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Stephen King is one of the most legendary writers in the world, and in the horror genre he is basically a god and his work has been adapted endlessly in movies and TV shows. With Netflix having such a huge content library we though of picking out the best of the best Stephen King adaptations you should check out right now.

Stand by Me Credit – Columbia Pictures

Stand by Me is a coming-of-age drama film directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay co-written by Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon. Based on the 1982 novella The Body by Stephen King, the 1986 film follows four friends who decide to go hiking to find the dead body of a local teenager who was hit by a train. Stand by Me stars Will Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O’Connell, and Kiefer Sutherland.

Vincenzo Natali's horror film In the Tall Grass has a harrowing yet ambiguous climax, so it helps to have In the Tall Grass explained in detail including how the ending differs from the source material. Written by Stephen King and his son, Joe Hill, In the Tall Grass was originally published in two parts in Esquire magazine. In the Tall Grass focuses on a brother and sister who are lured into a field of tall grass by a boy's cries for help. Once inside, they become separated and discover that the tall grass is twisting space and moving them around, making it impossible for them to either find each other or escape.

Released on Netflix, In the Tall Grass stars Laysla de Oliveira and Avery Whitted as Becky and Cal DeMuth, siblings who are on a road trip to San Diego. Unlike the original Stephen King In the Tall Grass short story,...

Cartoon Network shows in the 2000s pushed boundaries, dominating TV with great shows for a decade. Total Drama offers a satirical take on reality TV shows, full of mature themes and hilarious antics. Mucha Lucha and Chowder introduced unique animation styles and storytelling with plenty of humor.

Although Cartoon Network started becoming popular in the '90s, it was in the 2000s when their shows really took off. The network had some great cartoons that started in the 2000s, and many of these series carried over into the 2010s, proving that this was the best network on TV at the time for cartoons. Not only did the network have some great shows carrying into the decade, but it introduced some seriously memorable cartoons in the 2000s as well, giving Cartoon Network an entire decade of animated dominance.

Alongside the launch of Adult Swim in 2001 the network's spinoff block of programs...

Jim Watson as Dr. Theo Hunter and Hamza Haq as Dr. Bashir Hamed in ‘Transplant’ season 3 episode 13 (Photo by: Yan Turcotte/Sphere Media/CTV)

NBC’s Transplant season three comes to an end with episode 13, “The Luxury of Memory.” Episode 13 will air on Friday, February 9, 2024 at 9pm Et/Pt.

“The Luxury of Memory” Plot: After returning from overseas, Bash faces his future at home. Mags considers big decisions about her health and personal life. June steps up to help her patient with his profound request. Theo witnesses a devastating event.

Hamza Haq leads the cast as Dr. Bashir “Bash” Hamed and Sirena Gulamgaus stars as Amira. Rekha Sharma plays Dr. Neeta Devi, Laurence Leboeuf is Dr. Magalie “Mags” Leblanc, and Ayisha Issa stars as Dr. June Curtis. Jim Watson plays Dr. Theo Hunter, Torri Higginson is Claire Malone, and Gord Rand is Dr. Mark Novak.

Sugith Varughese as Dr. Aajay Singh,...

"The deeper you search, the darker the truth." Lionsgate has revealed the official trailer for an indie horror film called Dear David, inspired by / based on the Twitter thread from 2017. "Going Viral is a Nightmare." It's based on the made-up story by artist Adam Ellis, about a boy who begins haunting him at his apartment. After responding to Internet trolls, a man becomes haunted by the ghost of a dead child named David. Ellis originally tweeted, "My apartment is currently being haunted by the ghost of a dead child and he's trying to kill me." The thread then follows his encounters with this freaky haunting. The film stars Augustus Prew, Andrea Bang, Rachel Wilson, Rene Escobar Jr., Cameron Nicoll, and Justin Long (sneaking into even more horror). It's from the same director behind the horror comedy cult hit Anna and the Apocalypse a few years ago. This looks properly scary,...

Marcel Theroux To Investigate Playboy Bunny Murders

Louis Theroux’s brother Marcel Theroux is to investigate the playboy bunny murders for Itvx. In The Playboy Bunny Murders, the novelist will examine the brutal murders that shocked London in the 1970s, when Eve Stratford, a Playboy Bunny who aspired to be a famous model, Lynda Farrow, a croupier with years of experience working in nighttime London, and Lynne Weedon, a schoolgirl whose whole life lay ahead of her, were all murdered. Itvx has gained exclusive access to friends, colleagues and relatives of the victims and will provide intimate insight, as Theroux attempts to track down police files, examines new breakthroughs and travels across the world in search of answers. Soho Studios and Future Studios are producing the two-parter for the ITV streaming service. Theroux said the story has “obsessed him for years.” Executive producers are Ian Lamarra for Soho Studios and John Farrar for Future Studios.

"This is Larry. He isn't from the world you know. Larry just wants a friend." Focus Features has unveiled the first official trailer for a horror film titled Come Play, from filmmaker Jacob Chase. He adapts his own short film called Larry (watch here) into a feature film, telling the story of a monster named Larry that manifests itself through smart phones and mobile devices. The monster movie stars Azhy Robertson as the boy, Oliver, along with John Gallagher Jr., Gillian Jacobs, Winslow Fegley, Jayden Marine, and Rachel Wilson. To pull off this kind of freaky horror that involves so many digital devices, they have to be clever. But this looks like they might've nailed it. Plus the monster in this looks creepy as hell. All he wants is a friend! C'mon guys, just make him feel welcome, he's just lonely, too. A must watch horror trailer. Here's the first...

