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Stars: Aston McAuley, Sophie Simnett, Jason Flemyng, Johanna Harlin, Raza Jaffrey, Shervin Alenabi | Written by Ben Sztajnkrycer | Directed by Renny Harlin

Renny Harlin’s career has come full circle, from low-budget horror and action films like Born American and Prison through blockbusters such as Die Hard 2 and Cliffhanger before reverting back to budget-minded films like The Bricklayer and this film, Refuge. This time around, he’s bringing the horrors of war back home as a soldier’s encounter with the unexplained threatens the lives of everyone around him.

Sergeant Rick Pedroni is serving somewhere in Afghanistan when his unit takes a group of Taliban prisoner. Questioned about a nearby cave, they say there’s no more of them in there, in fact, none of them would go in there. Rick volunteers to check it out.

This sets off a long flashback to he and Kate’s wedding day. By...

Director Renny Harlin recently shot an entire trilogy of Strangers movies simultaneously, with The Strangers: Chapter 1 set to reach theatres on May 17th and The Strangers: Chapter 2 and The Strangers: Chapter 3 possibly following by the end of the year… but those aren’t the only Renny Harlin horror movies we’ll be seeing this year. In fact, Vertical will be giving a Harlin-helmed horror movie called Refuge a VOD release this Friday, April 19th – and the trailer for the film can be seen in the embed above!

Scripted by Ben Sztajnkrycer, Refuge has the following synopsis: After a mysterious attack from a malevolent demon during his tour of duty in Afghanistan, Sergeant Rick Pedroni returns home a changed man, and more dangerous than ever.

The film stars Sophie Simnett (Daybreak), Raza Jaffrey (The Rhythm Section), Aston McAuley (Rocketman), Johanna Harlin (Class Reunion 3), Shervin Alenabi (Gangs of London), Atanas Srebrev...

Filmmaker Renny Harlin has spent much of his career playing around in the horror genre, directing Prison, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, Deep Blue Sea, The Exorcist: The Beginning, and Devil’s Pass, and he’s making his return to horror in a big way with upcoming movies including Deep Water and Lionsgate’s The Strangers reboot trilogy.

And then there’s Refuge, another brand new Renny Harlin movie that is actually releasing this week! From Vertical, Refuge will be released onto VOD outlets on Friday, April 19.

You can watch the official trailer for Refuge down below. Read on for more…

“In this horror-thriller, a U.S. military veteran — Sergeant Rick Pedroni — returns home changed and dangerous after a tour of duty in Afghanistan where he suffered an attack by a mysterious force. While officials dismiss his behavior as Ptsd, and order trauma therapy, Rick’s wife...

Refuge is a film by Renny Harlin (director of Die Hard 2). It stars Jason Flemyng and Sophie Simnett.

Synopsis

The story follows Sergeant Rick Pedroni (Flemyng), who returns home from Afghanistan a changed and dangerous man after suffering an attack by a mysterious force during combat. Officials claim he suffered a heavy brain injury, but his wife Kate (Simnett) knows it is more than Ptsd. As Rick undergoes therapy, Kate discovers he has been possessed by a malevolent spirit, and must race against time to unmask the truth and save her husband from the evil force.

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April 19, 2024 (United States)

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Fallout is finally here and by the grace of god and Jonathan Nolan, it’s great. Based on an RPG video game series of the same name Prime Video is set in a world that was destroyed by a nuclear war 219 years and now the survivors have divided themselves into different factions. In this dangerous and unforgiving world, we follow the story of a privileged and naive young woman who has lived all her life in a civilized society in an underground vault, but some unexpected circumstances force her to leave the security of the vault behind and venture out into the real world. Fallout stars Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, and Walton Goggins in the lead role with Moisés Arias, Kyle MacLachlan, Xelia Mendes-Jones, Zach Cherry, Xelia Mendes-Jones, Johnny Pemberton, Sarita Choudhury, and Leslie Uggams starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the brutal, funny, and deadly world of Fallout,...

Korean Movies Upcoming

Cj Enm Hong Kong has secured the first and exclusive Pay TV, pay-per-view, video-on-demand and over-the-top (Ott) rights in key Southeast Asia markets to a slate of current and upcoming South Korean films. These are to play on the tvN Movies channel in Southeast Asia. Titles include: “The Roundup” (a.k.a. “The Outlaws 2”), which is currently on release and approaching the 100 million landmark; “The Witch: Part 2. The Other One,” which also opened in first place at the theatrical box office; Cj’s own “Decision to Leave,” which earned Park Chan-wook the best director award at Cannes; disaster-action film, “Emergency Declaration,” which played at Cannes last year and will have an August release in Korea; Hyun Bin and Yoo Hae-jin-starring “Confidential Assignment 2”; Don Lee-starring comedy drama “Men of Plastic,” action thriller movie Decibel, from Megabox Plus M; “A Man of Reason” (formerly “The Protector”) directed...

