Though PinkPantheress’s Heaven Knows is dotted with samples across its runtime, the British singer’s debut album nonetheless presents an original, unique vision. A departure from her 2021 mixtape To Hell with It, which is built around succinct, TikTok-ready songs and easily recognizable sonic quotations from various U.K. dance cuts, Heaven Knows is a full-throated pop album with an eye on contemporary trends.
“The Aisle” is as good a bellwether as any to determine if fans will take the leaps that PinkPantheress is asking of them. It’s more robust than anything we’ve heard from her before, with glossy disco inflections and drum work, and layer upon layer of jittering synths. The track’s invocation of disco and nod to 2Pac’s “California Love” are in service of mainstream pop consumption rather than a revivalist genre experiment. Its pastiche is certainly less “cool,” but PinkPantheress delivers it with a surprising ease.
“The Aisle” is as good a bellwether as any to determine if fans will take the leaps that PinkPantheress is asking of them. It’s more robust than anything we’ve heard from her before, with glossy disco inflections and drum work, and layer upon layer of jittering synths. The track’s invocation of disco and nod to 2Pac’s “California Love” are in service of mainstream pop consumption rather than a revivalist genre experiment. Its pastiche is certainly less “cool,” but PinkPantheress delivers it with a surprising ease.
- 11/13/2023
- by Charles Lyons-Burt
- Slant Magazine
PinkPantheress has released her long-awaited debut album, Heaven Knows. Stream it via Apple Music or Spotify below.
The 13-song project, which was teased with the singles “Capable of Love” and “Mosquito,” follows the English artist’s breakout 2021 mixtape, to hell with it. Notable features from Ice Spice, Kelela, Central Cee, and Rema are sprawled across the album.
“The record is about grief for a loss but being at peace with yourself in your aloneness,” PinkPantheress said in a previous press release. “Journeying from hell into purgatory, but I’m Ok with being there.”
This weekend, PinkPantheress will play Camp Flog Gnaw ahead of her 2024 tour dates, which begin in February with a brief run across the UK and Europe. After that, she’ll serve as the opener on the North American leg of Olivia Rodrigo’s “Guts” tour. Get tickets to PinkPantheress’ North American shows here and international dates here.
The 13-song project, which was teased with the singles “Capable of Love” and “Mosquito,” follows the English artist’s breakout 2021 mixtape, to hell with it. Notable features from Ice Spice, Kelela, Central Cee, and Rema are sprawled across the album.
“The record is about grief for a loss but being at peace with yourself in your aloneness,” PinkPantheress said in a previous press release. “Journeying from hell into purgatory, but I’m Ok with being there.”
This weekend, PinkPantheress will play Camp Flog Gnaw ahead of her 2024 tour dates, which begin in February with a brief run across the UK and Europe. After that, she’ll serve as the opener on the North American leg of Olivia Rodrigo’s “Guts” tour. Get tickets to PinkPantheress’ North American shows here and international dates here.
- 11/10/2023
- by Kayla Higgins
- Consequence - Music
From the creator of To Hell With It comes Heaven Knows. On Thursday, PinkPantheress announced the release of her debut LP, which grapples with “being at peace with yourself in your aloneness” amid grief, on Nov. 10.
“What an intense insane moment ! my first album is coming out and you know i love a pun so it’s called ‘heaven knows,’ out on November 10th,” PinkPantheress wrote on Instagram. “This album is an accumulation of music I’ve made over the last two years, with some beloved tunes that might sound...
“What an intense insane moment ! my first album is coming out and you know i love a pun so it’s called ‘heaven knows,’ out on November 10th,” PinkPantheress wrote on Instagram. “This album is an accumulation of music I’ve made over the last two years, with some beloved tunes that might sound...
- 10/12/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Bad Bunny fearlessly dives into a new romance, Ed Sheeran muses about an English lover in a foreign setting, and Latto parties with BabyDrull. Plus, new music from Pink Pantheress, ‘NSync, and Lil Yachty with J. Cole.
Bad Bunny, “Un Preview” (YouTube)
Ed Sheeran, “American Town” (YouTube)
Latto feat. BabyDrill, “Issa Party” (YouTube)
Pink Pantheress, “Mosquito” (YouTube)
Lil Yachty feat J. Cole, “The Secret Recipe” (YouTube)
‘NSync,...
Bad Bunny, “Un Preview” (YouTube)
Ed Sheeran, “American Town” (YouTube)
Latto feat. BabyDrill, “Issa Party” (YouTube)
Pink Pantheress, “Mosquito” (YouTube)
Lil Yachty feat J. Cole, “The Secret Recipe” (YouTube)
‘NSync,...
- 9/29/2023
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
PinkPantheress’ priorities couldn’t be more in order. Her commitment to the early 2000s aesthetic led her to channel the romantic comedies of that time in the music video for her latest single “Mosquito.” But instead of yearning for the affection of men with deeply hit-or-miss haircuts, she went with the more obvious win: those shopping sprees the protagonist and her friends always seemed to have endless funds for.
PinkPantheress stars in the nostalgia-drenched video alongside Bridgerton actress Charithra Chandran, Queen Charlotte star India Amarteifio, and Black-ish lead Yara Shahidi.
PinkPantheress stars in the nostalgia-drenched video alongside Bridgerton actress Charithra Chandran, Queen Charlotte star India Amarteifio, and Black-ish lead Yara Shahidi.
- 9/29/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Locarno — Brazil’s Pandora Filmes, one of the country’s premier independent distributors, has secured Brazilian distribution rights to “Tomorrow’s Rain”(“Amanhã Já Não Chove”), a Portuguese portrait of bourgeois malaise which was brought onto the market last weekend at the Locarno Festival’s Match Me!
Pandora Filmes’ distribution slate takes in “Parasite,” “The Man Who Sold His Skin,” and “R.M.N.”
Set up at Lisbon’s Omaja and Brazil’s Capuri, which cut the deal with Pandora, “Tomorrow Rain” marks the fiction feature debut of Portuguese director-producer Bernardo Lopes at Omaja, a 2021 Portuguese Film Academy Sophia Award winner for his short “Moço.”
Produced by Lopes and Eduardo Rezende, “Tomorrow’s Rain”will star José Pimentão, who played Ramiro in Netflix’s “1899,” and João Nunes Monteiro, a Portuguese Film Academy Sophia Award winner best actor award winner for “Mosquito” in 2021 and best supporting actor winner last year for “The Tsugua Diaries.
Pandora Filmes’ distribution slate takes in “Parasite,” “The Man Who Sold His Skin,” and “R.M.N.”
Set up at Lisbon’s Omaja and Brazil’s Capuri, which cut the deal with Pandora, “Tomorrow Rain” marks the fiction feature debut of Portuguese director-producer Bernardo Lopes at Omaja, a 2021 Portuguese Film Academy Sophia Award winner for his short “Moço.”
Produced by Lopes and Eduardo Rezende, “Tomorrow’s Rain”will star José Pimentão, who played Ramiro in Netflix’s “1899,” and João Nunes Monteiro, a Portuguese Film Academy Sophia Award winner best actor award winner for “Mosquito” in 2021 and best supporting actor winner last year for “The Tsugua Diaries.
