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In a new uInterview, Louise Linton and Kristen Ruhlin shared their experience making the film Chick Flick.

Linton explained to uInterview founder Erik Meers how she starred in the original film in 2013, but after finishing it still felt that something was missing.

“I loved the script. I thought it was so charming but this sort of predated a lot of the social media and dating apps. But I really identified with what this story was about and we had a great time filming it. And then once the filmmakers were in the edit, we just had the feeling that the story wasn’t sort of connecting the way that we’d all intended.”

After deciding to reshoot the movie, Linton decided to update it by adding Tinder, Bumble and other online dating platforms to the storyline.

“We added 50% to the screenplay and reshot quite a bit of it both in Washington,...

STXfilms has acquired the domestic rights to “Me You Madness,” the directorial debut of actress Louise Linton, who is also married to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, an individual with knowledge told TheWrap.

Linton also stars in the campy, comedy and thriller alongside “Gossip Girl” actor Ed Westwick, and the film will be made available through premium video on demand. STX is aiming for a mid-February 2021 debut.

Linton in “Me You Madness” plays a serial killer living a life of luxury in a dream house in Malibu who seduces a petty thief to be her next kill, only for the two of them to slowly fall for each other. Here’s the full synopsis:

“Me You Madness” tells the deliciously wicked tale about a beautiful, ruthlessly ambitious, intelligent, and successful businesswoman, Catherine Black (Louise Linton). She lives a life of luxury having an architectural dream house in Malibu, exclusive designer fashions,...

Exclusive: We have the first photo from Me, You, Madness, the indie film starring first-time writer-director Louise Linton. Have a look below, along with an image of Linton in helmer mode.

She stars along with Ed Westwick in the comedy about a young thief (Westwick) who, while casing a secluded mansion in Malibu, discovers he is robbing the home of a serial killer. The movie 2018 shoot in Malibu was interrupted by last year’s Woolsey Fire before resuming after the danger had passed.

“Thanks to my killer crew and cast, the movie is every bit the playful 80’s homage I dreamed of when I wrote it,” said Linton, wife of Treasury Secretary and Wonder Woman executive producer Steven Mnuchin. “It was a joyful set, even under pressure. Ed Westwick is a phenomenal actor, collaborator, friend and creative force who became my co-pilot on many creative aspects of the film.”

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A haunting coming-of-age tale that's as heartbreaking as it is horrifying, The Clovehitch Killer is coming to Blu-ray and DVD on March 5th alongside another IFC Midnight movie, the occult film Welcome to Mercy (written by and starring Kristen Ruhlin).

From Scream Factory: "We are proud to announce that we have two new IFC Midnight titles planned for release on Blu-ray & DVD on March 5th!

The Clovehitch Killer - Tyler Burnside is a Boy Scout, a volunteer at his local church, and the dutiful son of an upstanding, community leader dad. Only one thing troubles the quiet Kentucky town he lives in: the unsolved murders — in which ten women were brutally tortured and killed by a psychopath known as Clovehitch — that rocked the community more than a decade ago. When Tyler discovers a cache of disturbing images in his father's possession, he begins to suspect that the man he trusts...

Welcome to The Witching Hour! Collider’s horror podcast, co-created and co-hosted by Horror Editor Haleigh Foutch and Senior Editorial Producer Perri Nemiroff. This week, we welcome special guest Kristen Ruhlin to the table to talk about religious horror, possession movies and how she learned about real-life exorcisms in Catholic school. It's a fun and fascinating wide-ranging conversation that covers how she came to write her new horror movie Welcome to Mercy, how writing a script about demonic possession affected her as a person of faith, and much more. We've also got a special …...

Single mother Madaline (Kristen Ruhlin) just wants to keep her daughter, Willow (Sophia Massa) safe, but she finds that difficult to do when she wakes up in restraints and a lot of questions on her mind in our exclusive clip from the new IFC Midnight movie Welcome to Mercy.

Welcome to Mercy will be released in select theaters and on VOD and digital platforms on November 2nd from IFC Midnight. You can watch our exclusive clip below, and we also have the film's official synopsis and trailer.

