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The Transporter is one of Jason Statham’s most iconic action movie franchises, but it remains unclear if he’ll ever play Frank Martin again in Transporter 5. The franchise debuted in 2002 with the release of The Transporter, which marked Statham’s first headlining role in a major action vehicle. The titular stoic mercenary-turned-driver quickly became the defining role of Statham’s career and opened the door to other opportunities in the genre. Not only did he go on to star in other action films like War, Crank, and The Mechanic; he reprised his role as Frank in two more Transporter movies.

The trilogy got bigger, bolder, and better with each movie. 2005’s Transporter 2 expanded the scope with even more bonkers action scenes and 2008’s Transporter 3 became the highest-grossing entry in the series. The Transporter franchise continued after that, with a fourth film and a TV spinoff, but Statham never played Frank again.

"This is your life - what do you want to do?" Ambi Media Group and Spotted Cow Entertainment debuted an official trailer for an indie coming-of-age film called In Search of Fellini, which is indeed about a young woman's search for Fellini. Ksenia Solo stars as a shy small-town Ohio girl who discovers Federico Fellini's "delightfully bizarre films" (see IMDb) and sets off on a journey across Italy to find him. Along the way, she discovers herself and romance and tasty Italian candy and much more. The cast includes Maria Bello, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Beth Riesgraf, Andrea Osvárt, and David O'Donnell. This looks quite adorable, and cute, very much a film-lovers adventure, though it does seem a bit cliche with its story. Enjoy. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Taron Lexton's In Search of Fellini, direct from YouTube: In this coming-of-age adventure, Lucy (Ksenia Solo), a shy...

India’s romance drama “Ok Jaanu” lead the indie newcomers on Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, grossing $244,000 from 121 locations in its first weekend at the box office. Directed by Shaad Ali, the film stars Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor in the lead roles of a young couple living together in Mumbai while trying to pursue their lifelong dreams. Other independent films that opened this weekend include Greece’s “Worlds Apart” and France’s “Reset.” Also Read: Jackie Chan's 'Railroad Tigers' Earns $127,600 at Indie Box Office “Worlds Apart” stars J.K. Simmons, Christoforos Papakaliatis and Andrea Osvart and grossed $14,000 in its first weekend.

Exclusive: The sales agent has come on board to handle international rights excluding Greece to the romantic drama starring J.K Simmons.

Worlds Apart will get is market premiere in Berlin and comprises three romantic tales, each between a foreigner and a local, that weave together against the backdrop of the financial crisis ravaging southern Europe.

Writer-director Christopher Papakaliatis also stars alongside Simmons and Andrea Osvárt.

Kostas Sousoulas, Papakaliatis, Dorothea Paschalidou, and Chris Papavasiliou produce. Gersh represents Us rights.

The 13 Films slate includes The Archbishop And The Antichrist starring Forrest Whittaker and Vince Vaughn to be directed by Roland Joffé, and thriller A Patch Of Fog starring Stephen Graham and Conleth Hill that premiered in Toronto.

The company is also selling supernatural thriller Voice From The Stone starring Emilia Clarke and Marton Csokas in post, action title Extortion with Eion Bailey, Barkhad Abdi and Danny Glover, and the comedy Chronically Metropolitan starring Chris Noth, Mary-Louise Parker, [link...

Network: TNT

Episodes: 24 (hour)

Seasons: Two

TV show dates: October 18, 2014 -- February 7, 2015

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Chris Vance, Andrea Osvárt, Charly Hübner, François Berléand, and Delphine Chanéac.

TV show description:      

Based on the Transporter feature film series, this action-adventure TV show follows Frank Martin (Chris Vance), a professional "transporter." He's paid to pick up and deliver people or cargo from anywhere in the world.

He's the very best at what he does. Martin handles only the most difficult and dangerous of assignments -- and only trusts a handful of people.

A former CIA agent, computer expert Carla Valeri (Andrea Osvárt) negotiates with Martin's clients and provides him with all the information he needs. Technology expert and mechanic Dieter Hausmann (Charly Hübner) alters and repairs Martin's special Audi as needed.

It looks like it's the end of the line for courier Frank Martin. Transporter: The Series, which aired for two seasons on TNT, has been cancelled and won't be returning for a third season.

Based on the feature film series, Transporter is an action-adventure TV show which follows Frank Martin (Chris Vance) -- a professional "transporter." He's paid to pick up and deliver people or cargo from anywhere in the world. The rest of the cast has included François Berléand, Violante Placido, Andrea Osvárt, Charly Hübner, and Delphine Chanéac.

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Anita (Eline Powell), the hero of Roberto Faenza’s new Holocaust film, is a Hungarian Jew and, as the picture opens, survivor of a recently liberated Auschwitz, where she had been interned since childhood through the war. We’re introduced to Anita as she’s welcomed, a bit cautiously, into a small-town home in the mountains of Czechoslovakia. There her Aunt Monica (Andrea Osvárt), now Anita’s closest living relation, is leading a quiet, docile life with her family — and wants very much to keep the horrors of the Shoah in the past. Anita’s arrival, it soon becomes clear, makes all this willed ignorance difficult: In this young girl’s face Monica sees the lingering pain of a history she’d rather not think about. This ...

