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Yesterday, we shared the news that season 2 of the Apple TV+ thriller series Surface, which stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, is set to premiere on Friday, February 21st. Now, Variety reports that Mbatha-Raw has signed on to star in a thriller mini-series called Inheritance, a Sky Original. Jonny Lee Miller (Covenant), Sheldon Shepherd (Bob Marley: One Love), and Bel Powley (The Morning Show) star alongside Mbatha-Raw.

Written and created by Karla Crome (Carnival Row) from an original idea by Jefferson Bannis, Inheritance is being directed by Storm Saulter (Sprinter) and produced by Snowed-In Productions, in association with Sky Studios. The show is described as being a five-part limited event series that takes place in Bristol, U.K. and Jamaica, and it will tackle the enduring legacy of colonialism. Mbatha-Raw is taking on the role of Claudia, an ambitious young bi-racial lawyer who embarks on a journey to Jamaica to challenge an...

Gugu Mbatha-Raw (“Surface”) will star opposite Jonny Lee Miller (“Covenant”), Sheldon Shepherd (“Bob Marley: One Love”) and Bel Powley (“The Morning Show”) in “Inheritance,” a Sky Original thriller from Karla Crome (“Carnival Row”).

Set in Bristol, U.K. and Jamaica, “Inheritance” is a five-part limited event series tackling the enduring legacy of colonialism. Soon entering production, the mini-series is directed by Storm Saulter (“Sprinter”) and produced by Snowed-In Productions, in association with Sky Studios.

Mbatha-Raw stars as Claudia, an ambitious young bi-racial lawyer who embarks on a journey to Jamaica to challenge an inheritance claim filed by an unknown local resident, Cudjoe East (Sheldon Shepherd), against Oliver Connaught (Jonny Lee-Miller), a wealthy white aristocrat.

Claudia’s “quest takes an unexpected turn when the contested estate reveals the ominous house that has haunted her nightmares: the Connaught family’s Jamaican plantation, Hope Hill. As Claudia and Oliver investigate, they uncover a...

Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jonny Lee Miller, Sheldon Shepherd and Bel Powley will star in a new Sky Original thriller Inheritance.

From writer-actor Karla Crome (Am I Being Unreasonable, Carnival Row) and set in Bristol, U.K. and Jamaica, Inheritance is a five-part limited event series directed by Storm Saulter (Better Mus’ Come, Sprinter) and produced by Snowed-In Productions in association with Sky Studios.

Claudia (Mbatha-Raw), an ambitious young lawyer, embarks on a journey to Jamaica to challenge an inheritance claim filed by an unknown local resident, Cudjoe East (Shepherd), against Oliver Connaught (Lee Miller), a wealthy white aristocrat.

Her quest takes an unexpected turn when the contested estate reveals the ominous house that has haunted her nightmares: the Connaught family’s Jamaican plantation, Hope Hill. As Claudia and Oliver investigate, they uncover a chilling connection between historical horrors and present-day injustices. Inheritance is pegged as “an ambitious genre-bending series that boldly...

“What you think about girls’ boxing?” The man asking that is Jason Crutchfield (Brian Tyree Henry), the coach of a boys’ boxing club in Flint, Michigan. It’s 2012, and five years before he’d allowed one girl to join his club (even though it was against protocol): a coiled 11-year-old scowler named Claressa Shields, played by Jazmin Headley and then, as she grows up, by Ryan Destiny.

Claressa, the heroine of “The Fire Inside,” has the dogged determination to pummel her way into the ring. It’s not as if she talks her way in — Claressa, as we learn, doesn’t say much. She speaks with her fists. And one of the reasons she’s so brilliant at using them is that, by her own admission, she likes to hit people. She’s a bully, and owns it. She’s coming from a place of severe hardship: father behind bars,...

"What happened to staying true to who you are?" Amazon MGM Studios has unveiled the official trailer for The Fire Inside, formerly known as Flint Strong, telling the story of boxer Claressa Shields as trains to box in the 2012 Summer Olympics. This recently premiered at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival this fall, and it will open in theaters on Christmas Day in December at the end of this year. "To change everything, she gave everything." The Fire Inside is story of Claressa "T-Rex" Shields, a boxer from Flint, Michigan who trained to become the first woman in her country's history to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport. It's based on the documentary called T-Rex, and features a screenplay written by Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins. It's directed by cinematographer Rachel Morrison. Ryan Destiny as Claressa, Brian Tyree Henry as her trainer Jason Crutchfield, with Oluniké Adeliyi and De'Adre Aziza.

MGM brings the story of boxing champion Claressa Shields to the big screen in “The Fire Inside,” a biopic due out on Christmas Day. The film stars “Grown-ish” star Ryan Destiny as Shields and is directed by Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rachel Morrison in her feature directorial debut.

Destiny demands the viewer’s attention in the movie’s first trailer. The film tells the story of Shields’ journey from her hometown of Flint, Michigan, to the Olympics — and what happened after her success, when she was forced to grapple with the pressure of providing for her family.

