16 years after the faux trailer debuted as part of Grindhouse, Eli Roth finally delivered the feature version of Thanksgiving. There were no leftovers, but among the special features on the slasher’s home video release is an audio commentary by Roth and producer-writer Jeff Rendell.
Here are 10 things I learned from the Thanksgiving commentary…
1. The concept dates back to the filmmakers’ childhoods.
Thanksgiving is based on Roth’s faux trailer from Grindhouse, but its origins date back even further than 2007. Best friends since kindergarten, Roth and Rendell grew up in Newton, Massachusetts (about an hour from Plymouth) watching horror movies together.
Inspired by a pivotal theatrical viewing of Silent Night, Deadly Night circa 1984, they longed for a definitive Thanksgiving slasher in the vein of the other holiday horrors.
“We just started thinking of like, ‘What if there was a Thanksgiving slasher movie? You could put someone in an oven, and there was a killer pilgrim,...
Here are 10 things I learned from the Thanksgiving commentary…
1. The concept dates back to the filmmakers’ childhoods.
Thanksgiving is based on Roth’s faux trailer from Grindhouse, but its origins date back even further than 2007. Best friends since kindergarten, Roth and Rendell grew up in Newton, Massachusetts (about an hour from Plymouth) watching horror movies together.
Inspired by a pivotal theatrical viewing of Silent Night, Deadly Night circa 1984, they longed for a definitive Thanksgiving slasher in the vein of the other holiday horrors.
“We just started thinking of like, ‘What if there was a Thanksgiving slasher movie? You could put someone in an oven, and there was a killer pilgrim,...
- 2/12/2024
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
It’s only about two minutes and 25 seconds, yet it remains the single best thing Eli Roth has ever done. Tucked right in the middle of Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s ambitious, mondo-grimy Grindhouse (2007) is a trailer for a fake movie called Thanksgiving. You probably remember it, if you remember much about that wax Forty-Deuce museum with a pulse. It’s the end of November, someone is murdering horny teens, kind old ladies and, er, hornier teens in the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts. The killer is dressed like a pilgrim.
- 11/17/2023
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Eli Roth is back. And he’s here for “Thanksgiving.”
For the past decade, Roth has nimbly moved through different genres – erotic thriller (“Knock Knock”), revenge movie (“Death Wish”), family fantasy (“The House with a Clock in Its Walls”), nature documentary (“Fin”) and big budget video game adaptation (next year’s “Borderlands”). But now he’s back with a down-and-dirty horror movie, this time centered around one of the happiest time of year.
In “Thanksgiving,” adapted from a fake trailer that Roth had made for Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s “Grindhouse” project, a superstore’s super sale leads to tragedy. A year later a masked man in a pilgrim costume, known as John Carver, starts taking out the townspeople involved in the tragedy, one by one. And, yes, the kills are just as creative and stomach-churning as you’d expect from the man behind “Hostel,” “Cabin Fever” and “The Green Inferno.
For the past decade, Roth has nimbly moved through different genres – erotic thriller (“Knock Knock”), revenge movie (“Death Wish”), family fantasy (“The House with a Clock in Its Walls”), nature documentary (“Fin”) and big budget video game adaptation (next year’s “Borderlands”). But now he’s back with a down-and-dirty horror movie, this time centered around one of the happiest time of year.
In “Thanksgiving,” adapted from a fake trailer that Roth had made for Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s “Grindhouse” project, a superstore’s super sale leads to tragedy. A year later a masked man in a pilgrim costume, known as John Carver, starts taking out the townspeople involved in the tragedy, one by one. And, yes, the kills are just as creative and stomach-churning as you’d expect from the man behind “Hostel,” “Cabin Fever” and “The Green Inferno.
- 11/16/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
The first two Silent Night, Deadly Night films get all the glory — to the point where casual horror fans may be surprised to learn that three more installments were produced in the franchise. The 1984 original generated highly publicized controversy by showing its killer dressed as Santa Claus in advertisements, while the 1987 first sequel gained cult status for its over-the-top campiness and liberal reuse of clips from its predecessor.
The series was then relegated to straight-to-video territory with 1989’s Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out, 1990’s Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation, and 1991’s Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker. While the third installment continues the killer Santa plot, the storyline was abandoned for the latter two installments, which each tell an unrelated tale set during Christmastime.
Diverging from the franchise’s headline-making narrative may have been a death knell — look at how long it took viewers...
The series was then relegated to straight-to-video territory with 1989’s Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out, 1990’s Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation, and 1991’s Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker. While the third installment continues the killer Santa plot, the storyline was abandoned for the latter two installments, which each tell an unrelated tale set during Christmastime.
Diverging from the franchise’s headline-making narrative may have been a death knell — look at how long it took viewers...
- 12/22/2022
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Vestron Video and Lionsgate Home Entertainment will release on Blu-ray Silent Night, Deadly Night Collection (1989-1991). The three-disc set will be available for purchase on December 13 and is available to order now!.
Prepare for a trilogy of pure terror with this collection of films from the Silent Night, Deadly Night series. In Better Watch Out!, it's a very bloody Christmas after Ricky Caldwell, the notorious "Killer Santa Claus," awakens from a six-year coma with one thing on his mind: murder. In Initiation, a reporter's investigation into a mysterious death leads her into the clutches of a cult that's chosen her as its new queen, and The Toy Maker stars entertainment legend Mickey Rooney as a toy maker whose creations display some very...
Prepare for a trilogy of pure terror with this collection of films from the Silent Night, Deadly Night series. In Better Watch Out!, it's a very bloody Christmas after Ricky Caldwell, the notorious "Killer Santa Claus," awakens from a six-year coma with one thing on his mind: murder. In Initiation, a reporter's investigation into a mysterious death leads her into the clutches of a cult that's chosen her as its new queen, and The Toy Maker stars entertainment legend Mickey Rooney as a toy maker whose creations display some very...
- 10/19/2022
- QuietEarth.us
Joining the other two movies in the world of Blu-ray, Lionsgate has officially announced that the Silent Night, Deadly Night Collection is joining the Vestron Video Collector’s Series.
Featuring all-new special features, the Silent Night, Deadly Night Collection includes Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out, Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation, and Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker. All three movies are worth watching for their own reasons – Sndn 3 stars Bill Moseley as the killer, while Sndn 4 is just plain bonkers and has very little to do with the franchise or even Christmas at all – but in my personal opinion it’s Sndn 5 – starring Mickey Rooney! – that is the true underrated gem of this oddball franchise.
You can expect to own the collection on December 13, 2022.
The Special Features package includes…
Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!
Audio Commentary with Film Historian Jarret Gahan...
Featuring all-new special features, the Silent Night, Deadly Night Collection includes Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out, Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation, and Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker. All three movies are worth watching for their own reasons – Sndn 3 stars Bill Moseley as the killer, while Sndn 4 is just plain bonkers and has very little to do with the franchise or even Christmas at all – but in my personal opinion it’s Sndn 5 – starring Mickey Rooney! – that is the true underrated gem of this oddball franchise.
You can expect to own the collection on December 13, 2022.
The Special Features package includes…
Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!
Audio Commentary with Film Historian Jarret Gahan...
- 10/18/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The classic Christmas slasher Silent Night, Deadly Night is already available on Blu-ray (pick up a copy Here), and so is its stock footage filled sequel Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 (you can buy that one Here) – and pretty soon the oddball sequels Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out, Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation, and Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker will be joining them! All three of the movies are getting the Vestron Video Collector’s Series treatment, and you won’t have to buy three different items to collect all of them. This is going to be a triple feature release.
