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Another New Look at Konami's NeverDead

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We're getting closer, kids, to the first retail horror game of the year in Konami's NeverDead, and to help usher in the game's arrival, we've got some brand new goodies on tap for ya! Dig it!

From the Press Release
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., has released new artwork for the upcoming action game NeverDead, scheduled to launch next week for PlayStation® 3 and Xbox 360® on January 31st, 2012. The new art pieces show Bryce fighting off demons and showcase other characters that appear in NeverDead.

The brainchild of Shinta Nojiri, who previously directed the Metal Gear Acid series, and co-developed with Rebellion Software, NeverDead stars an immortal hero named Bryce Boltzmann, who, alongside his partner Arcadia, works for an agency tasked with defeating demonic incursions. While demons from the dawn of time emerge on present-day Earth, players take on the role of Bryce, the immortal demon slayer, as they seek and destroy the hostile invaders.

As the monsters become larger and more vicious, the side effect of Bryce's immortality is revealed. While attacked, players can be torn limb from limb but can then reattach the severed parts to their torso. Even when all limbs have been removed, players can roll around as a head, looking to reattach lost parts. Gamers can also use their amputated body parts as weapons, throwing arms into clusters of monsters or lobbing their head into seemingly impossible areas to gain access to new sections of the NeverDead map.

Another New Look at Konami's NeverDead

Another New Look at Konami's NeverDead

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Make-up Artist Announced for Rue Morgue's The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh

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So who will be bringing all the nasty and spooky stuff that we're all hoping for when Rodrigo Gudino and our friends over at Rue Morgue drop The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh on us? Read on for the details!

From the Press Release
MARCUS ALQUERES, most known for his visual effects work on 300, The Rise of the Planet of the Apes and most recently on Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin, has officially joined award-winning filmmaker RODRIGO GUDIÑO’s feature film debut THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ROSALIND LEIGH, now in post-production. Alqueres will be supervising effects for a fully animated monster that appears in the film.

The Telefilm funded movie stars Aaron Poole (Small Town Murder Songs) alongside a yet to be announced surprise cast, details which will be revealed in the coming months.

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ROSALIND LEIGH tells the story of an antiques collector who inherits a house from his estranged mother only to discover that she had been living in a shrine devoted to a mysterious cult of angels. Soon he comes to suspect that his mother’s oppressive spirit still lingers within her home and is using items in the house – especially statues of angels – to contact him with an urgent message.

The film will be produced by MARCO PECOTA (Curious Stories, Crooked Symbols) for Rue Morgue Cinema.

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First WTF of 2012! Day of the Dead Remake Being Released on Blu-ray in 3D

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In 2008 Steve Miner proved to the film masses that he is a rapidly aging and completely out of touch with today's pop culture white guy with his laughable remake of George A. Romero's classic Day of the Dead (review here) (and Day of the Dead Blu-ray review here). Now, years after its initial release, the film is coming back to Blu-ray...in 3D. Why? Just why? Who asked for this?

In this flick the creatures on loan from Cirque du Zom-bie™ fall victim to InstaRot™ and things get progressively more silly with each minute that passes. These zombies not only run, but they also possess the ability to leap, flip, and even crawl around on walls and ceilings. I shit you not. On top of that they also move in hyper-speed. In what could quite possibly be the silliest technical decision in horror movie history, the camera is sped up almost every time one of the dead things is on screen to near Benny Hill type speeds and proportions. It couldn't possibly get worse, could it? Yes! In addition to being on permanent fast-forward, our creatures' heads explode whenever they touch fire. Um ... what?!? I just don't know, man. I just don't know.

Just think! Now you can witness all of this stupidity while Nick Cannon stereotypically gives his most embarrassing "I'm an Afro-American with a spear" career performance in high definition 3D! We are SO there! No special features have been announced. but you can dig on the artwork below.

Look for the flick in stores on February 7th, 2012. Or don't - you'll be better off!

First WTF of 2012! Day of the Dead Remake Being Released on Blu-ray in 3D

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DVD Cover Art for Jason Horton's Monsters in the Woods

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Jason Horton's Monsters in the Woods is heading home on DVD in February courtesy of Osiris Entertainment, and we have a peek at the cover art to share along with a few more details on the flick's VOD release this month in the US and Canada.

Monsters in the Woods stars Glenn Plummer, Blaine Cade, Linda Bella, Edward Hendershott, and Lee Perkins. Look for it on DVD February 21st, 2012, but first you can check it out on VOD (see writer/director Horton's blog for the full list of carriers along with an "unauthorized" commentary for the film he recorded with executive producer Al Gomez that won't be included on the DVD).

Synopsis:
Low budget filmmaker JAYSON (Glenn Plummer) has made the movie of his dreams... but to his dismay, it can't sell in Hollywood. The distributors tell him, "You have nothing exploitative in your movie. Add some sex scenes, more violence, and maybe we'll buy your film." The distraught filmmaker approaches his neophyte, semi-psychotic producer BRAVO (Blaine Cade) and tells him, "Put together a cast and crew... we're going to re-shoot and give them what they want!" Bravo nervously tells him, "We're out of money." Jayson screams at him, "I don't care. Do WHATEVER you have to do!"

Bravo enlists a young movie crew to follow them into the remote backwoods of the Great Bear Mountains by telling them, "There's no money, but when we sell this, you'll all get a big piece of the profits for your efforts... and great craft service!" Various 'B' movie actors, including stuntman BURT (Edward Hendershott) and his gorgeous wannabe actress girlfriend ASHLEY (Linda Bella), join them as Jayson has promised her a role in the movie. After a series of 'behind-the-scenes' interviews of this quirky bunch, they begin filming. Jayson is accidentally killed by his inept crew, and in the midst of all the confusion, Bravo strangely convinces them to finish the movie. They reluctantly agree but soon after are attacked by an unrelenting swarm of deadly 'devil dogs' from Hell. Burt, Ashley, and Bravo briefly escape the danger as they are rescued by two 'angels' sent from Heaven to battle the monsters. Unknown to them all, Bravo has made a pact with the Devil to provide twelve souls (theirs) in order to get the movie made. Mayhem ensues as the survivors attempt to kill the 'demons' and close the entrance to Hell before the whole Earth is consumed by evil!

For more info visit the official Monsters in the Woods website, and become a fan of Monsters in the Woods on Facebook.

