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Sai Pallavi Fahadh Faasil Athiran Thriller (Photo Credit – Hotstar)

Psychological thrillers are very popular among audiences who love gripping stories. The Malayalam film industry has produced several memorable thrillers. One such movie currently trending on Ott is Athiran, which is available on Disney+ Hotstar.

Athiran, released in 2019, stars Fahadh Faasil and Sai Pallavi in lead roles. The cast also includes Atul Kulkarni, Renji Panicker, Shanthi Krishna, and Sudev Nair. Prakash Raj appears in a special cameo role. Vivek directed the film, and Raju Mathew produced it. The movie shares similarities with the Hollywood film Stonehearst Asylum (2014).

The story is set in an isolated hospital in Kerala. It follows a psychiatrist investigating the mysterious past of an autistic patient with extraordinary abilities. The film explores themes like mental health, power struggles, and the human mind. It keeps the audience hooked with unexpected twists.

Trending Retro Release Date Announced: Suriya, Joju George,...

Back in 2021, it was revealed that the legendary George A. Romero (who passed away in 2017) had left behind a treatment for the “seventh and final installment” in his Dead franchise – following Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Land of the Dead, Diary of the Dead, and Survival of the Dead. The story Romero had come up with used a title than many fans expected him to use for his follow-up to Day, Twilight of the Dead, and the team of Joe Knetter, Robert Lucas, and Paolo Zelati, who also worked on the treatment with Romero, were working on fleshing it out into a screenplay. Last month, we heard that Twilight of the Dead had secured funding from Roundtable Entertainment. And now we know who’s going to direct the film: Session 9 director Brad Anderson!

Anderson provided the following statement: “George Romero’s...

Edgar Allan Poe is often considered the catalyst of American horror and the godfather of the modern detective story, so it makes sense the master of terror would be the inspiration for many feature films and screen adaptations — here are the best Edgar Allen Poe movies. With his tales of premature burials, ominous birds, and haunted masquerades, Poe's work is a treasure trove of horrifying inspiration. While The Tell-Tale Heart and The Raven are probably his most famous works, nearly all of his stories and poems have been adapted to the screen in some capacity.

In fact, Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most adapted authors in film history, next to horror author Stephen King. Although he never lived to see his stories and poems brought to life on the big screen, the realm of cinema has no shortage of features and short films dedicated to his work.

Vampirism has been treated as a metaphor for more prosaic addictions in movies before. In “Blood,” however, it’s one more hassle a recovering addict doesn’t need added to the burdens of her already discordant family life. Starring Michelle Monaghan as a mother just out of rehab whose young son gets bitten — then develops an insatiable appetite for the titular fluid — Brad Anderson’s film steers a middle course between dysfunctional domestic drama and supernatural horror. That balance doesn’t completely work. But solid performances and some strong, occasionally unpleasant content make this an involving if not entirely satisfying watch. Vertical Entertainment is releasing it to limited U.S. theaters this Friday, then On Demand platforms Jan. 31.

Having completed a residential program for substance abuse issues never quite defined, Jessica (Monaghan) is back at work as a hospital nurse, and reunited with her kids — though teen Tyler (Skylar Morgan Jones...

Session 9 (watch it Here) director Brad Anderson’s new horror film Blood is set to receive a theatrical release from Vertical Entertainment on January 27th, with a VOD release to follow on January 31st… but while we wait for those days to arrive, Anderson is already gearing up to head into production on his next feature. That’s the action thriller The Silent Hour, which will begin filming in late February. A month out from the production start date, The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Mekhi Phifer (ER) and Sandra Mae Frank (New Amsterdam) have been cast in the film. Images of Phifer and Frank from their respective TV medical dramas can be seen at the bottom of this article.

Phifer and Frank are joined in the cast of The Silent Hour by Joel Kinnaman (The Suicide Squad) and Mark Strong (Zero Dark Thirty).

Anderson will be directing...

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Joseph David-Jones, who stars as lead Jharrel Mateo in CW’s 4400 series reboot, has signed with APA.

The 4400 sci-fi series originally ran on USA from 2004 to 2007 and, as with the original, the new series explores what happens when 4,400 people who went missing over the past 60 years return all at once.

David-Jones’s TV credits include playing Connor Hawke on CW’s Arrow, co-starring as Clayton Carter on CMT’s Nashville, and guest-starring on Amazon’s Hysteria, Intelligence on CBS, and Fox’s America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back.

On the film side, David-Jones co-starred in Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit, the 1967 Detroit riots docudrama that focuses on a specific incident of police violence against a group of black men at a hotel, appeared opposite Shailene Woodley in The Divergent Series: Allegiant, and Roman J. Israel, Esq., where he starred alongside Denzel Washington.

David-Jones is...

Five top TV sound editors and mixers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022 Emmy Awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Tuesday, May 31, at 6:00 p.m. Pt; 9:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Daniel Montgomery and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.

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Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Synopsis: Three strangers who share an obsession with true crime suddenly find themselves caught up in one.

Bio: Mathew Waters was a five-time Emmy winner for “Game of Thrones” among nine career nominations,...

This post contains spoilers for the latest episode of "Moon Knight."