Synopsis: "A young woman struggles against the unholy forces that possess her in this terrifying occult thriller. After being stricken with stigmata, single mother Madaline (Kristen Ruhlin) is sent to a remote convent where nothing is what it seems and her friend August (Lily Newmark) is seemingly the only person she can trust. Together, they must confront the demons inside Madaline before she becomes the Antichrist.

IFC to launch in Us on November 2.

Pure Flix/Quality Flix is screening the thriller Welcome To Mercy for Afm buyers, alongside five new films including God’s Not Dead: A Light In Darkness, and Little Women.

Welcome To Mercy hails from Scream and The Scary Movie executive producer Cary Granat and opens in the Us on Friday [November 2] via IFC in 15 cities.

Ron Gell, vice-president of international sales and distribution for Pure Flix/Quality Flix, is screening the film on Friday and Saturday. The story centres on an American single mother who returns to Latvia to say goodbye to her dying father,...

Happy Halloween, everyone! While I know it’s a bittersweet feeling that our favorite holiday is finally upon us, that doesn’t mean we have to bid the horror genre farewell any time soon. In fact, there are a ton of great genre films hitting VOD and a variety of digital platforms throughout the month of November, which should help with the sting of it no longer officially being the spooky season.

November’s digital releases kick off on Friday with Possum, Welcome to Mercy, and Monster Party, and then just a few days later, get ready for Death House, Kin, The Heretics, Beyond the Sky, and Blood, Sweat and Terrors on November 6th. One week later, the cyber thriller Searching hits various platforms (and is definitely worth a watch), and there are a few more titles making their digital debuts that day as well: Blue My Mind, Lasso, and Bloody Ballet.

When you want something done right, you’ve got to do it yourself. Kristen Ruhlin wanted a great role to play, so she wrote one for herself in Welcome to Mercy. Welcome to Mercy played at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival and now opens November 2 in theaters from IFC Midnight. Ruhlin plays Madaline,a woman who visits her ailing father in Latvia with her daughter Willow (Sophia Massa). The visit brings up all sorts of old conflicts until Madaline experiences the stigmata. She goes to a convent to help expel the spirit that may have caused it. Ruhlin spoke with Monsters […]

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Kristen Ruhlin is determinedly fighting back against the forces that are possessing and haunting her in the new official trailer for her upcoming occult thriller, ‘Welcome to Mercy.’ IFC Midnight is set to release the movie on November 2, after it had its World Premiere at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, and then its West […]

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Official trailer and poster for IFC Midnight’s release of Welcome To Mercy, coming to select theaters, VOD and via digital platforms in the U.S. on November 2, 2018. P Star/screenwriter Kristen Ruhlin Director Tommy Bertelsen Producer Cary Granat Composer Michael Shuman (bassist for Queens of the Stone Age and Mini-Mansions) Please note that Welcome To …

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The creative and tireless team at Screamfest has always done an amazing job of celebrating the horror genre's present while honoring its past, and their second wave of programming certainly confirms this notion, as this year's Hollywood-based festival will include anniversary screenings of Bride of Chucky and The Serpent and the Rainbow, in addition to special screenings of Aliens and The Terminator to commemorate Gale Anne Hurd being presented with a Career Achievement Award.

Press Release: "Hollywood, Calif. – October 4, 2018 – Screamfest Horror Film Festival, America’s largest, and longest running horror movie festival, announces the second wave of its festival line up. The fest, which will run from Oct. 9-18, 2018 at the Tcl Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood, will showcase the West Coast premiere of The Unthinkable, the West Coast premiere of Welcome to Mercy and the U.S. premiere of the animated feature “Chuck Steel: Night of The Trampires.”

This year,...

Fresh off of its premiere at this year's Brooklyn Horror Fest, Tommy Bertelsen's Welcome to Mercy follows Madaline, a young woman who may or may not become the Antichrist. Check out the trailer for Welcome to Mercy from IFC Midnight before it hits theaters and VOD on November 2nd.

