Stealth Media Group and producer Cathy Overett’s new shingle Cathartic Pictures are joining forces to produce a revolving slate of films and to set up an Australian outpost for the UK sales agent. The first film is a $2m zombie western, Bullets for the Dead, slated to shoot in Queensland Australia in July.
Hot on the heels of Bullets will be Bite, a $5m vampire film written and directed by Alberto Sciamma, a UK/Australian co-production slated to shoot down under in October.
“Stealth has a number of Australian films on our books and we are keen for more,” says Stealth’s Michael Cowan. “Having worked with Cathy across these three films so far it was a natural progression to partner up with her for sales in ANZ.”
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It's Cannes film market time and the news doesn't let up. Inside, find a roundup of some news-y bites to chew on. Catch up on the latest buzz and go enjoy the rest of the weekend!
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Snowfort Pictures and MPI’s Dark Sky Films announced production is well underway on Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsch’s Hollywood-set occult tale, Starry Eyes. Snowfort Pictures is producing, while MPI will handle international sales at the 2013 Cannes Marche du Film.
Starring ingénue Alex Essoe, the horror story is being described as a contemporary take on movies such as Rosemary’s Baby. The cast is rounded out by Amanda Fuller, Fabianne Therese, Pat Healy, Shane Coffey, Marc Senter, Nick Simmons and Noah Segan.
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Legendary Entertainment continues to tease their upcoming Godzilla reboot with another behind-the-scenes image. They captioned the photo with this: "Director Gareth Edwards setting up a shot on the set of Godzilla." Check out the picture below!
The Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures film stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, David Strathairn and Bryan Cranston and features a screenplay by Max Borenstein, Frank Darabont and Dave Callaham. Legendary's Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni are producing with Mary Parent and Brian Rogers. Alex Garcia and Patricia Whitcher are serving as executive producers alongside Yoshimitsu Banno and Kenji Okuhira
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Slasher Films - the production outfit run by guitarist Slash - debuts Nothing Left to Fear at Cannes tonight. The film was originally called Nothing to Fear, but screening artwork we've discovered confirms the slight change in title. You can check out a larger version of the art inside.
Stemming from folklore surrounding the actual town of Stull, Kansas, generations of residents and outsiders alike have proclaimed Stull to be one of the seven known gateways to Hell, where once a year, the Devil will rise from the town’s modest graveyard to walk the Earth. For decades, television, music, movies, and more have cautiously addressed the town; its horror is so infamous, even Pope John Paul II refused to fly over its grounds. Nothing to Left Fear finally pulls the folklore to the forefront and reveals the unsettling fact and fiction rumbling beneath the surface.
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Magnet Releasing has released the new trailer for Europa Report, the sci-fi thriller starring Michael Nyqvist, Sharlto Copley, Embeth Davidtz, Daniel Wu, Christian Camargo, Karolina Wydra and Anamaria Marinca.
A unique blend of documentary, alternative history and science fiction thriller, the August 2nd release follows a contemporary mission to Jupiter's moon Europa to investigate the possible existence of alien life within our solar system. When unmanned probes suggest that a hidden ocean could exist underneath Europa's icy surface and may contain single-celled life, Europa Ventures, a privately funded space exploration company, sends six of the best astronauts from around the world to confirm the data and explore the revolutionary discoveries that may lie in the Europan ocean.
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Cinedigm has announced the thriller Absence is opening in New York on July 5th. In Jimmy Loweree’s film, doctors are baffled when a young expectant mother Liz (Erin Way, Alphas), wakes to find her nearly-to-term pregnancy disappear overnight.
The police are investigating the situation as a missing child case and only her husband, Rick (Eric Matheny, J. Edgar) and brother, Evan (Ryan Smale, Damage) trust her version of events.
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Image Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to Scott Di Lalla’s Ouija board thriller I Am ZoZo from Outsider Pictures and One World Studios Ltd. The film was written and directed by documentarian Scott Di Lalla (Choppertown: The Sinners) and stars Kelly McLaren, Courtney Foxworthy, Demetrius Sager, Caleb DeBattista, and Caleb Courtney.
The film was produced by Zack Coffman and executive produced by Martin Perlberger. I Am ZoZo was filmed entirely on Super 8mm and recently received Best Feature and Audience Choice Awards at the 2012 US Super 8 Film Festival. Bill Bromiley, Chief Acquisitions Officer for Image Entertainment made today’s announcement.
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Showtime has revealed the official season 8 trailer for Dexter! Feast your eyes on what's to come beginning Sunday, June 30th. This is the final season for the hit series.
The story begins six months after LaGuerta’s murder – and Dexter is still managing life as a dad, brother, and serial killer. As Deb struggles to deal with the consequences of her actions, a mysterious woman comes to work with Miami Metro, offering first-hand information on Dexter’s past.
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The Australian '70s flick Patrick was remade recently and, today, with the Cannes film market in full swing, a sales trailer for the update was revealed. And honestly? It looks pretty damn good - contained and creepy.
Sharni Vinson, Rachel Griffiths, Charles Dance star in the film - hitting Australian theaters this fall - directed by Mark Hartley.
After killing his mother and her lover some years before, Patrick is the comatose patient in room 15 of a remote, private psychiatric clinic run by the secretive Dr Roget who treats him as guinea pig in his bizarre studies of life and death.
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Two years after it was presented before a Comic-Con crowd, Francis Ford Coppola's latest film, Twixt, is finally coming home.
At the time of its creation, Coppola spoke of making Twixt an experimental film intended to be viewed as a "live experience" that would evolve to match the crowd's demands. Yeah, well, that never really panned out.
The film, according to Blu-ray.com, is hitting DVD and Blu-ray from Fox Home Entertainment on July 30th. Special features have yet to be announced.
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Those maniacs at Scream Factory just broke the following via their Facebook page.
Since we started this week with a John Carpenter film announcement (Body Bags) it is fitting with end it with another...The master's 1987 cult classic PRINCE OF DARKNESS - our #1 most requested title - will be coming this fall and presented as a Collector's Edition on DVD and Blu-ray! \
We have no more details to report at this time (i.e. street date, extras, etc.) but will reveal more in the next few months. Have a great weekend!
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