Simon Chambers’ film about his late uncle David makes for candid and compelling viewing. Along with one of David’s former pupils, and a fan of his film, he talks care, contempt and infatuation
‘I’ve always liked the company of older people,” says Julian Clary, still smoothly beautiful at 64. “I like the fact they’ve lived a life they are often assumed not to have done.” He pauses. “What old people don’t know about recreational sex,” he continues, cadence familiar as a cuckoo, “you could write on the back of an incontinence pad.”
There are plenty of those knocking about in Much Ado About Dying, a documentary about Clary’s old drama teacher. But David Gale – 86 when we first have the pleasure – does not put them to their intended use. They plug holes in the wall, drafts in the window. One becomes a tea cosy.
‘I’ve always liked the company of older people,” says Julian Clary, still smoothly beautiful at 64. “I like the fact they’ve lived a life they are often assumed not to have done.” He pauses. “What old people don’t know about recreational sex,” he continues, cadence familiar as a cuckoo, “you could write on the back of an incontinence pad.”
There are plenty of those knocking about in Much Ado About Dying, a documentary about Clary’s old drama teacher. But David Gale – 86 when we first have the pleasure – does not put them to their intended use. They plug holes in the wall, drafts in the window. One becomes a tea cosy.
- 5/3/2024
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: Linda Hamilton (The Terminator) and Abbie Cornish (Three Billboards) have come aboard to star opposite Kal Penn in Trust Me, I’m a Doctor, a new film from writer-director Thane Economou (The Wedding Party) that will launch sales at the Cannes Market.
UTA Independent Film Group is handling domestic rights, and Fortitude International overseeing international.
Pic is based on the memoir of Dr. Sandeep Kapoor (Penn), whose life is turned upside down when he is implicated in the death of his former patient — model, actress, and reality TV star, Anna Nicole Smith. The film takes place at the height of early 2000s tabloid culture and explores the intersection of fame, privacy, self-discovery and politics through the perspective of a man who wound up forced into the spotlight through the court of public opinion.
Cornish will play the late Anna Nicole Smith, with Hamilton as Ellyn Garafalo, the veteran attorney who served as Dr.
UTA Independent Film Group is handling domestic rights, and Fortitude International overseeing international.
Pic is based on the memoir of Dr. Sandeep Kapoor (Penn), whose life is turned upside down when he is implicated in the death of his former patient — model, actress, and reality TV star, Anna Nicole Smith. The film takes place at the height of early 2000s tabloid culture and explores the intersection of fame, privacy, self-discovery and politics through the perspective of a man who wound up forced into the spotlight through the court of public opinion.
Cornish will play the late Anna Nicole Smith, with Hamilton as Ellyn Garafalo, the veteran attorney who served as Dr.
- 5/1/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
The Guyver 4K Uhd from Unearthed Films
The Guyver will merge onto 4K Uhd + Blu-ray + CD on May 21 via Unearthed Films. Based on the Japanese manga series of the same name, the 1991 sci-fi superhero film has been newly restored in 4K from the original, R-rated 35mm camera negative.
Special effects legends Steve Wang (Predator) and Screaming Mad George (Society) co-direct from a script by Jon Purdy. Mark Hamill, Vivian Wu, Jack Armstrong, Jimmie Walker, Michael Berryman, David Gale, and Jeffrey Combs star. Brian Yuzna produces.
New special features include: a commentary by George and Wang; interviews with George and Yuzna; suit tests, outtakes, and a gag reel with commentary; and a gallery. A soundtrack CD...
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
The Guyver 4K Uhd from Unearthed Films
The Guyver will merge onto 4K Uhd + Blu-ray + CD on May 21 via Unearthed Films. Based on the Japanese manga series of the same name, the 1991 sci-fi superhero film has been newly restored in 4K from the original, R-rated 35mm camera negative.
Special effects legends Steve Wang (Predator) and Screaming Mad George (Society) co-direct from a script by Jon Purdy. Mark Hamill, Vivian Wu, Jack Armstrong, Jimmie Walker, Michael Berryman, David Gale, and Jeffrey Combs star. Brian Yuzna produces.
New special features include: a commentary by George and Wang; interviews with George and Yuzna; suit tests, outtakes, and a gag reel with commentary; and a gallery. A soundtrack CD...
- 3/15/2024
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Silly Done Right
January featured plenty of highs and lows on Horror Queers. We started with the brilliant sequel Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 (listen) and the silly subversiveness of German film Killer Condom (listen). Then we descended into trash for two weeks with The Covenant (listen) and The Roommate (listen).
Thankfully we wrapped the month on a high with Stuart Gordon‘s playful, gory and mean-spirited adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft‘s Re-Animator (1985).
Featuring a career defining performance by Jeffrey Combs, the film follows eccentric burgeoning scientist Herbert West (Combs) as he befriends/seduces aspiring doctor Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott), much to the chagrin of Dan’s girlfriend, Megan (Barbara Crampton) and her secret admirer, creepy Dr. Hill (David Gale).
As the experiments – and the corpses – begin to pile up, it’s unclear who the real villain is. Will Herbert successfully test his serum? Will Dan live to become a doctor? Or...
January featured plenty of highs and lows on Horror Queers. We started with the brilliant sequel Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 (listen) and the silly subversiveness of German film Killer Condom (listen). Then we descended into trash for two weeks with The Covenant (listen) and The Roommate (listen).
Thankfully we wrapped the month on a high with Stuart Gordon‘s playful, gory and mean-spirited adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft‘s Re-Animator (1985).
Featuring a career defining performance by Jeffrey Combs, the film follows eccentric burgeoning scientist Herbert West (Combs) as he befriends/seduces aspiring doctor Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott), much to the chagrin of Dan’s girlfriend, Megan (Barbara Crampton) and her secret admirer, creepy Dr. Hill (David Gale).
As the experiments – and the corpses – begin to pile up, it’s unclear who the real villain is. Will Herbert successfully test his serum? Will Dan live to become a doctor? Or...
- 2/5/2024
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
The 12 Days of Creepmas continues on Bloody Disgusting, with the tenth day getting into the anti-festive spirit for all the holiday grinches out there. This is for those that approach December with a “bah humbug” attitude and prefer any iconography or holiday theming to be kept to a minimum when it comes to horror. Most of these ten horror titles are technically set on or around Christmas, but can’t muster up enough cheer to really embrace the holiday spirit. Many of which don’t even bother with Christmas at all, beyond a quick scene or mention.
If you’re already sick of Santa Claus, and all things holiday related, here are ten holiday horror movies – technically – that would rather just cut straight to the horror.
Keep track of the 12 Days of Creepmas here.
The Brain
Dr. Anthony Blakely (Re-Animator’s David Gale) uses his TV show and a giant...
If you’re already sick of Santa Claus, and all things holiday related, here are ten holiday horror movies – technically – that would rather just cut straight to the horror.
Keep track of the 12 Days of Creepmas here.
The Brain
Dr. Anthony Blakely (Re-Animator’s David Gale) uses his TV show and a giant...
- 12/16/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
(Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.)
"I think 'Twilight' could be huge." Those were the words that were once said to be uttered by Paramount's former co-president of production Karen Rosenfelt, who helped turn the YA novel into a movie. While the movie ultimately wouldn't be made at Paramount, it turns out she was more right than anyone could have possibly predicted. In the end, Paramount's loss would turn into Summit Entertainment's ridiculous gain as the movie based on Stephenie Meyer's best-selling book would kick off not just a billion-dollar franchise, but an entire blockbuster YA craze.
It's easy to take for granted now, but the saga of Bella and Edward — which is now ingrained in popular culture — did not reek of success at the outset.
"I think 'Twilight' could be huge." Those were the words that were once said to be uttered by Paramount's former co-president of production Karen Rosenfelt, who helped turn the YA novel into a movie. While the movie ultimately wouldn't be made at Paramount, it turns out she was more right than anyone could have possibly predicted. In the end, Paramount's loss would turn into Summit Entertainment's ridiculous gain as the movie based on Stephenie Meyer's best-selling book would kick off not just a billion-dollar franchise, but an entire blockbuster YA craze.
It's easy to take for granted now, but the saga of Bella and Edward — which is now ingrained in popular culture — did not reek of success at the outset.
- 11/18/2023
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
The Mean Machine is getting back on the field… again. Deadline reports that Paramount Pictures are developing another remake of The Longest Yard.
