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Premiering in 1998, Masami Tsuda’s Kare Kano (His And Her Circumstances) had all the elements of a successful adaptation. Gainax, fresh off the success of Neon Genesis Evangelion, took charge of the series, with Hideaki Anno directing the early episodes.

The anime captured the charm and emotional depth of Tsuda’s manga, offering a refreshingly honest look at teenage romance.

However, as the series progressed, cracks began to form.

The animation quality noticeably declined, episodes became more inconsistent, and by the final stretch, the show had lost much of its initial polish. Instead of a satisfying conclusion, Kare Kano ended in an unresolved state, frustrating viewers.

The reason? A behind-the-scenes struggle between Gainax and the manga’s creator.

The Rift Between Gainax and Masami Tsuda

One of the biggest issues that plagued Kare Kano’s production was a fundamental disagreement between Gainax and Masami Tsuda over the tone of the adaptation.

Taylor Swift Wax Figure From Kanye West’s ‘Famous’ Video! (Photo Credit – Koimoi)

Billboard apologizes to Taylor Swift after unintentionally sparking a controversy that has upset her fans.

The music publication and chart company recently dubbed the singer the second-biggest pop star of the 21st century, just beyond Beyonce.

However, a video announcing the news created outrage as it included a clip of Kanye West’s ‘Famous’ music video, and the outlet has now stated being at the receiver’s end.

Billboard is currently under fire for featuring a clip of Taylor Swift’s wax figure from Kanye West’s ‘Famous’ music video in their announcement of her as the second greatest pop star of the 21st century. pic.twitter.com/UeviHxszMh

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"Pacific Rim" is one of the best American blockbuster movies of the 2010s ... or one of the best kaiju movies ever ... or even one of the best live-action anime movies not based on a specific anime (but still clearly inspired by "Patlabor" and "Tetsujin-28"). It's also a hugely important movie for filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and an essential part of the Oscar-winner's filmography. After all, "Pacific Rim" was both his first original English-language script and his first original film in seven years -- not to mention the film that marked his transition into a full-time Hollywood director.

Still, as successful as the movie was, and as much as it depended on del Toro's unique visual style and imagination, a sequel (titled "Pacific Rim Uprising") was made without his involvement, meaning his original ideas for "Pacific Rim 2" were all scrapped. And though it seems unlikely that a third "Pacific Rim" will ever get made,...

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom's release date is in September, and there is much speculation as to where it falls on the timeline. Ganon's role as the villain is uncertain, as the trailer shows Link defeating him before vanishing into a rift. Calamity Ganon may be Demise, and Echoes of Wisdom could reveal the true nature of the villain.

Nintendo recently unveiled The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom at their June 2024 Direct, a game that many had no idea was even in the works. With a release date set for September of this year, it's amazing that the historic company was able to keep the game under wraps in an era where leaks are as common as day-one patches. While the presentation did an excellent job of explaining the games backstory and how the titular Princess Zelda will be traversing the lands of Hyrule, there is...

Avatar comics extend the beloved TV series, offering new perspectives and filling in gaps left by the show's conclusion. The Lost Adventures anthology maintains the show's lighthearted vibe while providing deeper insights into familiar characters. Graphic novel trilogies like The Promise and The Search delve into complex storylines post-tv series, enriching the Avatar universe.

For fans of Avatar: The Last Airbender, there is a whole world to explore beyond what happened on screen, in the form of comic book stories that extend the universe of Avatar. Serving largely as a continuation to the television series, as well as offering a number of stories set during the events of the show, Avatar comics have proven the medium to be a perfect fit for the franchise.

Of course, many fans will be drawn to Avatar comics to find out what happens to their beloved characters after the finale of The Last Airbender,...

"Avatar: The Last Airbender" told a complete and epic story across three seasons and 61 episodes, from 2005 to 2008. Now, it's been confirmed the Netflix-helmed live-action remake of "Avatar" will get to carry this story to the finish line once more.

The 2012-2014 sequel series "The Legend of Korra" showed what happened decades later, but there are other stories following the original Team Avatar after the series' wrap-up. And no, I don't mean the upcoming animated "Avatar" movie, releasing in 2025, that will follow these heroic kids as adults.

