Former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash is already an icon in the music industry, and at the pace he's going, he'll be an icon in the horror genre soon enough. What's next for the prolific musician? A stint with Rodrigo Gudino's Cut Throats Nine.

From the Press Release
Rue Morgue Cinema and Raven Banner Entertainment are proud to welcome guitar legend and film producer SLASH (Guns N' Roses, Nothing Left To Fear) as executive producer for the western thriller CUT THROATS NINE.

Attached to the project are stars MADS MIKKELSEN (The Hunt, "Hannibal"), HARVEY KEITEL (Reservoir Dogs), JULIAN RICHINGS (Man of Steel, X-Men: The Last Stand), KRIS HOLDEN RIED ("Lost Girl,""The Tudors"), writer/director RODRIGO GUDIÑO (The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh), and producers MARCO PECOTA and JAKE KOSELECI. Production is slated to commence in late 2014.

“I'm really excited about seeing Cut Throats Nine come to life,” commented Slash. “It's a brilliant script with great characters. The story is gritty, tough, shocking, and ballsy with great twists and turns throughout.”

“We had an amazing experience working with Slash on his last film, and we're thrilled to be continuing our working relationship with him on Cut Throats Nine,” added Raven Banner's Managing Partner, Michael Paszt.

CUT THROATS NINE is a retooling of the classic 1972 Spanish film which updates and expands upon the themes of the original for a modern audience, while retaining the edge that made the original a cult classic. Both a western and a thriller, CUT THROATS NINE approaches the genre with the philosophy that the biggest monster of them all is a human being pushed to its limits.

RAVEN BANNER ENTERTAINMENT represents unique, innovative, and cutting edge genre films for the worldwide marketplace. Through its expertise in strategic project management, Raven Banner has assisted in all stages of production from acquisitions, representation, negotiations, consultation, distribution, and sales.

RUE MORGUE CINEMA has been globally recognized for the works of Rue Morgue president Rodrigo Gudiño, writer/director of the company's flagship feature THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ROSALIND LEIGH, starring AARON POOLE (The Samaritan, "Copper") and Academy Award® winner VANESSA REDGRAVE (Mission: Impossible, Coriolanus).

This week's Entertainment Weekly is home to a new still from Legendary Pictures' take on Godzilla, and of course we have it for you right here. We wish we could blow this up to like 12 feet long and put it on our wall. It's that badass!

Godzilla starts everywhere on May 16th with Special 7PM screenings Thursday, May 15th.

From visionary new director Gareth Edwards (Monsters) comes a powerful story of human courage and reconciliation in the face of titanic forces of nature, when the awe-inspiring Godzilla rises to restore balance as humanity stands defenseless.

Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Johnson, Juliette Binoche, David Strathairn, Ken Watanabe, Richard T. Jones, Sally Hawkins, Victor Rasuk, Yuki Morita, and C.J. Adams star in the film, which has been rated PG-13 for “intense sequences of destruction, mayhem and creature violence."

For more on the movie visit the official Godzilla website, "like"Godzilla on Facebook, and follow Godzilla on Twitter.

After hitting VOD outlets a couple months back and embarking on a successful theatrical run, E.L. Katz's much talked about directorial debut is headed home courtesy of Drafthouse Films. Read on to find out how and when you can experience Cheap Thrills in the comfort of your own home!

From the Press Release
Drafthouse Films announces the Blu-ray and DVD release of the "mind-blowing" (Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times) thriller Cheap Thrills on Tuesday, May 27, 2014.

Cheap Thrills wowed audiences and critics alike during its theatrical and VOD release with a crazy cocktail of violence, laughs and sheer audaciousness. The Blu-ray/DVD will feature a documentary on the making of the film and commentary with director E.L. Katz and star Pat Healy. Cheap Thrills will be distributed on home video by Drafthouse Films at an SRP of $24.95 for Blu-ray and $19.95 for DVD. It will be available for purchase at retail locations nationwide, including Redbox and Walmart.

Cheap Thrills follows Craig (Pat Healy, Compliance), a struggling family man who loses his low-wage job and is threatened with eviction. In an effort to delay facing the music at home, he heads to a local bar and encounters an old friend (Ethan Embry, Empire Records). The two friends are roped into a round of drinks by a charismatic, and obscenely wealthy, stranger (David Koechner, Anchorman 2) along with his mysterious wife (Sara Paxton, The Innkeepers). The couple engages the two friends in a series of innocent dares in exchange for money over the course of the evening, with each challenge upping the ante in both reward and boundaries. It seems like easy and much-needed money, but the couple's twisted sense of humor pushes just how far Craig and his friend are willing to go for money and cheap thrills.

