David Guglielmo doesn’t have an acting background, but he has an empathy and understanding for actors that serves him – and others – as a casting director. It might come from his background as a writer/director, which he notes is a form of performance in many ways. “When you’re writing, you’re every character. You’re feeling those emotions and traveling with them,” he notes. “And when you direct, you have to speak the langue of actors, to understand where they’re coming from and what they need.” He adds that nothing compares to a great performance. “Even if you watch a movie that’s a little rough around the edges, if the acting is there, it’s going to pull you in. And it can be one of the most powerful experiences you can have in art.”
Guglielmo studied directing at New York City’s School of Visual Arts...
Guglielmo studied directing at New York City’s School of Visual Arts...
- 5/23/2024
- by Jenelle Riley
- Variety Film + TV
Aaron Eckhart is set to return to the “Muzzle” universe in action thriller “Muzzle: City of Wolves.”
The actioner marks the sequel to “Muzzle” and will be directed by John Stalberg Jr. (Lionsgate’s “Crypto”), who also directed the first installment. Jacob Michael King (“Caviar”) wrote the script from a story by Carlyle Eubank (“The Signal”) and Stalberg Jr.
Highland Film Group is handling international rights and introducing “Muzzle: City of Wolves” to buyers at the Marché du Film.
In “Muzzle: City of Wolves,” Jake Rosser (Eckhart), haunted by Ptsd from his days as a K-9 officer, endeavors to lead a peaceful life with his family and retired K-9 companion, Socks. But the tranquility quickly dissolves when a ruthless gang targets them in a brutal attack. Determined to protect his loved ones, Jake and his new K-9 partner Argos delve into a violent underbelly of crime where Jake confronts corrupt officials,...
The actioner marks the sequel to “Muzzle” and will be directed by John Stalberg Jr. (Lionsgate’s “Crypto”), who also directed the first installment. Jacob Michael King (“Caviar”) wrote the script from a story by Carlyle Eubank (“The Signal”) and Stalberg Jr.
Highland Film Group is handling international rights and introducing “Muzzle: City of Wolves” to buyers at the Marché du Film.
In “Muzzle: City of Wolves,” Jake Rosser (Eckhart), haunted by Ptsd from his days as a K-9 officer, endeavors to lead a peaceful life with his family and retired K-9 companion, Socks. But the tranquility quickly dissolves when a ruthless gang targets them in a brutal attack. Determined to protect his loved ones, Jake and his new K-9 partner Argos delve into a violent underbelly of crime where Jake confronts corrupt officials,...
- 5/18/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars) has signed on to star in My One and Only, a psychological thriller from writer-director Wayne Kramer (The Cooler) that’s being presented for worldwide sales at Cannes by Film Bridge International.
Set to go before cameras in July, the film centers on Molly (Hale), a recently widowed young woman, suicidal with grief, who is abducted by a man intent on reinventing her as his dead wife — unleashing in Molly a fierce will to live.
Siena Oberman (The Good Mother) will produce for Artemis along with Steven Schneider and David Guglielmo (The Last Stop in Yuma County) for Spooky Pictures. Greg Lauritano (Fairyland) is executive producing alongside Phil Hunt for Head Gear, as well as DC Cassidy, Udaya Sharma and Michael Fisk for Interstellar Entertainment.
“Lucy Hale is one of the most gifted actors of her generation, and...
Set to go before cameras in July, the film centers on Molly (Hale), a recently widowed young woman, suicidal with grief, who is abducted by a man intent on reinventing her as his dead wife — unleashing in Molly a fierce will to live.
Siena Oberman (The Good Mother) will produce for Artemis along with Steven Schneider and David Guglielmo (The Last Stop in Yuma County) for Spooky Pictures. Greg Lauritano (Fairyland) is executive producing alongside Phil Hunt for Head Gear, as well as DC Cassidy, Udaya Sharma and Michael Fisk for Interstellar Entertainment.
“Lucy Hale is one of the most gifted actors of her generation, and...
- 5/13/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
First things first: Yes, Francis Galluppi is going to be directing a new movie in the “Evil Dead” franchise. And no, he can’t tell you anything about it. He can, however, prove his bona fides as a horror and suspense fan in our Zoom interview by pointing to the “Evil Dead” poster in his office and the “three Necronomicons on my desk.”
Galluppi landed the coveted gig after Sam Raimi saw Galluppi’s feature film debut, “The Last Stop in Yuma County,” the acclaimed thriller that arrives in theaters and on digital this week. Shot in 20 days on a budget of “about a million” dollars, the film is set almost entirely at road stop diner in an unspecified past era where traveling salesmen and rotary phones are still prevalent. As patrons await the arrival of a gas truck, the establishment soon becomes populated with an ensemble of independent film legends,...
Galluppi landed the coveted gig after Sam Raimi saw Galluppi’s feature film debut, “The Last Stop in Yuma County,” the acclaimed thriller that arrives in theaters and on digital this week. Shot in 20 days on a budget of “about a million” dollars, the film is set almost entirely at road stop diner in an unspecified past era where traveling salesmen and rotary phones are still prevalent. As patrons await the arrival of a gas truck, the establishment soon becomes populated with an ensemble of independent film legends,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Jenelle Riley
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Gigi Gustin will star and executive produce Stiletto, a slasher pic from Samuel Gonzalez Jr.
Gustin (Night of the Missing) will star the cast alongside Charlotte McKinney (Fantasy Island) and Colleen Camp.
Aew star Stephon ‘Swerve’ Strickland, Pancho Moler (3 from Hell), Tyler Abron (Fear), Stephen Blackehart (Guardians of the Galaxy), Meghan Carrasquillo (Four.) Russel Todd, (Friday the 13th Part 2) and Mia Challis (FBI: International) round out the cast.
Plot reads: “A year after the grisly murder of a local exotic dancer, the victim’s sister, Lyric [Gustin], searches for the serial killer responsible as he stalks and kills his favorite dancers on the night of the anniversary.”
Gonzalez Jr. (The Retaliators) is directing from his own script, with the pic set to start shooting midway through this month, and Hearse Productions is producing. David Guglielmo led the casting, with Matthew Hersh, Gonzalez Jr. and Gustin producing.
“When...
Gustin (Night of the Missing) will star the cast alongside Charlotte McKinney (Fantasy Island) and Colleen Camp.
Aew star Stephon ‘Swerve’ Strickland, Pancho Moler (3 from Hell), Tyler Abron (Fear), Stephen Blackehart (Guardians of the Galaxy), Meghan Carrasquillo (Four.) Russel Todd, (Friday the 13th Part 2) and Mia Challis (FBI: International) round out the cast.
Plot reads: “A year after the grisly murder of a local exotic dancer, the victim’s sister, Lyric [Gustin], searches for the serial killer responsible as he stalks and kills his favorite dancers on the night of the anniversary.”
Gonzalez Jr. (The Retaliators) is directing from his own script, with the pic set to start shooting midway through this month, and Hearse Productions is producing. David Guglielmo led the casting, with Matthew Hersh, Gonzalez Jr. and Gustin producing.
“When...
- 1/8/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
DeWanda Wise of Jurassic World: Dominion is set to star in the possession thriller Killing Faith alongside Guy Pearce (Prometheus), with Tim Roth (Pulp Fiction) currently in final negotiations to join the cast as well. The project has already secured a SAG interim agreement, so it will be able to go into production in January of next year even if the SAG strike is still going on by then. Filming will take place in New Mexico.
