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Exclusive: Jordana Brewster and Devon Sawa are boarding Spyglass’ original horror rom-com, Heart Eyes, which is currently in production in New Zealand.

They join previously announced Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding.

The Josh Ruben-directed, Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon, and Michael Kennedy-written feature follows a pair of co-workers in Seattle who are pulling overtime on Valentine’s Day. When the Heart Eyes Killer strikes, they’re mistaken for a couple by the elusive couple-hunting killer. The duo are forced to spend the most romantic night of the year running for their lives.

Republic Pictures picked up distribution rights to Heart Eyes excluding the U.S. and Canada.

Landon and Divide/Conquer’s Greg Gilreath and Adam Hendricks are producing. Spyglass’ Gary Barber and Chris Stone are EPs with Murphy and Mel Turner.

Gigi Zumbado

The cast also includes Gigi Zumbado. Zumbado’s previous credits include Kenya Barris’ multi-cam comedy Unrelated and recurring roles on ABC’s Promised Land and Fox’s 9-1-1. Zumbado stars opposite Emile Hirsch and Stephen Dorff in the indie feature The Price We Pay.

Brewster has starred in the $6 billion plus grossing Fast & Furious franchise as Mia Torretto. Her feature credits include Simulant alongside Sam Worthington and Simu Liu, the horror film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, the cult classic D.E.B.S., the sci-fi horror The Faculty, the drama The Invisible Circus, The Integrity of Joseph Chambers, Hooking Up, Random Acts of Violence, North of Hell, American Heist, Annapolis and Who Invited Charlie?. She can next be seen in the feature film Cellar Door. Brewster is repped by CAA, Principal Entertainment LA, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Sample & Klein.

Sawa starred on the Syfy series Chucky alongside Jennifer Tilly and as Jean Smart’s hunky love interest in Hacks for Max. Sawa also starred opposite Sylvester Stallone and Dave Bautista in Escape Plan: The Extractors, opposite John Travolta in The Fanatic, and opposite Guy Pearce in Disturbing the Peace. Sawa was on the hit CW show Nikita alongside Maggie Q. The Vancouver, Canada native broke out as a child actor in such movies as Casper, Now and Then, and Little Giants. He went on to star in the New Line horror franchise Final Destination as well as cult pics Idle Hands and Slc Punk. He reprised his Slc Punk role in the sequel Punk’s Dead. Sawa is repped by Gersh, Artists First, and Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson McGinnis Ryan.

The assailant suspected to have attacked Wednesday actor Steve Buscemi has been captured. This update follows Buscemi getting randomly attacked earlier this month while walking outside in Manhattan.

Per CBS New York, police have arrested Clifton Williams, a homeless 50-year-old man, in relation to the attack. Williams was charged on Friday in New York City. The arrest followed Williams allegedly walking into a local police station on May 13 to report that he'd had property stolen the previous week. Officers recognized the man as the suspect they were searching for and promptly took Williams into custody.

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Following his arrest, Williams is facing two counts of assault. While one charge is a misdemeanor, the alleged attack on Buscemi was upgraded to a felony,...

More than two years have gone by since we heard that photographer Caitlin Cronenberg, daughter of legendary filmmaker David Cronenberg, would be making her feature directorial debut with a thriller called Humane. Production wrapped over a year ago – but we won’t have to wait much longer to see the film. IFC Films and the Shudder streaming service have picked up the U.S. distribution rights, with IFC planning to give the film a theatrical release on April 26th. It will then move to Shudder at a later date. Elevation Pictures will be handling Canadian distribution. With the theatrical release date right around the corner, a trailer for Humane has arrived online… and if you’ve been wondering what a movie by the daughter of David Cronenberg would look like, you can get an idea by checking out the trailer in the embed above.

Written and produced by Michael Sparaga of Victory Man Productions,...

More than two years have gone by since we heard that photographer Caitlin Cronenberg, daughter of legendary filmmaker David Cronenberg, would be making her feature directorial debut with a thriller called Humane. Now, more than a year after the project wrapped production, we finally know when we’re going to have the chance to see it: Variety reports that IFC Films and the Shudder streaming service have picked up the U.S. distribution rights, with IFC planning to give the film a theatrical release on April 26th. It will then move to Shudder at a later date. Elevation Pictures will be handling Canadian distribution.

