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Film Bridge After Dark Sets ‘Helloween’ As First Film On Genre Slate With Shogun Films

Exclusive: Film Bridge After Dark and Shogun have set British horror pic Helloween as the first title on their joint slate of genre pics. The film is written and directed by Phil Claydon (Lesbian Vampire Killers) and stars Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott (Renegades), Michael Paré (Streets of Fire), and Ronan Summers (Code Of Silence) It’s currently in post-production. Film Bridge will be selling the movie worldwide at Cannes. Set during the sinister “killer clown” craze of 2016, Doctor Ellen Marks (Sothcott), aided by investigative journalist John Parker (Paré), traces the source of the phenomena to one of her patients – incarcerated, charismatic serial killer Carl Cane (Summers) who is using the insidious clown symbolism to recruit an army of the disenfranchised and launched a murderous anarchist movement from London across the globe.

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In other news, New Films International has set a day-and-date Us release for The Sound And The Fury while the Canadian Film Centre has begun the Toronto shoot on 22 Chaser.

The National Association Of Theater Owners issued new data on Monday that showed the average price of a theatre ticket in the third quarter climbed 2.1% on the comparable period in 2014 to reach $8.25.

Ticket prices on average in Q3 2014 were $8.08. The year-to-date average is $8.34m, with Q1 averaging $8.12 and Q2 $8.61.

New Films International (Nfi) has set an October 23 limited theatrical and VOD launch for James Franco starrer The Sound And The Fury. Digital roll-out will follow on Franco’s William Faulkner adaptation that premiered in Venice 2014. Nfi founder Nesim Hason is among the executive producers.The Canadian Film Centre (Cfc) has announced that principal photography is underway in Toronto on 22 Chaser, about a desperate tow truck driver who risks everything to become king of the road and save...

Stars: Tyler Labine, Malin Akerman, Lucy Punch, Dan Petronijevic, Benjamin Ayres, Kenneth Welsh, Nancy Beatty, Sabrina Grdevich, Jim Annan, Jonathan Crombie, Earl Pastko, Bill Turnbull | Written by Jeremy Boxen | Directed by Peter Wellington

Tucker and Dale vs Evil star Tyler Labine may have traded in the Hillbilly dungarees for a polo shirt and cargo shorts, but the film’s spirit is alive and well in Cottage Country, a witty woodland comedy horror with more than its own share of laughs. Look, stop reading this and go watch it already. Its twisty, constantly churning story is best viewed unspoiled.

Still reading? Well, if you insist. Taking off to the family holiday home for a week away from work, mild-mannered desk jockey Todd (Labine) and fiancee-to-be Cammie (Malin Akerman) don’t count upon the surprise appearance of his obnoxious brother Salinger (Dan Petronijevic) and horrible girlfriend Masha (Lucy Punch). With tensions quick to rise,...

Stars: Tyler Labine, Malin Akerman, Lucy Punch, Dan Petronijevic, Benjamin Ayres, Kenneth Welsh, Nancy Beatty, Jonathan Crombie, Sabrina Grdevich, Jim Annan | Written by Jeremy Boxen | Directed by Peter Wellington

I was doing what many customers of Netflix do, browsing the catalogue of films on offer with a far-away look in my eye, unable to choose what to watch as the evening got later and later. As a fan of Tyler Labine from his work in Tucker and Dale versus Evil, I decided to give this movie a shot.

Also starring Malin Akerman (27 Dresses, Rock of Ages), Cottage Country is a comedy movie with elements of thriller, horror and romance, and is directed by Peter Wellington, who, from what I can tell, has only really been responsible for a few television movies, and random episodes of television shows I know little to nothing about.

Labine plays frustrated office worker Todd, a...

Phase 4 Films will also release Peter Wellington's comedy horror feature Cottage Country. This title stars Tucker & Dale vs. Evil cast member Tyler Labine as Todd. Todd finds himself in the middle of murder, while on vacation. Cottage Country also stars Malin Akerman (Watchmen), Lucy Punch and Dan Petronijevic. As well, this film, which blends horror and comedy, will release on April Fool's Day, this year. The official trailer for the film shows Todd dealing with a intrusive brother (Petronijevic). Sibling rivalry ends in bloodshed as Todd takes hostile feelings and events a little too far. Another murder is required and this dark comedy is sure to entertain most film fans. More details on the release are below. Release Date: April 1st, 2014 (DVD, Us). Director: Peter Wellington. Writer: Jeremy Boxen. Cast: Malin Akerman, Tyler Labine, Lucy Punch and Dan Petronijevic. A trailer for Cottage Country is here: Source: Cottage Country...

