A man walks into a room. He’s just picked a winning ticket in a lottery, been blindfolded, and led through the snow. Now, inside a windowless and mostly bare apartment, he’s being asked to disrobe. I have to take off everything, the man asks? Everything. The fact that a TV producer is telling him this is cause for concern. Besides, isn’t this supposed to be some sort of televised contest? Why is he being left au naturel? Don’t worry, the producer says. Most of this won’t be aired.
- 5/1/2024
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Joel Kinnaman (The Suicide Squad) and Cara Jade Myers (Killers of the Flower Moon) are set to star in the thriller Ice Fall.
Stefan Ruzowitzky, director of Oscar-winning crime-drama The Counterfeiters, will helm the film which is written by George Mahaffey (Chief Of Station). Production is set to start in March in Europe.
Pic is produced by Arclight Films, Top Film, Addam Bramich, Ryan Hamilton and Rob Van Norden. Top Film is also financing. Arclight Films is handling worldwide rights and will commence sales at the European Film Market.
The story follows a young Indigenous game warden who arrests an infamous poacher only to discover that the poacher knows the location of a plane carrying millions of dollars that has crashed in a frozen lake. When a group of criminals and dirty cops are alerted to the poacher’s whereabouts, the warden and the poacher team up to fight...
Stefan Ruzowitzky, director of Oscar-winning crime-drama The Counterfeiters, will helm the film which is written by George Mahaffey (Chief Of Station). Production is set to start in March in Europe.
Pic is produced by Arclight Films, Top Film, Addam Bramich, Ryan Hamilton and Rob Van Norden. Top Film is also financing. Arclight Films is handling worldwide rights and will commence sales at the European Film Market.
The story follows a young Indigenous game warden who arrests an infamous poacher only to discover that the poacher knows the location of a plane carrying millions of dollars that has crashed in a frozen lake. When a group of criminals and dirty cops are alerted to the poacher’s whereabouts, the warden and the poacher team up to fight...
- 2/8/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman and Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Eli Roth just kicked off a new horror franchise with his slasher movie Thanksgiving (read our review Here), as it was recently announced that Thanksgiving 2 is on track for a 2025 release. But while Roth is currently focused on holiday slashing, two franchises he previously created – the Hostel and Cabin Fever franchises – came up while he was sitting down for an interview with CinePOP. And during this interview, he said he hopes to revisit and revive those franchises someday!
Roth told CinePOP, “Hostel, there’s a lot more to do. I’d love to go back to Hostel at some point. And Cabin Fever as well. They’re a part of me, like my children, and I feel like I’ve been ignoring them for too long. I’d love to go back to them, in some way. I have ideas.“
Roth directed the first two Hostel movies and the first Cabin Fever,...
Roth told CinePOP, “Hostel, there’s a lot more to do. I’d love to go back to Hostel at some point. And Cabin Fever as well. They’re a part of me, like my children, and I feel like I’ve been ignoring them for too long. I’d love to go back to them, in some way. I have ideas.“
Roth directed the first two Hostel movies and the first Cabin Fever,...
- 12/6/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Stefan Ruzowitzky is set to direct the thriller Ice Fall, produced by Arclight Films and Addam Bramich.
Arclight is handling international rights and launched sales at the American Film Market. UTA Independent Film Group will be handling domestic rights.
Production is set to start in early 2024 with casting underway shortly.
The film was written by George Mahaffey (upcoming Chief of Station starring Olga Kurylenko and Aaron Eckhart). It centers on a young Indigenous game warden who arrests an infamous poacher only to discover that the poacher knows the location of a plane carrying millions of dollars that has crashed in a frozen lake. When a group of criminals and dirty cops are alerted to the poacher’s whereabouts, the warden and the poacher team up to fight back and escape across the treacherous lake before the ice melts.
“Ice Fall promises to be a nail-biting...
Arclight is handling international rights and launched sales at the American Film Market. UTA Independent Film Group will be handling domestic rights.
Production is set to start in early 2024 with casting underway shortly.
The film was written by George Mahaffey (upcoming Chief of Station starring Olga Kurylenko and Aaron Eckhart). It centers on a young Indigenous game warden who arrests an infamous poacher only to discover that the poacher knows the location of a plane carrying millions of dollars that has crashed in a frozen lake. When a group of criminals and dirty cops are alerted to the poacher’s whereabouts, the warden and the poacher team up to fight back and escape across the treacherous lake before the ice melts.
“Ice Fall promises to be a nail-biting...
- 11/4/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The most wonderful time of year is nearly upon us! With Halloween season just around the corner, Peacock unveiled an impressive lineup today of more than 100 Halloween, horror, thriller, and spooky season titles hitting the platform this September.
Get ready, the list is massive…
Whether you’re looking for recent releases like Hypnotic, or cult gems like Slither, Peacock invites you to face your fears in September. Binge complete freakish franchises like Chucky, Saw, and Amityville, or tune-in for fun family fare that includes Ghostbusters and Casper. Look for a variety of classic horror to arrive on the streaming service mid-September.
Speaking of “Chucky,” if you’re looking to catch up on the series ahead of season three, Peacock brings “Chucky” season two to their Halloween HQ on September 4. That gives you a whole month to catch up before the October 4 premiere of “Chucky” season three.
Full Peacock Halloween horror highlights below.
Get ready, the list is massive…
Whether you’re looking for recent releases like Hypnotic, or cult gems like Slither, Peacock invites you to face your fears in September. Binge complete freakish franchises like Chucky, Saw, and Amityville, or tune-in for fun family fare that includes Ghostbusters and Casper. Look for a variety of classic horror to arrive on the streaming service mid-September.
Speaking of “Chucky,” if you’re looking to catch up on the series ahead of season three, Peacock brings “Chucky” season two to their Halloween HQ on September 4. That gives you a whole month to catch up before the October 4 premiere of “Chucky” season three.
Full Peacock Halloween horror highlights below.
- 8/24/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
The vampire horror comedy Slayers, starring Thomas Jane (The Punisher 2004) and Abigail Breslin (Zombieland) is getting a theatrical, digital, and VOD release just in time for Halloween – on October 21st, to be exact. In anticipation of the release, a red band trailer for Slayers has arrived online, and you can check it out in the embed above!
Directed by K. Asher Levin from a screenplay Levin wrote with Zack Imbrogno, Slayers finds Jane in the role of
kick-ass vampire slayer Elliot Jones, who has made it his life’s mission to take revenge on the bloodsuckers who murdered his teenage daughter. After years of tracking them, he has finally reached their secret and hidden base. But to get to them he will need to use a motley crew of social media superstars. Enter ‘The Stream Team’: party-girl Jules, gen-z pro-gamer Flynn, and their team of trend-makers and breakers! With a hundred million-plus combined followers,...
Directed by K. Asher Levin from a screenplay Levin wrote with Zack Imbrogno, Slayers finds Jane in the role of
kick-ass vampire slayer Elliot Jones, who has made it his life’s mission to take revenge on the bloodsuckers who murdered his teenage daughter. After years of tracking them, he has finally reached their secret and hidden base. But to get to them he will need to use a motley crew of social media superstars. Enter ‘The Stream Team’: party-girl Jules, gen-z pro-gamer Flynn, and their team of trend-makers and breakers! With a hundred million-plus combined followers,...
