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Shot in St. Louis by former St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase award-winner Cody Stokes, The Ghost Who Walks is a huge hit currently on Netflix. It’s breathlessly paced ride through the hidden underbelly of the city. After five years in prison, Nolan (Garland Scott) is given his freedom, but his release required that he rat on his former boss — a betrayal that carries a death sentence. Nolan must now scramble to find his ex, Lena (Alexia Rasmussen), and the 5-year-old daughter he’s never met before Donnie (Gil Darnell) can track him down and kill him. Nolan’s quest is simple: Put his family back together and escape. But to build a better future, Nolan first must face his past in all its forms. Can Nolan survive the night? Or is he already a ghost, doomed from the moment the prison doors opened?

Cody Stokes took the time to talk...

The Ghost Who Walks will screen at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar) Friday, Nov 15 at 9:30pmas part of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival.Writer and Director Cody Stokes and producer Dan Gartner will be in attendance and will host a post-screening Q&a. Ticket information can be found Here

Shot in St. Louis by former St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase award-winner Cody Stokes, The Ghost Who Walks is a breathlessly paced ride through the hidden underbelly of the city. After five years in prison, Nolan (Garland Scott) is given his freedom, but his release required that he rat on his former boss — a betrayal that carries a death sentence. Nolan must now scramble to find his ex, Lena (Alexia Rasmussen), and the 5-year-old daughter he’s never met before Donnie (Gil Darnell) can track him down and kill him. Nolan’s quest is simple: Put his family back together and escape.

The Ghost Who Walks will screen at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar) Friday, Nov 15 at 9:30pm as part of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival. Writer and Director Cody Stokes and producer Dan Gartner will be in attendance and will host a post-screening Q&a. Ticket information can be found Here

Shot in St. Louis by former St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase award-winner Cody Stokes, The Ghost Who Walks is a breathlessly paced ride through the hidden underbelly of the city. After five years in prison, Nolan (Garland Scott) is given his freedom, but his release required that he rat on his former boss — a betrayal that carries a death sentence. Nolan must now scramble to find his ex, Lena (Alexia Rasmussen), and the 5-year-old daughter he’s never met before Donnie (Gil Darnell) can track him down and kill him. Nolan’s quest is simple: Put his family back together and escape.

"If I was you, kid, I'd run like hell..." Ghost Walker Films has released the official trailer for an indie crime drama titled The Ghost Who Walks, the feature directorial debut of filmmaker / cinematographer Cody Stokes. This is playing at the Sidewalk Film Festival in Alabama coming up this month, and is still looking for a distributor after premiering this summer. This "action-packed tale of redemption" is about a criminal fresh out of jail who rats out his former boss for one last chance to reunite his family and become the father he never was. Garland Scott stars, along with Frank Mosley, Alexia Rasmussen, Gil Darnell, Dasha Nekrasova, Nattalyee Randall, Linda Kennedy, and Peter Mayer. The plot isn't that original, but the film looks like it has an energy and vibrant style that sets it apart from everything else. And it's an awesome trailer with some seriously slick, intense editing at the end.

Cody Stokes first came onto our radar back in 2014 as co-writer, editor, and cinematographer of Nathan Silver’s Uncertain Terms, and now he’s completed his directorial feature debut The Ghost Who Walks. A stylish, holiday-set crime thriller-meets-family drama, it’s set to make its world premiere at the Sidewalk Film Festival this month and we’re pleased to exclusively premiere the trailer.

“When I talk about my film The Ghost Who Walks, my elevator pitch is that it’s Carlito’s Way meets It’s a Wonderful Life,” says Stokes. “It’s a Christmas film, a crime thriller, and a family drama all rolled into one. Then doused in hard liquor and covered with broken glass.”

In developing the story of an imprisoned criminal who rats out his former boss for one last chance to reunite his family and become the father he never was, Stokes says “I came...

Dean Winchester, you deserve more than just pie for killing Hitler.

