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Looking for something to stream that won’t cost an arm and a leg in subscriptions and rental fees? A slew of shows and films like “Dawson’s Creek” “Licorice Pizza,” “The Amazing Spider-Man” one and two, “Legally Blonde” and more will be arriving on the free streaming service Tubi starting on Nov. 1.

In the spirit of fall and Thanksgiving, Tubi plays with the idea of nostalgia bringing in some oldies but goodies. Among the incoming films are “13 Going on 30,” “The 40 Year-Old Virgin,” “Reservoir Dogs,” “Burlesque” and more. As for originals, Tubi will premiere four new projects — a documentary and three thrillers.

Here are all the new titles coming to Tubi in October:

Tubi Orignal Documentary

“Evil Among Us: Grim Sleeper:” The Grim Sleeper, one of the nation’s most infamous serial killers, remained undetected for decades—until a shocking breakthrough changed everything. (11/6)

Tubi Orignal Thrillers

“The Stepdaughter 2...

Variety & Rolling Stone’s Truth Seekers Summit, presented by Paramount+, is dedicated to honoring those who prioritize the discovery of truth. Curated by the editors of Variety and Rolling Stone, the collection of panelists at this year’s annual summit showcased a remarkable lineup of documentary filmmakers, political journalists and overall advocates for justice. The event featured thought-provoking discussions and insights from renowned figures such as acclaimed documentary maker Alex Gibney, comedian and host Amber Ruffin, the tireless crusaders behind the “Unsolved Mysteries” series and many more.

Key moments included a panel of political correspondents and anchors comprised of Abby Phillip, Yamiche Alcindor, Katy Tur, Tony Dokoupil, and Geoff Bennett, who discussed the realities and hypocrisies of covering former President Donald Trump. CBS News President Susan Zirinsky also joined the conference to discuss the documentary “We Will Dance Again.” The event concluded with the presentation of the Truth Seekers Award to journalist E. Jean Carroll.

Lovecraft may have argued that the strongest kind of fear is the fear of the unknown, but there’s no denying the intellectual thrills of unraveling a good old-fashioned mystery. After all, some answers can serve to make a story even scarier, and I have a personal soft spot for horror yarns about grizzled investigators attempting to piece together a morbid puzzle.

This is precisely why I’ve been a fan of the Saw franchise from the very beginning, with the detective angle behind all the blood and guts making this gruesome franchise stand out amongst other so-called “torture-porn” movies.

And with the long-anticipated Saw X on the horizon this week, we’ve decided to come up with a list recommending six of the best investigative horror films ahead of Jigsaw’s latest killing spree. After all, sometimes it’s fun to figure out exactly why our protagonists are going...

Summer is about to finally, blessedly be in full swing. And to honor the occasion, Hulu is showing up big with its list of new releases for June 2022.

Hulu is bringing two major TV titles to its stream this month. The first is The Orville: New Horizons on June 2. Seth MacFarlane’s sci-fi/comedy started as a simple Star Trek parody on Fox before blossoming into its own entirely sincere space adventuring beast. Now “New Horizons” promises to be a fresh start for the series on Hulu. Next up is Only Murders in the Building season 2 on June 28. Season 1 of this Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez-starring series was a big hit. Let’s see if our favorite podcasters can pull it off once again.

Read more TV The Orville: Update on “More Ambitious” Season 3 Progress By Kirsten Howard

Aside from the big ticket Hulu originals, there are...

Michelle Monaghan, Jason Clarke, and Jai Courtney are about to converge on a prison that holds the world's most dangerous terrorists in the upcoming action-thriller "Black Site." 

In "Zero Dark Thirty," Clarke played an intelligence officer who presided over the torture and interrogation of suspected terrorists opposite Jessica Chastain's CIA analyst and protagonist. In "Black Site," it's now Monaghan who is taking on the analyst role, while the tables have turned and Clarke is getting into character as one of the terrorists, a deadly operative codenamed Hatchet, who "uses a skinning knife to erase the identity of his victims." He's not the kind of guy you'd want running loose in...

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Black Site Trailer — Sophia Banks‘ Black Site (2022) movie trailer has been released by Redbox Entertainment. The Black Site trailer stars Michelle Monaghan, Jason Clarke, Jai Courtney, Uli Latukefu, Lucy Barrett, and Phoenix Raei. Crew Jinder Ho wrote the screenplay for Black Site. Patrick Savage and Holeg Spies created the music for the film. Todd [...]

Continue reading: Black Site (2022) Movie Trailer: CIA Agent Michelle Monaghan faces-off against Jason Clarke in a Lethal Game...