"A young woman struggles against the unholy forces that possess her in this terrifying occult thriller. After being stricken with stigmata, single mother Madaline (Kristen Ruhlin) is sent to a remote convent where nothing is what it seems and her friend August (Lily Newmark) is seemingly the only person she can trust. Together, they must confront the demons inside Madaline before she becomes the Antichrist."

Welcome to Mercy was directed by Tommy Bertelsen and stars Kristen Ruhlin and Lily Newmark. Kristen Ruhlin also wrote the film, which was produced by Cary Granat and composed by Queens of the Stone Age bassist Michael Shuman.

"You must control... you almost killed your daughter." IFC Midnight has debuted the first official trailer for an indie possession horror titled Welcome to Mercy, from filmmaker Tommy Bertelsen. The story follows a single mother named Madaline who begins to experience symptoms of the stigmata, so she seeks the help of a local priest and nun to help her understand what is seen and unseen, and hopefully avoid becoming the new antichrist. She ends up at a remote covenant. Kristen Ruhlin stars and wrote the screenplay for this indie horror. It also features Lily Newmark, Eva Ariel Binder, Eileen Davies, Victoria Sokolova, Danis Grube, Toms Liepajnieks, Sophia Massa, and Ieva Seglina. Possession films are getting more and more redundant, but this looks like it gets super intense once she meets up with these relentless nuns. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Tommy Bertelsen's Welcome to Mercy, from YouTube:...

Pure Flix, the faith-based production company responsible for God's Not Dead, has acquired the international distribution rights to Welcome to Mercy from the producers of Scream and The Others.

Pure Flix, which launched its own U.S. theatrical distribution arm, nabbed the feature directed by Tommy Bertelsen (Ed Wood), and which stars Kristen Ruhlin, Eileen Davies, Lily Newmark and Toms Liepajnieks. Founded in 2005 by Michael Scott, David A.R. White, Russell Wolfe and Elizabeth Travis, Pure Flix is an indie Christian movie production and distribution studio.

The film's producers are in talks on a domestic distribution deal to be announced ...

Pure Flix, the faith-based production company responsible for God's Not Dead, has acquired the international distribution rights to Welcome to Mercy from the producers of Scream and The Others.

Pure Flix, which launched its own U.S. theatrical distribution arm, nabbed the feature directed by Tommy Bertelsen (Ed Wood), and which stars Kristen Ruhlin, Eileen Davies, Lily Newmark and Toms Liepajnieks. Founded in 2005 by Michael Scott, David A.R. White, Russell Wolfe and Elizabeth Travis, Pure Flix is an indie Christian movie production and distribution studio.

The film's producers are in talks on a domestic distribution deal to be announced ...

The second wave of programming has been announced for The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, revealing new world premieres, short film programming, special events, and a brand new restoration of Blood Harvest from Vinegar Syndrome. To learn more and pick up tickets, visit:

http://brooklynhorrorfest.com/badges/

From the Press Release: The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival unveils the remainder of our massive line-up for the third edition, now larger than ever before and spanning from October 11th - 18th with screenings and events across Bk. The festival is thrilled to return to Nitehawk Cinema, Syndicated, Liu Kumble Theatre, Videology, and the Wythe Hotel Cinema. This year we’ll also be invading Ifp’s Made in NY Media Center with our unique brand of bloody fun.

Completing the Stage Frights line-up of live events, Bhff will team up once again with Drunk Education to bring you an inebriated talk on religious horror with Bad Religion,...

Meagan Good‘s upcoming comedy “You Have a Nice Flight” has landed Rob Margolies to direct, an individual familiar with the project confirmed to TheWrap. Margolies previously directed Josh Gad, Kristen Ruhlin and Hilary Duff in the 2012 romantic comedy “She Wants Me.” He is also the founder of production company, Different Duck Films. Also read: Meagan Good Rips Fans for Reposting Her Leaked Nude Photos: ‘You Should Be Ashamed’ “You Have a Nice Flight” is scheduled to begin filming in Los Angeles sometime in November, with a release for 2015. Mike Crawford (“You Me and Everyone We Know”) is producing the film.

