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This week on Carspotting, Carlos picks up a 1968 Ford Mustang convertible and is looking forward to a fairly straightforward turnaround. However, bringing back classic American muscle cars to their former glory is never an easy task and finding a buyer can be even trickier. So it proves with the Mustang and the team soon run into a few problems, not least of which is that the buyer is after a Shelby-tribute number. The 1968 Mustang saw a few changes including concave taillights, chrome side ornamentation, shoulder seat belts and square rear-view mirrors. There was also a drag version that...read more...

Sandwiched between Beyond Good & Evil 2 and Starlink: Battle for Atlas – a new toys-to-life actioner – on Ubisoft’s E3 2017 docket was Far Cry 5, the open-world sequel set within the fictional realm of Hope Country, Montana.

Pegged for a release in February 2018, Far Cry 5 is the follow-up to last year’s prehistoric Primal, and finds players fighting to liberate a small backwoods town from a cult of religious zealots. So far, so Far Cry. Building on the momentum from last month’s original reveal, E3 2017 brings with it an extended gameplay demo for Ubisoft’s sequel, which introduces Grace Armstrong, a hardboiled sniper, and Nick Rye, a maverick pilot with enough firepower to tear up the countryside from the skies. There’s also Boomer, an angry dog that can be unleashed upon your enemies.

Yes, you’ll be able to enlist specialized animals to help fight for the resistance in Far Cry...

Finally after the various teaser trailers that were drip fed to us over the past week we finally have our first proper look at Far Cry 5 in the announcement trailer above.

Relocating the action a little closer to home in the fictional Hope County, Montana, players will take on the role of a new junior deputy whose arrival accelerates a years-long silent coup by a fanatical doomsday cult called the Project at Eden’s Gate. With the county under their control you’ll join forces with residents to form the Resistance as you do whatever it takes to disrupt their plans and liberate the community.

All sorts of toys will be available including planes for aerial dogfights plus iconic American muscle cars, big rigs, ATVs and boats for those who prefer their battles at a lower altitude. A wide array of weapons will also be at hand ranging from guns...

Sticking to the date provided earlier this week, Ubisoft has released the reveal trailer for Fay Cry 5, confirming that the sequel will be arriving on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC on February 27, 2018. We’ve still got a long wait ahead of us before Hope County welcomes us through its gates, then, but no matter, there’s plenty of tantalizing new details provided with today’s info dump for us to sift through and digest.

Top of that list is confirmation that Far Cry 5‘s campaign will be playable entirely in co-op with one other player, meaning you won’t have to go it alone as you attempt to weed out a fanatical doomsday cult that’s taken up residence in the idyllic countryside setting. You can, of course, still opt to go down the lone wolf route, but the introduction of co-op will, for a lot of people, make this...

Far Cry 5 is official and we have your first trailer right after the jump! Come check it out!

The game will be heading to all consoles and PC, which includes Microsoft Project Scorpio. Though no details have been shared on rather or not Scorpio will see additional features, or improved performance for Scorpio or PS4 Pro.

PlayStation users will get "free content" when the game launches, but Xbox and PC players will also be able to access the content via UPlay at a later date. The details on what this content is hasn't been revealed yet, but we can expect to hear more at E3 in June.

About the game:

Set in America for the first time, in Montana, players will have total freedom to navigate this serene-looking yet deeply twisted world solo or entirely in two-player co-op as they fight for survival and freedom, when the game releases on...

The Forever War

Finaly The Next Issue!!! I have been looking forward to this book for some time, again a story based on the book by Joe Haldeman. We find our two main characters Potter and William stuck on an Earth that they do not understand. After being gone so long with the war with the Taurans, they do not have much of a choice to decide how to live their lives out. They go back to the military life that they both hated so much, not knowing how to deal with changes on Earth and only understanding the military life. In this chapter both get injured and later get promoted in the story. They only have each other in more or less, in world that has moved on without them. If you have read the last few post about this story, time is a huge factor in this storyline.