Olivia Benson isn't having a good year. Mariska Hargitay's Law & Order: Svu character finally became captain, but from there it's been a rough go. She lost her brother, and in the Thursday, Jan. 30 episode she learned her ex-boyfriend Ed Tucker (Robert John Burke) was retiring…and dying. And then later, well, spoiler alert: He died. Following a party crasher's suicide note video leveled rape allegations and a police cover up, Benson and the squad went into investigation mode. Tucker said he didn't remember Rachel Wilson (Holly Robinson Peete), not because he was covering up for his partner, the offender, but because of the cancer. He fessed up to Benson about his health after the...

Rest in peace, Ed Tucker.

On Law & Order: Svu Season 21 Episode 12, he became the latest in a string of suicides related to the rape of a Vice officer.

It was hard to shed a tear for him even though his story was tragic. But it was good that Svu was shedding light on the problem of suicide among cops.

Law & Order: Svu is the second show during the 2019-2020 season to address the suicide epidemic in the NYPD. 

Blue Bloods Season 10 Episode 12 revolved around this issue too. But in Law & Order: Svu's case, the suicides were tangled up with an unresolved rape case and a massive coverup.

Benson: She knew what she was doing. She shot herself in the heart.

Rollins: She threw a drink at Tucker. What was that about?

Benson: I don't know. I hadn't seen her in a while. She was bright and...

Based on a story by Stephen King and Joe Hill, In the Tall Grass doesn’t really grow on you.

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Legendary horror novelist Stephen King and his son, the acclaimed horror and comic book author Joe Hill, have collaborated twice on the page, each time coming up with something memorably creepy and squarely in what one could probably call the family tradition. The second of those two tales, “In the Tall Grass,” has now been made into a feature-length film for Netflix by director and writer Vincenzo Natali, the Canadian director who first got on the map in 1997 with the mind-twisting Cube.

Cube was about six random people trapped in a massive, labyrinthine structure for reasons unknown who must solve its deadly mysteries to escape. So on paper it kind of makes sense that he would adapt a story about another half dozen characters caught in another eerie maze-like scenario,...

It has been quite a year for both Stephen King and his son Joe Hill and now the news has been revealed that the pair’s novella “In The Tall Grass” has been adapted for Netflix and will begin streaming on October 4th! Netflix has revealed the trailer for the upcoming film which can be seen below: The film has been adapted by the novella of the same name and was written and directed by Vincenzo Natali. When siblings Becky and Cal hear the cries of a young boy lost within a field of tall grass, they venture in to rescue him, only to become ensnared themselves by a sinister force that quickly disorients and separates them. Cut off from the world and unable to escape the field’s tightening grip, they soon discover that the only thing worse than getting lost is being found. The film will star Harrison Gilbertson,...

"Grass. It's just grass." Readers of Stephen King and Joe Hill's novella In the Tall Grass know that statement doesn't apply to the sinister field by the roadside that has a way of drawing folks in... and not letting them out. With Vincenzo Natali's adaptation of In the Tall Grass coming to Netflix this October (following its world premiere at Fantastic Fest), the official trailer for the film has been unleashed, reminding viewers that "some places have a mind of their own."

Below, you can watch the trailer for In the Tall Grass, which made Heather Wixson's list of 15 films we're excited to see this year at Fantastic Fest.

Written and directed By Vincenzo Natali, and based on the 2012 novella by Stephen King and Joe Hill, In the Tall Grass stars Harrison Gilbertson, Laysla De Oliveira, Avery Whitted, Will Buie Jr., Rachel Wilson, and Patrick Wilson.

Produced by Steven Hoban,...

The latest Stephen King adaptation is the horror thriller In the Tall Grass. Based on King and Joe Hill's 2012 novella, this film takes place in a rural field. Here, several people lose themselves in a supernatural trap. In the Tall Grass has been shot by director Vincenzo Natali. Shot in Toronto, Netflix has just released the first trailer for the film, which stars: Patrick and Rachel Wilson, Harrison Gilbertson and Laysla De Oliveira. The trailer is a good one and can be viewed below. Natali spoke about this project back in 2015, during the film's early production. The director said of the film and its thrills: "who would think that grass could be frightening. Trust Stephen King and Joe Hill to find a way. They have transformed an otherwise innocuous Kansas field into a stage for some of the most disturbing horror fiction (Uhm)." There are no exits, in the film's first trailer.

The year of Stephen King continues. After Pet Sematary and It Chapter Two and before Doctor Sleep, another one of his adaptations will be arriving–this time on Netflix. In the Tall Grass, based on the 2012 novella by King and his son Joe Hill, is written and directed by Vincenzo Natali. Ahead of a Fantastic Fest premiere, Netflix has now unveiled the first trailer and poster.

The story centers on a group who enter a large field to rescue a boy only to find more sinister forces at work. With touches of the disorientation found in Annihilation and no shortage of frightening imagery from the twisted mind of Natali, hopefully this is a horror stand-out this fall. Starring Harrison Gilbertson, Laysla De Oliveira, Avery Whitted, Will Buie Jr., Rachel Wilson, and Patrick Wilson, see the trailer and poster below.

