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Stars: Ashley Moore, Camren Bicondova, Gage Marsh, Shiloh O’Reilly, Andre Anthony, Christian Rose | Written by Miriam Lyapin, Helen Marsh | Directed by The Soska Sisters

Festival of the Living Dead is not only the latest Tubi Original, it’s the latest film from Jen and Sylvia Soska. That’s a bit of a come down for the sisters, who, after Dead Hooker in a Trunk and American Mary, were loudly proclaimed to be the future of horror. Dave Parker, who was in the same position some years back, recently used a Tubi Original, You Shouldn’t Have Let Me In to prove he can still make an entertaining film. Can the Soska Sisters do the same?

Ash and Iris are looking to do something to celebrate Ash’s birthday. Her boyfriend Kevin and some friends stop by with a birthday present, tickets to the titular Festival of the Living Dead.

The...

Exclusive: CAA has signed actor, dancer and musician Miles Brown, best known for his role as Jack Johnson on ABC’s Golden Globe- and Emmy-nominated comedy Black-ish.

Brown has received NAACP Image Award and Bet Award nominations for his role on Black-ish, which will debut its sixth season September 24.

Brown has also used his dancing talents on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, America’s Got Talent, Yo Gabba Gabba! and Battlefield America, and was a runner-up on Dancing With the Stars: Juniors. He also serves as the official Junior NBA reporter and is the youngest member of the Junior NBA Leadership Council.

He can be seen next in the comedy Boy Genius, where he stars opposite Rita Wilson. The feature film is set for a September 6 release.

Brown was previously represented by Osbrink and will continue to be represented by Btb Management, Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson, and ID-pr.

Over the past few days, the entertainment community has lost legends such as Carrie Fisher and George Michael, but fans are also mourning the loss of another talented entertainer who might not be quite as well known. Ricky Harris, a comedian and actor who may be best known for playing Malvo on the TV series Everybody Hates Chris, passed away after suffering a heart attack. While he may not have been a household name, he had a huge impact on the hip-hop community, with several prominent hip-hop artists paying their respects through social media.

The Hollywood Reporter confirmed the actor passed away from a heart attack through his manager, Cindy Ambers. The actor's manager also revealed to other news outlets such as the Los Angeles Times that her client had another heart attack two years ago, although no other details about his passing were given. Ricky Harris grew up in Long Beach,...

Young "Touch" star David Mazouz has scored the role of a pre-teen Bruce Wayne in Fox's upcoming Batman-prequel series "Gotham".

Mazouz will play the 13-year-old Bruce who leans on his butler Alfred (Sean Pertwee) and Commissioner James Gordon (Ben McKenzie) for guidance after his wealthy parents are murdered.

Warner Bros. TV, which is producing the series, carefully points out that Mazouz will not, at any point in the series, become Batman.

Another casting choice announced today is newcomer Camren Bicondova ("Battlefield America") in the role of a young Selena Kyle, an orphan street thief and pickpocket who will eventually become Catwoman.

Bicondova is part of the Hawaiian all-female dance crew 8 Flavahz so her physical dexterity will likely come into play in the role.

Source: EW...

Young Master Wayne and Selina Kyle, Aka Catwoman, have been chosen for Fox’s Batman prequel, Gotham. David Mazouz will play the tragedy-stricken Bruce, shortly after the murder of his parents and now under the care of Alfred Pennyworth (Sean Pertwee). Mazouz is best known for his role in Fox’s short-lived, Ascap Award-winning sci-fi series Touch alongside Keifer Sutherland and Danny Glover. That show managed two seasons before being cancelled. Portraying pre-Catwoman Selina will be Camren Bicondova, a relative newcomer to Hollywood, whose major claim to fame is being a runner-up on MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew with her group, 8 Flavahs. She has also appeared in small roles in the horror flick Girlhouse and Cinedigm’s dance drama Battlefield America. Bicondova’s role as Selina will be as another orphaned teenager, well on her way to master thief as an expert pickpocket living on the streets of Gotham. With...

Los Angeles, June 16: Director Chris Stokes has been ordered to give $10,000 for not paying one of the flick's investors of his movie "Battlefield America", which has already turned out to be a damp squib at the box office.

Stokes was sued in small claims court by a single mother, who claimed she invested $10,000 in his movie believing she'd be repaid in 30 days, but the money was never returned to her, reports tmz.com.

