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Below will emerge on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on November 26 via Kino Lorber.

The 2002 supernatural horror film has been newly restored in 4K from the original camera negative with Dolby Vision/Hdr.

David Twohy (Chronicles of Riddick trilogy) directs from a script he co-wrote with Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream) and Lucas Sussman.

Bruce Greenwood, Olivia Williams, Matthew Davis, Holt McCallany, Scott Foley, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Flemyng, and Dexter Fletcher make up the ensemble cast.

Archival Special Features include:

Audio Commentary by Director David Twohy and Actors Matt Davis, Bruce Greenwood, Holt McCallany, Zach Galifianakis, and Nick Chinlund The Process: Featurette Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by David Twohy Theatrical Trailer

In the film, “On what should be a routine rescue mission during World War II, the submarine USS Tiger Shark picks up three survivors of a U-boat attack. As the crew is trapped together in the sub’s narrow corridors and constricted spaces,...

When “The X-Files” premiered on Sept. 10, 1993 on Fox, viewers had no idea how incredibly bizarre the cases tackled by FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) would be.

Anything that was deemed paranormal, supernatural or unexplainable was called an “X-File” — the cases that no one else in the agency wanted to touch.

In the show’s 11 seasons, they dealt with more than just aliens and shadowy government conspiracies. Their cases involved demons, ghosts, serial killers, sea monsters and even vampires. Here are the episodes with the scariest villains and killer creatures.

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Season 4, Written by Glen Morgan and James Wong, directed by Kim Manners

Perhaps this disturbing episode — which was banned for three years after its initial showing — is more creepy and unsettling than scary, but it certainly left an impression on viewers when it debuted in 1996. Mulder and Scully are called in after the...

When Nicolas Cage won the Best Actor Oscar in 1995 for his devastating portrayal of a heartbroken alcoholic with a death wish in Mike Figgis' "Leaving Las Vegas," he was 31 years old and soaring into the prime of an already impressive career. He had access to the best screenplays in town and the interest of just about every A-list director. So Cage did what any reasonable movie star would do: he made three of the decade's zaniest blockbuster action movies.

For those of us who fell in love with Cage as the good-hearted punk Randy in Martha Coolidge's lovable 1983 film "Valley Girl," he kind of owed us. Though he's utterly brilliant in "Leaving Las Vegas," Figgis' grimy drama makes "The Lost Weekend" look like "Arthur." It's a brutal, frankly unrewarding ordeal. For close to two hours, we watch Cage's financially/personally ruined screenwriter grimly follow through on his promise to speedily drink himself to death.

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Con Air is one of the greatest movies of the last 30 years. Starring Nicolas Cage at the peak of his action career and directed by Simon West (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider), Con Air is an audacious, wildly entertaining thrill ride that has few cinematic peers, and that’s what we’re here to discuss today.

It’s time to face facts: not every film can be Con Air. In fact, only one film is Con Air, and that’s Con Air. As a result, we can deduce that all the other movies in the world are not Con Air.

Here are ten of the best films that nonetheless aren’t Con Air…

10. Star Wars

In George’s Lucas’ seminal 1977 space opera Star Wars, later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, The Imperial Forces capture Princess Leia in an effort to stop a rising rebellion against the Galactic Empire,...

The Terminal List is returning for a second season. Prime Video has renewed the action thriller series starring Chris Pratt. A prequel series starring Taylor Kitsch is also in the works, per Deadline.

Constance Wu, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Riley Keough, Arlo Mertz, Jai Courtney, Jd Pardo, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Lamonica Garrett, Stephen Bishop, Sean Gunn, Tyner Rushing, Jared Shaw, Christina Vidal, Nick Chinlund, Matthew Rauch, Warren Kole, and Alexis Louder also star in the action series based on the novels by James Carr. The series follows Navy Seal James Reece (Pratt). After a mission goes wrong, he returns home with conflicting memories.

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“The X-Files” was TV’s flagship horror/sci-fi series of the 1990s, and was conceived in part by creator Chris Carter as a way to “scare people’s pants off.” And what’s scarier than a real-life villain like Jeffrey Dahmer?

Two years before the show premiered on Fox in 1993, the serial killer (who’s currently played by Evan Peters in Netflix’s “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”) was arrested and his sickening story struck a nerve with people throughout the world. During the second season of “The X-Files,” Carter penned an episode titled “Irresistible” that was a first for the series: it featured no paranormal elements but instead focused on a killer and necrophiliac named Donnie Pfaster (Nick Chinlund) that was loosely based on Dahmer himself. Watch a frightening clip above.

In the episode, which aired on January 13, 1995, Pfaster is working at a St. Paul, Minnesota funeral home when...

Amazon Prime Video hasn’t yet renewed The Terminal List for season 2 yet, but series star Chris Pratt seems pretty confident that they’ll be back.