- 8/30/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
This All of Us Are Dead article contains spoilers.
As anyone who has watched Zombieland knows, different zombie dystopias have different zombie rules. The zombies in All of Us Are Dead follow basic zombie rules, with a few quirks thrown in for good measure—most especially the inclusion of the “hambie” and the focus on students as undead.
“We see many films about zombies, but only a few have students as main characters. In an enclosed space like a school where teenagers are clustered, they have to survive on their own,” said All of Us Are Dead director Lee Jae-kyoo about what sets the Netflix series apart from other zombie fare. “They have to run away from friends becoming zombies. These aspects can make this show different from other zombie films, and make it interesting and fresh.” Let’s discuss the strengths, weaknesses, origins, and exceptions of the undead in All of Us Are Dead…...
As anyone who has watched Zombieland knows, different zombie dystopias have different zombie rules. The zombies in All of Us Are Dead follow basic zombie rules, with a few quirks thrown in for good measure—most especially the inclusion of the “hambie” and the focus on students as undead.
“We see many films about zombies, but only a few have students as main characters. In an enclosed space like a school where teenagers are clustered, they have to survive on their own,” said All of Us Are Dead director Lee Jae-kyoo about what sets the Netflix series apart from other zombie fare. “They have to run away from friends becoming zombies. These aspects can make this show different from other zombie films, and make it interesting and fresh.” Let’s discuss the strengths, weaknesses, origins, and exceptions of the undead in All of Us Are Dead…...
- 1/29/2022
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
Four years after the release of her Grammy-winning album “Mental Illness,” Aimee Mann has shared a new single, the stirring, beautiful waltz “Suicide Is Murder,” from her forthcoming 10th solo album “Queens of the Summer Hotel.” The accompanying music video reunites Mann with actor James Urbaniak, who previously starred in the video for Mann’s “Patient Zero” with Bradley Whitford. Watch the “Suicide Is Murder” music video above.
See 2022 Grammy predictions: Album of the Year
Some shots may seem eerily familiar as the video nods to lauded films of the 1960s and 1970s. Rob Hatch-Miller, who co-directed the video with Puloma Basu, took to Twitter to highlight some of their inspirations. The video’s final shot draws on the Oscar-nominated “The Sterile Cuckoo,” which earned bids for Best Actress Liza Minnelli and Best Original Song. The haunting shot of Mann’s female specter walking the halls of a house in...
See 2022 Grammy predictions: Album of the Year
Some shots may seem eerily familiar as the video nods to lauded films of the 1960s and 1970s. Rob Hatch-Miller, who co-directed the video with Puloma Basu, took to Twitter to highlight some of their inspirations. The video’s final shot draws on the Oscar-nominated “The Sterile Cuckoo,” which earned bids for Best Actress Liza Minnelli and Best Original Song. The haunting shot of Mann’s female specter walking the halls of a house in...
- 8/14/2021
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
It was a bold move for Stefan Ruzowitzky (“The Counterfeiters” among many others) to conceive of a gritty Expressionist detective-thriller set in the aftermath of World War I, shot almost entirely on blue screen. Whether it’s also fully successful is open for debate. Thematically, the idea was to tackle the impotent rage of the Austro-Hungarian patriarchy whose fanatical belief in Emperor and Empire went up in smoke when the Armistice brushed aside the monarchy and reduced the territory to a state of near insignificance. With this context, the film foregrounds the story of a traumatized lieutenant returning to his duties as police inspector in Vienna just when an especially sadistic murderer is killing his former comrades.
Given all these elements, it’s not such a leap to envision a reawakening of Expressionism, at its cinematic height in 1919-1920, as an appropriate visual style. Ruzowitzky however isn’t content with its hermetic,...
Given all these elements, it’s not such a leap to envision a reawakening of Expressionism, at its cinematic height in 1919-1920, as an appropriate visual style. Ruzowitzky however isn’t content with its hermetic,...
- 8/9/2021
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
Stefan Ruzowitzky, it seems, has had enough of World War II.
The Austrian filmmaker, whose followed up hit German horror film Anatomy (2000) with the misfiring WW2 action-comedy All the Queen’s Men (2001) starring Eddie Izzard and Matt LeBlanc, and who won an Oscar for his acclaimed Holocaust drama The Counterfeiters (2007), has been reluctant since to revisit to the well-trodden conflicts of Europe in the 1930s and 40s.
Instead, Ruzowitzky has indulged in genre cinema, directing the heist movie Deadfall (2012) with Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde, or pandemic horror Patient Zero (2018) starring Stanley Tucci, Natalie Dormer, and Matt Smith,...
The Austrian filmmaker, whose followed up hit German horror film Anatomy (2000) with the misfiring WW2 action-comedy All the Queen’s Men (2001) starring Eddie Izzard and Matt LeBlanc, and who won an Oscar for his acclaimed Holocaust drama The Counterfeiters (2007), has been reluctant since to revisit to the well-trodden conflicts of Europe in the 1930s and 40s.
Instead, Ruzowitzky has indulged in genre cinema, directing the heist movie Deadfall (2012) with Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde, or pandemic horror Patient Zero (2018) starring Stanley Tucci, Natalie Dormer, and Matt Smith,...
Stars: Maaike Neuville, Bart Hollanders, Benjamin Ramon, Clara Cleymans, Annick Christiaens, Eric Godon, Joshua Rubin, Taeke Nicolaï, Tom Audenaert | Written by Lars Damoiseaux, Eveline Hagenbeek | Directed by Lars Damoiseaux
Heading into surgery is stressful enough, but Alison (Maaike Neuville) has no idea what awaits her when she arrives at Klinika Krawczyk for a breast-reduction operation. She’s joined by her mother Oksana (Taeke Nicolai), who’s in for a procedure of her own, and her boyfriend Michael (Bart Hollanders), who’s not keen on the sight of blood. His hemophobia will be sorely tested after he discovers the result of a “rejuvenation treatment based on experimental skin cell technology” (as Dr. Krawczyk describes it), which soon escapes and spreads a deadly plague throughout the hospital. Pretty soon, Alison, her loved ones, Dr. Krawczyk and a handful of others are the only survivors left, attempting to make their way through a...
Heading into surgery is stressful enough, but Alison (Maaike Neuville) has no idea what awaits her when she arrives at Klinika Krawczyk for a breast-reduction operation. She’s joined by her mother Oksana (Taeke Nicolai), who’s in for a procedure of her own, and her boyfriend Michael (Bart Hollanders), who’s not keen on the sight of blood. His hemophobia will be sorely tested after he discovers the result of a “rejuvenation treatment based on experimental skin cell technology” (as Dr. Krawczyk describes it), which soon escapes and spreads a deadly plague throughout the hospital. Pretty soon, Alison, her loved ones, Dr. Krawczyk and a handful of others are the only survivors left, attempting to make their way through a...