Written and directed by Ned Crowley, Killing Faith will see Pearce taking on the role of Dr. Bender, a faithless physician who agrees to escort an anguished mother (Wise) on a journey across a treacherous desert. The mother is hopeful of finding a cure for her daughter’s mysterious illness: she is possessed by the devil.
Roth will be playing a character called Preacher Ross.
Ellen Wander and Jordan Dykstra of Film Bridge International...
Written and directed by Ned Crowley, Killing Faith will see Pearce taking on the role of Dr. Bender, a faithless physician who agrees to escort an anguished mother (Wise) on a journey across a treacherous desert. The mother is hopeful of finding a cure for her daughter’s mysterious illness: she is possessed by the devil.
Roth will be playing a character called Preacher Ross.
Ellen Wander and Jordan Dykstra of Film Bridge International...
- 11/3/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Guy Pearce (Prometheus) and DeWanda Wise (Jurassic World Dominion) are attached to star in supernatural thriller Killing Faith, with Tim Roth (Pulp Fiction) in final negotiations to join.
Ned Crowley (Middle Man) is writer-director on the feature which Ellen Wander’s Film Bridge International is launching for sales at the AFM.
Pearce will play Dr. Bender, a faithless physician who agrees to escort an anguished mother (Wise) on a journey across a treacherous desert. The mother is hopeful of finding a cure for her daughter’s mysterious illness: she is possessed by the devil. Roth will play the role of Preacher Ross.
Having secured a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement, filming is due to begin in New Mexico in January, 2024.
The film will be produced by Ellen Wander and Jordan Dykstra of Film Bridge International, in partnership with Summer Crockett-Moore and Tony Glazer of Choice Films.
Film Bridge has closed...
Ned Crowley (Middle Man) is writer-director on the feature which Ellen Wander’s Film Bridge International is launching for sales at the AFM.
Pearce will play Dr. Bender, a faithless physician who agrees to escort an anguished mother (Wise) on a journey across a treacherous desert. The mother is hopeful of finding a cure for her daughter’s mysterious illness: she is possessed by the devil. Roth will play the role of Preacher Ross.
Having secured a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement, filming is due to begin in New Mexico in January, 2024.
The film will be produced by Ellen Wander and Jordan Dykstra of Film Bridge International, in partnership with Summer Crockett-Moore and Tony Glazer of Choice Films.
Film Bridge has closed...
- 11/3/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Daily Wire has cast its lead in fantasy series The Pendragon Cycle, which is underway in Europe.
Newcomer Tom Sharp has been cast as the lead in the right-wing media company’s biggest-canvas film or TV project to date.
The seven-episode drama is a reimagining of the myth of King Arthur, set at the end of Roman Britain when pagan tribes warred with Saxon and Pict invaders, and with each other. Sharp will play Merlin, the son of an Atlantean princess and the bard, Taliesen, who pursues his father’s vision of a ‘Kingdom of Summer’ — a Briton unified in peace. To achieve this dream, Merlin will have to overcome ancient evils and navigate both the fall of the Roman occupation and the rise of Christianity in search of a king who can unite the Island of the Mighty.
The drama is being directed by Daily Wire co-ceo...
Newcomer Tom Sharp has been cast as the lead in the right-wing media company’s biggest-canvas film or TV project to date.
The seven-episode drama is a reimagining of the myth of King Arthur, set at the end of Roman Britain when pagan tribes warred with Saxon and Pict invaders, and with each other. Sharp will play Merlin, the son of an Atlantean princess and the bard, Taliesen, who pursues his father’s vision of a ‘Kingdom of Summer’ — a Briton unified in peace. To achieve this dream, Merlin will have to overcome ancient evils and navigate both the fall of the Roman occupation and the rise of Christianity in search of a king who can unite the Island of the Mighty.
The drama is being directed by Daily Wire co-ceo...
- 9/19/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Released last fall, Lucky McKee’s “chamber thriller” Old Man had nothing to do with the Don’t Breathe films, despite starring Stephen Lang – who played the “Blind Man” in both Don’t Breathe and Don’t Breathe 2. But that didn’t stop the movie’s Russian distributor from marketing it as a prequel to those films! During an interview with Jb Hi-Fi, McKee laughed about the fact that his movie is part of the Don’t Breathe franchise, as far as Russia is concerned.
McKee said, “In Russia, they released it as Don’t Breathe: The Beginning. Kind of like the Italians used to do back in the day, with movies like Zombi 2.“
Sure enough, if you search the title Don’t Breathe: The Beginning, you’ll find confirmation that Old Man is a Don’t Breathe prequel in Russia.
Scripted by Joel Veach, who also wrote the story as a...
McKee said, “In Russia, they released it as Don’t Breathe: The Beginning. Kind of like the Italians used to do back in the day, with movies like Zombi 2.“
Sure enough, if you search the title Don’t Breathe: The Beginning, you’ll find confirmation that Old Man is a Don’t Breathe prequel in Russia.
Scripted by Joel Veach, who also wrote the story as a...
- 8/10/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Jessie Andrews stars in Love Bomb, an erotic thriller about a mysterious dating app that links three strangers together with deadly consequences.
David Guglielmo directed the picture from a script by Kathy Charles (Jacob’s Wife).
In addition to Andrews, Love Bomb also stars Josh Caras (The Highway Men) and Zane Holtz (“From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series”) and is produced by Bobby Campbell (Blood for Dust), Lillian Campbell (An Autumn Summer), and Jordan Dykstra (Assassin Club).
Love Bomb will play festivals in the fall. A release date is still to be determined.
Bloody Disgusting has a first look at the film and its poster designed by Sarah Ford of Yippee.
The post ‘Love Bomb’ Poster Swipes Left For Thrills [Exclusive] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
David Guglielmo directed the picture from a script by Kathy Charles (Jacob’s Wife).
In addition to Andrews, Love Bomb also stars Josh Caras (The Highway Men) and Zane Holtz (“From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series”) and is produced by Bobby Campbell (Blood for Dust), Lillian Campbell (An Autumn Summer), and Jordan Dykstra (Assassin Club).
Love Bomb will play festivals in the fall. A release date is still to be determined.
Bloody Disgusting has a first look at the film and its poster designed by Sarah Ford of Yippee.
The post ‘Love Bomb’ Poster Swipes Left For Thrills [Exclusive] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
- 8/7/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Kiefer Sutherland consistently places himself in harm’s way to entertain audiences, and now, thanks to The Winter Kills, he’s going after a serial killer. According to Deadline, Sutherland is the star of the new John Stalber Jr.-directed action film written by Ben Floro Carney. The Winter Kills finds Sutherland playing a disgraced cop tracking the serial killer who murdered his partner ten years ago. The killer has resurfaced, and Sutherland is prepared to stop at nothing to take them down.
Filming kicks off in New Jersey in the spring, with Patrick Rizzotti, Paul Johansson, David Guglielmo, John Jr, Wyatt Russell, Oliver Hudson, and XYZ Films producing.
“Kiefer Sutherland is more than just the perfect actor for this film, he’s an absolute legend, and I’m beyond thrilled to match his rare talent with a role that will require every ounce of it. I couldn’t imagine a better team of professionals,...
Filming kicks off in New Jersey in the spring, with Patrick Rizzotti, Paul Johansson, David Guglielmo, John Jr, Wyatt Russell, Oliver Hudson, and XYZ Films producing.
“Kiefer Sutherland is more than just the perfect actor for this film, he’s an absolute legend, and I’m beyond thrilled to match his rare talent with a role that will require every ounce of it. I couldn’t imagine a better team of professionals,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Kiefer Sutherland (24) is set to star in action-thriller The Winter Kills from director John Stalberg, Jr. (Crypto).