Long before Dominic Toretto and his crew became globe-trotting superheroes, they might have been the neighbors of the Alvarez family, known as “low-riders” who restore gorgeous American muscle cars, including the star of their garage: father Miguel’s gorgeous 69’ Chevy Impala named Green Poison. Not unlike the Fast & Furious saga, family is at the center of Lowriders, a drama of surprisingly grounded insight from director Ricardo de Montreuil.

The story follows the coming of age of Danny (Gabriel Chavarria), a young Mexican-American teen who’d rather paint street art than murals on his father Miguel’s (Demián Bichir) lowriders. Miguel and his sons rarely see eye to eye, and complicating matters is the return of brother Francisco, aka Ghost (Theo Rossi), fresh out of jail for grand theft auto. Competing in his father’s footsteps, he steals cars to build his own dream Impala.

Ghost breaks from his father...

Hulu has announced the new titles that will be available to stream on the platform in May. Next month will see the streaming release of Oscar-nominated films such as Debra Granik’s 2010 drama “Winter’s Bone,” starring Jennifer Lawrence, and Tim Burton’s 2003 fantasy drama “Big Fish.”

Read More: Hulu and Annapurna Announce Streaming Partnership, With Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit Project First in Line

Hulu’s origial series “Casual” returns for a third season on May 23. The original documentary “Becoming Bond,” about the life of George Lazenby, who played James Bond in the 1969 film “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,” will debut on May 20. Find the list of all titles coming to Hulu in May below.

May 1

Line of Duty: Complete Season 4 (BBC One)

South Park en Español: Complete Season 20 (Comedy Central)

48 Hrs. (1982)

Another 48 Hrs. (1990)

Arrowhead (1952)

A View to a Kill (1985)

The Bad News Bears (1976)

Bad Influence (1990)

Bait Shop...

John Fallon's The Shelter will be released in cinemas and digital on Nov 4th followed by a DVD release on January 3rd from Uncork’d Entertainment. This is the debut feature film from the writer of American Muscle and the upcoming Billy Trigger with cult icon Fred Williamson. A new trailer came out for the flick which you can watch below. On a star filled night, widower and homeless man Thomas Jacobs (Michael Paré) finds shelter for the night when he falls upon a vast two-story house with the lights on and an inviting open front door. He strolls on in thinking he just caught a lucky break and for a while, it would appear as though he did. But soon enough, he realizes that...

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During the same day as my descent into Vr Madness, I also played a few other games featured on the floor. Two of which would become Nominees for Best of E3! In fact, Vr titles wouldn't be my only appointments of the day. Instead, I had dates with the Playstation Motor Speedway of Gt Sport, Indie company U&I Entertainment, Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom, and the treacherous waters in Sea of Thieves!

Gt Sport

At E3 2016, Sony created a scheduling app to streamline the process of reserving demo experiences. Using this app I was able to secure not only Vr experiences, but also games like Gt Sport. So once my schedule was set, Eric and I departed for the busy halls of Wednesday’s E3 2016. When we arrived, I gave Eric my bag and took my place among the entries, waiting for our race to begin. When our names were called,...

Suncoast Credit Union Gasparilla International Film Festival (Giff) has announced the official program for its 10th year anniversary in Tampa, Florida. The 10th annual festival will be held March 30-April 3 at the Tampa Theater and Ybor City’s Carmike Cinemas. With 115 films, the festival will host international and regional premieres of narrative features, documentaries and short films around the world, special tributes, master classes, panel discussions and much more.

This year’s special tribute will celebrate the many accomplishments of Oscar, Grammy, Emmy, Golden Globe and Tony winner Rita Moreno. Giff will honor Moreno with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Also, her film, "Remember Me" will screen at the festival.

A jury of industry professionals and acclaimed filmmakers will be presenting awards to competition films in the following categories: Narrative Feature, Documentary, Spotlight and Shorts.

