“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” director Wes Ball thinks it’s high time that Wētā FX got its due for its innovative simian performance capture animation. So he intends to peel back the curtain for the first time on the upcoming Blu-ray release. As first reported on the “Ape Nation” podcast, Ball will offer the entire movie, which takes place 300 years after the reign of Andy Serkis’ Caesar, as a bonus feature in a before- and-after comparison of raw dailies and completed VFX.
“I think VFX is too much maligned…when it’s a tool like anything else,” Ball told IndieWire. “So I think to show the absolute peak of artistry and what these artists actually do is not some button that says, ‘Make Apes.’ These are true storytellers at work here. I want to show that off and celebrate it.”
This also might help rectify the VFX...
“I think VFX is too much maligned…when it’s a tool like anything else,” Ball told IndieWire. “So I think to show the absolute peak of artistry and what these artists actually do is not some button that says, ‘Make Apes.’ These are true storytellers at work here. I want to show that off and celebrate it.”
This also might help rectify the VFX...
- 5/1/2024
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The Planet of the Apes reboot franchise has been one of the most successful reboots in history, with the new trilogy becoming a critical and commercial success. We have already reported that a new sequel trilogy is being planned, starting with Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, which is set to be released next week. We have confirmed that the movie is premiering on May 10, 2024, with early screenings available starting on May 8, 2024. Now, as the premiere is just 10 days away, the studio behind the project has released the final trailer for the upcoming movie, which you will be able to see below.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes will be set in the same universe as the original trilogy led by Andy Serkis, but 300 years in the future, as the Apes have taken control of the planet. Humans still exist but are considered animals, more or less. Ceasar is a name from history,...
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes will be set in the same universe as the original trilogy led by Andy Serkis, but 300 years in the future, as the Apes have taken control of the planet. Humans still exist but are considered animals, more or less. Ceasar is a name from history,...
- 5/1/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
"No one can stop the reign!" Well they saved the best trailer for last! 20th Century has debuted an excellent third & final trailer for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, continuing from the Rise of the Planet of the Apes trilogy featuring Caesar. Opening in theaters in early May in just a few weeks. Directed by Wes Ball, this takes place years after the events of War for the Planet of the Apes. Many ape clans have emerged in the oasis to which Caesar led his fellow apes, while humans have regressed into a feral state. One ape leader prevents the teachings of Caesar in order to enslave other clans while in search of the last traces of a secret human technology. While another ape embarks on a much different journey. Featuring Owen Teague as Cornelius, the son of Caesar. The full cast also includes Freya Allan, Peter Macon,...
- 4/30/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The Planet of the Apes reboot franchise has been one of the most successful reboots in history, with the new trilogy becoming a critical and commercial success. Led by Andy Serkis, the trilogy was built on a long tradition of similar films, managing to bring a lot of new elements, as well as keeping true to the idea of the original story. And while the trilogy ended, the reboot franchise is not dead, as a new sequel trilogy is planned, starting with Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, which is set to be released very soon. In light of that, we have decided to tell you everything you need to know about the upcoming movie.
In this report, as you might have guessed, we are going to bring you all that we know about the upcoming Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes movie in one place. You are...
In this report, as you might have guessed, we are going to bring you all that we know about the upcoming Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes movie in one place. You are...
- 4/23/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
"Long before your elders, there was a time when humans and apes lived side-by-side. Impossible as that may seem..." 20th Century Studios has unveiled a making of featurette for the Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes movie directed by Wes Ball. In the video, Ball and his stars Kevin Durand & Freya Allan talk about world building and setting this in a distant future where our planet has become a full jungle. It takes place years after the events of War for the Planet of the Apes (2017). Many ape clans have emerged in the oasis to which Caesar led his fellow apes, while humans have regressed. One new ape leader prevents the teachings of Caesar in order to enslave other clans while in search of the last traces of a secret technology. Starring Owen Teague as Cornelius, the son of Caesar, with Freya Allan, Peter Macon, Eka Darville, Kevin Durand,...
- 4/22/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The Planet of the Apes reboot series is still ongoing, even after the original trilogy has been officially concluded. Set 300 years after the original trilogy, the upcoming Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is set to start a new trilogy of films that will continue the reboot universe with new characters and a new storyline. The movie is officially releasing on May 10, 2024, with previews being available from May 8, 2024. Recently, we have reported of a new poster being released as part of the film’s promotion, but we now have news regarding the film’s runtime.
Namely, as AMC reports, the movie is listed as being 145 minutes (2 hours and 25 minutes) long, which would make it the longest movie in the franchise, surpassing Reeves’ War by a total of five minutes. This is certainly great news for fans of the franchise and indicates that a lot of effort has, indeed, been...
Namely, as AMC reports, the movie is listed as being 145 minutes (2 hours and 25 minutes) long, which would make it the longest movie in the franchise, surpassing Reeves’ War by a total of five minutes. This is certainly great news for fans of the franchise and indicates that a lot of effort has, indeed, been...
- 4/2/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
"Enter the Kingdom in IMAX." 20th Century Studios has partenred with IMAX for an exciting promo this weekend. With the release of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire in IMAX theaters, they will be screening a special IMAX-exclusive preview for the next Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes movie. This extended promo is only available in theaters and is not online (yet) - made specifically for IMAX screens. The sneak peek runs 3 minutes. The final movie will play for 2 weeks in IMAX theaters this summer. Directed by Wes Ball, this takes place years after the events of War for the Planet of the Apes (2017). Many ape clans have emerged in the oasis to which Caesar led his fellow apes, while humans have regressed into a feral state. One ape leader prevents the teachings of Caesar in order to enslave other clans while in search of the last traces of a secret technology.
- 4/1/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The Planet of the Apes reboot franchise has been one of the most successful reboots in history, with the new trilogy becoming a critical and commercial success. Led by Andy Serkis, the trilogy was built on a long tradition of similar films, managing to bring a lot of new elements, as well as keeping true to the idea of the original story. And while the trilogy ended, the reboot franchise is not dead, as a new sequel trilogy is planned, starting with Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, which is set to be released on May 10, 2024, with early access screenings available starting with May 8, 2024.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is set in the same universe, but 300 years in the future, as the Apes have taken control of the planet. Humans still exist but are considered animals, more or less. Ceasar is a name from history, with Noa...
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is set in the same universe, but 300 years in the future, as the Apes have taken control of the planet. Humans still exist but are considered animals, more or less. Ceasar is a name from history, with Noa...
- 4/1/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
UK sales outfit Blue Finch Films has scored a slew of sales for Australian filmmaker Jordon Prince-Wright’s First World War epic Before Dawn.
Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired for North America, with plans to release later this year. Blue Finch has also closed UK-Ireland (Kaleidoscope Film Distribution), Latin America (Encripta), Germany (Black Hill Pictures), France (Koba Films), Spain (Alfa Pictures), Poland (9th Plan), and South Korea (Scene & Sound).