"You gonna tell us what really happened?" Redbox has revealed an official trailer for Black Site, an action thriller from filmmaker Sophia Banks making her feature directorial debut with this. In addition to one other film that's also called Black Site (a horror), there's so many other forgettable films recently that are also set at "CIA black sites" - for example One Shot or Invincible or Agent Game just in the past year alone. In fact, the plot of this one sounds a lot like the plot of Agent Game, which is probably why it's being dumped to VOD. A group of officers based in a labyrinthine top-secret must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When he escapes, his mysterious and deadly agenda has far-reaching and dire consequences. Michelle Monaghan stars with Jason Clarke, Jai Courtney, Uli Latukefu, Lucy Barrett, and Phoenix Raei. This doesn't look that bad,...

With so many outlets for content and so many companies thirsting for eyeballs and audience attention, what most up-and-coming streaming services and companies like Apple TV+, Topic, etc., are that original content is the way to lure viewers. That often means spending upfront to score A-list talent to star in your projects, which is exactly what Redbox Entertainment is doing with a new action-thriller called “Black Site” that stars Jason Clarke, Michelle Monaghan, and Jai Courtney.

Continue reading ‘Black Site’ Trailer: Michelle Monaghan, Jason Clarke & Jai Courtney Star In New Action Thriller For Redbox at The Playlist.

Aquarius Films has optioned the film development and production rights to Abdul Karim Hekmat’s acclaimed article “True Love in Nauru,” and aims to produce it as feature film “Paradise.”

“Paradise” is the powerful true story of two men who meet and fall in love in an Australian offshore detention center. Their relationship becomes a life-affirming source of strength as they take on institutional indifference and overcome hopelessness, finally making their way to freedom.

Hekmat’s original article was published in The Monthly, an Australian political and society magazine. Hekmat, who resides in Australia, arrived as a refugee from Afghanistan and spent five months in detention will co-write the screenplay with Roger Monk.

“Paradise” will be co-directed by Rhys Graham and Phoenix Raei, an Australian actor-director of Persian descent. Rae, who will be making his feature directorial debut, has recent performance credits including Netflix series “The Night Agent,” Netflix mini-series “Clickbait,...

Jai Courtney (Jolt) is set for a key recurring role opposite Chris Pratt on Amazon’s conspiracy-thriller series The Terminal List, based on Jack Carr’s bestselling novel. Riley Keough, Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch and Jeanne Tripplehorn also star in the series, which Pratt executive produces along with Antoine Fuqua, who directs, and writer David Digilio. The Terminal List is a co-production from Amazon Studios and Civic Center Media in association with MRC Television.

Written by Digilio, The Terminal List follows James Reece (Pratt) after his entire platoon of Navy SEALs is ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission. Reece returns home to his family with conflicting memories of the event and questions about his culpability. However, as new evidence comes to light, Reece discovers dark forces working against him, endangering not only his life but the lives of those he loves.

Courtney will play Steven Horn, the billionaire kingpin behind Capstone Industries,...

Michelle Monaghan has been cast in the dual lead role on Netflix's upcoming thriller series "Echoes," the streamer said Wednesday.

Described as a mystery thriller, the seven-episode series centers on two identical twins, Leni and Gina, who have secretly swapped lives since they were children. "They share two homes, two husbands, and a child but everything in their perfectly choreographed world is thrown into disarray when one of the sisters goes missing," reads the streamer's description.

Monaghan will star as both Leni and Gina. Leni is described as "content to stay home, marry her childhood sweetheart, raise her daughter and help run the beautiful horse farm where everyone lives together rooted in their long shared history," while Gina is the "rebellious sister that turned her back on all that and escaped to Los Angeles where she rose to quick fame writing about a darker undertow that informed her Southern childhood.

Exclusive: Thunder Road president of production Erica Lee has been promoted to partner at the company.

During her 16-year tenure at Thunder Road, Lee has produced some of the company’s most successful films including all three installments of the $584.7 million worldwide-grossing John Wick franchise; Taylor Sheridan’s acclaimed Wind River; the three-time Oscar-nominated Sicario, directed by Denis Villeneuve; and the Stefano Sollima-directed sequel Sicario: Day of the Soldado.

On June 28, principal photography started on the fourth installment of John Wick in Berlin. Lee also serves as EP on The Continental, the John Wick prequel series for Lionsgate Television.

Said Thunder Road chairman Iwanyk, “It’s been a true joy to watch Erica evolve from being an assistant that was telling me what I was doing wrong, to now my partner who tells me what I’m doing wrong. Thunder Road wouldn’t be half the company it is today without her taste,...

