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Exclusive: In what is described as the “largest cooking show in history”, Banijay companies Bunim/Murray and Mastiff Sweden have teamed up with The Masked Singer producer Smart Dog Media on 100 Knives.

The three companies are developing the series with the aim of producing it in the U.S. and internationally.

The project sees 100 chefs converge on a high-stakes culinary battleground, each vying to carve out their legacy among the elite.

Forging kitchen brigades, the chefs engage in battles, transforming the stage into a test of skill, creativity, and teamwork. Every slice and dice by the chefs become a quest to sharpen their edge against the competition. By the end of this clash of kitchen titans, only one brigade will stand victorious, claiming their triumph with the ultimate “blade” of glory, per the logline.

Bunim/Murray’s Julie Pizzi, Rupert Dobson and Erica Ross redeveloped the format with Craig Plestis,...

Alone (2020) is a psychological thriller not based on a true story. The movie is inspired by the 2011 Swedish film Gone. The intense chase depicted in Alone is fictional, captivating viewers with the film's vivid and gripping scenes.

Alone tells a mind-blowing story that will keep viewers on the edge of their seats from start to finish and make them wonder if it is based on a true story or completely fictional. The psychological thriller film, directed by John Hyams and written by Mattias Olsson, was released on September 18, 2020, in theaters and on video on demand services. Due to its premiere occurring at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the movie only grossed a little over $642,000 at the box office. But it is undergoing somewhat of a resurgence in 2024 following its debut on streaming.

The relatively small cast of Alone includes Jules Willcox as Jessica, Marc Menchaca as Sam, Anthony Heald as Robert,...

Jessica's escape from Sam's car while he disposes of a body is the scariest and most intense moment in Alone (2020). Amplified by the graphic violence, the final faceoff between Jessica and Sam creates high stakes and anticipation for the outcome. The heart-racing scenes in Alone are accentuated by the remote Oregon setting, which heightens the suspense.

This article contains discussion of suicide, stalking, kidnapping, murder, and graphic violence.

Alone (2020) is full of suspense, but some of its scariest moments were more agonizing and stressful than others. Directed by John Hyams, Alone follows Jessica (Jules Willcox), a recently widowed woman escaping the city and her past by moving to a remote area on her own. On her journey, Jessica finds herself crossing paths with the same off-putting man multiple times, and these not-so-chance encounters end up putting Jessica through hell. Alone is separated into five chapters based on the different stages of Jessica's escape.

Mike Flanagan's impact on the horror genre is evident in the rise of popular films like Alone on Netflix. Similar to Flanagan's early work, Alone is a psychological thriller with a minimalist approach to create suspense. Fans of Flanagan's Hush will appreciate the similarities in plot and atmosphere found in the popular film Alone.

A currently popular Netflix thriller demonstrates how masterful the horror auteur Mike Flanagan is at his craft. Since making his film debuted in 2011 with Absentia, Mike Flanagan has emerged as one of the most prolific and influential creators in the modern horror genre. With critically acclaimed Netflix horror series such as The Haunting of Hill House (2018), The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), Midnight Mass (2021), and The Fall of the House of Usher (2023), Flanagan has made a lasting impact on modern horror similar to Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story) and Ari Aster.

Flanagan has also directed several...

Jules Willcox starred in her breakout performance as Jessica, a widow fighting off a stalker in a game of cat-and-mouse in the wilderness, in the 2020 psychological thriller Alone. Ozark star Marc Menchaca starred opposite Willcox as the sadistic stalker, Sam, chasing Jessica in Alone. Silence of the Lambs star Anthony Heald played Robert, the hunter who helps Jessica in Alone.

Alone (2020) may have a notably small cast, but each character served a vital role in the psychological thriller. Directed by John Hyams and written by Mattias Olsson, Alone follows a recently widowed woman who is followed and kidnapped by a stalker while travelling alone. After escaping his remote cabin in the wilderness, she is forced to battle the elements while fighting off her kidnapper in a game of cat-and-mouse as he remains in close pursuit.

Alone is a remake of the 2011 Swedish film, Gone ("Försvunnen"), written and directed by Olsson.

Love Is Blind: Sweden is a spinoff of the popular American reality dating show Love Is Blind with four episodes already released. The inaugural season of Love Is Blind: Sweden will consist of 10 episodes, with the remaining six episodes releasing in weekly batches. The season finale episode, "Reunion," has not yet been announced, but viewers can expect the last episode to air after episode 9 on January 26.