TNT has picked up two seasons of Transporter: The Series so viewers don't have to worry about it being cancelled for awhile. Will it be a ratings success for the cable channel? Will they want to air the second season? Stay tuned.

Based on the feature film series, Transporter is an action-adventure TV show which follows Frank Martin (Chris Vance). He's a professional "transporter" who's paid to pick up and deliver people or cargo from anywhere in the world. The rest of the cast includes Andrea Osvárt, Charly Hübner, François Berléand, and Delphine Chanéac.

The ratings are typically the best indication of a show's chances of staying on the air. The higher the ratings, the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available.

Final season averages: 0.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 1.05...

TNT has released a new trailer for their new show Transporter: The Series. Like the films, the show centers on (played on the TV series by Chris Vance), an ex-Special Forces field operative who has taken to transporting precious cargo to make a living. Judging by the trailer, this show should be very familiar to fans of the movies. There are the car chases, the fancy clothes, the fistfights, the gun play, and the quips. Considering the episodic nature of the premise, I'm surprised it took this long for it to become a TV show. Andrea Osvart co-stars as a former CIA agent who organizes Martin’s missions (and teases as a love interest). Hit the jump to check out the Transporter: The Series trailer. The show premieres on TNT this fall. Here's the official synopsis for Transporter: The Series: The international hit Transporter The Series is coming to U.

TNT has picked up the U.S. rights to "Transporter: The Series," an international action drama based on the Luc Besson-produced film franchise about meticulous, skilled driver-for-hire Frank Martin, played by Jason Statham. British actor Chris Vance, who played "freelance psychopath" Mason Gilroy on "Burn Notice" and Dr. Jack Gallagher on "Mental," the short-lived 2009 Fox series set in L.A. but shot in Bogotá, stars as the small screen incarnation of Frank. François Berléand, reprising his role from the films as Inspector Tarconi, is also in the cast, alongside Andrea Osvárt, Delphine Chanéac and Charly Hübner. "Transporter: The Series" is a French-Canadian production, and was originally slated to air in the U.S. on Cinemax, though they ended up passing on the project -- a trailer that was released at the time but has since been taken down didn't look particularly promising. The first season has since aired in Canada,...

Kick-Ass 2 | 2 Guns | Planes | The Big City | Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Again | Bachelorette | Call Girl | Aftershock | Kuma | When The Dragon Swallowed The Sun

Kick-Ass 2 (15)

(Jeff Wadlow, 2013, Us/UK) Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Moretz, Jim Carrey, 103 mins

The amateur Avengers return, though the sequel finds them weighed down by their superhero lifestyles, or is it audience expectations? The ingredients that made the first movie such a pleasure are all here – absurd alter-egos, ultraviolence, high-school angst, swearing – just minus the element of surprise. As a result, this incident-packed story struggles to recapture that balance between comic-book zaniness and real-world teen comedy.

2 Guns (15)

(Baltasar Kormákur, 2013, Us) Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton. 109 mins

Two double-crossed undercover agents must unravel a convoluted conspiracy (and learn to get along, of course) in what could almost be a Lethal Weapon reboot. Washington and Wahlberg spark off each other nicely, which is all that's needed.

Aftershock was released to Blu-ray and DVD this week, and we were given the opportunity to submit questions to director Nicolás López. In our latest Q&A feature, Nicolás López talks about working with Eli Roth, practical effects, and his thoughts on The Green Inferno:

Now that Aftershock has seen a theatrical and VOD release in the Us, are you happy with how the movie has been received by horror fans?

Nicolás López: It’s very exciting to know that people from all around the world are watching the movie on VOD, DVD or…pirated, and being able to have a direct dialogue with the fans (and haters) on twitter and instagram (@nicolaslopez) is awesome. I love every reaction. Love or hate. I just want the people to watch the movie.

Instead of a typical disaster, Aftershock is infused with horror elements. Was this something you always planned...

This week: Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman make an "effective team" in director Joseph Kosinski's eye-popping sci-fi think piece "Oblivion," which also stars Olga Kurylenko, Melissa Leo and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.

Also new this week is Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper in the intense crime drama "The Place Beyond the Pines," the infuriating documentary "West of Memphis" and the earth-shatteringly stupid horror flick "Aftershock" starring Eli Roth.

