Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to Black Label Media’s Reptile, setting Oscar nominee Justin Timberlake to star opposite Oscar winner Benicio Del Toro, whose casting had already been announced.
The film picks up following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, following a hardened detective (Del Toro) as he attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems. In doing so, he finds himself dismantling the illusions in his own life.
Prolific music video director Grant Singer is helming the pic in his feature directorial debut. He wrote the script with Benjamin Brewer.
Molly Smith, Trent Luckinbill and Thad Luckinbill are producing for Black Label Media, with Black Label’s Seth Spector co-producing. Del Toro and Rachel Smith are exec producing.
Timberlake most recently played the title role in the Apple Original Film Palmer.
The film picks up following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, following a hardened detective (Del Toro) as he attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems. In doing so, he finds himself dismantling the illusions in his own life.
Prolific music video director Grant Singer is helming the pic in his feature directorial debut. He wrote the script with Benjamin Brewer.
Molly Smith, Trent Luckinbill and Thad Luckinbill are producing for Black Label Media, with Black Label’s Seth Spector co-producing. Del Toro and Rachel Smith are exec producing.
Timberlake most recently played the title role in the Apple Original Film Palmer.
- 8/26/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: iHeartRadio, FlynnPictureCo., Psychopia Pictures and UpperRoom Productions have defied the pandemic to complete production on There Be Monsters, a 10-part narrative sci-fi thriller podcast. Starring are Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker‘s John Boyega and American Crime: The Assassination of Gianni Versace‘s Darren Criss. There Be Monsters is produced by Beau Flynn of FlynnPictureCo., Dan Bush of Psychopia Pictures and Boyega’s UpperRoom Productions, and it will be available later this year on the iHeartPodcast Network.
Boyega plays Jack Locke, a mysterious hero with a vendetta who infiltrates a Silicon Valley body hacking startup run by an enigmatic CEO Max Fuller (Criss), whose highly secretive creations promise to enhance human biology in incredible ways. Of course, every drug has a side effect.
iHeartRadio began developing this with the producers in late 2019 as part of its expanding slate of immersive PodFiction audio dramas. As the creative team was...
Boyega plays Jack Locke, a mysterious hero with a vendetta who infiltrates a Silicon Valley body hacking startup run by an enigmatic CEO Max Fuller (Criss), whose highly secretive creations promise to enhance human biology in incredible ways. Of course, every drug has a side effect.
iHeartRadio began developing this with the producers in late 2019 as part of its expanding slate of immersive PodFiction audio dramas. As the creative team was...
- 8/3/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Third Man Records is operating a little differently these days. The Nashville headquarters of Jack White’s record label, which features a record shop and small venue on-site, has stopped booking shows. Fans can come inside the record store, which is full of White Stripes artifacts plus a vinyl recording booth, by appointment, with capacity limited to four or five.
But still, Ben Blackwell, who founded the label alongside White and Ben Swank, says the company is staying afloat thanks to its mail-order business. “April and May were almost like two months of holiday lead-up,...
But still, Ben Blackwell, who founded the label alongside White and Ben Swank, says the company is staying afloat thanks to its mail-order business. “April and May were almost like two months of holiday lead-up,...
- 7/15/2020
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
Production began this week, here in Toronto, on a new thriller called Daughters from Craig David Wallace. This will be the sophomore feature film from the co-creator and showrunner of the series Todd and the Book of Pure Evil, though we get the sense that Daughters is a different ball of wax. It follows a single mother stalked by a vengeful couple who believe she’s responsible for their daughter’s murder. Daughters stars Lora Burke, Kristen MacCulloch (The Vault and upcoming Psycho Goreman), Nick Smyth, and Colin Paradine. It will be the debut of Tessa Kozma. Daughters is being produced by a number of friends...
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- 3/6/2020
- Screen Anarchy
One of three directors who first won attention with 2007’s excellent three-part thriller “The Signal” (not to be confused with another enterprising sci-fi-tinged indie of that title from 2014), Dan Bush has made several interesting genre features on his own since then. Like cloning fantasy “The Reconstruction of William Zero” and bank robbery-turned-monster movie “The Vault,” his latest film intrigues with an offbeat premise even if it ultimately doesn’t develop to fully satisfying results.
Once again co-written with cast member Conal Byrne, “The Dark Red” is or even come to full fruition individually. Nonetheless, this quasi-horror mixed bag will hold viewers’ attention for its originality even as it flags in both credibility and suspense. Dark Sky is releasing the movie on five U.S. screens March 6, simultaneous with its digital-format launch. It should do well enough among genre fans — who nonetheless will be kept waiting a bit longer for Bush...
Once again co-written with cast member Conal Byrne, “The Dark Red” is or even come to full fruition individually. Nonetheless, this quasi-horror mixed bag will hold viewers’ attention for its originality even as it flags in both credibility and suspense. Dark Sky is releasing the movie on five U.S. screens March 6, simultaneous with its digital-format launch. It should do well enough among genre fans — who nonetheless will be kept waiting a bit longer for Bush...