Written and produced by Michael Sparaga of Victory Man Productions, Humane is described as a “dystopian satire” takes place over the course of a single day, months after a global environmental collapse has forced world leaders to take extreme measures to reduce the earth’s population.

If you are a comic book reader who has a long flight coming up, writer Jimmy Palmiotti has one humble suggestion. He is offering hundreds of pages’ worth of his comics at a steep discount as part of a sale that see proceeds go to the World Wildlife Fund.

“It can get you from Japan and back from the east coast,” Palmiotti says with a laugh of the hefty reading material, available via the service Humble Bundle, which allows buyers to adjust how much of the proceeds to go charity and how much go to creators like Palmiotti.

Among them is Random Acts of Violence, which Jay Baruchel adapted as a feature in 2019. Another book in the batch was also in development as a movie: the crime drama Back to Brooklyn.

Palmiotti reveals that that late Boyz n the Hood filmmaker John Singleton, who died unexpectedly in 2019, was developing a feature version of the book,...

I’m not exaggerating when I say that Matt Johnson’s BlackBerry is one of the best English Canadian films in a long time. When I interviewed Jay Baruchel about the film a few weeks ago, I prefaced our conversation by telling him this and that I wasn’t sucking up to him. Baruchel got it, as the big problem with a lot of English Canadian films is that they present to be something they’re not. They’re often set in this pseudo-us style setting, as for some reason, Canadian producers seem terrified that a film will be recognized as what it is, Canadian. As he told me in our interview, this is something that has irked Baruchel for years, and in his own films, including the two Goon movies and the recent Random Acts of Violence, they never hid the fact that they were Canadian.

As Baruchel explains it in our interview,...

Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies is a fun new look at the world of the 1978 musical movie. The Paramount+ series takes place four years before the original Grease, and follows the establishment of the Pink Ladies girl gang. Thanks to the fact that Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies season 1 has 10 episodes, the series is also able to dive deep into the social dynamics of Rydell High and explore the lives of students of different backgrounds, social groups, and passions.

Even while examining the ‘socs’, T-birds, and eponymous Pink Ladies, the series turns its eye to another high school staple: the drama department. When Ari Notartomaso’s Cynthia begins a stint as an actor in the school play, she butts heads with top thespian Lydia, played by Niamh Wilson. A lifelong dancer and actor, Wilson has previously appeared in projects like Degrassi and the graphic novel adaptation Random Acts of Violence,...

Exclusive: Dianne Doan (Warrior) and Connor Paolo (Revenge) have been cast as leads in Better Half, a surreal romantic comedy marking the feature directorial debut of Patrick Henry Phelan.

Pic’s plot is being kept under wraps, but it’s describe as a stylized feature set in Joshua Tree, CA.

Better Half hails from StudioFest, a festival program that awards its winners the opportunity to produce a feature film. Charles Irving Beale and Jess Jacklin lead the initiative and will exec produce.

“We are so excited to bring Connor and Dianne together for our movie,” said Phelan, “and hope audiences will have as much fun watching it as we’re having making it.”

Doan portrays lead Mai Ling in the Cinemax series Warrior. She’s also known for turns on the TV side in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Good Trouble, Disney Channel’s Descendants franchise, Vikings and more. The actress will next appear alongside Nina Dobrev,...

After 12 seasons, Jesse Williams is saying goodbye to Grey's Anatomy. On Thursday, his character Jackson Avery's exit was announced in the episode "Look Up Child." His final episode will be "Tradition," which will air on May 20. Williams later confirmed his exit in a statement to People, reflecting on how much the show has meant to him.

"I will forever be grateful for the boundless opportunities provided me by Shonda [Rhimes], the network, studio, fellow cast mates, our incredible crew, Krista [Vernoff], Ellen [Pompeo] and Debbie [Allen]," he said. "As an actor, director and person, I have been obscenely lucky to learn so much from so many and I thank our beautiful fans, who breathe so much energy and appreciation into our shared worlds. The experience and endurance born of creating nearly 300 hours of leading global television is a gift I'll carry always. I am immensely proud of our work, our impact and to...

