Yesterday, we shared a new interview with director Renny Harlin that mostly focuses on his latest film, the action movie The Bricklayer, which was given a theatrical, On Demand, and Digital release earlier this month. But the interview also branches out with mentions of other Harlin projects, including the 1999 shark thriller Deep Blue Sea (watch it Here), which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. During his conversation with JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray, Harlin revealed that Samuel L. Jackson’s character – and therefore the famous scene involving that character – was added into the script at the last minute.
Harlin said, “The whole scene has its roots in the fact that I had done Long Kiss Goodnight with Sam, and we sort of made a pact that we would always work together as often as we can. So then Deep Blue Sea came up and Sam called me and he’s like,...
Harlin said, “The whole scene has its roots in the fact that I had done Long Kiss Goodnight with Sam, and we sort of made a pact that we would always work together as often as we can. So then Deep Blue Sea came up and Sam called me and he’s like,...
- 1/23/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Stars: Elizabeth Hurley, Mia Jenkins, Jack Stewart, Tara Fitzgerald, Robert Daws | Written by Anthony Waller, Duncan Kennedy | Directed by Anthony Waller
Teacher Liz and her daughter Amy have relocated to Hamelin, That famous small town in Germany, but as they settle into their new life things start to take a dark turn… a local girl dies in horrifying circumstances and there are sinister events abound. A dark secret from Liz’s past has awoken the Piper, an evil entity from beyond who seeks redemption by taking the children of any parent who has done wrong… and Mia is in grave danger. When Amy meets the kind and mysterious, Luca, could he be the key to saving her from the Piper’s clutches?
Piper, from Mute Witness and An American Werewolf in Paris director Anthony Waller, feels very much like a throwback, like something that has stepped out of the ’90s or early 2000s era,...
Teacher Liz and her daughter Amy have relocated to Hamelin, That famous small town in Germany, but as they settle into their new life things start to take a dark turn… a local girl dies in horrifying circumstances and there are sinister events abound. A dark secret from Liz’s past has awoken the Piper, an evil entity from beyond who seeks redemption by taking the children of any parent who has done wrong… and Mia is in grave danger. When Amy meets the kind and mysterious, Luca, could he be the key to saving her from the Piper’s clutches?
Piper, from Mute Witness and An American Werewolf in Paris director Anthony Waller, feels very much like a throwback, like something that has stepped out of the ’90s or early 2000s era,...
- 8/31/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Nearly a year has gone by since we learned that Elizabeth Hurley (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery) had signed on to star in Piper, a new horror film from director Anthony Waller. Now The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that the movie is set to have its world premiere at FrightFest this Sunday, August 27th – and ahead of the premiere, a trailer for Piper has arrived online! You can check it out in the embed above.
Back in 1995, director Waller made an impressive breakthrough with the thriller Mute Witness… then quickly squandered the good will he had earned with that movie by following it up with An American Werewolf in Paris. Waller has made a couple movies since the Paris debacle – the 2000 Bill Pullman thriller The Guilty, the 2009 sci-fi horror film 9 Miles Down – and here’s hoping that Piper will earn him some positive attention again.
Scripted by Waller...
Back in 1995, director Waller made an impressive breakthrough with the thriller Mute Witness… then quickly squandered the good will he had earned with that movie by following it up with An American Werewolf in Paris. Waller has made a couple movies since the Paris debacle – the 2000 Bill Pullman thriller The Guilty, the 2009 sci-fi horror film 9 Miles Down – and here’s hoping that Piper will earn him some positive attention again.
Scripted by Waller...
- 8/25/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
2024 will mark the 25th anniversary of the release of the Renny Harlin shark thriller Deep Blue Sea (watch it Here) – and some fans feel the best way for distributor Warner Bros. to celebrate would be to release the film’s original ending. There’s a petition to let Warner Bros. know there’s interest in this idea, and the campaign has not only earned a show of support from the film’s star Thomas Jane (who said it would be “kinda fun” to see if fans can get the studio’s attention), but even a financial contribution from Harlin, who felt his contribution might help with the legitimacy of this fan movement.
Directed by Harlin from a screenplay by Duncan Kennedy, Donna Powers, and Wayne Powers, Deep Blue Sea has the following synopsis: On an island research facility, Dr. Susan McAlester is harvesting the brain tissue of DNA-altered sharks as...
Directed by Harlin from a screenplay by Duncan Kennedy, Donna Powers, and Wayne Powers, Deep Blue Sea has the following synopsis: On an island research facility, Dr. Susan McAlester is harvesting the brain tissue of DNA-altered sharks as...
