Exclusive: William Spetz, writer, creator and star of the critically acclaimed Swedish series Tore, has signed with Tfc Management.
Tore, which is currently streaming on Netflix, follows the magnetic yet troubled main character of the same name as he finds himself suddenly catapulted into a very new and adult world of sex, drugs, and drinking as a means of actively avoiding tremendous grief. The show was recently nominated for a 2024 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding New Series and Spetz has received rave reviews for his performance.
Spetz started his career when he was 15 years old, posting comedic videos on YouTube that revolved around his experiences, observations, and satirical takes on everyday life. In 2016, he was nominated for a Rising Star award at the Stockholm International Film Festival. Since then, he has starred in films and television series such as Filip and Mona, which he also co-wrote. He also starred in...
Tore, which is currently streaming on Netflix, follows the magnetic yet troubled main character of the same name as he finds himself suddenly catapulted into a very new and adult world of sex, drugs, and drinking as a means of actively avoiding tremendous grief. The show was recently nominated for a 2024 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding New Series and Spetz has received rave reviews for his performance.
Spetz started his career when he was 15 years old, posting comedic videos on YouTube that revolved around his experiences, observations, and satirical takes on everyday life. In 2016, he was nominated for a Rising Star award at the Stockholm International Film Festival. Since then, he has starred in films and television series such as Filip and Mona, which he also co-wrote. He also starred in...
- 2/29/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
One of Banijay’s scripted centrepieces at the London TV Screenings, the Swedish crime drama “Fallen” (“Sanningen”), sees the first reunion of star actor Sofia Helin, writer Camilla Ahlgren, and Stockholm-based Filmlance International since the multi-season hit crime show “The Bridge” (2011-2018).
Their collaboration has paid off again as “Fallen” has wooed a first batch of global sellers – including MHz Choice for the U.S. and Canal+’s Polar+ for France – and more than 1.1 million combined viewers watched the first episode on Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 last Christmas.
“This is 1/10of the Swedish population, which is astonishing these days, considering the series is based on an original idea,” said producer Anna Wallmark of Banijay-owned Filmlance.
Created by Ahlgren, who serves as head-writer, next to co-writers Martin Asphaug and Alex Haridi, the six-part series is, however, a very different type of noir to the cross-border iconic “The Bridge,” Lighter, more emotional.
Their collaboration has paid off again as “Fallen” has wooed a first batch of global sellers – including MHz Choice for the U.S. and Canal+’s Polar+ for France – and more than 1.1 million combined viewers watched the first episode on Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 last Christmas.
“This is 1/10of the Swedish population, which is astonishing these days, considering the series is based on an original idea,” said producer Anna Wallmark of Banijay-owned Filmlance.
Created by Ahlgren, who serves as head-writer, next to co-writers Martin Asphaug and Alex Haridi, the six-part series is, however, a very different type of noir to the cross-border iconic “The Bridge,” Lighter, more emotional.
- 2/27/2024
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Hot Water Music are celebrating their 30th anniversary in a big way. In addition to embarking on a previously announced 2024 tour, the veteran post-hardcore band is releasing a guest-filled new album titled Vows on May 10th.
The LP features contributions from Daniel Fang and Brendan Yates of Turnstile; Thrice; Dallas Green of Alexisonfire and City and Colour; The Interrupters; and Popeye Vogelsang of Calling Hours and Farside.
In advance of the album’s release, Hot Water Music have unveiled the singles “Menace” and “Burn Forever,” neither featuring any guests.
“In this day and age, it’s easy to get caught up in day-to-day frustrations,” singer-guitarist Chuck Ragan says of the song “Menace,” adding, “What isn’t easy all the time is recognizing our ability to choose our mental state. We own the power to slow down enough to be present in our anger, realizing the paths away from hatred and...
The LP features contributions from Daniel Fang and Brendan Yates of Turnstile; Thrice; Dallas Green of Alexisonfire and City and Colour; The Interrupters; and Popeye Vogelsang of Calling Hours and Farside.
In advance of the album’s release, Hot Water Music have unveiled the singles “Menace” and “Burn Forever,” neither featuring any guests.
“In this day and age, it’s easy to get caught up in day-to-day frustrations,” singer-guitarist Chuck Ragan says of the song “Menace,” adding, “What isn’t easy all the time is recognizing our ability to choose our mental state. We own the power to slow down enough to be present in our anger, realizing the paths away from hatred and...
- 2/15/2024
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
For Issa Rae, music has always been an extra cast member on the call sheet.
The nine-time Emmy nominee has used music as a storytelling tool, extending the voices of her complex and comedic characters — from the groundbreaking series Insecure and to her current adventure Rap Sh!t to the web series that launched her career, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl.
“Music elevates the storytelling of everything. I write to music, [and] you can have a scene that plays out great but music will add that little bit of tension, or that spark, or that feeling. It will cement a scene in your brain,” she tells The Hollywood Reporter. “There are so many songs that I associate with specific scenes that have also, in turn, affected my life and my memories, and it just adds an extra feeling to that song. So, they really work hand-in-hand beautifully.”
Rae is so...
The nine-time Emmy nominee has used music as a storytelling tool, extending the voices of her complex and comedic characters — from the groundbreaking series Insecure and to her current adventure Rap Sh!t to the web series that launched her career, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl.
“Music elevates the storytelling of everything. I write to music, [and] you can have a scene that plays out great but music will add that little bit of tension, or that spark, or that feeling. It will cement a scene in your brain,” she tells The Hollywood Reporter. “There are so many songs that I associate with specific scenes that have also, in turn, affected my life and my memories, and it just adds an extra feeling to that song. So, they really work hand-in-hand beautifully.”
Rae is so...
- 1/17/2024
- by Mesfin Fekadu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
While the idea of an estranged couple who find themselves in a soup, or rather, in quicksand, remembering their life together as they realize there may be no way to get out of it sounds horrifying and interesting, Quicksand fails to capture the mind. To begin with, the couple in peril really doesn’t give us any reason to root for them by the end of the film; rather, they’re more repulsive. There’s really no character arc, and they’re both quite obnoxious toward each other for most of the film, leaving no room for hope or satisfaction. It would’ve been better if they had walked away from each other by the end of the film. It’s such a shame that Shudder has such a wonderful opportunity but, more often than not, fails to deliver any kind of Shudder.
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- 7/14/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
Shudder survival thriller Quicksand builds an entire premise around its namesake, leaving a bickering, estranged married couple trapped in a pit of despair. Director Andrés Beltrán and writer Matt Pitts approach the B-movie concept with a seriousness that nearly works for their efficient thriller, placing relevance on the emotional stakes for its leads over jungle thrills. It leaves the thrills underplotted in Quicksand, however.
An opening sequence introduces the unforgiving terrain; a pair of poachers prowl a dangerous area of the Colombian jungle called Las Arenas to hunt and retrieve valuable skin from a venomous snake. Cut to couple Josh (Allan Hawco) and his wife Sofia (Carolina Gaitán) as they head to a medical conference in Bogotá; but the car ride there is rife with friction despite Josh’s best efforts to diffuse the tension. The estranged couple is gearing up for divorce, making this business trip even more uncomfortable.
