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British monster horror comedy Slaughterhouse Rulez, starring Shaun of the Dead's Simon Pegg and Nick Frost is getting a UK Blu-ray release on March 11, 2019.

The film is directed by Crispian Mills who worked with Pegg on A Fantastic Fear of Everything.

Synopsis:

Welcome to Slaughterhouse, an elite boarding school where boys and girls are groomed for power and greatness…and they’re about to meet their match.

This ancient and ordered world is about to be shaken to its foundations – literally – when a controversial frack site on...

"It's a gateway - and it leads straight, down, to hell." Sony Pictures UK has debuted the first full UK trailer for a horror comedy titled Slaughterhouse Rulez, the latest from director Crispian Mills (A Fantastic Fear of Everything). The film is also the latest featuring both Nick Frost and Simon Pegg, the duo best known from Edgar Wright's Cornetto trilogy. Slaughterhouse Rulez is about an illustrious British boarding school that becomes a bloody battleground when a mysterious sinkhole appears at a nearby fracking site unleashing unspeakable horror. It's going to be bloody. Starring Asa Butterfield, Finn Cole, Hermione Corfield, Michael Sheen, with Frost and Pegg. This reminds me a bit of Battle Royale, but packed with British humor and rich yuppies instead of crazy Japanese gore. Looks like fun. Prepare to get Slaughtered... Here's the first international trailer for Crispian Mills' Slaughterhouse Rulez, direct from YouTube: Welcome to Slaughterhouse,...

If you've been hungry for another Simon Pegg / Nick Frost movie after their co-starring roles in Edgar Wright's "Three Flavours Cornetto" trilogy, then you can now add Slaughterhouse Rulez to your watch list. A new horror comedy that re-teams Pegg with director Crispian Mills (A Fantastic Fear of Everything), Slaughterhouse Rulez also co-stars Frost and features what could be a portal to Hell in the film's official trailer.

Directed by Crispian Mills from a screenplay co-written by himself and Henry Fitzherbert, Slaughterhouse Rulez stars Asa Butterfield, Finn Cole, Hermione Corfield, Michael Sheen, Nick Frost, and Simon Pegg. Sony Pictures will release Slaughterhouse Rulez in the UK on Halloween, but a Us release date has yet to be announced. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more details.

Synopsis: "Welcome to Slaughterhouse, an elite boarding school where boys and girls are groomed for power and greatness...and they’re about to meet their match.

We haven't heard much about Slaughterhouse Rulez since it was first announced last summer. Today, Sony Pictures has released the first trailer and poster along with a surprise release date. The movie is coming to theaters this Halloween. Or at least it is in the U.K. A U.S. release date hasn't been announced yet.

In Slaughterhouse Rulez, a giant hole opens up near a boarding school unleashing hell, quite literally. The movie reunites Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, though they've left director Edgar Wright out of the equation this time. The two actors appear in the movie, but it's the young cast that really takes the lead here. And the movie looks like a lot of fun. It's a mix of Shaun of the Dead, Ghostbusters and maybe a little bit of Seth Rogen's This is the End. Sony only provided a very limited synopsis.

"School's a bloody nightmare!

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost already have one iconic British horror-comedy under their belts thanks to Edgar Wright’s “Shaun of the Dead,” but can lighting strike twice? The two comedians co-star in the upcoming “Slaughterhouse Rulez,” from director and rock musician Crispian Mills.

“Slaughterhouse Rulez” centers around an esteemed British boarding school thrown into chaos after a sinkhole appears at a nearby fracking site and releases something hellish. Asa Butterfield and Finn Cole play a couple of the students who team up with their teaches to fight for survival. Pegg and Michael Sheen star as teachers.

Mills co-write the script for “Slaughterhouse Rulez” with Henry Fitzherbert. The director’s last film, “A Fantastic Fear of Everything,” also starred Pegg. The actor and Frost are best known as the stars of Wright’s Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, which includes “Shaun of the Dead,” “Hot Fuzz,” and “The World’s End.

The BBC and Amazon have offered the first glimpse of John Malkovich as Hercule Poirot in the forthcoming adaptation of The ABC Murders. The two broadcasters have also rounded out the cast with filming now underway.

Shirley Henderson (Harry Potter), Kevin McNally (Pirates Of The Caribbean), Gregor Fisher (Love Actually) and Jack Farthing (Poldark) will join Malkovich, Rupert Grint, Tara Fitzgerald and Andrew Buchan in the Mammoth Screen and Agatha Christie Limited production.