Dawn of the Discs reports that “All 3 films will come together in one package, will be presented in their original aspect ratio and will feature new special features for each film.” Details on the special features haven’t been revealed. Nor has the release date.
Dawn of the Discs reports that “All 3 films will come together in one package, will be presented in their original aspect ratio and will feature new special features for each film.” Details on the special features haven’t been revealed. Nor has the release date.
- 10/12/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Further Christmas releases include ‘Silent Night’, ‘CBeebies Christmas Show’.
Aml Ameen’s romantic comedy Boxing Day heads the new titles at the UK-Ireland box office, as one of six Christmas-themed releases this weekend.
Released in 439 sites through Warner Bros, Boxing Day is inspired by Ameen’s own experiences, and follows a UK author who returns home from Los Angeles to introduce his US fiancée to his eccentric British-Caribbean family at Christmas.
The film is produced by Screen Star of Tomorrow 2020 Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, alongside Damian Jones of DJ Films, plus Ameen, Dominique Telson and Matthew G. Zamias; backing came from the BFI Film Fund and Film4.
Aml Ameen’s romantic comedy Boxing Day heads the new titles at the UK-Ireland box office, as one of six Christmas-themed releases this weekend.
Released in 439 sites through Warner Bros, Boxing Day is inspired by Ameen’s own experiences, and follows a UK author who returns home from Los Angeles to introduce his US fiancée to his eccentric British-Caribbean family at Christmas.
The film is produced by Screen Star of Tomorrow 2020 Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, alongside Damian Jones of DJ Films, plus Ameen, Dominique Telson and Matthew G. Zamias; backing came from the BFI Film Fund and Film4.
- 12/3/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Keira Knightley has put a ban on shooting sex scenes for male directors, the Oscar-nominated actress revealed on a recent installment of the “Chanel Connects” podcast (via The Hollywood Reporter). Knightley, who has had a “no nudity clause” added to her film contracts since becoming a mother in 2015, cited the male gaze as an issue in sex scenes, adding that she does not want to be featured “in those horrible sex scenes where you’re all greased up and everybody is grunting. I’m not interested in doing that.”
“I don’t have an absolute ban [on filming nude scenes], but I kind of do with men,” Knightley said. “It’s partly vanity and also it’s the male gaze.”
Knightley added, “Saying that, there’s times where I go, ‘Yeah, I completely see where this sex would be really good in this film and you basically just need somebody to look hot,’ so...
“I don’t have an absolute ban [on filming nude scenes], but I kind of do with men,” Knightley said. “It’s partly vanity and also it’s the male gaze.”
Knightley added, “Saying that, there’s times where I go, ‘Yeah, I completely see where this sex would be really good in this film and you basically just need somebody to look hot,’ so...
- 1/25/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Oscar-nominated actor Keira Knightley (“The Imitation Game”) has revealed her discomfort in falling under the “male gaze” while filming intimate scenes.
In conversation with “The Farewell” filmmaker Lulu Wang and writer-producer Diane Solway on the Chanel Connects podcast, Knightley said her decision to add a no nudity clause to her contract since becoming a mother was partly due to vanity.
“It’s the male gaze. If I was making a story that was about that journey of motherhood and body acceptance, I feel like, I’m sorry, but that would have to be with a female filmmaker,” Knightley said. “I don’t have an absolute ban, but I kind of do with men.”
“I don’t want it to be those horrible sex scenes where you’re all greased up and everybody is grunting. I’m not interested in doing that,” Knightley continued. “I feel very uncomfortable now trying to portray the male gaze.
In conversation with “The Farewell” filmmaker Lulu Wang and writer-producer Diane Solway on the Chanel Connects podcast, Knightley said her decision to add a no nudity clause to her contract since becoming a mother was partly due to vanity.
“It’s the male gaze. If I was making a story that was about that journey of motherhood and body acceptance, I feel like, I’m sorry, but that would have to be with a female filmmaker,” Knightley said. “I don’t have an absolute ban, but I kind of do with men.”
“I don’t want it to be those horrible sex scenes where you’re all greased up and everybody is grunting. I’m not interested in doing that,” Knightley continued. “I feel very uncomfortable now trying to portray the male gaze.
- 1/25/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Here’s the latest episode of the The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmakers Podcast #201: How to Write, Direct & Produce your own micro budget,...
For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.
The Filmmakers Podcast #201: How to Write, Direct & Produce your own micro budget,...
- 1/18/2021
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
“What we want to do is expand Marv studios beyond the typically very successful one film a year.”
Zygi Kamasa, the newly appointed group CEO of Matthew Vaughn’s London-based film and TV outfit Marv has outlined the company’s commitment to UK production and raised the possibility Marv might eventually set up its own distribution arm.
“What we want to do is expand Marv studios beyond the typically very successful one film a year,” said Kamasa. “Part of that expansion is to look at more opportunities in British film and expanding into British television.”
Marv plans to make two to four films a year.
Zygi Kamasa, the newly appointed group CEO of Matthew Vaughn’s London-based film and TV outfit Marv has outlined the company’s commitment to UK production and raised the possibility Marv might eventually set up its own distribution arm.
“What we want to do is expand Marv studios beyond the typically very successful one film a year,” said Kamasa. “Part of that expansion is to look at more opportunities in British film and expanding into British television.”
Marv plans to make two to four films a year.
- 12/2/2020
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
‘Entourage’ creator Doug Ellin has co-created the series; French footballer Thierry Henry to be executive producer.
Marv, the UK production company behind Rocketman and the Kingsman franchise, is to make its first foray into TV with a drama series set in the world of English Premier League football.
Kingsman director and Marv owner Matthew Vaughn will direct the pilot of the 10-part series, titled Day 1’s, which has been created and written by Doug Ellin and Chris Case. Ellin, best known as the creator of HBO drama Entourage, and Case, a writer-producer on 1990s sitcoms Mad About You and Spin City,...
Marv, the UK production company behind Rocketman and the Kingsman franchise, is to make its first foray into TV with a drama series set in the world of English Premier League football.
Kingsman director and Marv owner Matthew Vaughn will direct the pilot of the 10-part series, titled Day 1’s, which has been created and written by Doug Ellin and Chris Case. Ellin, best known as the creator of HBO drama Entourage, and Case, a writer-producer on 1990s sitcoms Mad About You and Spin City,...
- 12/1/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Matthew Vaughn’s Marv Films, producer of the “Kingsman” franchise, is making its first foray into TV with soccer-centric series “Day 1’s” from writers/creators and showrunners Doug Ellin (“Entourage”) and Chris Case (“Mad About You”).
Set in the world of British soccer, the 10-episode series revolves around a young player Dezmond King and his crew as they navigate his growing stature and struggles.
Marv is working closely with French soccer legend Thierry Henry and his long-term agent Darren Dein, who will both serve as executive producers on the series. Henry will appear as himself throughout the series.
Vaughn will direct the pilot, which begins shooting in 2021. Casting is underway.
Hera Pictures, established by BAFTA-nominee and Rts Television award winner Liza Marshall (“Riviera”), is co-producing the series.
Vaughn said: “For my first journey into television I couldn’t have a better partner than Doug; and with Thierry and Darren to guide us on the football,...
Set in the world of British soccer, the 10-episode series revolves around a young player Dezmond King and his crew as they navigate his growing stature and struggles.
Marv is working closely with French soccer legend Thierry Henry and his long-term agent Darren Dein, who will both serve as executive producers on the series. Henry will appear as himself throughout the series.