An opening sequence introduces the unforgiving terrain; a pair of poachers prowl a dangerous area of the Colombian jungle called Las Arenas to hunt and retrieve valuable skin from a venomous snake. Cut to couple Josh (Allan Hawco) and his wife Sofia (Carolina Gaitán) as they head to a medical conference in Bogotá; but the car ride there is rife with friction despite Josh’s best efforts to diffuse the tension. The estranged couple is gearing up for divorce, making this business trip even more uncomfortable.
- 7/13/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
This week brings along with it brand new original horror movies from both Screambox and Shudder, while a hit horror movie over at Netflix gets a fresh new spinoff installment.
Here’s all the new horror releasing July 11– July 16, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting’s throwback slasher We Might Hurt Each Other (formerly Pensive) is Now Streaming on our Screambox platform beginning today!
The bloody Lithuanian teen horror film was directed by Jonas Trukanas and stars Gabija Bargailaite (Pilgrims), and calls back to slasher classics like Friday the 13th.
In fact, this is Lithuania’s very first slasher movie!
Inspired by local legends, We Might Hurt Each Other follows a group of privileged high school classmates. After these classmates destroy a set of life-size wooden statues during a wild graduation party, a mysterious masked killer begins picking the group off one by one.
Here’s all the new horror releasing July 11– July 16, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting’s throwback slasher We Might Hurt Each Other (formerly Pensive) is Now Streaming on our Screambox platform beginning today!
The bloody Lithuanian teen horror film was directed by Jonas Trukanas and stars Gabija Bargailaite (Pilgrims), and calls back to slasher classics like Friday the 13th.
In fact, this is Lithuania’s very first slasher movie!
Inspired by local legends, We Might Hurt Each Other follows a group of privileged high school classmates. After these classmates destroy a set of life-size wooden statues during a wild graduation party, a mysterious masked killer begins picking the group off one by one.
- 7/11/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
In addition to the survival thriller Quicksand, premiering on July 14, Shudder has just announced another new Shudder Original offering for July 2023: Sharksploitation!
Sharksploitation is a brand new Shudder Original Documentary, and it’ll begin streaming on Shudder on July 21 in the United States, Canada, UK, and Australia/New Zealand.
In the wake of blockbuster classic Jaws, a new subgenre was born. This new documentary explores the weird, wild cinematic legacy of sharks on film and the world’s undying fascination.
Steven Spielberg’s horror classic Jaws celebrates its 48th anniversary this summer, the film credited for not only launching a wave of shark attack imitators that still continues to this day but also creating the modern day summer blockbuster as we know it. Hardly a year has gone by since 1975 where there wasn’t a new shark attack horror movie to consume, and this year is no exception. The Black Demon...
Sharksploitation is a brand new Shudder Original Documentary, and it’ll begin streaming on Shudder on July 21 in the United States, Canada, UK, and Australia/New Zealand.
In the wake of blockbuster classic Jaws, a new subgenre was born. This new documentary explores the weird, wild cinematic legacy of sharks on film and the world’s undying fascination.
Steven Spielberg’s horror classic Jaws celebrates its 48th anniversary this summer, the film credited for not only launching a wave of shark attack imitators that still continues to this day but also creating the modern day summer blockbuster as we know it. Hardly a year has gone by since 1975 where there wasn’t a new shark attack horror movie to consume, and this year is no exception. The Black Demon...
- 6/22/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
"No one's coming for us." Shudder has revealed an official trailer for an indie horror film titled Quicksand, made by Colombian filmmaker Andrés Beltrán. It's set to debut on Shudder starting in July for anyone who wants to watch. "Get ready to witness a gripping fight for survival and love as a hike through a Colombian rainforest takes a turn." While on a hike in Colombia, an America couple get stuck in quicksand. Unable to move, it becomes a struggle for survival, as they battle the elements of the jungle and a venomous snake, in order to escape to safety. Starring Carolina Gaitàn and Allan Hawco, along with Andrés Castañeda and Sebastian Eslava. It's funny that it took them so long to finally make a horror movie about quicksand, it was always one of those crazy things you talk about while growing up but never actually encounter in real life.
- 6/21/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Hold The Fort, Coming Soon to Kickstarter, Casts Julian Smith: "Lucas and Jenny are getting settled in their new home when Jerry Klein, the Hoa president, knocks on their door. He invites them to the neighborhood's annual “Equinox Party.” Ready to embrace suburban life, Lucas excitedly accepts.
But this is no ordinary party...A banner hangs at the clubhouse's entrance: Welcome to the Equinox. Please don't die. There are talks of a portal to hell, dangerous mythical creatures, copious amounts of Moonshine, and a legendary gun wielding hero, McScruffy.
Lucas, thinking this is all a joke, hesitantly mingles with the other party guests when the inevitable happens.
The portal to hell opens...
And the first monsters attack."
Veteran YouTuber Julian Smith will star in the film, which is aiming for a September production start date. Hold The Fort is a Horror Comedy from award winning writer/director William Bagley...
But this is no ordinary party...A banner hangs at the clubhouse's entrance: Welcome to the Equinox. Please don't die. There are talks of a portal to hell, dangerous mythical creatures, copious amounts of Moonshine, and a legendary gun wielding hero, McScruffy.
Lucas, thinking this is all a joke, hesitantly mingles with the other party guests when the inevitable happens.
The portal to hell opens...
And the first monsters attack."
Veteran YouTuber Julian Smith will star in the film, which is aiming for a September production start date. Hold The Fort is a Horror Comedy from award winning writer/director William Bagley...
- 6/21/2023
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
You have to be of a certain vintage, an age where we all thought that one of the ways we could possibly die was by drowning in quicksand. It was such a frequent plot device of peril that if your favorite prime time show in the 70s or 80s did not feature at least one episode with the main characters getting caught in quicksand you wondered just how in touch with reality the showunners really were. Quicksand was a bonafide threat a few decades ago. Fast foward to 2023 and Andrés Beltrán wants to rekindle that fear of colloids once again with their film, Quicksand. Shudder will stream the survival thriller from July 14th and they released the trailer earlier today. Check it...
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- 6/21/2023
- Screen Anarchy
The Shudder streaming service has unveiled a trailer for the survival thriller Quicksand, which is (along with Prey) looking to remind us how dangerous the titular liquefied soil can be. Shudder will be releasing the film in the US, the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand on July 14th – so check out the trailer and see if this looks like a movie you would like to watch! The film will also be streaming on AMC+ in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Directed by Andrés Beltrán (MalaYerba) from a screenplay by Matt Pitts (Fringe), Quicksand stars Carolina Gaitán, who provided the voice of Pepa in Disney’s Encanto, and Allan Hawco of Jack Ryan. The English-language thriller was filmed in the Colombian capital Bogota and tells the story of a married couple on the brink of divorce who become trapped in quicksand while hiking through a Colombian rainforest. It...
Directed by Andrés Beltrán (MalaYerba) from a screenplay by Matt Pitts (Fringe), Quicksand stars Carolina Gaitán, who provided the voice of Pepa in Disney’s Encanto, and Allan Hawco of Jack Ryan. The English-language thriller was filmed in the Colombian capital Bogota and tells the story of a married couple on the brink of divorce who become trapped in quicksand while hiking through a Colombian rainforest. It...
- 6/20/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, has provided Bloody Disgusting with the trailer for the new survival thriller Quicksand, the English-language Colombian film written by Matt Pitts (Westworld) and directed by Andrés Beltrán (Tarumama). Exclusively watch the trailer down below.