Mohammed Diab is back to helm the remaining episodes of "Moon Knight" after the delightful Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead spectacle of episode 4, and the latest episode, "The Asylum," digs deeper into Egyptian history and mythology, in ways instrumental to the plot. Episode 5 unravels as a journey to the Egyptian underworld, or Du'at, wherein Marc and Steven (Oscar Isaac) need to journey through this realm with the help of Goddess Taweret, the mild-mannered hippo we saw at the end of episode 4.

The episode opens with Taweret confirming that Marc and...

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Stars: Keesha Sharp, AnnaLynne McCord, Derek Yates, Jamie Bamber, Lydia Hearst, Joseph Gatt | Written by Jacob Cooney, Jason White | Directed by Nick Lyon

After Swim and War of the Worlds: Annihilation, Tubi and The Asylum have teamed up again, this time for Titanic 666. This time they’re sending the Titanic III, (Titanic II was a 2010 film from The Asylum), on its maiden voyage, which includes a stop directly over the wreck of the original, a movie the ship’s owners had to know was tempting fate.

Titanic 666 actually opens with a brief segment showing the sinking of the original Titanic and spoofing James Cameron’s epic before settling into the main story. Captain Celeste Rhoades, and her crew set sail with a ship full of the rich and famous which includes superstar influencers Mia Stone and her husband Jackson.

Professor Hal Cochran and some of his collection of relics from...

Stars: Liam Hawley, Morgan Bradley, Alyson Gorske, Torrey Richardson, Fred Williamson, Mark Valeriano, Myron Kingery, Alison Filoramo, Anthony W. Preston, Jordy Tulleners, Victoria Grant, Anna Shields, Alejandro De Anda | Written by Brendan Haley, Joe Roche | Directed by Brendan Petrizzo

Devil’s Triangle is the latest film from The Asylum, kings of the mockbuster, who – this time around – give us an original story, set in that most famous of mysterious “landmarks”, the Bermuda Triangle. And who doesn’t love a good Bermuda Triangle movie? Hollywood certainly does. Hell, we got an entire TV show inspired by the urban legend.

Devil’s Triangle reminded me very much of 1978’s The Return of Captain Nemo – that film, at the time, married old-fashioned tech with modern-day stylings, whereas Devil’s Triangle takes futuristic elements of the Atlanteans and transplants wonder-day folk into them. And given that I’ve always Loved The Return of Captain Nemo, I felt...

Stars: Rebecca Finch, Peter Cosgrove, Mark Sears, Rita Di Tuccio, Georgia Wood | Written by Tom Joliffe | Directed by Rebecca Matthews

Proportion Productions are back with a slice of apocalyptic horror directed by Rebecca Matthews, flying solo this time without her partner in crime Scott Jeffrey; and writer Tom Joliffe, who some may know from his work on the website Flickering Myth but has also penned a number of British genre films in recent years, including Tooth Fairy: The Last Extraction, The Legend of Jack and Jill and The Leprechaun’s Curse. So we should know what to expect from Reign of Chaos, whose plot seems a bit more extravagant (i.e. larger scale) than the typical Proportion Productions film.

Reign of Chaos sets its stall out from the get-go, with an opening narration that explains that chaos has ravaged earth, literally (its the god Chaos), with a plague of the gods that is overwhelming mankind,...

Stars: Juan Antonio Devoto, Mark Vasconcellos, Ken Belsky, Victoria De Mare, Theresa Tilly | Written by Marcelo Grion, Stephen Brown, Stephen Karandy | Directed by Marcelo Grion

Some time in the future Tony (Juan Antonio Devoto) flies out into the desert looking for something known as The Prototype (hence the name of the film). Once he locates it and digs it up it turns out to be Garrett Brown (Mark Vasconcellos).

He’s been buried in a life-sustaining pod for over three hundred years, even sleeping through a nuclear war. He’s just managing to get a grip on this, and the fact that Tony is long dead and this his clone when aliens turn up and start shooting at them which causes Garrett to have flashbacks. That’s all in The Prototype’s first five minutes.

Director Marcelo Grion and his co-writers Stephen Brown and Stephen Karandy (Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero...

Georgian writer-director-producer Giga Agladze has been a musician, a documentarian and Caucasus regional director of the Transcendental Meditation-focused David Lynch Foundation. Yet none of those things has any obvious bearing on, or makes much sense of, his debut directorial feature—apart from Lynch being on board as a prominently billed executive producer.

Shot in 2019 Tbilisi with a largely British cast, “The Other Me” has Jim Sturgess as a man whose sudden-onset blindness is sometimes literal, sometimes metaphorical, sometimes both. That’s symptomatic of . Its cast struggling against material with little real-world or emotional logic, the attempted “surreal” elements uninspired both conceptually and aesthetically, this is a misfire whose intentions are as murky as its results are hapless. Gravitas Ventures is opening on 10 or more U.S. screens on Feb. 4, simultaneous with release to digital platforms.

Things start out unpromisingly with that hoary climactic chestnut, the scene in which a protagonist...