'Oblivion'

Box Office: $89 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 54% Rotten

Storyline: "Tron: Legacy" helmer Joseph Kosinski directs this sci-fi film starring Tom Cruise as Jack Harper, the lone security repairman stationed on a ruined Earth. Jack believes that after a long battle with alien invaders, the surviving humans were forced to abandon the planet and he will join them shortly. But when Jack rescues a beautiful stranger (Olga Kurylenko) who crash-lands in her spacecraft, her arrival triggers a series of events that causes Jack...

shockingly disastrous events that occur in the latter part of the film. Gringo (Eli Roth) has traveled from California to Chile to visit his friend, Ariel (Ariel Levy). Ariel's best friend Pollo (Nicolás Martínez) is one of the most connected people in the Chilean party scene, so Gringo finds himself bouncing from one hot party to the next. The three men have one mission: to hook up with the finest of Chilean ladies. On one fateful night, the three guys finally hit their stride with three beautiful women: Irina (Natasha Yarovenko), Kylie (Lorenza Izzo) and Monica (Andrea Osvárt). Everything is going fantastic, until the earthquake. This is when López's film rapidly transforms itself into the natural disaster film that you are probably expecting; but López actively avoids aping the genre, intent to comment upon its tropes and integrate as many horror elements as possible. López blurs the concept of the hero,...

This August will see the UK release of natural disaster horror flick 'Aftershock'. The Eli Roth ('Hostel') produced project, which sees the producer also star in and write, comes at us from director Nicolas Lopez and will be unleashed into UK theatres on 16 August. This will quickly be followed up by a Blu-ray and DVD release just three days later on 19 August thanks to StudioCanal. Of course this means we also get a new trailer plus some UK boxart as well. Ariel Levy, Nicolas Martinez, Lorenza Izzo, Natasha Yarovenko, Andrea Osvart, Miguel Asensio and Selena Gomez ('Hotel Transylvania') also star. Check out the trailer and DVD artwork below....

Aftershock is a film that has split viewers right down the middle (hell, we even have dueling Aftershock reviews here on DC). What will the UK think?

Aftershock hits UK cinemas 16 August 2013 courtesy of StudioCanal and then lands on Blu-ray/DVD a few days later on 19 August. Check out the new trailer and artwork below.

Synopsis:

Chile has it all: gorgeous landscapes, smokin' hot babes, cool dudes, and the wildest parties. For an American tourist, nicknamed Gringo (Eli Roth) by his two Chilean pals Ariel (Ariel Levy) and Pollo (Nicolás Martínez), the trip has been heaven on earth... except that he just can't hook up with the ladies. Gringo's luck seems to change when the group meets a trio of babes: Russian model Irina (Natasha Yarovenko), non-stop party girl Kylie (Lorenza Izzo), and her serious sister, Monica (Andrea Osvárt). A night at the hottest local dance club turns into a...

Nicolas Lopez's brutal disaster/horror hybrid Aftershock is getting ready to shake things up on home video, and we have a chance for you to score a copy of it and more. The details follow. Be sure to read our Aftershock reviews here if you missed it.

That's right, kids! You can win a copy of Aftershock along with Blu-rays of Bait 3D, Frozen, The Day, and The Divide! Yep, there's something here for all of your apocalyptic needs! We'll also throw in an Aftershock poster!

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From the Press Release

Eli Roth (Hostel, The Last Exorcism) travels to Chile with friends Ariel Levy (Promedio Rojo) and Nicolás Martínez for what they believe will be the trip of a lifetime. Instead, they are...

Stars: Nicolás Martínez, Eli Roth, Ariel Levy, Lorenza Izzo, Natasha Yarovenko, Andrea Osvárt | Written by Nicolás López, Guillermo Amoedo | Directed by Nicolás López

Horror fanboy turned writer/director Eli Roth (Hostel) returns to the screen both behind and in-front of the camera, as co-writer and star of Aftershock. Billed as a horror movie, the film borrows heavily from the 70s disaster movie genre, in particular the Irwin Allen school of filmmaking and his famous flicks The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure.

Whilst the film borrows from the likes of Irwin Allen and 70s disaster flicks, it also suffers from the same problems in that the set-up just takes too damn long. Aftershock spends a good third of the movie following around its leads – Gringo (Roth), Pollo (Martinez) and Ariel (Levy) – as they party it up in Chile, trying to meet girls and all the while getting more and more intoxicated…...

Nicolas Lopez's brutal disaster/horror hybrid Aftershock is getting ready to shake things up on home video, and we have a look at the artwork and more. Check it out, and read our Aftershock reviews here.

From the Press Release

Eli Roth (Hostel, The Last Exorcism) travels to Chile with friends Ariel Levy (Promedio Rojo) and Nicolás Martínez for what they believe will be the trip of a lifetime. Instead, they are suddenly plunged into a living hell when a powerful earthquake rips through the coastal town of Valparaíso, Chile, in the fast-paced, thriller Aftershock, debuting on Blu-ray™ and DVD on August 6th from Anchor Bay Entertainment and RADiUS-twc.

Blu-ray™ and DVD bonus materials include: Shaking Up the Casting Process, The Making of Aftershock, and International Feature Commentary with Eli Roth and Director Nicolás López.

Synopsis:

Chile has it all: gorgeous landscapes, smokin' hot babes, cool dudes, and the wildest parties.

Eli Roth and Nicolas Lopez’s Aftershock is coming to DVD and Blu-Ray on August 6th. Check out the press release for more details, including the specs and an outline of the special features, as well as the key art.

