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Warner Bros. has just released the horror comedy Snatchers. Currently on Digital platforms throughout the U.S., Snatchers is a strange film, in which one young woman becomes pregnant with an alien baby! Promoted as a blend of "Aliens meets Mean Girls," this title was picked as one of SXSW's "11 Best Movies of 2019." Created by Stephen Cedars and Benji Kleiman, this film centrally stars: Mary Nepi (Not Cool), Gabrielle Elyse, J.J Nolan, Austin Fryberger, Nick Gomez and Rich Fulcher. A new clip is available for Snatchers, titled "What Happened in Mexico?" right here. The clip shows Sara (Nepi) struggling with her pregnancy and with her ex-boyfriend, Skylar (Fryberger). Skylar is unconcerned with Sara's predicament and when times get tough, Skylar hits the road. The clip is a funny one and well set-up. Horror or comedy fans can see the film now, on Digital. Snatchers is available on most Digital platforms,...

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment bringing you Snatchers - an original horror comedy feature film on Digital January 7, and Blu-ray Combo Pack, and DVD on February 18, 2020. Described as a cross between Aliens meets Mean Girls - the full-length film was initially released in new media as a successful short-form series that follows a status-obsessed high school teenager who loses her virginity and finds herself pregnant the next day...with an alien! After status-obsessed teen Sara has sex for the first time, she wakes up the next day nine months pregnant-with an alien.

Senior year is going to rule! Thanks to her relationship with clueless hunk Skyler, Sara is totally in with the cool girls. But Skyler contracted an extraterrestrial bug during his summer vacation. After just one night together, Sara discovers she's Nine. Months. Pregnant. Desperate to keep her condition on the Dl, she turns to the only person she can trust: her nerdy ex-bestie,...

"Did you... pull out?" Warner Bros Home Entertainment has unveiled the official trailer for a movie titled Snatchers, a horror comedy from the filmmaking duo Stephen Cedars & Benji Kleiman. Some folks may recognize this already, as it's based on the short film and TV series also both titled Snatchers, dealing with the same thing. After status-obsessed teen Sara, played by newcomer Mary Nepi, has sex for the first time, she wakes up the next day nine months pregnant-with an alien. It's a creepy, icky, amusing creature feature pregnancy comedy and it actually lives up to that conceptual potential. Also starring Gabrielle Elyse, J.J. Nolan, Austin Fryberger, Nick Gomez, Rich Fulcher, Amy Landecker, and Ashley Argota. This really, really does look like it might be the best possible version of this pregnancy-as-a-monster metaphor turned into a movie. All the jokes are solid, their friendship works well, might even be better than this looks.

“Clueless” meets “It’s Alive,” among other things, in “Snatchers.” Stephen Cedars and Benji Kleiman’s first feature is a great argument for teenage chastity, in that its high school heroine’s first sexual experience leads overnight to an alien-monster pregnancy and, possibly, the end of the world. See, impulses have consequences!

Moralists may wish that message were delivered a tad more seriously, but there’s a great deal of fun to be had from this high-energy spinoff of an eponymous online series. In a SXSW Midnighters lineup overladen with variable horror comedies, this is at least one genuinely funny entry. It’s got a decent shot at theatrical exposure in addition to bright streaming prospects, all of which will no doubt be boosted by enthusiastic reception on the genre-fest circuit.

Sophomore Sara (Mary Nepi) has become a member of the Madre Vista High in-crowd led by snippy princess Kiana...

Initially conceived as a series on Verizon's go90 streaming service, the horror comedy Snatchers has now made its way to the big screen as a feature-length film at SXSW, and to celebrate the world premiere of the movie, we've been provided with a clip to share with Daily Dead readers.

Directed by Stephen Cedars and Benji Kleiman, Snatchers stars Mary Nepi, Gabrielle Elyse, Austin Fryberger, Jj Nolan, Nick Gomez, Ashley Argota, Amy Arburn, Amy Landecker, and Rich Fulcher.