Love Is Blind: Sweden season 1 will feature multiple episodes that will be released in batches. Love Is Blind: Sweden became the latest spinoff of Netflix's highly-rated reality dating show Love Is Blind when it premiered on January 12, 2024. Due to the success of the original Love Is Blind and its ever-growing popularity within the reality TV dating universe, the show has spurned three international versions, in Love Is Blind: Brazil, Love Is Blind: Japan and the latest debutant, Love Is Blind: Sweden. Like its mother series,...

Stars: Jules Willcox, Marc Menchaca, Anthony Heald, Jonathan Rosenthal | Written by Mattias Olsson | Directed by John Hyams

An English-language adaptation of Swedish thriller Gone, with a screenplay by from that films director Mattias Olsson, Alone is most-noticeable as being helmed by John Hyams. The son of director Peter Hyams, John Hyams burst on to the action movie scene with a trio of movies between 2009 and 2012 featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme – with whom his father had worked in 1994/5 – all of which were fan-favourites and which, at the time, were seemingly Hyams’ calling card into bigger budget action fare. Only that didn’t happen.

Despite the warm reception afforded Universal Soldier: Regeneration and its follow-up Day of Reckoning And the great reviews Dragon Eyes, a film that sought to launch the leading-man action career of Cung Le, received from critics and fans alike; Hyams has spent the intervening years in television, producing and...

Road thrillers are a fun subgenre with few misses, and while many favor electrifying action sequences and zany charm in their psychotic assailants, recently-released Alone relies on a remote, woodsy setting and an emotionless feel to pull audiences along a grimmer road to survival.

Given we're still sitting deep in the strictly streaming period of films that will continue unforeseeably, I'm grateful for anything new and remotely interesting hitting a platform I use. Alone recently popped up on Hulu, striking me as, at its possible worst, a conventional psycho chase thriller flick to pass time. It's darker, uncannier, and of course stylistically cooler than a glance at the plot summary would indicate.

Alone is a brutally intense stalker thriller with familiar anecdotes but an especially cold tone and approach that lends to a darkly gripping viewing. Director John Hyams, who has a long history in television direction, wedges in a...

Stars: Jules Willcox, Marc Menchaca, Anthony Heald, Jonathan Rosenthal | Written by Mattias Olsson | Directed by John Hyams

It’s been some time since I saw a thriller like Alone – one that was actually as thrilling as it promised. Alone delivers on every single level. It is tense, oh my god, it’s tense. It has you on the edge of your seat from the moment events begin. I was hugely impressed by director John Hyams work here, showing a level of mastery and restrainant in never going for the cheap jump and always letting the tension marinate making this a psychological juggernaut. The performances are outrageously good with an eerie menacing script at times. The cinematography is simply divine, so much so that there are shots in this movie that actually took me by surprise!

Jessica (Jules Willcox) a recent widower is packing up everything and moving to another part...

Update – Survival thriller “Alone” is getting plenty of company at movie theaters and on digital platforms — amid otherwise tough times in the exhibition business.

“We’ve been able to emphasize that ‘Alone’ is a very elemental and primal story for audiences,” said Magnolia president Eamonn Bowles. “For audiences, the situation is very recognizable. It’s very well-directed.”

The Magnolia Pictures release is currently one of the few success stories in the battered sector, which has seen Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” underperform, and studios delay high-profile releases such as “No Time to Die” and “F9” until 2021.

“Alone” is directed by Jonathan Hyams from a screenplay by Mattias Olsson. The film stars Jules Willcox as a young woman who desperately tries to escape a homicidal stalker — portrayed by a relentlessly menacing Marc Menchaca — in the wilderness. Critics have been dazzled, giving “Alone” a stellar 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

“Alone” opened in eighth...

Alone Review — Alone (2020) Video Movie Review, a Magnet Releasing movie directed by John Hyams, written by Mattias Olsson, and stars Jules Wilcox, Marc Menchaca, Anthony Heald, Jonathan Rosenthal, Laura Duyn, Shelly Lipkin, Katie O’Grady, Nico Floresca, Max Huskins, and Brenton Montgomery. In this video review, I talk about the new thriller Alone and [...]