The 45-minute documentary chronicles the insanely tight 14-day shooting schedule for the "black comic masterpiece" (Drew McWeeny, HitFix) with a fly-on-the-wall perspective of the pressures and rewards of making a first feature on an impossibly short schedule.

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Scarlett Johansson's extraterrestrial flick Under the Skin is on its way to home video, and right now we have the details and artwork for you. Check it out, and look for more on this one as the landing date approaches.

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Scarlett Johansson stars as an alien seductress in the "hypnotically beautiful" (The Atlantic) thriller Under the Skin, arriving on Blu-ray and DVD July 15 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.

The film, which was released theatrically by A24, comes from visionary director Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast, Birth). It is a "mind-melting masterpiece" (Village Voice) of existential science fiction that journeys to the heart of what it means to be human, extraterrestrial, or maybe something in between. Filled with Mica Levi's mesmerizing score and stunning visual sequences, the film was nominated for the Golden Lion award at the 2013 Venice Film Festival and four awards at the 2013 British Independent Film Awards, including Best Actress (Scarlett Johansson) and Best Director (Jonathan Glazer). The "beguiling and beautiful nightmare" (Indiewire) Under the Skin will be available on Blu-ray and DVD, including a "making-of" featurette, for the suggested retail price of $24.99 and $19.98, respectively.

A voluptuous woman of unknown origin (Johansson) combs the highways in search of isolated or forsaken men, luring a succession of lost souls into an otherworldly lair. They are seduced, stripped of their humanity, and never heard from again. Based on the novel by Michel Faber, Under the Skin examines human experience from the perspective of an unforgettable heroine who grows too comfortable in her borrowed skin until she is abducted into humanity with devastating results.

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Typically, when new clips and/or images for an upcoming film come across our desk here at Dread, we make it easy for you by showing them off. In the case of these viral goodies for William Eubank's The Signal, you're going to have to work for them. But we promise it'll be fun.

And maybe a little spooky.

Focus Features has set up a fun little viral website for The Signal, which features a Google Earth-style satellite image of the country. All you have to do is enter the code LOCATE when prompted and you're given access to the map, which we encourage you to play around with, as little goodies are hidden throughout.

To make it easy for you, watch the video below, which gives you specific coordinates to enter into the map. Have fun, be careful, and stay vigilant, friends!

The Signal will hit theaters on June 13 with Focus Features expanding the release on June 20 and again on June 27.

William Eubank directs The Signal from a script he wrote with Carlyle Eubank and David Frigerio. "Bates Motel’s" Olivia Cooke and "Hannibal’s" Laurence Fishburne star in the flick about group of college students who are lured to the middle of the desert by a hacker.

Brenton Thwaites and Beau Knapp co-star.

Synopsis
Three college students disappear under mysterious circumstances while tracking a computer hacker through the Southwest.

Bittersweet news is coming in for those of us who're looking forward to the upcoming game Dying Light, which was scheduled to come out this year. The powers-that-be have decided this bad boy needs a bit more time in the oven. Read on for details.

From the Techland Dev Team
We know you’ve been waiting on a Dying Light release date for quite some time now. After careful consideration, we have decided to release our upcoming game in February 2015. Since this means Dying Light will launch a few months later than originally planned, we feel obliged to explain the reasons that influenced this important decision.

When we started the development of Dying Light, we were committed to innovation. We wanted to give you a freedom of movement unprecedented in open-world games. After many improvements and months of hard work, we have now come so close to realizing our initial vision we feel we cannot stop before it is ready.

We believe the Natural Movement element of our game will change what you expect from the genre, and we don’t want to sacrifice any of its potential by releasing too early. This quality-focused thinking underlines all our development choices, and we hope you share our belief that the gameplay must always come first.

The new date ensures that we can fully realize our vision of an innovative open-world game. We won’t need to make compromises or trade-offs on any of the five platforms we’re working on. For you, it means an outstanding, original game that makes the wait more than worthwhile.