Have you heard of the 2003 Japanese flick 2Ldk? It's a favorite of mine about two female roommates engaging in a pretty damn epic battle to the death. I mention it because the film seems to have served as the inspiration for one that's just been picked up for distribution...

...the details of which we've got on tap for ya today.

Screen Daily reports that Lionsgate and Grindstone Entertainment have scooped up the domestic rights to indie thriller 2br/1ba, which is short for '2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom.'

Starring Alexa Vega, Spencer Grammer, and Kathryn Morris, the story follows the lives of two opposite roommates whose differences come to a head over the course of 24 hours in a physical, drag out battle over money, space, and morals.

2br/1ba was produced and directed by Rob Margolies along with producers Tenille Houston, Jon Smith, and Kristen Ruhlin. Check out the trailer below.

Lionsgate and Grindstone Entertainment aqcuire domestic rights to indie thriller starring Spy Kids actress Alexa Vega.

Grindstone Entertainment and Lionsgate will distribute indie thriller 2br/1ba starring Alexa Vega, Spencer Grammer and Kathryn Morris later this year.

The story follows the lives of two opposite roommates (Vega, Grammer) whose differences come to a head over the course of 24 hours in a physcial, drag out battle over money, space, and morals.

The film was produced and directed by Rob Margolies, along with producers Tenille Houston, Jon Smith and Kristen Ruhlin. Morris is repped with Gersh, while Vega and Grammer are repped with UTA.

Margolies’ last film, She Wants Me, starring Josh Gad, Hilary Duff, Kristen Ruhlin, Melonie Diaz and executive produced by Charlie Sheen was also distributed by Lionsgate on VOD.

Awkwardness ensues when struggling filmmaker Sam (Josh Gad) offers the lead role in his new movie to his actress girlfriend Sammy (Kristen Ruhlin)... only for a Hollywood star (Hilary Duff) to show an interest in the same part. As if their domestic situation wasn't squirmy enough, what with Sammy's super-rich ex (Johnny Messner) currently living with them to help pay the rent.

Awkwardness ensues when struggling filmmaker Sam (Josh Gad) offers the lead role in his new movie to his actress girlfriend Sammy (Kristen Ruhlin)... only for a Hollywood star (Hilary Duff) to show an interest in the same part. As if their domestic situation wasn't squirmy enough, what with Sammy's super-rich ex (Johnny Messner) currently living with them to help pay the rent.

As it heads to Cannes, we have the exclusive trailer for the upcoming romantic comedy Stuck, starring Madeline Zima and Joel David Moore. The pair play two strangers who engage in a one night stand, only to find themselves Stuck in a traffic jam the next morning. As they begrudgingly get to know each other, they are led to a surprising destiny. Check out the first footage, along with the poster and three photos as Stuck proves that having sex with strangers is easier than conversing with one.

Stuck - Exclusive "Trailer"

Stuck comes to theaters in 2013 and stars Madeline Zima, Joel Moore, Kristen Ruhlin, Abraham Benrubi, Rebecca Field, Jayson Blair, Darren Le Gallo, Evie Thompson. The film is directed by Stuart Acher.

After Dark Films is looking to dip its toe back into the waters of the genre that built it. So what gory glories can we expect from the studio in the near future? If they have their way, everyone will be bleeding from the wounds of Christ with Beatus.

MovieLine reports that After Dark Films is looking to pick up the script to Beatus by writing duo Kristen Ruhlin and Tony Repinski. The story revolves around a girl who experiences symptoms of the Stigmata and discovers that true evil may be within the walls of the Church. Repinski and Ruhlin worked together previously on the horror flick Dark Highway.

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After taking a handful of independent film festival awards with his debut film, Wherever You Are, writer-director Rob Margolies returns with She Wants Me, a romantic dramedy that stars Josh Gad in the lead, supported by Hilary Duff, Charlie Sheen, Kristen Ruhlin, Aaron Yoo, and the highly entertaining Wayne Knight (3rd Rock from the Sun).