Beverly Hills, CA – Eli Roth (Hostel, The Last Exorcism) travels to Chile with friends Ariel Levy (Promedio Rojo) and Nicolás Martínez for what they believe will be the trip of a lifetime. Instead, they are suddenly plunged into a living hell when a powerful earthquake rips through the coastal town of Valparaíso, Chile in the fast-paced, thriller Aftershock, debuting on Blu-ray™ and DVD on August 6th from Anchor Bay Entertainment and RADiUS-twc.

Aftershock story was co-written by Nicolás López & Eli Roth and directed by Nicolás López.

Blu-ray™ and DVD bonus materials include: Shaking Up the Casting Process, The Making of Aftershock and International Feature Commentary with Eli Roth and Director Nicolás López.

It has been revealed that we’ll see an Aftershock Blu-ray / DVD release from Anchor Bay Entertainment in August. Produced by and starring Eli Roth, the movie recently had its limited theatrical release and will be available on August 6th. Bonus features are said to include a behind-the-scenes featurette and a gag reel.

“Chile has it all: gorgeous landscapes, smokin’- hot women, cool dudes, great wine, and the wildest parties. For a hapless American tourist, nicknamed Gringo (Eli Roth) by his two Chilean pals Ariel (Ariel Levy) and Pollo (Nicolás Martínez), the trip has been heaven on earth — except that he just can’t hook up with the ladies. Gringo’s luck seems to change when the group meets a trio of babes — Russian model Irina (Natasha Yarovenko), non-stop party girl Kylie (Lorenza Izzo) and her serious sister Monica (Andrea Osvárt) — who agree to accompany them on a trip...

*there are some spoilers here. Director: Nicolás López. Writers: Guillermo Amoedo, Nicolás López and Eli Roth. Cast: Lorenza Izzo, Nicolás Martínez, Eli Roth, Natasha Yarovenko, Ariel Levy and Andrea Osvárt. Aftershock is the latest horror title from Hostel creator Eli Roth. Roth even headlines this piece and Roth is one of three writers for the film. The story borrows from the many disaster films of the '70s. In films like The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and The Towering Inferno (1974): characters are introduced, a chaotic event takes place and the conclusion ends peacefully. This formula is mostly followed in Aftershock. Yet, the conclusion here is a lot more tragic. As well, the principal characters are lost by the beginning of Act 3, which is a strange choice. Aftershock still manages to remain entertaining despite a slow start. The story begins with three friends: Pollo (Nicolás Martínez), Gringo (Eli Roth) and Ariel (Ariel Levy...

Like most disaster flicks, Aftershock starts with an attractive group of people having the time of their lives before their world literally falls apart. This story follows Gringo (Eli Roth) and his Chilean friends Ariel (Ariel Levy) and Pollo (Nicolás Martínez).

They are hosting their friend down in Chile for a relaxing vacation that includes consuming copious amounts of alcohol and drugs at all-night ragers, wine-tasting during the day and an ongoing hunt for hot chicks who are ready to have some fun.

Lucky for the trio, they meet Monica (Andrea Osvart), Kylie (Lorenza Izzo), and Irina (Natasha Yarovenko) who are up for adventuring around Chile with the guys and much more later that night. That’s when everyone’s luck runs out as a devastating earthquake rocks the country and the group of partiers are immediately thrust into a string of life or death situations where their chance for...

Opening this weekend is Aftershock, a fictionalized disaster film loosely based on the 2010 Chilean earthquake, staring Eli Roth as Gringo, an American divorcée touring through Chile with his friends Ariel (Ariel Levy) and Pollo (Nicolas Martinez). After meeting a trio of beautiful women (Andrea Osvart, Lorenza Izzo, and Natasha Yarovenko) the group heads out for a night of drunken debauchery, but when a devastating earthquake hits they must do whatever it takes to survive a night of recurring aftershocks, escaped convicts, and panicking civilians. Directed by Nicolas Lopez, Aftershock takes a decidedly “genre” approach to the subject matter setting up death after bloody death and delivering on gruesome effects. Aftershock is available in select theaters and on VOD May 10th. At a recent press day for the film I sat down for a one on one interview with Lorenza Izzo. We talked about her unique casting story, working with Eli and Lopez,...

Director Nicol&#225s L&#243pez and actor-writer-producer Eli Roth break down the true-life terror in a featurette for their thriller Aftershock, which is currently playing in theaters and available on VOD formats. The story is based on Nicol&#225s L&#243pez's actual experiences during an earthquake in Chile, as the filmmaker explains in this video. Eli Roth also explains why he is drawn to stories like this that are based on real-life events. Watch behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the cast and crew in this featurette.

Aftershock - Making of Featurette

In the middle of a night of wild partying, a hapless American tourist (Eli Roth) and his friends are suddenly plunged into a living hell when a powerful earthquake rips through the coastal town of Valpara&#237so, Chile.

Aftershock was released May 10th, 2013 and stars Eli Roth, Andrea Osvárt, Ariel Levy, Nicolas Martinez, Lorenza Izzo, Natasha Yarovenko, Selena Gomez,...

Eli Roth Talks earthquakes, Hemlock Grove, and Aftershock, which is in theaters starting today!