Jay Baruchel doesn’t give up easily.

The actor spent a decade trying to get “Random Acts of Violence,” his twisty look at a serial killer whose murder spree is inspired by comic books, made. Part of the problem, Baruchel admits, is that he wanted to direct a straight-up horror film, which puzzled backers who associated the actor with his roles in comedies like “This is the End” or “Tropic Thunder.”

The hesitation may also have been related to the fact that “Random Acts of Violence” seems equally interested in unsettling its viewers by examining the moral quandaries surrounding all the on-screen bloodletting, while raising questions about the responsibility artists have when it comes to depicting cinematic carnage. The central character in the film, the writer of a comic book called Slasherman, discovers during a book tour that he may have triggered a fresh wave of murders. That’s heady stuff for horror filmgoers,...

Sometimes the most horrifying sources of entertainment are the ones that are based on true events. A famous comic book series and a terrifying real-life serial killer who plagued a small town two decades ago are not only inspiring each other, but also the storyline for the emotionally gripping horror movie, ‘Random Acts of Violence.’ […]

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Hello everyone! We’re back to give you the lowdown on another week of home media releases, and while we don’t have a ton of titles on tap, there are still a few key releases genre fans are going to want to pick up this Tuesday.

If you missed it during its run on HBO, you can finally catch up with the first season of Lovecraft Country, as Warner Bros. is bringing it home on both Blu-ray and DVD. Jay Baruchel’s Random Acts of Violence is also headed to both formats this week, or if you’re in the mood for something a little more old school, both The Unseen and Slithis are getting the Blu-ray treatment on Tuesday as well.

Other home media releases for February 16th include Bad Impulse, Butchers, The Leprechaun’s Game and Mask of Thorn.

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Based on the 2016 novel by Matt Ruff,...

It's been raining giveaways this early part of the new year and the fine folks at Rlje Films and Shudder want to give you another film from their lineup. This time we have Jay Baruchel's terrific and unsettling horror flick, Random Acts of Violence. It will be released on VOD, Digital HD, DVD and Blu-ray on February 16th. In Random Acts Of Violence, comic book creator Todd Walkley, his wife, assistant and best friend, are heading to NYC Comic Con when bad things start to happen—people start getting killed. It soon becomes clear that a crazed fan is using his “Slasherman” comic as inspiration for the killings. And as the bodies pile up, and Todd’s friends become victims themselves, he is forced to face...

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Sometimes the most horrifying sources of entertainment are the ones that are based on true events. A famous comic book series and a terrifying real-life serial killer who plagued a small town two decades ago are not only inspiring each other, but also the storyline for the emotionally gripping horror movie, ‘Random Acts of Violence.’ […]

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Rlje Films Presents Random Acts Of Violence Available On VOD, Digital HD, DVD & Blu-ray February 16, 2021 Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Random Acts Of Violence from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. Random Acts Of Violence will be released on VOD, Digital HD, DVD …

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Clayne Crawford and filmmaker Robert Machoian will re-team on “The Integrity of Joseph Chambers,” a drama about a family man who must learn to hunt in order to provide for his family. The film is Crawford and Machoian’s second collaboration, following “The Killing of Two Lovers,” a marital drama that premiered to smashing reviews at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Neon bought “The Killing of Two Lovers,” and is planning a February release, which will allow it to qualify for awards. Production on “The Integrity of Joseph Chambers” has begun in Alabama.

Jordana Brewster, Michael Raymond-James and Jeffrey Dean Morgan will also appear in the film.

Machoian wrote the screenplay with Crawford in mind to play the lead role. Set in the midst of our current economic crisis, the story focuses on a husband and father, Joe (Crawford) who finds that it’s more difficult than he expected to kill his own food.

This Is the End actor Jay Baruchel produced, directed, and starred in Random Acts of Violence, which had its World Premiere at last year’s Fantastic Fest where Trace Thurman called it “a brutal and merciless slasher.” In the film, “Comic book creator Todd Walkley (Jesse Williams), his wife Kathy (Jordana Brewster), assistant Aurora (Niamh Wilson) and best friend, Hard Calibre […]...