Highlights include:

Opening Night Film (Narrative)

"Eye in the Sky" (UK): Academy Award winner Helen Mirren stars alongside Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman and Iain Glen in this timely thriller about a terrorist-targeting drone mission that becomes a flashpoint when a civilian girl enters the kill zone. Directed by Gavin Hood.

Closing Night Film (Narrative)

"Everybody Wants Some" (USA): A group of college baseball players navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood. Starring Zoey Deutch, Tyler Hoechlin, Ryan Guzman, Blake Jenner. Directed by Richard Linklater

Narrative Features:

"Precious Cargo" (World Premiere) : After a botched heist, Eddie, a murderous crime boss, hunts down the seductive thief Karen who failed him. In order to win back Eddie’s trust, Karen recruits her ex-lover and premier thief Jack. Starring Bruce Willis, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Claire Forlani. Directed by Max Adams. "Embrace Of The Serpent" (Colombia. Florida Premiere): Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of 40 years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant. Starring: Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Bolivar. Directed by Ciro Guerra "Ma Ma" (Spain. Florida Premiere): A woman recently diagnosed with cancer forms an unexpected bond with a soccer scout (Luis Tosar) whose wife has been gravely injured in a car accident. Starring: Academy Award winner Penélope Cruz. Directed by Julio Medem "Love and Friendship" (France/Netherlands. Florida Premiere): In the 18th century, the seductive and manipulative Lady Susan uses devious tactics to win the heart of the eligible Reginald De Courcy. Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Chloe Sevigny. Directed by Whit Stillman. "The Daughter" (Australia. Florida Premiere): A young man returns to his dying hometown and discovers a dark family secret that could tear apart the lives of those he left behind, in this contemporary adaptation of Ibsen’s The Wild Duck. Starring: Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush, Ewen Leslie, Paul Schneider, Miranda Otto, Anna Torv, with Odessa Young and Sam Neill. Directed by Simon Stone. "The Debt" (USA. Florida Premiere): A hedge-fund honcho puts through the deal of a lifetime: the redemption of a billion-dollar debt owed by the Peruvian government to its citizens. The quick buck soon turns into a nightmare. Starring: Stephen Dorff, Alberto Ammann, Carlos Bardem, and David Strathairn. Directed by Barney Elliott"The Adderall Diaries" (USA. Florida Premiere): Based on the bestselling memoir by Stephen Elliott, The Adderall Diaries is the story of an author paralyzed by writer's block and an escalating drug dependency who is sucked down the rabbit hole of a high-profile murder case. Starring:James Franco, Ed Harris and Amber Heard. Written and directed by Pamela Romanowsky"One More Time" (USA. Florida Premiere): After one too many big city problems, Jude heads to the Hamptons home of her father, an over-the-hill crooner desperately charting his musical comeback. Starring: Amber Heard, Kelli Garner and Christopher Walken. Directed by Robert Edwards. "Little Men" (USA. Florida Premiere): Jake is a quiet, sensitive middle schooler when he meets the affably brash Tony at his grandfather's funeral. The budding friendship is put at risk, however, when a rent dispute between Jake's father, Brian and Tony's mother, Leonor, threatens to become contentious. Starring: Greg Kinnear, Theo Taplitz, Michael Barbieri and Alfred Molina. Directed by Ira Sachs "A Beautiful Now" (USA. Florida Premiere): As a beautiful dancer balances between reality and fantasy, she asks her friends to help her figure out the passions and relationships that have shaped her identity. Starring: Abigail Spencer, Cheyenne Jackson, Collette Wolfe. Directed by: Daniela Amavia "Puerto Ricans in Paris" (USA. Florida Premiere): Two Puerto Rican NYPD detectives head to Paris to track down a stolen handbag. Starring: Luiz Guzman, Rosie Perez, Rosario Dawson. Directed by Ian Edelman "The Black Coat’s Daughter" (USA. Florida Premiere): Beautiful and haunted Joan makes a pilgrimage across a frozen landscape toward a prestigious all girls prep school where Rose and Kat find themselves stranded after their parents mysteriously fail to retrieve them for winter break. Starring: Emma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka, James Remar, Lauren Holly. Directed by Osgood Perkins "The Truth About Lies" (USA. Florida Premiere): A desperate, unemployed man (Fran Kranz) who lives with his mother weaves an ever-growing web of lies to impress a beautiful woman. Starring: Fran Kranz, Odette Annable. Directed by Phil Allocco. Documentaries