Monsters in the Woods DVD Cover Art

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Third Chronicle TV Spot Not to Be Used on Living Things

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Someone once said with great power comes great responsibility. Makes sense, however, when it comes to at least one of these lads, such a statement falls on truly deaf ears.

Josh Trank's Chronicle stars Michael B. Jordan, Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell, Michael Kelly, and Ashley Hinshaw. Look for Chronicle in theatres on February 3, 2012.

Synopsis
Three high school students and friends make an incredible discovery, leading to them developing uncanny superpowers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities, and initially use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides soon begin to take over.

Third Chronicle TV Spot Not to Be Used on Living Things

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Red Band Trailer for The Grey Bares its Fangs

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Finally a red band trailer for this Friday's The Grey has arrived, and it offers just a taste of the mayhem to ensue once Liam Neeson has his fistfight with a wolf! SOLD!

Click here for our review of The Grey!

From the Press Release:
Open Road Films will release the highly anticipated, action-packed survival thriller, The Grey, in theaters nationwide on January 27, 2012. The Grey stars Liam Neeson and is directed by Joe Carnahan (A-Team, Smokin’ Aces, Narc); it was produced by Liddell Entertainment.

In The Grey, Liam Neeson leads an unruly group of oil-rig roughnecks when their plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. Battling mortal injuries and merciless weather, the survivors have only a few days to escape the icy elements – and a vicious pack of rogue wolves on the hunt – before their time runs out.

The Grey also features Frank Grillo (Warrior and Lay the Favorite), Dermot Mulroney (Burn After Reading, About Schmidt), Dallas Roberts ("The Good Wife", 3:10 To Yuma), Joe Anderson (Across The Universe, upcoming ABC series "The River"), James Badge Dale (upcoming World War Z, The Conspirator, HBO’s "The Pacific"), and Nonso Anozie (Conan the Barbarian, Atonement, RocknRolla).

The Grey is produced by Jules Daly, Joe Carnahan, Ridley Scott, and Mickey Liddell. Executive producers are Tony Scott and Jennifer Hilton as well as Jim Seibel, Bill Johnson, and Marc Butan of Inferno Entertainment.

Red Band Trailer for The Grey Bares its Fangs

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes Sole Horror Nominee for an Oscar This Year

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes Sole Horror Nominee for an Oscar This YearSadly, the Oscar nomination received by Rise of the Planet of the Apes this morning wasn't for Andy Serkis' stellar performance as Caesar, the leader of the ape uprising, but instead for the film's visual effects team.

Hearty congratulations to said F/X team: Joe Letteri (his sixth nomination), Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, and Daniel Barrett (all three are first-timers).

As for more "fringe" films, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 nabbed three nominations, including Art Direction, Makeup, and joining Apes in the Visual Effects category. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo garnered nods for Rooney Mara for Actress in a Leading Role, Cinematography, Film Editing, Sound Editing, and Sound Mixing.

If you're curious, the bulk of the attention went to The Artist, Hugo, Moneyball, Midnight In Paris, and The Descendants

Congratulations to all the nominees, and for more, including the full list, visit the official Academy Awards website.

Be sure to tune in to ABC on Sunday, February 26th, to see who takes home the gold.

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No Evil Dead for Lily Collins

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No Evil Dead for Lily CollinsHere today, gone tomorrow. Such is the case with Lily Collins, who was in talks to play "Mia", the female version of Ash, in the upcoming Evil Dead remake. So what happened? Read on for the details.

According to Variety's Jeff Sneider on Twitter, "Due to date issues, LILY COLLINS will not be able to star in THE EVIL DEAD reboot!" What a shame. She would have looked so friggin' hot all covered in blood and guts. That being said, the hunt for a new star is on.

Fede Alvarez directs the redo of Raimi's cult classic 1981 from his own screenplay co-written with Rodo Sayagues. Revisions were done by Oscar-winning writer Diablo Cody. In this version, the story centers on five friends (David, Natalie, Eric, Olivia, and Mia) holed up at a remote cabin where they discover a Book of the Dead with a demonic force unleashed possessing each until only one is left to fight for survival.

FilmDistrict's reboot is aiming for release on April 12th, 2013.

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Go Behind-the-Scenes of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

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Remember the days when we used to have to wait until the DVD came out to see behind-the-scenes featurettes? Those days are quickly disappearing as more and more inside looks hit online first. Speaking of which, here's the latest one for Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, stars Nicolas Cage, Nicolas Cage's hair, Idris Elba, Johnny Whitworth, Violante Placido and Ciaran Hinds. The movie finds Johnny Blaze, aka Ghost Rider (Cage), hiding out in remote Eastern Europe and struggling to repress his curse. Blaze is recruited by a sect to take on the devil (Hinds), who wants to take over his mortal son’s body on the boy’s birthday. Its scheduled release date is February 17, 2012.

Synopsis
It has been several years since making a deal with the Devil and Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage), living in self-imposed isolation, finds himself as the only person who can help save 10-year-old Danny – and ultimately the world – thanks to his unwanted and uncontrollable power – his ability to transform into the hell-on-wheels monster known as The Ghost Rider.


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The Crow Lands on a Director

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Well, that was fast. Just yesterday we reported about a settlement being reached between the Weinsteins and Relativity Media regarding The Crow remake, and today a director has been named. Read on for the skinny!

From the Press Release
Relativity Media’s Co-President, Tucker Tooley, Edward R. Pressman, producer behind the cult-classic The Crow franchise, and The Weinstein Company’s Dimension Films, announced today they have closed a deal with F. Javier Gutiérrez (Before the Fall) to direct a reinvention of The Crow, the 1994 smash hit film based on the comic book series and comic strip by James O’Barr. Writer Jesse Wigutow has signed on to pen the script.

Gutiérrez’s directorial debut, the Spanish-language apocalyptic thriller Before the Fall (Tres Dias), became an international and award-winning sensation after premiering at the Berlinale Film Festival in 2008. In Spain the film won Best Motion Picture and Best Screenplay at the 2008 Malaga Film Festival, the Miradas Award (TVE) for Best Motion Picture of the Year, and garnered nominations from the Spain Critics Awards. In Europe the film was a finalist for the 2008 European Film Awards and won main prizes in such science-fiction and fantasy film festivals as the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival, the Trieste Film Fesitval, and later in the U.S. picked up four awards at Los Angeles’ famed horror festival “Screamfest” in 2009 (for editing, Gutiérrez’s directing, cinematography, and actor Victor Clavijo). The film also ranked #3 on the “International Watch List 2008”. Gutiérrez is currently developing Dimension Films’ sci-fi thriller The Greys.