Stars: Christine Prouty, Stuart Packer, Ryan Woodcock, India Lillie Davies, Jake Herbert, Michael Ironside | Written by Michael Varrati | Directed by Maximilian Elfeldt

It’s interesting to see that the classic monsters of yesteryear, the kings of horror storytelling – Dracula, the Mummy, the Wolfman – are all returning to the [small] screen in new and different takes on the existing mythos. Us Brits had a go with films like The Mummy Reborn and its sequel and the more recent Bram Stoker’s Van Helsing; both made on a low budget by indie filmmakers. Now it’s the turn of American indie king’s The Asylum to have a crack at a legendary horror icon with Dracula: The Original Living Vampire – a film whose title would suggest was Supposed to be a cash-in on the Sony/Marvel film Morbius… after all, in the comics Morbius if dubbed “The Living Vampire” too!

But this is definitely no Morbius.

Historically, zombies are more associated with cinema than TV. Originally defined in a modern context by George Romero’s 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead, in the decades since, zombies have evolved (watch out!) to become one of pop culture’s most recognizable horror tropes—to the point where they even pop up in TV shows that are decidedly not about zombies. In honor of All Of Us Are Dead, the horrifying zombie K-drama that just dropped on Netflix, we’re taking the time to recommend some of our favorite zombie TV shows of all time.

All of Us Are Dead

Adapted from a Naver webtoon of the same name, 지금 우리 학교는 (which translates directly as “Our School Now”) follows a group of high school students as they fight to stay alive when their school becomes ground zero for a zombie outbreak. Though the TV show isn’t doing...

Stars: Veronika Issa, Jack Pearson, Nick Ryan, Jared Cohn, Michael DeVorzon, Scout Taylor Compton | Written and Directed by Jared Cohn

A Stalker in the House starts remarkably abruptly, with an argument between a couple that – due to how it’s shot, performed and presented – feels like we’re watching a cheesy soap opera; as if the camera will pull out any second to reveal that we’re watching what one of this films characters is watching. But no. It’s just that A Stalker in the House is filmed with a kind of ridiculously glossy sheen that makes it look like a TV soap, continuing throughout the film. Making the finished product feel more some cheap Hallmark TV movie than and indie horror thriller… A Stalker in the House even has the glorious over the top soundtrack these types of Hallmark “thrillers’ have too!

The film follows Mike, who is an absolute psychopath.

Stars: Freda Yifan Jing, Wynter Eddins, Tom Sizemore, O’Shay Neal | Written by Andrea Ruth | Directed by Brian Nowak

Since The Asylum isn’t smart enough to know when to stop they’ve just released yet another shark film, Megalodon Rising. Since I’m not that smart either, I’m reviewing it. But you are smart enough not to go near one of their films without checking it out first, you’re reading it.

A Chinese warship with what appears to be a crew of three is conducting a test of a top secret espionage device just off the US coast. The test is deemed a success but moments later a giant shark rams and sinks the vessel. The only survivor is a scientist Dr. Lee (Freda Yifan Jing). She’s picked up by the USS King, under the command of Captain Lynch (Wynter Eddins). A Chinese destroyer turns up demanding the immediate return of Dr.

Fox-owned AVOD platform Tubi is ramping up its move into originals and a Bruce Willis-fronted sci-fi feature film is its latest project.

The Die Hard star is fronting Corrective Measures, an original feature film for the free platform. Starring alongside Guardians of the Galaxy’s Michael Rooker, the feature film comes from director Sean O’Reilly, whose credits include animated feature Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom and When Calls The Heart.

Based on a graphic novel, the film is set in San Tiburon, the world’s most dangerous maximum-security penitentiary and home to the world’s most treacherous superpowered criminals where tensions among the inmates and staff heighten, leading to anarchy that engulfs the prison and order is turned upside down.

Willis plays Julius “The Lobe” Loeb, a super genius sitting on an untraceable fortune, at San Tiburon, an Ubermax prison hidden in the Great Northwest, resided by monsters,...

Stars: Chynna Walker, Richard Rennie, Mel Mede, Ken ’Gabby’ Mertz, Allen Lyster | Written by Gerald Rascionato, Joel Hogan | Directed by Gerald Rascionato

Claw, the latest film from director Gerald Rascionato and co-writer Joel Hogan has a bit of an identity crisis. The trailer promises a straightforward creature feature but the film’s tagline, “Do you think he-saurus? screams comedy, it’s even stolen from a joke told in Jurassic Park. The truth is, it’s an uneven mix of both.

Julia (Chynna Walker; Seven Short Films About (Our) Marriage) and Kyle (Richard Rennie; The Truth of It) are on their way to LA where she has a showcase performance for her standup routine. However when a coyote, probably chasing a roadrunner, runs in front of them they end up stranded in the middle of nowhere with a flat tire and have to spend the night in a ghost town with it’s only inhabitant,...

Stars: Courtney Loggins, Tarkan Dospil, Ruben Pla, Joston Theney, Motown Maurice, Heath C. Heine | Written by Hank Braxtan, Jacoby Bancroft, Jeffery Giles | Directed by Hank Braxtan

Hank Braxtan has given us a genetically altered polar bear in Unnatural, a giant urban serpent in Snake Outta Compton and a dragon in Dragon Soldiers. And now he delivers the dinosaurs in his latest film, Jurassic Hunt. I wonder what took him so long?

