Warner Bros.’ “Barbie” and Universal’s “Oppenheimer” are continuing to put up spectacular numbers in their second weekend and squash the competition, including Disney newcomer “Haunted Mansion,” as they combine for $140 million in their second weekend.
After opening to $162 million last weekend, “Barbie” is still drawing in hordes of pink-clad fans with an estimated $95 million second weekend, dropping just 41% from its opening weekend.
With an incredible estimated $353 million total after two weekends, “Barbie” is matching the domestic pace of the year’s top grossing film, Universal/Illumination’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” and is laying down a challenge to pass the Nintendo film’s $574 million domestic and $1.34 billion overall total.
If “Barbie” does pass “Mario,” it will not only become the year’s highest grossing film but will also become Warner Bros.’ highest grossing film of all time before inflation adjustment, passing “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II.
After opening to $162 million last weekend, “Barbie” is still drawing in hordes of pink-clad fans with an estimated $95 million second weekend, dropping just 41% from its opening weekend.
With an incredible estimated $353 million total after two weekends, “Barbie” is matching the domestic pace of the year’s top grossing film, Universal/Illumination’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” and is laying down a challenge to pass the Nintendo film’s $574 million domestic and $1.34 billion overall total.
If “Barbie” does pass “Mario,” it will not only become the year’s highest grossing film but will also become Warner Bros.’ highest grossing film of all time before inflation adjustment, passing “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II.
- 7/29/2023
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Turning Disney theme park attractions is a relatively new-ish concept, but the movies based on Disney attractions vary wildly in quality.
The story goes that Dick Cook, who at the time was running the Disney film studio with Nina Jacobson, had originally come up with the idea to “mine the theme parks for movie ideas” (as James B. Stewart put it in “Disney War”). They had made “The Country Bears” and were working on projects based on classic Disney attractions Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion. At the time, Pirates was envisioned as a direct-to-video cheapie, more along the lines of “Tower of Terror,” which debuted as an inexpensive TV on “The Wonderful World of Disney.”
But during a meeting about whether Disney should invest in “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,” an expensive Peter Weir movie starring Russell Crowe (they declined), the idea was...
The story goes that Dick Cook, who at the time was running the Disney film studio with Nina Jacobson, had originally come up with the idea to “mine the theme parks for movie ideas” (as James B. Stewart put it in “Disney War”). They had made “The Country Bears” and were working on projects based on classic Disney attractions Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion. At the time, Pirates was envisioned as a direct-to-video cheapie, more along the lines of “Tower of Terror,” which debuted as an inexpensive TV on “The Wonderful World of Disney.”
But during a meeting about whether Disney should invest in “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,” an expensive Peter Weir movie starring Russell Crowe (they declined), the idea was...
- 7/28/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
“Barbenheimer” fever shows no signs of slowing down. The combined forces of Warner Bros.’ “Barbie” and Universal’s “Oppenheimer” are setting up another huge weekend at the box office, but Disney’s new release “The Haunted Mansion” will have to settle for third place.
The kid-friendly horror film made $3.1 million in Thursday previews at the box office. “Barbie,” meanwhile, made $21.2 million on Thursday alone, bringing its domestic total after its first week to $258 million; “Oppenheimer” made $10 million on Thursday and has a $127 million first-week total.
Directed by Justin Simien, who made “Dear White People” and the horror comedy “Bad Hair,” “The Haunted Mansion” is the latest movie inspired by a Disneyland theme park ride (which range from successes like the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise and “Jungle Cruise” to the more forgettable “Tomorrowland” with George Clooney).
“The Haunted Mansion” is expected to make $25 million to $30 million in its opening weekend,...
The kid-friendly horror film made $3.1 million in Thursday previews at the box office. “Barbie,” meanwhile, made $21.2 million on Thursday alone, bringing its domestic total after its first week to $258 million; “Oppenheimer” made $10 million on Thursday and has a $127 million first-week total.
Directed by Justin Simien, who made “Dear White People” and the horror comedy “Bad Hair,” “The Haunted Mansion” is the latest movie inspired by a Disneyland theme park ride (which range from successes like the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise and “Jungle Cruise” to the more forgettable “Tomorrowland” with George Clooney).
“The Haunted Mansion” is expected to make $25 million to $30 million in its opening weekend,...
- 7/28/2023
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
This past weekend’s hugely popular “Barbenheimer” double feature ended up being a huge boon for the box office, but can any new movies make any sort of dent against two unstoppable blockbusters? Read on for Gold Derby’s box office preview.
The first attempt has Disney releasing its third “Haunted Mansion” movie into over 3,700 theaters on Friday, almost 20 years after the Eddie Murphy movie based on the popular Disneyland and Magic Kingdom attraction. This one is directed by Justin Simien and stars Oscar nominee Lakeith Stanfield (“Judas and the Black Messiah”), Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, Tiffany Haddish and Danny De Vito, as well as Oscar winners Jamie Lee Curtis and Jared Leto as very specific ghosts. Stanfield plays Ben Matthias, an astrophysicist working as a ghost tour guide in New Orleans, called upon by a single mother (Dawson) who has moved into a mansion that is … you guessed it … haunted!
The first attempt has Disney releasing its third “Haunted Mansion” movie into over 3,700 theaters on Friday, almost 20 years after the Eddie Murphy movie based on the popular Disneyland and Magic Kingdom attraction. This one is directed by Justin Simien and stars Oscar nominee Lakeith Stanfield (“Judas and the Black Messiah”), Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, Tiffany Haddish and Danny De Vito, as well as Oscar winners Jamie Lee Curtis and Jared Leto as very specific ghosts. Stanfield plays Ben Matthias, an astrophysicist working as a ghost tour guide in New Orleans, called upon by a single mother (Dawson) who has moved into a mansion that is … you guessed it … haunted!
- 7/26/2023
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
This month’s San Diego Comic-Con is shaping up to be more low-key, at least in terms of reveals from Hollywood studios. Only a handful of major film and TV players will be shelling out to bring talent to the convention, with Paramount’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Peacock’s John Wick prequel The Continental among the film and TV highlights.
The decision for players such as Marvel and Warner Bros. to skip comes as the writers strike rages on, financial struggles tighten belts across Hollywood and the specter of an actors strike looms.
Notably, this will be the first time since 2011 that neither Marvel Studios nor DC’s film division will host a Hall H panel. Marvel has long said it would not come unless it could truly deliver new material (it laid out expansive plans last year and has put several films on hold amid the writers...
The decision for players such as Marvel and Warner Bros. to skip comes as the writers strike rages on, financial struggles tighten belts across Hollywood and the specter of an actors strike looms.
Notably, this will be the first time since 2011 that neither Marvel Studios nor DC’s film division will host a Hall H panel. Marvel has long said it would not come unless it could truly deliver new material (it laid out expansive plans last year and has put several films on hold amid the writers...
- 7/8/2023
- by Aaron Couch and Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Thirteen years have passed since the release of director John Carpenter’s (poorly received) last feature film, The Ward. Since making that film, the only things he has directed are a few of his own music videos. But now he has finally directed something more substantial – and he didn’t even have to leave his house to do it! During a panel at the Texas Frightmare Weekend convention, Carpenter revealed that he recently directed a TV series called John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams!