Vaughn will direct the pilot, which begins shooting in 2021. Casting is underway.
Hera Pictures, established by BAFTA-nominee and Rts Television award winner Liza Marshall (“Riviera”), is co-producing the series.
Vaughn said: “For my first journey into television I couldn’t have a better partner than Doug; and with Thierry and Darren to guide us on the football,...
- 12/1/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Technicolor lights are about to illuminate every other home in the neighborhood; carolers are marching through the streets; even that old tree in Rockefeller is shining brightly.
For some folks, that’s enough to make you want to grab an axe. But don’t do that. Watch demented men dressed as Santa Claus or a demon Krampus indulge your Anti-Christmas sentiments with maximum gore. Indeed, this list isn’t about the most charming, heartwarming, or schmaltzy Christmas viewing traditions. Nah, this is about the 20 grossest, nastiest, and all around most fun Christmas horror movies. The kind where the greatest gift you’re going to get on Christmas morning is escaping with your life and maybe some psychological triggers whenever you see jolly men in red suits.
Yep, these are the very best Christmas horror movies. Ho. Freaking. Ho.
Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
Almost certainly one of the sweetest, most positive,...
For some folks, that’s enough to make you want to grab an axe. But don’t do that. Watch demented men dressed as Santa Claus or a demon Krampus indulge your Anti-Christmas sentiments with maximum gore. Indeed, this list isn’t about the most charming, heartwarming, or schmaltzy Christmas viewing traditions. Nah, this is about the 20 grossest, nastiest, and all around most fun Christmas horror movies. The kind where the greatest gift you’re going to get on Christmas morning is escaping with your life and maybe some psychological triggers whenever you see jolly men in red suits.
Yep, these are the very best Christmas horror movies. Ho. Freaking. Ho.
Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
Almost certainly one of the sweetest, most positive,...
- 11/30/2020
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
If you’re looking for something a little different to listen to this holiday season, you’ve come to the right place. TheWrap found some “interesting” options to your standard Sinatra, Buble or Mariah Christmas tunes that’ll either have you singing along… or scratching your head.
“Snoop Dogg Presents Christmas in tha Dogghouse” Let’s just say the word “explicit” is tagged on to the title of every song. Like “My Little Mama Trippin on Xmas,” “Christmas in the Hood” and “A Pimp’s Christmas Song.” Snoop Dogg’s 2008 album may not be right for the kiddies, but his funkadelic rap style blends surprisingly well with holiday cheer.
“Sugar & Booze” “SNL” alum Ana Gasteyer showcases her singing talent in her new holiday album that she says “is a nod to the swing sound of the ’50s and ’60s but with a modern twist. It is festive, with a full-bodied sound,...
“Snoop Dogg Presents Christmas in tha Dogghouse” Let’s just say the word “explicit” is tagged on to the title of every song. Like “My Little Mama Trippin on Xmas,” “Christmas in the Hood” and “A Pimp’s Christmas Song.” Snoop Dogg’s 2008 album may not be right for the kiddies, but his funkadelic rap style blends surprisingly well with holiday cheer.
“Sugar & Booze” “SNL” alum Ana Gasteyer showcases her singing talent in her new holiday album that she says “is a nod to the swing sound of the ’50s and ’60s but with a modern twist. It is festive, with a full-bodied sound,...
- 11/30/2020
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Singer Sarah Brightman’s first livestream Christmas concert next month will include a reunion with her former husband and partner-in-theater Andrew Lloyd Webber. The two will perform the relatively obscure Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice song “Christmas Dream.”
Brightman and Webber were married from 1984-1990, with the singer serving as something of a muse during the composer’s early, very prolific career stretch. Brightman starred in original productions of Webber’s Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, Song and Dance, Aspects of Love and Requiem. The two have remained on good terms since their divorce, but have reunited for few public events.
“Christmas Dream” is a Webber-Rice deep cut, written for the film The Odessa File in 1974 and first performed by Perry Como. The Brightman-Webber performance will feature an all-new arrangement.
The stream event, Sarah Brightman: A Christmas Symphony, is set for Sunday, Dec. 20 from London’s historic Christ Church Spitalfields.
Brightman and Webber were married from 1984-1990, with the singer serving as something of a muse during the composer’s early, very prolific career stretch. Brightman starred in original productions of Webber’s Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, Song and Dance, Aspects of Love and Requiem. The two have remained on good terms since their divorce, but have reunited for few public events.
“Christmas Dream” is a Webber-Rice deep cut, written for the film The Odessa File in 1974 and first performed by Perry Como. The Brightman-Webber performance will feature an all-new arrangement.
The stream event, Sarah Brightman: A Christmas Symphony, is set for Sunday, Dec. 20 from London’s historic Christ Church Spitalfields.
- 11/25/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Phoebe Bridgers is ringing in the holiday season with a cover of Merle Haggard’s “If We Make It Thru December.”
Bridgers’ version of the 1973 track opens with a somber piano, as she sings about unemployment and isolation — particularly fitting for a year like 2020. “Got laid off down at the factory/And their timing’s not the greatest in the world,” she sings. “Heaven knows I’ve been working hard/Wanted Christmas to be right for my girl.”
The rendition was produced by Bridgers, Tony Berg, and Ethan Gruska, who...
Bridgers’ version of the 1973 track opens with a somber piano, as she sings about unemployment and isolation — particularly fitting for a year like 2020. “Got laid off down at the factory/And their timing’s not the greatest in the world,” she sings. “Heaven knows I’ve been working hard/Wanted Christmas to be right for my girl.”
The rendition was produced by Bridgers, Tony Berg, and Ethan Gruska, who...
- 11/23/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
The CW’s “Silent Night — A Song for the World,” a musical documentary about the creation of the famed Christmas song, will feature Hugh Bonneville, Kelly Clarkson, David Foster, Katharine McPhee, Josh Groban, John Rhys-Davies, Joss Stone, Randy Jackson and Gavin Rossdale, among others. The film will premiere on the network Dec. 10, with an encore presentation Dec. 23.
Narrated by Bonneville, with a special acting appearance by Rhys-Davies, the television event includes musical performances by Stone (watch above), Clarkson, Foster, McPhee, Rossdale, Sheléa, Ailee, Groban, The Vienna Boys Choir, Anggun, Lina Makhoul and The Tenors, among others.
The broadcast will chronicle the tale behind the creation of “Silent Night,” which was written and composed by Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber in 1818 as a message of hope and peace. Since its creation, the song has taken the world by storm, notably causing a Christmas ceasefire during World War I, making Bing Crosby...
Narrated by Bonneville, with a special acting appearance by Rhys-Davies, the television event includes musical performances by Stone (watch above), Clarkson, Foster, McPhee, Rossdale, Sheléa, Ailee, Groban, The Vienna Boys Choir, Anggun, Lina Makhoul and The Tenors, among others.
The broadcast will chronicle the tale behind the creation of “Silent Night,” which was written and composed by Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber in 1818 as a message of hope and peace. Since its creation, the song has taken the world by storm, notably causing a Christmas ceasefire during World War I, making Bing Crosby...
- 11/18/2020
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- Variety Film + TV
A posthumous Davy Jones Christmas record, It’s Christmas Time Once More, has been released.
Jones’ vocals derive from the 1991 cassette tape It’s Christmas Time Again. The new LP features guest vocals from fellow Monkee Micky Dolenz and his sister Coco, Jones’ daughter Annabel, and photographer Henry Diltz. “Singing with my dad on this record was an extremely beautiful and healing experience,” Annabel said in a statement. “What a gift to be able to share a moment like this!”