- 3/6/2020
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: April Billingsley, Kelsey Scott, Conal Byrne, Bernard Setaro Clark, Rhoda Griffis, John Curran, Jill Jane Clements | Written by Dan Bush, Conal Byrne | Directed by Dan Bush
Writer/director Dan Bush and writer Conal Byrne team for the third time, following The Reconstruction of William Zero (2014) and The Vault (2017) with The Dark Red, which tells the story of Sybil – a woman who is being held against her will in a psychiatric ward because her claims are extreme. She says her newborn baby was kidnapped by a secret society to harvest its supernatural blood. She says her families bloodline means her baby has, like her, great psychic powers – including the ability to hear other people’s thoughts. Trapped on a psych ward, subject to a multitude of psychiatric sessions, she begs the doctors to let her go so she can rescue her child from the cult’s dungeons.
The question The Dark Red...
Writer/director Dan Bush and writer Conal Byrne team for the third time, following The Reconstruction of William Zero (2014) and The Vault (2017) with The Dark Red, which tells the story of Sybil – a woman who is being held against her will in a psychiatric ward because her claims are extreme. She says her newborn baby was kidnapped by a secret society to harvest its supernatural blood. She says her families bloodline means her baby has, like her, great psychic powers – including the ability to hear other people’s thoughts. Trapped on a psych ward, subject to a multitude of psychiatric sessions, she begs the doctors to let her go so she can rescue her child from the cult’s dungeons.
The question The Dark Red...
- 3/5/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
For months, whispers had been circulating about Disney‘s approach to older Fox titles. Then, in October, an article in Vulture made it official: Disney was seemingly taking some of its most-beloved Fox titles and pulling them from the repertory market altogether. Now, almost a full year from the date of Disney’s Fox purchase, the company is offering its biggest flex: it is doing away with the Fox designation entirely.
Read More: Disney Is Putting Fox Films in “The Vault”
Earlier this week, it was announced that Disney would be dropping the word ‘Fox’ from several of its production companies.
Continue reading Disney Drops ‘Fox’ From 20th Century And Searchlight at The Playlist.
Read More: Disney Is Putting Fox Films in “The Vault”
Earlier this week, it was announced that Disney would be dropping the word ‘Fox’ from several of its production companies.
Continue reading Disney Drops ‘Fox’ From 20th Century And Searchlight at The Playlist.
- 1/18/2020
- by Matthew Monagle
- The Playlist
NBC has put in development The Vault, a postapocalyptic, civilization-rebuilding drama with a female lead from Keshet Studios and Universal Television.
In The Vault, written by Jesse Lasky, when a cataclysmic event seemingly wipes out the planet, the survival of humanity rests upon Annie, a geobiologist who has been setting up a state-of-the-art facility in the Arctic known as the Vault. It houses a dozen experts in their respective fields all with specific skill sets that would be essential in rebuilding civilization.
Lasky executive produces with Keshet’s Avi Nir, Peter Traugott, Rachel Kaplan and Alon Shtruzman. Lasky is managed by Echo Lake Entertainment.
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In The Vault, written by Jesse Lasky, when a cataclysmic event seemingly wipes out the planet, the survival of humanity rests upon Annie, a geobiologist who has been setting up a state-of-the-art facility in the Arctic known as the Vault. It houses a dozen experts in their respective fields all with specific skill sets that would be essential in rebuilding civilization.
Lasky executive produces with Keshet’s Avi Nir, Peter Traugott, Rachel Kaplan and Alon Shtruzman. Lasky is managed by Echo Lake Entertainment.
Fall Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming: 2019 Edition...
- 10/4/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
It was just two years ago that James Franco was enjoying critical acclaim and a Golden Globe for “The Disaster Artist”; but the actor and filmmaker’s latest film, “Zeroville,” has resulted in him hitting a new box office low.
While Franco has had plenty of mainstream success with films like “Pineapple Express” and the original “Spider-Man” trilogy, much of his recent filmography has turned to starring in and directing arthouse films that are released by niche distributors on a very small number of screens for less than a month. Aside from “The Disaster Artist,” the five other films directed by Franco, including “Zeroville,” have grossed less than $30,000 and have never had a release wider than 100 screens.
Also Read: Simon Kinberg Blames Himself for 'Dark Phoenix' Box Office Bomb
And of these films, “Zeroville” has had the lowest per screen average of any of them. According to data from comScore,...
While Franco has had plenty of mainstream success with films like “Pineapple Express” and the original “Spider-Man” trilogy, much of his recent filmography has turned to starring in and directing arthouse films that are released by niche distributors on a very small number of screens for less than a month. Aside from “The Disaster Artist,” the five other films directed by Franco, including “Zeroville,” have grossed less than $30,000 and have never had a release wider than 100 screens.
Also Read: Simon Kinberg Blames Himself for 'Dark Phoenix' Box Office Bomb
And of these films, “Zeroville” has had the lowest per screen average of any of them. According to data from comScore,...
- 10/1/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Stars: April Billingsley, Kelsey Scott, Conal Byrne, Bernard Setaro Clark, Rhoda Griffis, John Curran, Jill Jane Clements | Written by Dan Bush, Conal Byrne | Directed by Dan Bush
Writer/director Dan Bush and writer Conal Byrne team for the third time, following The Reconstruction of William Zero (2014) and The Vault (2017) with The Dark Red, which tells the story of Sybil – a woman who is being held against her will in a psychiatric ward because her claims are extreme. She says her newborn baby was kidnapped by a secret society to harvest its supernatural blood. She says her families bloodline means her baby has, like her, great psychic powers – including the ability to hear other people’s thoughts. Trapped on a psych ward, subject to a multitude of psychiatric sessions, she begs the doctors to let her go so she can rescue her child from the cult’s dungeons.