A group of hunters, including Parker (Courtney Loggins; Give My Love To Rose), Valentine (Tarkan Dospil; 4 Minutes), Torres and African poacher and warlord Blackhawk, has been flown into a remote and hidden location. They’re there to hunt the biggest game of all, dinosaurs. Lindon manager of Jurassic Hunt welcomes them, gives them their choice of weapons and tags them all with a tracking device, “Just in case”.

However, something has gone very wrong. On their first night in the park,...

Shorts have arguably suffered the most in the wake of the mass cinema closures over the last year. Almost always relegated to the dim light of a laptop screen anyway, without our live, in-person, in-cinema film festivals, shorts haven’t been seen big and loud in much too long, and when they have been, have only done so in punishingly small numbers.

But with FrightFest’s return, there’s hope, as the fest and its programmers show no sign of taking a step back with its Short Film Showcases, packing three feature-length slots full of the good stuff. The best of which we’ve cobbled together and outlined below:

David J. Ellison’s Familiar is, as it’s title might suggest, nothing sensationally new. But while it ticks a lot of the classic gothic horror boxes, it’s Ellison’s terrific appetite for atmosphere that makes it a must, building...

Stars: Richard Grieco, Wade Hunt Williams, Benjamin Bernard, Christian DeJesus, Jamie Petitto, Jack Pearson | Written by Marc Gottlieb | Directed by Noah Luke

With Dwayne Johnson’s big-budget Jungle Cruise due out from Disney soon, The Asylum was sure to be ready with their own cash in. And sure enough, here comes Jungle Run starring Richard Grieco and a bunch of people you’ve probably never heard of before fighting creatures rendered with questionable CGI.

Lebecq captain’s a charter boat in Brazil. Like all jungle boat captains, he drinks heavily and leaves everything to his crew Sark (Benjamin Bernard; Messiah) and Teese (Christian DeJesus). Despite offering private charters he’s managed to charter his boat out to both Amanda and Vera (Jamie Petitto; Geek USA).

Amanda and her brother Scott (Jack Pearson; Shark Season) are searching for their missing father Nathan. Vera runs the company that sent him into the jungle.

Tanya Wexler’s action-comedy “Jolt” flatlines early. Really early, kicking off with a shockingly dull four-minute piece of voiceover detailing decades of our heroine’s misbegotten life so far. It’s cold, clinical, and packed with plenty of dry details when all we really need to know about Lindy (Kate Beckinsale) is that she suffers from “intermittent explosive disorder.” Presumably, it’s the same condition that torments The Hulk: it means she gets pissed off easily, her always-ready-to-boil rage then triggering something like super-strength. It’s an iffy start for a film about explosive anger and the woman from whom it flows. For a film built on the wild concept that bonafide action bad-ass Kate Beckinsale has to wear an electrode-laden vest meant to shock her into submission before she maims everyone around her, there’s only one response:

Tucked inside the voiceover are a few important tidbits: Lindy’s...

Early in “Jolt,” a relentlessly busy and cacophonously noisy action film that often comes across as a Kmart version of “Black Widow,” Lindy, the violently inclined protagonist played by genre vet Kate Beckinsale, explains why she’s singularly well-equipped to be a vengeful vigilante. “Some people cry,” she tells a doctor trying, and failing, to curb her impulses. “Some people drink. Some people write shit poetry. I hurt people. Might as well put it to good use.”

Unfortunately, Lindy has a difficult time controlling her unique talents. As a result of a neurological malady diagnosed as intermittent explosive disorder, she is gifted with near-superhuman strength and lethal martial artistry whenever anyone — a sleazy crime lord, a torturing interrogator, a snooty waitress, anyone — makes her angry.

Dr. Munchin (Stanley Tucci), her all-purpose psychiatrist, physician and life coach, rigs up a way for her to cool her volcanic temper tantrums by jolting...

Exclusive: Shaniqua McClendon, who is political director at Pod Save America producer Crooked Media, has signed with ICM Partners.

McClendon, who also hosted Crooked Media’s Rigging North Carolina podcast, which chronicled voter suppression and election fraud in the state, has signed with the Hollywood agency to expand her career across broadcast and lectures.

She regularly appears across the company’s slate of podcasts including Hysteria, What A Day and Lovett or Leave It, and also led the creation of the company’s voter engagement program Vote Save America and volunteer engagement program Adopt a State.

McClendon has spent the past decade in politics; prior to Crooked Media, she served as a policy advisor to Sen. Kay R. Hagan and legislative director to Rep. Alma S. Adams, where she spearheaded the creation of the first-ever Congressional Bipartisan Hbcu Caucus. McClendon began her career as a White House Intern for President Barack Obama.

Stars: Megan Purvis, Nicola Wright, Amanda-Jade Tyler, Derek Nelson, Georgie Banks, Nicole Nabi, Thomas Loone, Marshall Hawkes, Richard Kovacs, Ricardo Freitas, David Castleford | Written by Scott Jeffrey, Craig McLearie | Directed by Scott Jeffrey, Rebecca Matthews

The second dinosaur-themed movie from producer/director Scott Jeffrey in the space of two weeks (the first being Dinosaur Hotel), Hatched sees obsessive scientist Simon (Thomas Loone) discover a way to bring dinosaurs back to life. Big mistake (obviously). His creations escape and proceed to eat him; and his wife Christine (Amanda-Jade Tyler), leaving only his son Mark alive.