Umbrella Entertainment hold the Australian and New Zealand and will be releasing theatrically on April 4 2024.
Before Dawn is a retelling of one of Australia’s biggest military victories during the First World War,...
Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired for North America, with plans to release later this year. Blue Finch has also closed UK-Ireland (Kaleidoscope Film Distribution), Latin America (Encripta), Germany (Black Hill Pictures), France (Koba Films), Spain (Alfa Pictures), Poland (9th Plan), and South Korea (Scene & Sound).
Umbrella Entertainment hold the Australian and New Zealand and will be releasing theatrically on April 4 2024.
Before Dawn is a retelling of one of Australia’s biggest military victories during the First World War,...
- 2/15/2024
- ScreenDaily
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Official Trailer Is Out to Watch Now! Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, directed by Wes Ball, is a sequel to the same-titled reboot trilogy from 2010. It offers a spectacular first look at the universe Ball created.
The trailer premiered on Super Bowl Sunday. Set 300 years after the War for the Planet of the Apes, this movie will follow the apes as they enter their own Bronze Age and grow intellectually.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | Official Trailer
The Apes Enter an Age of Change in the Latest ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Trailer. The official trailer for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes opens with Proximus Caeser’s voiceover asking Noa if she knows the idea of evolution.
This voiceover is played over images of Noa discovering relics from human history and studying writing that demonstrates...
The trailer premiered on Super Bowl Sunday. Set 300 years after the War for the Planet of the Apes, this movie will follow the apes as they enter their own Bronze Age and grow intellectually.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | Official Trailer
The Apes Enter an Age of Change in the Latest ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Trailer. The official trailer for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes opens with Proximus Caeser’s voiceover asking Noa if she knows the idea of evolution.
This voiceover is played over images of Noa discovering relics from human history and studying writing that demonstrates...
- 2/13/2024
- by Mantisha
- https://dailyresearchplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/new-sam
"No one can stop the reign!" 20th Century Studios has revealed an outstanding second trailer for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, continuing from the Rise of the Planet of the Apes trilogy featuring Caesar. Set to land in theaters in May at the start of the summer movie season. Directed by Wes Ball, this takes place years after the events of War for the Planet of the Apes (2017). Many ape clans have emerged in the oasis to which Caesar led his fellow apes, while humans have regressed into a feral state. One ape leader prevents the teachings of Caesar in order to enslave other clans while in search of the last traces of a secret human technology. While another ape embarks on a much different journey. Starring Owen Teague as Cornelius, the chimpanzee son of Caesar. The ensemble cast also includes Freya Allan, Peter Macon, Eka Darville, Kevin Durand,...
- 2/12/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
If there’s one thing apes are afraid of besides drowning, it’s George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road prequel Furiosa. To avoid conflict at the box office during Memorial Day weekend, 20th Century Studios‘ Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is moving to May 10 to avoid Furiosa’s wrath. The new date pushes Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes up by two weeks, giving the Wes Ball-directed action film time to earn more bananas at the box office before Furiosa inevitably leaves other releases in the dust.
The new date finds Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes competing with Focus Features’ Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black, Sony’s horror comedy Horrorscope, and an untitled release from Angel Pictures. It’s also worth mentioning that Mark Lindal’s The Garfield Movie, starring Chris Pratt as the voice of the Monday-hating, lasagna-eating orange Persian tabby...
The new date finds Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes competing with Focus Features’ Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black, Sony’s horror comedy Horrorscope, and an untitled release from Angel Pictures. It’s also worth mentioning that Mark Lindal’s The Garfield Movie, starring Chris Pratt as the voice of the Monday-hating, lasagna-eating orange Persian tabby...
- 1/12/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Fans can take a trip to the “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” sooner than expected.
Disney is moving up the release date for the new “Planet of the Apes” movie from May 24 to May 10. It avoids a crowded Memorial Day holiday weekend that also includes the releases of “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and “The Garfield Movie.” The apes will now take on the Amy Winehouse biopic, “Back to Black,” on the new date.
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” will also screen in Imax for the first two weeks of its release, marking a first for an “Apes” movie.
The new movie is set 300 years in the future and follows a new civilization of apes, monkeys, gorillas, orangutans and other primates. The previous reboot trilogy, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” (2011), “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” (2014) and “War for the Planet of the Apes...
Disney is moving up the release date for the new “Planet of the Apes” movie from May 24 to May 10. It avoids a crowded Memorial Day holiday weekend that also includes the releases of “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and “The Garfield Movie.” The apes will now take on the Amy Winehouse biopic, “Back to Black,” on the new date.
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” will also screen in Imax for the first two weeks of its release, marking a first for an “Apes” movie.
The new movie is set 300 years in the future and follows a new civilization of apes, monkeys, gorillas, orangutans and other primates. The previous reboot trilogy, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” (2011), “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” (2014) and “War for the Planet of the Apes...
- 1/12/2024
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
Wa writer/director Adam Morris has made a long-term commitment to film production in his hometown of Albany, announcing the formation of the Great Southern Film Co-Operative (Gsfc) to produce one film annually in the area across the next decade.
The post Myles Pollard, Travis Jeffery to lead Adam Morris’ ‘Frederickstown’ as writer/director announces film co-op appeared first on If Magazine.
The post Myles Pollard, Travis Jeffery to lead Adam Morris’ ‘Frederickstown’ as writer/director announces film co-op appeared first on If Magazine.
- 1/9/2024
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is on the way next year from 20th Century Studios, a brand new movie that takes place “many years after” the events of War for the Planet of the Apes. Along with a new image, below, unveiled by EW comes the tease that this new entry has the potential to launch a new multi-movie saga.
Director Wes Ball’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes will release in theaters May 24, 2024.
The new film is “set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign, in which apes are the dominant species living harmoniously and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.
Director Wes Ball’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes will release in theaters May 24, 2024.
The new film is “set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign, in which apes are the dominant species living harmoniously and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.
- 12/19/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Maze Runner trilogy director Wes Ball’s addition to the Planet of the Apes franchise, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, is set to reach theatres on May 24, 2024 – and in an interview with Empire magazine, Ball revealed that he has drawn inspiration from the likes of Star Wars and Apocalypto when putting together his Apes movie.
According to Empire, Ball is making Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes “an adventure movie, tonally distinct from the darker impulses of the recent Apes trilogy, while hoping to retain what made those films so special.” The director said, “When I first started on it, I said, ‘I feel like Apes needs a little bit of Star Wars’. It’s all still very grounded in reality, but it is essentially a quest narrative. Our main character – the young, impressionable Noa [Owen Teague] – meets characters along the way and becomes awakened as...
