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"Jason Howden’s horror-comedy Deathgasm is a one-of-kind, unforgettable film that delivers gore, laughs, heavy metal, and horror. The film’s offbeat blend of comedy and hellacious violence has garnered legions of fans and now, ahead of the release of the highly anticipated upcoming sequel, Deathgasm II: Goremageddon, Bit Bot Media is continuing the Deathgasm story with not one, but two horrifying projects. In collaboration with Jason Howden, Bit Bot is creating an all-new graphic novel, Deathgasm 1.5: Director’s Cut, which will serve as a prelude to the highly anticipated film. Meanwhile, Bit Bot, Howden’s Metalheads Inc., and FreakZone Games are joining forces to develop a retro-style 16-bit side-scrolling Deathgasm video game."

With the Kickstarter campaign for the Deathgasm graphic novel and video game having far exceeded its funding goal, fans of Deathgasm have a lot to look forward to and we have a little tease of what's...

Bit Bot Media, Metalheads Inc., and FreakZone Games’ Kickstarter for the Deathgasm 1.5: Director’s Cut graphic novel and Deathgasm: The Video Game is now live. In collaboration with director Jason Howden, the graphic novel will serve as a prelude to the upcoming Deathgasm II: Goremageddon. Meanwhile, Deathgasm: The Video Game will be in development for all major platforms, but only Kickstarter backers can snag the exclusive PS5 physical edition upon release, which is limited to just 1,000 copies, as well as gain early access on Steam.

Regarding Deathgasm 1.5: Director’s Cut, Howden states that the events between the first film and the upcoming sequel was a story that needed to be told. “The story was so visually epic, so gory, and so offensive that it could never be filmed without watering it down. Instead, we made it into a graphic novel: Deathgasm 1.5. We’re stoked for fans to witness...

"Jason Howden’s horror-comedy Deathgasm is a one-of-kind, unforgettable film that delivers gore, laughs, heavy metal, and horror. The film’s offbeat blend of comedy and hellacious violence has garnered legions of fans and now, ahead of the release of the highly anticipated upcoming sequel, Deathgasm II: Goremageddon, Bit Bot Media is continuing the Deathgasm story with not one, but two horrifying projects. In collaboration with Jason Howden, Bit Bot is creating an all-new graphic novel, Deathgasm 1.5: Director’s Cut, which will serve as a prelude to the highly anticipated film. Meanwhile, Bit Bot, Howden’s Metalheads Inc., and FreakZone Games are joining forces to develop a retro-style 16-bit side-scrolling Deathgasm video game."

With the Kickstarter campaign for the Deathgasm graphic novel and video game having just launched, we caught up with writer Peter Bune to get the scoop on what fans can look forward to:

What was your...

We’re thrilled to debut stills and behind-the-scenes images from Deathgasm II: Goremageddon, the long-awaited sequel to Jason Lei Howden’s cult horror comedy classic. One of these images gives fans a peek at a moment paying direct homage to a meme-worthy scene from the first film—a sequence that erupted into online infamy shortly after Deathgasm’s legendary 2015 SXSW debut.

Currently in post-production, Goremageddon is a New Zealand-Canada co-production that sees Howden return to the director’s chair, with Raven Banner Entertainment leading world sales at the Cannes Marché du Film. The sequel was shot last summer in Regina, Saskatchewan, with support from Creative Sask.

Milo Cawthorne, Kimberley Crossman, James Blake, Sam Berkley, and Daniel Cresswell all return for more splatter-soaked shenanigans. This time around, Brodie is down on his luck—jobless, single, and still grieving the death of his bandmates. But with a battle-of-the-bands competition heading to town,...

Jason Howden's Deathgasm gets an all new video game and graphic novel.

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Heavy Metal Cult Classic Film Deathgasm Is Being Adapted As A Retro Video Game And All-new Graphic Novel

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Jason Howden’s horror-comedy Deathgasm is a one-of-kind, unforgettable film that delivers gore, laughs, heavy metal, and horror. The film’s offbeat blend of comedy and hellacious violence has garnered legions of fans and now, ahead of the release of the highly anticipated upcoming sequel, Deathgasm II: Goremageddon!, Bit Bot Media is continuing the Deathgasm story with not one, but two horrifying projects. In collaboration with Jason Howden, Bit Bot is creating an all-new graphic novel, Deathgasm 1.5: Director’s Cut, which will serve as a prelude to the highly anticipated film. Meanwhile, Bit Bot, Howden’s Metalheads Inc., and FreakZone Games are joining forces to develop a...