Driving into this mess are Simon’s family who decide today’s the day they want to pay their estranged family member a visit. Big mistake (again). Simon’s family find him dead, eaten by his creations with only mark left behind. Only – apparently – Mark shouldn’t be alive. Yes, you’ve guessed it, Jeffrey and co.

"This doesn't end until we're all dead!" Good! Lionsgate has released a trailer for a so-bad-you-have-to-see-this movie called Jurassic Hunt, which is surprisingly not a movie from The Asylum though it definitely looks like it. The world's most dangerous soldiers, mercenaries and big-game hunters arrive at a mysterious hunting reserve to hunt the deadliest game of all. When dinosaurs kill the tour guides in a wilderness park, the surviving trophy hunters must work together to evade the giant human-hungry ancient creatures and all the mercenaries hired to finish them off. This stars Courtney Loggins, Ruben Pla, Joston Theney, Motown Maurice, and Tarkan Dospil. The only way this can be good is if the dinosaurs eat every last one of them. Surprise, surprise, there's barely three shots of awful CGI dinos in the trailer. Don't watch this. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Hank Braxtan's Jurassic Hunt, direct from Lionsgate's...

British actress Kate Beckinsale has been synonymous with action flicks most of her career and likely first became aware to American audiences thanks to her leading role in the Michael Bay WWII film “Pearl Harbor” opposite Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett. She then led the successful R-rated “Underworld” franchise as the heroic vampiress badass Selene, coming slightly after the era of “Blade” and “The Matrix.” Other various projects included the Hugh Jackman monster hunter film “Van Helsing” and Len Wiseman-directed “Total Recall” remake starring Colin Farrell.

Read More: Kate Beckinsale Originally Thought Michael Bay’s ‘Pearl Harbor’ Was Going To Be A “Period Piece”

Beckinsale is now back with her latest action flick, “Jolt,” directed by Tanya Wexler (“Hysteria“), and Amazon Prime Video has released a trailer as it’s set to be released next month.

Continue reading ‘Jolt’ Trailer: Kate Beckinsale Returns To R-Rated Action With A Revenge...

Independent film company The Asylum is best known, perhaps unfairly, for its “mockbusters”. Mockbusters are movies with titles like Transmorphers or Paranormal Entity that are designed to fool people into either making accidental purchases on home video or becoming intrigued enough to stop scrolling. These kinds of films are an acquired taste, but they’re usually low budget fun with some sort of twist on the concept being mockbusted. Typically these movies end up on Syfy where they’re successful enough that the company makes money. Or at least they must make money because when The Asylum was looking to branch out with original ideas not echoing upcoming big-budget movies, Syfy was willing to take a gamble on Z Nation.

As far as Syfy titles go, Z Nation was a remarkable hit. The show did well enough to make it five seasons, morphing from something that straddled the line between...

“Ziwe” has been renewed for Season 2 at Showtime.

The second season of the late-night variety sketch series will consist of 12 episodes and be split into two installments. The first season of the series debuted on May 19.

“This show has exceeded my wildest imagination thanks to my brilliant cast, crew and iconic guests,” said Ziwe. “I am famously delighted to continue my collaboration with Showtime and A24.”

Guests in the first season included Phoebe Bridgers, Fran Lebowitz, Andrew Yang, Eboni K. Williams, Gloria Steinem and Stacey Abrams. The show also features musical performances, sketches, and more. Ziwe hosts the series in addition to executive producing. Jamund Washington and Hunter Speese also serve as executive producers. A24 produces the series for Showtime.

News of the renewal comes around a week after Variety exclusively reported that Ziwe is also currently developing a comedy series at Amazon called “The Nigerian Princess.”

Prior to launching her own show,...

Stars: Wade Baker, DeAngelo Davis, Alyson Gorske, Joseph Michael Harris, Xavi Israel, Michael Lavallee, Bai Ling, Ego Mikitas, Daniel O’Reilly, Jamey Rimawi, Dallas Schaefer, Marisha Shine, Joyce Tatler, Gina Vitori, Terry Woodberry | Written by Alex Heerman | Directed by Rob Pallatina

The Asylum return to the disaster movie well with Skyjacked, a film whose title outlines Exactly what happens in the film! This one comes from English director Rob Pallatina, whose already helmed numerous films for The Asylum after cutting (pun intended) his teeth as an editor on a whole slew of Asylum productions and other low-budget fare. Whilst the directorial reigns are under the purview of someone well-versed in mockbusters, newcomer Alex Heerman pens the script for a film that [like a lot of The Asylum’s movies] follows just about every cliche and stereotype in the book. But that’s not actually a bad thing, especially when it comes to disaster movies And Asylum movies!

The film...

Amazon Studios has nabbed the Kate Beckinsale action-comedy Jolt, from Hysteria director Tanya Wexler, ahead of next week’s Cannes Virtual Market.

