Social media has changed the way the world works – for both better and worse. Another flick looking to explore the darker side of the world weird web, Nerve, is on its way; and Lionsgate just shared three new promo videos with us. Dig ’em!
Coming to us from filmmakers Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (Catfish, Paranormal Activity 3, Paranormal Activity 4), Nerve, adapted from Jeanne Ryan’s young adult novel of the same name, will be in theaters on July 27.
The film stars Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, and Juliette Lewis.
Jessica Sharzer, a writer and exec producer on “American Horror Story,” wrote the adaptation.
Synopsis: Hard-working high school senior Vee DeMarco (Emma Roberts) has had it with living life on the sidelines. When she’s asked by the online game of Nerve – Are you a Watcher or a Player? – Vee decides to sign up for just one dare in what seems like a fun, harmless game. But as she finds herself caught up in the thrill of the adrenaline-fueled competition, the game begins to take a sinister turn with increasingly dangerous acts, leading her into a high stakes finale that will determine her entire future.
We’re just over one week away from the release of Independence Day: Resurgence, and you may be asking yourself why the hell it took so long for the 1996 film to spawn a sequel – it was, after all, the highest grossing film of that year. Well, a sequel was actually planned many years ago; it just never got off the ground.
Speaking with Empire, director Roland Emmerich spilled the beans on the unmade follow-up.
“It was after 9/11 and [producer] Dean Devlin and I wanted to make the movie about peace, and it just didn’t work,” Emmerich shared with Empire. “There’s still an element of that in the new one, but that version was only about that.”
“We shoot aliens down accidentally and then at the end of the movie they land on the White House lawn and say ‘we come in peace’ and that was it,” he continued. “It was just too weak an idea, and we didn’t really want to do it.”
So, will there be a sequel to Resurgence? There’s a good chance.
“If it’s successful enough, yes [there’ll be a third movie], because it’s set up for a sequel,” Emmerich revealed.
Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Judd Hirsch, Vivica A. Fox, Brent Spiner, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jessie Usher, Maika Monroe, Angelababy, William Fichtner, and Sela Ward all star in Independence Day: Resurgence.
Look for the film to hit theaters everywhere June 24, 2016.
Synopsis: After INDEPENDENCE DAY redefined the event movie genre, the next epic chapter delivers global spectacle on an unimaginable scale. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.
Just when you thought it was safe to surf on the Internet, we have a brand new clip from The Shallows that proves it’s not really safe to surf anywhere. Dig it along with a brand new poster.
The Shallows, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and written by Anthony Jaswinski, arrives in theaters June 24th.
Synopsis: Nancy (Lively) is surfing alone on a secluded beach when she is attacked by a Great White and stranded just a short distance from shore. Though she is only 200 yards from her survival, getting there proves the ultimate contest of wills. It’s Jaws for a new generation.
Joseph Bishara is easily one of the single best composers of haunting melodies for even the most horrific of films. The music he creates is just as much of a character as any other in the movies in which his unique sound is featured.
Right now – for ONE WEEK ONLY – you can dig on a bit of his score for The Conjuring 2 courtesy of Water Tower Music.
New Line Cinema’s supernatural thriller The Conjuring 2, with James Wan (Furious 7) once again at the helm following the record-breaking success of The Conjuring, brings to the screen another real case from the files of renowned demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren, portrayed by Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air, TV’s “Bates Motel”) and Patrick Wilson (the Insidious films).
Synopsis: The supernatural thriller brings to the screen another real case from the files of renowned demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren, who, in one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations, travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
It was announced a week or two ago that Bill Skarsgård would be playing the inonic character of Pennywise the Clown in the upcoming two-part theatrical telling of Stephen King’s It. One creative fan, Cody Ong, just created an interesting look at how Skarsgård could possibly appear should the powers-that-be decide to follow the design makeup made famous by Tim Curry.
Check it out below.
Andy Muschietti, the helmer behind the surprise horror hit Mama, is directing the adaptation. The first part begins shooting in July in Toronto and has been casting up: Skarsgård has the part of the demonic clown Pennywise, while Jaeden Lieberher, Finn Wolfhard, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs, and Jeremy Ray Taylor are the kids he terrorizes.