The record was produced by Chip Douglas, who worked on...
Jones’ vocals derive from the 1991 cassette tape It’s Christmas Time Again. The new LP features guest vocals from fellow Monkee Micky Dolenz and his sister Coco, Jones’ daughter Annabel, and photographer Henry Diltz. “Singing with my dad on this record was an extremely beautiful and healing experience,” Annabel said in a statement. “What a gift to be able to share a moment like this!”
The record was produced by Chip Douglas, who worked on...
- 11/13/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
The third Disney Holiday Singalong on ABC will feature South Korean boy band phenomenon BTS, alongside Katy Perry, P!nk, and Michael Buble.
Once again hosted by Ryan Seacrest, the event will air Nov. 30 from 8-9 p.m. Et. The show will also include virtual performances from the Disney on Broadway casts, including the North American touring companies of “Frozen” and the casts of “The Lion King” and “Aladdin” musicals. The “Frozen” company will lead viewers in a singalong of the hit song from the films, “Let it Go.”
Disney’s a capella group, DCapella, will also join the lineup to lead families in virtual holiday caroling.
Other artists and celebrities set to join the Disney Holiday Singalong this holiday include duo Chloe X Halle, Derek and Julianne Hough, Hayley Erbert, Adam Lambert, Leslie Odom Jr. and Kerry Washington. Italian opera legend Andrea Bocelli will also join the lineup.
There...
Once again hosted by Ryan Seacrest, the event will air Nov. 30 from 8-9 p.m. Et. The show will also include virtual performances from the Disney on Broadway casts, including the North American touring companies of “Frozen” and the casts of “The Lion King” and “Aladdin” musicals. The “Frozen” company will lead viewers in a singalong of the hit song from the films, “Let it Go.”
Disney’s a capella group, DCapella, will also join the lineup to lead families in virtual holiday caroling.
Other artists and celebrities set to join the Disney Holiday Singalong this holiday include duo Chloe X Halle, Derek and Julianne Hough, Hayley Erbert, Adam Lambert, Leslie Odom Jr. and Kerry Washington. Italian opera legend Andrea Bocelli will also join the lineup.
There...
- 11/13/2020
- by Samson Amore
- The Wrap
An American Idol judge, a K-Pop sensation and a Scandal-ous leading lady are among the stars lending their voices to ABC’s next at-home musical event.
Hosted by Ryan Seacrest, The Disney Holiday Singalong (Nov. 30, 8/7c) is bringing together a star-studded group of performers to deliver a mix of Disney classics and holiday favorites.
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- 11/13/2020
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
The third edition of Disney’s singalong franchise has announced its first round of performers. The Disney Holiday Singalong will have Andrea Bocelli, BTS, Michael Bublé, Ciara, Chloe x Halle, Derek Hough and Hayley Erbert, Julianne Hough, Adam Lambert, Leslie Odom Jr., Katy Perry, P!Nk and Kerry Washington lending their talents to the festive special. Additional appearances will be announced at a later date.
The show also returns Ryan Seacrest as host. It will air Monday, Nov. 30 from 8-9 Pm Et/Pt.
Adding to the merriment is Disney on Broadway, returning to the New Amsterdam Theatre for the first time since March. The members of the Broadway casts of The Lion King and Aladdin will join with the North American touring companies of Frozen. Disney Music Group’s seven-member a cappella group DCappella also join for some seasonal sounds, caroling throughout the show and encouraging viewers at home to sing along.
The show also returns Ryan Seacrest as host. It will air Monday, Nov. 30 from 8-9 Pm Et/Pt.
Adding to the merriment is Disney on Broadway, returning to the New Amsterdam Theatre for the first time since March. The members of the Broadway casts of The Lion King and Aladdin will join with the North American touring companies of Frozen. Disney Music Group’s seven-member a cappella group DCappella also join for some seasonal sounds, caroling throughout the show and encouraging viewers at home to sing along.
- 11/13/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Chris Stapleton sings of a Covid Christmas in a pisser of a sketch on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Dressed in a gaudy Christmas sweater and full PPE — mask, face-shield, and gloves — the country singer plays guitar and delivers Yuletide parodies about Chlorox wipes, contactless curbside pickup, and that gift everyone wants to find underneath their tree, a vaccine from Pfizer.
The song titles are a hoot: “Fauci the Snowman,” “I Saw Mommy Testing Santa Claus,” “Grandma Got Corona From a Reindeer,” and “Oh, CDC,” among them. And Stapleton commits to the lyrics — like “Oh,...
The song titles are a hoot: “Fauci the Snowman,” “I Saw Mommy Testing Santa Claus,” “Grandma Got Corona From a Reindeer,” and “Oh, CDC,” among them. And Stapleton commits to the lyrics — like “Oh,...
- 11/12/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Sharon Van Etten has released renditions of the holiday classics “Silent Night” and “Blue Christmas.”
“Silent Night,” which she recorded in 2018 for Eric Paschal Johnson’s short film The Letter, is haunting and stark, as she sings against synths. “Blue Christmas,” the B-side, takes on a lighter feel, her lithe vocals backed by guitar. Van Etten recorded it over a decade ago for 2009’s Do You Ear What I Ear, an album for the Association to Benefit Children.
“The holidays are just around the corner, and since I’m always late to the party,...
“Silent Night,” which she recorded in 2018 for Eric Paschal Johnson’s short film The Letter, is haunting and stark, as she sings against synths. “Blue Christmas,” the B-side, takes on a lighter feel, her lithe vocals backed by guitar. Van Etten recorded it over a decade ago for 2009’s Do You Ear What I Ear, an album for the Association to Benefit Children.
“The holidays are just around the corner, and since I’m always late to the party,...
- 11/12/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Well, it's been a year, hasn't it? How we celebrate the holidays this year may change with the current climate but one thing is always certain, we will all need a distraction or time away from it all at some point. Let Shudder help! Shudder announced their December lineup and it is a great combination of yueltide spirits, contemporary standouts and cult classics. On the yueltide front Shudder has a tonne of great fare in their Unhappy Holidays selection. Blood Beat, Body, Rare Exports and Sheitan lead the pack, including the original Black Christmas, Christmas Evil and Silent Night, Deadly Night 2. Then there is the Holly Gialli Christmas collection with over a dozon Giallo films including titles from Dario Argento, Lucio...
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- 11/12/2020
- Screen Anarchy
Maggie Betts (Novitiate) to direct from screenplay by Olivia Hetreed (Girl With The Pearl Earring).
UK-based Maven Screen Media, screenwriter Olivia Hetreed and director Maggie Betts are developing a dramatic thriller about the pro-choice pioneer and activist Rebecca Gomperts.
Maven’s Celine Rattray and Trudie Styler will produce the timely feature alongside Thomas Benski of Pulse Films, Teddy Leifer of Rise Films, and James Ferrari.
Maven reunites with Betts, whose Novitiate premiered at Sundance 2017, and continues to forge ahead with the company’s mandate to increase representation of women behind and in front of the camera.
The film will tell the true story of Gomperts,...
UK-based Maven Screen Media, screenwriter Olivia Hetreed and director Maggie Betts are developing a dramatic thriller about the pro-choice pioneer and activist Rebecca Gomperts.
Maven’s Celine Rattray and Trudie Styler will produce the timely feature alongside Thomas Benski of Pulse Films, Teddy Leifer of Rise Films, and James Ferrari.
Maven reunites with Betts, whose Novitiate premiered at Sundance 2017, and continues to forge ahead with the company’s mandate to increase representation of women behind and in front of the camera.