Wigutow most recently did a re-write for Robert Ludlum’s thriller The Osterman Weekend for Summit and adapted the book Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel for Brian Oliver’s Cross Creek Films. He is also developing Age Inappropriate at Universal and Irreparable Harm at HBO. Previously he has worked on films including Tron: Legacy, 8 Mile, Eragon, and The Ruins.

The Crow adaptation will be a gritty reboot of the iconic character Eric Draven, who returns from the grave as The Crow on a mission to avenge his wife’s murder so that his soul can finally rest. The original film is known for its breakthrough visual style as well as its unique production design and cinematography. The project is currently in development; start of production, targeted release dates, and casting to be announced.

The film is being produced by Edward R. Pressman, Jeff Most, and Relativity’s CEO Ryan Kavanaugh. Relativity’s Tooley (Immortals), The Weinstein Company’s Harvey and Bob Weinstein, and Farah Films’ Dan Farah (Armored) will serve as executive producers.

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New One-Sheet for The Raven Takes Flight

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First we get a new release date, and now comes a brand spanking new poster for The Raven. See how quickly things work around here. Good thing we all jog in our human-sized habitrail in between stories so we can stay pumped up!

Look for James McTeigue's The Raven starring John Cusack, Luke Evans and Brendan Gleeson on April 27th, 2012.

The Raven begins with Poe arriving in Baltimore as a serial killer is terrorizing the city, using the writer’s stories as the inspiration for his crimes. Poe is a suspect at first, but he eventually joins forces with a police inspector to solve the crimes and save the woman he loves.

Synopsis
In this gritty thriller, Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack, Being John Malkovich) joins forces with a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans, Immortals) to hunt down a mad serial killer who’s using Poe’s own works as the basis in a string of brutal murders. Directed by James McTeigue (V for Vendetta), the film also stars Alice Eve (Sex and the City 2), Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) and Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Faster).

When a mother and daughter are found brutally murdered in 19th century Baltimore, Detective Emmett Fields makes a startling discovery: the crime resembles a fictional murder described in gory detail in the local newspaper—part of a collection of stories penned by struggling writer and social pariah Edgar Allan Poe. But even as Poe is questioned by police, another grisly murder occurs, also inspired by a popular Poe story.

Realizing a serial killer is on the loose using Poe’s writings as the backdrop for his bloody rampage, Fields enlists the author’s help in stopping the attacks. But when it appears someone close to Poe may become the murderer’s next victim, the stakes become even higher and the inventor of the detective story calls on his own powers of deduction to try to solve the case before it’s too late.

The Raven Takes Flight for a New Release Date

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The Dead Cause Car Trouble in Latest Clip

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The latest living dead opus from the Ford brothers is shambling its way toward us like a freight train, and we've got a new vehicle-based clip to see if you can get off of the tracks in time! Bring on The Dead (Blu-ray and DVD review here).

From the Press Release
Unlike anything audiences have been exposed to before, The Dead grabs you by the throat and takes you on a visceral journey across the harsh but stunning landscapes of Africa, where the sole survivor of the doomed final evacuation flight out of the continent has more than just the unforgiving terrain to deal with. Written and directed by Howard J. Ford and Jon Ford, The Dead has stunned audiences at such prestigious film festivals as Fantastic Fest, FrightFest and the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival. Garnering hundreds of rave reviews during its theatrical release, The Dead truly has become an instant cult classic.

The first horror film entirely filmed in Africa, The Dead takes the zombie legend back to its original roots and has justly been hailed as “superbly crafted...it’s a knockout” by the Village Voice, “one of the finest zombie films I’ve ever seen” by the Horror Channel, with Bloody-Disgusting declaring it “one of the most buzzed-about films of the year.” Anchor Bay Entertainment proudly announces the February 14th, 2012, Blu-ray™ and DVD release of The Dead, the critically acclaimed horror film that wowed both audiences and critics worldwide. SRP is $26.98 for the DVD, and $29.99 for the Blu-ray™.

When the last flight out of war-torn Africa crashes off the coast, Lt. Brian Murphy (Rob Freeman) is the sole survivor in a land where the dead are returning to life and attacking the living. On the run in a hostile and inhospitable parched landscape, Murphy has to use his wits and ingenuity if he is to get home alive to his family. When he crosses paths with local solider Daniel Dembele (Prince David Osei), a man frantically searching for his son, they join forces. Two desperate men from two very different cultures fight side-by-side to survive across the incredible vistas of Africa as the world around them succumbs to the deadliest of viruses.

Bonus features on The Dead Blu-ray™ and DVD include audio commentary by writer/producer/director Howard J. Ford and writer/director of photography/co-director Jon Ford, “Unearthing The Dead: Behind the Scenes” featurette, and a deleted scene.


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The Walking Dead's Mystery Men Identified

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When AMC debuted the last sneak peek of the upcoming episode of the network's hit series "The Walking Dead", at the very end two new characters were revealed. And now? Well, now they've been identified.

According to The HD Room, the two mystery men in "The Walking Dead" mid-season premiere "Nebraska" clip are actors Aaron Munoz and Michael Raymond James.

Munoz will play Tony, one of two new survivors that will cross paths with Rick's group. James' character's name is still unknown. Both roles are being labeled as "guest stars" so these characters could potentially only be around a couple of episodes or less.

"The Walking Dead" returns on February 12.

Episode 2.08 - Nebraska:
Shane (Jon Bernthal) throws accusations at Hershel (Scott Wilson) after finding Sophia in the barn.

To stay up-to-the-minute on all things walker related, follow @WalkingDead_AMC on Twitter and visit "The Walking Dead" on Facebook. For more be sure to hit up the official "The Walking Dead" page on AMC.com.

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True Blood Cast Expands Again with Giles Matthey as the Fairy Claude

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True Blood, Giles MattheyMore casting news is coming in for HBO's "True Blood" Season 5, this time in the fairy category, as newcomer Giles Matthey has landed the multi-episode role of Claude, a hot and mysterious British fairy.