Also starring Bobby Cannavale, Jai Courtney, Laverne Cox, David Bradley and Ori Pfeffer, with Susan Sarandon and Stanley Tucci appearing, the Millennium Media feature, which has been described as a female version of Crank, is now set to land on Amazon Prime on July 23.

Written by Scott Wascha, Jolt sees Beckinsale play Lindy, a badass bouncer with a slightly murderous anger-management problem that she controls with the help of an electrode-lined vest she uses to shock herself back to normalcy whenever she gets homicidal....

Amazon Studios has nabbed the Kate Beckinsale action-comedy Jolt, from Hysteria director Tanya Wexler, ahead of next week’s Cannes Virtual Market.

Also starring Bobby Cannavale, Jai Courtney, Laverne Cox, David Bradley and Ori Pfeffer, with Susan Sarandon and Stanley Tucci appearing, the Millennium Media feature, which has been described as a female version of Crank, is now set to land on Amazon Prime on July 23.

Written by Scott Wascha, Jolt sees Beckinsale play Lindy, a badass bouncer with a slightly murderous anger-management problem that she controls with the help of an electrode-lined vest she uses to shock herself back to normalcy whenever she gets homicidal....

Ziwe is developing a comedy series called “The Nigerian Princess” at Amazon Prime Video, TheWrap has learned.

Created and written by comedian Ziwe, the potential series is set to focus on Zoe, a twenty-something woman who is debilitated by student debt and “partners with a known grifter in a desperate bid to achieve the American Dream.” Per the description, “The two prep school grads make an unlikely alliance all while secretly plotting to scam each other.”

Ziwe will executive produce the show, should it be ordered to series at Amazon, alongside Will Graham and Hailey Wierengo of Field Trip, with Janelle Monae, Chuck Lightning, Mikael Moore, and Nate Wonder’s production company, Wondaland Pictures, also executive producing.

Ziwe, who first gained attention via her Instagram Live and YouTube series, “Baited,” and Crooked Media podcast “Hysteria,” premiered her variety series “Ziwe” on Showtime in May. Her previous credits include work on Showtime’s “Desus & Mero,...

Ziwe is set to develop the comedy series “The Nigerian Princess” at Amazon, Variety has learned exclusively.

The project follows Zoe, a wise-beyond-her-years 20-something who, debilitated by student debt, partners with a known grifter in a desperate bid to achieve the American Dream. The two prep school grads make an unlikely alliance all while secretly plotting to scam each other.

Ziwe is the writer and creator of the series, with Will Graham and Hailey Wierengo of Field Trip also executive producing. Wondaland Pictures — the production company founded by Janelle Monae, Chuck Lightning, Mikael Moore, and Nate Wonder — will also executive produce.

The development news is the latest building block in Ziwe’s rapidly growing media presence. Most recently, she launched the self-titled Showtime variety series “Ziwe,” which debuted on the premium cabler back in May.

Prior to that, she has worked on shows like Showtime’s “Desus & Mero,” BET...

Stars: Vivica A. Fox, Eva Ceja, D.C. Douglas, Erica Duke, Anthony Jensen, Madeleine Falk, Robert Contrado, Jeffery Thomas Johnson, Brandon Lee W., Anna Telfer, Kim Nielsen, Ash Dadvand, Rishi Arya, Torrey B. Lawrence | Written by Marc Gottlieb, Michael Varrati | Directed by Glenn Miller

It had to happen didn’t it. First we had Zombeavers, then Zoombies and its sequel and now the zombie plague hits sea life with Aquarium of the Dead – the latest undead horror from The Asylum. Of course, given this an Asylum release, the timing couldn’t be more perfect – after all once you’ve seen an Army of the Dead you’re going to want to see an aquarium full of them too right?!

Glenn Miller, director of the aforementioned Zoombies films is back behind the camera for this fishy tale, which comes from a story by Michael Varrati (who also co-wrote the excellent Tales of Poe...

Stars: Katrina Bowden, Aaron Jakubenko, Kimie Tsukakoshi, Tim Kano, Te Kohe Tuhaka | Written by Michael Boughen | Directed by Martin Wilson

Who doesn’t love a good shark movie? Hell, who doesn’t love a bad shark movie?! There’s certainly a wide variety of shark movies available these days (and I think we’ve reviewed most of them here on Nerdly too), from ridiculous films like Ouija Shark, Ghost Shark and Virus Shark, to The Asylum’s Sharknado franchise and more mainstream fare such as 47 Metres Down, The Shallows and The Reef.

And it’s with the latter film that Great White feels most in common. Both films come from Australian filmmakers, both films feature a small group of people stranded at the beck and call of great whites… But then aren’t all shark film usually about a small group of people trapped by sharks?

In the case...

Stars: Eric Roberts, Veronika Issa, Terry Woodberry, Jennifer Lee Wiggins, Craig Gellis, Isaac J. Cruz, Gigi Gustin, D’Artagnan Woods, Rick Williamson, Regina McKee Redwing, Zachary Chicos, Juliana Destefano, Shawn C. Phillips | Written and Directed by Geoff Meed

[Note: With the film out now on DVD in the UK, here’s a reposting of our review of Asteroid-a-Geddon from its US streaming debut last year]

A global scientific summit debates and fails on a plan to stop a massive asteroid heading straight for Earth, with all countries blaming each other for the impeding disaster. With communications tense, the daughter of a tech billionaire assembles her own team of specialists to try to destroy the asteroid before it is too late.