Haynes doc The Velvet Underground to premiere in Cannes Official Selection next month.

Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore will star for Todd Haynes in May December, which Rocket Science will introduce to international buyers at the virtual Cannes market this month.

UTA Independent Film Group and CAA Media Finance represent US rights to the drama based on Samy Burch’s screenplay from a story by Burch and Alex Mechanik.

Principal photography is scheduled to commence next year. May December centres on the interaction between Hollywood star Elizabeth and Gracie, a woman Elizabeth will portray in a film and whose notorious...

Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore are set to star in Rocket Science’s May December for Carol director Todd Haynes. The screenplay was written by Samy Burch with the story by Burch and Alex Mechanik. Rocket Science is handling international sales beginning at the Virtual Cannes Market, where UTA Independent Film Group and CAA Media Finance are representing U.S rights.

Jessica Elbaum and Will Ferrell of Gloria Sanchez Productions and Christine Vachon and Pam Koffler of Killer Films will produce alongside Portman and Sophie Mas under their MountainA banner. Principal photography is scheduled to commence next year.

Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, Gracie Atherton-Yu and her husband Joe (23 years her junior) brace themselves for their twins to graduate from high school. When Hollywood actress Elizabeth Berry comes to spend time with the family to better understand Gracie, who...

Director Sophia Banks has lined up her second feature off the back of action-thriller Black Site, with the announcement today she will helm Cosmos Pictures’ Street Rat Allie.

The first in what is expected to be a trilogy of films, the story follows Allie, who is presented with a ticket to escape a post-apocalyptic city sealed off by a dome. She and her ‘Street Rats’, a pack of Dickensian girls who depend on each other for survival, become the targets of every criminal – human or otherwise. Armed with only her wits and a skateboard, Allie faces incredible dangers and perhaps the biggest battle of all, fighting her own conscience in leaving the Street Rats behind.

Production will commence in Australia next year, with Hacksaw Ridge trio Bill Mechanic, Paul Currie, and Rick Nicita to produce for Cosmos Pictures.

Street Rat Allie is the debut film project for writer Walker McKnight,...

Exclusive: Director Sophia Banks, currently in post-production on her debut feature Black Site with Michelle Monaghan, Jason Clarke and Jai Courtney, is next teaming up with Hacksaw Ridge producers Bill Mechanic, Paul Currie and Rick Nicita on female survival movie Street Rat Allie.

The film will follow Allie, who is presented with a ticket to escape her post-apocalyptic city, which is sealed off by a dome. She and her ‘Street Rats,’ a pack of Dickensian girls who depend on each other for survival, become the targets of every criminal — human or otherwise. Armed with only her wits and a skateboard, she must overcome outsiders and her own conscience in leaving her fellow Street Rats behind.

Bill Mechanic, Paul Currie and Rick Nicita will produce for Cosmos Pictures. The firm is aiming to make a trilogy of films around the IP. Production is slated to start in Australia in 2022.

Script comes...

Melbourne-based private film finance group Elevate Production Finance has hired Shana Levine as head of production investment.

Levine joins other recent recruits in London-based film financier and producer Charles Auty, who is COO, and Brisbane-based entertainment and finance lawyer Ted Cawrey, who is head of legal and business affairs.

Epf MD Craig McMahon said Levine’s appointment would now mean the company could provide “superior end-to-end service to productions”.

Since launching in 2017, Elevate has helped fund a number of Australian and international films, including George Miller’s Three Thousand Years Of Longing; Rich Lee’s War Of The Worlds starring Eva Longoria; Liam-Neeson starrer Blacklight; Sophia Banks’ debut feature Black Site; and Film Nation’s Misanthrope, directed by Damián Szifron.

During the height of Covid-19, the company, which is backed by Australian and international institutions and private equity, reassessed its protocols to provide debt funding to productions despite the pandemic.

Anonymous Content has announced a new sci-fi series based on Sophia Banks’ short film Proxy, starring Emma Booth (The Gloaming).

Set in the near future, at a time when electronic mass surveillance and a social credit system have entirely crippled personal freedom across the world, Proxy explores how psychological ‘surrogates’, titled Proxies, have now become the only reasonable option for anyone who can’t risk losing their wealth and liberty for undesirable behavior.

The serialised drama was created and will be written by Halil Ozsan (What Would Diplo Do?) and Dominick Joseph Luna, who wrote the short film that Banks directed during 2020.