Continue reading: Video Movie Review: Alone (2020): A Solid if Too Minimalist Cat-and-mouse Game Thriller...

Magnet Releasing has hit the road with Alone, the English-language remake of director Mattias Olsson‘s Gone (2011) that’s now in limited theaters and on VOD platforms. In the film directed by John Hyams (Netflix’s “Black Summer”, Universal Soldier: Regeneration, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning), a woman, traveling alone, is kidnapped and forced to fight for her survival. “Set in the […]...

Starting tomorrow, John Hyams’ survival horror tale Alone is headed to theaters and VOD platforms everywhere, courtesy of Magnet Releasing. Written by Mattias Olsson and starring Jules Willcox and Marc Menchaca, Alone follows a grieving widow named Jessica (played by Willcox), who is looking for a fresh start in a new town, but while on the road, she crosses path with a mysterious man (Menchaca) who abducts her, and Jessica must find a way to survive his deadly game of cat and mouse.

Daily Dead recently had the opportunity to speak with Hyams about his latest project, and during our interview, he discussed how he initially got involved with Alone and how Steven Spielberg’s Duel was a huge inspiration to him as well. Hyams also chatted about his approach to the film’s story and his thoughts on how timely Alone ended up being, even if it originally had...

A widow looking to recharge her life finds herself fighting to preserve it in the new movie Alone. With the thriller coming to theaters and VOD on September 18th from Magnet Releasing, we've been provided with an exclusive clip to share with Daily Dead readers!

Directed by John Hyams from a screenplay by Mattias Olsson, Alone stars Jules Willcox, Marc Menchaca, and Anthony Heald.

You can watch the beginning of a deadly pursuit through a forest in our exclusive clip below, and visit our online hub to catch up on our previous coverage of Alone, including interviews with co-stars Willcox and Menchaca.

Synopsis: "Jules Willcox (Netflix’s Bloodline) stars in Alone as Jessica, a grief-stricken widow who flees the city in an attempt to cope with the loss of her husband. When Jessica is kidnapped by a mysterious man and locked in a cabin in the Pacific Northwest, she escapes...

Unpleasantly effective “Alone” centers on a heroine who wishes she were just that; instead, she’s got insistent, unwanted company in the form of a probable serial killer. John Hyams’ U.S. remake of a not-particularly-well-regarded 2011 Swedish thriller is an apparent improvement in all departments, with the original’s reported plausibility issues and other flaws subsumed in what emerges a tense, muscular suspense exercise.

After playing the Fantasia Festival’s virtual edition, it gets released by Magnet to theaters and on demand Sept. 18. With its compellingly simple narrative of automotive pursuit and wilderness survival, this is a scary movie especially suited to the surprise resurgence of drive-ins.

Jessica (Jules Willcox) is introduced loading a small U-Haul trailer with her possessions before driving out of Portland, seemingly for good. It takes a while before we learn that she’s leaving in the wake of a grave personal tragedy that’s referenced but not really explained.

Stars: Jules Willcox, Marc Menchaca, Anthony Heald, Jonathan Rosenthal | Written by Mattias Olsson | Directed by John Hyams

An English-language adaptation of Swedish thriller Gone, with a screenplay by from that films director Mattias Olsson, Alone is most-noticeable as being helmed by John Hyams. The son of director Peter Hyams, John Hyams burst on to the action movie scene with a trio of movies between 2009 and 2012 featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme – with whom his father had worked in 1994/5 – all of which were fan-favourites and which, at the time, were seemingly Hyams’ calling card into bigger budget action fare. Only that didn’t happen.

Despite the warm reception afforded Universal Soldier: Regeneration and its follow-up Day of Reckoning And the great reviews Dragon Eyes, a film that sought to launch the leading-man action career of Cung Le, received from critics and fans alike; Hyams has spent the intervening years in television, producing and...

Tagline: "What Are You Running From?" Alone is a bit of a thriller. Set on the roads of the Pacific Northwest, this feature focuses on Jessica. Jessica is heading out into the wild, while harassed by a lonely man. Both characters face each other in the final moments of the feature. Developed by director John Hyams ("Black Summer") and writer Mattias Olsson (Gone), the cast consists of: Jules Willcox (Under the Silver Lake), Marc Menchaca and Anthony Heald. The film's trailer was released earlier this month and can be found here. The trailer shows Jessica shadowed by a man in a black jeep. As Jessica tries to evade this strange figure, he becomes ever more persistent in his interactions. Now, Jessica must flee before it is too late. Spoiler warning, the trailer reveals major plot points. Magnet Releasing is hosting the film's U.S. release. To show on September 18th,...

