Between The Nun II, Sister Death, Consecration, the upcoming The First Omen, and the newly released Immaculate, starring Sydney Sweeney, it’s safe to say that nuns are having a moment in horror. So often, fear thrives in the unlit nooks of the unknown, and for many of us, that includes those who dedicate themselves to religious orders. Shrouded in intrigue and literal fabric, the combo of unwavering religious devotion and rejection of various worldly pleasures makes nuns ripe for genre exploration. While nuns are certainly trending, this is by no means the first time horror has blessed us with terrifying tales featuring such religious women.
In Häxan (1922), possessed nuns mingle with witches as director Benjamin Christensen explores the connection between mental health and mass hysteria. With movies like Alucarda (1975), Ms. 45 (1981), and St. Agatha (2018), the subgenre of nunsploitation comes into play to further explore themes of religious and sexual oppression.
In Häxan (1922), possessed nuns mingle with witches as director Benjamin Christensen explores the connection between mental health and mass hysteria. With movies like Alucarda (1975), Ms. 45 (1981), and St. Agatha (2018), the subgenre of nunsploitation comes into play to further explore themes of religious and sexual oppression.
- 3/22/2024
- by Rachel Reeves
- bloody-disgusting.com
Bhutan-set political satire ’The Monk And The Gun’ takes festival’s audience award
Sarvnik Kaur’s documentary Against The Tide has won the top prize, the Golden Gateway Award, at the Jio Mami Mumbai Film Festival.
The documentary, which world premiered at Sundance, follows two fishers and friends from Mumbai’s Koli community pursuing their livelihoods by different means.
Lockdown drama Bahadur - The Brave by Diwa Shah, which played in San Sebastian’s New Directors strand this year, won the Silver Gateway Award.
Kanu Behl’s drama Agra, which world premiered in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight this year, won the special jury award.
Sarvnik Kaur’s documentary Against The Tide has won the top prize, the Golden Gateway Award, at the Jio Mami Mumbai Film Festival.
The documentary, which world premiered at Sundance, follows two fishers and friends from Mumbai’s Koli community pursuing their livelihoods by different means.
Lockdown drama Bahadur - The Brave by Diwa Shah, which played in San Sebastian’s New Directors strand this year, won the Silver Gateway Award.
Kanu Behl’s drama Agra, which world premiered in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight this year, won the special jury award.
- 11/6/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Sarvnik Kaur’s documentary Against The Tide won the Golden Gateway Award at this year’s Jio Mami Mumbai Film Festival, while the Silver Gateway Award went to Bahadur – The Brave, directed by Diwa Shah. The Special Jury Award went to Kanu Behl’s Agra.
Against The Tide follows two fishermen struggling to provide for their families as the sea turns hostile due to climate change. Bahadur – The Brave revolves around Nepalese migrant laborers during the lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic in India.
Agra, which had its world premiere at this year’s Cannes film festival, is the story of young Indian man attempting to navigate cramped living conditions, sexual repression and a dysfunctional family to create his own space in the world.
The South Asia Competition jury was headed by Mira Nair and also included Australian filmmaker David Michod, Filipino filmmaker and actor Isabel Sandoval...
Against The Tide follows two fishermen struggling to provide for their families as the sea turns hostile due to climate change. Bahadur – The Brave revolves around Nepalese migrant laborers during the lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic in India.
Agra, which had its world premiere at this year’s Cannes film festival, is the story of young Indian man attempting to navigate cramped living conditions, sexual repression and a dysfunctional family to create his own space in the world.
The South Asia Competition jury was headed by Mira Nair and also included Australian filmmaker David Michod, Filipino filmmaker and actor Isabel Sandoval...
- 11/4/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Sarvnik Kaur’s documentary “Against the Tide” has won the Golden Gateway Award at the Jio Mami Mumbai Film Festival. The film previously won awards at Sundance, Sydney and Seattle and best documentary at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards on the same evening as Mumbai.
Diwa Shah’s San Sebastian winner “Bahadur: The Brave” received Mumbai’s Silver Gateway Award. The festival’s Gender Sensitivity Award, for a film that challenges gender stereotypes and norms, which is decided by India’s Film Critics Guild, was won by Leesa Gazi’s “Barir Naam Shahana” (“A House Named Shahana”). The Special Jury Award went to Kanu Behl’s “Agra,” which premiered at Cannes earlier this year.
The Rashid Irani Young Critics’ Choice Award, a program created by the festival to nurture young writers on cinema, was won by Shahrukhkhan Chavada’s “Kayo Kayo Colour?” Dominic Sangma’s Locarno title “Rimdogittanga” (“Rapture”) won the Netpac Award.
Diwa Shah’s San Sebastian winner “Bahadur: The Brave” received Mumbai’s Silver Gateway Award. The festival’s Gender Sensitivity Award, for a film that challenges gender stereotypes and norms, which is decided by India’s Film Critics Guild, was won by Leesa Gazi’s “Barir Naam Shahana” (“A House Named Shahana”). The Special Jury Award went to Kanu Behl’s “Agra,” which premiered at Cannes earlier this year.
The Rashid Irani Young Critics’ Choice Award, a program created by the festival to nurture young writers on cinema, was won by Shahrukhkhan Chavada’s “Kayo Kayo Colour?” Dominic Sangma’s Locarno title “Rimdogittanga” (“Rapture”) won the Netpac Award.
- 11/4/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Director Christopher Smith has built up a solid following in the horror community over the last twenty years by taking the helm of such films as Creep (2004), Severance, Triangle, Black Death, Detour, The Banishing, and Consecration. Now he has lined up his next genre project, signing on to direct Spider Island for Vertigo Films. Protagonist Pictures is handling the project’s worldwide rights and will be launching distribution sales ahead of the American Film Market, which is set to be held in Santa Monica, California from October 31st through November 5th.
Scripted by Christopher Jolley (The Price We Pay) and David Quantick (Veep), Spider Island will follow a group of social media influencers going to the launch party of a new luxury resort on a beautiful island. With deadly spiders.
The killer spider effects will be handled by Automatik VFX, a company that has previously designed creatures for Monsters: Dark Continent,...
Scripted by Christopher Jolley (The Price We Pay) and David Quantick (Veep), Spider Island will follow a group of social media influencers going to the launch party of a new luxury resort on a beautiful island. With deadly spiders.
The killer spider effects will be handled by Automatik VFX, a company that has previously designed creatures for Monsters: Dark Continent,...
- 10/18/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Horror Director Christopher Smith is getting ready to unleash arachnophobia-inducing horror-comedy madness in Spider Island. The project was announced today by Protagonist Pictures’ CEO Dave Bishop.
Spider Island “follows a group of social media influencers going to the launch party of a new luxury resort on a beautiful island. With deadly spiders.”
The film is written by Christopher Jolley (The Price We Pay) and David Quantick. Vertigo Films will produce the film, and Protagonist Pictures is handling worldwide rights, launching sales ahead of the upcoming American Film Market.
While the specifics behind these lethal spiders remain under wraps, we at least know that they’ll be handled via VFX.
From the press release: “The state-of-the-art VFX will be handled by Automatik VFX, the visual effects studio responsible for the brilliant creature design on Monsters Dark Continent, ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘The Wheel Of Time.’ Seb Barker will serve as VFX supervisor.
Spider Island “follows a group of social media influencers going to the launch party of a new luxury resort on a beautiful island. With deadly spiders.”
The film is written by Christopher Jolley (The Price We Pay) and David Quantick. Vertigo Films will produce the film, and Protagonist Pictures is handling worldwide rights, launching sales ahead of the upcoming American Film Market.
While the specifics behind these lethal spiders remain under wraps, we at least know that they’ll be handled via VFX.