Booth also starred in the original short, which played at more than 20 festivals, including Los Angeles Short Films Festival, London Sci-Fi Film Festival, and the Detroit Shetown Film Festival, where it won Best in Fest.

Banks, whose debut feature Black Site recently shot on the Gold Coast with Jason Clarke,...

Exclusive: Emma Booth, who is currently starring in Starz’ The Gloaming, is to lead a TV adaptation of short film Proxy from Anonymous Content.

Proxy was originally written by Dominick Joseph Luna and directed by Sophia Banks, whose debut feature Black Site starred Jason Clarke, Michelle Monaghan and Jai Courtney. The short film, which also starred Booth, played over 20 film festivals including Los Angeles Short Films Festival and London Sci-Fi Film Festival.

It is now being turned into a TV series by Luna and Halil Ozsan, who recently wrote the reboot of Scorpion Queen for Universal and was a co-ep on Vice’s What Would Diplo Do?.

Proxy is a serialized, global sci-fi drama set in a near-future where electronic mass surveillance and a social credit system have entirely crippled personal freedom across the world. Proxies— psychological ‘surrogates’ — have become the only reasonable option for anyone who can’t risk...

And just like that – here comes spring. Amazon Prime‘s list of new releases for April 2021 isn’t as cheery as one would expect from the sunny season. But perhaps that’s by design – you should be outside anyway!

Amazon’s most prominent original series for April 2021 is undoubtedly Them from multi-hyphenate Lena Waithe. This horror anthology’s first season, subtitled “Covenant”, will center on a Black family in the 1950s who move from North Carolina to a white neighborhood in Los Angeles. It premieres on April 9. Given its name and premise, Them is drawing some (largely joke-y) comparisons to Jordan Peele’s Us on social media. But hey, the world could always use some more Us.

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Exclusive: Rocket Science has scored a raft of international pre-sales on Michael Gracey’s (The Greatest Showman) Better Man, based on the life of singer Robbie Williams.

Significant deals have closed in the UK (Entertainment), Germany & Austria (Tobis), Australia (Village Roadshow), Italy (Lucky Red), Cis/Baltic States (Volga) and Scandinavia (Nordisk).

Pacts have also been secured in Eastern Europe (Vertical), Benelux (The Searchers), Switzerland (Ascot Elite), Middle East (Front Row), Greece/Cyprus (Odeon), Portugal (Lusomundo), and Israel (Forum).

Production is slated for summer 2021 on the feature, which will explore the experiences that made Williams who he is, and the demons he battled both on and off the stage. We hear there will be a strong CGI component to the film, which will negate the need to cast a big name to portray Williams.

Written by Gracey and first-time screenwriters Oliver Cole and Simon Gleeson, the film is being produced by...

Uli Latukefu, Pallavi Sharda, Phoenix Raei and Fayssal Bazzi have been added to the cast of Sophia Banks’ feature directorial debut Black Site.

Filming is underway on the Gold Coast for the action thriller, which also stars Jason Clarke, Jai Courtney, and Michelle Monaghan (Mission: Impossible).

Latukefu can be seen in the new NBC comedy series Young Rock based on the life of pro-wrestler and actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, which recently wrapped shooting. He is also set appear in Taika Waititi’s upcoming sports comedy-drama Next Goal Wins alongside Elizabeth Moss and Michael Fassbender.

Banks said the cast aligned with her vision for the film.

“I could not be more thrilled to work with such a talented group of actors,” she said.

Black Site follows a group of officers based in a labyrinthine top-secret Five Eyes black site who must fight for their lives in a cat-and-mouse game against Hatchet,...

Excluisve: Uli Latukefu, the Australian actor who plays one of the versions of Dwayne Johnson in NBC’s new comedy series Young Rock, has joined the cast of Black Site, the thriller that stars Michelle Monaghan, Jason Clarke and Jai Courtney. Pallavi Sharda, Phoenix Raei and Fayssal Bazzi round out the cast of the pic, which marks the feature directorial debut of Sophia Banks and is now shooting in Gold Coast, Australia.

The pic, penned by Jinder Ho, is the first out the gate for Asbury Park Pictures, the joint venture between Basil Iwanyk’s Thunder Road Films and Redbox Entertainment. It centers on a group of officers based at a labyrinthine top-secret Five Eyes black site who must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When Hatchet escapes, his mysterious and deadly agenda has far-reaching and dire consequences.

Iwanyk, Erica Lee and Mike Gabrawy...

A desire to see more women directing sci-fi and action-driven movies, coupled with a goal to add Australian flavour to the genres, led Sophia Banks to sign on to direct Black Site, her debut feature.