The film has just been picked up by GoDigital, a leading Us VoD and home entertainment distributor, who will be releasing the film straight to cable and digital outlets later this year.

THR have released a new trailer for the film, in which,

“Gad plays Sam, a budding screenwriter who writes a film in which he asks his gorgeous girlfriend Sammy (Kristin Ruhlin) to star. That plan hits a bump in the road with the development that superstar actress Kim Powers (Hilary Duff) has read and loves the script and wants the part. It’s...

Today we have for your a new poster and trailer for Rob Margolies’ upcoming comedy She Wants Me, starring Hilary Duff, Kristen Ruhlin and Josh Gad. The film follows the tale of a neurotic writer named Sam, (Josh Gad), who is making his next feature film and becomes conflicted after Duff’s A-list starlet character shows [...]

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Hilary Duff has joined the cast of "She Wants Me". The actress and singer will play an A-list actress who the lead character Sam, portrayed by "The Rocker" star Josh Gad, finds himself in a quandary with when she wants a role written for his girlfriend Sammy (Kristen Ruhlin).

Charlie Sheen is set to have a cameo in the Rob Margolies-directed project, which has already begun filming in Los Angeles, Variety reports. The film is being produced by Mark and Christine Holder and Danny Roth, while Jeremy Schott is stepping in as executive producer.

Hilary, who is best known for teen movies "The Lizzie McGuire Movie" and "A Cinderella Story", is soon to appear in "The Story of Bonnie and Clyde" alongside Thora Birch, seeing her in a departure from her usual projects. She has also appeared as Olivia Burke in a number of episodes of hit TV show...

It's been a while since we last saw Hilary Duff on the big-screen, but she's back in action in "She Wants Me," an indie flick written and directed by Rob Margolies ("Lifelines"). The film has started shooting.

Variety says "Me" follows a writer named Sam (Josh Gad), who's doing a feature film and runs into trouble when Duff's character wants to play the lead he already promised to his girlfriend (Kristen Ruhlin).

Sounds interesting. Also appearing in the film is Charlie Sheen, who will play himself in a short bit. As for Duff, she's still attached to "The Story of Bonnie and Clyde." She recently starred in "According to Greta."...

Hilary Duff has signed onto the romantic comedy "She Wants Me" reports Variety.

The story follows an unhinged and somewhat miserable screenwriter (Josh Gad) who has promised the lead role in his new project to his struggling actress girlfriend Sammy (Kristen Ruhlin).

Duff plays an A-list actress who shows interest in said film, and now the scribe is torn between the woman he loves and this woman who has thrust herself into his life.

Charlie Sheen will play himself in a cameo while Debra Jo Rupp, Wayne Knight, Johnny Messner, Aaron Yoo and Melonie Diaz also star.

Rob Margolies wrote the script and is directing the film which is currently in production in Los Angeles and New York City.

Never fear: despite the headline, our Man In La (hello!) has no delusions over his romantic chances with Hilary Duff (which goes double now she went and got married to a hockey player). Nope, the title merely reflects the fact that she’s just joined the cast of indie comedy She Wants Me, which sees her joining a cast including Charlie Sheen and Josh Gad.It’s a tangled-web, Hollywood-spoofing tale about Gad’s neurotic writer (is there any other kind?) Sam, who is deep into development on his next film. While he’s promised the lead role to his girlfriend, a struggling actress named Sammy (Kristen Ruhlin), his life suddenly becomes much more complicated when a big name starlet (Duff) starts hinting that she might take the role on. Where do Sam’s loyalties lie? With the woman he loves or the chance to get his movie seen by more people?...

Antonio Banderas is on board to direct Solo, a psychological thriller about a Spanish colonel, played by Banderas, who deals with post-conflict trauma. So he saw Shrek the Third, too? [Variety]

Hilary Duff will star in She Wants Me, an indie flick about a movie writer (Josh Gad) who finds himself in trouble when an A-list actress (Duff) becomes interested in a role in his film that he promised to his struggling actress girlfriend (Kristen Ruhlin). [Variety]...