Sutherland will portray a disgraced cop pursuing the serial killer who murdered his partner ten years ago — and has resurfaced to kill again.
Written by Ben Floro Carney, the film is produced by Patrick Rizzotti, Paul Johansson, David Guglielmo, John Jr, Wyatt Russell, Oliver Hudson and XYZ Films.
Pic is set to shoot this spring in New Jersey with debt financing to be provided by Blue Fox Financing. XYZ Films is also financing and will introduce the film to buyers at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin.
“Kiefer Sutherland is more than just the perfect actor for this film, he’s an absolute legend, and I’m beyond thrilled to match his rare talent with a role that will require every ounce of it. I couldn’t imagine a better team of professionals,...
Sutherland will portray a disgraced cop pursuing the serial killer who murdered his partner ten years ago — and has resurfaced to kill again.
Written by Ben Floro Carney, the film is produced by Patrick Rizzotti, Paul Johansson, David Guglielmo, John Jr, Wyatt Russell, Oliver Hudson and XYZ Films.
Pic is set to shoot this spring in New Jersey with debt financing to be provided by Blue Fox Financing. XYZ Films is also financing and will introduce the film to buyers at this week’s European Film Market in Berlin.
“Kiefer Sutherland is more than just the perfect actor for this film, he’s an absolute legend, and I’m beyond thrilled to match his rare talent with a role that will require every ounce of it. I couldn’t imagine a better team of professionals,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Stephen Lang – who played the “Blind Man” in Don’t Breathe (watch it Here) and its sequel – stars in genre filmmaker Lucky McKee’s “chamber thriller” Old Man, which received a theatrical, VOD, and digital release from Rlje Films on October 14th. In anticipation of the film’s release, we were able to score an interview with both Lang and McKee, and you can see the result in the video embedded above. If you want to get an idea of what we can expect to see from Old Man this weekend, check it out!
Scripted by Joel Veach, who also wrote the story as a play that was workshopped at the Actor’s Studio in New York, Old Man follows a lost hiker who stumbles upon the cabin of an erratic and reclusive Old Man. What starts off as cordial conversation soon turns dangerous as it becomes clear that one or...
Scripted by Joel Veach, who also wrote the story as a play that was workshopped at the Actor’s Studio in New York, Old Man follows a lost hiker who stumbles upon the cabin of an erratic and reclusive Old Man. What starts off as cordial conversation soon turns dangerous as it becomes clear that one or...
- 10/18/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: The international and indie distributor Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to A Creature Was Stirring, a previously unannounced Christmas horror-thriller, starring This Is Us alum Chrissy Metz.
A Creature Was Stirring follows the overprotective mother and professional nurse Faith (Metz), who keeps her teenage daughter (Annalise Basso) locked securely in her room and subjected to constant methadone injections, their only means of sustaining a delicately balanced fever state that keeps a mysterious and terrifying affliction at bay. However, when a pair of strangers (Scout Taylor-Compton and Connor Paolo) breaks into the home while seeking shelter from the Christmas blizzard, they quickly discover that this mother-daughter relationship stretches the limits of both dysfunction and reality, and that the women are hiding a terrible secret — specifically, the presence of a malevolent houseguest who won...
A Creature Was Stirring follows the overprotective mother and professional nurse Faith (Metz), who keeps her teenage daughter (Annalise Basso) locked securely in her room and subjected to constant methadone injections, their only means of sustaining a delicately balanced fever state that keeps a mysterious and terrifying affliction at bay. However, when a pair of strangers (Scout Taylor-Compton and Connor Paolo) breaks into the home while seeking shelter from the Christmas blizzard, they quickly discover that this mother-daughter relationship stretches the limits of both dysfunction and reality, and that the women are hiding a terrible secret — specifically, the presence of a malevolent houseguest who won...
- 9/13/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Stephen Lang – who played the “Blind Man” in Don’t Breathe (watch it Here) and its sequel – stars in genre filmmaker Lucky McKee’s “chamber thriller” Old Man, and a couple weeks ago we learned that Rlje Films has picked up the Old Man distribution rights and plans to give the film a theatrical, VOD, and digital release on October 14th. With the release date just a month away, a trailer for Old Man has now arrived online, and you can check it out in the embed above.
Scripted by Joel Veach, who also wrote the story as a play that was workshopped at the Actor’s Studio in New York, Old Man follows
a lost hiker who stumbles upon the cabin of an erratic and reclusive Old Man. What starts off as cordial conversation soon turns dangerous as it becomes clear that one or both of them might be hiding a terrifying secret.
Scripted by Joel Veach, who also wrote the story as a play that was workshopped at the Actor’s Studio in New York, Old Man follows
a lost hiker who stumbles upon the cabin of an erratic and reclusive Old Man. What starts off as cordial conversation soon turns dangerous as it becomes clear that one or both of them might be hiding a terrifying secret.
- 9/8/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Sean Ryan Fox (Henry Danger) and Catherine Daddario (Oak) will lead the cast of the indie high school drama The Midway Point, marking the feature directorial debut of writer-director Lucca Vieira, which has wrapped production in Los Angeles. Others in the ensemble include 2019 Honorary Academy Award winner Wes Studi (The Last of the Mohicans), Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Thora Birch (Ghost World) and Julie Benz (Dexter).
The coming-of-age film said to be in the vein of Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade follows the introverted and highly creative high school senior Jake (Fox) as he experiences his first love with Alice (Daddario), a brash and outgoing classmate. As the two open up to one another, the seemingly opposite pair find they have more in common than meets the eye. Studi plays Jake’s teacher, with Birch as his mother, and Benz as the school’s guidance counselor who helps him with his social anxieties.
The coming-of-age film said to be in the vein of Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade follows the introverted and highly creative high school senior Jake (Fox) as he experiences his first love with Alice (Daddario), a brash and outgoing classmate. As the two open up to one another, the seemingly opposite pair find they have more in common than meets the eye. Studi plays Jake’s teacher, with Birch as his mother, and Benz as the school’s guidance counselor who helps him with his social anxieties.
- 9/2/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Almost two years have gone by since we first heard that Stephen Lang – who played the “Blind Man” in Don’t Breathe (watch it Here) and its sequel – would be starring in genre filmmaker Lucky McKee’s “chamber thriller” Old Man, not to be confused with the Jeff Bridges TV series The Old Man. Now it has been announced that Rlje Films has picked up the Old Man distribution rights and plans to give the film a theatrical, VOD, and digital release on October 14th.
Scripted by Joel Veach, who also wrote the story as a play that was workshopped at the Actor’s Studio in New York, Old Man follows
a lost hiker who stumbles upon the cabin of an erratic and reclusive Old Man. What starts off as cordial conversation soon turns dangerous as it becomes clear that one or both of them might be hiding a terrifying secret.
Scripted by Joel Veach, who also wrote the story as a play that was workshopped at the Actor’s Studio in New York, Old Man follows
a lost hiker who stumbles upon the cabin of an erratic and reclusive Old Man. What starts off as cordial conversation soon turns dangerous as it becomes clear that one or both of them might be hiding a terrifying secret.
- 8/17/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: The Kickstarter-backed horror film Shelby Oaks by YouTuber Chris Stuckmann has started production and found its key cast.
