a better shirt." But none of that, not for a second. And it was so exhilarating to be able to dig deep into the darkness of motherhood and the darkness of marriage because this is very dark enterprise. There's a long list of beauty and the strength in the light. And to work on a production that had the courage even though sometimes kicked up a fuss about it…to have the courage to say we're going to tell this story in a way it's never been told before. It was remarkable. It's the best work I've ever done on camera and that's because the material is so strong and because Andy and Chandler and Jon and Norman (Reedus) and Steven (Yeun) and Lauren (Cohan), all of those amazing people that I've had the chance to act with. It's because they made the same commitment and really chose to do the honest version instead of the appealing version. It's an experience unlike anything I've ever had and I've learned so much from it. And I love Lori so much. Her passion and fire, her lack of vanity, I love that woman and I am going to miss her.

    What do you think your exit, and the way Lori parted, mean to the show?

    Sarah Wayne Callies: Well I don't know. I haven't really thought about it. I think Carl is a force to be reckoned with, and I think that it's very telling that Lori isn't worried about Carl. She tells him you're going to be fine. Through that entire scene her soul is with Rick. And the most important thing to her is that Rick not see her as a walker and Rick not have to put her down and she just says goodnight to him. And she almost says to Carl, "Take care of your daddy, because your daddy's going to fall apart."

    That signals a scene change. For the first two seasons Carl wept in our arms. Always Carl was within an arm's reach. I'm always wrapping my hand over his shoulder and stuff. And he has evolved the character partly to what a remarkable actor Chandler Riggs is. He's evolved into a child solider and all of the deeper unsettling power that brings with it. Though I think in a way, with Lori's death, there's a change in the balance between Carl and Rick and maybe a sense that this boy has feeling in his heart in both a good and a bad way. And his father doesn't anymore.

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    You had mentioned that you talked to Frank Darabont about Lori's death, so does that mean that you knew from the get-go that this was going to happen at some point?

    I knew from the get-go that Lori died in the comic books and so I came to this job assuming that she had an expiration date because there's certain characters, the death of Shane, the death of Lori, that are very difficult things to get around. And I said something to Frank about that at a certain point. He said, "I don't need to kill you." And I said: "With all due respect, sir, yes you do." And he just laughed. He said, "I've never had an actress argue." He said, "I've never had a leading lady argue her way off the show." And I thought in the books, Rick goes nuts because his wife dies. And I think the way he does is pretty cool and I think he does want to do that at some point, though Lori had to be a big girl to make that call. And I can't wait to see those episodes afterwards to see what happens.

    It's a very, very touching moment and most mothers would sacrifice for their child, but does she have an idea about how this child is going to exist without her? And is she caring as to whether it's Rick or Shane's baby?

    Sarah Wayne Callies: Well I don't know if that's something that anyone's really going to be able to determine. And we've talked about that a lot. And I think really the sort of way to tell in a world where there are no paternity tests, would be if the baby has blue eyes, then the baby is Rick's because both Rick and Carl have blue eyes. But it's a recessive trait. And Shane has brown eyes and Lori has brown eyes. Because with a brown-eyed baby there's no way to know if that would be either Rick or Shane's. But from a genetic standpoint if it's blue eyes it's Rick's. And I think Lori is terrified for the child and from the beginning Lori has seen this pregnancy as a death sentence. Her decision to throw up the Morning After pill that she took last season, was in part a decision to say okay I'd rather die for the baby or I'll die with the baby. But I remember being pregnant and being nervous about all the things that could go wrong and I had the best midwives in the world and a hospital 10 minutes away. So I put myself in Lori's shoes knowing that there's no medical intervention, there's no prenatal care, there's no nutrition of the kind of level that you would want. We don't even know when she got pregnant. She could be she could be eight months or she could be nine months. And knowing how stress affect a pregnancy she could be seven and the baby could be wildly premature.

    So she sleeps so many nights lying awake with these questions buzzing around in her mind. Will Rick accept the child? Will the child have a chance? Those are things that she has settled the most in her own mind and with her God and her conscience to know that she's done everything she can. Clearly Hershel and Carol are taking the best care of her that they can. And I think she trusts that they will find a way to keep that baby alive as best they can. And there are obviously huge questions now like how do they feed a newborn. But those are questions that they would've spent a lot of time around a campfire at night discussing in this long dark winter that they just came out of. They would've addressed those questions over and over and over and over and come up with a plan.