The question The Dark Red...
Writer/director Dan Bush and writer Conal Byrne team for the third time, following The Reconstruction of William Zero (2014) and The Vault (2017) with The Dark Red, which tells the story of Sybil – a woman who is being held against her will in a psychiatric ward because her claims are extreme. She says her newborn baby was kidnapped by a secret society to harvest its supernatural blood. She says her families bloodline means her baby has, like her, great psychic powers – including the ability to hear other people’s thoughts. Trapped on a psych ward, subject to a multitude of psychiatric sessions, she begs the doctors to let her go so she can rescue her child from the cult’s dungeons.
The question The Dark Red...
- 8/24/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
"Are you hearing anything or... seeing anything out of the ordinary?" Signature Entertainment in the UK has unveiled the first official trailer for a cult thriller, psychological horror film titled The Dark Red, the latest from genre filmmaker Dan Bush. The film stars April Billingsley as a young woman who is committed to a psychiatric hospital and claims her newborn was stolen by a dark cult, a "secret society to harvest its supernatural blood". But is it true or is she just delusional? The film is described as an "seat-edge twisted shocker" that premiered at the Austin Film Festival late last year, but is still waiting for an official release in the Us. The cast includes Conal Byrne, Bernard Setaro Clark, Jill Jane Clements, John Curran, Rhoda Griffis, and Kelsey Scott. This trailer gets pretty violent and bloody (since there's no MPAA restrictions playing a UK trailer) so watch out.
- 8/12/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Melanie Sykes is a British television and radio presenter and a former model. She was born near Manchester in England on August 7, 1970. She is best known for co-hosting ‘Let’s Do Lunch’ with Gino D’Acampo and ‘Today with Des and Mel’ alongside Des O’Connor. She was also the co-presenter of ‘The Big Breakfast’ with Denise Van Outen between 1997 and 2001, and a regular panelist on the afternoon talk show ‘Loose Women’ between 2005 and 2013. Other series she has presented include ‘Celebrities Under Pressure’, ‘The Vault’, ‘The Paul O’Grady Show’, and ‘Gene Detectives’. Despite being a well-known celebrity
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Melanie Sykes...
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Melanie Sykes...
- 7/5/2019
- by Liz Flynn
- TVovermind.com
Not that there’s been a bad week of home entertainment releases this year, but March 26th is looking to be one of our finest days of 2019 so far, with Mary Lambert’s Pet Sematary adaptation leading the pack as it gets the 4K treatment on Tuesday. Vinegar Syndrome is keeping themselves incredibly busy this week, too, as they have four different cult titles on tap for horror fans to add to their Blu-ray collections: The Children, The Suckling, Dominique, and In the Cold of the Night.
Also this week, Scream Factory is showing some love to The Body Snatcher, which features Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff teaming up with Val Lewton, as well as Warning Sign, and for those of you who dig creature features with a side of creepy-crawliness, Kingdom of the Spiders comes home as well.
Other releases for March 26th include Aquaman, Midnight, Texas: Season Two,...
Also this week, Scream Factory is showing some love to The Body Snatcher, which features Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff teaming up with Val Lewton, as well as Warning Sign, and for those of you who dig creature features with a side of creepy-crawliness, Kingdom of the Spiders comes home as well.
Other releases for March 26th include Aquaman, Midnight, Texas: Season Two,...
- 3/26/2019
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Madrid — André and Maria Jacquemetton, the Emmy and WGA Award-winning writer-producers of AMC’s “Mad Men” and consulting producers on Amazon Studios’ “The Romanoffs,” will serve as Guests of Honor at Series Mania’s Ugc Writers Campus, a workshop whose participants include Denmark’s Christina Miller-Harris and Israel’s Noy Carmel.
The Jacquemettons will deliver a masterclass and help steer workshops. Lorraine Sullivan, the former director of the Berlin Film School’s Serial Eyes, serves as head of studies, Nicola Lusuardi, a story editor and creative producer for Sky Italy, and Christian Rank, head of drama at Denmark’s Dr, serve as tutors. Trainers are Donna Sharpe, a screenwriter on Zdf/Svt’s ambitious English-Language espionage thriller “West of Liberty,” which received a Berlin Drama Series Days Market Screening, and Michaela Sabo.
Made by France’s Series Mania and Ugc Series, the TV production arm of the Ugc Group, the...
The Jacquemettons will deliver a masterclass and help steer workshops. Lorraine Sullivan, the former director of the Berlin Film School’s Serial Eyes, serves as head of studies, Nicola Lusuardi, a story editor and creative producer for Sky Italy, and Christian Rank, head of drama at Denmark’s Dr, serve as tutors. Trainers are Donna Sharpe, a screenwriter on Zdf/Svt’s ambitious English-Language espionage thriller “West of Liberty,” which received a Berlin Drama Series Days Market Screening, and Michaela Sabo.
Made by France’s Series Mania and Ugc Series, the TV production arm of the Ugc Group, the...
- 2/18/2019
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
G-Eazy and guest singer Anthony Russo document relationship jealousy on their breezy new single “Rewind.” Over a soft synth lead and skittering beat, Russo croons to a romantic partner, “I can’t take you blowin’ up my line, fuckin’ up my vibe every night/ Look at this back and forth shit/ We might have to rewind.”
The rapper continues in that thematic vein, observing “suspicious” behavior and celebrating his freedom. “Good vibes only/ Can’t be held back for nothing, no ties on me/ I’m tryna be as big as Pac,...