- 10/7/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stars: Maaike Neuville, Bart Hollanders, Benjamin Ramon, Clara Cleymans, Annick Christiaens, Eric Godon, Joshua Rubin, Taeke Nicolaï, Tom Audenaert | Written by Lars Damoiseaux, Eveline Hagenbeek | Directed by Lars Damoiseaux
Heading into surgery is stressful enough, but Alison (Maaike Neuville) has no idea what awaits her when she arrives at Klinika Krawczyk for a breast-reduction operation. She’s joined by her mother Oksana (Taeke Nicolai), who’s in for a procedure of her own, and her boyfriend Michael (Bart Hollanders), who’s not keen on the sight of blood. His hemophobia will be sorely tested after he discovers the result of a “rejuvenation treatment based on experimental skin cell technology” (as Dr. Krawczyk describes it), which soon escapes and spreads a deadly plague throughout the hospital. Pretty soon, Alison, her loved ones, Dr. Krawczyk and a handful of others are the only survivors left, attempting to make their way through a...
Heading into surgery is stressful enough, but Alison (Maaike Neuville) has no idea what awaits her when she arrives at Klinika Krawczyk for a breast-reduction operation. She’s joined by her mother Oksana (Taeke Nicolai), who’s in for a procedure of her own, and her boyfriend Michael (Bart Hollanders), who’s not keen on the sight of blood. His hemophobia will be sorely tested after he discovers the result of a “rejuvenation treatment based on experimental skin cell technology” (as Dr. Krawczyk describes it), which soon escapes and spreads a deadly plague throughout the hospital. Pretty soon, Alison, her loved ones, Dr. Krawczyk and a handful of others are the only survivors left, attempting to make their way through a...
- 8/17/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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George A. Romero figuratively wrote the book on zombies with his low-budget, independent 1968 horror film epoch Night of the Living Dead. World War Z, 28 Days Later, Zombieland and even The Walking Dead trudged that territory but didn’t map much new terrain. Romero’s final novel, The Living Dead, completed by author Daniel Kraus (The Shape of Water novelization), doesn’t expand on the basics of the zombie apocalypse. It doesn’t challenge the zombie trope Romero filled out with his subsequent works on animated corpses, when The Living Dead had their Day, Dawn, Land, Diary and Survival. But, with it, Romero and Kraus do peer deeper into the mirror to find a bitter reflection of the horrors Romero brings out in The Living.
The Living Dead is character-driven in ways the feature films could never be. In Night of the Living Dead, the audience didn’t know,...
George A. Romero figuratively wrote the book on zombies with his low-budget, independent 1968 horror film epoch Night of the Living Dead. World War Z, 28 Days Later, Zombieland and even The Walking Dead trudged that territory but didn’t map much new terrain. Romero’s final novel, The Living Dead, completed by author Daniel Kraus (The Shape of Water novelization), doesn’t expand on the basics of the zombie apocalypse. It doesn’t challenge the zombie trope Romero filled out with his subsequent works on animated corpses, when The Living Dead had their Day, Dawn, Land, Diary and Survival. But, with it, Romero and Kraus do peer deeper into the mirror to find a bitter reflection of the horrors Romero brings out in The Living.
The Living Dead is character-driven in ways the feature films could never be. In Night of the Living Dead, the audience didn’t know,...
- 7/27/2020
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
There are two schools of thought when it comes to viewing Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 film Contagion here in the mess that is 2020. On the one hand, you have people who have flocked to the movie in recent days. On the other hand, you have those who think that’s an absolutely terrible idea, one that unnecessarily upsets you and causes extra anxiety in a time of crisis. Honestly, both are true, and that’s part of why it works so well. Directing a script by Scott Z. Burns, Soderbergh put forth a riveting depiction of a viral outbreak. Today, we’ll dive in and give it a new review, as seen with a modern lens. For those who don’t remember, the film is a drama about what a global pandemic could be like in the modern world. This was the official plot synopsis from Warner Bros. at the time:...
- 3/17/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Beginning with The Andromeda Strain in 1971, disease movies quickly established themselves as a commonplace cinematic subgenre, usually within the science fiction umbrella. In the years that followed, we got the likes of Outbreak, Contagion, Virus, The Stand, 12 Monkeys, The Crazies, 28 Days Later, most post-Night of the Living Dead zombie movies, The Omega Man, Winds of Terror, and dozens of others.
It only made sense. Despite antibiotics and advances in medical research, new dread diseases continued to crop up on an annual basis, each one threatening (for a while there anyway) to become a pandemic that could wipe out millions. In recent decades, none of them had killed more than a few thousand people, but the threat and the fear were a constant presence. There was swine flu, various incarnations of bird flu, Sars, West Nile Virus, mad cow disease, Hantavirus ,superbugs, and Ebola. Add to that the...
It only made sense. Despite antibiotics and advances in medical research, new dread diseases continued to crop up on an annual basis, each one threatening (for a while there anyway) to become a pandemic that could wipe out millions. In recent decades, none of them had killed more than a few thousand people, but the threat and the fear were a constant presence. There was swine flu, various incarnations of bird flu, Sars, West Nile Virus, mad cow disease, Hantavirus ,superbugs, and Ebola. Add to that the...
- 3/10/2020
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
Stefan Ruzowitzky, director of the Oscar-winning “The Counterfeiters,” and “The Grudge” screenwriter Stephen Susco have boarded “Alone,” a remake of the 2007 supernatural Thai thriller by Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom.
The new film follows conjoined twin sisters from an Asian family in Boston whose loving relationship is tested when one of them befriends a boy, leading to her demand for a surgical separation from her sibling. During the operation, the forsaken sister dies. Years later, the deceased girl’s vengeful ghost returns to haunt her twin.
Former 20th Century Fox exec Paul Higginson and Alexander van Dülmen and Stephan Wagner of Berlin-based Carte Blanche Intl. are producing the film. Budgeted at between $5 million and $10 million, “Alone” is set for a targeted 2021 Stateside shoot on the East Coast as a U.S.-European co-production.
Van Dülmen said he was a big fan of the original film and also acquired distribution rights...
The new film follows conjoined twin sisters from an Asian family in Boston whose loving relationship is tested when one of them befriends a boy, leading to her demand for a surgical separation from her sibling. During the operation, the forsaken sister dies. Years later, the deceased girl’s vengeful ghost returns to haunt her twin.
Former 20th Century Fox exec Paul Higginson and Alexander van Dülmen and Stephan Wagner of Berlin-based Carte Blanche Intl. are producing the film. Budgeted at between $5 million and $10 million, “Alone” is set for a targeted 2021 Stateside shoot on the East Coast as a U.S.-European co-production.
Van Dülmen said he was a big fan of the original film and also acquired distribution rights...
- 2/20/2020
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
A new fan trailer from the talented Billy Crammer has surfaced recently imagining how a sequel to 2007 vampire movie I Am Legend might end up looking. Based on the Richard Matheson novel of the same name that’s probably the second-most influential vampire book ever written, the story follows Robert Neville, an army virologist and Last Man On Earth as he attempts to synthesize a cure for the plague of vampirism that has destroyed the world.