"Hair I Go Again" (World Premiere): Facing a mid-life crossroads, two longtime friends risk everything as they set out to fulfill their dreams of achieving rock & roll stardom. Directed by: Steve McClure. "Hano! A Century in the Bleachers" (Florida Premiere): Meet Arnold Hano, 93, legendary sportswriter and social activist. Baseball fan, war veteran and storyteller emeritus: few have lived and chronicled the American experience as extensively. Directed by: Jon Leonoudakis. "Smart" (Florida Premiere): Groundbreaking feature-length documentary about a group of highly trained, adrenaline-fueled professionals who risk life and limb to rescue animals. They're Los Angeles' Specialized Mobile Animal Rescue Team! Directed by Justin Zimmerman "No Greater Love" (Florida Premiere): U.S. Army Chaplain Justin Roberts goes on missions with the legendary No Slack battalion in Afghanistan in 2010/2011 armed with only a camera. Directed by Justin Roberts.

Cuban Sidebar: Films focusing on Cuba

"Craving Cuba" (World Premiere): A Cuban-American woman seeks to understand her true identity. Directed by: Zuzy Martin Lynch "The Forbidden Shore" (World Premiere)- The amazing diversity of contemporary Cuban music is gorgeously explored in Ron Chapman’s third documentary feature. Chapman captures the full gamut of what’s happening now in Cuba, both the most exciting artists and the distinct musical scenes they move In. Directed by Ron Chapman. "Havana Motor Club" (Florida Premiere): Reforms have offered opportunity in Cuba but the children of the Revolution are unsure of the best route forward. For a half-dozen drag racers, this means last-minute changes to their beloved American muscle cars, as they prepare for the first sanctioned race in Cuba since 1960. Directed by Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt

Florida Focus : World premiere of independent films made in Florida

"Waiting on Mary" : A struggling actor, traumatized by a brutal divorce, assumes the personality of a colonial character he played at a failed amusement park as a way of retreating from his pain. Directed by: Corey Horton "Bear With Us" : A modern farce about a guy who attempts to propose to his girlfriend in the most romantic way possible, but his plan falls apart when a ravenous bear stumbles on their charming cabin in the woods. Directed by: William Stribling. "Dooder And the Lighthouse" : Dooder Parker is eighty-six and full of life. When the historic lighthouse in his hometown becomes doomed to fall into the Gulf, his recounting of local history evolves into a reflection on his love for his wife. Stories intertwine to paint a portrait of a vanishing way of life. Directed by: Clayton Long & Lisa Long In addition to feature length films, Giff will present over 70 short films. Short film blocks include:

“Lol”: Comedic short films · “Films on a Mission”: Short films focusing on a specific cause

· “Thrill Ride”: Thriller, action, and horror short films.

· “Love is In the Air”: Romantic short films

· “ Motion Tunes”: Short films related to music

· “Save the Drama”: Drama short films

· “Films 101”: College made short films

· “High School Film Showcase”: Giff’s high school filmmaking competition sponsored by Suncoast Credit Union

Additionally, Gasparilla will feature in-depth, informative Industry Panels, including, Meet The Press, Casting Directors, “The Performance” Actor’s panel, Special Effects, Do’s, Don’ts for a Film Festival Run and “The Pitch.” Additionally, Giff is proud to welcome Academy Award nominated animator Bill Plympton (1987’s Your Face).

For more information on all the films to be screened and industry events, please go to:

www.gasparillafilmfestival.com...