With the recent announcement regarding Deathgasm: The Video Game and the upcoming graphic novel, Bit Bot, Deathgasm director Jason Lei Howden‘s Metalheads Inc., and FreakZone Games have not only revealed a June launch for the upcoming Kickstarter, but have also given Bloody Disgusting a peek at the Blu-Ray cover for the upcoming Deathgasm II: Goremageddon. The follow-up to the 2015 heavy metal horror comedy will have a sneak peak at this year’s Cannes, with the film’s debut at festivals this autumn.

Backers to the Kickstarter can get early access before Deathgasm: The Video Game is made available to the public, which will see a digital and physical release for PlayStation 5. Physical copies will be available exclusively through the campaign.

“We’ve cranked the volume to 11 and unleashed the brutal chaos of metal on Hell’s minions,” says Deathgasm creator Jason Howden. “This game is packed with gore, humor,...

There appears to be an extraordinary number of friends and acquaintances attending Marche du Film and Cannes this year, more than the usual gaggle of regulars we watch on our socials with green envy.    Part of that usual gaggle is our friends at Raven Banner Entertainmnet who want to remind everyone that they are bringing along Deathgasm II: Goremageddon, the sequal to director Jason Lei Howden's 2015 cult metal horror hit, Deathgasm.    On board as producers and also the worldwide sales representatives for the flick they will be offering a sneak peek of the film during March du Film. With the news comes word that Deathgasm II will hit the film festival circuit early this Fall.   So, that's what, Midnight Madness or...

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Exclusive: Toronto-based genre film specialist Raven Banner will show Cannes buyers a sneak peek of Deathgasm II: Goremageddon before the film is expected to debut at festivals this autumn.

Jason Lei Howden wrote and directed the follow-up to his 2015 SXSW selection Deathgasm and is in post on the New Zealand-Canada co-production.

The original film centred on a pair of metalheads who formed a band called Deathgasm and summoned a dark spirit to liven up their lives. In the sequel, one of the bandmembers, Brodie, wants to enter a battle of the bands and returns to a dark magic book to...

Exclusive: Toronto-based genre film specialist Raven Banner will show Cannes buyers a sneak peek of Deathgasm II: Goremageddon before the film is expected to debut at festivals this autumn.

Jason Lei Howden wrote and directed the follow-up to his 2015 SXSW selection Deathgasm and is in post on the New Zealand-Canada co-production.

The original film centred on a pair of metalheads who formed a band called Deathgasm and summoned a dark spirit to liven up their lives. In the sequel, one of the bandmembers, Brodie, wants to enter a battle of the bands and returns to a dark magic book to...

Jason Lei Howden‘s Deathgasm is about to get some love in the form of a video game adaptation, but also an all-new graphic novel. Per Fangoria, the heavy metal horror-comedy will be getting a retro-style 16-bit sidescroller for PlayStation 5, as well as an 80-page graphic novel that will serve as a prelude to the long-awaited upcoming sequel, Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon.

Bit Bot, Howden’s Metalheads Inc., and FreakZone Games will be teaming up to develop Deathgasm: The Video Game, which will be available in both digital and physical formats. The game will centre around the Black Hymn having been unleashed, and as a result, Hell is bleeding into reality. Players can choose from Brodie, Zakk, or Medina to fight through nine levels, each inspired by Dante’s Inferno, and full of demonic horrors and “gloriously obscene humour.” You’ll have at you disposal chainsaws, axes, guitars, sex toys, and...

Back in the '80s, a wave of paranoia about Satan worshipers permeated the public consciousness, known as "Satanic Panic." Few if any of the claims of abuse and recruitment by Satanic cults were true, but that didn’t stop the public from turning a wary eye on more niche forms of entertainment like Dungeons & Dragons and heavy metal music. While there can be a lot of “Satanic” imagery and lyrics in heavy metal, the idea that listening to it will turn you into a slave of Lucifer himself clearly isn’t true – but it might be funny if it was. That’s the premise of 2015's Deathgasm, a New Zealand horror comedy from Jason Lei Howden, director of Guns Akimbo.

Jackpot! is an action comedy film directed by Paul Feig from a screenplay by Rob Yescombe. The Prime Video film is set in the near future in California and it follows the story of Katie, a struggling actress who wins the lottery but according to the law, anyone with a losing ticket is allowed to kill the winner and take the winnings. To survive Katie teams up with Noel, an amateur lottery protection agent. Jackpot! stars Awkwafina and John Cena in the lead roles with Simu Liu, Donald Elise Watkins, Sam Asghari, Colson Baker, and Marian Green starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the action, unique plot, and comedic moments in Jackpot! here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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Self Reliance is a dark comedy thriller film written and directed by Jake Johnson. The 2023 film follows the story of Tommy,...