Since 2012, Dark Horse Comics has been publishing licensed "The Last Airbender" graphic novels, varying in length from trilogies to 80-page one-shots. The comics were first written by cartoonist Gene Luen Yang and drawn in the style of the animated series by artist duo Gurihiru (the same comic-creating team that went on to make "Superman Smashes The Klan"). Control has since been handed over...

Netflix's live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender can use the lore and backstories established in the Atla comics to build a clearer and more nuanced world. The graphic novels fill in gaps and deepen the franchise, allowing the live-action series to incorporate elements from Legend of Korra and the comics from the start. By borrowing from the comics and supplemental material, Netflix's adaptation can answer crucial questions and flesh out characters and plots that viewers didn't see in the original series.

Netflix's live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender has one huge advantage over Nickelodeon's original Atla animated series — and it needs to use that upper hand wisely. Created by Michael Dante Dimartino and Bryan Konietzko, the three-season Avatar: The Last Airbender began airing in 2005. The fantasy-action show's epic story came to a conclusion in 2008. By 2012, it spawned a sequel, The Legend of Korra — though that isn't the only world-expanding narrative to follow Atla.

Ridley Scott's Alien has had a major influence on the sci-fi and space horror genres, spawning numerous rip-offs with similar premises and visuals. While some movies have been able to pay tribute to Alien in a respectable manner, many American rip-offs have fallen into the B-movie category with derivative characters and campy visuals. Some notable Alien rip-offs include Inseminoid, Alien from the Deep, Dead Space, Pandorum, Critters 4, Leviathan, Apollo 18, Star Crystal, The Rift, and Forbidden World. These movies varied in quality, with some delivering intriguing experiences while others fell flat.

Ridley Scott’s Alien has been so influential in the sci-fi genre — and the space horror genre in particular — that it has naturally spawned numerous rip-offs. From the general premise of astronauts being hunted down by parasitic alien lifeforms aboard a spacecraft to specific visual nods like the chest-busting Xenomorph, Alien has provided numerous tropes for subsequent sci-fi movies to draw upon.

Oh My Gómez! Films’ Ramiro Pavón, producer of Ana Katz’s Sundance title “El perro que no calla,” and Rocío Romero Quintana, behind 2016 Berlinale Generation 14+ winner “Las Plantas,” will both pitch their latest doc projects at this month’s Sanfic Industria, one of the biggest industry forums in South America.

Another project at its Documentary Lab is sourced from Paula Zyngierman at Argentina’s MaravillaCine, which backed “That Weekend” and “Marilyn.”

“This year we received a large number of applications from both directors and producers with large experience as well as projects by new talents,” Gabriela Sandoval, head of Sanfic Industria, told Variety, noting that some projects have been sourced from allied international industry platforms such as Industria Guadalajara, DocsMx, Fidba, Taller de productores de Panamá, Arca Residencia.

The 10 Documentary Lab projects will be presented in Santiago de Chile over August 23-26 with the final pitch on Aug. 26 before a live and online jury.

Amazing Stories "The Rift" is a time-traveling adventure story with a classic Steven Spielberg feel and the series finale for season 1. Similar to episode 3, "Dynoman and the Volt", "The Rift" features a young boy as the protagonist. It opens with Elijah Whitaker (Duncan Joiner) riding in the car with his stepmom, passing through Dayton, Ohio on the way to San Diego, California when a sudden storm fills the sky and a fighter plane from World War II crashes in a nearby creek. They jump out of the car and Mary rushes down the slope to free a soldier from the plane, a young man by the name of Lieutenant Theodore Cole.

Confused, Mary Ann and Elijah agree to help Lieutenant Cole, giving him a ride into town. In a classic Spielberg sci-fi kind of way, Elijah is young enough to still believe in fantastic things and immediately knows Cole's story...

While each season of True Detective focuses on the two main investigators, there are several other unforgettable characters, and the season 3 death of Amelia Reardon (Carmen Ejogo) is one of the most mysterious parts of the series. Season 3 of the HBO drama shares the riveting story of the disappearance of young Julie and Will Purcell (Lena McCarthy and Phoenix Elkin) from the Ozarks. Amelia is a writer and teacher who falls in love with Detective Wayne Hays (Mahershala Ali), who has been assigned to the case with Roland West (Stephen Dorff). Amelia and Wayne's love story is a bright spot in a tragic and heavy season.