From the press release: “The state-of-the-art VFX will be handled by Automatik VFX, the visual effects studio responsible for the brilliant creature design on Monsters Dark Continent, ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘The Wheel Of Time.’ Seb Barker will serve as VFX supervisor.
- 10/18/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
The event runs June 30-July 8.
Die Hard director John McTiernan and leading French actress and writer Josiane Balasko are among those taking part in this year’s Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (Nifff), which runs June 30-July 8.
The full programme for the 22nd edition of the Swiss event, again under the artistic direction of Pierre-Yves Walder, includes 124 films from 5 continents and 44 countries. There are eight world premieres, among them Irish director Ian Hunt-Duffy’s horror thriller Double Blind starring The Walking Dead’s Pollyanna McIntosh, alongside Millie Brady and Kate Ashfield, and Quarxx’s new horror Pandemonium, both screening in the festival’s Ultra Section.
Die Hard director John McTiernan and leading French actress and writer Josiane Balasko are among those taking part in this year’s Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (Nifff), which runs June 30-July 8.
The full programme for the 22nd edition of the Swiss event, again under the artistic direction of Pierre-Yves Walder, includes 124 films from 5 continents and 44 countries. There are eight world premieres, among them Irish director Ian Hunt-Duffy’s horror thriller Double Blind starring The Walking Dead’s Pollyanna McIntosh, alongside Millie Brady and Kate Ashfield, and Quarxx’s new horror Pandemonium, both screening in the festival’s Ultra Section.
- 6/16/2023
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
It’s a brand new month, which means new titles have arrived on various streaming platforms. This month brings the potential for hidden gems in the form of international titles, obscure horror darlings, and new releases to your favorite streaming platforms.
Here are ten noteworthy horror titles available for streaming in May 2023 on some of the most popular streaming services, along with when/where you can watch them.
The Ancestral – Screambox
This haunter hails from the director of Furie and The Princess, Le-Van Kiet. In the film: “After suffering a family tragedy, a widower moves his two daughters to a centuries-old ancestral home. When both daughters fall prey to sleep paralysis and night terrors, their father seeks the help of a local psychologist. These chilling secrets and frightening visions eventually prove that not everything is what it seems in the old family house.”
Livid – Shudder
Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo...
Here are ten noteworthy horror titles available for streaming in May 2023 on some of the most popular streaming services, along with when/where you can watch them.
The Ancestral – Screambox
This haunter hails from the director of Furie and The Princess, Le-Van Kiet. In the film: “After suffering a family tragedy, a widower moves his two daughters to a centuries-old ancestral home. When both daughters fall prey to sleep paralysis and night terrors, their father seeks the help of a local psychologist. These chilling secrets and frightening visions eventually prove that not everything is what it seems in the old family house.”
Livid – Shudder
Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo...
- 5/3/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Joel Kinnaman (For All Mankind) is attached to star in They Found Us, an alien abduction thriller to be directed for AGC Studios and Temple Hill by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Neill Blomkamp (District 9), which will head into production in Australia later this year.
The film to be fully financed by Stuart Ford’s fast-growing independent content studio, AGC Studios, is based on an original screenplay by Jeremy Slater, whose credits include Moon Knight, Fantastic Four, The Exorcist, The Lazarus Effect and The Umbrella Academy. It will follow a father (Kinnaman) and his daughter Kaylee as they undertake a camping trip in the Utah wilderness to heal their broken relationship. After being attacked by a hostile extraterrestrial lifeform, their lives — not just their relationship — wind up at stake, as they fight with a humanoid beast to stop their abduction to an unknown and terrifying alien world.
Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen...
The film to be fully financed by Stuart Ford’s fast-growing independent content studio, AGC Studios, is based on an original screenplay by Jeremy Slater, whose credits include Moon Knight, Fantastic Four, The Exorcist, The Lazarus Effect and The Umbrella Academy. It will follow a father (Kinnaman) and his daughter Kaylee as they undertake a camping trip in the Utah wilderness to heal their broken relationship. After being attacked by a hostile extraterrestrial lifeform, their lives — not just their relationship — wind up at stake, as they fight with a humanoid beast to stop their abduction to an unknown and terrifying alien world.
Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen...
- 4/26/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Parents of child stars are known for blowing all their kids’ money, often leading to court battles over finances and legal guardianship. Stepmom actor Jena Malone was no exception and wound up suing her mom when she was just 14 years old. Fortunately, they managed to salvage their relationship, but not without a lengthy legal battle.
Jena Malone sought emancipation from her mom at 14 Jena Malone | Mark Davis/Staff
In 1999, Jena Malone pursued emancipation from her mom, Debbie Malone, and sued her for mismanaging funds.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Debbie lived off her daughter’s paychecks for years, blowing money on business schemes and down payments on homes for four relatives. She even emptied her daughter’s college savings account and took money from her trust fund. As a result, Jena owed $20,000 in back taxes.
“Financially, I had come to a sink-or-swim situation,” the actor told Index Magazine in...
Jena Malone sought emancipation from her mom at 14 Jena Malone | Mark Davis/Staff
In 1999, Jena Malone pursued emancipation from her mom, Debbie Malone, and sued her for mismanaging funds.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Debbie lived off her daughter’s paychecks for years, blowing money on business schemes and down payments on homes for four relatives. She even emptied her daughter’s college savings account and took money from her trust fund. As a result, Jena owed $20,000 in back taxes.
“Financially, I had come to a sink-or-swim situation,” the actor told Index Magazine in...
- 4/1/2023
- by Rose Burke
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Stars: Jena Malone, Danny Huston, Janet Suzman, Ian Pirie, Eilidh Fisher, Steffan Cennydd, Thoren Ferguson, Alexandra Lewis | Written by Christopher Smith, Laurie Cook | Directed by Chris Smith
How would the modern world cope with the coming of a fallen angel? How would science and religion collide and what if a “scientist” was in the centre of it all? Those are the questions Chris Smith’s Consecration asks.
Grace (Jena Malone) is summoned to the Mount Saviour convent deep in the Scottish Highlands following the mysterious death of her priest brother. Refusing to believe he committed suicide, and determined to discover what really happened, Grace starts her own investigation as the nuns prepare a consecration ceremony to purify the holy site. Soon she inadvertently shines a light on murder, sacrilege and a disturbing truth, relating to the forgotten years of her own childhood, intertwined with that of the convent’s holy...
How would the modern world cope with the coming of a fallen angel? How would science and religion collide and what if a “scientist” was in the centre of it all? Those are the questions Chris Smith’s Consecration asks.
Grace (Jena Malone) is summoned to the Mount Saviour convent deep in the Scottish Highlands following the mysterious death of her priest brother. Refusing to believe he committed suicide, and determined to discover what really happened, Grace starts her own investigation as the nuns prepare a consecration ceremony to purify the holy site. Soon she inadvertently shines a light on murder, sacrilege and a disturbing truth, relating to the forgotten years of her own childhood, intertwined with that of the convent’s holy...
- 3/20/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Jena Malone in Adopting Audrey
Jena Malone is making breakfast when we talk: caramelised onions, scrambled eggs and mushrooms. It’s the start of the Glasgow Film Festival and she has a lot to get through, with two films screening there. One of them, Adopting Audrey, sees her play a listless young woman who forms an unexpected bond with a misanthropic man after deciding to explore the possibilities of adult adoption. In the other, Consecration, which is screening in the Frightfest strand, she’s cast as a woman with a troubled past investigating the death of her brother in a Scottish convent. They’re very different roles, and her ability to disappear into her characters is one of the reasons why she’s loved in the industry, even if it might make her a bit less visible to fans.