The rapper continues in that thematic vein, observing “suspicious” behavior and celebrating his freedom. “Good vibes only/ Can’t be held back for nothing, no ties on me/ I’m tryna be as big as Pac,...
- 9/12/2018
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
In today’s film news roundup, Tom Arnold and Paige Howard star in an indie comedy, “Call Her Ganda” is getting an Oscar campaign, and Epic Level has hired a “Charlie Says” executive producer.
Castings
Tom Arnold, Paige Howard, Devin Ratray, Brian Krause, and Cody Kasch are starring in the just-completed independent comedy “Hollywood.con.”
The film is a father-daughter collaboration with Benjamin Boorem producing and Mika Boorem starring and directing. Mika Boorem, whose credits include “Blue Crush” as Kate Bosworth’s sister, “Good Day for It,” and “Hearts in Atlantis,” makes her feature directing debut. The cast members have all acted with her in prior projects.
The script is written by the Boorems, Cshediiz Coleman, Benjamin Lockman, and Michael Lindley. Mika Boorem portrays a struggling actress who accidentally steals the identity of a big-time producer, portrayed by Howard, and gets thrown into a Mayan movie in Guatemala. She’s...
Castings
Tom Arnold, Paige Howard, Devin Ratray, Brian Krause, and Cody Kasch are starring in the just-completed independent comedy “Hollywood.con.”
The film is a father-daughter collaboration with Benjamin Boorem producing and Mika Boorem starring and directing. Mika Boorem, whose credits include “Blue Crush” as Kate Bosworth’s sister, “Good Day for It,” and “Hearts in Atlantis,” makes her feature directing debut. The cast members have all acted with her in prior projects.
The script is written by the Boorems, Cshediiz Coleman, Benjamin Lockman, and Michael Lindley. Mika Boorem portrays a struggling actress who accidentally steals the identity of a big-time producer, portrayed by Howard, and gets thrown into a Mayan movie in Guatemala. She’s...
- 9/1/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
G-Eazy, Blac Youngsta and BlocBoy Jb hang out in a warehouse filled with twerking women in their new “Drop” video. Throughout the clip, the trio pose next to expensive cars, flashing lights and billowing smoke.
The collaborative single follows G-Eazy’s May-issued, surprise birthday Ep, The Vault, his April single “1942” and 2017 studio album, The Beautiful & Damned.
The emcee appeared on Vic Mensa’s Marshmello-produced track “Reverse” and joined for the track’s post-apocalyptic video. In mid-July, he released a visual for “Power” in which he cruises around the San Francisco Bay.
The collaborative single follows G-Eazy’s May-issued, surprise birthday Ep, The Vault, his April single “1942” and 2017 studio album, The Beautiful & Damned.
The emcee appeared on Vic Mensa’s Marshmello-produced track “Reverse” and joined for the track’s post-apocalyptic video. In mid-July, he released a visual for “Power” in which he cruises around the San Francisco Bay.
- 8/15/2018
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
G-Eazy rides the waves around the Bay Area in the new video for “Power,” which features fellow California rappers Nef the Pharaoh and P-Lo.
The Daniel Cz-directed clip was filmed around Oakland and San Francisco and finds G-Eazy spitting his smooth bars over the track’s punchy beat while lounging in a Ferrari Spider swerving down the street. Elsewhere, G-Eazy, Nef and P-Lo charter a yacht party that rages on the water as the sun cuts through the fog shrouding the San Francisco skyline.
“Power” is one of three tracks on G-Eazy’s recent Ep,...
The Daniel Cz-directed clip was filmed around Oakland and San Francisco and finds G-Eazy spitting his smooth bars over the track’s punchy beat while lounging in a Ferrari Spider swerving down the street. Elsewhere, G-Eazy, Nef and P-Lo charter a yacht party that rages on the water as the sun cuts through the fog shrouding the San Francisco skyline.
“Power” is one of three tracks on G-Eazy’s recent Ep,...
- 7/17/2018
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The Vault is a Canadian post-apocalyptic sci-Fi web series about a ragtag group of survivors forced to live in an underground military base known as "The Vault".
The series is directed by Sara Martins.
Official Synopsis:
Air force pilot Nathaniel Hale wakes up to find himself in The Vault. A state of the art military bunker buried deep beneath the earth to protect the last of humanity from an unknown enemy.
The series is produced by Lost Journey Productions Inc.
Find out more on their website and check out the trailer below which features some pretty amazing visuals for an indie production.
The series is directed by Sara Martins.
Official Synopsis:
Air force pilot Nathaniel Hale wakes up to find himself in The Vault. A state of the art military bunker buried deep beneath the earth to protect the last of humanity from an unknown enemy.
The series is produced by Lost Journey Productions Inc.
Find out more on their website and check out the trailer below which features some pretty amazing visuals for an indie production.
- 5/24/2018
- QuietEarth.us
The Leftovers alum Regina King is re-teaming with series’ creator Damon Lindelof for Watchmen, his high-profile follow-up drama pilot at HBO. King has been cast along with Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Adelaide Clemens and Andrew Howard in the pilot. It is not specified if all of the actors will be series regulars, I hear at least one may be recurring.
Written by Lindelof based on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ iconic limited comic series, Watchmen is considered a dark satirical and dystopian take on the superhero genre. Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, Watchmen embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.