Season 3 of True Detective has three timelines, and in episode 1, "The Great War and Modern Memory," it's revealed that, in 2015, Wayne is talking to Elisa Montgomery (Sarah Gadon) for True Criminal and Amelia has died. The reason for her death isn't shared in these eight episodes,...

After the Horrorfest film festival (est. 2005) started receiving many feature films and short films from around the world with strong Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Animation elements (but not enough to fit the event's Horror theme), the organizers felt compelled to not let these amazing submissions fall by the wayside, and simply created a separate event. Thus Celludroid was born! (movie submissions at https://filmfreeway.com/Celludroid ) While its main focus is Science Fiction, Celludroid also include Animation and movies with Fantasy elements. Since its inception in 2009, Celludroid screened loads of great short films and some amazing movies, new, old and rare, from District 9, Iron Sky, Hardware, Montauk Chronicles and Dust Devil, to Akira, Lunopolis, Godkiller, War Of The Worlds: The True Story, Automatons, The Rift, Science Team and...

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Millennium Media is paying for The Piper.

The genre specialist has come on board to produce the high-concept horror movie, described as a dark re-imagining of the Pied Piper tale, and is pitching the project to buyers at Berlin’s virtual European Film Market. Icelandic director Erlingur Thoroddsen, whose credits include Rift (2017), Child Eater (2016), and a segment of the 2016 horror anthology Patient Seven, will direct The Piper from his own script.

The film follows a young composer who is given the opportunity of a lifetime when she is tasked with finishing her late mentor’s concerto. But she soon discovers that playing the music summons ...

Millennium Media is paying for The Piper.

The genre specialist has come on board to produce the high-concept horror movie, described as a dark re-imagining of the Pied Piper tale, and is pitching the project to buyers at Berlin’s virtual European Film Market. Icelandic director Erlingur Thoroddsen, whose credits include Rift (2017), Child Eater (2016), and a segment of the 2016 horror anthology Patient Seven, will direct The Piper from his own script.

The film follows a young composer who is given the opportunity of a lifetime when she is tasked with finishing her late mentor’s concerto. But she soon discovers that playing the music summons ...

A trend for horror anthologies is emerging from the competing titles in this year’s Sitges Pitchbox event, as organizers Filmmarket Hub and the Sitges Film Festival announce this year’s line up.

And, as the movie project showcase opens up its doors to series for the first time, it’s buzzy titles such as “R.I.P “ and “Mr Ray” which appear to be embracing the anthology format.

Developed during a 2019 Manhattan Institute Film Workshop “Mr Ray” is created by Antoine Bours – a series creator on Belgian-French scripted crime series “Ennemi Public” (“Public Enemy”).

Pitching itself as “Penny Dreadful” meets Tim Burton’s “Big Fish,” the series is described as “a love letter to the anthology series” and a tribute to one of its pioneers, the early twentieth century Belgian horror writer Jean Ray.

The eight-part series begins in the early 1960s, following Ray’s estranged daughter Molly as...

The following contains spoilers for Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend Of Korra.

Lightning bending is one of the strongest abilities in Avatar: The Last Airbender, with Azula’s lightning attack nearly killing Aang for good. It’s also one of the rarest techniques, with only Ozai, Iroh, and Azula able to generate lightning on their own. Even Aang, the avatar, and Zuko could only redirect lightning. It was incredibly powerful and only used for huge moments in the story.

This is why when The Legend of Korra first debuted (and as new fans have rediscovered it on Netflix) many fans were confused why lightning bending seemed so commonplace. In Atla only a select few knew the technique, now new lead character Mako was working in a factory with many other lightning benders generating much of the power for the city.

So what happened in the span of time...

Exclusive: Armory Films has come on board to produce Unikorn, a feature adaptation of Don Handfield & Joshua Malkin’s original graphic novel which Armory developed and financed with Handfield and that Scout Comics/Simon & Schuster is publishing in 2021. The film will mark in-demand editor Debbie Berman’s directorial debut. Berman has been the go-to editor for Marvel for the past several years, working on such films as Captain Marvel and Black Panther.

“Unikorn has heart, humor and ultimately leaves you feeling inspired and hopeful, story elements which define some of our favorite films like The Goonies, Et and The Black Stallion, and feelings we are all desperately seeking more now than ever,“ said Armory Films co-founders Chris Lemole & Tim Zajaros. “With Debbie Berman at the helm, this film is destined to be a magical feel-good adventure that will be remembered for decades to come.”