I must confess, I went into Thursday’s Supernatural episode with some trepidation and a heavy heart in light of recent real world events. The Nazi necromancer-filled hour, which was crafted months ago, found itself playing out during a weird confluence of feelings on my part. (These are confusing times, Ok?)

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The CW series is hardly the first program to tackle a Nazi-related plot recently (see: Legends of Tomorrow,...

This Thursday’s Bones (Fox, 8/7c) has all the ingredients necessary for ‘shipper heartbreak: a marriage in trouble and a handsome third party.

PhotosMay Sweeps/Finale Scoop on Bones and 23 Other Shows

Photographer Sebastian Kohl (guest star Gil Darnell) visits mentee Angela at the Jeffersonian in this exclusive video and suggests they meet at his private studio next time — but why?

Angie surmises that he just doesn’t want to run into his ex, Cam. Her thinking is logical, but could the invite have more to do with the artist than her boss? Given certain recent marital struggles — Hodgins is pushing his wife away,...

Official episodic photos for Bones season 11 episode 9, "The Cowboy in the Contest," and episode 10, "The Doom in the Boom," the two-hour winter finale airing Thursday, December 10.

From Fox: "To solve a murder, Brennan and Booth go undercover at an Old West-style shooting competition, while Angela and Hodgins discuss the future of their family and Cam gets close with photographer Sebastian Kohl (guest star Gil Darnell). Then, the team investigates the murder of a police officer that sends shockwaves through both the Jeffersonian and FBI teams. Behavioral analyst Leslie Green (guest star Sara Rue) is assigned to work with Booth on the investigation and lends her professional assessments on who the cop killer could be, while Cam must make some decisions in her personal life and the entire team re-evaluates what is truly important to them."...

Recently, Fox served up the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Bones" episode 7 of season 11. The episode is entitled, "The Promise in the Palace," and it turns out that we're going to see some pretty interesting stuff take place as the murder of a magician, prompts the Jeffersonian crew to investigate, and more! In the new, 7th episode press release: The Team Investigates The Murder Of A Magician Who Couldn't Escape Death On An All-new "Bones" Thursday, November 12, On Fox. Press release number 2: The team will investigate the murder of an escape artist whose body is found in the woods. They will discover that the victim worked at the Magic Palace, and had some secret activities in the works that might have made him enemies in the magic community. In the meantime, Brennan and Booth will poll their friends as to whether or not the tooth fairy should visit Christine,...

Official episodic photos for Bones season 11 episode 7, "The Promise in the Palace," airing Thursday, November 12.

From Fox: "The team investigates the murder of an escape artist whose body is found in the woods. They discover that the victim worked at the Magic Palace, and had some secret activities in the works that might have made him enemies in the magic community. Meanwhile, Brennan and Booth poll their friends as to whether or not the tooth fairy should visit Christine, and Angela continues to work with Sebastian Kohl (guest star Gil Darnell) on her photography."...

Set on the Eastern front in 1944, Soldiers of the Damned follows Major Kurt Fleischer, (Gil Darnell), war-weary commander of an elite troop of German soldiers, after he is ordered to escort a female scientist (Miriam Cooke) into a mysterious forest behind enemy lines to retrieve an ancient relic. As his men begin to disappear in strange circumstances Fleischer realises that the scientist is part of the Nazis’ occult department and there is something in the forest that is far more deadly than the Russians.

Soldiers of the Damned also stars Lucas Hansen (The Human Centipede 2) and Nicky Bell (Awaydays) and marks the debut feature for TV, commercial and music video director, Mark Nuttall. Thanks to our friends at Safecracker Pictures, and in celebration of the films UK release on Monday August 17th, we have 5 DVDs to giveaway!

Soldiers of the Damned is available to pre-order on Amazon now.

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Following the release of the first trailer and poster, Viking Film and Blackdog Productions have debuted new artwork (pictured below) for their film Soldiers of the Damned on the films official Facebook page.