When siblings Becky and Cal hear the cries of a young...

Stephen King’s very good year is still in full swing. The master of horror’s oeuvre has been mined for countless screen adaptations over the years, to varying degrees of success. But these days, with horror more popular than ever, anything with King’s name on it is the closest thing to a surefire success Hollywood has. This month saw the release of “It: Chapter Two,” the sequel to last year’s surprise blockbuster “It.” November brings rising horror star Mike Flanagan’s “Doctor Sleep,” a sequel to “The Shining” which pulls from the eponymous 2013 King novel and sets Ewan McGregor as a grown-up Danny Torrance.

Smack in the middle of the two major theatrical releases, Netflix will premiere “In the Tall Grass,” based on a lesser-known novella written by King and Joe Hill. The newly released first trailer promises a setup ripe with tension as well as strong...

In the Tall Grass Trailer Vincenzo Natali‘s In the Tall Grass (2019) movie trailer has been released by Netflix and stars Patrick Wilson, Laysla De Oliveira, Avery Whitted, Rachel Wilson, and Will Buie Jr. Plot Synopsis In the Tall Grass‘ plot synopsis: based on the novella by Stephen King and Joe Hill, “when siblings Becky [...]

Continue reading: In The Tall Grass (2019) Movie Trailer: Patrick Wilson & Others Become Trapped by a Supernatural Force...

"You think this was just chance? We're all here for a reason." Netflix has launched an official trailer for the indie horror thriller In the Tall Grass, adapted from the novella by Stephen King and Joe Hill. Another new Stephen King adaptation this year! After hearing a young boy’s cry for help, a sister and brother venture into a vast field of tall grass in Kansas but soon discover there may be no way out... and that something evil lurks within. This is the latest from the director of Cube and Splice, Vincenzo Natali, and it looks like he's the perfect person for this since it seems like a trippy mess-with-your-mind contained thriller. All the shots of everyone in the grass are super eerie, perfect atmosphere. Starring Harrison Gilbertson, Laysla De Oliveira, Avery Whitted, Will Buie Jr., Rachel Wilson, and Patrick Wilson. This is premiering at Fantastic Fest and...

“Some places have a mind of their own.”

Netflix has dropped the first trailer for their Stephen King and Joe Hill horror thriller, In The Tall Grass. The movie was written and directed by Vincenzo Natali, and it looks creepy as hell as a group of people get trapped in field of tall grass and descend into madness.

The movie stars Harrison Gilbertson, Laysla De Oliveira, Avery Whitted, Will Buie Jr., Rachel Wilson, and Patrick Wilson. Here’s the synopsis that was shared:

When siblings Becky and Cal hear the cries of a young boy lost within a field of tall grass, they venture in to rescue him, only to become ensnared themselves by a sinister force that quickly disorients and separates them. Cut off from the world and unable to escape the field’s tightening grip, they soon discover that the only thing worse than getting lost is being found.

It’s just a field, right? That’s the entire premise to “In the Tall Grass,” a horror movie based on a Stephen King novella in which a group of people get lost in a massive, dense, grassy prairie and find themselves unable to escape.

King wrote the novella originally published in two parts in Esquire magazine in 2012 along with his son, Joe Hill. It’s the story of two inseparable siblings who hear the cries of a young boy lost within a tall field of grass. But when they venture in to rescue him, they find themselves ensnared by a sinister force that quickly disorients and separates them.

In the trailer for “In the Tall Grass,” we see the grass slicing into their ankles and the mud trapping them where they stand. And that little boy isn’t all he seems either.

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An all-Stephen King edition of the Hero Nation this week…

It’s good to be the King. The human content machine that is Stephen King continues to churn out stories and characters that scare up huge success as screen entertainment. In fact, King is casting a bigger shadow than ever (check out the long list of upcoming project below) but that’s no surprise to Frank Darabont, the three-time Oscar nominee who remains one of King’s most ardent fans in Hollywood.

“The real underlying thing is a secret superpower, but now not-so-secret, is he always really makes you care about the characters,” Darabont said. “You really become invested and that’s a tremendous skill for a writer to have and I don’t think anybody does it quite as well as Stephen does.”

Darabont’s masterpiece, The Shawshank Redemption, returns to 700 theaters at the end of the month to mark the film’s 20th anniversary. Based on King’s novel about wrongly convicted inmate’s transformation behind bars, the movie represents only part of Darabont’s interaction’s with King material. There was also The Green Mile and The Mist.

How did Darabont become one of King’s men in Hollywood? Here’s how he recounts the story:

“I was aware of Stephen King because of the movie Carrie, which I loved, but hadn’t really gotten into his actual books yet, not until The Shining. Which is kind of a funny story because you know, I was in high school then when The Shining came out and it was sent to me by mistake from the book club because I neglected because I was a flaky teenager, I neglected to send the card back. I don’t know if you remember the book club, how that used to work, they would have their main selection and they would send you a notice about what the next book is, right, and if you didn’t want it delivered you had to mail the card back, you know, to prevent them from shipping it and I forgot to do that, and usually I did have to send the card back because even though I loved to read, I still do, I seldom had the money to actually buy a book.”

