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“Alien: Romulus,” out now in theaters, is a surprise late-summer hit and proof positive that the “Alien” franchise is far from over.

And the new movie, plus the upcoming FX series “Alien: Earth,” have us wanting to look back at the series – the highs, the lows and the what-were-they-thinkings. Below is the definitive ranking of every “Alien” movie.

Chest-bursters and face-huggers are, of course, welcome.

20th Century 9. “Alien vs. Predator: Requiem” (2007)

The poster for “Alien vs. Predator: Requiem” is stylized as “Avp R,” which emphasizes the fact that the movie was actually rated R, unlike the earlier PG-13-rated “Alien vs. Predator.” And, in that sense, the movie delivers the goods – there’s a ton of splatter in this installment.

A direct sequel to the earlier extraterrestrial team-up movie, “Avp R” is set in a small Colorado town, where a predator/alien hybrid from the end of the previous movie is on a bloodthirsty rampage.

If you want to stream all of the movies in the “Alien” franchise, including the “Alien vs. Predator” spinoffs, head over to Hulu.

All eight films, released theatrically by 20th Century Fox (since renamed as 20th Century Studios) are currently on the Disney-owned streamer at the moment.

Ridley Scott’s 1979 original space thriller and James Cameron’s action-packed 1986 sequel and subsequent sequels are variously available on Fubu, FX Now and Max.

Here’s where to stream all the “Alien” movies right now ahead of the release of “Alien: Romulus,” the ninth film in the franchise that opens in theaters on Aug. 16.

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Alien (1979)

In the first film, the crew of the Nostromo – Ripley, Dallas (Tom Skerritt), Ash (Ian Holm), Kane (John Hurt), Parker (Yaphet Kotto), Lambert (Veronica Cartwright) and Brett (Harry Dean Stanton) — answer a deep-space distress call that will prove fatal for most of them. Four decades latter,...

It's not mentioned out loud in any of the movies, but the alien species in the "Predator" series is called the Yautja, pronounced "Yah-oot-Cha." Although there have been comics and other pieces of expanded universe ephemera to explain where the Yautja come from and what their civilization might be like, the movies have depicted them merely as a species of intergalactic hunters that have arranged their entire society around the challenge of hunting for sport. They could have a rich arts community back on their homeworld, or perhaps a stirring and complicated political culture, but we've only ever seen the hunting part of their society. Perhaps the hunters are merely wealthy weekend warriors who can afford to go game hunting on other planets, while other Yaujta protest their wasteful brutality.

Throughout their multiple film appearances, the Yautja have mostly hunted humans, although there are two notorious films from the 2000s...

A new episode of the Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? video series has just been released, and with this one we’re looking back at the 2010 film Skyline (watch it Here). To find out all about this sci-fi thriller, check out the video embedded above.

Directed by Greg and Colin Strause from a screenplay written by Joshua Cordes and Liam O’Donnell, Skyline has the following synopsis: Jarrod and Elaine travel to Southern California to visit their friend Terry. What should be a fun outing turns into a weekend of horror. At night, strange light signals announce an invasion of giant aliens who attack terrified people. Jarrod and his friends must use all their skills to survive the global genocide.

The film stars Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, Brittany Daniel, Crystal Reed, Neil Hopkins, David Zayas, Donald Faison, Robin Gammell, Tanya Newbould, and J. Paul Boehmer.

In the years since Skyline was released,...

Scream Factory has detailed its upcoming 4K Blu-ray release of Colin Strause and Greg Strause's Skyline (2010), starring Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, Brittany Daniel, Crystal Reed, and Neil Hopkins.

The release will be available for purchase on May 2.

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It was supposed to be a simple birthday weekend in Southern California. But when sunrise arrives two hours early in the form of a haunting light from an unknown source, a group of friends watch in terror as people across the city are drawn outside and swept into massive alien ships that have blotted out the L.A. skyline.

From tankers to drones and hydra-like extraterrestrials, the aliens are inescapable and seemingl...

On paper, "Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem" sounds like a fun, interesting movie. Two giants of the sci-fi horror world coming together to fight in a small suburban town full of victims? Sounds sick. Unfortunately, the 2007 movie wasn't exactly what many fans and critics were expecting from a concept like that, resulting in a critical and commercial flop that still has a 12 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

There's a good reason why people didn't like what they got after being promised a suburban alien clash: A lot of those clashes couldn't actually be seen very easily. "Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem" is a movie that has been lambasted for how poorly lit it is, with many critical scenes and fights playing out in near-total darkness. Seriously: If you're wanting to watch the movie, you better expect to turn up your television's settings beforehand.

