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George R.R. Martin is unequivocally forever tied to the A Song of Ice and Fire book series, which inspired the hit series Game of Thrones, and its prequel, House of the Dragon. However, the author has been involved in many other exciting projects that have nothing to do with the fantasy worlds.

One such example is the Western thriller series Dark Winds, for which Martin is a producer. A perfect whodunit, the highly underrated show has mostly fallen under the radar but received extreme praise for its performances and cultural representation. Per FlixPatrol, Dark Winds has just received a bump in the charts on AMC+, settling in eighth place.

Fans looking for a glimpse of dragons, realism, and fantasy will not get that with Dark Winds, but there is plenty of mystery and interesting characters. The AMC series follows Navajo Tribal Police officers, who are assigned to the Four Corners...

On night two of the 46th News & Documentary Emmy Awards Thursday night, MSNBC took home the night’s biggest prize, Best Documentary, for “The Sing Sing Chronicles.”

But at the ceremony focused on documentary programming, National Geographic led all winners with six award, taking home Outstanding Historical Documentary and Outstanding Nature Documentary among others. Netflix followed, with two programming wins (Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary and Outstanding Investigative Documentary) and two craft wins (Outstanding Cinematography — Documentary and Outstanding Light Direction — Documentary).

PBS historically does well on the second night of the annual ceremony, often leading the pack in documentary programming with series like “Frontline,” “Pov” and “Independent Lens.” Tonight’s two documentary programming wins brought the network’s two total to 19 this decade. They also saw three Gold/Silver Circle inductees — this amid President Donald Trump’s calls to cut the network’s funding.

Jon Else received the night’s Lifetime Achievement Award for documentary,...

Horror legend Barbara Crampton is back in the upcoming thriller Teacher’s Pet from writer/director Noam Kroll, and a gallery of first-look images have arrived ahead of the film’s premiere at Dances with Films later this month.

Luke Barnett, Sara Tomko (Resident Alien), Drew Powell (Gotham), Michelle Torian, and Kevin Makely (Young Rock) also star in the upcoming Teacher’s Pet, alongside Clayton Royal Johnson (Stranger Things), Alexe-Anne Godin, Richard Handley (The Black String), and Alexis DawTyne.

Teacher’s Pet follows a gifted high school senior (Michelle Torian) whose charismatic new teacher (Luke Barnett) offers an escape from her turbulent life, but as the year progresses it quickly becomes apparent his help comes with a price.

Director Noam Kroll has made a name for himself as a leading voice in independent cinema and the DIY filmmaking movement. His podcast, “Show Don’t Tell” (top 3 in filmmaking), has featured interviews from filmmakers...

Isabel DeRoy-Olson and Luke Barnett have joined the cast of the upcoming fourth season of Dark Winds!

The AMC thriller/drama has been in production in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and there two more new additions to the cast.

If you missed it, the next season will consist of eight, hour-long episodes and premieres in 2026.

Keep reading to find out more…

Isabel is joining as a new series regular in the role of Billie Tsosie, according to Deadline.

Billie is “a decisive and resourceful Navajo teenager who wants nothing more than the freedom to connect with her people outside of her boarding school. When her cousin takes her out of school, she finds herself quickly in over her head with only her cunning and resilience keeping her alive.”

Luke has been cast in the recurring role of FBI Special Agent Toby Shaw, “who arrives searching for answers to a mystery involving one of his friends.

Can we skip to next year already? That's when we'll see the return of our favorite characters, Joe Leaphorn, Jim Chee, and Bernadette Manuelito, in Dark Winds season 4. That's right. The fourth season will start airing on AMC and streaming on AMC+ sometime in 2026. AMC announced the renewal of the popular crime drama back in February 2025, before the season 3 premiere. At first, we had the third season to stay tuned to every week, but now that season 3 is wrapped, the wait for season 4 feels even longer.

The good news is that everything appears to be going smoothly at the moment, with production underway and some exciting casting updates already rolling in. Fans can breathe a little easier knowing that new episodes are officially in the works. With the return of our favorite trio and the promise of fresh faces and deeper mysteries, Dark Winds season 4 is shaping up to be well worth the wait.

Warning! This article contains Spoilers for Dark Winds season 3.Two new characters are joining the cast of Dark Winds season 4, including a new FBI agent who infiltrates Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon), Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon), and Bernadette Manuelito's (Jessica Matten) group. The ending of Dark Winds season 3 had quite a bit of setup for season 4. Joe will have to earn Emma's (Deanna Allison) love back, Chee and Manuelito will have to see if their relationship can last, and they'll have a new mystery to investigate in Dark Winds season 4. Now, a new report confirms they'll have at least one other problem to juggle as well.