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Synopsis (via SXSW): "Sara’s one of the cool kids... but she’s totally terrified of losing her status. She’d be a lot more secure if she could just win back her super-hot ex, Skyler, but he’s not interested unless they move to the next level.

Exclusive: Relationships with exes can be complicated — especially when you sleep with them and wake up the next morning nine months pregnant. In the SXSW pic Snatchers, co-directors Stephen Cedars and Benji Kleiman bring us the spirit of horror comedies like Gremlins and irreverent high school humor from pics like Mean Girls to tell a tale of friendship, self-worth and….alien pregnancies.

In the trailer above we see Sara (Mary Nepi), like all high school teens, make some questionable life choices. She’s one of the “cool” kids but is scared of losing her status and decides to get back with her hunky ex Skyler (Austin Fryberger) to preserve her coolness. But the only way he will get back with her is if she sleeps with him. Desperate to preserve her cool status, she has sex with him (it’s her first time) without protection. The thing is, he isn’t your normal hormone-crazed teenager.

Verizon go90 has renewed its Snatchers TV show for a second and third season. The teen horror-comedy comes from Stage 13, Warner Bros. Digital Studios’ original digital content brand. Production on Snatchers, season two, begins today. The second season premiere date is Tbd. From creators Stephen Cedars, Benji Kleiman, and Scott Yacyshyn, ie. the Olde Money Boyz, Snatchers centers on high schooler Sara (Mary Nepi), who has sex and wakes up pregnant 24 hours later-- with an alien baby. The go90 cast also includes Gabrielle Elyse, Austin Fryberger, Jj Nolan, Nick Gomez, and Ashley Argota. Learn more about Snatchers from this Studio 13 press release. Read More…...

She was worried about her social status, but Sara had no idea that her obsession would lead to her and her best friend fending off an alien invasion in Snatchers, Stage 13's new horror comedy series that premiered on Verizon's go90 streaming service.

To learn more about Snatchers, which will premiere new episodes ever Thursday, check out the go90 mobile app or visit:

https://www.go90.com/shows/snatchers

"The first two episodes premiere ​Today, Thursday June 22, with additional episodes premiering weekly on Thursdays.

The series stars Mary Nepi, Gabrielle Elyse (Nickelodeon’s “The Thundermans”), Austin Fryberger, Jj Nolan, Nick Gomez (Amazon’s “Bosch”) and Rich Fulcher (“Drunk History”).

Created by The Olde Money Boyz (Stephen Cedars, Benji Kleiman & Scott Yacyshyn) and Executive Produced by award-winning Producer Paul Young (“Blackish,” Keanu, Central Intelligence) of Principato-Young

The first two episodes premiere ​Today, Thursday June 22, with additional episodes premiering weekly on Thursdays.

“Snatchers” follows Sara, a status-obsessed high school student, who, to preserve her social standing, has sex for the first time and unexpectedly wakes up pregnant...really pregnant. Things take an interesting turn the morning after she loses her virginity when she quickly discovers she’s pregnant with an alien baby screaming to get out. Now she’ll have to team up with her nerdy ex-best friend Hayley to fight against an extraterrestrial threat, and hopefully keep her mom and friends from finding out about her alien offspring.

“Our goal with ‘Snatchers’ was to bring a human element to the horror-comedy genre. We wanted to create a series that was funny and thrilling, a story with real stakes and honest emotions. We believe the power of the horror-comedy genre lies in playing with people's expectations, creating tension then releasing it through a laugh or a scream -- or hey, both at the same time! Adding a touch of sincerity to that mixture creates something surprisingly unique and visceral,” said The Olde Money Boyz.

About Stage 13

Stage 13 is an original digital content brand showcasing a new generation of inspired talent and voices in scripted and non-scripted digital content. Creating dynamic, unapologetic series for a multi-dimensional audience, the content brand is part of the Warner Bros Digital Networks."