Finally, we would like to thank our publishing partner, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, which fully supports our decision. It’s a real pleasure to work in an environment where quality is universally accepted as the top priority. We believe that this is the only way to make truly incredible games.

We also have an additional announcement for you: Starting next month at E3 2014, we’ll be telling you much more about all the exciting features and different aspects of Dying Light. Stay tuned!

To learn more as it is revealed, keep an eye on the Dying Light website and "Like"Dying Light on Facebook.

On tap for you today is another bit of casting news for Juan Antonio Bayona's next film, A Monster Calls, which is being produced by Belen Atienza (The Impossible, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Orphanage). Read on!

THR reports that badass action star Liam Neeson has officially signed on to play the titular monster in the film, starring alongside Felicity Jones. As we learned a few weeks back, Jones will be playing the character of Mum.

Lionsgate International will shop A Monster Calls to foreign buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Market.

A Monster Calls is based on the award-winning children’s fantasy novel by Patrick Ness (the Chaos Walking trilogy). It will be distributed by Focus Features domestically, Universal Pictures International for its theatrical and home entertainment release in Spain, and Lionsgate International throughout the rest of the world.

Look for it in theatres via River Road Entertainment, Participant Media, Lionsgate International, and Focus Features on October 14, 2016.

Synopsis:
A Monster Calls is a visually spectacular drama about a young boy who attempts to deal with his mother’s illness and the bullying of his classmates by escaping into a fantastical world of monsters and fairy tales that deal with courage, loss, and faith.

Ness wrote the novel based on an original idea by the late Siobhan Dowd, and he and illustrator Jim Kay won Britain’s prestigious Carnegie Medal and Greenaway Medal in 2012, presented to the year’s best children’s literature in the UK. Ness is adapting the screenplay from his novel.

More on this one as it comes.

So, did you take advantage of the early look at Episode 1.01 of "Penny Dreadful," entitled "Night Work," we provided a few days ago, or are you waiting for the premiere this weekend? Either way, here's a new video blog examining "The Science of Medicine."

In the below video author/historian Matthew Sweet meets with technical curator Carla Valentine at the Barts Pathology Museum in London to explore the science and medicine behind "Penny Dreadful."

The series premieres on Showtime on Sunday, May 11th, at 10PM ET/PT. Timothy Dalton, Reeve Carney, Josh Hartnett, Harry Treadaway, Rory Kinnear, Billie Piper, and Eva Green star. Juan Antonio Bayona (The Orphanage, The Impossible) directed the first two episodes.

A profoundly unsettling new saga, "Penny Dreadful" completely reinvents literature’s most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula, who are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London.

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Don't forget you can enter DREAD20 when checking out from Showtime's "Penny Dreadful" store to receive 20% off all "Penny Dreadful" merchandise. The code is valid through December 31, 2014!

"Penny Dreadful" is created, written, and executive produced by three-time Oscar nominee John Logan (Hugo, The Aviator, Gladiator) and executive produced by Oscar winner Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Skyfall) and Neal Street's Pippa Harris (Revolutionary Road, "Call the Midwife").

"Penny Dreadful" Episode 1.01 - "Night Work" (airs 5/11/14)
London 1891. Sir Malcolm (Dalton) and Vanessa (Green) begin their search.

You can watch the ep in its entirety below!

For more info visit "Penny Dreadful" on Showtime, "like""Penny Dreadful" on Facebook, and follow @SHO_Penny on Twitter. Be sure to also visit the Penny-Dreadful.com website.

After scooping up millions of views on YouTube, the mega-popular paranormal web series The Haunting of Sunshine Girl is headed to the big screen and also into print. Read on for all the details!

THR Reports that The Weinstein Co. has closed a multi-platform deal to adapt the series, intent on turning it into both a book and a film franchise. The web series, based on a concept by Nick Hagen and starring Paige McKenzie, averages 5 million views per month and has more than 100,000 subscribers on YouTube.

The Haunting of Sunshine Girl follows a quirky teen named Sunshine, who, shortly after her 16th birthday, moves with her mother from Texas to Washington state. She soon discovers that her new home is haunted. The show features hand-held footage as the teen films ghost interactions, creepy paranormal activity, and even a couple of appearances by zombies.

Paige McKenzie, the star and writer of the web series, will star in the film adaptation. Nick Hagen and Mercedes Rose are attached as producers with Mollie Glick of Foundry Media as an executive producer.

