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Josh Trank got a lot of positive attention for his directorial debut, the 2012 found footage superhero movie Chronicle… then nearly destroyed his career with his follow-up, the disastrous 2015 Marvel Comics adaptation Fantastic Four. He came back with the 2020 biopic Capone, which went straight to VOD during the Covid lockdown. Now, Deadline reports that Trank is putting together his fourth feature film, an independent horror thriller called Send a Scare, which has Robbie Amell (Code 8) and Victoria Justice (Depravity) taking on the lead roles.

Scripted by Tank and Andrew Ryan from an original story by Ryan, Send a Scare centers on an interactive horror startup that gives thrill-seekers a way to send scares to friends and family… but when potential investors host a demonstration, the experience gets hijacked by a real masked killer with a deadly agenda.

Amell and Justice are joined in the cast by Karan Soni (Deadpool), Noel Fisher...

Victoria Justice and Robbie Amell will star in the upcoming horror-thriller Send a Scare, Deadline reports.

Josh Trank is set to direct from a script he co-wrote with Andrew Ryan.

The film centers on an interactive horror startup that gives thrill-seekers a way to send scares to friends and family… but when potential investors host a demonstration, the experience gets hijacked by a real masked killer with a deadly agenda.

Karan Soni (Deadpool), Noel Fisher (“Shameless”), Mackinlee Waddell (“Gcb”), and Adain Bradley (Tarot) are also attached.

Ryan Scaringe of Kinogo Pictures and Austin Lantero of Range Media Partners will produce. Steven Schneider is set to executive produce alongside Trank, Ryan, Justice, Amell, and Amy Lippens.

Range Select is handling domestic sales.

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Exclusive: Victoria Justice and Robbie Amell have been cast in Josh Trank’s upcoming horror-thriller film Send A Scare.

Written by Andrew Ryan and Josh Trank — who directed the 2015 Fantastic Four reboot — from an original story by Andrew Ryan, Send A Scare centers on an interactive horror startup that gives thrill-seekers a way to send scares to friends and family… but when potential investors host a demonstration, the experience gets hijacked by a real masked killer with a deadly agenda.

The film features an ensemble of attached talents including Karan Soni, Noel Fisher, Mackinlee Waddell and Adain Bradley.

Send A Scare is produced by Ryan Scaringe of Kinogo Pictures and Austin Lantero of Range Media Partners. Steven Schneider is set to Executive Produce alongside Victoria Justice, Robbie Amell,...

Somewhere beyond the sea, we'll finally get to watch Netflix's BioShock movie. BioShock, which wascreated by Ken Levine and published by 2k studios, with the first entry in the franchise being released in 2007, is another in a long line of planned and announced video game adaptations, all eager to achieve the same success as HBO's The Last of Us and the Sonic the Hedgehog film franchise. Netflix's movie has some promising talent attached, with The Hunger Games and Constantine'sFrancis Lawrence set to direct. The project has sat in development limbo for some years now, but Lawrence finally gave fans the update they've been waiting for... we're heading to Rapture!

During an interview with Collider to promote the 4k re-release of the Keanu Reeves-led Constantine, Lawrence addressed the state of the BioShock movie, and confirmed that it is still in active development. "I am still attached," the director said.

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The BioShock movie is coming to Netflix, finally bringing the underwater city of Rapture to live-action. The 2007 game BioShock was an instant hit with audiences thanks to its incredibly unique setting, deep story, and iconic aesthetic. BioShock's mythology, including the underwater city of Rapture, the rivalry between Andrew Ryan and Atlas, and the now-iconic Big Daddies and Little Sisters all felt perfectly suited for a movie. Many studios thought so too, as the first attempt at a BioShock movie was made back in 2008 by Universal.

While Universals project didnt pan out, work has been ongoing on the live-action BioShock movie at Netflix since 2022, with Francis Lawrence directing and Michael Green on screenwriting duties. While little has been revealed yet about the cast and story, whats been...

Despite being announced in 2022, theres been little news on the film adaptation of the hit video game, BioShock, which was picked up by Netflix as a streaming original. Thanks to producer Roy Lee, however, we now know that the film is still in the works, but with a budget that will be much less than was previously thought. Lee was in attendance at Sdcc to share the news yesterday, which comes at the hands of a recent restructuring at Netflix.

Per Variety, the new BioShock movie still has The Hunger Games Francis Lawrence attached to direct, but thanks to a recent regime change at Netflix which saw Dan Lin take over for Scott Stuber as the streamers film chief, the movie will be made on a much smaller scale. Lee says that BioShock will now be a "more personal" film.

The new regime has lowered the budgets. So were doing a much smaller version.

Back in 2008, it was announced that Gore Verbinski would be directing a film adaptation of the video game BioShock, with John Logan writing the screenplay. Later, Verbinski decided to hand the helm over to Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, but stayed involved as a producer. The movie never made it into production. After years in development hell, BioShock was scrapped by Universal. Now Netflix is working with Vertigo Entertainment and 2K on their own BioShock adaptation, which is set to be directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Michael Green. Lawrence has been developing the project with Green and producer Roy Lee for a couple of years now… and Deadline reports that it’s now moving ahead with a lower budget than previously expected.