What many people might not realize is that the film's...

STXfilms has acquired the rights to “Universe’s Most Wanted,” a sci-fi adventure starring Dave Bautista and directed by “Rampage” filmmaker Brad Peyton.

The film comes from AGC Studios and CAA Media Finance and is currently in pre-production. Filming hopes to begin in Melbourne, Australia in July. STX will release “Universe’s Most Wanted” in the U.S., the UK and India.

In “Universe’s Most Wanted,” a small town gets a big surprise when a spaceship carrying the universe’s most wanted and dangerous criminals crash lands in their backyard. Soon the sheriff and his son become heroes when they find themselves helping an intergalactic peacekeeper (Bautista) to keep the ragtag group of alien prisoners from escaping and taking over the world. F. Scott Frazier and Jimmy Loweree wrote the screenplay.

Peyton is directing and producing the film through his Asap Entertainment alongside Jeff Fierson, and Bautista will also produce through his...

Once upon a time, Greg and Colin Strause directed Skyline, an alien invasion movie where the majority of the budget went to crafting the visual effects. Although the film received a thrashing from critics at the time, Skyline did become a box-office success, which as we know, means sequel. Beyond Skyline arrived seven years later and was deemed a big improvement over the original, and with Frank…...

Exclusive: U.S. indie distributor Vertical Entertainment is launching a genre-leaning UK distribution arm during the American Film Market.

The slate for 2020 will include Polaroid, previously of Dimension Films; Ld Entertainment’s re-make Jacob’s Ladder; Xyz Films’ Code 8; Peter Facinelli-directed mystery thriller Hour Of Lead; Freida Pinto and Leslie Odom Jr. sci-fi film Only; and Skylin3s, the third installment in the Skyline franchise.

Also among the slate will be genre fare including Rock Paper Dead, Dark Light, Inmate Zero, The Host, True Fiction, Bit, and crime thriller Blood On Her Name starring Will Patton (Armageddon).

Vertical partners Rich Goldberg, Mitch Budin, and Peter Jarowey made the announcement. Vertical’s Head of international Sales, Ryan Keller, and Josh Spector, Vice President, Acquisitions & Distribution, will be overseeing the acquisitions strategy for the territory. Releases will be predominantly aimed at premium VOD.

Vertical will also handle all English-speaking rights for Polaroid,...

All the rage right now in CGI is digital de-aging, the act of making an actor look decades younger (or sometimes older) on screen by digitally smoothing out wrinkles and tightening jaw lines. Why hope that a young, untested actor can be convincing as a lookalike Samuel L. Jackson when we have the real thing right here? Imagine photoshopping a picture for a magazine, but now do that over and over for every scene of a movie. It’s not a complicated process, and the technology hasn’t advanced drastically dating back to the first instance in 2006, but the VFX artists have matured to the point that filmmakers can go entire movies with a de-aged actor rather than just a few scenes. Here are just a few actors who have gone under the digital knife.

Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen – “X-Men: The Last Stand” (2006)

The first major instance of digital...

Joe and Anthony Russo

The Russo brothers exploded onto the scene with “Captain America: The Winter Solider” after toiling in television with shows like “Community.” Next up, the brothers have back-to-back “Avengers” movies dropping in 2018 and 2019.

Matt and Ross Duffer

The Duffer brothers are identical twin brothers best known for writing and directing a number of science fiction and horror films and television shows before hitting critical mass with “Stranger Things” on Netflix. The show returns for the second season this October.

Paul and Chris Weitz

The filmmaking brothers Paul and Chris Weitz broke through with the blockbuster 1999 teen sex comedy “American Pie.” Last year, Amazon Studios signed a two-year first-look deal with the Weitz brothers production company Depth of Field.

Jon and Andrew Erwin

The Erwin brothers, known for their Christian film resume, have directed four feature films, including “October Baby,” “Mom’s Night Out” and “Woodlawn.” Their latest faith-based drama,...

We told you over the weekend that the Greg and Colin Strause‘s Skyline franchise would be continuing with Skylines, which will bring upon the return of Beyond Skyline‘s Lindsey Morgan as Captain Rose Corley. In the film, Corley is a human with extraterrestrial superpowers that mean she is the only person powerful enough to vanquish the marauders. When a virus threatens to turn earth-dwelling […]...

While I wasn’t a fan of Greg and Colin Strause‘s Skyline, the Liam O’Donnell-directed Beyond Skyline was an absolute blast from start to finish, while also giving heavy homage to classics like Alien and Predator. I became an immediate fan of O’Donnell and the franchise showed some serious potential. Now, huge news out of the ongoing American Film Market […]...