Darabont continued: “So, one day the book arrives in the mail, I pull it out, and it’s The Shining by some guy named Stephen King — Stefan, as I thought it was pronounced at first, and I thought, ‘Aww, dog-gone it, I forgot to send the card back, I’m going to have to, you know, put it back in the box and send it back to them with a note saying I’m sorry, but I can’t afford to buy this book right now.’ I flipped the book open as I was about to put it back in the box, but my eyes landed on the paragraph where the dead woman sits up in the bathtub, and scares the hell out of Danny Torrance, and I froze and I thought, ‘Ooh, that’s really right up my alley, I’ve got to read this book.’ So, I sat down and read it, and of course I found the money to actually pay for it, and I think I got it from my mom, I probably wrangled it out of her because I read that book in a white heat, and it’s one of the rare times I got to the end of the book and I flipped back to the first page and read it a second time. That’s how much that book had an impact on me. The writing was just of a caliber that blew my mind. It’s still one of the greatest novels in the genre, I think, written in the 20th Century.”

And no, the postmark on the book club parcel wasn’t from the Overlook Hotel in Colorado. King has written more than 60 bestsellers at this point but its some of his earliest works that are connecting with viewers in new adaptations right now Here’s a look at some of the many King projects on the way now.

It (New Line Cinema/Warner Bros) New Line and director Andy Muschietti brought back Pennywise the Dancing Clown after the first film finished its theatrical run in 2017 as the highest-grossing horror release in history. The sequel was No. 1 for the second weekend in a row and has gone north of $322 million in global box office already.

Doctor Sleep (Warner Bros) Director Mike Flanagan’s sequel to The Shining (1980) opens Nov. 8 and stars Ewan McGregor as Danny Torrance, the grown-up survivor of the Overlook Hotel massacre. The movie is an adaptation of the namesake novel by King which was released in 2013.

In the Tall Grass (Netflix) premieres on the streaming service on Oct. 4. Directed by Vincenzo Natali (Splice), the film adapts the horror novella written by King and his son, Joe Hill, and stars youngsters Laysla De Oliveira and Avery Whitted and also features Patrick Wilson, Rachel Wilson, and Harrison Gilbertson. In the Tall Grass was first published in 2012 in Esquire magazine.

The Stand (CBS All Access) True Blood and Big Little Lies star Alexander Skarsgard was just cast as Randall Flagg. The ensemble also features James Marsden, Whoopi Goldberg, Amber Heard, Greg Kinnear, and Marilyn Manson. Created by Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars), the 10-episode premiere season will be next year on the CBS subscription streaming site.

Castle Rock (Hulu) is returning for Season 2 on Oct. 23 and a new trailer was just released. In it, Lizzy Caplan portrays budding psychopath Annie Wilkes, the nurse from Misery, who has a prescription for trouble as she arrives in the small town of Castle Rock, which is where characters from different King novels meet in a shared universe. The series also stars Tim Robbins, Paul Sparks, Yusra Warsama, Barkhad Abdi, Elsie Fisher, and Matthew Alan.

Mr Mercedes (AT&T Audience Network) Season 3 is now underway for the Tuesday night series from executive producer David E. Kelley. Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) stars as a grizzled detective taunted out of retirement by a serial killer.

Taking advantage of Friday the 13th, Netflix has released a sizzle reel for its “Netflix & Chills” horror brand, as well as release dates and first-look images for four original movies.

Check out the schedule below for the genre program, which includes original films and series as well as acquired fare like FX’s American Horror Story: Apocalypse and Scream 2.

The initiative kicks off Friday with the French-language original series Marianne, and wraps up October 25 with the debut of original film Rattlesnake and original series Prank Encounters.

Netflix released images (see them below) and dates for In the Tall Grass (October 4); Fractured (October 11); Eli (October 18); and Rattlesnake (October 25).

In the Tall Grass is based on a short story first published in Esquire, written by Stephen King and his son, Joe Hill. It stars Harrison Gilbertson, Laysla De Oliveira, Avery Whitted, Will Buie Jr., Rachel Wilson and Patrick Wilson. Vincenzo Natali wrote and directed.

Hey, "Blue Bloods" fans. We hope you guys enjoyed tonight's episode 21. Now that it's officially wrapped up and in the history books, it's time to see what's in store for next week's new, season finale episode 22! That's right, guys. Season 9 will officially wrap up next Friday night,May 10, 2019. CBS was kind enough to serve up a press release for the season 9 finale episode 22. So, that is certainly what we'll be referencing for this spoiler session. To get things started, CBS' press release revealed that episode 22 is labeled/titled, "Something Blue." Awww, now isn't that quite a fitting title. It sounds like the big, season finale episode 22 will feature some pretty interesting and possibly dramatic scenes as Frank starts worrying about his wedding toast. Erin starts to doubt Eddie! Baez and Danny try to piece together another homicide case and more. We'll go ahead and start off this spoiler session with the Frank situation.

It’s a good time to be a Stephen King fan, as the master of horror’s many works have gotten new blood thanks to a slew of successful adaptations, from the box office record-breaker “It” (soon to be extended with a sequel!) to a number of streaming outlets getting their King fix to long-rumored adaptations finally coming to fruition. While much-hyped feature films like “It: Chapter Two” and “Doctor Sleep” gear up for 2019 releases and a pair of quite different series based on King’s works are preparing for new seasons, it seems like a new King adaptation is announced every week.