Cottage Country

Written by Jeremy Boxen

Directed by Peter Wellington

Canada, 2013

Are people experiencing any fatigue with the decades old ‘cabin in the woods’ horror routine wherein a small party of reasonably innocent individuals opt to spend some much desired vacation in a solitary cabin in the wilderness, only to be chased, mauled, haunted or possessed by the nebulous forces of evil? Evidently not given that so many such movies are still produced on a consistent basis, yet every now and then a creative team cracks the code to making one that feels genuinely different. 2012′s Cabin in the Woods is one such film, and so is the Canadian made Cottage Country, from director Peter Wellington and screenwriter Jeremy Boxen.

Todd and Cammie (Tyler Labine and Malin Akerman respectively) are a couple very much in love who, through the personal reservation website created by Todd himself, have made plans to...

Lost Girl Episode 305

“Faes Wide Shut”

Written By: Jeremy Boxen

Directed By: George Mihalka

Original Airdate: 11 February 2013

In This Episode...

Kenzi is feeling left out, so she is actively seeking cases for her and Bo. One grabs her attention: a woman greets her husband, Graham, in lingerie when he gets home from his business trip. Before anything can get going, he explodes into a puddle of green ectoplasmic goo. Lauren goes with the girls so she can collect goo samples, but there isn’t much left. The wife explains that within minutes of her husband’s goo-ification, a clean-up team came in and sanitized the house. Wifey gets an unwelcome surprise when a trollop named Delia comes in, claiming to be the girlfriend (“We were, like, totally in love!”) Bo has to break up a catfight between the two, but does discover that on the night Graham exploded, he and...

Lost Girl Episode 210 "Raging Fae" Written By: Jeremy Boxen Directed By: David Greene Original Airdate: 25 June 2012 In This Episode... Bo and Kenzi meet Lauren in an industrial area. A brawny ogre fae named Oscar had the crap beat out of him at an underground Mma fight - against a human. The only way a human could beat an ogre is if they were being dosed with something. So Bo heads down to Salvatore Ferraro's gym and asks to be put on the card. After a brief demo with one of his other girl fighters, Thrasher, Ferraro agrees.  While at the gym, Bo meets Mike, the fighter who (allegedly) beat the crap out of Oscar. Mike is certainly a big guy, but he is...

Lost Girl Episode 203 "Scream a Little Dream" Written By: Jeremy Boxen Directed By: George Mihalka Original Airdate: 30 April 2012 In This Episode... A doorman named Frank calls on Bo for some help. He is a light fae, and the apartment building he works at is his "territory." All of his residents seem to have had their brains turn to mush. They are walking around, catatonic or zombie-like, occasionally mumbling nonsense. Frank says he went to the Ash, who turned his back on him. ("Your turf, your problem.") Bo takes Lauren so she can collect samples and run some tests to try to figure out who or what is causing this mess.  That night, Bo is...

Lost Girl Episode 112 "(Dis)Members Only" Written By: Jeremy Boxen Directed By: Steve Dimarco Original Airdate: 2 April 2012 In This Episode... Dyson is planning a bear hunting trip during his vacation, but Bo convinces him that he would rather go on a romantic getaway with her. Kenzi has different plans for both of them when an old friend from her street days, Neville, comes to them with a problem. He and his cousin, Thumper, had been working as kitchen staff at an exclusive country club, but Thumper recently went missing, and he's not the first. The club seems to go out of its way to hire illegal immigrants, and they have a tendency to disappear. Bo and...

Lost Girl Episode 109 "Fae Day" Written By: Jeremy Boxen Directed By: Steve Dimarco Original Airdate: 12 March 2012 In This Episode... Today is La Shoshain, the holiest Fae holiday. Like any holy day, it comes with lots of rules. Celebrated by both light and dark Fae, no Fae can use any magic, feed off humans, or be violent. And like all religions, those rules are meaningless if you know the loopholes. Anyway, Bo and Kenzi are celebrating at Trick's bar when a loud screeching noise interrupts. It is the scream of a banshee which means someone from one of the five noble families will die. Bo has to head up the investigation, with Dyson as her backup. Since...