Fans and first-time viewers alike can own Brad Peyton's Rampage starring Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris (28 Days Later), Malin Akerman (The Watchmen), Jake Lacy, Joe Manganiello (True Blood), and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead) on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray /3D Combo Pack, and DVD on July 17th. If you can't wait until then, no worries, the movie will be released for digital platforms on June 26th.

Press Release (via Home Theater Forum): Watch an unshakeable bond form between an extraordinarily intelligent gorilla and noteworthy primatologist when “Rampage” arrives on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-Ray 3D Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital.

Global icon Dwayne Johnson headlines the action adventure “Rampage,” directed by Brad Peyton.

“Rampage” also stars Oscar nominee Naomie Harris (“Moonlight”), Malin Akerman (TV’s “Billions”), Jake Lacy (TV’s “Girls”), Joe Manganiello (TV’s “True Blood”), and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (TV’s “The Walking Dead...

Burbank, CA, May 29 – Watch an unshakeable bond form between an extraordinarily intelligent gorilla and noteworthy primatologist when Rampage arrives on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-Ray 3D Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital.

Global icon Dwayne Johnson headlines the action adventure “Rampage,” directed by Brad Peyton.

Rampage also stars Oscar nominee Naomie Harris (Moonlight), Malin Akerman (Billions), Jake Lacy (Girls), Joe Manganiello (True Blood), and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead), P.J. Byrne (The Wolf of Wall Street), Marley Shelton (Rise), Breanne Hill (Frontier), Jack Quaid (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), Matt Gerald (Daredevil), Jason Liles (Death Note), Demetrius Grosse (The Brave) and Will Yun Lee (Hawaii Five-o)

Peyton directed from a screenplay by Ryan Engle, Carlton Cuse, Ryan J. Condal and Adam Sztykiel. The film’s story was written by Ryan Engle.

Rampage was produced by Beau Flynn, John Rickard, Brad Peyton and Hiram Garcia. It marks the third collaboration between Johnson,...

Kirsten Howard Dec 13, 2017

We chat to writer-director Liam O' Donnell about the process of making both Skyline films, and the future of genre cinema...

Liam O’Donnell wrote and produced the critically-mauled sci-fi hit Skyline in 2010, and he’s spent the better part of a decade working on the well-received follow up film, Beyond Skyline, which also marks his directorial debut. We talked to him about his experiences on both movies, and whether there might be a resurgence of big budget original genre films.

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Can I begin by asking how you originally became involved with the first Skyline movie? You co-wrote and produced that one,...

Sneak Peek footage and images from director Liam O'Donnell's science fiction thriller "Beyond Skyline", the sequel to "Skyline" (2010), starring Frank Grillo ("Captain America: The Winter Soldier"), Bojana Novakovic, Iko Uwais, Callan Mulvey, Yayan Ruhian, Betty Gabriel and Antonio Fargas:

"...set concurrently with the previous 'Skyline' film...

"...but in a different undisclosed location during a worldwide alien invasion, 'Mark' (Grillo)...

"...a tough-as-nails detective, embarks on a relentless pursuit to free his son 'Trent', from a nightmarish alien warship..."

In the first "Skyline" film, directed by Colin Strause and Greg Strause, starring Eric Balfour, Donald Faison, Scottie Thompson and Brittany Daniel :

"...it was supposed to be a simple birthday weekend in Southern California. But when sunrise arrives two hours early in the form of a haunting light from an unknown source...

...a group of friends watch in terror as people across the city are drawn outside and...

Sneak Peek footage and images from director Liam O'Donnell's science fiction thriller "Beyond Skyline", the sequel to "Skyline" (2010), starring Frank Grillo ("Captain America: The Winter Soldier"), Bojana Novakovic, Iko Uwais, Callan Mulvey, Yayan Ruhian, Betty Gabriel and Antonio Fargas:

"...set concurrently with the previous 'Skyline' film...

"...but in a different undisclosed location during a worldwide alien invasion, 'Mark' (Grillo)...

"...a tough-as-nails detective, embarks on a relentless pursuit to free his son 'Trent', from a nightmarish alien warship..."

In the first "Skyline" film, directed by Colin Strause and Greg Strause, starring Eric Balfour, Donald Faison, Scottie Thompson and Brittany Daniel :

"...it was supposed to be a simple birthday weekend in Southern California. But when sunrise arrives two hours early in the form of a haunting light from an unknown source...

...a group of friends watch in terror as people across the city are drawn outside and...