A report from Deadline confirmed that Isabel DeRoy-Olson and Luke Barnett are joining the cast of Dark Winds in season 4. DeRoy-Olson will play Billie Tsosie, a Navajo girl described as resourceful and wanting "nothing more than the freedom to connect with her people outside of her boarding school.

Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie reboot has cast Jocko Sims (New Amsterdam) as the “generous and kind-hearted” Dr. George Tann, while Warren Christie (Alphas) will play John Edwards (a Civil War veteran “who catches the eye of every single woman in the county”), TVLine has learned.

Jocko Sims and Warren ChristieCourtesy of Everett Collection

Additionally, Meegwun Fairbrother (Burden of Truth), Alyssa Wapanatǎhk (Riverdale), Wren Zhawenim Gotts (Echo) and Xander Cole will form a family as a farmer named Mitchell, his “opinionated” wife White Sun, their “wildly imaginative” daughter Good Eagle and their “good-hearted but bull-headed” son Little Puma.

Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie reboot has cast Jocko Sims (New Amsterdam) as the “generous and kind-hearted” Dr. George Tann, while Warren Christie (Alphas) will play John Edwards (a Civil War veteran “who catches the eye of every single woman in the county”), TVLine has learned.

Jocko Sims and Warren ChristieCourtesy of Everett Collection

Additionally, Meegwun Fairbrother (Burden of Truth), Alyssa Wapanatǎhk (Riverdale), Wren Zhawenim Gotts (Echo) and Xander Cole will form a family as a farmer named Mitchell, his “opinionated” wife White Sun, their “wildly imaginative” daughter Good Eagle and their “good-hearted but bull-headed” son Little Puma.

Exclusive: Isabel DeRoy-Olson (Fancy Dance) and Luke Barnett (The Crossing Over Express) have joined the cast of AMC and AMC+ hit thriller Dark Winds for Season 4.

Production on Season 4, which will consist of eight hourlong episodes, is currently underway in Santa Fe, Nm, with a premiere set for 2026.

In a series regular role, DeRoy-Olson will portray Billie Tsosie, a decisive and resourceful Navajo teenager who wants nothing more than the freedom to connect with her people outside of her boarding school. When her cousin takes her out of school, she finds herself quickly in over her head with only her cunning and resilience keeping her alive.

Barnett will recur as FBI Special Agent Toby Shaw, who arrives searching for answers to a mystery involving one of his friends. Loyal to the bureau, Shaw finds himself in deep with Leaphorn, Chee, and Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten).

Set in 1971 on a remote...

With the Oscars quickly approaching, it's no wonder movie fans are buzzing about this year's nominees. As always, entertainment coverage focuses on the biggest controversies and the picks for the big five: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay. As a result, films nodded in other categories don't get nearly as much attention as they deserve. While finding time to watch every single movie nominated for 2025 is difficult, the best short films of the year can easily be added to your watchlist — and one of them is now streaming on Netflix.

Anuja, nominated for Best Live-Action Short Film, captivated audiences despite its 23-minute runtime. The coming-of-age short follows the emotional story of a nine-year-old genius named Anuja (Sadja Pathan) and her older sister Palak (Ananya Shanbhag). Struggling to make ends meet while working at a sweatshop in India, Anuja must decide between working with her sister...

Exclusive: Off the success of their viral short film The Crossing Over Express, writing duo Luke Barnett and Tanner Thomason have signed with Kaplan-Stahler for literary representation.

Amassing nearly two million views and an outpouring of messages from people around the world since its release last month on X, the short tells the story of a man seeking one last conversation with his late mother. The project came together 20 years after Barnett’s own mom passed away when he was just 17. With only “a handful of pictures and zero videos” of her, on his birthday a couple of years ago he received a text message from an unknown number which simply said “Happy Birthday” and contained a YouTube link.

“I clicked it, and my heart stopped. It was my mom,” Barnett recalled on X. In the video, she was “telling me how proud she was of me and how she wondered what I’d become.

Horror enthusiasts have something to look forward to as Kate Siegel (Hush) and David Dastmalchian (Late Night with the Devil) will be starring together in the upcoming zombie film Epilogue, which will be produced by one of the kings of horror, Mike Flanagan. Below, we shared all there is to know about this movie so far.

Described as an action-horror flick, Epilogue will be directed by Michael Fimognari. Fimognari is known for directing episodes of the Netflix horror series The Midnight Club and The Fall of the House of Usher. He will be helming this movie from a script co-written by Luke Barnett and Tanner Thomason.

The story takes place a year after the zombie apocalypse is believed to have ended, and follows a desperate couple searching for a cure for their infected daughter. Although Siegel and Dastmalchian's roles in the film haven't been revealed, our guess is that they'll play the couple.