If there's one thing you've got to give to the American film and TV industry, it's that they're damn good at opening sequences, and Jeff Nichols' latest sci-fi thriller Midnight Special is no exception. Reuniting once again with frequent collaborator Michael Shannon, this writer-director's film features a cut-throat sharpness, and goes from 0-60 like a classic American muscle car. Somewhat appropriately, Midnight Special opens darkly and with a certain elusiveness. Before we see anything, we hear a Texan home insurance infomercial playing over the opening credits, and with a remarkable succinctness this slips you into a sort of thigh-slapping, gun-touting Southern spirit of autonomy that floods the film and lingers there right up until the end. Moments later we enter a world of grubby motel chic, as we see two...

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If there's one thing you've got to give to the American film and TV industry, it's that they're damn good at opening sequences, and Jeff Nichols' latest sci-fi thriller Midnight Special is no exception. Reuniting once again with frequent collaborator Michael Shannon, this writer-director's film has opened this year's Berlinale Competition with a cut-throat sharpness, and this is certainly one film that goes from 0-60 like a classic American muscle car.Somewhat appropriately Midnight Special opens darkly and with a certain elusiveness. Before we see anything, we hear a Texan home insurance infomercial playing over the opening credits, and with a remarkable succinctness this slips you into a sort of thigh-slapping, gun-touting Southern spirit of autonomy that floods the film and lingers there right up until the end. Moments later we...

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Stars: Michael Paré, Lauren Alexandra, Rachel G. Whittle, Amy Wickenheiser, Gayle James | Written and Directed by John Fallon

They often say those who can, do, and those who can’t, teach. In the blogosphere its often those who can make movies do, and those who can’t rip them to pieces online in reviews. So what happens when a blogger turns filmmaker and produces a movie? The Shelter. That’s what.

Written and directed by Arrow in the Head blogger John Fallon and starring Michael Paré (The Philadelphia Experiment, Streets of Fire), The Shelter tells the story of Thomas, a homeless man grieving his late wife. Ruined and desperate, he comes across a vast house with the lights on and an inviting open front door. But the next morning, the house will not let him leave. Destiny has brought Thomas to this place and now he must survive a very personal ordeal.

Two outings for The Toxic Avenger and a surprisingly good vampire movie feature in this month's Bottom Shelf...

The advent of high definition technology has ushered in an era of unsurpassed quality in terms of the home-cinema experience. With TVs now able to match filmmakers' original visions closer than ever, the path has been cleared for the true maverick masters of cinema to shine on the small screen. Which brings us to Troma Entertainment head honchos Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, whose final two Toxic Avenger sequelsmake their way onto Blu-ray this month.

Not by any stretch of the imagination a pair of essential HD releases (you could argue the grainy footage of any Troma film is best viewed on ancient VHS), The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation Of Toxie and Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV are what they are: both the best and worst of Kaufman...

Stars: Nick Principe, Robin Sydney, Todd Farmer, Trent Haaga, Malice McMunn, John Fallon, Philip Salick, Laban Pheidias, Joshua Lou Friedman | Written by John Fallon | Directed by Ravi Dhar

John Falcon is a mountain of a man, hardened by years in the dusty Californian desert. Discovered shot and left for dead in a home robbery gone bad, Falcon would have a received a lighter sentence, but he refused to snitch on his partners… If you’re following the all-too-brief opening flashback that is. You see Vengeance Road, aka American Muscle, throws viewers in at the deep end as Falcon argues with a fellow inmate over two packets of cigarettes before being released from prison.

After catching a ride home with a beautiful stranger (and banging her doggy-style over the back seat of her car in full view of passing motorists), Falcon discovers that the house he once shared with his wife...

John Falcon is mad. Imprisoned for 10 years, he's about to be paroled, but his prison sentence hasn't mellowed him one iota. If anything, it's made him a more fierce creature, the personification of fury, refusing to compromise on his core principle of life: "You owe, you pay." Smashing, bloody, rude, and often nude, American Muscle captures the rowdy spirit of 70s exploitation movies and transfers it wholesale to the present day, while also instilling a dose of rueful, personal nostalgia. Make no mistake, American Muscle is first and foremost a movie about an incredibly uber-macho, extremely violent criminal -- c'mon, he's named John Falcon! -- and the blood he sheds without remorse in his quest for vengeance. As embodied by the brawny Nick Principe,...