Sneak Peek footage and images from director Liam O'Donnell's science fiction thriller "Beyond Skyline", the sequel to "Skyline" (2010), starring Frank Grillo ("Captain America: The Winter Soldier"), Bojana Novakovic, Iko Uwais, Callan Mulvey, Yayan Ruhian, Betty Gabriel and Antonio Fargas:

"...set concurrently with the previous 'Skyline' film but in a different undisclosed location during a worldwide alien invasion, 'Mark' (Grillo)...

"...a tough-as-nails detective, embarks on a relentless pursuit to free his son 'Trent', from a nightmarish alien warship..."

In the first "Skyline" film, directed by Colin Strause and Greg Strause, starring Eric Balfour, Donald Faison, Scottie Thompson and Brittany Daniel :

"...it was supposed to be a simple birthday weekend in Southern California. But when sunrise arrives two hours early in the form of a haunting light from an unknown source...

...a group of friends watch in terror as people across the city are drawn outside and...

Based on the Midway video game franchise of the same name, the Rampage movie kicked off production today in Atlanta, and New Line Cinema shared the official synopsis for the adaptation that stars Dwayne Johnson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and colossal creatures paving a path of destruction across the Us.

We have the official press release with full details on the Rampage movie below, as well as a behind-the-scenes photo that Johnson shared on Facebook.

Press Release: Burbank, Calif.--Global megastar Dwayne Johnson headlines New Line Cinema’s action adventure “Rampage,” for director/producer Brad Peyton. Beau Flynn, John Rickard and Hiram Garcia are also producing the film, currently on location in Atlanta, for an April 20, 2018 release. “Rampage” marks the third collaboration between Johnson, Peyton and Flynn, following the blockbuster “San Andreas.”

Primatologist Davis Okoye (Johnson), a man who keeps people at a distance, shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent,...

Nominees for the 14th Annual Ves Awards just landed, with films like Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Martian, and Mad Max: Fury Road getting love from the Visual Effects Society. The winners in 23 film and TV categories will be unveiled February 2 at the Beverly Hilton. Here are the nominess: Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature Furious 7 Mike Wassel Karen Murphy Martin Hill Kevin McIlwain Dan Sudick San Andreas Colin Strause Randall Starr Bryan…...

New Line Cinema, Village Roadshow Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures’ action thriller San Andreas, starring Dwayne Johnson, is making a major impact in the global theatrical marketplace, registering a box office total of more than $300 million worldwide as of Monday, June 8, only its 10th day in release.

San Andreas opened at number one in North America on May 29th, entertaining moviegoers in 2D, RealD 3D and IMAX to earn a stellar A- Cinema Score and a domestic weekend total of more than $54 million. As of Monday, its domestic earnings have reached $101.1 million.

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Warner Bros. Pictures has released the brand new trailer for next summer’s disaster-suspense film San Andreas.

The film stars Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Ioan Gruffudd, Archie Panjabi, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Art Parkinson and Paul Giamatti.

Shot on location in The Gold Coast and Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and in Los Angeles and San Francisco, San Andreas is slated to open in theatres in both 3D and 2D format on Friday, May 29, 2015.

This isn’t the first film where Southern California has been destroyed on the silver screen. San Francisco (1936) is based on the April 18, 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Directed by Woody Van Dyke, the drama stars Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, and Spencer Tracy.

Airport originated the 1970s disaster film genre and audiences were deluged with a series of movies including the original Earthquake (1974). These films always included a huge cast, where many of the actors usually perished by the climax.

Iko Uwais isn’t a household name just yet, but anyone who has seen any of director Gareth Evans’ last three films — Merantau, The Raid, The Raid 2 — likely remembers both his face and his sick moves. If you’re of such an ilk, the kind of moviegoer who relishes in the strange and ambitious fare of the science fiction genre, you are probably also away of the 2010 alien invasion film Skyline from VFX wiz-kids Greg and Colin Strause. Made on a small budget and delivered with great scale, Skyline was an imperfect but remarkably impressive entry in the packed landscape of alien invasion cinema. Now these two things are coming together. Badass fighter + badass alien effects. You’re welcome. More details after the jump, including word of yet another Indonesian ass-kicker’s involvement. Beyond Skyline, which begins filming in early December in Indonesia, will be written and directed by Liam O’Donnell, who...

It’s taken them some time to get around to it, but VFX specialists-turned-producer/directors Greg and Colin Strause are now planning a spin-off to their 2010 sci-fi adventure Skyline. The sibling duo has Frank Grillo and The Raid’s Iko Uwais set for Beyond Skyline.The brothers have also handed directorial chores off for this one to Liam O’Donnell, who co-wrote the first film and will both script and call the shots now. While the original saw characters in Los Angeles reacting to an alien invasion of the Earth, the new film will expand the canvas but keep the stories at the human level, with Uwais the leader of an underground resistance that forms against the occupying extra terrestrial forces. Grillo, meanwhile, will be a father looking for his child, who was snatched by the pesky aliens. Also aboard is Uwais’ Raid co-star Yayan Ruihan, with the pair acting...