Mike Flanagan and David Dastmalchian are both prominent figures in the horror world, so it’s somewhat surprising that their first collaboration came not on a horror project, but on Flanagan’s upcoming movie The Life of Chuck – which, despite being a Stephen King adaptation, is a drama. Today, Deadline has announced that Flanagan and Dastmalchian are set to work together again… and this time the project is a horror film. Flanagan will be producing Epilogue, which Dastmalchian will star in alongside Flanagan’s wife and frequent collaborator Kate Siegel. Michael Fimognari, who worked as cinematographer on most of Flanagan’s work and directed episodes of The Midnight Club and The Fall of the House of Usher (not to mention the films To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You and To All the Boys: Always and Forever), will be directing, working from a screenplay by Luke Barnett and Tanner Thomason.

Mike Flanagan is producing a new zombie movie featuring familiar stars from previous horror projects. The best known Mike Flanagan movies and TV shows are all part of the horror genre, including the Stephen King adaptations Gerald's Game and Doctor Sleep. He also created quite a few popular Netflix horror miniseries including The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, and The Fall of the House of Usher.

Per Deadline, the upcoming zombie action-horror movie Epilogue has cast Kate Siegel and David Dastmalchian in the lead roles. The movie will be produced by Mike Flanagan and directed by The Fall of the House of Usher's Michael Fimognari from a screenplay by Luke Barnett and Tanner Thomason, who previously collaborated as co-stars on the Barnett-penned 2020 comedy Faith Based. Read the official synopsis of the movie below:

Set one year after the zombie apocalypse has supposedly come to an end,...

If late October and November are not the best time to announce news about upcoming horror projects, then what is the best time, we ask you? There is no better time, of course, as the Halloween period is the one when most people are interested in the horror genre.

And while Halloween is over, we can still confirm that interest in the genre is high, as more news is coming our way about future projects, including the one we are about to provide you with in this report, which is brought to us exclusively by our colleagues from Deadline, where you can read the full article.

The report brings us exclusive information about an upcoming zombie apocalypse horror flick titled Epilogue, as its two main stars have just been confirmed, and you’ll be happy to hear that both of them have experience with the genre, which will most likely...

Described as an action-horror movie, the upcoming Epilogue will be produced by horror master Mike Flanagan, and Deadline reports that Kate Siegel and David Dastmalchian will star.

Both Siegel and Dastmalchian have become fan favorite actors in the genre space in recent years, Siegel starring in Mike Flanagan’s Hush as well as the TV series’ “The Haunting of Hill House,” “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” “Midnight Mass” and “The Fall of the House of Usher.” Siegel also just made her directorial debut with a segment in Shudder’s V/H/S/Beyond.

David Dastmalchian starred in this year’s indie hit Late Night with the Devil, and recent credits also include The Boogeyman, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, and The Life of Chuck.

Michael Fimognari (The Fall of the House of Usher) is directing the upcoming horror movie Epilogue, fresh off directing four episodes of Flanagan’s “Fall of the House of Usher.

Exclusive: Scream queen Kate Siegel (Midnight Mass) and David Dastmalchian are set to star in the action-horror Epilogue.

Michael Fimognari (The Fall of the House of Usher) will helm the film which is penned by Luke Barnett and Tanner Thomason.

Set one year after the zombie apocalypse has supposedly come to an end, the film will follow a desperate couple who set out to find a cure for their infected daughter.

Coming off box office hit Terrifier 3, which has reached $60M worldwide and climbing, The Coven will launch sales next week at the American Film Market.

Pic is being produced by Todd Garner (Mortal Kombat) for Broken Road Productions, Courtney Petrakis, Brittney McDade, and genre doyen Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep) for Red Room Pictures.

Siegel and Dastmalchian are both coming off The Life of Chuck, Flanagan’s film that took top honors at...

Anyone who has ever lost a loved one knows how much it would mean to spend just a few more minutes with them to say all the things you never got to say in life. Maybe it would be to apologize for something, or perhaps it would be to tell them you love them one last time. Thats the basic premise behind The Crossing Over Express, a new fantasy short film thats going viral on social media for tugging on the heartstrings of viewers everywhere.

Written and directed by Luke Barnett and Tanner Thomason, the 11-minute short film is led by the incomparable Dot-Marie Jones (Glee), who stars as Dr. Gale Gustberg, a traveling psychic medium with a PhD in parapsychology who conducts business out of the back of a moving truck, giving people the chance to talk with their deceased loved ones for two minutes. Barnett stars as Hank,...

A couple of years ago, Luke Barnett heard from his mother – even though it had been 20 years since she died. The actor-filmmaker received a text from an unknown number with a YouTube link to a video his mother had made when he was 16, telling him how proud she was of him. It was particularly jarring, as he didn’t have many photos and no video of her. It turned out, his friend Jon’s father had recently discovered it on an old VHS tape and had it put online.