Per EW, Claude was previously played (briefly) by Neil Hopkins ("Lost") on the show, but the powers-that-be have opted to recast the part with Matthey. One unconfirmed rumor is that Claude will catch Jessica’s interest and attention in the upcoming season; but according to the books by Charlaine Harris on which the show is based, "Women usually say ‘wow’ when they see him, but his interest is men."

The books further describe Claude as "the nephew of Sookie’s half-human/half-fairy grandfather, Fintan, and cousin to Sookie’s father... He makes an impact on all women and is described as being absolutely breathtaking... He started out as a stripper at Hooligans, a club in Monroe, which he later becomes owner of, and has branched out to print and runway modeling."

The fifth season of Alan Ball's "True Blood" returns in the summer of 2012. Keep it here for what are sure to be lots of announcements in the coming weeks, and for more in the meantime visit "True Blood" on HBO.com.

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Lena Headey Heads Out to Vigilandia

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Lena Headey Heads Out to VigilandiaA bit of casting news has come in for Vigilandia, Platinum Dunes' latest film with Universal. A female lead has been found, and there's no doubt she's gonna kick some serious ass. Well, at least we hope so.

According to Variety "Game of Thrones" star Lena Headey has landed the female lead in Universal's Vigilandia, starring Ethan Hawke.

James DeMonaco will direct from a script he penned. Plot details of the sci-fi thriller are being kept under wraps. Jason Blum, Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, and Andrew Form will produce through Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes along with Why Not Prods. Sebastien Lemercier exec produces.

Universal recently came on as producer of the pic, the first film under its first-look deal with Blumhouse. While Platinum Dunes has been known for making pricey films, Vigilandia represents its first foray into really low-budgeted fare. Sources say the budget would be similar to that of FilmDistrict's Insidious or the upcoming Sinister.

Maybe they can get it right this time?

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Take a Stroll Down Memory Lane with a First Look at the New Trailer!

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It’s a sad truth that $300 doesn’t go very far in today’s world, least of all when it comes to making a movie. Good for us is the fact that somebody forgot to tell director Shawn Holmes, who through the power of goodwill and scrounging managed to create his debut feature, Memory Lane, with exactly that budget.

With the film coming to the UK later this year courtesy of Left Films, you can take an exclusive advance peek at the brand new trailer right here alongside a syndicated Q&A on the movie and then ask yourself... Would you die for love?

Memory Lane stars Michael Allen, Zac Snyder, Meg Barrick and Julian Curi; it was directed, produced, and co-written by Shawn Holmes. Check out all the goods below, and keep it right here for more on Memory Lane as it becomes available!

Synopsis:
After the mysterious death of his girlfriend, Nick attempts suicide but is brought back to life. He discovers he can time travel in the moments between life and death so to find his girlfriend's killer, he just needs to keep killing himself... over and over and over again.

Memory Lane Syndicated Q&A:

Q: $300US is a very small number for any film. How was the money spent?

A: Memory Lane may very well be the most inexpensive film ever made. $286US was spent loading the filmmaker’s refrigerator with food for the actors before the first day of shooting. An additional $6US was spent on fake blood. Everything else needed for the film was either borrowed or created out of things that the cast and crew already had.

Q: How long did the film take to complete?

A: Memory Lane was written in August and September of 2010. It was shot over 6 weekends in April and May of 2011. It was edited in June and July. It took 11 months from inception to completion.

Q: Since Shawn was making this film independently with such a small budget, obviously he wasn’t being paid. How did he support himself during the 11 months that it took to make Memory Lane?

A: Director, producer, and co-writer Shawn Holmes worked as a freelance photographer, graphic designer, and music video director for local artists in Ohio while shooting Memory Lane. He also stole money from his mother.

Q: Quite a bit of buzz was generated before Memory Lane was even shot. How did you go about doing this?

A: Within a month of the Memory Lane fan page going live on Facebook, it almost earned more likes than the film festival at which they wanted to premiere the movie. Realizing the inherent power of their newfound fan base and the buzz that it was generating in the local media outlets, they began to use their Facebook page to help get the movie made. If they needed a prop such as a gun, they could announce this on their page and challenge their fans to find them a real gun to use. The winners were awarded with a free DVD of the finished movie, invites to private screenings, or even walk-on roles in the movie.

Take a Stroll Down Memory Lane with a First Look at the New Trailer!

Q: Why was the film shot with no budget?

A: Memory Lane was designed to be shot no matter what. Shawn and HK (Sathappan) wrote locations into the script that they knew they had access to. They wrote in people who they already knew could act. After going through a month of fundraising, with no considerable progress, they realized that the only way Memory Lane would get made was to just go out and make it - the way Memory Lane had always been designed.

Q: What sort of equipment was used for the production?

A: Shawn already owned a Canon T2i DSLR prior to the film’s production. This camera was used for every shot in the finished film. The lighting used were simple construction lights that can be purchased at most hardware stores for less than $20. For audio they borrowed a Zoom H4N. Shawn edited the entire film on his laptop - a standard 13” MacBook Pro with Final Cut Pro. Color correction was done in Adobe After Effects.

Q: There are some stunning effects shots in the film; how did Shawn go about getting some of those shots?

A: Most of the effects shots in the film are practical effects. Sometimes a simple digital fade is used for Nick’s return from Memory Lane. The flickering lights above the tub in the garage were created by rubbing frayed wires against an electrically charged bird cage to produce a truly random flickering effect.

Another notable effects shot is the explosion during an Afghanistan War flashback. Michael Guy Allen, who stars as Nick Boxer, is a combat veteran, and he enlisted the help of his military friends to shoot an actual grenade launcher in the basement of a hair salon, which turns out beautifully chaotic in the finished film. No one was harmed.

Q: Though the film is over an hour long, it seems to fly by in the blink of an eye. How does Shawn’s directing style influence the finished movie?

A: Shawn has stated that his directing style can be reduced to the use of two basic tools, character want and his own curiosity: "What the character wants in this scene, sprinkled with a touch of my curiosity is what drives the movie from beat to beat. While editing, if two people are talking and I can’t get the want to matter enough to me on a personal level, I’ll let them talk over images or sounds that do intrigue me. Images or sounds that intensify the want. Images or sounds that my curiosity has led me to. For instance, in the scene where our boys go after Harper. Ben is driving the car, he and Nick are planning what they’re going to do in what is essentially the next scene, the future. Movies are this great thing that let you take these narrative liberties that would be utterly nonsensical in any other medium. So, as they were talking about the future... I sort of let myself wander further into what they were talking about. And the result is two men, caught up in the past, presently discussing the future that begins to occur right before your eyes. That’s interesting to me. Its stunning evidence of where my curiosity has led me."