Shields, who at 17 as the youngest boxer at the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2012, won gold medals at both the 2012 Olympics in London and the 2016 Olympics in Rio. She was also the first American woman to win a gold medal in boxing at the Games.

She went pro after the 2016 Games and joined the Professional Fighters League...

We’re only halfway through Rachel Morrison’s feature directorial debut, “The Fire Inside,” when the biopic’s subject, Olympic boxer Claressa “T-Rex” Shields (rising actress Ryan Destiny), wins her first gold medal. And, perhaps you’re thinking, then what? Such is the thrust of the longtime cinematographer’s long-gestating directorial debut, a passion project the “Mudbound” and “Black Panther” Dp has been trying to get made for years. What happens after you reach the ostensible peak of your career?

For the real-life Shields, who won her first gold medal at the tender age of 17 at the 2012 Olympics, that question lingered for years. In Morrison’s film, scripted by her frequent collaborator Barry Jenkins, it only really sticks for the film’s second half. And while some of the concerns that take hold during that period of her life — financial, emotional, professional — are often handled in a surprisingly messy way by the normally precise Jenkins,...

Director Karen Chapman tackles the horror of domestic violence in Village Keeper, but not from the perspective of an abused wife having to fight off or flee an insecure or jealous husband’s violent explosions.

Her narrative feature debut, which has its world premiere at TIFF on Sept. 11, has Beverly-Jean, an abused wife played by Olunike Adeliyi, making no calls to police or crisis centers, nor enduring a life of emotional or physical abuse in silence.

If anything, Beverly-Jean’s oppressive husband appears only fleetingly in flashbacks and, Chapman adds, may well have suffered from inherited trauma himself.

“This is the complicated nature of loving someone who hurts you,” she says. “It’s not as black and white as, ‘He’s bad.’ He did something wrong, though something wrong probably happened to him too, which is why he treats people that way. So how do we stop that cycle?”

Despite displaying no physical bruises,...

The Toronto Film Festival has made its final lineup announcement for its 2024 edition, to include a North American premiere of Francis Ford Coppola’s dystopian epic Megalopolis and a world bow for Driven director Nick Hamm’s medieval action drama William Tell.

Both movies, including the Cannes-bowing Megalopolis, will get a Gala premiere at Roy Thomson Hall. William Tell, set in 1307 and adapting Friedrich Schiller’s play, stars Danish actor Claes Bang as huntsman Tell, Ben Kingsley as King Albrecht, Rafe Spall as Stauffacher and Jonathan Pryce as Attinghausen.

Toronto, which will feature in all 278 films for its 49th edition, has also booked Special Presentations slots for another 12 titles. That includes world premieres for Daniel Minahan’s period drama On Swift Horses, to star Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi and Will Poulter; John Maggio’s Paul Anka: His Way biopic; Max Minghella’s dark comedy Shell, starring Elisabeth Moss, Kate Hudson...

Exclusive: XYZ Films has acquired U.S. and Australia/Nz rights to distribute the TIFF sports drama Backspot, directed by first-time feature filmmaker D.W. Waterson and starring Devery Jacobs (Reservation Dogs) and Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld).

XYZ Films will release the film domestically and has set a theatrical release for spring of 2024.

The rights deal was negotiated by UTA Independent Film Group with James Emanuel Shapiro from XYZ Films.

In the film, an ambitious cheerleader (Jacobs) faces both new adversity and the increased drive for perfection and triumph when she and her girlfriend are selected for an all-star cheer squad with an overbearing head coach (Evan Rachel Wood).

The film was written by Joanne Sarazen with a story by D.W. Waterson, and is produced by Alona Metzer, D.W. Waterson, Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs and Martin Katz, and is executive-produced by Elliot Page, Matthew Jordan Smith, J.C. Davidson and Katisha Shaw,...

Exclusive: Filming is due to get underway next week in Canada on indie feature Morningside, which will star singer-songwriter and two-time Juno Award winner Fefe Dobson, Lovell Adams-Gray (Power Book II: Ghost), Kiana Madeira (Fear Street series), Alex Mallari Jr. (Ginny and Georgia), Joanne Jansen (Shadowhunters), Olunike Adeliyi (The Porter) and Brandon McKnight (The Flash).

Writer-director Ron Dias (Bite of a Mango) and actress-writer Joanne Jansen, both of Toronto-based production company Ron & Aussie, are teaming up on Morningside which will chart the intertwining lives within Scarborough’s Morningside community center. The film will chart personal struggles, relationships, and societal challenges faced by the diverse set of characters amid the looming threat of gentrification.

The project will be distributed in the U.S. on SVOD by AMC’s All Blk, which contributed funding, alongside private investors.

“Our commitment to reshaping the narrative and authentically portraying the resilience of the Scarborough community remains steadfast within Morningside,...

Principal photography has kicked off on “Backspot,” the upcoming queer cheerleading film starring Devery Jacobs (“Reservation Dogs”) and newcomer Kudakwashe Rutendo as the leads. It will mark helmer D.W. Waterson (“That’s My DJ”) directorial feature debut. The film is expected to shoot until mid-March in the Toronto area.