“The video really shook me up,” says Barnett. “It took me back to my last conversation with my mom. She was in the hospital, in a coma, and they let me go in one last time.” He was just 17 at the time, and says it ended up being more like a confession. “From talking to people years later, I learned that...

"Don't touch the sheet - right. Got it." To get everyone in the mood for horror season just around the corner, enjoy this horror dark comedy short film called The Crossing Over Express. This 11-min short posted by Short of the Week is made by two talented indie filmmakers & writing partners Luke Barnett & Tanner Thomason. A man finds closure in the back of a truck – reconnecting with his dead mom. Hank gets ready. He has the money with him, he just has to fill out the form. Then everything is ready for his appointment with Dr. Gale Gustberg, a very peculiar woman who plies her "trade" in a white truck. He gets two minutes... Starring Luke Barnett, Dot-Marie Jones, and Ron Song. "Our goal was to make something creepy yet magical that would tempt you to laugh when you think you should cry, and to cry when you think you should laugh.

The rise of the internet has brought with it a new age of innovative amateur filmmakers who have found success uploading their work online through sites like YouTube. For aspiring auteurs looking to get as many eyes on their work as possible, one popular channel on the Google-owned video-sharing platform has sought to give this new generation a big stage to grab attention and ultimately help these creators break into the industry Short of the Week. All genres are represented on the channel and its website with a mix of buzzy titles coming off of festival runs and standout submissions, with a network of over 30,000 filmmakers and over 2,000 shared short films from over 50 countries. Collider is excited to share its next release, The Crossing Over Express, from Luke Barnett and Tanner Thomason, which is now available to watch online.

Rejected by top film festivals and agencies, Your Lucky Day has defied the odds to become a Top 10 Netflix hit. Luke Barnett took to Twitter to celebrate the streaming debut and highlight the unpredictability of success in the film industry. Streaming platforms like Netflix offer a new lease on life for movies that were initially overlooked by traditional routes.

Your Lucky Day producer Luke Barnett has named the talent agencies and film festivals that passed on the movie as it hits the US Netflix Top 10. Written and directed by Dan Brown, the survival drama follows a dispute over a winning lottery ticket that turns bloody, and the fall-out as witnesses must decide how far they're willing to go for a cut. Starring late Euphoria star Angus Cloud, as well as Elliott Knight and Jessica Garza, the movie made its SVOD debut in early March following its November 2023 release.

Following its debut on the platform,...

Back in November, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Funny or Die regular Luke Barnett, who co-wrote, acted in, and produced the Christian film industry satire Faith Based, had signed on to star in a thriller called Teacher’s Pet. That project has since made its way through production, and our friends at Bloody Disgusting – along with director Noam Kroll himself – have confirmed that Barnett is joined in the cast by Clayton Royal Johnson (Stranger Things), Kevin Makely (Young Rock), Drew Powell (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Sara Tomko (Resident Alien), Josh Pafchek, genre icon Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator), and newcomers Michelle Torian, Alexe-Anne Godin, and Makenna Ginn.

Kroll wrote a blog entry about the making of the film, complete with behind-the-scenes images, that can be read at This Link. Kroll made his feature directorial debut with the 2012 drama Footsteps and has followed that up with the mystery thriller Shadows on the Road, the thriller Psychosynthesis,...

Horror icon Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, Suitable Flesh) and more join Faith Based actor Luke Barnett in the creepy thriller Teacher’s Pet.

The upcoming thriller centers on “a malevolent new high school teacher with a sinister past who becomes disturbingly fixated on a brilliant female student. As he unveils his true sociopathic nature, the young woman is forced to navigate a treacherous battle of wits to survive high school.”

A perfect recipe for intense, skin-crawling thrills.

Sara Tomko (“Resident Alien”), Drew Powell (“Gotham”), newcomer Michelle Torian, Kevin Makely (“Young Rock”), Clayton Royal Johnson (“Stranger Things”), Alexe-Anne Godin, Richard Handley (The Black String), and Alexis DawTyne have also joined the cast alongside Crampton and Barnett.

Teacher’s Pet is written and directed by Noam Kroll.

The official logline for Teacher’s Pet follows “a gifted high school senior (Torian) whose charismatic new teacher (Barnett) offers an escape from her turbulent life, but as the year progresses,...

Dark Obsession is a psychological thriller centered around a painter navigating her husband's sudden departure and the haunting presence in the woods. Danielle Harris, who stars and produces the film, was drawn to supporting indie filmmaking, the lead female role, and the film's themes of shame and trauma. The film utilizes dialogue-less acting in some scenes to create discomfort and explore the unspoken emotions between characters, adding a unique dimension to the story.