"The Raid" star Iko Uwais will co-star with Frank Grillo in "Beyond Skyline," the upcoming follow-up to the 2010 alien invasion adventure "Skyline".

Join will play the leader of an underground resistance that forms after aliens touch down on earth. Grillo plays a father looking for his abducted child.

Uwais "Raid" franchise co-star Yayan Ruhian is also onboard the project, and the pair will act as fight choreographers on the film.

Liam O’Donnell is directing and has penned the script. Greg and Colin Strause, who helmed the first film, will produce alongside Matthew Chausse and Mike Wiluan.

Filming begins in Indonesia in early December.

Source: Variety...

• Kevin Bacon is in talks for Jungle. The thriller is based on the true story of Yossi Ghinsberg, who penned a memoir about his dangerous trip to the Amazon jungle where he was accompanied by two friends and a mysterious guide. If the deal goes through, Bacon will play the Austrian guide, Karl. Greg McLean, whom Bacon worked with on 6 Miranda Drive, will direct. Justin Monjo adapted Ghinsberg's 2005 book for the screen. The film will begin shooting early next year in Australia and Colombia. In addition to the film, Ghinsberg's story also inspired the one-hour Discovery Channel docu-drama series, I Shouldn't Be Alive.

Back in 2010, Universal's genre arm, Rogue Pictures, released the truly awful Skyline into theaters. With a $10 million budget the film grossed $66.8 million worldwide. Despite warnings from a few readers I watched it a few months after its release and it prompted me to write a scathing evaluation, though looking back it reminded me of what co-director siblings Greg and Colin Strause said on their audio commentary track toward the end of the film: Colin says, "The secret idea with this movie is that it's basically like a comic book movie and this is the prequel." Greg again adds his ever important two cents, "Yeah, this is the origin story." Colin then explains the nature of how these things work, "Normally you do the regular movie first and then you'd come back and shoot the prequel later. We basically shot the prequel first. And being able to do that, and ending...

Exclusive: Roman Kopelevich’s Red Sea Media will handle all international sales on adventure comedy The Librarian starring Marcia Gay Harden and Spanish star Oscar Jaenada.

The film screens at the market and centres on a teacher who travels to Costa Rica where she embarks upon adventure and romance with a younger man.

Red Sea Media’s Afm sales slate include screening titles Dawn Patrol starring Scott Eastwood and Rita Wilson and The Timber starring Josh Peck.

Among Kopelevich’s market roster are Beyond Skyline, set to start production in December; sci-fi adventure The 7th Tear produced by Brett Ratner, Matthew Chausse and Greg and Colin Strause of Hydraulx and John Cheng.

The list includes Squirrels produced by Timur Bekmambetov and the supernatural sci-fi Chimera, produced by Hydraulx.

Beyond Skyline is no longer a sequel merely "in development." According to the Facebook page for the film, location scouting will begin soon and pre-production is officially underway. Shooting is expected to begin this December.

Liam O'Donnell is in the director's seat this time; he collaborated on the script with Joshua Cordes. The two penned the first Skyline.

Greg and Colin Strause are producing.

The post Beyond Skyline Officially Heads into Pre-Production appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.

The Cannes Film Festival is best known for debuting daring new cinema, like Ryan Gosling's directorial debut Lost River or the Nicole Kidman vehicle Grace of Monaco. Meanwhile, the Cannes Film Market is a hotbed of distribution deals both foreign and domestic. There, amid titles like Kidnap and Skiptrace, the rumored Skyline sequel is gaining momentum. Dark Horizons has learned that a sequel to the 2010 low-budget sci-fi thriller Skyline is being sold overseas. Called Beyond Skyline, this film will presumably continue the alien invasion premise of the first film, but this time without The Brothers Strause at the helm. Instead, Skyline producer and co-writer Liam O'Donnell has been brought on board, marking his directorial debut. No details on the plot have yet been released. But the above sales poster has been shared on Facebook. Greg and Colin Strause are special effects artists who crafted a career in visual effects...

