Gerard Butler is set to reunite with his Den of Thieves director Christian Gudegast for the comedic action-thriller Empire State. Written by S. Craig Zahler (Bone Tomahawk) and Brian Tucker (Secret Invasion), the film will see Butler playing a Navy SEAL turned New York firefighter who has to put aside their differences and relationship troubles with NYPD […]
Dark Horse announces S. Craig Zahler’s Organisms from an Ancient Cosmos
After making his comic book debut with last year’s Forbidden Surgeries of the Hideous Dr. Divinus, filmmaker and author S. Craig Zahler (Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99, Dragged Across Concrete) is teaming with Dark Horse Comics for his second graphic novel, the supernatural sci-fi thriller Organisms from an Ancient Cosmos. “My first artistic […]
Exclusive Interview – S. Craig Zahler on his debut graphic novel, fourth movie, creative process and more
Justin Cook chats with writer, director, and novelist S. Craig Zahler about the release of his debut graphic novel… If there’s a better job for S. Craig Zahler to have during a pandemic than standing at his drawing board and toiling away on his latest artistic efforts, he would dare you to find it for […]
How Bone Tomahawk director S. Craig Zahler came to write a graphic novel
Flickering Myth spoke with writer, director, and novelist S. Craig Zahler about the release of his first graphic novel. Forbidden Surgeries of the Hideous Dr. Divinus hits shelves in late February/early March and is available for pre-order now… Over the course of his career, S. Craig Zahler has been many things: an author, a musician, […]
S. Craig Zahler turns his hand to graphic novels with Forbidden Surgeries of the Hideous Dr. Divinus
Following the critically acclaimed films Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99 and Dragged Across Concrete, S. Craig Zahler now turns his attention to the medium of comic books with Forbidden Surgeries of the Hideous Dr. Divinus, a graphic novel which he’s written, illustrated, inked and lettered. Forbidden Surgeries of the Hideous Dr. Divinus is […]
Second Opinion – Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018)
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich, 2018. Directed by Sonny Laguna and Tommy Wiklund. Starring Thomas Lennon, Jenny Pellicer, Nelson Franklin, Charlyne Yi, Barbara Crampton, Michael Pare and Udo Kier. SYNOPSIS: While trying to sell a morbid doll at a slightly distasteful murder anniversary convention, a comic book shop employee finds himself in the midst of […]
Exclusive Interview – S. Craig Zahler on Dragged Across Concrete, casting and ‘slow burn’ storytelling
Cameron Frew talks to S. Craig Zahler about his latest film Dragged Across Concrete… There’s a scene in S. Craig Zahler’s latest burner, Dragged Across Concrete, in which Mel Gibson has to endure Vince Vaughn’s languorous enjoyment of a breakfast burger, strung together by every thunderous crunch and sigh. It’s a rare moment of levity […]
Movie Review – Dragged Across Concrete (2019)
Dragged Across Concrete, 2019. Written and Directed by S. Craig Zahler. Starring Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Don Johnson, Jennifer Carpenter, Michael Jai White, Tory Kittles, Laurie Holden, Udo Kier, Liannet Borrego, Trezzo Mahoro, Fred Melamed, Andrew Dunbar, Giacomo Baessato, Primo Allon, Jenn Griffin, Myles Truitt, Justine Warrington, Brett Alexander Davidson, Cardi Wong, Vivian Ng, Alexander […]
Dragged Across Concrete gets a UK trailer
With less than a month to go until its UK release, a new trailer has arrived online for the upcoming crime thriller Dragged Across Concrete. Written and directed by S. Craig Zahler, the film stars Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Tory Kittles, Michael Jai White, Jennifer Carpenter, Laurie Holden, Fred Melamed, Thomas Kretschmann, and Don Johnson; […]
Park Chan-wook to direct ultraviolent western thriller from Bone Tomahawk’s S. Craig Zahler
According to Collider, Oldboy director Park Chan-wook is set to helm The Brigands of Rattlecreek, an “ultraviolent western thriller” from S. Craig Zahler, the writer-director of horror-western Bone Tomahawk and Brawl on Cell Block 99. The site reports that the film, which is being produced by Amazon Studios, “follows a sheriff and a doctor who seek […]