Hilary Duff and Charlie Sheen signed on for roles in Rob Margolies' indie She Wants Me. It's about a screenwriter (The Rocker's Josh Gad) who has to make a tough decision to make when a famous starlet (Duff) wants to play the role in his script that's already been promised to his girlfriend (newcomer Kristen Ruhlin). Charlie Sheen will play himself. Zero Gravity's Mark and Kristine Holder are two of the $5 million film's producers; they were recently named the 2nd and 3rd nicest people to work with in Hollywood according to the Brown List.

Variety reports that Hilary Duff will star in the independent film, She Wants Me , which has started shooting in Los Angeles and New York. Written and directed by Rob Margolies, the film "follows the tale of a neurotic writer Sam, played by Josh Gad ('The Rocker'), who is making his next feature film and becomes conflicted after Duff's A-list starlet character shows interest in playing the lead role, which he has already promised to girlfriend and struggling actress, Sammy, played by Kristen Ruhlin ('Descent')." The film features a cameo by Charlie Sheen playing himself.

Hilary Duff has joined "She Wants Me," an independent film which has just started filming in New York and Los Angeles. The actress joins Charlie Sheen in the cast, who will play cameo of himself in the film which marks the second directorial attempt from director and writer Rob Margolies. The story tells of a neurotic writer Sam (Josh Gad of "The Rocker") who is working on his next film and is left conflicted after Duff's A-list character turns up, interested in the leading role which he had already promised to his girlfriend, a struggling actress. Kristen Ruhlin of "Descent" plays the girlfriend...

May 23, 2010, Arc Talent Management is shooting a PSA for the non-profit organization Sbc P.R.I.M.E. PSA will air at "Big Kids Care" Fundraiser event on July 21st in La. Celebrities on board include Patrick Gallagher, Hip-Hop Artist Invinceable, Madisen Hill and Paul Butler, star of the 2009 SyFy Channel movie Children of the Corn as Nahum.

On May 23rd celebrities are coming together to help spread the message that positive programs are needed for our At-Risk youth by shooting a Public Service Announcement, (PSA). Los Angeles based Talent Management Company; Arc Talent Management is producing the PSA because they are firm believers in what Sbc P.R.I.M.E. stands for and their mission to help our youth. The PSA will educate the public on the problems At-Risk Youth face in society today and find support for the huge Red Carpet fundraiser event, “Big Kids Care” that...

The Los Angeles Mission will make a difference for the homeless this Easter – with a little help from celebrity friends.

The Mission will serve 3,000 meals, provide Easter baskets with toys for children, and wash the feet of the homeless on Good Friday. Why feet washing? Easter Week foot washing is a Christian tradition – memorializing that Jesus washed the feet of his disciples the night before he was crucified. Many who are on the streets seldom have normal loving human contact – and this outreach of food, foot washing with podiatric care and new shoes is a way of inviting them to learn about the Mission’s services, including its long term program of restoration – in order to get off the streets permanently. The Los Angeles Christian Health Center uses this opportunity to address the foot problems suffered by many on the streets of Skid Row.

Scheduled to attend the event at...

On Tuesday, February 9, ArcLight Cinemas in California was packed with the cast and crew of "The Wolfman". The film, which is scheduled to open wide in U.S. theaters on February 12, rolled out red carpet in front of the building where the movie held its Los Angeles premiere.

Starring in the film, Benicio Del Toro, Emily Blunt and Anthony Hopkins also joined forces to promote the movie as they were all pictured attending the event. That night, Blunt came to the special screening with the companion of her actor fiance John Krasinski, while Hopkins was joined by his wife Stella Arroyave.

Their co-stars, Hugo Weaving and Rick Baker, were also photographed among the attendees. Moreover, producers Rick Yorn, Scott Stuber and Sean Daniel as well as director Joe Johnston also did not miss the event. Meanwhile, among the celebrity guests that night were rapper Common, dancer Derek Hough, and actress Kristen Ruhlin.