Carpenter revealed to the panel audience, “I just finished directing, remotely, a TV series called Suburban Screams – John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams. It was filmed in Prague, and I sat on my couch and directed it. It was awesome.“
Whoever came up with the idea of having Carpenter direct something without having to get off his couch is a genius.
Details on John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams are sparse,...
Carpenter revealed to the panel audience, “I just finished directing, remotely, a TV series called Suburban Screams – John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams. It was filmed in Prague, and I sat on my couch and directed it. It was awesome.“
Whoever came up with the idea of having Carpenter direct something without having to get off his couch is a genius.
Details on John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams are sparse,...
- 6/2/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Hardly anyone expected John Carpenter to get back in the director’s chair and just as many have accused him of being overambitious in recent years. Which makes, maybe, a perfectly consistent moment in time that he’d return without leaving his couch: a panel at Texas Frightmare Weekend (all right) revealed John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams was shot in Prague while, to quote the man, “I sat on my couch and directed it. It was awesome.”
Prague Reporter did a bit of digging to find Suburban Screams had been “officially registered with the Czech Film Fund when submissions re-opened this March” by Milk and Honey Pictures, which oversees Prague production on Apple TV’s Foundation and Netflix’s Haunted; meanwhile, Creepy Catalog found a Staff Me Up listing noting involvement of industry veteran Mark Fenlason. That’s about as deep as the rabbit hole goes for now, but it...
Prague Reporter did a bit of digging to find Suburban Screams had been “officially registered with the Czech Film Fund when submissions re-opened this March” by Milk and Honey Pictures, which oversees Prague production on Apple TV’s Foundation and Netflix’s Haunted; meanwhile, Creepy Catalog found a Staff Me Up listing noting involvement of industry veteran Mark Fenlason. That’s about as deep as the rabbit hole goes for now, but it...
- 6/2/2023
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.Newsrrr.First: Notebook is launching a weekly email newsletter in 2023! Sign up here to keep up with our latest writing in this precarious digital age.At a recent screening of Rrr in Chicago, S.S. Rajamouli mentioned that his father and screenwriting partner V. Vijayendra Prasad is beginning to draft a sequel. In the meantime, Rajamouli is preparing an untitled film starring Mahesh Bubu, set to begin filming in the spring.In this Willamette Week article about George Saunders’s new short story collection Liberation Day, there is a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it mention of a film project. Richard Ayoade will direct an adaptation of Saunders’s 2012 short story “The Semplica-Girl Diaries,” set to begin filming next year. Though Ayoade stole the show in both parts of Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir, this will be his...
- 11/16/2022
- MUBI
[Warning: The below contains major spoilers for the Grey’s Anatomy Season 19, Episode 4, “Haunted.”] The October 27 episode of Grey’s Anatomy is titled “Haunted,” but the only thing scary about Season 19, Episode 4 is how little happens. Like Necco Wafers in trick-or-treater’s haul, this episode just seems like filler to us. That said, Bailey’s (Chandra Wilson) Princess Leia costume was reason enough for a Halloween-themed episode. The “haunted” person in this episode is Griffith (Alexis Floyd). At the start of the episode, the other interns are watching and re-watching a viral video of a doctor throwing a tantrum and destroying a hospital room. That doctor, as it turns out, was Griffith. And after she scrubs in with Maggie (Kelly McCreary) on a surgery, Griffith explains it all… Maggie asks Griffith in the scrub room why she was kicked out of her last intern program. Griffith says she was ousted for being too “aggressive,” when really, she was just calling ...
- 10/28/2022
- TV Insider
Cue the John Carpenter music! In Thursday’s Halloween edition of what’s shaping up to be a scary-good season of Grey’s Anatomy, the interns were cast in a sorta “slasher flick” — in other words, challenged to slice and dice real corpses. Did any of them, ahem, make the cut? And did “Haunted” deliver as big a surprise with this week’s ending as it did last week? (Don’t recall what happened? Our recap will fill you in.) Read on and find out.
‘I Already Hate This’ | As the episode began, Richard wheeled in a cart full of pumpkins...
‘I Already Hate This’ | As the episode began, Richard wheeled in a cart full of pumpkins...
- 10/28/2022
- by Charlie Mason
- TVLine.com
Image Source: Youtube user Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift's "Midnights" is here! The 13-track album - that actually has seven surprise songs on the special 3 a.m. edition - also includes music videos that she wrote and directed herself. When Swift released the album on Oct. 21, she also released the first video for "Anti-Hero," and there are more on the way. On Oct. 25, she released the video for "Bejeweled," and she told Jimmy Fallon that the video has a "psychotic amount" of Easter Eggs, and that she put them there specifically to delight fans.
As any veteran Swiftie knows, the singer loves to pack her songs and videos full of easter eggs, references, and callbacks to her own discography, people in her life, and some of her favorite things. Ahead, we're breaking down the "Midnights" easter eggs in the songs and the music videos for "Anti-Hero" and "Bejeweled."
Related: All the...
Taylor Swift's "Midnights" is here! The 13-track album - that actually has seven surprise songs on the special 3 a.m. edition - also includes music videos that she wrote and directed herself. When Swift released the album on Oct. 21, she also released the first video for "Anti-Hero," and there are more on the way. On Oct. 25, she released the video for "Bejeweled," and she told Jimmy Fallon that the video has a "psychotic amount" of Easter Eggs, and that she put them there specifically to delight fans.
As any veteran Swiftie knows, the singer loves to pack her songs and videos full of easter eggs, references, and callbacks to her own discography, people in her life, and some of her favorite things. Ahead, we're breaking down the "Midnights" easter eggs in the songs and the music videos for "Anti-Hero" and "Bejeweled."
Related: All the...
- 10/25/2022
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every day of the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. The Free Movie of the Day we have for you today is the slasher Scare Zone – a movie we had previously posted as a Friday Fright Nights feature a while back. Then we ran into some YouTube issues and had to take Scare Zone down for a while… but now it’s back! You can watch it over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.
Here’s what was written about Scare Zone for Friday Fright Nights:
Every Halloween season, thousands of haunted house attractions of various kinds open up across the United States… and yet we still have very few great horror movies that are set at haunted house attractions.
Here’s what was written about Scare Zone for Friday Fright Nights:
Every Halloween season, thousands of haunted house attractions of various kinds open up across the United States… and yet we still have very few great horror movies that are set at haunted house attractions.
- 10/24/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products released each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Vincent Price Figure from Super 7
Vincent Price is joining Super 7’s ReAction Figure line. The 3.75″ retro-style toy has five points of articulation and comes with a raven. Ed Repka designed the backer card art. Shipping in November, it’s available to pre-order for 20.
The master of mayhem, sporting a red ascot, is labeled as “Wave 1,” so we can expect more Price figures in the future.
Halloween III Shirt from Uglie Kids Club
Halloween III is celebrating its 40th anniversary and Boo Buckets are back at McDonald’s in the same week, making Uglie Kids Club’s mash-up as timely as it is clever.
The Halftone Horror design is available to pre-order on T-shirts for...
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Vincent Price Figure from Super 7
Vincent Price is joining Super 7’s ReAction Figure line. The 3.75″ retro-style toy has five points of articulation and comes with a raven. Ed Repka designed the backer card art. Shipping in November, it’s available to pre-order for 20.