Details of the cast’s roles are being kept under wraps though we have some ideas. King is believed to be playing Angela Abar, while Gossett Jr. likely is Old Man.
Written by Lindelof based on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ iconic limited comic series, Watchmen is considered a dark satirical and dystopian take on the superhero genre. Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, Watchmen embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.
Details of the cast’s roles are being kept under wraps though we have some ideas. King is believed to be playing Angela Abar, while Gossett Jr. likely is Old Man.
- 5/23/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In a spring season that has already seen Disney launch ESPN+ and Turner announce Bleacher Report Live, a new sports challenger is entering the subscription video on demand (Svod) ring: Sports Illustrated TV.
The over-the-top (Ott) service linked with the noted magazine will now be available direct to consumers via Roku, iOS, Android and web browsers for $4.99 a month. Si TV launched last November on Amazon Channels and recently was added to fuboTV’s skinny-bundle service.
Josh Oshinsky, head of programming for Si TV at Meredith Corp., told Deadline that he views the flurry of new sports video apps as a positive sign. “As a sports fan, I am excited that there is such a healthy and a lot of different ways to engage with sports content,” he said. “I don’t think it’s an either-or between ESPN+ or BRLive or us. We do things that they don’t.
The over-the-top (Ott) service linked with the noted magazine will now be available direct to consumers via Roku, iOS, Android and web browsers for $4.99 a month. Si TV launched last November on Amazon Channels and recently was added to fuboTV’s skinny-bundle service.
Josh Oshinsky, head of programming for Si TV at Meredith Corp., told Deadline that he views the flurry of new sports video apps as a positive sign. “As a sports fan, I am excited that there is such a healthy and a lot of different ways to engage with sports content,” he said. “I don’t think it’s an either-or between ESPN+ or BRLive or us. We do things that they don’t.
- 4/18/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
A twisted, cold-hearted monster features in this newly-released clip for Day of the Dead: Bloodline – and we’re not referring to the undead.
In fact, it’s a reanimated zombie that winds up saving the day, as Sophie Skelton’s heroine comes face-to-face with a sexual harasser (John Schaech) named Max. What follows is an unnerving exchange between Skelton and Schaech’s respective survivors, before the latter makes an unwanted advance.
Whether intentional or not, this Bloodline clip, one which arrives on the eve or release, appears to be ripped straight from the headlines, with the only difference being that a flesh-munching zombie arrives just in time to thwart an attempted rape. Because who said the undead always have to be portrayed as the bad guys?
Story-wise, Day of the Dead: Bloodline takes place in a “post-apocalyptic, zombie-filled world where a former med school student is tormented by a dark figure from her past.
In fact, it’s a reanimated zombie that winds up saving the day, as Sophie Skelton’s heroine comes face-to-face with a sexual harasser (John Schaech) named Max. What follows is an unnerving exchange between Skelton and Schaech’s respective survivors, before the latter makes an unwanted advance.
Whether intentional or not, this Bloodline clip, one which arrives on the eve or release, appears to be ripped straight from the headlines, with the only difference being that a flesh-munching zombie arrives just in time to thwart an attempted rape. Because who said the undead always have to be portrayed as the bad guys?
Story-wise, Day of the Dead: Bloodline takes place in a “post-apocalyptic, zombie-filled world where a former med school student is tormented by a dark figure from her past.
- 1/4/2018
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
MaryAnn’s quick take… A hilarious ode to talentless passion. James Franco gives the bizarre Tommy Wiseau depth without solving his mystery, but skips a deserved zing at Hollywood. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
I don’t think you need to have seen the 2003 cult film The Room to appreciate The Disaster Artist, director and star James Franco’s hilarious ode to the talentless passion that birthed it. But I was glad that I had finally seen it for the first time just before I attended a screening of Artist. Because I’m not sure that I would have believed Artist’s depiction of the astonishing awfulness of The Room — Franco reproduces essential scenes from the film in all their crummy glory — if I hadn’t already witnessed the horror for myself.
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
I don’t think you need to have seen the 2003 cult film The Room to appreciate The Disaster Artist, director and star James Franco’s hilarious ode to the talentless passion that birthed it. But I was glad that I had finally seen it for the first time just before I attended a screening of Artist. Because I’m not sure that I would have believed Artist’s depiction of the astonishing awfulness of The Room — Franco reproduces essential scenes from the film in all their crummy glory — if I hadn’t already witnessed the horror for myself.
- 12/5/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Andrew Shulkind is the Director of Photography for The Vault, a new horror film which was released in September, 2017. He is an award winning cinematographer who has worked on films like Panic Room (2002), Southbound (2015), and the upcoming The Ritual (2017). He has also created eye-catching visuals for several Vr projects. I recently …
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- 9/24/2017
- by Janel Spiegel
- Horror News
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- 9/21/2017
- by Jonathan Barkan
- DreadCentral.com
It’s more than likely this is the first time you’ve heard of such an unusual genre blend, between heist and supernatural thriller; and that’s exactly the idea. From the offset, The Vault seems to create its own style in theming. We see all the same cues from heist and crime movies we’re used to, yet things get interesting when our bank robbers go downstairs.
Though not overly impressive in cinematography, clear thought has gone into the film’s theming and style. We can view all the themes from each respective genre, thus their parallels, and finally their merges – the builds in suspense, and the horror of hostages & supernatural drama all combine together to create a unique feel around the movie that comes across impressive. Further, production narrative is clear – the past of each character left ambiguous which only adds to the interest in each character which...