New Zealand’s Ant Timpson has been quietly but confidently carving out quite a niche in the genre film circuit. As a writer and producer he helped birth the ABCs Of Death project, and shepherded the likes of cult classic Turbo Kid by the Rkss team and Jason Lei Howden’s wild Deathgasm.

Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon Kickstarter campaign is a success, announcing a sequel to the 2015 cult classic horror comedy. The plot of Deathgasm 2 will override the happy ending of the first film, focusing on a battle-of-the-bands and an undead army. Fans can expect an even more intense, hilarious and gory experience in Deathgasm 2, satisfying die-hard fans and new viewers alike.

Jason Lei Howden has announced over social media that the Kickstarter campaign for Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon has been a success. It will be a sequel to the writer/director's first feature film. A 2015 cult classic called Deathgasm, the plot of the film follows a band of the same name consisting of Brodie (Milo Cawthorne), Zakk (James Blake), Dion (Sam Berkley), And Giles (Daniel Cresswell). After Deathgasm plays the Black Hymn, an army of demons descends upon the town, leaving it up to them and Brodie's crush Medina (Kimberley Crossman) to stop them.

Nearly eight years have passed since writer/director Jason Lei Howden announced that he would be making a sequel to his feature directorial debut Deathgasm (watch it Here). In that time, Howden has made Guns Akimbo and set up a film and comic book project called Monsters of Metal… and now he’s finally getting ready to head into production on Deathgasm 2! But to get the sequel made properly, he needs some help from the fans. That’s why Deathgasm 2 is currently raising funds and selling perks – including accepting pre-orders for copies of the finished film – on Kickstarter.

Deathgasm, released in 2015, tells the story of two high-school metal-heads, Brodie (played by Cawthorne) and Zakk (Blake), who form a band called Deathgasm. One day, while delving into some dark magic to escape their mundane lives, the duo unwittingly summon an evil entity called The Blind One. In the sequel, “which promises...

Dear David is a horror film directed by John McPhail from a screenplay by Mike Van Waes. Based on Adam Ellis‘ Twitter thread of the same name, the film revolves around Adam, who finds himself haunted by the specter of a boy after retaliating against some Twitter trolls. Dear David stars Augustus Prew in the lead role with Justin Long and Andrea Bang starring in supporting roles. So, if you love Dear David here are some similar movies you could watch next.

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Synopsis: From the producers of The Purge and Ouija and the director of Wanted comes an original thriller where a seemingly innocent prank starts a sequence of events that spirals out of control. Unfriended unfolds over a teenager’s computer screen as she and her friends are stalked by an unseen figure who seeks vengeance for a shaming video...

A sequel to Deathgasm is moving forward with production, but director Jason Lei Howden will need some help from horror fans to get the movie funded.

On Sept. 25, 2023, a Kickstarter page will be launched with the purpose of raising money for the budget for the sequel. Called Deathgasm II: Goremageddon, the sequel intends to unleash "a new wave of head-banging chaos to the world," per the filmmakers. Ahead of the Kickstarter campaign going live, a teaser poster for Goremageddon was released, featuring artwork from poster artist Matt Ryan Tobin. The poster will be used for the Blu-ray slipcover that's exclusive to the crowdfunding campaign as a special perk.

Related: Exclusive: Guns Akimbo Director Jason Howden Announces Deathgasm Sequel Series

Howden returns to direct Deathgasm II: Goremaggedon after helming the first installment. Planned to have a production in New Zealand, it will be produced by Fish.Ent's Nick Garrett and Aristos Films' Grant Bradley.

Fans of the 2015 horror comedy hit, Deathgasm, will be pleased to know that a sequel is finally in the works. The original director Jason Lei Howden will be back behind the camera for Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon, and a crowfunding campaign will be launched on September 25th to help raise the produciton budget.   Links to the Kickstarter page and social media accounts are found in the official announcement. Stay tuned for more.    Fans Invited to Raise the Devil And Funds: "Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon" Kickstarter Campaign Announced    The world of heavy metal and horror is soon to get louder, bloodier,  and more frenzied as the highly anticipated crowd-funding campaign for Deathgasm 2:  Goremageddon officially kicks off on Sept 25, 2023 via Kickstarter. Following the...

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Most directors come from humble beginnings. Peter Jackson came up from the bowels of underground horror filmmaking in New Zealand. Actually, he was pretty much the only kid with a camera spraying blood and guts across the countryside long before it would be known as the home of Middle-earth. It's been said before, but the fact that the director of what is perhaps the goriest film of all time, "Dead Alive" aka "Braindead," went on to create the greatest fantasy epic of the new millennium with the "Lord of the Rings" franchise, is nothing short of miraculous.