Case in point: in just the past two weeks, two King-inspired offerings have gotten the green light, with indie filmmaker darling Alex Ross Perry taking on a big screen version of short story “Rest Stop” just days after Julianne Moore announced she’d be starring in an...

There’s no wrong way to grieve. How one deals with the loss of a loved one is a deeply unique situation. Whatever path someone takes, that’s what is right for them. Unfortunately, the same can not be said about films dealing with grief. When done right, they’re devastatingly powerful. When done wrong, you just can’t feel for the protagonist’s plight and have no connection. In the case of State Like Sleep, the movie wavers back and forth between both sides of the coin. In the end, poor pacing and too slow a buildup ultimately sabotage a potentially affecting piece of work. The movie is a drama laden with mystery/noir elements. Set a year after the death of her actor husband Stefan Delvoe (Michiel Huisman), Katherine (Katherine Waterston) is still trying to make sense of it all. When she gets a phone call that sends...

By and large, McU fans don’t need any further convincing to check out Captain Marvel when it arrives in just ten weeks, but this new behind-the-scenes video that’s playing in Cinemark theaters certainly won’t hurt matters, offering further glimpses of the interplanetary adventure to come between statements from lead actress Brie Larson and Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige.

Carol Danvers’ big screen debut is noteworthy among other reasons for being the first McU movie to have a woman as its sole title character, and according to the Larson, the film offers a heroine for viewers to look up to:

“The idea that we can have a symbol that represents strength and humility and compassion – that feels really valuable.”

I got to see this freaking awesome #firstlook #noovie @captainmarvel @Cinemark #CaptainMarvel Can’T Freaking Wait!! pic.twitter.com/tEn4B5FsNP

— Rachel Wilson (@RachoftheGalaxy) December 28, 2018

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Meredith Danluck is best known for her work directing documentaries but for her feature film debut, the thriller State Like Sleep, she's coming out swinging.

A year after her husband's suicide, Katherine (Katherine Waterston) is plagued by the unanswered questions surrounding his death. She can't recall what happened on the night of his death and when she begins to dig, it quickly becomes apparent that he was leading a double life and she seems to have wiped much of that from her memory.

In addition to Waterston, the movie also stars Michiel Huisman, Rachel Wilson, Luke Evans and Michael Shannon.

I love a good thriller and the combination of cast and this trailer certainly has piqued my interest. It'll also be interesting to see how Danluck's experience a...

"Funny - peel back a layer, and no one's where the seem to be..." The Orchard has debuted an official trailer for an indie psychological thriller film titled State Like Sleep, which first premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year. The dark, moody, mysterious drama is about a woman named Katherine, played by the very talented Katherine Waterston, who is still struggling to grapple with her husband's surprising death a year before. After a phone call, she goes out to try and figure out what really happened to him. The full cast includes Michael Shannon, Luke Evans, Mary Kay Place, Mark O'Brien, Rachel Wilson, and Bo Martyn. There's a lot of weird, fascinating, peculiar footage in this trailer - hard to make sense of it, but it's certainly appealing. I'm surprised we haven't heard much about this film before today. Have a look. Here's the first official trailer...

Exclusive: The Vincenzo Natali-directed thriller In The Tall Grass is getting underway in Toronto for Netfix, and the film stars Patrick Wilson, Laysla De Oliveira and Harrison Gilbertson. Pic is based on a short story by Stephen King and son Joe Hill that was published in Esquire Magazine. Netflix acquired the underlying short story rights some time ago, when James Marsden was originally attached. Scheduling conflicts knocked him out of the lead role.

After hearing a young boy’s cry for help, a sister and brother venture into a vast field of tall grass in Kansas but soon discover there may be no way out… and that something evil lurks within the tall grass. Natali, best known for Cube, Splice and most recently Westworld, turned it into a script. It is the third Netflix collaboration with King, following Gerald’s Game and 1922.

Pic is produced by Steven Hoban, Jimmy Miller,...

Backstabbing For Beginners A24 & Directv Reviewed by: Harvey Karten Director: Per Fly Screenwriter: Per Fly, Daniel Pyne Cast: Theo James, Ben Kingsley, Jacqueline Bisset, Belçim Bilgin, Rossif Sutherland, Rachel Wilson Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 4/14/18 Opens: April 27, 2018 In 1958 Sherman Adams, President Eisenhower’s chief of staff, was forced to resign. He […]

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"It sickens me to have to stand there and listen to your lies." A24 has debuted the first official trailer for a true story political drama titled Backstabbing for Beginners, from Danish director Per Fly. The film is about a young, idealistic program coordinator at the United Nations, as played by Theo James (from the Divergent series), who stumbles upon a conspiracy involving Iraq's oil reserves. Ben Kingsley stars as his boss, and the cast includes Jacqueline Bisset, Christina Dupre, Rossif Sutherland, Belçim Bilgin, Rachel Wilson, and Brian Markinson. This looks like a very compelling political thriller about a kid just trying to do what's right. And, as A24 says in their email, it's a very "timely" film for us to watch these days. Here's the first official trailer for Per Fly's Backstabbing for Beginners, direct from YouTube: Based on a true story, an idealistic young employee (Theo James...