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Mark Mylod has been one of premium cable’s go-to directors for quite some time, having helmed episodes of Showtime’s “Shameless” and “The Affair,” as well as “Entourage” and “Game of Thrones” at HBO. Now Mylod is one of the key directors on “Succession,” handling episodes such as Season 2’s “Tern Haven” and the season finale “This Is Not for Tears.” The in-demand director also managed to find time between “Succession” seasons to direct a key episode (“The Rift”) of Steven Spielberg’s “Amazing Stories” reboot for Apple TV Plus.

The characters on “Succession” are pretty appalling. Why do you think viewers can’t help but be drawn to a Cousin Greg or a Tom?

The human struggle is for survival and just to make your way in the world, no matter the extraordinary kind of gilded cage they’re all in and this extraordinary privilege of wealth that they’re trapped by.

Armory Films and Motor Content is working with Scout Comics, Cgc Certified Guaranty Company and Comic Impressions for their new Script2Comic contest which will give the winner the chance to see their screenplay, teleplay, short story, or comic script come to life as a comic book series or graphic novel. On top of that, it will be optioned for development into a film or television series and produced by Armory Films and Motor Content.

“Most screenplays are read by a handful of people, then put on a shelf and never seen again. Comics can be discovered and enjoyed by an audience for years, decades and even centuries to come,” said Don Handfield from Motor Content, which recently saw its first comic series The Rift adapted into an episode of Steven Spielberg’s AppleTV+’s reboot of Amazing Stories. “There is no...

After putting their own spin on many a fairy tale, Once Upon a Time creators Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis are now ready to tell some Amazing Stories, in Apple TV+’s revival of the 1980s anthology created by Steven Spielberg.

Debuting Friday, March 6, the new anthology kicks off with “The Cellar,” which stars Dylan O’Brien (Teen Wolf), Victoria Pedretti (Haunting of Hill House) and Sasha Alexander (Rizzoli & Isles), followed by weekly releases. Subsequent episodes include, in no particular order, “The Heat,” “The Rift,” “Signs of Life” and “Dynoman and the Volt,” which features the late Robert Forster (Karen...

Joseph Baxter Feb 27, 2020

Amazon Prime Video’s Tales from the Loop is a sci-fi series set in an idyllic alternate history rife with robots and wonderment.

Tales from the Loop, an Amazon Prime Video sci-fi series, brandishes a motif centered on curiosity and awe against a pastoral backdrop that – complemented by its focus on kid protagonists – seems intent on tapping into the retro-1980s genre vein that has fueled Netflix’s Stranger Things to phenomenal success.

The series, headlined by Rebecca Hall, comes from rather original source material in the fantastical paintings of Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag. Nathaniel Halpern is the credited creator of Tales from the Loop, on which he also serves as writer. The director’s chair is occupied by Mark Romanek, who helmed an array of iconic music videos from the 1990s, as well as Robin Williams’s creepy turn in 2002 film One Hour Photo and the ultimately-unfruitful 2011 Locke & Key TV pilot.

Get ready for more “Amazing Stories,” because Apple TV+ has just unveiled a new trailer for the web series reboot of Steven Spielberg’s beloved 1980s anthology show. Executive-produced by Spielberg along with new blood in the form of Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, Darryl Frank, and Justin Falvey, this version of “Amazing Stories” will premiere as five episodes on Apple TV+ on March 6. Watch the trailer below.

Developed in partnership between Universal TV and Amblin Television, “Amazing Stories” features familiar names and faces both in front of and behind the camera, aiming to “transport the audience to worlds of wonder through the lens of today’s most imaginative filmmakers, directors, and writers.” Episodes will include “The Rift” with Austen Stowell (“Bridge of Spies”), Kerry Bishé (“Halt and Catch Fire”), and Edward Burns, with Mark Mylod of “Game of Thrones” directing; “Signs of Life,” with Jacob Latimore (“The Chi”) and Sasha Lane...

Joseph Baxter Feb 17, 2020

A trailer has hit for Apple TV+’s reboot of Steven Spielberg’s classic 1980s anthology series, Amazing Stories.

Amazing Stories, the classic 1985-1987 NBC anthology television series that carried the unmistakable aura of optimistic wonder of Steven Spielberg, is making a comeback over thirty years in the making, evidenced more vividly than ever before with the arrival of the first trailer for the Apple TV+ reboot series.