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Where to Watch ‘Daybreak’: Netflix

Part of what made “Daybreak” an enjoyable season of TV is that it mostly put its zombies in the background. The Netflix adaptation of the Brian Ralph graphic novel certainly had other things on its mind: fourth-wall breaks, telestrated maps, and a few other devices noted here. It’s set in a not-too-distant world where a sophisticated explosive bioweapon has targeted adults, leaving kids unaffected (unless you count the destruction of buildings and the layer of washed-out permadust covering nearly everything in sight). In “Daybreak,” the only zombies are the former parents and teachers and authority figures, grown people reduced to muttering “ghoulies” who just amble around muttering unless they’re provoked.

If the high-school characters in “Daybreak” see themselves as the star of their own story, it’s because they’re pretty much right. But for a world without parents,...

It’s a peculiarity of Michael Caine’s bluff Cockney star persona that he could have plausibly played Fagin in any adaptation of “Oliver Twist” over the last 50-odd years; it’s an unfortunate failure of judgment that he has chosen to finally do so in “Twist.” Nominally updating Charles Dickens’ much-filmed yarn of crime, punishment and improvised family to the streets and rooftops of 21st-century London, Martin Owen’s film instead feels instantly, even desperately, outmoded, using all the graffiti, parkour and streetwear it can to disguise the fact that it has no fresh angle on the material at all — merely a heist-by-numbers subplot straight out Guy Ritchie’s drafts bin, welded to Dickens’ coming-of-age narrative with all the poetry of a press release for a brand collaboration.

Released directly and with minimal fanfare to the U.K.’s Sky Cinema streaming service in the January lockdown, “Twist” is...

Twist Trailers — Martin Owen‘s Twist (2021) U.K. and U.S. movie trailers have been released by Saban Films and Sky TV. The Twist trailers stars Michael Caine, Rita Ora, Sophie Simnett, Jason Maza, Franz Drameh, David Walliams, Lena Headey, Raff Law, Leigh Francis, Jade Alleyne, Adam J. Bernard, and Martin Owen. Crew John Wrathall and Sally [...]

Continue reading: Twist (2021) Movie Trailers: Michael Caine & Lena Headey star in Martin Owen’s Grand Larceny Action Thriller...

"To pull this job off, you'll need a twist." Saban FIlms has released an official trailer for a new twist on the Charles Dickens' classic Oliver Twist called Twist, of course. The film is a modern day take on the story, set in London, this time about a gifted graffiti artist who joins a street gang headed by Caine's Fagin. This was originally released by Sky Cinema in the UK last year, and it was panned by critics over there, but opens anyway in the US this July for whoever is still interested. The film stars Michael Caine, Rita Ora, Sophie Simnett, Jason Maza, Franz Drameh, with David Walliams and Lena Headey and introducing Raff Law. Unfortunately it also includes Noel Clarke, who has multiple sexual assault allegations against him. The rest of the film looks quite good, though a tad on-the-nose and cheesy with all the updated London crime-thriller tropes and flashy shots.

Action thriller stands at $250m-plus internationally ahead of July 14 French bow.

Universal action hit F9 will play at Cannes Film Festival in July, according to sources.

The festival is yet to officially confirm the news, however Screen understands the tentpole has secured a special screening slot and will play for the public on the beachfront.

Cannes head Thierry Frémaux hinted there would be a major Hollywood tentpole at the festival this year, prompting speculation about its identity.

F9 stars Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez and John Cena and is the biggest Hollywood hit since the pandemic began, earning $256.4m over three...

Principal photography underway in Bulgaria on Revelations Entertainment, B2Y Production horror thriller.

Jason Flemyng, Raza Jaffrey and Sophie Simnett (Netflix’s Daybreak) are on board Renny Harlin horror thriller The Refuge, which Voltage Pictures has acquired for worldwide sales ahead of the virtual Cannes market.

Principal photography is underway in Bulgaria on the film from Revelations Entertainment and B2Y Production that marks the latest action foray from the director of Die Hard 2 and Cliffhanger.

The Refuge centres on US military veteran Sergeant Rick Pedroni, who returns home a changed and dangerous man after a tour of duty...

It’s a tale we’ve seen told before, but never quite like this. To mark the release of Sky Cinema’s Twist, we had the pleasure of speaking to its leading stars, ranging from Rita Ora and Sophie Simnett, to newcomer Raff Law and Franz Drameh. With Ora and Simnett we speak about the former’s move into acting, as well, of course, The Masked Singer. Simnett speaks about the experience working with Michael Caine, and her enjoyment shooting this movie.

Raff Law talks about how pleased he was that somebody took a punt on him with this major leading role, and talks about the importance of breaking free from being just ‘Jude Law’s son’ and carving his own path, despite learning as much from his dad, and his mother Sadie Frost, as he can. And finally with Drameh we talk about his character, the appeal to working with director Martin Owen again,...