Set on the Eastern front in 1944, the film follows Major Kurt Fleischer, (Gil Darnell), war-weary commander of an elite troop of German soldiers, after he is ordered to escort a female scientist (Miriam Cooke) into a mysterious forest behind enemy lines to retrieve an ancient relic. As his men begin to disappear in strange circumstances Fleischer realises that the scientist is part of the Nazis’ occult department and there is something in the forest that is far more deadly than the Russians.

The film also stars Lucas Hansen (The Human Centipede 2) and Nicky Bell (Awaydays) and marks the debut feature for TV, commercial and music video director, Mark Nuttall.

Following the debut of the hilarious promo clip for the film, Viking Film and Blackdog Productions have released the official trailer, poster and a handful of images from their horror film Soldiers of the Damned.

Set on the Eastern front in 1944, the film follows Major Kurt Fleischer, (Gil Darnell), war-weary commander of an elite troop of German soldiers, after he is ordered to escort a female scientist (Miriam Cooke) into a mysterious forest behind enemy lines to retrieve an ancient relic. As his men begin to disappear in strange circumstances Fleischer realises that the scientist is part of the Nazis’ occult department and there is something in the forest that is far more deadly than the Russians.

The film also stars Lucas Hansen (The Human Centipede 2) and Nicky Bell (Awaydays) and marks the debut feature for TV, commercial and music video director, Mark Nuttall. Check out the official trailer, poster...

Recently, CW served up the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Reign" episode 14 of season 2. The episode is entitled, "The End of Mourning," and it turns out that we're going to see some intense drama take place when Mary gets forced to resolve her feelings for Conde after secrets get exposed, and more! In the new, 14th episode press release: Mary is going to have to resolve her feelings for Conde. Press release number 2: As Mary (Adelaide Kane) and Francis (Toby Regbo) investigate who was behind the poisoning of King Henry (Alan Van Sprang), they are going to unearth secrets of the past which will force Mary to confront her feelings for Condé (Sean Teale) as she attempts to move forward. Catherine (Megan Follows) will find herself in the middle of a romantic triangle when the Duke of Guise (guest star Gil Darnell) returns, which is going to...

"The End of Mourning" -- As Mary (Adelaide Kane) and Francis (Toby Regbo) investigate who was behind the poisoning of King Henry (Alan Van Sprang), they unearth secrets of the past which force Mary to confront her feelings for Conde (Sean Teale) as she attempts to move forward. Catherine (Megan Follows) finds herself in the middle of a romantic triangle when the Duke of Guise (guest star Gil Darnell) returns, which forces Narcisse (Craig Parker) to commit a hideous act out of desperation. Meanwhile, Greer (Celina Sinden) finds herself in a situation she never fathomed in order to survive. Rose Williams, Caitlin Stasey, Torrance Coombs, Jonathan Keltz and Anna Popplewell also star. Nathaniel Goodman directed the episode written by Laurie McCarthy and Nancy Won. Original airdate 2/12/2015.

Exclusive: Screen award-winner among seven features funded by Lithuanian Film Centre (Lfc).

Kristijonas Vildziunas’ Seneca’s Day, winner of the Screen International best pitch award at last December’s Baltic Event, is one of seven projects - six features and one short - funded by the Lithuanian Film Centre (Lfc) with a total of 4.5m Ltl (€1.3m) this spring.

Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily during last week’s Vilnius International Film Festival, Vildziunas and his producer Uljana Kim of Studio Uljana Kim said that the film received 1.6m Ltl (€463,300) - 1.4m Ltl (€405,400) for 2014 and a recommendation of 200,000 Ltl (€57,920) for postproduction in 2015.

¨According to our financing plan, we’ll apply this autumn to the Lfc in order to complete the financing as now we still Have a gap for production and postproduction of 400,000 Ltl (€115,840),¨ Kim explained.

She revealed that the film’s Latvian co-producer Roberts Vinovskis of Locomotive Productions is participating in the production stage with camera and other...