11th Gasparilla International Film Festival to Screen 35 Features Including J.K. Simmons’ ‘All Nighter’“All Nighter”

The 11th edition of Tampa’s most prominent film event, Suncoast Credit Union’s Gasparilla International Film Festival (Giff), will take place March 2-March 9, 2017 at the Tampa Theater and AMC Centro Ybor. Gavin Wiesen’s “All Nighter,” starring Academy Award-winner J. K. Simmons will have its World Premiere as part of the festival.

A total of 35 films and over 70 shorts will screen over eight days and will include international and regional premieres of narrative features, documentaries and short films from around the world. In addition to the film program, Giff will also feature master classes and panel discussions.

The title sponsor, Suncoast Credit Union, has been committed to the festival for three consecutive years with the goal of bringing quality entertainment and enrichment to the community. The Suncoast Credit Union also sponsors the Family Fun...

Suncoast Credit Union Gasparilla International Film Festival (Giff) announced its official selection for the annual event held at the Tampa Theater and AMC Centro Ybor in Tampa, Florida, from March 2-March 9.

The festival will host the world premiere for All Nighter starring Academy Award winner J.K. Simmons and directed by Gavin Wiesen.

There will be 35 films and over 70 shorts, in which it will host international and regional premieres of narrative features, documentaries and short films around the world.

Here are the highlighted line up of the films:

Opening Night Film:

Burn Your Maps: A nine-year-old boy, grieving with his parents over the recent loss of his baby sister, becomes obsessed with the idea that he’s a Mongolian goat herder who belongs back home in his small village in Mongolia. Cast: Vera Farmiga, Jacob Tremblay, Virginia Madsen, Suraj Sharma. Directed by Jordan Roberts

Closing Night Film:

Unleashed: When...

Exclusive: Canadian outfit Marina Cordoni Entertainment is taking the title to the Efm.

Toronto’s Marina Cordoni Entertainment is in Berlin with the world market premiere of the Butler Brothers’ heist comedy First Round Down.

The feature centres on the misadventures of a former ice hockey prodigy. Dylan Bruce plays the lead as a former athlete and hitman on the straight and narrow who returns home to care for his younger brother and finds his chequered past catching up with him. Rachel Wilson and Rob Ramsay also star.

Substance Productions produced First Round Down in association with Marina Cordoni Entertainment, Telefilm Canada and Unobstructed View.

Cordoni has just licensed worldwide rights excluding Canada on Gail Harvey’s upcoming thriller Never Saw It Coming to Jay Firestone’s Prodigy Pictures. Katie Boland stars in the film, which is set to begin shooting on March 23.

The Efm sales slate includes Connor Gaston’s drama The Devout, Adam Garnet Jones’s Toronto...

First Round Down, the latest indie film from the Butler brothers, Brett and Jason Butler, has its world premiere at the Atlantic Film Festival, in Halifax, Sunday Sept 18. You are having your first look at the poster which was made exclusively for the festival. We have also included a short clip. Shot in Toronto and Hamilton, First Round Down centers around Tim Tucker (played by Orphan Black’s Dylan Bruce), a former junior hockey star turned hitman who returns home after a decade to take care of his brother and move on from his criminal past. Cast includes Rachel Wilson (Republic of Doyle), Rob Ramsay (Patchtown), John Kapelos (Republic of Doyle, The Breakfast Club), Peter MacNeill (A History of Violence), Pedro...

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The New York Indian Film Festival (Nyiff) announced the full lineup last night for their 16th year of celebrating independent, art house, alternate, and diaspora films from/about/connected to the Indian subcontinent (May 7 – May 14). Dedicated to bringing these films to a New York audience, the festival will feature 40 screenings (35 narrative, 5 documentary) –all seen for the first time in New York City. In addition, the festival will also feature five programs of short films.

The festival highlights various cinemas of India’s different regions. All the films are subtitled in English and some of the languages this year include Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Telegu, Assamese, Haryanavi and Urdu. This year’s festival will feature a couple of sidebars –Nfdc restored first films of filmmakers and a three-generations sidebar, films of Bimal Roy, Basu Bhattacharya and Aditya Bhattacharya.

The festival’s film lineup includes 2016 National Award winners A Far Afternoon,...

Deadline is reporting tonight that Laura Prepon has been added to the cast of the currently shooting adaptation, The Girl On The Train. Based on Paula Hawkins’ best-selling novel of the same name, the film has Tate Taylor behind the camera and Emily Blunt leading the charge in front as Rachel Wilson.

For those unfamiliar with the source material, Wilson is the story’s protagonist and Deadline describes her as a “drunken divorcee who daydreams about the perfect NYC life of seemingly perfect couple Scott and Megan on her daily commute as she passes their house.” Trouble brews, however, when Megan goes missing and Rachel finds herself caught up in the mystery.

As for Prepon, she’ll step into the shoes of Cathy, the landlord and college friend of Rachel. Rounding out the supporting cast are Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, Edgar Ramirez and Justin Theroux. Not a bad collection of talent,...

Exclusive: Laura Prepon is going for a ride of sorts with Emily Blunt and The Girl on The Train. The Orange Is The New Black actress has joined the cast of DreamWorks’ adaptation of Paula Hawkin’s bestselling novel, I’ve learned.

Prepon will play Cathy, the landlord, roommate and college friend of Blunt’s Rachel Wilson character. Rachel is a drunken divorcee who daydreams about the perfect NYC life of seemingly perfect couple Scott and Megan on her daily commute as she passes their house. However, when Rachel hears that Megan has gone missing, she becomes embroiled in a potentially fatal mystery in trying find out what happened, was she drunkenly involved, and where Megan has gone. Rachel tries to keep her hard drinking a secret from Cathy, who knows what’s going on and is at her wit’s end with her pal, who she threatens to evict.