Rafferty Law’s young hero is a graffiti artist and Michael Caine’s Fagin an ex-art dealer in this under-par update of Oliver Twist

Michael Caine already has the distinction of appearing in what many believe is the greatest Dickens adaptation of all time: The Muppets Christmas Carol, in which he played Scrooge. Now he is Fagin in this try-hard modern reboot of Oliver Twist, in which the plot and indeed meaning of the original has been jettisoned, leaving few of the characters – though the original’s tiny, sticky-fingered tealeaves are now promoted to supercool young adulthood. It never really comes to life and there’s a kids-tv feel to most of it, although the free-running scenes are watchable enough, and Caine’s disguise as a grumpy Russian plutocrat with a fake moustache raises some laughs.

Rafferty Law (the dead spit of his dad Jude Law) plays Twist, a young...

Sky Cinema has debuted the first trailer for the modern-day take on Charles Dickens classic novel, ‘Twist’.

The film is a Sky original, the tale is thrillingly brought up to date in the teeming heartland of modern London, where a group of street smart young hustlers plan the heist of the century for the ultimate payday.

Directed by Martin Owen, the film stars Sir Michael Caine (The Dark Knight) as Fagin, Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) as Sikes, Rita Ora (50 Shades of Grey trilogy) plays Dodge, Franz Drameh (Legends of Tomorrow) as Batesey, Sophie Simnett (Daybreak) as Red and introducing Raff Law in the title role of Twist. David Walliams (After Ever After) and Noel Clarke (Bulletproof) also star.

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In a Gold Derby exclusive, we have learned the category placements of the key Emmy Awards contenders for Netflix. For this season, the streamer has returning hits “After Life” (Ricky Gervais), “Black Mirror” (Andrew Scott), “The Crown”, “Dead to Me”, “Glow” (Alison Brie), “The Kominsky Method” (Michael Douglas), “Ozark”, “Stranger Things” (Winona Ryder) as part of their 2020 campaign. Newcomers include “#blackAF” (Kenya Barris), “Living with Yourself” (Paul Rudd), “The Politician”, “Space Force” (Steve Carell) and “The Witcher” (Henry Cavill).

Below, the list of Netflix lead, supporting and guest submissions for their comedy, drama, TV movies and limited series. We’ve also got the full list of titles for variety, reality and other major genres. More names might be added by the studio on the final Emmy ballot. Also note that performers not included on this list may well be submitted by their personal reps.

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Speaking at U.K. pay-tv operator Sky’s programming showcase at London’s Tate Modern art museum, on the banks of the Thames River, Wednesday evening, its CEO, Jeremy Darroch, said: “In the 12 years I’ve been running Sky I’ve never seen a lineup on screen like we are going to have in the next year or so.”

The event, described by its host Chris Evans as “the biggest season launch any TV company in Britain has ever undertaken,” was staged in a theater dressed to look like a ritzy jazz lounge, with plush red-velvet seating and art-deco lamps, and chilled champagne and herb-infused olives at every table. The waiting staff were all dressed as bell boys straight out of “The Grand Budapest Hotel.”

In total, Evans held onstage interviews with 33 star guests, who included a paparazzo’s dreamscape of tabloid-ready celebrities, including cricketer and “Top Gear” frontman Freddie Flintoff,...

There won't be a sophomore season for Netflix's high school zombie series. The streaming service has opted to cancel the Daybreak TV series after one season of 10 episodes.

The Daybreak TV show stars Colin Ford, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Sophie Simnett, Austin Crute, Gregory Kasyan, Krysta Rodriguez, Cody Kearsley, Jeanté Godlock, and Matthew Broderick. Based on the graphic novel by Brian Ralph, the series follows Josh Wheeler (Ford), a 17-year-old high school outcast who's searching for his missing girlfriend, Sam (Simnett), in a post-apocalyptic Glendale, California. He's joined by a ragtag group of misfits that includes a pyromaniac 12-year-old Angelica (Lind) and Josh's former high school bully, Wesley (Crute). The group tries to stay alive amongst the horde of gangs of evil jocks and cheerleaders turned Amazon warriors, zombie-like creatures called Ghoulies, and everything else this brave new world throws at them. Read More…...

Network: Netflix

Episodes: 10 (hour)

Seasons: One

TV show dates: October 24, 2019

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Colin Ford, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Sophie Simnett, Austin Crute, Gregory Kasyan, Krysta Rodriguez, Cody Kearsley, Jeanté Godlock, and Matthew Broderick.

TV show description:

A dark comedy series, the Daybreak TV show is based on the graphic novel by Brian Ralph. The series follows a 17-year-old high school outcast who's searching for his missing girlfriend in a post-apocalyptic Glendale, California. In his search, the teen is joined by a ragtag group of misfits. The group tries to stay alive amongst the horde of gangs of evil jocks and cheerleaders turned Amazon warriors, zombie-like creatures called Ghoulies, and everything else this brave new world throws at them. Read More…...