    The composition of the final scene having Lori, Maggie and Carl there and not having a final scene with Andy Lincoln to share your thoughts and feelings to his character. How was composed? Why those three?

    Sarah Wayne Callies: I think just from a visual composition…we first read the script and the danger is this becomes gross and the audience can't watch. So visually the scene was composed in a way in which I thought wasn't "gross they're cutting a lady open and yanking a baby out of her belly." It was about people. In terms of the composition of the characters in that scene, the whole conversation that Lori had with Maggie is trying to get her to step up and be a matriarch. She's asking her to do something that only the strongest people would be able to pull off. Maggie's a young woman. She's Glenn's girlfriend, she's Hershel's daughter. But she hasn't necessarily come into her own as a woman. And Lori basically keeps telling her -- this is the wrong phrase, but we'll use it ironically -- "You got to man up. It's time to put away your fear and your tears and your I can't do this and do what has to be done right now." And if there were anyone else around Maggie wouldn't do it, right? Hershel would do it or Rick would do it or Daryl would do it. I mean quite frankly who better to cut open a living creature than Daryl?

    Anyone else is better suited to this than Maggie, but Maggie's the one who's there. And so Lori has to turn her into a matriarch in the space of two minutes in order to save her baby's life. And that's just a remarkable story. And likewise Carl has to become a man in the space of the same two minutes because there's no one else to put Lori down and there's no one else to be the bearer of her final words. You know, Maggie's clearly kind of the verge of hysterics, but also having to focus on this C-section. And so Carl has to take from Lori the last thing that she says and carry those into the future which is an enormous burden. And so I think it's an amazing composition because you take a young woman and a young man and Lori's final act is to turn them into the adults that can do what needs to be done to keep the baby alive.

    When it comes to Lori and Rick it's important…or what happens to Rick later in the season that he has to replay that thing between the two of them at the end of Episode 2 over and over in his head and go, "Why didn't I tell her I loved her? Why didn't I say I forgive you? Why didn't I say I'm sorry?" Because that's the part of the show that's honest. We've all lost people thinking I was supposed to have more time. We were supposed to be able to have that conversation when things were better. And Lori and Rick have lived an entire winter knowing the stakes of this world where everyone goes at any moment, but they're still being so mired in self-hatred and grief and loss. They haven't been able to summon it. There's cost to that; there's a cost to keeping silent instead of saying what we've said. And for better or worse Rick is about to bear that cost.

    Are they being truthful to the character on the pages as well as what's come before? And how did you in your mind sort that all out knowing that some of the negative public reaction towards Lori when you were just trying to be honest about the character?

    Sarah Wayne Callies: To be honest I don't go into any of that stuff. I'm aware it's there because I've been told and I know that. What I read are the people who take the time to write me and so what I read are the fan letters that come to me in the mail. And that's between 20 and 50 letters a week of people saying I love her, I love the work. I believe her, I'm a mom and it's nice to have a woman that I can relate to. Those letters are overwhelmingly positive; I've actually never had anybody write to me and say, "I'll take your autograph because I like the show, but I hate Lori." And those people may be out there, but as far as I'm concerned knowing that there's a reaction among a certain demographic of people who watch a show and take the time to go online and sound off about it…which given the 10 million people who watch the show, I don't know what proportion of that 10 million person viewership goes online and does that.

    But for those folks, I don't know if that kind of does it because the last character I played on "Prison Break" was kind of an angel and people loved her and they were very supportive and that felt good. But coming off of that show one of my concerns was not to get stuck playing our lady of sorrows, playing the sort of heartbreaking character that always does the right thing, stands by her man and is very appealing. And I loved Dr. Sara and I loved playing that part. But part of why I wanted to play Lori was because I found her a very different kind of a woman. So hearing that that kind of controversy was going on online, people talking about is she a good mother, is she a good wife, in a way it was gratifying for me because it was evidence that I haven't played the same character back to back. And that I'm growing as an artist and expanding my range. And not pigeonholing myself by doing the same thing over and over.