According to Empire, Ball is making Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes “an adventure movie, tonally distinct from the darker impulses of the recent Apes trilogy, while hoping to retain what made those films so special.” The director said, “When I first started on it, I said, ‘I feel like Apes needs a little bit of Star Wars’. It’s all still very grounded in reality, but it is essentially a quest narrative. Our main character – the young, impressionable Noa [Owen Teague] – meets characters along the way and becomes awakened as...
- 11/21/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes will start up many years after War for the Planet of the Apes, which premiered in 2017. The brilliant simian descendants of Caesar continue to negotiate the obstacles of becoming the dominant race on planet Earth in the next Planet of the Apes film.
Meanwhile, humans have devolved into wild, animalistic beings, similar to those shown in the 1968 original starring Charlton Heston, which launched the original The Planet of the Apes franchise.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | Official Trailer
The apes are in power in the trailer of ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.’
The latest clip for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes teases what the series will be like when Caesar is gone. Cornelius, the son of the former ape king, will go on a new quest throughout post-apocalyptic Earth in the upcoming sequel.
In the trailer, Cornelius...
Meanwhile, humans have devolved into wild, animalistic beings, similar to those shown in the 1968 original starring Charlton Heston, which launched the original The Planet of the Apes franchise.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | Official Trailer
The apes are in power in the trailer of ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.’
The latest clip for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes teases what the series will be like when Caesar is gone. Cornelius, the son of the former ape king, will go on a new quest throughout post-apocalyptic Earth in the upcoming sequel.
In the trailer, Cornelius...
- 11/4/2023
- by Mantisha
- https://dailyresearchplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/new-sam
"What a wonderful day!!" 20th Century Studios has revealed the first official trailer for the new Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, continuing the story from the outstanding Rise of the Planet of the Apes trilogy featuring Caesar. This one is directed by the talented VFX filmmaker Wes Ball, of the Maze Runner series and Ruin. Years after the events of War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), many ape clans have emerged in the oasis to which Caesar led his fellow apes, while humans have regressed into a feral state. One ape leader prevents the teachings of Caesar in order to enslave other clans in search of the last traces of a secret human technology, while another ape embarks on a journey to find freedom alongside a human girl. Starring Owen Teague as Cornelius, the chimpanzee son of Caesar. The ensemble cast also includes Freya Allan, Peter Macon,...
- 11/2/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The Maze Runner trilogy director Wes Ball’s addition to the Planet of the Apes franchise, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, is set to reach theatres on May 24, 2024 – and today the first trailer for the film has arrived online, along with a teaser poster! You can watch the trailer in the embed above, then scroll down to the bottom of this article to take a look at the teaser poster.
The story of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is set many years after the conclusion of War for the Planet of the Apes. Many apes societies have grown from when the Moses-like Caesar brought his people to an oasis, while humans have been reduced to a feral-like existence. Some groups have never heard of Caesar, while others have contorted his teaching to build burgeoning empires. In this setting, one ape leader begins to enslave other groups to find human technology,...
The story of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is set many years after the conclusion of War for the Planet of the Apes. Many apes societies have grown from when the Moses-like Caesar brought his people to an oasis, while humans have been reduced to a feral-like existence. Some groups have never heard of Caesar, while others have contorted his teaching to build burgeoning empires. In this setting, one ape leader begins to enslave other groups to find human technology,...
- 11/2/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: UK-based sales and distribution company Blue Finch Film Releasing has acquired worldwide sales rights, excluding Australia and New Zealand, to Jordon Prince-Wright’s WW1 war feature Before Dawn. First-look materials will be available to view at the American Film Market, where Blue Finch will begin sales.
Based on real-life war diaries, Before Dawn is an epic retelling of one of Australia’s biggest military victories during WWI. Jim Collins (Miller), a young man from the outback, leaves his family-run sheep station to join the soldiers on the western front with hopes of making a difference. Soon, the realities of the muddy, ruthless, and entirely unforgiving war take their toll on a guilt-ridden Jim. As the men in the battalion are whittled away and hope becomes a distant memory, a final chance at redemption comes in one of Australia’s greatest battles; Jim must risk death or forever carry the...
Based on real-life war diaries, Before Dawn is an epic retelling of one of Australia’s biggest military victories during WWI. Jim Collins (Miller), a young man from the outback, leaves his family-run sheep station to join the soldiers on the western front with hopes of making a difference. Soon, the realities of the muddy, ruthless, and entirely unforgiving war take their toll on a guilt-ridden Jim. As the men in the battalion are whittled away and hope becomes a distant memory, a final chance at redemption comes in one of Australia’s greatest battles; Jim must risk death or forever carry the...
- 10/13/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The world of "Planet of the Apes" continues to grow, and the latest film has just cast Dichen Lachman in an undisclosed role, per The Hollywood Reporter. These days Lachman is most recognizable for her turn as the mysterious corporate counselor Ms. Casey on the excellent Apple TV+ series "Severance," but she's been a stand-out in sci-fi projects in particular for years now, with memorable turns in "The 100," "Dollhouse," "Altered Carbon," and more. She also appeared in last year's blockbuster "Jurassic World Dominion."
While Lachman's part in the story is still under wraps, THR's report also includes some plot details for "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes," and the story frankly sounds pretty wild. The follow-up to 2017's "War For The Planet of the Apes" will take place years after the third film in the new franchise and bring viewers to a version of the world that sounds...
While Lachman's part in the story is still under wraps, THR's report also includes some plot details for "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes," and the story frankly sounds pretty wild. The follow-up to 2017's "War For The Planet of the Apes" will take place years after the third film in the new franchise and bring viewers to a version of the world that sounds...
- 2/6/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
The Maze Runner trilogy director Wes Ball’s addition to the Planet of the Apes franchise, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, started filming way back in October, but some fresh casting news just arrived online today. The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Dichen Lachman – whose previous credits include Jurassic World: Dominion, Agents of S.H.I.E.Ld., and Severance – has a role in the film. Of course, details on the character she’s playing were not revealed.
Also in the Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes cast are Owen Teague (It), Freya Allan (The Witcher), William H. Macy (Boogie Nights), Peter Macon (The Orville), Eka Darville (Jessica Jones), Kevin Durand (The Strain), Travis Jeffery (Unbroken), Sara Wiseman (One Of Us Is Lying), Neil Sandilands (Sweet Tooth), Ras-Samuel Welda’abzgi (The Clearing), and Lydia Peckham (Cowboy Bebop).
Ball’s involvement with Planet of the Apes was first announced at the...
Also in the Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes cast are Owen Teague (It), Freya Allan (The Witcher), William H. Macy (Boogie Nights), Peter Macon (The Orville), Eka Darville (Jessica Jones), Kevin Durand (The Strain), Travis Jeffery (Unbroken), Sara Wiseman (One Of Us Is Lying), Neil Sandilands (Sweet Tooth), Ras-Samuel Welda’abzgi (The Clearing), and Lydia Peckham (Cowboy Bebop).
