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One of the projects that helped put Alexander Skarsgrd on the map and make him who he is today just got a major streaming update. The Legend of Tarzan, the 2016 film in which Skarsgrd stars alongside Margot Robbie, Christopher Waltz, and Rory J. Saper, has officially begun streaming on Max. The film was not well received by either critics or audiences, currently sitting at a 35% score from the former and a 58% rating from the latter on Rotten Tomatoes. In addition to Skarsgrd, Waltz, and Robbie, The Legend of Tarzan also stars Samuel L. Jackson, Casper Crump, and Ashley Byam. The film's poor reception didn't stop the Tarzan name from helping it generate major revenue at the box office, as it earned more than $350 million worldwide on a whopping $180 million budget.

Most of us have a love-hate relationship with social media. Yes, our phones provide hours of entertainment and allow us to connect with the larger world, but the proliferation of social media also fosters harmful comparisons and can leave us feeling inferior to bare acquaintances and outright strangers. And that’s to say nothing of influencer culture. This brand of salesmanship revolves around glamorous social media personalities who draw our attention to products and practices. While there’s nothing inherently wrong with this form of subtle marketing, the line between genuine truth and paid sponsorship can be frighteningly thin. Kurtis David Harder plays with the deadly consequences of social media reach with Influencer, a psychological thriller set in a gorgeous locale. While vacationing in Thailand, three different types of female influencers collide in a deadly game of manipulation and death.

Madison (Emily Tennant) is a social media star traveling on...

Top 10 Netflix Films: Lift, The Equalizer 3, Leo & More (Picture Credit: IMDb)

Yet another week of 2024 has passed with a whole bunch of new choices for films to watch on the Ott Platform Netflix. A lot of new releases ensure that they keep the viewers hooked. While new releases like The Legend of Tarzan and The Kitchen made their way to the top 10 most-watched films of the week, the older releases continued to rule the charts.

In the Non-English films category, the Spanish film Society Of The Snow rules the list at number 1, followed by the German film Sixty Minutes at number 2 and the Telugu film Salaar at number 3. The Arabic film From Your Ashes, which dropped this week, has secured the fourth spot, while Maborishi, a Japanese anime film, secured the fifth spot.

Coming to the English films, The Legend Of Tarzan, The Kitchen, Stillwater, Wild, The Forever Purge, and...

Director Connor O’Hara’s Kindling has beautifully depicted a tale of the male kinship of five young people who have been supporting their friend in battling a fatal illness. This is a real-life incident that the director has portrayed, stemming from the loss of one of his own friends. The movie has been named Kindling, meaning a collection of twigs and sticks to start a fire, to depict the fire that the protagonist Sid plans to start. He ignites the fire of kinship with his mates in order to exist forever in the universe before passing away. Revolving around friendship, brotherhood, and trust, the British film Kindling is an emotional drama starring skilled young actors like George Somner, Conrad Khan, Wilson Radjou-Pujalte, Rory J. Saper, Kaine Zajaz, and others. The film tells the story of five children without any siblings who eventually end up becoming closer than blood brothers. What...

Shudder's newest title Influencer references the social-media presence of the central characters who document their entire lives online for likes and sponsorships. It also refers to a more insidious type of influence, though, wielded by the deceptively unassuming CW (Cassandra Naud), who preys on the narcissism and insecurities of those social-media personalities for her own devious, violent ends. Director and co-writer Kurtis David Harder relies on that influence to toy with the audience, too, in a thrilling and clever way that makes Influencer fascinating to watch.

As Influencer begins, it seems like the protagonist and title character is Madison (Emily Tennant), who posts upbeat updates about her vacation adventure in Thailand, while onscreen she sits glum and alone, ensconced in a luxury resort away from all the local culture she touts in her content. She's putting on a fake front for her subscribers, while she's miserable on a trip she...

Cassandra Naud is striking if a little opaque as a predator seducing image-obsessed tourists in Thailand

In this smartly arranged thriller by Kurtis David Harder, Canadian actor Cassandra Naud holds her own as a kind of social media Tom Ripley, out in Thailand preying on vacuous, smartphone-toting influencers while coveting their silky lifestyles. Broken down into four parts following different characters, the film dabbles in but doesn’t wholly conform to the now-standard satirical takedown of 21st-century popinjays. There’s something darker and more solipsistic at work here: Naud’s repeated spiel of “They won’t even notice you’re gone. Nobody cares” is just as rehearsed and trite as other airheaded Insta-platitudes.

Her character, CW, first gets her claws into Madison (Emily Tennant), a fellow American making nice for her feeds but actually moping around the Thai coast because she’s having a hard time with her British boyfriend...