    It's not always the stuff that you and Andy actually say, but these incredible moments of silence that really seem to say a lot more. You've done scenes with Andy where you're not talking, but there's obviously a lot going on between the two of you that's unsaid. What sort of things are going through your mind as far as the way you're playing the character in those moments?

    Sarah Wayne Callies: That's interesting. I was always taught that as an actor one of the most effective things you can do is have your brain be chattering away the way everyone's brain chatters away whether you're talking or not. So your work isn't just to learn the lines and say the lines, your work is to figure out what's the chatter in your brain that's going on under the lines. And so if that chatter is there it doesn't matter whether you're speaking or not speaking because your mind is working the way your character's mind would work. Some of my favorite scenes with Andy are the ones where one or the other of us doesn't talk much. One of my favorite scenes was the scene at the end was the second season where he tells me Shane is dead. I don't really say anything that entire scene except at the very beginning. But there's a whole dialogue between us that happens non-verbally. In a way that's my favorite kind of work to do because it can be different every take and you can play with it. You can't really change the minds every take; that would be bad manners. But you can change the response on your face and that whole shift can skew the whole scene. But Andy's such a marvelous actor that you just play together and figure that kind of thing out.

    We did this already in the episode--not to look at each other until the very end and that's what you get with Rick and Lori--again there was going to be a longer trajectory for this stuff and when we shortened it we decided that the best way to tell our story, was to tell the story of two people who can't look at each other. And then at the end he put his hand on my shoulder. And then right before she dies we look at each other across the field and you get a sense that if they had the time they would heal and they would make it.

    There is a difference between the death scene on the show and the one in the comic book which was a much more random event where they basically kill Lori and the baby literally in one shot. Did you know your character was going to be on borrowed time? Did you have any sort of input in terms of saying could at least my death have more impact on the episode and possibly the future of the series than say the random event that took place in the graphic novel?

    Sarah Wayne Callies: When they told me I was going to die they pitched me what they had as an idea for how. And my first question was does the baby make it and then they said, "Yes." For some stupid reason it made all the difference. I was like, "Okay. Well good, as long as the baby makes it." Anyone who has read the comic book is so familiar with the way Lori died, but I think they'd see it coming a mile away. And so it really just makes good sense to change the circumstances. She's one of three characters from the pilot who are still alive and now there's only two, Rick and Carl. And there's kind of the sense I think that maybe we needed to hear her say something, not just die anonymously. I don't know, you'd have to ask the writers that because from the beginning when they called and said you're going to go in Episode 4, they had went on to say you're going to sacrifice yourself for the baby and say goodbye to Carl and Carl's going to have to shoot you in the head. And I thought, "Oh well that'll be fun."

    You mentioned Lori's death in the comics. In the comics, Lori does come back to kind of haunt Rick in visions. Would you be open to returning in such a capacity?

    Sarah Wayne Callies: I think that kind of a question has to do with does it serve the story. I've always felt that Lori's death was something very important to Rick which drives him crazy. In the comics part of his madness is not quite being able to shake her. If that serves the story that they were going to tell going forward, absolutely. I can't really envision a time where somebody calls me up and goes, "Hey we wrote something for you." And I go, "No." I don't quite see that happening. But at the same time we've taken so many departures that if they feel it would be foolish for Rick to be seeing ghosts, I'm okay with that too.

    You mentioned earlier during the conversation that they decided to move up the death of Lori to this episode. Why was that decision made and at what point would it have happened otherwise?

    Sarah Wayne Callies: When I spoke to Glen in November of last year he had a different timeline in mind. And I was told in I think March or April that they had shortened it to Episode 4. I don't know why; that's a writer/producer question. And quite frankly it seemed like a whiny question to ask, when somebody calls and says you lost your job. And you're like, "Why?" I don't know, it just seemed like a whiny question. To me the only response was, "Yes sir, send me the scripts. I'll make it as good as I can."

    Does having it occur this early in this season mean that we can spend more time seeing and responding to it later on. Do you have a sense of how this step will affect Rick later on in this season?