The film hails from Elliot Page’s Page Boy Productions, Night is Y and Prospero Pictures, and was written by Joanne Sarazen, based on a story by Waterson. Page, Matthew Jordan Smith, John Davidson, and Katisha Shaw executive produce; Alona Metzer, Waterson, Jacobs and Martin Katz board as producers.

“Backspot” revolves around two young cheerleaders, Riley (Jacobs) and Amanda (Rutendo). Both are impressive members of their mid-level cheerleading squad until a professional coach gives them a chance to level up with The Thunderhawks. There, they must learn to “negotiate their space, find their voices, and come to an understanding with the...

Netflix and Blumhouse have parted ways with Lexi Alexander’s “Absolute Dominion,” a sci-fi martial arts film led by Patton Oswalt, Alex Winter and Julie Ann Emery.

An insider confirmed that Netflix will no longer distribute the film, while Blumhouse is no longer attached as a producer. Though the decision wasn’t easy, said the insider, they support Alexander finding another distributor.

Set in 2085, the movie centers on a futuristic martial arts tournament in which the victor wins absolute dominion for one religion. Greenlit by Netflix in April of this year, the Nevada shoot wrapped in August and the film is now in post-production.

Writer-director-producer Alexander did not directly comment on the decision. However, she retweeted the news with the message “Don’t worry, it’s not bad news. But here are the leads…” above images of four cast members.

Don't worry, it's not bad news. But here are the leads…...

From 20th Century Television, "Mike" stars Trevante Rhodes as 'Mike Tyson' in a new episodic dramatic series from executive producer Margot Robbie's LuckyChap Entertainment, directed by Craig Gillespie, streaming August 25, 2022 on Hulu:

“…'Mike' explores the dynamic and controversial story of 'Mike Tyson'. The eight-episode limited series explores the tumultuous ups and downs of Tyson's boxing career and personal life - from being a beloved global athlete to a pariah and back again. The series examines class in America, race in America, fame and the power of media, misogyny, the wealth divide and the promise of the 'American Dream'..."

Cast also includes Russell Hornsby, Harvey Keitel, Laura Harrier, Li Eubanks, Olunike Adeliyi and B.J. Minor. "I, Tonya" screenwriter Steven Rogers created the series and will executive produce.

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Get your scalpels ready, E! has renewed “Botched” for Season 8.

The popular reality show, set to premiere in 2023, follows plastic surgeons Dr. Terry Dubrow and Dr. Paul Nassif as they bring their unparalleled surgical skills — and trademark banter — to the operating room for mind-blowing patient transformations.

Nassif took to social media on Wednesday to announce the renewal, asking “Can I have a drumroll please?”

“Dr. Dubrow and I are bringing another season of ‘Botched’ on E!” Nassif said in a video posted on Twitter. “Gonna have great new patients, incredible surgeries and a lot more bromance with — of course — me, the better looking one out of the two. So we’ll see you soon.”

Drumroll please…...

Hulu has debuted the full trailer for the upcoming biographical series ‘Mike,’ focusing on the life of controversial boxing legend Mike Tyson.

The eight-episode limited series explores the tumultuous ups and downs of Tyson’s boxing career and personal life – from being a beloved global athlete to a pariah and back again. Focusing the lens on Mike Tyson, the series examines class in America, race in America, fame and the power of media, misogyny, the wealth divide, the promise of the American Dream and ultimately our own role in shaping Mike’s story.

Cus D’amato discovers Mike at 13, gives him discipline, extremely honed skills and an ego, transforming Mike into the youngest Heavyweight Champion of all time. But at what cost? Mike Tyson (Trevante Rhodes), and Don King (Russell Hornsby), shown. (Photo by: Patrick Harbron/Hulu)

The series comes from creator/screenwriter Steven Rogers and the team behind “I, Tonya” and showrunner Karin Gist,...

“Moonlight” star Trevante Rhodes has entered the ring. The actor stars as famous and controversial boxer Mike Tyson in the new Hulu limited series “Mike.”

The eight-episode show was created by “I, Tonya” screenwriter Steven Rogers, who also executive produces the series.

Karin Gist will serve as showrunner and executive producer under her The Gist of It banner along with Claire Brown. The “I, Tonya” team of director Craig Gillespie, Clubhouse Pictures’ Bryan Unkeless and Scott Morgan, and LuckyChap’s Tom Ackerley and Margot Robbie will also executive produce along with Entertainment 360’s Darin Friedman. Anthony Hemingway, Anthony Sparks, and Samantha Corbin-Miller executive produce as well, with Rhodes executive producing in addition to starring. 20th Television will produce.

The synopsis for the show reads as follows:

“Focusing the lens on Mike Tyson, the series examines class in America, race in America, fame and the power of media, misogyny, the wealth divide,...

Hulu has debuted a new trailer for its upcoming limited series “Mike,” starring Trevante Rhodes (“Moonlight”) as iconic and polarizing heavyweight champion boxer Mike Tyson. The eight-episode series will launch on Aug. 25 with two episodes; two additional episodes will stream weekly from there.