- 8/9/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
We’ve all seen the hackneyed, poorly CG-ed, primetime Asylum special on Syfy version of Stung too many times before. Director Benni Diez, every producer, and each department head go the extra mile to avoid such a fate for their 80s throwback creature feature. That’s what’s so endearing about a 2015 “When Insects Attack” flick with gigantic ideas and the right approach, rooted in buzzworthy practical effects. Stung would play gangbusters along with other abominations of nature like Zombeavers or Eight Legged Freaks (for different reasons), also classics like Them! or Mosquito, and deserves reappraisal for standing out from the swarm.
Screenwriter Adam Aresty hatched the idea while working on an actual catering gig with a wasp problem, which he morphed into the gonzo invasion that takes place. Julia (Jessica Cook) runs a catering company hired for an annual New York garden party hosted by newly widowed Mrs. Perch...
Screenwriter Adam Aresty hatched the idea while working on an actual catering gig with a wasp problem, which he morphed into the gonzo invasion that takes place. Julia (Jessica Cook) runs a catering company hired for an annual New York garden party hosted by newly widowed Mrs. Perch...
- 2/22/2023
- by Matt Donato
- bloody-disgusting.com
Yeah Yeah Yeahs are back with their first new song in nearly a decade, “Spitting Off the Edge of the World,” the first offering from their upcoming album, Cool It Down, out Sept. 30 via Secretly Canadian.
“Spitting Off the Edge of the World” is a smoldering cut that finds Karen O sharing vocal duties with Perfume Genius, their voices combining as the song builds to a massive peak filled with crashing drums and keening guitar riffs. The track — produced by TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek — also arrives with...
“Spitting Off the Edge of the World” is a smoldering cut that finds Karen O sharing vocal duties with Perfume Genius, their voices combining as the song builds to a massive peak filled with crashing drums and keening guitar riffs. The track — produced by TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek — also arrives with...
- 6/1/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Yeah Yeah Yeahs have announced a pair of headlining gigs in New York and Los Angeles, and with it the promise of new music later this year.
It’s been three years since the trio has played any U.S. shows — and nine years since their last album, 2013’s Mosquito — but that will change this fall when the Yeah Yeah Yeahs play New York’s Forest Hills Stadium on Oct. 1 followed by a gig at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl on Oct. 6.
Both shows will feature punk upstarts the Linda Lindas as special guest,...
It’s been three years since the trio has played any U.S. shows — and nine years since their last album, 2013’s Mosquito — but that will change this fall when the Yeah Yeah Yeahs play New York’s Forest Hills Stadium on Oct. 1 followed by a gig at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl on Oct. 6.
Both shows will feature punk upstarts the Linda Lindas as special guest,...
- 5/2/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
A showcase for new Portuguese TV series aiming to attract international broadcasters and buyers, the first edition of ONSeries Lisboa, running Nov. 25-26, could hardly have come at a more opportune time.
Over recent years Portugal has been renowned for either niche auteur films or high-energy telenovelas. But a new strand of higher budget TV series has begun to emerge, driven by investments by local broadcasters and streaming-platforms, co-productions, production subsidies and an incentive scheme that now offers an up to 30% of spend cash rebate.
ONSeries aims to tap into this new energy. Produced by Géraldine Gonard’s Inside Content, the company behind Conecta Fiction in Spain, the two-day event brings a cluster of high-profile streamers, production companies, sales agents, television buyers and commissioning editors to Lisbon.
The event’s opening session includes the international premiere of crime drama, “Natural Law” (“Causa Propria”), produced by Arquipélago Filmes for Portuguese pubcaster,...
Over recent years Portugal has been renowned for either niche auteur films or high-energy telenovelas. But a new strand of higher budget TV series has begun to emerge, driven by investments by local broadcasters and streaming-platforms, co-productions, production subsidies and an incentive scheme that now offers an up to 30% of spend cash rebate.
ONSeries aims to tap into this new energy. Produced by Géraldine Gonard’s Inside Content, the company behind Conecta Fiction in Spain, the two-day event brings a cluster of high-profile streamers, production companies, sales agents, television buyers and commissioning editors to Lisbon.
The event’s opening session includes the international premiere of crime drama, “Natural Law” (“Causa Propria”), produced by Arquipélago Filmes for Portuguese pubcaster,...
- 11/25/2021
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
Saturday Night Live featured player Punkie Johnson is set to star in the upcoming sophomore season of HBO Max’s Love Life opposite Jessica Williams, Chris “Comedian Cp” Powell and William Jackson Harper.
Also boarding the anthology series’ Season 2 are Leslie Bibb (Jupiter’s Legacy), John Earl Jelks (True Detective) and Arian Moayed (Succession), who will take on recurring roles.
Kimberly Elise (Mosquito Coast), Ego Nwodim (Saturday Night Live) and Blair Undwerwood (When They See Us) round out the cast as Season 2 guests stars.
From Lionsgate Television and Feigco Entertainment, Love Life Season 2 follows Marcus Watkins (Harper) as he comes out of a years-long relationship with the woman he thought was going to be his person. The rug pulled out from under him, he is plunged back into the search for the romantic fulfillment that he thought he had already found.
Love Life Season 2 is co-showrun by Sam Boyd, Bridget Bedard and Rachelle Williams,...
Also boarding the anthology series’ Season 2 are Leslie Bibb (Jupiter’s Legacy), John Earl Jelks (True Detective) and Arian Moayed (Succession), who will take on recurring roles.
Kimberly Elise (Mosquito Coast), Ego Nwodim (Saturday Night Live) and Blair Undwerwood (When They See Us) round out the cast as Season 2 guests stars.
From Lionsgate Television and Feigco Entertainment, Love Life Season 2 follows Marcus Watkins (Harper) as he comes out of a years-long relationship with the woman he thought was going to be his person. The rug pulled out from under him, he is plunged back into the search for the romantic fulfillment that he thought he had already found.
Love Life Season 2 is co-showrun by Sam Boyd, Bridget Bedard and Rachelle Williams,...
- 7/20/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Gaia: Following its world premiere at the virtual 2021 SXSW film festival, Jaco Bouwer's Gaia is coming to theaters on June 18th and On Demand on June 25th from Decal Releasing, and we have a look at the film's official trailer.
Directed by Bouwer from a screenplay by Tertius Kapp, Gaia stars Monique Rockman, Carel Nel, Anthony Oseyemi, and Alex Van Dyk.
Synopsis: "An injured forest ranger on a routine mission is saved by two off-the-grid survivalists. What is initially a welcome rescue grows more suspicious as the son and his renegade father reveal a cultish devotion to the forest. When their cabin is attacked by a strange being it’s clear there is a far greater threat in this unrelenting wilderness."
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Directed by Bouwer from a screenplay by Tertius Kapp, Gaia stars Monique Rockman, Carel Nel, Anthony Oseyemi, and Alex Van Dyk.
Synopsis: "An injured forest ranger on a routine mission is saved by two off-the-grid survivalists. What is initially a welcome rescue grows more suspicious as the son and his renegade father reveal a cultish devotion to the forest. When their cabin is attacked by a strange being it’s clear there is a far greater threat in this unrelenting wilderness."
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- 6/4/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
FX’s critically acclaimed, groundbreaking drama Pose begins its final season this week. The NFL Draft takes up a sizable portion of TV real estate over the next several days, networks’ and streamers’ spring schedules start to click into place with premieres across the spectrum, while CBS’ MacGyver solves its last problem.