This just in! Fantasia Film Festival has added a special live event, A Talk With Finn Wolfhard in conversation with Jay Baruchel. It is a slam dunk of Canadian talent as one of our freshest faces, Finn Wolfhard speaks with another of our famous and succesful exports, Jay Baruchel,   The virtual event will happen this Saturday, August 29 at 2 Pm Edt. More importantly it will be free of charge and accessible worldwide on the Fantasia YouTube channel!    British Columbian actor and musician Finn Wolfhard burst onto the world stage in the culture-shifting Netflix series Stranger Things. With subsequent performances in the It films, The Goldfinch, The Turning,...

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More theaters are beginning to open and movies such as Unhinged are starting to debut in theaters. We are getting to the point where, hopefully, the industry will begin to safely normalize. But we still have a long way to go before we are truly back to normal. Fortunately, there is no shortage of options for those who are still sticking to watching movies at home.

This week sees the arrival of Disney's latest, which was originally intended as a theatrical release. We also have a new biopic on Nikola Tesla, an animated Superman flick and a documentary about one of the biggest video games of all time. Plus, a couple of new horror movies and some new arrivals on Netflix are here to fill the void. Here are this week's streaming selections.

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Most of you know Jay Baruchel from his comedy work. Sure, he’s a very talented comedic actor, but his talents run far deeper than that. Behind the camera, he co-wrote the sports dramedy Goon, as well as co-writing and also directing its sequel Goon: Last of the Enforcers. Now, nearly a decade after he first set out to make it, his sophomore feature Random Acts of Violence is hitting screens. A gory and powerful horror movie (our review can be found right here), it’s a whole new side of Baruchel. Recently, I got on the phone with him to discuss not just directing, but also his pure love for the horror genre as well. You’ll be able to hear my chat with Baruchel below, and it’s a very fun one, even given the heavy nature of his film. We laugh a lot and talk about why...

This week, yet another fantastic horror film is headed to Shudder—Jay Baruchel’s Random Acts of Violence—and I cannot recommend it enough. An adaptation of Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray’s graphic novel of the same name, the film follows comic creator Todd (Jesse Williams) and his closest collaborators as they take a road trip from Canada to New York. Along the way, Todd must reconcile the violence he brings to the page when his creation “Slasherman,” which is based on a real-life serial killer, ends up tracking the group during their travels, and finds his own gruesome sense of inspiration as he gets closer and closer to Todd, where real life and fantasy clash in the most horrific of ways.

Last week, Daily Dead spoke with Baruchel about Random Acts of Violence, and while chatting, he discussed the long journey of getting the film made, his thoughts...

The Violent Bear It Away: Baruchel Turns Murder into Art with Fragmented Debut

An exercise which navigates the oft-blurred lines between art and exploitation, actor Jay Baruchel turns to the director’s seat with his debut Random Acts of Violence, adapted from the graphic novel by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti.

Although it features Jesse Williams in a lead performance and mines some interesting subtexts, there’s an overall sense of incompleteness to a narrative which can’t quite deliver on the moody, self-reflexiveness it promises.

Todd (Williams) is the successful author of a violent comic book series, “Slasherman,” which details the rampage of the I-90 killer, a criminal who was never apprehended but left many victims from 1987 to 1991.…...

Known to many for his on-camera work in comedies like Tropic Thunder and This Is the End, or of course for his indelible vocal performance in How to Train Your Dragon – it’s a great and fascinating thing to see Jay Baruchel further his filmmaking career from behind the lens, in horror movie Random Acts of Violence.

We caught up with the director on Zoom, as he discusses the project with us, and how he has always felt directing was his future. On that note he speaks intelligently on the notion of responsibility, particularly when depicting graphic violence on screen. He comments on the underrated nature of the horror genre, and what he has lined up in the future.

Watch the full interview with Jay Baruchel below:

Synopsis

A pair of comic book writers begin to notice scary similarities between the character they created and horrific real-life events.

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IFC Films has scooped U.S. rights to David Bowie glam-rock origin film “Stardust,” starring actor and musician Johnny Flynn (“Emma”) as the music icon.