From creator and screenwriter Steven Rogers and the team behind “I, Tonya” and showrunner Karin Gist (“Our Kind of People” executive producer), “Mike” explores the dynamic and controversial story of Tyson throughout the tumultuous ups and downs of his career and personal life.

Over the last 30 years in the public eye, Tyson has infamously swung from a beloved global athlete to a pariah and back again. Through its brutal and towering central figure, “Mike” looks to examine class and race in America, fame and the power of media, misogyny, the promise of the American Dream and ultimately society’s own role in shaping Tyson’s story. The...

“You know Tyson, but do you know Mike?” Trevante Rhodes transforms into Mike Tyson in Hulu‘s Mike, which dropped its official trailer July 20. The video dives into the infamous boxer’s childhood, teen, and adult years, tracking his rise. Rhodes plays like adult Tyson, like he played the adult Chiron in Moonlight. He’s joined by Russell Hornsby as infamous boxing promoter Don King, Laura Harrier as actor Robin Givens (who was briefly married to Tyson), Harvey Keitel as Cus D’Amato (a famous boxing manager and trainer), and Li Eubanks as Desiree Washington, the woman who accused Tyson of sexually assaulting her in 1991. Johnny Alexander plays Evander Holyfield (pictured above), with Olunike Adeliyi as Lorna Mae (Tyson’s mother) and B.J. Minor as Teen Mike. The eight-episode limited series premieres August 25. Mike, which comes from creator/screenwriter Steven Rogers and the team behind I, Tonya and showrunner Karin Gist...

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The CBC and BET+ are putting out another call for The Porter.

There’s no official announcement just yet, but the Canadian and U.S. TV platforms are set to renew the civil rights drama about 1920s Black train employees and their families in Montreal and Chicago for a second season.

Showrunner Annmarie Morais and director Charles Officer talked to The Hollywood Reporter as scripts are being readied to continue portraying Black train porters’ efforts to launch North America’s first Black labor union.

The second season will also take another step toward reframing Black Canadian history as the first Canadian drama to boast an all-Black creative team, on whose shoulders rest the pressure to succeed and create opportunities for others to tell their own stories that center Black identity. The Porter‘s second season is especially meaningful in light of the fact...

Exclusive: De’Adre Aziza (She’s Gotta Have It) is the latest addition to the cast of MGM’s boxing drama Flint Strong, marking the feature directorial debut of Oscar-nominated Dp Rachel Morrison. She joins an ensemble led by Ryan Destiny, which also includes Oluniké Adeliyi and Brian Tyree Henry, as previously announced.

The film based on Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper’s 2015 documentary, T-Rex, tells the true story of Claressa “T-rex” Shields (Destiny), a 17-year-old Flint, Michigan native whose dreams of becoming the first woman in history to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing came to fruition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Aziza is playing Mickey—the wife of Henry’s Jason Crutchfield, who coaches Shields.

MGM is serving as the film’s producer, as well as its distributor. Oscar winner Barry Jenkins adapted the screenplay and is also producing, with Canepari, Cooper, Lyn Lucibello and Sue Jaye Johnson serving as executive producers.

BET+ is venturing into the historical/period pieces with this intriguing mini-series inspired by real events!

The Porter dives into the height of the North American railway system, mainly for Black workers who made their bread and butter in the transportation business as porters, a job that was one of the most common for Black men at the time.

And through what promises to be an enthralling series, The Porter draws from the formation of the first Black Union.

Through The Porter, we follow two train porters who were as close as ever, Junior Massey and Zeke Garrett.

One tragedy strikes on the job, leaving the community reeling; the two set on completely different paths that will inevitably conflict with one another in their dogged pursuit of a better life and all that it entails as Black men during the early 1920s.

Junior takes an "if you can't beat them,...

Exclusive: Anna Wood (The Code) is set as a lead along with Oluniké Adeliyi (The Porter), Amanda Payton (United States of Al) and Delon de Metz (Zoo) in NBC’s Unbroken (wt) drama pilot from New Amsterdam executive producer Shaun Cassidy and Universal Television. Additionally, Bronwen Hughes (Resident Evil) has been tapped to direct and executive produce the pilot.

Written and executive produced by Cassidy, in Unbroken, three dynastic ranch families on the central coast of California make love and war in a passionate struggle to survive, ultimately setting the stage for a group of fiercely determined young women to win big for all at the National Championship of Rodeo.

Wood will play Joss, a fearless survivor and self-sufficient woman who lives a nomadic life with her young daughter.

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Adeliyi is Ndidi “Dee” Stanton, a first-generation Nigerian-American who worked in the hospitality industry before meeting her future husband,...

Hulu’s limited series about Mike Tyson, Iron Mike, is rounding out its cast.

The eight-episode series, which stars Trevante Rhodes (Moonlight) as the former heavyweight champion, has added Harvey Keitel, Laura Harrier, Grace Zabriskie, Olunike Adeliyi and Tj Atoms to its cast. All will have recurring roles in the drama, which is currently in production.