“Audrey is based loosely on a true story that Mike Cahill...
Jena Malone is making breakfast when we talk: caramelised onions, scrambled eggs and mushrooms. It’s the start of the Glasgow Film Festival and she has a lot to get through, with two films screening there. One of them, Adopting Audrey, sees her play a listless young woman who forms an unexpected bond with a misanthropic man after deciding to explore the possibilities of adult adoption. In the other, Consecration, which is screening in the Frightfest strand, she’s cast as a woman with a troubled past investigating the death of her brother in a Scottish convent. They’re very different roles, and her ability to disappear into her characters is one of the reasons why she’s loved in the industry, even if it might make her a bit less visible to fans.
“Audrey is based loosely on a true story that Mike Cahill...
- 3/9/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Ahead of the European premiere of his psychologically disturbing supernatural thriller, Consecration, at FrightFest Glasgow 2023, director Chris Smith talks about the supernatural side of religion, filming in Scotland, and his encounter with a pregnant sheep.
Chris Smith directing Consecration
Another FrightFest, another Chris Smith movie! Our destinies seem intertwined. Why has FrightFest always been a key component to your release strategy?
I feel very fortunate to have been brought into the FrightFest family. I was very lucky that my first film, Creep, was included and then I got very lucky with the dates of release of my subsequent films. Severance was shown the night before the festival started in 2006 and then of course there was the spectacular Premier for Triangle at the Empire Leicester Square. FrightFest has also shown Black Death and Detour. They didn’t bother with Get Santa but that’s their loss. FrightFest is the best audience for any director.
Chris Smith directing Consecration
Another FrightFest, another Chris Smith movie! Our destinies seem intertwined. Why has FrightFest always been a key component to your release strategy?
I feel very fortunate to have been brought into the FrightFest family. I was very lucky that my first film, Creep, was included and then I got very lucky with the dates of release of my subsequent films. Severance was shown the night before the festival started in 2006 and then of course there was the spectacular Premier for Triangle at the Empire Leicester Square. FrightFest has also shown Black Death and Detour. They didn’t bother with Get Santa but that’s their loss. FrightFest is the best audience for any director.
- 3/9/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Jena Malone has shared that she was sexually assaulted during the “Hunger Games” films.
Malone, who joined the franchise in “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” in 2013, shared a photo from after finishing production on “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part Two” in 2015. The sci-fi films based on Suzanne Collins’ novels recently landed a prequel film.
“This photo was taken right after I wrapped ‘Mockingjay Part Two’ and I had to say goodbye to everyone on set. We were shooting in a beautiful estate in the countryside of France and I asked the driver to let me out in this field so I could cry and capture this moment,” Malone captioned along with a trigger warning. “Even tho this time in Paris was extremely hard for me, was going thru a bad break-up and also was sexually assaulted by someone I had worked with, I was so full of gratitude for this project,...
Malone, who joined the franchise in “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” in 2013, shared a photo from after finishing production on “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part Two” in 2015. The sci-fi films based on Suzanne Collins’ novels recently landed a prequel film.
“This photo was taken right after I wrapped ‘Mockingjay Part Two’ and I had to say goodbye to everyone on set. We were shooting in a beautiful estate in the countryside of France and I asked the driver to let me out in this field so I could cry and capture this moment,” Malone captioned along with a trigger warning. “Even tho this time in Paris was extremely hard for me, was going thru a bad break-up and also was sexually assaulted by someone I had worked with, I was so full of gratitude for this project,...
- 3/1/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Jena Malone revealed in an Instagram post Tuesday that she was sexually assaulted by someone she worked with on “The Hunger Games” franchise.
Sharing a 2014 image of her standing in a filed in the French countryside, the “Goliath” actress recalled posing for the photo “right after” wrapping production on “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.”
“We were shooting in a beautiful estate in the countryside of France and I asked the driver to let me out in this field so I could cry and capture this moment,” she wrote. “Even tho this time in Paris was extremely hard for me , was going thru a bad break up and also was sexually assaulted by someone I had worked with , I was so full of gratitude for this project, the people I became close with and this amazing part I got to play.”
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Sharing a 2014 image of her standing in a filed in the French countryside, the “Goliath” actress recalled posing for the photo “right after” wrapping production on “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.”
“We were shooting in a beautiful estate in the countryside of France and I asked the driver to let me out in this field so I could cry and capture this moment,” she wrote. “Even tho this time in Paris was extremely hard for me , was going thru a bad break up and also was sexually assaulted by someone I had worked with , I was so full of gratitude for this project, the people I became close with and this amazing part I got to play.”
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- 3/1/2023
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
We move from February into March this week, which means the arrival of Scream VI is now just over one week away. But before we get there, we’ve got other fresh horrors to consume.
This week, Six brand new horror movies will be released, and included in the mix is the latest installment in a long-running franchise based on a classic Stephen King horror novel.
Here’s all the new horror arriving February 28 – March 5, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
First up, Gravitas Ventures unleashes Wolf Garden via On Demand outlets today (February 28), being described by Gravitas as a “elevated horror picture in the tradition of It Follows.”
Written and Directed by Wayne David, Wolf Garden tells the blood-curdling story of William (Wayne David), a young man who disappears upon experiencing haunting visions of the woman he loves and a mysterious creature in the nearby woods.
This week, Six brand new horror movies will be released, and included in the mix is the latest installment in a long-running franchise based on a classic Stephen King horror novel.
Here’s all the new horror arriving February 28 – March 5, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
First up, Gravitas Ventures unleashes Wolf Garden via On Demand outlets today (February 28), being described by Gravitas as a “elevated horror picture in the tradition of It Follows.”
Written and Directed by Wayne David, Wolf Garden tells the blood-curdling story of William (Wayne David), a young man who disappears upon experiencing haunting visions of the woman he loves and a mysterious creature in the nearby woods.
- 2/28/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Utopia opened Clay Tatum and Whitmer Thomas’ slacker comedy The Civil Dead, the feature debut from the lifelong friends from Gulf Shores, Alabama who have been making projects together — from skateboarding videos to an HBO special — since grade school. It’s grossed 17k so far on 27 screens including a sneak-preview Q&a tour at Alamo Drafthouse locations in NY, LA, San Francisco, Denver and Austin that started last week. The five Alamos sold out a dozen screenings and have grossed 10K of the 17k for the 2022 Slamdance Audience Award winner, which that was made for 30k.
The story of misanthropic, struggling photographer (Thomas), who wants to watch TV and eat candy while his wife is out of town, but finds his plans thwarted when an old pal (Tatum) resurfaces with spooky consequences.
Utopia said that given demand and sold-out shows into early this week, the supernatural buddy comedy will continue...
The story of misanthropic, struggling photographer (Thomas), who wants to watch TV and eat candy while his wife is out of town, but finds his plans thwarted when an old pal (Tatum) resurfaces with spooky consequences.
Utopia said that given demand and sold-out shows into early this week, the supernatural buddy comedy will continue...
- 2/12/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
“Magic Mike’s Last Dance” (Warner Bros. Discovery) is #1 on the historically weak Super Bowl weekend. With distributors shying away from top new releases, and avoiding next week’s debut of “Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania” (Disney), the 51 million total for all films should be the low point for 2023.
It’s the first weekend this year to fall below the same date in 2022 (54 million). The year has been much improved so far, and momentum should return next weekend with the new Marvel film on a holiday.
The third time out for the male stripper franchise, again with Channing Tatum in the title role and with the return of original director Steven Soderbergh, grossed 8.2 million. Like last month’s “House Party,” this was a theatrical debut of a title initially anticipated for HBO Max. It opened in 1,500 theaters in top locations — smaller than a wide release, but enough to capture 80 percent-90 percent of its potential.