- 8/21/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Liz Hurley comes up against an evil, child-stealing folklore legend in supernatural thriller Piper, which THR shares a first look from.
The film is a darker and contemporary twist on the Pied Piper of Hamelin story, whose vindictive restless spirit seeks out those who have gotten away with a crime, and punishes them by taking away their children, explains the site.
“Piper follows Émigré Liz (Hurley), who moves to a quaint German town with her daughter Amy (Mia Jenkins) but ends up in the Piper’s crosshairs when it is revealed she’s hiding a dark secret from her past that puts Amy’s life in jeopardy. The girl’s only hope for salvation comes when she falls for a young and mysterious street magician, Luca. Can he save her from the Piper’s clutches?”
The film comes from Anthony Waller, with Vmi Worldwide handling global rights at the American Film Market.
The film is a darker and contemporary twist on the Pied Piper of Hamelin story, whose vindictive restless spirit seeks out those who have gotten away with a crime, and punishes them by taking away their children, explains the site.
“Piper follows Émigré Liz (Hurley), who moves to a quaint German town with her daughter Amy (Mia Jenkins) but ends up in the Piper’s crosshairs when it is revealed she’s hiding a dark secret from her past that puts Amy’s life in jeopardy. The girl’s only hope for salvation comes when she falls for a young and mysterious street magician, Luca. Can he save her from the Piper’s clutches?”
The film comes from Anthony Waller, with Vmi Worldwide handling global rights at the American Film Market.
- 11/7/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Back in 1995, director Anthony Waller made an impressive breakthrough with the thriller Mute Witness… then quickly squandered the good will he had earned with that movie by following it up with An American Werewolf in Paris. Waller has made a couple movies since the Paris debacle – the 2000 Bill Pullman thriller The Guilty, the 2009 sci-fi horror film 9 Miles Down – and now he’s back with another excursion into the horror genre. His new movie is called The Piper, and The Hollywood Reporter has just shared the first image from the movie, an image that features star Elizabeth Hurley (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery). You can check it out at the bottom of this article.
Scripted by Waller from a story by Duncan Kennedy, this supernatural thriller is said to put Hurley against “an evil, child-stealing folklore legend” in “a darker and contemporary twist on the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin,...
Scripted by Waller from a story by Duncan Kennedy, this supernatural thriller is said to put Hurley against “an evil, child-stealing folklore legend” in “a darker and contemporary twist on the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin,...
- 11/4/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
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Liz Hurley comes up against an evil, child-stealing folklore legend in supernatural thriller Piper.
A darker and contemporary twist on the Pied Piper of Hamelin story, whose vindictive restless spirit seeks out those who have gotten away with a crime, and punishes them by taking away their children, the film comes from Anthony Waller, with Vmi Worldwide handling global rights at the American Film Market. Waller, known for Mute Witness and An American Werewolf in Paris, wrote the script based on a story by Duncan Kennedy.
Piper follows Émigré Liz (Hurley), who moves to a quaint German town with her daughter Amy (Mia Jenkins) but ends up in the Piper’s crosshairs when it is revealed she’s hiding a dark secret from her past that puts Amy’s life in jeopardy. The girl\s only hope for salvation comes when she falls...
Liz Hurley comes up against an evil, child-stealing folklore legend in supernatural thriller Piper.
A darker and contemporary twist on the Pied Piper of Hamelin story, whose vindictive restless spirit seeks out those who have gotten away with a crime, and punishes them by taking away their children, the film comes from Anthony Waller, with Vmi Worldwide handling global rights at the American Film Market. Waller, known for Mute Witness and An American Werewolf in Paris, wrote the script based on a story by Duncan Kennedy.
Piper follows Émigré Liz (Hurley), who moves to a quaint German town with her daughter Amy (Mia Jenkins) but ends up in the Piper’s crosshairs when it is revealed she’s hiding a dark secret from her past that puts Amy’s life in jeopardy. The girl\s only hope for salvation comes when she falls...
- 11/4/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s time for a new episode of the Awfully Good Horror Movies video series, and with this one we’re looking back at a movie that has a lot of fans: the 1999 Renny Harlin shark thriller Deep Blue Sea (watch it Here)! To find out what we had to say about this movie, check out the video embedded above.
Directed by Harlin from a screenplay by Duncan Kennedy, Donna Powers, and Wayne Powers, Deep Blue Sea has the following synopsis:
On an island research facility, Dr. Susan McAlester is harvesting the brain tissue of DNA-altered sharks as a possible cure for Alzheimer’s disease. When the facility’s backers send an executive to investigate the experiments, a routine procedure goes awry and a shark starts attacking the researchers. Now, with sharks outnumbering their human captors, McAlester and her team must figure out a way to stop them from escaping to the ocean and breeding.