The master of mayhem, sporting a red ascot, is labeled as “Wave 1,” so we can expect more Price figures in the future.
Halloween III Shirt from Uglie Kids Club
Halloween III is celebrating its 40th anniversary and Boo Buckets are back at McDonald’s in the same week, making Uglie Kids Club’s mash-up as timely as it is clever.
The Halftone Horror design is available to pre-order on T-shirts for...
- 10/21/2022
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Hey, "Grey's Anatomy" fans. We hope you guys totally dug everything that tonight's episode 3 had to offer you guys. Now that episode 3 has officially done its thing, it's time for us to jump back on here and let you know what's coming down the pipeline in the next, new episode 4 of Grey's Anatomy's current season 19, which is due out next Thursday night, October 27, 2022. We were able to collect a couple of new, official teaser scoops for this new episode 4 from ABC's official episode 4 press release. So, we're going to be digging into those for this spoiler session. Let's get into it. For starters, ABC let us know that this new episode 4 does have an official title to go along with it. It's called, "Haunted." It sounds like episode 4 will feature some interesting, intense and dramatic scenes as Halloween night has arrived. Meredith and Nick attempt to do something special.
- 10/20/2022
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Whether you enjoy watching paranormal television shows like Ghost Adventures or you’re an experienced paranormal investigator, learning about the history behind some of the most haunted locations in America is not just educational, it can be fun. For this month’s Dead Time, I talked with an expert on haunted history, who not only tells the stories behind historical locations with a history of otherworldly activity, but he also strives to preserve those histories.
With over a decade of experience as a paranormal investigator, Conner Gossel created the popular Instagram account Haunted Historian and also hosts The Haunted Historian podcast. Conner travels the country to explore famous haunted locations and also showcases little-known locales to share the histories behind those venues.
Conner shared with me how he went from being a paranormal investigator for fun on the weekends to becoming the Haunted Historian with a substantial following on Instagram,...
With over a decade of experience as a paranormal investigator, Conner Gossel created the popular Instagram account Haunted Historian and also hosts The Haunted Historian podcast. Conner travels the country to explore famous haunted locations and also showcases little-known locales to share the histories behind those venues.
Conner shared with me how he went from being a paranormal investigator for fun on the weekends to becoming the Haunted Historian with a substantial following on Instagram,...
- 9/15/2022
- by Michelle Swope
- bloody-disgusting.com
Before diving into this week’s episode, be sure to give last week’s chat on Immortality a listen!
Just because we’re a week or two behind our typically scheduled Horror Bytes post doesn’t mean we don’t have a hell of a selection to chat about for September! This month’s edition of Horror Bytes, in which Neil and I each highlight four bite-sized indie horror titles, features a slight tweak to the formula as all of our picks are from demos offered as part of the expansive Haunted PS1 Demo-Disc: Spectral Mall available via itch.io.
While Neil and I have each selected four demos found within the Spectral Mall that looked the most promising to us, we highly encourage everyone to check out the complete collection as there is something for everyone!
And as always, if you can, please support the developer’s hard work through their itch.
Just because we’re a week or two behind our typically scheduled Horror Bytes post doesn’t mean we don’t have a hell of a selection to chat about for September! This month’s edition of Horror Bytes, in which Neil and I each highlight four bite-sized indie horror titles, features a slight tweak to the formula as all of our picks are from demos offered as part of the expansive Haunted PS1 Demo-Disc: Spectral Mall available via itch.io.
While Neil and I have each selected four demos found within the Spectral Mall that looked the most promising to us, we highly encourage everyone to check out the complete collection as there is something for everyone!
And as always, if you can, please support the developer’s hard work through their itch.
- 9/12/2022
- by Neil Bolt
- bloody-disgusting.com
The scripted and unscripted series based on “The Battersea Poltergeist” from Blumhouse Television and Maniac Productions have been set up at Peacock for development, Variety has learned exclusively.
Both projects are based on the BBC Radio 4 docu-drama podcast “The Battersea Poltergeist.” It was first announced as being in the works in May 2021, though no network or streaming service was attached at that time.
The shows are meant to be the first installment of a new anthology series called “Blumhouse’s Ghost Story.” “The Battersea Poltergeist” tells the story of strange events that occurred in 1956 in Battersea, South London, when 15-year old Shirley Hitchings first began being terrorized by a powerful force. The events were investigated over a 12-year period, becoming the longest documented poltergeist haunting in history. The unscripted companion series will delve deeper into the story through the use of archival footage and new interviews.
Blumhouse TV and...
Both projects are based on the BBC Radio 4 docu-drama podcast “The Battersea Poltergeist.” It was first announced as being in the works in May 2021, though no network or streaming service was attached at that time.
The shows are meant to be the first installment of a new anthology series called “Blumhouse’s Ghost Story.” “The Battersea Poltergeist” tells the story of strange events that occurred in 1956 in Battersea, South London, when 15-year old Shirley Hitchings first began being terrorized by a powerful force. The events were investigated over a 12-year period, becoming the longest documented poltergeist haunting in history. The unscripted companion series will delve deeper into the story through the use of archival footage and new interviews.
Blumhouse TV and...
- 7/7/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Paramount+ has unveiled the first five shows from its UK unscripted slate, including feature docs on paranormal hauntings in the UK and U.S., reports Deadline. “Haunted” (working title) will explore and unpack cases that have captured the public imagination for many years of hauntings, poltergeists and exorcisms. The show hails from “The Thief, His Wife […]
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- 3/15/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Ahead of its summer launch in the U.K., streamer Paramount Plus has unveiled a raft of U.K. original unscripted commissions.
“Haunted” details the most terrifying paranormal cases in Britain and America, combining personal testimony with archive and dramatic reconstruction. It is produced by Story Films in association with All3Media International. Executive producers for Story Films are Peter Beard and Adam Hopkins, and the series producer is Laura Matthews.
“Rise of the Tech Titans” will chart the events that led to a group of founders being able to take their vision to stratospheric levels and reveal how their decisions would go onto shape how we live. It is produced by 72 Films, in association with All3Media International and Night Train Media. Executive producers for 72 Films are Mark Raphael, John Douglas and Annabel Hobley. Katie Hindley and Gagan Rehill are series producers, and will also direct. The series was also ordered by Pearl,...
“Haunted” details the most terrifying paranormal cases in Britain and America, combining personal testimony with archive and dramatic reconstruction. It is produced by Story Films in association with All3Media International. Executive producers for Story Films are Peter Beard and Adam Hopkins, and the series producer is Laura Matthews.
“Rise of the Tech Titans” will chart the events that led to a group of founders being able to take their vision to stratospheric levels and reveal how their decisions would go onto shape how we live. It is produced by 72 Films, in association with All3Media International and Night Train Media. Executive producers for 72 Films are Mark Raphael, John Douglas and Annabel Hobley. Katie Hindley and Gagan Rehill are series producers, and will also direct. The series was also ordered by Pearl,...
- 3/15/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not watched the first seven episodes of “Euphoria” Season 2.
Despite the immense popularity of HBO’s “Euphoria,” clearing a song for use in the show isn’t as easy as it may appear — especially when it comes to legacy artists and estates.
As music supervisor Jen Malone puts it, the teenage drama series has “sex, nudity, violence, drugs, guns. There’s not one thing that was missing as far as red flags for approval parties.”