A number of guest stars include Karen Westwood (The Alienist), Lizzy McInnerny (The Crown), Anya Chalotra (Wanderlust), Eve Austin (In The Flesh), Christopher Villiers (Hetty Feather), Suzanne Packer (Keeping Faith), Michael Shaeffer (Rogue One), Cyril Nri (Cucumber), Henry Goodman (Genius: Einstein), Tamzin Griffin (A Fantastic Fear Of Everything), Ian Pirie (Sunset Song), Shane Attwooll (Dark River) and Terenia Edwards (Peter Rabbit).

Malkovich says, “I’m honored to have been asked to play Hercule Poirot. It’s a...

The duo behind Shaun of the Dead are back at it again with another horror comedy that is shaping up quite nicely. Slaughterhouse Rulez is re-teaming Simon Pegg and Nick Frost for what sounds like it could be the spiritual successor to the beloved zombie flick, even though they are doing it without Edgar Wright at the helm this time. The movie has officially filled out its core cast, bringing in some promising up-and-comers to star alongside Pegg and Frost.

Deadline reports that Finn Cole (Animal Kingdom, Peaky Blinders) is set to lead the cast of Slaugtherhouse Rulez, which is going to be the first movie produced by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's production banner Stolen Picture. Cole's character Don Wallace is described as the hero of the story and is "a wide-eyed new kid from a modest background forced to navigate a baffling new world of arcane rules and rituals.

I'm a big fan of the films that Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have developed together over the years. In case you need a reminder, those films include Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Paul and The World’s End. Now they are once again joining forces to bring us a new horror comedy genre project called Slaughterhouse Rulez.

The film is the first project they will be working on under their new UK-based production banner called Stolen Picture. The film is also being backed by Sony Pictures. The movie is being directed by Crispian Mills (A Fantastic Fear of Everything) from a script he co-wrote with Henry Fitzherbert (Love & Friendship). There's no word on if they will star together in the film, but I hope they do! It sounds like a cool project for them to be a part of! Here's they synopsis that was released thanks to Deadline:...

Having worked together for nearly two decades, the comedy duo of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have started an entertainment company together. The longtime friends will call their new company Stolen Picture, and have already decided on a first project, a comedy-horror titled Slaughterhouse Rulez.

The film will be set at a topnotch boarding school where status means everything. The protagonist, Don Wallace, is the new kid, learning the nuances of this strange institution while Sixth Formers (older students 16-18) strictly enforce the archaic laws and rituals of the school.

Meanwhile, a nearby fracking operation causes earthquakes and a very ominous sinkhole to appear that releases unimaginable horrors upon the school. With the school’s social hierarchy reset, the students and faculty must find a way to survive.

It’s not surprising that Pegg and Frost would choose a comedy-horror movie to be their company’s maiden voyage considering the...

British comedians Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have started a new production company called Stolen Picture and announced their first project entitled Slaughterhouse Rulez. Pegg and Frost first worked together on the British sitcom Spaced and have gone on to collaborate with Edgar Wright on Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World's End. In addition, the duo wrote, directed, and starred in the hilarious extraterrestrial comedy Paul. Frost and Pegg developed Stolen Picture to produce different types of scripted television shows or movies that fit into their unique brand of absurdity.

Deadline reports that Slaughterhouse Rulez will be a horror-comedy that takes place at an elite boarding school called Slaughterhouse. The hero of the story is Don Wallace, a lad from a modest background who must navigate his way through a Slaughterhouse with sadistic rituals, tough rules, competition, and status while being closely monitored.

The whole story takes...

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have launched their very own film and television production banner, Stolen Picture, as reported by Deadline. The British duo will kick off their company, which will be based in the UK, with a comedy-horror film titled “Slaughterhouse Rulez,” to be helmed by “A Fantastic Fear of Everything” director Crispian Mills.

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“Slaughterhouse Rulez” is set in a strict elite boarding school where young students are trained to become powerful and nothing short of great. When a frack site on the school’s woodland causes seismic tremors and reveals a mysterious sinkhole, a new pecking order will be established as students, teachers and the school matron become locked in a scary battle for survival. Mills co-wrote the script with newcomer Henry Fitzherbert.

Sony Pictures is backing the film. Catalyst Global Media’s Charlotte Walls will produce.

We take a look at new Blu-rays of two ’80s classics.

Shout! Factory’s relatively young collectors label, Shout Select, is something of an odd duck. This is less of a criticism than an observation as their releases so far bear no real discernible through line. We’ve gotten well-deserved Blu-rays of eagerly awaited ’80s classics like To Live and Die in La, Road House, and Midnight Run, but the label has also released/announced titles like Death of a Salesman, The Chinese Connection, and Simon Pegg’s forgettable 2012 film, A Fantastic Fear of Everything. So yeah, there’s something of an odd inconsistency across the catalog.

