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The Millennium Films Problem

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the output and upcoming slate of Millennium Films… For around 20 years now, Millennium – which spawned off as a theatrical venture from their lucrative straight to video production company Nu Image (which produced countless action and horror pics in Africa, and then more prominently, Bulgaria) – has been producing mid-budget […]

Slasher horror hit In A Violent Nature to get a sequel

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IFC Films and Shudder have announced that Johnny, the masked killer from indie-slasher In A Violent Nature, is set to pick up the axe once more for a sequel to the breakout horror hit. Per Variety’s report and the teaser poster released by IFC Films (see below), it was revealed that a sequel to the […]

Paul Feig to direct Worst Roommate Ever for Blumhouse

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Paul Feig has landed his next directorial gig, and he’s teaming with Blumhouse for Worst Roommate Ever. The Hollywood Reporter confirms it will be a big-screen adaptation of the Netflix unscripted series of the same name. Worst Roommate Ever follows a newly single woman finding a seemingly perfect gentleman to sublet the spare room in […]

A female killer channels Jack the Ripper in trailer for Full Moon’s VR horror Quadrant

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Full Moon Features has released a poster and trailer for filmmaker Charles Band’s sci-fi slasher Quadrant., kicking off a new ‘Pulp Noir’ label focussing on “edgier, weirder, darker horror and dark fantasy films.” The film follows Erin (Shannon Helene Barnes), a young woman obsessed with Jack the Ripper who uses the ‘Quadrant’, a VR device […]

Transformers director Steven Caple Jr. set to helm I Am Legend 2

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Having directed successful franchise installments such as Creed II ($214M) and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts ($438M), Warner Bros. are reportedly turning to Steven Caple Jr. to helm I Am Legend 2. According to Deadline the studio has spoken to a number of directors, but are keen for Caple Jr. to reunite with his Creed […]

Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen and Carrie Coon are His Three Daughters in trailer for Netflix drama

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Netflix has shared the first trailer for His Three Daughters, the upcoming drama from writer-director Azazel Jacobs. Starring Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen and Carrie Coon, the follows centres on three estranged sisters as they reunite to care for their ailing father, while trying to mend their own broken relationship. Watch the trailer…   From writer-director […]

Stephen King adaptation The Long Walk adds nine to cast including Mark Hamill and Judy Greer

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Lionsgate has begun production on The Long Walk, an adaptation of Stephen King’s 1979 novel which will be directed by The Hunger Games‘ Francis Lawrence, and the film has added seven young actors to its ensemble cast along with veterans Mark Hamill (Star Wars) and Judy Greer (Jurassic World). Featuring in the film will be Garrett Wareing […]

The Terminator returns with new comic book series in October

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Back in April it was announced that Dynamite Entertainment had secured the Terminator comic book license from StudioCanal, and now the publisher has announced at San Diego Comic-Con International that acclaimed writer Declan Shalvey (ThunderCats) and artist Luke Sparrow (Star Trek) will launch the new series The Terminator this October – timed to the 40th […]

Trailer for claustrophobic thriller Die Before You Die

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Ahead of its theatrical release this September, a trailer has arrived online for director Dan Pringle’s upcoming thriller Die Before You Die. Ziad Abaza stars as Adi, an influencer who finds himself in a fight for his life after an internet challenge goes wrong and he finds himself trapped six feet underground. Watch the trailer […]