The Shudder Original film will make its exclusive streaming debut Friday, July 14 on Shudder and will also be available to stream on AMC+.
In Quicksand, an American couple, on the brink of divorce, travel to Colombia for a work conference. While on a hike through the rainforest, a storm causes them to become trapped in a pit of quicksand. Unable to move, it becomes a struggle for survival as they battle the elements of the jungle and a venomous snake, in order to escape.
Carolina Gaitàn (Encanto) and Allan Hawco (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan) star.
“Making Quicksand was such a thrilling and challenging experience.
The Shudder Original film will make its exclusive streaming debut Friday, July 14 on Shudder and will also be available to stream on AMC+.
In Quicksand, an American couple, on the brink of divorce, travel to Colombia for a work conference. While on a hike through the rainforest, a storm causes them to become trapped in a pit of quicksand. Unable to move, it becomes a struggle for survival as they battle the elements of the jungle and a venomous snake, in order to escape.
Carolina Gaitàn (Encanto) and Allan Hawco (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan) star.
“Making Quicksand was such a thrilling and challenging experience.
- 6/20/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
A couple months ago, the Shudder streaming service announced that they would be releasing the survival thriller Quicksand in the US, the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand on June 23rd… but those plans have now changed. Quicksand‘s has moved back to July 14th, while June 23rd will see the Shudder release of the creature feature Unwelcome.
Directed by Andrés Beltrán (MalaYerba) from a screenplay by Matt Pitts (Fringe), Quicksand stars Carolina Gaitán, who provided the voice of Pepa in Disney’s Encanto, and Allan Hawco of Jack Ryan. The English-language thriller was filmed in the Colombian capital Bogota and tells the story of a married couple on the brink of divorce who become trapped in quicksand while hiking through a Colombian rainforest. It’s a struggle for survival as they battle the elements of the jungle and must work together in order to escape.
Quicksand was produced by Sangre Films,...
Directed by Andrés Beltrán (MalaYerba) from a screenplay by Matt Pitts (Fringe), Quicksand stars Carolina Gaitán, who provided the voice of Pepa in Disney’s Encanto, and Allan Hawco of Jack Ryan. The English-language thriller was filmed in the Colombian capital Bogota and tells the story of a married couple on the brink of divorce who become trapped in quicksand while hiking through a Colombian rainforest. It’s a struggle for survival as they battle the elements of the jungle and must work together in order to escape.
Quicksand was produced by Sangre Films,...
- 6/1/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Summer is about to kick off and Shudder will be there when you need retreat from the heat. They've announced their lineup for the month of June and as always there is a terrific mix of new additions and old favorites. The hotly anticipated Brooklyn 45 from our friend Ted Geoghegan is the first new pickup from Shudder. It will premiere on June 9th and will be available in all the territories. Later on in June we will also get he Sudder Premiere of Andres Beltran's trapped horror flick Quicksand and Kurt Wimmer's contribution to the Children of the Corn franchise. The first week of June kicks off with a killer lineup of werewolf movies, including An American Werewolf in London, Ginger Snaps and...
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- 5/11/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Are you ready for a Summer of Screams?
Our Summer 2023 Horror Preview is here! The 2023 slate of horror releases looks packed. Tentpole titles like The Boogeyman, Insidious: The Red Door, Talk to Me, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, and more aim to set the box office ablaze. And that’s all nothing compared to the volume of genre offerings heading to streaming, Digital, and VOD.
There’s enough horror here to keep us busy until the Halloween season. It’s a densely packed slate this summer, and trust us: this is only the tip of the iceberg for what’s ahead.
Here’s what is coming soon to help you prepare!
The Ancestral – May 2 (Screambox)
This haunter hails from the director of Furie and The Princess, Le-Van Kiet. And it’s Now Streaming on Screambox.
In the film, “After suffering a family tragedy, a widower moves his two daughters to a centuries-old ancestral home.
Our Summer 2023 Horror Preview is here! The 2023 slate of horror releases looks packed. Tentpole titles like The Boogeyman, Insidious: The Red Door, Talk to Me, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, and more aim to set the box office ablaze. And that’s all nothing compared to the volume of genre offerings heading to streaming, Digital, and VOD.
There’s enough horror here to keep us busy until the Halloween season. It’s a densely packed slate this summer, and trust us: this is only the tip of the iceberg for what’s ahead.
Here’s what is coming soon to help you prepare!
The Ancestral – May 2 (Screambox)
This haunter hails from the director of Furie and The Princess, Le-Van Kiet. And it’s Now Streaming on Screambox.
In the film, “After suffering a family tragedy, a widower moves his two daughters to a centuries-old ancestral home.
- 5/5/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Björk offered a career-spanning performance to the crowd at Coachella 2023 with support from the Hollywood String Ensemble in a unique reprisal of her recently-concluded “Orkestral” concerts. To make the appearance extra special, she used more than 800 drones to create a light show above the stage.
During Björk’s set, the singer played songs ranging from the newer “Freefall” to classics like “Isobel” and “Jóga” to the Oscar-nominated “I’ve Seen It All.” She was accompanied by touring conductor Bjarni Frímann as the hundreds of drones floated above. Though the performance was pulled from the YouTube livestream at the last minute, you can still watch the fan-shot footage and see the full setlist below.
“I wanted to share with you excitedly that i was joined with 864 drones tonight !!!” Björk wrote on Instagram after her appearance. “The show tonight was orkestral which is me, all about simplicity, [with] only conductor @bjarnifrimann and [an] orchestra...
During Björk’s set, the singer played songs ranging from the newer “Freefall” to classics like “Isobel” and “Jóga” to the Oscar-nominated “I’ve Seen It All.” She was accompanied by touring conductor Bjarni Frímann as the hundreds of drones floated above. Though the performance was pulled from the YouTube livestream at the last minute, you can still watch the fan-shot footage and see the full setlist below.
“I wanted to share with you excitedly that i was joined with 864 drones tonight !!!” Björk wrote on Instagram after her appearance. “The show tonight was orkestral which is me, all about simplicity, [with] only conductor @bjarnifrimann and [an] orchestra...
- 4/17/2023
- by Bryan Kress
- Consequence - Music
The first day of Coachella was jam-packed with major artists making moves, while the second day seemed to revolve around pure pop. Sunday, day three, featured the weekend’s most eclectic lineup, with all kinds of genres represented on every stage. In the early afternoon, the Argentine rock band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs got people moshing, while GloRilla delivered hard-hitting bars just moments afterwards. Kali Uchis mesmerized the crowd with her luxe brand of R&b, and Björk transformed the festival into avant art in one of the most impressive and intricate performances of the evening.
- 4/17/2023
- by Julyssa Lopez, Tomás Mier and Sage Anderson
- Rollingstone.com
Almost exactly one year ago, we heard that production was underway on a survival thriller called Quicksand, which is (along with Prey) looking to remind us how dangerous the titular liquefied soil can be. Now the Shudder streaming service has announced that they have acquired Quicksand distribution rights and will be releasing the film in the US, the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand on June 23rd. The film will also be streaming on AMC+ in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Directed by Andrés Beltrán (MalaYerba) from a screenplay by Matt Pitts (Fringe), Quicksand stars Carolina Gaitán, who provided the voice of Pepa in Disney’s Encanto, and Allan Hawco of Jack Ryan. The English-language thriller was filmed in the Colombian capital Bogota and tells the story of a married couple on the brink of divorce who become trapped in quicksand while hiking through a Colombian rainforest. It...