    Sarah Wayne Callies: Lori's death is about Rick, which she knows as she goes. And also about the way in which caring for a newborn changes the group. And so what it means is we've got to find a place to be safe and we've got to do it now. So there's that question. And while we get more or less the same thing, which is that it's not just about how do we survive in the prison? How do we find food for a baby? How do we keep the baby quiet? But there's only one person there. Only one woman there who's ever been a mom and that's Carol and Carol just lost her daughter. So is Carol going to want to help? You know, Hershel's girls are more or less grown. And so I think it makes the situation much more acute, much bigger for the rest of the group.

    And the whole, "Oh no we have to pick up Lori because she's pregnant." I think a little bit of that goes a long way because we get it. And so truncating that journey I think makes a better storytelling and getting to the punch-line which is what do we do now. What do we do with a baby? And what does Rick do without his wife? And that's the season.

    Can you talk about any of the fun involved with the gore because we've been talking to Greg (Nicotero) a lot. He has a lot of fun in talking about how much fun it is with some of those crazy props and some of the prosthetics.

    Sarah Wayne Callies: There wasn't a lot of laughter that day on set when we were shooting. It wasn't a lot of fun. The crew and I are really close and we've been together since the beginning. It was pretty awful. I wouldn't have wanted to disrupt either Lauren or Chandler's work by making light of it in any way. What Chandler had to do is a lot to ask of any actor and he's barely a teenager. So I don't know that there was a time when anyone really laughed about anything. I got sealed to the floor with all the blood. It was so sticky on the concrete, so I couldn't get up and it was really cold, actually, which is odd because I spent the entire show sweating. But the concrete floor for eight hours gets cold and I was shaking kind of uncontrollably towards the end of it. And Guy, our director, bless his heart, just came down and was like, "Lay on the floor with me" and wrapped me in a blanket. And it was a very sort of sweet kind of comfort. And then at the end of the day when it was all done I think there were a few chuckles as they tried to get me up because it took a pallet knife and several bottles of solvent. And whenever somebody leaves, you address the crew and whatever cast has come and I just physically couldn't.

    And so they finished shooting the scene between Maggie and Carl after the baby's been born. And the prosthetic belly came off me and blood was everywhere and there were little bits of baby and goop. And I tried to get as cleaned up as I could get and put on street clothes and came out to address crew and we said a lot of things and then basically said, "Let's go to the Roadhouse," which is a great bar down the road from where we shoot, and let's just get this out of our systems.

    What's your next role going to be? You've played the good, strong, stand by your man woman. You've played this conflicted woman who basically ended up with your young son having to shoot you in the head. Where do you go from here?

    Sarah Wayne Callies: I actually finished my next project already because I finished shooting "The Walking Dead" in middle of June. At the beginning of July, I worked on a movie called Black Sky which is my first experience doing a big budget F/X movie. It's about somebody's life being in jeopardy pretty much every second. It's about a surviving a tornado, about the ways in which people who are strangers can become quite important to one another quite quickly in crisis. And so I completed that just a couple weeks ago with Richard Armitage.

    "The Walking Dead" family was one that I really built so consciously and it meant so much to me. But it's a real gift that two weeks after I walked off that set I walked onto another one and really got to sink my teeth into another character, another story so that I could take everything that was learned from "The Walking Dead" and try and put it into practice. And also while I was still grieving for the loss of the show to be sure I had something creative to focus on. And especially I'm just a lucky actor and a lucky person that there was another role to talk to about.

    Thank you. Enjoy, IronE. He's marvelous.

    How did it feel watching your final episode?

    IronE Singleton: Wow, it was surreal. I didn't get an opportunity to watch it in its entirety, but I did "The Talking Dead" and watching it in the studio it was just kind of a surreal experience. It was like, "Wow, it's over." Bittersweet. But I am totally and completely satisfied with how the show ran. I think that the show was a success of a brilliant team of individuals; everybody coming together doing their part. I'm just so pleased to have been part of something so special, so historical.

    Did you have an idea that you were going to go out like this when you signed on? And what was your reaction when you finally read the death scene and how you went out sort of like a bad-ass hero?