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Winners Announced! Congratulations to Adam Owen, Russell Lee, Zach Hamby, Nick Weipert, and Nathan Hale! Check your e-mail for confirmation and thanks to everyone for entering the giveaway! If you're a fan of violent, crazy, and gory revenge exploitation then we've got a hell of a treat for you. We're going to be giving away 5 Copies of the newly released American Muscle Blu-Ray, directed by up and coming filmmaker Ravi Dhar, and written by and co-starring our very...

The team behind Starry Eyes, the forthcoming, throwback horror film, has released new poster art and stills. Helmed by directors Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsch and produced by genre rockstar Travis Stevens (American Muscle, Jodorowsky's Dune, Cheap Thrills), Starry Eyes is a cautionary tale of nightmarish Hollywood backstabbing, success, and excess. It has played several prestigious genre festivals worldwide, including SXSW, Fantasia, and Sitges. Sarah (a brilliant Alexandra Essoe) is a struggling actress desperate for her chance at stardom. She'll do literally anything to join the cultish Hollywood elite ... even if it means doing some pretty nasty things to people and suffering through a full menu of body horror that would impress David Cronenberg. You can read Zach Gayne's SXSW review here.The film also stars Pat Healy, Amanda Fuller,...

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Many of you are aware of John Fallon Aka The Arrow, our "headmaster" of Arrow In The Head, and in the past few years he's stepped his game in a big way, both as an actor, writer, and director. The Arrow's most recent release, American Muscle, which he wrote and also has a role in, hit blu-ray/DVD/VOD, and we're pleased as punch to see him continue to climb the Hollywood ladder. The film is a testament to the wild, crazy, and downright badass fella...

For the final week of September, we’ll be seeing a handful of indie genre titles coming our way to DVD and Blu-ray, as well as several cult classics, including the original Leprechaun films, finally making their high-def debut on Tuesday.

In terms of new indie movies to keep an eye out for, Grow-up Tony Phillips, the latest from up-and-coming Austin filmmaker Emily Hagins (My Sucky Teen Romance), is being released as well as American Muscle, The Paranormal Diaries, Grave Halloween and the pregnancy-themed horror flick Delivery: The Beast Within. For those of you horror fans looking for something a bit more ‘seasoned’, both Krull and Killer Fish are getting their Blu-ray treatment this week and should make for excellent additions to your home entertainment collection.

Spotlight Titles:

Grow-up Tony Phillips (Anderson Digital, DVD)

Who doesn’t love Halloween? All of Tony Phillips’ high school friends do, apparently. It’s...

Protagonist Pictures, Wide, Gaumont and TF1 International have concluded fresh deals in Germany with features from this year’s European Film Market.

Protagonist sold Rebecca Miller’s next feature film, the romantic comedy of manners Maggie’s Plan, starring Berlinale jury member Greta Gerwig and Julianne Moore, to Christian Meinke’s Mfa+ FilmDistribution.

Mfa+ previously released Frances Ha, with Gerwig in the title role, and will open Korean film-maker Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer, which screened in the Berlinale’s Forum section, in German cinemas on 3 April.

Deals by French sales agents

French sales company Wide signed a deal with Neue Visionen for Vinko Bresan’s top-grossing Croatian comedy The Priest’s Children, while its documentary sales arm Wide House sold Kenneth Elvebakk’s Norwegian documentary Ballet Boys to Cmv Laservision.

Munich-based distributor Prokino picked up Danish film-maker Jonas Alexander Arnby’s coming-of-age horror film When Animals Dream from Gaumont, and Pro-Fun acquired Chris Mason Johnson’s [link...

Protagonist Pictures, Wide, Gaumont and TF1 International have concluded fresh deals in Germany with features from this year’s European Film Market.

