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After becoming the mascot for an unsuspecting sorority, a seemingly lovable sloth unleashes their killer instincts on the members of the Sigma Lambda Theta house in the official trailer for Slotherhouse, coming to theaters on August 30th from Gravitas Ventures:

Synopsis: It’s senior year of college for sorority sister Emily Young and for the first time ever, Sigma Lambda Theta is having elections for who will be president. Wanting to have a killer year, Emily Young realizes she might just be the best option for her sorority. While beginning her campaign, she finds an adorable sloth that steals her heart and soon realizes she just might steal the hearts, and votes, of her sorority sisters. But when bodies slowly begin to pile up in the Sigma Lambda Theta house, Emily and her sorority sisters realize the deaths are being caused by their new house mascot, the cuddly sloth Alpha.

Last week, we learned that Gravitas Ventures and Iconic Events Releasing will be giving the killer animal horror comedy Slotherhouse a nationwide theatrical release on August 30th. With that release date just four weeks away, a trailer for the film has now arrived online, and you can check it out in the embed above!

Directed by Matthew Goodhue from a screenplay by Bradley Fowler, who crafted the story with Cady Lanigan, Slotherhouse centers on college senior Emily Young, who aims to be voted president of her sorority. When she adopts an adorable sloth, she realizes the animal can serve as the house’s new mascot and help her win votes, dubbing the animal Alpha. The new pet is a beloved addition to the sorority house until a series of deaths point toward the sloth as the prime murder suspect. The film becomes a survival story of sisters versus sloth as...

Last month, we got a look at the trailer for the killer gopher horror comedy Caddy Hack, which is set to make its premiere at Kevin Smith’s Smodcastle theatre in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey on August 11th. (With a home video release to follow in October.) Now Variety has broken the news that there’s another killer animal horror comedy that will be getting some theatrical play next month: coming our way from Gravitas Ventures and Iconic Events Releasing is the killer sloth movie Slotherhouse, which will reach theatres nationwide on August 30th!

Directed by Matthew Goodhue from a screenplay by Bradley Fowler, who crafted the story with Cady Lanigan, Slotherhouse centers on college senior Emily Young, who aims to be voted president of her sorority. When she adopts an adorable sloth, she realizes the animal can serve as the house’s new mascot and help her win votes,...

Gravitas Ventures has acquired the rights to the upcoming horror-comedy “Slotherhouse,” directed by Matthew Goodhue. Alongside Iconic Events Releasing, the film will hit theaters nationwide on August 30.

“Slotherhouse” tells the story of college senior Emily Young, who aims to be voted president of her sorority. When she adopts an adorable sloth, she realizes the animal can serve as the house’s new mascot and help her win votes, dubbing the animal Alpha. The new pet is a beloved addition to the sorority house until a series of deaths point toward the sloth as the prime murder suspect. The film becomes a survival story of sisters versus sloth as the girls wonder if they can make it out of Sigma Lambda Theta alive.

“’Slotherhouse’ is a movie that embodies the reckless abandon genre films can bring to the table. It scratches the sloth itch we didn’t know we had! Our...

High Octane Pictures’ “Izzy Lyon: The Unspun Truth,” an absurd mockumentary about a famous sign spinner, is set for digital release on November 4th. The film stars comedians David Koechner, Greg Proops, Phil Lamarr, Lang Parker and Kym Whitley.

Following the murky life of famed sign spinner Izzy Lyon, the film picks up twenty years since Lyon mysteriously disappeared, and a group of fervent fans seek to reunite in order to uncover the truth behind the celebrity’s disappearance. The group of fans investigate Lyon’s life in detail, from his early 80’s rise to his late 90’s downfall, in the process discovering a portrait of a flawed individual that they’ve worshipped blindly in the past. Anti-Izzy adversaries are said to be working to exclude Lyon from the Spinternational Hall of Fame, which is followers must reckon with throughout the film.

Lamarr plays a character named Marcus Lyons, Koechner plays Antoine St.