And yet the first episode of Season 2 kicks off with Billy Swan’s cover of “Don’t Be Cruel,” made famous by Elvis Presley. The song plays as the grandmother of Fezco (Angus Cloud) struts into a strip club, walks in on a man receiving oral sex and shoots him in both legs. So how did Malone convince Presley’s estate to let the show use the song?...
Despite the immense popularity of HBO’s “Euphoria,” clearing a song for use in the show isn’t as easy as it may appear — especially when it comes to legacy artists and estates.
As music supervisor Jen Malone puts it, the teenage drama series has “sex, nudity, violence, drugs, guns. There’s not one thing that was missing as far as red flags for approval parties.”
And yet the first episode of Season 2 kicks off with Billy Swan’s cover of “Don’t Be Cruel,” made famous by Elvis Presley. The song plays as the grandmother of Fezco (Angus Cloud) struts into a strip club, walks in on a man receiving oral sex and shoots him in both legs. So how did Malone convince Presley’s estate to let the show use the song?...
- 2/24/2022
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
“Adipurush,” starring Prabhas (the “Baahubali” films), is one of the most anticipated Indian films of 2022. It is directed by Om Raut, who directed Ajay Devgn-starring “Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior,” the biggest Indian box office hit of 2020 with $50 million.
“Adipurush” is Raut’s take on Indian mythological epic “Ramayana,” which has been adapted for film and television numerous times in India, including a series which ran for several years on state broadcaster Doordarshan. However, the idea for the film was born when Raut attended a screening of Japanese filmmaker Yugo Sako’s anime version of the epic, “The Prince of Light,” which he watched at the Mumbai Film Festival in the early 2000s.
“I was mesmerized. This is the way this story has to be told, very condensed… precise, yet you feel for the characters, you are rooting for Prabhu [Lord] Ram — and at the same time the presentation was so...
“Adipurush” is Raut’s take on Indian mythological epic “Ramayana,” which has been adapted for film and television numerous times in India, including a series which ran for several years on state broadcaster Doordarshan. However, the idea for the film was born when Raut attended a screening of Japanese filmmaker Yugo Sako’s anime version of the epic, “The Prince of Light,” which he watched at the Mumbai Film Festival in the early 2000s.
“I was mesmerized. This is the way this story has to be told, very condensed… precise, yet you feel for the characters, you are rooting for Prabhu [Lord] Ram — and at the same time the presentation was so...
- 2/22/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Greg Berlanti, the producer behind the DC TV universe and many other series and films, is getting a prestigious career honor from the Producers Guild of America. He is set to receive the Norman Lear Award at the Producers Guild Awards next month.
The 33rd annual PGA Awards will be held in-person March 19 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
During the past few years, Berlanti Productions has had as many as 15 series on the air at one time — a record number of shows to air simultaneously for a TV producer and creator.
Named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020, Berlanti is a writer, director and producer whose long list of pre-dc television credits includes Dawson’s Creek, Jack & Bobby, Everwood, Dirty Sexy Money, Eli Stone, No Ordinary Family and Brothers & Sisters. Since scoring Emmy, DGA and WGA noms for 2013’s Political Animals, he has...
The 33rd annual PGA Awards will be held in-person March 19 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
During the past few years, Berlanti Productions has had as many as 15 series on the air at one time — a record number of shows to air simultaneously for a TV producer and creator.
Named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020, Berlanti is a writer, director and producer whose long list of pre-dc television credits includes Dawson’s Creek, Jack & Bobby, Everwood, Dirty Sexy Money, Eli Stone, No Ordinary Family and Brothers & Sisters. Since scoring Emmy, DGA and WGA noms for 2013’s Political Animals, he has...
- 2/4/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Listen, cursed film sets are nothing new. Movies have seemingly been plagued by misfortune since the very first time a director yelled, "Action!" Some of the most famous cursed films are "Poltergeist" where people in the cast died horrible deaths spanning anything from unfortunate medical misdiagnoses to gruesome murder; "The Crow" where the star of the film, Brandon Lee, was accidentally shot dead during a scene involving a prop gun; and "Rosemary's Baby," which experienced multiple freak deaths in addition to the brutal murder of director Roman Polanski's then-girlfriend, Sharon Tate.
Many of these films have dark elements to them, and can even be categorized as horror,...
The post The Omen's Spooky Real-Life Curse That Haunted the Set appeared first on /Film.
Many of these films have dark elements to them, and can even be categorized as horror,...
The post The Omen's Spooky Real-Life Curse That Haunted the Set appeared first on /Film.
- 1/25/2022
- by Miyako Pleines
- Slash Film
Spoiler Alert: The post below has details for the first two episodes of FX and Hulu’s American Horror Stories.
For the first two episodes of American Horror Stories, there’s no place like home, sweet home.
FX on Hulu’s AHS spinoff anthology series mirrors the very first episodes of the long-running horror series as a new family makes their way to the infamous Los Angeles home in the first episode, “Rubber(wo)Man.” This time, it’s a couple of house-flippers, Michael (Matt Bomer) and Troy (Gavin Creel), and their disinterested teenage daughter Scarlett (Sierra McKormick).
Upon unpacking, Scarlett finds the leather rubber suit — yes, that one — and gives the devilish attire a try. The familiar trill of Bernard Hermann’s “Twisted Nerve” (famous for its use in Kill Bill) harkens to the scenes from the AHS‘s first sinister moments. While she checks herself out in the mirror,...
For the first two episodes of American Horror Stories, there’s no place like home, sweet home.
FX on Hulu’s AHS spinoff anthology series mirrors the very first episodes of the long-running horror series as a new family makes their way to the infamous Los Angeles home in the first episode, “Rubber(wo)Man.” This time, it’s a couple of house-flippers, Michael (Matt Bomer) and Troy (Gavin Creel), and their disinterested teenage daughter Scarlett (Sierra McKormick).
Upon unpacking, Scarlett finds the leather rubber suit — yes, that one — and gives the devilish attire a try. The familiar trill of Bernard Hermann’s “Twisted Nerve” (famous for its use in Kill Bill) harkens to the scenes from the AHS‘s first sinister moments. While she checks herself out in the mirror,...
- 7/15/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
"Behind The Attraction" is the new 10-episode original TV series, exploring the world of 'Disney Parks' attractions including the 'Haunted Mansion', 'Twilight Zone Tower of Terror', 'Space Mountain' and a whole lot more, streaming July 16, 2021 on Disney+:
"...take a sneak peek beyond the magic of 'Disney Parks' to discover what's 'Behind the Attraction'.
"From Executive Producers Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia and Brian Volk-Weiss, explore how 'Imagineers' filled the 'Haunted Mansion' with 999 happy haunts...
"...how the 'Twilight Zone Tower of Terror' transformed into 'Guardians of the Galaxy' and why 'Space Mountain' took so long to launch.
"From the 1950's to today, from 'Jungle Cruise' to 'Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge', Disney Parks attractions have amazed millions. And this is the story of how they did it..."
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"...take a sneak peek beyond the magic of 'Disney Parks' to discover what's 'Behind the Attraction'.
"From Executive Producers Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia and Brian Volk-Weiss, explore how 'Imagineers' filled the 'Haunted Mansion' with 999 happy haunts...
