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Stars: Renny Grames, K.C. Clyde, Joseph Reidhead, Austin Archer, Charan Prabhakar, Barta Heiner | Written by Boston McConnaughey, Renny Grames | Directed by Boston McConnaughey

Director Boston McConnaughey co-wrote Alien Country with Renny Grames who, as well as being one of the film’s stars, is also his wife and collaborator on several shorts for their YouTube Channel. The film grew out of the making of those shorts and, from the start of writing to release, took up nine years of their lives. That’s a lot of time to invest in a project, was the finished product worth it?

Alien Country gets off to a fast start as a dirt bike rider runs from the police. Despite going off-road and jumping a river, he eventually finds himself trapped. He releases a strange glowing object from his bag before making a run for it on foot.

Nineteen years later Everly is making her own exit on foot,...

“Alien Country,” a new extraterrestrial invasion comedy from director and co-writer Boston McConnaughey and co-writer Renny Grames, has been acquired by Scatena & Rosner Films and set an October release, TheWrap can exclusively reveal.

The project will have a theatrical rollout with screenings in cities including Los Angeles and Salt Lake City, followed closely by an on-demand and digital release.

“After meeting Boston and Renny and getting a first glimpse of ‘Alien Country,’ I was absolutely blown away,” S&r Films director Gato Scatena said. “The footage was captivating, and I immediately knew this was a film with the potential to connect with a broad audience. Boston and Renny’s vision and creativity have brought something truly special to life, and we’re excited to help bring it to the world.”

“Working with Scatena & Rosner Films has been a breath of fresh air,” McConnaughey added. “As independent producers, we found...

Recently, CBS served up the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Scorpion" episode 10 of season 2. The episode is entitled, "Arrivals and Departures," and it turns out that we're going to see some very intense and high drama stuff go down as a deadly fungus outbreak puts the Scorpion crew in grave danger, and more! In the new, 10th episode press release: When Team Scorpion And Walter's Parents Visit Megan In The Hospital As Her Health Deteriorates, They Are Quarantined After A Deadly Fungus Outbreak Threatens To Infect Everyone, On "Scorpion," Monday, Nov. 23. Press release number 2: When Team Scorpion and Walter's parents visit Megan in the hospital as her health deteriorates, they will get quarantined after a deadly fungus outbreak threatens to infect everyone. Guest stars feature: Camille Guaty (Megan O'Brien), Pamela Shafer (Louise O'Brien), Glenn Keogh (Sean O'Brien), Ritu Lal (Anjali), Charan Prabhakar (Vivek), Mary-Bonner Baker (Dr. Melissa...

"Sand Hill Shuffle," the first episode of Silicon Valley Season 2, featured a conversation that didn't seem much more than cautionary at the time, but comes to mean something much more by the end of "Two Days of the Condor." While Richard and Pied Piper are being wooed with a party at At&T Park, before Gavin Belson's lawsuit sent the Pied Piper team into a full-tilt tizzy, Richard happens upon Javeed (Charan Prabhakar), a colleague who warns Richard about the dangers of accepting high evaluations, as he just recently lost everything thanks to an unrealistic evaluation. It's Javeed's story that convinces Richard to demand a fair, reduced evaluation, in the hopes of not ending up like Javeed and maybe, just maybe, doing the right thing rather than letting money get to his head. [caption id="attachment_472969" align="alignright" width="350"] Image via HBO/caption] As "Two Days of the Condor" ends, however, Richard is seemingly in a similar spot as Javeed,...

The opening sequence of “Sand Hill Shuffle,” the first episode of Silicon Valley Season 2, features Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch), the gangly genius behind Pied Piper, attempting to hit a ball off of a pitcher from the San Francisco Giants. As Richard is not one for sports or outdoors activities, the speed of the pitch startles and scares him, and the image of him leaping away from the pitch could serve as the encapsulation of the tumult that Richard and the Pied Piper team must grapple with now that their data-compression algorithm is a hot ticket in the tech hub. Indeed, the stress, strategizing, and preposterous competitiveness that goes into securing a lucrative pitch is the focus of the first few episodes of Silicon Valley Season 2, and “Sand Hill Shuffle” works as a funny and contemplative opening aria. [caption id="attachment_441821" align="alignright" width="353"] Image via HBO/caption] The chance to hang out with the San Francisco...