While speaking on Danger Close, the Ironclad podcast series hosted by The Terminal List author Jack Carr, Chris Pratt was asked whether a second season was in the works. “To the rabid fans of The Terminal List out there, you have nothing to worry about,” Pratt said. “We love you and appreciate your support. It’s our life’s mission to make sure you can come back to the well. We are working away.” Carr added, “There may be some cool stuff on the horizon being discussed.“

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Based on the best-selling novel by Jack Carr, the first season of The Terminal List followed James Reece...

Chris Pratt has good news for fans of The Terminal List who may be wondering about a second season: “You have nothing to worry about.”

On today’s installment of Danger Close — the Ironclad podcast hosted by The Terminal List author Jack Carr — Pratt was asked about the potential of another season. Pratt plays Lieutenant Commander James Reece in the Amazon Prime drama about an entire platoon of Navy SEALs who is ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission.

The first season of The Terminal List launched July 1 and consisted of eight episodes. Amazon Prime has yet to announce a renewal, but Pratt and Carr definitely suggest that something more is coming.

“To the rabid fans of The Terminal List out there, you have nothing to worry about,” he says. “We love you and appreciate your support. It’s our life’s mission to make sure you can come back to the well.

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When Jack Carr was tucked away inside a rental in Coronado, California, typing up what would be the first of five novels centered on a Navy Seal commander named James Reese, he zeroed in on a short list of dream collaborators if the book was ever adapted.

After all, the plot seemed prime for adaptation as the first entry, The Terminal List, tracks Reece after his entire platoon was ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission. As new evidence comes to light, Reece discovers dark forces working against him, endangering not only his life, but the lives of those he loves.

“Before I had a book deal or anything, I thought, ‘who would be the perfect person to bring James Reese to life?’ Chris Pratt. Then I thought, ‘who would be the perfect person to direct it?’ Antoine Fuqua. I picked them before they even knew who I was,...

Ellen DeGeneres’ emotional goodbye to daytime ended her flagship talk show on a ratings high note.

The May 26 series finale of “Ellen” yielded a season high 1.8 rating among adults 18-49, according to live + same day Nielsen data. The number marks a 30 percent improvement from the ratings of the show at the same time last year, and a 64 percent improvement over ratings for the show from the week prior. The run of episodes that week garnered a 1.3 rating, up 18 from the week before.

“Ellen” had been steadily improving in ratings as the show reached its announced end date. Over a two week period prior to the show’s end date, the show’s rating rose by 44 percent and averaged a daily growth of 568,000 viewers in its audience. Its final ratings make it the third highest rated daytime talk show during the week, behind “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (1.6) and “Dr Phil...

Chris Pratt is out for bloody revenge in the new full-length trailer for Amazon Prime Video’s “The Terminal List.” The streamer released the expanded look at the upcoming series on Wednesday ahead of all eight episodes debuting on Prime Video July 1.

Based on the best-selling novel by Jack Carr, “The Terminal List” follows James Reece (Pratt) after his entire platoon of Navy SEALs is ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission. As we’ve learned from years of action thrillers, that’s a big no-no that is sure to land the bad guys in our hero’s crosshairs. Reece returns home to his family with conflicting memories of the event and questions about his culpability. However, as new evidence comes to light, Reece discovers dark forces working against him, endangering not only his life, but the lives of those he loves. Classic set up.

In addition to Pratt, the series stars Constance Wu,...

Stars: Danny Trejo, Adrian Paul, Nick Chinlund, Kevin Grevioux, Fahim Fazli, Cleveland Berto, Reka Rene, Cleo Anthony, Masika Kalysha, Essam Ferris | Written by Matthew Hensman, Gustavo Sainz de la Peña | Directed by Cire Hensman, Matthew Hensman

Originally filmed as simply The Prey, The Prey: Legend of Karnoctus, had the unwieldy subtitle added to help distinguish it from everything from Norman J Warren’s exploitation gem Prey to the 80s slasher The Prey and the more recent Cambodian riff on The Most Dangerous Game also titled The Prey. The film starts in a cave somewhere in Afghanistan as something large and furry gives US forces a helping hand by taking out a couple of Taliban soldiers.

Elsewhere in the area, a US squad is on patrol, but the fireworks are being provided by a well-armed group of mercenaries including Vega, Gunnar, Tagger and Reid. But they’re not working as security contractors,...

Born from a decision to combine two aughts-era sketches that weren’t quite working on their own, filmed in 2018, and debuted in 2020 at Sundance, writer-director Adam Rehmeier would be forgiven for just being happy Dinner in America is finally hitting the public. The result is more than the culmination of a lengthy artistic gestation, though—its content, humor, and heart all merge to deliver a piece with the potential for cult appeal that transcends the act itself. It’s a treatise on America, the blurred line between taboo and cruelty, and our collective fear of real individuality despite claims by both sides of the aisle to foster freedom. The outcasts get their day.