Oscar nominee Keitel (Pulp Fiction, The Irishman) will play Cus D’Amato, Tyson’s first trainer, mentor and eventually adoptive father. Harrier (Netflix’s Hollywood) will play Robin Givens, the actress and Tyson’s first wife who is beautiful and outspoken.

Zabriskie (Twin Peaks, Big Love) plays Camille ...

Hulu’s limited series about Mike Tyson, Iron Mike, is rounding out its cast.

The eight-episode series, which stars Trevante Rhodes (Moonlight) as the former heavyweight champion, has added Harvey Keitel, Laura Harrier, Grace Zabriskie, Olunike Adeliyi and Tj Atoms to its cast. All will have recurring roles in the drama, which is currently in production.

Oscar nominee Keitel (Pulp Fiction, The Irishman) will play Cus D’Amato, Tyson’s first trainer, mentor and eventually adoptive father. Harrier (Netflix’s Hollywood) will play Robin Givens, the actress and Tyson’s first wife who is beautiful and outspoken.

Zabriskie (Twin Peaks, Big Love) plays Camille ...

Chaos Walking Trailer — Doug Liman‘s Chaos Walking (2021) movie trailer has been released by Lionsgate and stars Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley, Mads Mikkelsen, Nick Jonas, Demian Bichir, Tara Nicodemo, Óscar Jaenada, Bethany Anne Lind, Olunike Adeliyi, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, and Mylène Dinh-Robic. Crew Patrick Ness and Christopher Ford wrote the screenplay for [...]

Continue reading: Chaos Walking (2021) Movie Trailer: Daisy Ridley crash-lands on Tom Holland’s Planet Where All Men’s Thoughts are on Display...

The CW has decided to air the two existing seasons of the Coroner TV series in close succession. The ratings for the first season weren't great but, perhaps they will improve in season two. CBC in Canada has already renewed Coroner for a third season. Will The CW license the third season and air the episodes in 2021? Stay tuned.  *Status Update Below.

A drama series that's based on the Jenny Cooper novels by M.R. Hall, the Coroner TV show stars Serinda Swan, Roger Cross, Paniz Zade, Eric Bruneau, Ehren Kassam, Tamara Podemski, Saad Siddiqui, Andy McQueen, Kiley May, Nicholas Cambell, Nicola Correia-Damude, and Olunike Adeliyi. The series follows the life of recently widowed Doctor Jenny Cooper (Swan), a newly appointed coroner who investigates any suspicious, unnatural, or sudden deaths in the city of Toronto. Jenny taps into her intuition, as much as her intellect and...

Can Jenny find balance in her life in the second season of the Coroner TV show on The CW? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Coroner is cancelled or renewed for season three. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the second season episodes of Coroner here.  *Status Update Below.

A drama series on The CW, the Coroner TV show stars Serinda Swan, Roger Cross, Paniz Zade, Eric Bruneau, Ehren Kassam, Tamara Podemski, Saad Siddiqui, Andy McQueen, Kiley May, Nicholas Cambell, Nicola Correia-Damude, and Olunike Adeliyi. The series follows the life of recently widowed Doctor Jenny Cooper (Swan), a newly appointed coroner who investigates any suspicious, unnatural, or sudden...

The CW will continue to follow the life of Jenny Cooper. The smallest broadcast network has picked up the third season of the Coroner TV show. The series originates on CBC in Canada where it was renewed for a third season in May 2020.

A drama series that's based on the Jenny Cooper novels by M.R. Hall, the Coroner TV show stars Serinda Swan, Roger Cross, Paniz Zade, Eric Bruneau, Ehren Kassam, Tamara Podemski, Saad Siddiqui, Andy McQueen, Kiley May, Nicholas Cambell, Nicola Correia-Damude, and Olunike Adeliyi. The series follows the life of recently widowed Doctor Jenny Cooper (Swan), a newly appointed coroner who investigates any suspicious, unnatural, or sudden deaths in the city of Toronto. Jenny taps into her intuition, as much as her intellect and heart, as she solves cases. She's helped by Homicide Detective Donovan “Mac” McAvoy...

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Airing on the CW television network, the Coroner TV show stars Serinda Swan, Roger Cross, Paniz Zade, Eric Bruneau, Ehren Kassam, Tamara Podemski, Saad Siddiqui, Andy McQueen, Kiley May, Nicholas Cambell, Nicola Correia-Damude, and Olunike Adeliyi. The series follows the life of recently widowed Doctor Jenny Cooper (Swan), a newly appointed coroner who investigates any suspicious, unnatural, or sudden deaths in the city of Toronto. Jenny taps into...