Below is The Hollywood Reporter’s rundown of premieres, returns and specials over the next seven days. It would be next to impossible to watch everything, but let THR point the way to worthy options for the coming week. All times are Et/Pt unless noted.
The Big Show
Pose has been a landmark series ...
Below is The Hollywood Reporter’s rundown of premieres, returns and specials over the next seven days. It would be next to impossible to watch everything, but let THR point the way to worthy options for the coming week. All times are Et/Pt unless noted.
The Big Show
Pose has been a landmark series ...
- 4/29/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The pandemic, although disastrous for most parts of the economy, had one minor upside: a boost in online viewing. The number of subscribers of Portugal’s VOD platform Filmin, for example, has tripled compared with last year, due in part to the lockdown. “We grew as much in three months as we forecast for two years,” Filmin Portugal manager Anette Dujisin told Variety. Classic films have played a major part in driving that growth.
Despite challenges with local classics, Filmin is seeing growing success with heritage films and catalog titles as well as new releases. Filmin has received constant requests from subscribers – even loud demands from some – for more classic films since the service went online in 2016, Dujisin said.
The feedback affirms “that a VOD platform dedicated to independent cinema is not complete without a certain body of classical films,” Dujisin said. “So since the beginning we have been making...
Despite challenges with local classics, Filmin is seeing growing success with heritage films and catalog titles as well as new releases. Filmin has received constant requests from subscribers – even loud demands from some – for more classic films since the service went online in 2016, Dujisin said.
The feedback affirms “that a VOD platform dedicated to independent cinema is not complete without a certain body of classical films,” Dujisin said. “So since the beginning we have been making...
- 10/12/2020
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
Fremantle enjoyed something of a drama boom last year. Buoyed by hits including American Gods and The New Pope, the global producer’s drama revenue climbed 36% to €414M ($494M) in 2019.
Then the pandemic hit. Fremantle, like all other major producers, suffered unprecedented shutdowns across the 30 territories in which it operates. Production is only now getting fully back on its feet.
The coronavirus crisis will inevitably put a dent in Fremantle’s scripted growth trajectory. But underneath an anomaly that no-one saw coming lies a steely confidence that the company is well-positioned in a frantically competitive market.
That confidence flows from Andrea Scrosati, Fremantle’s chief operating officer. Scrosati has just added global drama to his brief following the departure of Sarah Doole this month and he now oversees a slate that currently spans 50 shows all over the world.
Then the pandemic hit. Fremantle, like all other major producers, suffered unprecedented shutdowns across the 30 territories in which it operates. Production is only now getting fully back on its feet.
The coronavirus crisis will inevitably put a dent in Fremantle’s scripted growth trajectory. But underneath an anomaly that no-one saw coming lies a steely confidence that the company is well-positioned in a frantically competitive market.
That confidence flows from Andrea Scrosati, Fremantle’s chief operating officer. Scrosati has just added global drama to his brief following the departure of Sarah Doole this month and he now oversees a slate that currently spans 50 shows all over the world.
- 8/21/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars and filmmakers and not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in between. Dan Mecca and Conor O’Donnell, along with special guests, present a new podcast bi-weekly.
Be sure to give us a follow on Twitter or on Facebook. Subscribe on Soundcloud, iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor.
In celebration of our 50th episode, check out the library of all episodes in alphabetical order below, including the films discussed.
50th Episode
Ben Affleck
BounceChanging LanesForces of NatureHollywoodland
The Avengers Edition – Part 1 & Part 2
The Brothers BloomIn the Heart of the SeaKill the MessengerThe Nanny DiariesThe Perfect ScoreThe Singing Detective
Angela Bassett
Strange DaysSunshine StateSupernovaVampire in Brooklyn
Warren Beatty
Dick TracyThe FortuneMcCabe and Mrs.
Be sure to give us a follow on Twitter or on Facebook. Subscribe on Soundcloud, iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor.
In celebration of our 50th episode, check out the library of all episodes in alphabetical order below, including the films discussed.
50th Episode
Ben Affleck
BounceChanging LanesForces of NatureHollywoodland
The Avengers Edition – Part 1 & Part 2
The Brothers BloomIn the Heart of the SeaKill the MessengerThe Nanny DiariesThe Perfect ScoreThe Singing Detective
Angela Bassett
Strange DaysSunshine StateSupernovaVampire in Brooklyn
Warren Beatty
Dick TracyThe FortuneMcCabe and Mrs.
- 5/7/2020
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
The company has also acquired Lucas Santa Ana’s ‘Memories Of A Teenager’.
Wildstar International, the UK-based sales company launched last year by former Fusion Media Sales executive Murray Dibbs, has acquired worldwide sales rights to Argentinian director Marco Berger’s Young Hunter.
Berger’s feature is making its world premiere in the Big Screen Competition in the Voices strand at International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr).
The film follows the sexual awakening of a 15-year-old boy, which lands him in a moral dilemma when a video surfaces of him having sex with a handsome skater.
Berger, who is one of...
Wildstar International, the UK-based sales company launched last year by former Fusion Media Sales executive Murray Dibbs, has acquired worldwide sales rights to Argentinian director Marco Berger’s Young Hunter.
Berger’s feature is making its world premiere in the Big Screen Competition in the Voices strand at International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr).
The film follows the sexual awakening of a 15-year-old boy, which lands him in a moral dilemma when a video surfaces of him having sex with a handsome skater.
Berger, who is one of...
- 1/26/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
The world premiere of João Nuno Pinto’s Mosquito opened the festival.
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) opened last night (Wednesday January 22) with a speech from outgoing artistic director Bero Beyer championing sustainability and the enduring power of film.
A smiling Beyer was visibly emotional throughout his speech, at one point digressing from his prepared script and receiving multiple interruptions of applause from the audience.
Rather than looking back at his tenure, he spoke of the “distinctive feature of humanity” that is “this urge to communicate” through cinema.
“Through film we pose profound questions in an attempt to find...
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) opened last night (Wednesday January 22) with a speech from outgoing artistic director Bero Beyer championing sustainability and the enduring power of film.
A smiling Beyer was visibly emotional throughout his speech, at one point digressing from his prepared script and receiving multiple interruptions of applause from the audience.
Rather than looking back at his tenure, he spoke of the “distinctive feature of humanity” that is “this urge to communicate” through cinema.
“Through film we pose profound questions in an attempt to find...
- 1/23/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Zacarias is young and looking for adventure so he signs up for the Portuguese army. It's 1917 and he ends up in Mozambique, a Portuguese colony in mid-war against the invading Germans.
The young soldier's dreams of adventure are thwarted when he contracts malaria and is forced to stay behind while his unit sets off across the country. He's barely recovered when he decides to follow his unit on his own, determined to report for duty.
Joao Nuno Pinto's Mosquito, his second feature in a decade, unfolds like a fever dream as we follow Zacarias through the country, and we witness the young soldier's encounters with animals, colonists, and deserters through a fog of exhaustion, hunger and god knows what else.
The first trailer for Mosquito suggests a dr...
The young soldier's dreams of adventure are thwarted when he contracts malaria and is forced to stay behind while his unit sets off across the country. He's barely recovered when he decides to follow his unit on his own, determined to report for duty.