McKenzie and Hagen also will work with YA writer Alyssa Sheinmel on the young adult book series. Plans are to release the first book from Weinstein Books -- a partnership between The Weinstein Co. and The Perseus Books Group -- in spring 2015.

For more info in the meantime, head over to The Haunting of Sunshine Girl Network on YouTube to check out the original web series, and you'll find the premiere installment below!

Listen up, giallo fans! A new flick from Daniel de la Vega is heading to Cannes that you need to know about, and we have the first look for you right here. Are you ready for Necrophobia 3D? The title alone had us at hello.

Dig on the trailer below, which features an awesome soundtrack by Claudio Simonetti.

Synopsis
Dante is a tailor whose phobia prevents him from being in contact with death. Whenever he is in front of a dead body, he experiences a creepy feeling that makes him lose his mind. His illness is exacerbated when his twin brother dies and he sees his “own” face in a coffin. From this traumatic event the walls of reality crumble, and several close people are killed by someone who wants to incriminate him. Dante must solve the riddle of death and thus discover a reality that is almost impossible…

TV networks are firming up their fall schedules this week and next, and we have news from The CW as far as which pilots they've picked up and which series won't be returning...

First off, THANK GOD they've passed on "Bloodlines," the "Supernatural" spinoff that sank like a lead balloon a few weeks ago. They've picked up both "The Messengers" and "iZombie" (and "The Flash" and "Jane the Virgin" for the non-horror crowd).

They've cancelled "The Tomorrow People," a show we watched solely for Mark Pellegrino - hopefully he'll land another series shortly. Also cancelled were “The Carrie Diaries” and “Star-Crossed,” with “The 100,” “Hart of Dixie,” and “Beauty and the Beast” among the latest renewals. (You may recall that "Arrow,""Supernatural,""The Vampire Diaries,""The Originals," and "Reign" all got early pickups.)

Look for an announcement of The CW's full schedule shortly. In the meantime, here's a breakdown of the two new shows we'll be keeping a close eye on.

"THE MESSENGERS" (CBS Television Studios and Thunder Road)
Writer: Eoghan O'Donnell; Producers: Basil Iwanyk, Eoghan O'Donnell, Kent Kubena, Ava Jamshidi
Logline: When a mysterious object crashes down to earth, a group of seemingly unconnected strangers die from the energy pulse but then awaken to learn that they must prevent the Apocalypse.

"iZOMBIE" (Rob Thomas Productions, Warner Bros. Television)
Writer: Rob Thomas, Diane Ruggiero; Producers: Rob Thomas, Diane Ruggiero, Danielle Stokdyk, Dan Etheridge
Logline: A med student-turned-zombie takes a job in the coroner's office to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat to maintain her humanity. But with each brain she consumes, she inherits the corpse's memories. With the help of her medical examiner boss and a police detective, she solves homicide cases in order to quiet the disturbing voices in her head. Based on the characters created by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred; published by DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint.

Considering they already released a promo image for it, it's no surprise that NBC has given its "Constantine" pilot a series order. Now, if only they'd announce "Hannibal's" renewal, it would be a perfect day!

"Constantine"— from executive producers Daniel Cerone and David S. Goyer and director Neil Marshall — stars Matt Ryan as John Constantine. The series will follow enigmatic and irreverent Liverpool con-man-turned-occult-detective John Constantine, who is reluctantly thrust into the role of defending our world against dark forces from beyond.

Along with the pickup news, NBC released a new image from the pilot featuring Ryan and Lucy Griffiths ("True Blood") as Liv.

Featured in hundreds of comic book issues, John Constantine has been a DC Comics staple since his first appearance as a supporting character in Swamp Thing in 1985. The character was subsequently featured in his own bestselling Hellblazer and Constantine comic book series.

The "Constantine" pilot was executive produced by Daniel Cerone ("The Mentalist,""Dexter") and David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight films, Man of Steel). Neil Marshall (The Descent, "Game of Thrones") directed from a teleplay by Daniel Cerone with story by Daniel Cerone and David S. Goyer.

"Constantine" is from Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television.

Look for lots more soon!

The innuendo of the above headline has us snickering like tiny schoolgirls, but sometimes we just cannot help ourselves. Some shaggy fun is on its way to the Adult Swim programming block. Read on for details.