It’s the first weekend this year to fall below the same date in 2022 (54 million). The year has been much improved so far, and momentum should return next weekend with the new Marvel film on a holiday.
The third time out for the male stripper franchise, again with Channing Tatum in the title role and with the return of original director Steven Soderbergh, grossed 8.2 million. Like last month’s “House Party,” this was a theatrical debut of a title initially anticipated for HBO Max. It opened in 1,500 theaters in top locations — smaller than a wide release, but enough to capture 80 percent-90 percent of its potential.
- 2/12/2023
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Super Bowl weekend has never been great for the box office, with only a few breakout hits over the years. This year, it was especially bad, and as usual, weekend estimates are exactly that: estimates, since it’s too early to determine how this year’s big game night affect Sunday box office.
Channing Tatum and Salma Hayek Pinault starred in “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” the third and presumably final chapter of the male stripper franchise with returning director, Steven Soderbergh. Warner Bros. only gave the movie a moderate release into only 1,500 theaters, while reviews were not great, sitting at 46 on Rotten Tomatoes. Warners didn’t report the movie’s Thursday previews or Friday take, which was later reported to be 4.1 million. Based on WB’s Sunday estimates, “Magic Mike” only made 8.2 million this weekend, averaging 5,467 per location, which was still enough to be the #1 movie over Super Bowl weekend.
Channing Tatum and Salma Hayek Pinault starred in “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” the third and presumably final chapter of the male stripper franchise with returning director, Steven Soderbergh. Warner Bros. only gave the movie a moderate release into only 1,500 theaters, while reviews were not great, sitting at 46 on Rotten Tomatoes. Warners didn’t report the movie’s Thursday previews or Friday take, which was later reported to be 4.1 million. Based on WB’s Sunday estimates, “Magic Mike” only made 8.2 million this weekend, averaging 5,467 per location, which was still enough to be the #1 movie over Super Bowl weekend.
- 2/12/2023
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
“Consecration” is something you hardly see anymore: a Catholic horror movie that isn’t about exorcism. Yet after decades of “Exorcist” knockoffs, moviegoers have been conditioned to anticipate the clichés of demonic possession. We expect them to be delivered, and in a certain way they always are. For moviemakers have been conditioned that way too.
Set in a remote seaside convent in the Scottish highlands, “Consecration” presents the audience with a sinister Mother Superior (Janet Suzman) who talks about God as if he were the devil. She leads a batch of young nuns who smile with too much cultish devotion (one wears an eyepatch because she dug her own eye out after she thought she saw Satan). We keep waiting for the other demonic shoe to drop — to see a nun possessed, or a group of them gathered in a secret ceremony to conjure the Beelzebub of their dreams. All...
Set in a remote seaside convent in the Scottish highlands, “Consecration” presents the audience with a sinister Mother Superior (Janet Suzman) who talks about God as if he were the devil. She leads a batch of young nuns who smile with too much cultish devotion (one wears an eyepatch because she dug her own eye out after she thought she saw Satan). We keep waiting for the other demonic shoe to drop — to see a nun possessed, or a group of them gathered in a secret ceremony to conjure the Beelzebub of their dreams. All...
- 2/11/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Consecration Review — Consecration (2023) Film Review, a movie directed by Christopher Smith, written by Laurie Cook and Christopher Smith and starring Jena Malone, Danny Huston, Ian Pirie, Janet Suzman, Thoren Ferguson, Steffan Cennydd, Eilidh Fisher, Victoria Donovan, Angela White, David Boyle and Alexandra Lewis. Jena Malone plays a woman with a troubled past in [...]
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- 2/11/2023
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
Diverse festival notables from Hannah Ha Ha to The Blue Caftan join a spattering of specialty horror titles led by Consecration, and the U.S. theatrical debut of Gaspar Noé’s controversial Irréversible: Straight Cut.
The last is presented by Altered Innocence, whose owner Frank Jaffe spoke with Deadline about why he wanted to give Noe’s unusual 2019 director’s cut — of the Argentinian/French director’s disturbing 2002 film Irreversible — a release Stateside. “It’s a film that needs to be seen. Or made available,” he said. StudioCanal approached him twice. “They said, ‘No one is brave enough to take on this film. Will you?’” And “there is an audience for it…Tickets are selling.”
Jaffe said he first watched Irreversible, or tried to, via Netflix mail order DVD when he was 14. “My dad made me turn it off halfway through.”
It had a big impact on him. He...
The last is presented by Altered Innocence, whose owner Frank Jaffe spoke with Deadline about why he wanted to give Noe’s unusual 2019 director’s cut — of the Argentinian/French director’s disturbing 2002 film Irreversible — a release Stateside. “It’s a film that needs to be seen. Or made available,” he said. StudioCanal approached him twice. “They said, ‘No one is brave enough to take on this film. Will you?’” And “there is an audience for it…Tickets are selling.”
Jaffe said he first watched Irreversible, or tried to, via Netflix mail order DVD when he was 14. “My dad made me turn it off halfway through.”
It had a big impact on him. He...
- 2/10/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
We’ve been tracking this week’s new releases all week long, with four horror movies debuting on Tuesday and two more debuting on Thursday. Believe it or not, we’re still not done.
Here are four more new horror movies released today, February 10, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
First up, director Erik Bloomquist (Ten Minutes to Midnight, Long Lost) is back with She Came from the Woods, an ’80s-set summer camp slasher movie that’s now playing in theaters.
We don’t yet have a home video release date, but we expect one soon.
She Came from the Woods follows “a group of counsellors who accidentally unleash an ancient evil spirit on the last night of a summer camp. As the situation turns bloody, the group is forced to confront what stories are worth telling and what secrets are worth keeping.”
She Came from the Woods...
Here are four more new horror movies released today, February 10, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
First up, director Erik Bloomquist (Ten Minutes to Midnight, Long Lost) is back with She Came from the Woods, an ’80s-set summer camp slasher movie that’s now playing in theaters.
We don’t yet have a home video release date, but we expect one soon.
She Came from the Woods follows “a group of counsellors who accidentally unleash an ancient evil spirit on the last night of a summer camp. As the situation turns bloody, the group is forced to confront what stories are worth telling and what secrets are worth keeping.”
She Came from the Woods...
- 2/10/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Nothing is more threatening to religion than a woman possessed. A woman in full possession of her own power, freedom, and mind can think for herself, can question male authority, and even create life. Women are typically the recipients of witch burnings, exorcisms, and speaking in twisted tongues; their capacity to be a vessel is both their power and their weakness. Perhaps that’s why the prickly focus of “Consecration,” a muted possession thriller set in an isolated Scottish convent, feels like such a blank slate, albeit a self-possessed one. Jena Malone brings a biting charm to her portrayal of Grace, but the story’s straightforward revelations end up feeling far too muted for the holy surroundings.
Directed and co-written (with Laurie Cook) by British horror maven Christopher Smith (“Black Death”), “Consecration” makes an artful attempt at telling a feminist revamp of a possession thriller. The minimalist story leans into the ornate Scottish Highlands surroundings,...
Directed and co-written (with Laurie Cook) by British horror maven Christopher Smith (“Black Death”), “Consecration” makes an artful attempt at telling a feminist revamp of a possession thriller. The minimalist story leans into the ornate Scottish Highlands surroundings,...
- 2/10/2023
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
One of the first things you see in “Consecration,” directed by Christopher Smith, is a nun with a gun. That nun is Mother Superior, the unhinged leader of a group of radical sisters in Scotland. She’s taking aim at Grace, an ophthalmologist with a troubled history. You’ll find out why eventually. Sort of.
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For now, “nun with a gun” summarizes this film’s bizarre cocktail of severity and silliness.