"...how the 'Twilight Zone Tower of Terror' transformed into 'Guardians of the Galaxy' and why 'Space Mountain' took so long to launch.
"From the 1950's to today, from 'Jungle Cruise' to 'Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge', Disney Parks attractions have amazed millions. And this is the story of how they did it..."
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- 7/13/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
"Behind The Attraction" is the new 10-episode original TV series, exploring the world of 'Disney Parks' attractions including the 'Haunted Mansion', 'Twilight Zone Tower of Terror', 'Space Mountain' and a whole lot more, streaming July 16, 2021 on Disney+:
"...take a sneak peek beyond the magic of 'Disney Parks' to discover what's 'Behind the Attraction'.
"From Executive Producers Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia and Brian Volk-Weiss, explore how 'Imagineers' filled the 'Haunted Mansion' with 999 happy haunts...
"...how the 'Twilight Zone Tower of Terror' transformed into 'Guardians of the Galaxy' and why 'Space Mountain' took so long to launch.
"From the 1950's to today, from 'Jungle Cruise' to 'Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge', Disney Parks attractions have amazed millions. And this is the story of how they did it..."
Click the images to enlarge...
"...take a sneak peek beyond the magic of 'Disney Parks' to discover what's 'Behind the Attraction'.
"From Executive Producers Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia and Brian Volk-Weiss, explore how 'Imagineers' filled the 'Haunted Mansion' with 999 happy haunts...
"...how the 'Twilight Zone Tower of Terror' transformed into 'Guardians of the Galaxy' and why 'Space Mountain' took so long to launch.
"From the 1950's to today, from 'Jungle Cruise' to 'Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge', Disney Parks attractions have amazed millions. And this is the story of how they did it..."
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- 7/7/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
"Behind The Attraction" is a new 10-episode original TV series, exploring the world of Disney Parks attractions including the 'Haunted Mansion', 'Twilight Zone Tower of Terror', 'Space Mountain' and a whole lot more, streaming July 16, 2021 on Disney+:
"...take a sneak peek beyond the magic of 'Disney Parks' to discover what's 'Behind the Attraction'.
"From Executive Producers Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia and Brian Volk-Weiss, explore how 'Imagineers' filled the 'Haunted Mansion' with 999 happy haunts...
"...how the 'Twilight Zone Tower of Terror' transformed into 'Guardians of the Galaxy' and why 'Space Mountain' took so long to launch.
"From the 1950's to today, from 'Jungle Cruise' to 'Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge', Disney Parks attractions have amazed millions. And this is the story of how they did it..."
Click the images to enlarge...
"...take a sneak peek beyond the magic of 'Disney Parks' to discover what's 'Behind the Attraction'.
"From Executive Producers Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia and Brian Volk-Weiss, explore how 'Imagineers' filled the 'Haunted Mansion' with 999 happy haunts...
"...how the 'Twilight Zone Tower of Terror' transformed into 'Guardians of the Galaxy' and why 'Space Mountain' took so long to launch.
"From the 1950's to today, from 'Jungle Cruise' to 'Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge', Disney Parks attractions have amazed millions. And this is the story of how they did it..."
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- 6/18/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Blumhouse Secures Rights To Longest Documented Poltergeist Haunting In History: "May 25, 2021, Los Angeles, CA -- In an ultra competitive bidding situation, Blumhouse Television and Michael Seitzman’s Maniac Productions have secured the rights to BBC Radio 4’s “The Battersea Poltergeist” podcast, presented by Danny Robins, which the company is developing as the first season of a scripted ongoing series and a companion unscripted series, titled Blumhouse’s Ghost Story. Additionally, the companies have also secured Hitchings’ life rights, as well as the rights to her and James Clark’s book, The Poltergeist Prince of London: The Remarkable True Story of the Battersea Poltergeist.
The wildly popular docu-drama podcast, written and presented by Danny Robins, was the #1 drama podcast worldwide on Apple Podcasts and features the voices of Dafne Keen (Logan) and Toby Jones (The Dark Crystal). The podcast documents the strange events focused around Shirley Hitchings in 1956 that were investigated over a 12-year period,...
The wildly popular docu-drama podcast, written and presented by Danny Robins, was the #1 drama podcast worldwide on Apple Podcasts and features the voices of Dafne Keen (Logan) and Toby Jones (The Dark Crystal). The podcast documents the strange events focused around Shirley Hitchings in 1956 that were investigated over a 12-year period,...
- 5/26/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
In a competitive situation, Blumhouse Television and Maniac Productions have secured the rights to the BBC Radio 4 podcast “The Battersea Poltergeist.”
The two companies will now work to develop a scripted series titled “Blumhouse’s Ghost Story,” with the podcast serving as the basis for the first season. In addition, they will develop an unscripted companion series. Blumhouse TV and Maniac have also secured the life rights of Shirley Hitchings, who was the subject of the longest documented poltergeist haunting in history. They will also have the rights to Hitchings’ and James Clark’s book “The Poltergeist Prince of London: The Remarkable True Story of the Battersea Poltergeist.”
The docu-drama podcast, written and presented by Danny Robins, features the voices of Dafne Keen and Toby Jones. It has amassed nearly 3 million streams and downloads since its launch. It was co-produced by Robins with Simon Barnard for Bafflegab Productions and...
The two companies will now work to develop a scripted series titled “Blumhouse’s Ghost Story,” with the podcast serving as the basis for the first season. In addition, they will develop an unscripted companion series. Blumhouse TV and Maniac have also secured the life rights of Shirley Hitchings, who was the subject of the longest documented poltergeist haunting in history. They will also have the rights to Hitchings’ and James Clark’s book “The Poltergeist Prince of London: The Remarkable True Story of the Battersea Poltergeist.”
The docu-drama podcast, written and presented by Danny Robins, features the voices of Dafne Keen and Toby Jones. It has amassed nearly 3 million streams and downloads since its launch. It was co-produced by Robins with Simon Barnard for Bafflegab Productions and...
- 5/25/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
In a competitive bidding situation, Blumhouse Television and Michael Seitzman’s Maniac Productions have won the rights to BBC Radio 4’s The Battersea Poltergeist podcast, presented by Danny Robins. Blumhouse TV and studio-based Maniac are developing as a scripted series and a companion unscripted series, titled Blumhouse’s Ghost Story. Additionally, the companies have also secured Hitchings’ life rights, as well as the rights to her and James Clark’s book, The Poltergeist Prince of London: The Remarkable True Story of the Battersea Poltergeist.
This is the same approach Blumhouse TV and Maniac took with a scripted and unscripted Detroit Youth Choir series, which subsequently landed at Disney+.
The popular docu-drama The Battersea Poltergeist podcast, written and presented by Robins, was the #1 drama podcast worldwide on Apple Podcasts and features the voices of Dafne Keen (Logan) and Toby Jones (The Dark Crystal). The podcast documents the strange events focused...
This is the same approach Blumhouse TV and Maniac took with a scripted and unscripted Detroit Youth Choir series, which subsequently landed at Disney+.
The popular docu-drama The Battersea Poltergeist podcast, written and presented by Robins, was the #1 drama podcast worldwide on Apple Podcasts and features the voices of Dafne Keen (Logan) and Toby Jones (The Dark Crystal). The podcast documents the strange events focused...