Multi-talented director Eli Roth is showing off his acting skills once again in the thriller Aftershock, which is in theaters this Friday. Playing a character lovingly referred to as Gringo, Roth co-wrote and produced this tale of an earthquake that hits Chile while he and his new found friends are partying at a club. They must survive the aftermath in what turns out to be quite a gruesome ride.

We recently caught up with Eli, who was participating in a junket for the film at Los Angeles' exclusive home to magicians ,The Magic Castle. From a room adorned with owls, the director of Hostel and Cabin Fever revealed that Aftershock is based on real events that happened to director Nicol&#225s L&#243pez. He also spoke a tiny bit about his own next directoriual effort The Green Inferno,...

What happens to a group of travelers who are in an underground nightclub in Chile when a massive earthquake hits? Hint: Nothing good!

Well, except that it gave me the opportunity to sit down with Eli Roth to talk about his new movie Aftershock, in which he stars, co-wrote, and produced. I would say that’s a pretty darn good outcome! Check it out below.

In the middle of a night of wild partying, a hapless American tourist (Roth) and his friends are suddenly plunged into a living hell when a powerful earthquake rips through the coastal town of Valparaíso, Chile.

What do you think it is about travel that sets a good tone for a film?

Eli Roth: Well, travel – Everyone has fantasies of traveling. We all want to escape our lives and go somewhere fun. A lot of times we want to go as far away from...

The Eli Roth-produced Aftershock is now in theaters and VOD, and we have a behind-the-scenes featurette that was just released. Continue reading to watch behind-the-scenes footage and Nicolas Lopez and Eli Roth talk about the making of the movie…

“Chile has it all: gorgeous landscapes, smokin’- hot women, cool dudes, great wine, and the wildest parties. For a hapless American tourist, nicknamed Gringo (Eli Roth) by his two Chilean pals Ariel (Ariel Levy) and Pollo (Nicolás Martínez), the trip has been heaven on earth — except that he just can’t hook up with the ladies. Gringo’s luck seems to change when the group meets a trio of babes — Russian model Irina (Natasha Yarovenko), non-stop party girl Kylie (Lorenza Izzo) and her serious sister Monica (Andrea Osvárt) — who agree to accompany them on a trip to the coastal town of Valparaíso. The new friends are having the best...

With Aftershock making noise in theatres this weekend, we have scored a nine-minute behind-the-scenes look at Nicolas Lopez's brutal disaster/horror hybrid. Check it out, and read our Aftershock reviews here.

Aftershock, an earthquake thriller scripted by Cabin Fever and Hostel's Eli Roth, Nicolas Lopez, and Guillermo Amoedo, revolves around an insane asylum on an island, where the inmates escape during the quake.

It’s the next "Eli Roth Presents" film, and it marks the English-language debut from director Nicolas Lopez. His last two films, Que Pena Tu Vida and Que Pena Tu Boda, were the highest-grossing Chilean films of 2010 and 2011. Roth most recently produced The Last Exorcism, a microbudget film that grossed $70 million worldwide.

Roth and Lopez wrote the story together, inspired by the latter’s experience when an earthquake devastated Chile in 2010. In his first big acting role since Inglourious Basterds, Roth plays the lead. Among...

When he hasn’t been writing directing or producing some of the more notorious entries in the horror/torture porn catalogue (like “Cabin Fever,” “Hostel,” and the two “Last Exorcisms”) Eli Roth has worked on his parallel career as screen star -- perhaps most notably as the Bear Jew, the baseball bat-wielding, Nazi-dispatching, one-man-Jewish-revenge-fantasy of Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds.” So imagine our surprise to find Roth playing the shirt-tucked-into-mom-jeans-wearing Jewish stereotype of “Aftershock,” which opens Friday (May 10). Produced by Roth, Brian Oliver (“Arthur Newman”) and Miguel Asensio, and directed by Chile’s Nicolas Lopez, the shocker is set in Santiago, where three guys on the make run into what are essentially three supermodels (Lorenza Izzo, Natasha Yarovenko, Andrea Osvart), and then there’s an earthquake. But it’s a bit odd, this very deliberate effort to emphasize the male characters' Jewishness -- something Roth’s...

Sometimes, despite your best intentions, you’ll walk into a movie with negative preconceptions instead of an open mind. It happens to the best of us, and while I can honestly say it’s an extreme rarity for me personally I’m still more than a little ashamed on the occasions where it happens. The most recent example, and probably the first since the Robin Williams/John Travolta travesty Old Dogs, is a new disaster thriller co-written/produced by and starring Eli Roth. His films have never done much for me, his acting even in small roles seemed on par with Quentin Tarantino’s and to make matters worse I’d heard few positive things about the movie. In fact, the most common term used to describe it was “rapey.” So yeah, my expectations were fairly low. But then something wonderful happened. I was happily proven wrong. Roth plays an American nicknamed Gringo who’s visiting Chile...

Nicholas Lopez's Aftershock hits theatres this weekend, and we have two different reviews to help you decide whether or not to seek it out and take the ride. What camp will you fall into? Positive or negative?