Continue reading ‘Consecration’ Review: Nuns And Demons And Scotsmen, Oh My at The Playlist.
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For now, “nun with a gun” summarizes this film’s bizarre cocktail of severity and silliness.
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- 2/9/2023
- by Lena Wilson
- The Playlist
Christopher Smith’s films have often been obsessed, in one way or another, with time. From the recursive looping of his breakout Triangle to the branching narratives of Detour, Smith has built an impressive, albeit underappreciated collection of twisty thrillers. If 2020’s The Banishing represented something of a return to horror, then his newest, Consecration, acts as a continuation of that film’s obsession with narrative and spiritual fragmentation.
Following Jena Malone’s skeptical Grace as she travels to a remote convent to investigate the death of her priest brother, Smith’s latest is preoccupied with how the sins of the church are grafted onto individuals. Yet, like The Banishing, Consecration bears an underbaked premise that’s more interesting in its singular moments than as a complete film. Heavy on style and light on narrative clarity, almost nothing coheres.
Moody, but never as scary one would hope, it is ostensibly...
Following Jena Malone’s skeptical Grace as she travels to a remote convent to investigate the death of her priest brother, Smith’s latest is preoccupied with how the sins of the church are grafted onto individuals. Yet, like The Banishing, Consecration bears an underbaked premise that’s more interesting in its singular moments than as a complete film. Heavy on style and light on narrative clarity, almost nothing coheres.
Moody, but never as scary one would hope, it is ostensibly...
- 2/9/2023
- by Christian Gallichio
- The Film Stage
“Let the Badness Out.”
A nun mutters this as Jena Malone (The Ruins, The Neon Demon) finds her after a chase through the dark in an exclusive clip from Consecration. What follows gets macabre and unsettles her, but did it happen at all?
One thing is clear; there’s something seriously amiss at this convent. And more ominously, what is the badness that needs letting out?
The clip teases the latest mind-bending horror from Triangle, Black Death, and The Banishing director Christopher Smith. The psychological, convent-set horror film releases in theaters on February 10, 2023.
In Consecration, “Grace (Malone) goes to the Mount Saviour Convent in Scotland to find out what was behind the suspicious death of her brother, a priest. She is initially helped by Father Romero (Huston), but she soon comes to distrust the account of the church as she uncovers murder, sacrilege, and a disturbing truth about her own...
A nun mutters this as Jena Malone (The Ruins, The Neon Demon) finds her after a chase through the dark in an exclusive clip from Consecration. What follows gets macabre and unsettles her, but did it happen at all?
One thing is clear; there’s something seriously amiss at this convent. And more ominously, what is the badness that needs letting out?
The clip teases the latest mind-bending horror from Triangle, Black Death, and The Banishing director Christopher Smith. The psychological, convent-set horror film releases in theaters on February 10, 2023.
In Consecration, “Grace (Malone) goes to the Mount Saviour Convent in Scotland to find out what was behind the suspicious death of her brother, a priest. She is initially helped by Father Romero (Huston), but she soon comes to distrust the account of the church as she uncovers murder, sacrilege, and a disturbing truth about her own...
- 2/9/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Consecration Trailer 2 — IFC Films has released the second movie trailer Consecration (2023) movie trailer has been released. View here the first Consecration movie trailer. Crew Christopher Smith‘s Consecration stars Jena Malone, Danny Huston, Janet Suzman, and Ian Pirie. Laurie Cook and Christopher Smith wrote the screenplay for Consecration. “Produced by Laurie Cook, [...]
Continue reading: Consecration (2023) Movie Trailer 2: Jena Malone uncovers murder, sacrilege, and her past while visiting a Convent...
Continue reading: Consecration (2023) Movie Trailer 2: Jena Malone uncovers murder, sacrilege, and her past while visiting a Convent...
- 2/9/2023
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
It’s a long, treacherous road for child stars. Many don’t make it to adulthood unscathed, and rarely with a respected career to show for it. Much like Kristen Stewart or Daniel Radcliffe, however, Jena Malone has comfortably moved into a mature body of work that runs the gamut from auteur-driven indies (to stay relevant) with a smattering of popular studio fare (to stay afloat).
Once a precocious kid who brought unexpected gravitas to box office hits like “Contact” (1997) and “Stepmom” (1998), Malone successfully transitioned into arty indie darling with her turn in “Donnie Darko” (2001). Since then, she’s excelled in everything from horror to sci-fi to period comedies, bringing her unique screen presence to “The Neon Demon” and “The Hunger Games” without missing a beat.
So, what’s her secret?
“Maybe I sold my soul to the independent film devil, and I’ve been moderately sacrificing my blood every new moon or something.
Once a precocious kid who brought unexpected gravitas to box office hits like “Contact” (1997) and “Stepmom” (1998), Malone successfully transitioned into arty indie darling with her turn in “Donnie Darko” (2001). Since then, she’s excelled in everything from horror to sci-fi to period comedies, bringing her unique screen presence to “The Neon Demon” and “The Hunger Games” without missing a beat.
So, what’s her secret?
“Maybe I sold my soul to the independent film devil, and I’ve been moderately sacrificing my blood every new moon or something.
- 2/8/2023
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
It’s Super Bowl weekend, as the Philadelphia Eagles take on the Kansas City Chiefs with pop star Rihanna providing the half-time entertainment. Normally, studios wouldn’t release any prominent new movies on this weekend, since they know they would lose a lot of business to the Super Bowl, regularly the biggest televised event every year. Then again, Tuesday is Valentine’s Day, and there’s a chance that Saturday date night could be a good excuse for couples to see one of this weekend’s two romantic offerings. Read on for Gold Derby’s box office preview.
Coming into the weekend is Channing Tatum’s “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” who is no stranger to the Super Bowl weekend, having starred in “Dear John” opposite Amanda Seyfried way back in 2010, which launched on Super Bowl weekend to the tune of 30.5 million. Tatum has reteamed with Steven Soderbergh for “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,...
Coming into the weekend is Channing Tatum’s “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” who is no stranger to the Super Bowl weekend, having starred in “Dear John” opposite Amanda Seyfried way back in 2010, which launched on Super Bowl weekend to the tune of 30.5 million. Tatum has reteamed with Steven Soderbergh for “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,...
- 2/8/2023
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
"I come here when I have dark thoughts... I think I might be a really bad person." IFC Films has unveiled a second official trailer for the indie supernatural horror film Consecration, opening in limited US theaters starting this weekend. Who's down for some freaky Nunsploitation horror?? We posted the first trailer last month giving us a look at these freaky nuns. What are they hiding? Something's going on... After the alleged suicide of her priest brother, Grace travels to the remote Scottish convent where he apparently fell to his death. Distrusting the Church's official account, she uncovers murder, sacrilege and a disturbing truth about herself. Jena Malone stars as Grace in this chilling new horror thriller. The cast includes Danny Huston, Janet Suzman, and Ian Pirie. Reviews indicate "fans of a slow-burn psychological horror will certainly find plenty to enjoy from the familiar territory and reliable jump scares." Check out the final preview below.
- 2/8/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In terms of overlapping themes, Black Death and Triangle director/writer Christopher Smith picks up where he left off with 2021’s The Banishing for his latest, Consecration. A woman once again sees herself as an unwitting pawn of the Church and the horrors it births, keeping the psychological mysteries close to the vest. Only this time, its heroine is far more relentless in uncovering answers. The spiritual sibling feature falls into similar narrative pitfalls but is anchored by a compelling lead.