Simon (Kyle Gallner) and Patty (Emily Skeggs) provide it via a complete disregard for decency, either through active (the former) or unintentional (the latter) anarchy. He’s the frontman of an underground punk outfit, Psyop, who would...

The Terminal List is coming to Prime Video on July 1st, and the streaming service has now released a trailer teasing the limited series. Starring Chris Pratt, Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Riley Keough, Arlo Mertz, Jai Courtney, Jd Pardo, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Lamonica Garrett, Stephen Bishop, Sean Gunn, Tyner Rushing, Jared Shaw, Christina Vidal, Nick Chinlund, Matthew Rauch, Warren Kole, and Alexis Louder, the action series is based on the novel by Jack Carr.

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Prime Video has debuted a new trailer for the upcoming feature ‘The Terminal List’ featuring Chris Pratt.

Based on Jack Carr’s bestseller, the story follows a Navy Seal (Pratt) who is the sole survivor of a high-stakes covert mission gone wrong. Conflicting memories of the event and questions about his culpability lead him to uncover evidence of dark forces working against him and his family.

Taylor Kitsch, Constance Wu, Jai Courtney, Riley Keough, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Arlo Mertz, Jd Pardo, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Lamonica Garrett, Sean Gunn, Stephen Bishop, Tyner Rushing, Jared Shaw, Christina Vidal, Nick Chinlund, Matthew Rauch, Warren Kole and Alexis Louder also star.

Also in trailers – Jessica Chastain & Ralph Fiennes star in trailer for ‘The Forgiven’

The film hits Prime Video on July 1st.

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Chris Pratt can’t quite remember what happened in his new Amazon Prime Video series, The Terminal List. But he’s got eight episodes to figure it out.

Today, Prime Video released the official teaser trailer and teaser poster for Patt’s The Terminal List, which Pratt stars in and serves as an EP along with Antoine Fuqua and David Digilio. All eight episodes will premiere on July 1 in more than 240 countries and territories.

Based on the best-selling novel by Jack Carr, The Terminal List follows James Reece (Pratt) after his entire platoon of Navy SEALs is ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission. Reece returns home to his family with conflicting memories of the event and questions about his culpability. However, as new evidence comes to light, Reece discovers dark forces working against him, endangering not only his life, but the lives of those he loves.

In addition to Pratt,...

Amazon Prime Video has released the first teaser trailer for the new Chris Pratt action-thriller series “The Terminal List.”

Based on the best-selling novel by Jack Carr, the series follows James Reece (Pratt) after his platoon of Navy SEALs is wiped out during a covert mission. Reece’s situation worsens when he returns home to his family and conflicting memories and questions about his culpability arise. As new evidence about the ambush comes to light, Reece discovers dark forces working against him, endangering not only his life, but the lives of those he loves.

The series also stars Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Riley Keough, Arlo Mertz, Jai Courtney, Jd Pardo, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Lamonica Garrett, Stephen Bishop, Sean Gunn, Tyner Rushing, Jared Shaw, Christina Vidal, Nick Chinlund, Matthew Rauch, Warren Kole and Alexis Louder.

Pratt and Jon Schumacher executive produce for Indivisible Productions alongside Antoine Fuqua of Fuqua Films.

Update (5/19/2022): “They’re all gone. Everybody’s gone.” When James Reece (Chris Pratt) is the only one to return home after his entire platoon of Navy SEALs is ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission, he’s not the only one with questions in the teaser trailer for Prime Video’s The Terminal List. But can he find peace? And what happened to him on the op? Watch the video below.  Based on Jack Carr’s best-selling novel, the series follows James as he returns home to his family with conflicting memories of the event and questions about his culpability. However, as new evidence comes to light, Reece discovers dark forces working against him, endangering not only his life, but the lives of those he loves. Its cast includes Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Riley Keough, Arlo Mertz, Jai Courtney, Jd Pardo, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Lamonica Garrett, Stephen Bishop, Sean Gunn,...

Everwood/Parks and Recreation vet-turned-dinosaur whisperer Chris Pratt returns to the small screen this July in Prime Video’s eight-episode thriller The Terminal List — the first trailer for which dropped early Thursday.

Based on the best-selling novel by Jack Carr, The Terminal List follows Pratt’s James Reece “after his entire platoon of Navy SEALs is ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission,” per the synopsis. “Reece returns home to his family with conflicting memories of the event and questions about his culpability. However, as new evidence comes to light, Reece discovers dark forces working against him, endangering not only his life,...

Amazon Prime Video has released the first trailer for the upcoming series “The Terminal List,” which stars Chris Pratt.

Having not read the book on which it is based, the show feels a lot like the kind of hard-edged, extremely violent, surprisingly character-based exploitation films Arnold Schwarzenegger made in the 1980s in between the blockbusters and franchise films that made him a star.