Joao Nuno Pinto's Mosquito, his second feature in a decade, unfolds like a fever dream as we follow Zacarias through the country, and we witness the young soldier's encounters with animals, colonists, and deserters through a fog of exhaustion, hunger and god knows what else.
The first trailer for Mosquito suggests a dr...
- 1/17/2020
- QuietEarth.us
The titles span countries and cultures, ranging from traditional to experimental approaches, all encompassing urgency and cinematic relevance. At its press conference on 18 December, the International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) unveiled the full lineup of its 49th edition. The announcement includes the 10 titles running in the Tiger competition, as well as the 9 picks for the Big Screen Competition and the 15 feature-length debuts in the Bright Future Competition. The festival, which will be held from 22 January to 2 February, will open with a screening of Mosquito. The film, by Portuguese director João Nuno Pinto, tells a World War I story from an unexpected angle, following a Portuguese soldier through the African wilderness. This years’ Tiger Competition counts no less than 10 titles. Several of the filmmakers have a history with the festival, such as Luis López Carrasco, who presented his feature-length debut El Futuro there in...
- 12/19/2019
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
Latest project understood to centre on 1970s Californian high school.
Paul Thomas Anderson and Focus Features will reunite on the acclaimed filmmaker’s upcoming high school film after they collaborated on the Oscar-winning Phantom Thread.
Longtime Anderson associates JoAnne Sellar (pictured) and Daniel Lupi will produce the new project with Anderson, who is understood to be lining up a 1970s high school story involving a child actor that may take place in the filmmaker’s familiar San Fernando Valley locale north of Hollywood.
Production is scheduled for spring or summer 2020 in California, giving rise to the slim possibility of a year-end awards-qualifying release.
Paul Thomas Anderson and Focus Features will reunite on the acclaimed filmmaker’s upcoming high school film after they collaborated on the Oscar-winning Phantom Thread.
Longtime Anderson associates JoAnne Sellar (pictured) and Daniel Lupi will produce the new project with Anderson, who is understood to be lining up a 1970s high school story involving a child actor that may take place in the filmmaker’s familiar San Fernando Valley locale north of Hollywood.
Production is scheduled for spring or summer 2020 in California, giving rise to the slim possibility of a year-end awards-qualifying release.
- 12/18/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood’ to close the festival, which runs January 22 to February 2.
João Nuno Pinto’s Mosquito is to open the 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam, which has unveiled its full line-up of competition titles.
Scroll down for full list of titles
Mosquito follows a 17-year-old Portuguese recruit who gets lost in the African wilderness in 1917 and marks the second feature from Portuguese director Pinto following 2010’s América. It will also compete in Iffr’s Big Screen Competition.
The festival will close with Marielle Heller’s A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood, starring Tom Hanks as Us icon Fred Rogers.
João Nuno Pinto’s Mosquito is to open the 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam, which has unveiled its full line-up of competition titles.
Scroll down for full list of titles
Mosquito follows a 17-year-old Portuguese recruit who gets lost in the African wilderness in 1917 and marks the second feature from Portuguese director Pinto following 2010’s América. It will also compete in Iffr’s Big Screen Competition.
The festival will close with Marielle Heller’s A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood, starring Tom Hanks as Us icon Fred Rogers.
- 12/18/2019
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
My Mexican BretzelThe titles for the 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam are being announced in anticipation of the event running January 22 – February 2, 2020. We will update the program as new films are revealed.
Tiger COMPETITIONEl año del descubrimiento (Luis López Carrasco)Beasts Clawing at Straws (Kim Yonghoon)The Cloud in Her Room (Zheng Lu Xinyuan)Desterro (Maria Clara Escobar)Drama Girl (Vincent Boy Kars)La fortaleza (Jorge Thielen Armand)Kala azar (Janis Rafa)Nasir (Arun Karthick)Piedra sola (Alejandro Telemaco Tarraf)Si yo fuera el invierno mismo (Jazmín López)
Bright Future COMPETITIONBabai (Artem Aisagaliev)Chaco (Diego Mondaca)Los fantasmas (Sebastián Lojo)Fellwechselzeit (Sabrina Mertens)For the Time Being (Salka Tiziana)I Blame Society (Gillian Wallace Horvat)Moving On (Yoon Dan-bi)My Mexican Bretzel (Nuria Giménez Lorang)Ofrenda (Juan María Mónaco Cagni)Panquiaco (Ana Elena Tejera)A Rifle and a Bag (Isabella Rinaldi / Cristina Hanes / Arya Rothe)Sebastian jumps über Geländer (Ceylan-Alejandro...
Tiger COMPETITIONEl año del descubrimiento (Luis López Carrasco)Beasts Clawing at Straws (Kim Yonghoon)The Cloud in Her Room (Zheng Lu Xinyuan)Desterro (Maria Clara Escobar)Drama Girl (Vincent Boy Kars)La fortaleza (Jorge Thielen Armand)Kala azar (Janis Rafa)Nasir (Arun Karthick)Piedra sola (Alejandro Telemaco Tarraf)Si yo fuera el invierno mismo (Jazmín López)
Bright Future COMPETITIONBabai (Artem Aisagaliev)Chaco (Diego Mondaca)Los fantasmas (Sebastián Lojo)Fellwechselzeit (Sabrina Mertens)For the Time Being (Salka Tiziana)I Blame Society (Gillian Wallace Horvat)Moving On (Yoon Dan-bi)My Mexican Bretzel (Nuria Giménez Lorang)Ofrenda (Juan María Mónaco Cagni)Panquiaco (Ana Elena Tejera)A Rifle and a Bag (Isabella Rinaldi / Cristina Hanes / Arya Rothe)Sebastian jumps über Geländer (Ceylan-Alejandro...
- 12/18/2019
- MUBI
Mosquito, a period drama from Portuguese filmmaker João Nuno Pinto (América), will open the 2020 International Film Festival Rotterdam, kicking off the inaugural fest under new director Bero Beyer.
Described as a "war film without war," Mosquito follows a 17-year-old Portuguese recruit drafted to fight in World War I who gets lost in the African wilderness. The film will have its world premiere in Rotterdam in the festival's Big Screen Competition section.
In a nod to the mainstream, Rotterdam has picked Marielle Heller's feel-good feature A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, starring Tom Hanks as children'...
Described as a "war film without war," Mosquito follows a 17-year-old Portuguese recruit drafted to fight in World War I who gets lost in the African wilderness. The film will have its world premiere in Rotterdam in the festival's Big Screen Competition section.
In a nod to the mainstream, Rotterdam has picked Marielle Heller's feel-good feature A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, starring Tom Hanks as children'...
- 12/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Karen O and Danger Mouse enlisted filmmaker Spike Jonze to direct a stunning performance of their new track “Woman” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Monday.
Filmed in black-and-white, the production featured a troupe of dancers who flanked O with intricate choreography as she tore through the thumping cut. The performance boasted several clever flourishes, including a dance section that involved audience participation – Stephen Colbert even appeared among the crowd to join in – and a wild finale that found O jumping on top of a burned-out car.
“Woman” appears...
Filmed in black-and-white, the production featured a troupe of dancers who flanked O with intricate choreography as she tore through the thumping cut. The performance boasted several clever flourishes, including a dance section that involved audience participation – Stephen Colbert even appeared among the crowd to join in – and a wild finale that found O jumping on top of a burned-out car.