Read Serena Whitney's positive Aftershock review here.

Read Drew Tinnin's negative Aftershock review here.

Aftershock, an earthquake thriller scripted by Cabin Fever and Hostel's Eli Roth, Nicolas Lopez, and Guillermo Amoedo, revolves around an insane asylum on an island, where the inmates escape during the quake.

It’s the next "Eli Roth Presents" film, and it marks the English-language debut from director Nicolas Lopez. His last two films, Que Pena Tu Vida and Que Pena Tu Boda, were the highest-grossing Chilean films of 2010 and 2011. Roth most recently produced The Last Exorcism, a microbudget film that grossed $70 million worldwide.

Roth and Lopez wrote the story together, inspired by the latter’s experience...

Today horror fans everywhere should prepare to batten down the hatches for one helluva disaster flick hitting the big screen- Aftershock directed by Nicolás López and starring Eli Roth, Andrea Osvárt, Ariel Levy, Lorenza Izzo and Nicolás Martínez.

With a title like Aftershock you may think you know just what you’re in for with this story, but think again- as it turns out, humanity is far more dangerous than Mother Nature (at least in this case), and just when you think it cannot possibly get any worse for the film’s leads, López and his co-writers Roth and Guillermo Amoedo find new ways to screw with them.

Dread Central caught up with López, Roth and a few others during a recent press day to hear more about how a real earthquake in Chile inspired their story, the challenges of filming such an ambitious effects and action heavy project in South America and much more.

After shock, after shock: Lopez Directs Roth in Another Tourist Nightmare

Recalling the glut of disaster movies that invaded the multiplexes in the 60s and 70s, everything from The Poseidon Adventure and, of course, Earthquake, Eli Roth teams as producer and star for Chilean director Nicolas Lopez’s Aftershock, a film that examines the horrors of unchecked human (rather than mother) nature. Wisely attempting to build characterization with an overly long set up, once the expected chaos sets in one must give credit to the remarkably tense and engaging pacing, even if it hits all the major checkpoints in the path of predictability.

On the last leg of his Chilean vacation, an American tourist known by his cohorts only as the Gringo (Eli Roth), cavorts in the vibrant local club scene for some last minute connections with some recently made friends, the shy Ariel (Ariel Levy), and Pollo (Nicolas Martinez...

Los Angeles — Splat pack ringleader Eli Roth takes his gory roadshow south in "Aftershock," a lively but formulaic Chile-set chiller where a group of tourists finds themselves bloodied, bludgeoned and buried beneath a horrific earthquake. With Roth playing one of the leads and handing off directorial duties to Nicolas Lopez (Santos), the film tends to feel shoddier than the first two "Hostel" movies, even if the team draws laughs from the sight of spoiled hipsters getting their comeuppance in the Third World.

Given how the torture-porn genre has been waning, credited writers Roth, Lopez and Guillermo Amodeo bring down the ketchup count considerably here, and "Aftershock" is less of an all-out bloodbath than a throwback to hokey horror and disaster flicks from the `70s and `80s.

Taking many of its ingredients from the "Hostel" recipe, the film kicks off with a goofy American tourist known simply as Gringo (Roth) trying...

Opening this week Aftershock, a fictionalized disaster film loosely based on the 2010 Chilean earthquake, staring Eli Roth as as Gringo, an American divorcée touring through Chile with his friends Ariel (Ariel Levy) and Pollo (Nicolas Martinez). After meeting a trio of beautiful women (Andrea Osvart, Lorenza Izzo, and Natasha Yarovenko) the group heads out for a night of drunken debauchery, but when a devastating earthquake hits they must do whatever it takes to survive a night of recurring aftershocks, escaped convicts, and panicking civilians. Directed by Nicolas Lopez, Aftershock takes a decidedly “genre” approach to the subject matter setting up death after bloody death and delivering on gruesome effects. Aftershock is available in select theaters and on VOD May 10th. At a recent press day for the film I sat down for a one on one interview with Andrea Osvart. We talked about working with Eli Roth, Nicholas Lopez’s directorial style,...

The Eli Roth-produced Aftershock will receive a limited theatrical release this Friday. If you’d like to learn more, we’ve just added a new set of photos to our gallery for the movie.

“Chile has it all: gorgeous landscapes, smokin’- hot women, cool dudes, great wine, and the wildest parties. For a hapless American tourist, nicknamed Gringo (Eli Roth) by his two Chilean pals Ariel (Ariel Levy) and Pollo (Nicolás Martínez), the trip has been heaven on earth — except that he just can’t hook up with the ladies. Gringo’s luck seems to change when the group meets a trio of babes — Russian model Irina (Natasha Yarovenko), non-stop party girl Kylie (Lorenza Izzo) and her serious sister Monica (Andrea Osvárt) — who agree to accompany them on a trip to the coastal town of Valparaíso. The new friends are having the best of times whooping it up in a dance club,...

