In today’s film news roundup, Kumail Nanjiani has been cast as a journalist, Daisy Ridley boards Imax’s “Asteroid Hunters,” “Best Summer Ever” leads off a festival, Shelley Duvall gets an honor and “Dark Harvest” lands at MGM.
Project Launch
Kumail Nanjiani will star in the political thriller “The Independent,” which is being introduced to buyers by The Exchange at the Berlin Film Festival.
He will portray a journalist who uncovers a conspiracy, which places the fate of the election in his hands with America’s first viable independent presidential candidate poised for victory.
“Kumail is a great actor with global recognition and he serves as the cornerstone for an incredible ensemble cast that we are excited to announce shortly,” said Brian O’Shea of The Exchange.
Amy Rice, who was nominated for an Emmy for “By the People: The Election of Barack Obama,” is directing “The Independent” from a script by Evan Parter.
Project Launch
Kumail Nanjiani will star in the political thriller “The Independent,” which is being introduced to buyers by The Exchange at the Berlin Film Festival.
He will portray a journalist who uncovers a conspiracy, which places the fate of the election in his hands with America’s first viable independent presidential candidate poised for victory.
“Kumail is a great actor with global recognition and he serves as the cornerstone for an incredible ensemble cast that we are excited to announce shortly,” said Brian O’Shea of The Exchange.
Amy Rice, who was nominated for an Emmy for “By the People: The Election of Barack Obama,” is directing “The Independent” from a script by Evan Parter.
- 2/22/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
We may not be getting an Independence Day sequel this year, but that's not gonna stop those pesky aliens from invading your home video collection. That's right... Independence Daysaster is coming home! Silly title and all!
From the Press Release
On May 27th, Anchor Bay Films lets freedom ring with the release of the explosive Independence Daysaster on DVD. This Syfy Original Movie puts a small town firefighter and a rag-tag team of do-gooders up against some very evil space invaders that make the Transformers look like kids toys!
Directed by W.D. Hogan (Earth's Final Hours), Independence Daysaster stars Ryan Merriman (“Pretty Little Liars”), Andrea Brooks (“Supernatural”), Emily Holmes (Metro Storm), and Tom Everett Scott (That Thing You Do!). The Srp is $19.98.
It’s the 4th of July, and America is celebrating. But when a hostile force attacks from both outer space and within Earth itself, our planet may be...
From the Press Release
On May 27th, Anchor Bay Films lets freedom ring with the release of the explosive Independence Daysaster on DVD. This Syfy Original Movie puts a small town firefighter and a rag-tag team of do-gooders up against some very evil space invaders that make the Transformers look like kids toys!
Directed by W.D. Hogan (Earth's Final Hours), Independence Daysaster stars Ryan Merriman (“Pretty Little Liars”), Andrea Brooks (“Supernatural”), Emily Holmes (Metro Storm), and Tom Everett Scott (That Thing You Do!). The Srp is $19.98.
It’s the 4th of July, and America is celebrating. But when a hostile force attacks from both outer space and within Earth itself, our planet may be...
- 2/19/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
On June 27th Syfy aired Independence Daysaster, with an encore scheduled for August 8th; and along with the film's trailer, we have the highlights of a recent Q&A with co-stars Tom Everett Scott and Ryan Merriman.
As a somewhat interesting side story, fans of Syfy Original Movies (yes, they're out there) took to Twitter to express their displeasure with the network for moving the film to Thursday from its usual Saturday night timeslot, opting to DVR it and watch it together en masse on the 29th instead. So many did, in fact, that #IndependenceDaysaster was a trending topic! Huzzah! Power to the people!
Now, on with the Q&A.
Q: Can you two talk about filming the different action scenes?
Tom Everett Scott: It’s interesting when you have to pretend that there are things flying around and chasing you, but you always have to do the same kind of stuff [anyway], you know?...