Ball’s involvement with Planet of the Apes was first announced at the...
- 2/6/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Work has been underway for a while now on Wes Ball's new entry in the Planet Of The Apes franchise, Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes, but that isn't stopping casting news from getting out. William H. Macy is the latest addition to the ensemble.
With a script from Josh Friedman, Prey's Patrick Aison and recent Apes trilogy veterans Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, the new movie's strict plot is being kept under wraps for now, but we do know it takes place many years after the time of Caesar. And from the looks of the concept art, the planet has certainly moved on.
It's Owen Teague, The Witcher's Freya Allan and The Orville's Peter Macon are leading the cast, the film will also feature Kevin Durand, Sara Wiseman, Neil Sandilands, Eka Darville, Lydia Peckham, Travis Jeffrey and Ras-Samuel Welda'abzgi.
As with most of the cast,...
With a script from Josh Friedman, Prey's Patrick Aison and recent Apes trilogy veterans Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, the new movie's strict plot is being kept under wraps for now, but we do know it takes place many years after the time of Caesar. And from the looks of the concept art, the planet has certainly moved on.
It's Owen Teague, The Witcher's Freya Allan and The Orville's Peter Macon are leading the cast, the film will also feature Kevin Durand, Sara Wiseman, Neil Sandilands, Eka Darville, Lydia Peckham, Travis Jeffrey and Ras-Samuel Welda'abzgi.
As with most of the cast,...
- 1/11/2023
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
Deadline has reported that William H. Macy has joined the cast of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, the next chapter in the Apes saga from 20th Century. It’s not clear who Macy will play in the movie, but he will be a welcome addition to the franchise whether he portrays an ape or a human.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes kicked off production in Australia last October with Owen Teague (The Stand) starring as the new lead primate. In addition to Owen Teague and William H. Macy, the rest of the cast of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes includes Freya Allan (The Witcher), Peter Macon (The Orville), Eka Darville (Jessica Jones), Kevin Durand (The Strain), Travis Jeffery (Unbroken), Sara Wiseman (One Of Us Is Lying), Neil Sandilands (Sweet Tooth), Ras-Samuel Welda’abzgi (The Clearing), and Lydia Peckham (Cowboy Bebop).
Related Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes...
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes kicked off production in Australia last October with Owen Teague (The Stand) starring as the new lead primate. In addition to Owen Teague and William H. Macy, the rest of the cast of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes includes Freya Allan (The Witcher), Peter Macon (The Orville), Eka Darville (Jessica Jones), Kevin Durand (The Strain), Travis Jeffery (Unbroken), Sara Wiseman (One Of Us Is Lying), Neil Sandilands (Sweet Tooth), Ras-Samuel Welda’abzgi (The Clearing), and Lydia Peckham (Cowboy Bebop).
Related Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes...
- 1/11/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
"Planet of the Apes" is one of the most legendary and enduring sci-fi franchises we have. The original 1968 film that started it all, which was co-written by "The Twilight Zone" creator Rod Serling, is still regarded as one of the finest entries in the genre ever created. But a new era was launched with "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" in 2011, introducing us to Andy Serkis as Caesar and launching a new trilogy. Matt Reeves took over with "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" and "War for the Planet of the Apes," which closed Caesar's story but paved the way for a bright future. Now, that future is nearly upon us.
Next up will be director Wes Ball's "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes," a continuation of the franchise under Disney, thanks to the merger with Fox in 2019. But what is this new installment going to deliver?...
Next up will be director Wes Ball's "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes," a continuation of the franchise under Disney, thanks to the merger with Fox in 2019. But what is this new installment going to deliver?...
- 10/26/2022
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Over the last couple months, director Wes Ball (the Maze Runner trilogy) has been assembling the cast for his addition to the Planet of the Apes franchise, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. First we heard that Owen Teague (The Stand) had been cast as the film’s lead primate. Since then, Freya Allan (The Witcher), Peter Macon (The Orville), Eka Darville (Jessica Jones) and Kevin Durand (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) have joined the cast in unspecified roles. Two weeks ago, it was announced that Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes had begun filming at Disney Studios in Sydney, Australia.
Now Deadline has revealed the names of five more cast members. They are Travis Jeffery (Unbroken), Sara Wiseman (One Of Us Is Lying), Neil Sandilands (Sweet Tooth), Ras-Samuel Welda’abzgi (The Clearing), and Lydia Peckham (Cowboy Bebop). Details on the characters Jeffery, Wiseman, Sandilands, Welda’abzgi, and Peckham will be playing have not been revealed.
Now Deadline has revealed the names of five more cast members. They are Travis Jeffery (Unbroken), Sara Wiseman (One Of Us Is Lying), Neil Sandilands (Sweet Tooth), Ras-Samuel Welda’abzgi (The Clearing), and Lydia Peckham (Cowboy Bebop). Details on the characters Jeffery, Wiseman, Sandilands, Welda’abzgi, and Peckham will be playing have not been revealed.
- 10/25/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Travis Jeffery (Unbroken), Neil Sandilands (Sweet Tooth), Sara Wiseman (One Of Us Is Lying), Ras-Samuel Welda’abzgi (The Clearing) and Lydia Peckham (Cowboy Bebop) have signed on for roles in 20th Century’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. The actors join an ensemble which also includes Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Peter Macon, Kevin Durand and Eka Darville, as previously announced.
While specifics as to the film’s plot are under wraps, it’s a continuation of the storied Planet of the Apes sci-fi franchise which goes all the way back to Franklin J. Schaffner’s 1968 same-name film. We understand that it will pick up many years after the conclusion of the most recent entry in the franchise, 2017’s War for the Planet of the Apes.
Specifics as to the new actor’s roles haven’t been disclosed. But Wes Ball (Maze Runner franchise) is directing from a script by Josh Friedman,...
While specifics as to the film’s plot are under wraps, it’s a continuation of the storied Planet of the Apes sci-fi franchise which goes all the way back to Franklin J. Schaffner’s 1968 same-name film. We understand that it will pick up many years after the conclusion of the most recent entry in the franchise, 2017’s War for the Planet of the Apes.
Specifics as to the new actor’s roles haven’t been disclosed. But Wes Ball (Maze Runner franchise) is directing from a script by Josh Friedman,...
- 10/25/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Regional Western Australia has doubled for the Western Front over the past couple of months in Jordon Prince-Wright’s Before Dawn, which has now wrapped.
Inspired by the real-life diary entries of local ANZACs, the feature film details the untold story of some of Australia’s greatest military victories.
The all-Australian cast includes Levi Miller, Stephen Peacocke, Travis Jeffery, Ed Oxenbould, Tim Franklin, and Myles Pollard.
Jarrad Russell makes his feature writing debut with the script, with Prince-Wright producing through his company Prince-Wright Productions.