Protagonist sold Rebecca Miller’s next feature film, the romantic comedy of manners Maggie’s Plan, starring Berlinale jury member Greta Gerwig and Julianne Moore, to Christian Meinke’s Mfa+ FilmDistribution.

Mfa+ previously released Frances Ha, with Gerwig in the title role, and will open Korean film-maker Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer, which screened in the Berlinale’s Forum section, in German cinemas on 3 April.

Deals by French sales agents

French sales company Wide signed a deal with Neue Visionen for Vinko Bresan’s top-grossing Croatian comedy The Priest’s Children, while its documentary sales arm Wide House sold Kenneth Elvebakk’s Norwegian documentary Ballet Boys to Cmv Laservision.

Munich-based distributor Prokino picked up Danish film-maker Jonas Alexander Arnby’s coming-of-age horror film When Animals Dream from Gaumont, and Pro-Fun acquired Chris Mason Johnson’s [link...

We are super stoked about this next project from Dark Sky Films. Why, you ask? Because the label has a true eye for talent, and if anyone is gonna be able to pull off a kick-ass ghost story, it's them! Read on for your first word regarding We Are Still Here.

From the Press Release

Filming is officially under way in Western New York on We Are Still Here, a 70's-set ghost story produced by preeminent independent genre specialists Mpi/Dark Sky Films and Snowfort Pictures. The announcement was made today by Mpi/Dark Sky's Evp Greg Newman and Snowfort's founder and producer Travis Stevens.

The cast of We Are Still Here includes genre icon Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, You're Next), Andrew Sensenig (The Last Exorcism Part II), Lisa Marie (Sleepy Hollow, Planet of the Apes), and actor-filmmaker Larry Fessenden (Wendigo, Stake Land). The film marks the directorial debut of Ted Geoghegan,...

Dark Sky Films and Snowfort Pictures have announced that production is underway on We Are Still Here, a 70′s ghost story and the directorial debut of Ted Geoghegan:

“Filming is officially underway in Western New York on We Are Still Here, a 70′s-set ghost story produced by preeminent independent genre specialists Mpi/Dark Sky Films and Snowfort Pictures. The announcement was made today by Mpi/Dark Sky’s Evp Greg Newman and Snowfort’s founder and producer Travis Stevens.

The cast of We Are Still Here includes genre icon Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, You’re Next), Andrew Sensenig (The Last Exorcism Part II), Lisa Marie (Sleepy Hollow, Planet of the Apes) and actor-filmmaker Larry Fessenden (Wendigo, Stake Land). The film marks the directorial debut of Ted Geoghegan, the screenwriter of Don’t Wake the Dead and one of the producers of the anthology film ABCs of Death 2. The director of photography is Karim Hussain (Antiviral,...

Exclusive: La-based Automatic Entertainment has closed a slew of deals on the Efm-bound action title Pound Of Flesh starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Automatic co-owners and former Archstone sales chiefs Jeffrey Giles and Michael Lurie have licensed the film to Ace Entertainment for France, Klockworx for Japan, Leda Films for Latin America Daro for Eastern Europe, Cis and South Africa.

Ernie Barbarash directs from a screenplay by Joshua James about a former solider who reunites with his estranged brother to save his dying niece.

Principal photography is scheduled to kick off in China in March.

Automatic’s Efm slate includes White Rabbit, SXSW 2013 selection Holy Ghost People, American Muscle co-produced with Travis Stevens of Snowfort Pictures and Ninja Apocalypse.

Well Go USA has acquired all North American rights to Snowfort Pictures and Automatic Entertainment’s American Muscle.

Commercial and music video director Ravi Dhar’s arthouse action-thriller stars Nick Principe, Robin Sydney, Todd Farmer, John Fallon, Trent Haaga and Malice McMunn.

The story takes place in California’s Yucca Valley as an ex-con embarks on a mission of revenge against his brother.

John Fallon wrote the screenplay and Travis Stevens produced alongside Jeffrey Giles and Michael Lurie.