The Amazing Stories trailer is a manic montage of marvel, showcasing an initial set of anthological episodes that will manifest with five unique stories. – Oh, and fans of the original series will be very satisfied to know that the iconic orchestral theme song from the original series is not only represented here, but remains intact in its original form.

Video of Amazing Stories — Official Trailer | Apple TV+

While there still isn’t all that much out there in terms...

Apple TV+ will tell more Amazing Stories in just a few weeks, but you won’t have to wait that long for a glimpse at the forthcoming reboot.

In a new trailer released on Monday, the streamer offers a sneak peek of the first season’s five self-contrained episodes. Per the official logline, this version of Amazing Stories is described as a “reimagining” of the Emmy-winning original anthology (which ran on NBC for two seasons in the mid-1980s) that will “transport everyday characters into worlds of wonder, possibility and imagination.”

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The political thriller has enjoyed the best opening weekend for a local film in national cinemas in the last 20 years. 2019 was a great year for Slovakian films on domestic turf, as the one-million-viewer threshold was exceeded for national productions (see the news). The most-visited Slovakian movie of 2019 ended up being The Rift (see the news), an adaptation of Jozef Karika’s book of the same name, directed by Peter Bebjak. National distributor Continental Film has honed the art of marketing Bebjak’s films, resulting in a strong opening weekend at the box office. In August 2017, The Line drew 69,242 paying theatre-goers, while 83,266 viewers came to see The Rift during its first week on release. Incidentally, 2017 was also a record-breaking year for openings of domestic films (see the news). The romantic comedy All or Nothing was the first to break the opening record, followed by...

The upcoming supernatural crime series will mix the “war on evil” with domestic lore. Domestic folklore and mythology have been rich sources of inspiration for new Slovakian projects of late. In addition to feature projects in development such as Mother of the Night (read the news) and Leshy (read the news), such ancient tales — in particular the legends and lore pertaining to the cultural and historical heritage of Slovakia and the Czech Republic — will also be woven into the narrative of upcoming series The Exorcist. The first episode will tackle the same mystery that was the subject of Peter Bebjak’s The Rift, a small and big screen adaptation of the book of the same name, whose theatrical version set a new record in domestic box-office for an opening-weekend in 2018 (read the news). After The Slavs, an ambitious project combining history and mythology (read the news) and the...

Apple TV Plus announced the premiere dates for a number of upcoming series, including Steven Spielberg’s “Amazing Stories.”

“Amazing Stories,” a reimagining of the original anthology series, will debut five episodes on Mar. 6. One of these is “The Rift,” a first look from which can be seen above, that stars Kerry Lynn Bishe, Whitney Coleman, Trisha Mashburn, Austin Stowell, Edward Burns and Juliana Canfield and was directed by Mark Mylod.

“‘Amazing Stories’ is a beloved show that has captured our imaginations, and we couldn’t be more excited to share its next thrilling iteration with a global audience of all ages on Apple TV Plus,” said Matt Cherniss, head of development for Apple TV Plus.

Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz are showrunners on the series. In addition to Mylod, episode directors include Chris Long, Michael Dinner, Susanna Fogel and Sylvain White.

“Alongside our partners Universal TV and our showrunners Eddy and Adam,...

Apple TV+ revealed the premiere date for its long-awaited reboot of Steven Spielberg’s “Amazing Stories” and a first-look image from the upcoming anthology series during the Television Critics Association press tour Sunday.

Executive produced by Spielberg himself, along with “Once Upon a Time” co-creators Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, “Amazing Stories” will launch Friday, March 6 on Apple TV+.

Each episode of the reimagining of Spielberg’s original mid-’80s series will “transport the audience to worlds of wonder through the lens of today’s most imaginative filmmakers, directors and writers,” according to Apple.

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Apple’s first image from the series, which you can see below, is from “The Rift,” one of five episodes that will debut on March 6. That installment is directed by Mark Mylod and stars Kerry Lynn Bishe, Whitney Coleman, Trisha Mashburn,...

Amazing Stories is coming to Apple TV+ on March 6.

A reimagining of Steven Spielberg’s 1980s anthology series, this new version is being developed by Universal TV and Amblin Television.

Apple released a first look photo from the series today at the Television Critics Association winter press tour. The image offers a glimpse of an upcoming episode titled “The Rift,” directed by Mark Mylod and starring Kerry Lynn Bishe, Whitney Coleman, Trisha Mashburn, Austin Stowell, Edward Burns and Juliana Canfield.