Grace (Jena Malone) favors science; she works at an optometrist’s office and identifies as an atheist. She’s the opposite of her estranged brother Michael (Steffan Cennydd), a priest that lives in a Scottish convent. Grace’s distrust of the Church and a startling emergence of terrifying visions prompt her to discover the truth when she receives word that her brother has committed suicide. She arrives in Scotland...
Grace (Jena Malone) favors science; she works at an optometrist’s office and identifies as an atheist. She’s the opposite of her estranged brother Michael (Steffan Cennydd), a priest that lives in a Scottish convent. Grace’s distrust of the Church and a startling emergence of terrifying visions prompt her to discover the truth when she receives word that her brother has committed suicide. She arrives in Scotland...
- 2/7/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Plot: After the alleged suicide of her priest brother, Grace travels to the remote Scottish convent where he fell to his death. Distrusting the Church’s account, she uncovers murder, sacrilege, and a disturbing truth about herself.
Review: Hailing from Scotland, Consecration provides a look at grief and identity. Jena Malone stars as Grace, a woman who’s struggling through life, even more so now that her brother has supposedly killed himself. She journeys to Scotland in order to take care of his affairs. But there’s clearly more to his death than it appears and sends Grace on a journey of discovery. What she finds may be surprising to her, but if you’ve seen any sort of horror movie, will be old hat to you. Because unfortunately, while Consecration looks good, there’s not much more beneath the surface.
I really love Jena Malone and could watch her in just about anything.
Review: Hailing from Scotland, Consecration provides a look at grief and identity. Jena Malone stars as Grace, a woman who’s struggling through life, even more so now that her brother has supposedly killed himself. She journeys to Scotland in order to take care of his affairs. But there’s clearly more to his death than it appears and sends Grace on a journey of discovery. What she finds may be surprising to her, but if you’ve seen any sort of horror movie, will be old hat to you. Because unfortunately, while Consecration looks good, there’s not much more beneath the surface.
I really love Jena Malone and could watch her in just about anything.
- 2/7/2023
- by Tyler Nichols
- JoBlo.com
2023 is in full swing with chaos (Cocaine Bear opens February 24) and sequels (Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania opens February 17; Magic Mike’s Last Dance opens February 10) doing their thing to get those box-office numbers rising. Along with that studio fare, however, are a ton of smaller titles doing their best to keep up too. Hopefully your local theater has a screen or two to spare for some of these posters to grace the lobby–if Avatar also decides to slow down, of course.
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Is the poster for 88 easy to read? No. Not at all. But I’ll be honest: that’s kind of why I like it. Because amongst those letters and numbers depicting financial gibberish are actor names like Orlando Jones and William Fichtner. Think of it as one of those memes where the first 3 names you see are the ones who will grace your screen when you buy a ticket.
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Is the poster for 88 easy to read? No. Not at all. But I’ll be honest: that’s kind of why I like it. Because amongst those letters and numbers depicting financial gibberish are actor names like Orlando Jones and William Fichtner. Think of it as one of those memes where the first 3 names you see are the ones who will grace your screen when you buy a ticket.
- 2/3/2023
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
With the Sundance Film Festival now wrapped up, offering our first glimpse at the 2023 cinematic offerings, eyes are now on Berlinale, which kicks off later this month. Looking at this month’s theatrical releases, it’s an eclectic mix of fest favorites (including the best film from last year’s Cannes and a pair of highlights from last year’s Slamdance), underseen gems, and a few auteur-driven studio offerings.
12. The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic (Teemu Nikki; Feb. 3)
A week before James Cameron’s 1997 box-office behemoth returns to theaters, we’ll see the release of an acclaimed festival favorite in which his Best Picture winner figures into the central narrative. Winner of the Orizzonti Extra Audience Award at the Venice International Film Festival, Teemu Nikki’s The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic follows Jaakko (Petri Poikolainen), a charming Finn who loves movies despite his blindness,...
12. The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic (Teemu Nikki; Feb. 3)
A week before James Cameron’s 1997 box-office behemoth returns to theaters, we’ll see the release of an acclaimed festival favorite in which his Best Picture winner figures into the central narrative. Winner of the Orizzonti Extra Audience Award at the Venice International Film Festival, Teemu Nikki’s The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic follows Jaakko (Petri Poikolainen), a charming Finn who loves movies despite his blindness,...
- 2/2/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Horror fans rejoice, for once more this March’s Glasgow Film Festival welcomes another weekend of wickedly fun international depravity, courtesy of the that all-too-reliable Ff banner. 13 films, over 3 days, with one positively freakish re-imagining of Winnie the Pooh as a serial killer; there’s never a dull year as far as FrightFest is concerned.
With this year’s line-up gathered together from all over the globe, spanning nine different countries including France, Spain, Austria, Finland, the Netherlands and Lithuania, as well as the usual British and American fare, there’s certainly a wide variety on offer too.
The one horror hounds will no doubt already be humming about is the cult-flavoured Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, a deliciously nasty slasher that pits everyone’s favourite cuddly characters from the Hundred Acre Wood against each other, in bloody fashion. With Pooh and friends now in the copyright-friendly public domain, expect director...
With this year’s line-up gathered together from all over the globe, spanning nine different countries including France, Spain, Austria, Finland, the Netherlands and Lithuania, as well as the usual British and American fare, there’s certainly a wide variety on offer too.
The one horror hounds will no doubt already be humming about is the cult-flavoured Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, a deliciously nasty slasher that pits everyone’s favourite cuddly characters from the Hundred Acre Wood against each other, in bloody fashion. With Pooh and friends now in the copyright-friendly public domain, expect director...
- 1/18/2023
- by Ben Robins
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Be prepared to devour a devilish feast of dread-filled delights as the UK’s favourite horror fantasy event, Frightfest, returns to the renowned Glasgow Film Festival for an 18th year, from Thursday 9th March to Saturday 11th March 2023.
This year’s daring line-up, once again housed at the iconic Glasgow Film Theatre, embraces the latest genre discoveries from around the world, spanning nine countries with an eclectic mix of World, International and UK premieres. FrightFest kicks off with two special screenings on Thursday March 9, opening in grand Gallic style with the UK premiere of Smoking Causes Coughing, a quirky, absurdist comedy sci-fi fantasy from visionary director Quentin Dupieux, whose film Rubber caused a 2010 Gff FrightFest sensation. This is followed by the UK premiere of Sisu, a pulverizing, nerve-shredding and spectacularly gory WW2 action epic by Finnish director Jalmari Helander of Rare Exports fame.
Enter the haunted ‘Devil’s Manor’ as...
This year’s daring line-up, once again housed at the iconic Glasgow Film Theatre, embraces the latest genre discoveries from around the world, spanning nine countries with an eclectic mix of World, International and UK premieres. FrightFest kicks off with two special screenings on Thursday March 9, opening in grand Gallic style with the UK premiere of Smoking Causes Coughing, a quirky, absurdist comedy sci-fi fantasy from visionary director Quentin Dupieux, whose film Rubber caused a 2010 Gff FrightFest sensation. This is followed by the UK premiere of Sisu, a pulverizing, nerve-shredding and spectacularly gory WW2 action epic by Finnish director Jalmari Helander of Rare Exports fame.
Enter the haunted ‘Devil’s Manor’ as...
- 1/16/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
AGC International, the international sales and distribution arm of Stuart Ford’s independent content studio AGC Studios, has secured a raft of pre-sales on Richard Linklater’s Hitman and Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut The Dating Game, both of which will enter production in October.
Hitman has thus far sold to Leonine Studios in Germany and Switzerland; Snd in France; Sun Distribution in Latin America and Spain; WW Entertainment Bv in Benelux; Bim Distribuzione in Italy; Vvs Film in Canada; Scanbox Entertainment in Scandinavia; Paradise/Mgn in the Baltic States; Kino Swiat in Poland; Selim Ramia in the Middle East; Nos Lusomundo in Portugal; Empire Entertainment in South Africa; United King Film in Israel; Aqua in Turkey; and Kcs in Ex-Yugoslavia.