There are also contributions from composer Sean Tinnion (The Last Horns of Africa) and cinematographer Daniel Quinn.
Production took place entirely in regional Wa, with the majority of filming occurring on 83 acres of land outside of Esperance, where a large-scale set was built to replicate the trenches and battlefields of Flanders, Belgium.
Initially slated to commence in June 2020, the filmmaking team decided to delay the shoot...
Inspired by the real-life diary entries of local ANZACs, the feature film details the untold story of some of Australia’s greatest military victories.
The all-Australian cast includes Levi Miller, Stephen Peacocke, Travis Jeffery, Ed Oxenbould, Tim Franklin, and Myles Pollard.
Jarrad Russell makes his feature writing debut with the script, with Prince-Wright producing through his company Prince-Wright Productions.
There are also contributions from composer Sean Tinnion (The Last Horns of Africa) and cinematographer Daniel Quinn.
Production took place entirely in regional Wa, with the majority of filming occurring on 83 acres of land outside of Esperance, where a large-scale set was built to replicate the trenches and battlefields of Flanders, Belgium.
Initially slated to commence in June 2020, the filmmaking team decided to delay the shoot...
- 9/9/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
We're back with another installment of Horror Highlights! Today, check out the red band trailer for Bloody Hell, learn more about the Midnight Musical Podcasts, and find out how you can take part in Dark Star Pictures' virtual film festival!
Watch the Red Band Trailer for Bloody Hell: "A man with a mysterious past flees the country to escape his own personal hell… only to arrive somewhere much, much, much worse. In an effort to survive this new horror, he turns to his personified conscience."
Director: Alister Grierson Screenwriter: Robert Benjamin Cast: Ben O'Toole, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer, Meg Fraser, Ashlee Lollback Run Time: 94 Minutes Rating: Rated R for Bloody Violence, Gore, and Language Throughout Distributor: The Horror Collective
In Select Theaters, Drive-Ins and On Demand January 14, 2021, On DVD/Blu-Ray January 19, 2021
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Midnight Musicals Season 1 Trailer: "Welcome to the podcast musical underground. We are a...
Watch the Red Band Trailer for Bloody Hell: "A man with a mysterious past flees the country to escape his own personal hell… only to arrive somewhere much, much, much worse. In an effort to survive this new horror, he turns to his personified conscience."
Director: Alister Grierson Screenwriter: Robert Benjamin Cast: Ben O'Toole, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer, Meg Fraser, Ashlee Lollback Run Time: 94 Minutes Rating: Rated R for Bloody Violence, Gore, and Language Throughout Distributor: The Horror Collective
In Select Theaters, Drive-Ins and On Demand January 14, 2021, On DVD/Blu-Ray January 19, 2021
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Midnight Musicals Season 1 Trailer: "Welcome to the podcast musical underground. We are a...
- 1/15/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Tagline: "One Hell of a Fairy Tale." Bloody Hell is a horror film set in Helsinki, Finland. Here, a man (Ben O'Toole) is attempting to escape his past, but finds himself in much worse circumstances. From director Alister Grierson (Sanctum), Bloody Hell also stars: Meg Fraser (Leech), Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland - amongst others. The film's Red Band trailer has been released, along with theatrical times. Bloody Hell is a restricted feature and will play across several U.S. cities this weekend. This film will play in: Arizona, California, Texas and several other states. The theatrical launch begins this January 15th and will last as long as horror fans support this release. The Entertainment Squad and the Horror Collective will host the theatrical launch and the details are linked below. Release Date: January 15th, 2020 (Theatrical). Director: Alister Grierson. Cast: Ben O'Toole, Meg Fraser, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer,...
- 1/14/2021
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
"Why aren't you dead?" The Horror Collective has released an official red band trailer for Bloody Hell, described as a "pitch-black horror comedy" from Australian filmmaker Alister Grierson (of Sanctum). This played at the Nightstream Film Festival last year and debuts on VOD this month. Bloody Hell is described as "a fiendishly fun rollercoaster horror film set between Boise, Idaho and Helsinki, Finland which follows our lead character Rex Coen played by Ben O'Toole (Nekrotronic), a man with a mysterious past who flees the country to escape his own personal hell – only to arrive somewhere much, much, much worse." Once he arrives in Finland, he finds himself tied up in some kind of demented family's house. The cast includes Meg Fraser, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer, David Hill, and Caleb Enoka. This looks extra fucked up and freaky - and but I still want to visit Finland.
- 1/13/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In today's Horror Highlights: the motion trailer for the upcoming Dracula graphic novel, details on the acquisitions of Caveat and Bloody Hell, and an interview for Noise in the Middle!
New Motion Trailer for Legendary Comics' Dracula starring Bela Lugosi Graphic Novel: "Bram Stoker. Bela Lugosi. Two names forever bound by Dracula. And for the first time ever, Bram Stoker’s gothic masterpiece is being united with the definitive screen Dracula, Bela Lugosi, in Legendary Comics' all new graphic novel!
In the late 19th Century, Dracula, an ancient Transylvanian vampire, moves to England to find fresh blood and spread his evil contagion. There, he encounters two women, Lucy and Mina, who become the targets of his dark obsession. Aided by a group of brave men, Professor Van Helsing arrives on the scene to take on the Vampire Prince in the ultimate battle between the forces of light and dark!"
Creative...
New Motion Trailer for Legendary Comics' Dracula starring Bela Lugosi Graphic Novel: "Bram Stoker. Bela Lugosi. Two names forever bound by Dracula. And for the first time ever, Bram Stoker’s gothic masterpiece is being united with the definitive screen Dracula, Bela Lugosi, in Legendary Comics' all new graphic novel!
In the late 19th Century, Dracula, an ancient Transylvanian vampire, moves to England to find fresh blood and spread his evil contagion. There, he encounters two women, Lucy and Mina, who become the targets of his dark obsession. Aided by a group of brave men, Professor Van Helsing arrives on the scene to take on the Vampire Prince in the ultimate battle between the forces of light and dark!"
Creative...
- 10/28/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
‘Dirt Music.’
The launches last weekend of Gregor Jordan’s Dirt Music and Alister Grierson’s Bloody Hell underline the challenges facing independent films in a theatrical market that is severely weakened by the Victorian shutdown, limits on seating capacity and the absence of Hollywood tentpoles.
Universal mounted a substantial marketing campaign for Jordan’s romantic drama based on the Tim Winton novel, while Grierson’s dark comedic thriller opened on 50 screens across the Event Cinemas, Birch Carroll & Coyle and Greater Union circuits.
Starring Kelly Macdonald, Garrett Hedlund and David Wenham, Dirt Music grossed $188,000 on 201 screens and $300,000 including previews, more than a year after its world premiere in Toronto.
Exhibitors were disappointed. “I would definitely have expected more from a high profile Aussie film based on a best seller,” Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace Gm Alex Temesvari tells If.