The film will tell the true story of Gomperts,...
- 11/11/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Maggie Betts (Novitiate) to direct from screenplay by Olivia Hetreed (Girl With The Pearl Earring).
UK-based Maven Screen Media, screenwriter Olivia Hetreed and director Maggie Betts are developing a dramatic thriller about the pro-choice pioneer and activist Rebecca Gomperts.
Maven’s Celine Rattray and Trudie will produce the timely feature alongside Thomas Benski of Pulse Films, Teddy Leifer of Rise Films, and James Ferrari.
Maven reunites with Betts, whose Novitiate premiered at Sundance 2017, and continues to forge ahead with the company’s mandate to increase representation of women behind and in front of the camera.
The film will tell the true story of Gomperts,...
UK-based Maven Screen Media, screenwriter Olivia Hetreed and director Maggie Betts are developing a dramatic thriller about the pro-choice pioneer and activist Rebecca Gomperts.
Maven’s Celine Rattray and Trudie will produce the timely feature alongside Thomas Benski of Pulse Films, Teddy Leifer of Rise Films, and James Ferrari.
Maven reunites with Betts, whose Novitiate premiered at Sundance 2017, and continues to forge ahead with the company’s mandate to increase representation of women behind and in front of the camera.
The film will tell the true story of Gomperts,...
- 11/11/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Halloween may be over, but there's a ton of horror content to look forward to from Shudder this December, including Creepshow and Joe Bob holiday specials:
New Shudder Specials
Joe Bob Saves Christmas — December 11 at 9pm Et
The Christmas spirit takes over The Last Drive-In as Joe Bob and Darcy close out the year with a double feature of holiday horrors. Premieres live on the ShudderTV feed Friday, December 11, and will be made available on demand on Sunday, December 13. (Also available on Shudder Canada)
A Creepshow Holiday Special — December 18
In the holiday themed, hour-long episode, “Shapeshifters Anonymous,” fearing he is a murderer, an anxious man searches for answers for his "unique condition" from an unusual support group. Starring Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect) and Adam Pally (The Mindy Project), the special is written and directed by Creepshow showrunner Greg Nicotero, based on a short story by J.A. Konrath (Last Call...
New Shudder Specials
Joe Bob Saves Christmas — December 11 at 9pm Et
The Christmas spirit takes over The Last Drive-In as Joe Bob and Darcy close out the year with a double feature of holiday horrors. Premieres live on the ShudderTV feed Friday, December 11, and will be made available on demand on Sunday, December 13. (Also available on Shudder Canada)
A Creepshow Holiday Special — December 18
In the holiday themed, hour-long episode, “Shapeshifters Anonymous,” fearing he is a murderer, an anxious man searches for answers for his "unique condition" from an unusual support group. Starring Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect) and Adam Pally (The Mindy Project), the special is written and directed by Creepshow showrunner Greg Nicotero, based on a short story by J.A. Konrath (Last Call...
- 11/11/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Teen horror ‘Shortcut’ proved a box office hit in the US.
Parkland Entertainment has secured UK and Ireland rights to a hat-trick of AFM titles.
The deals are led by teen horror Shortcut, sold by Italian genre specialist Minerva Pictures. The creature feature was released on nearly 700 US screens via by Gravitas Ventures in September and proved the distributor’s biggest box office success to date, ranking seventh on its opening weekend with $305,000.
Directed by Alessio Liguori, the film follows five teenagers who become trapped in their school bus on a deserted road, which has been blocked by a mysterious creature.
Parkland Entertainment has secured UK and Ireland rights to a hat-trick of AFM titles.
The deals are led by teen horror Shortcut, sold by Italian genre specialist Minerva Pictures. The creature feature was released on nearly 700 US screens via by Gravitas Ventures in September and proved the distributor’s biggest box office success to date, ranking seventh on its opening weekend with $305,000.
Directed by Alessio Liguori, the film follows five teenagers who become trapped in their school bus on a deserted road, which has been blocked by a mysterious creature.
- 11/11/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Lightbulb Film Distribution & Break Em Films has debuted a new trailer for British gangster flick ‘Silent Night’.
Recently released from prison, Mark (Bradley Taylor) attempts to reconnect with his daughter and hopes to give her a Christmas to remember. Struggling to find work, he meets Alan (Cary Crankson), his former cell-mate, who encourages him to return to a life of crime. A decision made easier when Caddy (Frank Harper), a ruthless crime boss, blackmails him into doing one last job.
Written and directed by Will Thorne, the film stars Bradley Taylor, Cary Crankson, Nathaniel Martello-White, Joel Fry and Frank Harper.
Also in trailers – Nicolas Cage is forced to take on a horrifying amusement park in trailer for ‘Willy’s Wonderland’
The film will be released theatrically from 11th December, before arriving across digital download platforms from 14th December, and on DVD from 28th December.
The post New trailer drops for British...
Recently released from prison, Mark (Bradley Taylor) attempts to reconnect with his daughter and hopes to give her a Christmas to remember. Struggling to find work, he meets Alan (Cary Crankson), his former cell-mate, who encourages him to return to a life of crime. A decision made easier when Caddy (Frank Harper), a ruthless crime boss, blackmails him into doing one last job.
Written and directed by Will Thorne, the film stars Bradley Taylor, Cary Crankson, Nathaniel Martello-White, Joel Fry and Frank Harper.
Also in trailers – Nicolas Cage is forced to take on a horrifying amusement park in trailer for ‘Willy’s Wonderland’
The film will be released theatrically from 11th December, before arriving across digital download platforms from 14th December, and on DVD from 28th December.
The post New trailer drops for British...
- 11/6/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Stars: Karl Holt, Claire Cartwright, George Collie, James Parsons, Anthony Styles, Darren Benedict, Lydia Hourihan, David Wayman | Written and Directed by Karl Holt
Child’s Play has a lot to answer for… actually scratch that. The killer doll cliche in horror films goes back a lot further than that , in fact it goes all the way back to the 1930s with The Devil-Doll. Since then there have been a myriad of killer doll (or killer toy to be more precise) films – culminating in the late 80s renaissance and films like Child’s Play, Dolls, Puppet Master, Dolly Dearest; hell, even the Silent Night, Deadly Night franchise switched to killer toys for its fifth instalment in 1991.. The idea of dolls and toys coming to life and attacking their owners is one that still instills fear in audiences. If the films are done right that is.
And Benny Loves You is done very, Very,...
Child’s Play has a lot to answer for… actually scratch that. The killer doll cliche in horror films goes back a lot further than that , in fact it goes all the way back to the 1930s with The Devil-Doll. Since then there have been a myriad of killer doll (or killer toy to be more precise) films – culminating in the late 80s renaissance and films like Child’s Play, Dolls, Puppet Master, Dolly Dearest; hell, even the Silent Night, Deadly Night franchise switched to killer toys for its fifth instalment in 1991.. The idea of dolls and toys coming to life and attacking their owners is one that still instills fear in audiences. If the films are done right that is.
And Benny Loves You is done very, Very,...
- 10/29/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Polish director Piotr Domalewski, whose film “I Never Cry” screens this week in El Gouna Film Festival’s Out of Competition section, is facing a growing controversy surrounding his next project. It centers on the Nangar Khel incident, when Polish soldiers fired mortar shells into a wedding party in an Afghan village in 2007, killing six civilians. It became known as “the event that changed the Polish army.” “Some monstrous online discussion has already started,” Domalewski says.