Directed by Andrés Beltrán (MalaYerba) from a screenplay by Matt Pitts (Fringe), Quicksand stars Carolina Gaitán, who provided the voice of Pepa in Disney’s Encanto, and Allan Hawco of Jack Ryan. The English-language thriller was filmed in the Colombian capital Bogota and tells the story of a married couple on the brink of divorce who become trapped in quicksand while hiking through a Colombian rainforest. It...
- 4/7/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Universal Pictures will Release Blumhouse’s Five Nights At Freddy’S on Friday, October 27, 2023: "Can you survive five nights?
The terrifying horror game phenomenon becomes a blood-chilling cinematic event, as Blumhouse— the producer of M3GAN, The Black Phone and The Invisible Man—joins forces with legendary game creator Scott Cawthon for Five Nights at Freddy’s.
The film follows a troubled security guard as he begins working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. While spending his first night on the job, he realizes the night shift at Freddy’s won’t be so easy to make it through.
Starring Josh Hutcherson, Matthew Lillard, Elizabeth Lail, Kat Conner Sterling, Piper Rubio and Mary Stuart Masterson. Five Nights at Freddy’s is directed by Emma Tammi and is written by Scott Cawthon, Emma Tammi and Seth Cuddeback.
The film’s iconic animatronic characters will be created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.Five Nights...
The terrifying horror game phenomenon becomes a blood-chilling cinematic event, as Blumhouse— the producer of M3GAN, The Black Phone and The Invisible Man—joins forces with legendary game creator Scott Cawthon for Five Nights at Freddy’s.
The film follows a troubled security guard as he begins working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. While spending his first night on the job, he realizes the night shift at Freddy’s won’t be so easy to make it through.
Starring Josh Hutcherson, Matthew Lillard, Elizabeth Lail, Kat Conner Sterling, Piper Rubio and Mary Stuart Masterson. Five Nights at Freddy’s is directed by Emma Tammi and is written by Scott Cawthon, Emma Tammi and Seth Cuddeback.
The film’s iconic animatronic characters will be created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.Five Nights...
- 4/7/2023
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
English-language film shot entirely in Bogota, Colombia.
Shudder has acquired the survival thriller Quicksand from Altitude Film Sales for the US, UK and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
The English-language film shot entirely in Bogota, Colombia, and will premiere on the service on June 23 and stream on AMC+ in the US, Australia and New Zealand.
Carolina Gaitán and Allan Hawco star in the story of an American couple on the brink of divorce who travel to Colombia for a work conference.
While on a hike through the rainforest they become trapped in a pit of quicksand and must battle the...
Shudder has acquired the survival thriller Quicksand from Altitude Film Sales for the US, UK and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
The English-language film shot entirely in Bogota, Colombia, and will premiere on the service on June 23 and stream on AMC+ in the US, Australia and New Zealand.
Carolina Gaitán and Allan Hawco star in the story of an American couple on the brink of divorce who travel to Colombia for a work conference.
While on a hike through the rainforest they become trapped in a pit of quicksand and must battle the...
- 4/6/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Remember quicksand? Movies back in the day probably made you terrified of being sucked down into a patch while walking in the woods, but there’s a good chance you never actually ended up encountering any quicksand in real life. That’s a good thing, of course. But the characters in the upcoming survival thriller Quicksand, you may have guessed, aren’t so lucky.
Deadline reports that Shudder has acquired Quicksand, the premiere set for June 23.
“The English-language Colombian film written by Matt Pitts (Westworld) and directed by Andrés Beltrán (Tarumama) will also be available for streaming on AMC+ in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand,” Deadline notes in today’s report.
“Quicksand stars Carolina Gaitán (Encanto) and Allan Hawco (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan) as an American couple on the brink of divorce who travel to the country for a work conference. While on a hike through the rainforest,...
Deadline reports that Shudder has acquired Quicksand, the premiere set for June 23.
“The English-language Colombian film written by Matt Pitts (Westworld) and directed by Andrés Beltrán (Tarumama) will also be available for streaming on AMC+ in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand,” Deadline notes in today’s report.
“Quicksand stars Carolina Gaitán (Encanto) and Allan Hawco (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan) as an American couple on the brink of divorce who travel to the country for a work conference. While on a hike through the rainforest,...
- 4/6/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: AMC Networks’ genre-focused streamer Shudder has snapped up rights to the survival thriller Quicksand in the U.S., the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, slating it for a June 23rd streaming debut.
The English-language Colombian film written by Matt Pitts (Westworld) and directed by Andrés Beltrán (Tarumama) will also be available for streaming on AMC+ in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Quicksand stars Carolina Gaitán (Encanto) and Allan Hawco (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan) as an American couple on the brink of divorce who travel to the country for a work conference. While on a hike through the rainforest, a storm causes them to become trapped in a pit of quicksand. Unable to move, it becomes a struggle for survival as they battle the elements of the jungle and a venomous snake in order to escape.
Pic was produced by Sangre Films — a joint venture...
The English-language Colombian film written by Matt Pitts (Westworld) and directed by Andrés Beltrán (Tarumama) will also be available for streaming on AMC+ in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Quicksand stars Carolina Gaitán (Encanto) and Allan Hawco (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan) as an American couple on the brink of divorce who travel to the country for a work conference. While on a hike through the rainforest, a storm causes them to become trapped in a pit of quicksand. Unable to move, it becomes a struggle for survival as they battle the elements of the jungle and a venomous snake in order to escape.
Pic was produced by Sangre Films — a joint venture...
- 4/6/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
There are a lot of famous villains in pop culture, but one stands head and shoulders above the rest. Ironically, it's your head and shoulders that this villain wants to submerge. I'm talking about quicksand.
If you take a poll, it is likely that no one you know has ever been trapped in quicksand. Yet, the danger of quicksand is one of the most over-exaggerated tropes in film and television. Pop culture has created a lot of silly fears over the years. Acid rain, World War III, and artificial intelligence taking over the world to name a few. But one thing kids fear over all others: quicksand. It almost claimed the life of Daisy Duke in "The Dukes of Hazzard." The Hulk was no match for its steely grip in "The Incredible Hulk." And poor Sarah from "One Life to Live" spent several episodes trapped in it!
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If you take a poll, it is likely that no one you know has ever been trapped in quicksand. Yet, the danger of quicksand is one of the most over-exaggerated tropes in film and television. Pop culture has created a lot of silly fears over the years. Acid rain, World War III, and artificial intelligence taking over the world to name a few. But one thing kids fear over all others: quicksand. It almost claimed the life of Daisy Duke in "The Dukes of Hazzard." The Hulk was no match for its steely grip in "The Incredible Hulk." And poor Sarah from "One Life to Live" spent several episodes trapped in it!
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- 3/14/2023
- by Travis Yates
- Slash Film
Universal International Studios has appointed former Netflix executive Tesha Crawford as senior VP of global scripted series.
Based in London, Crawford will report into Uis president Beatrice Springborn and focus on expanding the studio’s scripted slate in the U.K. and Europe. Crawford will be responsible for scouting and packaging new projects for Uis and supporting its portfolio of deals, talent and projects. She will also head up the studio’s U.K.-based creative team.