Directed by Gabriel Range and co-written with Christopher Bell, “Stardust” is set in 1971, when a 24-year-old Bowie embarks on his first trip to America, only to be met with a world not yet ready for him. The film reveals the inspirations and life events that gave birth to Bowie’s alter ego, Ziggy Stardust, charting the transformation of one of the world’s greatest cultural icons.

Flynn stars in the film opposite Marc Maron (“Glow”) and Jena Malone (“Antebellum”) as Bowie’s wife Angie.

“Stardust” was an official selection at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival and will world premiere at Rome Film Festival in October.

IFC Films plans to release the film during this year’s last quarter. “‘Stardust’ isn’t the traditional film we are...

IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to David Bowie road-trip film Stardust, starring Johnny Flynn (Emma) as the music icon alongside Marc

Maron (Glow) and Jena Malone (Antebellum) as Bowie’s wife Angie.

The film chronicles the young David Bowie’s first visit to the U.S. in 1971 – a trip that inspired the invention of his iconic alter ego Ziggy Stardust.

The 2020 Tribeca Film Festival entry will have its physical world premiere at the Rome Film Festival in October 2020. IFC Films plans to release the film in Q4, 2020.

The deal for the film was negotiated by IFC Films’ EVP of Acquisitions and Productions Arianna Bocco with Fabien Westerhoff of Film Constellation on behalf of the filmmakers.

The film is directed by Gabriel Range and co-written with Christopher Bell. Producing is Paul Van Carter (McQueen) and Nick Taussig (McQueen) of Salon Pictures alongside Matt Code (Random Acts Of Violence), with executive producers Fabien Westerhoff,...

Horror movies can easily get lost going down a path of just being a gore-fest or just being one big metaphor. The most successful efforts in the genre manage to do more than one thing, or at least aren’t completely simple to pin down. Jay Baruchel’s second outing behind the camera, the horror flick Random Acts of Violence, manages to do this with aplomb. Not only is it gnarly and gory, it’s peddling a message, one rooted in the creative process. Almost a decade after he first began to try to bring this story to the screen, it’s now coming out on Shudder and is well worth your time. For Baruchel, as well as fans of the genre, it’s worth the wait. The film is a horror outing, one that seeks to ponder what the real life consequences can be when life imitates art. Here,...

On its most superficial horror flick level, Jay Baruchel’s latest directorial effort Random Acts of Violence works. Co-adapted with Jesse Chabot from Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti’s 2010 graphic novel of the same name, the story sees Slasherman comic creator Todd (Jesse Williams) hitting the road from Toronto to New York City with his wife (Jordana Brewster’s Kathy), assistant (Niamh Wilson’s Aurora), and business partner (Baruchel’s Ezra) in advance of a Comic-Con appearance. The reason they’ve decided not to fly is because Kathy is on a research mission for a new book she’s writing about the real “Slasherman’s” victims along 1-90. Todd’s run of glorifying the terrifying mystique of this killer has reached its end, so it’s only right to honor those lost upon his fictional death.

There’s an effective bit of creative conflict in this premise because it posits...

AMC Networks’ horror SVOD service Shudder is extending to Australia and New Zealand. The genre label is already available in the U.S., Canada, Germany, the UK and Ireland.

Recent Shudder Originals include Zoom-based chiller Host, eco-horror The Beach House, Blood Machines, Blood Quantum, Impetigore, Lake of Death, Random Acts of Violence, Scare Package, The Room, Yummy and Z.

Shudder Original Series include Creepshow from showrunner/executive producer Greg Nicotero, supernatural action series The Dead Lands (in Australia only) and Shudder exclusive Missions.

“We’re thrilled to share our unrivaled collection of curated horror and supernatural movies and series with Australian and New Zealand audiences just in time for Halloween season, where we feature our biggest and best programming of the year,” said Craig Engler, Shudder’s General Manager. “These new launches continue our growing international expansion and our commitment to offer premium genre entertainment to a global audience.”...

Aya Cash is a name that you should probably remember. If you’re someone who watched FX’s “You’re the Worst,” you already know that Cash is a force to reckon with on the screen, bringing humor and confidence to every scene. And 2020 is primed to be her biggest year yet, with the release of Season 2 of “The Boys” (where she plays a new superhero that might just be a fascist bigot) and her upcoming horror film, “Scare Me.”