August 2022 marks the 58th anniversary of Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins." Featuring Julie Andrews as the titular nanny from the beloved P.L. Travers book series, the critically acclaimed live-action/animated hybrid became the highest-grossing movie of 1964 and was the only Walt Disney Studios film to earn a Best Picture nomination at the Academy Awards during the founder's lifetime.

However, like many films of that era and prior, there aren't many pieces of screen used memorabilia left to display and share with the adoring public. Those involved in the productions at the time viewed such items as "just props" to be disposed of when cameras stopped rolling. That's why Roy O. Disney founded the Walt Disney Archives in 1970, with the goal of collecting, preserving, and making props available not just for research but so future generations could enjoy them. Luckily, when it comes to the practically perfect Poppins, some people worked hard...

Exclusive: Gersh has signed actor, writer and producer David Koechner (Anchorman) for representation.

Koechner is perhaps best known for his turn as Michael Scott’s pal Todd Packer on NBC’s The Office, and as the Anchorman films’ Champ Kind. He currently co-hosts A&e’s America’s Top Dog and plays Bill Lewis on ABC’s The Goldbergs, having recently appeared on ABC’s Bless This Mess, CBS’s Superior Donuts, Showtime’s Twin Peaks, Comedy Central’s Another Period and IFC’s Stan Against Evil. Koechner voices recurring characters on Fox’s American Dad, as well as on Netflix’s series F is for Family and The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants. Recent projects on the film side include the dramedy Then Came You with Asa Butterfield, Maisie Williams and Nina Dobrev; Sean McEwen’s dramatic comedy Braking for Whales with Tom Felton and Wendi McLendon-Covey; Roman White...

The semi-automatic pistol used by Sean Connery in the James Bond film “Dr. No” goes up for auction on Thursday. The Walther Pp gun is expected to fetch between $150,000 and $200,000 at Julien’s Auctions.

Film producer and prop collector on Disney Plus’ “Prop Culture,” Dan Lanigan is the current owner of the gun. He says he hopes the pistol will be purchased by the Academy Museum and put on display when it opens in April 2021.

Having been a fan of “Dr. No,” Lanigan was drawn to the prop. “I picked this amazing piece 15 years ago when I was relatively early in my collecting,” he tells Variety. The pistol comes from the original prop armory supplier Bapty in the U.K. The company sold the weapon at an auction in 2006, and Langigan acquired it there.

In “Dr. No,” the pistol is identified as a Ppk, but it’s a Pp in real life.

As a young boy, Dan Lanigan collected “Star Wars” action figures and was interested in how movies were made; now he gets really excited about discovering film artifacts like Mary Poppins’ carpet bag or the prototype Jack Skellington doll.

That’s what makes him the perfect host for Disney Plus’ newest series “Prop Culture,” which takes a look at the stories behind the memorable objects featured in Disney’s most iconic projects. Each 30-minute episode focuses on a single film from the studio’s catalog, including “Tron,” “Mary Poppins,” “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” and “Pirates of the Caribbean.”

But Lanigan, an executive producer of 2017’s “Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return,” isn’t just concerned with examining the hardware; he aims to spend time with those involved in the process of creating it. “I wanted to do as much as I could to help celebrate these people,” he says. “It...

Nostalgia lovers, rejoice!

Film collector Dan Lanigan hosts a new Disney+ series, Prop Culture, which revisits the costumes, props and sets of classic Disney films, including Mary Poppins, Pirates of the Caribbean and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

“I believe that movies have the magical power to take us away from our everyday troubles to the most amazing times and places,” Lanigan tells People. “Part of that magic still resides years later in the ‘prop artifacts’ left over from the filmmaking process. Whether it’s Mary Poppins’ carpet bag, Jack Sparrow’s pirate sword, or even an original Sally puppet from The Nightmare Before Christmas,...

Disney+ has signed Supper Club, producers of Netflix’s docuseries “Chef’s Table,” to an exclusive multi-year production deal, which is the first nonfiction pact for the upcoming streaming service.

Supper Club, led by David Gelb, Brian McGinn and Jason Sterman, will create franchise-based and original-concept nonfiction programming for the streaming service as well as other platforms and networks within The Walt Disney Company. The company already has 2 projects in development for Disney+.