For now though we’re here to discuss their latest releases, two ’80s films of varying acclaim and renown — John Milius’ Red Dawn and Dennis Hopper’s Colors.

Red Dawn (1984)

A small town in Colorado begins its day like any other until strangers drop from the sky. Soviet...

Pinewood Group has recruited the producer of Fortitude, The Enfield Haunting and The Last Kingdom to lead its newly-formed TV production company.

Pinewood Television, a joint venture with StoryFirst Pst, has hired Helen Gregory as creative director to create, develop and finance drama series for the international TV market.

Pinewood Group opened conversations with experienced producers in 2011, with the new division expected to produce its own content as well as work as a co-production partner on dramas in need of funding.

Pinewood has already invested in a dozen feature films, including A Fantastic Fear of Everything and Kill Your Friends, and said it now planned to develop, produce, market and distribute high-end TV drama to build up a library of TV content. It is currently arranging long-term external financing from a group of investors and banks.

Chief executive Ivan Dunleavy said: “The global demand for high-end television continues to rise dramatically and, with high-end...

It's no small feat having co-written and starred in the hallowed Cornetto Trilogy, but Simon Pegg has also managed to carve out a sizable back catalog of generally entertaining if sometimes forgettable features. Between lending support to the "Mission: Impossible" and "Star Trek" franchises, you'd think the "Nerd Do Well" author wouldn't have the time to turn in full-fledged leading man performances in "A Fantastic Fear of Everything" and again, in the upcoming "Hector and the Search for Happiness." Now, a new trailer has dropped, looking suspiciously reminiscent of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty." Based on François Lelord's novel of the same name, Pegg portrays the titular hector, a psychiatrist whose well-organized, positively banal life is beginning to suffocate him. He leaves a doting wife (Rosemund Pike) and appears to travel the world, running across Stellan Skarsgård, Jean Reno, and...

Exclusive: Protagonist exec named head of acquisitions and development at Pinewood Pictures.

Protagonist Pictures head of acquisitions Jeremy Baxter is to join UK production outfit Pinewood Pictures as head of acquisitions and development.

Baxter will join the production arm of the Pinewood Studios Group, run by Former CinemaNX chairman Steve Christian, in late April.

The addition of the executive is a coup for Pinewood, which to date has backed productions including Crispian Mills’ A Fantastic Fear Of Everything, Amma Asante’s period-drama Belle and Richard Shepard’s Dom Hemingway, and is now looking to ramp its production activities.

Parent company Pinewood Studios manages the multi-million pound Isle of Man Film Fund and was recently appointed as advisor to the Welsh government on their new film and TV investment pool.

London-based sales outfit Protagonist has yet to announce how it will fill the role vacated by Baxter, who joined the company shortly after its launch in 2008, working on titles...

Exclusive: Protagonist acquisitions exec to join Pinewood Pictures.

Protagonist Pictures head of acquisitions Jeremy Baxter is to join UK production outfit Pinewood Pictures as head of acquisitions and development.

Baxter will join the production arm of the Pinewood Studios Group, run by Former CinemaNX chairman Steve Christian, in late April.

The addition of the executive is a coup for Pinewood, which to date has backed productions including Crispian Mills’ A Fantastic Fear Of Everything, Amma Asante’s period-drama Belle and Richard Shepard’s Dom Hemingway, and is now looking to ramp its production activities.

London-based sales outfit Protagonist has yet to announce how it will fill the role vacated by Baxter, who joined the company shortly after its launch in 2008, working on titles including Submarine, Kill List, StreetDance 3D, Monsters, In The Loop and Searching for Sugar Man.

Recent Protagonist acquisitions during the executive’s tenure include Yann Demange’s ‘71, John Michael McDonough’s Calvary, and [link=nm...

Edgar Wright’s spot-on haunted house parody Don’t, the best of the half-dozen trailer spoofs showcased in the feature-length version of Grindhouse, boasts more jokes and scares across its 87-second running time than A Fantastic Fear of Everything musters over more than an hour and a half. And yet, for those familiar with this distinctly British style of horror-comedy, such an unfavorable comparison is difficult to ignore: The influence of Wright seems to loom over every aspect of the picture, from its often precarious tonal oscillations to the presence of its leading man, Simon Pegg, whose lauded turns in Wright’s Cornetto trilogy made the otherwise niche TV actor an international star. Like Wright, first-time director Crispian Mi...