Aftershock is a natural disaster film from producer Eli Roth. Roth also stars in the film as Gringo. This title is set to release May 10th and horror fans can preview the film's Red Band trailer here. The clip shows several American tourists on vacation in Chile. They hit up the local club in search of good times. But, they find themselves in the middle of a massive earthquake, instead. These friends will also have to face looters, a tsunami and aftershocks before this night is through. The clip is below for thriller and horror fans. Release Date: May 10th, 2013. Director: Nicolás López. Writers: Guillermo Amoedo and Nicolás López and Eli Roth. Cast: Eli Roth, Andrea Osvárt, Ariel Levy, Nicolás Martínez, Lorenza Izzo, Natasha Yarovenko and Selena Gomez. The Red Band trailer for Aftershock is here: Source: Aftershock at Quiet Earth  |  |  Advertise Here - Contact me Michael Allen at 28Dla Subscribe to 28 Days Later:.

Alrighty, fiends! The new flick from Eli Roth and Nicolas Lopez, Aftershock, hits theatres tomorrow; and we've got a handful of new stills on tap to get you geared up for what's sure to be a bumpy ride! Dig it!

Aftershock (review), an earthquake thriller scripted by Cabin Fever and Hostel's Eli Roth, Nicolas Lopez, and Guillermo Amoedo, revolves around an insane asylum on an island, where the inmates escape during the quake.

It’s the next "Eli Roth Presents" film, and it marks the English-language debut from director Nicolas Lopez. His last two films, Que Pena Tu Vida and Que Pena Tu Boda, were the highest-grossing Chilean films of 2010 and 2011. Roth most recently produced The Last Exorcism, a microbudget film that grossed $70 million worldwide.

Roth and Lopez wrote the story together, inspired by the latter’s experience when an earthquake devastated Chile in 2010. In his first big acting role since Inglourious Basterds,...

After an earth quake erupts off the coastal town of Valparaiso, Chile, a group of travelers in an underground night club must reach the surface and discover it’s just the beginning of their nightmare. Gringo (Eli Roth) and his Chilean buddies Ariel (Ariel Lev) and Pollo (Nicolas Martinez) must help Kylie (Lorenza Izzo) and Monica (Andrea Osvart) escape looters, convicts, and the aftershocks that followed. Directed by Nicolas Lopez, ‘Aftershock’ is inspired by true events and real life stories over the Chilean earthquake that hit the country in 2010.

How does it feel to be living your dream, from directing to writing to acting?

Eli Roth: I feel like I’m getting to live my dream and there’s really no better feeling in the world. I think one of the keys to that is that I’ve taken chances and I’ve never played it safe on anything that I’ve ever done.

A group of survivors manage to get out of an underground nightclub during an earthquake in a clip from Aftershock. However, Gringo (Eli Roth), Monica (Andrea Osv&#225rt), Pollo (Nicolas Martinez), and Kylie (Lorenza Izzo) realize their nightmare has just begun, as rioting and looting has broken out in the streets. Check out this intense scene from director Nicol&#225s L&#243pez's thriller, in select theaters May 10.

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Aftershock was released May 10th, 2013 and stars Eli Roth, Andrea Osvárt, Ariel Levy, Nicolas Martinez, Lorenza Izzo, Natasha Yarovenko, Selena Gomez, Ignacia Allamand. The film is directed by Nicolás López.

We’ve got some new stills of Eli Roth in the film “Aftershock”! If you are excited for this film and can’t wait to see the blood and gore, check out the pictures below the post. “Aftershock” is written by Eli Roth and Nicolás López (@eliroth and @nicolaslopez) and directed by López. The film stars Roth along with Andrea Osvart, Ariel Levy and Selena Gomez. The film is about a group of tourists who have to face the horrors Mother Nature can bring when an earthquake strikes: “In the middle of a night of wild partying, a hapless American tourist (Roth) and his friends are suddenly plunged into a living hell [ Read More ]

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Co-writer/producer Eli Roth takes on his first starring role in Aftershock, a fictionalized disaster film loosely based on the 2010 Chilean earthquake. Roth stars as Gringo, an American divorcée touring through Chile with his friends Ariel (Ariel Levy) and Pollo (Nicolas Martinez). After meeting a trio of beautiful women (Andrea Osvart, Lorenza Izzo, and Natasha Yarovenko) the group heads out for a night of drunken debauchery, but when a devastating earthquake hits they must do whatever it takes to survive a night of recurring aftershocks, escaped convicts, and panicking civilians. Directed by Nicolas Lopez, Aftershock takes a decidedly “genre” approach to the subject matter setting up death after bloody death and delivering on gruesome effects. Aftershock is available in select theaters and on VOD May 10th. At a recent La press day I sat down with Roth for a one on one interview. We talked about morality in disaster films,...

Chicago – Eli Roth may be in front of the camera for the earthquake horror film “Aftershock,” opening in some markets this weekend, but his fingerprints are all over it as a creative voice as well. From the long “Hostel”-esque set-up about the dread that can come just from being a foreigner in a strange land to the shock value of some of the extreme places that the film goes, it’s a Roth joint. Sadly, writer/director Nicolas Lopez doesn’t have quite the same personality and tonal balance as his star/producer, resulting in a film that too often feels ridiculous instead of tense. The elements all seem to be there but they’re not compiled in a way that creates atmosphere or dread as much as they do confusion and laughter.