Stars: Olunike Adeliyi, Peter MacNeill, Noah Danby, Michelle Nolden, Kiana Madeira, Lawrence Gowan | Written by Jason Krawczyk | Directed by Audrey Cummings

[Note: With the film quietly slipping on to VOD in the UK, Us and Canada this week, he’s a reposting of our review of She Never Died from its festival screening last year]

Back in 2015, a little, some might say unknown, movie made its UK debut as part of that years Grimmfest. That film was He Never Died, the Henry Rollins-starring vampire movie that was easily one of the best films I’d seen that year. Skip forward four years and another film in the series, entitled She Never Died, makes it’s European debut at the same festival… Yes, we have not a sequel but more of a gender-switching of that first film with the badass Canadian actress Olunike Adeliyi (American Gods) stepping into the formidable shoes of Henry Rollins as this films lead. Whilst writer/director Jason Krawczyk also trades places, giving up the directorial reigns to Audrey Cummings to...

Universal joins Disney and Paramount in putting a temporary stop to its feature productions with Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World: Dominion, Rachel Morrison’s sports drama Fling Strong and the Nick Stoller-directed, Judd Apatow-produced Billy Eichner comedy.

These productions are either already on hiatus or pausing this weekend.

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A statement released by the studio reads that “The studio continues to monitor the situation closely and will make a determination on when to restart production in the coming weeks.”

Jurassic World: Dominion recently went before the camera in Hawaii on Feb. 25. The movie reunites the cast from the original Jurassic Park movies — Laura Dern, Sam Neill, and Jeff Goldblum– with the cast from the...

Stars: Olunike Adeliyi, Peter MacNeill, Noah Danby, Michelle Nolden, Kiana Madeira, Lawrence Gowan | Written by Jason Krawczyk | Directed by Audrey Cummings

Back in 2015, a little, some might say unknown, movie made its UK debut as part of that years Grimmfest. That film was He Never Died, the Henry Rollins-starring vampire movie that was easily one of the best films I’d seen that year. Skip forward four years and another film in the series, entitled She Never Died, makes it’s European debut at the same festival… Yes, we have not a sequel but more of a gender-switching of that first film with the badass Canadian actress Olunike Adeliyi (American Gods) stepping into the formidable shoes of Henry Rollins as this films lead. Whilst writer/director Jason Krawczyk also trades places, giving up the directorial reigns to Audrey Cummings to complete this female-focused take on vampire lore.

She Never...

In 2015, Henry Rollins played a vampire navigating the complexity of modern society in He Never Died, written and directed by Jason Krawczyk. She Never Died is the gender-swapped follow-up, starring Olunike Adeliyi. Give the trailer a spin embedded at the top of the article. Synopsis:Lacey, a socially detached loner is cursed with immortality. In […]

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We present the premiere interviews from the Tiff showing of Tammy’s Always Dying, the debut feature film from director from Amy Jo Johnson (yes – Power Ranger of old). It stars Felicity Huffman, Anatasia Phillips, Clark Johnson, Lauren holly, Kristian Bruun, Jessica Greco, Aaron Ashmore, Philip Williams and Olunike Adeliyi.

The film had its premiere at the 2019 Toronto Film Festival, and these are the interviews from the red carpet.

Synopsis:

On the 29th of every month, when the welfare runs out, Catherine talks her alcoholic mother off of the same bridge. Literally. Catherine, a connoisseur of bad decisions, dreams of being successful. At anything. Tammy, her mother, has been so poor for so long all she can do is party about it. When Tammy is diagnosed with terminal cancer Catherine is forced to move in and care for her. Enter Ilana, a glamorous purveyor of talk-show tragedy porn who wants...

Grimmfest will announce their full lineup for their long weekend genre film festival in a couple weeks. Today the festival out of Manchester, England, saw fit to drop a handful of titles today to pique your interest, including two European premieres.   Adding to their celebration of Women in Horror this year Audrey Cummings' new film She Never Died will have its European premiere at the festival. Written by He Never Died writer-director Jason Krawczyk, this sequel to his 2015 flick turns the tables and makes the tale female-centric. Canadian actress Olunike Adeliyi takes the lead which reunites her with the Darken director.    One more European premiere has been announced as well. Justin Dix built his reputation working in special fx, starting out...

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To celebrate the DVD release of The Prodigy which is available on digital download from the 5th July and DVD 15th July, we have a copy of the DVD up for grabs, courtesy of Vertigo Releasing!

Orange Is The New Black’s Taylor Schilling makes her horror debut facing a mother’s worst nightmare to save her family from the evil within. From horror rising stars Nicholas McCarthy (The Pact), Jeff Buhler (Pet Sematary), and the producer of The Exorcism of Emily Rose, brace yourself for one of the scariest films of the year.

The Prodigy will be available on digital download 5th July and DVD 15th July, courtesy of Vertigo Releasing.

Cast & Crew: Taylor Schilling (Orange is the New Black) Jackson Robert Scott (It) Peter Mooney (Rookie Blue) Colm Feore (The Chronicles of Riddick) Brittany Allen Olunike Adeliyi (Boost) Directed by Nicholas McCarthy (The Pact) Written by Jeff Buhler...

American Gods Season 2 Episode 2 indulges in flashbacks about the man called Shadow Moon.

This American Gods review contains spoilers.