Stokes blew off her lawsuit - and earlier this week, a judge entered a default judgment in the woman's favour, awarding her the $10,000 plus court costs.

It's another financial blow to the filmmakers,.

Marques Houston Talks Battlefield America, available on Blu-ray and DVD today!

From the team behind You Got Served comes a young Hip-Hop battle movie for a new generation of dance. Battlefield America takes a steady look at the underbelly of the youth battle dance culture in Long Beach, California. Sean Lewis (Marques Houston), a young, charismatic, successful businessman finds himself in the mix with a bunch of disheveled misfits Bad Boys, who have virtually no dance talent. Realizing his dilemma, Sean brings aboard a professional dance instructor to ease his responsibilities to these kids. Meanwhile, he finds himself falling for Sara (Mekia Cox), who runs the community center where the kids hangout and practice their moves. With Sean motivating them, The Bad Boys find the confidence to be contenders.

Battlefield America is available now on Blu-ray + DVD Combo pack. To celebrate this release, we caught up with the one and only Marques Houston,...

At the start of Chris Stokes “Battlefield America,” we see young, bold, and tough kids dancing at an underground dance battle. Think “You Got Serve” meets Disney’s “Ant farm”. I’ve never seen such talented young dancers dance. The opening scene gives way to a lot of great energy, but it resembles more of a music video, than that of an opening scene to a film. The film’s story begins as we enter the daily life of the young and self centered Sean Lewis (Marques Houston). Shawn is a pompous prick of a man. He’s a hard working man, only if it benefits him. He’s just made partner at a prestigious La Marketing firm. One...

After a theatrical run that began in June, Battlefield America is now heading to home video - DVD, Blu-ray, VOD - via Arc Entertainment. First, you should know that it's been on VOD since late last week; and second, if you prefer, it'll become available on DVD/Blu-ray tomorrow, September 18th. So you have some options available to you to watch the film. Written and directed by Christopher B. Stokes, the film stars Marques Houston, Mekia Cox, Christopher Michael Jones and Lynn Whitfield, in a project from the team that brought you the 2004 $48 million (world wide gross) hit, You Got Served. The story: Battlefield America takes a steady look at...

Moviefone's New Release Pick of the Week "The Cabin in the Woods" What's It About? Joss Whedon does for slasher movies what he did for vampires with "Buffy." If we told you anything more, we'd ruin the experience. See It Because: If you're a horror movie fan you're used to being served the dumbest, most illogical garbage and just accepting it. "Cabin" is actually one of the most clever, unique and entertaining horror movies in years (years!) with a funny cast, totally off-the-wall premise and secret twists that we can't tell you anything about. Zombie Lovers: Watch a Special Behind-the-Scenes Look at "Cabin in the Woods" - (Also Available on Redbox DVD & Blu-ray | Amazon Instant Video | Netflix) Moviefone's Blu-ray Release Pick of the Week "Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures" What's It About? The complete "Indy" series is brought to Blu-ray for the first time with hi-def restorations and a museum's worth of behind-the-scenes special features.

It opened in theaters on June 1, and grossed $172,000 at the box office, and now it's heading to home video - DVD, Blu-ray, VOD. Details below: Arc Entertainment will release Battlefield America on VOD on September 13th and on DVD/Blu-Ray on September 18th. Arc Entertainment Presents Battlefield America Written and directed by Christopher B. Stokes Starring Marques Houston, Mekia Cox, Christopher Michael Jones and Lynn Whitfield From the team that brought you "You Got Served" comes a young Hip-Hop dance battle movie for a new generation of dance. Battlefield America takes a steady look at the underbelly of the youth battle dance culture in Long Beach,...

Another District 2 victor has been cast in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Bruno Gunn (Battlefield America, Bad Teacher) will play former winner of the Hunger Games, Brutus. He joins Meta Golding ("Criminal Minds") will play former career tribute  Enobaria, also from District 2. Enobaria is known for the particularly brutal way in which she won The Games.

In the sequel to The Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta must go on a "Victory Tour" across Panem, during which they sense that rebellion is brewing. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire will open Nov. 22, 2013. ...