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Exclusive: Director Steven Monroe and Cerina Vincent from the Set of MoniKa, Part 1

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Dread hit the set of writer/director Steven R. Monroe’s feature film MoniKa last year at the Big Picture Soundstage in Burbank, California, and while there chatted with him candidly regarding the then-shooting violent psychological revenge thriller, as well as with the flick’s star Cerina Vincent. Read on for Part 1 of our extensive interview.

Co-executive produced by actress Vincent (who appears in the titular role) with Monroe and producers Anthony Fankhauser and Aaron Hofman, MoniKa co-stars Jason Wiles and C. Thomas Howell as well as Jeff Branson, Chad Lindberg and Andrew Howard (the three appeared in Monroe’s I Spit on Your Grave redux) and actors Lew Temple (The Devil’s Rejects), Shayla Beesley (Spreading Darkness), Raffaello Degruttola, Elisa Donovan and genre vet Tim Thomerson.

It’s been quick, and there’s a lot going on in the script,” said Monroe of the eighteen-day shoot, then on its next to last day. “There’s the narrative storyline, and then there’s a flashback storyline, and there is a premonition storyline, too, so I’ve had all three running at the same time so there’s a lot of stuff to shoot and a lot of different textures to show.

Shooting on the RED (the same format Monroe used to film 2010’s gut-punch of a flick I Spit on Your Grave), Monroe stated of the difference with MoniKa, “I’m not shooting widescreen this time. I’m shooting 1:85, which is great because we haven’t sold the film yet, and if I shot 2:35, I’d give it to someone and they’d release it 1:85 and all of the compositions would be shot so I thought it was better to just focus on 1:85, even though 2:35 is my favorite.

Most challenging is always the budget and scheduling on projects at this level,” continued the filmmaker. “You never have enough time or resources to do anything the way you really want to so pretty much everything becomes a compromise. Then you are also dealing with fixing mistakes all day so by the time you get finished with the compromises and unexpected mistakes, you are exhausted and frustrated, and then everyone on the crew looks at you like your an asshole because your brain and your creative spirit is fried. We're not in a situation here where if something doesn't work, or if the right tools or props don't show up when they are supposed to, you can just say, ‘Okay, get it here, or fix it before we shoot.’ You just have to adapt and move forward and make it work somehow. Most enjoyable with this film, though, would be that I am the writer, producer, and director so I can make decisions here that on other films I would not be able to make but would still be ultimately responsible for.

Exclusive: Director Steven Monroe and Cerina Vincent from the Set of MoniKa, Part 1

Of the hybrid narrative that is MoniKa, Monroe reflected, “The film is kind of a complete toss-up of action, revenge flick and thriller but with a lot of blood – there’s a lot of the red stuff.

Given the revenge aspects of MoniKa, we asked the director of the challenges he faced in handling the subject matter, particularly given the slight contextual similarity to the harrowing shoot that was I Spit on Your Grave, and Monroe commented, “There’s a lot of darkness in this, too, and there’s a lot of kind of bad-ass action. I tend to not find anything ever easier than the past or the next thing. They all have their own challenges. The biggest thing that is still in my head with I Spit was just making sure that the fans and that the audience were going to be happy with the outcome, and you know, it’s been pretty split, but we did what we could as best as we could so, and... oh, and there she is,” Monroe broke in mid-sentence in reference to Vincent’s arrival to set.

I wanted to make a big entrance,” laughed Vincent, who somehow managed to trip over a set of stage cables, her then newly-blonde locks bouncing as she regained herself.

And trip?” Monroe responded playfully.

Conversation turned quickly to the challenges news outlets face regarding vetted exclusivity given the parameters of social networking sites, in this case and in particular the photo Vincent had posted of herself and her sister on her personal Facebook site which revealed her golden tresses. A shock for fans of the historically brunette actress, the shot according to Monroe was quickly lifted and ended up on a Cerina Vincent fan page, proclaiming it as an "exclusive".

When you guys ran the exclusive on this film, someone else lifted pieces of it from Dread Central, and they obviously didn’t read your article at all,” said Monroe, “because all it said was, ‘Director Steven Monroe ... yadda yadda ... the action revenge thriller,’ and then the comment at the bottom said, ‘Sounds like the exact same movie as I Spit on Your Grave.’ I’m like, ‘How is MoniKa the same movie? Just spend some time to read the log-line!’ Then there was another comment that said, ‘Cerina Vincent is going to be the only reason to see this movie because she is H-A-W-T.’ So it’s already a stupid movie according to some arm-chair critic,” laughed Monroe, “even though it’s not even wrapped yet.

Exclusive: Director Steven Monroe and Cerina Vincent from the Set of MoniKa, Part 1

Vincent commented on her own experiences with the occasional snarky anonymity of Internet board users.

I was looking at my IMDB page for something a couple of months ago,” related the actress, “and I saw a comment that said, ‘She should live in a dumpster behind a strip club.’ It was so mean!

Monroe chimed in, “That’s almost as good as the (Internet) comment that said, ‘I hope Steven R. Monroe never does another movie, and if he does, I hope that it’s a documentary about him killing himself.’

With picture up, Monroe returned to his directorial duties, guiding stars Jason Wiles and C. Thomas Howell through a rather emotionally charged reveal (see our interview with Howell here), and Vincent and I retired to her trailer to dig into MoniKa.

I’m just here today to bring beers for the crew,” she said affably, given her film wrap the day previous.

Of her titular character, “The role of Monika is fantastic,” said Vincent, whose turn in Eli Roth’s Cabin Fever shot her instantly into the horror stratosphere and who subsequently top-lined Monroe’s 2005 horror flick It Waits as well as appearing in The Return to House on Haunted Hill (2007) and Greg Nicotero’s short The United Monster Talent Agency, in which she starred opposite the Gillman in a beautiful recreation of the classic The Creature from the Black Lagoon.