“Woman” appears...
- 3/19/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Stella Donnelly spools out the kind of cuddle-core guitar pop that traditionally goes best with cardigan sweaters and shy glances in the dustiest recesses of the local used bookstore. But the Australian singer-guitarist is hardly the retiring type. “Your personality traits don’t count/If you put your dick in someone’s face/And no, it’s never too late/We sat there silently while you kept your job/And your place and your six-figure wage,” she sings on her #Metoo masterpiece “Old Man.”
Donnelly’s gently conversational singing and...
Donnelly’s gently conversational singing and...
- 3/12/2019
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
Karen O and Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton released “Turn the Light” ahead of their collaborative album, Lux Prima (out March 15th). The song features an upbeat groove that pairs Karen O singing about “starry, starry nights” in silky falsetto with Burton’s minimalist synth-and-bass sound. Astute listeners will recognize that funk throttle as a staple of Burton’s collaborative productions like Broken Bells, his project with Shins’ singer James Mercer.
O and Burton have both described their collaboration as an atmospheric experience — one that creates a world more than it creates a sound.
O and Burton have both described their collaboration as an atmospheric experience — one that creates a world more than it creates a sound.
- 3/11/2019
- by Brandon Kahn
- Rollingstone.com
Despite producing only around 15 feature films per year, Portuguese cinema has consistently won significant festival prizes.
In 2018, awards for Portuguese films included Cannes’ Critics’ Week winner, “Diamantino” by Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt, and “The Dead and the Others” by João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora, which took a Special Jury Prize at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard.
Portuguese filmmakers have survived through a mixture of dedication, creative ingenuity and co-productions. Amid economic crisis, in 2012, the situation seemed dire, with Portugal’s National Film and Audiovisual Institute (Ica) unable to open any funding lines.
However a 2012 film law, revised in 2014, provided new revenues for the Ica by introducing levies on subscription TV services. As a result, the Ica has been able to channel significant additional funding into the domestic industry, including new support programs for TV series and animation features.
Investment obligations for domestic broadcasters have also been upped including reinforced commitments for public broadcaster,...
In 2018, awards for Portuguese films included Cannes’ Critics’ Week winner, “Diamantino” by Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt, and “The Dead and the Others” by João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora, which took a Special Jury Prize at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard.
Portuguese filmmakers have survived through a mixture of dedication, creative ingenuity and co-productions. Amid economic crisis, in 2012, the situation seemed dire, with Portugal’s National Film and Audiovisual Institute (Ica) unable to open any funding lines.
However a 2012 film law, revised in 2014, provided new revenues for the Ica by introducing levies on subscription TV services. As a result, the Ica has been able to channel significant additional funding into the domestic industry, including new support programs for TV series and animation features.
Investment obligations for domestic broadcasters have also been upped including reinforced commitments for public broadcaster,...
- 2/9/2019
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Gino Barzacchi, Gabriel Cash, Riccardo Serventi Longhi, Crisula Stafida | Directed by Paolo Bertola
Just how many giant spider movies will we get before filmmakers realise that None will beat 2000s Spiders, directed by Gary Jones (Mosquito) and starring Lana Parrilla (Once Upon a Time’s Evil Queen), which had a sequel in 2001… This week’s contender for the spider-movie crown is the Italian monster-movie Arachnicide, a title which connotes a much greater movie than this film actually is!
Yes this latest giant spider movie is an Italian horror film, however don’t expect Fulci levels of spider-based gore, this one is sadly a made-for-tv affair directed by Paolo Bertola, who has been working steadily away producing TV movies in Italy for some years. However only his 2011 film My Lai Four has made it to these shores previously, released by Scanbox (remember them?) back in 2011 as Massacre at My Lai Four.
Just how many giant spider movies will we get before filmmakers realise that None will beat 2000s Spiders, directed by Gary Jones (Mosquito) and starring Lana Parrilla (Once Upon a Time’s Evil Queen), which had a sequel in 2001… This week’s contender for the spider-movie crown is the Italian monster-movie Arachnicide, a title which connotes a much greater movie than this film actually is!
Yes this latest giant spider movie is an Italian horror film, however don’t expect Fulci levels of spider-based gore, this one is sadly a made-for-tv affair directed by Paolo Bertola, who has been working steadily away producing TV movies in Italy for some years. However only his 2011 film My Lai Four has made it to these shores previously, released by Scanbox (remember them?) back in 2011 as Massacre at My Lai Four.
- 8/10/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stars: Gino Barzacchi, Gabriel Cash, Riccardo Serventi Longhi, Crisula Stafida | Directed by Paolo Bertola
How many “Spiders” films are there now on DVD? There’s my favourite: 2000s Spiders, directed by Gary Jones (Mosquito) and starring Lana Parrilla (Once Upon a Time’s Evil Queen), which had a sequel in 2001. Then there’s Spiders 3D. Originally released in 3D in 2013, the film dropped the “3D” from its title when it hit DVD the same year (though the 3D blu-ray didn’t)… And now comes Spiders, a retitling of an Italian monster-movie originally called Arachnicide – a much cooler title, yet one I’m guessing was too highbrow from the plebians that UK supermarkets think their “audiences” are…
Yes, surprise, surprise, this latest giant spider movie is an Italian horror film, however don’t expect Fulci levels of spider-based gore, this one is sadly a made-for-tv affair directed by Paolo Bertola, who...
How many “Spiders” films are there now on DVD? There’s my favourite: 2000s Spiders, directed by Gary Jones (Mosquito) and starring Lana Parrilla (Once Upon a Time’s Evil Queen), which had a sequel in 2001. Then there’s Spiders 3D. Originally released in 3D in 2013, the film dropped the “3D” from its title when it hit DVD the same year (though the 3D blu-ray didn’t)… And now comes Spiders, a retitling of an Italian monster-movie originally called Arachnicide – a much cooler title, yet one I’m guessing was too highbrow from the plebians that UK supermarkets think their “audiences” are…
Yes, surprise, surprise, this latest giant spider movie is an Italian horror film, however don’t expect Fulci levels of spider-based gore, this one is sadly a made-for-tv affair directed by Paolo Bertola, who...
- 2/7/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
For many people growing up in the 1970s, Gunnar Hansen was horror. His haunting depiction of Leatherface in Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was nightmare fuel for generations, so it is with great sadness that we share the news that Hansen passed away yesterday at the age of 68.
According to Yahoo News, Hansen died of pancreatic cancer. At the time of his passing, Hansen was at his home in Maine. He is survived by his partner, Betty Tower.
Coupled with Hooper's immersive filmmaking, Hansen's towering presence and unflinching dedication to the role of Leatherface helped make The Texas Chain Saw Massacre one of the most highly regarded (and scariest) horror films ever made. Sadly, Hansen's Texas Chain Saw co-star Marilyn Burns passed away last August.
Though he's best known by many as Leatherface, Hansen didn't let the skin mask define him, as he was just as skilled...
According to Yahoo News, Hansen died of pancreatic cancer. At the time of his passing, Hansen was at his home in Maine. He is survived by his partner, Betty Tower.