Talent on additional episodes includes Dylan O’Brien, Victoria Pedretti, Josh Holloway, Sasha Alexander, and Robert Forster in his final role before passing away last October.

The series is executive produced by Spielberg, Eddy Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey, Chris Long, Don Kurt and David H. Goodman. Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz serve as showrunners.

“Amazing Stories is a beloved show that has captured our imaginations, and we couldn...

Mark your calendars: This March promises to be amazing.

The long-awaited reboot of Stephen Spielberg’s Amazing Stories will premiere with five episodes on Friday, March 6, the streaming service announced Sunday at the Television Critics Association winter press tour.

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Per the official logline, this version of Amazing Stories is described as a “reimagining” of the Emmy-winning original anthology series, which ran on NBC for two seasons in the mid-1980s.

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Apple TV+ is bringing a rebooted version of anthology series Amazing Stories to its stream with Steven Spielberg returning as producer.

Apple TV+ heard you were in the market for some amazing stories and as fate would have it, so are they.

Apple's new streaming service has ordered anthology series Amazing Stories, a revival of the 1985 NBC series of the same name. Steven Spielberg will return to executive produce the series through Amblin Entertainment just like he did with the original version.

The original Amazing Stories was little-watched but greatly admired. It ran on NBC from 1985 through 1987, wracking up 12 Emmy nominations and a few wins in the process. The series told...well, amazing stories, mostly in the sci-fi genre. It featured plenty of talent onscreen and even more in the directors' chair with Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Irvin Kershner, and more all helming episodes.

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The upcoming epic TV series mixes 7th-century historical content with fantasy and supernatural elements. Prolific Slovakian filmmaker Peter Bebjak has been equally busy working on projects for the small screen. He is currently directing several episodes of the ambitious television series The Slavs, the most expensive Slovakian TV series to the date. It is described as a “fictional reconstruction of a historical period with fantasy and supernatural elements”, inspired by Slovakian and Ukrainian myths and fairy tales. The Slavs marks the first foray into quality TV production within the field of Slovakian audiovisual production. Set in the 7th century in the Carpathian Basin, this sword-and-sorcery story takes place between two hill forts and centres on their business and power interests as well as the pressure exerted on them...

A promising year is shaping up in local box-office for domestic productions. The recent spike in admissions to domestic films (read the news) foreshadowed the fact that Slovakian films are picking up steam after the record-breaking year of 2017 (read the news) and a second successful run in 2018 (read the news). According to the Slovak Union of Film Distributors, domestic productions managed to attract 392,098 theatregoers in the first half of 2019. That is 141,000 more admissions sold to Slovakian films than the attendance of domestic productions for the entire 2018. The top spot has been taken by mysterious thriller The Rift directed by Peter Bebjak, an adaptation of a novel by local author Jozef Karika that was turned into a miniseries then re-cut for theatrical release. The Glass Room, an ambitious feature with an international cast (Czech and Slovak co-production) by Julius Ševčík, (read the news)...

Exclusive: Christopher Lemole and Tim Zajaros, the founders of Armory Films and producers of Mudbound, are teaming with Knightfall co-creator Don Handfield on The Dark Age, a sci-fi tale that will published as comic book series by Red 5 Comics and then pursued as a television project.

The Dark Age will be the first series in a slate of comic book titles launched under the collaboration between Armory Films and Handfield’s production company, Motor Television. The slate will be penned by Handfield with additional writers to be announced.

Illustrator Leo Rodriguez and colorist Dijjo Limawill handle the artwork for The Dark Age series from Red 5, which also published The Rift, Handfield’s debut effort in the comics world, which was acquired by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment to be adapted for an episode of the AppleTV+ revival of the Amazing Stories anthology series. Handfield also wrote The Mall, a...

Jinga Films handling sales on supernatural thriller.

Genre director and sales agent Julian Richards (The Last Horror Movie) has wrapped shooting on Reborn, a supernatural thriller starring Barbara Crampton (Beyond The Gates), Michael Pare (The Lincoln Lawyer) Chaz Bono (American Horror Story) and newcomer Kayleigh Gilbert.

Source: Jinga Films

Kayleigh Gilbert in Reborn.