According to Variety, Adult Swim is ready to sink its teeth into “Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter,” a pilot from creator Jon Glaser (pictured) that follows a man who happens to have both a particular fashion sense and a desirable skill set.

The show’s hero is Neon Joe, someone with a mysterious past and a craft that comes in handy when a sudden plague of inexplicable werewolf fatalities strikes, leaving the sheriff’s department of the pretend sleepy enclave of Garrity, Vermont (aka “B&B Town, USA!”), at a loss and the townspeople fearing for their lives. Will he catch the beast before the next full moon, or will it live another day and kill again?

Glaser is known for creating and starring in the Adult Swim mockumentary “Delocated” and writing and appearing in sketches on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” as well as appearing in HBO’s “Girls” and NBC’s “Parks and Recreation.”

The first details on the latest tale of terror from Occupant Entertainment are here, and we've got the skinny for you! Supernatural happenings are afoot in The Woods, and here are your first casting details and a whole lot more. Read on!

From the Press Release
Occupant Entertainment announced today that principal photography for Corin Hardy's feature directorial debut, THE WOODS, will begin in Ireland this month.

Written by Hardy and Olga Barreneche, THE WOODS stars Joseph Mawle (pictured; Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, "Game of Thrones”), who will be next seen in Ron Howard’s In the Heart of the Sea, and Bojana Novakovic (Devil, Edge of Darkness), who currently stars on “Rake”. The film is produced by Occupant's Joe Neurauter and Felipe Marino and is overseen by Occupant executive Kate Sharp. Fantastic Films is acting as the Irish co-producer and financing is coming from Prescience, Hyperion Media Group, and the Irish Film Board with Paul Brett, Tim Smith, and James Swarbrick executive producing for Prescience, Michael Mailis for Hyperion, and Will Clarke for Altitude Film Sales, which is handling international sales and will debut the first footage in Cannes. WME and ICM are handling domestic rights.

Co-written and directed by award-winning music video director Corin Hardy, THE WOODS follows a London-based conservationist who is sent to Ireland to investigate an ancient forest. During his survey he accidentally disturbs the hallowed grounds and finds himself in a fight for survival to protect his family from an ancient brood of creatures.

In case the three clips and photos we showed you earlier today weren't enough, another sneak peek has arrived from "Salem" Episode 1.04, entitled "Survivors," which reminds us heathens that a blessing can often be a curse in disguise!

"Salem," recently renewed by WGN America for a second season, explores what really fueled the town's infamous witch trials and dares to uncover the dark, supernatural truth behind them.

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The series stars Janet Montgomery as the ruthless but vulnerable Mary Sibley, Salem’s most powerful enchantress; Shane West as handsome, hardened war veteran John Alden – and Mary’s onetime love interest; Seth Gabel as local aristocrat Cotton Mather, who fans the flames of Salem’s witch hunt; Ashley Madekwe as Mary’s mysterious, carnal accomplice, Tituba; Xander Berkeley as chief politician Magistrate Hale; Tamzin Merchant as the forthright Anne Hale, an artist with a perilous attraction to Alden; Elise Eberle as the mysteriously afflicted Mercy Lewis; and Iddo Goldberg as outcast Isaac Walton.

"Salem" Episode 1.04 - "Survivors" (airs 5/11/14)
Alden worries when an old nemesis arrives in Salem with secrets that could destroy him. Mary loses her grip on Mercy.

Guest starring are Matthew Holmes (“True Blood,” “Sea Patrol”) as Hooke, Diane Salinger (“The Young and the Restless”) as Rose, Christopher Berry (“Resurrection”) as Petrus, and Thomas Francis Murphy (12 Years a Slave) as Reverend Lewis.

Keep your eyes on the "Salem" Facebook page for updates and more info.

Mr. Jones is here, and he's ready to move into your home video collection! The cool thing? You don't even have to pay anything to get him there; just enter our contest, and we'll have this bad boy at your door before you can say, "BOO!"

To enter for your chance to win, just send us an email at contests@dreadcentral.com including your FULL NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS. We’ll take care of the rest.

This contest will end on at 12:01 AM PT on May 20th.

“Who is Mr. Jones?” To some, he is an enigmatic artist with a unique vision of humanity and our place in the spiritual universe. To others, his very name conjures unimaginable primal fears. But for two young people, he will become their worst nightmare...