The 1974 original was a prison sports comedy starring Burt Reynolds as Paul “Wrecking” Crewe, a former NFL star who is sentenced to 18 months in Citrus State Prison, where he recruits a group of prisoners to play football against the guards. The film included a number of real-life football stars, including Ray Nitschke of the Green Bay Packers. The 2005 remake amped up the comedy and starred Adam Sandler in the role of the wash-up quarterback, who agrees to assemble a prison team in exchange for a reduced sentence. Burt Reynolds appeared in the remake as the team’s coach.
The remake starring Adam Sandler wasn’t the only adaptation of The Longest Yard, nor was it the first. Vinnie Jones took the lead in Mean Machine in 2001, which...
The 1974 original was a prison sports comedy starring Burt Reynolds as Paul “Wrecking” Crewe, a former NFL star who is sentenced to 18 months in Citrus State Prison, where he recruits a group of prisoners to play football against the guards. The film included a number of real-life football stars, including Ray Nitschke of the Green Bay Packers. The 2005 remake amped up the comedy and starred Adam Sandler in the role of the wash-up quarterback, who agrees to assemble a prison team in exchange for a reduced sentence. Burt Reynolds appeared in the remake as the team’s coach.
The remake starring Adam Sandler wasn’t the only adaptation of The Longest Yard, nor was it the first. Vinnie Jones took the lead in Mean Machine in 2001, which...
- 11/7/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: The Longest Yard is getting another set of downs.
Deadline hears that another remake of the film, which originally starred Burt Reynolds in 1974 and was remade starring Adam Sandler in 2005, is in the works at Paramount Pictures. Rodney Barnes, who was an exec producer and writer on HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, is writing.
It comes from Gunpowder & Sky, whose CEO Van Toffler was an exec producer on the 2005 version when he worked at then-MTV owner Viacom. Toffler is producing with former MTV Films boss David Gale, who reunited with Toffler at Gunpowder & Sky and who also exec produced the Sandler version.
The Longest Yard is a prison sports comedy film.
‘The Longest Yard,’ 1974
The 1974 original was based on a story by Al Ruddy, directed by Robert Aldrich and written by Tracy Keenan Wynn. It starred Reynolds as Paul “Wrecking” Crewe, a...
Deadline hears that another remake of the film, which originally starred Burt Reynolds in 1974 and was remade starring Adam Sandler in 2005, is in the works at Paramount Pictures. Rodney Barnes, who was an exec producer and writer on HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, is writing.
It comes from Gunpowder & Sky, whose CEO Van Toffler was an exec producer on the 2005 version when he worked at then-MTV owner Viacom. Toffler is producing with former MTV Films boss David Gale, who reunited with Toffler at Gunpowder & Sky and who also exec produced the Sandler version.
The Longest Yard is a prison sports comedy film.
‘The Longest Yard,’ 1974
The 1974 original was based on a story by Al Ruddy, directed by Robert Aldrich and written by Tracy Keenan Wynn. It starred Reynolds as Paul “Wrecking” Crewe, a...
- 11/6/2023
- by Peter White and Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance’s film Heist 88, which had been earmarked for Paramount+, will be moving to Showtime, Deadline has learned. Additionally, I hear the network has made decisions on two of its three comedy pilots, handing a six-episode series order to Seasoned, starring Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody, and passing on The Wood, based on the 1999 feature film. Showtime also has opted not to renew Ziwe, hosted and executive produced by comedian Ziwe Fumudoh, for a third season.
Paramount Television Studios, which produces The Wood, will be shopping it elsewhere.
Original movies were a staple on Showtime in the 1980s, 90s and 2000s until the network shifted to original series. The network recently returned to the genre after a14-year break with Ray Donovan: The Movie. Heist 88, which stars Vance, falls into one of the three new programming lanes for Showtime recently outlined by Chris McCarthy,...
Paramount Television Studios, which produces The Wood, will be shopping it elsewhere.
Original movies were a staple on Showtime in the 1980s, 90s and 2000s until the network shifted to original series. The network recently returned to the genre after a14-year break with Ray Donovan: The Movie. Heist 88, which stars Vance, falls into one of the three new programming lanes for Showtime recently outlined by Chris McCarthy,...
- 4/5/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
A new episode of The Manson Brothers Show, the video series hosted by the writers/stars of the horror comedy The Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre – Chris Margetis (Stone Manson) and Mike Carey (Skull Manson) – has just been released, and in this one the Boys are out to raise the dead with director Stuart Gordon‘s 1985 film Re-Animator (watch it Here)! To find out what they had to say about Re-Animator, check out the video embedded above.
Directed by Gordon from a screenplay he wrote with Dennis Paoli and William J. Norris (based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft), Re-Animator has the following synopsis: Re-animation, the science of bringing dead creatures back to life, is Herbert West’s dream. West tests his secret life-rejuvenating potion on some cooperative corpses at a local morgue. It’s a success But only a temporary one – as the dead spring to life, reacting violently to their re-animation.
Directed by Gordon from a screenplay he wrote with Dennis Paoli and William J. Norris (based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft), Re-Animator has the following synopsis: Re-animation, the science of bringing dead creatures back to life, is Herbert West’s dream. West tests his secret life-rejuvenating potion on some cooperative corpses at a local morgue. It’s a success But only a temporary one – as the dead spring to life, reacting violently to their re-animation.
- 4/5/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
With “Evil Dead Rise” earning good reviews (96% and 7.5/10 on Rotten Tomatoes) and solid buzz out of its SXSW premiere, New Line wasted no time in locking down director Lee Cronin’s next feature. Next up will be an original horror film, titled “Thaw,” for which Cronin will rewrite the current draft.
The picture, originally written by Jeremy Passmore, is set years after the polar ice caps have melted with concurrent rising sea levels. “Thaw” centers on a group of survivors at sea searching for a new home. They discover an inhabitable town only to realize… well this isn’t “Waterworld” folks.
Van Toffler and David Gale of Gunpowder & Sky as well as Adam Goldworm of Aperture, who produced HBO’s upcoming adaptation of Grady Hendrix’s novel “The Final Girl Support Group,” are producing.
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The picture, originally written by Jeremy Passmore, is set years after the polar ice caps have melted with concurrent rising sea levels. “Thaw” centers on a group of survivors at sea searching for a new home. They discover an inhabitable town only to realize… well this isn’t “Waterworld” folks.
Van Toffler and David Gale of Gunpowder & Sky as well as Adam Goldworm of Aperture, who produced HBO’s upcoming adaptation of Grady Hendrix’s novel “The Final Girl Support Group,” are producing.
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- 3/29/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Lee Cronin was a virtually unknown filmmaker just a few years ago. Now? It seems he's poised to be one of horror's chief new guiding voices. Case in point, not only is he bringing us "Evil Dead Rise" next month, which debuted to glowing reviews out of SXSW this year (read our review here), but he has lined up his next feature that will see him reunite with Warner Bros. and New Line. And this time, he's bringing us some sea-dwelling terror.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cronin has been tapped to direct and rewrite an original horror flick titled "Thaw." Jeremy Passmore ("San Andreas") penned the original version of the screenplay, which was sold to Gunpowder & Sky. Now, it's in Cronin's hands, demonstrating a pretty big show of faith in the director by the brass at Warner Bros. Van Toffler, David Gale, and Adam Goldworm are on board to produce the film.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cronin has been tapped to direct and rewrite an original horror flick titled "Thaw." Jeremy Passmore ("San Andreas") penned the original version of the screenplay, which was sold to Gunpowder & Sky. Now, it's in Cronin's hands, demonstrating a pretty big show of faith in the director by the brass at Warner Bros. Van Toffler, David Gale, and Adam Goldworm are on board to produce the film.
- 3/29/2023
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
While we wait for Evil Dead Rise next month, THR reports this afternoon that Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground) will next be directing the movie Thaw for New Line Cinema.
Jeremy Passmore (San Andreas) wrote the original script, which sold to Gunpowder & Sky. THR reports that Lee Cronin will be rewriting the script as well as directing.
“Set years after the polar ice caps have melted and the sea levels have risen, the story centers on a group of survivors at sea searching for a new home.
“Their prayers are answered with the discovery of an inhabitable town; until, that is, they encounter a new nightmare living just below the water’s surface.”
Producers include Van Toffler and David Gale, as well as Adam Goldworm.
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Jeremy Passmore (San Andreas) wrote the original script, which sold to Gunpowder & Sky. THR reports that Lee Cronin will be rewriting the script as well as directing.
“Set years after the polar ice caps have melted and the sea levels have risen, the story centers on a group of survivors at sea searching for a new home.