If you saw brothers/co-directors Greg and Colin Strause’s 2010 alien invasion movie “Skyline,” then you know that the ending of the film sets up a sequel. Not a terrible surprise, I know. These days, every genre film is almost expected to launch a franchise or, as is the fashion, a trilogy. “Skyline” was no different. Unfortunately a sequel never happened, even though the film did earn $66 million worldwide from a relatively cheap $10 million budget. While that may sound like a lot, the movie was heavily promoted beyond its budget, so $66 really wasn’t that much. And so, we never really found out what happened to the two main characters played by Eric Balfour and Scottie Thompson. But maybe we’ll finally find out when director Liam O’Donnell directs the sequel, “Beyond Skyline,” which is currently being sold to potential buyers (and financiers) over at Cannes. To help with the sale,...

Hugo Johnstone-Burt has joined the cast of San Andreas, an action thriller starring Dwayne Johnson that.s now shooting on the Gold Coast. Johnson plays a helicopter pilot who joins up with his estranged wife (Carla Gugino) to search for their daughter who goes missing after a devastating earthquake hits California.

Johnstone-Burt, who starts work in mid-May, will play a quirky, charming guy who meets the girl (Alexandra Daddario of TV.s True Detective) just before the quake and helps her to reach a safe place. The actor whose credits include Miss Fisher.s Murder Mysteries, Mr and Mrs Murder, Goddess and Home and Away, will film his scenes in Queensland and California. He.s represented in the Us by UTA and in Australia by United Management.

Backed by New Line Cinema and Village Roadshow Pictures, San Andreas is directed by Brad Peyton and produced by Beau Flynn, who collaborated...

Principal photography begins Tuesday, April 22, on location in Australia for San Andreas starring Dwayne Johnson.

The action thriller from New Line Cinema and Village Roadshow Pictures reunites Johnson with director Brad Peyton and producer Beau Flynn, following their collaboration on the global hit Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.

San Andreas is slated to open in theatres on Friday, June 5, 2015.

After the infamous San Andreas Fault finally gives, triggering a magnitude 9 earthquake in California, a search and rescue helicopter pilot (Johnson) and his estranged wife make their way together from Los Angeles to San Francisco to save their only daughter. But their treacherous journey north is only the beginning, and when they think the worst may be over…it’s just getting started.

The film also stars Carla Gugino (“Night at the Museum,” TV’s “Entourage”), Alexandra Daddario (“Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters,” TV’s “True Detective”) and Archie Panjabi (TV...

Just in time for Veteran's Day, we have a really cool exclusive for you, which comes in the form of a sneak peek at teaser footage/concept trailer for The Mighty Eighth, a WWII epic that focuses on the B17 air crews piloting through the onslaught of the Luftwaffe. The footage was put together by Hydraulx, the special effects company formed by Greg & Colin Strause (Skyline, Take Shelter). The film has yet to be shot with the script out to cast and making its debut at Afm, so...

Exclusive: Red Sea Media has come on to handle international sales at Afm on WWII film The Mighty Eighth, which David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman of The Fighter are on board to produce.

Rick Jacobson of Spartacus fame will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with one of the project’s producers, Kurt Johnstad, whose writing credits include 300 and Act Of Valor.==

FX wizards and Hydraulx co-heads Greg and Colin Strause will also produce the story of an American bomber crew behind enemy lines who must survive a swarm of German fighters. CAA handles domestic rights.

“My goal with The Mighty Eighth is to create a film that not only thrills and entertains the masses, but opens eyes and honors an important part of World War II that has never been portrayed the way it actually was,” said Jacobson.

“Terrifying, intense, bloody, brutal, emotional, heroic, spectacular… all anchored around the special, emotional bond between...

Skyline co-writer Joshua Cordes will be making his directorial debut on a film which he also wrote called Chimera for Red Sea Media. Read on for some early artwork and details.

According to IMDb, Erik Fellows, T.J. Hoban, Alec Gillis, Michael Petrone, Garrison Koch, Phet Mahathongdy, Jackie Martin and Lauren Marin star in the flick, which is being produced by Skyline directors Greg and Colin Strause with co-writer Liam O'Donnell.

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Three attractive sisters in their 20's endure a series of traumatizing dreams that are strangely connected. After conventional medicine fails, they engage in an experimental therapy that promises a cure.

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ShockTillYouDrop.com has learned Joshua Cordes (Skyline co-writer) is making his feature directorial debut with the horror-thriller Chimera, which is currently in post-production.

Erik Fellows, T.J. Hoban, Alec Gillis, Michael Petrone, Garrison Koch, Phet Mahathongdy, Jackie Martin and Lauren Marin star.  Cordes also penned the script.

Skyline's directors, Greg and Colin Strause (aka the Brothers Strause), and co-writer Liam O'Donnell are all serving as producers.

Head inside for a plot synopsis.