Imagining how the film might be belatedly followed up over a decade after its original release, the trailer uses less recognizable shots from the original movie to recreate the feel of its atmosphere and shaky CGI, while also repurposing footage from the Smith-starring misfire Gemini Man and abysmal Dtv zombie horror Patient Zero. It’s another impressive effort from Crammer and you can check it out up above.
The “sequel” is intended to follow...
Imagining how the film might be belatedly followed up over a decade after its original release, the trailer uses less recognizable shots from the original movie to recreate the feel of its atmosphere and shaky CGI, while also repurposing footage from the Smith-starring misfire Gemini Man and abysmal Dtv zombie horror Patient Zero. It’s another impressive effort from Crammer and you can check it out up above.
The “sequel” is intended to follow...
- 2/19/2020
- by Andrew Marshall
- We Got This Covered
Sabrina must pay a big price to protect Greendale in Sabrina the Teenage Witch #5. Also in today's Comics Corner: Street Fighter: Akuma Vs Hell #1 from Udon Entertainment Inc. and Pandemica #1 from Idw Publishing.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch #5: "Events have passed a point of no return in Greendale and Sabrina has to take dramatic steps in order to save her family, friends, and the city itself from an out of control threat that isn’t exactly what it seemed to be. But all magic has a price and magic this big has a big price. Just how far will Sabrina go to protect the ones she loves?
Script: Kelly Thompson
Art: Veronica Fish, Andy Fish, Jack Morelli
32 pgs."
To learn more, visit Archie Comics' website.
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Street Fighter: Akuma vs. Hell #1: "(W) Ken Siu-Chong (A/CA) Joe Vriens
After his encounter with the demonic Darkstalkers, Akuma chose to...
Sabrina the Teenage Witch #5: "Events have passed a point of no return in Greendale and Sabrina has to take dramatic steps in order to save her family, friends, and the city itself from an out of control threat that isn’t exactly what it seemed to be. But all magic has a price and magic this big has a big price. Just how far will Sabrina go to protect the ones she loves?
Script: Kelly Thompson
Art: Veronica Fish, Andy Fish, Jack Morelli
32 pgs."
To learn more, visit Archie Comics' website.
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Street Fighter: Akuma vs. Hell #1: "(W) Ken Siu-Chong (A/CA) Joe Vriens
After his encounter with the demonic Darkstalkers, Akuma chose to...
- 9/11/2019
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Sarah Silverman and “Game of Thrones” star John Bradley are in negotiations to join Jennifer Lopez comedy “Marry Me” at Universal.
Owen Wilson is also on board to star. Kat Coiro is directing the film and the script was written by John Rogers and Tami Sagher, with a rewrite by Harper Dill.
Universal recently acquired the pic from Stx after the company took the film from Uni in April. The studio is now aiming to begin shooting in the fall.
The musical comedy is based on the graphic novel by Bobby Crosby, and is described as a “Notting Hill meets “A Star is Born” that lifts the curtain on celebrity, relationships, and social media. The film explores the possibilities of what might happen when a superstar marries an everyman as a joke and discovers that perhaps there are no accidents.
Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Benny Medina will produce alongside Rogers.
Owen Wilson is also on board to star. Kat Coiro is directing the film and the script was written by John Rogers and Tami Sagher, with a rewrite by Harper Dill.
Universal recently acquired the pic from Stx after the company took the film from Uni in April. The studio is now aiming to begin shooting in the fall.
The musical comedy is based on the graphic novel by Bobby Crosby, and is described as a “Notting Hill meets “A Star is Born” that lifts the curtain on celebrity, relationships, and social media. The film explores the possibilities of what might happen when a superstar marries an everyman as a joke and discovers that perhaps there are no accidents.
Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Benny Medina will produce alongside Rogers.
- 7/19/2019
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
No one knows more about the complicated alliance between unions and the cannabis industry than Dale Sky Jones, chancellor of Oakland’s Oaksterdam University, a marijuana trade school. She calls herself “Patient Zero.”
In 2010, major unions were just starting to throw their weight behind weed in California as part of Prop 19, a ballot initiative for recreational marijuana. Jones says an organizer for the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (Ufcw) walked into the campaign office for Prop 19, a campaign Oaksterdam’s founder spearheaded, and said, “You’re not just a bunch of tree-hugging,...
In 2010, major unions were just starting to throw their weight behind weed in California as part of Prop 19, a ballot initiative for recreational marijuana. Jones says an organizer for the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (Ufcw) walked into the campaign office for Prop 19, a campaign Oaksterdam’s founder spearheaded, and said, “You’re not just a bunch of tree-hugging,...
- 6/14/2019
- by Josh Marcus
- Rollingstone.com
Toronto — Veteran Toronto director Laurie Lynd taps into the myth-busting 2017 book “Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic” for a documentary feature that reframes the legacy of Quebec flight attendant Gaetan Dugas, a promiscuous gay man who was incorrectly identified as patient zero by investigators from the U.S. Center for Disease Control in the early years of the AIDS epidemic.
“Killing Patient Zero,” which had its world premiere at Hot Docs in Toronto, explores how the idea of a patient zero was amplified – and how Dugas was vilified – via the publisher’s strategy for promoting the groundbreaking book “And The Band Played On,” by serializing and sensationalizing its patient-zero chapter.
In Lynd’s film, author Randy Shilts is a key supporting character whose crusade to effect change through his writing had complex repercussions.
In a traditional but lively style, Lynd and editor Trevor Ambrose take viewers from...
“Killing Patient Zero,” which had its world premiere at Hot Docs in Toronto, explores how the idea of a patient zero was amplified – and how Dugas was vilified – via the publisher’s strategy for promoting the groundbreaking book “And The Band Played On,” by serializing and sensationalizing its patient-zero chapter.
In Lynd’s film, author Randy Shilts is a key supporting character whose crusade to effect change through his writing had complex repercussions.
In a traditional but lively style, Lynd and editor Trevor Ambrose take viewers from...
- 5/3/2019
- by Jennie Punter
- Variety Film + TV
The first scene of “The Hot Zone” is a chilling scene-setter, but also a bit of an tonal red herring. Captured with sparse dialogue and plenty of gut-churning close-ups, a sick man struggles to walk out of his house and climb into a cab for the airport. Somehow, he boards the plane, despite giant red welts covering his face and near-constant coughing upsetting his fellow passengers. On his way back from the restroom, the man clings to the backs of each seat just to stay upright, before collapsing into his own chair — and promptly vomiting up a barf-bag full of blood that the attendant dutifully dumps down a toilet.
The man is rushed to a Nairobi hospital, but there’s nothing to be done. As a young physician rushes to get air to his clogged lungs, a pocket of bloody discharge pops across the doctor’s face. He’s taken aback,...
The man is rushed to a Nairobi hospital, but there’s nothing to be done. As a young physician rushes to get air to his clogged lungs, a pocket of bloody discharge pops across the doctor’s face. He’s taken aback,...
- 4/30/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
More than half of the films playing at Hot Docs, North America’s largest documentary festival, are directed by women, the Canadian event said Tuesday. The festival’s 26th edition, which runs April 25-May 5, will screen 234 films, with 54% of the directors being women.