Camille Sullivan (Hunter Hunter) is stepping into the lead role, and is supported by Brendan Sexton III (Don’t Breathe 2), Michael Beach (If Beale Street Could Talk) Robin Bartlett (Shutter Island) and Keith David (The Thing). Charlie Talbert (The Big Short), Emily Bennett (Alone With You) and newcomer Sarah Durn (Where the Crawdads Sing) round out the cast.
The film centers around Mia’s (Sullivan) frantic search for her sister Riley, (Durn) after Riley ominously disappeared in the last tape of a group of paranormal investigators called the Paranormal Paranoids. As Mia’s obsession grows, she begins to suspect that the imaginary demon from Riley’s childhood may have been real. The project has been inspired by, and accompanied by, a long-lead online marketing campaign around the subject.
YouTube critic and filmmaker Stuckmann is writer-director.
Camille Sullivan (Hunter Hunter) is stepping into the lead role, and is supported by Brendan Sexton III (Don’t Breathe 2), Michael Beach (If Beale Street Could Talk) Robin Bartlett (Shutter Island) and Keith David (The Thing). Charlie Talbert (The Big Short), Emily Bennett (Alone With You) and newcomer Sarah Durn (Where the Crawdads Sing) round out the cast.
The film centers around Mia’s (Sullivan) frantic search for her sister Riley, (Durn) after Riley ominously disappeared in the last tape of a group of paranormal investigators called the Paranormal Paranoids. As Mia’s obsession grows, she begins to suspect that the imaginary demon from Riley’s childhood may have been real. The project has been inspired by, and accompanied by, a long-lead online marketing campaign around the subject.
YouTube critic and filmmaker Stuckmann is writer-director.
- 5/20/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: While thriller White Knuckle continues to take shape, we can reveal that Gina Carano is underway on her first project since The Mandalorian: under-the-radar western Terror On The Prairie began filming this week.
Michael Polish is directing the movie about a pioneering family that fights back against a gang of vicious outlaws that is terrorizing them on their newly built farm on the plains of Montana. Carano will lead cast and produce.
Among co-stars on the feature from right wing media company The Daily Wire and Bone Tomahawk producer Dallas Sonnier are Nick Searcy (Justified), Mma star Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone, stand-up Donald Cerrone[/link]Tyler Fischer, Heath Freeman (Skateland) and Samaire Armstrong (The O.C.).
The plan is to first release the film exclusively to DailyWire.com members in spring 2022. The Hurt Locker outfit Voltage Pictures is handling international sales.
Also among cast are Travis Mills (Counting...
Michael Polish is directing the movie about a pioneering family that fights back against a gang of vicious outlaws that is terrorizing them on their newly built farm on the plains of Montana. Carano will lead cast and produce.
Among co-stars on the feature from right wing media company The Daily Wire and Bone Tomahawk producer Dallas Sonnier are Nick Searcy (Justified), Mma star Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone, stand-up Donald Cerrone[/link]Tyler Fischer, Heath Freeman (Skateland) and Samaire Armstrong (The O.C.).
The plan is to first release the film exclusively to DailyWire.com members in spring 2022. The Hurt Locker outfit Voltage Pictures is handling international sales.
Also among cast are Travis Mills (Counting...
- 10/12/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Gina Carano will have her revenge. In her first project since The Mandalorian, we can reveal that the actress is set to star as a traumatized woman who hires a long-hauler to track down an infamous serial killer.
The Hitcher and Near Dark scribe Eric Red has written the script for the untitled action-thriller, which is based on his novel White Knuckle. The story follows a strong-willed woman who survives an attempt by serial killer-trucker “White Knuckle.” Haunted by her encounter and the cops’ inability to catch her tormentor, she partners with a trucker to end the killer’s reign of terror.
Carano is producing and will star in the movie, which is said to be in the vein of Duel, Breakdown and True Grit. Filming will take place in Tennessee, Utah and Montana beginning in October.
Also producing are Dallas Sonnier (Bone Tomahawk) and Amanda Presmyk (Dragged Across Concrete) of Bonfire Legend,...
The Hitcher and Near Dark scribe Eric Red has written the script for the untitled action-thriller, which is based on his novel White Knuckle. The story follows a strong-willed woman who survives an attempt by serial killer-trucker “White Knuckle.” Haunted by her encounter and the cops’ inability to catch her tormentor, she partners with a trucker to end the killer’s reign of terror.
Carano is producing and will star in the movie, which is said to be in the vein of Duel, Breakdown and True Grit. Filming will take place in Tennessee, Utah and Montana beginning in October.
Also producing are Dallas Sonnier (Bone Tomahawk) and Amanda Presmyk (Dragged Across Concrete) of Bonfire Legend,...
- 8/12/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Tony Todd (Candyman franchise), Tobin Bell (Saw franchise) and Chelsea Edmundson (Thunder Road) are leading the cast of sci-fi horror The Bunker, which is now shooting in Los Angeles.
Written by Charles Bunce and Brian Hanson and directed by Hanson (The Black String), The Bunker is set during a mysterious alien invasion. A government scientist (Edmundson) is sealed in an underground bunker and must create a bio-weapon to stop the mysterious travelers before they take over Earth.
Producers are Kayli Fortun, Sharif Ibrahim, Kelby Thwaits, Charles Bunce, and Brian Hanson. The production unit has also teamed with the upstart genre consulting firm Blood Oath that includes Aaron B. Koontz and David Guglielmo, who are co-producing.
“We’ve been reading a mountain of scripts, and this one immediately leapt off the page as a fast paced, character driven story within a high concept none of us had seen before. It...
Written by Charles Bunce and Brian Hanson and directed by Hanson (The Black String), The Bunker is set during a mysterious alien invasion. A government scientist (Edmundson) is sealed in an underground bunker and must create a bio-weapon to stop the mysterious travelers before they take over Earth.
Producers are Kayli Fortun, Sharif Ibrahim, Kelby Thwaits, Charles Bunce, and Brian Hanson. The production unit has also teamed with the upstart genre consulting firm Blood Oath that includes Aaron B. Koontz and David Guglielmo, who are co-producing.
“We’ve been reading a mountain of scripts, and this one immediately leapt off the page as a fast paced, character driven story within a high concept none of us had seen before. It...
- 5/18/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: A group of horror veterans are partnering to launch Blood Oath, a consulting firm targeting the horror and independent genre world.
The company is aiming to be a one-stop shop for filmmakers and producers across all facets of the genre film landscape, from development to casting, budgeting and financing, all the way through delivery and promotion.
The team is comprised of: Paper Street Pictures’ producers Aaron B. Koontz (The Pale Door) and Ashleigh Snead (The Ranger), casting director David Guglielmo (The Standoff At Sparrow Creek), Film Bridge International’s Jordan Dykstra (Trick), festival programmer and public relations specialist Logan Ann Taylor (Fantastic Fest), and acquisitions/distribution vet Brandon Hill (Nightmare Cinema) who was previously at Cranked Up and Fangoria and has recently joined Cinedigm. The execs are based in Los Angeles, New York, and Austin, TX.
It is launching with two initial projects. Chamber-thriller Old Man is being helmed...
The company is aiming to be a one-stop shop for filmmakers and producers across all facets of the genre film landscape, from development to casting, budgeting and financing, all the way through delivery and promotion.
The team is comprised of: Paper Street Pictures’ producers Aaron B. Koontz (The Pale Door) and Ashleigh Snead (The Ranger), casting director David Guglielmo (The Standoff At Sparrow Creek), Film Bridge International’s Jordan Dykstra (Trick), festival programmer and public relations specialist Logan Ann Taylor (Fantastic Fest), and acquisitions/distribution vet Brandon Hill (Nightmare Cinema) who was previously at Cranked Up and Fangoria and has recently joined Cinedigm. The execs are based in Los Angeles, New York, and Austin, TX.