Magnolia Pictures and Magnet Releasing have just released a trailer for their latest horror title, “Alone.” The film is directed by John Hyams from a script penned by Mattias Olsson. The film premiered earlier this year at the cozy Mammoth Film Festival and is now slated to be “available everywhere” on September 18.

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“Alone” stars Jules Willcox (“Bloodline,” “Chicago P.D.

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Magnolia Pictures has released a trailer for Alone. The upcoming thriller is the work of filmmaker John Hyams. He may not be a name that many people know offhand, but Hyams has been rising through the ranks, directing Netflix's hit zombie series Black Summer, as well as several episodes of Z Nation. But Hyams is taking a detour from the undead for his latest effort, which is a tale of survival horror that, as we can see from the trailer, looks like it is going to be a thoroughly tense experience.

The trailer kicks off with a sweeping overhead shot of the woods, coupled with a woman screaming, "help me." We then take a detour to find a woman, who seems rather on edge, taking a road trip, seemingly to escape. A man who can be described as unsettling approaches her, asking penetrating questions about her journey. That bad vibe proved to be warranted,...

Magnet Releasing has just hit the road with the trailer for Alone, the English-language remake of director Mattias Olsson‘s Gone (2011) that’s headed our way on September 18th. Directed by John Hyams (Netflix’s “Black Summer”, Universal Soldier: Regeneration, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning), the trailer looks like a solid thriller, albeit a bit cookie-cutter. In the film, a woman, […]...

The English-language remake of director Mattias Olsson‘s Gone (2011), Magnet Releasing’s Alone is headed our way on September 18, and Collider shares the official poster art today. According to the site, the film’s trailer will be released tomorrow. Alone is directed by John Hyams (Netflix’s “Black Summer”, Universal Soldier: Regeneration, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning), and you’ll find […]...

Magnet Releasing, Magnolia Pictures' genre arm, has acquired the North American rights to Alone, the English-language remake by director John Hyams of Mattias Olsson’s 2011 Swedish film Gone.

Magnet plans to release Alone in theaters and on demand on Sept. 18. Based on Olsson’s screenplay adaptation, the thriller follows recently widowed Jessica, played by Jules Willcox, who flees the city, only to be kidnapped and locked away in the cabin of a mysterious man (Marc Menchaca).

Jessica’s escape from the clutches of this murderous captor lands her in the heart of the untamed Pacific Northwest wilderness, with only ...

Magnet Releasing, Magnolia Pictures' genre arm, has acquired the North American rights to Alone, the English-language remake by director John Hyams of Mattias Olsson’s 2011 Swedish film Gone.

Magnet plans to release Alone in theaters and on demand on Sept. 18. Based on Olsson’s screenplay adaptation, the thriller follows recently widowed Jessica, played by Jules Willcox, who flees the city, only to be kidnapped and locked away in the cabin of a mysterious man (Marc Menchaca).

Jessica’s escape from the clutches of this murderous captor lands her in the heart of the untamed Pacific Northwest wilderness, with only ...

“The strategy is bandwidth expansion.”

Faced with industry-wide disruption amid the coronavirus pandemic, Los Angeles-based producer-financier-sales agent Xyz Films has quickly shifted its focus to building an expanded sales roster for buyers whose pipelines have taken a hit and are urgently in need of product.

Partners Nate Bolotin, Nick Spicer and Aram Tertzakian, head of international acquisitions Todd Brown, and president of international sales and distribution Tatyana Joffe are supplementing sales on the existing slate by sourcing completed films or projects in post from their extensive network of global content creators.

It is an evolving ecosystem that has helped cement...

Festival winner stars Jules Willcox of Bloodline.

Xyz Films has acquired worldwide sales rights to Alone, the English-language adaptation of Swedish thriller and Guldbagge nominee Gone.

John Hyams (Netflix’s Black Summer), currently collaborating with Nicolas Winding Refn on HBO’s upcoming Maniac Cop, directed from a screenplay by Gone (2011) director Mattias Olsson.

Jules Willcox (Netflix’s Bloodline) stars in Alone as Jessica, a grief-stricken widow who flees the city in an attempt to cope with the loss of her husband.