A woman's idyllic life comes crashing down in Dark Obsession. The psychological thriller revolves around a painter whose husband abruptly leaves her in the middle of the night, and as she tries to come to terms with his decision, she finds herself tormented by an ominous voice in the woods nearby.

Blaine Morris, who also co-wrote the movie, leads the Dark Obsession cast alongside Mena Suvari, Halloween alum Danielle Harris, Adriana Barraza, Leonard Amoia, Anwar Wolf, Lucy Werner,...

Faith Based actor Luke Barnett is set to star in Teacher’s Pet, the fourth feature from writer and director Noam Kroll.

Launch Releasing will finance, produce and distribute the indie set to start production in Los Angeles in early January 2024. The project signed a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement just before the Hollywood actors strike ended.

A Funny or Die regular, Barnett co-wrote, acted in and produced Faith Based, a satire on the Christian film industry, which was toplined by Jason Alexander, Lance Reddick and Margaret Cho. He also produced Your Lucky Day, which starred the late Angus Cloud.

Barnett will appear in the fourth season of AppleTV+’s sci-fi drama For All Mankind and the indies Tapawingo, opposite Jon Heder, and Tonic, with Lori Petty.

Teacher’s Pet is set to portray a malevolent new high school teacher with a sinister past who becomes disturbingly fixated on a brilliant female student.

One of the last film appearances by the late actor Angus Cloud has been released in advance of its debut next month.

Cloud, who reached stardom with his role as the lovable drug dealer Fezco on HBO’s Euphoria, will also be seen performing in the forthcoming film Freaky Tales from Anna Fleck and Ryan Boden, and Radio Silence’s untitled monster thriller for Universal.

Cloud died unexpectedly on July 31st at age 25 from a multiple drug overdose.

Your Lucky Day will hit theaters November 10 and arrive on digital on the 14th.

Written and directed by Emmy nominee Dan Brown, Your Lucky Day watches as a dispute over a winning lottery ticket turns into a deadly hostage situation, leaving the witnesses to decide exactly how far they’ll go — and how much blood they’re willing to spill — for a cut of the $156 million. As the spiraling, life-or-death situation unravels...

The Well: "Iperuranio Film is excited to announce that Screamfest LA will host the October 12th North American Premiere of The Well, director Federico Zampaglione's latest film, a graphic supernatural horror. The Well will make its World Premiere at the Sitges Film Festival before heading to Los Angeles.

The Well stars Lauren Lavera (Terrifier 2), as Lisa Gray, a budding art restorer, who travels to a small Italian village to bring a medieval painting back to its former glory, unaware of the danger that she may unleash. Starring alongside Lavera is Claudia Gerini, Giovanni Lombardo Radice (City of the Living Dead), Taylor Zaudtke (Sadistic Intentions), Linda Zampaglione (Time Is Up), Jonathan Dylan King (From Scratch), Lorenzo Renzi (Romanzo Criminale), Gianluigi Calvani (The New Pope), Yassine Fadel (FBI: International), Melanie Gaydos, Stefano Martinelli and newcomer Courage Oviawe.

The Well is an Iperuranio Film production, directed by Federico Zampaglione, written by Zampaglione and Stefano Masi,...

Angus Cloud, the Euphoria actor who passed away at age 25, died of an accidental overdose, a spokesperson for the Alameda County Coroner confirmed.

The actor’s cause of death was cited as the result of intoxication due to the combined effects of methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl and benzodiazepines.

Cloud’s family announced the news on July 31, saying, “It is with the heaviest heart that we had to say goodbye to an incredible human today. As an artist, a friend, a brother and a son, Angus was special to all of us in so many ways. Last week he buried his father and intensely struggled with this loss. The only comfort we have is knowing Angus is now reunited with his dad, who was his best friend. Angus was open about his battle with mental health, and we hope that his passing can be a reminder to others that they are not...

Exclusive: The action thriller Your Lucky Day, featuring one of the final performances of the late Euphoria breakout Angus Cloud, has landed a U.S. distribution deal with Well Go USA Entertainment. On the heels of its world premiere at Fantastic Fest this Saturday, September 23rd, the film will hit theaters across the country on November 10th and arrive on digital on the 14th.

Written and directed by Emmy nominee Dan Brown, Your Lucky Day watches as a dispute over a winning lottery ticket turns into a deadly hostage situation, leaving the witnesses to decide exactly how far they’ll go — and how much blood they’re willing to spill — for a cut of the $156 million. As the spiraling, life-or-death situation unravels in the small convenience store on Christmas Eve, it becomes evident that the poisonous heart of the American dream can actually be a nightmare.

“We’ve been sold...