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"It's pretty cray." Verizon's go90 streaming service has just released a new trailer for the upcoming TV series Snatchers, Deadline reports.The horror comedy "centers on a status-obsessed teen who, after having sex for the first time, finds herself pregnant…with an alien." The cast includes Mary Nepi, Gabrielle Elyse, Austin Fryberger, Jj Nolan, Nick Gomez, and Rich Fulcher.Read More…...

Amazon has cancelled its plans for the Highston TV series. The streaming service ordered the half-hour comedy pilot back in December of 2015, but according to reports, it never made the schedule, and Amazon opted to not to go forward. The Highston TV show pilot is currently still available for streaming.Actor Curtis Armstrong initially broke the news that Amazon was not going to pick up Highston , via Twitter. He co-starred as Highston Liggetts' (Lewis Pullman) Uncle Billy. The cast also included Chris Parnell, Mary Lynne Rajskub, Austin Fryberger, and Caige Coulter. Flea and Shaquille O'Neal guest starred in the pilot.Read More…...

"You didn't just go to sleep last night and wake up nine months pregnant." Ahead of its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Snatchers is teased in a new clip and photos that show the eerie events surrounding an unexpected pregnancy in the upcoming horror comedy series produced by Stage 13.

"Snatchers is a high school adventure story about friendship, self-worth, and aliens. Sara is one of the cool kids: she’s got the right friends, makes the right jokes... and is totally terrified of losing her status. She’d be a lot more secure if she could just win back her super-hot ex, Skyler. But he’s not interested unless they move to the next level. Sara decides to take the plunge, but soon discovers Skyler isn’t just horny like a normal teenage boy. Something changed on his summer trip to Mexico. Something in his nards. When Sara...

The Sundance Film Festival continues to embrace the diversity of great content being made today, with a full roster of special events programming that features established festival favorites like Jill Soloway, Rashida Jones and Gina Prince-Bythewood.

Read More: Sundance 2017 Announces New Frontier Lineup, Including 22 Vr Experiences and 11 New Installations

Making its world premiere at the fest is “I Love Dick,” Soloway’s Amazon comedy featuring Kevin Bacon as the titular Dick, a “charismatic artist” who upends the marriage of Kathryn Hanh and Griffith Dunne. In addition, the Netflix documentary “Hot Girls Wanted” gets a sequel directed by Rashida Jones; “Turned On” explores “the intersection of sex and technology,” per the official release.

Broadcast networks find themselves surprisingly well-represented in the line-up, with the ABC comedy “Downward Dog” (featuring Allison Tolman as a young woman with a special relationship with her dog) as well as the Fox limited series “Shots Fired,...

It’s November – a time for Thanksgiving, feasts, and the presence of relatives. If you have some time off (or are trying to grab some much-needed alone time), here is a list of films opening throughout the coming weeks, separated into categories of wide and limited runs. (Synopses are provided by festivals and distributors.)

Each week we will have more updates and information, so be sure to keep coming back. You can also check our calendar page, which has releases for the rest of the year. Eat well and keep watching!

Week of November 4 Wide

Trolls

Director: Mike Mitchell, Walt Dohrn

Cast: Anna Kendrick, Christine Baranski, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Gwen Stefani, Icona Pop, James Corden, Jeffrey Tambor, John Cleese, Justin Timberlake, Kunal Nayyar, Quvenzhané Wallis, Ron Funches, Russell Brand, Zooey Deschanel

Synopsis: After the Bergens invade Troll Village, Poppy, the happiest Troll ever born, and the overly-cautious curmudgeonly Branch set off...

A premiere date and first photo has appeared for Disney Channel’s Invisible Sister.

The original movie — starring Rowan Blanchard (of the Emmy-nominated Girl Meets World) and Paris Berelc (Mighty Med) — will debut Friday, Oct. 9 at 8/7c as part of “Monstober,” the cabler’s month-long Halloween-themed programming event.

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Set in New Orleans during Halloween, Invisible Sister follows Cleo (played by Blanchard), an introverted science prodigy whose class project accidentally turns her popular older sister Molly (Berelc) aka the school’s lacrosse star invisible.