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Mute Short Film. Colin Strause, Greg Strause‘s Mute (2003) short film stars Angela Casaroho, James Cooley, and Mario Magdalenie. Mute‘s plot synopsis: “What would life be like without music? Mute takes place in a futuristic world without sound. Earless people gather at a nightclub to watch the light show and communicate via electronic orbs. Everything changes [...]

Continue reading: Mute (2003) Short Film: Colin Strause, Greg Strause, Angela Casaroho...

Well. This is a bit on the strange side given the lack of any fanfare or news. If the following report from The Georgetown Times is to be believed, we may just be seeing Barry Levinson's tale of things gone horribly awry in a small town, The Bay, this October.

According to The Times the ecological horror movie that involved a large cast of people from Georgetown County will be released in October. This is according to the S.C. Film Commission, who heard from the producers of The Bay that the film would be released later this year.

The movie, first called Isopod, has no trailer and no movie poster. There is still no exact day that the movie will be released.

The film, which cost about $2 million to produce, was directed by Oscar-winning producer Barry Levinson. It is one in a series of horror films that includes Insidious and Paranormal Activity.

Each week within this column we strive to pair the latest in theatrical releases to the worthwhile titles currently available on Netflix Instant Watch.

It’s an invasion! This week in theaters, aliens ride into the Old West and crash South London while a pack of little blue men take New York City by storm! If you can’t get enough of western genre-blending, villainous aliens and ’80s nostalgia, we’ve got a selection of streaming features destined to entertain you through the heatwave!

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Cowboys & Aliens

When space invaders roll into a settlement in 1873 Arizona, two wily cowboys (Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford) are all that stands between mankind and world domination! Olivia Wilde co-stars; Jon Favreau directs.

Firefly: The Complete Series (2002) Combining sci-fi and western elements may not be new, but it was rarely as much fun as seen in Joss Whedon’s short-lived but fan-adored adventures series Firefly.

Will Rupert Murdoch go down for Nine Months or escape on Titanic? We launch our own inquiry into Fox-backed films

Hugh Grant has declared that he had no idea that Nine Months, the dopey pregromcom he made in 1995 with Julianne Moore, was a Fox movie – that is to say, one for which Rupert Murdoch was ultimately responsible. He says that if he knew then what he knows now, he never would have accepted the role.

Murdoch bought Fox in 1985 – he had to become a Us citizen to do so. But if there was a searching internal inquiry into quality at Fox – similar to the searching internal inquiry into ethics avowedly taking place at News International – how would the arguments stack up? What movies made or distributed by Mr Murdoch would be adduced in evidence? As the defendant sits impassively in the dock, perhaps behind bullet-proof glass, here are the opposing...

New to Netflix Streaming On Wednesday July 13th: The Fighter (R | 2010)

Flickchart Ranking: #78

Times Ranked: 20369

Win Percentage: 62%

How Many Top-20′s: 88 Users

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Directed By: David O. Russell

Starring: Mark Wahlberg • Christian Bale • Amy Adams • Melissa Leo

Genres: Biopic • Drama • Family Drama • Sports Drama

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New to Netflix Streaming On Saturday July 16th: The Last Airbender (PG | 2010)

Flickchart Ranking: #9152

Times Ranked: 5813

Win Percentage: 23%

How Many Top-20′s: 6 Users

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Directed By: M. Night Shyamalan

Starring: Shaun Toub • Nicola Peltz • Dev Patel • Jackson Rathbone • Noah Ringer

Genres: Action • Adventure • Based-on-Television • Family-Oriented Adventure • Fantasy • Martial Arts

Studios/Franchises: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture

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Skyline (PG13 | 2010)

Flickchart Ranking: #9733

Times Ranked: 2724

Win Percentage: 28%

How Many Top-20′s: 7 Users

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Directed By: Colin Strause

Starring: Eric Balfour • Scottie Thompson • Brittany Daniel • David Zayas • Donald Faison

Genres: Action • Action Thriller • Alien Invasion Films • Science Fiction • Sci-Fi Action

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New to Netflix Streaming On Sunday July 17th: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home...

Photo: Warner Bros. I was completely out of the loop when it came to Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, a film predominantly known at this point as the worst reviewed movie of the last decade by RottenTomatoes standards. So, when I decided I would follow in the footsteps of my previous look at Skyline and regularly take a look back at movies considered to be among the worst ever that I had not yet seen, there was no better place to start.

In short, yes, this is a bad film. Terrible in fact. Is it the worst? That's all relative to the discussion. Worst in what way? Plot? Characters? Execution? Entertainment? In all honesty, this is a film I would consider a perfect entry in a new age of grindhouse. All I could think of while watching the inexplicable amount of explosions, lack of story and silly predicaments was of Robert Rodriguez...