The story follows a group of kids called the Losers Club who defeat a creature called It. Years later, the creature returns; and the former club members, now adults, have to band together again even though they have no memory of the first battle.
Owen Teague will play Patrick Hocksetter, part of a group of bullies who torment the Losers Club. He is a psychopath and keeps a refrigerator full of animals that he’s killed.
Dan Lin, Roy Lee, Seth Grahame-Smith, David Katzenberg, and Barbara Muschietti are producing.
This? This is pretty cool, but we’re pretty sure it won’t be online very long so if you wanna see it, you’d better get to stepping!
Fan Josh Allwein cut the STARZ series “Ash vs. Evil Dead” into a nearly 5-hour long feature film and then ran it through a VHS filter, giving it that authentic 80’s feel. Dig it!
The gift to Evil Dead fans known as “Ash vs. Evil Dead: Season 1” is coming home on August 23rd. Look for official release details soon!
About “Ash vs. Evil Dead” “Ash vs. Evil Dead” (review) premiered on Halloween 2015. The series is executive produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, and Bruce Campbell, the original filmmakers of the franchise, and Craig DiGregorio, who serves as executive producer and showrunner.
Campbell reprises his role as Ash, the stock boy, aging lothario, and chainsaw-handed monster hunter who has spent the last 30 years avoiding responsibility, maturity, and the terrors of the Evil Dead. When a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind, Ash is finally forced to face his demons – personal and literal. Destiny, it turns out, has no plans to release the unlikely hero from its “Evil” grip.
The cast is led by Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead, “Burn Notice”) in the role of Ash Williams; Lucy Lawless (“Salem,” “Spartacus”) as Ruby, a mysterious figure who believes Ash is the cause of the Evil outbreaks; Ray Santiago (“Touch,” Meet the Fockers) as Pablo Simon Bolivar, an idealistic immigrant who becomes Ash’s loyal sidekick; Dana DeLorenzo (A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas) as Kelly Maxwell, a moody wild child trying to outrun her past; and Jill Marie Jones (“Sleepy Hollow”) as Amanda Fisher, a disgraced Michigan State Trooper set to find our anti-hero Ash and prove his responsibility in the grisly murder of her partner.
Raimi directed the first episode of “Ash vs. Evil Dead,” which he wrote with Ivan Raimi (Darkman, Army of Darkness, Drag Me to Hell) and Tom Spezialy (“Chuck,” “Reaper,” “Desperate Housewives”). Raimi also serves as executive producer with Rob Tapert (Evil Dead, “Spartacus,” Xena: Warrior Princess”) and Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead, “Burn Notice”) along with Craig DiGregorio (“Workaholics,” “Chuck”), who serves as executive producer/showrunner. Ivan Raimi serves as co-executive producer, and Aaron Lam (“Spartacus”) and Chloe Smith (“Spartacus”) serve as producers.
Listen up, G-fans! Sci-Fi Japan has just unloaded a wealth of new images for Toho’s Godzilla Resurgence, the 29th Japanese film featuring the King of the Monsters.
Directed by Attack on Titan‘s Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi and written by Hideaki Anno, the film stars Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara, Rando Yaguchi, and Ren Osugi.
According to the site, the next film is going to be “…a story in which Godzilla appears in Japan for the first time.” Click here for more new images.
Godzilla Resurgence takes place in modern-day Japan, which has suffered an attack by the Big G. The United States soon gets involved in the chaos to help the Land of the Rising Sun secure its existence.
Look for it July 29, 2016, in Japan. For more info keep it locked here and on the official Godzilla Resurgence website.
Our friends over at Collider recently caught up with actress Winona Ryder to get an update on the sequel to Beetlejuice, and it’s just more of the same.
“I don’t really know what’s going on with that. Obviously, it was an iconic film. The only way it could really ever be done is with Tim [Burton] and Michael [Keaton]. I don’t know. There’s something that really resonates with all ages, with that film. It’s interesting. I think it would be great if it happened, if it was the right circumstances. Gosh, you know you’re getting older when they’re making TV shows, sequels, or plays for things that you did. It’s very flattering and very humbling, indeed. I heard they were making another Little Women. Mine was the fifth one, so that’s kudos to Louisa May Alcott. It’s just very flattering.”