The Dating Game has sold to Telepool in Germany; Signature Entertainment in the UK and Ireland; Sun Distribution in Latin America, Spain and Portugal; Vvs Films in Canada; Lucky...
Hitman has thus far sold to Leonine Studios in Germany and Switzerland; Snd in France; Sun Distribution in Latin America and Spain; WW Entertainment Bv in Benelux; Bim Distribuzione in Italy; Vvs Film in Canada; Scanbox Entertainment in Scandinavia; Paradise/Mgn in the Baltic States; Kino Swiat in Poland; Selim Ramia in the Middle East; Nos Lusomundo in Portugal; Empire Entertainment in South Africa; United King Film in Israel; Aqua in Turkey; and Kcs in Ex-Yugoslavia.
The Dating Game has sold to Telepool in Germany; Signature Entertainment in the UK and Ireland; Sun Distribution in Latin America, Spain and Portugal; Vvs Films in Canada; Lucky...
- 9/20/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Consultant worked as creative executive at DreamWorks TV Animation, Nickelodeon, Universal.
Aghi Koh has joined AGC Studios initially on a consulting basis and will lead a push into family and young adult entertainment across film and television.
Koh has more than 20 years of experience as a creative executive in the kids, family and young adult space, serving as a creative executive at DreamWorks TV Animation, Nickelodeon, and Universal Studios, managing branded entertainment and developing original properties.
She was an executive producer on Disney’s The Princess And The Frog and shepherded The Land Before Time: Journey Of The Brave and...
Aghi Koh has joined AGC Studios initially on a consulting basis and will lead a push into family and young adult entertainment across film and television.
Koh has more than 20 years of experience as a creative executive in the kids, family and young adult space, serving as a creative executive at DreamWorks TV Animation, Nickelodeon, and Universal Studios, managing branded entertainment and developing original properties.
She was an executive producer on Disney’s The Princess And The Frog and shepherded The Land Before Time: Journey Of The Brave and...
- 8/22/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Isla Fisher and Greg Kinnear star for director Christian Ditter.
Production has begun in Los Angeles on AGC Studios’ The Present, a family comedy with Isla Fisher and Greg Kinnear starring and Christian Ditter directing.
German-born Ditter previously shot 2016 comedy hit How To Be Single.
The screenplay – about a brilliant boy who discovers he can manipulate time using an enchanted family heirloom – is by Jay Martel. The project is produced by Stuart Ford and Linda McDonough for AGC, and by Marcei Brown and Jessica Malanaphy for CatchLight Studios. The executive producers are Martel, CatchLight’s Jason Clark and AGC’s Zach Garrett and Miguel Palos.
Production has begun in Los Angeles on AGC Studios’ The Present, a family comedy with Isla Fisher and Greg Kinnear starring and Christian Ditter directing.
German-born Ditter previously shot 2016 comedy hit How To Be Single.
The screenplay – about a brilliant boy who discovers he can manipulate time using an enchanted family heirloom – is by Jay Martel. The project is produced by Stuart Ford and Linda McDonough for AGC, and by Marcei Brown and Jessica Malanaphy for CatchLight Studios. The executive producers are Martel, CatchLight’s Jason Clark and AGC’s Zach Garrett and Miguel Palos.
- 5/17/2022
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Isla Fisher (Wolf Like Me) and Greg Kinnear (Shining Vale) will topline the family comedy The Present, from director Christian Ditter (How to Be Single), which has entered production in Los Angeles.
In the film from Stuart Ford’s independent content studio AGC Studios, a brilliant boy discovers he can manipulate time using an enchanted family heirloom, then teaming up with his siblings to go back to the eve of their parents’ separation in hopes of changing the outcome. As their schemes become more elaborate, the siblings will learn about family bonds and what they can and can’t control. Fisher and Kinnear are playing the parents in search of reconciliation, with Easton Rocket Sweda (General Hospital), Shay Rudolph (The Baby-Sitters Club) and Mason Shea Joyce (Euphoria) portraying the siblings who just might be the only people who can make that happen.
Ross Butler (Shazam!) also stars in the film...
In the film from Stuart Ford’s independent content studio AGC Studios, a brilliant boy discovers he can manipulate time using an enchanted family heirloom, then teaming up with his siblings to go back to the eve of their parents’ separation in hopes of changing the outcome. As their schemes become more elaborate, the siblings will learn about family bonds and what they can and can’t control. Fisher and Kinnear are playing the parents in search of reconciliation, with Easton Rocket Sweda (General Hospital), Shay Rudolph (The Baby-Sitters Club) and Mason Shea Joyce (Euphoria) portraying the siblings who just might be the only people who can make that happen.
Ross Butler (Shazam!) also stars in the film...
- 5/17/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
South Korea, UK lead way on 19.6m, 12m respectively.
Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness raced to an estimated 229m globally through Friday (May 6), soaring to 139.3m from the first three days of international release and 90m from the North American opening day including Thursday previews to surpass the 2016 original’s entire 85.1m opening weekend.
The North American gross stands at the seventh biggest first day in industry history and means Marvel Cinematic Universe releases hold five of the top 10 opening days. Disney executives are forecasting the three-day opening weekend in the 170m-185m range.
Internationally the film is...
Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness raced to an estimated 229m globally through Friday (May 6), soaring to 139.3m from the first three days of international release and 90m from the North American opening day including Thursday previews to surpass the 2016 original’s entire 85.1m opening weekend.
The North American gross stands at the seventh biggest first day in industry history and means Marvel Cinematic Universe releases hold five of the top 10 opening days. Disney executives are forecasting the three-day opening weekend in the 170m-185m range.
Internationally the film is...
- 5/6/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
UK opening day outstrips that of No Time To Die.
Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness scored an impressive 36m in Thursday previews in the US while the international box office climbed to an estimated 85.7m after two days following debuts in the UK, Australia and Mexico.
Thursday’s (May 5) previews rank as the eighth highest of all time behind Avengers: Infinity War’s 39m in 2018 and the fifth highest Thursday night preview ever for Imax. Today a bullish Disney will open the Marvel Studios tentpole starring Benedict Cumberbatch and directed by Sam Raimi in 4,534 locations for the seventh...
Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness scored an impressive 36m in Thursday previews in the US while the international box office climbed to an estimated 85.7m after two days following debuts in the UK, Australia and Mexico.
Thursday’s (May 5) previews rank as the eighth highest of all time behind Avengers: Infinity War’s 39m in 2018 and the fifth highest Thursday night preview ever for Imax. Today a bullish Disney will open the Marvel Studios tentpole starring Benedict Cumberbatch and directed by Sam Raimi in 4,534 locations for the seventh...
- 5/6/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
AGC to launch Cannes sales on supernatural thriller ’Consecration’, releases first image (exclusive)
Film shot entirely in UK last autumn.
AGC Studios has released the exclusive first-look image from its supernatural thriller Consecration ahead of the launch of sales in Cannes.
Stuart Ford and the AGC International sales team will show footage at an invitation-only buyer event from the latest genre title by Christopher Smith, the director of The Banishing, Detour and Severance who co-wrote Consecration with Laurie Cook.
The film stars Jena Malone, Danny Huston and Janet Suzman and takes place in Scotland, where Grace goes to the Mount Saviour Convent to learn more about the suspicious death of her priest brother.
AGC Studios has released the exclusive first-look image from its supernatural thriller Consecration ahead of the launch of sales in Cannes.