"He wouldn't leave without telling anybody..." Or would he...? An official trailer has debuted for an indie psychological thriller film with the most obvious and generic title ever – Dark Obsession, made by British filmmaker George Henry Horton. Not to be confused with any other dark obsession thrillers with a similar title, including 1989's Dark Obsession. A painter struggles with inner demons after being forced into a life of solitude when her husband leaves mysteriously. Do answers lie with her mother, who desperately tries to connect with her, or also her fearful neighbor? "When we first started filming, we were told by SAG we were the first pandemic film shooting in the whole of the Southern United States. That we pulled it off is nothing short of a testament to the dedication and talent of our wonderful cast and crew," the filmmakers say. This dark mystery thriller stars Blaine Morris, Mena Suvari,...

Your Lucky Day, the horror thriller featuring one of the final performances of Euphoria breakout Angus Cloud, has secured a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement for publicity ahead of its Fantastic Fest premiere, Deadline has learned.

As with all projects under agreements of this sort — Michael Mann’s Ferrari and the Sean Penn-Dakota Johnson starrer Daddio being just two other prominent examples — we’ll have to wait and see who will, in fact, agree to participate in promotional activities amidst the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. A prominent genre festival based in Austin, TX, Fantastic Fest takes place this year from September 21-28.

Dying of an undisclosed cause on July 31st, at his family home in Oakland, CA, aged 25, Cloud’s co-stars in Your Lucky Day included Jessica Garza, Elliot Knight, Jason O’Mara, Spencer Garrett, Mousa Hussein Kraish, Jason Wiles and Sebastian Sozzi.

The film from writer-director Daniel Brown is billed as a...

Exclusive: Karsen Liotta (Blackbird), daughter of the late Ray Liotta, is headlining an anthology indie pic that has been handed a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement.

Liotta is leading Sunfish (& Other Stories On Green Lake), the debut feature from short film writer-director Sierra Falconer, alongside Marceline Hugot (Julia & Julie) and Wayne Duvall.

The anthology follows the residents of a small town and the lake that binds them together. The four stories weave together themes of belonging, coming of age, and rural lake life, exploring a deeper commentary about community, the collateral damage that ensues from the changes in our lives, and how it can reverberate in relationships and the process of maturation.

Also featuring in Sunfish are Adam Lefevre (Ozark), Dominic Bogart (American Primeval), Emily Hall (Lumina), Maren Heary (She Said), Tenley Kellogg (Faith Under Fire) and Jim Kaplan (Marry Me) in leading roles. Supporting...

Angus Cloud completed filming three roles for upcoming projects before his untimely death was announced on Monday, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Cloud, who played the role of Fezco on the hit HBO series Euphoria for two years, died at age 25, his family announced.

Before his death, he finished filming his star turn in the Universal untitled monster thriller from the filmmaking trio known as Radio Silence, and he wrapped filming on the upcoming thriller Your Lucky Day, THR confirmed.

In addition, Cloud completed work on Freaky Tales, a drama from Captain Marvel helmers Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, which is now in post-production. “We are so shocked and saddened by the awful news. Angus brought such a unique energy and vitality to our set and his work. We will remember him as a bright, patient, vibrant human being and a devoted collaborator who we felt lucky to work alongside.

Angus Cloud, the actor who starred on HBO’s Euphoria for two seasons, has died. He was 25.

Cloud’s family announced the news on Monday.

“It is with the heaviest heart that we had to say goodbye to an incredible human today. As an artist, a friend, a brother and a son, Angus was special to all of us in so many ways,” said his family in the statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “Last week he buried his father and intensely struggled with this loss. The only comfort we have is knowing Angus is now reunited with his dad, who was his best friend. Angus was open about his battle with mental health, and we hope that his passing can be a reminder to others that they are not alone and should not fight this on their own in silence.”

The family continued, “We hope the world remembers him for his humor,...

Sterling Beaumon has been cast in upcoming horror/thriller “Your Lucky Day.”

Beaumon will appear alongside Angus Cloud (“Euphoria”), Jessica Garza (“Penny Dreadful: City of Angles”) and Jason O’Mara (“The Man in the High Castle”) in the feature, which is already in production in Los Angeles.

Elliot Knight (“Color Out of Space”), Spencer Garrett (“Dopesick”), Mousa Hussein Kraish (“American Gods”), Jason Wiles (“Scream” series), and Sebastian Sozzi (“Fear the Walking Dead”) will also star in the film.

Set on Christmas Eve, the film turns the concept of the “American Dream” on its head and into a poisonous nightmare when a hostage situation breaks out at a small convenience store over a lottery ticket. The ticket happens to be worth $156 million and, inevitably, the situation soon spirals out of control.

Beaumon will play an insecure Marine turned rookie cop called Cody who unthinkingly followed his father into the police force and...