She’s this badass tomboy chic from the middle of the desert, who grew up shooting guns and wanting to be a cop,” Vincent continued of her character in MoniKa. “It was actually a challenge for me. Steven knows me so well and that I can be emotional and sensitive, and he knows that I have an easier time in those roles, although I don’t get cast in those types of roles very often. This role is very stoic, and there were moments where I was like, ‘I feel like this character wants to cry right now,’ and he was like, ‘No, she doesn’t! She’s stoic!’ So there were definite moments where it was challenging for me as an actress, trying to find that line. I think what he meant by ‘stoic’ was not being affected emotionally, but as an actor you are trying to connect to something emotionally in order to feel genuine so it was this weird line where I was trying to emotionally connect to the character's detachment from emotion. Kind of confusing, right? It was a great challenge to find that place, and I enjoyed every minute of it. Actually, I wish I was more like Monika in real life: not so damn sensitive and not crying at mayonnaise commercials and out shooting guns for fun."

Of the physical challenges required, Vincent did find herself tackling her own fear of guns, which she ultimately overcame.

I did go through gun training,” she said with a smile. “Steven had called me, and he was like, ‘I want you to go through gun-training.’ I said that I’d be fine, but he said, ‘No, I know you, and you are petrified of guns, and this character can’t be, and you need to love to shoot.’ It was the smartest thing to do because I never really liked guns, and I was never comfortable with them, even though my dad has a ton of guns and I grew up in Vegas and in the desert so there is a similarity there (between myself and my character), but I never really liked them. But I went to gun training anyway, and now I fucking love it, and it’s awesome. She’s just a cool, action, tomboy desert chic!

Exclusive: Director Steven Monroe and Cerina Vincent from the Set of MoniKa, Part 1

Stay tuned for Part 2 of our interview later this week, in which Vincent discusses her career in horror, her long-standing working relationship with Monroe, the latest in her ‘Hot Chick’ book series and more; and in the interim check out the trailer for MoniKa below.

Synopsis:
The film is a violent, edgy ride focusing on the forlorn Reagan Tyler, a man who is troubled by visions and premonitions that ultimately lead him to Las Vegas. It's there that Reagan meets the beautiful and mysterious Monika, a young woman who turns out to have been killed the night before he even met her. Reagan is then forced to put the puzzle together of what happened, how she is still present, and help Monika with her revenge on the killers of her younger sister.

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Set Visit Interview: Paul W.S. Anderson Talks Resident Evil: Retribution, the Future of the Franchise and More

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During Dread Central's recent set visit in Toronto for Screen Gems' upcoming sequel, Resident Evil: Retribution, we had the opportunity to sit down and chat with the mastermind behind it all- writer/director/producer Paul W.S. Anderson, who is once again back at the helm for the latest sequel in the hugely popular and fan-driven Resident Evil series.

Between takes on the wintry CineSpace soundstage that was dressed to resemble the frozen tundra of Russia, Anderson discussed with us his ten-year dedication to the Resident Evil films, how closely Retribution mirrors the RE video game storylines, future plans for the franchise and so much more.

Check out the highlights of our interview with Anderson during our recent set visit, and make sure to check back soon for more from the set of Resident Evil: Retribution. For Anderson's update on the Death Race franchise that we previously reported on, you can check that out here!

Set Visit Interview: Paul W.S. Anderson Talks Resident Evil: Retribution, the Future of the Franchise and More

Q: You’ve always been an integral part of the Resident Evil franchise, having written all of the episodes. But now you are directing back-to-back episodes as opposed to handing them off to another director. So what is keeping you excited?

A: That hasn’t changed. I’ve always been really excited about it and it was always a painful decision not to direct the two episodes that I didn’t direct. If I had been given my druthers, I would have done Apocalypse and Extinction. At the time, it was kind of conflicts with other studios, movies, and other commitments. It is not like this is…movies are not an art form where you get to kind of sit in your art gallery and paint, you know? You don’t do that. You’re spending a lot of somebody else’s money. Like I said, given my druthers, I would have directed every single one of them. So I am just happy to have been able to do the last one and this one.

Q: Can you talk about how your work with 3D has changed after doing both The Three Musketeers and the last film in 3D?

A: I think we have just become more adventurous with each movie. I mean, taking the cameras out on location a lot more. Obviously, not here because we are not going to go out onto the pack ice. It has got nothing to do with 3D. We are trying to become more adventurous with it I think. You know, more location work, more camera movement, and more aggressive camera movement. I think the camera work on this is pretty aggressive for 3D. I think people’s tolerance for what they can watch in 3D is obviously becoming stronger. So we probably have more kind of muscular camera moves in this one.

Q: The ending of the fourth film was a climatic ending. We have heard that this one starts with a flashback. What was your motivation for sort of not jumping right into the action?

A: This one starts basically with the pay off from the last one. So we are start on the deck of the Arcadia. So it is kind of like a direct continuation of that.

Q: So are the flashbacks a little bit further?

A: I can’t…(laughs). I can’t tell you about the flashbacks.

Q: Can you talk about the decision of bringing in Barry, Ada, and Leon?

A: That was kind of fan-driven. All of the fans were pretty vocal about how these were the characters that they really wanted to see. We really tried to cast actors who kind of brought those characters to life as close to the video game as possible. You have no idea how difficult it is to find someone with Leon Kennedy’s hair. It is just not the easiest thing in the world. He has to be manly and has to have these long bangs. Geez, could they have made it more difficult for us? But I’m very happy with the actors that we have.

Q: How do you know the characters that the fans want?

A: Basically from being on the internet and going to…I do a lot of press and I go to a lot of…I have a very close and open dialogue with Capcom, who have their own Resident Evil forums as well. So it is kind of through a lot of communication.

Q: Are you finding it more difficult to draw some inspiration from the game besides the characters? Because you are bringing in Las Plagas zombies in this one…

A: Not really. There is such a wealth of stuff in the games. So for Las Plagas we are going back to Resident Evil 4 and there are elements of Resident Evil 5 in this. We have a big car chase that I am very excited about because in Resident Evil 5 there was this awesome kind of hummer, motorbike, heavy machine gun battle with rocket launchers. I am like, “This is so great.” So we have kind of taken inspiration from that. I think there is so much cool stuff in the games and I think it will be a long time before we ran out.

Q: We have heard from some of the cast that when you were writing this one you were thinking of a 5th and 6th film and that there was almost talk of you guys filming them back to back.