It is launching with two initial projects. Chamber-thriller Old Man is being helmed...
- 11/19/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sales firms XYZ and Amp are launching new thriller Old Man, which will star Avatar actor Stephen Lang.
The chamber thriller is set to go before cameras this January in upstate New York.
Lucky McKee (The Woman) will direct from a script by Joel Veach, whose play of the same title is being workshopped at the Actor’s Studio in New York. Marc Senter (Starry Eyes) will co-star.
Set deep in the woods, the plot follows a lost hiker (Senter) who stumbles upon the cabin of an erratic and reclusive Old Man (Lang). What starts off as cordial conversation soon turns dangerous as it becomes clear that one or both of them might be hiding a terrifying secret.
The film is being produced by Aaron B. Koontz for his Paper Street Pictures banner, whose western-horror The Pale Door and horror comedy Scare Package were released earlier this year.
Ashleigh Snead...
The chamber thriller is set to go before cameras this January in upstate New York.
Lucky McKee (The Woman) will direct from a script by Joel Veach, whose play of the same title is being workshopped at the Actor’s Studio in New York. Marc Senter (Starry Eyes) will co-star.
Set deep in the woods, the plot follows a lost hiker (Senter) who stumbles upon the cabin of an erratic and reclusive Old Man (Lang). What starts off as cordial conversation soon turns dangerous as it becomes clear that one or both of them might be hiding a terrifying secret.
The film is being produced by Aaron B. Koontz for his Paper Street Pictures banner, whose western-horror The Pale Door and horror comedy Scare Package were released earlier this year.
Ashleigh Snead...
- 11/11/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
If you've listened to Corpse Club or read Daily Dead over the years, you may know that I'm not shy about sharing my eternal love for the 2008 zombified horror comedy Dance of the Dead, directed by Gregg Bishop from a screenplay by Joe Ballarini (I even had the undying pleasure of helping put together 10th anniversary screenings for the film). It's with immense pleasure and plenty of anticipation that we share the news that Bloody Disgusting and Fangoria are teaming up for Bishop's next movie, The Sisters of Samhain, which features a "rogue coven" running amok on Halloween night.
Announced by Bloody Disgusting and Deadline, The Sisters of Samhain will be directed by Bishop from a screenplay by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski (the writing duo behind Super Dark Times and the recent Sundance hit The Night House). According to Bloody Disgusting, the film "follows a group of friends who...
Announced by Bloody Disgusting and Deadline, The Sisters of Samhain will be directed by Bishop from a screenplay by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski (the writing duo behind Super Dark Times and the recent Sundance hit The Night House). According to Bloody Disgusting, the film "follows a group of friends who...
- 2/7/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski, the hot writing duo behind $12m Sundance pic The Night House, are joining forces with genre label Fangoria on horror movie The Sisters Of Samhain. The script follows a group of friends who team up with a witch on Halloween night to prevent a rogue coven from bringing about the end of the world.
Fangoria’s owner Cinestate is financing the pic and will handle distribution. The Texas-based studio is teaming with Chicago-based media company Bloody Disgusting on the project, as well as Final Destination producers Practical Pictures and Grade A Entertainment. The latter two companies developed the script with director Gregg Bishop, who is set to helm.
As a pair, Collins and Piotrowski broke out with their 2017 indie hit Super Dark Times. Their latest feature, The Night House, starred Rebecca Hall as a widow who begins to uncover...
Fangoria’s owner Cinestate is financing the pic and will handle distribution. The Texas-based studio is teaming with Chicago-based media company Bloody Disgusting on the project, as well as Final Destination producers Practical Pictures and Grade A Entertainment. The latter two companies developed the script with director Gregg Bishop, who is set to helm.
As a pair, Collins and Piotrowski broke out with their 2017 indie hit Super Dark Times. Their latest feature, The Night House, starred Rebecca Hall as a widow who begins to uncover...
- 2/6/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Cast has been rounded out on The Seventh Day, the horror pic starring Guy Pearce and Mexican actor Vadhir Derbez in the story of a renowned exorcist who teams up with a rookie priest for his first day of training.
Joining them are Stephen Lang (Avatar), Keith David (The Thing), Chris Galust (Give Me Liberty), Robin Bartlett (City Of Angels), and Brady Jenness (The Sinner).
Lang will co-star as serious and deeply pious archbishop of the Catholic Diocese of New Orleans. David will portray Father Louis, a mentor to Father Peter (Pearce) in his youth. Bartlett is set to portray Helen, a New Orleans social worker. Galust will play young Father Peter, and Jenness will portray Charlie Giroux, a young boy accused of a heinous crime while allegedly under the influence of demonic possession.
The project is shooting next month in Dallas and New Orleans. Justin P. Lange is directing from his own script,...
Joining them are Stephen Lang (Avatar), Keith David (The Thing), Chris Galust (Give Me Liberty), Robin Bartlett (City Of Angels), and Brady Jenness (The Sinner).
Lang will co-star as serious and deeply pious archbishop of the Catholic Diocese of New Orleans. David will portray Father Louis, a mentor to Father Peter (Pearce) in his youth. Bartlett is set to portray Helen, a New Orleans social worker. Galust will play young Father Peter, and Jenness will portray Charlie Giroux, a young boy accused of a heinous crime while allegedly under the influence of demonic possession.
The project is shooting next month in Dallas and New Orleans. Justin P. Lange is directing from his own script,...
- 1/27/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Mike Colter has joined the cast of thriller pic Till Death, which is being helmed by Big Bad Wolves director Aharon Keshales.
As we revealed back in November, Jason Sudeikis and Evangeline Lilly are top-lining the project. Ahead of shooting this month in Texas, Shea Whigham (Joker), Jeremy Bobb (Russian Doll), Michael Paré (Streets Of Fire), and Amaury Nolasco (Prison Break) have rounded out the cast.
Universal Content Group has world distribution rights to the pic.
The film was written by Keshales, Navot Papushado and Kai Mark. It follows convicted felon Jimmy (Sudeikis) who gets early parole after serving twelve years for armed robbery. Upon his release from prison, he vows to give Annie (Lilly), his childhood love, now dying from cancer, the best last year of her life.
“The response to this project has been truly amazing. When you’re writing a script, you imagine...
As we revealed back in November, Jason Sudeikis and Evangeline Lilly are top-lining the project. Ahead of shooting this month in Texas, Shea Whigham (Joker), Jeremy Bobb (Russian Doll), Michael Paré (Streets Of Fire), and Amaury Nolasco (Prison Break) have rounded out the cast.
Universal Content Group has world distribution rights to the pic.
The film was written by Keshales, Navot Papushado and Kai Mark. It follows convicted felon Jimmy (Sudeikis) who gets early parole after serving twelve years for armed robbery. Upon his release from prison, he vows to give Annie (Lilly), his childhood love, now dying from cancer, the best last year of her life.
“The response to this project has been truly amazing. When you’re writing a script, you imagine...
- 1/17/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Vadhir Derbez, the Mexican actor whose credits include Netflix series Sense8 and the box office hit How To Be A Latin Lover, will co-star with Guy Pearce in Justin P. Lange’s exorcism horror movie The Seventh Day.
The project is being produced by Fangoria, the horror brand owned by Dallas-based producer Cinestate. Shoot is planned for February in Dallas and New Orleans.