Last we heard both Michael Keaton and Tim Burton were game. Maybe if we all close our eyes and say “Beetlejuice” three times, we can collectively push things along? Stay tuned.
Entertainment Weekly scored the first trailer for the new film from Joe Begos, The Mind’s Eye (review). Check it out via the magic of the embed code!
The Mind’s Eye Release Details: RLJ Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to the thriller THE MIND’S EYE. Written and directed by Joe Begos, the film reunites him with his ALMOST HUMAN film star Graham Skipper, along with cast members Lauren Ashley Carter (Premium Rush, The Woman), John Speredakos (The House of the Devil), and Noah Segan (Some Kind of Hate, Looper). RLJE plans to release THE MIND’S EYE in theaters and On Demand later this year.
THE MIND’S EYE made its world premiere at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and won the award for Best Director, Horror Feature at the 2015 Fantastic Fest.
When Zack and Rachel, who both have telekinetic powers, are discovered by Dr. Slovak, they think they have found someone who wants to help them. But they soon learn that Dr. Slovak’s real intentions are to drain their abilities from them so he can use them for himself. Now they must work together to stop this madman from achieving his goals.
THE MIND’S EYE is produced by Joe Begos (Almost Human), Josh Ethier (Digging Up the Marrow), Graham Skipper (Almost Human), and Zak Zeman (V/H/S).
Writer Jack Reher (Into the Grizzly Maze) will make his directorial debut with The Incurables, an adaptation of Jon Bassoff’s same-named novel that centers on real-life lobotomy specialist Dr. Walter Freeman. The ’50s-set film is gearing up to begin production, and Reher just scooped us on the latest casting news.
We’re excited to report tonight that Thomas Jane and Kirk Acevedo will star alongside Tom Sizemore. As we previously reported, Sizemore will also produce.
“I’ve got the best crew,” Jack Reher excitedly told us. “Joseph White (Mother’s Day, Repo!) is my cinematographer. John Lind (Legends of the Fall) is my 1st AD. Kenneth Burke (Soul Surfer) is my producer/line producer. Jeff Grace (We Are What We Are, The Sacrament) is my composer.”
Reher wrote the script with Jean-Marie Sobeck.
Synopsis: Disgraced in the psychiatric hospital where he’d practiced nearly 30 years, Dr. Walter Freeman (Sizemore) has taken to traversing the country and proselytizing about a very new kind of salvation: the transorbitol lobotomy. With an icepick and a hammer, Freeman lands in a town full of degenerates that test his own sanity.
The summer of 2016 is looking to be the return of the full-fledged Asylum mockbuster. Seems The Asylum’s Independents’ Day was just the warm-up. Next up, fairy tale villains fill in for comic book supervillains in Sinister Squad. I wonder what movie this was inspired by?
A pseudo follow-up to his 2015 “The Avengers with fairy tale super-heroines” flick Avengers Grimm, writer-director Jeremy M. Inman’s Sinister Squad sees the world in grave danger from a supernatural force, and only an unlikely rogue’s gallery of fairy tale villains can save us from this evil.
Synopsis: When a supernatural cult threatens Earth, Alice must assemble a team of fairy tale villains to face the literal forces of Death.
Leading the charge is Rumpelstiltskin (played by Johnny Rey Diaz), who is clearly patterned after Jared Leto’s Joker. Hopefully he didn’t send any of his co-stars dead rats or used condoms.
Other fairy tale anti-heroes rounded up by Alice and Goldilocks to round out the Sinister Squad include The Big Bad Wolf, Bluebeard, Carabosse, and Gelda. The Mad Hatter and the Pied Piper also figure into the action.
Christina Licciardi, Lindsay Sawyer, Trae Ireland, Joseph Michael Harris, Fiona Rene, and Talia A. Davis co-star.
Contrary to the punny headline of this article, the trailer for Suicide Squad probably won’t make you want to commit suicide. But will it make you want to watch Sinister Squad when it arrives on DVD/VOD July 5th?