"You probably brought me all this way to kill me... in the middle of the ocean... 'no one can hear you scream.'" Shudder has revealed the official trailer for an indie horror movie titled Influencer, made by a Canadian filmmaker named Kurtis David Harder. Yet another horror take on the darkness of influencer culture and how these people a vapid, shallow narcissists. This premiered at a few genre film festivals last year, including the Brooklyn Horror, and will be out for streaming on Shudder this May. While struggling on a solo backpacking trip in Thailand, social media influencer Madison meets CW, who travels with ease and shows her a more uninhibited way of living, but CW's interest in her takes a darker turn. Starring Emily Tennant as the "influencer" Madison, joined by Cassandra Naud, Sara Canning, Rory J. Saper, Paul Spurrier, and Justin Sams. This looks better than it sounds in the text description,...

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers, and the supernatural, will be releasing writer/director Kurtis David Harder’s horror film Influencer on May 26th. The movie will also be available to stream on AMC+, and with just a couple weeks to go until its streaming premiere date arrives a trailer for the film has dropped online. You can check the trailer out in the embed above, and take a look at the Influencer poster at the bottom of this article.

Influencer racked up multiple awards while making the festival rounds. Harder wrote the script with Tesh Guttikonda, crafting the story of Madison, a popular social media influencer who is having a lonely and uneventful trip in Thailand despite what she tells her followers on Instagram. While reflecting on her boyfriend canceling the trip, she meets CW, a fearless and enigmatic traveler who offers to take her to...

The director of Shudder’s horror movie Spiral, Kurtis David Harder is back with new movie Influencer, and Shudder has released the official trailer. You’ll find it down below.

Influencer begins streaming on May 26, only on Shudder and AMC+.

Shudder’s Emily Gotto says, “Influencer is a thought-provoking and suspenseful exploration of the world of social media, and we are thrilled to share it with Shudder members this spring as part of an already exciting lineup of some of the best in horror filmmaking.”

“Influencer tells the story of Madison (Emily Tennant), a popular social media influencer who is having a lonely and uneventful trip in Thailand despite what she tells her followers on Instagram. While reflecting on her boyfriend canceling the trip, she meets CW (Cassandra Naud), a fearless and enigmatic traveler who offers to take her to some of the most Instagram-worthy locations. Together they share authentic meals and drinks with locals,...

The director of Shudder’s horror movie Spiral, Kurtis David Harder is back with new movie Influencer, and Deadline reports that Shudder has acquired the film for multiple territories.

Influencer will debut on Shudder in Spring 2023.

“Influencer tells the story of Madison (Emily Tennant), a popular social media influencer who is having a lonely and uneventful trip in Thailand despite what she tells her followers on Instagram. While reflecting on her boyfriend canceling the trip, she meets CW (Cassandra Naud), a fearless and enigmatic traveler who offers to take her to some of the most Instagram-worthy locations. Together they share authentic meals and drinks with locals, discussing the differences between Madison’s online presence and CW’s lack of one.

“After showing Madison all of the amazing sights, things take a different turn when CW brings her to a surprise location — a deserted island that is completely off the grid.

Exclusive: Shudder has acquired multiple territories for the indie thriller Influencer from Kurtis David Harder — the filmmaker with whom it’s previously been in business on titles like Spiral. The award-winning feature, which launched its festival run at last year’s Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, will bow on the streamer this spring in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Ireland, Spain, Portugal and Latin America.

Influencer tells the story of Madison (Emily Tennant), a popular social media influencer who is having a lonely and uneventful trip in Thailand despite what she tells her followers on Instagram. While reflecting on her boyfriend canceling the trip, she meets CW (Cassandra Naud), a fearless and enigmatic traveler who offers to take her to some of the most Instagram-worthy locations. Together they share authentic meals and drinks with locals, discussing the differences between Madison’s online presence and CW’s lack of one.

Set to hold its World Premiere at the forthcoming Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, Bloody Disgusting has the first art and stills from Influencer, the latest genre offering from Spiral and Summerland director Kurtis David Harder.

In the film…

“Despite what she tells her loyal followers on Ig, social media influencer Madison is having a lonely and disappointingly uneventful visit in Thailand. Her experience does a miraculous 180 when she meets CW, another traveler who seems to thrive on her own. After showing Madison all the amazing sights, CW saves the best surprise for last—a deserted island completely off the grid.

The fest describes the film as a “sneakily twisted thriller that begs the question, are we the stars of our own stories or is no one?”

Cassandra Naud, Emily Tennant, Rory J. Saper, and Sara Canning all star.

Influencer will also screen at Newport Beach, Nightmares, and FilmQuest.

Kurtis David Harder is also a producer,...

First footage from horror-thriller Influencer, which shot in Thailand late last year.