It's almost as if an alien from outer space beamed into Jackson's body and somehow transformed him into one of our greatest living filmmakers. To be fair, when you look back on Jackson's gore opus "Dead Alive" and his heroin-soaked sendup of the Muppets called "Meet the Feebles," the sparks of an ingenious creative force are absolutely there.

Daniel Radcliffe is either known for playing the boy who lived in "Harry Potter" or for playing some eclectic guy in the newest super-weird movie. In "Guns Akimbo," the actor gives up his wand for guns to defeat his enemies. The Jason Lei Howden-helmed film stars Radcliffe as a down-on-his-luck video game developer who becomes the next participant in a real-life death match that streams online. Oh, and one day he wakes up with guns physically bolted to his hands. He is forced to go on the run even before he can get completely used to his hands being out of order and is chased by Nix (Samara Weaving), a relentless killer at the top of her game.

The fast-paced action movie follows Radcliffe struggling with the consequences of wielding guns on his arms, wearing only a robe and slippers, and navigating cartoonishly violent, inescapable situations. When Radcliffe read...

Nearly seven years have passed since writer/director Jason Lei Howden announced that he would be making a sequel to his feature directorial debut Deathgasm (watch it Here). In that time, Howden has made Guns Akimbo and set up a cool film and comic book project called Monsters of Metal… but now he’s finally getting back to Deathgasm 2. Variety broke the news that Deathgasm 2 begins filming in New Zealand next year – and that Howden is also co-writing a four-issue Deathgasm comic book series for Opus Comics that will bridge the gap between the first film and the sequel.

Deathgasm stars Milo Cawthorne, James Blake, and Kimberley Crossman are in talks to return for Deathgasm 2.

Variety reminds us that Deathgasm, released in 2015, tells the story of two high-school metal-heads, Brodie (played by Cawthorne) and Zakk (Blake), who form a band called Deathgasm. One day, while delving into some dark magic to escape their mundane lives,...

Jason Howden, the writer and director behind 2015 cult horror hit “Deathgasm,” is returning for “Deathgasm 2.”

The sequel, which is produced by Raven Banner Entertainment, is set to start shooting in New Zealand next year. Howden, who also wrote and directed “Guns Akimbo” starring Daniel Radcliffe and Samara Weaving, will write and direct. He has also already been in talks with the original cast – Milo Cawthorne, James Blake and Kimberley Crossman – about returning.

“Deathgasm,” which debuted at SXSW and went onto win a slew of horror awards including the Palm D’Gore at Knoxville Horror Film Festival, tells the story of two high-school metal-heads, Brodie (played by Cawthorne) and Zakk (Blake), who form a band called Deathgasm. One day, while delving into some dark magic to escape their mundane lives, the duo unwittingly summon an evil entity called The Blind One.

In the sequel, which promises to be equally gory, Brodie...

Jason Lei Howden has directed a couple of very cool movies – Deathgasm and Guns Akimbo – and his third feature is already sounding quite promising. Deadline reports that Howden will be directing a film called Monsters of Metal, based on the comic book he created with Llexi Leon. The first issue of Monsters of Metal won’t be in stores until October 19th, and is coming our way from Opus Comics.

Monsters of Metal is described as “an R-rated mockumentary – a cross between Spinal Tap and The Monster Squad“, since it’s about a bunch of iconic monsters who are in a heavy metal band. Here’s the comic’s description:

Frankenstein’s monster (named Frank) and his bandmates Medusa, Jack O’Lantern, Werewolf and the Bride have spent the last few centuries squatting in Dracula’s castle – unbeknown to their slumbering host. But after a band rehearsal gets out of hand and wakes the fearsome vamp,...

Acquisition

Altitude has acquired Georgia Oakley’s feature “Blue Jean” for distribution in the U.K. and Ireland.

The film, from U.K./French outfit Film Constellation, is headed to Venice, Toronto and the BFI’s London Film Festival this fall. It will premiere in Venice on Sept. 3.

In “Blue Jean,” Rosy McEwen (“Vesper”) stars as lesbian P.E. teacher Jean, who lives against the backdrop of the 1980s U.K. where being gay is still stigmatised. When a new girl arrives at the school, Jean finds herself facing a crisis that will challenge her to her core.

Hélène Sifre’s Kleio Films produced the feature with backing by BBC Film and the BFI (awarding National Lottery funding), in association with Great Point Media.

Adaptation

“Guns Akimbo” director Jason Howden is set to adapt his upcoming Opus Comics book “Monsters of Metal” for the big screen.

“Monsters of Metal,” which...