If you think The Asylum is done with mockbusters for the summer, think again. Their Roman religious epic In the Name of Ben Hur releases August 2nd, a week before the big screen remake of Ben Hur races into theaters.
Fans of classic Japanese horror and sci-fi films are no doubt familiar with actress Yumi Shirakawa, and it’s with a heavy heart that we report this elegant actress is no longer with us.
Shirakawa has passed away at the age of 79. She was seen in such classics as Rodan, The Mysterians, and The H-Man. Her lengthy career spanned many decades, and her last appearance was in the 2014 Japanese TV series “Black President.”
We here at Dread Central would like to take this time to honor Shirakawa and offer our deepest on condolences to her many friends, family members, and constituents.
Me? I have a completely irrational fear of nuns. Needless to say, The Conjuring 2 had me crawling out of my skin. Well, apparently my skin is about to do a lot more crawling…
According to THR, New Line is spinning off the villain of the supernatural thriller, the demonic nun, into her own movie.
David Leslie Johnson, who co-wrote The Conjuring 2, has been hired to pen what is being titled The Nun. James Wan, who directed the Conjuring movies, and Peter Safran, who produced them, are reuniting to produce the spin-off.
What is noteworthy about the demon nun character is that she didn’t exist until about three months before The Conjuring 2 opened, as she was only added during last-minute reshoots.
The studio and Wan had a cut of the movie, which stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as paranormal investigators, in which the antagonist was a demonic figure with horns. The studio was ready to release that version, but at the last minute Wan was struck by a revelation. And so he came up with a new concept: a demon nun, which he pitched to New Line. And even though the late-in-the-game change could have spooked some studios, New Line execs gave him their blessing.
The shoot took place in March, just three months before the movie was scheduled to open on June 10.
The Nun will be the second spin-off from the Conjuring series, following 2014’s Annabelle. That movie proved to be a horror hit when it ultimately grossed over $256 million worldwide (or nearly 40 times its production budget). New Line has now slated an Annabelle sequel for 2017.
The Conjuring franchise remains popular as The Conjuring 2 was not only the No. 1 film in North America, but also No. 1 internationally this past weekend outside of China. It was also the biggest opening weekend ever for a horror film in 30 markets including Australia, Mexico, Brazil, all of Latin America, and most markets in Asia. The movie has already grossed over $100 million worldwide in five days of release.
Let’s face it. The Annabelle movie was a HUGE missed opportunity. But Lights Out director David F. Sandberg is looking to right that wrong. Our friends over at Bloody Disgusting recently caught up with Sandberg, who had this to say about the upcoming project.
“I don’t think I can give too many details at this point, but it’s not a continuation of the first film. That’s one of the many things that enticed me with the project, that it’s new story. Also the setting and the time period of this one is perfect for a horror movie. The script is really good, and I think that this is a sequel that will actually be better than the original. The ‘Godfather II of creepy doll movies’ as I like to call it.”
The Annabelle sequel is set for release on May 19, 2017.
A new promo teaser has arrived for the upcoming Ghostbusters reboot, and it finds the symbol that “defined a generation” getting an upgrade. Check it out, and let us know what you think… I have a feeling that fans of the original will not be kind.
Ghostbusters will begin haunting the big screen on July 15, 2016. Directed by Paul Feig and written by Feig and Katie Dippold, Ghostbusters 2016 is based on the 1984 film of the same name written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.
Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones are our new paranormal investigators along with their loyal secretary Chris Hemsworth. Neil Casey, Andy Garcia, Michael K. Williams, Matt Walsh, Pat Kiernan, Cecily Strong, and Charles Dance also star. Cameos will include the original film’s stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, and Annie Potts plus Ozzy Osbourne and more.
Synopsis: Dead criminals from all eras of New York’s underbelly past have returned to roost among the living. Pilgrims, old-timey sailors, Revolutionary War spirits, and even a couple of zoot-suited gangsters are ready to take on four formidable female busters looking to rid the city of its phantasmic filth.