There’s no new “Reign” tonight, but The CW gods have given us a consolation prize in the form of new stills fro the April 24th new episode, titled “Toy Soldiers.” There’s nothing much to give away in the stills themselves, except for Mary (Adelaide Kane), Kenna (Caitlin Stasey) and Greer (Celina Sinden) looking beautiful in the snow, but the official episode description is quite juicy as marriages come together and fall apart. For Love Or Country — When Mary’s uncle, the Duke of Guise (guest star Gil Darnell), arrives in France with devastating news about her mother, Mary (Adelaide Kane) [...]

The post TV: Things Get Chilly in New Stills from ‘Reign’ Episode 1.19 appeared first on Up and Comers.

Content has introduced Efm buyers to Emilis Velyvis’ all-time Lithuanian box office smash Redirected starring Vinnie Jones.

The UK-Lithuanian action comedy centres on the misadventures of four first-time robbers as they make their way home from Eastern Europe.

Velyvis co-wrote the screenplay with Jonas Banys. The cast includes Scot Williams, Gil Darnell and Oliver Jackson.

Asta Liukaityte, Daiva Jovaisiene, Donatas Simukauskas and Norbertas Pranckus produced and Jacqueline Quella and David Boaretto served as executive producers.

“Emilis knocks it out of the park with his virtuoso action and hysterical comedy,” said Content’s Jamie Carmichael. “It really is lightning in a bottle. Redirected is a box office champion at home and we’re convinced that the film can punch it’s way into cinemas everywhere.”

Among Content’s Efm sales slate are Steve McQueen documentary The Man & Le Mans; supernatural heist thriller The Trust; and psychological horror Don’t Knock Twice.n...

World War II was home to many real life horrors, so it only makes sense that this tumultuous time in our history serve as the backdrop for so many horror properties. Read on for details on the latest, Soldiers of the Damned.

Blackdog Productions and Viking Film and Television have wrapped principal photography on psychological horror Soldiers of the Damned, which was shot over five weeks on location in the Lake District, UK.

Synopsis:

The feature, set on the Eastern front in 1944, follows Major Kurt Fleischer (Gil Darnell), a war-weary commander of an elite troop of German soldiers, after he is ordered to escort a female scientist (Miriam Cooke) into a mysterious forest behind enemy lines to retrieve an ancient relic.

As his men begin to disappear under strange circumstances, Fleischer realizes that the scientist is part of the Nazis’ occult department and there is something in the forest that...

Soldiers of the Damned is the title of a new UK horror film set against the backdrop of World War II.  Screen Daily says that shooting has been completed.  That's official still from the production you're looking at to the left.

According to the site, "The feature, set on the Eastern front in 1944, follows Major Kurt Fleischer (Gil Darnell), a war-weary commander of an elite troop of German soldiers, after he is ordered to escort a female scientist (Miriam Cooke) into a mysterious forest behind enemy lines to retrieve an ancient relic."

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Psychological horror set during the Second World War wraps shoot.

Blackdog Productions and Viking Film and Television have wrapped principal photography on psychological horror Soldiers of the Damned, which was shot over five weeks on location in the Lake District, UK.

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Soldiers of the Damned

The feature, set on the Eastern front in 1944, follows Major Kurt Fleischer (Gil Darnell), a war-weary commander of an elite troop of German soldiers, after he is ordered to escort a female scientist (Miriam Cooke) into a mysterious forest behind enemy lines to retrieve an ancient relic.

As his men begin to disappear in strange circumstances Fleischer realises that the scientist is part of the Nazis’ occult department and there is something in the forest that is far more deadly than the Russians.

The film also stars Lucas Hansen (The Human Centipede 2) and Nicky Bell. It marks the debut feature for TV, commercial and music...

Sneak Peek the new trailer from the upcoming UK crime thriller "All Things To All Men", written and directed by George Isaac, starring Gabriel Byrne, Rufus Sewell, Toby Stephens, Elsa Pataky, Gil Darnell, Leo Gregory, Mc Harvey, Pierre Mascolo and Julian Sands:

"...a thief is caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a maverick cop and a London crime boss..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek :"All Things To All Men"...