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As seen in the teaser trailer for “Scare Me,” the premise is simple but yet completely clever.

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Hello, dear readers! We’ve made it through another month, which means we have a new batch of horror, sci-fi and even a handful “genre adjacent” films heading to VOD and digital platforms in the coming weeks. Some of the highlights for August’s digital debuts include La Llorona on Shudder (August 6th), Sputnik (August 14th), Open 24 Hours (August 18th), Random Acts of Violence (hits Shudder on August 20th), The Pale Door (August 21st), and Centigrade and Rogue both arrive on August 28th.

It’s also worth noting that one of my favorite documentaries of 2020, You Cannot Kill David Arquette, is slated for release sometime in late August, but an official date hasn’t been revealed just yet.

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The Sonata is a moody and chilling film in the tradition of the classic haunted house genre. As Rose explores her estranged father’s home,...

The How to Train Your Dragon star, whose Random Acts of Violence is out next month, brings Brandon Lee and Edgar Allan Poe back to life in a homage to his favourite movie

Sometimes Just Sometimes Fest is a multimedia fortnight built around one of my favourite movies, The Crow. The spectre of tragedy looms over that film because of what happened [star Brandon Lee was killed in an accident on set] but it’s still a pretty spectacular landmark in cinema – stylish, harsh, moving, deeply earnest in the best way – and the single best superhero movie.

After keeping the horror genre alive and well in South Florida during the Covid-19 pandemic, the hard-working team behind the Popcorn Frights Film Festival is closing out their Drive-In Horrorshow summer screening series in safety and style on Friday, August 14th with the world premiere of the Caroline Williams-starring Ten Minutes to Midnight and the Southeast US premiere of filmmaker Jay Baruchel’s new horror movie Random Acts of Violence.

The double feature screening will also include the world premieres of Mathew and Nathaniel Barber’s short film No One is Coming and Zach Wincik and Danny Salemme’s short film Cottonmouth.

We have the press release with full details below, and to learn more about the Drive-In Horrorshow and the Popcorn Frights Film Festival, visit their official website.

Press Release: Fort Lauderdale, Fl - Popcorn Frights, the largest genre film event in Southeast US, has announced its Drive-In...

One of the guys I've always enjoyed talking to the most during my time with JoBlo.com is definitely Jay Baruchel, who, in recent years, has turned into one heck of a great director with Goon: Last Of The Enforcers and his new horror flick, Random Acts Of Violence. A hardcore film-buff, here Jay discusses what influenced him on this ultra-dark thriller, including his love of Michael Mann, graphic novels, and the intensity of his star, the great Jesse Williams. And, of course, knowing what…...

Things are heating up on Shudder, starting with Rob Savage’s shot-in-quarantine, Zoom-based Shudder Original chiller Host (July 30th), followed by two August Shudder Originals—Jayro Bustamante’s breathtaking political horror La Llorona (Aug. 6th) and Jay Baruchel’s stylish slasher Random Acts of Violence (Aug. 20th)—and the Shudder Exclusive The Shed (Aug. 27th), Frank Sabatella’s fresh take on […] More...

Coming out in the US, UK & Ireland on AMC’s horror streaming platform Shudder August 20th *In theaters and on-demand in Canada July 31st* *Users can sign-up for a 30-day free trial for new members with promo code Shutin on Shudder.com* A cult-hit in the making, Jay Baruchel’s long-anticipated Random Acts Of Violence, adapted from …

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Hello again, friend of a friend. It’s time for a trailer round-up! This is an infrequent column where we cobble together various trailers from TV shows and movies that aren’t exactly “big,” but still deserve some attention. The indie flicks, documentaries, and other oddities that we can’t exactly give devote a single post to, but […]

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Alright. A trio of new trailers for some Shudder originals came out yesterday. Check them out.    Look in the gallery below for the green and red band trailers for Jay Baruchel's Random Acts of Violence. His new film premieres on Shudder in the US and UK on August 20. Here in Canada it will be in cinemas and On Demand via Elevation Pictures on July 31st.    Comic book creator Todd Walkley (Jesse Williams), his wife Kathy (Jordana Brewster), assistant Aurora (Niamh Wilson) and best friend, Hard Calibre Comics owner Ezra (Jay Baruchel), embark upon a road trip from Toronto to New York Comic Con and bad things start to happen. People start getting killed. It soon...