- 5/25/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
On the May 19, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler. At The Water Cooler: What we’ve been Doing: […]
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The post Water Cooler: Cruella, Haunted, Cruel Summer, Last Action Hero, A Quiet Place Part II, In the Heights, Those Who Wish Me Dead, Summertime appeared first on /Film.
- 5/19/2021
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
It’s safe to say that the Covid content drought is just about over. Netflix prides itself on being the most, let’s say, prolific streaming service in the game. With its list of new releases for May 2021 it’s once again revealing why.
There is a lot going on for Netflix this month and it all starts with some high profile original films. Zack Snyder’s latest zombie effort Army of the Dead premieres on May 21. That will be preceded by Monster, the adaptation of Walter Dean Myers’ classic YA book, on May 7 and Amy Adams Rear Window-esque The Woman in the Window on May 14.
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Netflix’s TV offerings in May 2021 are just as packed. The adaptation of Millarworld superhero comic Jupiter’s Legacy...
There is a lot going on for Netflix this month and it all starts with some high profile original films. Zack Snyder’s latest zombie effort Army of the Dead premieres on May 21. That will be preceded by Monster, the adaptation of Walter Dean Myers’ classic YA book, on May 7 and Amy Adams Rear Window-esque The Woman in the Window on May 14.
Read more Games Castlevania Season 3: Infinite Corridor Explained By John Saavedra TV Lucifer Season 5: Devilish First Footage From Musical Episode Revealed By Kirsten Howard
Netflix’s TV offerings in May 2021 are just as packed. The adaptation of Millarworld superhero comic Jupiter’s Legacy...
- 5/1/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
If you cross paths with Crystal Moselle, be warned, she might make a movie of your life. It’s what the New York-based filmmaker did when she met the shut-in family portrayed in her disturbing 2015 documentary and Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner “The Wolfpack.” She repeated the feat with a girl skater crew she met on the subway, which turned into the delightful 2018 feature “Skate Kitchen.” The HBO series “Betty” is the spin-off of that film and shares the “Skate Kitchen” cast and well as its combination Instagram Story-meets-surf-style photography. It also features Moselle’s impeccable taste in music, amplified by her longtime collaborator, composer Aska Matsumiya.
Moselle and Matsumiya have been working together for the last 12 years. “It started with us being close friends and not having other resources,” says Matsumiya. Moselle’s process, in practice for a number of brand campaigns and short films, such as “That One...
Moselle and Matsumiya have been working together for the last 12 years. “It started with us being close friends and not having other resources,” says Matsumiya. Moselle’s process, in practice for a number of brand campaigns and short films, such as “That One...
- 6/5/2020
- by Lily Moayeri
- Variety Film + TV
There aren’t manuals for many of life’s greatest challenges, such as having a successful marriage, raising a child when the world is seemingly going to hell, and murdering people in your spare time. Well, that last one does have a manual. More specifically, a new anthology film, aptly titled “Murder Manual,” offers several examples of stories illustrating how to kill people in vile, disgusting, and terrifying ways.
Read More: ‘Relic’ Trailer: Emily Mortimer Stars In This Twist On The Haunted House Tale
As seen in the new trailer for “Murder Manual,” Emilia Clarke stars in the anthology film that features a number of stories about creepy things that go bump in the night and will likely end your life.
Continue reading ‘Murder Manual’ Trailer: Emilia Clarke Is A Prisoner At A Creepy Circus In This Horror Anthology at The Playlist.
Read More: ‘Relic’ Trailer: Emily Mortimer Stars In This Twist On The Haunted House Tale
As seen in the new trailer for “Murder Manual,” Emilia Clarke stars in the anthology film that features a number of stories about creepy things that go bump in the night and will likely end your life.
Continue reading ‘Murder Manual’ Trailer: Emilia Clarke Is A Prisoner At A Creepy Circus In This Horror Anthology at The Playlist.
- 5/27/2020
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Vertical Entertainment is releasing David Holroyd's haunted house flick, Haunted, on May 22nd. The official trailer and poster were released today. Arriving at an isolated house for her first nightshift, young carer Emily is left alone to face a terrifying vengeful spirit in this disturbingly clever, psychological horror. Have a look at the trailer below. As far as trailers go there would appear to be more than its share of setups and scares. Whether or not all of them have been cut into the trailer remains to be seen when the movie is released. Safe to say that right now Haunted will at least be appearing on a digital platform near you on May 22nd. There was no mention of any other...
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- 4/2/2020
- Screen Anarchy
Exclusive: Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens’ rapidly growing content creation and distribution studio Propagate is teaming with Germany’s Constantin Entertainment in a first-look development and production deal. The plan is to work across all formats and genres.
Constantin Entertainment is one of the largest indie TV producers in Europe and is a subsidiary of Constantin Film. Based in Munich, the company runs production facilities in many European countries. Apart from in-house developments, credits include The Voice, Kitchen Nightmares and MasterChef. In 2019, its Chris Tall Presents became the first German Amazon original entertainment show.
Propagate’s expanding portfolio includes November 13: Attack on Paris and Haunted for Netflix; Lore for Amazon; Charmed for The CW; In Search Of for History; and Planet of the Apps for Apple.
On the pact, Constantin General...
Constantin Entertainment is one of the largest indie TV producers in Europe and is a subsidiary of Constantin Film. Based in Munich, the company runs production facilities in many European countries. Apart from in-house developments, credits include The Voice, Kitchen Nightmares and MasterChef. In 2019, its Chris Tall Presents became the first German Amazon original entertainment show.
Propagate’s expanding portfolio includes November 13: Attack on Paris and Haunted for Netflix; Lore for Amazon; Charmed for The CW; In Search Of for History; and Planet of the Apps for Apple.
On the pact, Constantin General...
- 2/26/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Happy Monday, everyone! We have a fun batch of home media titles heading home this week, led by Zombieland: Double Tap, Countdown, and The Addams Family animated film. For those of you who dig on older horror, Blue Underground has put together a limited edition release of Lucio Fulci’s House By the Cemetery that you’ll undoubtedly want to pick up this Tuesday, and Vci is giving The Phantom of the Creeps the 2K treatment as well.
Other notable releases for January 21st include I See You, Bad CGI Sharks, No Sin Unpunished, and Castle Freak: Remastered on DVD.
The Addams Family (2019)
Get ready to snap your fingers! The Addams Family is back in their first animated comedy about the kookiest family on the block. Funny, outlandish, and completely iconic, The Addams Family redefines what it means to be a good neighbor.
Special Features:
Deleted and Extended Scenes Charades...
Other notable releases for January 21st include I See You, Bad CGI Sharks, No Sin Unpunished, and Castle Freak: Remastered on DVD.
The Addams Family (2019)
Get ready to snap your fingers! The Addams Family is back in their first animated comedy about the kookiest family on the block. Funny, outlandish, and completely iconic, The Addams Family redefines what it means to be a good neighbor.
Special Features:
Deleted and Extended Scenes Charades...
- 1/21/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
The creepiest, kookiest, and altogether ookiest cinematic family returned to the big screen in a new Addams Family animated movie this Halloween season, and if you missed it in theaters or you want to experience it again from the comfort of your own home this winter, you may be delighted to know that the family-friendly film is coming to Digital on December 24th, followed by a Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD release on January 21st (the same day Zombieland: Double Tap comes out on physical home media) via Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios (MGM) and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment:
Press Release: Universal City, California, December 4, 2019 – Everyone’s favorite creepy and kooky family is back in the “frighteningly funny and fresh” animated feature film, The Addams Family, arriving on Digital December 24, 2019 and on Blu-ray™️, DVD and On Demand January 21, 2020 from Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios (MGM) and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
The very...