Lost Girl Episode 104 "Faetal Attraction" Written By: Jeremy Boxen Directed By: Steve Dimarco Original Airdate: 6 December 2012 In This Episode... Bo is devastated after seeing Dyson with the bar skank. She thinks she is sick; Kenzie realizes she has never been rejected before. She insists that Bo drown her sorrows in a shot glass, and before long they are both drunk. A man named Samir approaches Bo and invites her into a threesome with his wife Olivia. Bo is flattered but sobers up enough to nervously turn him down. Then Dyson shows up, and Bo makes a big deal of leaving with the couple. The three have sex that literally shakes the plaster from the walls. In...

Malin Akerman and Tyler Labine are co-starring in Peter Wellington's indie dark comedy "Cottage Country" at Whizbang Films and Alliance Films says The Hollywood Reporter.

Labine plays a man planning to propose to Akerman's character at his family cottage. Things go to hell though when his slacker brother (Daniel Petronijevic) appears with his free-spirited girlfriend (Lucy Punch).

Jeremy Boxen penned the script and shooting is currently underway in Toronto and Ontario.

Lucy Punch Co-Stars Fun fact: rising funnyman Tyler Labine--seen this year in "Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes" and "A Good Old Fashioned Orgy"--is a graduate of the semi-legendary Canadian kids TV sitcom "Breaker High." His co-star? Ryan Gosling. It's like some kind of Canuck "Mickey Mouse Club" or something. And this is all to say that Labine, Malin Akerman and Lucy Punch have come aboard the dark comedy "Cottage Country" and there is already a first look at the film. The indie film was penned by Jeremy Boxen ("Degrassi: The Next Generation", "Republic Of Doyle") and has Peter…...

[1] Malin Akerman has signed on to star with Tyler Labine, Lucy Punch, and Daniel Petronijevic in Cottage Country, an dark indie comedy by Canadian director Peter Wellington. Written by Jeremy Boxen (Endgame), the story follows Todd (Labine) as he plans to propose to Cammie (Akerman) at his family cottage. However, Todd's plans are ruined by the arrival of his slacker brother (Petronijevic) and the brother's free-spirited girlfriend (Punch). The film will be Wellington's first feature since 2003's Luck. Wellington has been working primarily in television over the last several years, on shows including Rookie Blue and Slings and Arrows. The film is currently shooting in Ontario through late October for a 2012 release. [The Hollywood Reporter [2]] After the jump, Pacific Rim gets another star and John Hurt joins a project called Labyrinth that is totally unrelated to Jim Henson's Labyrinth. Bet you got worried there for a second that it would be a remake.

Malin Akerman and Tyler Labine will star in the Candian indie comedy Cottage Country for Whizbang Films.

The story centers on Todd (Tyler Labine), who has a romantic weekend planned at his family cottage, where he plans to propose to his girlfriend (Malin Akerman). The weekend takes a bizarre turn when his younger brother (Dan Petronijevic) shows up with his girlfriend (Lucy Punch).

Peter Wellington is directing Cottage Country from a screenplay by Jeremy Boxen. Frank Siracusa is producing while Paul Gross will executive produce.

Production is already underway in Toronto and Muskoka, Ontario, with shooting expected to wrap on October 27.

Two bits of casting news for you today: one from a Canadian, dark comedy, indie pic while the other is from the fifth installment in a big budget horror franchise. First up, is the addition of Malin Akerman (Watchmen) and Tyler Labine (Tucker and Dale vs Evil) to director Peter Wellington’s Cottage Country. The pair star as a couple vacationing at a family cottage where Todd (Labine) plans to propose, but is derailed by the arrival of his lazy brother and his hippie girlfriend. In less quaint and subtle cinema, the role of Leon Kennedy will be portrayed by Johann Urb (2012) in Resident Evil: Retribution. This is the latest addition to the cast of the fifth installment in the video game/horror franchise starring Milla Jovovich. The news of his casting comes via her Twitter account when she said, “And if u checked out my vid yesterday from the...