Pitched as “Training Day meets The Exorcist,“ pic follows a renowned exorcist who teams up with a rookie priest for his first day of training. As they plunge deeper into hell on earth, the lines between good and evil blur, and their own demons emerge.
Lange is directing from his own script. His credits include 2018 Tribeca premiere The Dark, which was nominated for a Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best First Feature in 2019.
Dallas Sonnier (Dragged Across Concrete) and Amanda Presmyk (Vfw) are producing for Cinestate and Fangoria.
The project is being produced by Fangoria, the horror brand owned by Dallas-based producer Cinestate. Shoot is planned for February in Dallas and New Orleans.
Pitched as “Training Day meets The Exorcist,“ pic follows a renowned exorcist who teams up with a rookie priest for his first day of training. As they plunge deeper into hell on earth, the lines between good and evil blur, and their own demons emerge.
Lange is directing from his own script. His credits include 2018 Tribeca premiere The Dark, which was nominated for a Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best First Feature in 2019.
Dallas Sonnier (Dragged Across Concrete) and Amanda Presmyk (Vfw) are producing for Cinestate and Fangoria.
- 1/14/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: I hear that Jason Sudeikis and Evangeline Lilly have been cast in Till Death, the action thriller being helmed by Aharon Keshales, who co-directed 2013 breakout Israeli horror Big Bad Wolves.
In the film, convicted felon Jimmy gets early parole after serving twelve years for armed robbery. Upon his release, he vows to give Annie, his childhood love, now dying from cancer, the best last year of her life – unfortunately it’s not that simple. Keshales penned the script with Navot Papushado and Kai Mark.
The project comes from Dallas-based producers Cinestate and Arts District Entertainment, and is fully financed by London-based Media Finance Capital.
Uphe Content Group has already snapped up world rights to the package. Pic will go into production in January 2020.
SNL grad Sudeikis is making something of a genre departure on this high-octane action pic, following recent drama roles in Kodachrome and Driven, alongside his comedy work.
In the film, convicted felon Jimmy gets early parole after serving twelve years for armed robbery. Upon his release, he vows to give Annie, his childhood love, now dying from cancer, the best last year of her life – unfortunately it’s not that simple. Keshales penned the script with Navot Papushado and Kai Mark.
The project comes from Dallas-based producers Cinestate and Arts District Entertainment, and is fully financed by London-based Media Finance Capital.
Uphe Content Group has already snapped up world rights to the package. Pic will go into production in January 2020.
SNL grad Sudeikis is making something of a genre departure on this high-octane action pic, following recent drama roles in Kodachrome and Driven, alongside his comedy work.
- 11/6/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Guy Pearce is leading horror movie The Seventh Day for director Justin P. Lange and producers Cinestate and Fangoria.
Pitched as “Training Day meets The Exorcist“, pic follows a renowned exorcist who teams up with a rookie priest for his first day of training. As they plunge deeper into hell on earth, the lines between good and evil blur, and their own demons emerge.
Voltage Pictures is handling international sales and is shopping the pic at Afm this week.
Justin P. Lange will direct his own script, his credits include 2018 Tribeca premiere The Dark, which was nominated for a Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best First Feature in 2019.
Dallas Sonnier (Dragged Across Concrete) and Amanda Presmyk (Vfw) are producing for Cinestate and Fangoria. Kimberly Hwang (Lucky) and Chelsea Davenport are also producing.
Voltage Pictures CEO Nicolas Chartier and President and COO Jonathan Deckter are executive producing, alongside Adam Donaghey (A Ghost Story...
Pitched as “Training Day meets The Exorcist“, pic follows a renowned exorcist who teams up with a rookie priest for his first day of training. As they plunge deeper into hell on earth, the lines between good and evil blur, and their own demons emerge.
Voltage Pictures is handling international sales and is shopping the pic at Afm this week.
Justin P. Lange will direct his own script, his credits include 2018 Tribeca premiere The Dark, which was nominated for a Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best First Feature in 2019.
Dallas Sonnier (Dragged Across Concrete) and Amanda Presmyk (Vfw) are producing for Cinestate and Fangoria. Kimberly Hwang (Lucky) and Chelsea Davenport are also producing.
Voltage Pictures CEO Nicolas Chartier and President and COO Jonathan Deckter are executive producing, alongside Adam Donaghey (A Ghost Story...
- 11/6/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: OneWorld Entertainment, the Paris and La-based investment and production company set up last year by producing collective The Project and a trio of U.S. executives, has revealed its first full slate of features.
The company is led in Paris by Laurent Fumeron, Daniel Goroshko and Rodolphe Sanzé from producing collective The Project, with it U.S. division OneWorld Films in La headed up by producers Matt Bradley and Sharunya Varriale.
Financing is assured by the OneWorld Film Fund created last year and managed by Ron Bradley, founder and CEO of Pinnacle Advisors Group.
OneWorld Entertainment has to date co-produced Andrew Desmond’s The Sonata, which played festivals including Fantasporto, Bifan and FrightFest this year before selling to Screen Media for North America as well as France and Japan.
Next up for the company are four new genre features.
Happy Mutant Baby Pills is a thriller comedy based on the book by Jerry Stahl,...
The company is led in Paris by Laurent Fumeron, Daniel Goroshko and Rodolphe Sanzé from producing collective The Project, with it U.S. division OneWorld Films in La headed up by producers Matt Bradley and Sharunya Varriale.
Financing is assured by the OneWorld Film Fund created last year and managed by Ron Bradley, founder and CEO of Pinnacle Advisors Group.
OneWorld Entertainment has to date co-produced Andrew Desmond’s The Sonata, which played festivals including Fantasporto, Bifan and FrightFest this year before selling to Screen Media for North America as well as France and Japan.
Next up for the company are four new genre features.
Happy Mutant Baby Pills is a thriller comedy based on the book by Jerry Stahl,...
- 10/25/2019
- by Tom Grater and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: 13 Reasons Why star Devin Druid has been set to lead cast in horror-western The Pale Door, which is executive-produced by Cold In July novelist and co-producer Joe R. Lansdale. Production is under way in Oklahoma on the feature, which is repped for world sales by Amp International.
Author Lansdale is also a creative and script consultant on the film from writer-director Aaron B. Koontz (Camera Obscura). Pic follows a gang of cowboys and a mysterious woman who seek shelter in a seemingly uninhabited ghost town after a disastrous train robbery. Seeking help for their wounded leader they are surprised to stumble upon a welcoming brothel in the town’s square but soon discover that the town is home to a coven of witches and blood-thirsty wolves.
The ensemble cast includes Zachary Knighton (The Hitcher), Melora Walters (Magnolia), Bill Sage (We Are What We Are), Pat Healy (The Innkeepers), Stan Shaw (Rocky), Natasha Bassett, Noah Segan (Looper) and Tina Parker (Better Call Saul).
Script comes from Keith Lansdale, Cameron Burns and Koontz. Producers are Ashleigh Snead, Matthew Thomas, and Roman Dent, and Koontz and Burns for Paper Street Pictures. James Norrie and Inderpal Singh are also producing for Amp. David Guglielmo is casting director.
Director Koontz said, “I love the idea of mixing these two disparate worlds of horror and western, and to do so with the help of Joe and Keith Lansdale, feels like the perfect devil’s playground. It’s 3:10 To Yuma meets The Descent, but doused, and then set on fire with psychological horror. Once this gets going, it’s relentless.”
Amp’s Norrie commented, “Buyers are looking for high concept genre projects that stand out from the crowd. This is a film about cowboys battling witches. With rabid wolves and unholy ravens. The response from the market has been electric and we couldn’t be more excited to be involved.”