When Jessica is kidnapped by a mysterious man and locked in a cabin in the Pacific Northwest, she escapes into the wilderness.

Exclusive: Jules Willcox (Bloodline, Chicago P.D) will topline the indie action-thriller, Alone, Mattias Olsson’s remake to his Swedish film, Gone (Försvunnen). John Hyams directed the film based on Olsson’s screenplay adaptation. Set in the Pacific Northwest wilderness, the film follows recently widowed Jessica (Willcox) who, fleeing the city in a desperate attempt to cope with the loss of her late husband, is kidnapped and locked away in a mysterious man's cabin. Her…...

And we continue to pile on the pre-afm goodies, this time with the sales trailer for the upcoming Swedish thriller Gone, or Försvunnen for you wacky bastids who like trying to pronounce stuff!

Below you'll find the first trailer and the previously released official imagery from Mattias Olsson and Henrik Jp Åkesson's Gone (Försvunnen), which has a release date of 26 August 2011 in Sweden. The flick stars Sofia Ledarp (The Girl Who Played With Fire), Kjell Bergqvist, and Björn Kjellman.

Synopsis

A young woman, Malin, has recently been through a family trauma. She decides to leave her home town of Karlskrona to start a new life in one of the northern towns of Sweden. During her long road trip she encounters a mysterious man who starts following her. Before she knows it, she has been kidnapped and brought to a basement somewhere deep in the forest. Nobody knows she is gone,...

Premiering at the forthcoming Afm is Mattias Olsson and Henrik Jp Åkesson's Swedish thriller Gone (Försvunnen), which stars Sofia Ledarp (The Girl Who Played With Fire), Kjell Bergqvist and Björn Kjellman. Just in time for the market we got our hands on the first trailer that looks quite promising. Enjoy it inside. "A young woman, Malin, has recently been through a family trauma. She decides to leave her home town of Karlskrona to start a new life in one of the northern towns of Sweden. During her long road-trip she encounters a mysterious man who starts following her. Before she knows it she has been kidnapped and brought to a basement somewhere deep in the forest. Nobody knows she is gone and nobody is coming to save her. She has nobody to count on but herself."...

Yet more goodies from the Swedish terror tale Gone have graced our offices, so of course it's time to share. Why? Because we dig you cats. Feast your eyes, kids!

Below you'll find the first official imagery from Mattias Olsson and Henrik Jp Åkesson's Swedish thriller Gone (Försvunnen), which has a release date of 26 August 2011 in Sweden. The flick stars Sofia Ledarp (The Girl Who Played With Fire), Kjell Bergqvist, and Björn Kjellman.

For many, many more pics click here, here, and here!

Synopsis

A young woman, Malin, has recently been through a family trauma. She decides to leave her home town of Karlskrona to start a new life in one of the northern towns of Sweden. During her long road trip she encounters a mysterious man who starts following her. Before she knows it, she has been kidnapped and brought to a basement somewhere deep in the forest.

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Below you'll find the first official imagery from Mattias Olsson and Henrik Jp Åkesson's Swedish thriller Gone (Försvunnen), which has a release date of 26 August 2011 in Sweden. The flick stars Sofia Ledarp (The Girl Who Played With Fire), Kjell Bergqvist, and Björn Kjellman.

For many, many more pics click here, here, and here!

Synopsis

A young woman, Malin, has recently been through a family trauma. She decides to leave her home town of Karlskrona to start a new life in one of the northern towns of Sweden. During her long road trip she encounters a mysterious man who starts following her.

Premiering at the forthcoming Cannes market/festival is Mattias Olsson and Henrik Jp Åkesson's Swedish thriller Gone (Försvunnen), which stars Sofia Ledarp (The Girl Who Played With Fire), Kjell Bergqvist and Björn Kjellman. "A young woman, Malin, has recently been through a family trauma. She decides to leave her home town of Karlskrona to start a new life in one of the northern towns of Sweden. During her long road-trip she encounters a mysterious man who starts following her. Before she knows it she has been kidnapped and brought to a basement somewhere deep in the forest. Nobody knows she is gone and nobody is coming to save her. She has nobody to count on but herself." Inside you'll find an exclusive image, along with two others, while you'll find thousands of behind-the-scenes pics here, here, and here. Thousands.