As a somewhat interesting side story, fans of Syfy Original Movies (yes, they're out there) took to Twitter to express their displeasure with the network for moving the film to Thursday from its usual Saturday night timeslot, opting to DVR it and watch it together en masse on the 29th instead. So many did, in fact, that #IndependenceDaysaster was a trending topic! Huzzah! Power to the people!
Now, on with the Q&A.
Q: Can you two talk about filming the different action scenes?
Tom Everett Scott: It’s interesting when you have to pretend that there are things flying around and chasing you, but you always have to do the same kind of stuff [anyway], you know?...
- 7/1/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Behemoth (2011) Stars: Ed Quinn, Pascale Hutton and Cindy Busby Director: David Hogan Writer: Rachelle S. Howie It happens that the SciFi Chan. . . er. . . I mean SyFy Channel. . . knows that its movies are crap. In order to capitalize on this, theyve made tongue in-cheek films starring Deborah (Debbie!) Gibson and joyfully poke fun at their own image. Thats all well and good but, the truth is, the movies they try to play off on a serious not…...
- 6/24/2012
- Horrorbid
Four Australian films have been selected for the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France.
Two short films, Tethered, by writer/director Craig Irvin, which won Irvin best director of a short film at Sydney Film Festival and Paris Lakes by writer director/producer Robert Stephenson have been selected for International Competition.
Lab Competition, which highlights experimental films has selected Attach Boat to Motor by writer/director Nathan Lewis and writer/director Andrew Kavanagh’s At the Formal which won the Best Emerging Australian Filmmaker award at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
The festival runs from 27 January to 4 February.
Films
At The Formal
(8 mins)
Writer/Director: Andrew Kavanagh
Producer: Ramona Telecican
Cast: Anthony Littlechild, David MacRae
Synopsis: Modern and ancient rituals collide in this macabre depiction of a high school prom.
Attach Boat To Motor
(15 mins)
Writer/Director: Nathan Lewis
Producer: Colin Elphick
Cast: Kit Baker, Jedda-Daisy Culley, David Hogan...
Two short films, Tethered, by writer/director Craig Irvin, which won Irvin best director of a short film at Sydney Film Festival and Paris Lakes by writer director/producer Robert Stephenson have been selected for International Competition.
Lab Competition, which highlights experimental films has selected Attach Boat to Motor by writer/director Nathan Lewis and writer/director Andrew Kavanagh’s At the Formal which won the Best Emerging Australian Filmmaker award at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
The festival runs from 27 January to 4 February.
Films
At The Formal
(8 mins)
Writer/Director: Andrew Kavanagh
Producer: Ramona Telecican
Cast: Anthony Littlechild, David MacRae
Synopsis: Modern and ancient rituals collide in this macabre depiction of a high school prom.
Attach Boat To Motor
(15 mins)
Writer/Director: Nathan Lewis
Producer: Colin Elphick
Cast: Kit Baker, Jedda-Daisy Culley, David Hogan...
- 1/11/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Director: David Hogan.
Writers: David Ray, Robert Ozn, and Rachelle S. Howie.
Cast: Hamza Adam, Julia Benson and Cameron Bright.
When producers start running out of ideas for the next disaster flick because every single earth-borne extinction scenario has been done, the next logical step is to look into outer space for new ideas. To save mankind, asteroids and comets have to be blown up and solar flares have to be deflected. But there is more out there that can be dreamt of in scientific philosophy. A gamma ray burst or a star going nova has not been done yet.
Or when the next cosmic weapon happens to be a fragment of a neutron star, even the smallest amount can shred away magnetic poles before it reaches the planet Earth. Its own mass and magnetic attraction is a billion times that of the planet Jupiter.
Anyone who has watched History Channel...
Writers: David Ray, Robert Ozn, and Rachelle S. Howie.
Cast: Hamza Adam, Julia Benson and Cameron Bright.
When producers start running out of ideas for the next disaster flick because every single earth-borne extinction scenario has been done, the next logical step is to look into outer space for new ideas. To save mankind, asteroids and comets have to be blown up and solar flares have to be deflected. But there is more out there that can be dreamt of in scientific philosophy. A gamma ray burst or a star going nova has not been done yet.