During an appearance on a panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Roy Lee revealed that when Netflix film chief Scott Stuber left the company earlier this year and was replaced by Dan Lin,...

After years of development, “BioShock”, the 2007 first-person shooter video game is being developed as a new live-action movie, to be directed by Francis Lawrence, for streaming on Netflix:

“…incorporating ideas by 20th century dystopian and utopian thinkers Ayn Rand, George Orwell, and Aldous Huxley, as well as historical figures John D. Rockefeller and Walt Disney, the game sees the player guide ‘Jack’, after his airplane crashes in the ocean near the ‘bathysphere terminus’ that leads to the underwater city of ‘Rapture’.

“Built by the business magnate ‘Andrew Ryan’, the city was intended to be an isolated utopia, but the discovery of ‘Adam’, a genetic material which can be used to grant superhuman powers, initiated the city's turbulent decline.

“Jack tries to find a way to escape, fighting through hordes of Adam-obsessed enemies, and the iconic, deadly ‘Big Daddies’, while engaging with the few sane humans that remain and eventually learning of Rapture's past.

Director Francis Lawrence is very busy right now. His fantasy adventure film Slumberland is set to be released through the Netflix streaming service this Friday, November 18th. He’s currently in post-production on the Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. He’s working with Keanu Reeves and Akiva Goldsman to develop a Constantine sequel. He’s also working with screenwriter Michael Green to develop a film adaptation of the video game BioShock – and speaking with Collider, he said thinks BioShock will be his next project to go into production. He also said he believes this film will stand out among video game adaptations because the game has such weight and gravitas that it should make for a movie that’s unique, beautiful, and entertaining.

Lawrence said, “I think it’s one of the best games ever created. It’s also, I think, one of the most visually unique games ever created.

After years of development, “BioShock”, the 2007 first-person shooter video game is being developed as a new live-action movie, to be directed by Francis Lawrence, for streaming on Netflix:

“…incorporating ideas by 20th century dystopian and utopian thinkers Ayn Rand, George Orwell, and Aldous Huxley, as well as historical figures John D. Rockefeller and Walt Disney, the game sees the player guide ‘Jack’, after his airplane crashes in the ocean near the ‘bathysphere terminus’ that leads to the underwater city of ‘Rapture’.

“Built by the business magnate ‘Andrew Ryan’, the city was intended to be an isolated utopia, but the discovery of ‘Adam’, a genetic material which can be used to grant superhuman powers, initiated the city's turbulent decline.

“Jack tries to find a way to escape, fighting through hordes of Adam-obsessed enemies, and the iconic, deadly ‘Big Daddies’, while engaging with the few sane humans that remain and eventually learning of Rapture's past.

Back in 2008, it was announced that Gore Verbinski would be directing a film adaptation of the video game BioShock, with John Logan writing the screenplay. Later, Verbinski decided to hand the helm over to Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, but stayed involved as a producer. The movie never made it into production. After years in development hell, BioShock was scrapped by Universal. Now Netflix is working with Vertigo Entertainment and 2K on their own BioShock adaptation, and Deadline is reporting that the film is going to be directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Michael Green! Coincidentally, Michael Green and John Logan were both writers on Alien: Covenant.

Lawrence’s previous directing credits include Constantine, I Am Legend, Water for Elephants, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (parts 1 and 2), and Red Sparrow.

Set across multiple dystopian and visionary landscapes gone wrong, the BioShock video game series blends sci-fi...

Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios Company, has acquired North American rights to The Florist, with plans to release the film on digital and cable VOD on August 10.

The indie, based on a 2014 short of the same name, centers on a lonely urban botanist named Annika, who sources and tests the edible, sensation-inducing flowers, which are in vogue at high-end restaurants, before they make it to the table. Hoping to take her career to the next level, Annika pushes aside her regular customers and risks everything to concentrate on finding the extremely rare and profitable ‘Comet Flower.’ Unfortunately, the elusive flower proves harder to find than expected. Annika must then decide whether to accept defeat, or to do whatever it takes, in order for her unique business and career to flourish.

Andrew Ryan (The Mirage) wrote and directed the film, which marks the feature debut of his longtime collaborator,...

Rebecca Murphy has added feature film producer to her list of credits with a deadpan comedy set to debut this Thursday at the Revelation Perth International Film Festival.

Based on the 2014 short of the same name, The Florist follows millennial Annika, played by Murphy, who earns her living selling edible hypnotic flowers to fashionable eateries across Los Angeles.

Following her instincts, and driven by blind ambition, her business appears to be going well until the onset of competitors prompt her to take action and announce she has found the elusive Comet Flower, a legendary plant that may have unique qualities.

The film was written and directed by fellow Australian Andrew Ryan (writer and creator of MTV’s The Sellers) and was shot in California.

The short, also written and directed by Ryan and produced by Murphy, screened at Tribeca Film Festival, with the script named as a finalist for the 2016 Sundance Alfred P Sloan Prize.