The film is about a morgue attendant who kidnaps a stillborn baby girl and brings her back to life with electro-kinetic power. On her 16th birthday, she escapes captivity and sets out to find her birth mother, leaving a trail of destruction behind her.

Rae Dawn Chong (Commando) and Monte Markham (The Rift) round up the cast. The production shot on location in Los Angeles. It was written by Michael Mahin, from a story by Jeannie McGinnis who also produced. John Penney (Return Of The Living Dead III) serves as executive producer.

Jinga Films, Richards’ genre-focused sales outfit, will be introducing...

Jinga Films handling sales on supernatural thriller.

Genre director and sales agent Julian Richards (The Last Horror Movie) has wrapped shooting on Reborn, a supernatural thriller starring Barbara Crampton (Beyond The Gates), Michael Pare (The Lincoln Lawyer) Chaz Bono (American Horror Story) and newcomer Kayleigh Gilbert.

Source: Jinga Films

Kayleigh Gilbert in Reborn.

The film is about a morgue attendant who kidnaps a stillborn baby girl and brings her back to life with electro-kinetic power. On her 16th birthday, she escapes captivity and sets out to find her birth mother, leaving a trail of destruction behind her.

Rae Dawn Chong (Commando) and Monte Markham (The Rift) round up the cast. The production shot on location in Los Angeles. It was written by Michael Mahin, from a story by Jeannie McGinnis who also produced. John Penney (Return Of The Living Dead III) serves as executive producer.

Jinga Films, Richards’ genre-focused sales outfit, will be introducing...

With Halloween only two weeks away now, that means we have another killer batch of home entertainment releases arriving this Tuesday, primed to get everyone in the mood for the macabre. Cult film lovers should get those wallets ready, as Kino Lorber is keeping busy with The Terror Within II, Revenge of the Dead, and a 4K special edition of RawHead Rex, too.

For those who still venture out into the real world to make their media purchases, Target has the exclusive on season one of Stranger Things that comes in nifty retro packaging, and Criterion has put together a stellar Blu for Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.

Other notable releases for October 17th include American Gods: Season One, Wes Craven’s Summer of Fear, Red Christmas, Spider-Man: Homecoming, The Honor Farm, and Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Collection.

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Hollywood studios occasionally have an uncanny knack of announcing almost identical film projects at the same time. In the 1980s, we had rival police dog movies K-9 and Turner And Hooch. The 90s saw the release of rival eruption movies (Dante's Peak and Volcano), opposing killer space rock pictures (Deep Impact and Armageddon) and duelling insect comedies (Antz and A Bug's Life). We provided a detailed run-down on these rival movies back in 2015.

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Around the year 1989, meanwhile, film producers briefly fell in love with a curiously specific genre: undersea sci-fi horror. Between January 1989 and the spring of 1990, no fewer than five films all came out with a similar theme - DeepStar Six was first, followed by Leviathan, Lords Of The Deep,...

Fresh off the Blu-ray release of his magnum opus Pieces, Scorpion Releasing and Kino Lorber surprised everyone with word that they’re teaming up to bring Juan Piquer Simon’s obscure and underrated 1989 underwater creature feature The Rift to Blu-ray this… Continue Reading →

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Few people would even know of Pod People, Aka Extraterrestrial Visitors, Aka Los Nuevos Extraterrestres had it not been famously featured on “Mystery Science Theater 3000". If you’ve ever seen that episode of MST3K, then you already know you’re about to “Hear the Engines Roll”. You also know that “It stinks!”

Juan Piquer Simon could be considered Uwe Boll before there was an Uwe Boll. For a while there he was in many film circles considered the worst filmmaker; at least he was until Albert Pyun stole that mantle. I don’t really think either comparison is fair seeing as how I consider Slugs, Endless Descent, and Pieces to be damn fine b-movies. On the other hand, Pod People or Extraterrestrial Visitors or whatever you want to call it is so flippin’ terrible it’s really only best viewed with the accompaniment of Joel, Crow T. Robot,...

The drive-in movie-going experience is something I recall as a true labor of cinema love for me. Before there was the option to trek to your local Ma and Pa video store to catch a flick, you had no choice but to beg your parents to get in the car to see the latest horror film. And that, my friends, is what is missing from fandom today – that spontaneity to throw caution to the wind to take a chance on what might or might not be a terrible movie. That’s what made it so much fun! The days of battling the crackling speaker in the car window and the giant murky screen where you couldn’t quite see what was happening may seem long gone, but if you search Google maps you’d be surprised to find out there are a few left. But people would rather Netflix, Redbox...