Or when the next cosmic weapon happens to be a fragment of a neutron star, even the smallest amount can shred away magnetic poles before it reaches the planet Earth. Its own mass and magnetic attraction is a billion times that of the planet Jupiter.
Anyone who has watched History Channel...
- 12/23/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Ed Sum)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Rest your wallets easy, folks, as other than a couple of monster movies which previously aired on Syfy, this week's genre offerings are really slim pickings. We know you're just chomping at the bit to see yet another horrible retelling of the classic Beauty and the Beast story. This one stars Estella Warren, Rhett Giles, Victor Parascos, Vanessa Gray, Tony Bellette and Peter Cook. I mean, who wouldn't be, right?
Luckily, a couple of manga titles are dropping this week to help bring up the quality of entertainment, despite needing to read. Both are created by noted manga writers Kazue Kato and Arina Tanemura, who started their careers in their late teens.
Beauty and the Beast: A Dark Tale (Review)
Directed by David Lister
Starring Estella Warren, Rhett Giles, Victor Parascos, Vanessa Gray, Tony Bellette, Peter Cook
Estella Warren plays the beauty opposite a beast in this R-rated retelling of...
Luckily, a couple of manga titles are dropping this week to help bring up the quality of entertainment, despite needing to read. Both are created by noted manga writers Kazue Kato and Arina Tanemura, who started their careers in their late teens.
Beauty and the Beast: A Dark Tale (Review)
Directed by David Lister
Starring Estella Warren, Rhett Giles, Victor Parascos, Vanessa Gray, Tony Bellette, Peter Cook
Estella Warren plays the beauty opposite a beast in this R-rated retelling of...
- 4/5/2011
- by kwlow
- DreadCentral.com
Rejoice Syfy Saturday night movie fans! Behemoth is another original movie that Syfy will unleash on DVD in April. The film is directed by David Hogan and written by Rachelle S. Howie. It stars Ed Quinn (Eureka), Pascale Hutton, Cindy Busby, William B. Davis, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Garry Chalk, Ty Olsson and James Kirk. Vivendi Entertainment will release the flick on April 5th as part of their "Maneater Series". Synopsis:
An earthquake reactivates a long-dormant volcano threatening the small town of Ascension, trembling in its shadow. But the gaping maws in the region reveal evidence of something else a centuries-old subterranean creature at last given the chance to break free in a black cloud of fire and ash. As the Behemoth wreaks havoc, it's a race against time as a small band of rescuers fight it with a force as destructive as the beast itself.
An earthquake reactivates a long-dormant volcano threatening the small town of Ascension, trembling in its shadow. But the gaping maws in the region reveal evidence of something else a centuries-old subterranean creature at last given the chance to break free in a black cloud of fire and ash. As the Behemoth wreaks havoc, it's a race against time as a small band of rescuers fight it with a force as destructive as the beast itself.
- 2/22/2011
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
If you're selling at the American Film Market, you got to go big. So, Rhi Entertainment cooked up this piece of art for their forthcoming film Behemoth , from director David Hogan. A trailer recently went live for this one and you can see it just past the poster art. Synopsis: An earthquake reactivates a long-dormant volcano, threatening the small town of Ascension, trembling in its shadow. But the gaping maws in the region reveal evidence of something else . a centuries-old subterranean creature at last given the chance to break free in a black cloud of fire and ash. As the Behemoth wreaks havoc, it.s a race against time as a small band of rescuers fight it with a force as destructive as the beast itself. For all of Shock's American Film Market headlines Follow This Link ....
- 11/3/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
A monster the size of a mountain? No, a monster that is a mountain. Or is it a monster inside of a mountain that is the size of that mountain? Even afterwatching the trailer for Syfy's Behemoth, I'm still unsure what exactly this tentacled volcano monster is supposed to be.