From Preferred Film & TV’s Ross M. Dinerstein, the producer of the Sundance Film Festival smash hit The Pact and The Divide, comes Mr. Jones, bowing May 6th on Blu-ray, DVD, and On Demand from Anchor Bay Films.

Synopsis
Scott (Jon Foster of Stay Alive) and Penny (Sarah Jones of “Sons of Anarchy”) just moved to a remote cabin to escape the pressures of the world and breathe new life into their art. But they’ll soon discover they are not alone: An infamously reclusive artist - known only as "Mr. Jones" - lives nearby. He doesn’t like to be disturbed and only comes out at night when he drags his strange, sinister sculptures deep into the woods. When Scott and Penny’s curiosity leads them too close for Mr. Jones’ comfort, he plunges the young couple into a nightmare world of mayhem, madness, and mind-bending terror.

Diane Neal (“Law & Order: SVU”), Mark Steger (I Am Legend), and David Clennon (John Carpenter’s The Thing) co-star in this startling tale from debut director Karl Mueller (screenwriter of Xavier Gens’ The Divide).

The void left by the passing of GWAR frontman Dave Brockie is a big one, and we all miss him and his alter-ego Oderus Urungus immensely. Now a new way has been devised to fill just a little bit of that hole in our hearts!

From the Press Release
AGGRONAUTIX and Slave Pit Inc. proudly present the GWAR Throbblehead Set featuring Oderus Urungus and Balsac "The Jaws of Death."

Oderus, GWAR's lead singer and broadsword swinger, stands an imposing 6.5" tall and will lay waste to any opposing his reign of terror. Dutifully worship Balsac, guitarist for GWAR, while keeping out of decapitation distance. He stands 7.5" tall from horn to hoof.

Will you be one of the worthy few to own this collectible set? Worship your masters, human filth!

A portion of the proceeds will go to the Dave Brockie Fund, a charity with the mission of promoting the advancement of music, images, letters, and performances in the arts. It will endeavor to encourage promising talents, and preserve the legacy of Dave's works. It intends to be a support system to those who have dedicated their lives in pursuit of creativity.

100 special limited edition Throbblehead figures signed by GWAR are available exclusively from Slave Pit Inc. at GWAR.net.

Oderus and Balsac are the 22nd and 23rd Throbbleheads to be polyresinated by Aggronautix. In May of 2009 the company launched with a highly popular G.G. Allin "1991" figure, which was limited to 2000 numbered units and sold out quickly.

All Aggronautix figures are now available for purchase on Aggronautix.com and will also be available at many independent retailers, comic shops, tattoo parlors, etc., via distribution by MVD Entertainment Group - a company specializing in music-related distribution since 1986.

Pre-order yours here, and be sure to follow Aggronautix on Facebook.

***For orders outside of the United States, please note that items will take longer to arrive (average of 3 weeks)***

Young Adult and Martha Marcy May Marlene star Louisa Krause is set to join Cathy Moriarty, Lou Taylor Pucci (Evil Dead) and more for the supernatural thriller, Ava's Possessions, from director Jordan Galland (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead).

Whitney Able, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, John Ventimiglia, Waris Ahluwalia, Jemima Kirke, Stella Schnabel, Geneva Carr, Alysia Reiner, and Tarik Lowe co-star in the film will shoot in NYC this summer.

As per Deadline, musician Sean Lennon has signed on to score the film, having previously scored and co-starred in Galland's movie Alter Egos, which was released via Kevin Smith's SModcast Presents banner.

Maren Olson of Traction Media is producing with Carlos Velazquez of C Plus Pictures.

We recently sat down with director Brian Netto and his writing partner Adam Schindler to get the straight dirt on their "really-you-guys-need-to-see-this" flick Delivery: The Beast Within (review) (or Delivery, as it was known in the UK). Read on for the goods!

On making the movie found footage style as opposed to a more traditional narrative...

Adam Schindler: The whole idea for Delivery came about with the format intact. The whole idea of following around this couple and doing it as a found (or assembled) footage movie all came together at the same time. It was never a matter of us saying, 'Let's make a pregnancy horror movie and then try and figure out how to fit it into the whole found footage model.'