“Their prayers are answered with the discovery of an inhabitable town; until, that is, they encounter a new nightmare living just below the water’s surface.”
Producers include Van Toffler and David Gale, as well as Adam Goldworm.
The post ‘Thaw’ – ‘Evil Dead Rise’ Filmmaker Lee Cronin Directing Aquatic Horror Movie for New Line appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
- 3/29/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Lee Cronin, director of New Line’s upcoming Evil Dead Rise, is reuniting with the studio to direct the original horror feature Thaw.
Cronin, who is riding high from Rise’s rapturous reception at this year’s SXSW, will also rewrite the current draft.
Van Toffler and David Gale of Gunpowder & Sky, as well as Adam Goldworm of Aperture, who produced the well-regarded drama My Friend Dahmer and has Final Girl Support Group set up at HBO, are producing.
Set years after the polar ice caps have melted and sea levels have risen, the story of Thaw centers on a group of survivors at sea searching for a new home. Their prayers are answered with the discovery of an inhabitable town, that is, until they encounter a new nightmare living just below the water’s surface.
Thaw was initially written by Jeremy Passmore, who developed the project as an original spec with Goldworm,...
Cronin, who is riding high from Rise’s rapturous reception at this year’s SXSW, will also rewrite the current draft.
Van Toffler and David Gale of Gunpowder & Sky, as well as Adam Goldworm of Aperture, who produced the well-regarded drama My Friend Dahmer and has Final Girl Support Group set up at HBO, are producing.
Set years after the polar ice caps have melted and sea levels have risen, the story of Thaw centers on a group of survivors at sea searching for a new home. Their prayers are answered with the discovery of an inhabitable town, that is, until they encounter a new nightmare living just below the water’s surface.
Thaw was initially written by Jeremy Passmore, who developed the project as an original spec with Goldworm,...
- 3/29/2023
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There are holiday horror movies that wholly commit to the yuletide theme, and then there are holiday horror movies you might not even recall being set over or around Christmas. This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to the latter category. These horror titles make it clear that they’re set around the holidays without that ever factoring much into the plot… if at all.
That makes them perfect watches when you’ve already exhausted the holiday horror classics and want something a little outside the box. Or way out of the box, in some instances.
As always, here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
The Brain – Freevee, Prime Video
Dr. Anthony Blakely (Re-Animator’s David Gale) uses his TV show and a giant meatball of a mutant brain to brainwash his audience. It’s up to a plucky...
That makes them perfect watches when you’ve already exhausted the holiday horror classics and want something a little outside the box. Or way out of the box, in some instances.
As always, here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
The Brain – Freevee, Prime Video
Dr. Anthony Blakely (Re-Animator’s David Gale) uses his TV show and a giant meatball of a mutant brain to brainwash his audience. It’s up to a plucky...
- 12/12/2022
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
More costumes and props from classic horror movies are being auctioned off by Propstore next month, one of the world’s leading vendors of original film and TV memorabilia. The company’s annual live auction of film and TV memorabilia takes place this November, with the items on offer expected to fetch in excess of est: £11 million (12.6 million).
Over 1,500 rare and iconic lots will be sold during Propstore’s unique Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction over four days from Thursday 3rd to Sunday 6th November 2022 from 3:00pm GMT each day. Registration is now open at https://propstore.com/liveauction and online proxy bids can now submitted.
Some of the iconic horror items up for auction include…
Friday The 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) Jason Voorhees’ (C.J. Graham) Screen-matched Hero Hockey Mask est. £40,000 – £60,000 The Lost Boys (1987) David’s (Kiefer Sutherland) Wig, Earring, Coat and Trousers Display est. £30,000 – £50,000 Freddy Vs. Jason (2003) Freddy...
Over 1,500 rare and iconic lots will be sold during Propstore’s unique Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction over four days from Thursday 3rd to Sunday 6th November 2022 from 3:00pm GMT each day. Registration is now open at https://propstore.com/liveauction and online proxy bids can now submitted.
Some of the iconic horror items up for auction include…
Friday The 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) Jason Voorhees’ (C.J. Graham) Screen-matched Hero Hockey Mask est. £40,000 – £60,000 The Lost Boys (1987) David’s (Kiefer Sutherland) Wig, Earring, Coat and Trousers Display est. £30,000 – £50,000 Freddy Vs. Jason (2003) Freddy...
- 10/25/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Showtime’s comedy pilot based on the 1999 film “The Wood” has set its main cast, Variety has learned exclusively.
Vince Staples, Xavier Mills, Karen Obilom, Melvin Gregg, and Essence Renae will star in the pilot, with Richard T. Jones and Tamala Jones set to reprise their roles as Slim and Tanya respectively from the film.
Rick Famuyiwa, who wrote and directed the film, will direct and executive produce the pilot. It was ordered at Showtime in August 2021. The show is described as an honest look at friendship and dating from the perspective of three young Black males born and raised in the gentrifying L.A. suburb of Inglewood. The trio’s struggles to balance fatherhood, ambition and loyalty force them to question if they are growing apart, or closer together.
Staples (“Lazor Wolf”) will star as Jamal, an aspiring photographer from Ladera Heights, who has been cut off by his...
Vince Staples, Xavier Mills, Karen Obilom, Melvin Gregg, and Essence Renae will star in the pilot, with Richard T. Jones and Tamala Jones set to reprise their roles as Slim and Tanya respectively from the film.
Rick Famuyiwa, who wrote and directed the film, will direct and executive produce the pilot. It was ordered at Showtime in August 2021. The show is described as an honest look at friendship and dating from the perspective of three young Black males born and raised in the gentrifying L.A. suburb of Inglewood. The trio’s struggles to balance fatherhood, ambition and loyalty force them to question if they are growing apart, or closer together.
Staples (“Lazor Wolf”) will star as Jamal, an aspiring photographer from Ladera Heights, who has been cut off by his...
- 6/29/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: A feature about legendary Hollywood director Sam Peckinpah’s wild plan to finance his final film with backing from Colombia’s Cali Cartel is being sold in Cannes.
Avatar Entertainment is handling sales for If They Move… ‘Kill Em, with Colombian director Carlos Moreno — known for Netflix film Dogwashers, upcoming series Goles en Contra and Sundance titles Dog Eat Dog, The Snitch Cartel and Live Forever — also attached. Kel Symons is the writer.
The script tells the story of legendary 1960s and 1970s director Peckinpah, who after burning all bridges in Hollywood decided to finance his final film through the only people willing to invest in him: the Colombian drug cartel in Cali, Colombia. After he and the cartel have ‘creative differences,’ Peckinpah and his associate are kidnapped and held in the Amazon jungle. He then escapes captivity and has to find his way through the dangerous jungle, evade armed fighters searching for him,...
Avatar Entertainment is handling sales for If They Move… ‘Kill Em, with Colombian director Carlos Moreno — known for Netflix film Dogwashers, upcoming series Goles en Contra and Sundance titles Dog Eat Dog, The Snitch Cartel and Live Forever — also attached. Kel Symons is the writer.
The script tells the story of legendary 1960s and 1970s director Peckinpah, who after burning all bridges in Hollywood decided to finance his final film through the only people willing to invest in him: the Colombian drug cartel in Cali, Colombia. After he and the cartel have ‘creative differences,’ Peckinpah and his associate are kidnapped and held in the Amazon jungle. He then escapes captivity and has to find his way through the dangerous jungle, evade armed fighters searching for him,...
- 5/17/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Showtime’s Sheryl Crow music documentary Sheryl will premiere on the channel Friday, May 6, with a new trailer now available.
The documentary, directed by Amy Scott and charting what Showtime describes as Crow’s “hard-fought musical career battling sexism, depression, perfectionism, cancer, and the price of fame,” has its world premiere tonight at SXSW.
Sheryl is told through present-day interviews with Crow, behind-the-scenes verité on the road and in her studio, never before seen archival footage spanning 20 years of touring, and interviews with close colleagues Keith Richards, Laura Dern, Joe Walsh, Emmylou Harris, Brandi Carlile, and others.
The Showtime premiere date was announced today by Vinnie Malhotra, Executive Vice President, Nonfiction Programming, Showtime Networks Inc. The film is produced by Brian Morrow and Jonathan Lynch for Shark Pig, Van Toffler for Gunpowder & Sky, and Scooter Weintraub. Executive producers are Floris Bauer, Barry Barclay, David Gale and Vinnie Malhotra.
In conjunction with the documentary premiere,...