American Gods Season 2 Episode 2

In any good hero's journey, there's always a side-quest. You have to recover this artifact in order to defeat that demon, you have to recover this holy weapon, or that magical key, or that MacGuffin to continue on with whatever the larger journey is.

Given the solid cast of characters of American Gods, it's not surprising that characters will be given a side quest or two along the way, usually at Wednesday's behest. The gang is dispatched to a variety of places; Salim and the Jinn get sent to retrieve Odin's spear, Laura and Mad Sweeney get sent to track down Shadow, Wednesday and Nancy go for a drive, and Mama-ji gets a chance to swap shifts at the diner in order to participate in the war.

A71 Entertainment to distribute in Canada.

Toronto-based V71 heads to Berlin with worldwide sales rights to the darkly comic She Never Died and has struck a deal for Xyz Films to represent Us sales.

The film wrapped production in Ontario last summer and is a companion piece to the 2015 fantasy comedy He Never Died starring Henry Rollins, which Xyz Films licensed to Vertical Entertainment for worldwide distribution.

Olunike Adeliyi (Doug Liman’s upcoming Chaos Walking) stars in She Never Died as Lacey, an immortal cannibal who saves a woman from dying a grisly death on a dark web channel and hunts down down the culprits.

The Prodigy Trailer Nicholas McCarthy‘s The Prodigy (2019) movie trailer stars Taylor Schilling, Jackson Robert Scott, Peter Mooney, Olunike Adeliyi, and Colm Feore. The Prodigy‘s plot synopsis: “In her much-anticipated foray into the horror-thriller genre, Taylor Schilling stars in The Prodigy as Sarah, a mother whose young son Miles’ disturbing behavior signals that an evil, possibly [...]

Continue reading: The Prodigy (2019) Movie Trailer: Jackson Robert Scott is Gifted & Possessed by a Supernatural Force...

"He may need a specialist." Orion has released aew full-length official trailer for another evil child horror thriller titled The Prodigy, hitting theaters next month. The only synopsis available is quite vague, but it's (obviously) about a child who has some demonic force living inside of him. His mother becomes increasingly concerned about his odd behavior and decides to do something about it, which might just (probably will) make things worse. Jackson Robert Scott stars as Miles, with Taylor Schilling as his mother Sarah, and a cast including Colm Feore, Brittany Allen, Peter Mooney, and Olunike Adeliyi. It looks as creepy as it sounds, but I think the first teaser was more effective. Though the final shot in this trailer is unsettling. Here's the second official trailer (+ poster) for Nicholas McCarthy's The Prodigy, direct from YouTube: You can still watch the first teaser trailer for McCarthy's The Prodigy here,...

"I'm no longer speaking to Miles. I'm speaking to the person who has taken residence inside his body. You came uninvited." Orion has released the first teaser trailer for yet another new horror thriller, arriving in February early next year, titled The Prodigy. The only synopsis available is quite vague, but it's about a child who has some demonic force living inside of him. His mother becomes increasingly concerned about his odd behavior and decides to do something about it, which might just (probably will) make things worse. Jackson Robert Scott stars as Miles, with Taylor Schilling as his mother Sarah, and a cast including Colm Feore, Brittany Allen, Peter Mooney, and Olunike Adeliyi. This is a slick teaser, enough scares to pull you in and make your hair stand up, but without giving away anything else major yet. Check this out. Here's the first teaser trailer (+ poster) for Nicholas McCarthy's The Prodigy,...

Audrey Cummings directs female-led project.

Shooting has wrapped in North Bay, Canada, on A71 Productions’ action title She Never Died, a companion piece to the company’s 2015 film He Never Died starring Henry Rollins.

Audrey Cummings directs from a screenplay by He Never Died director Jason Krawczyk about a tough-as-nails immortal female protagonist who metes out justice to psychopaths.

Olunike Adeliyi, who will be seen in Doug Liman’s Chaos Walking and is pictured with Cummings, stars alongside Michelle Nolden, Peter MacNeil, Noah Danby, and Kiana Madeira.

Jennifer Mesich of White Eagle Entertainment is producing, and Toronto-based A71 Productions president...

Telefilm Canada has confirmed its financial support of nearly $13 million of Canadian tax payers' money towards the production of nine English-language feature films through the 'Canada Feature Film Fund', although there doesn't seem to be anything culturally 'Canadian' about most of their selections, other than the crews that will be working on them.

Among the films receiving money include a psycho horror with a demonic 'Santa Claus', a bio pic about a former Queen of Sweden, the 'relationship' between 'James Dean' and a photographer, a thriller involving a Satanic child abuse sex ring, and an inflatable Sex Doll drug smuggling story:

The films are "After the Ball" (Sean Garrity), "A Christmas Horror Story" (Steven Hoban, Grant Harvey, Brett Sullivan), "Aloft" (Claudia Llosa), "A Worthy Companion" (Jason Sanchez, Carlos Sanchez), "Life" (Anton Corbijn), "Regression" (Alejandro Amenabar), "Rest Home" (Michael Rowe), "The Girl King" (Mika Kaurismäki) and "Zoom" (Pedro Morelli...