Crawford joins from Netflix, where she spent the last six years working across international original series and was one of the first content executives hired on the Netflix International Originals team.
The exec started in Latin America, building the platform’s slate of originals including “La Casa De Las Flores” (“The House of Flowers”), “Ingobernable,” “3,” “Coisa Mais Linda” (“Girls from Ipanema”) and “Sintonia.”
She later relocated to Amsterdam to lead the company’s first Nordics series team,...
Based in London, Crawford will report into Uis president Beatrice Springborn and focus on expanding the studio’s scripted slate in the U.K. and Europe. Crawford will be responsible for scouting and packaging new projects for Uis and supporting its portfolio of deals, talent and projects. She will also head up the studio’s U.K.-based creative team.
Crawford joins from Netflix, where she spent the last six years working across international original series and was one of the first content executives hired on the Netflix International Originals team.
The exec started in Latin America, building the platform’s slate of originals including “La Casa De Las Flores” (“The House of Flowers”), “Ingobernable,” “3,” “Coisa Mais Linda” (“Girls from Ipanema”) and “Sintonia.”
She later relocated to Amsterdam to lead the company’s first Nordics series team,...
- 1/24/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
“Nancy Drew” star Kennedy McMann and “Desperate Housewives” alum Felicity Huffman are slated to lead “The Good Lawyer,” a spinoff of ABC’s “The Good Doctor,” from Sony Pictures Television and ABC Signature.
ABC has placed a formal embedded pilot order, which will introduce McMann and Huffman’s characters during the popular medical drama.
The episode, titled “The Good Lawyer,” will air March 6 and be written by “Good Doctor” co-showrunners David Shore and Liz Friedman and directed by Ruben Fleischer. In the episode, Dr. Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore) seeks legal representation to help him win a case and puts his faith in a promising, young lawyer who has obsessive compulsive disorder.
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McMann will guest star as Joni DeGroot, a brilliant, funny and self- aware lawyer who is relatively new to her prestigious law firm when she takes Shaun’s case.
ABC has placed a formal embedded pilot order, which will introduce McMann and Huffman’s characters during the popular medical drama.
The episode, titled “The Good Lawyer,” will air March 6 and be written by “Good Doctor” co-showrunners David Shore and Liz Friedman and directed by Ruben Fleischer. In the episode, Dr. Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore) seeks legal representation to help him win a case and puts his faith in a promising, young lawyer who has obsessive compulsive disorder.
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McMann will guest star as Joni DeGroot, a brilliant, funny and self- aware lawyer who is relatively new to her prestigious law firm when she takes Shaun’s case.
- 1/11/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
Five years after the release of David Bowie’s first masterpiece, Hunky Dory — which replaced the perception of Bowie as a one-hit space oddity with the idea Bowie as an ever-ch-ch-changing moon-age messiah — he offered up some characteristic mythmaking. In a 1976 Melody Maker interview, Bowie claimed Hunky Dory‘s “Song for Bob Dylan,” a piss-take extraordinaire that Bowie had shrugged off by saying it was how “some” people saw Dylan, in fact, “laid out what I wanted to do in rock.” “It was at that period that I said, ‘Ok,...
- 11/22/2022
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
“There’s a lot of work around, I’ve been busy,” Emily Watson declared, brightly, over tea and crumbly biscuits at The Union, a private club in central London, as she chatted with Deadline about why she loves working in front of the camera.
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She indeed has been busy. Hot on the heels of her extraordinarily compelling portrait in God’s Creatures, playing an Irish Catholic woman who has an obsessional bond with her wayward son (Paul Mescal of (Normal People and Aftersun), Watson has taken on a slate of roles including HBO Max...
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She indeed has been busy. Hot on the heels of her extraordinarily compelling portrait in God’s Creatures, playing an Irish Catholic woman who has an obsessional bond with her wayward son (Paul Mescal of (Normal People and Aftersun), Watson has taken on a slate of roles including HBO Max...
- 10/15/2022
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Emily Watson and Shirley Henderson will lead the cast of HBO Max’s Dune: The Sisterhood (wt), from Legendary Television.
The series, which is based on Frank Herbert’s classic novel, is set 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides and follows the Harkonnen Sisters, played by Watson and Henderson, as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind, and establish the fabled sect known as the Bene Gesserit.
Watson and Henderson will portray Valya Harkonnen and Tula Harkonnen, respectively, the formidable Harkonnen Sisters, who have risen to power in the Sisterhood, a secret organization of women who will go on to become the Bene Gesserit.
Diane Ademu-John serves as creator, writer, co-showrunner and executive producer. Alison Schapker serves as co-showrunner and executive producer. Johan Renck will direct the premiere episode and executive produce. Denis Villeneuve, who directed, co-wrote and produced the 2021 Dune film,...
The series, which is based on Frank Herbert’s classic novel, is set 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides and follows the Harkonnen Sisters, played by Watson and Henderson, as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind, and establish the fabled sect known as the Bene Gesserit.
Watson and Henderson will portray Valya Harkonnen and Tula Harkonnen, respectively, the formidable Harkonnen Sisters, who have risen to power in the Sisterhood, a secret organization of women who will go on to become the Bene Gesserit.
Diane Ademu-John serves as creator, writer, co-showrunner and executive producer. Alison Schapker serves as co-showrunner and executive producer. Johan Renck will direct the premiere episode and executive produce. Denis Villeneuve, who directed, co-wrote and produced the 2021 Dune film,...
- 10/4/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Hunky Dory, David Bowie’s classic album that yielded “Changes” and “Life on Mars?” will be the focus of an upcoming deluxe reissue that collects unreleased home demos, live recordings, radio sessions, and more from the rock legend’s fertile 1971.
Divine Symmetry (An Alternate Journey Through Hunky Dory), arriving Nov. 25 as a 4Cd/1Blu-ray set, features 48 unreleased tracks in total, including Bowie’s own home and hotel recordings for tracks that wound up on Hunky Dory, as well as unreleased songs like “King of the City,” “Tired of My Life...
Divine Symmetry (An Alternate Journey Through Hunky Dory), arriving Nov. 25 as a 4Cd/1Blu-ray set, features 48 unreleased tracks in total, including Bowie’s own home and hotel recordings for tracks that wound up on Hunky Dory, as well as unreleased songs like “King of the City,” “Tired of My Life...
- 9/28/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Ahead of the release of the David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream, details of the film’s soundtrack have been revealed, with the companion collection boasting unreleased live versions, album cuts, interview excerpts, orchestral performances, and film-specific remixes of classic Bowie tracks.
As a preview of the soundtrack’s exclusive “Moonage Daydream” mixes, the Bowie estate shared the version of “Modern Love” that features in director Brett Morgen’s doc:
“This version is a unique mix starting with the isolated piano motif from the track, building up into the chorus before...
As a preview of the soundtrack’s exclusive “Moonage Daydream” mixes, the Bowie estate shared the version of “Modern Love” that features in director Brett Morgen’s doc:
“This version is a unique mix starting with the isolated piano motif from the track, building up into the chorus before...
- 8/25/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Lamont Dozier, the Motown songwriter and producer who helped craft hits for artists such as the Supremes, the Four Tops, and the Isley Brothers, has died. He was 81.
The news was confirmed by his son, Lamont Dozier Jr., who wrote on Instagram, “Rest in Heavenly Peace, Dad!” A cause of death has not yet been announced.