Rhi Entertainment and Cinetel are the companies unearthing Behemoth, a forthcoming Syfy creature-of-the-week flick directed by David Hogan and starring Cindy Busby of "The Vampire Diaries", Ed Quinn of "Eureka", and William B. Davis, best known to genre fans as "Cigarette Smoking Man" on "The X-Files".
An earthquake reactivates a long-dormant volcano, threatening the small town of Ascension, trembling in its shadow. But the gaping maws in the region reveal evidence of something else — a centuries-old subterranean creature at last given the chance to break free in a black cloud of fire and ash. As the Behemoth wreaks havoc, it...
Rhi Entertainment and Cinetel are the companies unearthing Behemoth, a forthcoming Syfy creature-of-the-week flick directed by David Hogan and starring Cindy Busby of "The Vampire Diaries", Ed Quinn of "Eureka", and William B. Davis, best known to genre fans as "Cigarette Smoking Man" on "The X-Files".
An earthquake reactivates a long-dormant volcano, threatening the small town of Ascension, trembling in its shadow. But the gaping maws in the region reveal evidence of something else — a centuries-old subterranean creature at last given the chance to break free in a black cloud of fire and ash. As the Behemoth wreaks havoc, it...
- 10/21/2010
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
While the upcoming San Diego Comic-Con is a great place for film fans to check out the latest projects in the pipeline, the event also offers some great programming for those looking to make the jump from fan to creator.
Here's a rundown of all the programs that may be of interest to the independent filmmakers in the Fangoria crowd, offering valuable tutorials and information helpful for filmmakers of all genres - from Pre-Production & Screenwriting, through costume design, shooting, working with actors & crew, and even time management to help you finish your project while working a regular job.
We've also included the lineup for Horror films screening at the Comic-Con Independent Film Festival on 7/23
Thursday, July 23
10:00-11:30 Comic-Con Film School Session I: Preproduction and Screenwriting— For the sixth year in a row, Comic-Con returns with a four-day, hands-on, nuts and bolts class on how to make a movie for very little money,...
Here's a rundown of all the programs that may be of interest to the independent filmmakers in the Fangoria crowd, offering valuable tutorials and information helpful for filmmakers of all genres - from Pre-Production & Screenwriting, through costume design, shooting, working with actors & crew, and even time management to help you finish your project while working a regular job.
We've also included the lineup for Horror films screening at the Comic-Con Independent Film Festival on 7/23
Thursday, July 23
10:00-11:30 Comic-Con Film School Session I: Preproduction and Screenwriting— For the sixth year in a row, Comic-Con returns with a four-day, hands-on, nuts and bolts class on how to make a movie for very little money,...
- 7/19/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
- Fangoria
San Diego Comic Con International has followed up the announcement of Thursday, July 23, schedule for Comic Con 2009 with the unraveling of the Friday, July 24, programming. The full schedule for the second day uncovered a slate of movies to be presented, some of which include "Sherlock Holmes", "District 9", "Shorts" and "9".
Warner Bros. will be using the day to share a look at their forthcoming feature project. Taking over Hall H from 10:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M., the studio is expected to tease on "Sherlock Holmes", "Where The Wild Things Are", "The Book of Eli", "A Nightmare on Elm Street", "The Box" and "Jonah Hex".
Another highlight of the day will be coming from Sony Pictures Entertainment. The studio will give out a first look at scenes from "District 9" with introduction from producer Peter Jackson. It will also hold a panel in which fans can ask questions to...
Warner Bros. will be using the day to share a look at their forthcoming feature project. Taking over Hall H from 10:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M., the studio is expected to tease on "Sherlock Holmes", "Where The Wild Things Are", "The Book of Eli", "A Nightmare on Elm Street", "The Box" and "Jonah Hex".
Another highlight of the day will be coming from Sony Pictures Entertainment. The studio will give out a first look at scenes from "District 9" with introduction from producer Peter Jackson. It will also hold a panel in which fans can ask questions to...
- 7/11/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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