Exclusive: Jason Howden (Guns Akimbo) will co-write and direct a film adaptation of his first comic series Monsters of Metal, which launches with its first issue via Opus Comics on October 19.

Penned by Howden and Llexi Leon (Iron Maiden’s “Speed of Light”), who founded Opus Comics and its parent company Incendium, the comic was conceived as an R-rated mockumentary — a cross between Spinal Tap and The Monster Squad, which sees a group of beloved horror icons team up to form a heavy metal band.

Frankenstein’s monster (named Frank) and his bandmates Medusa, Jack O’Lantern, Werewolf and the Bride have spent the last few centuries squatting in Dracula’s castle – unbeknown to their slumbering host. But after a band rehearsal gets out of hand and wakes the fearsome vamp, the group gets booted from the castle and are forced to hit the road. As Frank and the band take their act on tour,...

Stars: Samara Weaving, Daniel Radcliffe, Rhys Darby, Ned Dennehy, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Milo Cawthorne, Grant Bowler, Rhys Darby | Written and Directed by Jason Lei Howden

Guns Akimbo is a little-known 2019 New Zealand film which has recently been added to Amazon Prime in the United States. It’s a film that has flown under the radar, but after viewing, it’s a film that deserves to have a wider audience.

In an alternate future, but maybe not with how 2020 is going, an underground fight club, Skizm, is gaining popularity by live-streaming real death matches between criminals. The police and the government want to shut it down, but they cannot find the criminal mastermind, Riktor (Ned Dennehy), or Skizm’s deadliest and top competitor, Nix (Samara Weaving), to stop the popular enterprise.

Miles (Daniel Radcliffe), a computer programmer who was just dumped by his girlfriend, Nova (Natasha Liu Bordizzo), is thrown into...

Daniel Radcliffe said that he was “immediately intrigued” by the character he plays in Jason Lei Howden’s new indie “Guns Akimbo” — a man who has guns surgically attached to his hands.

“When I got to about page 10 of the script and there was this scene where my character Miles with his new gun-attachment hands has to work out and try to go to the bathroom,” the actor told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven last September at the Toronto Film Festival, where the film premiered. “That was the moment that I was like, ‘You’re fully exploring the premise, I’m in!'”

The rest of the film proved just enticing to Radcliffe, who’s been eager to shed his image as Harry Potter in the long-running film franchise. “It was both insane and crazy and violent but also incredibly funny and just exciting and really fun to read,” he said.

Violent movies are nothing new to cinema. In fact, when done well, there’s an undeniably visceral thrill to seeing unspeakable acts in real life perpetrated in film. Video games have made a literal fortune with this sort of content, be it any number of shooting games, the Grand Theft Auto franchise, etc. Opening this week, the action comedy Guns Akimbo tries to merge the two formats, while attempting to satirize our silence obsessed culture. Unfortunately, it’s so ineptly handled that it comes closer to being offensive than it does to being a biting satire. This is one of 2020’s worst efforts, by far. The movie imagines a world where a game called Skizm has taken the country by storm. Social media users flock to their screens to watch two individuals fight to the death, as it all gets telecast like gladiatorial combat. Miles (Daniel Radcliffe) has no interest in it,...

Editor’s note: This article discusses suicide, a suicide attempt and painful racial epithets.

In the lead up to a film’s release, the director normally has one job—promote. These filmmakers will be interviewed by countless outlets and discuss every aspect of their project in the hopes that moviegoers will buy a ticket and check out the film. But in the case of now-notorious filmmaker Jason Lei Howden, the man behind the upcoming Daniel Radcliffe-starring actioner, “Guns Akimbo,” the director made headlines in the days leading up to his movie’s release by inserting himself into— and deeply exacerbating and inflaming—an already painful, distressing and complicated social media debacle and subsequently harassing female film critics in its aftermath.

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Over the weekend, the release of Guns Akimbo was put into question after its director Jason Lei Howden launched a vicious Twitter harassment campaign that appeared to target female writers of color. But despite widespread criticism of Howden’s behavior, which sparked verbal attacks and death threats against the writers he targeted, distributor Saban Films confirmed that they still […]

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Despite a Twitter scandal in which “Guns Akimbo” director Jason Lei Howden’s allegedly targeted film critics of color whom he accused of cyber-bullying, distributor Saban Films said it still plans to open the actioner starring Daniel Radcliffe on February 28.

“We are releasing ‘Guns Akimbo’ this Friday, February 28,” a Saban Films representative told IndieWire on Monday. “While we do not condone, agree or share Mr. Howden’s online behavior, which is upsetting and disturbing, we are supportive of the film and all the hard work and dedication that has gone into making ‘Guns Akimbo.'”