So it feels appropriate that his son-in-law, Chris Pratt, who has basically turned into what can only be called Dad Bod Arnold, stars in the series — his first TV series regular role since “Parks and Recreation.” And well, the show’s action-packed trailer dropped this morning.

Watch it now — and enjoy the moody, sad, Action Scene edit of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” — in the player above.

All 8 episodes of the show premiere July 1 on Amazon Prime Video.

Per the official logline, “The Terminal List,” based on...

The Terminal List is coming soon to Prime Video, and the first photos for the military drama have been released. Starring Chris Pratt, Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Riley Keough, Arlo Mertz, Jai Courtney, Jd Pardo, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Lamonica Garrett, Stephen Bishop, Sean Gunn, Tyner Rushing, Jared Shaw, Christina Vidal, Nick Chinlund, Matthew Rauch, Warren Kole, and Alexis Louder, the series is based on a novel by Jack Carr where a Navy Seal team has a mission go wrong.

revealed more about the new series in a press release.

“Based on the best-selling novel by Jack Carr, The Terminal List follows James Reece (Chris Pratt) after his entire platoon of Navy SEALs is ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission. Reece returns home to his family with conflicting memories of the event and questions about his culpability. However, as new evidence comes...

One of the more entertaining films I saw back at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival was the punk rock rom-com Dinner in America. Directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier, the film has now finally received U.S. distribution via the newly-launched company Best & Final Releasing. Ahead of a theatrical release on May 27 and on June 7, the new trailer and poster have now arrived.

The film follows an on-the-lam punk rocker (Kyle Gallner) and a young woman (Emily Skeggs) obsessed with his band who go on an unexpected and epic journey together through the decaying suburbs of the American Midwest. Also starring Griffin Gluck, Pat Healy, Mary Lynn Rajskub, David Yow, Hannah Marks, Nick Chinlund, and Lea Thompson, see the trailer below.

Dinner in America opens in select theaters on May 27 and arrives digitally on June 7.

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The Terminal List now has a premiere date! Amazon has announced that the new Chris Pratt series will arrive on July 1st. Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Riley Keough, Arlo Mertz, Jai Courtney, Jd Pardo, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Lamonica Garrett, Stephen Bishop, Sean Gunn, Tyner Rushing, Jared Shaw, Christina Vidal, Nick Chinlund, Matthew Rauch, Warren Kole, and Alexis Louder also star in the series. Based on the novel by Jack Carr, the drama follows a Navy Seal team who have a mission go wrong.

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“The Terminal List,” a new thriller series starring Chris Pratt, will premiere on Prime Video July 1, the streamer announced Thursday.

Based on the novel of the same name by Jack Carr, “The Terminal List” follows James Reece (Pratt), a Navy Seal who returns to civilian life after his team is ambushed during a high-stakes mission. Struggling with conflicting memories of the event, Reece soon has to go back to action when he discovers threats against his family and loved ones.

Pratt anchors the large ensemble cast of the series, which also includes Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Riley Keough, Arlo Mertz, Jai Courtney, Jd Pardo, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Lamonica Garrett, Stephen Bishop, Sean Gunn, Tyner Rushing, Jared Shaw, Christina Vidal, Nick Chinlund, Matthew Rauch, Warren Kole, and Alexis Louder. The series is showrun by David Digilio, along with writer Daniel Shattuck and Carr. Pratt executive produces the series with Jon Schumacher through Indivisible Productions,...

The Terminal List has a new addendum. Amazon has set a July 1 premiere date on Prime Video for all eight episodes of the new conspiracy-thriller series starring Chris Pratt.

Based on Jack Carr’s bestseller and counting Antoine Fuqua among its executive producers, The Terminal List follows James Reece (Pratt) after his entire platoon of Navy SEALs is ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission. He returns home to his family with conflicting memories of the event and questions about his culpability. But as new evidence comes to light, Reece discovers dark forces working against him, endangering not only his life, but the lives of those he loves.

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The ensemble cast also includes Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Riley Keough, Arlo Mertz, Jai Courtney, Jd Pardo, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Lamonica Garrett, Stephen Bishop, Sean Gunn, Tyner Rushing,...

Stars: Emily Skeggs, Kyle Gallner, Lea Thompson, Brian Andrus, Shelby Alayne Antel, Sophie Bolen, Gary Brunner, Nick Chinlund, Kristin Condon, Lena Drake | Written and Directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier

Written and directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier (The Bunny Game), Dinner in America is the tale of Patty (Emily Skeggs) and Simon (Kyle Gallner), the latter of whom is a punk rocker, and the former, a female fan obsessed with his band. The two, against all odds and types, fall in love, and drift around the suburbs of the midwest. It’s a love story, but it’s also full of punk-rock indie sensibilities, with an edge that makes it feel unpredictable but still charming.