We were never interested in making a straight narrative version of a film like this as it's been done with Rosemary's Baby, which is probably one of the best films ever. What excited us was having the opportunity to take something that was a reality TV show, something that was really sweet with all the spit and polish on it, and then turning that on its head and turning it into something unexpected. A horror movie.

Brian Netto: To give you some perspective of just when this project was conceived, we had just finished the first draft of our script when the original Paranormal Activity had dropped. We put this together the summer leading up to PA. And we had just seen Cloverfield, and there's a huge gap between Cloverfield and the other hugely successful found footage film, The Blair Witch Project.

There weren't that many found footage films out there at that time to point to and say, 'Okay, let's put it in that format because that's what the audience wants. We just made our movie about this reality show that's coming apart at the seems. By the time you get to the end, it's a remarkably different film than it started out to be. Another influence we had was an Australian film called Lake Mungo, which kind of served as our forefather. That movie inspired and informed us of the kind of performances we were looking for and then also the structure. It was a really interesting story that kept you guessing.

AS: The thing about Lake Mungo is not only was it a horror film, it was also a drama. We thought that was a great way to go. Yes, we were shooting a so-called found footage movie, but we were also taking the time to develop our characters along the way. Most found footage movies are just a riot. You hop in the car... you've got five hours or even a weekend to shoot all this stuff... then all this craziness happens and you're done. With our format, as with Lake Mungo's, we had the opportunity to bring in characters who could comment on what you were seeing, and that really helped to flesh things out and bring the realism to the film that we wanted.

BN: Before the release of Paranormal Activity, we had a chance to sit down with Oren [Peli] and pick his brain. Everyone was buzzing about the movie so we really wanted to learn about his approach. Oren sat down with us and literally went over everything from Point A to Point Z. No one had any idea that his movie would change the landscape of what microbudget filmmaking could actually be. Literally two months after we sat down, the film opened and the rest is history.

We saw it at a midnight screening here in L.A. and the theatre was packed. Every time the movie went to nighttime and you saw them sleeping in bed, you could just hear the audience shifting in their seats. It was a really great viewing experience, and what his film showed us was that you don't have to put everything on screen... you can leave a lot more to the imagination and let people bring their own fears to the party. Paranormal showed the decision-makers that a film like that and like ours could succeed, and it informed us that we could trust the audience more.

In terms of finding the right cast members...

AS: That took A LOT! Since we did everything ourselves, we held our own casting sessions. We brought in like 300 actors. Taking a page out of Oren's book, we followed his interview style. We sat everyone down as couples and just started firing questions at them like, 'Where were you engaged?''Tell us about your wedding.' Then at the end you ask them, 'Well, why do you think your house is haunted?' to throw them off guard. We were looking for a specific skill set, which is dramatic improv. It's really hard to do, and we had a difficult time finding people who could do that, but when we did... Laurel [Vail, who played Rachel Massy] was like the 3rd or 4th person that we saw and we immediately knew she was good. We found her at the very beginning but had to do our due diligence. Danny [Barclay, who played Kyle Massy] came in at a later date. He was a friend of Laurel. A referral. He came in and obviously they had the comfort level of knowing each other outside of the film and I think that shows up on the screen. From day one they felt like a couple. It felt right.

BN: Our actors had to work on two levels... one was as a couple who you could believe as a couple and also as interesting people that would be cast in a reality show. People you'd want to follow and watch. Then on top of that they had to be able to go to some of the darker places that the film required. Part of the casting process was seeing how fast they could roll with the turns. See how flexible they were. Since we financed the film ourselves, we were allowed to go with our instincts and find people who were the best actors instead of finding more familiar faces and working them in. If this were a studio film, we wouldn't have had that kind of opportunity as someone would always be looking over our shoulders. We're really proud of the fact that people who see the movie really single out the performances of our actors.

Where did they draw the line between realistic and silly given the haunted house setting?

BN: For us it was the hairpin turns that the film was going to be asking the audience... 'Are you believing that this is really happening to this couple, or is Rachel experiencing some kind of an episode?' We are always asking those questions. What happens in the film is up to the interpretation of the audience, and we love the fact that we get asked questions like, 'Was this happening, or was she crazy?' In order to get that desired effect, we cannot give the audience too much of one or the other. We had to do our best to straddle the line. That's where we had to take a step back and restrain ourselves from showing too much of the supernatural elements of the film. The incidents had to be something that could be explained away.