“My condolences to Lamont Dozier’s family,” Diana Ross wrote. “He will always be remembered through all the beautiful songs that he wrote for me and the Supremes, and so many other beautiful songs.
The news was confirmed by his son, Lamont Dozier Jr., who wrote on Instagram, “Rest in Heavenly Peace, Dad!” A cause of death has not yet been announced.
“My condolences to Lamont Dozier’s family,” Diana Ross wrote. “He will always be remembered through all the beautiful songs that he wrote for me and the Supremes, and so many other beautiful songs.
- 8/9/2022
- by Emily Zemler and Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Denise Richards (“Paper Empire”) and AnnaLynne McCord (“90210”) are set to join “Encanto’s” Carolina Gaitàn in a new female-led drama thriller series, “Second Chance,” Variety can exclusively reveal.
Alexis Ren (“Deputy”) and Tiffany Hines (“Magnum P.I.”) will also star.
Set to debut worldwide later this year, “Second Chance” is a 10-part series that tells the story of three domestic cleaning workers and their clients as they struggle to overcome their pasts and grapple with the challenge of creating a better future.
Gaitàn plays service worker Marianna in the series, who finds herself navigating “extraordinary and dangerous situations” alongside her two friends Shira (played by Ren) and Jackie (played by Hines).
The series will grapple with topics including diversity, LGBTQ rights, immigration, women’s equality and organized crime as well as focusing on themes such as perseverance, identity and love, with the three female lead characters drawing on their...
Alexis Ren (“Deputy”) and Tiffany Hines (“Magnum P.I.”) will also star.
Set to debut worldwide later this year, “Second Chance” is a 10-part series that tells the story of three domestic cleaning workers and their clients as they struggle to overcome their pasts and grapple with the challenge of creating a better future.
Gaitàn plays service worker Marianna in the series, who finds herself navigating “extraordinary and dangerous situations” alongside her two friends Shira (played by Ren) and Jackie (played by Hines).
The series will grapple with topics including diversity, LGBTQ rights, immigration, women’s equality and organized crime as well as focusing on themes such as perseverance, identity and love, with the three female lead characters drawing on their...
- 7/15/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Sf Studios-owned Swedish production banner Flx is developing a thriller feature based on Joakim Zander’s novel “An Honest Life.”
Published in April, “An Honest Life” is set at a university campus in Lund, Southern Sweden. During a violent demonstration, a young, lost law student meets a woman who introduces him to her eccentric friends. Their lives revolve around radical ideals, as well as lies. When he eventually realizes what he has become involved in, it is already too late to get out.
Filming is set to begin next fall with topnotch creators whose names will be announced at a later stage.
“Joakim Zander elegantly, intelligently, and thrillingly weaves together a diabolical heist thriller with a classic coming of age narrative,” said Anna Anthony, Flx’s head of feature film.
“I love that it is set in and around Lund University: the September light, brick walls covered in Boston ivy,...
Published in April, “An Honest Life” is set at a university campus in Lund, Southern Sweden. During a violent demonstration, a young, lost law student meets a woman who introduces him to her eccentric friends. Their lives revolve around radical ideals, as well as lies. When he eventually realizes what he has become involved in, it is already too late to get out.
Filming is set to begin next fall with topnotch creators whose names will be announced at a later stage.
“Joakim Zander elegantly, intelligently, and thrillingly weaves together a diabolical heist thriller with a classic coming of age narrative,” said Anna Anthony, Flx’s head of feature film.
“I love that it is set in and around Lund University: the September light, brick walls covered in Boston ivy,...
- 5/22/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Altitude Film Sales will be presenting survival horror movie Quicksand to buyers in Cannes next week, and Deadline brings us the first look at the movie this morning (seen above). The film has been compared to 127 Hours and The Shallows. Quicksand “follows an American couple, on the brink of divorce, who travel to Colombia […]
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- 5/10/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Altitude Film Sales has boarded worldwide sales rights to high-concept survival thriller Quicksand and will introduce first footage to buyers in Cannes next week.
The U.S.-Colombia co-production recently completed shooting in Bogota and is now in post-production. Above is a first look.
Carolina Gaitán, the Colombian actress and singer who voiced Pepa in Disney’s Encanto, leads cast. Gaitán, whose credits also include Narcos, stars alongside Allan Hawco (Jack Ryan) in the English-language movie.
Gaitán recently performed We Don’t Talk About Bruno live at the Academy Awards alongside her Encanto cast.
The contained thriller, which we’re told is in the vein of The Shallows and 127 Hours, follows an American couple, on the brink of divorce, who travel to Colombia for a work conference. While on a hike through the rainforest, a storm causes them to become trapped in a pit of quicksand. Unable to move,...
The U.S.-Colombia co-production recently completed shooting in Bogota and is now in post-production. Above is a first look.
Carolina Gaitán, the Colombian actress and singer who voiced Pepa in Disney’s Encanto, leads cast. Gaitán, whose credits also include Narcos, stars alongside Allan Hawco (Jack Ryan) in the English-language movie.
Gaitán recently performed We Don’t Talk About Bruno live at the Academy Awards alongside her Encanto cast.
The contained thriller, which we’re told is in the vein of The Shallows and 127 Hours, follows an American couple, on the brink of divorce, who travel to Colombia for a work conference. While on a hike through the rainforest, a storm causes them to become trapped in a pit of quicksand. Unable to move,...
- 5/10/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Carolina Gaitán, the Colombian actress and singer who voiced Pepa in Disney’s Encanto and will perform at the Oscars on Sunday, is leading the cast of survival thriller Quicksand.
Gaitán will star alongside Allan Hawco in the English-language movie, which follows a married couple on the brink of divorce who become trapped in quicksand while hiking through a Colombian rainforest. It’s a struggle for survival as they battle the elements of the jungle and must work together in order to escape.
Andrés Beltrán is directing the pic, which was written by Matt Pitts. The project is produced by Las Vegas-based production company Sangre Films, which is a joint venture between Colombian outfit Elemental Stories and U.S. companies 222 Pictures and Dawn’s Light Movies.
Producers are Jason Cherubini of Dawn’s Light Media, Nicolas Reyes of Elemental Stories and Sean Patrick Burke of 222 Pictures.
Gaitán will star alongside Allan Hawco in the English-language movie, which follows a married couple on the brink of divorce who become trapped in quicksand while hiking through a Colombian rainforest. It’s a struggle for survival as they battle the elements of the jungle and must work together in order to escape.
Andrés Beltrán is directing the pic, which was written by Matt Pitts. The project is produced by Las Vegas-based production company Sangre Films, which is a joint venture between Colombian outfit Elemental Stories and U.S. companies 222 Pictures and Dawn’s Light Movies.
Producers are Jason Cherubini of Dawn’s Light Media, Nicolas Reyes of Elemental Stories and Sean Patrick Burke of 222 Pictures.
- 3/25/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
“Fitness advice, gig economy, binge watching Danish crime series, sustainability, sex when the kids watch cartoons, mobile bank ID, personal development 5:2 diet, anti-aging cream, Adobe updates, climate friendly travel, body activism,” Anders rants quietly to the camera, as he walks from his car to home in the equivalent of white picket fence Sweden at the beginning of Swedish Discovery Plus Original “Gotebia,” a half-hour dramedic psychological thriller.
