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Amazon MGM Studios’ giant robot movie Voltron is getting bigger with the addition of Alba Baptista, Samson Kayo and Tharanya Tharan to the cast.

They join previously announced Sterling K. Brown, Daniel Quinn-Toye, Henry Cavill, Rita Ora and John Kim.

Rawson Marshall Thurber is directing off a screenplay he wrote with Ellen Shanman. The story, though under wraps, will feature a new generation of pilots, according to Thurber. The live-action take of the anime TV series is being produced by Todd Lieberman via Hidden Pictures, Bob Koplar, Thurber and Hobie Films’ David Hoberman.

Baptista recently wrapped shooting David Lowery’s Mother Mary opposite Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel for A24. She can most recently be seen in Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, opposite Lesley Manville and Isabelle Huppert for Focus Features. Next up, Baptista, who was awarded the prestigious European Shooting Star Award at the 2021 Berlin Film Festival, will be...

Only deep-cut "Twilight Zone" aficionados will know this, but actor Jay Overholts holds the record for the most number of appearances on the show (Rod Serling himself notwithstanding). Counting voice performances, Overholtz appeared in the following:

In "Where Is Everybody?" he played the voice of a radio reporter. In "One for the Angels", he played a doctor. In "A Thing About Machines", he played an intern. In "Twenty Two", he played the voice on a Pa system. In "The Odyssey of Flight 33", he played an airline passenger (pictured above). In "Static", he played a random background character. In "The Jungle", he played a cab driver. And in "Showdown with Rance McGraw", he played a cowboy.

Overholts didn't have much of an acting career beyond those eight episodes, however. He was in two episodes of "Playhouse 90" in 1959 and turned up in a single episode of "Gunsmoke" as an unnamed character.

Static-x and Sevendust have added a third leg to their co-headlining US tour.

The bands already teamed up for a Fall 2023 leg, and they previously announced a Winter 2024 leg set to launch in February. The newly announced Spring 2024 dates kick off April 28th in Salt Lake City and running through May 18th in Minneapolis. Dope and Lies of Loyalty will support these shows, in addition to opening the February leg.

Various ticket pre-sales are ongoing for select dates, and general ticket sales start Friday (January 12th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Fans can also look for deals or get tickets to sold-out dates via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

The outing is billed as the co-headlining “Machine Killer” tour, named after Static-x’s sophomore album, Machine, and Sevendust’s latest studio LP, Truth Killer, which dropped back in July.

Static-x are...

Within the lore surrounding Rod Serling's original "The Twilight Zone," which ran from 1959-1964 on CBS, the six episodes videotaped (as opposed to shot on film) during the second season are generally regarded by both fans and creators to be some of the series' biggest failures. These episodes are rivaled in reputation only by the shortened season of hour-long episodes (as opposed to the series' usual half-hour length) during the show's 4th year.

In both cases, these changes were mandated by the network, and were not internal decisions made by Serling or his crew. However, while the 4th season hour-length episodes suffered more from script and pacing issues, the videotaped second season episodes are by and large solid "Twilight Zone" scripts; it's the technical side of things that suffered instead, as CBS tried to cut the show's production costs.

The fact that these episodes were still pretty great sci-fi...

Sick New World is returning in 2024 to the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on April 27th, and the one-day music extravaganza once again boasts a stacked lineup

System of a Down are reprising their role as festival headliners, and are joined this year by Slipknot. Other major acts include A Perfect Circle, Alice in Chains, Bring Me the Horizon, Danny Elfman, Primus, Lamb of God, Sleep Token, Knocked Loose, Babymetal, and more.

Ticket pre-sale codes will be available via an email/text-message list that you can sign up for via the Sick New World website, with the pre-sale launching Friday (October 13th) at 10 a.m. Pt. Any remaining tickets following the pre-sale will go on sale to the general public later that day at 2. p.m. Pt. Various ticket tiers will be available along with layaway payment options.

The festival lineup once again boasts a genre-spanning gathering of alternative metal, nu-metal,...

Static-x and Sevendust have announced a February 2024 North American co-headlining tour with support from Dope and Lines of Loyalty. The outing follows the previously announced first leg, which launches in a couple of weeks.

The second leg kicks off February 1st in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and runs through a February 27th show in Newport, Kentucky.