I was intrigued both by the story itself and the main cast, with Gallner, whom I am familiar with from his roles in the likes of American Sniper and Dear White People, to Skeggs herself, and...

Stars: Emily Skeggs, Kyle Gallner, Lea Thompson, Brian Andrus, Shelby Alayne Antel, Sophie Bolen, Gary Brunner, Nick Chinlund, Kristin Condon, Lena Drake | Written and Directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier

Written and directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier (The Bunny Game), Dinner in America is the tale of Patty (Emily Skeggs) and Simon (Kyle Gallner), the latter of whom is a punk rocker, and the former, a female fan obsessed with his band. The two, against all odds and types, fall in love, and drift around the suburbs of the midwest. It’s a love story, but it’s also full of punk-rock indie sensibilities, with an edge that makes it feel unpredictable but still charming.

I was intrigued both by the story itself and the main cast, with Gallner, whom I am familiar with from his roles in the likes of American Sniper and Dear White People, to Skeggs herself, and...

Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to Van Ditthavong’s feature directorial debut All Roads To Pearla (formerly known as Sleeping In Plastic), which had its world premiere at the 2019 Austin Film Festival. The crime thriller stars Alex MacNicoll, Addison Timlin, Corin Nemec (Marriage Of Lies), Nick Chinlund (Training Day) and Dash Mihok. The film is produced by Derek D. Brown, Red Sanders of Red Entertainment and Van Ditthavong of goPOP Films. It will be released in select theaters and available on demand September 25. All Roads To Pearla is a dark coming-of-age tale set in a small Texas town about a high school wrestler who gets entangled with a...

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Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to Van Ditthavong’s feature directorial debut All Roads To Pearla (formerly known as Sleeping In Plastic), which had its world premiere at the 2019 Austin Film Festival. The crime-thriller stars Alex MacNicoll, Addison Timlin, Corin Nemec, Nick Chinlund and Dash Mihok. The film dark coming-of-age tale is set in a small Texas town and follows a high school wrestler who gets entangled with a beautiful drifter and her psychopathic lover. Pic is produced by Derek D. Brown, Red Sanders of Red Entertainment and Van Ditthavong of goPop Films. It will be released in select theaters and available on demand September 25. The distribution deal was negotiated by Gravitas’ Brendan Gallagher and Igor Princ of Princ Films on behalf of the filmmakers. Earlier this week, Gravitas announced the acquisition of Sundance 2020 documentary The Mole Agent.

The Sarajevo Film Festival, which shifted its upcoming event...

Sleeping in Plastic is an upcoming dramatic thriller from director and photographer Van Ditthavong . In the film, a local high school wrestler finds himself in a destructive relationship. That relationship begins a violent downward spiral, in a small Texas town. In July, a trailer was released for Sleeping in Plastic (found below). As well, the film stars: Addison Timlin (Odd Thomas), Corin Nemec (Rottentail), Dash Mihok, Alex Macnicoll and Nick Chinlund. Now, the film is set to have its World Premiere, in Austin, this October. Ditthavong has worked as a freelance photographer, for the Texas Monthly. His experiences in this state have led to the creation of this film's story: "it is my ode to the darker side of Texas and my answer to what happens when our definitions of love, lust, and loss all blend together." These elements lead to lots of conflict as seen in the film's trailer.

In today’s film news roundup, Kristen Stewart’s “Happiest Season” gets backed, Sarah Hyland’s “The Wedding Season” is sold, “Apollo 11 – The Immersive Live Show” has a new cast and “Sleeping in Plastic” goes up for sale.

Rom-com Backing

Entertainment One will co-finance TriStar’s holiday-themed romantic comedy “Happiest Season,” starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis.

The rom-com centers on a young woman whose plan to propose to her girlfriend while at her family’s annual holiday party is upended when she discovers her partner has not yet come out to her conservative parents.

TriStar has set a U.S. release date of Nov. 20, 2020. EOne will handle distribution for the United Kingdom and Canada with TriStar Pictures distributing in all other territories.

“Happiest Season” is scheduled to begin production in January with Clea DuVall directing from a script she wrote with Mary Holland.

Acquisition

Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures has...

Exclusive: Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films has set Kyle Gallner, best known for starring in Wgn’s series Outsiders, and When We Rise actress Emily Skeggs as the leads in Dinner In America, a punk rock indie comedy. Written and directed by Adam Rehmeier, the film follows two misfits—an on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with his band—who unexpectedly fall in love and go on an epic journey together through America’s decaying Midwestern suburbs.

Mary Lynn Rajskub, Pat Healy, Nick Chinlund, Hannah Marks, Griffin Gluck, Lea Thompson, David Yow, Jennifer Prediger, Ryan Malgarini, and Nico Greetham round out the cast of the film, which is currently in production in Detroit.