Though not overly impressive in cinematography, clear thought has gone into the film’s theming and style. We can view all the themes from each respective genre, thus their parallels, and finally their merges – the builds in suspense, and the horror of hostages & supernatural drama all combine together to create a unique feel around the movie that comes across impressive. Further, production narrative is clear – the past of each character left ambiguous which only adds to the interest in each character which...
- 9/17/2017
- by Harrison Baillie
- The Cultural Post
Stars: Francesca Eastwood, Taryn Manning, Scott Haze, James Franco, Clifton Collins Jr. | Written by Dan Bush, Conal Byrne | Directed by Dan Bush
“The Town meets Sixth Sense,” they claim in the press blurb. Even if that were a good idea on paper, the result is a useless genre train crash with very little to satisfy fans of the heist thriller or the supernatural character study. In the end it manages to conjure a twist so dumb it makes the whole movie seem retrospectively worse – and that’s saying something.
Opening with the tried and trusted cliché of a desperate 911 call, The Vault is a rollercoaster ride of tired tropes. For a false dawn we get a reasonably tense, wordless opening sequence in which the pieces fall into play on the game board: a gang of robbers, led by Leah (Francesca Eastwood), gathering in a bank to make a right royal scene,...
“The Town meets Sixth Sense,” they claim in the press blurb. Even if that were a good idea on paper, the result is a useless genre train crash with very little to satisfy fans of the heist thriller or the supernatural character study. In the end it manages to conjure a twist so dumb it makes the whole movie seem retrospectively worse – and that’s saying something.
Opening with the tried and trusted cliché of a desperate 911 call, The Vault is a rollercoaster ride of tired tropes. For a false dawn we get a reasonably tense, wordless opening sequence in which the pieces fall into play on the game board: a gang of robbers, led by Leah (Francesca Eastwood), gathering in a bank to make a right royal scene,...
- 9/8/2017
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
Taryn Manning is setting the record straight about her sexuality and opening up about her complicated relationship with her family.
In a candid interview with People Now on Tuesday, the Orange Is the Black star admitted that thought she’s experimented with other women in the past, she identifies as straight.
“I’m not gay, meaning I love men,” Manning, 38, said while promoting her new film, The Vault. “I love gay people. I’ve experimented. It’s good. I just prefer men.”
Manning also discussed her strained relationship with her mom, saying “outside sources” have driven them apart.
“I lost my mother,...
In a candid interview with People Now on Tuesday, the Orange Is the Black star admitted that thought she’s experimented with other women in the past, she identifies as straight.
“I’m not gay, meaning I love men,” Manning, 38, said while promoting her new film, The Vault. “I love gay people. I’ve experimented. It’s good. I just prefer men.”
Manning also discussed her strained relationship with her mom, saying “outside sources” have driven them apart.
“I lost my mother,...
- 9/5/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
Up-and-coming star Debbie Sherman is set to appear in not one, but two high profile genre films. She not only appears in Dan Bush’s supernatural The Vault, out now through FilmRise, but she’s also set to perform in the forthcoming Day of the Dead: Bloodline, the remake of remake of George A. Romero’s classic starring Sophie Skelton and Johnathon […]...
- 9/4/2017
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
James Franco's horror heist movie is now in theaters
The post The Vault Red Band Clip Opens Up to Terror appeared first on ComingSoon.net.
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- 9/1/2017
- by Chris Alexander
- Comingsoon.net
Period dramas, horror films and comedies are amongst Labor Day weekend's film offerings, including the return of a sci-fi landmark, Close Enounters of the Third Kind. Also hitting theaters is a special IMAX screening of Marvel's The Inhumans, Lake Bell's marital comedy I Do... Until I Don't, William H. Macy's The Layover, James Franco-starrer The Vault and a documentary chronicling the impact of a woman just as important as Cesar Chavez in the worker's rights movement — Dolores Huerta.
Read on to find out what The Hollywood Reporter's critics are...
Read on to find out what The Hollywood Reporter's critics are...
- 9/1/2017
- by Arlene Washington
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Earlier this month I had the gracious opportunity to interview director Dan Bush – best known for 2007’s The Signal and 2014’s The Reconstruction of William Zero. Bush’s most recent work – The Vault – is a unique blend between the heist and supernatural thriller genres; set for a September 8th release. Starring James Franco & Francesca Eastwood, The Vault’s theatrical release is a space to watch.
Dan, going from a largely independent film maker, ‘The Vault’ seems to be moving you towards larger ‘blockbuster’ style features. Is this kind of filmmaking & releases a goal of yours to reach? Or would you prefer to stay at an independent level.
I just love making movies, I’ll make a blockbuster if someone wants to give me a budget anywhere in the world. However, I do believe that limitations make us better filmmakers. With all the things you have to consider when making a bigger movie: the unions,...
Dan, going from a largely independent film maker, ‘The Vault’ seems to be moving you towards larger ‘blockbuster’ style features. Is this kind of filmmaking & releases a goal of yours to reach? Or would you prefer to stay at an independent level.
I just love making movies, I’ll make a blockbuster if someone wants to give me a budget anywhere in the world. However, I do believe that limitations make us better filmmakers. With all the things you have to consider when making a bigger movie: the unions,...