The Asylum are back with yet another disaster movie, Asteroid-a-Geddon, only this one has a surprisingly on-point political undertone to it’s over-the-top end of the earth plot! You see we get military leaders who’d rather play politics than actually do anything about the oncoming disaster. They argue with...

Stars: Arianna Scott, Katie Sereika, Eric Roberts, Quinn Baker, Shayne Hartigan, Case Matthews, R.J. Wagner | Written by George Michael Phillips | Directed by Daniel Lusko

In 1985 the US and their enemies at the time, Russia, decided to launch a joint space mission to find extraterrestrial life and create peace between the two nations, ending the Cold War and – hopefully – giving both nations a prosperous future. Only the mission failed, the spacecraft was lost in 2007 along with its passenger, a chimpanzee… Now its 2021 and the probe has returned, along with its passenger Abraham the ape – who’s grown to a whopping 15 feet and is angry, very angry! However Abraham is not alone. The spacecraft contains alien fluids which, besides giving Abraham a growth spurt, has also escaped into the local waters. Where a salamander decides to take a sip and well… let’s just say “who’s a big boy then?...

Stars: Tom Sizemore, Emily Killian, Ramiro Leal, Torrey Richardson, Jake Holley, Tania Fox, Xander Bailey, Christina Licciardi, Christopher William Johnson, Audrey Latt | Written by Ryan Ebert | Directed by Maximilian Elfeldt

As if we needed any more disaster this year, along comes Apocalypse of Ice from mockbuster kings The Asylum!

This time round, as if The Asylum haven’t already made a boat-load of these apocalyptic nature films before – including when Hollywood went crazy on the same subject – a massive polar vortex threatens to cover nearly all of Earth in ice. Oh and did I mention the world is also in the middle of a global pandemic..? Yes as if a pandemic wasn’t enough, in this film we get a global apocalypse too!

But hey this is The Asylum, so you know what that means don’t you? Stock footage aplenty, from empty streets thanks to a real-world pandemic, to...

Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival is launching a new industry event focusing on Africa. The Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy, hosted in collaboration with the Realness Institute of Africa, will take place online from 26 September to 2 October 2021 and will welcome 10-12 participants from all over the African continent. The project offers a tailored program featuring masterclasses and meetings with internationally established professionals. The aim is to enhance participants’ understanding of the challenges facing the film industry, while allowing them to expand their personal network of contacts and develop their professional skill set. “The Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy will allow us to introduce our program for young professionals in this region. Participants will be able to connect with Industry Academy alumni in Latin America, the Middle East, the USA and Europe, joining an international network of future industry players,” said Markus Duffner, the new head of Locarno Pro.

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Do you know, Ziwe, aka Ziwe Fumudoh, a Brooklyn-based American comedian and writer? She is the creator of the comedy show “Baited With Ziwe,” a writer for “Desus and Mero,” and a co-host on the Hysteria podcast on Crooked Media. And as Vanity Fair put it last summer, she has—with her provocative, confrontational comedy about race, politics, and culture—“mastered the art of putting white people on the spot.”

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Last year, she roasted cultural lightning rods and superficial Karens like Alison Roman and Caroline Calloway on her Instagram Live show.

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Oh, here’s another reason to love Italian cinema: they will jump on a known property faster than you can say The Asylum. But I’m talking less about the new, self-conscious models of mockery and more of the Use the Name, a Setting, and a Character school of “flattery”. For instance Patrick Still Lives (1980), the unofficial sequel to Patrick (1978), the surprise Australian hit, isn’t even a sequel but rather a reboot: same premise, similar setting, same name. All the boxes are checked for my kind of flick, and it has the added bonus of being rung through the Italian filter to end up in a place far removed (yet equally as entertaining) from the original. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Patrick Still Lives (Aka Patrick vive ancora) opened in Italy in May; Wikipedia (that beacon of true report) notes that “It is known primarily for...

Stars: Michael Paré, Linnea Quigley, Ramiro Leal, Kristie Krueger, Sienna Farall, Sienna Farall, Kevin Keeling, Todd Karner, Sam Schweikert, Mike Ferguson, Tammy Klein | Written by Ward Anderson, Marc Morgenstern | Directed by Gerald Rascionato

The latest product from The Asylum, Triassic Hunt is a sequel of sorts to Triassic World, which was another “escaped dinosaurs” movie from David Michael Platt’s mock buster shingle. However this time there are shades of another dino-franchise at work and one that may surprise you… Carnosaur. Yes that trilogy of dino-terror from the 90s, in particular the third film in the series, seems to have influenced Triassic Hunt – well, that and the “dinosaurs as weapons” plot from Jurassic World; with Michael Pare taking on the “evil villain” mantel from Vincent D’onfrio.

Triassic Hunt sees two Allosaurus’ escape from the van they were being transported in after a crash and make their way to an...