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Random Acts of Violence is an indie horror feature from director Jay Baruchel and writer Jesse Chabot. The film is slated for a Summer release on Digital and on Shudder. The film stars: Jesse Williams (The Cabin in the Woods), Jordana Brewster and Simon Northwood. Called a "labour of love" by Baruchel, this title focuses on a road trip and a crazed fan. To show later in July, the film's official poster and Red Band trailer are here. Baruchel has talked about the script-writing process. He says of the script for Random Acts of Violence and the process of writing the script has taken close to seven years. Both writers are perfectionists and they took their time to"rebuild or script again and again." Focusing on the characters, horror fans can preview what Baruchel and Chabot have in store for them, this July 31st. On July 31st, Random Acts of Violence...

We're back with another installment of Horror Highlights! In today's feature, we have a look at the trailers for Random Acts of Violence, Lake of Death, and Impetigore, along with details on the 2020 editions of the Blood in the Snow film festival and Grimfest, and a look at Pooka Lives! merchandise:

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A cult-hit in the making, Jay Baruchel’s long-anticipated Random Acts Of Violence, adapted from the popular 2010 horror graphic novel by the same name, is a force to reckon with. The Canadian filmmaker and actor, best known for his comedic bow in This Is The End and as the voice of Hiccup in the How To Train Your Dragon series, has long been committed to bringing Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti’s...

Jay Baruchel is probably best known for his comedic roles in films such as “She’s Out of My League,” “Knocked Up,” and “This is the End.” But for his latest directorial effort, “Random Acts of Violence.” the actor-turned-filmmaker is venturing into the world of horror.

As seen in the trailer for “Random Acts of Violence,” the film tells the story of a comic book creator and his crew of friends that find themselves on a bloody trip from Toronto to the New York Comic Con event.

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A cult-hit in the making, Jay Baruchel’s long-anticipated Random Acts of Violence, adapted from the popular 2010 horror graphic novel by the same name, is a force to reckon with. The Canadian filmmaker and actor, best known for his comedic bow in This is the End and as the voice of Hiccup in the How to Train Your Dragon series, has long been committed to bringing Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti’s vicious pages to the big screen, and wrote, directed, produced and stars in the upcoming film.

Random Acts of Violence explores ideas of legitimizing cruelty, the responsibility of the artist, and what makes a monster in society. Masterfully lensed by award-winning cinematographer Karim Hussain (Hobo With a Shotgun), the film holds a ferocious mirror up to art, society, and violence; and features a knock-out cast, iconic kills, and a pulsating score from celebrated punk all-star Wade MacNeil and...

A cult-hit in the making, Jay Baruchel's long-anticipated Random Acts of Violence, adapted from the popular 2010 horror graphic novel by the same name, is a force to reckon with. The Canadian filmmaker and actor, best known for his comedic bow in This is the End and as the voice of Hiccup in the How to Train Your Dragon series, has long been committed to bringing Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti's vicious pages to the big screen, and wrote, directed, produced and stars in the upcoming film.

The sophomore feature from Jay Baruchel stars Jesse Williams, Jordana Brewster, Niamh Wilson (Saw series) and the director himself .

Random Acts of Violence explores ideas of legitimizing cruelty, the responsibility of the artist, and what makes a monster in society. Masterfully lensed by award-winning cinematographer Karim Hussain, the film holds a ferocious mirror up to art, society, and violence.

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Art imitation life of life imitating art? That's the question at the centre of writer/director Jay Baruchel's latest project Random Acts of Violence.

Adapted from Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti's comic book of the same title, Random Acts of Violence stars Jesse Williams as Todd and Baruchel as Ezra, the creators of "Slasherman," a hugely popular horror comic. The pair are working on their latest volume but Todd is experiencing writer's block so as a way to get the creative juices flowing, the pair, along with their girlfriends, head out on a road trip in search of inspiration but during the trip, they start to notice that their books might be inspiring murder and chaos.

The movie also stars Jordana Brewster and Niamh...