With this weekend’s A Fantastic Fear of Everything, Simon Pegg stars as Jack, a children’s book author who becomes obsessive and paranoid about death and murder — even when there’s nothing at all to worry about. While Jack is an adult who can’t cope with the real world because of his obsessions, it’s more often the kids who are deemed the scaredy cats due to their irrational fears. Maybe that has a little to do with sneaking scary movies bright and early? It’s a rite of passage, really, that happens when Dad is snoring on the other side of the couch and the remote is blissfully, blessedly unattended for once. That’s right; it’s time to steal that remote and secretly switch the channel to the scariest programming possible. Nightmares be damned, you’re nine years old and you have living to do, man! Trying...

A Fantastic Fear of Everything

Directed by Crispian Mills and Chris Hopewell

Written by Crispian Mills

UK, 2012

A Fantastic Fear of Everything is a film that Wes Anderson would make if he didn’t give a flying sausage about storytelling. It has many of his auteur signatures (a twee pop-art sensibility, creative and meticulous set design, character idiosyncrasies, assured and muted-mustard cinematography, an affected offbeat soundtrack, love for all things quaint or vintage), but there’s no prevailing context or structure to uphold these aesthetic qualities. Instead, everything about A Fantastic Fear of Everything, all of its quirks and eccentricities, exist in a vacuum that suspends the film in a permanent condition of unfeeling.

The film stars Simon Pegg as Jack, a neurotic and intrapersonal-communicating East London writer hoping to sell his Decades of Death, a book about serial killers. His agent, Clair (Clare Higgins), sets him up with a potential Hollywood buyer,...

A quirky gem of a film, Crispian Mill's feature film debut A Fantastic Fear of Everything fits well into the British tradition of horror-comedy, where slightly-crazed logic flows along with an acceptance of the weird, the existential and the eccentric. While not without problems, the film has a strong heart, anchored by a great performance by Simon Pegg at his nerdy best. Pegg plays Jack, a children's book author who is attempting to break into the film world. He has written a script based on the lives and work of Victorian-age serial killers. This work has taken its toll on his psyche, and he now lives in constant fear of murder. During one particularly scary night, he is convinced that he is being set upon...

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Simon Pegg is an actor who often succeeds wildly in making us smile, in films like Shaun of the Dead and Run, Fatboy, Run. So, it is a relief to see that the actor likes to smile, too. Moving away from the dark comedy A Fantastic Fear of Everything, the British comic will be hitting UK movie screens this fall in Hector and the Search for Happiness. The first trailer for the film is up and it looks like it hits the sweet spot without being too saccharine.

The film follows Pegg’s Hector, a glum psychiatrist who is just as depressed and uninspired as the patients he speaks with every week. He finds the courage to pick himself up and travel across the world, trying to find the places and people that can turn his frown upside down. Among the ensemble he meets or rekindles a long-lost connection with are played by Jean Reno,...

This weekend, an ordinary Lego is on a mission to stop a monstrous tyrant in "The Lego Movie," George Clooney and Matt Damon are on a mission to rescue priceless art from Nazi thieves, and high school gets a ghoulish makeover in the action-comedy "Vampire Academy."

In "The Lego Movie," a perfectly average Lego mini-figure named Emmett is mistakenly identified as the extraordinary Master Builder, leading him on a journey with a fellowship of strangers to stop an evil Lego tyrant from gluing the universe together. Written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller ("21 Jump Street"), the film features an all-star cast, with Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman, and many more.

Based on a true story, "The Monuments Men" follows an unlikely World War II platoon tasked to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves. The film is directed by George Clooney, who also produced...

Simon Pegg's latest flick, A Fantastic Fear of Everything, is available now on VOD and will be hitting limited theaters on February 7th. To celebrate, we have two new clips for you cats to sink your teeth into. Dig it!

Look for more on Crispian Mills' horror comedy A Fantastic Fear of Everything soon.

Simon Pegg, Amara Karan, Clare Higgins (The Golden Compass, Hellraiser), and Paul Freeman (Hot Fuzz, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) star.

Synopsis

Jack (Simon Pegg) is a children’s author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in his script, what should be his 'big break' rapidly turns into his 'big breakdown',...

Welcome to 2014, hop along horror hounds. It.s a new year, but apparently nobody told Blumhouse Productions, who are rehashing the same old crap with Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, the first spinoff of that franchise and also the first genre film of the year. It definitely wasn.t the best place to start things off, but every ladder to success needs a bottom rung, and we.re excited about what the year has to offer. So before 2015 gets here without me realizing it, let.s dive right in, with a quick pit stop at the Laundromat. A Fantastic Fear of Everything (2013) Us Trailer - Click here for more home videos A Fantastic Fear of Everything Gets New Trailer and VOD Release Date Simon Pegg is an actor who can spin performance gold in any film he.s in. Though it came out in the U.K. in the summer...