Majestic Cinemas’ CEO Kieren Dell says: “Dirt Music has been struggling; I...
The launches last weekend of Gregor Jordan’s Dirt Music and Alister Grierson’s Bloody Hell underline the challenges facing independent films in a theatrical market that is severely weakened by the Victorian shutdown, limits on seating capacity and the absence of Hollywood tentpoles.
Universal mounted a substantial marketing campaign for Jordan’s romantic drama based on the Tim Winton novel, while Grierson’s dark comedic thriller opened on 50 screens across the Event Cinemas, Birch Carroll & Coyle and Greater Union circuits.
Starring Kelly Macdonald, Garrett Hedlund and David Wenham, Dirt Music grossed $188,000 on 201 screens and $300,000 including previews, more than a year after its world premiere in Toronto.
Exhibitors were disappointed. “I would definitely have expected more from a high profile Aussie film based on a best seller,” Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace Gm Alex Temesvari tells If.
Majestic Cinemas’ CEO Kieren Dell says: “Dirt Music has been struggling; I...
- 10/12/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
In today's packed edition of Horror Highlights, watch the trailer for Bloody Hell, learn more about Panic Fest Presents: Tricks And Treats and the Mile High Horror Film Festival, read about the Boobs & Blood charity issue, and find out about how you can join the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies' virtual semester:
Watch the Trailer for Bloody Hell: "A man with a mysterious past flees the country to escape his own personal hell - only to arrive somewhere much, much, much worse."
Festival Schedule
- World Premiere at Fantasy Filmfest / September 13
- Australian Premiere at Brisbane International Film Festival / October 3
- Spanish Premiere at Molins Film Festival / November 6
- North American Festival Premiere to be announced soon
Instagram: @BloodyHellTheFilm
Facebook: @BloodyHellTheFilm
Twitter: @BloodyHellFilm
#BloodyHellTheFilm
Director: Alister Grierson
Cast: Ben O’Toole, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sutherland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer, Meg Fraser, Ashlee Lollback
Writer: Robert Benjamin
Producers: Brett Thornquest,...
Watch the Trailer for Bloody Hell: "A man with a mysterious past flees the country to escape his own personal hell - only to arrive somewhere much, much, much worse."
Festival Schedule
- World Premiere at Fantasy Filmfest / September 13
- Australian Premiere at Brisbane International Film Festival / October 3
- Spanish Premiere at Molins Film Festival / November 6
- North American Festival Premiere to be announced soon
Instagram: @BloodyHellTheFilm
Facebook: @BloodyHellTheFilm
Twitter: @BloodyHellFilm
#BloodyHellTheFilm
Director: Alister Grierson
Cast: Ben O’Toole, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sutherland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer, Meg Fraser, Ashlee Lollback
Writer: Robert Benjamin
Producers: Brett Thornquest,...
- 9/9/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
"My family... they're insane!" From one hell to another hell! The first promo trailer has debuted for a crazy Australian / US horror dark comedy film titled Bloody Hell, from filmmaker Alister Grierson. Bloody Hell is described as "a fiendishly fun rollercoaster horror film set between Boise, Idaho and Helsinki, Finland which follows our lead character Rex Coen played by Ben O'Toole (Nekrotronic), a man with a mysterious past who flees the country to escape his own personal hell – only to arrive somewhere much, much, much worse." Once he arrives in Finland, he finds himself tied up in some kind of demented family's house of hell. It's premiering at a few international genre festivals this fall including Fantasy Filmfest and the Molins Film Festival. The cast includes Meg Fraser, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer, David Hill, and Caleb Enoka. This looks so crazy and weird and brutal and bloody as all hell.
- 9/8/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Ben O’Toole in ‘Bloody Hell’ (Photo credit: Daniel Berghofer).
The virtual Cannes Film Market is underway with a raft of titles driven by Australian talent being pitched to buyers either as pre-sales or completed films.
The slate includes Daina Reid’s Run Rabbit Run, Frances O’Connor’s directing debut Emily, Alister Grierson’s Bloody Hell, Christopher Nelius’ feature doc Girls Can’t Surf and Justin McMillan’s Sweet River.
In addition, Hanway is looking to sell worldwide rights to Kim Mordaunt’s Wildlands, a thriller to be shot in Africa starring Matthias Schoenaerts as Richard Thomas, a jaded bomb disposal expert.
The script by Mordaunt and John Collee is based on the director’s experiences in the bomb disposal world in Asia and Africa. After being dismissed from Un forces following a failed mission in Afghanistan, Thomas gets a final shot at redemption when he’s sent to Angola, one...
The virtual Cannes Film Market is underway with a raft of titles driven by Australian talent being pitched to buyers either as pre-sales or completed films.
The slate includes Daina Reid’s Run Rabbit Run, Frances O’Connor’s directing debut Emily, Alister Grierson’s Bloody Hell, Christopher Nelius’ feature doc Girls Can’t Surf and Justin McMillan’s Sweet River.
In addition, Hanway is looking to sell worldwide rights to Kim Mordaunt’s Wildlands, a thriller to be shot in Africa starring Matthias Schoenaerts as Richard Thomas, a jaded bomb disposal expert.
The script by Mordaunt and John Collee is based on the director’s experiences in the bomb disposal world in Asia and Africa. After being dismissed from Un forces following a failed mission in Afghanistan, Thomas gets a final shot at redemption when he’s sent to Angola, one...
- 6/22/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Arclight Films will handle world sales on Bloody Hell, the horror-thriller from Alister Grierson, whose 2011 pic Sanctum grossed $100M global for Universal.
The new pic is written by Robert Benjamin and is set between Boise, Idaho and Helsinki, Finland, following Rex Coen, played by Ben O’Toole (Hacksaw Ridge), a man with a mysterious past who flees the country to escape his own personal hell only to arrive somewhere much worse.
Meg Fraser, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer, David Hill, and Caleb Enoka are also among the cast. Brett Thornquest and Joshua Paul are producing. Steven Matusko and Robert Benjamin are executive producers. The project was produced in Queensland, Australia with the support of the City of Gold Coast and Screen Queensland.
“A film as original as Bloody Hell doesn’t come along every day. It is wildly fresh and one of the best films of the genre we have ever seen,...
The new pic is written by Robert Benjamin and is set between Boise, Idaho and Helsinki, Finland, following Rex Coen, played by Ben O’Toole (Hacksaw Ridge), a man with a mysterious past who flees the country to escape his own personal hell only to arrive somewhere much worse.
Meg Fraser, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer, David Hill, and Caleb Enoka are also among the cast. Brett Thornquest and Joshua Paul are producing. Steven Matusko and Robert Benjamin are executive producers. The project was produced in Queensland, Australia with the support of the City of Gold Coast and Screen Queensland.