Stiller and Nicholas Weinstock are producing for Red Hour, alongside Psh Collective’s David Hunter and Ross Putman, John Covert of Covert Creative Group, and Sam Slater of Burn Later Films.

Exec producers are Haroon Saleem of Red Hour,...

Isa of the day is a continuing series of profiles of very special international sales agents. Shoreline Entertainment, one of the longest running independent film production companies and international sales agencies, has expanded its management arm to foster Latin American and women driven projects. You can see its Cannes lineup here.

The company was founded in 1992 by CEO and film producer Morris Ruskin whose production “Glengarry Glen Ross” launched him into the top level of indie producers. Shoreline’s Latin American Division for Management and Production is meeting with great success in repping over 25 directors, writers, actors, DPs and more.

Two interviews here, one with Alex Flores, the head of the division and the other with Diana Elizabeth Torres, a California based actress and writer illuminate their strategy and mission.

Alex and Morris’s friendship dates back 20 years, and their professional relationship flourished with films “Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing & Charm School” starring Robert Carlyle,...

It’s Sunday so it must be time for another installment of VOD Vault, taking a look at some of this weeks on-demand releases that have hit various VOD platforms. This time round we’re looking at a film only available via YouTube (to buy or view via the sites subscription service YouTube Red), the sci-fi comedy Lazer Team; and action-drama Mercury Plains, starring Scott Eastwood (Fury, Dawn Patrol) and Nick Chinlund (Training Day, Con Air).

Lazer Team

Stars: Burnie Burns, Gavin Free, Michael Jones, Colton Dunn, Alexandria DeBerry, Alan Ritchson, Steve Shearer, Kirk C. Johnson, Benjamin Scott, Johnny Walter, Chris Demarais, Jeremy St. James | Directed by Matt Hullum

Part Pixels, part Laserblast, Lazer Team comes from Rooster Teeth, the uber-successful YouTube channel behind long-running web series such as Red vs. Blue and Rwby; and tells the story of four idiots who accidentally shoot down an alien spacecraft with fireworks...

Stars: Scott Adkins, Nick Chinlund, Caitlin Keats, Madison Lawlor, Tony Perez, Jake La Botz, Scott Evans, Randy Hall, Julien Cesario, Ray Diaz, Anthony L. Fernandez | Written by Chad Law, Shane Dax Taylor | Directed by Isaac Florentine

After unwittingly making off with a mysterious flash drive during the rescue of his young niece from a powerful drug cartel, Colton MacReady is thrust into a relentless fight to save his family as the cartel descends upon his sister’s home in search of it and their own brand of south-of-the-border justice. In tow is a corrupt local sheriff and his crew of deputies, ensuring that help won’t be coming any time soon. What ensues is a non-stop assault, a blow-by-blow survival marathon for Colton to protect his loved ones and save his own life while keeping the drive from falling back into the wrong hands.

Isaac Florentine and Scott Adkins, two...

Title: Close Range XLrator Media Director: Isaac Florentine Writer: Chad Law & Shane Dax Taylorz Cast: Scott Adkins, Nick Chinlund, Caitlin Keats, Madison Lawlor, Tony Perez, Jake La Botz, Julien Cesario, Scott Evans Running Time: 80 minutes Rated: Unrated (Violence and language) VOD And iTUNES Release Date: December 4, 2015 Theatrical Release Date: December 11, 2015 A young white teenage girl is being held captive by a Mexican drug cartel. Her stepfather was their go-between for merchandise and their last shipment felt a little “light,” so they kidnapped her and then kept her once the merchandise was returned. In comes her maternal uncle Colton MacReady (Scott Adkins, Zero Dark Thirty), a former soldier with a ton of [ Read More ]

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Recently, CBS served up the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "NCIS: Los Angeles" episode 9 of season 7. The episode is entitled, "Internal Affairs," and it turns out that we're going to see some very dramatic and high intense stuff take place as the NCIS: L.A. crew rushes to try to prove Deeks is innocent of a murder charge after he gets arrested, and more! In the new, 9th episode press release: While Deeks Is Under Arrest And Interrogated For The Murder Of His Former Partner, The Team Races To Try And Prove His Innocence, On "NCIS: Los Angeles," Monday, Nov. 23. Press release number 2: While Deeks is under arrest and interrogated for the murder of his former partner, the team will race to try and prove his innocence. Guest stars feature: Patrick St. Esprit (Lapd Lieutenant Roger Bates), Pamela Reed (Roberta Deeks), Jamie Mann (Monica Lee), Nick Chinlund...

When I was a kid, I used to love a scary movie. I remember catching the original The Haunting (1963) one night on Channel 9’s Million Dollar Movie when I was home alone. Before it was over, I had every light in the house on. When my mother got home she was screaming she’d been able to see the house glowing from two blocks away. The only thing screaming louder than her was the electricity meter.