Exclusive: The horror thriller Your Lucky Day, from writer and director Daniel Brown, has cast Angus Cloud (Euphoria), Jessica Garza, Elliot Knight (Color Out of Space), and Jason O’Mara (The Man in the High Castle) in leading roles.

Rounding out the cast are Spencer Garrett (Dopesick), Mousa Hussein Kraish (American Gods), Jason Wiles (Scream series), and Sebastian Sozzi (Fear the Walking Dead).

Your Lucky Day is a morality tale set on Christmas Eve in a small convenience store near the bottom of the socioeconomic food chain where a hostage situation breaks out over a $156 million lottery ticket. When things inevitably spiral, the film becomes a hardboiled look at how the poisonous heart of the American dream is actually a nightmare.

Luke Barnett is producing along with Adam Baxter. Jessica Sherman is casting director.

Cloud is repped by A3 and Diomi Cordero, Garza by A3 and Circle of Confusion,...

Exclusive: Filming on the comedy film Tapawingo from Foggy Bottom Pictures has wrapped production in Hopeville, Va.

The ensemble cast includes Jon Heder, Billy Zane, Gina Gershon, Chris Gethard, Kim Matula, Jay Pichardo, John Ratzenberger, Amanda Bearse, George Psarras, Paul Psarras, Sawyer Williams, Luke Barnett and Chad Dukes among others.

“I wanted to make a movie like the ones I love watching on repeat at home,” writer-director Dylan K. Narang said. “Jon, Jay, Kim, the Psarras, Chad, Chris Gethard, Luke, Reji — they all made my job easy because they’re all naturally funny and I think it really shows in the film. I can’t wait for people to watch it.”

Tapawingo follows a 30-year-old oddball named Nate Skoog (Heder) who works a dead-end mailroom job and still lives in his mom’s house. When Nate’s boss orders him to pick up his social misfit son, Oswalt (Sawyer Williams...

Mena Suvari and Danielle Harris have joined the cast and production team of the psychological thriller feature Anne, With Love starring Blaine Morris.

George Henry Horton (Dreadspace) will direct the film from a script he co-wrote with Morris. Horton and Morris are producing under JesterLads and Giant Nugget Productions along with Suvari, Harris and Matt Simonelli.

Among the supporting case are Jaime Gallagher, Luke Barnett, Rocky Perez, Anwar Wolf, Leonard Amoia, Lucy Werner, Hunter Brown and Robert H. Lambert.

The story follows Anne (Morris), a painter who struggles with inner demons after being forced into a life of solitude when her husband leaves mysteriously. Suvari will play her closest confidant Maya, who has a dark secret of her own. Harris will play Anne’s neighbor, who has several striking similarities in both her appearance and life.

Suvari is repped by...

Woody McClain, who currently appears in the Starz Power spinoff, Power Book II: Ghost, has been added to the cast of The Harder They Fall. The Netflix western stars Idris Elba, Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, Lakeith Stanfield, Delroy Lindo, Danielle Deadwyler, Edi Gathegi, Rj Cyler, and Oscar winner Regina King. Jeymes Samuel, who co-wrote the screenplay with Boaz Yakin, is directing the pic. It’s about an outlaw Nat Love (Majors) who discovers that the man (Elba) who killed his parents two decades ago is being released from prison, he reunites with his gang to track his enemy down and seek his revenge. Jay-Z, James Lassiter, Lawrence Bender, and Samuel are producing. McClain’s other credits include The Bobby Brown Story, The New Edition Story, and indie comedy Death of a Telemarketer.

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Faith Based star Luke Barnett has signed on for two indie dramas, the Waheed AlQawasmi-directed Arabic/English-language drama Jacir,...

Working with friends to make a movie can sometimes create resounding critical and financial success, while other times, the collaboration is just a self-indulgent and futile attempt to gain fame. The filmmaking trio behind the new religious-based comedy satire, ‘Faith Based,’ including Vincent Masciale, Luke Barnett and Tanner Thomason, is part of the former group, […]

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The latest teaser for the Christian movie satire Faith Based features a toupee-wearing Jason Alexander poking fun at the faith-based film industry by playing a dodgy film producer.

“The only thing standing between you and your dreams is you and your dreams,” Alexander, who plays CEO Nicky Steele, says among many other new-age platitudes. Faith Based co-stars Luke Barnett and Tanner Thomason as slacker filmmakers who decided to make a Christian movie for quick cash.

“I wanted to make the best Christian movie Jesus has ever seen. It’s time to show my dad what we can do,”...

The latest teaser for the Christian movie satire Faith Based features a toupee-wearing Jason Alexander poking fun at the faith-based film industry by playing a dodgy film producer.

“The only thing standing between you and your dreams is you and your dreams,” Alexander, who plays CEO Nicky Steele, says among many other new-age platitudes. Faith Based co-stars Luke Barnett and Tanner Thomason as slacker filmmakers who decided to make a Christian movie for quick cash.