Exclusive: Laura Prepon is going for a ride of sorts with Emily Blunt and The Girl on The Train. The Orange Is The New Black actress has joined the cast of DreamWorks' adaptation of Paula Hawkin’s bestselling novel, I've learned. Prepon will play Cathy, the landlord, roommate and college friend of Blunt's Rachel Wilson character. Rachel is a drunken divorcee who daydreams about the perfect NYC life of seemingly perfect couple Scott and Megan on her daily commute as she…...

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Breaking Glass has acquired North American rights to Álex de la Iglesia’s ensemble black comedy My Big Night, about the backstage preparations for a New Year’s Eve TV spectacular.

Spain’s Raphael, Mario Casas, Blanca Suarez and Hugo Silva star in the film that premiered in Toronto. Breaking Glass plans an April theatrical release after brokering the deal with Film Factory at Ventana Sur in Buenos Aires earlier this month.

Sony Pictures Entertainment has offered NFL players and their families free admission to Concussion when they present their Nflpa membership card at any Cinemark theatre in the Us. The offer extends for the duration of the film’s run starting on December 25 opening day. Will Smith plays forensic neuropathologist Bennet Omalu, who discovered Cte, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player.Mpi Media Group has wrapped production on Catfight by Onur Tukel. [link...

Video Service Corp has acquired all Us and Canadian rights to Brett and Jason Butler’s sophomore feature First Round Down and plan a mid-2016 release.

The Butler brothers’ Substance Production and Marina Cordoni produce with support from Telefilm and Canadian federal and provincial tax credits.

Dylan Bruce of Orphan Black plays Tim Tucker, a former ice junior hockey star who ties to move on from his criminal past.

The Canadian cast includes Rachel Wilson, John Kapelos, Kristian Bruun, Rob Ramsay, Peter MacNeill and Percy Hynes White.

Vsc founder Jonathan Gross brokered the deal with McE’s Marina Cordoni.

Principal photography in Toronto and Hamilton is set to begin on October 20 on Brett and Jason Butler’s latest film.

First Round Down centres on Tim Tucker, a former junior hockey star turned hitman who returns home after a decade to take care of his brother and move on from his criminal past.

Dylan Bruce from Orphan Black stars alongside Rachel Wilson, Rob Ramsay, John Kapelos, Peter MacNeill, Pedro Miguel Arce and father-son duo Joel Percy Hynes and Percy Hynes White.

The production will work alongside the Hamilton Steelhawks Hockey Club, who officially return to the ice after a 27-year absence.

Scenes for the film will be shot during the Steelhawks’ home opener game at the Dave Andreychuk Mountain Arena in Hamilton on November 7.

Jason (pictured at right) and Brett Butler (pictured at left, pictured in front of the Hamilton Arena) of Substance Production previously directed the 2013 drama Mourning Has Broken. The brothers...

Read More: Watch: Demon Kids Come Out to Play in Sinister 'Hellions' Trailer After its Canadian premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, the horror film "Hellions," from writer Pascal Trottier ("The Colony") and director Bruce McDonald ("Pontypool"), is sure to inspire much excitement and terror just in time for Halloween this year. The film stars Chloe Rose, Rossif Sutherland, Rachel Wilson, Peter DaCunha, Luke Bilyk and Robert Patrick. The official film synopsis reads: "A teenager’s Halloween night turns into a terrifying fight to survive when trick-or-treaters from Hell show up at her doorstep. After getting the unwelcome news that she’s pregnant, 17-year-old Dora (Chloe Rose) just wants to stay in on Halloween. But then a knock at the door delivers a gaggle of pint-sized demons after one thing: Dora’s baby. Director Bruce McDonald unleashes a hallucinatory visual and auditory assault that propels 'Hellions' to.

Director: Bruce McDonald. Writer: Pascal Trottier. Cast: Chloe Rose, Robert Patrick, Rossif Sutherland and Rachel Wilson. Hellions was developed by two brilliant minds. Bruce McDonald was the director of the very tense zombie film Pontypool (2009), starring Stephen McHattie. Pascal Trottier wrote one of this film fans favourite scripts - from 2013, with The Colony. However, the imagination and creativity is mostly missing in this Halloween set thriller. Barely a horror film, Hellions lacks any complex scenes and action elements are almost completely forgotten. Much of the film simply follows Dora (Chloe Rose) through one setting, until the eyelids grow heavy and the stop button beckons. Hellions belongs at the bottom of the DVD store shelf. The story is not inventive. Dora is a young woman struggling with teen pregnancy. She looks forlorn in many of her early scenes. But, events pick-up when the trick-or-treaters come out, on Halloween. They come knocking on Dora's home,...

Bruce McDonald is a name with whom few readers will likely associate with anything, but for those few of us who do, we know this Canadian-born filmmaker has some under-appreciated talent. Perhaps his best-known film, McDonald wowed genre film fans in 2008 with his groundbreaking Pontypool. Since then, rumors and theories about a follow-up sequel have endured endless revivals in smaller circles of horror fandom. So, despite having a few lesser-known non-horror films to his name since 2008, I and others were excited to see McDonald return to horror just in time for Halloween.