That was something of an accomplishment, scaring me like that. Oh, it’s not that I was hard to scare (I still don’t like going down into a dark cellar). But, in those days, the movies didn’t have much to scare you with. Back as far as the 50s, you might find your odd dismemberment and impaling, even an occasional decapitation, but, generally, the rule of the day was restraint. Even those rare dismemberments,...

Scott Eastwood stars in the action drama, set to debut at Afm.

Grindstone Entertainment Group has acquired the North American distribution rights to action-thriller Mercury Plains, starring Scott Eastwood (Fury, Suicide Squad), with distribution handled by Lionsgate Home Entertainment.

The deal was struck between Carnaby International’s director of international sales, Tania Sarra, and Grindstone’s head of acquisitions, Stan Wertlieb.

London-based Carnaby International, which is handling worldwide sales, will screen extended promo footage from Mercury Plains to buyers in Toronto this week.

Pre-sales interest has been strong, according to Carnaby, and Mercury Plains will have its world industry premiere at the American Film Market (Afm) in November.

Starring Eastwood, Nick Chinlund and Angela Sarafyan, the film centres on a young man who runs away to Mexico where he is recruited by the captain of a parliamentary group of teens who fight drug cartels.

Currently in post-production with delivery expected for Q1 2016, the film is directed and written...

Scott Eastwood stars in the action drama, set to debut at Afm.

Grindstone Entertainment Group has acquired the North American distribution rights to action-thriller Mercury Plains, starring Scott Eastwood (Fury, Suicide Squad), with distribution handled by Lionsgate Home Entertainment.

The deal was struck between Carnaby International’s director of international sales, Tania Sarra, and Grindstone’s head of acquisitions, Stan Wertlieb.

London-based Carnaby International, which is handling worldwide sales, will screen extended promo footage from Mercury Plains to buyers in Toronto this week.

Pre-sales interest has been strong, according to Carnaby, and Mercury Plains will have its world industry premiere at the American Film Market (Afm) in November.

Starring Eastwood, Nick Chinlund and Angela Sarafyan, the film centres on a young man who runs away to Mexico where he is recruited by the captain of a parliamentary group of teens who fight drug cartels.

Currently in post-production with delivery expected for Q1 2016, the film is directed and written...

Close Range Movie Trailer. Isaac Florentine‘s Close Range (2015) movie trailer stars Scott Adkins, Nick Chinlund, Caitlin Keats, and Jake La Botz. Close Range‘s plot synopsis: “A rogue soldier turned outlaw is thrust into a relentless fight with a corrupt sheriff, his obedient deputies, and a dangerous drug cartel in order to protect his sister and her young daughter.” There’s something off, regarding […]...

Exclusive: Signature takes UK rights to gangster sequel.

Carnaby has taken world sales rights to action crime-thriller sequel Rise of the Footsoldier Part II, starring Ricci Harnett (28 Days Later), Luke Malby (The Prince and Me) and Steven Berkoff (Red 2).

Signature Entertainment has snapped up UK distribution rights in a deal secured by Carnaby’s joint CEO, Andrew Loveday, together with Signature’s CEO, Marc Goldberg.

Carnaby will have extended promo footage of the title about a man who must fight to regain his place in the criminal underworld in Cannes.

The first Rise of the Footsoldier has sold close to 1 million copies in the UK.

Also new to Carnaby’s slate is Charles Burmeister’s action-thriller Mercury Plains, set to star Scot Eastwood (Gran Torino), Nick Chinlund (Con Air) and Angela Sarafyan (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn); crime-thriller North V South, produced by Mark Foligno; and fantasy-adventure Arthur & Merlin.

Stars: Danny Glover, Joe Anderson, Dawn Olivieri, Derek Luke, Evan Ross, Lela Rochon, Mahershala Ali, Julie Benz, Nick Chinlund, Robin Bobeau, Anson Mount, Alex Henderson, Jenica Bergere, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Tyrin Turner | Written by Eric J. Adams | Directed by Deon Taylor

Apparently “inspired” by the true-life case of Robert Walter Scully, Jr. who killed a police officer in 1995 before taking a family hostage, Supremacy tells the story of Tully (Anderson) a white supremacist who just got paroled. But his first night out could be his last…

After being pulled over, Tully just killed the cop (Ali) and goes on the run. And no one’s going to listen to an ex-con with the Aryan Nation. Tully and his girlfriend (Olivieri) add home invasion and hostages to the body count. But no one counted on Mr. Walker (Glover), an ex-con himself, to fight back—using his understanding of the racist mind to...

Katniss Everdeen isn't the only badass female hero trying to take down a dystopian government. Ultraviolet (2006) Director: Kurt Wimmer Stars: Milla Jovovich, William Fichtner, Nick Chinlund In the distant future, a blood disease turns part of the population in to vampire-like mutants called Hemophages. One former human named Violet must protect the cure and bring down the authoritarian government trying to kill her species. Equilibrium was the movie I made all my...