“I wanted to make the best Christian movie Jesus has ever seen. It’s time to show my dad what we can do,”...

"Action: space monsters!" Gravitas has released an official trailer for an indie comedy titled Faith Based, a film about filmmakers trying to make a film. This originally premiered at the Santa Barbara Film Festival earlier this year. When two slacker friends come to the realization that every "faith based" movie makes buckets of cash, they set out on a mission to make one of their own. Their project: A Prayer in Space, about the story of the first prayer ever to be prayed... in space. With the majority of the movie taking place in LA's San Fernando Valley, the filmmakers went to renowned local artist Phill Bourque to create the original, hand drawn poster (as seen below). The film stars Luke Barnett, Tanner Thomason, Margaret Cho, David Koechner, with Lance Reddick, and Jason Alexander. It's always amusing to see films about the kookiness of filmmaking, and this looks like it's...

Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures has picked up the North American distribution rights to Faith Based, the Luke Barnett-scripted indie comedy that stars Jason Alexander, Tanner Thomason, Margaret Cho, David Koechner, Lance Reddick, as well as Barnett. Vincent Masciale directed the film which will be available in select theaters and on digital, cable, and satellite VOD platforms on October 9.

The plot focuses on two slacker friends who come to the realization that every low budget Christian movie starring 90’s TV actors makes millions of dollars. They soon set out on a mission to make “A Prayer in Space”, the story of the first prayer ever to be prayed… in space.

Christoph Sanders, Carly Craig, Richard Riehle, Marlon Young, Danielle Nicolet, YouTube star Lisa Schwartz, Chris Marquette, and Danny Woodburn round out the cast.

Barnett, Masciale, Thomason, and Tim Kerigan produced the pic, which premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

Apologies if this offends anyone, but faith based films almost exclusively are terrible. In fact, they’re ripe for parody. After all, movies made on the cheap, appealing to an audience that only cares about quality in the broadest sense of the word, and can almost be assured of turning a profit, are easy targets. The upcoming film Faith Based takes a comedy and satirical look at what would happen if a couple of regular guys, on the hunt for a quick buck, opted to make one themselves. The premise has a lot of potential, which luckily for audiences, leads to a charming flick with more on its mind than simply having a laugh at this inherently silly genre. The movie is, as mentioned, a comedy, centering on two fairly dim-witted friends. Luke (Luke Barnett) and Tanner (Tanner Thomason) are buds who love cinema, aren’t the smartest, and need to make some money.

Ryan Bury to lead sales efforts in Berlin.

Jason Alexander comedy Faith Based produced by the people behind The Death Of Stalin is among five additions to the Motion Picture Exchange (Mpx) sales roster on the eve of Efm.

Mpx senior vice-president of sales and acquisitions Ryan Bury will be in Berlin leading sales efforts.

Vincent Macsiale directed the story about two slacker friends (Luke Barnett and Tanner Thomason) who set out to produce a faith-based film. Alexander plays a seedy executive in the film, which premiered at Santa Barbara International Film Festival last month and is produced by Lone Suspect...

The Faith Based teaser trailer has arrived and it takes a different approach to promote the Christian movie industry satire. Rather than deliver a traditional trailer with footage from the comedy, stars Luke Barnett and Tanner Thomason read angry comments about the movie from Fox News and Breitbart. The duo claim that their upcoming movie has earned over 10,000 angry comments so far, making sure to note that nobody has even seen the movie yet.

Most of the comments from Fox News and Breitbart about Faith Based are pretty negative and dark, with some even going as far as to talk about Jews and Muslims. The comedy is based around two friends, played by Luke Barnett and Tanner Thomason, who set out to make a movie to capitalize on the lucrative Christian movie industry. So far, the satire has managed to gain a lot of attention for what some are calling,...

For the first teaser for Christian film industry satire Faith Based, rather than simply show clips of the film — which is having its world premiere in competition at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival — stars Luke Barnett and Tanner Thomason have also chosen to read out comments from Fox News and Breitbart readers.

Based around two friends (Barnett and Thomason, both Funny or Die regulars) who set out to make a film to capitalize on the lucrative Christian movie industry, Faith Based has managed to stir up some sizable anger from conservative news channels, where it has been labeled ...

For the first teaser for Christian film industry satire Faith Based, rather than simply show clips of the film — which is having its world premiere in competition at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival — stars Luke Barnett and Tanner Thomason have also chosen to read out comments from Fox News and Breitbart readers.

Based around two friends (Barnett and Thomason, both Funny or Die regulars) who set out to make a film to capitalize on the lucrative Christian movie industry, Faith Based has managed to stir up some sizable anger from conservative news channels, where it has been labeled ...