Scheduled to commence shooting in the Gold Coast next month, the film follows a group of officers based in a labyrinthine top-secret CIA black site who must fight for their lives as they come up against Hatchet, an infamous high-value detainee whose deadly agenda has vast consequences.

Australian actors Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty) and Jai Courtney (The Suicide Squad) join Michelle Monaghan (Mission: Impossible) in what Banks describes as a “diverse” cast.

“Phillip Noyce, who is an EP and one of my mentors, connected me with Jason and I was super excited to bring him on,” she says.

“Jai and I connected a while ago and were looking for something to work on.

“We also have Michelle,...

Whenever you hear that producers from the “John Wick” franchise are teaming up for a new film, you automatically have a vision for what that film might look like. Thankfully, those producers are working together on a film called “Black Site,” and they’ve landed a pretty great cast to bring the new action thriller to life.

Read More: ‘Blood’: Michelle Monaghan To Star In Brad Anderson’s Latest Thriller

According to Deadline, “Black Site” is set to star Jason Clarke, Michelle Monaghan, and Jai Courtney.

Continue reading Jason Clarke, Michelle Monaghan & Jai Courtney Join ‘Black Site’ Thriller From Director Sophia Banks at The Playlist.

Exclusive: Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty), Michelle Monaghan (Mission: Impossible) and Jai Courtney (The Suicide Squad) are set to star in action-thriller Black Site from the producers of John Wick, Hotel Mumbai and Bait.

Black Site centers on a group of officers based in a labyrinthine top-secret CIA black site who must fight for their lives in a cat-and-mouse game against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When Hatchet escapes, his mysterious and deadly agenda has far-reaching and dire consequences. Production is scheduled to get underway on the Gold Coast, Australia, in February 2021, with first-time filmmaker Sophia Banks aboard to direct Jinder Ho’s script. The feature is the first out the gate for Asbury Park Pictures, the joint venture between Basil Iwanyk’s Thunder Road Films and Redbox Entertainment.

Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee and Mike Gabrawy produce for Asbury along with Todd Fellman for Story Bridge Films. Andrew C.

"All we have to do is keep the chip safe..." Shout Factory has revealed an official trailer for 400 Bullets, another jingoistic military action movie from British action filmmaker Tom Paton. The film is set in Afghanistan at a British military outpost, and is described as an "edge-of-your-seat, military actioner about what it means to fight for honor instead of profit." Nice try making this sound like something it isn't. 400 Bullets combines gun battles, epic hand-to-hand fight sequences and the banter of hardened soldiers into a lean, two-fisted film that packed with a wallop. The film boasts a stellar British cast of Jean-Paul Ly, Andrew Lee Potts, James Warren, Adele Oni, Steve Blades, & Wayne Gordon. Have a look below. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Tom Paton's 400 Bullets, direct from Shout's YouTube: One cold winter night in ...

Stars: Shayne Ward, Bentley Kalu, Piotr Baumann, Simon Meacock, Toby Osmond, Samantha Schnitzler, Matt Malecki, Spencer Collings, Phoebe Robinson-Galvin, Alana Wallace, Sophie Austin | Written and Directed by Tom Paton

[Note: With the film now out digitally in the UK and in the Us (under the title Black Ops), here’s a reposting of our review of Tom Paton’s The Ascent – from the films debut at Frightfest last August]

As someone who reviews a Lot of movies, who grew up in the era of the video shop, its fun to see people clearly raised on the same types of films I enjoyed as a teenager now stepping behind the camera and making films of their own. Films that, as the filmmakers peers, I can recognise as having been influenced by the very same films I know, and in a lot of cases, love. Case in point, Tom Paton.

Paton’s last film, Black Site, clearly wore its inspirations on its sleeve, the John Carpenter-esque action-horror hybrid was just that.

As part of our support for the launch of Tom Paton’s new film The Ascent on VOD, here’s an interview with actor and regular Tom Paton collaborator Toby Osmond, who appears in the film as Jack Ford.

The Ascent follows a group of mercenaries, who are sent to Eastern Europe in the middle of a civil war to retrieve intel. Shortly after the mission, the unit find themselves trapped on a never-ending stairwell; forced to climb or die. To survive, they must revisit their past sins if they ever want to get off.

The Ascent reminded me of Michael Mann’s The Keep, which was sort of his lost film…

To: I’ve heard people say that The Ascent reminds them of a cross between Ringu and Time…something, I get the Ringu reference because of the monster in our film, but I’ve not seen The Keep.