Hellions is McDonald’s latest film, written by Pascal Trottier, best known for screenwriting The Colony (2013), combines McDonald’s unconventional storytelling sense and Trottier’s knack for cerebral flair. The film stars Chloe Rose as Dora Vogel, an apathetic teenager who unexpectedly discovers she’s pregnant and must survive Halloween night when her home is invaded my trick...

Made by Phantom City Creative, the new poster for Hellions will put the fear of Hell in you. Also in this morning's round-up: The Walking Dead #1 variant cover for Wizard World Columbus-goers and a Crypt TV short that looks out for us all this holiday weekend.

Hellions: "Strange trick-or-treaters plague conflicted teenager Dora Vogel (Chloe Rose) at her isolated home on Halloween.

Under siege by forces she can’t understand, Dora must defend both body and soul from relentless Hellions, dead-set on possessing something Dora will not give them. Set in a visually haunting landscape, Hellions redefines the boundaries of horror with its potent brew of Halloween iconography, teenage angst, and desperate survival."

Directed by Bruce McDonald from a screenplay by Pascal Trottier, Hellions stars Chloe Rose, Rossif Sutherland, Rachel Wilson, Peter Dacunha, Luke Bilyk, and Robert Patrick.

Hellions is set to be released in the U.S. on September 18th,...

Hellions Movie Trailer. Bruce McDonald‘s Hellions (2015) movie trailer stars Robert Patrick, Chloe Rose, Rossif Sutherland, and Rachel Wilson. Hellions‘ plot synopsis: “A teenager must survive a Halloween night from Hell when malevolent trick-or-treaters come knocking at her door.” I’m slightly ashamed of not having seen Bruce McDonald’s beloved indie-horror darling Pontypool (2008) yet. I would’ve had more of an inkling of what […]...

"You have your costume picked out for tonight?" A new trailer for Bruce McDonald's Halloween horror film, Hellions, has been released, giving us a sneak peek at creepy trick-or-treaters with more than just candy in their bags.

"Strange trick-or-treaters plague conflicted teenager Dora Vogel (Chloe Rose) at her isolated home on Halloween.

Under siege by forces she can’t understand, Dora must defend both body and soul from relentless Hellions, dead-set on possessing something Dora will not give them. Set in a visually haunting landscape, Hellions redefines the boundaries of horror with its potent brew of Halloween iconography, teenage angst and desperate survival."

Directed by Bruce McDonald from a screenplay by Pascal Trottier, Hellions stars Chloe Rose, Rossif Sutherland, Rachel Wilson, Peter Dacunha, Luke Bilyk, and Robert Patrick.

Trailer via JoBlo:

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In two weeks, vampires, cannibals, Halloween frights and more will grace the screen at the Muvico Theater in Rosemont, Illinois for Bruce Cambell's Horror Film Festival. Now a telekinetic kid and and an apocalypse have joined the killer lineup, as both June and JeruZalem will make their U.S. premieres at the festival.

Press Release: "Chicago, Illinois (August 6, 2015) – The second annual Bruce Campbell Horror Film Festival presented by Wizard World, running August 20 – 23 at the Muvico Theater in Rosemont, Illinois (9701 Bryn Mawr Ave., Rosemont), is proud to announce the addition of two more films to the already bursting schedule.

June, starring Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers) and Kennedy Brice (The Walking Dead), tells the story of nine-year-old June (Brice), who has been shuffled in and out of foster homes for years. Though she tries to be good, no matter where she goes a trail of chaos and terror seems to follow.

One month from now, Bruce Cambell's Horror Film Festival will take over the Muvico Theater in Rosemont, Illinois and they've announced killer lineup that includes Tales of Halloween, a screening of Fright Night with a Q&A from Tom Holland, and Eli Roth introducing Cannibal Holocaust:

"Chicago, July 22, 2015 – The second annual Bruce Campbell Horror Film Festival presented by Wizard World, running August 20 – 23 at the Muvico Theater in Rosemont, Illinois (9701 Bryn Mawr Ave., Rosemont), promises thrills, chills, guests and surprises to Chicago’s legions of horror fans. The four-day event, programmed by The Awesome Fest, will coincide with Wizard World Chicago and offers convention-goers and ticket holders a chance to sit back, relax, and lose their minds.

“You can have your rom-coms, your indie darlings and your blockbusters,” remarks Bruce Campbell. “I’ll take a good old-fashioned horror movie any day or night of the week!”

“With this program we...

A trailer for Bruce McDonald's Hellions has been released. The clip is quite surreal as a pack of trick-or-treaters attack a lone teenager. All of the action takes place on Halloween. Recently picked up by IFC Films for a Fall release in North America, this title is currently touring Europe, including the Cannes Film Market. The film stars Robert Patrick, Rossif Sutherland and Rachel Wilson, with Chloe Rose playing the protagonist - Dora. The chilling trailer for Hellions is previewed here. The story focuses on a group of hellborn children. They are suited in strange costumes and they utter stranger taunts "give us your baby, you bitch!" Determined to take Dora's baby, they try to invade her home and womb, in this surreal tale. Canadian director Bruce McDonald helms this title. McDonald also directed the zombie title Pontypool (2008). Both, Pontypool and Hellions were shot in Ontario, with Ontario known...