Is high school worse than the apocalypse in the first season of the Daybreak TV show on Netflix? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Daybreak is cancelled or renewed for season two. Netflix and other streaming platforms, however, collect their own data. If you've been watching this TV series, we'd love to know how you feel about the first season episodes of Daybreak here. *Status update below.

A Netflix dark comedy series, the Daybreak TV show stars Colin Ford, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Sophie Simnett, Austin Crute, Gregory Kasyan, Krysta Rodriguez, Cody Kearsley, Jeanté Godlock, and Matthew Broderick. Based on the graphic novel by Brian Ralph, the series follows Josh Wheeler (Ford), a 17-year-old high school outcast who's searching for his missing girlfriend, Sam (Simnett), in a post-apocalyptic Glendale, California. He's joined by a ragtag group of misfits...

Chris Longo Dec 17, 2019

After leaving us with a bombshell season 1 ending, Daybreak won't live to see another day.

The genre-bending series Daybreak fought off countless ghoulies during its 10-episode first season, but it couldn’t avoid a cold death at the hands of its streamer. Netflix canceled the post-apocalyptic series, which was only released on October 24th.

Series co-creator and executive producer Aron Eli Coleite addressed the cancelation in a statement to fans, who he dubbed “daybreakers,” on Twitter: “No one is as heartbroken as we are that we can’t share more of this ride with you. But we are so grateful to have gotten to bring it so far.” You can read Coleite’s full statement here.

Based on a comic of the same name by Brian Ralph, Daybreak was set in a near-future in which teenagers are the last survivors of an atomic bomb, though some...

Less than two months after the launch of its first season, the postapocalyptic comedy-drama “Daybreak” has been canceled by Netflix, co-creator Aron Coliete announced Monday night.

“We learned last week that “Daybreak” will not be returning for a second season. We’re so sorry that we couldn’t share it with you sooner but also so grateful that we got to hang out in these last few live tweet sessions with all of you. Thank you for picking up what we put down, for running with it in all of your amazing, weird, monstrous ways and for being such an important part of this show and our experience making it,” Coliete said in a statement posted on Twitter.

Netflix representatives confirmed the show has been canceled.

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Created by Coliete and Brad Peyton, the series focuses on...

Daybreak, Netflix’s post-apocalyptic dramedy starring Matthew Broderick, will not be getting a second season. Series co-creator/executive producer Aron Eli Coleite revealed the news of the series’ cancelation on Twitter. It comes a month and a half after Daybreak launched on Oct. 24.

“No one is as heartbroken as we are that we can’t share more of this ride with you,” Collette wrote. “But we are so grateful to have gotten to bring it so far.”(read the full statement below)

Daybreak, based on the eponymous comics by Brian Ralph, followed an eclectic group of survivors as they navigate this strange and treacherous world. It was described as part samurai saga, part endearing coming-of-age story, and part Battle Royale.

The series developed cult following but found it challenging to break through the clutter of original offerings. In addition to Broderick as Glendale High School Principal Michael Burr, Daybreak featured...

Netflix’s “Daybreak” will not return for a second season.

Co-creator Aron Coleite revealed the news in a tweet posted Monday night.

“We learned last week that Daybreak will not be returning for a second season. We’re so sorry we couldn’t share it with you sooner but also grateful that we got to hang out in these last few live tweet sessions with all of you,” a prepared statement reads. “Thank you for picking up what we put down, for running with it in all of your amazing, weird, monstrous ways and for being such an important part of this show and our experience making it.”

“No one is as heartbroken as we are that we can’t share more of this ride with you,” the statement continued. “But we’re so grateful to have gotten to bring it this far.”

I don't even know how to say this,...

Saban Films has secured the North American distribution rights to Martin Owen’s drama Twist, a modern take on Charles Dickens’ classic Oliver Twist. The pic, which was acquired out of Afm and will get a theatrical release Q1 of 2021, stars Oscar winner Michael Caine, Game of Thrones alum Lena Headey, recording artist and actress Rita Ora, Raff Law, and Sophie Simnett.

Written by John Wrathall, the plot is set in contemporary London and follows a gifted graffiti artist who is lured into a street gang headed by a father figure, Fagin, who plans a series of audacious art thefts.

Noel Clarke and Jason Maza produced the pic for Unstoppable along with Pure Grass Films’ Ben Grass and Knuckle Sandwich’s Matt Williams. Sky co-produced the project which was financed by Mep Capital, Blue Rider, Arclight Films and Lipsync Productions. Arclight is handling worldwide rights.

Bill Bromiley and Jonathan Saba...

Arclight Films has sold North American rights for “Twist,” a modern-retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic “Oliver Twist,” to Saban Films.