Back in the early Summer of 2012 the UK saw the release of the Crispian Mills and Chris Hopewell co-directed comedy 'A Fantastic Fear of Everything'. And we had no idea that the Us is still yet to enjoy the movie from first time writer/director Mills. But thanks to Cinedigm the project, which stars Simon Pegg ('Star Trek into Darkness'), has been set with a VOD release on 7 January and then will be followed by a limited theatrical run from 7 February. A Fantastic Fear of Everything' also stars Amara Karan, Clare Higgins, Sheridan Smith, Paul Freeman and Alan Drake....

It's been awhile, but finally we have some release news regarding Simon Pegg's latest flick! Cinedigm has dated A Fantastic Fear of Everything for release on VOD January 7th before hitting limited theaters on February 7th.

Look for more on Crispian Mills' horror comedy A Fantastic Fear of Everything soon.

Simon Pegg, Amara Karan, Clare Higgins (The Golden Compass, Hellraiser) and Paul Freeman (Hot Fuzz, Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark) star.

Synopsis

Jack (Simon Pegg) is a children’s author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in his script, what should be his 'big break' rapidly turns into his 'big breakdown',...

In A Fantastic Fear of Everything Jack’s (Simon Pegg) life seems like a relatively realistic struggle with anxiety, until his fears start to manifest themselves in a fantastic way. I love Simon Pegg’s humor, but this movie seems that it will have some touching seriousness. Here’s the synopsis followed by the trailer.

Jack (Simon Pegg) is a children’s author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in his script, what should be his big break rapidly turns into his big breakdown, as Jack is forced to confront his worst demons; among them his love life, his laundry and the origin of all fear.

Trailer:...

The title of Simon Pegg's new film, "A Fantastic Fear of Everything," sums up the plot quite perfectly, as evidenced by the movie's trailer.

Pegg stars as Jack, a children's writer -- his most iconic creation is a lovable hedgehog -- who decides to take a turn in his career and write a crime novel about Victorian serial killers and their twisted motives. But while researching the book, Jack's findings thoroughly freak him out, to the point where he envisions killers are also on the hunt for him, illustrated through lavish, eerie fantasy sequences that wouldn't look out of place in a Tim Burton film.

The neurotic, paranoid Jack seems to fit Pegg's acting chops to a T, especially when he's awkward and bumbling around his love interest, played by actress Amara Karan, who just happens to frequent a laundromat that for some reason gives Jack the willies.

"I'm sick of these irrational fears,...

We've got a fantastic new trailer for Simon Pegg's fun looking paranoid comedy A Fantastic Fear of Everything. The film was written and directed by Crispian Mills, and it looks like a great film. Pegg looks like he does an amazing job in the movie, and I can't wait to see it!

Pegg plays a character named Jack in the story who "is a children's author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by an irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a lifeline by his long-suffering agent, and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in Jack's script, what should be his 'big break' rapidly turns into his "big breakdown" as Jack is forced to confront his worst fears; among them love, laundromats and serial killers."

The movie come...

Simon Pegg has been a busy man lately. He co-wrote and starred in one of 2013′s best comedies, The World’s End, and he’ll be spending 2014 filming the Terry Jones-directed Almost Anything, the Christopher McQuarrie-directed Mission Impossible 5, and hopefully the who-knows-who-will-be-directing-it next Star Trek movie if all goes well. Lest anyone should forget about him in the meantime, though, he is also starring in A Fantastic Fear of Everything, a smaller-profile British comedy about a guy who’s afraid of a thing or two.

In the film, Pegg plays the lead role of Jack, a children’s book author turned crime novelist whose professional obsession with Victorian-era serial killers has made him just a wee bit paranoid about things. And of course, as the saying goes, just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean that they’re not after you. In this case, it turns out Jack...

Simon Pegg finds himself facing his deepest, darkest, and strangest irrational fears in the latest theatrical trailer for the upcoming film, A Fantastic Fear of Everything.

Watch the British comedic actor face off against demonic looking hedgehogs, and more in the new trailer for A Fantastic Fear of Everything below:

Written and directed by Crispian Mills, the upcoming dark comedy tells the story of Jack (Pegg), a children’s author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers causes him to come down with an irrational, paranoid fear of being murdered. When a mysterious Hollywood...

More than a year and a half after Simon Pegg debuted the first trailer for A Fantastic Fear of Everything on his Twitter page, we have the second trailer for this upcoming comedy. The actor portrays a children's author who becomes paranoid while researching serial killers for his new novel, which turns his life upside down while a Hollywood executive expresses interest in his story. Writer-director Crispian Mills' comedy debuts on iTunes January 7, before its theatrical debut February 7.