Originally released on DVD in 2000 by Anchor Bay is the slimy classic Slugs, from cult filmmaker Juan Piquer Simon (Endless Descent, Pieces). It has since gone out of print, but Image has gained control of the New World Pictures catalog and is re-releasing it with some killer artwork. Look for it on September 20, 2011.

A small town is plagued by a series of grisly deaths. The local health inspector investigates and discovers that the “killers” are actually a mutant variety of meat-eating garden slugs. It seems that the town had been built on top of a toxic waste dump, which turned the normally harmless slugs into ravenous carnivores.

Gut-ripping horror classic Pieces in 35mm!

Special memorial screening!

Jan 27 – 10 Pm – $5 – Alamo Lake Creek

There are very few exploitation/horror giants roaming the earth these days. Roger Corman still holds the heavyweight champion title, but there’s an infinite universe of other legends who have shaped the world of no-brow cinema as we know it. One of the supernovas of the field was fearless filmmaker Juan Piquer Simon, who — in the ’70s and ’80s — peeled off big-screen shockers like it weren’t no damn thing. From the occult stench of Satan’S Blood to the gastropodinous savagery of Slugs to the aqautic terrors of Endless Descent, Simon truly lived by no rules. But above all, his undisputed masterpiece was revered ’80s slasher Pieces, which will be screening on Jan 27 at Alamo Lake Creek!

About the movie: Nudity and sex are already disgusting enough without getting a chainsaw involved. Yet that...

During the 70's, 80's, and 90's, independent Spanish exploitation filmmaker Juan Piquer Simon quietly and lovingly cooked up an ambitious and outrageous collection of goofy and gonzo genre cinema curiosities, full of cracked charm and fantastical old-school practical effects (rubber-suit monsters, matte paintings, opticals, etc.). Ever since I converged on Simon's wild filmography for the first time, by unintentionally discovering separate films independently of each other and then tying them all back to the same man, I have always been impressed and intrigued by his eclectic string of independently made oddball fantasy cinema delights, like; Where Time Began (aka Fabulous Journey To The Center Of The Earth) (1976), the MST3K made-famous The Pod People (1983), Supersonic Man (1979), Slugs: The Movie (1988) (served up on Jfd Ep#8), Mystery On Monster Island (1981), The Rift (aka Endless Descent) (1990), Sea Devils (1982), Pieces (1982), Cthulhu Mansion (1990) and Manoa, the City of Gold (1999), among others.

According to IMDb; "Simon...

Juan Piquer Simón, the director of the cult favorites Pieces, Slugs, and Endless Descent, passed away January 7, 2011 from lung cancer. In honor of the man, I am making a point of doing a Late Night Classics retrospective on one his films real soon. Rest in Piece.

Source: Fantaterror

“Spanish horror/fantasy/sci-fi director Juan Piquer Simon died on 1/7/2011 after a battle with lung cancer. Simon directed over a dozen films, but it was Pieces that made him famous worldwide and in the United States, where the film was a theatrical hit and, later, a popular video rental. Simon crafted the film with an American sensibility (and using several American actors), so that few were aware that it was, in fact, a Spanish film.”...

Variety reports that veteran actor Edmund Purdom, star of numerous Eurohorror features, passed away January 1 in Rome. He died of natural causes, at age 85.

Originally a stage actor who was part of Laurence Olivier’s company, Purdom traveled with Olivier to Hollywood in the ’50s, where he had leads and key supporting roles in the likes of The Student Prince, Julius Caesar and The Egyptian. Later in the decade, he moved to Italy and began a long career in European features, including numerous actioners, Westerns and horror films. Among the latter were Luigi Bazzoni’s 1971 giallo The Fifth Cord, Paolo Lombardo’s The Devil’S Lover (1972), Jess Franco’s The Sinister Eyes Of Dr. Orloff (1973), Dick Randall’s Frankenstein’S Castle Of Freaks (1974), Massimo Dallamano’s Night Child a.k.a. The Cursed Medallion (1975), Joe D’Amato’s The Monster Hunter a.k.a. Absurd and Anthropophagus 2 (1981), Neri Parenti’s 1985 horror/comedy Fracchia Vs.