- 9/1/2017
- by Harrison Baillie
- The Cultural Post
Saturday Am Update: With an estimated $2.4 million, The Hitman's Bodyguard topped Friday's box office on its way to a third straight weekend at #1, looking to deliver nearly $9.5 million for the three-day and nearly $12 million for the four-day holiday. Annabelle: Creation falls into second place with $1.8 million on Friday, heading toward a $6.8 million three-day and the Weinstein's Wind River delivered an estimated $1.5 million on Friday and is looking at a three-day around $5.5-6 million. As for the weekend's new releases, Sony's re-release of Close Encounters of the Third Kind brought in an estimated $485k and is looking at a solid $1.6 million for the three-day, likely to find a spot in the top twelve. The Weinstein's Tulip Fever brought in an estimated $357k and is looking at a three-day around $1.2 million and Lionsgate's Hazlo Como Hombre is falling well short of our forecast after bringing in an estimated $347k on Friday, headed toward a three-day around $1.2 million.
- 8/31/2017
- by Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
Well, we’re not really in it, but that’s the name of the newly released not safe for work clip from The Vault. Check it out! Directed by Dan Bush (The Signal), The Vault stars James Franco, Taryn Manning, Francesca Eastwood,… Continue Reading →
The post The Vault – We’re In this Nsfw Clip! appeared first on Dread Central.
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- 8/31/2017
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Ahead of the September 1st limited theatrical and VOD release, FilmRise has just provided us with an exclusive new clip from The Signal director Dan Bush’s supernatural horror film The Vault, which follows two estranged sisters who rob a bank in order to save their brother. “This is actually the decisive moment in the beginning of the movie,” Bush tells […]...
- 8/31/2017
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
From RedBand.Ca, Sneak Peek restricted 'red band' footage from director Dan Bush's upcoming thriller "The Vault" starring Francesca Eastwood, Taryn Manning, Scott Haze, Q'orianka Kilcher, Clifton Collins Jr. and James Franco, opening September 1, 2017:
"...two estranged sisters are forced to rob a bank in order to save their brother. But this is no ordinary bank..."
Cast also includes Keith Loneker, Jeff Gum, Jill Jane Clements, Michael Milford, Aleksander Vayshelboym, Debbie Sherman, Lee Broda, Anthony Dirocco and Dmitry Paniotto.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Vault"...
"...two estranged sisters are forced to rob a bank in order to save their brother. But this is no ordinary bank..."
Cast also includes Keith Loneker, Jeff Gum, Jill Jane Clements, Michael Milford, Aleksander Vayshelboym, Debbie Sherman, Lee Broda, Anthony Dirocco and Dmitry Paniotto.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Vault"...
- 8/26/2017
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
A new clip from the upcoming horror/thriller film The Vault has been released and this one shows Francesca Eastwood (M.F.A.) grilling James Franco (Alien: Covenant) as to who might be lurking in the bowels of the bank. Alas, it seems… Continue Reading →
The post There Are No Answers To Be Found in This New Clip From The Vault appeared first on Dread Central.
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- 8/21/2017
- by Jonathan Barkan
- DreadCentral.com
James Franco heist horror movie releases a Nsfw Red Band clip
The post The Vault: James Franco Tells No Lies in Nsfw Clip appeared first on ComingSoon.net.
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- 8/21/2017
- by Chris Alexander
- Comingsoon.net
Ahead of the September 1st limited theatrical and VOD release, FilmRise has just provided us with a new clip from The Signal director Dan Bush’s supernatural horror film The Vault, which is being described as “The Sixth Sense meets The Town.” In the film… “In order to save their brother Michael’s life, the Dillon sisters, Leah and Vee have organized […]...
- 8/21/2017
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
James Franco and Scott Haze are back together again for The Vault! The pair first made waves with the Franco directed thriller Child Of God in 2013. Directed by Dan Bush, written by Conal Byrne and Dan Bush, The Vault features cinematography by Andrew Shulkind (Southbound, Panic Room) and visual effects by May Satsuki Asai (It […]...
- 8/11/2017
- by April Bedan
- Fangoria
- 8/10/2017
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Earlier today we shared some new images from The Signal director Dan Bush’s supernatural horror film The Vault, which is being described as “The Sixth Sense meets The Town.” An intriguing pairing, to say the least. Ahead of the September 1st limited theatrical and VOD release, FilmRise has just provided us with a red band […]...
- 8/10/2017
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Signal director Dan Bush‘s supernatural thriller The Vault will be released here in the States on September 1st via FilmRise with Content Media sending to UK cinemas on September 8th. Now, we have a new batch of images from the film described as The Town meets The Sixth Sense that put the full cast on display. The Vault boasts an impressive cast, including up-and-coming star Francesca […]...
- 8/10/2017
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
What if instead of money you find something else in the Vault you’re currently robbing? Watched the trailer for this and I still don’t know what exactly was in that vault. “Two estranged sisters are forced to rob a bank in order to save their brother. But this is no ordinary bank.” So was the […]
Read James Franco Unleashes Horror in the Trailer for The Vault on Filmonic.
Read James Franco Unleashes Horror in the Trailer for The Vault on Filmonic.
- 7/31/2017
- by Alex
- Filmonic.com
“Crime does not pay,” the trailer for The Vault ham-fistedly declares. But it’s probably a very accurate description for the heist thriller-turned-horror-movie that is The Vault. In James Franco‘s one-millionth project this year (does the guy never sleep?), he stars as a mild-mannered bank manager with a mustache who finds his bank being robbed by two sisters […]
The post ‘The Vault’ Trailer: James Franco Unlocks the Horror in a Bank Heist Thriller appeared first on /Film.