Jack (Simon Pegg) is a children's author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by an irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a lifeline by his long-suffering agent, and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in Jack's script, what should be his "big break" rapidly turns into his "big breakdown...

This year Simon Pegg saw some big action in both Star Trek Into Darkness and the conclusion of The Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy in The World's End. Now he's toning it down a bit in a lower profile comedy called A Fantastic Fear of Everything. The film has already seen release in the United Kingdom, and now it's headed to the United States. Kula Shaker frontman Crispian Mills directs this film about a children's author-turned-crime-novelist whose deep research into gruesome Victorian era murders has made him an insomniac, fearful mess who finds himself on the run from an actual serial killer. Watch now! Here's the Us trailer for Crispian Mills' A Fantastic Fear of Everything, originally from Apple: A Fantastic Fear of Everything marks the feature writing and directing debut of Crispian Mills. Jack (Simon Pegg) is a children’s author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the...

Universal Pictures has released a new trailer for director Crispian Mills’ dark comedy A Fantastic Fear of Everything. Simon Pegg stars as a children’s author who tries to switch careers and write a gruesome Victorian murder mystery, but his wide range of phobias throws him into horrifying nightmares where he’s forced to confront his demons, which includes his love life, his laundromat, and a mysterious stop-motion animated hedgehog. The film continues to look like a wonderfully odd adventure, and it appears to be a nice starring vehicle that showcases Pegg’s impressive range. Hit the jump to watch the new trailer. The film also stars Amara Karan, Clare Higgins, Alan Drake, and Paul Freeman. A Fantastic Fear of Everything will be available on iTunes January 7, 2014 and opens in theaters February 7, 2014. Click over to Apple to watch in HD. Here’s the official synopsis for A Fantastic Fear of Everything...

A new trailer is now online for Crispian Mills and Chris Hopewell's A Fantastic Fear of Everything , starring Simon Pegg. Check it out in the player below! Also starring Amara Karan, Clare Higgins, Sheridan Smith and Alan Drake, A Fantastic Fear of Everything is a psycho comedy in which Pegg plays a children's author turned crime novelist whose research into the lives of Victorian serial killers turns him into a paranoid wreck, especially when a Hollywood executive decides he wants to make a film out of his findings. A Fantastic Fear of Everything arrives on iTunes January 7, 2014, followed by a limited theatrical release on February 7.

Annual report highlights the biggest film productions to shoot at Pinewood Shepperton’s UK studios, international growth, movie investments and its bid to expand capacity.

UK studio facilities group Pinewood Shepperton has reported “strong growth” over the 12 months to March 31 and has made a “positive start” to the new financial year.

Over the period, the company reported an operating profit of $8.3m (£5.4m), compared with $4.1m (£2.7m) the previous year, which was extended to 15 months after the company changed the start of its financial year from January to April.

Revenue stood at $85m (£55.6m), against $96.6m (£63m) for the 15-month period. Film revenue was $54m (£35.2m).

Operating profit excluding exceptional items for Pinewood’s latest year totalled $12.9m (£8.4m), compared with $20.2m (£13.2m). Gross profit was $27.3m (£17.8m) compared to $38.2m (£24.9m).

Film

The largest film production based at Pinewood Studios during the year was Disney’s Maleficent and at Shepperton Studios was Marvel sequel Thor: The Dark World.

Productions...

The trailer has landed for Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's comedy about a group of mates attempting to finish a legendary pub crawl after 20 years – only to walk into an alien invasion

It's been a time of ups and downs for the writing team behind The World's End, director Edgar Wright and star Simon Pegg, since the duo's last film, Hot Fuzz, brought the buddy cop genre to a small town in rural Gloucestershire back in 2007. Wright won critical acclaim for the wonderfully dry, visually splendid Canadian comic book caper Scott Pilgrim vs the World but saw his rather expensive film become one of 2010's most high-profile box-office turkeys. Pegg has become Hollywood's go-to guy for comedic Brit sidekick roles in blockbuster sagas such as Star Trek and Mission: Impossible, yet struggled a little when placed centre-stage in middling fare such as last year's A Fantastic Fear of Everything and 2011's off-kilter Paul.

Renewed interest in 'lost' sci-fi movie Lord of Light, the best worst films, and an update on the Florida Versailles

Argo for that

Hoping to continue its good awards form at the Baftas tonight is Argo. Ben Affleck's film is also back in cinemas, mopping up anyone who may have missed it first time around. Also increasingly hopeful with every new victory is Barry Ira Geller, the original author of the sci-fi screenplay within the film of Argo. Affleck's film is, of course, based on the true story of the CIA posing as a film crew, and Geller's 1979 screenplay, which the CIA subsequently acquired, was originally supposed to be made into a movie called "Lord of Light", based on a 1967 novel by Roger Zelazny. To date the film remains unmade. Ownership appears a bit of a mess, as the CIA bought the script to use as cover for its hostage rescue,...