“A film as original as Bloody Hell doesn’t come along every day. It is wildly fresh and one of the best films of the genre we have ever seen,...
- 6/22/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Dop Emma Paine with Laura Nagy on the set of ‘Hook Up’ (Photo credit: Narika Mckenzie)
Laura Nagy first met Ian Collie when she was a casting coordinator on Doctor Doctor and he later hired her as his assistant at Essential Media in 2017.
Spotting her potential, Collie asked Laura to follow him and colleagues Rachael Turk and Tanya Phegan when he departed to launch Easy Tiger in 2018.
He then asked the emerging filmmaker to join the Easy Tiger development team, where the 2010 Aftrs graduate is nurturing several projects. “Laura is an absolute gem and multi-skilled – a filmmaker in her own right,” Collie tells If.
Laura says: “I am queer and I started writing those stories because a lot of it was exploring things I felt in my real life and wasn’t necessarily talking about.
“Once I started doing it, it got easier and people keep asking me to do it,...
Laura Nagy first met Ian Collie when she was a casting coordinator on Doctor Doctor and he later hired her as his assistant at Essential Media in 2017.
Spotting her potential, Collie asked Laura to follow him and colleagues Rachael Turk and Tanya Phegan when he departed to launch Easy Tiger in 2018.
He then asked the emerging filmmaker to join the Easy Tiger development team, where the 2010 Aftrs graduate is nurturing several projects. “Laura is an absolute gem and multi-skilled – a filmmaker in her own right,” Collie tells If.
Laura says: “I am queer and I started writing those stories because a lot of it was exploring things I felt in my real life and wasn’t necessarily talking about.
“Once I started doing it, it got easier and people keep asking me to do it,...
- 3/3/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Sophia Forrest, Alex Williams and Travis Jeffery
Sophia Forrest, Alex Williams and Travis Jeffery — all graduates of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts – will be the ambassadors for this year’s CinefestOZ Film Festival.
CinefestOZ Chair Helen Shervington said: “Sophia, Alex and Travis are all incredibly talented professionals and we are proud to once again be welcoming them to the South West for an immersive five-day film experience this year as CinefestOZ ambassadors.
“Having Wa-trained gems like Sophia, Alex and Travis at the forefront of CinefestOZ is a testament to the incredible growth and burgeoning talent within the Australian film industry.”
Sophia graduated from Waapa in 2016 and went on to tour internationally with the theatre productions Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Coriolanus.
Her film credits include Rachel Griffiths’ Ride Like a Girl, which will screen at the festival, Reaching the Distance and Aquaman.
Since graduating from Waapa in 2011, Williams...
Sophia Forrest, Alex Williams and Travis Jeffery — all graduates of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts – will be the ambassadors for this year’s CinefestOZ Film Festival.
CinefestOZ Chair Helen Shervington said: “Sophia, Alex and Travis are all incredibly talented professionals and we are proud to once again be welcoming them to the South West for an immersive five-day film experience this year as CinefestOZ ambassadors.
“Having Wa-trained gems like Sophia, Alex and Travis at the forefront of CinefestOZ is a testament to the incredible growth and burgeoning talent within the Australian film industry.”
Sophia graduated from Waapa in 2016 and went on to tour internationally with the theatre productions Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Coriolanus.
Her film credits include Rachel Griffiths’ Ride Like a Girl, which will screen at the festival, Reaching the Distance and Aquaman.
Since graduating from Waapa in 2011, Williams...
- 8/20/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Ben O’Toole.
After graduating from Waapa in 2011, Ben O’Toole played policeman Pete for three seasons of Love Child, had supporting roles in The Water Diviner and Hacksaw Ridge and co-starred in the Us movies Detroit and 12 Strong.
The Brisbane-born actor plays the leads in Alister Grierson’s comedic thriller Bloody Hell and in Kiah Roache-Turner’s horror-comedy Nekrotronic, yet he is far from satisfied with where he is at in his career.
“I still have a lot more to learn; I have much further to go,” says O’Toole, who has bases in Sydney and Los Angeles, the latter with actor-director housemate Kick Gurry.
Working with Mel Gibson on Hacksaw Ridge and with Chris Hemsworth on 12 Strong were great learning experiences.
“Mel was incredible and very powerful in communicating what he wanted us to do, and he encouraged Vince Vaughn and me to improvise,” he says.
In Nicolai Fuglsig’s 12 Strong,...
After graduating from Waapa in 2011, Ben O’Toole played policeman Pete for three seasons of Love Child, had supporting roles in The Water Diviner and Hacksaw Ridge and co-starred in the Us movies Detroit and 12 Strong.
The Brisbane-born actor plays the leads in Alister Grierson’s comedic thriller Bloody Hell and in Kiah Roache-Turner’s horror-comedy Nekrotronic, yet he is far from satisfied with where he is at in his career.
“I still have a lot more to learn; I have much further to go,” says O’Toole, who has bases in Sydney and Los Angeles, the latter with actor-director housemate Kick Gurry.
Working with Mel Gibson on Hacksaw Ridge and with Chris Hemsworth on 12 Strong were great learning experiences.
“Mel was incredible and very powerful in communicating what he wanted us to do, and he encouraged Vince Vaughn and me to improvise,” he says.
In Nicolai Fuglsig’s 12 Strong,...
- 6/19/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Ben O’Toole (Photo credit: John Russo).
Ben O’Toole is playing the protagonist in Bloody Hell, a dark, comedic thriller which the producers hope to turn into a three-film franchise.
Directed by Alister Grierson and scripted by Robert Benjamin, the film is now shooting on the Gold Coast, supported by Screen Queensland and the Gold Coast City Council.
O’Toole, whose credits include the Roache-Turner brothers’ Nekrotronic, Nicolai Fuglsig’s 12 Strong and Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit, plays Rex Coen, an American with a mysterious past who lives in Boise, Idaho.
He decides to escape from his own personal hell by fleeing to Helsinki, where life just gets worse. Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer and newcomers Meg Fraser and David Hill play members of a Finnish family.
The premise for O’Toole’s character was imagining what would happen to Bruce Willis as Die Hard’s John...
Ben O’Toole is playing the protagonist in Bloody Hell, a dark, comedic thriller which the producers hope to turn into a three-film franchise.
Directed by Alister Grierson and scripted by Robert Benjamin, the film is now shooting on the Gold Coast, supported by Screen Queensland and the Gold Coast City Council.
O’Toole, whose credits include the Roache-Turner brothers’ Nekrotronic, Nicolai Fuglsig’s 12 Strong and Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit, plays Rex Coen, an American with a mysterious past who lives in Boise, Idaho.
He decides to escape from his own personal hell by fleeing to Helsinki, where life just gets worse. Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer and newcomers Meg Fraser and David Hill play members of a Finnish family.
The premise for O’Toole’s character was imagining what would happen to Bruce Willis as Die Hard’s John...