The documentary, directed by Amy Scott and charting what Showtime describes as Crow’s “hard-fought musical career battling sexism, depression, perfectionism, cancer, and the price of fame,” has its world premiere tonight at SXSW.
Sheryl is told through present-day interviews with Crow, behind-the-scenes verité on the road and in her studio, never before seen archival footage spanning 20 years of touring, and interviews with close colleagues Keith Richards, Laura Dern, Joe Walsh, Emmylou Harris, Brandi Carlile, and others.
The Showtime premiere date was announced today by Vinnie Malhotra, Executive Vice President, Nonfiction Programming, Showtime Networks Inc. The film is produced by Brian Morrow and Jonathan Lynch for Shark Pig, Van Toffler for Gunpowder & Sky, and Scooter Weintraub. Executive producers are Floris Bauer, Barry Barclay, David Gale and Vinnie Malhotra.
In conjunction with the documentary premiere,...
- 3/11/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Former MTV topper Van Toffler is back in a formal relationship with the company where he spent almost three decades as an executive. MTV Entertainment Group has signed a multi-picture deal with independent studio Gunpowder & Sky, co-founded and run by Van Toffler, former CEO of Viacom Media Networks Music & Logo Group. The pact follows Mtve’s collaboration with Gunpowder & Sky on Comedy Central’s Hot Mess Holiday movie, starring Kal Penn, which was recently nominated for two NAACP awards, and signals a push in that area for the ViacomCBS division.
Under the pact, Mtve and Gunpowder & Sky, led by CEO Toffler and fellow MTV alum, EVP Development and Production David Gale, will develop comedic movies for MTV Entertainment’s portfolio of brands and platforms.
This is a familiar territory for Toffler and Gale who built MTV’s movie business with MTV Films, which Toffler launched and oversaw and...
Under the pact, Mtve and Gunpowder & Sky, led by CEO Toffler and fellow MTV alum, EVP Development and Production David Gale, will develop comedic movies for MTV Entertainment’s portfolio of brands and platforms.
This is a familiar territory for Toffler and Gale who built MTV’s movie business with MTV Films, which Toffler launched and oversaw and...
- 2/1/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Ten Weeks, a ten-part docuseries with rare access to the U.S. Army’s basic training ritual, will debut tomorrow, Veterans Day, on the Roku Channel.
The Roku Original show was produced by Blumhouse Television and We Are the Mighty, the military-focused media company founded and run by former MTV exec David Gale. It was made in 2019 and intended for Quibi, the short-lived mobile streaming service. After Roku acquired the Quibi portfolio last January, the show’s release finally came into focus. All Roku Originals stream on the free, ad-supported Roku Channel, which reaches households with 70 million people via Roku’s platforms as well as outlets like Amazon Fire and select Samsung smart TVs.
The production secured the co-operation of the U.S. Army, enabling it to foreground five individual recruits among the larger crowd going through training at Fort Jackson, Sc. According to the show’s backers, it had been...
The Roku Original show was produced by Blumhouse Television and We Are the Mighty, the military-focused media company founded and run by former MTV exec David Gale. It was made in 2019 and intended for Quibi, the short-lived mobile streaming service. After Roku acquired the Quibi portfolio last January, the show’s release finally came into focus. All Roku Originals stream on the free, ad-supported Roku Channel, which reaches households with 70 million people via Roku’s platforms as well as outlets like Amazon Fire and select Samsung smart TVs.
The production secured the co-operation of the U.S. Army, enabling it to foreground five individual recruits among the larger crowd going through training at Fort Jackson, Sc. According to the show’s backers, it had been...
- 11/10/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
A project five years in the making, “Ten Weeks,” a docu-series about recruits going through the U.S. Army basic training, is slated to premiere on the Roku Channel on Thursday, Nov. 11, in recognition of Veterans Day.
The 10-part Roku original “Ten Weeks” is produced by Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Television and We Are the Mighty. The series follows five young Americans through 10 weeks of basic training, showing their transformation from civilians into soldiers. The series marks the first time in more than two decades that the U.S. Army has allowed cameras to capture an unfiltered look at basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, according to producers.
“Ten Weeks” was originally greenlit by Quibi, the now-defunct mobile subscription streamer, whose content library was acquired by Roku in early 2021. (The show never aired on Quibi.) “Ten Weeks,” whose episodes run 8-10 minutes in length, will be available free to stream...
The 10-part Roku original “Ten Weeks” is produced by Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Television and We Are the Mighty. The series follows five young Americans through 10 weeks of basic training, showing their transformation from civilians into soldiers. The series marks the first time in more than two decades that the U.S. Army has allowed cameras to capture an unfiltered look at basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, according to producers.
“Ten Weeks” was originally greenlit by Quibi, the now-defunct mobile subscription streamer, whose content library was acquired by Roku in early 2021. (The show never aired on Quibi.) “Ten Weeks,” whose episodes run 8-10 minutes in length, will be available free to stream...
- 11/10/2021
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Scott Budnick’s One Community has optioned Chase Millsap and Charley Dane’s script No Way in Hell, and will produce it for film with Gunpowder & Sky and Mazo Partners.
The action thriller is inspired by the real-life experiences of Millsap, who is a veteran of both the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Army Special Forces. It centers on a Marine Corps vet’s quest to help the Iraqi interpreter who saved his life in combat flee Isis and find safety for his family, after official channels fail him.
No Way in Hell is being produced in association with veteran-led digital publisher and media agency, We Are The Mighty, with David Gale and Mazo Partners’ David Clark serving as individual producers on the project, and Millsap exec producing alongside Dane.
“The Marines live by the motto of ‘Semper Fidelis’ (always faithful) so when I got a...
The action thriller is inspired by the real-life experiences of Millsap, who is a veteran of both the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Army Special Forces. It centers on a Marine Corps vet’s quest to help the Iraqi interpreter who saved his life in combat flee Isis and find safety for his family, after official channels fail him.
No Way in Hell is being produced in association with veteran-led digital publisher and media agency, We Are The Mighty, with David Gale and Mazo Partners’ David Clark serving as individual producers on the project, and Millsap exec producing alongside Dane.
“The Marines live by the motto of ‘Semper Fidelis’ (always faithful) so when I got a...
- 10/29/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Comedy Central announced its annual 31-day holiday extravaganza, featuring two new movies: “A Clüsterfünke Christmas,” debuting Dec. 4, and “Hot Mess Holiday,” premiering Dec. 11.
Both of these movies will air at 7 p.m. The network will announce additional titles for its”31 Days of Going Home for the Holidays” programming slate at a later date.
“A Clüsterfünke Christmas” stars Vella Lovell, Cheyenne Jackson, Ryan McPartlin, Nils Hognestad, Rachel Dratch and Ana Gasteyer and follows the story of real estate executive Holly who heads to a small town to buy the quaint Clüsterfünke Inn and transform it into a resort. While meeting the owners, Holly finds herself distracted by their handsome nephew Frank. It is a parody of more traditional holiday rom-coms.
Anna Dokoza directs “A Clüsterfünke Christmas,” which was written by Dratch and Gasteyer, who also executive produce alongside Meghan Hooper, Trevor Rose, Josh Van Houdt, Danielle von Zerneck, Jamie Goehring and Shawn Williamson.
Both of these movies will air at 7 p.m. The network will announce additional titles for its”31 Days of Going Home for the Holidays” programming slate at a later date.
“A Clüsterfünke Christmas” stars Vella Lovell, Cheyenne Jackson, Ryan McPartlin, Nils Hognestad, Rachel Dratch and Ana Gasteyer and follows the story of real estate executive Holly who heads to a small town to buy the quaint Clüsterfünke Inn and transform it into a resort. While meeting the owners, Holly finds herself distracted by their handsome nephew Frank. It is a parody of more traditional holiday rom-coms.
Anna Dokoza directs “A Clüsterfünke Christmas,” which was written by Dratch and Gasteyer, who also executive produce alongside Meghan Hooper, Trevor Rose, Josh Van Houdt, Danielle von Zerneck, Jamie Goehring and Shawn Williamson.
- 10/29/2021
- by Katie Song and Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Gunpowder & Sky, the company behind Hulu’s 69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez and Discovery+’s Last Exit: Space documentaries, is expanding its non-fiction team.
The company, which has a first-look documentary deal with HBO and HBO Max, has hired Joanna Zwickel and Art Lyons.
Zwickel, who was previously Head of Development at My Entertainment, joins as SVP of Documentary Features and Series, while Art Lyons, who was previously SVP, Development at The Content Group, is joining as SVP of Unscripted.