In the competitive International Spectrum program, notable films receiving their world premieres include Nicole Schafer’s “Buddha in Africa,” about a Malawian boy raised in a Chinese Buddhist orphanage, who’s torn between his heritage and upbringing; Pailin Wedel’s “Hope Frozen,” which profiles a grief-stricken Bangkok family and their unorthodox decision to cryopreserve their deceased daughter; Marcela Arteaga’s “The Guardian of Memory,” a film that reveals the desperate stories of Mexicans fleeing the violence of their country toward an unfriendly U.S. border; and Jolanta Dylewska and Andrzej Wajda’s “Marek Edelman… and There Was Love in the Ghetto,” an artful recreation of the Holocaust...
In the competitive International Spectrum program, notable films receiving their world premieres include Nicole Schafer’s “Buddha in Africa,” about a Malawian boy raised in a Chinese Buddhist orphanage, who’s torn between his heritage and upbringing; Pailin Wedel’s “Hope Frozen,” which profiles a grief-stricken Bangkok family and their unorthodox decision to cryopreserve their deceased daughter; Marcela Arteaga’s “The Guardian of Memory,” a film that reveals the desperate stories of Mexicans fleeing the violence of their country toward an unfriendly U.S. border; and Jolanta Dylewska and Andrzej Wajda’s “Marek Edelman… and There Was Love in the Ghetto,” an artful recreation of the Holocaust...
- 3/19/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
After a decent series premiere, The Passage picks up the pace in its second outing. Our review of "You Owe Me a Unicorn."
This The Passage review contains spoilers.
The Passage Episode 2
The Passage series premiere was pretty good, despite feeling a bit disjointed, a patched-together pilot from two directors. It also felt a little paint-by-the-numbers formulaic as it set the table for quite a few plot threads – including the end of the world. In the age of binge-worthy programming and HBO-level budgets, The Passage's opening hour felt very “network”.
Still, there was potential, thanks to the relationship building between agent Brad Wolgast (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and Amy Belafonte (Saniyya Sidney), the young girl he is sent to kidnap for the shadowy government operation Project Noah. Episode 2, “You Owe Me A Unicorn” is a step up, with a cohesive tone and does more to flesh out its other characters,...
This The Passage review contains spoilers.
The Passage Episode 2
The Passage series premiere was pretty good, despite feeling a bit disjointed, a patched-together pilot from two directors. It also felt a little paint-by-the-numbers formulaic as it set the table for quite a few plot threads – including the end of the world. In the age of binge-worthy programming and HBO-level budgets, The Passage's opening hour felt very “network”.
Still, there was potential, thanks to the relationship building between agent Brad Wolgast (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and Amy Belafonte (Saniyya Sidney), the young girl he is sent to kidnap for the shadowy government operation Project Noah. Episode 2, “You Owe Me A Unicorn” is a step up, with a cohesive tone and does more to flesh out its other characters,...
- 1/22/2019
- Den of Geek
From executive producer Ridley Scott and “Friday Night Lights” writer Liz Heldens, Fox’s vampire thriller “The Passage” lacks edge — and that may give it the edge over other fantasy-horror series. As traditional networks lose viewers and their own library content to streaming sites, shows like “The Passage” demonstrate what broadcast television can offer: Likable characters in a serialized story just engaging enough to retain viewers without the pressure of having to binge every single episode right now. This is apocalypse for the mainstream.
Based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Justin Cronin, “The Passage” takes a relatable and heartfelt approach with the introduction to an orphaned 10-year-old Amy Bellafonte. An utterly charming, smart, and tough tomboy, she becomes “the most important girl in the world” as the key to the cure for a fast-approaching global pandemic.
Of course, the purported star of the series is Mark-Paul Gosselaar,...
Based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Justin Cronin, “The Passage” takes a relatable and heartfelt approach with the introduction to an orphaned 10-year-old Amy Bellafonte. An utterly charming, smart, and tough tomboy, she becomes “the most important girl in the world” as the key to the cure for a fast-approaching global pandemic.
Of course, the purported star of the series is Mark-Paul Gosselaar,...
- 1/14/2019
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
The Whistler Film Festival (November 28 — December 2) is hosting the industry’s top screenwriters at highly anticipated 7th consecutive event in Whistler.
This year’s honoured screenwriters will share their personal stories and challenges related to succeeding in today’s film industry at an afternoon conversation on December 1 as part of Wff’s Signature Series as well as receive their coveted award at Wff’s Awards Celebration on December 2.
Hosted by Canadian broadcast veteran George Stroumboulopoulos, festival goers will join this prestigious class of film scribes as they discuss tips and tricks for navigating the film landscape in 2018. The group will also share a behind the scenes look at their current and future projects during this intimate conversation.
Variety’s class of 2018 screenwriters and notable credits include:
Joe Robert Cole, Black PantherBryan Woods and Scott Beck, A Quiet PlaceAshleigh Powell, The Nutcracker And The Four RealmsJay Longino, Uncle DrewElizabeth Chomko, What They HadSofia Alvarez,...
This year’s honoured screenwriters will share their personal stories and challenges related to succeeding in today’s film industry at an afternoon conversation on December 1 as part of Wff’s Signature Series as well as receive their coveted award at Wff’s Awards Celebration on December 2.
Hosted by Canadian broadcast veteran George Stroumboulopoulos, festival goers will join this prestigious class of film scribes as they discuss tips and tricks for navigating the film landscape in 2018. The group will also share a behind the scenes look at their current and future projects during this intimate conversation.
Variety’s class of 2018 screenwriters and notable credits include:
Joe Robert Cole, Black PantherBryan Woods and Scott Beck, A Quiet PlaceAshleigh Powell, The Nutcracker And The Four RealmsJay Longino, Uncle DrewElizabeth Chomko, What They HadSofia Alvarez,...
- 11/20/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
It’s a damn good week to be a Stephen King fan, that is for sure, because we have two must-own Blu-ray releases coming out on Tuesday, perfect for some inspired Halloween-time viewings. First up, Scream Factory has put together a Collector’s Edition of Creepshow that is just utterly phenomenal, and there’s also the long overdue Blu for Maximum Overdrive that’s coming out as part of the Vestron Video Collector’s Series.
As if that wasn’t already enough, Brian De Palma’s Sisters joins the ranks of The Criterion Collection this week, Night of the Demons is getting the Steelbook treatment, there’s an unrated version of Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead that arrives on Blu, plus there’s a special edition of Deadbeat by Dawn to look forward to as well.
Other notable releases for October 23rd include The Devil’s Doorway, The Unnamable, Patient Zero,...
As if that wasn’t already enough, Brian De Palma’s Sisters joins the ranks of The Criterion Collection this week, Night of the Demons is getting the Steelbook treatment, there’s an unrated version of Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead that arrives on Blu, plus there’s a special edition of Deadbeat by Dawn to look forward to as well.
Other notable releases for October 23rd include The Devil’s Doorway, The Unnamable, Patient Zero,...