Directed by Harlin from a screenplay by Duncan Kennedy, Donna Powers, and Wayne Powers, Deep Blue Sea has the following synopsis:
On an island research facility, Dr. Susan McAlester is harvesting the brain tissue of DNA-altered sharks as a possible cure for Alzheimer’s disease. When the facility’s backers send an executive to investigate the experiments, a routine procedure goes awry and a shark starts attacking the researchers. Now, with sharks outnumbering their human captors, McAlester and her team must figure out a way to stop them from escaping to the ocean and breeding.
- 8/16/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Fan-favorite Vincent D’Onofrio as Kingpin might be returning in the MCU Hawkeye series on Disney+.
“Hawkeye may be the butt of most Marvel jokes, but Clint Barton is about the get the last laugh. Jeremy Renner’s upcoming show, Hawkeye, will apparently do the impossible by bringing one of the most popular villains from Netflix’s Marvel shows into the studio’s cinematic universe. That’s right, Hawkeye is about to make Wilson Fisk into MCU canon. This might sound like wild fan speculation, but there’s some legitimacy to this latest Marvel leak.”
Read more at Inverse
Critics seem to love it, but fans do not as much. Why is Masters of the Universe: Revelation so divisive?
“Last week, a sequel series to the 1983–1985 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe series was released, titled Masters of the Universe: Revelation. While getting overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics, it received a mixed response from audiences.
“Hawkeye may be the butt of most Marvel jokes, but Clint Barton is about the get the last laugh. Jeremy Renner’s upcoming show, Hawkeye, will apparently do the impossible by bringing one of the most popular villains from Netflix’s Marvel shows into the studio’s cinematic universe. That’s right, Hawkeye is about to make Wilson Fisk into MCU canon. This might sound like wild fan speculation, but there’s some legitimacy to this latest Marvel leak.”
Read more at Inverse
Critics seem to love it, but fans do not as much. Why is Masters of the Universe: Revelation so divisive?
“Last week, a sequel series to the 1983–1985 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe series was released, titled Masters of the Universe: Revelation. While getting overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics, it received a mixed response from audiences.
- 7/28/2021
- by Lee Parham
- Den of Geek
Creating a unique spin on the horrifying shark attack seems to be all but unfathomable. Somehow a crew of screenwriters that consists of John Kim Russell Mulcahy Shayne Armstrong Duncan Kennedy Shane Krause and Justin Monjo made the unfathomable very inyourface and tangible. Bait 3D works on an unbelievable level and it admittedly only works because the story is intriguing enough to distance it from the typical shark flick.
- 10/23/2012
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
Director: Kimble Rendall. Writers: Shayne Armstrong, Duncan Kennedy, John Kim, Shane Krause, Justin Monjo, and Russell Mulcahy. Cast: Phoebe Tonkin, Xavier Samuel, Julian McMahon, Sharni Vinson, Cariba Heine, Alex Russell, Lincoln Lewis, and Alice Parkinson. Tagline: "Cleanup on aisle 7." Bait 3D joins a long list of killer shark movies. From Jaws (1975) to Deep Blue Sea (1999) and more recently to Open Water 2: Adrift (2006), there have been many reasons to be afraid of the water. With this latest Australian entry into the genre, fans of thrillers can relax because computer enhanced sharks and false looking tsunamis will create very little fear. Really, Bait simply flounders as the shallow characters and weak storyline massage you into apathy. Speaking of storylines, Bait focuses on the plot devices rather than the characters. There are rogue tidal waves, bank robberies, roaming sharks and the threat of electrocution. But, none of these elements create for an.
- 9/18/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Anchor Bay have picked up Us distribution rights for Kimble Rendall's ('Cut') new Aussie-set tiger shark thriller 'Bait'. The 3D feature has been kicking around for a while now and is set for a domestic theatrical release in Australia on 6 September. No word currently on a UK release or indeed the Us date but we can imagine it'll be around a similar time for both. Russell Mulcahy ('Resident Evil: Extinction') and John Kim provided the script which has been touched up, tweaked and added to by the likes of Duncan Kennedy ('Deep Blue Sea'), Shayne Armstrong, Shane Krause and Justin Monjo. 'Bait' stars Julian McMahon ('Nip/Tuck'), Xavier Samuel ('The Twilight Saga: Eclipse') and a trio of Antipodean actresses; Alice Parkinson ('Sanctum'), Phoebe Tonkin ('The Secret Circle') and the gorgeous Sharni Vinson -below...
- 4/12/2012
- Horror Asylum
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