- 4/15/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Gags come thick and fast and the young cast slip easily into sturdy character types in a slick rom com set at a ute muster and a bachelor and spinster ball
If you ever wanted to know what a Gen Y revival of Jack Hibberd’s ocker dinner theatre perennial Dimboola might looks like, Spin Out is your answer. The romantic comedy – the debut feature from the comedian and Doug Anthony All-Star Tim Ferguson, co-directing with the veteran Marc Gracie – takes place across one boozy evening at an annual bachelor and spinster ball in rural Australia.
The key players here are Billy (Xavier Samuel) and Lucy (Morgan Griffin), a will-they-won’t-they pair of ute muster champions. When Billy’s latest stunt goes a bit too far, a stung Lucy threatens to up sticks for Sydney. As the duo struggle to figure out whether they’ll ever be more than friends,...
If you ever wanted to know what a Gen Y revival of Jack Hibberd’s ocker dinner theatre perennial Dimboola might looks like, Spin Out is your answer. The romantic comedy – the debut feature from the comedian and Doug Anthony All-Star Tim Ferguson, co-directing with the veteran Marc Gracie – takes place across one boozy evening at an annual bachelor and spinster ball in rural Australia.
The key players here are Billy (Xavier Samuel) and Lucy (Morgan Griffin), a will-they-won’t-they pair of ute muster champions. When Billy’s latest stunt goes a bit too far, a stung Lucy threatens to up sticks for Sydney. As the duo struggle to figure out whether they’ll ever be more than friends,...
- 8/29/2016
- by James Robert Douglas
- The Guardian - Film News
Morgan Griffin and Xavier Samuel in Spin Out.
The Independent Cinema Association of Australia's latest My Cinema promotion will tout Sony's Spin Out, starring Xavier Samuel and Morgan Griffin, with audiences at participating cinemas in the running to win $5,000.
Co-written and co-directed by Tim Ferguson, Spin Out follows the story of Billy (Samuel) and Lucy (San Andreas'.Morgan Griffin), who grew up together in a country town. Travis Jeffery, Melissa Bergland and Lincoln Lewis are also in the cast.
Ferguson directed the film,.releasing in cinemas September 15, with Marc Gracie (Full Frontal), who also produced alongside David Redman (Charlie and Boots, Strange Bedfellows) and shares writing credit with Edwina Exton.
.I would love for people to leave the cinema with a desire to move to or visit the bush for a holiday — to see the Australian countryside for themselves," said Ferguson..
"There.s so much there and not just...
The Independent Cinema Association of Australia's latest My Cinema promotion will tout Sony's Spin Out, starring Xavier Samuel and Morgan Griffin, with audiences at participating cinemas in the running to win $5,000.
Co-written and co-directed by Tim Ferguson, Spin Out follows the story of Billy (Samuel) and Lucy (San Andreas'.Morgan Griffin), who grew up together in a country town. Travis Jeffery, Melissa Bergland and Lincoln Lewis are also in the cast.
Ferguson directed the film,.releasing in cinemas September 15, with Marc Gracie (Full Frontal), who also produced alongside David Redman (Charlie and Boots, Strange Bedfellows) and shares writing credit with Edwina Exton.
.I would love for people to leave the cinema with a desire to move to or visit the bush for a holiday — to see the Australian countryside for themselves," said Ferguson..
"There.s so much there and not just...
- 8/22/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Sony has released the poster for Spin Out, its romantic comedy directed by Tim Ferguson and Marc Gracie slated for a domestic release on September 15 this year.
In a scenario not dissimilar to 1999's Paperback Hero, starring Hugh Jackman and Claudia Karvan, Spin Out is about Billy (played by Xavier Samuel) and Lucy (Morgan Griffin), two friends who have grown up together in a small country town..
The pair form one of the town's most formidable Ute driving teams, but when Billy takes one risky car stunt too far, Lucy declares she is moving to the city - sending Billy into a spin..
Amid the mayhem of the town.s annual "Bachelors and Spinsters" party, Billy only has one night to wake up to his true feelings for his best friend - or lose her forever..
Samuel and Griffin (who have just started shooting another film together, Sa thriller Bad Blood...
In a scenario not dissimilar to 1999's Paperback Hero, starring Hugh Jackman and Claudia Karvan, Spin Out is about Billy (played by Xavier Samuel) and Lucy (Morgan Griffin), two friends who have grown up together in a small country town..
The pair form one of the town's most formidable Ute driving teams, but when Billy takes one risky car stunt too far, Lucy declares she is moving to the city - sending Billy into a spin..
Amid the mayhem of the town.s annual "Bachelors and Spinsters" party, Billy only has one night to wake up to his true feelings for his best friend - or lose her forever..
Samuel and Griffin (who have just started shooting another film together, Sa thriller Bad Blood...
- 6/29/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Kodi Smit-McPhee, Harry Greenwood, Tom Budge, Lincoln Lewis, Matt Nable, Anthony Hayes, Lachy Hulme and Ashleigh Cummings are among the big ensemble cast announced today for the Endemol Australia/Nine Network miniseries Gallipoli.
A three-month shoot starts in and around Melbourne on March 17 with Glendyn Ivin (Beaconsfield, Puberty Blues) directing. The screenplay by Christopher Lee (Howzat! Kerry Packer.s War, Paper Giants, Rush, Police Rescue) is adapted from the best-selling book by Les Carlyon.
The producers are John Edwards (Howzat! Kerry Packer.s War, Beaconsfield, Paper Giants, and Offspring), Imogen Banks (Puberty Blues, Offspring) and Robert Connolly (producer of Balibo and The Boys, director of Underground: The Julian Assange Story, The Slap). Nine.s co-Heads of Drama Jo Rooney and Andy Ryan and Endemol Australia CEO Janeen Faithfull are executive producers. .Smit-McPhee plays 17-year-old Thomas .Tolly. Johnson, who lies about his age to enlist with his brother Bevan in the...
A three-month shoot starts in and around Melbourne on March 17 with Glendyn Ivin (Beaconsfield, Puberty Blues) directing. The screenplay by Christopher Lee (Howzat! Kerry Packer.s War, Paper Giants, Rush, Police Rescue) is adapted from the best-selling book by Les Carlyon.
The producers are John Edwards (Howzat! Kerry Packer.s War, Beaconsfield, Paper Giants, and Offspring), Imogen Banks (Puberty Blues, Offspring) and Robert Connolly (producer of Balibo and The Boys, director of Underground: The Julian Assange Story, The Slap). Nine.s co-Heads of Drama Jo Rooney and Andy Ryan and Endemol Australia CEO Janeen Faithfull are executive producers. .Smit-McPhee plays 17-year-old Thomas .Tolly. Johnson, who lies about his age to enlist with his brother Bevan in the...
- 3/3/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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