US sales veteran Jack Campbell and Rebecca Campbell have launched the Arizona-based Jackrabbit Media to focus on sales and acquisitions of third-party features, AVoD aggregation and in-house productions.

The husband-and-wife team plans to produce two to three commercial films a year and will be at their booth on the Croisette next week in Cannes to introduce the slate and business plan to longtime and new industry partners.

Jack Campbell serves as Jackrabbit Media president and CEO and has been in sales for 21 years. Rebecca is COO and hails...

First footage from horror-thriller Influencer, which shot in Thailand late last year.

On the eve of Cannes sales veteran Jack Campbell and Rebecca Campbell have launched Arizona-based Jackrabbit Media focused on sales and acquisitions of third-party features, AVoD aggregation and in-house productions.

The husband-and-wife team plans to produce two to three commercial films a year and will be at their booth on the Croisette to introduce the slate and business plan to longtime and new industry partners.

Jack Campbell serves as Jackrabbit Media president and CEO and has been in sales for 21 years. Rebecca is named COO and hails from...

"I'm not going to be a third wheel to some... blind date of yours!" Superchill has released the first official trailer for Summerland, a coming-of-age road trip comedy from filmmakers known as "Lankyboy". Not to be confused with the romantic drama also titled Summerland, which also opened this summer. This film is a comedy that follows Bray, a teenager who poses as a girl on an online dating website. He falls for a guy who he believes is in the closet. Bray and his best friend Oliver plan a trip to Summerland, a music festival to meet him. The only problem? Bray is pretending to be his best friends girlfriend, who ends up coming on the trip with them. The sun-kissed and never-been-kissed indie coming-of-age comedy follows three friends all trying desperately to find themselves, while trying not to drive off the road in the process. Starring Maddie Phillips, Rory J. Saper,...

Before she was 'Harley Quinn' in "Birds of Prey', actress Margot Robbie played 'Jane Porter' in director David Yates' "The Legend Of Tarzan", co-starring Alexander Skarsgård as 'John Clayton III', 'Lord Greystoke', aka 'Tarzan' King Of The Apes:

"...it has been years since the man once known as 'Tarzan' (Skarsgård) left the jungles of Africa behind for a gentrified life ...

"...as 'John Clayton III', 'Lord Greystoke', with his wife 'Jane' (Robbie) at his side.

"Now, he has been invited back to the Congo...

"...to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament...

"...unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge...

"...masterminded by the Belgian, 'Captain 'Leon Rom' (Christoph Waltz).

"But those behind the murderous plot have no idea what they are about to unleash..."

Cast also includes Samuel L. Jackson as 'George Washington Williams'...

...Djimon Hounsou as 'Chief Mbonga'...

...John Hurt as 'Prof. Archimedes Q.

Ronan and Robert Burke, the Dublin-born brothers best known for directing the popular crime drama “Red Rock” and Netflix horse-riding series “Free Rein,” have come on board to direct episodes of the time-traveling ballerina series “Find Me in Paris.”

“Find Me in Paris” is being produced by David Michel, Zoé Carrera Allaix and Cecile Lauritano at Cottonwood Media, a division of Federation Entertainment. The company has just kicked off production on season two of the half-hour premium tween series.

Matt Bloom, who helmed the first season, will be back to direct the second order of “Find Me in Paris.” Earlier this year, Bloom earned an international Emmy Award nomination, as well as a BAFTA nom for his critically acclaimed series “Hank Zipzer.” Bloom also directed Disney’s hit series “The Lodge” which sold in over 112 countries.

Leila Smith is exec producing the series.

Federation Kids & Family worldwide will be selling...

Levi Meaden, Rory J. Saper, Anja Savcic and Brittany Allen star.

Genre specialist sales agent Devilworks has secured a UK and Ireland deal on its sci-fi thriller Incontrol with Signature Entertainment.

Written and directed by Kurtis David Harder, the film stars Levi Meaden (Pacific Rim: Uprising) Rory J.Saper (Find Me In Paris) Anja Savcic (Extraterrestrial) and Brittany Allen (Jigsaw). It tells the story of a group of students who discover a device that allows them to take control of other people. Producers were Chris Ball and Kurtis David Harder.

Devilworks previously closed deals internationally for Incontrol with Lemon Tree Media in China,...

Stars: Brittany Allen, Levi Meaden, Rory J. Saper, Ajna Savcic, Sarah Troyer, Christopher Rosamond, Valerie Planche, David LeReaney, Maddie Dixon-Poirier, Griffin Cork | Written and Directed by Kurtis David Harder

Samantha (Anja Savcic) is a young girl who juggles her life around looking after her mother, her job at a cafe and her Sociology studies at university. It’s a pretty simple existence until her friend Mark (Levi Meaden) introduces her to his friend Marissa (Sarah Troyer) and a smooth talking British chap by the name of Victor (Rory J. Saper), who recently quit university and just like when you stay in a hotel – decided to take home a small memento.