- 10/23/2018
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Matt Smith (Dr. Who), Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones) and Academy Award nominee Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones) star in Patient Zero, debuting on Blu-ray and DVD this October from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Check out the Blu-ray cover art to the right and then make sure to let us know what you think in […]
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- 10/12/2018
- by Mike Sprague
- DreadCentral.com
More October fun for our readers in today's Horror Highlights. Seventh.Ink starts things off with images of their Haunted Collection IX apparel, which is available now, and we also have Patient Zero Blu-ray / DVD details and info on Terrortory II coming to Amazon Prime.
Seventh.Ink's Haunted Collection IX Apparel Release Details: "Haunted Collection IX includes four shirts and a ton of other great items such as enamel pins, embroidered patches, and 9x12 screen prints.
As always, the shirts are tagless and screen printed with water-based ink on Next Level blanks.
Everything is now available at www.seventhink.com"
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Patient Zero Blu-ray and DVD Release Details: Press Release: "Matt Smith (“Dr. Who”), Natalie Dormer (“Game of Thrones”) and Academy Award nominee Stanley Tucci star in Patient Zero, debuting on Blu-ray and DVD October 23rd from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. After a super-virus has turned humankind into highly intelligent,...
Seventh.Ink's Haunted Collection IX Apparel Release Details: "Haunted Collection IX includes four shirts and a ton of other great items such as enamel pins, embroidered patches, and 9x12 screen prints.
As always, the shirts are tagless and screen printed with water-based ink on Next Level blanks.
Everything is now available at www.seventhink.com"
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Patient Zero Blu-ray and DVD Release Details: Press Release: "Matt Smith (“Dr. Who”), Natalie Dormer (“Game of Thrones”) and Academy Award nominee Stanley Tucci star in Patient Zero, debuting on Blu-ray and DVD October 23rd from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. After a super-virus has turned humankind into highly intelligent,...
- 10/10/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Chloë Sevigny Channels ‘Lizzie’; ‘American Chaos’, ‘Bel Canto’ Join Weekend – Specialty B.O. Preview
Following a late summer trickle of new Specialties, distributors are releasing a torrent of limited releases just as the Toronto Film Festival heads into its finale this weekend. Roadside Attractions/Saban Films have teamed on psychological thriller Lizzie with Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart based on the famous New England murder of the 1890s; the film opens in New York and L.A. before going to the top 50 markets next weekend. Producer-director Jim Stern launches his documentary American Chaos, spotlighting the 2016 presidential election, via Sony Pictures Classics. Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe star in Bel Canto, based on a novel of the same title by Ann Patchett. The general election also forms the backdrop to romance A Boy. A Girl. A Dream from Samuel Goldwyn Films, which hits five dozen theaters Friday. Sundance and SXSW favorite Science Fair begins its theatrical run via National Geographic Documentary Films. And Cranked Up Films,...
- 9/14/2018
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
Plot: After a viral outbreak renders most of the population rabid, a team of army doctors holed-up in an underground bunker, try to discover the elusive patient zero, who they feel may possess the antibodies to cure the disease. Review: I feel like I.ve been reading about Patient Zero for a few years now. Originally produced by Screen Gems as a full-scale theatrical release, the film is finally getting a limited... Read More...
- 9/10/2018
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
In the apocalyptic world of Patient Zero, the infected aren't just killed, they're interrogated by Morgan (Matt Smith), a human who was bitten, yet didn't turn into murderous creatures like the other infected. His latest interviewee, The Professor (Stanley Tucci) is his most complex and dangerous case yet, and we've been provided with an exclusive Patient Zero clip that explores the tense dynamic between Morgan and The Professor, all while the clock on humanity's lifespan ticks ever-closer to an untimely conclusion.
Following its August 14th release on VOD, Patient Zero will be released in Us theaters on September 14th from Vertical Entertainment. You can watch our exclusive clip below, and we have the official press release with more details on the movie that also co-stars Natalie Dormer.
Press Release: "Culver City, Calif. – Matt Smith (“Dr. Who”), Natalie Dormer (“Game of Thrones”) and Academy Award® nominee Stanley Tucci star in Patient Zero,...
Following its August 14th release on VOD, Patient Zero will be released in Us theaters on September 14th from Vertical Entertainment. You can watch our exclusive clip below, and we have the official press release with more details on the movie that also co-stars Natalie Dormer.
Press Release: "Culver City, Calif. – Matt Smith (“Dr. Who”), Natalie Dormer (“Game of Thrones”) and Academy Award® nominee Stanley Tucci star in Patient Zero,...
- 9/5/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Now that Matt Smith has passed on his crown to Tobias Menzies in The Crown. The Doctor Who alumni has moved onto his next project and some would say its a pretty big deal. Smith will be joining the Star Wars hall of fame in Episode IX.
Details of which side Smith will be on or any character details are being kept under lock and key.
Smith joins returning cast members Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, and Adam Driver, as well as newcomers Keri Russell, Richard E. Grant, Dominic Monaghan, and Naomi Ackie. Billy Dee Williams is reprising his role as Lando Calrissian, and Carrie Fisher will be featured as Leia Organa in the final instalment of the Skywalker saga, using previously unreleased footage shot for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Mark Hamill will also be returning as Luke Skywalker and Anthony Daniels will reprise his role at C-3Po.
Details of which side Smith will be on or any character details are being kept under lock and key.
Smith joins returning cast members Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, and Adam Driver, as well as newcomers Keri Russell, Richard E. Grant, Dominic Monaghan, and Naomi Ackie. Billy Dee Williams is reprising his role as Lando Calrissian, and Carrie Fisher will be featured as Leia Organa in the final instalment of the Skywalker saga, using previously unreleased footage shot for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Mark Hamill will also be returning as Luke Skywalker and Anthony Daniels will reprise his role at C-3Po.
- 8/29/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
They call ’em “breastaurants” — those sports-bar-and-grills less known for their cuisine than their well-endowed waitresses poured into tight t-shirts and oh-so-suggestive shorts. If you’ve been to Hooters, or are aware of the concept behind this formerly popular pin-up-calendar-come-to-life chain, you know the business model. These places sell dudes a sanitized version of sex with a side of hot wings — or as a character says in Support the Girls, a fantasy fueled by “boobs, brews and big screens.” It’s why people come to Double Whammies, the movie’s fictional...
- 8/24/2018
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Get infected! Dread Central will be hosting a free screening of the long-awaited pandemic/zombie thriller Patient Zero on Wednesday, September 5 at the fabulous Brooklyn Alamo Drafthouse Cinema drafthouse.com/nyc (445 Albee Square West; 718-513-2547). Matt Smith, Natalie Dormer, and Stanley Tucci star in the post-apocalyptic film directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky. Patient Zero also features Agyness […]
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- 8/22/2018
- by Jonathan Barkan
- DreadCentral.com
Today marks the digital and VOD release of Patient Zero a bio-horror film with an all-star cast that will be hitting theaters on September 14. Originally shot back in 2015, it’s high time that this movie got its release and we’re thrilled to bring you an exclusive clip that shows off the threat of the […]
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- 8/14/2018
- by Jonathan Barkan
- DreadCentral.com
Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, Patient Zero stars Natalie Dormer, Matt Smith and Stanley Tucci, and will see a theatrical release spread nationwide on September 14th with the Blu-ray debut following soon after on October 23rd.
"Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will bring to Blu-ray Stefan Ruzowitzky's horror thriller Patient Zero (2017), starring Natalie Dormer, Matt Smith (XI), Clive Standen, Stanley Tucci, and John Bradley. The release will be available for purchase on October 23rd.
The film will open in select theaters across the nation on September 14th.
Synopsis: In the pandemic thriller Patient Zero, humanity is battling intelligent, adrenaline-fueled creatures born from a viral super-strain. After being bitten, human survivor Morgan (Matt Smith) realizes he is asymptomatic and can communicate with the infected, leading the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure."
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"Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will bring to Blu-ray Stefan Ruzowitzky's horror thriller Patient Zero (2017), starring Natalie Dormer, Matt Smith (XI), Clive Standen, Stanley Tucci, and John Bradley. The release will be available for purchase on October 23rd.
The film will open in select theaters across the nation on September 14th.
Synopsis: In the pandemic thriller Patient Zero, humanity is battling intelligent, adrenaline-fueled creatures born from a viral super-strain. After being bitten, human survivor Morgan (Matt Smith) realizes he is asymptomatic and can communicate with the infected, leading the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure."
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- 8/6/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Even though Sony Pictures UK dropped a new trailer at San Diego Comic-Con for Venom a while back, the latest trailer footage has only just been released online.
Directed by Ruben Fleischer, the film stars Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze and Reid Scott.
The screenplay was written by Scott Rosenberg & Jeff Pinkner and Kelly Marcel and Will Beall. Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach and Amy Pascal produced the film.
The film is released October 5th, here’s the new trailer.
Also in trailers – Stanley Tucci, Matt Smith and Natalie Dormer star in trailer for Patient Zero
Venom Synopsis
One of Marvel’s most enigmatic, complex and badass characters comes to the big screen, starring Academy Award® nominated actor Tom Hardy as the lethal protector Venom.
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Directed by Ruben Fleischer, the film stars Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze and Reid Scott.
The screenplay was written by Scott Rosenberg & Jeff Pinkner and Kelly Marcel and Will Beall. Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach and Amy Pascal produced the film.
The film is released October 5th, here’s the new trailer.
Also in trailers – Stanley Tucci, Matt Smith and Natalie Dormer star in trailer for Patient Zero
Venom Synopsis
One of Marvel’s most enigmatic, complex and badass characters comes to the big screen, starring Academy Award® nominated actor Tom Hardy as the lethal protector Venom.
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- 7/31/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Universal Pictures has unleashed a brand new trailer for Bh Tilt’s Unfriended: Dark Web.
In the follow-up to the 2014 outing, Unfriended: Dark Web follows a twenty-something as he finds a cache of hidden files on his new laptop. He and his friends are unwittingly thrust into the depths of the dark web.
They soon discover someone has been watching their every move and will go to the unimaginable lengths to protect the dark web.
Written and directed by Stephen Susco, the film, which could be classed as a sequel or a stand-alone, stars Betty Gabriel, Andrew Lees, Colin Woodell, and Connor Del Rio.
Also in trailers – Stanley Tucci, Matt Smith and Natalie Dormer star in trailer for Patient Zero
The film opens in cinemas August 10
Unfriended: Dark Web Official Synopsis
When a 20-something finds a cache of hidden files on his new laptop, he and his friends are unwittingly...
In the follow-up to the 2014 outing, Unfriended: Dark Web follows a twenty-something as he finds a cache of hidden files on his new laptop. He and his friends are unwittingly thrust into the depths of the dark web.
They soon discover someone has been watching their every move and will go to the unimaginable lengths to protect the dark web.
Written and directed by Stephen Susco, the film, which could be classed as a sequel or a stand-alone, stars Betty Gabriel, Andrew Lees, Colin Woodell, and Connor Del Rio.
Also in trailers – Stanley Tucci, Matt Smith and Natalie Dormer star in trailer for Patient Zero
The film opens in cinemas August 10
Unfriended: Dark Web Official Synopsis
When a 20-something finds a cache of hidden files on his new laptop, he and his friends are unwittingly...
- 7/20/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Universal Pictures has dropped a new trailer for Welcome to Marwen celebrating the women who help get Mark back on track after his horrific attack.
Based on a true story (captured in the fascinating documentary Marwencol), Welcome to Marwen tells the miraculous true story of one broken man’s fight as he discovers how artistic imagination can restore the human spirit.
Academy Award® winner Robert Zemeckis takes the helm on the film which stars Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, Janelle Monae and Diane Kruger.
Also in trailers – Stanley Tucci, Matt Smith and Natalie Dormer star in trailer for Patient Zero
The film hits UK cinemas January 19th
Welcome to the Marwen Official Synopsis
When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp (Carell) and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic.
Based on a true story (captured in the fascinating documentary Marwencol), Welcome to Marwen tells the miraculous true story of one broken man’s fight as he discovers how artistic imagination can restore the human spirit.
Academy Award® winner Robert Zemeckis takes the helm on the film which stars Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, Janelle Monae and Diane Kruger.
Also in trailers – Stanley Tucci, Matt Smith and Natalie Dormer star in trailer for Patient Zero
The film hits UK cinemas January 19th
Welcome to the Marwen Official Synopsis
When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp (Carell) and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic.
- 7/19/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The zombie genre has been done to death, but every now and then, someone comes up with a clever way to revive it. Patient Zero might be such a film – it takes your standard zombie-style outbreak, and adds an interesting new twist to it. It also features Stanley Tucci as a very cool cigarette smoking […]
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- 7/18/2018
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Fox is betting big on its upcoming fall drama “The Passage,” based on author Justin Cronin’s best-selling book trilogy of the same name.
In the series, a secret government medical facility experiments with a dangerous virus meant to cure all disease that instead causes humans infected with it to become vampire-like creatures known on the show as virals.
Carey Jones, who headed the SFX makeup department on the show’s pilot, spoke with Variety about how he and his team achieved the look for the virals — which they designed to be unlike vampires seen in previous shows.
How did you design the look for the virals?
Greg Nicotero got a call from Fox discussing this project and brought us on board. In the beginning, Greg and I just wanted to do something different. There’s been a lot of vampire shows out there, so we really wanted to come...
In the series, a secret government medical facility experiments with a dangerous virus meant to cure all disease that instead causes humans infected with it to become vampire-like creatures known on the show as virals.
Carey Jones, who headed the SFX makeup department on the show’s pilot, spoke with Variety about how he and his team achieved the look for the virals — which they designed to be unlike vampires seen in previous shows.
How did you design the look for the virals?
Greg Nicotero got a call from Fox discussing this project and brought us on board. In the beginning, Greg and I just wanted to do something different. There’s been a lot of vampire shows out there, so we really wanted to come...
- 7/18/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Here's the trailer for a new horror thriller called Patient Zero that tries to do something a little new and different with the zombie genre. The story follows a man played by Matt Smith who has the unique ability to speak "the Infected's new language" and leads the last survivors on a hunt to find Patient Zero and a cure. Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones) is helping him on his journey. The big twist is, the infected don't feel they are diseased, they feel that they are the solution and the cure to get rid of the human infection.