I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that the helpers of “The Helpers” aren’t actually helpful. I could be wrong, of course, but I’m willing to risk it. The more important point is that “The Helpers” is, from what I can tell, a Found Footage slasher movie directed by Chris Stokes, the genius who gave us “You Got Served” and the sure-to-be American classic, “Battlefield America”, which is “You Got Served” with tykes. Leave it to the mastermind behind “You Got Served” to take advantage of the cheapo Found Footage genre and put his own spin on it. And of course by “spin” I mean . If the killers don’t start “battling” with funky dance moves, I’m gonna be real disappointed. Seven friends on a road trip to Las Vegas break down near a rest-stop motel, where they encounter a seemingly helpful group of people.

Snow White and the Huntsman attracted strong interest on opening day, and wound up earning more than the next six movies combined. Meanwhile, Mib 3 had a decent hold in second place, while The Avengers passed two major milestones.The year's second Snow White movie opened to an estimated $20.3 million from 3,773 locations on Friday, which is more than the first Snow White movie (Mirror Mirror) made in its entire opening weekend. It's also way ahead of Universal's Robin Hood, which earned $13.03 million on its opening day in May 2010. Based on Friday's results, Universal is forecasting a $55 million weekend. Mib 3 dropped 53 percent to an estimated $8.3 million on Friday. On the surface that looks like a steep decline, but most sequels that open over Memorial Day fall at least 60 percent. It was about even with Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, and if it follows that movie's pace for the weekend...

Stop me if you've heard this one: Slick, callous executive type gets pulled over for DUI, gets stuck doing community service with a ragtag group of misfit kids, helps them win the big championship. Love, life lessons and fist-in-air victories ensue. No, Disney isn't rebooting the "Mighty Ducks" franchise — yet, anyway — but these familiar plot points get a thorough rehashing in "Battlefield America," a skimpy bit of fluff about pre-teen dance crews throwing down in Long Beach back alleys long after their bedtimes. For ad exec Sean Lewis (the thoroughly...

New in theaters this weekend...  Well, it's not really new, but for those of you in Denver, it will be. Affrm continues its Restless City national push, opening the film in Denver today, June 1, at Denver Film Center/Colfax, for a 1-week run. So if you're in that city, and you're at all interested in seeing Andrew Dosunmu's enchanting acclaimed feature film debut, here's your chance! Remember, you've got only 1 week and then, poof, just like that, it's gone! Opening wider today (188 screens) is Battlefield America, from the team that brought you You Got Served. Marques Houston, Mekia Cox, Christopher Michael...

There's just one major film hitting theatres to challenge Men in Black 3 this weekend, and that is Snow White and the Huntsman starring Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth. Reviews are looking mediocre to unfavourable so far, but that doesn't mean it won't potentially pull off a win. Also hitting theatres this weekend is the long-awaited Piranha 3Dd, but considering that it's opening on just 75 screens I can only assume it really is as bad as everyone says it is. Also in select theatres we have the dance flick Battlefield America (which, sadly, has nothing to do with the Battlefield video game franchise), the Oscar-nominated animated film A Cat in Paris, Australian horror flick The Loved Ones, and stoner comedy High School starring Adrien Brody and Colin Hanks. What will you be watching this weekend? Snow White and the Huntsman Battlefield America (limited) For Greater Glory (limited) Piranha 3Dd...

Last weekend, "Men in Black 3" finally dethroned box-office marvel "The Avengers," with the Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones-led sequel raking in $55 million over the Memorial Day weekend. However, Kristen Stewart's turn as "the fairest of them all" may prove "Mib's" victory to be short-lived. "Snow White and the Huntsman," hitting theaters Friday, stars K-Stew as the fair-skinned lead, Charlize Theron as the beauty-sucking Queen and Chris Hemsworth as the weapon-wielding Huntsman. Will the trio be able to knock "Mib" from the top spot? Let's take a look at the box-office predictions and reviews in Moviefone's Weekend Movie Preview. Nationwide Releases "Snow White and the Huntsman" What's the story? Kristen Stewart plays the damsel-in-distress in this updated spin on the classic fairytale. Here, the Evil Queen (Charlize Theron) attempts to destroy the fairest of them all by hiring the brave Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) to kill her.

Check out this new behind-the-scenes featurette from Battlefield America where the young starts talk about learning the choreography for the various dance sequences, courtesy of Yahoo Movies. The music/dance flick sent out by Cinedigm Entertainment, is directed by Chris Stokes who writes along with Marques Houston. The cast is also frontlined by Houston, with names like Lynn Whitfield, Erika Guillory, David Michie, Kristen Quintrall, Chris Trousdale and Dylan K. Shepherd in the mix. Battlefield America follows a young businessman who hires an instructor tasked with turning a group of misfit kids into a team on the underground dance competition circuit...