Coupled with Hooper's immersive filmmaking, Hansen's towering presence and unflinching dedication to the role of Leatherface helped make The Texas Chain Saw Massacre one of the most highly regarded (and scariest) horror films ever made. Sadly, Hansen's Texas Chain Saw co-star Marilyn Burns passed away last August.
Though he's best known by many as Leatherface, Hansen didn't let the skin mask define him, as he was just as skilled...
- 11/8/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Attack of the killer... pumpkins?! The Dead Peasant team have launched a campaign to help make Blood & Gourd #2 a reality. Also in this round-up: a teaser video for The Visitors and Mosquito Blu-ray / DVD release details.
Blood & Gourd #2: "It’s Devil’s Night in Olympia, Wa – and out at Henderson Farms, the festivities are reaching a crescendo. Young and old have gathered to pick their own pumpkin, drink hot apple cider, and partake in the usual pumpkin farm fare. However, something has awakened from deep within the fertile soil. After years of abuse and humiliation, the pumpkins are ready to pick us. You can Beg! You can plead! You can scream! But these hell’s lanterns are lit only with the burning desire to watch. You. Die!"
To learn more about issue #2 of Blood & Gourd, visit:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bloodandgourd/blood-and-gourd-issue-2-escape-from-henderson-farm
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The Visitors: "After settling...
Blood & Gourd #2: "It’s Devil’s Night in Olympia, Wa – and out at Henderson Farms, the festivities are reaching a crescendo. Young and old have gathered to pick their own pumpkin, drink hot apple cider, and partake in the usual pumpkin farm fare. However, something has awakened from deep within the fertile soil. After years of abuse and humiliation, the pumpkins are ready to pick us. You can Beg! You can plead! You can scream! But these hell’s lanterns are lit only with the burning desire to watch. You. Die!"
To learn more about issue #2 of Blood & Gourd, visit:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bloodandgourd/blood-and-gourd-issue-2-escape-from-henderson-farm
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The Visitors: "After settling...
- 7/24/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Tonight's the night, kids! Tune in to Syfy this evening and bear witness to what could end up being the most schlocky fun we'll have all year with Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan making its premiere. To celebrate, we have clips! Dig 'em!
From the Press Release
Axe Giant: The Wrath Of Paul Bunyan, the new horror/creature feature from producer/director Gary Jones (Boogeyman 3) and executive producer Jeff Miller, will get a Syfy premiere on Thursday, June 13th, at 9 p.m. (Et/Pt). The movie will be retitled simply Axe Giant for Syfy.
“It’s great to be in business with Syfy again,” says Jones. “I have had a good run with almost all my movies airing on the network, starting with my first film, Mosquito, and am very happy to add Axe Giant to the lineup.”
Axe Giant won the Audience Award at the Shockfest...
From the Press Release
Axe Giant: The Wrath Of Paul Bunyan, the new horror/creature feature from producer/director Gary Jones (Boogeyman 3) and executive producer Jeff Miller, will get a Syfy premiere on Thursday, June 13th, at 9 p.m. (Et/Pt). The movie will be retitled simply Axe Giant for Syfy.
“It’s great to be in business with Syfy again,” says Jones. “I have had a good run with almost all my movies airing on the network, starting with my first film, Mosquito, and am very happy to add Axe Giant to the lineup.”
Axe Giant won the Audience Award at the Shockfest...
- 6/13/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Ready to witness the reimaging of the legendary lumberjack Paul Bunyan as a monstrous, axe-wielding movie maniac? You only have to tune in to Syfy tomorrow night. Yep, tomorrow night. Because Thursday nights are now the new night for Syfy Original movies.
The premiere of Axe Giant (formerly the Wrath of Paul Bunyan) starts things off in a big way.
The filmmakers sent out a press release letting us all know everything we need to in order to prepare for a giant mongoloid Paul Bunyan hacking and slashing his way to Syfy tomorrow night.
From the Press Release
Axe Giant: The Wrath Of Paul Bunyan, the new horror/creature feature from producer/director Gary Jones (Boogeyman 3) and executive producer Jeff Miller, will get a Syfy premiere on Thursday, June 13th, at 9 p.m. (Et/Pt). The movie will be retitled simply Axe Giant for Syfy.
“It’s great to...
The premiere of Axe Giant (formerly the Wrath of Paul Bunyan) starts things off in a big way.
The filmmakers sent out a press release letting us all know everything we need to in order to prepare for a giant mongoloid Paul Bunyan hacking and slashing his way to Syfy tomorrow night.
From the Press Release
Axe Giant: The Wrath Of Paul Bunyan, the new horror/creature feature from producer/director Gary Jones (Boogeyman 3) and executive producer Jeff Miller, will get a Syfy premiere on Thursday, June 13th, at 9 p.m. (Et/Pt). The movie will be retitled simply Axe Giant for Syfy.
“It’s great to...
- 6/12/2013
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
Around these parts there are several of us looking forward to this movie as if it were the event of the summer. Well, namely Foy and I. Finally we have the home video plans and even three incredibly bloody new stills for you to dig into!
From the Press Release
He's not your grandfather's Paul Bunyan, the powerful, cheerful lumberjack clearing fields to help build America. No, he's 15 feet and half a ton of brutality, and he's on the loose in Axe Giant: The Wrath Of Paul Bunyan. The award-winning creature feature slashes its way onto DVD from Virgil Films on June 18, 2013, wielding an Srp of $19.99.
Veteran horror film writer/producer/director Gary Jones (Boogeyman 3, Ghouls, Spiders) and writer/producer Jeff Miller (Hellblock 13, Ballistica) turn one of North America's legendary heroes into a monster who lets trees stand but has a thing about young people running around his forest.
From the Press Release
He's not your grandfather's Paul Bunyan, the powerful, cheerful lumberjack clearing fields to help build America. No, he's 15 feet and half a ton of brutality, and he's on the loose in Axe Giant: The Wrath Of Paul Bunyan. The award-winning creature feature slashes its way onto DVD from Virgil Films on June 18, 2013, wielding an Srp of $19.99.
Veteran horror film writer/producer/director Gary Jones (Boogeyman 3, Ghouls, Spiders) and writer/producer Jeff Miller (Hellblock 13, Ballistica) turn one of North America's legendary heroes into a monster who lets trees stand but has a thing about young people running around his forest.
- 6/5/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
by MoreHorror.com
The bloody creature feature Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan will be hitting DVD shelves on June 18, 2013 from Virgil Films. Check out the details and a special movie still below.
From The Press Release:
He's not your grandfather's Paul Bunyan, the powerful, cheerful lumberjack clearing fields to help build America. No, he's 15 feet and half a ton of brutality and he's on the loose in Axe Giant: The Wrath Of Paul Bunyan. The award-winning creature feature slashes its way onto DVD from Virgil Films on June 18, 2013.
Veteran horror film writer/producer/director Gary Jones (Boogeyman 3, Ghouls, Spiders) and writer/producer Jeff Miller (Hellblock 13, Ballistica) turn one of North America's legendary heroes into a monster who lets trees stand but has a thing about young people running around his forest. Axe Giant: The Wrath Of Paul Bunyan is a contemporary take on the tall tale of lumberjack Paul Bunyan.
The bloody creature feature Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan will be hitting DVD shelves on June 18, 2013 from Virgil Films. Check out the details and a special movie still below.