This actually looks like a solid movie worth checking out. It was directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky and this is the synopsis:
In this new pandemic thriller, humanity is battling intelligent, adrenaline-fueled creatures born from a viral super-strain. After being bitten, human survivor Morgan (Matt Smith) realizes he is asymptomatic and can communicate with the infected,...
This actually looks like a solid movie worth checking out. It was directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky and this is the synopsis:
In this new pandemic thriller, humanity is battling intelligent, adrenaline-fueled creatures born from a viral super-strain. After being bitten, human survivor Morgan (Matt Smith) realizes he is asymptomatic and can communicate with the infected,...
- 7/18/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
A new trailer has emerged from Sony Pictures Entertainment for the action horror, Patient Zero.
The film focuses on a global pandemic of a strain of rabies which has turned the majority of humankind into highly intelligent, streamlined killers called The Infected.
Matt Smith plays an asymptomatic infected man who can communicate with the others, and heads out on a hunt for this contagion’s Patient Zero and the promise of a cure.
Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, the film boasts a cast of Matt Smith, Natalie Dormer, Stanley Tucci, John Bradley and Clive Standen.
Also in trailers – New trailer arrived for Paul Feig’s A Simple Favour
The film is released on digital on August 14th and select Us cinemas on September 14th.
Patient Zero Official Synopsis
In the pandemic thriller, Patient Zero, humanity is battling intelligent, adrenaline-fueled creatures born from a viral super-strain. After being bitten, human survivor Morgan...
The film focuses on a global pandemic of a strain of rabies which has turned the majority of humankind into highly intelligent, streamlined killers called The Infected.
Matt Smith plays an asymptomatic infected man who can communicate with the others, and heads out on a hunt for this contagion’s Patient Zero and the promise of a cure.
Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, the film boasts a cast of Matt Smith, Natalie Dormer, Stanley Tucci, John Bradley and Clive Standen.
Also in trailers – New trailer arrived for Paul Feig’s A Simple Favour
The film is released on digital on August 14th and select Us cinemas on September 14th.
Patient Zero Official Synopsis
In the pandemic thriller, Patient Zero, humanity is battling intelligent, adrenaline-fueled creatures born from a viral super-strain. After being bitten, human survivor Morgan...
- 7/18/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Sony Pictures has dropped the first trailer for Patient Zero this week, a new zombie thriller starring The Crown‘s Matt Smith, Game of Thrones‘ Natalie Dormer and the prolific Stanley Tucci.
Set in a post-apocalyptic world in which much of humanity has been infected by a virus that turns them into savage killers, Smith’s victim – the only one who doesn’t suffer from the usual symptoms – comes into contact with Tucci’s more evolved zombie. Dormer’s scientist hopes that if Smith can communicate with him, he can become Patient Zero and give them the key to curing the epidemic.
If this film rings a distant bell, that might be because you remember it being discussed back when it was shooting…in 2015. Yup, Sony has been keeping this one on the shelf for ages, despite Smith and Dormer having a lot of success over the past few years.
Set in a post-apocalyptic world in which much of humanity has been infected by a virus that turns them into savage killers, Smith’s victim – the only one who doesn’t suffer from the usual symptoms – comes into contact with Tucci’s more evolved zombie. Dormer’s scientist hopes that if Smith can communicate with him, he can become Patient Zero and give them the key to curing the epidemic.
If this film rings a distant bell, that might be because you remember it being discussed back when it was shooting…in 2015. Yup, Sony has been keeping this one on the shelf for ages, despite Smith and Dormer having a lot of success over the past few years.
- 7/17/2018
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
Patient Zero Trailer Stefan Ruzowitzky‘s Patient Zero (2018) movie trailer stars Matt Smith, Natalie Dormer, Clive Standen, Agyness Deyn, and John Bradley. Patient Zero‘s plot synopsis: “In this new pandemic thriller, humanity is battling intelligent, adrenaline-fueled creatures born from a viral super-strain. After being bitten, human survivor Morgan (Matt Smith) realizes he is asymptomatic and [...]
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- 7/17/2018
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"Something new and smart is evolving..." Sony has debuted the trailer for an indie horror thriller titled Patient Zero, another attempt at mixing up the zombie genre with new ideas. The twist in this one is that one guy has the unique ability to speak "the Infected's new language" and leads the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure. Matt Smith stars as Morgan, the one with the skill of communicating with the undead/zombie/creatures but goes up against a formidable opponent when they find The Professor, played by Stanley Tucci. The cast includes Natalie Dormer, Clive Standen, Agyness Deyn, John Bradley, Colin McFarlane, Pippa Bennett-Warner, and James Northcote. As interesting as this "pandemic" film seems, there's so much of the usual tropes in this it doesn't seem like it really has anything new to offer. Here's the first official trailer for Stefan Ruzowitzky's Patient Zero,...
- 7/16/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Patient Zero has to be one of the most unoriginal titles for a movie. I nearly scrolled right past it thinking it was an old movie but it's not and if anything, it actually looks like it could be a good one.
Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, the movie stars Natalie Dormer as Dr. Gina Rose, a doctor who, with the help of a military officer played by Matt Smith, are trying to find the titular patient zero of the zombie apocalypse. Enter Stanley Tucci, a new breed of zombie that isn't your typical mumbling brain eater but rather, the next step in the evolutionary ladder and the goal: rid the world of the pesky humans!
Ok, so it feels a bit old hat but Patient Zero does feature an interest little t...
Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, the movie stars Natalie Dormer as Dr. Gina Rose, a doctor who, with the help of a military officer played by Matt Smith, are trying to find the titular patient zero of the zombie apocalypse. Enter Stanley Tucci, a new breed of zombie that isn't your typical mumbling brain eater but rather, the next step in the evolutionary ladder and the goal: rid the world of the pesky humans!
Ok, so it feels a bit old hat but Patient Zero does feature an interest little t...
- 7/16/2018
- QuietEarth.us
There are zombie movies and there are pandemic movies and while they may seem like the same thing, the creators are often very adamant about the distinction. Example, “28 Days Later” is probably seen as a zombie movie, but writer/director Alex Garland is very clear that the humans infected with the rage virus do not come back from the dead to become undead. Likewise, Steven Soderbergh’s pandemic movie “Contagion” is much more deadly global virus that kills instead of a zombie movie.
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Continue reading ‘Patient Zero’ Trailer: Stanley Tucci Leads A Rabid Group Of Non-Zombies Against Matt Smith & Natalie Dormer at The Playlist.
- 7/16/2018
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
When it comes to surviving a viral outbreak/zombie apocalypse I know very little, but I do know that the first rule is to stay away from dudes who have blood coming out of their eyes and look like they're going to bite you. In short, stay the hell away from the guy on the poster for the upcoming horror-thriller Patient Zero. We have for you an exclusive look at the poster for the movie starring Matt... Read More...
- 7/16/2018
- by Matt Rooney
- JoBlo.com
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