Zwickel previously worked closely with Spotlight producer Sugar23 and Mark Wahlberg’s Unrealistic Ideas and before My Entertainment, was VP, Scripted TV development at MRC Studios and was one of the original hires at Blumhouse TV.
Project she has overseen include Hulu’s Fyre Fraud, Peacock’s Angelyne and FX’s Wilderness of Error.
Lyons, meanwhile, previously helped launch series such as TNT’s Shaq Life, Discovery’s...
The company, which has a first-look documentary deal with HBO and HBO Max, has hired Joanna Zwickel and Art Lyons.
Zwickel, who was previously Head of Development at My Entertainment, joins as SVP of Documentary Features and Series, while Art Lyons, who was previously SVP, Development at The Content Group, is joining as SVP of Unscripted.
Zwickel previously worked closely with Spotlight producer Sugar23 and Mark Wahlberg’s Unrealistic Ideas and before My Entertainment, was VP, Scripted TV development at MRC Studios and was one of the original hires at Blumhouse TV.
Project she has overseen include Hulu’s Fyre Fraud, Peacock’s Angelyne and FX’s Wilderness of Error.
Lyons, meanwhile, previously helped launch series such as TNT’s Shaq Life, Discovery’s...
- 10/7/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Showtime has given a pilot order to comedy The Wood, based on the 1999 feature film, from Justin Hillian, Rick Famuyiwa and Showtime sibling Paramount Television Studios.
Famuyiwa, who co-wrote and directed the film, will direct the pilot and executive produce with Hillian, who will pen the script. The pilot order was announced during Showtime’s virtual TCA presentation Tuesday.
The Wood is an honest look at friendship and dating from the perspective of three young Black males born and raised in the gentrifying L.A. suburb of Inglewood, fondly referred to by locals as the City Of Champions. The trio’s struggles to balance fatherhood, ambition and loyalty force them to question if they are growing apart … or closer together. With a knowing nod back to the characters of the 1999 film on which it is based, this romantic comedy showcases the humor and heart...
Famuyiwa, who co-wrote and directed the film, will direct the pilot and executive produce with Hillian, who will pen the script. The pilot order was announced during Showtime’s virtual TCA presentation Tuesday.
The Wood is an honest look at friendship and dating from the perspective of three young Black males born and raised in the gentrifying L.A. suburb of Inglewood, fondly referred to by locals as the City Of Champions. The trio’s struggles to balance fatherhood, ambition and loyalty force them to question if they are growing apart … or closer together. With a knowing nod back to the characters of the 1999 film on which it is based, this romantic comedy showcases the humor and heart...
- 8/24/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Showtime renewed “Flatbush Misdemeanors” for a second season and ordered a pilot titled “The Wood” from “The Chi’s” Justin Hillian and Rick Famuyiwa.
“Flatbush Misdemeanors,” which premiered its first season in May on the premium cabler, follows longtime friends Dan (Dan Perlman) and Kevin (Kevin Iso), who struggle to thrive while living in Brooklyn, N.Y. It’s an adaptation of Iso and Perlman’s digital series of the same title and is created by Iso and Perlman, executive produce alongside Richard Allen-Turner, Jon Thoday, David Martin and Chloe Pisello.
The show is a co-production between Showtime and Avalon; Avalon will continue to act as the lead studio on Season 2. Season 1 cast also included Kristin Dodson, Hassan Johnson, Kareem Green and Kerry Coddett.
“The Wood” is a new comedy pilot based on the 1999 feature film of the same title by Rick Famuyiwa. It will explore friendship and dating from...
“Flatbush Misdemeanors,” which premiered its first season in May on the premium cabler, follows longtime friends Dan (Dan Perlman) and Kevin (Kevin Iso), who struggle to thrive while living in Brooklyn, N.Y. It’s an adaptation of Iso and Perlman’s digital series of the same title and is created by Iso and Perlman, executive produce alongside Richard Allen-Turner, Jon Thoday, David Martin and Chloe Pisello.
The show is a co-production between Showtime and Avalon; Avalon will continue to act as the lead studio on Season 2. Season 1 cast also included Kristin Dodson, Hassan Johnson, Kareem Green and Kerry Coddett.
“The Wood” is a new comedy pilot based on the 1999 feature film of the same title by Rick Famuyiwa. It will explore friendship and dating from...
- 8/24/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Showtime has ordered a pilot for a TV series based on Rick Famuyiwa’s 1999 movie, “The Wood.”
Famuyiwa will direct the pilot and executive produce alongside “The Chi” showrunner Justin Hillian, who will write the script.
The project is from Paramount Television Studios.
“The Wood” is an honest look at friendship and dating from the perspective of three young Black males born and raised in the gentrifying L.A. suburb of Inglewood, fondly referred to by locals as the City Of Champions. The trio’s struggles to balance fatherhood, ambition and loyalty force them to question if they are growing apart … or closer together. With a knowing nod back to the characters of the 1999 film on which it is based, this romantic comedy showcases the humor and heart of young Black men and women trying to navigate life, love and likes on the ’Gram.
“The Wood” starred Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones...
Famuyiwa will direct the pilot and executive produce alongside “The Chi” showrunner Justin Hillian, who will write the script.
The project is from Paramount Television Studios.
“The Wood” is an honest look at friendship and dating from the perspective of three young Black males born and raised in the gentrifying L.A. suburb of Inglewood, fondly referred to by locals as the City Of Champions. The trio’s struggles to balance fatherhood, ambition and loyalty force them to question if they are growing apart … or closer together. With a knowing nod back to the characters of the 1999 film on which it is based, this romantic comedy showcases the humor and heart of young Black men and women trying to navigate life, love and likes on the ’Gram.
“The Wood” starred Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones...
- 8/24/2021
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Let’s take a minute and give thanks for the Mad Scientist. Like any other cinematic profession, there can be good and evil examples of both; some want to heal the world, others want to crush it. The Brain (1988) gives us a villain squarely in the latter camp, and he’s not even the head baddie (see: title). A modern day love letter to the genre, The Brain is weird enough for a passé crowd yet conventional enough to work as a straight up monster movie.
Given a limited release in its homeland in November, the achingly Canadian film was released stateside on video in December. Some critics appreciated the good-natured update to the schlocky sci-fi fests of yore; others did not, and to them I say they can’t all be Invasion of the Body Snatchers, bunky.
But by gum they can be fun; even though the seams threaten to burst at every turn,...
Given a limited release in its homeland in November, the achingly Canadian film was released stateside on video in December. Some critics appreciated the good-natured update to the schlocky sci-fi fests of yore; others did not, and to them I say they can’t all be Invasion of the Body Snatchers, bunky.
But by gum they can be fun; even though the seams threaten to burst at every turn,...
- 2/6/2021
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
David Gale is the new president of Actra Toronto, head of the Canadian actors union’s biggest chapter.
Gale, the first openly gay head of Actra Toronto, succeeds Theresa Tova for a two year term. His TV credits include Toronto-shot series like Suits, The Listener and La Femme Nikita.
He takes the helm at Actra Toronto as the city’s production sector remains busy amid the pandemic as major U.S. studios and streamers shoot locally, but is threatened by rising Covid infection rates in the wider community.
“No one ever really knows what lies around the corner. We must be ...
Gale, the first openly gay head of Actra Toronto, succeeds Theresa Tova for a two year term. His TV credits include Toronto-shot series like Suits, The Listener and La Femme Nikita.
He takes the helm at Actra Toronto as the city’s production sector remains busy amid the pandemic as major U.S. studios and streamers shoot locally, but is threatened by rising Covid infection rates in the wider community.
“No one ever really knows what lies around the corner. We must be ...
David Gale is the new president of Actra Toronto, head of the Canadian actors union’s biggest chapter.
Gale, the first openly gay head of Actra Toronto, succeeds Theresa Tova for a two year term. His TV credits include Toronto-shot series like Suits, The Listener and La Femme Nikita.
He takes the helm at Actra Toronto as the city’s production sector remains busy amid the pandemic as major U.S. studios and streamers shoot locally, but is threatened by rising Covid infection rates in the wider community.
“No one ever really knows what lies around the corner. We must be ...
Gale, the first openly gay head of Actra Toronto, succeeds Theresa Tova for a two year term. His TV credits include Toronto-shot series like Suits, The Listener and La Femme Nikita.
He takes the helm at Actra Toronto as the city’s production sector remains busy amid the pandemic as major U.S. studios and streamers shoot locally, but is threatened by rising Covid infection rates in the wider community.
“No one ever really knows what lies around the corner. We must be ...