Rating: 2.5/5.0

Gringo (Eli Roth) is travelling through Chile with friend Ariel (Ariel Levy) and his buddy...

A gory new international one-sheet has arrived for the new shaker from Eli Roth and Nicolas Lopez, Aftershock, and it makes us wish that we had the balls here Stateside to release something like this! Dig it!

Aftershock (review), an earthquake thriller scripted by Cabin Fever and Hostel's Eli Roth, Nicolas Lopez, and Guillermo Amoedo, revolves around an insane asylum on an island, where the inmates escape during the quake.

It’s the next "Eli Roth Presents" film, and it marks the English-language debut from director Nicolas Lopez. His last two films, Que Pena Tu Vida and Que Pena Tu Boda, were the highest-grossing Chilean films of 2010 and 2011. Roth most recently produced The Last Exorcism, a microbudget film that grossed $70 million worldwide.

Roth and Lopez wrote the story together, inspired by the latter’s experience when an earthquake devastated Chile in 2010. In his first big acting role since Inglourious Basterds,...

It's hard to tell what's going on in this confusing new poster for Nicolás López's Aftershock starring Eli Roth. Since I haven't seen the film, like the majority of folks out there, can someone please enlighten me? This looks like two images merged into one, making the actors look like their molded together like John Carpenter's alien from The Thing. There's Andrea Osvart, and someone below. Steve Ramos reviewed at the film at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, and although we gave it an above-average score, found it disappointing. Then again, after viewing the red band trailer again for the Radius TWC opener, I can see why I'm confused in all the scatter here. In Aftershock, in the middle of a night of wild partying, a hapless American tourist (Roth) and his friends are suddenly plunged into a living hell when a powerful earthquake rips through the coastal town of Valparaíso,...

Title: Aftershock Directed By: Nicolás López Starring: Eli Roth, Andrea Osvárt, Ariel Levy, Nicholás Martínez, Lorenza Izzo, Natasha Yarovenko If you’re into Eli Roth-style gore, “Aftershock” is satisfying enough – period. Gringo’s (Eli Roth) enjoying some time in Chile with his buddy Ariel (Ariel Levy) and Ariel’s lifelong friend Pollo (Nicholás Martínez). Courtesy of Pollo’s minor celebrity status and seemingly bottomless bank account, the guys get access to all the hottest parties and the chance to take some ladies along for the ride. The divorced Gringo, recently single Ariel and ever-horny Pollo are thrilled to take their new Hungarian friends Irina, Kylie, and Monica (Natasha Yarovenko, Lorenza Izzo, and Andrea [ Read More ]

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The studio just sent us this exclusive clip from the upcoming horror-thriller, ‘Aftershock,’ from Radius-twc. The film directed by Nicholas Lopez stars Eli Roth, Andrea Osvárt, Ariel Levy and Selena Gomez (Rudderless, Getaway, Spring Breakers). Synopsis: ‘Aftershock’ follows a hapless American tourist, Gringo (Eli Roth), who’s busy partying with his two Chilean friends, Ariel (Ariel Levy) and Pollo (Nicolas Martinez). The three pals are having the times of their lives, except for the fact that they can’t find women to hook up with. But their luck changes when they meet Russian model Irina (Natasha Yarovenko), non-stop party girl Kylie (Lorenza Izzo) and her serious sister Monica (Andrea Osvart), who agree [ Read More ]

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It was announced that the Eli Roth-produced Aftershock will receive a limited theatrical release this Friday. If you live in California and are interested in checking it out on the big screen, we have a list of locations that playing the movie:

“Chile has it all: gorgeous landscapes, smokin’- hot women, cool dudes, great wine, and the wildest parties. For a hapless American tourist, nicknamed Gringo (Eli Roth) by his two Chilean pals Ariel (Ariel Levy) and Pollo (Nicolás Martínez), the trip has been heaven on earth — except that he just can’t hook up with the ladies. Gringo’s luck seems to change when the group meets a trio of babes — Russian model Irina (Natasha Yarovenko), non-stop party girl Kylie (Lorenza Izzo) and her serious sister Monica (Andrea Osvárt) — who agree to accompany them on a trip to the coastal town of Valparaíso. The new friends are...

A new red-band trailer for the upcoming horror-thriller, ‘Aftershock,’ has been released by Radius-twc. The film, which was directed by Nicholas Lopez and written by Eli Roth and Lopez, is set to hit theaters on Friday. ‘Aftershock’ follows a hapless American tourist, Gringo (Roth), who’s busy partying with his two Chilean friends, Ariel (Ariel Levy) and Pollo (Nicolas Martinez). The three pals are having the times of their lives, except for the fact that they can’t find women to hook up with. But their luck changes when they meet Russian model Irina (Natasha Yarovenko), non-stop party girl Kylie (Lorenza Izzo) and her serious sister Monica (Andrea Osvart), who agree to [ Read More ]

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