The post ‘The Vault’ Trailer: James Franco Unlocks the Horror in a Bank Heist Thriller appeared first on /Film.
- 7/28/2017
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
From Dan Bush, the director of such films as The Signal and The Reconstruction Of William Zero comes The Vault, a horror film that finds two estranged sisters robbing a bank vault in an effort to save their brother. The only problem is, it's no ordinary bank job, and definitely not an ordinary vault. The movie stars James Franco as Ed Maas, an assistant bank manager who promises to help guide the sisters through the... Read More...
- 7/28/2017
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Content Media have announced the UK release of The Vault, an action-packed supernatural heist thriller, filled with tension, frights and mind-bending horror, directed by Dan Bush (The Signal).
In order to save their brother Michael’s life, the Dillon sisters, Leah and Vee have organized a bank robbery, but when the upstairs vault doesn’t have enough money to cover Michael’s debt, on the advice of Assistant Bank Manager Ed Maas, they drill into the downstairs vault. But the bank’s basement hides a terrible secret and before long, the Dillons have to choose whether to face the police outside or the terrible supernatural forces in the vault below.
Starring Francesca Eastwood (Outlaws and Angels), Taryn Manning (Orange is the New Black, 8 Mile, Hustle & Flow), Scott Haze (Granite Mountain, Midnight Special), Q’Orianka Kilcher (The New World) with Clifton Collins Jr. (Pacific Rim, Star Trek) and James Franco (127 Hours,...
In order to save their brother Michael’s life, the Dillon sisters, Leah and Vee have organized a bank robbery, but when the upstairs vault doesn’t have enough money to cover Michael’s debt, on the advice of Assistant Bank Manager Ed Maas, they drill into the downstairs vault. But the bank’s basement hides a terrible secret and before long, the Dillons have to choose whether to face the police outside or the terrible supernatural forces in the vault below.
Starring Francesca Eastwood (Outlaws and Angels), Taryn Manning (Orange is the New Black, 8 Mile, Hustle & Flow), Scott Haze (Granite Mountain, Midnight Special), Q’Orianka Kilcher (The New World) with Clifton Collins Jr. (Pacific Rim, Star Trek) and James Franco (127 Hours,...
- 7/27/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Author: Zehra Phelan
The trailer for the action-packed supernatural heist thriller, The Vault, has arrived starring James Franco and Clifton Collins.
The trailer follows James Franco, who looks like he is bearing the world’s problems on his shoulders, suited and booted as assistant bank manager Ed Maas as he assists The Dillon sisters as they embark on a heist of the bank in which they get a whole lot more than they bargained for.
Filled with tension building music, meandering along the long dark corridors of the basement of the bank, in which holds the big money lays a spooky and sinister secret, laden with the chilling laughter of children and an equally chilling shadowy figure the desperate ladies of the heist just might not get out of this one alive.
The Vault stars Francesca Eastwood (Outlaws and Angels), Taryn Manning (Orange is the New Black, 8 Mile, Hustle & Flow), Scott Haze (Granite Mountain,...
The trailer for the action-packed supernatural heist thriller, The Vault, has arrived starring James Franco and Clifton Collins.
The trailer follows James Franco, who looks like he is bearing the world’s problems on his shoulders, suited and booted as assistant bank manager Ed Maas as he assists The Dillon sisters as they embark on a heist of the bank in which they get a whole lot more than they bargained for.
Filled with tension building music, meandering along the long dark corridors of the basement of the bank, in which holds the big money lays a spooky and sinister secret, laden with the chilling laughter of children and an equally chilling shadowy figure the desperate ladies of the heist just might not get out of this one alive.
The Vault stars Francesca Eastwood (Outlaws and Angels), Taryn Manning (Orange is the New Black, 8 Mile, Hustle & Flow), Scott Haze (Granite Mountain,...
- 7/27/2017
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Vault Trailer The first movie trailer for The Vault (2017) from Content Media. 2017 hasn’t been a good year for horror films. No, it hasn’t been a bad year, but the sparse selections we’ve been offered this year haven’t done much for the genre. Annabelle: Creation was a dud, The Mummy was a bomb, and Alien: Covenant, [...]
Continue reading: The Vault (2017): Movie Trailer: James Franco Leads A Bank Heist That Releases An Unspeakable Evil...
Continue reading: The Vault (2017): Movie Trailer: James Franco Leads A Bank Heist That Releases An Unspeakable Evil...
- 7/27/2017
- by Reggie Peralta
- Film-Book
The Vault blends a heist and the supernatural. In the film, two sisters must make some quick cash. But, they have no idea what is hiding in the basement. The Vault stars: James Franco, Taryn Manning, Francesca Eastwood and Scott Haze. FilmRise will distribute the film in the United States, this September. And director Dan Bush (The Signal, 2007) has described The Vault as "an action-packed supernatural heist thriller." The film's official trailer is hosted here. The trailer reveals more than the synopsis. In the clip, Franco plays bank employee Ed. He knows what lays in wait, below the floor. He encourages the robbers to investigate a rusted old vault. But, he does not warn them about what lays behind the solid steel. The tables are quickly turned as the sisters must face a haunting below and the police officers outside. The Vault is set to release in a couple of territories.
- 7/26/2017
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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