The updated version — starring Michael Caine and Lena Headey — was directed by Martin Owen and written by John Wrathall. The cast also includes Rita Ora, Raff Law and Sophie Simnett.

Saban Films plans to release the film theatrically in early 2021. Set in contemporary London, “Twist” follows a gifted graffiti artist who is lured into a street gang headed by a father figure named Fagin (Caine), who plans a series of audacious art thefts. Heady portrays his psychopathic business partner, Sikes.

“‘Twist’ boasts a really fantastic cast that crosses all generations so we are thrilled for new audiences young and old to enjoy this wonderful interpretation on Oliver Twist’s classic story,” said Arclight Films’ chairman Gary Hamilton. “We are overjoyed to be working with our friends at Saban again — they...

Saban Films has acquired North American rights to Martin Owen’s “Twist,” the company announced on Monday. From a script written by John Wrathall, the modern take on Charles Dickens’ classic Oliver Twist stars Academy Award winner Michael Caine (“The Dark Knight” series), Golden Globe Award nominee Lena Headey, Rita Ora, Raff Law (“Repo Men”) and Sophie Simnett.

“Twist” is produced by Noel Clarke and Jason Maza for Unstoppable along with Pure Grass Films’ Ben Grass and Knuckle Sandwich’s Matt Williams. The film is co-produced by Sky. Saban Films will release the film theatrically Q1 of 2021.

Set in contemporary London, “Twist” follows a gifted graffiti artist who is lured into a street gang headed by a father figure, Fagin, who plans a series of audacious art thefts.

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Bill Bromiley and Jonathan Saba negotiated the deal for...

Arlcight Films handles worldwide sales.

Saban Films has picked up North American rights from Arclight Films to Martin Owen’s Charles Dickens adaptation Twist starring Michael Caine and Lena Headey in a deal that comes out of the recent Afm.

John Wrathall wrote the modern take on Dickens’ Oliver Twist and the film also stars Rita Ora, Raff Law (Repo Men), and Sophie Simnett.

Noel Clarke and Jason Maza produced Twist for Unstoppable alongside Ben Grass of Pure Grass Films, and Knuckle Sandwich’s Matt Williams. Sky served as co-producer, and financiers include Mep Capital, Blue Rider, Arclight, and Lipsync Productions.

[Note: The following interview contains spoilers for the Netflix series “Daybreak,” including the ending of Season 1.]

If you watched the first episode of “Daybreak” and had a pretty good idea of the identity of Baron Triumph, the leather-clad terror of a high schooler-populated post-apocalyptic Glendale, that wasn’t an accident. For series co-creator Aron Eli Coleite, the surprises across this season of the new Netflix show were always going to arrive in a slightly different way.

“TV is making a magic trick. By breaking the fourth wall and by talking directly to the audience and kind of telling them the magic trick that we’re going to do early on, you get to accept it,” Coleite told IndieWire. “Being direct with our audience and being like, ‘No, Angelica’s going to tell you exactly what we’re doing and that’s gonna help guide you and lead you into the world.’ We’re not lying to the audience.

Chris Longo Oct 27, 2019

Netflix's genre-bending Daybreak ends its first season on a shocker. The producers talk about the big twist that sets up season 2.

Through 10 episodes, Netflix’s Daybreak has a little something for everyone: Mad Max-style tribes, Ghoulies, mutated animals, catchy cereal jingles, a samurai episode narrated by RZA, and a Japanese cover of the Backstreet Boys inescapable “I Want It That Way.” At the center of this explosion of genre sensibilities is the quest for survival in the apocalypse–a metaphor for high school experience–and what we’re led to believe is a love story for the ages between Josh (Colin Ford) and Sam (Sophie Simnett).

Only Josh and his “killer origin story” of revenge, drama, fights, and love is not exactly what our mostly reliable narrator made it out to be. In episode eight, flashbacks reveal that it wasn’t the apocalypse that tore Josh and Sam apart.

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Streaming on the Netflix subscription service, the Daybreak TV show stars Colin Ford, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Sophie Simnett, Austin Crute, Gregory Kasyan, Krysta Rodriguez, Cody Kearsley, Jeanté Godlock, and Matthew Broderick. Based on the graphic novel by Brian Ralph, the series follows Josh Wheeler (Ford), a 17-year-old high school outcast who's searching for his missing girlfriend, Sam (Simnett), in a post-apocalyptic Glendale, California. He's joined by a ragtag group of misfits that...

Decades of high school stories have been built on the idea that rules are made to be broken. So it’s no surprise that “Daybreak,” the new Netflix series following the teen survivors of a nuclear blast, sets out to subvert not only some of the well-trodden standards of the subgenre but the expectations it sets up for itself.