A documentary made in secret about the life and career of rapper Tekashi69 has dropped on Hulu Monday, and the first look at the film “69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez” shows how a “cool Hispanic kid from the ghettos” became someone completely different and one of the more controversial figures in pop culture today.
Hulu surprised released its own documentary film Monday ahead of another Tekashi69 documentary series called “Supervillain” that’s meant to debut in early 2021. This one though sits down with people who knew the kid Danny Hernandez before he became 6ix9ine.
“There were two separate people at the beginning, but that morphed into one,” one of his friends says in the trailer.
Vikram Gandhi, best known for his film “Kumaré,” directs “69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez,” and this is not one of your typical glossy rock documentaries on the latest pop star of the day.
Hulu surprised released its own documentary film Monday ahead of another Tekashi69 documentary series called “Supervillain” that’s meant to debut in early 2021. This one though sits down with people who knew the kid Danny Hernandez before he became 6ix9ine.
“There were two separate people at the beginning, but that morphed into one,” one of his friends says in the trailer.
Vikram Gandhi, best known for his film “Kumaré,” directs “69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez,” and this is not one of your typical glossy rock documentaries on the latest pop star of the day.
- 11/16/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Hulu has dropped a trailer for under-the-radar Original documentary 69: The Saga Of Danny Hernandez about the rapper known as Tekashi69.
The film will chart the story of the polarizing rapper from Brooklyn who has garnered online attention for his music videos, social media beefs and various run-ins with the law which led to him testifying against Brooklyn gang the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods.
Director Vikram Gandhi (Barry) speaks to the neighborhood locals who knew the rapper when he was still just Danny Hernandez — before the hard-core persona and face tattoos—to chronicle his rise to celebrity.
Producers are Vikram Gandhi of Prophets, Jeremy Falson and Jude Harris. Executive producers are Van Toffler, Floris Bauer and David Gale of Gunpowder & Sky.
This time last year Showtime announced a Tekashi69 documentary series with Imagine Documentaries, Rolling Stone and Lightbox.
The film will chart the story of the polarizing rapper from Brooklyn who has garnered online attention for his music videos, social media beefs and various run-ins with the law which led to him testifying against Brooklyn gang the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods.
Director Vikram Gandhi (Barry) speaks to the neighborhood locals who knew the rapper when he was still just Danny Hernandez — before the hard-core persona and face tattoos—to chronicle his rise to celebrity.
Producers are Vikram Gandhi of Prophets, Jeremy Falson and Jude Harris. Executive producers are Van Toffler, Floris Bauer and David Gale of Gunpowder & Sky.
This time last year Showtime announced a Tekashi69 documentary series with Imagine Documentaries, Rolling Stone and Lightbox.
- 11/16/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, “Super Pets” has moved back to 2022, “Into the Ashes” gets bought and veteran executive David Gale has a new gig.
Release Date
Warner Bros. has pushed back the release of “DC Super Pets” back a year, avoiding opening against “John Wick 4.”
The studio announced Wednesday that “Super Pets” would be moved from May 21, 2021 to May 22, 2022. Lionsgate had announced earlier this week that it would open “John Wick 4” on the 2021 date following its highly successful opening weekend for “John Wick: Chapter 3.”
“Super Pets,” based on the Cartoon Network shorts, is directed by Jared Stern and Sam Levine with Patty Hicks as the producer. The characters include Ace the Bat-Hound, Krypto the Super-Dog, and Streaky the Super-Cat.
Acquisition
Rlje Films has acquired the action-thriller “Into the Ashes,” starring Luke Grimes, Robert Taylor, James Badge Dale and Frank Grillo.
“Ashes,” written and directed by Aaron Harvey, will...
Release Date
Warner Bros. has pushed back the release of “DC Super Pets” back a year, avoiding opening against “John Wick 4.”
The studio announced Wednesday that “Super Pets” would be moved from May 21, 2021 to May 22, 2022. Lionsgate had announced earlier this week that it would open “John Wick 4” on the 2021 date following its highly successful opening weekend for “John Wick: Chapter 3.”
“Super Pets,” based on the Cartoon Network shorts, is directed by Jared Stern and Sam Levine with Patty Hicks as the producer. The characters include Ace the Bat-Hound, Krypto the Super-Dog, and Streaky the Super-Cat.
Acquisition
Rlje Films has acquired the action-thriller “Into the Ashes,” starring Luke Grimes, Robert Taylor, James Badge Dale and Frank Grillo.
“Ashes,” written and directed by Aaron Harvey, will...
- 5/23/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Gunpowder & Sky has hired David Gale as Evp Development and Production, a role that will see the former MTV Films chief lead a team to develop and produce content across all platforms for the millennial-focused digital studio. The move, effective June 1, reunites him with G&S CEO Van Toffler, his former boss at Viacom Media Networks.
Gale most recently co-founded and was CEO for the media brand We Are The Mighty, and before that was Evp of MTV Films, Mtvx and MTV New Media. There, along with Toffler, they released movies including Election, Napoleon Dynamite, Varsity Blues, Hustle & Flow, The Longest Yard, Tupac: Resurrection and The Original Kings of Comedy.
Toffler left Viacom in 2015 and launched Gunpowder & Sky the next year with help from former Endemol Global Strategy chief Floris Bauer and Otter Media. The company operates as a full 360-studio and oversees a library of more than 1,500 titles,...
Gale most recently co-founded and was CEO for the media brand We Are The Mighty, and before that was Evp of MTV Films, Mtvx and MTV New Media. There, along with Toffler, they released movies including Election, Napoleon Dynamite, Varsity Blues, Hustle & Flow, The Longest Yard, Tupac: Resurrection and The Original Kings of Comedy.
Toffler left Viacom in 2015 and launched Gunpowder & Sky the next year with help from former Endemol Global Strategy chief Floris Bauer and Otter Media. The company operates as a full 360-studio and oversees a library of more than 1,500 titles,...
- 5/22/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
1980: Days' Tom & Alice celebrated their 50th anniversary.
1980: A train carrying Edge of Night's Draper derailed.
1983: Search for Tomorrow's Liza shot her father-in-law.
1991: The Young and the Restless' Nina shot David."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1968: On Dark Shadows, Millicent Collins (Nancy Barrett) visited Nathan Forbes and asked him to stay in Collinsport.
1979: On Another World, Jamie Frame (Tim Holcomb) told his mother, Rachel (Victoria Wyndham), he never wanted to see her again.
1980: On Days of our Lives, Tom Horton...
1980: A train carrying Edge of Night's Draper derailed.
1983: Search for Tomorrow's Liza shot her father-in-law.
1991: The Young and the Restless' Nina shot David."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1968: On Dark Shadows, Millicent Collins (Nancy Barrett) visited Nathan Forbes and asked him to stay in Collinsport.
1979: On Another World, Jamie Frame (Tim Holcomb) told his mother, Rachel (Victoria Wyndham), he never wanted to see her again.
1980: On Days of our Lives, Tom Horton...
- 3/7/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Scream Factory is kicking off the new year with a bunch of new Blu-ray announcements, and the fun continues today with two new additions to their upcoming releases: 1972's Grave of the Vampire and 1988's The Brain.
From Scream Factory: "The 80s VHS staple sci-fi/horror The Brain arrives on Blu-ray for the first time with a planned date of April 30th!
Imagine a pulsating mass of gray matter, expanding in size and strength as it takes control of human minds and devours human bodies. It could never happen, right? Just watch Independent Thinking, starring Dr. Anthony Blakely, a hot new TV program. But as the show's ratings continue to soar, so does the suicide and murder rate among its viewers. What they don't know is that Dr. Blake has teamed with an alien brain and plans to gain control of all humanity. From the Director of Bloody Birthday.
Extras...
From Scream Factory: "The 80s VHS staple sci-fi/horror The Brain arrives on Blu-ray for the first time with a planned date of April 30th!
Imagine a pulsating mass of gray matter, expanding in size and strength as it takes control of human minds and devours human bodies. It could never happen, right? Just watch Independent Thinking, starring Dr. Anthony Blakely, a hot new TV program. But as the show's ratings continue to soar, so does the suicide and murder rate among its viewers. What they don't know is that Dr. Blake has teamed with an alien brain and plans to gain control of all humanity. From the Director of Bloody Birthday.
Extras...
- 1/9/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
1980: Days' Tom & Alice celebrated their 50th anniversary.
1980: A train carrying Edge of Night's Draper derailed.
1983: Search for Tomorrow's Liza shot her father-in-law.