AS: We edited the film ourselves so we took our time testing out these things. We needn't to get a flow going for the movie so we were constantly faced with questions like, 'Is this moment too big at this point in the film?' We shot the film so that it was more overt supernaturally and there were moments that we took out of Delivery because it crossed that line into an area that just wasn't believable.

On capturing the feel of a reality TV...

AS: Both of our wives watch reality TV - things like "A Baby's Story" - so we were really keen on making it feel like a TLC family-friendly kind of program instead of the MTV "Teen Mom" type of deal. It had to feel very much like something my mom and sister would watch. You know... middle America... cute couple... good things are happening. Because it goes to such a dark place, it was important to make it feel like those. People can put themselves in the subject's place and say, 'Hey, I've done this, or my sister's done this' so it feels familiar to the audience. We needed everyone to feel engaged with not only the characters, but what they were doing.

BN: The funny thing about those shows is that it doesn't matter if it's "Amish Hoarders" or "This Is My Baby," they all just suck you in. They're just representative of an everyday, normal slice of life. Keeping things as down to earth as possible, and giving you the opportunity to get to know the characters and the situation before we put them through the wringer so that you care about them. You're rooting for them even though it tells you at the beginning that things go pretty bad for them. We wanted the audience almost to forget that the characters were going to be going down a very dark path.

The Collective will be releasing the feature in theaters and on VOD. A limited theatrical run in NYC, Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, and Indianapolis is set for May 30th with the movie hitting cable VOD on all major platforms three days prior on May 27th.

Directed by Brian Netto and produced by Adam Schindler (who also co-wrote the screenplay with Netto), Delivery: The Beast Within stars Laurel Vail, Danny Barclay, and Rob Cobuzio in the paranormal thriller that has been generating buzz since it premiered last summer at the L.A. Film Festival.

Synopsis:
DELIVERY: THE BEAST WITHIN tells the story of Kyle and Rachel Massy, a young couple who agree to document their first pregnancy for a family-oriented reality show. As the camera continues to capture strange events, Rachel begins to believe that a malevolent spirit has possessed their unborn child.

Told through the show's un-aired footage and interviews with friends, family, and production members, this savvy debut feature leverages the voyeuristic properties of reality television to present a fresh perspective on classic horror themes of possession and the paranormal -- and delivers enough eeriness to keep you on the edge of your seat.

We have good news for Grimmsters today as NBC has announced it is renewing “Grimm” for the 2014-15 season! And to celebrate, we have clip from tonight's Episode. 3.21, "The Inheritance," to share.

With the renewal, “Grimm” — the popular Friday night series inspired by the classic Grimm Brothers’ fairy tales — will now head into its fourth season.

“Grimm” is the #1 Friday series on ABC, CBS, NBC, or Fox so far this season in adults 18-49, averaging a 2.5 rating, 8 share in adults 18-49 in “most current” averages from Nielsen Media Research. This is a 4% gain versus the show’s rating at this point in the season last year, while “Grimm’s” average of 8.1 million viewers overall is up versus one year ago by 17%.

The series was created by David Greenwalt & Jim Kouf and Stephen Carpenter. Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner, and Norberto Barba serve as executive producers along with Greenwalt and Kouf. “Grimm” is a Universal Television and Hazy Mills production. “Grimm” has been nominated for two People’s Choice Awards, two Satellite Awards and a Saturn Award. “Grimm” was also nominated for an Emmy Award for outstanding stunt coordination.

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"Grimm" Episode 3.21 - "The Inheritance" (airs 5/9/14)
Nick (David Giuntoli) and Hank (Russell Hornsby) are called to investigate a double homicide and quickly learn the victims were from a special section of the Verrat tasked with finding rare objects pertaining to the Wesen world.

Trubel (guest star Jacqueline Toboni) gets involved with a mysterious father-and-son tandem that crossed the country in a desperate attempt to deliver invaluable cargo to "the Portland Grimm."

Meanwhile, Captain Renard (Sasha Roiz) begins to grow suspicious of Adalind’s (Claire Coffee) recent behavior and quietly decides to put extra eyes on her. Bitsie Tulloch, Silas Weir Mitchell, Reggie Lee, and Bree Turner also star. C. Thomas Howell, Sam Anderson, and Lucas Near-Verbrugghe guest star.

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