Druid was a breakout star in Netflix’s controversial hit 13 Reasons Why and will be returning as a key figure for season three as well as starring with Tom Hanks in upcoming historical-drama Greyhound. Knighton is a co-lead on Magnum P.I. for CBS.
Walters is a regular on the Hulu show Pen15 and Noah Segan will be seen in Rian Johnson’s upcoming crime caper Knives Out. Bill Sage can next be seen in sci-fi thriller The Wave.
Author Lansdale is also a creative and script consultant on the film from writer-director Aaron B. Koontz (Camera Obscura). Pic follows a gang of cowboys and a mysterious woman who seek shelter in a seemingly uninhabited ghost town after a disastrous train robbery. Seeking help for their wounded leader they are surprised to stumble upon a welcoming brothel in the town’s square but soon discover that the town is home to a coven of witches and blood-thirsty wolves.
The ensemble cast includes Zachary Knighton (The Hitcher), Melora Walters (Magnolia), Bill Sage (We Are What We Are), Pat Healy (The Innkeepers), Stan Shaw (Rocky), Natasha Bassett, Noah Segan (Looper) and Tina Parker (Better Call Saul).
Script comes from Keith Lansdale, Cameron Burns and Koontz. Producers are Ashleigh Snead, Matthew Thomas, and Roman Dent, and Koontz and Burns for Paper Street Pictures. James Norrie and Inderpal Singh are also producing for Amp. David Guglielmo is casting director.
Director Koontz said, “I love the idea of mixing these two disparate worlds of horror and western, and to do so with the help of Joe and Keith Lansdale, feels like the perfect devil’s playground. It’s 3:10 To Yuma meets The Descent, but doused, and then set on fire with psychological horror. Once this gets going, it’s relentless.”
Amp’s Norrie commented, “Buyers are looking for high concept genre projects that stand out from the crowd. This is a film about cowboys battling witches. With rabid wolves and unholy ravens. The response from the market has been electric and we couldn’t be more excited to be involved.”
Druid was a breakout star in Netflix’s controversial hit 13 Reasons Why and will be returning as a key figure for season three as well as starring with Tom Hanks in upcoming historical-drama Greyhound. Knighton is a co-lead on Magnum P.I. for CBS.
Walters is a regular on the Hulu show Pen15 and Noah Segan will be seen in Rian Johnson’s upcoming crime caper Knives Out. Bill Sage can next be seen in sci-fi thriller The Wave.
- 5/29/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Emmanuelle Chriqui, Analeigh Tipton star.
Los Angeles-based Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) leaves for Cannes with two female-led thrillers from Howard Barish’s Kandoo Films.
Peg has acquired international rights to Hospitality (pictured) starring Emmanuelle Chriqui and Broken Star with Analeigh Tipton as the leads.
Chriqui plays a mother with a checkered past in Hospitality; a mother who must protect her son when an ex-con (Sam Trammell) checks into her isolated bed and breakfast searching for money he stashed on her property years ago.
Jr Bourne, Conner McVicker, and Jim Beaver round out the key cast. Nick Chakwin and David Guglielmo wrote and directed the film,...
Los Angeles-based Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) leaves for Cannes with two female-led thrillers from Howard Barish’s Kandoo Films.
Peg has acquired international rights to Hospitality (pictured) starring Emmanuelle Chriqui and Broken Star with Analeigh Tipton as the leads.
Chriqui plays a mother with a checkered past in Hospitality; a mother who must protect her son when an ex-con (Sam Trammell) checks into her isolated bed and breakfast searching for money he stashed on her property years ago.
Jr Bourne, Conner McVicker, and Jim Beaver round out the key cast. Nick Chakwin and David Guglielmo wrote and directed the film,...
- 5/7/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Hospitality is a no holds barred indie thriller with compellingly memorable characters and a healthy dose of Americana pulp. It’s not horror, per se, but utilizes a number of horror elements which very effectively flavor this southern fried neo-noir with a fun, enjoyable eeriness. We sat down with writer/director duo, David Guglielmo and Nick Chakwin, […] The post Horror Business: Hospitality’s Writer/Director Duo on Indie Filmmaking appeared first on Dread Central.
- 2/4/2019
- by Nick Taylor
- DreadCentral.com
Creating an atmospheric setting that allows actors to truly delve into their characters’ emotions is a powerful motivator for any intriguing story. That’s certainly the case for writer-directors Nick Chakwin and David Guglielmo’s new movie, ‘Hospitality.’ The neo-noir thriller features damaged characters who are driven by their surroundings and circumstances to find something that will […]
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- 12/20/2018
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
In real life, we struggle to forget mistakes we have made and hope that our past misdeeds will never come back to haunt us. But the past can never be truly left behind, according to most movies I have seen. Written and directed by Nick Chakwin and David Guglielmo, Hospitality obeys that rule, though it does it so in a slowly-simmering manner that, befitting its title, is friendly, courteous and kind, at least until its true intentions are revealed. The story revolves around Donna (Emmanuelle Chriqui), the manager of a bed and breakfast operation in the middle of Nowhere, USA. The loving mother of Jimmy (Conner McVicker), a teenager with a cognitive deficit, Donna is a quiet-spoken, straightforward person, which makes her reluctant but willing...
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- 12/6/2018
- Screen Anarchy
"The less fortunate you are, the more desperate you are..." Kandoo Releasing has debuted the official trailer for an indie crime thriller titled Hospitality, the latest film by directors Nick Chakwin & David Guglielmo (No Way to Live). The story is about a former prostitute named Donna who has turned her brothel into a legitimate bed and breakfast, moving on from her old life. But troubles come around when an ex-con arrives to collect what he has been hiding in the place. Of course, he's not the only one looking for it. Emmanuelle Chriqui stars as Donna, with a small cast including Conner McVicker, Sam Trammell, Jr Bourne, and Jim Beaver. This looks like a sneaky, noir thriller with some interesting twists and turns. Take a look. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Nick Chakwin & David Guglielmo's Hospitality, from YouTube: Former prostitute Donna (Emmanuelle Chriqui) turned her brothel into a legitimate bed and breakfast,...
- 10/31/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Freya Tingley in ‘The Sonata.’
Freya Tingley will play the lead in first-time Us director Ali Presley Paras’ mystery-thriller Year of the Detectives, which starts shooting in Los Angeles this month.
The Aussie actor describes her character Nic O’Connell, a recently discharged Army veteran, as “like a grenade with the pin pulled: she’s tomboyish, tough and not afraid of a fight.”
O’Connell jointly inherits her grandfather’s private detective agency in the heart of Chinatown. She must set aside her differences with her co-inheritor (True Grit’s Paul Rae) to solve the mystery of her grandparents’ deaths as bodies pile up.
Chris Johnson wrote the script and the producer is Silversmith Pictures’ Joe Smith. A longtime assistant cameraman, Paras has directed several shorts including Quad, which is available on Hulu as part of the Fun Size Horror anthology.
“I’m pretty well versed in classic films so...
Freya Tingley will play the lead in first-time Us director Ali Presley Paras’ mystery-thriller Year of the Detectives, which starts shooting in Los Angeles this month.
The Aussie actor describes her character Nic O’Connell, a recently discharged Army veteran, as “like a grenade with the pin pulled: she’s tomboyish, tough and not afraid of a fight.”
O’Connell jointly inherits her grandfather’s private detective agency in the heart of Chinatown. She must set aside her differences with her co-inheritor (True Grit’s Paul Rae) to solve the mystery of her grandparents’ deaths as bodies pile up.