Disney+, the company’s upcoming Netflix competitor, will be centered around five brands: Disney, Marvel, LucasFilm, Pixar and National Geographic. Disney+ will be formally unveiled Thursday during an investor event and will launch towards the end of this year.

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“We are thrilled Jason, David and Brian will bring their distinct perspectives and genuine narrative vision exclusively to Disney,” said Agnes Chu, senior vice president,...

As its burgeoning fiction slate continues to shuffle and take shape, Disney+ has announced its slate of nonfiction content, which will include the return of the Kristen Bell musical recreation show “Encore!,” as well as a project from Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos’ Milojo Productions.

The streaming platform has also inked a two-year deal with documentary specialists Supper Club, Variety has learned.

Under the pact, the trio of Brian McGinn, David Gelb and Jason Sterman (pictured above left to right), who are behind award-winning docs including “Chef’s Table,” “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” and “13th,” will create both franchise-based and original-concept nonfiction programming for the streaming service, as well as other platforms and networks under the Disney umbrella.

“We are thrilled Jason, David and Brian will bring their distinct perspectives and genuine narrative vision exclusively to Disney,” said Agnes Chu, Svp of Content at Disney+. “As some of the world’s greatest nonfiction storytellers,...

Back in July a “Fan-o-Rama: A Futurama Fan Film” trailer made its way online which teased a live-action version of the cult cartoon.

Now after months of waiting, Cinema Relics has released the full film for fans to enjoy. Directed by Dan Lanigan, the unofficial movie was written by Lanigan, Andy Klimczak and Kody Frederick and features all the beloved characters from “Futurama.”

The story deals with the Planet Express crew’s doomsday device delivery and stars Frederick, Katie Lanigan and Klimczak, among others. The story runs about 18 minutes, with great bonus features after the credits.

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The special effects were done mostly with prosthetics, puppetry, and miniatures.

“I wanted it to have a real feel to it, because CGI is great, but I feel like there is a quality of life that you...

Did you ever wonder what the characters of Matt Groening's Futurama would look like in the real world? Thanks to a new fan film, you won't have to. You might also never sleep again. Maybe it's just me but the trailer for this fan film (called Fan-o-Rama) is Freaking Me Out. Honestly though, this group from Cinema Relics really went the extra mile. The sets specifically are giving me a Pee-wee's Playhouse vibe, but it's those prosthetics/masks that are really getting me. See for yourself. A little more background info from their site: In the year 2014 one man, Dan Lanigan, in addition to other men, and some women, set out on a quest to become the first person in his family to create a live-action Futurama fan film. He is now regarded by most of his immediate kin as the foremost authority on the subject. This is his story.

The fan-made film “Star Trek: Axanar” may still be in limbo due to a pending lawsuit with Paramount Pictures and CBS, but it would appear that “Fan-o-Rama: A Futurama Fan Film” has avoided the legal wrath of 20th Century Fox. The first trailer for the film has been released, introducing viewers to Fry and Bender’s “single-minded mission for the sweet elixir of life: beer.”

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The filmmakers have given themselves a Q rating (for “questionable”), as “audiences will no doubt question the creators’ motives, self-respect, and sanity.” What may first surprise viewers is that “Fan-o-Rama” is a live-action affair, with practical effects and prosthetic costumes that bring to mind a “Mario” or “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” movie from the early ’90s.

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Adam Savage is a incredibly lucky guy. That's not to say he hasn't worked to be in the position he's in. At a young age he knew he wanted to work on films, and he turned that desire into a career in prop building and special effects. His hard work and know-how led to him becoming co-host of a little show called Mythbusters. Now he gets to entertain both himself and us by reaching out to like-minded prop builders and collectors to showcase some of his favorite prop pieces that have influenced him. Thanks to Dan Lanigan of Mammoth Props, Adam gets to finally see what is possibly his favorite movie prop of all time (his words): Deckard's gun from Blade Runner. With childlike wonder and an engineer's eye, he goes over every detail of the pistol. He even brought his own reproduction to compare. Adam has spent many...