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Well, it looks like Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes' hit The Purge franchise is still going as strong as ever. In fact, today we hear that Luke Cage director Everardo Gout's upcoming currently untitled fifth entry in the theatrical film series has just snagged two more actors for the annual anything-goes event. Yes, today we've learned that The Purge 5 has brought in Will Patton (Armageddon) and Cassidy Freeman (The Righteous Gemstones) for undisclosed roles.

Will Patton and Cassidy Freeman will be joining the previously announced cast of Ana de la Reguera (Nacho Libre) and Tenoch Huerta (Narcos: Mexico) in the new Blumhouse/Platinum Dunes horror thriller. It's said The Purge 5 will be ditching its usual city-setting for a more rural tale still dealing with class and race issues.

While that's really all we have to go on at this point in time, my movie senses have me speculating that this...

Although the news is not yet posted to the press site, Nickelodeon has renewed its I Am Frankie TV show for a second season. An English-language adaption of the Colombian TV series, Yo Soy Franky, the live-action teen program premiered on Nick, on September 11, 2017 and aired as a daily series. A scripted sci-fi dramedy, I Am Frankie stars Alex Hook as Frankie Gaines, an android that looks like a real teenaged girl. The Nickelodeon cast also includes Nicole Alyse Nelson, Mohana Krishnan, Uriel Baldesco, Kristi Beckett, Armani Barrett, Sophia Forest, Carson Rowland, Michael Laurino, Carrie Schroeder, Mark Jacobson, Joy Kigin, Kyson Facer, James D. Ballard, Tracy A. Johnson, Tay Lindsey, Todd Allen Durkin, and Rachael Thompson. Read More…...

Network: Nickelodeon. Episodes: Ongoing (half-hour). Seasons: Ongoing. TV show dates: September 11, 2017 — present. Series status: Has not been cancelled. Performers include: Alex Hook, Nicole Alyse Nelson, Mohana Krishnan, Uriel Baldesco, Kristi Beckett, Armani Barrett, Sophia Forest, Carson Rowland, Michael Laurino, Carrie Schroeder, Mark Jacobson, Joy Kigin, Kyson Facer, James D. Ballard, Tracy A. Johnson, Tay Lindsey, Todd Allen Durkin, and Rachael Thompson. TV show description: An English language adaptation of Nick's Columbian comedy drama, Yo Soy Franky, the I Am Frankie TV show centers on android Frankie Gaines (Hook). Although she looks like an ordinary teenaged girl, Frankie is actually a sophisticated computer. She is fully equipped with internet access and huge stores of memory.

It started the summer as part of the Bloody Disgusting AMC Horrorfest, and if you were lucky enough to catch YellowBrickRoad in that brief theatrical run, you had the privilege of enjoying a rather effective horror film. If not, it's recently come to DVD and now you can enjoy the madness, as it slowly seeps into the brains of a group of explorers intent on discovering the lost secret of a legendary town, from the comfort of your own home. Directed by Andy Mitton and Jesse Holland, YellowBrickRoad stars Michael Laurino, Anessa Ramsey, Alex Draper, Cassidy Freeman (Smallville), Clark Freeman, Tara Giordano, Sam Elmore, Lee Wilkof, and Laura Heisler in a refreshing installment in the genre featured at Slamdance 2010, the Atlanta Film Festival 2010, Screamfest 2010, and that won Best Feature at the NYC Horror Film Festival. To help you savor this aforementioned, award-winning madness, JustPressPlay is giving away one copy of YellowBrickRoad on DVD.

We have a contest, giveaway, sweepstakes for one copy of YellowBrickRoad (2010) on DVD for one (1) lucky winner. This YellowBrickRoad DVD contest, giveaway, sweepstakes illustrates YellowBrickRoad‘s release on DVD on August 2, 2011.

YellowBrickRoad was directed by Jesse Holland, Andy Mitton and stars Cassidy Freeman, Clark Freeman, Anessa Ramsey, Lee Wilkof, Laura Heisler, Alex Draper, Michael Laurino, Tara Giordano, and Sam Elmore.

YellowBrickRoad‘s plot synopsis: “One Morning in New England, 1940, the entire population of Friar New Hampshire – 572 people – walked together up a winding mountain trail and into the wilderness. They left behind their clothes, their money, all of their essentials. Even their dogs were abandoned, tied to posts and left to starve. No One knows why. A search party dispatched by the U.S. Army eventually discovered the remains of nearly 300 of Friar’s evacuees. Many had frozen to death. Others were cruelly and mysteriously slaughtered. The bodies of the remaining citizens are still unaccounted for.

The first time this writer met up-and-coming genre filmmakers Andy Mitton and Jesse Holland, it was on the red carpet at the 2010 Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on the eve of the world premiere of their first feature film entitled YellowBrickRoad.

In case you are unfamiliar with the premise of YellowBrickRoad (review here), let’s get you up-to-speed. The movie centers around a team of researchers that set off to discover what made the entire community of Friar, New Hampshire just up and leave their entire lives behind and head off into the woods some 70 years prior. Led by the husband and wife duo of Teddy and Melissa Barnes (Michael Laurino and The Signal’s Anessa Ramsey), the research team hopes to discover what happened to the people of Friar before they vanished. But they soon come to realize that there’s more in the woods than just a mysterious path,...