Based on Brian Ralph’s comics series, this adaptation from co-creators Aron Eli Coleite and Brad Peyton imagines an apocalyptic aftermath where Glendale High School students have carved up East Los Angeles into territorial pockets. The cheerleaders, the 4-h club, and the athletes are just a handful of tribes who’ve staked out their own domain in an irradiated landscape. Adults in this “Daybreak” world are either dead or have become ghoulies, zombie-brained walkers doomed to repeat their last innocuous pre-explosion thoughts for the rest of time.

Nukes fall, but if anything,...

"Daybreak" is the upcoming 'post-apocalyptic' comedy-drama series created by Brad Peyton and Aron Eli Coleite, based on the comic book series by Brian Ralph, streaming October 24, 2019, on Netflix:

"...17-year-old high school outcast 'Josh' searches for his missing girlfriend 'Sam' in post-apocalyptic Glendale, California. Joined by a ragtag group of misfits including pyromaniac 'Angelica' and Josh’s former high school bully 'Wesley', now morphed into a pacifist samurai, Josh tries to stay alive against the horde of 'Mad Max'-style gangs, evil jocks, cheerleaders turned Amazon warriors, the zombie 'Ghoulies', and a whole lot more..."

Cast includes Colin Ford as 'Josh Wheeler', Alyvia Alyn Lind as 'Angelica Green', Austin Crute as 'Wesley Fists', Matthew Broderick as 'Burr', Sophie Simnett as 'Sam Dean', Gregory Kasyan as 'Eli Cardashyan'. Krysta Rodriguez as 'Ms. Crumble', Jeanté Godlock as 'Mona Lisa' and Cody Kearsley as 'Turbo Bro Jock'.

There will always be a show that feels different, sometimes in ways that you can't explain.

Daybreak is exactly that, except it goes out of it's way to stand out because of it's insistence to not be boxed down to one type of show.

It is everything from a samurai saga to a coming of age story to a romantic love story to Mad Max fueled action sequences.

The reason that Daybreak gets it right is that it doesn't take itself too seriously and yet at the same time goes out of it's way to focus on an emotionally driven story about finding your tribe.

There is so much going for the show, even in just the introductory episodes, because of the attention that is given to details that shape the overall story into a meaningful example of pure understanding.

Across the board, there is so much through being put into creating Daybreak,...

“Daybreak” fits neatly into one of the genres that seems increasingly major for Netflix: The drama that places in counterpoint the big emotions felt by teens and the literal end of the world.

To wit: “The End of the F***ing World,” a well-regarded British co-production, is returning for a second season in November; Netflix’s Sabrina the teenage witch, on “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” has to deal with potentially apocalyptic stakes instead of the light scrapes her ABC predecessor faced; on “The Society,” all adults have vanished in some sort of event, forcing those under 18 to start the world anew.

It’s this last show that “Daybreak” shares the most with, on a premise level: In the first episode, we’re told that a nuclear attack on Los Angeles had a disproportionate winnowing effect: “The bombs must have been biological. Most adults melted into goo,” narrator Josh (Colin Ford) intones.

We’ve got some casting news for the upcoming UK film, Twist, a contemporary take on the classic Charles Dickens tale Oliver Twist. Newcomer Raff Law (son of Jude Law) will take on the title role, and Michael Caine, Lena Headey, and singer Rita Ora (Pokemon Detective Pikachu) have joined the project to star alongside David Walliams (Little Britain), Franz Drameh (Legends of Tomorrow), and Sophie Simnett (Daybreak).

Deadline provides the following story description, as well as who will play some of the gender-swapped roles:

Oliver is reinvented as a streetwise artist living on the streets of day London. A chance encounter with a gang of grifters led by the charismatic Dodge (Ora) sees Twist (Law) caught up in a high stakes heist to steal a priceless painting for master thief, Fagin (Caine), and his psychopathic business partner, Sikes (Headey). Drameh will play Batesey, Simnett will play Red and Walliams will play Losberne.

Despite its somewhat preposterous premise, Daybreak manages to succeed with its likable characters, sharp wit, and compelling drama.

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This spoiler-free Daybreak review is based on viewing of the first five episodes.

Every show should be judged based on its success in entertaining the audience for which it was intended, and Daybreak, as a post-apocalyptic teen dramedy, will doubtlessly please those who enjoy a bit of fourth wall breaking narration and exaggerated iterations of high school cliques in survival mode. The logic behind the premise that a biological weapon killed most adults and turned others into zombie-like “ghoulies” will quickly be seen as unimportant simply because the characters themselves are compelling, particularly the show’s protagonists Josh (Colin Ford), Wesley Fists (Austin Crute), and Angelica (Alyvia Alyn Lind).

Daybreak centers around those attending Glendale High School in sunny California, and the tribal society that forms after the...

Raff Law to lead contemporary take on ‘Oliver Twist’.

Sky is to co-produce a contemporary take on Charles Dickens classic Oliver Twist, starring Michael Caine as Fagin and newcomer Raff Law (son of Jude) in the title role.