Post-Mayan giggles are assured for 2013 with the release of both Seth Rogen's 'This is the End' and of course, the subject of today's post, Simon Pegg ('A Fantastic Fear of Everything') and director Edgar Wright's ('Scott Pilgrim vs. the World') latest comic venture to 'The World's End'. Pegg has tweeted the first image from the movie currently shooting in the UK and what with the talent involved and with a 'teaming-up' history of instant classics such as 'Shaun of the Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz' we're confident that 'The World's End' is going to an apocalyptic hit. The main five friends who feature in the movie all pop up in the new pic played by five fantastic Brit stars including of course Simon Pegg, Nick Frost ('Paul'), Paddy Considine ('Dead Man's Shoes'), Eddie Marsan ('Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows...

Directed by Crispian Mills, Chris Hopewell

Written by Crispian Mills, based on the story by Bruce Robinson

Featuring Simon Pegg, Amara Karan, Clare Higgins, Paul Freeman

Ever since Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg has become an unlikely, quirky leading man. Sure he has had big roles in films like Star Trek but his lovable loser persona is the one that he is most associated with and that is front and center in his latest film (as both the star and Executive Producer) of A Fantastic Fear of Everything.

Based on the novella Paranoia In The Launderette by Bruce Robinson (writer and director of Withnail and I), film follows a former children’s author named Jack (Simon Pegg) that has recently also become a crime novelist. While researching the lives of Victorian serial killers, he unleashes a wave of paranoid fears that stem from his abandonment as a child. He...

With one of the longest lists of award winners we've ever seen, the 2012 Toronto After Dark Film Festival has announced who brought home the gold, silver, bronze, and more from this year's event.

From the Press Release:

Toronto After Dark Film Festival is thrilled to announce the Award Winners of its 7th Annual Edition! As is tradition at Toronto After Dark, the Jury were the fans themselves with over 4,000 votes cast this year by festival-goers to determine the best new horror, sci-fi, action and cult movies from around the world!

Genre comedies won audiences over at Toronto After Dark 2012 with the crowd-pleasing British gangsters meets zombies action comedy Cockneys Vs Zombies winning the festival’s Top Prize, the Audience Choice Award for Best Feature Film, Gold. Close behind, Dead Sushi the latest splatter comedy from Japanese cult director Noboru Iguchi, gobbled up the Silver, while A Fantastic Fear Of Everything,...

Toronto – With twenty horror, sci-fi, action, and cult movies crammed into nine nights, and an eclectic mix of short films thrown in between, the Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2012 gave the Toronto genre fan a multitude of reasons to be sleep-deprived. Before going into a sustained state of hibernation, audiences cast their ballot for which film they liked the best; the results are as follows:

Audience Choice Awards, Best Feature Film

1. Gold: Cockneys vs Zombies

2. Silver: Dead Sushi

3. Bronze: A Fantastic Fear of Everything

Audience Choice Awards, Best International Short Film

1. Gold: Henri

2. Silver: Vicki

3. Bronze: Numbers

Audience Choice Awards, Best Canadian Short Film

1. Gold: Bio-Cop

2. Silver: A Pretty Funny Story

3. Bronze: Frost

Audience Choice Awards, Best Independent Video Game

1. Gold: Hotline Miami

2 Silver: Tales from Space: Mutant Blob Attacks

3. Bronze: Mcpixel

Fans Choice Awards

Best Horror Film: Citadel

Best Sci-Fi Film: Doomsday Book

Best Candian Feature Film: American Mary...

In A Fantastic Fear of Everything, Jack (Simon Pegg) has a fear of…. well… everything. A children’s book author turned Victorian crime writer, Jack is plague by fear around every turn so much so that he can’t leave his house. In his first feature length film, director/writer Crispian Mills has created a film that is both modern and classic, Dickensian by the way of Anthony Burgess, and funny as heck. Which is impressive when the main story arc centers around Jack trying to do a load of laundry.

But it’s never just a load of laundry, is it? The story uses one of our most simple actions and teases out a fully realized portrait of modern psychology. While the film’s plot is both simple and confusing it is better left unsaid. For the amount that Mills has inserted into the film, it is no wonder...

Well, folks, Day 9 has come and gone, which means only one thing – Toronto After Dark 2012 is officially on the book. As I write this from my hotel room, while packing my things for my return trip home, it hasn’t quite sunk in yet. I know it will hit me in a couple hours when, instead of lining up at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, I’m crossing the border back into the Us… But, enough about that for now; let’s focus on the fun of last night!