Abandoned Mine starts its VOD and limited theatrical release today, and we caught up with writer/director Jeff Chamberlain for our latest Q&A feature. He talks about taking on Abandoned Mine as his first feature film, creating the legend and characters from the movie, and the challenges of filming in an actual mine:

I’ve read that the story for Abandoned Mine came from Scott Woldman. How did you two get together for this project and why was this a story you wanted to direct?

Jeff Chamberlain: One day I was sitting in the office of my producing partner Mark Victor (Poltergeist). We were discussing the kind of project I was looking for to direct. He pulled a script off the shelf called The Mine by Scott Woldman. I loved the title and the concept – the way Mark described it. After reading it, I still loved the concept.

We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes release details and clips from Abandoned Mine, information on Judgment and Unit 44, a video from Joe Dante discussing his film Dark, a teaser trailer from All Hallows’ Eve, and much more:

Abandoned Mine Trailer and Clips: ”In Abandoned Mine, five small-town school friends celebrate Halloween with an overnight adventure into the legendary “haunted” Jarvis Mine. Local legend tells of the angry spirits that have occupied the mine since a family was murdered for still mysterious reasons exactly 100 years ago. But that doesn’t stop these young adrenaline junkies from exploring the unknown – and bringing mini-cameras to capture their every move.

Yet once deep into the mine their best-laid Halloween plans go awry, leaving the adventurers trapped without escape. Are their misfortunes purely accidental or is the legend true and...

Three clips from Gravitas Ventures' upcoming horror/suspense thriller Abandoned Mine have arrived, starring Alexa Vega, Saige Thompson, and Reiley McClendon. The film will hit theaters and VOD August 15th, and follows five small-town friends who decided to celebrate Halloween with an overnight adventure into the legendary "haunted" Jarvis Mine. Local legend says that a family was murdered in the mine exactly 100 years prior, and that angry spirits have occupied the mine ever since. The group becomes trapped, and their cameras catch the mysterious occurrences that follow.

Abandoned Mine comes to theaters August 15th, 2013 and stars Alexa Vega, Reiley McClendon, Saige Thompson, Charan Prabhakar, Adam Hendershott, Valerie C. Walker, Joseph Batzel, Jordan Chamberlain. The film is directed by Jeff Chamberlain.

Alexa Vega stars in these fresh clips from Gravitas Ventures' upcoming suspense thriller/horror Abandoned Mine. Also starring Saige Thompson, and Reiley McClendon, the film hits theaters and VOD August 15th, and follows five small-town friends who decided to celebrate Halloween with an overnight adventure into the legendary “haunted” Jarvis Mine. Local legend says that a family was murdered in the mine exactly 100 years prior, and that angry spirits have occupied the mine ever since. The group becomes trapped, and their cameras catch the mysterious occurrences that follow. Pic written and directed by Jeff Chamberlain, co-stars Charan Prabhakar, Adam Hendershott, and Valerie C. Walker, and is rated PG-13 by the MPAA.

Abandoned Mine (2013)

Starring: Alexa Vega, Reiley McClendon, Saige Thompson

Writers: Jeff Chamberlain, Scott Woldman

Director: Jeff Chamberlain

Well this wasn’t my pint of beer, if ya know what I’m saying. Had Abandoned Mine came out around the time I was in love with Dawson’s Creek and Party of Five behind closed doors, it probably would’ve worked for me. Unfortunately, it just felt like a really dated Lifetime horror film with a slight Halloween essence about it. It’s not completely awful, but that’s kind of the problem. I prefer my films to be either excellent, so bad they’re good, or goddamn laughable. I aint got much time for “blah”. And that’s pretty much how I felt about Abandoned Mine. The horror is never once horrifying and the intensity is never really intense. It’s just all around mediocre, and I find mediocrity more...

The Gravitas Ventures film Abandoned Mine is hitting theaters on August 15th. The film, from Jeff Chamberlain, stars Alexa Vega (Machete Kills, Spy Kids) and a bunch of kids celebrating Halloween in, you guessed it, an abandoned mine. Things go awry from there. We have a trailer, a poster as well as some stills from the film, which you can find in the gallery below.