Stuart Ford and the AGC International sales team will show footage at an invitation-only buyer event from the latest genre title by Christopher Smith, the director of The Banishing, Detour and Severance who co-wrote Consecration with Laurie Cook.
The film stars Jena Malone, Danny Huston and Janet Suzman and takes place in Scotland, where Grace goes to the Mount Saviour Convent to learn more about the suspicious death of her priest brother.
- 5/6/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios has hired Lorelle Lynch as Creative Executive in the company’s production team.
Lynch joins from Range Media Partners. She was previously at John Wells Productions and Vox Media Studios.
AGC has also promoted AGC’s Vice President of Acquisitions, Zach Garrett, to Vice President, Productions and Acquisitions. Garrett is currently on location in the UK on AGC’s latest production, Consecration, from director Christopher Smith and starring Jena Malone and Danny Huston.
Elsewhere, Michael Ewing has been upped to Creative Executive and Acquisitions.
“We are thrilled to have Lorelle’s voice and story acumen compliment the team of enterprising and passionate producers,” commented AGC’s Head of Film Linda Diaz. “Zach’s encyclopedic knowledge of the acquisitions market and stable of relationships has resulted in substantive project contributions to the slate, so it is a natural transition for him to oversee these projects on set.
Lynch joins from Range Media Partners. She was previously at John Wells Productions and Vox Media Studios.
AGC has also promoted AGC’s Vice President of Acquisitions, Zach Garrett, to Vice President, Productions and Acquisitions. Garrett is currently on location in the UK on AGC’s latest production, Consecration, from director Christopher Smith and starring Jena Malone and Danny Huston.
Elsewhere, Michael Ewing has been upped to Creative Executive and Acquisitions.
“We are thrilled to have Lorelle’s voice and story acumen compliment the team of enterprising and passionate producers,” commented AGC’s Head of Film Linda Diaz. “Zach’s encyclopedic knowledge of the acquisitions market and stable of relationships has resulted in substantive project contributions to the slate, so it is a natural transition for him to oversee these projects on set.
- 10/19/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Industry veteran handled sales at Lionsgate on Hunger Games, Saw franchises, La La Land.
Former Lionsgate and Solstice Studios top executive Crystal Bourbeau has joined AGC Studios as president of worldwide sales and distribution.
The highly respected industry veteran arrives after it emerged this week that she and others from the Solstice executive suite including founder and CEO Mark Gill had left the ailing company.
Bourbeau reports to AGC Studios founder and CEO Stuart Ford and will oversee sales and distribution on the film and TV slate as well as playing a significant role in acquisitions. She will also work...
Former Lionsgate and Solstice Studios top executive Crystal Bourbeau has joined AGC Studios as president of worldwide sales and distribution.
The highly respected industry veteran arrives after it emerged this week that she and others from the Solstice executive suite including founder and CEO Mark Gill had left the ailing company.
Bourbeau reports to AGC Studios founder and CEO Stuart Ford and will oversee sales and distribution on the film and TV slate as well as playing a significant role in acquisitions. She will also work...
- 10/7/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Andy Serkis directed superhero spin-off starring Tom Hardy.
In further stirring box office news during the pandemic the exclusive theatrical release of Columbia Pictures’ Venom: Let There Be Carnage has crossed $100m on its fifth day of release in North America.
Studio executives said on Wednesday (October 6) the superhero spin-off starring Tom Hardy and directed by Andy Serkis has reached $102.058m, noting that the 2018 predecessor took six days to reach the milestone in pre-pandemic times.
The sequel opened last weekend on $90.03m to deliver the biggest opening weekend of the pandemic to date, exceeding Venom’s $80.26m opening weekend. The key cast includes Michelle Williams,...
In further stirring box office news during the pandemic the exclusive theatrical release of Columbia Pictures’ Venom: Let There Be Carnage has crossed $100m on its fifth day of release in North America.
Studio executives said on Wednesday (October 6) the superhero spin-off starring Tom Hardy and directed by Andy Serkis has reached $102.058m, noting that the 2018 predecessor took six days to reach the milestone in pre-pandemic times.
The sequel opened last weekend on $90.03m to deliver the biggest opening weekend of the pandemic to date, exceeding Venom’s $80.26m opening weekend. The key cast includes Michelle Williams,...
- 10/6/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Jena Malone, Danny Huston, Janet Suzman Board AGC Studios Horror-Thriller ‘Consecration’ (Exclusive)
Jena Malone (“Neon Demon”), Danny Huston (“Wonder Woman”) and Dame Janet Suzman (“Nicholas and Alexandra”) are among the cast of AGC Studios’ supernatural horror-thriller “Consecration,” Variety can reveal.
The film, first reported by Variety back in July, is currently shooting in London and Scotland. The pic is fully financed and co-produced by Stuart Ford’s indie operation AGC Studios.
The movie is centred on the suspicious death of a priest, whose sister (Malone) goes to the Mount Saviour Convent in Scotland to find out what really happened to her brother, with the help of Father Romero (Huston). There, she soon uncovers murder, sacrilege and a disturbing truth about her own shadowy past that brings long-buried trauma to the surface.
AGC International, the international sales and distribution arm of AGC Studios, is handling worldwide sales.
Christopher Smith is directing the project from a script he co-wrote with Laurie Cook. Meanwhile, Xavier Marchand...
The film, first reported by Variety back in July, is currently shooting in London and Scotland. The pic is fully financed and co-produced by Stuart Ford’s indie operation AGC Studios.
The movie is centred on the suspicious death of a priest, whose sister (Malone) goes to the Mount Saviour Convent in Scotland to find out what really happened to her brother, with the help of Father Romero (Huston). There, she soon uncovers murder, sacrilege and a disturbing truth about her own shadowy past that brings long-buried trauma to the surface.
AGC International, the international sales and distribution arm of AGC Studios, is handling worldwide sales.
Christopher Smith is directing the project from a script he co-wrote with Laurie Cook. Meanwhile, Xavier Marchand...
- 10/6/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
“Moonfall” co-producer and sales agent AGC Studios is launching the Christopher Smith-directed supernatural thriller “Consecration.”
Stuart Ford’s independent studio will fully finance and co-produce the pic alongside BigScope Films and Moonriver Content. The movie turns on events following the suspicious death of a priest, whose sister goes to the Mount Saviour Convent in Scotland to find out what really happened to her brother. There, she soon uncovers murder, sacrilege and a disturbing truth about her own shadowy past that brings long-buried trauma to the surface.
Smith will co-write the project alongside Laurie Cook (“The Banishing”). Producers include Xavier Marchand (“The Ritual”) of Moonriver Content and Jason Newmark (“Triangle”) and Cook of Bigscope Films. Ford will be executive producing along with AGC’s Linda McDonough and Miguel Palos and Bigscope’s Ed Fraiman and Adam Nagel.
Shooting will begin later this summer in London and Scotland, and active casting is ongoing.
Stuart Ford’s independent studio will fully finance and co-produce the pic alongside BigScope Films and Moonriver Content. The movie turns on events following the suspicious death of a priest, whose sister goes to the Mount Saviour Convent in Scotland to find out what really happened to her brother. There, she soon uncovers murder, sacrilege and a disturbing truth about her own shadowy past that brings long-buried trauma to the surface.
Smith will co-write the project alongside Laurie Cook (“The Banishing”). Producers include Xavier Marchand (“The Ritual”) of Moonriver Content and Jason Newmark (“Triangle”) and Cook of Bigscope Films. Ford will be executive producing along with AGC’s Linda McDonough and Miguel Palos and Bigscope’s Ed Fraiman and Adam Nagel.
Shooting will begin later this summer in London and Scotland, and active casting is ongoing.
- 7/6/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
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