1991: The Young and the Restless' Nina shot David."Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results."
― Machiavelli
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1968: On Dark Shadows, Millicent Collins (Nancy Barrett) visited Nathan Forbes and asked him to stay in Collinsport.
1980: A train carrying Edge of Night's Draper derailed.
1983: Search for Tomorrow's Liza shot her father-in-law.
1991: The Young and the Restless' Nina shot David."Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results."
― Machiavelli
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1968: On Dark Shadows, Millicent Collins (Nancy Barrett) visited Nathan Forbes and asked him to stay in Collinsport.
- 3/8/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Stars: Cody Longo, Cortney Palm, Richard Speight Jr., Dee Wallace, Barbara Crampton, Bill Oberst Jr., Bernhard Forcher, Sean Whalen, Kane Hodder, Debbie Rochon, R.A. Mihailoff, Sid Haig, Adrienne Barbeau, Lindsay Hartley, Michael Berryman, Tony Todd, Vernon Wells, Bill Moseley, Felissa Rose, Tiffany Shepis, Camille Keaton, Tony Moran, Lloyd Kaufman, Brinke Stevens, Elissa Dowling | Written by Harrison Smith, Gunnar Hansen | Directed by Harrison Smith
Death House is a secure underground government facility built to detain and monitor humanities worst on 9 levels. During an exclusive tour agents Jae Novak (Cody Longo) and Toria Boon (Cortney Palm) find themselves fighting for their lives when an internal explosion cuts off the power and releases the prisoners. Unable to escape their only option is to continue down toward the lowest depths of the facility, where a supernatural group of evil beings called the Five Evils are their only chance of survival.
There has been limited...
Death House is a secure underground government facility built to detain and monitor humanities worst on 9 levels. During an exclusive tour agents Jae Novak (Cody Longo) and Toria Boon (Cortney Palm) find themselves fighting for their lives when an internal explosion cuts off the power and releases the prisoners. Unable to escape their only option is to continue down toward the lowest depths of the facility, where a supernatural group of evil beings called the Five Evils are their only chance of survival.
There has been limited...
- 2/9/2018
- by Philip Rogers
- Nerdly
Arrow Video has announced their December release slate, including several Blu-rays that horror fans will want to pencil in on their holiday wish lists.
Arrow Video announced that they will release Creepshow 2 on both a limited edition and standard edition Blu-ray with a 2K restoration of the original film elements.
Other December Blu-ray releases include a Us/UK Blu-ray and DVD release of 2001's Pulse, aka Kairo, as well as UK Blu-ray releases of Donnie Darko, The Guyver, Cohen & Tate, The Burning, Hell Comes to Frogtown, and Hellgate. Below, we have official details and cover art images of all the aforementioned releases. Are you planning on adding these films to your home media collection?
From Arrow Video: "New Us Title Announcement: Creepshow 2 Limited Edition Blu-ray + Standard Blu-ray
One of the greatest horror anthologies of all time.
Unleashed December 13th. North American Blu-ray pre-order link should be live soon!
Arrow Video announced that they will release Creepshow 2 on both a limited edition and standard edition Blu-ray with a 2K restoration of the original film elements.
Other December Blu-ray releases include a Us/UK Blu-ray and DVD release of 2001's Pulse, aka Kairo, as well as UK Blu-ray releases of Donnie Darko, The Guyver, Cohen & Tate, The Burning, Hell Comes to Frogtown, and Hellgate. Below, we have official details and cover art images of all the aforementioned releases. Are you planning on adding these films to your home media collection?
From Arrow Video: "New Us Title Announcement: Creepshow 2 Limited Edition Blu-ray + Standard Blu-ray
One of the greatest horror anthologies of all time.
Unleashed December 13th. North American Blu-ray pre-order link should be live soon!
- 9/9/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Ryan Lambie Jul 14, 2016
We take a look at some of the most memorable and freaky floating brains and flying heads in the history of cinema...
Nb: The following contains spoilers for The Brain From The Planet Arous and Prometheus.
For some reason we've yet to discover, cinema has, for decades, been home to all manner of sentient, disembodied heads and floating brains. Note that we’re not talking about decapitations here - though goodness knows that cinema is home to plenty of those, from Japanese samurai epics to modern slasher horrors.
No, we’re talking about movies where heads and brains remain sentient even when they’re stuffed into jars or colossal things made of stone. Sometimes used for comedic effect, at other times for shock value, they’re a surprisingly common phenomenon in the movies. Here, we celebrate a few of our absolute favourites - though you’re sure...
We take a look at some of the most memorable and freaky floating brains and flying heads in the history of cinema...
Nb: The following contains spoilers for The Brain From The Planet Arous and Prometheus.
For some reason we've yet to discover, cinema has, for decades, been home to all manner of sentient, disembodied heads and floating brains. Note that we’re not talking about decapitations here - though goodness knows that cinema is home to plenty of those, from Japanese samurai epics to modern slasher horrors.
No, we’re talking about movies where heads and brains remain sentient even when they’re stuffed into jars or colossal things made of stone. Sometimes used for comedic effect, at other times for shock value, they’re a surprisingly common phenomenon in the movies. Here, we celebrate a few of our absolute favourites - though you’re sure...
- 7/13/2016
- Den of Geek
Stuart Gordon’s debut feature, Re-Animator, isn’t just one of the best horror movies of the 1980s, but also one of the few rare perfect horror comedies ever made. Alongside Evil Dead 2, the original Re-Animator essentially helped invent the splatstick subgenre and announced Gordon as one of the most exciting voices in horror, plus, it turned genre royalty Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton into stars overnight. There’s almost no way it could be outdone in its sequel, 1990’s Bride of Re-Animator, though it’s not for lack of trying.
Brian Yuzna, producer of the first film, stepped into the director’s chair for the follow-up, which finds med student Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott) and Dr. Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) escaping to Peru months after the bloody and tragic events of Re-Animator. They continue to conduct their reanimation experiments on soldiers injured and killed in the midst of a bloody civil war,...
Brian Yuzna, producer of the first film, stepped into the director’s chair for the follow-up, which finds med student Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott) and Dr. Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) escaping to Peru months after the bloody and tragic events of Re-Animator. They continue to conduct their reanimation experiments on soldiers injured and killed in the midst of a bloody civil war,...
- 4/22/2016
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Claude Earl Jones, Fabiana Udenio, David Gale, Kathleen Kinmont, Mel Stewart, Irene Cagen, Michael Strasser, Mary Sheldon | Written by Rick Fry, Woody Keith | Directed by Brian Yuzna
It’s been almost two years since I reviewed Second Sight’s release of Re-Animator on Blu-ray. Now we have the release of Bride of Re-Animator – this time from the UK’s kings of cult, Arrow Video. Will they give this gore filled classic the treatment it deserves?
Bride of Re-Animator continues the story of Dr. Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) who like any good Frankenstein like character has returned home to continue his re-animation of dead corpses. With the help of Dr. Dan Cain (Bruce Abbot) who has also returned they are building a woman. With Lt. Chapham (Claude Earl Jones) on their trail though will history repeat itself?
With Brian Yuzna taking over from Stuart Gordon in the director’s chair,...
It’s been almost two years since I reviewed Second Sight’s release of Re-Animator on Blu-ray. Now we have the release of Bride of Re-Animator – this time from the UK’s kings of cult, Arrow Video. Will they give this gore filled classic the treatment it deserves?
Bride of Re-Animator continues the story of Dr. Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) who like any good Frankenstein like character has returned home to continue his re-animation of dead corpses. With the help of Dr. Dan Cain (Bruce Abbot) who has also returned they are building a woman. With Lt. Chapham (Claude Earl Jones) on their trail though will history repeat itself?
With Brian Yuzna taking over from Stuart Gordon in the director’s chair,...
- 4/11/2016
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
1985. Horror was going through a sea change on the film front, as slashers were shown the door and creature features became the cool kids on campus again. People lined up to see vampires (Fright Night) and werewolves (Silver Bullet) and zombies (Day of the Dead), oh my—but my favorite subgenre, the Mad Scientist, came roaring back to life with director Stuart Gordon’s (From Beyond, Dagon) manic masterpiece debut, Re-Animator.
Released in October, Re-Animator proved once again that when properly executed, horror and humor are delightful bedfellows, co-conspirators with the noblest of intentions: to entertain. Horror, while certainly not easy to do well (scroll through Netflix on any given day), has it made in the shade compared to comedy. Humor is more subjective, and what rubs me as funny may chafe you as stupid or insipid. Most people will agree that The Exorcist is terrifying, but not everyone likes...