Check out this new behind-the-scenes featurette from Battlefield America where the young starts talk about learning the choreography for the various dance sequences, courtesy of Yahoo Movies. The music/dance flick sent out by Cinedigm Entertainment, is directed by Chris Stokes who writes along with Marques Houston. The cast is also frontlined by Houston, with names like Lynn Whitfield, Erika Guillory, David Michie, Kristen Quintrall, Chris Trousdale and Dylan K. Shepherd in the mix. Battlefield America follows a young businessman who hires an instructor tasked with turning a group of misfit kids into a team on the underground dance competition circuit...

Trailer for Chris Stokes' Battlefield America, starring Marques Houston, Mekia Cox and Christopher Jones Chris Stokes also scripts the film alongside star Marques Houston, with remaining casy including Lynn Whitfield, Erika Guillory, David Michie, Kristen Quintrall, Chris Trousdale and Dylan K. Shepherd. The story follows a young businessman who hires an instructor tasked with turning a group of misfit kids into a team on the underground dance competition circuit. Cindedigm Entertainment sends the musical/performing arts drama taglined with "Where Kids Rule" out to theatres on June 1st. Battlefield America is produced by Sharif Ahmed, Jerome Jones, Geno Taylor, J. Christopher Owen, Zeus Zamani and Chris Stokes...

Trailer for Chris Stokes' Battlefield America, starring Marques Houston, Mekia Cox and Christopher Jones Chris Stokes also scripts the film alongside star Marques Houston, with remaining casy including Lynn Whitfield, Erika Guillory, David Michie, Kristen Quintrall, Chris Trousdale and Dylan K. Shepherd. The story follows a young businessman who hires an instructor tasked with turning a group of misfit kids into a team on the underground dance competition circuit. Cindedigm Entertainment sends the musical/performing arts drama taglined with "Where Kids Rule" out to theatres on June 1st. Battlefield America is produced by Sharif Ahmed, Jerome Jones, Geno Taylor, J. Christopher Owen, Zeus Zamani and Chris Stokes...

Honestly, if I was forced to judge Summer 2012 at first glance, I would say it was pretty weak. Compared to 2011 and 2010, there's just not as many movies to look forward to. While it seems easy to write off this Summer as a dud, I have three reasons why it might actually be awesome; The Dark Knight Rises, The Avengers, and Prometheus. Honestly, that's all Summer 2012 needs in order to be one for the history books. Even then, there's still more than enough films to warrant your attention this summer. To help you sort through them all, we've once again compiled all the most interesting films of the season into four easy to read, informative guides. For the next four days, we'll take you on a journey through the best cinema has to offer in Summer 2012. Welcome to our Summer 2012 Movie Guide! Today, we will focus on June 2012, one of the biggest months of the year.

Sneak Peek new banner posters supporting the upcoming feature "Battlefield America" that "... takes a steady look at the underbelly of the youth battle dance culture in Long Beach, California", starring Tristen M. Carter, Kida Burns and Zach Belandres :

"'Sean Lewis', a young, charismatic, successful businessman finds himself in the mix with a bunch of disheveled misfit 'Bad Boys', who have virtually no dance talent.

"Realizing his dilemma, Sean brings aboard a professional dance instructor to ease his responsibilities to these kids. Meanwhile, he finds himself falling for 'Sara', who runs the community center where the kids hangout and practice their moves.

"With Sean motivating them, The Bad Boys find the confidence to rise to the challenge and defeat their nemesis 'The Bang Squad' at the annual dance battle competition..."

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In the future, kids won’t just go into “battle” for street cred and respect and possibly a lollipop, but they’ll also actually do their chores and whatever their parents tell them to. But until that glorious day finally comes, you’ll just have to settle with 19 (yes, 19) posters, a new trailer, and a 3-minute “battle” clip from “You Got Served” director Chris Stokes’ latest, “Battlefield America”, the film that dares to answer the question, “What if you replaced the entire cast of ‘You Got Served’ with kids?” Damn right. The only thing missing on these kids? Tattoos. Now that would be righteous. By the way, it’s not just me who gets chills when Evil White Guy with Spikey Hair replies, “It’s not a battle, it’s a war!”, right? From the team that brought you “You Got Served” comes a young Hip-Hop dance battle movie for a new generation of dance.