Press Release: Universal City, California, December 4, 2019 – Everyone’s favorite creepy and kooky family is back in the “frighteningly funny and fresh” animated feature film, The Addams Family, arriving on Digital December 24, 2019 and on Blu-ray™️, DVD and On Demand January 21, 2020 from Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios (MGM) and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
The very...
- 12/4/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Ever since the electronic television was invented in 1927 by 21-year-old Philo Taylor Farnsworth, it is now more of a basic need than a luxury to own one. With time, people from across the globe have come to refine their tastes in the shows they prefer. With some enjoying reality television, producers are always ready to give the customers what they want. However, sometimes, they can stretch the truth depicted in reality shows a bit too far to attract a wider audience. Unfortunately, people are not fooled easily, and sooner or later, they start questioning the reality in the so-called
Is the Netflix Show “Haunted” Real or Fake?...
Is the Netflix Show “Haunted” Real or Fake?...
- 10/17/2019
- by Aiden Mason
- TVovermind.com
Propagate Content will distribute Fox Entertainment’s unscripted programming and formats worldwide, excluding the U.S. and Canada, the companies announced at Mipcom Wednesday.
The agreement covers program sales rights for Fox’s hit series “The Masked Singer,” which recently returned for its second season. It also includes program sales and format rights for Fox’s unscripted summer series, “First Responders Live,” as well as the upcoming competition series “Ultimate Tag” hosted by NFL siblings JJ, Tj and Derek Watt.
“Fox has long been a leader in unscripted programming and Fox Entertainment continues to bring audiences engaging, appointment TV series, featuring groundbreaking formats with strong international potential,” said Cyrus Farrokh, president of Propagate Content International. “We are extremely excited to offer our distribution partners program and format rights to these world-class shows starting at Mipcom 2019.”
Founded by Ben Silverman and Howard Owens, Propagate’s recent credits include “November 13: Attack...
The agreement covers program sales rights for Fox’s hit series “The Masked Singer,” which recently returned for its second season. It also includes program sales and format rights for Fox’s unscripted summer series, “First Responders Live,” as well as the upcoming competition series “Ultimate Tag” hosted by NFL siblings JJ, Tj and Derek Watt.
“Fox has long been a leader in unscripted programming and Fox Entertainment continues to bring audiences engaging, appointment TV series, featuring groundbreaking formats with strong international potential,” said Cyrus Farrokh, president of Propagate Content International. “We are extremely excited to offer our distribution partners program and format rights to these world-class shows starting at Mipcom 2019.”
Founded by Ben Silverman and Howard Owens, Propagate’s recent credits include “November 13: Attack...
- 10/16/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Anonymous Content’s fledgling Nordic division is teaming up with popular Norwegian author Maja Lunde on a movie version of her children’s book The Snow Sister.
Set to publish this fall in more than 25 territories from 20 international publishing houses, the novel has already sold a record-breaking 250,000 copies in Norway.
Lunde will adapt her novel for the screen. The story follows a young boy named Christian, whose Christmas Eve birthday is usually a time of happiness. However, the death of his sister sends his household into mourning and it isn’t until he meets Christmas-loving Hedwig that he begins to believe in Christmas again.
Lunde’s books have been translated into 36 languages and her debut novel The History of Bees (2015) was a significant hit, selling to several territories before Norwegian publication. It won The Norwegian Bookseller’s Prize and was the best-selling book in Germany in 2017. Her recent screenplays...
Set to publish this fall in more than 25 territories from 20 international publishing houses, the novel has already sold a record-breaking 250,000 copies in Norway.
Lunde will adapt her novel for the screen. The story follows a young boy named Christian, whose Christmas Eve birthday is usually a time of happiness. However, the death of his sister sends his household into mourning and it isn’t until he meets Christmas-loving Hedwig that he begins to believe in Christmas again.
Lunde’s books have been translated into 36 languages and her debut novel The History of Bees (2015) was a significant hit, selling to several territories before Norwegian publication. It won The Norwegian Bookseller’s Prize and was the best-selling book in Germany in 2017. Her recent screenplays...
- 10/2/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has confirmed that a whopping 66 new original series, movies and specials will be debuting on the streaming service in October. Leading off the lineup is the eagerly awaited “Breaking Bad” movie, which the streaming service is billing as a “television event.” Emmy winner Aaron Paul reprises his role as Jesse Pinkman, who is on the run as his past catches up with him. The first half of the sixth and final season of the cult favorite “Bojack Horseman” will also drop this month.
Two features with awards buzz are coming to Netflix just weeks after their debuts at the Toronto film festival: “The Laundromat,” Steven Soderbergh‘s wry satire about international financial fraud that showcases Oscar darling Meryl Streep; and “Dolemite Is My Name,” a vehicle for Eddie Murphy who portrays 1970s comedian Rudy Ray Moore.
In the lead-up to Halloween, Netflix is programming a slew of scary fare,...
Two features with awards buzz are coming to Netflix just weeks after their debuts at the Toronto film festival: “The Laundromat,” Steven Soderbergh‘s wry satire about international financial fraud that showcases Oscar darling Meryl Streep; and “Dolemite Is My Name,” a vehicle for Eddie Murphy who portrays 1970s comedian Rudy Ray Moore.
In the lead-up to Halloween, Netflix is programming a slew of scary fare,...
- 9/30/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Ben Silverman and Howard Owens’ Propagate has acquired international rights to select series produced by youth-culture media collective Complex Networks, already licensing 95 hours of content to Africa’s M-Net for its music network Channel O. The three series are Blueprint, Complex Cover and Everyday Struggle.
Blueprint is hosted by Complex’s former Editor-In-Chief Noah Callahan-Bever, and provides a first-hand look into the lives of the influential leaders behind significant brands, artists and movements. Complex Cover is the digital version of Complex’s own cover stories while Everyday Struggle is a daily hip-hop debate show featuring DJ Akademiks, Nadeska and guests breaking down the biggest topics in music and culture. Filmed at Complex’s New York City headquarters, the series has featured such guests as Wale, Vic Mensa and Amber Rose.
“We are thrilled to be handling international sales for this fresh and vibrant programming,” says Nick Wang, Vice President of Propagate International.
Blueprint is hosted by Complex’s former Editor-In-Chief Noah Callahan-Bever, and provides a first-hand look into the lives of the influential leaders behind significant brands, artists and movements. Complex Cover is the digital version of Complex’s own cover stories while Everyday Struggle is a daily hip-hop debate show featuring DJ Akademiks, Nadeska and guests breaking down the biggest topics in music and culture. Filmed at Complex’s New York City headquarters, the series has featured such guests as Wale, Vic Mensa and Amber Rose.
“We are thrilled to be handling international sales for this fresh and vibrant programming,” says Nick Wang, Vice President of Propagate International.