From The Press Release:
He's not your grandfather's Paul Bunyan, the powerful, cheerful lumberjack clearing fields to help build America. No, he's 15 feet and half a ton of brutality and he's on the loose in Axe Giant: The Wrath Of Paul Bunyan. The award-winning creature feature slashes its way onto DVD from Virgil Films on June 18, 2013.
Veteran horror film writer/producer/director Gary Jones (Boogeyman 3, Ghouls, Spiders) and writer/producer Jeff Miller (Hellblock 13, Ballistica) turn one of North America's legendary heroes into a monster who lets trees stand but has a thing about young people running around his forest. Axe Giant: The Wrath Of Paul Bunyan is a contemporary take on the tall tale of lumberjack Paul Bunyan.
- 6/5/2013
- by admin
- MoreHorror
A new theatrical one-sheet for Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan has been unveiled, and though it's similar to the last version we saw, this one is official! Read on for details.
Virgil Films will handle domestic DVD and VOD distribution, while Archstone Distribution will handle foreign sales and Cinema Purgatorio will handle domestic theatrical. Theatrical bookings are under way, and Virgil plans a June street date for DVD and VOD. Still no word on a date, but hey, we got a poster, right?
Gary Jones, the director Boogeyman 3, Spiders (the 2000 version not the new one) and Mosquito, brings us this dark, contemporary take on the tall tale of lumberjack Paul Bunyan.
Joe Estevez, Dan Haggerty (TV's “Grizzly Adams”), Tom Downey (Syfy's War of the Worlds), Tim Lovelace (Mosquito), Jesse Kove (son of Martin Kove), and former WWF wrestler Chris Hahn (Aka “Johnny Swinger”) are amongst the actors...
Virgil Films will handle domestic DVD and VOD distribution, while Archstone Distribution will handle foreign sales and Cinema Purgatorio will handle domestic theatrical. Theatrical bookings are under way, and Virgil plans a June street date for DVD and VOD. Still no word on a date, but hey, we got a poster, right?
Gary Jones, the director Boogeyman 3, Spiders (the 2000 version not the new one) and Mosquito, brings us this dark, contemporary take on the tall tale of lumberjack Paul Bunyan.
Joe Estevez, Dan Haggerty (TV's “Grizzly Adams”), Tom Downey (Syfy's War of the Worlds), Tim Lovelace (Mosquito), Jesse Kove (son of Martin Kove), and former WWF wrestler Chris Hahn (Aka “Johnny Swinger”) are amongst the actors...
- 5/30/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
We’re back with the latest edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting the recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes release details for Zombie Squash with George Romero, the announcement of a Reaper cast reunion special, release details for Bad Kids Go to Hell, and much more:
Zombie Squash Release Details: “Acw Games released their new game Zombie Squash (Free) today at Amazon as well as on GooglePlay this weekend. The free game stars George A. Romero, the godfather of all zombies and the iconic director of ‘Night of the Living Dead’ who provides the voice of Dr. B.E. Vil. The free game is compatible with over 2,400 Android devices. An HD version for the iPad was recently released on iTunes. The iPhone version is expected to be available on iTunes May 1st, 2013.
Zombie Squash is a world where plants and vegetables like turban squash and...
Zombie Squash Release Details: “Acw Games released their new game Zombie Squash (Free) today at Amazon as well as on GooglePlay this weekend. The free game stars George A. Romero, the godfather of all zombies and the iconic director of ‘Night of the Living Dead’ who provides the voice of Dr. B.E. Vil. The free game is compatible with over 2,400 Android devices. An HD version for the iPad was recently released on iTunes. The iPhone version is expected to be available on iTunes May 1st, 2013.
Zombie Squash is a world where plants and vegetables like turban squash and...
- 4/14/2013
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
I’ve been looking forward to Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan ever since I first heard about it, and it won’t be too much longer until we all get a chance to see what happens when a great American tall tale gets a monstrous slasher makeover.
Is it correct to call it a slasher? If the killer’s preferred instrument of death is an axe and the killer in question is a giant lumberjack, then wouldn’t it be more appropriate to call it a hacker? Eh, I’m over-thinking this.
Gary Jones, the director Boogeyman 3, Spiders (the 2000 version not the new one) and Mosquito, brings us this dark, contemporary take on the tall tale of lumberjack Paul Bunyan. Kids at a first-offenders boot camp discover that the legend of Paul Bunyan is real but is much more horrifying than they could have imagined. They incur...
Is it correct to call it a slasher? If the killer’s preferred instrument of death is an axe and the killer in question is a giant lumberjack, then wouldn’t it be more appropriate to call it a hacker? Eh, I’m over-thinking this.
Gary Jones, the director Boogeyman 3, Spiders (the 2000 version not the new one) and Mosquito, brings us this dark, contemporary take on the tall tale of lumberjack Paul Bunyan. Kids at a first-offenders boot camp discover that the legend of Paul Bunyan is real but is much more horrifying than they could have imagined. They incur...
- 4/11/2013
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
We’ve been following the progress of the new folklore-inspired horror flick Bunyan. If you’re at Shockfest in Hollywood next weekend you’ll be the first to get a chance to see the giant lumberjack chop up some campers.
I’ll let the press release fill you in:
Bunyan, the new horror/creature feature from director Gary Jones (Boogeyman 3) and producer Jeff Miller, will have its World Premiere on November 17 at the Shockfest Film Festival in Hollywood.
“We think it’s pretty cool to be a part of Shockfest,” says writer/producer Miller. “They have great things planned. No one’s done this character before in horror, and we think horror fans will enjoy it.”
Bunyan is a dark, contemporary take on the tall tale of lumberjack Paul Bunyan. Kids at a first-offenders’ boot camp discover that the legend of Paul Bunyan is real, but is much more...
I’ll let the press release fill you in:
Bunyan, the new horror/creature feature from director Gary Jones (Boogeyman 3) and producer Jeff Miller, will have its World Premiere on November 17 at the Shockfest Film Festival in Hollywood.
“We think it’s pretty cool to be a part of Shockfest,” says writer/producer Miller. “They have great things planned. No one’s done this character before in horror, and we think horror fans will enjoy it.”
Bunyan is a dark, contemporary take on the tall tale of lumberjack Paul Bunyan. Kids at a first-offenders’ boot camp discover that the legend of Paul Bunyan is real, but is much more...
- 11/11/2012
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
This just in…..PR found below on this new short film we’ve been waiting to take a gander at. Read on for link and info!
Horrific Halloween! Product of Hate teams with Bloody-Disgusting for premiere of “The Unholy Manipulator” short film starring Hellraiser’s Ashley Laurence
For Immediate Release:
Just in time for Halloween, Wisconsin’s Product Of Hate has teamed up with Bloody-Disgusting.com for the online premiere of their long-awaited short film, “The Unholy Manipulator.” Starring Ashley Laurence (Hellraiser) in the title role, and featuring Tim Lovelace (Mosquito) as her victim, the film features special make-up and visual FX by Robert Kurtzman’s Creature Corps.… More...