A buffet of Battlefield America movie posters, directed by Chris Stokes. Ok, I've heard of a few posters at a time, and of course tons of images at once, but a whopping 19 new posters at once? Not ever. Check out new posters from Cinedigm Entertainment's musical drama Battlefield America, helmed by Chris Stokes, who writes alongside Marques Houston. Houston also stars in the film along with Mekia Cox, Christopher Jones, Marques Houston, Lynn Whitfield, Erika Guillory, David Michie, Kristen Quintrall, Chris Trousdale and Dylan K. Shepherd among others. The story follows a young businessman who hires an instructor tasked with turning a group of misfit kids into a team on the underground dance competition circuit...

A buffet of Battlefield America movie posters, directed by Chris Stokes. Ok, I've heard of a few posters at a time, and of course tons of images at once, but a whopping 19 new posters at once? Not ever. Check out new posters from Cinedigm Entertainment's musical drama Battlefield America, helmed by Chris Stokes, who writes alongside Marques Houston. Houston also stars in the film along with Mekia Cox, Christopher Jones, Marques Houston, Lynn Whitfield, Erika Guillory, David Michie, Kristen Quintrall, Chris Trousdale and Dylan K. Shepherd among others. The story follows a young businessman who hires an instructor tasked with turning a group of misfit kids into a team on the underground dance competition circuit...

A buffet of Battlefield America movie posters, directed by Chris Stokes. Ok, I've heard of a few posters at a time, and of course tons of images at once, but a whopping 19 new posters at once? Not ever. Check out new posters from Cinedigm Entertainment's musical drama Battlefield America, helmed by Chris Stokes, who writes alongside Marques Houston. Houston also stars in the film along with Mekia Cox, Christopher Jones, Marques Houston, Lynn Whitfield, Erika Guillory, David Michie, Kristen Quintrall, Chris Trousdale and Dylan K. Shepherd among others. The story follows a young businessman who hires an instructor tasked with turning a group of misfit kids into a team on the underground dance competition circuit...

From Chris Stokes and Marques Houston, director/writer and star of You Got Served, comes a new dance film that sees the dance-contest film genre that have surged in recent years moving down the ages to star a host of young kids.

A new trailer for Battlefield America has landed, courtesy of Yahoo Movies, and whilst it’s not my personal cup of tea, I’m sure there are plenty of fans of Stokes’ earlier film who’ll want to see what he’s bringing to the big screen next.

“The Bad Boys are a youth hip-hop dance crew struggling to compete in the battle dance culture in Long Beach, California. Sean Lewis, a young, charismatic, successful businessman finds himself in the mix with the disheveled misfits, who have virtually no dance talent. Realizing his dilemma, Sean brings aboard a professional dance instructor to ease his responsibilities to these kids.

Chris Stokes (aka mega-successful entrepreneur Christopher B. Stokes, according to his IMDb.com profile), is my hero. The man was ahead of his time, and in 2004 gave us the awesome “You Got Served”, a film that is so rewatchable, I’ve seen it at least 20 times, and each time I watch it, it’s more ridiculous than the last time I saw it, and I though it was pretty damn ridiculous all those other times, too. Honestly, folks, if you’ve never seen “You Got Served”, you have not lived. I have never come across such an absurd piece of cinema in my entire life, and I’ve seen a lot of really, really bad movies. But to stumble across a movie that is so cluelessly absurd like Stokes’ “You Got Served”? Bingo! Stokes’ latest is “Battlefield America”, a film that finally dares to answer the age-old question, “What if...

Marques Houston, Mekia Cox, Christopher Michael Jones, and Lynn Whitfield star in this junior You Got Served product from director C. Brian, which is expected in theaters on June 1. Titled Battlefield America (sounds epic) and from the team that brough you You Got Served, the film's synopsis reads: Battlefield America takes a steady look at the underbelly of the youth battle dance culture in Long Beach, California. Sean Lewis, a young, charismatic, successful businessman finds himself in the mix with a bunch of disheveled misfits Bad Boys, who have virtually no dance talent. Realizing his dilemma, Sean brings aboard a professional dance instructor to ease his responsibilities to these kids. Meanwhile, he finds himself falling for Sara, who runs the community center where the kids hangout and practice their moves. With Sean motivating them, The Bad Boys find the confidence to be contenders... Watch the trailer below:...