The production of Hollywood movies and the way in which they are commissioned is so brazenly exploitative they would make a pimp blush. Even a respected old hand like Barry Levinson (Rain Man) is not immune from such realities as his new film, a eco-horror thriller The Bay, demonstrates. A combination of the “found footage” type of cinema that is extremely cheap to make and particularly suited to suspenseful/horror type genre pieces, as well as the sort of ecological based threat that sees the dying planet we live on used as a basis for more fantastical manifestations.

chronicles a horrifying biological disaster that arises from the Chesapeake Bay — an isopod parasite that carries an untreatable disease. As it jumps from fish to the humans in a small town, the victims capture the terror on home videos and the web.

Concerns of avarice aside, however, Levinson has a suitable weighty...

Lionsgate, a leading global entertainment company, today announced that it has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Barry Levinson's found footage eco-horror film The Bay from Alliance Films.  The announcement was made jointly by Joe Drake, President of the Motion Picture Group, and Jason Constantine, President of Acquisitions and Co-Productions.From the producers of the Paranormal Activity franchise, the film is the next installment in their series following Insidious, and chronicles an unprecedented biological disaster unleashed from the waters of the Chesapeake Bay- an isopod parasite, carrying a horrific untreatable disease, that jumps from fish to human hosts. The true horror and scope of the event unfolds on footage captured on home videos and the internet by the town's victims.Joe Drake explained the choice to acquire the film: "Ingenious genre films are and always will be a specialty at Lionsgate.  The Bay is a shining example of the...

Formerly known as Isopod, it has been announced today that director Barry Levinson‘s found footage eco-horror film The Bay will be released by Lionsgate. The film “chronicles an unprecedented biological disaster unleashed from the waters of the Chesapeake Bay- an isopod parasite, carrying a horrific untreatable disease, that jumps from fish to human hosts. The true horror and scope of the event unfolds on footage captured on home videos and the internet by the town’s victims.” I love much of Levinson’s previous work, most notably his directorial debut Diner. But he has been responsible for more classics such as Rain Man, Sleepers, and Wag the Dog. The Bay will see him returning to his horror roots found in Sphere.

In other distribution news, THR reports Relativity Media will distribute Mark Tonderai‘s thriller House at the End of the Street. The film stars Oscar-nominee Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue,...

Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Levinson has just found a distributor for his first horror film [1], a found footage tale of what happens when a deadly disease moves from the sea onto the land, called The Bay. Lionsgate has acquired the rights to the film, which was produced by the team behind Paranormal Activity and Insidious: Jason Blum, Steven Schneider and Oren Peli. Read the official press release and more after the break. One of the most intriguing aspects of The Bay is that we finally get a found footage movie from an experienced filmmaker. An Oscar-winner at that. The biggest successes in the genre - The Blair Witch Project, Cloverfield and Paranormal Activity, just to name a few - all came from relatively inexperienced directors at the time, so it's going to be interesting to see if Levinson's decades of experience in almost every genre - from sports, to dramas,...

Finally Barry Levinson's tale of things gone horribly awry in a small towm, The Bay, has a home, and we have got all of the details that you need to get the blood pumping for some good old fashioned nature-run-amok action! Dig it!

From the Press Release

Lionsgate® (NYSE: Lgf), a leading global entertainment company, today announced that it has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Barry Levinson’s found footage eco-horror film The Bay from Alliance Films. The announcement was made jointly by Joe Drake, President of the Motion Picture Group, and Jason Constantine, President of Acquisitions and Co-Productions.

From the producers of the Paranormal Activity franchise, the film is the next installment in their series following Insidious, and chronicles an unprecedented biological disaster unleashed from the waters of the Chesapeake Bay- an isopod parasite, carrying a horrific untreatable disease, that jumps from fish to human hosts. The...

It seems that Twentieth Century Fox has finally attached a director to their Deadpool spin-off. Sources have told the La Times that visual-effects savant Tim Miller will be making his directorial debut with the film. This isn’t the first time Miller has worked on superhero films, and has provided his visual effects talents to X-men, Daredevil, and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. However, the last time we saw visual effects artist make a directorial debut was with Greg and Colin Strause on Alien vs. Predator: Requiem and Skyline. Both of those films were mindless fun, but could have been a lot better. However, it’s way too early to write Miller off just yet.

Ryan Reynolds is set to reprise his role as Wade Wilson Aka Deadpool (here), and the film reportedly has a great script. Hopefully this film doesn’t disappoint. There’s no word on when...