Horrific Halloween! Product of Hate teams with Bloody-Disgusting for premiere of “The Unholy Manipulator” short film starring Hellraiser’s Ashley Laurence
For Immediate Release:
Just in time for Halloween, Wisconsin’s Product Of Hate has teamed up with Bloody-Disgusting.com for the online premiere of their long-awaited short film, “The Unholy Manipulator.” Starring Ashley Laurence (Hellraiser) in the title role, and featuring Tim Lovelace (Mosquito) as her victim, the film features special make-up and visual FX by Robert Kurtzman’s Creature Corps.… More...
- 10/29/2012
- by HorrorNews.net
- Horror News
Fairy tales and folklore seem to be all the rage lately, and speaking of rage, what could be more horrifying than a pissed off and gigantic killer swinging an axe big enough to take down a building?
Gary Jones (Boogeyman 3) directs b-movie veteran Joe Estevez, Tom Downey (Transmorphers), and Tim Lovelace (Mosquito) in this horror flick for Kinetic Filmmworks from a script by Miller and Jones.
Synopsis
The movie is a dark, contemporary take on the tall tale of lumberjack Paul Bunyan. Kids at a first-time offenders' boot camp discover that the legend of Paul Bunyan is real but is much more horrifying than they could have imagined. They incur the wrath of the 15-foot monstrous giant, who was banished from town 100 years ago and thought dead.
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Gary Jones (Boogeyman 3) directs b-movie veteran Joe Estevez, Tom Downey (Transmorphers), and Tim Lovelace (Mosquito) in this horror flick for Kinetic Filmmworks from a script by Miller and Jones.
Synopsis
The movie is a dark, contemporary take on the tall tale of lumberjack Paul Bunyan. Kids at a first-time offenders' boot camp discover that the legend of Paul Bunyan is real but is much more horrifying than they could have imagined. They incur the wrath of the 15-foot monstrous giant, who was banished from town 100 years ago and thought dead.
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Tell tall tales in the comments section below!
- 12/17/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
It's not often that we hear about a companion film to a band's Ep, but once we saw the names of the talent involved in Unholy Manipulator, the companion film to the debut Ep from Product of Hate, we knew we had to share it with our readers. Read on, and you'll see what we mean.
Unholy Manipulator stars Ashley Laurence (Hellraiser, Lighting Bug), Tim Lovelace (Mosquito, Bunyan), and Product of Hate, comprised of Adam Gilley- Vocals, Cody Rathbone- Guitar, Gene Rathbone- Lead Guitar, Mark Campbell- Bass, and Mike McGuire- Drums. Look for the full 11-minute short film and a making-of video coming soon.
About the Film:
Are you a product of hate? What defines reality?
These are the questions raised in Unholy Manipulator, the companion film to the debut Ep from Product of Hate. Ashley Laurence stars as herself - appearing as the ass-kicking star of a...
Unholy Manipulator stars Ashley Laurence (Hellraiser, Lighting Bug), Tim Lovelace (Mosquito, Bunyan), and Product of Hate, comprised of Adam Gilley- Vocals, Cody Rathbone- Guitar, Gene Rathbone- Lead Guitar, Mark Campbell- Bass, and Mike McGuire- Drums. Look for the full 11-minute short film and a making-of video coming soon.
About the Film:
Are you a product of hate? What defines reality?
These are the questions raised in Unholy Manipulator, the companion film to the debut Ep from Product of Hate. Ashley Laurence stars as herself - appearing as the ass-kicking star of a...
- 10/26/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
One horror flick that has me curious is Gary Jones' Bunyan, a reimagining of the tall tale of titanic lumberjack Paul Bunyan that brings his legend to bloody life as a 15-foot giant maniac with a very large ax. Producer Jeff Miller was kind enough to send over some news stills from the movie and word of a new cast member who's no stranger to forests.
Dan Haggerty, best known as TV's "Grizzly Adams" but forever in the heart of schlock movie fans like myself for his portrayal of a chain-smoking department store Santa battling an evil Nazi elf in the bad movie classic Elves, has joined the cast of Bunyan.
Here's the latest press release regarding the ongoing filming of Bunyan:
"Bunyan, the new horror/creature film from director Gary Jones and producer Jeff Miller, filmed for several more days in Ohio this fall.
In other news,...
Dan Haggerty, best known as TV's "Grizzly Adams" but forever in the heart of schlock movie fans like myself for his portrayal of a chain-smoking department store Santa battling an evil Nazi elf in the bad movie classic Elves, has joined the cast of Bunyan.
Here's the latest press release regarding the ongoing filming of Bunyan:
"Bunyan, the new horror/creature film from director Gary Jones and producer Jeff Miller, filmed for several more days in Ohio this fall.
In other news,...
- 12/17/2010
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
Producer Jeff Miller sent over some info and production stills from his new horror flick Bunyan, which puts a spin on Paul Bunyan, the mythological mountain of a man lumberjack of folk tales, by transforming him into a monstrous maniac ready to put the axe to a camp full of troubled teens.
Gary Jones (Boogeyman 3) directs b-movie veteran Joe Estevez, Tom Downey (Transmorphers), and Tim Lovelace (Mosquito) in this horror flick for Kinetic Filmmworks from a script by Miller and Jones. A few extra days of filming are scheduled in the fall with the possibility of a recognizable genre name or two being added to the cast.
Robert Kurtzman's Creature Corps is handling the bulk of the effects work. Hopefully that means Mr. Bunyan won't just be some hulking Syfy movie digital effect that looks like S.S. Doomtrooper dressed in flannel.
The press release describes the plot of...
Gary Jones (Boogeyman 3) directs b-movie veteran Joe Estevez, Tom Downey (Transmorphers), and Tim Lovelace (Mosquito) in this horror flick for Kinetic Filmmworks from a script by Miller and Jones. A few extra days of filming are scheduled in the fall with the possibility of a recognizable genre name or two being added to the cast.
Robert Kurtzman's Creature Corps is handling the bulk of the effects work. Hopefully that means Mr. Bunyan won't just be some hulking Syfy movie digital effect that looks like S.S. Doomtrooper dressed in flannel.
The press release describes the plot of...
- 9/2/2010
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
Director/VFX Supervisor Gary Jones (Mosquito, Spiders) dropped me an email about Ghouls, his new film premiering on the Sci-Fi Channel this weekend. Sci-Fi must really be high on the film since I've seen ads hyping it as not just an original movie premiering, but as an "event".
Ghouls tells the tale of a college student (Kristen Renton, "Days of Our Lives") returning with her father (William Atherton, Die Hard, Ghostbusters) to his home country only to discover her family holds a dark secret that involves her.
It also involves some spectral ghouls that fly around attacking people, not all that dissimilar to the Dementors from the Harry Potter films, though I suspect the aftermath of one of their attacks is far more unpleasant.
Also starring in the Romanian-filmed fright flick from writer Brian D. Young (Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep) are James DeBello (Cabin Fever, Detroit Rock City) and...
Ghouls tells the tale of a college student (Kristen Renton, "Days of Our Lives") returning with her father (William Atherton, Die Hard, Ghostbusters) to his home country only to discover her family holds a dark secret that involves her.
It also involves some spectral ghouls that fly around attacking people, not all that dissimilar to the Dementors from the Harry Potter films, though I suspect the aftermath of one of their attacks is far more unpleasant.
Also starring in the Romanian-filmed fright flick from writer Brian D. Young (Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep) are James DeBello (Cabin Fever, Detroit Rock City) and...
- 7/9/2008
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
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