- 8/19/2019
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Producer Al Uzielli has optioned Brian McDonald’s memoir Last Call at Elaine‘s which Stigmata and The Proposition screenwriter Rick Ramage will adapt for television. McDonald was a bartender of 11 years at the former famed New York restaurant and had a prime first person Pov of the establishment’s crossroads of show business personalities and notable literary figures which included Woody Allen, Kurt Vonnegut Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe, Gay Talese, George Plimpton, Kirk Douglas, Michael Caine, Jackie Onassis, and Mick Jagger to name a few.
The project in particular is a personal one for Uzielli whose father was in the Manhattan restaurant business during the 1980s and a close associate of late restauranter Elaine Kaufman. Uzielli had many meals and celebrations at Elaine’s; its focus being an Italian menu. If you were a plebeian, it was a challenge to get a table at the venue. After Kaufman...
The project in particular is a personal one for Uzielli whose father was in the Manhattan restaurant business during the 1980s and a close associate of late restauranter Elaine Kaufman. Uzielli had many meals and celebrations at Elaine’s; its focus being an Italian menu. If you were a plebeian, it was a challenge to get a table at the venue. After Kaufman...
- 3/4/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Indie production and distribution studio, Propagate, announced on Monday that it has hired veteran studio and development executive Rodney Ferrell as executive vice president of scripted TV.
Ferrell joins Propagate from Joel Silver’s Silver Pictures Television, where he served as president since 2015 and helped to build a slate of scripted and non-scripted properties for broadcast, cable and streaming platforms.
In his new role, Ferrell will be responsible for expanding Propagate’s scripted platform. Propagate has an emerging portfolio of content that includes “November 13: Attack on Paris” for Netflix, “Lore” for Amazon, “Charmed” for the CW, “Haunted” for Netflix, “In Search Of” for the History Channel, “Blood and Treasure” for CBS and “Planet of the Apps” for Apple.
Also Read: Propagate Promotes Isabel San Vargas to President of Production and Operations
“Rodney has earned a well-deserved reputation for his strength as a developer of literary adaptations,” Propagate co-ceo Howard T. Owens...
Ferrell joins Propagate from Joel Silver’s Silver Pictures Television, where he served as president since 2015 and helped to build a slate of scripted and non-scripted properties for broadcast, cable and streaming platforms.
In his new role, Ferrell will be responsible for expanding Propagate’s scripted platform. Propagate has an emerging portfolio of content that includes “November 13: Attack on Paris” for Netflix, “Lore” for Amazon, “Charmed” for the CW, “Haunted” for Netflix, “In Search Of” for the History Channel, “Blood and Treasure” for CBS and “Planet of the Apps” for Apple.
Also Read: Propagate Promotes Isabel San Vargas to President of Production and Operations
“Rodney has earned a well-deserved reputation for his strength as a developer of literary adaptations,” Propagate co-ceo Howard T. Owens...
- 2/11/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Joseph Baxter Nov 22, 2019
NBC crime drama Lincoln Rhyme adapts The Bone Collector, the 1999 crime thriller based on the novel by Jeffery Deaver.
The Bone Collector is about to be collected by NBC. The Peacock Network is set to debut a serial television adaptation of the Jeffery Deaver crime novel-turned 1999 movie, which starred Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. However, the small screen adaptation will brandish the formal title, Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector, after its main character.
NBC is bringing the murky murder mystery of The Bone Collector to television with a premium script – adapting Deaver’s original 1997 novel of the same name – by the duo of VJ Boyd and Mark Bianculli. The series – a production of Universal Television and Sony Pictures Television in association with Keshet Studios – will see the scribes joined by executive producers in Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman, Peter Traugott, and Rachel Kaplan.
Serving as director...
NBC crime drama Lincoln Rhyme adapts The Bone Collector, the 1999 crime thriller based on the novel by Jeffery Deaver.
The Bone Collector is about to be collected by NBC. The Peacock Network is set to debut a serial television adaptation of the Jeffery Deaver crime novel-turned 1999 movie, which starred Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. However, the small screen adaptation will brandish the formal title, Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector, after its main character.
NBC is bringing the murky murder mystery of The Bone Collector to television with a premium script – adapting Deaver’s original 1997 novel of the same name – by the duo of VJ Boyd and Mark Bianculli. The series – a production of Universal Television and Sony Pictures Television in association with Keshet Studios – will see the scribes joined by executive producers in Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman, Peter Traugott, and Rachel Kaplan.
Serving as director...
- 11/16/2018
- Den of Geek
The reunion of Propagate co-ceo Ben Silverman and his former partners at Electus was driven by a mutual desire to become bigger players in the land of media giants.
News that Propagate was acquiring Electus raised some eyebrows among industry insiders Tuesday morning as it was no secret that there was strain between Silverman and Electus CEO Chris Grant and COO Drew Buckley by the time Silverman left Electus in 2016 and joined Propagate shortly afterward. Silverman founded Electus in 2009 with backing from Barry Diller’s Iac, on the heels of his exit from NBC after a rocky two-year tenure as head of entertainment.
Silverman emphasized that Propagate jumped at a prime opportunity to grow its business once Electus went on the block. Buckley also downplayed the history of tension among the once-and-future partners.
“It’s business,” Silverman told Variety. “From my perspective I’m looking at it as the CEO...
News that Propagate was acquiring Electus raised some eyebrows among industry insiders Tuesday morning as it was no secret that there was strain between Silverman and Electus CEO Chris Grant and COO Drew Buckley by the time Silverman left Electus in 2016 and joined Propagate shortly afterward. Silverman founded Electus in 2009 with backing from Barry Diller’s Iac, on the heels of his exit from NBC after a rocky two-year tenure as head of entertainment.
Silverman emphasized that Propagate jumped at a prime opportunity to grow its business once Electus went on the block. Buckley also downplayed the history of tension among the once-and-future partners.
“It’s business,” Silverman told Variety. “From my perspective I’m looking at it as the CEO...
- 10/30/2018
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Rebecca Clough Oct 30, 2018
With Halloween upon us, we picked 25 appropriately spooky movies...
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
Sick of Halloween films about axe-wielding maniacs and razorblade candy? Weary of vampires, werewolves and the odd zombie apocalypse? Sometimes we just need to get back to basics: A dark and stormy evening, a creaky old house, and things that go bump in the night.
It’s said that the veil between the worlds of the dead and the living is at its thinnest around Halloween, so how better to celebrate than to turn the lights off, ignore the trick or treaters and enjoy one of these awesomely spooky movies?
25. The Awakening (2011)
This BBC film is set in the 1920s and is an amalgam of several ghost stories (lifting certain scenes almost verbatim from Haunted). However, what it lacks in originality it makes up for in elegance; it’s worth...
With Halloween upon us, we picked 25 appropriately spooky movies...
This article comes from Den of Geek UK.
Sick of Halloween films about axe-wielding maniacs and razorblade candy? Weary of vampires, werewolves and the odd zombie apocalypse? Sometimes we just need to get back to basics: A dark and stormy evening, a creaky old house, and things that go bump in the night.
It’s said that the veil between the worlds of the dead and the living is at its thinnest around Halloween, so how better to celebrate than to turn the lights off, ignore the trick or treaters and enjoy one of these awesomely spooky movies?
25. The Awakening (2011)
This BBC film is set in the 1920s and is an amalgam of several ghost stories (lifting certain scenes almost verbatim from Haunted). However, what it lacks in originality it makes up for in elegance; it’s worth...
- 10/27/2016
- Den of Geek
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