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The X-Files spent the better part of a decade scaring the socks off of television viewers by presenting a twisted menagerie of creeps and ghouls unlike any other show on television. Sure, Star Trek had the coolest alien races, and Buffy had some pretty awesome monsters, but most of them were pretty obviously just guys in rubber suits or with prosthetics glued to their faces growling a whole lot, and a lot of times they came off more campy than scary.

With a bigger budget than most of its closest competitors, The X-Files was able to branch out and come up with some incredibly unique creatures, aided by the fact that the show had a knack for hiring some generally unheard of yet extremely effective actors to portray them – a credit to their excellent casting department. Take the infamous Donnie Pfaster, for example. Though Pfaster had no real special power other than being absolutely,...

Stars: Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Scott Mescudi (aka Kid Cudi), Dakota Johnson, Imogen Poots, Michael Keaton, Rami Malek, Sir Maejor, Nick Chinlund, Carmela Zumbado | Written by George Gatins | Directed by Scott Waugh

I approached Need for Speed with all the enthusiasm you might expect of a recent Breaking Bad convert who, having binged his way through the whole series, is desperate for another fix. Given his character’s denouement in the show, it’s perhaps rather fitting that Aaron Paul’s new project is a film about people driving very fast cars.

Paul plays Tobey, a mechanic who also enjoys illegal street racing (but then who doesn’t?). After one such illegal street race with a rival – Dominic Cooper’s slimy Dino – goes bad, Tobey is wrongly sent to the big house. Well, he was driving an illegal car at illegal speeds, putting himself and others in danger, but he...

Title: Supremacy Director: Deon Taylor Starring: Joe Anderson, Dawn Olivieri, Danny Glover, Derek Luke, Evan Ross, Lela Rochon, Robin Bobeau, Anson Mount, Nick Chinlund, Julie Benz A polished technical package lends considerable emotional weight to “Supremacy,” a siege/hostage drama shot through with racial animus. Based on real events, director Deon Taylor’s movie connects largely on the strength of its solid acting and charged stakes, but suffers a bit from muddled plotting and a dramatically diffuse end game. A world premiere at the recent Los Angeles Film Festival in its L.A. Muse section, for films by up-and-coming filmmakers that either take place, were filmed in or inspired by the city of Los Angeles, “Supremacy” unfolds [ Read More ]

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Stars: Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Scott Mescudi (aka Kid Cudi), Dakota Johnson, Imogen Poots, Michael Keaton, Rami Malek, Sir Maejor, Nick Chinlund, Carmela Zumbado | Written by George Gatins | Directed by Scott Waugh

I approached Need for Speed with all the enthusiasm you might expect of a recent Breaking Bad convert who, having binged his way through the whole series, is desperate for another fix. Given his character’s denouement in the show, it’s perhaps rather fitting that Aaron Paul’s new project is a film about people driving very fast cars.

Paul plays Tobey, a mechanic who also enjoys illegal street racing (but then who doesn’t?). After one such illegal street race with a rival – Dominic Cooper’s slimy Dino – goes bad, Tobey is wrongly sent to the big house. Well, he was driving an illegal car at illegal speeds, putting himself and others in danger, but he...

While star Aaron Paul doesn't prefer to be chased by the police in real life, he explains how much fun a particular chase scene was to shoot in a new featurette for Need for Speed. The story centers on Tobey Marshall (Aaron Paul), who sets off on a journey across the country to drive in an elite race, and get his revenge on former partner Dino Brewster (Dominic Cooper), who framed him for a crime he didn't commit. We also hear from Kid Cudi, who plays Benny, Tobey's "eye in the sky" during this high-octane adventure. Take a look at the latest footage and go behind-the-scenes of director Scott Waugh's video game adaptation, arriving in theaters March 14.

Need for Speed comes to theaters March 14th, 2014 and stars Dakota Johnson, Aaron Paul, Imogen Poots, Sir Maejor, Michael Keaton, Dominic Cooper, Rami Malek, Nick Chinlund. The film is directed by Scott Waugh.

Experience all the action and excitement of Need for Speed with three action-packed clips. Aaron Paul steps behind the wheel of a specially modified 2013 Shelby GT500 Mustang to take on the Super Bowl of car races in this video game inspired thriller, also starring Imogen Poots, Michael Keaton and Dominic Cooper. Watch as our hero nearly misses a head-on collision with a bus and a wipe out on Wall Street before being introduced to the epic DeLeon race and its contestants.

Need for Speed comes to theaters March 14th, 2014 and stars Dakota Johnson, Aaron Paul, Imogen Poots, Sir Maejor, Michael Keaton, Dominic Cooper, Rami Malek, Nick Chinlund. The film is directed by Scott Waugh.