"I can't wait to show you..." Shudder has released an official red band trailer for the indie horror thriller titled Random Acts of Violence, the second feature film directed by Canadian actor-turned-filmmaker Jay Baruchel (his debut was the hockey sequel Goon: Last of the Enforcers from a few years ago). This first premiered at Fantastic Fest in Austin last year, and it will be available on Shudder later this summer to watch. This brutal horror is about a comic book creator who starts to notice that a real killer is using his "Slasherman" comic as inspiration for actual murder. Starring Jesse Williams, Jordana Brewster, Jay Baruchel, Niamh Wilson, Simon Northwood, Victoria Snow, Eric Osborne, and Nia Roam. This trailer has some crazy gore at the end, it looks like a slasher film wrapped around a story about pop culture and how you can't control it once it's out in public.

Perhaps you only know Jay Baruchel from his starring roles in How to Train Your Dragon or Man Seeking Woman. Perhaps you only know him from his supporting roles in Apatow joints like This Is the End or Knocked Up. But what you might not know about Baruchel is that he is a purveyor and creator of grindhouse-leaning horror cinema, a wholly Canadian combination of John Carpenter and David Cronenberg. His latest film in that mold, which he directed, co-wrote, and co-stars in, is called Random Acts of Violence. Though the red-band trailer hints at a …...

IFC Films has released a new trailer for Tesla. The biopic is set to chronicle the life of famed scientist Nikola Tesla, who is responsible for alternating-current, which paved the way for the modern age in many ways. Ethan Hawke is playing the iconic figure in the drama which, per the studio, "like it's subject, defies convention." As we can see from the trailer, that statement seems to be rather accurate.

The trailer kicks off by presenting Ethan Hawke as Nikola Tesla, "the greatest inventor of the age." We then get a feel for the unique way the biopic is being presented. Which is, to say the least, not a straightforward approach. The footage touches on the murky history surrounding the important figure, as well as his relationship to Thomas Edison, which is complicated and contentious. It paints Tesla as a visionary, but a complex one and the nature of...

Jay Baruchel was up late in a hotel room refreshing Twitter over and over. The actor and filmmaker had spent years getting his horror passion project Random Acts of Violence off the ground, and it was finally a reality, with the film premiering at Fantastic Fest in Austin. Only he wasn't there. Instead, Baruchel  was across the ocean in Portugal for one of the few life events that could top seeing Random Acts' debut with an audience: his own wedding.

"It was garnering the reactions I had hoped," Baruchel recalls of monitoring Twitter the two ...

Jay Baruchel was up late in a hotel room refreshing Twitter over and over. The actor and filmmaker had spent years getting his horror passion project Random Acts of Violence off the ground, and it was finally a reality, with the film premiering at Fantastic Fest in Austin. Only he wasn't there. Instead, Baruchel  was across the ocean in Portugal for one of the few life events that could top seeing Random Acts' debut with an audience: his own wedding.

"It was garnering the reactions I had hoped," Baruchel recalls of monitoring Twitter the two ...

Horror superfan Jay Baruchel produced, directed, and starred in Random Acts of Violence, which will release this summer after have its World Premiere at last year’s Fantastic Fest where Trace Thurman called it “a brutal and merciless slasher.” The Cabin in the Woods’ Jesse Williams costars with Jordana Brewster, who you should remember from Platinum Dunes’ remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. In […]...

Dark Castle Entertainment, HanWay Films and Ingenious Media have partnered on horror film “Seance,” directed by Simon Barrett and starring Suki Waterhouse.

Set in an all-girls boarding school haunted by a vengeful spirit, Waterhouse plays Camille, a young woman who arrives at the Fairfield Academy following one of the student’s untimely and violent death.

Dark Castle, HanWay and Ingenious are jointly producing together with Addictive Picture’s John Schoenfelder, Russell Ackerman and with Tomas Deckaj. Alex Mace is producing and Hal Sadoff will executive produce for Dark Castle. The film is fully funded by Dark Castle, HanWay and Ingenious. Dark Castle and HanWay have retained worldwide rights and will commence sales at the upcoming American Film Market.

“Seance” is based on a screenplay by Barrett and marks the third collaboration between the filmmaker and HanWay, who have also worked closely on Barrett’s films “The Guest” and “You’re Next,...