The night began with the Canadian short, Birthday Pictures. The film is an ironic take on a first date where a young man convinces his lady-friend to take a picture of him on his birthday to send to his grandmother. Of course, there’s a bit of a twist, but I won’t spoil that for you… If you get the chance,...

A Fantastic Fear of Everything

Directed by Crispian Mills and Chris Hopewell

Written by Crispian Mills

UK, 2012

A Fantastic Fear of Everything is a film that Wes Anderson would make if he didn’t give a flying sausage about storytelling. It has many of his auteur signatures (a twee pop-art sensibility, creative and meticulous set design, character idiosyncrasies, assured and muted-mustard cinematography, an affected offbeat soundtrack, love for all things quaint or vintage), but there’s no prevailing context or structure to uphold these aesthetic qualities. Instead, everything about A Fantastic Fear of Everything, all of its quirks and eccentricities, exist in a vacuum that suspends the film in a permanent condition of unfeeling.

The film stars Simon Pegg as Jack, a neurotic and intrapersonal-communicating East London writer hoping to sell his Decades of Death, a book about serial killers. His agent, Clair (Clare Higgins), sets him up with a potential Hollywood buyer,...

Today was Day 8, making this the penultimate night of Toronto After Dark 2012. At this point, only four films remain – two shorts and two features. However, before I start ruminating over the sadness that is post-tadff life, I’ll give you a rundown of what happened this evening at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema in beautiful Downtown Toronto, Ontario…

The evening kicked off with the Canadian short Alchemy And Other Imperfections, which the Tadff site describes as being about a woman who “makes a desperate bid to rid her husband of a memory that has soured their love and left them ostracized from the outside world.” I honestly couldn’t sum it up any better than that, which is why I felt the need to use a quote. Anyhow, the short was very interesting and well done, featuring a lot of fantastical imagery and some beautiful effects work; definitely one to watch,...

To celebrate the release of A Fantastic Fear Of Everything on Blu-ray and DVD on 22nd Octoberwe have an exclusive DVD featurette of Simon Pegg talking about his character Jack.

We also have 3 copies of the film on Blu-ray to give away along with the soundtrack.

Additionally find more Simon Pegg splendour here:

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… and then email contest@whatculture.com with the e-mail header A Fantastic Fear of Everything along with your full name and address and that you are over the age of 15.

It’s Monday, so we all know what that means! Yes, it’s time for another rundown of DVDs and Blu-ray’s hitting stores online and offline this week. It’s a jam-packed week, with plenty of movies waiting to take you money, so let us breakdown the new releases and highlight what you should – and shouldn’t – be buying from today, October 22nd 2012.

Pick(S) Of The Week

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Blu-ray/DVD)

From visionary filmmakers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) comes this visceral, satisfying thriller based on Seth Grahame-Smith’s best seller. Benjamin Walker turns in a killer performance as Abraham Lincoln, who must risk the presidency, his family and his life to protect America from bloodthirsty vampires. Led by the diabolical Adam (Rufus Sewell), the vicious creatures plot to create a nation of their own–the U.S. Thrust into an epic fight against the hideous undead killers,...

Starring Simon Pegg in the lead, A Fantastic Fear of Everything is set for release on DVD/Blu-ray on Monday, 22nd October, here in the UK, following its release on our shores over the summer.

There’s still no word yet on a Stateside release, but in the meantime, indiVision have put together a great little video celebrating the A-z of Simon Pegg’s best bits, in honour of next Monday’s release.

From A is for Angel right through to Z is for Zombies, there’s just over two minutes’ worth of Pegg goodness here to enjoy on this Friday afternoon.

Because, really, who doesn’t love Simon Pegg? A true king among men.

Pegg will next be seen on the big screen reprising his role as Scotty for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness, and is currently filming the highly anticipated third and final instalment in the Three Flavour Cornetto Trilogy,...

Jeff is ready to geek out! That means it must be time for the Toronto After Dark Film Festival starting October 18th and running through October 26th. Shawn Savage, Jeff Konopka and Kirk Haviland get down and dirt with the entire festival line up. This is a content packed podcast filled with all the info a festival-goer could want. If you can’t attend the Toronto After Dark Film Festival this year this will be a great way to get ready for our future casts that will follow Jeff’s journey into madness of festival land Toronto. These are movies that are going to be talked about throughout the next year. If you’re a horror, cult, genre movie fan than these are most likely movies that you’re going to want to see. Inbred, American Mary, Rec 3… Movies… you’ll… want… to… hear about. As you’ll notice there...