Chris Johnson wrote the script and the producer is Silversmith Pictures’ Joe Smith. A longtime assistant cameraman, Paras has directed several shorts including Quad, which is available on Hulu as part of the Fun Size Horror anthology.
“I’m pretty well versed in classic films so...
- 10/15/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
In today’s film news roundup, Adrian Grenier and Mya Taylor join “Stage Mother,” Steve Coogan teams up with Michael Winterbottom and Kandoo Releasing launches. Castings Film Mode Entertainment and Branded Pictures Entertainment have added Adrian Grenier and Mya Taylor (“Tangerine”) to the cast of the drama-comedy “Stage Mother.” Jacki Weaver and Lucy Liu have been previously announced as starring in “Stage Mother,” set in the drag world of San Francisco. The film is set to go into production on Sept. 14 with much of the filming to take place in Nova Scotia. Rights for the film are for sale at the Toronto International Film Festival. Film Mode Entertainment’s Clay Epstein and Branded Pictures Entertainment founder and producer J. Todd Harris announced the project at the Cannes Film Festival. Grenier is best known for his starring role in “Entourage.” Taylor won the Gotham Award for “Breakthrough Actor” for her performance...
- 9/8/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Producer’s first release will be Hospitality on December 7.
Howard Barish’s Los Angeles-based production outfit Kandoo Films announced in Toronto it has launched a distribution arm and kicks off with Emmanuelle Chriqui and Sam Trammell star in Hospitality.
Kandoo Releasing will orchestrate theatrical and digital day-and-date releases. Hospitality has been set for December 7 and is about a mother with a chequered past who must protect her son when a dangerous man checks into her bed and breakfast. Nick Chakwin and David Guglielmo wrote and directed.
The slate includes human trafficking drama Skin In The Game from first-time director Adisa,...
Howard Barish’s Los Angeles-based production outfit Kandoo Films announced in Toronto it has launched a distribution arm and kicks off with Emmanuelle Chriqui and Sam Trammell star in Hospitality.
Kandoo Releasing will orchestrate theatrical and digital day-and-date releases. Hospitality has been set for December 7 and is about a mother with a chequered past who must protect her son when a dangerous man checks into her bed and breakfast. Nick Chakwin and David Guglielmo wrote and directed.
The slate includes human trafficking drama Skin In The Game from first-time director Adisa,...
- 9/7/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Kandoo Films, the Los Angeles-based production company run by 13th and Middle of Nowhere producer Howard Barish, is launching a distribution arm Kandoo Releasing and has set up its first projects under the new venture: with the noir thriller Hospitality starring Emmanuelle Chriqui and Sam Trammell which will now bow day-and-date December 7.
The plan for Kandoo Releasing is to distribute an eclectic slate of indie films from emerging and diverse artists with day-and-date theatrical and VOD/digital releases.
“Our goal is to create a more direct connection from filmmaker to viewer, providing audiences with the unfiltered film viewing experiences they crave,” said Barish, who is at the Toronto Film Festival that launched Thursday to screen potential films for pickup. “By focusing on this niche market, Kandoo Releasing will foster a home for passionate rising filmmakers and help quality independent films find their audience. Our boutique agency approach will allow...
The plan for Kandoo Releasing is to distribute an eclectic slate of indie films from emerging and diverse artists with day-and-date theatrical and VOD/digital releases.
“Our goal is to create a more direct connection from filmmaker to viewer, providing audiences with the unfiltered film viewing experiences they crave,” said Barish, who is at the Toronto Film Festival that launched Thursday to screen potential films for pickup. “By focusing on this niche market, Kandoo Releasing will foster a home for passionate rising filmmakers and help quality independent films find their audience. Our boutique agency approach will allow...
- 9/7/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Every now and again, you may encounter a genre-defying movie that surpasses your wildest expectations but remains extremely hard to adequately describe. I personally consider Nick Chakwin and David Guglielmo‘s thrilling mashup of Neo-Noir and Southern Gothic storytelling, No Way to Live, as one of these remarkable films. No Way to Live stars Tom Williamson […]...
- 8/2/2017
- by Luiz H. C.
- bloody-disgusting.com
The 2nd annual PollyGrind assaults Las Vegas during an epic length film festival that runs Oct. 8-17 at Theatre 7 with enough sleaze and violence to make Sin City residents feel right at home.
Actually, the fest does open up on the 7th with a concert at Neon Venus with local acts like Monster Zero, Creepersin and many more.
However, the film portion of the fest opens on the 8th with Stuart Simpson‘s acclaimed Australian gorefest El Monstro Del Mar!, one of the best Russ Meyer/Roger Corman mash-ups with a Down Under twist. Read the Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film review of this gem here.
Other Bad Lit favorites in the lineup are Drew Bolduc and Dan Nelson‘s The Taint, which is still completely grossing out audiences on the festival circuit, and The Uh-Oh Show, the splatter-filled horror comedy by the Godfather of Gore himself Herschell Gordon Lewis.
Actually, the fest does open up on the 7th with a concert at Neon Venus with local acts like Monster Zero, Creepersin and many more.
However, the film portion of the fest opens on the 8th with Stuart Simpson‘s acclaimed Australian gorefest El Monstro Del Mar!, one of the best Russ Meyer/Roger Corman mash-ups with a Down Under twist. Read the Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film review of this gem here.
Other Bad Lit favorites in the lineup are Drew Bolduc and Dan Nelson‘s The Taint, which is still completely grossing out audiences on the festival circuit, and The Uh-Oh Show, the splatter-filled horror comedy by the Godfather of Gore himself Herschell Gordon Lewis.
- 10/6/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
For most of the general viewing audience, the phrase .Spaghetti Western. conjures on of two reactions: one of nostalgia for a relatively lost genre of filmmaking, prevalent in the 1960.s and 70.s; or one of befuddled curiosity with a side of amused disbelief spurred by the name alone. Younger generations may not even be aware of the sheer joy of the unique classics, both domestic and foreign, that the more seasoned movie lovers experienced from the likes of Sergio Leone and a young Clint Eastwood, just to name a couple.
A few attempts have been made by filmmakers over the past decade or so to reintroduce new fans to the genre, mostly being foreign filmmakers, such as Takashi Miike.s Sukiyaki Western Django, or Jee-woon Kim.s The Good, The Bad, And The Weird. Regrettably, the spaghetti western has somehow slipped the minds on American filmmakers. until now.
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A few attempts have been made by filmmakers over the past decade or so to reintroduce new fans to the genre, mostly being foreign filmmakers, such as Takashi Miike.s Sukiyaki Western Django, or Jee-woon Kim.s The Good, The Bad, And The Weird. Regrettably, the spaghetti western has somehow slipped the minds on American filmmakers. until now.
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- 4/28/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Why Watch? Because there’s something so absurd and so damned serious about this short. The main character is a milk-drinking bad ass who don’t take no lip from anyone, but my favorite character has to be the bartender. Clever cursing is always welcome. There’s also nothing wrong with Grindhouse meeting Western head on with a six shooter in each hand. Some of the acting is a bit melodramatic, but what else can you expect with Westploitation? Let the blood hit the saloon floor. What Will It Cost? Just 18 minutes of your time. Does it get better any better than that? Check out Damn Your Eyes for yourself: Damn Your Eyes (2009) Written and Directed by: David Guglielmo Starring: Jakob Von Eichel, Marisa Costa, Ray Reynolds, Angelo Angrisani, and Bud Stafford Trust us. You have time for more short films.
- 4/7/2011
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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