When I say a small memento, I mean a device that allows the users to infiltrate and take control of somebody else’s mind and body. Of course, given this opportunity to see the world through someone else’s eyes...

Sales outfit is bringing six market premieres to Berlin.

Ahead of the European Film Market (Efm) at the Berlin Film Festival (Feb 9-19), genre sales specialists Devilworks has revealed more detail about its slate of films.

The company’s full slate features six market premieres, including sci-fi thriller Incontrol from director Kurtis David Harder (Cody Fitz). Starring Levi Meaden (Aftermath, Pacific Rim: Uprising) and Rory J. Saper (The Legend Of Tarzan), the film tells the story of a group of university students who discover a device that allows them to take control of other people.

Screen can exclusively reveal the film’s first trailer:

[Click here to watch on Youtube]

Also on Devilworks’ slate is meta horror Cut Shoot Kill [pictured top], from writer-director Michael Walker (Chasing Sleep, The Maid’s Room). The film stars Alexandra Socha (Red Oaks) and Phil Burke (Hell On Wheels) in the story of an ambitious young actress who signs on as the star of a horror film. On the set...

Sales outfit is bringing six market premieres to Berlin.

Ahead of the European Film Market (Efm) at the Berlin Film Festival (Feb 9-19), genre sales specialists Devilworks has revealed more detail about its slate of films.

The company’s full slate features six market premieres, including sci-fi thriller Incontrol from director Kurtis David Harder (Cody Fitz). Starring Levi Meaden (Aftermath, Pacific Rim: Uprising) and Rory J. Saper (The Legend Of Tarzan), the film tells the story of a group of university students who discover a device that allows them to take control of other people.

Screen can exclusively reveal the film’s first trailer:

[Click here to watch on Youtube]

Also on Devilworks’ slate is meta horror Cut Shoot Kill [pictured top], from writer-director Michael Walker (Chasing Sleep, The Maid’s Room). The film stars Alexandra Socha (Red Oaks) and Phil Burke (Hell On Wheels) in the story of an ambitious young actress who signs on as the star of a horror film. On the set...

The UK-based genre film sales company has assembled a line-up for Berlin that includes Incontrol and Population Zero.

Kurtis David Harder’s sci-fi Incontrol follows university students who discover a device that allows them to take control of other people. Levi Meaden and Rory J. Saper star.

Population Zero received its international premiere at FrightFest in London and is a doc-thriller about a man who used a legal loophole to walk free after confessing to the murder of three young men in Yellowstone National Park. Julian T. Pinder and Adam Lewis directed.

The sales roster includes The Man Who Was Thursday, Cut Shoot Kill, Peelers and Still Alive.

“We are very excited to bring such a strong slate of films to Efm,” said Devilworks president Samantha Richardson. “Genre filmmaking is an ever-growing industry and these unique stories are guaranteed to impress distributors searching for fresh voices in cinema.”...

Take a look @ new images of actress Margot Robbie as 'Jane Porter' in director David Yates' "The Legend Of Tarzan", co-starring Alexander Skarsgård as 'John Clayton III', 'Lord Greystoke', aka 'Tarzan' King Of The Apes:

"...it has been years since the man once known as 'Tarzan' (Skarsgård) left the jungles of Africa behind for a gentrified life ...

"...as 'John Clayton III', 'Lord Greystoke', with his wife 'Jane' (Robbie) at his side.

"Now, he has been invited back to the Congo...

"...to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament...

"...unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge...

"...masterminded by the Belgian, 'Captain 'Leon Rom' (Christoph Waltz).

"But those behind the murderous plot have no idea what they are about to unleash..."

Cast also includes Samuel L. Jackson as 'George Washington Williams', Djimon Hounsou as 'Chief Mbonga'...

...John Hurt as 'Prof.

Vampire stories are almost completely played out these days. Between TV shows and movies, there’s far from a shortage of media about blood-suckers at a viewer’s disposal. But still, that saturation doesn’t mean those stories can’t be entertaining when done well. Dave Schultz’s Rufus isn’t anything revolutionary in terms of vampire movies, but it’s still handled in an interesting way, full of intrigue, mystery, and emotion.

Rufus tells the story of a vampire (Rory Saper) left alone in a small town, trying to fit in and not allow anyone to find out what he is. He is taken in by the sheriff (David James Elliot) and the sheriff’s wife (Kelly Rowan) after his traveling companion is struck by a truck. From there, he begins to become one of the family, making friends with those around him, including a neighborhood girl (Merritt Patterson...