“Exterior renovations, Roblox, mini Rodini hats, dinners from Fedora. Shared family calendar. Find us-time, life with kids, drainage pipes, hot yoga, performance review, changing the plumbing, pub crawls, doggy day care,” he goes on.
43, Anders is out of his depth at work where his company’s motivational speakers are no longer found in the newspaper or on TV but on YouTube, TikTok, Snap and Instagram. And suffering to keep up with the Joneses – in this case tennis player and neighbor Martin’s...
“Exterior renovations, Roblox, mini Rodini hats, dinners from Fedora. Shared family calendar. Find us-time, life with kids, drainage pipes, hot yoga, performance review, changing the plumbing, pub crawls, doggy day care,” he goes on.
43, Anders is out of his depth at work where his company’s motivational speakers are no longer found in the newspaper or on TV but on YouTube, TikTok, Snap and Instagram. And suffering to keep up with the Joneses – in this case tennis player and neighbor Martin’s...
- 1/28/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Gustav Möller, whose feature debut “The Guilty” won Sundance’s Audience award in 2018, is back with “The Dark Heart,” a gripping series based on Joakim Palmkvist’s bestselling true-crime thriller novel.
Represented worldwide by REinvent International Sales, the five-part series is world premiering virtually at Sundance festival in the Indie Episodic section.
The series was penned by Möller and Oskar Söderlund, a popular screenwriter whose credits includes Netflix’s hit series “Snabba Cash.” Flx, the Sf Studios-owned Swedish banner behind “Quicksand” and “Solsidan,” produced the show for Discovery Plus.
“The Dark Heart” follows Sanna, the 21-year-old daughter of a rich landowner in southern Sweden whose father, Bengt, makes his fortune by leasing inherited land to hardworking family farmers. When Sanna begins a relationship with Marcus, the penniless son of a nearby farmer, her father issues an ultimatum — leave Marcus or lose her inheritance. Soon after, Bengt disappears without a trace.
Represented worldwide by REinvent International Sales, the five-part series is world premiering virtually at Sundance festival in the Indie Episodic section.
The series was penned by Möller and Oskar Söderlund, a popular screenwriter whose credits includes Netflix’s hit series “Snabba Cash.” Flx, the Sf Studios-owned Swedish banner behind “Quicksand” and “Solsidan,” produced the show for Discovery Plus.
“The Dark Heart” follows Sanna, the 21-year-old daughter of a rich landowner in southern Sweden whose father, Bengt, makes his fortune by leasing inherited land to hardworking family farmers. When Sanna begins a relationship with Marcus, the penniless son of a nearby farmer, her father issues an ultimatum — leave Marcus or lose her inheritance. Soon after, Bengt disappears without a trace.
- 1/23/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Showrun by Oscar-nominated Danish director Lone Sherfig, “The Shift” will battle it out with Series Mania top winner “Blackport” and Canneseries winner “Countrymen” for 2022’s 6th Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize.
Also in contention are Finnish crime drama “Transport” and psychological thriller “Vi y Villa,” an early show from Sweden’s Discovery Plus.
All five titles, however diverse, underscore the strong social issue drive of much upscale Nordic and indeed European drama, affording a snapshot of larger tensions coursing society at large.
Winners of the Nordic TV Drama Screenplay Award, which goes to a show’s main writer, will receive a €20,000 cash prize, announced during the Göteborg Film Festival’s TV Drama Vision, a highlight of the festival, on Feb. 2.
“Good scripts form the basis of our strong Nordic drama series,. Writing talents should be cherished every day and celebrated through script honours and awards,” commented Liselott Forsman, CEO of...
Also in contention are Finnish crime drama “Transport” and psychological thriller “Vi y Villa,” an early show from Sweden’s Discovery Plus.
All five titles, however diverse, underscore the strong social issue drive of much upscale Nordic and indeed European drama, affording a snapshot of larger tensions coursing society at large.
Winners of the Nordic TV Drama Screenplay Award, which goes to a show’s main writer, will receive a €20,000 cash prize, announced during the Göteborg Film Festival’s TV Drama Vision, a highlight of the festival, on Feb. 2.
“Good scripts form the basis of our strong Nordic drama series,. Writing talents should be cherished every day and celebrated through script honours and awards,” commented Liselott Forsman, CEO of...
- 12/14/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
High-profile Norwegian movie, theatre and TV helmer Per-Olav Sørensen has turned into one of Netflix’s hottest Nordic collaborators and show-runners since 2019. After the hit Swedish thriller series “Quicksand,” Norwegian dramedy “Home for Christmas” 1 & 2, Sørensen is currently filming Yellow Bird U.K.’s untitled “Spotify” series for the U.S. streamer.
In between drama series, Sørensen has steered the filming of the Netflix Original Norwegian pic “Royalteen,” co-helmed by rising talent Emile Beck. Toplining the modern Cinderella narrative are Matthias Storhøi, Ines Høysæter Asserson (“Skam”), Elli Müller Osborne (“Utøya: July 22”), and Veslemø Mørkrid (“Occupied”).
Based on the YA novel “The Heir,” written as a book series by journalists Randi Fuglehaug and Anne Gunn Halvorsen, “Royalteen” also marks the first production made under new label Global Ensemble Drama, founded by Sørensen.
Seasoned producer Janne Hjeltnes, most recently attached to Nrk’s youth show “Rod Knock,”which was crowned best series...
In between drama series, Sørensen has steered the filming of the Netflix Original Norwegian pic “Royalteen,” co-helmed by rising talent Emile Beck. Toplining the modern Cinderella narrative are Matthias Storhøi, Ines Høysæter Asserson (“Skam”), Elli Müller Osborne (“Utøya: July 22”), and Veslemø Mørkrid (“Occupied”).
Based on the YA novel “The Heir,” written as a book series by journalists Randi Fuglehaug and Anne Gunn Halvorsen, “Royalteen” also marks the first production made under new label Global Ensemble Drama, founded by Sørensen.
Seasoned producer Janne Hjeltnes, most recently attached to Nrk’s youth show “Rod Knock,”which was crowned best series...
- 8/25/2021
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
When Rolling Loud Miami’s 2021 return was announced, it felt like every rap star in the country was on the bill. The 130-artist line-up included hot names like Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Baby, and Playboi Carti; veterans like Fetty Wap, Gucci Mane, and T-Pain; and newbies like Morray, Ken The Man, and Kenny Mason. As one of the country’s first major Irl fests since 2019, it felt like Rolling Loud got every young person in the U.S. to Miami this weekend, too. They moshed, sang, and danced, warmly welcoming...
- 7/26/2021
- by Mankaprr Conteh
- Rollingstone.com
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. (Check out last week’s best songs.)
The Georgia Thunderbolts, “Be Good to Yourself”
Peach State country-rockers the Georgia Thunderbolts put their own Southern spin on Scottish blues-rock singer Frankie Miller, delivering a faithful but greasy cover of Miller’s 1977 single “Be Good to Yourself.
The Georgia Thunderbolts, “Be Good to Yourself”
Peach State country-rockers the Georgia Thunderbolts put their own Southern spin on Scottish blues-rock singer Frankie Miller, delivering a faithful but greasy cover of Miller’s 1977 single “Be Good to Yourself.