U.K producer Mosley Studios and producer-financier Goldfinch are turning to virtual reality for the launch of their latest feature, action thriller “The Ascent.”

Thought to be the first film premiere inside virtual reality, “The Ascent” will bow June 12 at 7 p.m. (BST) via AltspaceVR, and will be available to those with an Oculus headset, or similar. The event will be called “The Vr Film Festival.”

For those without AltspaceVR or access to a visor, the film will also premiere on Goldfinch’s recently launched VOD service Birdbox.Film at the same time.

The AltspaceVR premiere will also include a Q&a with director Tom Paton and cinematographer George Burt.

Burt said: “The Vr Film Festival was launched to give feature films a virtual platform to premiere in a copyright-safe environment. Due to Covid-19 we’ve been looking into tech and found AltspaceVR which can host the event with up to 100 people attending.

Black Ops. Written & directed by Tom Paton, Black Ops stars Shayne Ward (Coronation Street), Toby Osmond (Game of Thrones), Sophie Austin (Call the Midwife), Alana Wallace (Black Site), Matt Malecki (Hurricane), Simon Meacock (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald) and Bentley Kalu (Wonder Woman). The film follows a black ops team …

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Here’s the latest episode of the 365Flicks podcast, part of our growing podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on Libsyn, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.

365Flicks Podcast: Episode 147 – Catching up with Tom Paton

Last time we saw Tom Paton he was filming his new movie G-Loc… Since then Black Site has hit physical release, The Ascent (aka Stairs) has had its FrightFest premiere, G-Loc has finished post production and 400 Bullets has wrapped. 2019 was a hell of a year for Tom Paton and we wanted to get him on the show to talk about the year he had and whats next.

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The world’s most insipid vampires are back in inaction! Twilight has never been more about people standing around waiting for stuff to happen to them than Breaking Dawn Part 2 is. The inert Cullen clan of the Pacific Northwest is two larger -- what with former human Bella Swan now all superstrong and supersparkly, and her half-vampire/half-human daughter, Renesmee (*snort*), now arrived in the world -- and twice as torpid. The new additions to the family only just barely rouse the Cullens to endless rounds of gazing adoringly at one another. Seriously, what do these people do all day, all year, all eternity? Being immortal must be excruciating if this is how one must pass the time. And even for a franchise that has attempted to make virtues, of the actual moral sort as well as the narrative variety, out of the most inconsequential of things -- has it...

Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars

Amanda Seyfried is one of those frustrating actresses whose talent is undeniable, albeit stymied by her insistent casting in rote fare unbecoming of her abilities, which for the last 2 years alone has included ‘Dear John’, ‘Letters to Juliet’ (nice try though), ‘Red Riding Hood’, ‘In Time’, and now, in what is arguably her worst, ‘Gone’.

There’s some definite potential here, as the film deals with the fallout of a young woman, Jill Conway (Seyfried), returning to society following her apparent rescue from the clutches of a serial killer, whose grim lair in the woods is home to countless human remains. Of course, when Jill’s recovering alcoholic sister, Molly (Emily Wickersham), goes missing, she thinks the killer has returned to finish what he started, while the incredulous authorities are skeptical, given Jill’s previous incarceration in a psychiatric facility after her parents’ untimely death.

Unfortunately,...

First poster for Gone, starring Amanda Seyfried, Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley and Jennifer Carpenter Heitor Dhalia (Adrift) directs the Summit Entertainment thriller which makes its debut on February 24th. Allison Burnett (Underworld Awakening, Feast of Love, Untraceable) wrote the script which tells of Jill Parrish (Seyfried) who, after working the night shift, returns home to discover that her sister Molly has suddenly disappeared. Convinced that Molly has been abducted by the same serial killer from whom she escaped just a year before, and that she may be dead come sundown, Jill tries all to rescue her, racing against sun to and just 12 hours. Gone's talented cast includes Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Sam, Wes Bentley, Daniel Sunjata, Joel David Moore, Emily Wickersham, Katherine Moennig, Michael Paré and Jordan Fry.

First poster for Gone, starring Amanda Seyfried, Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley and Jennifer Carpenter Heitor Dhalia (Adrift) directs the Summit Entertainment thriller which makes its debut on February 24th. Allison Burnett (Underworld Awakening, Feast of Love, Untraceable) wrote the script which tells of Jill Parrish (Seyfried) who, after working the night shift, returns home to discover that her sister Molly has suddenly disappeared. Convinced that Molly has been abducted by the same serial killer from whom she escaped just a year before, and that she may be dead come sundown, Jill tries all to rescue her, racing against sun to and just 12 hours. Gone's talented cast includes Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Sam, Wes Bentley, Daniel Sunjata, Joel David Moore, Emily Wickersham, Katherine Moennig, Michael Paré and Jordan Fry.