    IronE Singleton: Thank you so much. I had no idea how I was going to go out so heroically at the beginning because when I was first cast in the show I was told that I would do two, maybe three episodes. But I ended up staying on the show for three seasons. So how miraculous is that? So I'm very thankful for that. And when I get the phone call, the death call I call it, they were very gracious and appreciative of what I'd done, the entire executive team. So I was just very thankful to receive a phone call and to be respected in that sense. And when I read the script they told me I was going to die and I was looking forward to reading the script. When I read it I was thankful that he would go out heroically as a hero. So it made me feel really appreciated.

    So if you have a moral dilemma and you're on the side of the angels apparently you die in the show? You kind of had the same attitude as Dale about, "No we keep them alive. It'll be all right."

    IronE Singleton: Yes I've seen that before. They said that once you have that moment when you kind of start to appeal to everybody's conscience and to kind of be the voice of reason, you get the bite or something like that happens to you. So it's interesting how that goes. And I thought about that too; I was like, oh wow, kind of like Dale in a more convinced, abridged fashion and next thing you know he's getting bitten.

    You are one of the few characters that came in with no baggage because most of the other characters were from the comic aside from a couple new creations. Did you find that that was more liberating coming in as your character was being literally written for the television show?

    IronE Singleton: Exactly. I think it was very liberating because as an actor you start with a clean slate and there's nothing more liberating about starting with something that is not written. So you pretty much create the history of that character; you create that character's vigor, meaning, that character's life story. So whatever you do, whatever you come up with, whatever you decide on, we can go with it and if the director or if the execs like it, then you'll stick with it. So that's a good thing as opposed to having something that's already written, that's pared down with who your character is.

    The Walking Dead's Sarah Wayne Callies and IronE Singleton Talk Death, Moral Dilemmas, and Lots More!

    What's it like being ripped apart by zombies? Not the fictional part, but the actual television part of having to sit there and get the appliances and the blood pumps and all that stuff hooked up to you? It's all quite a complicated process to do when you're supposed to be acting your ass off in the middle of it, isn't it?

    IronE Singleton: Well I guess that's like anything else; that's like the nature of the business. With film you stop and go, you stop and go. You have to take first takes and 20 takes or whatever. So I'm kind of used to it because I've been doing this for a while. As far as getting my flesh ripped apart by a zombie; it feels really good. It's a great feeling; you should try it sometime.

    Do you think having a baby in the group is more horrifying or gives you a sense of hope…a small glimmer of hope for the show and for the survivors?

    IronE Singleton: All of the above. Because now, we have a baby. We have a baby in the apocalypse and apocalyptic wars. So most of the decisions are going to have to gravitate around, does it affect the baby. The mood at the same time, there's hope that it is like this rebirth of innocence if you will because it died with Sophia. And so, maybe that will test us too, as far as humanity is concerned. Maybe it'll try to help us to get back to that in recognizing the innocence in that little baby. A child has a way of making you change for the better. And I think about my relationship with my children. I think that was worth mentioning. When my daughter was born, I was nowhere near where I am now. And my daughter, Heaven is her name by the way, took me to another level. So I said I have to become a better person in this life if I want to be an example, if I want to serve as a positive example for her I need to get better myself. So I think that's what it brings to the show, a baby does. As horrific as it is, it's also very gratifying also for humanity.

    Are you willing to share any other kind of details about T-Dog that you learned or you and Robert talked about the character as far as what was being brought to that character that you didn't get to share it on screen?

    IronE Singleton: Yes. I didn't have any conversations with Robert Kirkman or anybody else at the beginning or Frank or Glen or anybody like that. They didn't say anything character-wise about T-Dog if they were fine with what I brought to it. But what I did with my character was…whenever I have any character I try move back and forth as much as I can with any character that I'm playing as far as I can in my real life and bring that character as far up as I can in the present day. That way I won't have to do so much homework trying to find my character. So T-Dog basically had my life story. He grew up in the projects in the city and he was fortunate enough to get to college through a football scholarship and eventually academic scholarships and he majored in speech communications. The same as I did. I also majored in theater, but I didn't attach that to my character because it probably would've made him a little more dramatic. We're already dramatic enough on TV so I didn't want to add that to him. Then he graduated from college; he didn't make it to the pros but he came close. So he ended up getting a regular job. So that's how I devised my character for T-Dog.