The film is an adaptation of the book “Betrayed” by journalist Edyta Żemła, which investigated where the blame lay for the incident, and itself had an explosive effect, mostly because of Żemła’s claim that “in Nangar Khel, it wasn’t the soldiers who tarnished the honor of the Polish army, but the politicians.” Żemła will act as a consultant on the film, which has the working title “Nangar Khel – Zdradzeni” (“Nangar Khel – Betrayed...
The film is an adaptation of the book “Betrayed” by journalist Edyta Żemła, which investigated where the blame lay for the incident, and itself had an explosive effect, mostly because of Żemła’s claim that “in Nangar Khel, it wasn’t the soldiers who tarnished the honor of the Polish army, but the politicians.” Żemła will act as a consultant on the film, which has the working title “Nangar Khel – Zdradzeni” (“Nangar Khel – Betrayed...
- 10/25/2020
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
The holidays are just around the corner, and CW has now announced their upcoming holiday specials and shows. This includes a season two renewal of The Christmas Caroler Challenge and special episodes of Masters of Illusion and Penn & Teller: Fool Us.
revealed more about their holiday line-up in a press release.
“The CW Network today announced its slate of upcoming holiday programming, featuring holiday classics, family favorites and all-new specials, including Silent Night - A Song For The World, The Hollywood Christmas Parade Greatest Moments and Heroes On The Front Line.
On Friday, November 27 (8:00-9:00pm Et), the one-hour special Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer returns to The CW. Based on the hit song that became a worldwide holiday phenomenon, this goofy and heartwarming adventure features young Jake Spankenheimer on the quest of a lifetime to...
revealed more about their holiday line-up in a press release.
“The CW Network today announced its slate of upcoming holiday programming, featuring holiday classics, family favorites and all-new specials, including Silent Night - A Song For The World, The Hollywood Christmas Parade Greatest Moments and Heroes On The Front Line.
On Friday, November 27 (8:00-9:00pm Et), the one-hour special Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer returns to The CW. Based on the hit song that became a worldwide holiday phenomenon, this goofy and heartwarming adventure features young Jake Spankenheimer on the quest of a lifetime to...
- 10/20/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Keira Knightley has left the Apple TV Plus series “The Essex Serpent” over family reasons, Variety has confirmed.
Sources tell Variety that production on the series was due to start in six weeks and is now on hiatus. Knightley’s representative told the Daily Mail, which first reported the news, that she had to leave for “family reasons.” The second wave of coronavirus is now upon the U.K. and the actor’s rep told the outlet that “there wasn’t a comfortable scenario for Keira that could be put in place for an extended period of childcare required for the four-and-a-half-month production.”
Knightley and her husband, musician James Righton, have two children.
Based on a 2016 novel by Sarah Perry, “The Essex Serpent” follows a newly widowed woman who, having escaped an abusive marriage, relocates from Victorian London to a small village in the county of Essex. She is intrigued...
Sources tell Variety that production on the series was due to start in six weeks and is now on hiatus. Knightley’s representative told the Daily Mail, which first reported the news, that she had to leave for “family reasons.” The second wave of coronavirus is now upon the U.K. and the actor’s rep told the outlet that “there wasn’t a comfortable scenario for Keira that could be put in place for an extended period of childcare required for the four-and-a-half-month production.”
Knightley and her husband, musician James Righton, have two children.
Based on a 2016 novel by Sarah Perry, “The Essex Serpent” follows a newly widowed woman who, having escaped an abusive marriage, relocates from Victorian London to a small village in the county of Essex. She is intrigued...
- 10/12/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
In what is definitely not a case of conventional casting, Mel Gibson is playing Santa Claus in this year’s action-comedy hybrid, Fatman. And he has the gun-toting trailer to prove it.
As revealed in the latest bit of marketing, Fatman marks the first time someone has looked at Gibson’s often resplendent gray beard and said, “Santa.” The Oscar winning filmmaker who’s also notorious for virulent outbursts is going to portray that not-so-jolly Chris Cringle in this new movie from the writer-directing pair of Eshom and Ian Nelms. The two, who previously helmed Small Time Crime, direct Gibson as a Santa at the end of his ropes. Business is declining and to make ends meet, Chris has partnered with the U.S. military to deliver toys to good little boys and girls. Unfortunately for some, he also still delivers coal.
Thus enters 12-year-old boy Billy (Chance Hurtsfield), a...
As revealed in the latest bit of marketing, Fatman marks the first time someone has looked at Gibson’s often resplendent gray beard and said, “Santa.” The Oscar winning filmmaker who’s also notorious for virulent outbursts is going to portray that not-so-jolly Chris Cringle in this new movie from the writer-directing pair of Eshom and Ian Nelms. The two, who previously helmed Small Time Crime, direct Gibson as a Santa at the end of his ropes. Business is declining and to make ends meet, Chris has partnered with the U.S. military to deliver toys to good little boys and girls. Unfortunately for some, he also still delivers coal.
Thus enters 12-year-old boy Billy (Chance Hurtsfield), a...
- 10/7/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
101 Films have announced that on November 9th Silent Night, Deadly Night Parts 1 & 2 will be released on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK, in limited edition, special packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork as title 017 on the 101 Films Black Label.
Included in this limited Edition version – which comes with special packaging and booklet and is limited to 3000 copies – is a booklet featuring new writing on Christmas horror and an interview with Morgan Ames, and three extras-packed discs, including the Theatrical and Extended Unrated versions of the first film.
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Young Billy witnesses his parents getting killed by a man dressed as Santa Claus after being warned by his senile grandpa that Santa punishes those who are naughty. Now 18 and out of the orphanage, Billy takes on the role of Santa himself, embarking on a yuletide rampage to “punish the naughty”. Santa Claus is coming to town,...
Included in this limited Edition version – which comes with special packaging and booklet and is limited to 3000 copies – is a booklet featuring new writing on Christmas horror and an interview with Morgan Ames, and three extras-packed discs, including the Theatrical and Extended Unrated versions of the first film.
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Young Billy witnesses his parents getting killed by a man dressed as Santa Claus after being warned by his senile grandpa that Santa punishes those who are naughty. Now 18 and out of the orphanage, Billy takes on the role of Santa himself, embarking on a yuletide rampage to “punish the naughty”. Santa Claus is coming to town,...
- 10/5/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Hello International Insider friends, and happy Friday. Jake Kanter here with some Deadline must-reads in the week that U.S. President Donald Trump tested positive for coronavirus. If you want to subscribe to get this alert in a timely fashion, sign up here.
Graham Norton Back Under Bright Lights
Back at it: Hollywood’s favorite British talk show returned to the studio on Thursday night, with Graham Norton proclaiming that’s he’s never been so excited to walk back on-set after presenting his show from home for weeks.
What’s different: Executive producer Graham Stuart tells me that The Graham Norton Show’s famous red sofa has been ditched for now. The chat will also be a “blended” affair, with some stars in the studio and others dialing in on Zoom.
The showman gets his audience: 100 fans were allowed into the studio for Thursday’s recording. Stuart says it...
Graham Norton Back Under Bright Lights
Back at it: Hollywood’s favorite British talk show returned to the studio on Thursday night, with Graham Norton proclaiming that’s he’s never been so excited to walk back on-set after presenting his show from home for weeks.
What’s different: Executive producer Graham Stuart tells me that The Graham Norton Show’s famous red sofa has been ditched for now. The chat will also be a “blended” affair, with some stars in the studio and others dialing in on Zoom.
The showman gets his audience: 100 fans were allowed into the studio for Thursday’s recording. Stuart says it...