First poster for Gone, starring Amanda Seyfried, Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley and Jennifer Carpenter Heitor Dhalia (Adrift) directs the Summit Entertainment thriller which makes its debut on February 24th. Allison Burnett (Underworld Awakening, Feast of Love, Untraceable) wrote the script which tells of Jill Parrish (Seyfried) who, after working the night shift, returns home to discover that her sister Molly has suddenly disappeared. Convinced that Molly has been abducted by the same serial killer from whom she escaped just a year before, and that she may be dead come sundown, Jill tries all to rescue her, racing against sun to and just 12 hours. Gone's talented cast includes Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Sam, Wes Bentley, Daniel Sunjata, Joel David Moore, Emily Wickersham, Katherine Moennig, Michael Paré and Jordan Fry.

Lakeshore Entertainment's 'Gone' will arrive in theatres next February. The new serial killer thriller from Brazilian helmer Heitor Dhalia stars 'In Time' hottie Amanda Seyfried (below) and you can check out an early new official trailer from the production below. Jennifer Carpenter ('Dexter'), Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley ('American Beauty'), Erin Carufel, Sebastian Stan and Socratis Otto all star in the movie which stars Seyfried as a distraught babe searching for her sister who she believes has been kidnapped and gets no apparent help from the authorities. The story comes hot from the pen of scribe Allison Burnett who wrote the 2008 crime thriller 'Untraceable'. Burnett also worked on the script for the upcoming vampire action follow-up 'Underworld Awakening'....

The first trailer for Brazilian director Heitor Dhalia's (Adrift) new movie, Gone, is now online. Written by Allison Burnett (Untraceable), the crime thriller stars Amanda Seyfried (In Time) as Jill Parrish, a young woman trying to move on with her life after being abducted by a serial killer two years ago. After returning home from work one night to find her sister missing, Jill becomes convinced that the killer came back to finish the job and took her sister instead. When the police don't believe her story, Jill realizes the only way to save her sister is to take matters into her own hands and find the killer herself. Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Stan, Wes Bentley, Emily Wickersham, Daniel Sunjata and Socratis Otto also star.

Next Showing: Gone opens February 24, 2012

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Amanda Seyfried | Heitor Dhalia...

Trailer for Gone, starring Amanda Seyfried, Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley and Jennifer Carpenter The Summit Entertainment thriller helmed by Heitor Dhalia (Adrift), opens February 24th and is scripted by Allison Burnett (Underworld Awakening, Feast of Love, Untraceable). Gone tells of Jill Parrish who, after working the night shift, returns home to discover that her sister Molly has suddenly disappeared. Convinced that Molly has been abducted by the same serial killer from whom she escaped just a year before, and that she may be dead come sundown, Jill tries all to rescue her, racing against sun to and just 12 hours...

Trailer for Gone, starring Amanda Seyfried, Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley and Jennifer Carpenter The Summit Entertainment thriller helmed by Heitor Dhalia (Adrift), opens February 24th and is scripted by Allison Burnett (Underworld Awakening, Feast of Love, Untraceable). Gone tells of Jill Parrish who, after working the night shift, returns home to discover that her sister Molly has suddenly disappeared. Convinced that Molly has been abducted by the same serial killer from whom she escaped just a year before, and that she may be dead come sundown, Jill tries all to rescue her, racing against sun to and just 12 hours...

Trailer for Gone, starring Amanda Seyfried, Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley and Jennifer Carpenter The Summit Entertainment thriller helmed by Heitor Dhalia (Adrift), opens February 24th and is scripted by Allison Burnett (Underworld Awakening, Feast of Love, Untraceable). Gone tells of Jill Parrish who, after working the night shift, returns home to discover that her sister Molly has suddenly disappeared. Convinced that Molly has been abducted by the same serial killer from whom she escaped just a year before, and that she may be dead come sundown, Jill tries all to rescue her, racing against sun to and just 12 hours...

Rapper/actor Mos Def is the latest piece of casting to join Showtime's upcoming season 6 production of 'Dexter'. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Mos Def -below ('Be Kind, Rewind', 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy') will join the cast along with the previously announced casting of Colin Hanks ('King Kong', 'Untraceable') and are both set to play baddies! Yep that's right folks, Hanks is set to play a character named Travis, 'Dexter's main nemesis and a highly intelligent ancient artifacts expert who is linked to a series of grisly murders in Miami.'. And Mos Def will be playing 'a hardened ex-con who claims to have found religion yet seems to continually find himself surrounded by violence. Dexter will reveal the truth of who he really is.' I for one love the series and cannot wait for for season 6!...