After 75 episodes, the award-winning Canadian police drama "Flashpoint" is ending.

The news broke on Tuesday afternoon that viewers would say goodbye to "Flashpoint" after Season 5. The show originally aired on CTV and CBS and eventually moved to Ion for Season 4.

"Flashpoint" portrays an elite police force in Toronto called the Strategic Response Unit (Sru) that deals with hostage standoffs, bomb threats and and more. The series stars Hugh Dillon, Enrico, Colantoni, Amy Jo Johnson, David Paetkau, Sergio Di Zio, and Olunike Adeliyi.

"Producing 'Flashpoint' over the last five seasons has been an exceptional adventure," executive producers Bill Mustos and Anne Marie La Traverse said in a statement. "We've been incredibly lucky to work with committed and supportive broadcast partners who have enabled us to reach many millions of fans across North America. While the series is still at its creative apex, we've decided to end the series on a high note,...

After 75 episodes, the award-winning Canadian police drama "Flashpoint" is ending.

The news broke on Tuesday afternoon that viewers would say goodbye to "Flashpoint" after Season 5. The show originally aired on CTV and CBS and eventually moved to Ion for Season 4.

"Flashpoint" portrays an elite police force in Toronto called the Strategic Response Unit (Sru) that deals with hostage standoffs, bomb threats and and more. The series stars Hugh Dillon, Enrico, Colantoni, Amy Jo Johnson, David Paetkau, Sergio Di Zio, and Olunike Adeliyi.

"Producing 'Flashpoint' over the last five seasons has been an exceptional adventure," executive producers Bill Mustos and Anne Marie La Traverse said in a statement. "We've been incredibly lucky to work with committed and supportive broadcast partners who have enabled us to reach many millions of fans across North America. While the series is still at its creative apex, we've decided to end the series on a high note,...

Worst. Manicurist. Ever.

Being Human Air Date: 2/27/2012 “The Ties That Blind”

Aidan’s running through the woods and bumps into fellow vampire Atlee: four wolves are after him. They run away faster. Cut to the morning with Nora and Josh waking up in the same woods, naked and caked in blood and dirt, making a convincing case for cameos in The Hangover 3. And bam, that’s how you start an episode.

A long time coming, but the rest of the vampire community is finally sniffing around Hegeman’s (Mother’s second in command) disappearance and murder. Viewers know Nora killed Hegeman during her first turn in the season premiere, and Mother’s lackey Atlee (Kyle Gatehouse) comes to Aidan at the hospital to imply that not only was Aidan involved but promises consequences should no progress be made in their pursuit of vengeance.

Last week, disregarding Aidan’s advice, Josh...

Being Human “Mama Said There’d Be Decades Like These” Air Date: 2/20/2012

We need new shirt slogans.

Decades from now we will look back at this episode as the day when Marikym Hervieux made her sterling debut as Female Blood Whore #1. Or maybe not. A week after Nora joined Brynn and Connor’s wolfpack, she has since left Josh in lurch, ditching him entirely. Sally, taking a break from her addiction to possession, finds her Dad (Joseph Antaki) in the hospital mourning the impending loss of her mother Rena (Rahnuma Panthaky). Aidan is haunted by the vision of his maker and mentor Bishop (TV’s ubiquitous Mark Pellegrino) while reuniting with his own son and creation Henry after 80 years of radio silence.

When Josh alerts Sally about Rena, she watches and wistfully remembers idealized family time as her Mom slowly dies and her Dad sits resolutely by his wife’s side.

Sometimes it pains me to say when a film is an unwatchable mess. Films like French Immersion, the directorial debut of Quebec-based producer Kevin Tierney (Bon Cop, Bad Cop, The Trotsky, Good Neighbours), has an incredible amount of talent in front of the camera and behind it. It is supposed to be a comedy about the differences between English and French speaking Canada, but instead it’s a soul-sucking train wreck full of punchlines so misguided they would make Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy think twice. Sickeningly unfunny and dreadfully “Canadian,” Tierney’s film strikes out on almost every conceivable level.

There’s enough plot and quirky characters in French Immersion to sustain a year’s worth of television pilots, but Tierney tries to pack every half baked idea he has into a single film. The film deals with five English speakers forced to enter into an intense...

The teaser of the upcoming Canadian comedy French Immersion, which will be directed by Kevin Tierney, is now online. The film will be released on Canada Day, which means on July 1rst.

The film was shot in St-Césaire, Québec.

The story takes place in the fictitious small town of Saint-Isidore-du-Coeur-de-Jésus. The inhabitants of the town will welcome for two weeks a group made of four English Canadians and an American from New York in order to give them a "French immersion". While they live with their adoptive family, the five WASPs must follow one rule: not to speak English during their stay.

However, any of the Wasp who manages to escape to their French school's iron fist go in the town's new Indian (as in India) restaurant. In fact, they feel free to speak English. However, the five WASPs learn that every inhabitants of the town are, in actuality, spies...