- 7/19/2021
- by Jon Freeman and Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
The new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now focuses on the best hip-hop of 2021 so far, with Mankaprr Conteh and Jeff Ihaza joining host Brian Hiatt to talk about their picks. The episode draws from Conteh’s personal list of the year’s best songs (which ranges from Morray’s “Quicksand” to Megan Thee Stallion’s “Thot Shit” to Drake’s “What’s Next” to Noname’s “Rainforest.”) as well as Rolling Stone’s overall rankings of 2021’s top albums. Our panel also debates the merits of J. Cole’s The Off-Season,...
- 6/30/2021
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Björn Runge, the Swedish director of the Glen Close starrer “The Wife,” is set to direct “Burn All My Letters,” a fiery love drama spanning decades starring Bill Skarsgård (“Deadpool”).
The film will also star Asta Kamma August (“The Pact”) and Gustav Lindh (“Queen of Hearts”). “Burn All My Letters” is produced by Sf Studios which will also distribute in the Nordics. REinvent will handle international sales.
The film’s story is based on Swedish author Alex Schulman’s successful novel of the same name, and is inspired by true events. It revolves around Karin Stolpe’s complex relationship with her husband Sven Stolpe and her passionate love affair with Olof Lagercrantz which starts in the 1930s. The film shows the impact of passion, jealousy and anger across 70 years, involving different generations.
“Burn All My Letters” starts shooting in Sweden in August and is expected to premiere in theaters next fall.
The film will also star Asta Kamma August (“The Pact”) and Gustav Lindh (“Queen of Hearts”). “Burn All My Letters” is produced by Sf Studios which will also distribute in the Nordics. REinvent will handle international sales.
The film’s story is based on Swedish author Alex Schulman’s successful novel of the same name, and is inspired by true events. It revolves around Karin Stolpe’s complex relationship with her husband Sven Stolpe and her passionate love affair with Olof Lagercrantz which starts in the 1930s. The film shows the impact of passion, jealousy and anger across 70 years, involving different generations.
“Burn All My Letters” starts shooting in Sweden in August and is expected to premiere in theaters next fall.
- 6/28/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
DJ Khaled scores his first Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart with his 12th studio album, Khaled Khaled. The album, which comes stuffed with more than two dozen guest vocalist including Drake, Cardi B, Lil Baby, DaBaby, earned close to 15,000 sales and more than 88 million streams.
In an otherwise quiet week on the Rs 200, DJ Khaled had no serious challengers in his quest for Number One. Moneybagg Yo’s A Gangsta’s Pain, which debuted at the top of the chart, fell to Number Two in its second week,...
In an otherwise quiet week on the Rs 200, DJ Khaled had no serious challengers in his quest for Number One. Moneybagg Yo’s A Gangsta’s Pain, which debuted at the top of the chart, fell to Number Two in its second week,...
- 5/10/2021
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
Netflix has revealed plans to open a new office in Stockholm that will function as a hub for the region.
The office will open in the second half of this year, as detailed in a new blog by Lina Brouneus, the streamer’s Director of Acquisitions & Co-Productions, Emea.
Netflix now has European offices in Amsterdam, Madrid, Berlin, London, Paris and Brussels, while Rome (and Istanbul) is opening later this year. The streamer recently revealed a new Bogota, Colombia, office to boot.
Brouneus said: “Now is the time for us to get even closer to our members, the creators, filmmakers, partners and cultural communities throughout the Nordics – which is why I’m excited to announce that in the second half of this year we’re opening a Nordic office in Stockholm that will function as a hub for the region. To further support the region and to reflect the diversity of talent we work with,...
The office will open in the second half of this year, as detailed in a new blog by Lina Brouneus, the streamer’s Director of Acquisitions & Co-Productions, Emea.
Netflix now has European offices in Amsterdam, Madrid, Berlin, London, Paris and Brussels, while Rome (and Istanbul) is opening later this year. The streamer recently revealed a new Bogota, Colombia, office to boot.
Brouneus said: “Now is the time for us to get even closer to our members, the creators, filmmakers, partners and cultural communities throughout the Nordics – which is why I’m excited to announce that in the second half of this year we’re opening a Nordic office in Stockholm that will function as a hub for the region. To further support the region and to reflect the diversity of talent we work with,...
- 4/29/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Streamer will also run team of employees based in Copenhagen.
Netflix will open a Nordic hub in Stockholm, Sweden, in the second half of this year as it moves ahead with expanding its stable of regional content.
By the end of 2021 nearly 70 original films and shows from Nordic territories are expected to be available on the service.
Since 2012, original series include Quicksand, Love & Anarchy and Snabba Cash from Sweden; Norwegian series Ragnarok and Home For Christmas; series The Rain and new title The Chestnut Man in Denmark; and upcoming Icelandic sci-fi thriller series Katla.
Last year Netflix debuted Cadaver, its first film from the region,...
Netflix will open a Nordic hub in Stockholm, Sweden, in the second half of this year as it moves ahead with expanding its stable of regional content.
By the end of 2021 nearly 70 original films and shows from Nordic territories are expected to be available on the service.
Since 2012, original series include Quicksand, Love & Anarchy and Snabba Cash from Sweden; Norwegian series Ragnarok and Home For Christmas; series The Rain and new title The Chestnut Man in Denmark; and upcoming Icelandic sci-fi thriller series Katla.
Last year Netflix debuted Cadaver, its first film from the region,...
- 4/29/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
While the small things certainly matter in a relationship...the larger romantic gestures are definitely pretty sweet. On Saturday, April 17, a day before she celebrates her 42nd birthday, Kourtney Kardashian posted on her Instagram Story a video showing an enormous and extravagant arrangement of at least white 200 tulips displayed on a floor in her house and resting underneath a hanging installation of other white flowers. She tagged her boyfriend Travis Barker in the clip, adding a black heart. The Blink-182 drummer later reposted the video, which features Sza's emotional song "Quicksand," whose lyrics deal with relationship insecurity. Kourtney and Travis,...
- 4/17/2021
- E! Online
Legendary Television has appointed Netflix’s original series executive Jennifer Breslow as EVP, Television & Digital Media. She will report to Chris Albrecht, Head of Legendary Television.
As Director of Content for International Original Series at Netflix, a position Breslow held since 2016, she worked on a variety of series in such territories as Mexico, Brazil (O Mecanismo), India (Sacred Games), Korea (Love Alarm), France, Italy and Sweden (Quicksand). She spent most of 2018 living in Amsterdam to help build Netflix’s team and content hub in Europe while overseeing the slates for France and Italy.
In April of 2019, Breslow transitioned from international originals to US series, and was responsible for such popular new shows as Fate: The Winx Saga and Firefly Lane.
Prior to joining Netflix, Breslow was SVP and VP of Scripted Series at A+E Networks’ Lifetime,...
As Director of Content for International Original Series at Netflix, a position Breslow held since 2016, she worked on a variety of series in such territories as Mexico, Brazil (O Mecanismo), India (Sacred Games), Korea (Love Alarm), France, Italy and Sweden (Quicksand). She spent most of 2018 living in Amsterdam to help build Netflix’s team and content hub in Europe while overseeing the slates for France and Italy.
In April of 2019, Breslow transitioned from international originals to US series, and was responsible for such popular new shows as Fate: The Winx Saga and Firefly Lane.
Prior to joining Netflix, Breslow was SVP and VP of Scripted Series at A+E Networks’ Lifetime,...
- 4/15/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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