Released in October, Re-Animator proved once again that when properly executed, horror and humor are delightful bedfellows, co-conspirators with the noblest of intentions: to entertain. Horror, while certainly not easy to do well (scroll through Netflix on any given day), has it made in the shade compared to comedy. Humor is more subjective, and what rubs me as funny may chafe you as stupid or insipid. Most people will agree that The Exorcist is terrifying, but not everyone likes...
- 10/18/2015
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
H.P. Lovecraft isn’t exactly known for his sense of humor. The late author, who has the very serious epitaph “I Am Providence” carved into his tombstone, spent his odd, secluded life penning tales of terror for pulp magazines. Lovecraft created the Cthulu mythos, and wrote story after story of mankind coming up against cosmic deities older than time itself. Page after page was devoted to human beings having their very sanity obliterated at the sight of unspeakable forces that were only a thin layer away from our own reality. These were tales of hopelessness, where all were doomed to some perilous demise.
With Lovecraft’s body of bleak work in mind, it’s curious that perhaps the most successful adaptation of one of his stories is also pretty damn funny as well. Stuart Gordon first set out to bring Lovecraft’s Herbert West–Reanimator to the stage with his...
With Lovecraft’s body of bleak work in mind, it’s curious that perhaps the most successful adaptation of one of his stories is also pretty damn funny as well. Stuart Gordon first set out to bring Lovecraft’s Herbert West–Reanimator to the stage with his...
- 10/1/2015
- by Chris Evangelista
- SoundOnSight
We’re only a little over a month away from Halloween now, kiddies, and Tuesday’s home entertainment releases are primed to get you ready for the haunting season. John Carpenter’s classic adaptation of Stephen King’s Christine is making its way to Blu-ray on September 29th, as well as the cult slasher film Savage Weekend, which is being presented by the fine folks over at Kino Lorber.
For those of you Cannon Films fans out there, Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films documentary is arriving on DVD this week and Kevin Bacon’s latest outstanding thriller, Cop Car, is also coming to Blu and DVD September 29th. A handful of indie horror films are also being released this week, and for those of you out there with genre-loving progeny, a few fun movies perfect for younger viewers will arrive on home media as well.
Christine (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,...
For those of you Cannon Films fans out there, Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films documentary is arriving on DVD this week and Kevin Bacon’s latest outstanding thriller, Cop Car, is also coming to Blu and DVD September 29th. A handful of indie horror films are also being released this week, and for those of you out there with genre-loving progeny, a few fun movies perfect for younger viewers will arrive on home media as well.
Christine (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,...
- 9/29/2015
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
In this morning's round-up, we have details on not one, not two, but three slasher films. Savage Weekend, Angst, and The Mutilator are set to be released on Blu-ray between late summer and early fall.
Savage Weekend: From Kino Lorber: "Coming September 29th! On Blu-ray and DVD! From a Brand New 2015 HD Master!
Savage Weekend (1979) Starring Christopher Allport, David Gale, Caitlin O'Heaney, Jeff Pomerantz, William Sanderson and Yancy Butler. Written and Directed by David Paulsen.
Blu-ray, packaging, and extras all produced by Walt Olsen (Scorpion Releasing). Another one of his recommendations!
Special Features:
On camera interview with star William Sanderson On camera interview with star Caitlin O'Heaney On camera interview with star Jeff Pomeranz Original Theatrical Trailer"
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Angst: Gerald Kargl's Angst will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on August 18th.
Blu-ray.com reports that "Independent U.S. distributors Cult Epics will release on...
Savage Weekend: From Kino Lorber: "Coming September 29th! On Blu-ray and DVD! From a Brand New 2015 HD Master!
Savage Weekend (1979) Starring Christopher Allport, David Gale, Caitlin O'Heaney, Jeff Pomerantz, William Sanderson and Yancy Butler. Written and Directed by David Paulsen.
Blu-ray, packaging, and extras all produced by Walt Olsen (Scorpion Releasing). Another one of his recommendations!
Special Features:
On camera interview with star William Sanderson On camera interview with star Caitlin O'Heaney On camera interview with star Jeff Pomeranz Original Theatrical Trailer"
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Angst: Gerald Kargl's Angst will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on August 18th.
Blu-ray.com reports that "Independent U.S. distributors Cult Epics will release on...
- 6/15/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale, Robert Sampson, Gerry Black, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Barbara Peters | Written by Stuart Gordon, Dennis Paoli, William Norris | Directed by Stuart Gordon
If a budding horror geek was to ask what were the most important horror films that must be watch, I’m sure you could come up with a few. There is one though that should be on the lips of all horror fan, an eighties film that was so important to horror that it became infamous, especially in the UK where it too decades before we got an uncut version. In fact I consider myself lucky in getting the chance to see the unrated version on the big screen only a few years ago. Re-Animator is not only an important film in itself, but it is also the one that introduced us to director Stuart Gordon and actors Jeffrey Combs and...
If a budding horror geek was to ask what were the most important horror films that must be watch, I’m sure you could come up with a few. There is one though that should be on the lips of all horror fan, an eighties film that was so important to horror that it became infamous, especially in the UK where it too decades before we got an uncut version. In fact I consider myself lucky in getting the chance to see the unrated version on the big screen only a few years ago. Re-Animator is not only an important film in itself, but it is also the one that introduced us to director Stuart Gordon and actors Jeffrey Combs and...
- 5/30/2014
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
With the classic Re-Animator getting its Blu-ray reissue this week, we talk to its director about this and his other genre films...
Interview
Re-Animator landed like a firecracker in the middle of 80s horror cinema. A wild, vibrant adaptation of the Hp Lovecraft tale, Herbert West-Reanimator, it was both extremely funny and remarkably close to the writer’s source text. Jeffrey Combs plays the darting-eyed Herbert West, a gifted yet utterly mad young medical student who invents a serum which brings the dead back to kicking, screaming life.
A sprightly Bruce Abbott and Barbara Crampton play his fellow students, who can only watch in horror as their Miskatonic University campus fills up with angry revenant corpses from the morgue, while David Gale is brilliantly glowering as Dr Hill, West’s nemesis.
With glowing reviews from mainstream critics, Re-Animator quickly became a cult favourite, establishing Stuart Gordon’s reputation as a talented genre director.
Interview
Re-Animator landed like a firecracker in the middle of 80s horror cinema. A wild, vibrant adaptation of the Hp Lovecraft tale, Herbert West-Reanimator, it was both extremely funny and remarkably close to the writer’s source text. Jeffrey Combs plays the darting-eyed Herbert West, a gifted yet utterly mad young medical student who invents a serum which brings the dead back to kicking, screaming life.
A sprightly Bruce Abbott and Barbara Crampton play his fellow students, who can only watch in horror as their Miskatonic University campus fills up with angry revenant corpses from the morgue, while David Gale is brilliantly glowering as Dr Hill, West’s nemesis.
With glowing reviews from mainstream critics, Re-Animator quickly became a cult favourite, establishing Stuart Gordon’s reputation as a talented genre director.
- 5/30/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
I remember back in the early 1990′s watching the Guyver movies and loving the fact it had lots of Martial Arts action. I just recently bought The DVD and thought i would do a feature post about The Guyver. I know it’s a little cheesy, but that’s just the time period, cant be helped.
The first movie was The Guyver “Mutronics”, loosely based on the Japanese manga series about a lad who finds an alien artifact called The Unit which changes him into an alien-hybrid called The Guyver.
Mutronics Plot:
CIA agent Max Reed (Mark Hamill) witnesses Dr. Tetsu Segawa—a researcher for the mysterious Kronos Corporation—being murdered. Dr. Segawa had stolen an alien device known as “the Guyver” from Kronos. College student Sean Barker, whose girlfriend’s father was Dr. Segawa, finds the Guyver’s hiding spot while watching the forensic team investigating the crime scene.
The first movie was The Guyver “Mutronics”, loosely based on the Japanese manga series about a lad who finds an alien artifact called The Unit which changes him into an alien-hybrid called The Guyver.
Mutronics Plot:
CIA agent Max Reed (Mark Hamill) witnesses Dr. Tetsu Segawa—a researcher for the mysterious Kronos Corporation—being murdered. Dr. Segawa had stolen an alien device known as “the Guyver” from Kronos. College student Sean Barker, whose girlfriend’s father was Dr. Segawa, finds the Guyver’s hiding spot while watching the forensic team investigating the crime scene.
- 12/17/2013
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
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