A new behind-the-scenes image from Alien: Covenant has made its way online courtesy of Alien Anthology on Twitter, and it showcases director Ridley Scott.
Michael Fassbender stars alongside Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Benjamin Rigby, Demian Bichir, Danny McBride, Jussie Smollett, Amy Seimetz, Carmen Ejogo, and Callie Hernandez.
Specific plot details for the new film are being closely guarded; but it is believed to follow the crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet, who discover what they believe is an uncharted paradise but is, in fact, a dark, dangerous world, the only inhabitant of which is David (Fassbender), the “synthetic” and survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.
A trailer has just arrived for Oliver Irving’s upcoming horror-comedy Ghost Team, which introduces a brand new team of spirit slayers. Check it out!
Ghost Team debuts exclusively on Google Play July 21 and hits theaters on August 12. We tip our hats to IndieWire for this one.
Penned by Peter Warren, the film stars Jon Heder, Justin Long, David Krumholtz, Melonie Diaz, Joel Marsh Garland, Paul W. Downs, Tom Schiller, and Amy Sedaris.
The makers of Ghost Team say it will be the first feature to use the new Steadicam Tango, an innovation by cinematographer Garrett Brown on his Steadicam invention.
Synopsis: Determined to catch some ghosts on film, a paranormal-obsessed man mounts his own investigation into the beyond along with his depressed best friend, his misfit nephew, a cable access medium, and an over-eager security guy by his side.
If you ever watched one of the Alien films and decided that the only thing it was lacking was more singing and dancing, then not only are you completely insane, but a bunch of other people also share your insanity because they’ve gone ahead and created Alien vs. Musical.
Yep, the bizarre sounding performance takes place in a world where all your favorite musical powers live in peace and harmony, until a Xenomorph infestation breaks out. Guess it’s up the the likes of Beast, Danny Zuko, Elphaba, and the troublesome nun Maria to save the day.
I’m not making this up… this is actually a real stage production that was put together for LA’s Sacred Fools Theater, and you can buy your tickets here. There are only a few dates remaining so act quickly!
Synopsis: What happens when the world of musical theater meets the most terrifying and destructive alien in all cinema history? Combining the spectacle and wonderment of a Broadway musical with the gruesome horror of extraterrestrial mayhem and terror, ALIEN VS. MUSICAL will find its way to your heart… literally!
Longtime friends and collaborators Steve Troop and Erik Przytulski had been looking for a new project to work on for many years. Steve had found recent success in developing his Puppet Design Studio, and Erik had been gaining ground in the world of musical theater (Pretzyl Music). After attending several shows at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, they decided to combine their efforts in creating a show with fun, high energy music and characters while bringing movie-studio quality creature and puppetry effects to a live performance environment: Alien vs. Musical!
We’ve got one hell of a treat in store for you. Joe Grisaffi’s fantasy horror film Dead of Knight has officially been uploaded to the YouTube channel Kings of Horror and is available right now for your viewing pleasure.
Dead of Knight is also receiving a tie-in video game, which you can get the details on here.
Synopsis: Someone is going medieval on Marla’s friends, brutally murdering them one by one. When Marla discovers the reason for the bloodshed – the spirit of a cursed medieval knight on a deadly quest – no one believes her. Marla soon learns that she alone possesses the power to end the mayhem in a family heirloom.
Strangely enough, our 2nd Brainwaves show didn’t go as smoothly as the first, but hey, we’re silly asses who are still finding our footing! That being said, we’re confident you’re gonna enjoy at least two thirds of the weirdness known as a “Comedy of Errors.”
Last night’s guest…
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Spooky, funny, touching, honest, offensive, and at times completely random, Brainwaves airs live every Wednesday evening beginning at 9:00 PM Pacific Time (12:00 midnight Eastern Time) and runs about 3 hours per episode. While there will be a guest every now and then, the main stars of the show are YOU.
Knetter and Creepy will be taking your calls LIVE and unscreened via Skype, so let your freak flags fly! Feel free to add BrainWavesTalk to your Skype account so you can reach them. The duo also take questions via Twitter; you can reach them at @UncleCreepy and @JoeKnetter using the hashtag #BrainWaves.
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