The feature, titled Twist, will continue the UK media company’s strategy of day-and-day releases, meaning the feature will be made available to Sky’s TV customers on the same day as the planned theatrical roll-out via the paid-for subscription package Sky Cinema.

Altitude Film Distribution is set to oversee the theatrical roll-out in 2020 and Arclight Films will handle worldwide sales.

Set in contemporary London,...

Michael Caine, Lena Headey and pop star Rita Ora are to star in “Twist,” a modern-day, gender-bending film interpretation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel “Oliver Twist” for Sky, which will release the film day and date in theaters and on its pay-tv platform.

The title role of Oliver is played by Jude Law’s son Raff Law. In this version, Oliver is reinvented as a streetwise artist living on the streets of modern-day London.

A chance encounter with a gang of grifters led by the charismatic Dodge, played by Ora, propels Twist into a high-stakes heist to steal a priceless painting for master thief Fagin, portrayed by Caine, and his psychopathic business partner, Sikes, played by Headey. Franz Drameh, Sophie Simnett and David Walliams also star.

The film goes into production in London this fall, and will be available on the Sky Cinema pay-tv service on the same day as its theatrical release.

Two-time Oscar winner Michael Caine, Game Of Thrones star Lena Headey and singer Rita Ora are among cast for Sky movie Twist, an update on the classic Charles Dickens story Oliver Twist.

Also starring will be David Walliams (Little Britain), Franz Drameh (Legends of Tomorrow), Sophie Simnett (Daybreak) and newcomer Raff Law — son of Jude — in the title role.

Heading into production this autumn, the UK film is a contemporary update in which the character of Oliver is reinvented as a streetwise artist living on the streets of day London. A chance encounter with a gang of grifters led by the charismatic Dodge (Ora) sees Twist (Law) caught up in a high stakes heist to steal a priceless painting for master thief, Fagin (Caine), and his psychopathic business partner, Sikes (Headey). Drameh will play Batesey, Simnett will play Red and Walliams will play Losberne.

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British acting royalty Michael Caine is set to play Fagin in Twist, a modern interpretation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist that will also see Games of Thrones' Lena Headey play the notorious Sikes.

Rita Ora, David Walliams, Franz Drameh, Sophie Simnett will also star, while newcomer Raff Law — the son of Jude Law and Sadie Frost — will play the lead.

Twist was announced Wednesday by Sky, the Comcast-owned pan-European satellite giant, and will be launched on its Sky Cinema channel and theatrically simultaneously.

In the latest adaptation of the classic novel, Twist sees Oliver reinvented as a streetwise artist living ...

British acting royalty Michael Caine is set to play Fagin in Twist, a modern interpretation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist that will also see Games of Thrones' Lena Headey play the notorious Sikes.

Rita Ora, David Walliams, Franz Drameh, Sophie Simnett will also star, while newcomer Raff Law — the son of Jude Law and Sadie Frost — will play the lead.

Twist was announced Wednesday by Sky, the Comcast-owned pan-European satellite giant, and will be launched on its Sky Cinema channel and theatrically simultaneously.

In the latest adaptation of the classic novel, Twist sees Oliver reinvented as a streetwise artist living ...

I’ve got a great new trailer to share with you for a super fun new post-apocalyptic coming-of-age comedy adventure series called Daybreak. The series is based on the graphic novel by Brian Ralph and tells a story where teens are the only survivors in a Ghoulie infested post-apocalyptic world. It may look a little strange and weird, but it also looks like a blast!

Daybreak is described as “a genre-bending series and subversive dark comedy” and the story “finds 17-year-old high school outcast Josh searching for his missing girlfriend Sam in post-apocalyptic Glendale, California. Joined by a ragtag group of misfits including a pyromaniac 12 year old Angelica and Josh’s former high school bully Wesley, now turned pacifist samurai, Josh tries to stay alive amongst the horde of Mad Max-style gangs, zombie-like creatures called Ghoulies, and everything else this brave new world throws at him.”

The series stars Colin Ford...

In today’s TV news roundup, “Rick and Morty” Season 4 gets a premiere date and Showtime renews “Couples Therapy.”

Casting

Nat Faxon (“Disenchantment”) and Nicole Byer (“Tuca & Bertie”) have been cast in the upcoming HBO Max pilot “Delilah.” The comedy follows Tom Childs, Sr. (Michael McKean), a man grieving the recent death of his wife, whose life is interrupted by the titular Delilah (Jessica Rothe) arrival of a young woman claiming to be his daughter. Faxon plays Brian, Tom’s oldest and angriest son, while Byer plays Cassie, the only person to welcome Delilah to town.

Renewals

Showtime has picked up a second season of “Couples Therapy.” Created by Sundance Award-winning filmmakers Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg and Eli Despres, the docuseries follows the weekly therapy sessions of four different couples. The second season will feature world-class therapist Dr. Orna Guralnik. Episodes currently air Fridays at 10 p.m.