The Yellow Brick Road Trailer and Yellow Brick Road Poster have premiered. Jesse Holland, Andy Mitton‘s Yellow Brick Road (2010) stars Cassidy Freeman, Clark Freeman, Anessa Ramsey, Lee Wilkof, and Laura Heisler. Yellow Brick Road‘s plot synopsis: “One Morning in New England, 1940, the entire population of Friar New Hampshire – 572 people – walked together up a winding mountain trail and into the wilderness. They left behind their clothes, their money, all of their essentials. Even their dogs were abandoned, tied to posts and left to starve. No One knows why. A search party dispatched by the U.S. Army eventually discovered the remains of nearly 300 of Friar’s evacuees. Many had frozen to death. Others were cruelly and mysteriously slaughtered. The bodies of the remaining citizens are still unaccounted for. Over the years, a quiet cover-up operation managed to weave the story of Friar into the stuff of legends and backwoods fairy tales.

It may look like two of today's news articles are 'The Wizard of Oz' related, however, this actually isnt'. Hello 'YellowBrickRoad', the upcoming Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton horror project. And today it has received a new, and awesome looking, Us one-sheet. AMC theaters will be releasing the movie to a limited number of screens from 1 June across the Us. Sexy 'Smallville' actress Cassidy Freeman stars along with Anessa Ramsey, Clark Freeman, Lee Wilkof, Laura Heisler, Alex Draper, Tara Giordano, Michael Laurino and Sam Elmore. Check out the synopsis details and the good old school poster below....

Dread hit the black carpet of the tenth annual Screamfest La film festival this past Saturday night at the Grauman’s 6 Theatre in the center of Hollywood, CA, and brought back some video interviews with the filmmakers of the Los Angeles premiering features YellowBrickRoad and Needle.

On hand to discuss the former were the writer/director team of Andy Mitton and Jesse Holland, who enthusiastically chatted up their twist on the “forest horror film,” as were Needle director John V. Soto and producer Deidre Kitcher, Australian filmmakers who riffed on the slasher/giallo hybrid that is Needle.

YellowBrickRoad cast members/producers Clark Freeman and Cassidy Freeman were on hand as well, as were YellowBrickRoad actors Michael Laurino and Laura Heisler and Needle players Trilby Glover, Tahnya Tozzi and Kahn Chittenden. With the after-party going late into the evening at the neighboring sushi bar Koji’s and the fest still in full swing,...

While at the 2010 Slamdance Film Festival, this writer had the pleasure of meeting the cast and creative forces behind YellowBrickRoad, an indie genre film that ended up being one of the most buzzed about entries in what has turned into Park City’s true independent film festival.

What impressed me most about YellowBrickRoad’s directing duo of Andy Mitton and Jesse Holland was their passion for the film. Now with their Slamdance debut a few months behind them and their film about to play the also prestigious Atlanta Film Festival on April 19th and 20th, I thought the timing was perfect to talk to the pair about their film, their journey to get to this point, and what’s next for them.

Mitton and Holland met while attending school at Middlebury College in Vermont. Brought together through their mutual admiration for both horror films and theater, they found a kindred...

One upcoming feature we're curious to check out is YellowBrickRoad from writing/directing duo Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton. The indie pic delves into the mystery of a small New Hampshire community that, in the fall of 1940, walked together up a winding mountain trail and into the wilderness, never to be seen alive again. The only clue left behind was a single word etched into stone near the forest's edge: Yellowbrickroad. In 2009, the coordinates to the trail were declassified and a team of researchers sets out to find out the truth behind the town's disappearance. (See the trailer here !) The film stars Cassidy Freeman ( Smallville ), Anessa Ramsey ( The Signal ), Laura Heisler ( Numb3rs ), Michael Laurino ( Past Life ), Clark Freeman ( Simulacrum ), Alex Draper ( Joshua ), and...

When the announcement of the lineup for Slamdance 2010 made the rounds last night (see it here), one of the genre films that piqued a bit of interest was Yellowbrickroad, the horror/thriller from first-time filmmakers Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton. Today the filmmakers got in touch with Fango with a pair of stills and a look at the official trailer.

See the videos below, along with a synopsis.

Yellowbrickroad tells the story of an expedition that embarks on a mission to solve the mysterious disappearance of the entire population of Friar, New Hampshire, who, in the fall of 1940, walked together up a winding mountain trail and into the wilderness, never to be seen alive again. The only clue left behind was a single word etched into stone near the forest’s edge: Yellowbrickroad. In 2009, the coordinates to the trail were declassified and a team of researchers sets out to find...

Intriguing stuff. Shock Till You Drop has receive three stills and a trailer from YellowBrickRoad , a new thriller that was accepted into the 2010 Slamdance Film Festival. Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton's indie pic delves into the mystery of a small New Hampshire community that, in the fall of 1940, walked together up a winding mountain trail and into the wilderness, never to be seen alive again. The only clue left behind was a single word etched into stone near the forest's edge: Yellowbrickroad. In 2009, the coordinates to the trail were declassified and a team of researchers sets out to find out the truth behind the town's disappearance. The film stars Cassidy Freeman ( Smallville ), Anessa Ramsey ( The Signal ), Laura Heisler ( Numb3rs ), Michael Laurino ( Past Life ), Clark...