Tucker and Dale Versus Evil 's Tyler Labine is starring in another dark comedy, Cottage Country , and we've got an exclusive first look via the image below, past the press release. Whizbang Films' darkly comedic feature, Cottage Country, has begun principal photography and the production has released the first image of Tyler Labine and Malin Akerman. Cottage Country stars Labine (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil), Akerman (Watchmen, The Proposal, Bang Bang Club, Couples Retreat), Daniel Petronijevic (Falling Skies, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil), and Lucy Punch (Bad Teacher, Dinner for Schmucks, Hot Fuzz). Cottage Country is directed by Peter Wellington (Slings & Arrows, Luck, Joe's So Mean to Josephine), written by Jeremy Boxen (Lost Girl, Endgame,...

The Harold Greenberg Fund, a Canadian private cinematographic patronage program, announced the title of the 26 films that got supported by its script development program. Here are the projects:

Story Optioning

The Flying Troutmans

Four Seasons Productions Inc.

Screenwriters: Miriam Toews & Semi Chellas

The Journal of Mortifying Moments

Marcon Pictures Inc., T.L. Boulton Productions Ltd. & Calder Road Films Inc.

Screenwriters: Jill Girling & Lori Mather-Welch

The Outlander

Strada Films Inc. & Triptych Media Inc.

Screenwriter: Esta Spalding

Sailor Girl

Markham Street Films Inc.

Screenwriter: Johanna Schneller

Treatment to First Draft

Flop House

John Hazlett

Screenwriters: Darren Curtis & John Hazlett

Happy Clean, The Last Chinese Laundry

Picture Plant Ltd.

Screenwriter: William D. MacGillivray

Kill Shakespeare

Anthony Del Col & Conor McCreery

Screenwriters: Anthony Del Col & Conor McCreery

A Royal Day

Conquering Lion Pictures Inc.

Screenwriter: Gerald Wexler

Shanghai Follies

Amf Productions Inc.

Screenwriter: Ann Marie Fleming

First to Second Draft

Cottage Country

Whizbang Films Inc.

Yesterday, the winners at the 25th Gemini Awards, the Canadian equivalent of the Emmy Awards, were revealed as Corey Monteith (Glee) was hosting that night. Moreover, Degrassi Junior High/Degrassi: The Next Generation was crowned by the public as the best Canadian TV series of the last 25 years.

Without further ado, here's the list of winners.

Best Animated Program or Series:

Glen Martin, Dds

Best Children or Youth Fiction Program or Series:

Overruled!

Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series:

Canada's Super Speller

Best Comedy Program or Series:

Less Than Kind

Best Cross-Platform Project - Children’s and Youth:

Taste Buds

Best Cross-Platform Project - Fiction:

Being Erica Webisodes

Best Cross-Platform Project - Non-Fiction:

Kraft Hockeyville 2010

Best Documentary Series:

Licence To Drill

Best Dramatic Mini-Series:

The Summit

Best Dramatic Series:

The Tudors

Best General/Human Interest Series:

Tosca: Flexing at 49

Best History Documentary Program:

Paris 1919

Best Original Program or...

Prodigy Pictures, in association with Canwest Broadcasting reports that principal photography has started on 13 one-hour episodes of the Canadian 'fantasy-noir' TV series "Lost Girl", filming throughout Toronto and Hamilton until June 25, 2010, for a debut on Canada's Showcase network this fall.

"'Lost Girl' follows supernatural seductress 'Bo' (Anna Silk), a 'Succubus' who feeds on the sexual energy of mortals. Growing up with human parents, Bo had no reason to believe she was anything other than the girl next door – until she drained her boyfriend to death in their first sexual encounter. Now she has hit the road alone and afraid. She discovers she is one of the Fae, creatures of legend and folklore, who pass as humans while feeding off them in secret, as they have for millennia. Relieved yet horrified to find out that she is not alone, Bo decides to take the middle path between the humans...

Prodigy Pictures, in association with Canwest Broadcasting reports that principal photography has started on 13 one-hour episodes of the Canadian 'fantasy-noir' TV series Lost Girl, shooting throughout Toronto and Hamilton until June 25, 2010, for a debut on Canada's Showcase network this fall. "...'Lost Girl' follows supernatural seductress 'Bo' (Anna Silk), a 'Succubus' who feeds on the sexual energy of mortals. Growing up with human parents, Bo had no reason to believe she was anything other than the girl next door . until she drained her boyfriend to death in their first sexual encounter. Now she has hit the road alone and afraid. She discovers she is one of the 'Fae', creatures of legend and folklore, who pass as humans while feeding off them in secret, as they have for millennia. Relieved yet horrified to find out that she is not alone, Bo decides to take the middle path between the humans...