The controversy began to unfold late last week after Dilara Elbir — a film journalist and editor-in-chief at a small film site, Much Ado About Cinema — was the subject of a fast-spreading tweet which included a screenshot of a Twitter Dm in which Elbir used a racial epithet. In response, social media exploded with messages that targeted Elbir.

Saban Films recently released a sneak peek clip of the new movie Guns Akimbo, which is scheduled for a release in select theaters at the end of this month. From Deathgasm director Jason Lei Howden, the new action-comedy movie stars Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe in what appears to be his most bizarre movie role yet, and this is certainly not like how we've ever seen him before. You can see what I mean by watching the sneak peek video below.

In addition to Daniel Radcliffe, Guns Akimbo also stars Samara Weaving (Ready or Not), Natasha Liu Bordizzo (The Society), Ned Dennehy (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), Grant Bowler (Defiance), and Rhys Darby (Jumanji: The Next Level). The movie follows Radcliffe as Miles, a young man caught in a gang's deadly game where he's forced to fight to the death as part of an online show with millions of people watching across the world.

30West is to acquire a significant minority stake in Altitude Media Group, the British film company led by Will Clarke and Andy Mayson.

The move marks 30West’s second corporate investment after it took a stake in 2018 in U.S. film distributor Neon, whose Korean film “Parasite” won an Oscar for best picture – the first time a non-English-language film won the award – as well as Oscars for director, international feature and original screenplay.

Altitude encompassing production, finance, international sales, and U.K. and Irish distribution. Its releases include “Amy,” “Moonlight,” “20 Feet From Stardom,” “Lady Macbeth,” “Beast,” and “The Florida Project.” They recently produced and released Asif Kapadia’s “Diego Maradona.”

According to a statement, “30West provides capital and strategic guidance to high-caliber creative projects and forward-thinking companies operating throughout popular culture.” It works with filmmakers “to guide every stage of creative packaging, production, sales, distribution and licensing in order...

Saban Films has acquired North American rights to Bruce Willis-starring sci-fi-action project “Cosmic Sin.” One of the hottest projects being pitched at the Berlin Film Festival’s European Film Market, the picture is written and directed by Corey Large and Edward Drake (“Breach”) with Large also producing.

“Cosmic Sin” follows a group of warriors and scientists who must fight to protect and save their race when a hostile alien species with the power to infect and take over human hosts sets its sights on a futuristic human society.

“Saban Films has been partnering on films at earlier stages and this is a project we knew we wanted to be involved with from the beginning,” said Saban Films’ Bill Bromiley, who negotiated the deal, with Large on behalf of the filmmakers.

The film is currently in pre-production, with The Exchange handling international rights in other territories. Stephen Eads is executive producing.

Guns Akimbo, the wild action comedy film starring Daniel Radcliffe, will be coming out soon and to get fans excited, a new clip has been released online showing off some of the action as a badass Samara Weaving fires off a rocket launcher like a boss.

The movie was first announced back in 2017 and now, the Jason Lei Howden-directed motion picture will finally arrive later this month. For those who haven’t been keeping up, it follows Radcliffe’s character Miles, a regular video game programmer whose life gets turned upside down when he becomes a contestant on Schism, a dark web site that live-streams people killing each other gladiator-style.

In the film, Miles wakes up with guns bolted to his hands and is forced to compete in the insane contest. He isn’t a killer though, so his first instinct is to run, which we can see in the clip above.

After bringing Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark to life on the big screen in 2019, director André Øvredal will summon godlike abilities in his new fantasy adventure movie Mortal, which has been acquired for Us distribution by Saban Films:

Press Release: Los Angeles – Saban Films announced today that they have acquired U.S. rights to André Øvredal’s Mortal starring Nat Wolff (Death Note), Iben Akerlie (Victoria), Priyanka Bose (Lion) and Per Frisch (Farewell Illusions). Written by Øvredal (Trollhunter) and Norman Lesperance (Door to the Other Side), the fantasy adventure is produced by John Einar Hagen, Ben Pugh and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones for Nordisk Film Production, 42 and Automatik. The film is backed by Nordisk Film, Zefyr and Umedia.

Mortal follows Eric (Wolff), an American backpacker in the wilderness of western Norway, who gets arrested after accidentally killing a teenager, and manages to flee...

“Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” director André Øvredal’s next adventure will see a U.S. rollout from Saban Films.

“Mortal,” starring Nat Wolff, has sold domestic rights to the distributor In a deal brokered by Endeavor Content. TrustNordisk handled international rights.