- 10/2/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Executive previously spent 15 years at Lionsgate.
Former Lionsgate Europe CEO Zygi Kamasa has joined Matthew Vaughn’s UK production outfit Marv as group CEO.
Kamasa will oversee the expansion of Marv’s Kingsman franchise as well as all global sales, marketing and distribution of Marv’s films, TV series and merchandising.
Kamasa left Lionsgate in July after 15 years at the company. He previously worked with Vaughn on Eddie The Eagle, starring Hugh Jackman and Taron Egerton, produced by Marv and released in the UK by Lionsgate in 2016.
Kamasa joined Lionsgate UK as CEO in 2005 when it acquired his company, Redbus...
Former Lionsgate Europe CEO Zygi Kamasa has joined Matthew Vaughn’s UK production outfit Marv as group CEO.
Kamasa will oversee the expansion of Marv’s Kingsman franchise as well as all global sales, marketing and distribution of Marv’s films, TV series and merchandising.
Kamasa left Lionsgate in July after 15 years at the company. He previously worked with Vaughn on Eddie The Eagle, starring Hugh Jackman and Taron Egerton, produced by Marv and released in the UK by Lionsgate in 2016.
Kamasa joined Lionsgate UK as CEO in 2005 when it acquired his company, Redbus...
- 9/29/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Kingsman and Kick-Ass producer Marv has hired former Lionsgate Europe CEO Zygi Kamasa as Group CEO.
Kamasa will run Matthew Vaughn’s lucrative UK production firm, overseeing the expansion of the Kingsman franchise as well all global sales, marketing and distribution of films, TV series and merchandising. The move will give writer-producer-director Vaughn licence to concentrate on creative output.
Kamasa left Lionsgate this summer after a 15-year stint at the studio where he oversaw Lionsgate’s European expansion, backed more than 40 British films and released many of the studio’s biggest hits, including franchises The Hunger Games, The Expendables, John Wick and Olympus Has Fallen. He sold his first company Redbus to Lionsgate for $35M in 2005. He first worked with Vaughn on 2016 feature Eddie The Eagle with Hugh Jackman and Taron Egerton.
Marv’s prequel The King’s Man, which is directed, produced and co-written by Vaughn, is due for release in February 2021 through Disney.
Kamasa will run Matthew Vaughn’s lucrative UK production firm, overseeing the expansion of the Kingsman franchise as well all global sales, marketing and distribution of films, TV series and merchandising. The move will give writer-producer-director Vaughn licence to concentrate on creative output.
Kamasa left Lionsgate this summer after a 15-year stint at the studio where he oversaw Lionsgate’s European expansion, backed more than 40 British films and released many of the studio’s biggest hits, including franchises The Hunger Games, The Expendables, John Wick and Olympus Has Fallen. He sold his first company Redbus to Lionsgate for $35M in 2005. He first worked with Vaughn on 2016 feature Eddie The Eagle with Hugh Jackman and Taron Egerton.
Marv’s prequel The King’s Man, which is directed, produced and co-written by Vaughn, is due for release in February 2021 through Disney.
- 9/29/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Arthur E. Friedman and Steven Jay Rubin are developing a limited series that will explore the life of actor, Congressional Medal of Honor winner and World War II hero Audie Murphy.
Friedman and Rubin have acquired rights to the 1959 Murphy biography No Name on the Bullet, written by Don Graham. The producers have teamed with Graham’s widow Betsy Berry for the project, and the search is now on for a writer to adapt.
The series will tell the unfiltered story of Murphy’s life, from his time in the Army fighting in WWII to his ascent as a Hollywood leading man in the 1940s and ’50s.
The producers say the TV series will add more depth to 1955’s To Hell and Back, in which Murphy starred in his own in the adaptation of his autobiography. It is set...
Friedman and Rubin have acquired rights to the 1959 Murphy biography No Name on the Bullet, written by Don Graham. The producers have teamed with Graham’s widow Betsy Berry for the project, and the search is now on for a writer to adapt.
The series will tell the unfiltered story of Murphy’s life, from his time in the Army fighting in WWII to his ascent as a Hollywood leading man in the 1940s and ’50s.
The producers say the TV series will add more depth to 1955’s To Hell and Back, in which Murphy starred in his own in the adaptation of his autobiography. It is set...
- 9/22/2020
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Lionsgate UK and Gangs Of London star Sope Dirisu have joined Number 9 Films’ (Carol) feature drama Mothering Sunday, which is now underway in UK .
As we revealed earlier this year, the film will also star Odessa Young, BAFTA-nominee Josh O’Connor and Oscar winners Colin Firth and Olivia Colman.
Director Eva Husson’s (Girls Of The Sun) movie is written by Emmy-nominee Alice Birch, and is based on the novel of the same name by Graham Swift.
The story focuses on the day of March 30, 1924 in Beechwood, England. Jane Fairchild (Young), a maid in the Niven household, has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr. and Mrs. Niven (Firth and Colman) attend a lunch to celebrate the engagement of their neighbor’s only remaining son, Paul (O’Connor). Although Jane rejoices at her freedom on an unseasonably hot, beautiful spring day, she has no mother...
As we revealed earlier this year, the film will also star Odessa Young, BAFTA-nominee Josh O’Connor and Oscar winners Colin Firth and Olivia Colman.
Director Eva Husson’s (Girls Of The Sun) movie is written by Emmy-nominee Alice Birch, and is based on the novel of the same name by Graham Swift.
The story focuses on the day of March 30, 1924 in Beechwood, England. Jane Fairchild (Young), a maid in the Niven household, has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr. and Mrs. Niven (Firth and Colman) attend a lunch to celebrate the engagement of their neighbor’s only remaining son, Paul (O’Connor). Although Jane rejoices at her freedom on an unseasonably hot, beautiful spring day, she has no mother...
- 9/22/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
New films from Vincent Bal, Koen Mortier and Caroline Strubbe among 47 films at virtual showcase.
A new drama from Cannes award-winner Lukas Dhont (Girl) and a film produced in lockdown by Milo Rau are among 47 projects to be showcased at Re>Connext, the annual film and TV showcase run by Flanders Image.
The event, which serves as an export platform for film and TV drama made in Flanders, will run online from October 5-31 after the physical showcase was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Usually taking place over three days under the banner Connext, the virtual edition has been...
A new drama from Cannes award-winner Lukas Dhont (Girl) and a film produced in lockdown by Milo Rau are among 47 projects to be showcased at Re>Connext, the annual film and TV showcase run by Flanders Image.
The event, which serves as an export platform for film and TV drama made in Flanders, will run online from October 5-31 after the physical showcase was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Usually taking place over three days under the banner Connext, the virtual edition has been...
- 9/15/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Production company was founded by Celine Rattray (‘The Kids Are Alright’) and Trudie Styler (‘American Honey’).
Celine Rattray and Trudie Styler’s Maven Screen Media is moving into TV production and short-form digital content after securing investment from the UK Creative Content Eis Fund, launched last year in association with the BFI.
London and New York-based Rattray has produced more than 45 films, including Oscar-nominated The Kids Are All Right, and set up Maven Pictures in 2011 with Styler, producing Cannes jury prize winner American Honey and Sundance award winnerThe Kindergarten Teacher. The company recently rebranded as Maven Screen Media.
The undisclosed...
Celine Rattray and Trudie Styler’s Maven Screen Media is moving into TV production and short-form digital content after securing investment from the UK Creative Content Eis Fund, launched last year in association with the BFI.