Abandoned Mine stars Alexa Vega, Reiley McClendon, Saige Thompson, Charan Prabhakar, Adam Hendershott, and Valerie C. Walker.

Gravitas Ventures have sent along the new poster, as well as images and the official trailer for Abandoned Mine, also known as The Mine. The film opens in theaters August 15th, 2013 under the direction of Jeff Chamberlain, who also wrote the screenplay from the story by Scott Woldman. The cast also has Charan Prabhakar, Adam Hendershott, and Valerie C. Walker on board. In Abandoned Mine, five small-town school friends celebrate Halloween with an overnight adventure into the legendary “haunted” Jarvis Mine. Local legend tells of the angry spirits that have occupied the mine since a family was murdered for still mysterious reasons exactly 100 years ago. But that doesn't stop these young adrenaline junkies from exploring the unknown – and bringing mini-cameras to capture their every move.

A new flick is headed our way that's looking to explore both the depths of our fears as well as the depths of our planet. Looking for some more claustrophobic chills? Then check out these stills, poster, and trailer for Abandoned Mine.

The film, written and directed by Jeff Chamberlain, stars Alexa Vega, Reiley McClendon, Saige Thompson, Charan Prabhakar, Adam Hendershott, and Valerie C. Walker. Look for it on August 15th from Gravitas Ventures.

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In Abandoned Mine, five small-town school friends celebrate Halloween with an overnight adventure into the legendary “haunted” Jarvis Mine. Local legend tells of the angry spirits that have occupied the mine since a family was murdered for still mysterious reasons exactly 100 years ago. But that doesn’t stop these young adrenaline junkies from exploring the unknown – and bringing mini-cameras to capture their every move.

Yet once deep into the mine their best-laid Halloween plans go awry,...

The legend of a haunted mine is put to the test in the first trailer for Abandoned Mine. Alexa Vega, Reiley McClendon, and Saige Thompson star as a group of friends who spend Halloween night in the haunted Jarvis Mine, exactly 100 years after a family was murdered there. In addition, we have the first poster and six photos from director Jeff Chamberlain's thriller, debuting in theaters August 15 from Gravitas Ventures.

Abandoned Mine - Trailer

Abandoned Mine comes to theaters August 15th, 2013 and stars Alexa Vega, Reiley McClendon, Saige Thompson, Charan Prabhakar, Adam Hendershott, Valerie C. Walker, Joseph Batzel, Jordan Chamberlain. The film is directed by Jeff Chamberlain.

Gravitas Ventures is bringing the thriller Abandoned Mine (formerly known as The Mine) to selected theaters on August 15th.

Starring Alexa Vega, the film concerns five small-town school friends who celebrate Halloween with an overnight adventure into the legendary “haunted” Jarvis Mine. Local legend tells of the angry spirits that have occupied the mine since a family was murdered for still mysterious reasons exactly 100 years ago. But that doesn't stop these young adrenaline junkies from exploring the unknown – and bringing mini-cameras to capture their every move. Yet once deep into the mine their best-laid Halloween plans go awry, leaving the adventurers trapped without escape. Are their misfortunes purely accidental or is the legend true and something more lurks in the darkness?

Jeff Chamberlain writers and directs; Reiley McClendon, Saige Thompson, Charan Prabhakar, Adam Hendershott and Valerie C. Walker also star. Check out a trailer inside.

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The Abandoned Mine was originally titled the shorter The Mine. This PG-13 film is a thriller that deals with several friends trapped deep below ground. A trailer for the film has recently been released. The clip shows friends: Brad (Reiley McClendon), Sharon (Alexa Vega), Laurie (Saige Thompson), Ethan (Charan Prabhakar) and Jimmie (Adam Hendershott) travelling down old mine shafts. One character believes that the mine is alive and the film's tagline echoes that thought: "it's alive!" All five friends become trapped when a cave in occurs and these friends will have to work together or tear each other apart to find a way out of their misadventure. A release date for Abandoned Mine has not been announced. However, this horror title has recently made several appearances at film festivals. Director: Jeff Chamberlain. Writers: Jeff Chamberlain and Scott Woldman. Cast: Alexa Vega, Reiley McClendon, Saige Thompson, Charan Prabhakar, Adam Hendershott, and Valerie C.