“We set out to make a different kind of action film; something beautiful and exciting,” said Snowfort’s Stevens. “We can’t think of a company better suited to bring Ravi Dhar’s unique vision to audiences than Well Go USA.”

Stevens brokered the deal with Well Go USA president and head of acquisitions Doris Pfardrescher.

If there’s something you must know about the man featured in the trailer for Ravi Dhar‘s American Muscle, it’s that he doesn’t care if he gets caught and he certainly doesn’t care if he goes back to jail. Now that that’s cleared up, we can move on to the epic blaze of hellfire he’s about to rain down upon these suckers. You see, John Falcon (Nick Principe) has been locked away for 10 years and he’s hankering for some revenge. What he did is unclear, but who cares? He’s got a Confederate flag decorated with guns, an endless line of ladies down to get down, more ammo than any man should ever have, and an insatiable need to kill every person responsible for putting him in prison. This all occurs within 24 hours of getting freed, too. It’s exploitation at it’s finest (or lowest) – less talking, more...

What do you get when you cross Oldboy with Grindhouse? Probably something along the lines of American Muscle. This violent epic of revenge comes to us from a screenplay written by JoBlo.com's very own John Fallon. The trailer and poster have now premiered and they are a sight to behold in their full Nsfw glory. American Muscle is an independent feature but doesn't look cheap at all. In fact, the special effects look pretty damn good as heads explode in a flurry of blood and bullets....

"He doesn't care if he gets caught... He doesn't care if he goes back to jail..." Holy shit this looks insane! If you're in the mood for some wild and crazy exploitation revenge, then stop here first. Snowfort Pictures has unveiled a promo/sales trailer and poster for Ravi Dhar's badass exploitation thriller American Muscle, starring Nick Principe as John Falcon - a man released from prison who goes on a 24 hour revenge binge to kill "every person who had a hand in sending him there." One description for American Muscle boasts: "This movie has more sex and exploding heads than a David Cronenberg dream." Ya, this looks f!&king nuts. Here's the first Nsfw trailer for Ravi Dhar's exploitation thriller American Muscle, from Twitch: John Falcon (Principe) did 10 years of hard time in prison. Now he's got 24 hours to get revenge on every person who had a hand in sending him there.

“The movie’s about a guy, who’s been in prison for 10 years, gets released, and over the next 24 hours kills every single person who had a hand in him going to jail,” movie producer and Snowfort Pictures founder Travis Stevens told EW earlier this year, talking about the new action-thriller American Muscle. “He’s just a shark moving straight forward — just chewing through everybody in front of him. l feel it’s my most personal film because it has everything that I love in the world: Naked tattooed chicks riding motorcycles with Uzis and a bad-ass guy who doesn’t really speak too much!

Hit makers Snowfort Pictures have been on a hot streak lately with Cheap Thrills, Big Ass Spider and Jodorowsky's Dune all hitting the festival circuit in the last year. Up next is Ravi Dhar's directorial debut American Muscle. Currently in post-production, one producer called the action-thriller a "contemporary exploitation thriller." Here's more: Starring genre vets Nick Principe, Robin Sydney, Todd Farmer, John Fallon, Trent Haaga and Malice McMunn and set against the desolate landscape of California's Yucca Valley, the film follows a recently paroled convict hell bent on revenge against those whom he holds responsible for his incarceration...including his own brother. The film is hitting the sales block at next month's American Film Market and we've got an Exclusive look at the very Nsfw...

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One of the first things future Snowfort Pictures founder Travis Stevens did after arriving in Los Angeles was hit Tom Cruise in the head. “I moved to L.A. with a degree in filmmaking and I thought I would be hired to make films,” he recalls. “Within a couple of months I realized ‘No’. So I started doing work as an extra just to be on a set.” One of the movies Stevens worked on was 1996′s Cruise-starring Jerry Maguire. “There’s this scene where Tom Cruise gets out of a limo and there’s all these reporters,” continues Stevens.