Dates

Adult Swim...

This month, Netflix hauls out the big guns: a claustrophobic nightmare from a legendary horror scribe, a quasi-revival of an era-defining TV hit, a teen drama set after the apocalypse (or is it an apocalypse drama with teens?) and a double shot of Paul Rudd. Also on deck: an eerie podcast-turned-series, a bouquet of heartstring-tugging shorts, an underground sensation from lands north, and lots more. Here’s what you’ll be streaming this October.

Big Mouth, Season 3 (Netflix, Oct. 4th)

The horniest pre-teens in cartoon history return with a slew of new pubescent bugaboos.

You thought your four years of high school were hard? Try getting through it after a nuclear blast basically wipes out the planet on the night of Homecoming. Netflix's latest coming of age story Daybreak follows an eclectic group of survivors in a treacherous post-apocalyptic world full of hormones and vicious tribes kicking ass as they figure out this whacky thing called life.

It's as if Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Mad Max had a baby, which is appropriate considering Matthew Broderick stars as Glendale High School's Principal Michael Burr, alongside Colin Ford as our sassy young protagonist Josh Wheeler; Sophie Simnett as Sam Dean; Austin Crute as Wesley Fists; Alyvia Alyn Lind as Angelica Green; Cody Kearsley as Turbo Bro Jock; Jeanté Godlock as Mona Lisa; and Gregory Kasyan as Eli Cardashyan. Watch the trailer above, and get ready for the Battle Royale when Daybreak drops on Oct.

Netflix has debuted the first trailer for high-school post-apocalyptic feature ‘Daybreak’ starring Matthew Broderick.

In the series, the city of Glendale is populated by marauding gangs of jocks, gamers, the 4-h Club, and fearsome tribes who fight to survive in the wake of a nuclear blast.

Following an eclectic group of teenage survivors, as they navigate this treacherous world, the series is “part samurai saga, part endearing coming-of-age story, and part Battle Royale”.

Krysta Rodriguez, Colin Ford, Sophie Simnett and Austin Crute also star alongside Broderick.

Also in trailers – Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne star in first trailer for comedy ‘Like A Boss’

The film hits Netflix October 24th

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In today’s TV news roundup, Jenny Slate’s first Netflix comedy special “Stage Fright” premieres Oct. 22, and Netflix also releases the first trailer for its upcoming comedy “Living with Yourself,” out Oct. 18.

Dates

Jenny Slate‘s first full-length comedy special “Stage Fright” will launch on Netflix Oct. 22. In it, the comedian and actress shares intimate aspects of her life on-stage as she delves into stories about her visit to a midnight Catholic Mass and the ghosts that haunted her childhood home.

First Looks

Netflix has released the first trailer for its forthcoming comedy “Living With Yourself,“ premiering Oct. 18. The eight-episode series stars Paul Rudd as a struggling man named Miles who finds himself transformed into an improved version of himself after undergoing a novel spa treatment. Aisling Bea stars as Rudd’s wife as he deals with the consequences of his actions. Told from multiple perspectives, the show is...

Netflix has released the first teaser trailer for an insanely wild looking post-apocalyptic comedy adventure series called Daybreak. The series is based on a graphic novel by Brian Ralph and it looks super weird yet incredibly fun.

Daybreak is described as “a genre-bending series and subversive dark comedy” and the story “finds 17-year-old high school outcast Josh searching for his missing girlfriend Sam in post-apocalyptic Glendale, California. Joined by a ragtag group of misfits including a pyromaniac 12 year old Angelica and Josh’s former high school bully Wesley, now turned pacifist samurai, Josh tries to stay alive amongst the horde of Mad Max-style gangs, zombie-like creatures called Ghoulies, and everything else this brave new world throws at him.”

It’s funny because I grew up in Glendale, CA and this setting looks nothing like it. But, it’s all in good fun and obviously a very fictionalized version of Glendale.

Matthew Broderick goes from Hollywood’s favorite high school truant to a positive principal in Netflix’s upcoming dramedy “Daybreak.”

And the “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” references don’t end there, as the official trailer released Monday morning showed.

Star Colin Ford, who plays 17-year-old hero, Josh Wheeler, closes out the action-filled teaser with this drop-the-mic line honoring the 1986 John Hughes classic: “And you thought we weren’t going to have any fun with the apocalypse, shame on you.”

Also Read: Matthew Broderick to Star in Netflix's High School Apocalypse Dramedy 'Daybreak'

The 1-minute, 1o-second clip opens with a normal school day as Broderick’s Principal Michael Burr makes morning announcements and positive affirmations to the students of Glendale High School.

Then things start to get wild, as we realize that this is actually post-apocalyptic California that is more like “Mad Max” than “Saved by the Bell.