    What were some of your favorite memories and moments from the past seasons?

    IronE Singleton: The entire process it was so great. I didn't have one bad day on the set. Every day was so beautiful. I looked forward to going in every day and shaking the hands and getting the hugs and the kisses. So it's so hard for me to pinpoint one day because every day was so glorious. Every day was so beautiful.

    Since your character T-Dog isn't in the comic books, did you have a say in how he went out and did you say I want him to have the most bad-ass part within the group?

    IronE Singleton: I didn't have a say directly, but I'm wondering if the execs would just listen to my interviews and I was asked when T-Dog dies how would you like to die or how would I like for him to go. And I said, "Just heroically." I would love him go out being the hero. And it makes me feel so good because in my mind I feel that's how I would like to go out as a person. So I can like really commit with that type of individual. So to go out a hero the way T-Dog did is very special to me.

    Is there anything that you didn't get a chance to do on the show that you would've like to have done?

    IronE Singleton: No, other than direct something like this…You know what, I would've liked to have had a scene with each individual cast member, like just a one on one. I only had a scene like that with Dale. A one on one with Jeffrey DeMunn, Dale, and that was really special for me. So yes if I could do it again, then I probably would do a one on one with everybody.

    Would you liked to have had a one on one with Merle?

    IronE Singleton: You know what, just for the fans, right? I mean because they were so looking forward to that. They were like, "Oh, when you and Merle get back together it's going to be some kind of encounter." And I wanted to give them that. And people are still talking about it. They're like, "Merle! Okay you're dead. But Merle never put a bullet in T-Dog's head." So maybe Merle can have that encounter with T-Dog's zombie. You just never know…and that would be special.

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    A Sneak Peek of Supernatural Episode 8.07 - A Little Slice of Kevin

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    Supernatural Season 8Hopefully there won't be any real slicing and dicing of the prophet Kevin in next week's Episode 8.07 of "Supernatural," but considering the turn of events depicted in this clip provided by The CW, we're not overly confident. After all, everyone knows no good ever comes of hiring a witch.

    "Supernatural" Episode 8.07 - "A Little Slice of Kevin" (airs 11/14/12, 9-10 pm)
    CASTIEL ESCAPES PURGATORY - Sam and Dean (Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles) are stunned when Castiel (Misha Collins) suddenly appears back on Earth with no memory of how he escaped from Purgatory. Meanwhile, Mrs. Tran (Lauren Tom) enlists a witch (guest star Cyrina Fiallo) to concoct a demon bomb, but the witch double crosses Mrs. Tran and turns her and Kevin (Osric Chau) over to Crowley (Mark Sheppard).

    Written by Eugenie Ross-Leming and Brad Buckner; directed by Charlie Carner.

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    Let Your Memory Fragments Answer an Unwelcome Caller in Two Clips from Grimm Episode 2.11 - To Protect and Serve Man

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    If these new clips introduced by "Grimm" co-stars David Giuntoli and Sasha Roiz are any indication, things don't look good for Juliette and Nick this week in Ep. 2.11, "To Protect and Serve Man." Check them both out here!

    Episode 2.11 - "To Protect and Serve Man" (airing 11/9/12; 9:00-10:00 pm)
    HANK’S KNOWLEDGE OF NICK’S WORLD HAS HIM SECOND GUESSING A PAST CASE -- Hank (Russell Hornsby) starts reflecting on an arrest he made earlier in his career regarding a man (guest star Jason Gedrick) who committed murder claiming "self-defense against monsters." With the man’s death sentence rapidly approaching and the knowledge he’s recently gathered from Nick (David Giuntoli), Hank begins to wonder if there was more truth to the man’s seemingly absurd story than he once thought. Back at the spice shop, Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) finds himself involved in a situation he never saw coming. Lisa Vidal guest stars; Bitsie Tulloch, Sasha Roiz, and Reggie Lee also star.

    Related Story:Preview of and Image Gallery for "Grimm" Episode 2.11 - "To Protect and Serve Man"

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