Saban president Bill Bromiley, currently on the ground at the Sundance Film Festival, said “we love André’s work, from ‘Scary Stories,’ to ‘Troll Hunter’ and The Autopsy of Jane Doe.’ This is a coming-of-age origins story but also a genre mashup with Wolff rising as a legend with God-like powers. Our audiences will love this.”

Wolff plays an American backpacker in western Norway who finds himself imprisoned following the accidental death of a local teen. Along with a young psychologist he met in jail, Wolff flees and soon learns he has abilities derived from ancient Norwegian mythology.

Iben Akerlie (“Victoria”), Priyanka Bose (“Lion”) and Per Frisch (“Farewell Illusions”) costar.

It was only a couple of days ago that the first trailer for Guns Akimbo was released, and it was clearly decided that a mere two minutes were not enough to adequately convey the film’s sheer volume of unremitting chaos. As such, another is now available for your viewing pleasure, and looks even more glorious.

The plot sees waster Miles (Daniel Radcliffe) run afoul of Skizm, a gang running a dark net site that livestreams urban gladiatorial death matches, and discovers his first battle is against the reigning champion Nix, played by Samara Weaving, who after this, Ready Or Not and Mayhem is fast establishing action credentials that should see her headline a new franchise in the imminent future if there’s any justice left in this hellhole of a world.

I have a theory that movies made in the style of video games, such as Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle...

Admit it. That's the first thing you would think about when you heard that a guy gets guns bolted to his hands. Never mind putting on clothes, opening doors, pulling anything out of your pockets. I expect especially for anyone with a penis, the thought of a gun being that close such a sensitive body part would cross their legs and grimace a bit at the thought. But such is just one part of the insane yet clever premise of Guns Akimbo, the second feature from Jason Lei Howden. His first feature, Deathgasm (about two hapless teenager metalheads summon a demon who wreaks havoc) was a hit on the festival circuit, and its looks like this new film is a similar combination of craziness, violent...

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Emma Watson may be breaking hearts in Greta Gerwig’s Oscar-nominated “Little Women,” but there’s no doubt that Daniel Radcliffe has forged the most provocative and unexpected career of the original “Harry Potter” franchise trio. He established himself as a deft comedic actor in TV shows “Miracle Workers,” “2 Dope Queens,” and voices on “The Simpsons” and “Robot Chicken.” The performance that completely reset his career was 2016’s “Swiss Army Man,” the feature debut from dynamic filmmaking duo the Daniels, which was so singular and inventive that it wiped the image of Radcliffe in a wizard robe from the mind of anyone who saw it. After that, and Radcliffe’s continued insistence on working with up-and-coming filmmakers on genre-pushing films, and “Guns Akimbo” doesn’t seem like such a stretch.

Described as a “darkly comedic action sci-fi thriller” (can we get any more words in there?), the first trailer...

"When the sh*t goes down, you better be ready!" Saban Films has followed up with an official Us trailer for Guns Akimbo, the totally insane New Zealand action movie that we featured the first Australian trailer for earlier this week. The concept for this is crazy: in a near-future world where a live deathmatch video game rules the internet, one online troll find himself in deep shit when he wakes up to find two pistols bolted onto his hands. Things get even worse when he's pulled into the game and forced to go up against one of the meanest players to ever exist. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Samara Weaving, Ned Dennehy, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Hanako Footman, Mark Rowley, Set Sjöstrand, and Rhys Darby. From my review of the film: "it's all out, totally insane, uber violent, wildly hilarious, unbelievable action movie fun." Fire it up. Here's the alternate Us trailer...

Back in 2015, Jason Lei Howden rocked horror viewers with his heavy metal horror film Deathgasm, and now he's back behind the camera with his second feature film, Guns Akimbo. Ahead of its release this February from Saban Films, the official trailer and poster for Guns Akimbo have been revealed, featuring Daniel Radcliffe, Samara Weaving, and a whole lot of intense action.

Written and directed by Jason Lei Howden, Guns Akimbo stars Daniel Radcliffe, Samara Weaving, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Ned Dennehy, and Rhys Darby. Produced by Joe Neurauter, Felipe Marino, and Tom Hern, the film will be released in theaters and on VOD and Digital beginning February 28th.

Synopsis: "Miles’ (Daniel Radcliffe) nerdy existence as a video game developer takes a dramatic turn when he inadvertently gets caught up as the next contestant with Skizm, an underground gang live-streaming real-life death matches. While Miles excels at running away from everything, that...

The other day we were treated to the first trailer for the Jason Lei Howden-directed action-comedy Guns Akimbo, which turned everything way past eleven. In the film, Harry Potter, Horns and The Woman in Black’s Daniel Radcliffe has a gun bolted to each of his hands as he gets forced into being the next contestant in Skizm, an […]...