Following on from our reports earlier this week about a new batch of characters that are ready to join serial killer show 'Dexter' for it's season 6 Showtime debut this Fall it appears that Colin Hanks -below ('King Kong', 'Untraceable') has been officially cast into the show. And interestingly enough the three character descriptions we revealed the other day (found below) aren't to fit his new role. Lots of secrecy surrounds Hanks new part on the show which could possibly mean another serial killing enemy for our anti-hero 'Dexter' to face off with? Well according to Showtime president David Nevins it's not necessarily that cut and dry....

The pieces are all falling into place. First, Showtime revealed the first teaser for the new season of Dexter. Now, TV Line is reporting that Colin Hanks (Untraceable) will join the sixth season of Dexter. It seems likely that his role will not be one of the three recurring roles we posted about last week. So what will his role be? More after the jump. Well, Showtime is, naturally, being tight-lipped about Hanks's role. Following the pattern of big name gues stars from previous seasons (Jimmy Smits, John Lithgow, Julia Stiles), it seems likely that Hanks will be around for the entire season, but whether he is friend or foe is left to be seen. According to Showtime president David Nevins, "It is not...

Colin Hanks is set to join the cast of the sixth season of Showtime's hit series Dexter. He will join Michael C. Hall in a large role. Earlier we shared a teaser trailer for the upcoming season. At this time there are no details available about Hanks' character. There has been some speculation that he will be playing Dexter's nemesis. 

David Nevins, Showtime's President, revealed there will be multiple villains in season 6. Here is what Nevins had to say:

"It is not [about] one big bad. There's one interesting story that will move through the season, and it will be cast very interestingly, but it's not exactly that one person."

Production may already be under way on the sixth season, with episodes to debut in the fall. I recently watched Hanks in Untraceable, where he was killed by a serial killer. He is a great actor and one that I...

Get our pens, a couple movies have some dates and one....doesn't. The indie thriller "Gone" starring Amanda Seyfried will now arrive on February 24, 2012 which sounds about right for a genre flick. Directed by the little known Heitor Dhalia (”Adrift”) and with a script by Allison Burnett (”Untraceable,” “Fame”) the corny sounding premise revolves around “a woman named Jill who returns home from her night shift to find her sister’s bed empty. She’s convinced the serial killer who kidnapped her two years before has come back to finish the job. But the police do not believe her and Jill…...

Brazilian director Heitor Dhalia is behind the camera, whilst the likes of 'Red Riding Hood' star Amanda Seyfried (below), Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley ('American Beauty'), Erin Carufel, 'Dexter's Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Stan and Socratis Otto are all on screen in new thriller 'Gone', from scribe Allison Burnett 'Untraceable'. And now Lakeshore Entertainment have named the 24 February 2012 as the official release date for the serial killer based project....

It's not often I get studio provided exclusives here on RopeofSilicon but every so often someone decides to throw me a bone. Now I can't say the clip below is mind-blowing. It doesn't feature the two actors mentioned in the headline (at least not in person) or even a line of dialogue, but I saw this as a chance for you to get a look at the work of a director with a bigger studio project coming up in the near future.

The clip comes from a film called Adrift and when I was first asked if I would be interested in the exclusive I couldn't remember ever even hearing of the film. So I did a quick search to see if I'd actually mentioned it on the site before. To my surprise... I had.

Back in April 2008 I posted a news blurb mentioning Camilla Belle (10,000 B.C.) as joining...

The movie Hallow Pointe has just breathed some new life and it's vital signs are looking impressive! The addition the project just got shows that this movie is heading in the right direction for sure and I can't wait to see what the end product looks like!

“Predator” Executive Producer Takes On “Hallow Pointe”

Laurence Pereira joins Hp producing team as movie gets new approach, new cast!

Los Angeles: “Hallow Pointe,” the highly anticipated horror/thriller in development with Bobby Ray Akers Jr.’s Dead of Night Films & award winning filmmaker Thomas J. Churchill’s (“Emerging Past”) Church Hill Productions, is taking a fresh new approach to the creature feature genre. Churchill & Akers are bringing a new style and feel to their definitive werewolf film. Churchill’s partnership with “Predator’s” executive producer Laurence Pereira on another project, led to his addition to the production team and sparked the first step in this new direction.