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Various production companies have begun announcing new film projects in the lead-up to the Cannes Film Market which is scheduled to begin later this month. Amongst the new films that have been announced in the past day or so:

Eye in the Sky

Gavin Hood is on board to direct and Colin Firth will lead an ensemble cast in eOne's contemporary drone warfare thriller "Eye In The Sky" which will shoot in South Africa in August.

The story follows a military intelligence officer who is charged with remotely commanding a top secret drone operation to capture a group of terrorists from their safe-house in Kenya. Guy Hibbert ("Complicit") penned the script. [Source: Screen]

Salinger's War

Writer Danny Strong ("Lee Daniels' The Butler," "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay") will make his directorial debut on "Salinger's War", a biopic of famed author J.D. Salinger for Black Label Media.

Strong wrote the script on spec...

If you were a regular watcher of NBC's "Dracula" you're no doubt familiar with Victoria Smurfit, who played Lady Jane Wetherby on the show. Up next, Smurfit stars in a revenge thriller, and we've got the skinny for ya today. Read on!

Per Screen Daily, Smurfit (pictured) stars alongside Joanne Mitchell and Jonathan Slinger in the film, which has just begun production over in West Yorkshire. It's being directed by Jonathan Brunt, who previously helmed the 2012 horror flick Before Dawn.

The Taking tells the story of two women who turn the tables on a vicious loan shark, and it's one of the new films on the slate of newly minted UK sales outfit Metrodome International.

Brunt produces alongside Jezz Vernon, Joanne Mitchell, Michael Lacey, Jennifer Handorf and Helen Grace. Executive producers are Martin Campbell and Kwesi Dickson.

The shoot is due to wrap on May 18.

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Exclusive: Dominic Brunt directs, Victoria Smurfit stars in Metrodome production.

Shooting is underway in West Yorkshire on director Dominic Brunt’s revenge-thriller The Taking, one of the new films on the slate of newly minted UK sales outfit Metrodome International.

Victoria Smurfit, star of NBC’s Dracula, will star alongside Joanne Mitchell and Jonathan Slinger in the story of two women who turn the tables on a vicious loan shark.

Metrodome International, which co-produces with Mitchell-Brunt Films, will be shopping the project to buyers at Cannes. Metrodome Distribution will release in the UK.

The film is produced by Brunt, Jezz Vernon, Joanne Mitchell, Michael Lacey, Jennifer Handorf and Helen Grace. Executive producers are Martin Campbell and Kwesi Dickson.

The shoot is due to wrap on May 18.

Metrodome International head of sales and acquisitions Caroline Couret-Delègue said: ‘”The Taking is a powerful female lead movie that tackles the zeitgeist issues of debt and class warfare in a violent...

We’re back with the latest installment of our Indie Spotlight. Each feature includes the latest independent horror news sent our way. If you want to be included in our next spotlight, send us an email.

I Rot: Josef J. Weber had written and directed a short film. Titled, I Rot, the short is in the vein of American Psycho and is currently available to watch online.

“Pete Waterman is on a hunt to find happiness in his rotten world as CEO to the world’s largest cosmetics company. His job is the only aspect of his rotten life that keeps him sane somehow but when his job is threatened to be taken away by the four employees he despises most, Pete takes murderous action. Pete is backed into a corner and the only way out is to slice and dice his way out. I Rot is a gore fest packed with action,...

Low budget maestro Marc Price, the Welsh filmmaker behind the .£45 zombie movie. "Colin", has begun work on a new feature, "The Coffin". The film, being made through Nowhere Fast Productions and sold by Helen Grace's Left Film Sales, is the story of an absent father who gatecrashes his young son's funeral, steals the coffin, and embarks on a momentous road trip with his ex-partner and two friends. Production is now underway in London. Alastair Kirton stars. The shoot moves to Swansea and Cornwall in the New Year. Price's Colin has now sold 23,000 DVDs in the UK and has been released in USA, Canada, Germany. The film is getting a theatrical release in Japan in March 2011....

I mean really, who wouldn't want to spend the night with the Zombie Women of Satan? We know guys and girls who would just jump at the chance! Luckily for us the film is finally coming Stateside.

According to Screen Daily Helen Grace’s UK sales outfit Left Films has confirmed the acquisition of Zombie Women of Satan by Screen Media Films for release in the Us and Canada. The North American release is scheduled for March 15, 2011.

Synopsis

Rock singer Skye Brannigan is on a quest to find her missing sister, who has been abducted by a strange cult. Caught up in her mission is the bizarre burlesque troupe Flesharama. Will Skye and her merry entertainment freak show band survive attacks from all sides by the zombie women of Satan and their crazy creators, the Zander family?

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If you were impressed (and actually believed the $70 budget) of Marc Price's UK zombie flick Colin, then maybe you should jump in and help invest in his next feature film, Thunderchild, a war/horror feature which will shoot in June and is being produced by Lefts Helen Grace. Look, it's always nice to see a good indie film, but the hype is ridiculous, especially when the claimed $70 budget is impossible (unless he robbed a Best Buy). Either way, I look forward to seeing what he does with some real money -- I'm gonna be watching him like a hawk. Here's a quick update as we just got our hands on the synopsis: "A group of British airmen returning from a WWII bombing mission have to cope with a new enemy when they encounter a flesh-eating creature on-board their plane."...

The fall screenings and film events are in full-swing, and Fango just got the full details on Abertoir, the National Horror Festival of Wales, which will hold it's 4th Annual event at Aberystwyth Arts Centre from November 4th – 8th in the UK.

Check out the full details in the press release below.

Over the past years Abertoir has not only hosted premieres and international genre stars, but also helped to launch the careers of directors such as Marc Price. Marc juggled making his debut film - Colin - with his job at a courier firm and he wrote, directed and produced the entire film for almost nothing. Colin was screened at Abertoir 2008 and as a result came to the attention of sales agent Helen Grace. Helen urged Marc to take the film to Cannes where it wowed the critics and won a deal for nationwide release: Colin will be released...