Daniel Radcliffe looks like he could use a hand (or two) in the latest teaser for his upcoming action-comedy, Guns Akimbo.

Madman Films dropped the official trailer for the March-slated movie on Wednesday, giving viewers a glimpse at what happens when a violent video game quickly turns into reality.

The Harry Potter star, 30, plays Miles, a geeky video game developer and avid online troll whose comments on the popular death-match live stream, Skizm, lands him in the gaming frontlines for real.

In the clip, Radcliffe shares he “wanted to be a hero, but instead grew up to be a nobody,...

Continuing his trend of offbeat genre features, Daniel Radcliffe’s latest role finds him locked in a live-streaming, real-life death match. Directed by Jason Lei Howden, Guns Akimbo premiered back at Tiff last year and also stars Samara Weaving, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Ned Dennehy, Rhys Darby. Ahead of a late February release on VOD and in theaters, the first trailer has now arrived.

Jared Mobarak said in his Tiff review, “Just because you can troll the trolls on the internet from the comfort of your couch while wearing nothing but underwear and a bathrobe doesn’t mean you should. It’s not because it’s a waste of time, but that you probably didn’t activate your Vpn and the death match website you’re commenting on now knows your address. And they don’t take kindly to anonymous nerds projecting on them the aggression they’re too afraid to unleash on their bosses.

Kirsten Howard Jan 16, 2020

Daniel Radcliffe has guns for hands in the first trailer for his long-awaited action flick, Guns Akimbo

Guns Akimbo has been a meme for so long that it's been pretty easy to forget that it's an actual film that exists and that will be happening to (some of) our eyes in just a couple of months time, but having only popped up at Fantastic Fest last year to some bemused reviews, this upcoming potential eyesore is sure to be catnip to those of us who find ourselves ferociously defending the likes of Shoot 'Em Up and Nerve in polite company.

Deathgasm's Jason Lei Howden is behind the bonkers actioner, in which former Pottah Daniel Radcliffe finds himself taking part in a deadly game against Samara Weaving who, if you saw last year's Ready or Not, seems to be quite good at deadly games.

Here's the official synopsis,...

Daniel Radcliffe is far away from his Harry Potter days in the new trailer for action flick Gun Akimbo.

Directed by Jason Lei Howden, the film reveals a near-future world where Internet comments may have truly deadly results. The high-energy trailer has tones of The Purge, but seems like it will have a more comedic flair.

The official synopsis for the film notes: “Nerdy video game developer is a little too fond of stirring things up on the internet with his caustic, prodding, and antagonizing comments. One night, he makes...

Daniel Radcliffe is among the child-actors of the last decade who has managed to emerge mostly unscathed as an adult talent though he's done so via a series of oddball roles in movies that are far from mainstream. He's been Ginsberg, Igor, a farting corpse, and the latest appears to be another example of Radcliffe playing by his own rules.

In Guns Akimbo, the sophomore effort from Deathgasm director Jason Lei Howden, Radcliffe plays Miles, a video game developer who finds himself at the centre of a streaming action game with guns welded to his hands. There's a point, something about a girl, but that seems beside the point.

Along with Radcliffe, the movie also stars Ned Dennehy and Samara Weaving who had a breakout last year with Ready or Not.

Could you imagine a world where watching people die for your entertainment was the norm? Twitch would be one hell of a different place if so. Well, “Guns Akimbo” will show people fighting for their survival in tournament based death matches.

The film, described as “hilariously dark, viciously violent, and chillingly prescient sci-fi thriller,” by Tiff, is directed by Jason Lei Howden in what will be his second feature length, following his “Deathgasm” debut back in 2015.

Continue reading ‘Guns Akimbo’ Trailer: Daniel Radcliffe Fights To Save His Ex-Girlfriend In Live Streamed Death Matches at The Playlist.

Guns Akimbo is an action comedy from the creative bosom of Jason Lei Howden, due to make its stateside debut on February 28th. It stars Daniel Radcliffe as Miles Harris, whose “mundane existence is turned upside-down when he finds himself enrolled on a dark net website that forces complete strangers to fight in a city-wide game of death so that their gladiatorial battles can be live-streamed worldwide to a fanatical audience.” Something tells me the Wikipedian who wrote that synopsis didn’t pull it from an official press release.

The trail of thought that Radcliffe springs to mind for me seems terribly unfair, but I have a paucity of time and a paucity of alternative conversational topics. If you hadn’t already gathered, you are indeed about to read the meaningless word-babble of a simpleton, so strap in.

The thought in question concerns legacies. Can’t fight them, can’t escape them.