ViacomCBS’ 2021 Showcase is going virtual this year — and they have set the producing team for the annual event that highlights diverse talent in the industry. Tess Paras will executive produce and direct while Tien Tran will serve as executive produce and return as head writer. Frank Garcia-Hejl joins as producer and associate director and rounding out the team is Tyler Davis who will serve as producer and associate head writer. This year’s group of performers and event date will be announced at a later date.

Showcase has developed into a hybrid comedy show with Broadway-worthy live performances and original, creative writing. The show is attended by senior-level executives, showrunners and casting directors from ViacomCBS properties, as well as other networks and talent agents/managers from across the entertainment industry. Alumni of the Showcase include Emmy Award winners Kate McKinnon and Tiffany Haddish as well as Diona Reasonover (NCIS), Justin Hires...

Stars: Wade Baker, DeAngelo Davis, Alyson Gorske, Joseph Michael Harris, Xavi Israel, Michael Lavallee, Bai Ling, Ego Mikitas, Daniel O’Reilly, Jamey Rimawi, Dallas Schaefer, Marisha Shine, Joyce Tatler, Gina Vitori, Terry Woodberry | Written by Alex Heerman | Directed by Rob Pallatina

The Asylum return to the disaster movie well with Airliner Sky Battle, a film whose title outlines Exactly what happens in the film! This one comes from English director Rob Pallatina, whose already helmed numerous films for The Asylum after cutting (pun intended) his teeth as an editor on a whole slew of Asylum productions and other low-budget fare. Whilst the directorial reigns are under the purview of someone well-versed in mockbusters, newcomer Alex Heerman pens the script for a film that [like a lot of The Asylum’s movies] follows just about every cliche and stereotype in the book. But that’s not actually a bad thing, especially when it comes to disaster movies And Asylum movies!

Stars: Eric Roberts, Veronika Issa, Terry Woodberry, Jennifer Lee Wiggins, Craig Gellis, Isaac J. Cruz, Gigi Gustin, D’Artagnan Woods, Rick Williamson, Regina McKee Redwing, Zachary Chicos, Juliana Destefano, Shawn C. Phillips | Written and Directed by Geoff Meed

A global scientific summit debates and fails on a plan to stop a massive asteroid heading straight for Earth, with all countries blaming each other for the impeding disaster. With communications tense, the daughter of a tech billionaire assembles her own team of specialists to try to destroy the asteroid before it is too late.

The Asylum are back with yet another disaster movie, Asteroid-a-Geddon, only this one has a surprisingly on-point political undertone to it’s over-the-top end of the earth plot! You see we get military leaders who’d rather play politics than actually do anything about the oncoming disaster. They argue with politicians who are all out to satisfy their...

Ziwe Fumudoh, a writer on Desus & Mero and Our Cartoon President, has scored her own variety series on Showtime.

The rising star will feature and exec produce the untitled series, which has been handed a straight-to-series order and will feature interviews and sketches as well as unscripted real-world rendezvous between everyday people.

The move is the latest example of late-night becoming more diverse with Ziwe joining her bosses Desus Nice and The Kid Mero, Lilly Singh, Amber Ruffin and Sam Jay as one of the changing faces of the genre.

In addition to working on Desus & Mero and Our Cartoon President, Fumudoh has written on Apple TV+’s Dickinson. She previously wrote on The Rundown with Robin Thede and co-hosts the Hysteria podcast for Crooked Media.

The show is produced by A24 and is the company’s latest project for the premium cable network, coming ahead of the launch of upcoming comedy Moonbase 8,...

Stars: Michael DeVorzon, Paulina Nguyen, Veronika Issa, Dmx, Jack Pearson, Nate Walker, Becca Buckalew, Gigi Gustin, Nick Ryan, Adrian Avila, Nora Harriet | Written by Mark Atkins, Marc Gottlieb | Directed by Jared Cohn

[Note: With the film finally releasing on DVD in the UK, here’s a reposting of our Fast and Fierce: Death Race review from its US VOD release earlier this year]

What’s that? A racing film from The Asylum? By any chance was the release of Fast and Fierce: Death Race supposed to coincide with the debut of the new Fast & Furious movie? Thankfully for The Asylum they don’t have to worry about cinematic release windows being closed due to the global pandemic and instead can plow forward with their release hitting the market Before the blockbuster this film seeks to emulate ever sees the light of day! But will the gamble pay off? Can a mockbuster stand on its own two feet without a Hollywood film to hand its hook on?...

Stars: Jason Brooks, Jeri Ryan, William Shatner, Ciara Hanna, Robert Scott Wilson | Written by Maurice Hurley | Directed by Jared Cohn

Director Jared Cohn has been carving something of a name for himself in the direct to DVD market for a good few years now, usually delivering fun low-budget genre films that at least have one great idea on which to hang the film. And Devil’s Revenge is no different.

The hook here? The absolutely Amazing creature designs by Vincent J. Guastini which, along with the brilliant flashbacks to a grim and grisly past, keep you watching way past the over indulgent, overwrought, dialogue-heavy first half. The brief glimpses of something greater giving the audience hope that the rest of the film will – eventually – follow suit. It doesn’t but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to enjoy about this Indiana Jones-esque horror tale.

John Brock (Jason Brooks) is...