A: We definitely…there was an earlier discussion about that, but then we just decided to focus on this movie. But if it is that we make another one, I do know where it would go. It would obviously be great to kind of make two full trilogies and then just bring everything to an end.

Q: That is the thing. Your significant other was mentioning that she can only play the character for so long. In your mind is the 6th film the finale?

A: Definitely. Unless, of course, no one goes to see this one. Then this one would be the finale, just maybe not a very satisfying one. (laughs)

Q: Do you see yourself continuing beyond with your involvement and with Milla’s involvement by maybe producing?

A: I have always said that we really take the movies one movie at a time because we put so much effort into them. While I have an idea of where I would like the franchise to go, it really is a movie by movie thing for us. I think quite often filmmakers kind of think so much about what the franchise will be and sometimes can neglect to put their efforts into the movie that they are actually making. So, for us, it is 150% of effort into this one entity right now.

Q: How do you feel that the style of action is different? What is your directorial approach and what are some of the choices you are making to make this one stand out apart from the rest?

A: Like I said, the camera work for 3D is very aggressive. The action is just different for a Resident Evil movie anyway; it’s not different from the games. Like I said, we have taken a lot of inspiration from action sequences in the games. But to do car chases in 3D with cars, motorbikes, and kind of lots of…because the Las Plagas undead can obviously use weaponry. That is a whole new aspect that hasn’t been in the movie franchise before. So that has been pretty exciting.

Q: I want to ask about the visual tone of the movie and not the action or the violence. What is the overall look and the color scheme? Is there a certain palette that you are going for that is unique?

A: It is kind of like it is an epic undead movie. It really is a globe crossing thing. We have physically shot in Washington D.C., Red Square, and Shibuya in Tokyo. We’re obviously recreating snow and ice sequences, but we have actually gone out in the snow and ice as well. So it really has a globe crossing feel to it and each one of these different places we have tried to kind of invest with a different feel. So I am excited about the snow and ice obviously because as you can probably see with Ada laying in the red dress against the crisp white snow and the black umbrella – it is very, very graphic novel-y. So that is very stark.

But then the Red Square sequence is completely different. It’s all at night and very gritty. So the idea was to kind of make the movie like a kind of nightmare where you tumble from one bad dream to another but can’t quite wake up. So each part of the dream feels very different but also very unpleasant. We have really tried to…it is almost like the visual look of three or four different films packed into one movie, deliberately so because each scenario you go from is radically different from the next, both in the way we shot it and also in the way we lit it. So it has been drive Glen, our DP, crazy. Normally you get a DP and you set one look for a movie, and every two weeks it is completely different.

Q: With all of the different looks, globetrotting, and the non-linear narrative is there a unifying theme that you are leaning on specifically to kind of bring that all together?

A: It’s hard for me to explain what that is without giving away the plot twists and the movie, but yes. I think it really has some cool twists in it. They are kind of inspired by the video game, but I think it should be a very surprising narrative. I’m excited to put the whole thing together. And I’m super excited to be working with returning actors from the franchise as well. That has been one of the really fun things – to bring back Michelle (Rodriguez), Colin (Salmon) and Oded (Fehr) back. Not just to work with them as people because they are nice people, but to also have those familiar faces in the franchise I think is really exciting.

Q: We asked (Producer) Jeremy (Bolt) earlier and he said that tomandandy is coming back to do the score for you. What do you have in mind sound wise for the score? Will it be something similar to Afterlife?

A: It will be a kind of progression on it. I want to kind of mesh their more electronic stuff with an orchestra this time. So it has a kind of more epic…it still has that cool tomandandy feel, but it has a more epic scope to it.

Q: The score for Event Horizon was very aggressive. The score was just pounding and pounding; I really liked it.

A: Hopefully what we can do is…there we combined Michael Kamen, who is very kind of orchestral and orbital. That was…I think with tomandandy we can get the same kind of feel, but with them. They are very experienced composers now but what they obviously love is electronic. The track they composed for the opening of the last movie is one of my favorite bits of movie music in any of my movies.

Q: Have you figured out the Umbrella Corporation and where ultimately everything is or in each movie are you sort of like, “We don’t have to worry about it yet.”?

A: You know, they are just this web of evil and they are ever growing with their fantastic graphic design (laughter) and their lack of attention to detail. It is like they build these incredible facilities and these death dealing machines, but they never manage to use them in the correct way. They always build too many vents and access shafts. (laughter)

Q: That is true, but you know what I am saying. You mentioned that the 6th film you could see as the series finale. Have you always thought, “Well, the actual final headquarters is in Barcelona”- for example?

A: I have a very definite idea of where their final layer will be, but I can’t tell you. But it will look beautiful. (laughter) Yet it will be easy to get into somewhere. (laughter)

Q: Are we going to see what happens to Chris and Claire in this one? Obviously, Wentworth (Miller) and Ali (Larter) are not back, or are they?

A: (laughs) No, Wentworth and Ali are not back but their characters are still in the franchise.

Q: When did you first come up with the idea of having these good and bad versions of people?

A: It was really thinking about it and we had talked about it for years about bringing Michelle back because I just loved working with her so much. She was such a cool part of the first movie and the more I thought about Michelle, the more I thought about how she really as an actor has been unable to explore other aspects of her career because she is always cast as the same character, and I am guilty of that of course. At the start of her career, I casted her as the bad girl with a machine gun.

But now since then, it has been 10 years of her playing the bad girl with a machine gun a lot of the time. I wanted to kind of give her an opportunity to play something different and she was very excited about that. So that where the idea of characters that are both good and bad came from. It was to give her an opportunity to kind of spread her wings a little bit because I do think that she is an underrated actress. No one rocks a heavy machine gun like Michelle Rodriguez. We have bits of footage and it is just incredible. She is firing this huge big ass machine gun and bullets are coming out in slow motion and she never blinks and never hesitates. The only time she gets flustered is if she doesn’t reload the magazine properly or fast enough. She is like a real pro. She is ready to go to war and she does it really, really well. But some of the most fun things in this movie has been watching her trying to walk around in a pair of high heel shows because that is the real challenge for her. That has been the kind of fun stuff.

Q: We saw her take a shot of something during the scene you're filming. She was explaining that it sort of made her stronger or more impervious to bullets or something like that. Is that the case? I’m not sure.