London and New York-based Rattray has produced more than 45 films, including Oscar-nominated The Kids Are All Right, and set up Maven Pictures in 2011 with Styler, producing Cannes jury prize winner American Honey and Sundance award winnerThe Kindergarten Teacher. The company recently rebranded as Maven Screen Media.
The undisclosed...
- 8/12/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Limbo Photo: Courtesy of San Sebastian Film Festival British director Ben Sharrock's second feature Limbo is among the 11 films that will compete for the New Directors Award at this San Sebastian Festival, which runs from September 18 to 26.
Sharrock's intercultural satire on the difficulties and hopes of refugees marks the second time his work has been selected for the festival, after Pikadero debuted there in 2015, going on to win the Michael Powell Award when it screened at Edinburgh Film Festival the following summer.
Spanish director Imanol Rayo - who won the festival's Zinemira award with Bi anai in 2011- also returns with his second film Death Knell (Hil kanpaiak), an adaptation of Miren Gorrotxategi’s novel 33 ezkil about family infighting in a rural setting. Silent Night director Piotr Domalewski will make a first appearance at the festival with his second film I Never Cry (Jak Najdalej Stad), about a young girl who travels.
Sharrock's intercultural satire on the difficulties and hopes of refugees marks the second time his work has been selected for the festival, after Pikadero debuted there in 2015, going on to win the Michael Powell Award when it screened at Edinburgh Film Festival the following summer.
Spanish director Imanol Rayo - who won the festival's Zinemira award with Bi anai in 2011- also returns with his second film Death Knell (Hil kanpaiak), an adaptation of Miren Gorrotxategi’s novel 33 ezkil about family infighting in a rural setting. Silent Night director Piotr Domalewski will make a first appearance at the festival with his second film I Never Cry (Jak Najdalej Stad), about a young girl who travels.
- 8/4/2020
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Suzanne Lindon’s “Spring Blossom,” João Paulo Miranda María’s “Memory House” and Grigory Kolomytsev’s “Chupacabra” will vie for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival, the Basque Country event announced Tuesday.
This year, the New Directors competition takes in 11 films from Brazil, China, France, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Russia, the U.K. and Vietnam. Of them, seven will be debut features; the rest are second films.
One of the first-time directors at San Sebastian is Korean Kim Mi-jo, who recently won the Grand Prize in the Korean competition at the 2020 Jeonju Festival with “Gull,” the story of a middle-aged victim of rape that will make its international premiere at San Sebastian sold by sales agent M-Line Distribution. China’s Xingyi Dong will debut with “Slow Singing,” whose lead character is a man who returns to his hometown after release from jail.
This year, the New Directors competition takes in 11 films from Brazil, China, France, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Russia, the U.K. and Vietnam. Of them, seven will be debut features; the rest are second films.
One of the first-time directors at San Sebastian is Korean Kim Mi-jo, who recently won the Grand Prize in the Korean competition at the 2020 Jeonju Festival with “Gull,” the story of a middle-aged victim of rape that will make its international premiere at San Sebastian sold by sales agent M-Line Distribution. China’s Xingyi Dong will debut with “Slow Singing,” whose lead character is a man who returns to his hometown after release from jail.
- 8/4/2020
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Country artist Terri Clark has enlisted a slate of guests to join her in celebrating the Yuletide season on It’s Christmas… Cheers! Dierks Bentley, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Pam Tillis, Suzy Bogguss, and the Oak Ridge Boys are among those appearing, along with Nashville’s venerable Western swing outfit the Time Jumpers, who offer musical accompaniment on each of the upcoming LP’s 10 tracks.
Arriving September 25th, It’s Christmas… Cheers! marks the Canadian-born artist’s return to Universal’s Mercury Nashville, the label on which she scored her debut hit,...
Arriving September 25th, It’s Christmas… Cheers! marks the Canadian-born artist’s return to Universal’s Mercury Nashville, the label on which she scored her debut hit,...
- 7/29/2020
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
There is something that no film critic or historian, essay, textbook, or rating system will ever take into account or appeal to—your individuality as a viewer and cinephile. This writer is not referring to easily applicable labels that work more on stereotypes than anything else, like: “You’re quite colorful and a bit flamboyant, you must like musicals,” or “You’re dark and gothy, I bet you dig Tim Burton.” What is meant here is those filmic interests that make you, you. The unspeakable love you may feel for a completely flaw-riddled film that has been forgotten by God and man, to which—despite everything—you build a deep attachment. No review in the world will ever consider the weird and awesome power that ties a fan to the cinematic deformity that same critic is shrugging off or tearing apart. That inexplicable, at times irrational, love that seems to...
- 7/28/2020
- by Eugenio Ercolani
- DailyDead
After releasing puzzles for Silent Night, Deadly Night, The Beyond, Pieces, and Cannibal Holocaust last year, Messed Up Puzzles is welcoming Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, Creepshow, The Overlook, and Vampyros Lesbos to their jigsaw family in 2020.
Below, you can view all five puzzles (which are expected to ship out on August 24th), and visit Messed Up Puzzles' official website for more information.
"We are thrilled to announce that Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, kicks off her own line of Messed Up Puzzles with two Huge...1000 piece jigsaw puzzles. Warning: Assembling these puzzles may result in Unpleasant Dreemz. This is just the beginning. Expect more Elvira puzzles to follow these at Halloween and Christmas!
5 Jolting Tales of Horror in the form of 1000 Pieces of Terror and the Macabre: Creepshow, the Puzzle! This is the most fun you'll have being scared of a jigsaw puzzle.
And what better way...
Below, you can view all five puzzles (which are expected to ship out on August 24th), and visit Messed Up Puzzles' official website for more information.
"We are thrilled to announce that Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, kicks off her own line of Messed Up Puzzles with two Huge...1000 piece jigsaw puzzles. Warning: Assembling these puzzles may result in Unpleasant Dreemz. This is just the beginning. Expect more Elvira puzzles to follow these at Halloween and Christmas!
5 Jolting Tales of Horror in the form of 1000 Pieces of Terror and the Macabre: Creepshow, the Puzzle! This is the most fun you'll have being scared of a jigsaw puzzle.
And what better way...
- 7/27/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
“It sure doesn’t feel much like Christmas.”
Growing up in Minnesota summers that seemed both endless and much-too-short, I always got a kick out of seeing “Christmas in July” advertisements, especially when I was digging through the previous week's newspaper in search of the Sunday comics after a sun-drenched week at summer camp. Along with slashed-down prices, the ads usually featured some version of a vacationing Santa kicking back on a pool float with a tropical shirt, sunglasses, and a dollop of sunscreen on his nose. This marriage of Christmas and July seemed odd to me. Other than occasionally wishing that a North Pole breeze would blow in on those sweltering summer days, Santa Claus and Christmas were distant memories when there was baseball, barbeques, and a tall stack of Goosebumps books from the library to keep up with.
But those ads must have done the trick, because years...
Growing up in Minnesota summers that seemed both endless and much-too-short, I always got a kick out of seeing “Christmas in July” advertisements, especially when I was digging through the previous week's newspaper in search of the Sunday comics after a sun-drenched week at summer camp. Along with slashed-down prices, the ads usually featured some version of a vacationing Santa kicking back on a pool float with a tropical shirt, sunglasses, and a dollop of sunscreen on his nose. This marriage of Christmas and July seemed odd to me. Other than occasionally wishing that a North Pole breeze would blow in on those sweltering summer days, Santa Claus and Christmas were distant memories when there was baseball, barbeques, and a tall stack of Goosebumps books from the library to keep up with.
But those ads must have done the trick, because years...
- 7/17/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
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