A: She injects herself with a Las Plagas parasite. It is kind of taken from the game. There is a moment in the game where one of the characters injects themselves and we built exactly the same injection device. We are framing the shots in exactly the same way. So there will be a kind of unpleasant little parasitic creature in that vile that you will see squirted into her veins. It is a theme in all of the games with characters injecting themselves and they develop their super powers, but they pay the price for it.

Q: How do you work with a fight choreographer in order to bring your vision to life?

A: I am working with Nick Powell again, who I worked with on The Three Musketeers. I really like Nick because as a fight choreographer and second-unit director he is the full package. He directs the second-unit, but he also helps choreograph the fights. He did The Bourne Identity, which I thought at the time really revolutionized the kind of look of action movies. So he has done that, but at the other end of the spectrum he also did all of the sword work on Gladiator. He is also phenomenal at car chases as well. He did all of the car chases in the first Bourne movie. He directed all of that. So he was a good all around talent to bring in. Basically he and I sat down and I showed him the inspiration from the video games. We discuss where we can kind of take that inspiration and build upon it; we also watch a lot of movies together.

Q: What kind of movies did you watch for this one?

A: We watched a lot of Thai movies this time around because of the movies he has done. He did The Last Samurai as well. He has worked with a lot of Japanese stuntmen and he has worked with a lot of Hong Kong stuntmen. But we felt the area that hadn’t been mined by western cinema much was that whole kind of high impact Thai style of fighting. So we just watched a lot of action sequences from a lot of Thai movies. There were moves and just a general feel that we thought we could infuse the movie with. You know, that kind of bone crunch where you really feel the impact. We tried to bring that into the movie, which is also good for 3D because obviously 3D makes it harder to sell those kinds of fake phony punches because you see the distance between the fist and the face. So that kind of Thai style of fighting where you actually make contact is a lot stronger.

Q: We see the submarine coming out through the ice in the scene we were just watching. How much time do you guys spend in the sub in the movie?

A: You see the subs a lot in the movie, but there is not really much inside of the submarine. It is just because I wanted to get the characters there. It is more of getting from point A to point B.

Q: It has been over 12 years since you first got involved with the Resident Evil franchise. Can you draw a line from that point back then to today both in terms of the relationship with the franchise, working with Milla, your own career, and this whole journey that you have been on?

A: It has been a fabulous journey. I am very excited about what we have managed to do with the franchise. I always refer to the first Resident Evil movie as “the little movie that could” because at the time it was kind of unfashionable to do video game movies. There had been several that hadn’t work. Mortal Kombat, the one I had made, was one of the few movies that had actually done well. But then the sequel to that didn’t do well at all. It was also an R rated movie at the time when American studios didn’t really want R rated movies. It was right after Columbine and all of the studios had said, “We are not doing R rated movies anymore.” They were really backing off from it.

So when we put the movie together it was pretty much financed all out of North America. There was no studio deal attached to it. Sony only became involved in it during principal photography. I remember that the deal we had on it was that if the movie didn’t do incredibly well at its first American test, and these are incredibly stressful things for a filmmaker anywhere where you go and first put your movie in front of the public, but if we didn’t score certain amounts they could have put the movie straight to DVD. It really felt like the movie that nobody wanted. I vividly remember reading a review of it. I think it was The Hollywood Reporter or Variety. I can’t remember which, but it was one of the two trade papers that said, “This movie basically has no audience. It was made for no one and no one wants to go see it. IT has no audience.”

And then the movie did have an audience. It scored huge and really played to an audience. The movie did really well and the franchise built from that point because we all stuck behind it I think. Milla stayed in the franchise and I stayed attached to it because I had been involved in franchises where I hadn’t stayed attached and I felt like the franchise went off in the wrong direction. So I am really proud that this tiny little movie that was made in Berlin, made all with foreign movie, made by a European crew, and starring a woman from Russia kind of had built into a big success. The fact that each movie has successfully done better I am very proud of.

Written and directed by Paul Anderson, Re5ident Evil: Retribution stars Milla Jovovich, Boris Kodjoe, Li Bingbing, Kevin Durand, Shawn Roberts, Michelle Rodriguez, Sienna Guillory, Johann Urb, and Colin Salmon. Look for Re5ident Evil: Retribution in theatres on September 14, 2012 from Screen Gems.

Set Visit Interview: Paul W.S. Anderson Talks Resident Evil: Retribution, the Future of the Franchise and More

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ABC Bringing More Beauty and the Beast

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ABC Bringing More Beauty and the BeastNot to be confused with the recently announced project for The CW, ABC is looking to live happily ever after in fairy tale mode with yet another iteration of "Beauty and the Beast".

According to Deadline, following the success of "Once Upon a Time," Disney-owned ABC has made a pilot order for "Beauty and the Beast".

Written by "Jericho" co-creator Jonathan E. Steinberg, the drama project is described as is a period/fantastical reimagining of the classic fairy tale set in a mythical, dangerous world wherein a beautiful and tough Princess discovers an unlikely connection with a mysterious Beast. It is eyed as a potential companion for "Once Upon A Time" in the Sunday 9 PM slot.

Both "Once Upon A Time" and "Beauty And The Beast" feature characters from classic Disney movies, including Snow White, Prince Charming, Belle and the Beast. Steinberg is executive producing "Beauty and the Beast" with Mojo Films’ Gary Fleder and Mary Beth Basile for ABC Studios.

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More Cast Conjured Up for Latest James Wan Project

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More Cast Conjured Up for Latest James Wan ProjectMore casting news is coming in for James Wan's latest trip to Spookyville, The Conjuring, and we have all the details for you right here along with word of a possible title change. Read on !

According to THR, Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor, both actors who cut their teeth in the indie scene, are in negotiations to join Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga in New Line's supernatural thriller formerly known as The Conjuring.

Now under the working title of the Untitled Warren Files Project, the script, written by Chad and Carey Hayes, centers on a a husband and wife team (Wilson, Farmiga) of demonologists and psychic investigators who enter the most horrifying case of their career, which deals with spirits in a Rhode Island farmhouse.

Livingston and Taylor will play a couple who move with their kids to the farmhouse and begin to be haunted.

The story is based on the real life tale of the Perron family and their ordeals in the 1970s. When New Line acquired the pitch from the Hayeses, it included life rights to the Perron family and the paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (pictured above).

A March shoot in North Carolina is being eyed.

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