A Live Nation ticket pre-sale for select dates starts Wednesday (September 20th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster using the code Studio. General ticket sales begin Friday (September 22nd) at 10 a.m. local time. Fans can also look for deals or get tickets to sold-out dates StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

The newly announced dates will give fans a second chance to catch the Static-x/Sevendust roadshow, as the bands are set to embark on a Fall 2023 run on October 6th in Houston.

Both legs are...

It doesn't matter how popular a TV series is: If it costs money, the network is going to try to save money. Sometimes that means turning the second season finale of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" into a god awful clip show. Sometimes that means making the whole fourth season of the helicopter action/adventure series "Airwolf" without the original cast... or the helicopter.

In the case of the classic series "The Twilight Zone" — a critically acclaimed, Emmy-winning sci-fi/fantasy/horror anthology created by one of the most celebrated writers working in television, Rod Serling — there was no continuity, and therefore no clip show. There was no regular cast, so no regular cast to cut.

As a result, when the second season of "The Twilight Zone" turned out to be very, very expensive, the producers made a decision that barely saved any money, artistically hindered the program, and left us...

This article contains some spoilers for the 1985 movie, Lifeforce

Vampires! They seduce, they enrapture, they hunger for us, and sometimes that’s not 100 percent horrifying, even if it might mean our imminent demise. We humans are a complex sort in that way.

Though vampires are typically depicted as being smart, powerful, sexy, and slick, there are definitely some onscreen bloodsuckers who are just incredibly gross. These are not them.

Santanico Pandemonium – From Dusk Till Dawn

From Dusk Till Dawn has a lot going on. Half crime spree movie and half vampire carnage spectacular, you’re either onboard for the film’s sudden switcheroo or you’re heading for the nearest exit, but one thing that many of us can agree on after making it through the other side is that Salma Hayek can put her damn foot in our mouth if she wants to. Hayek only has a small role...

Few years are as packed for the R&b categories at the Grammys as this one. With releases from some of the top artists in the genre and in music in general, as well as a lot of Grammy darlings back in the mix, it seems like many artists will truly just be lucky to net a nom. Let’s take a look at some of the top contenders this year.

We can’t talk about R&b without first talking about Queen Bey. This year Beyoncé could compete in Best Progressive R&b Album with her newest release, “Renaissance.” The album is acclaimed and will easily be the front-runner if it is submitted in R&b (it might instead be slotted in pop). As for song choices, Beyoncé could go for the groovy “Cuff It” or the urban-leaning “Church Girl” for Best R&b Performance, while “Plastic Off The...

Chris Longo Dec 31, 2019

Ready to enter the fifth dimension? We have the Twilight Zone New Year's Marathon schedule right here.

The Twilight Zone is as timeless as infinity. In this dimension, 2019 was a special year for the iconic sci-fi anthlogy as it marked the series' 60th anniversary. We may be entering a new decade, but Rod Serling will be there to greet us once more with the annual New Year's Twilight Zone marathon on Syfy.

The marathon begins on Tuesday, Dec. 31st at 6:00 a.m. with "One For The Angels" and concludes on Thursday, Jan. 2nd at 3:30 a.m. with "A Piano in the House."

This time of year is always special in The Twilight Zone. Rod Serling was born on Christmas Day in 1924. The New Year's Marathon is just one of the many ways Serling's legacy lives on. Earlier this year, his daughter, Anne, wrote in an...

Jim Dandy Nov 20, 2019

Denys Cowan and Bill Sienkiewicz take The Question back to Hub City, then back to the Old West, then to the Depression...

Denys Cowan is a living legend. He pencilled the original run of The Question with Dennis O’Neill, laying the groundwork for that character to become a fan favorite for three decades. He co-founded Milestone Media and gave the world Static and Hardware and all the other characters that make you shout in delight when they show up on Young Justice. Hell, he even drew the album art for Joe Biden’s favorite Wu Tang record.

Bill Sienkiewicz is also a living legend. He just dropped an art retrospective covering a portion of his work as the primary artist on books like Elektra: Assassin and New Mutants and Stray Toasters. But beyond his work as the primary artist on all-time classics, he’s also one of...

Young Justice: Outsiders seamlessly merges storytelling with fanservice for another great episode.

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This Young Justice: Outsiders review contains spoilers.

Young Justice Outsiders Episode 17

Here's me about halfway through the latest episode of Young Justice's incredible season.

"Holy crap, are they doing the Newsgirl Legion?"

Here's me, not two minutes later.

"Holy Crap Is The Newsgirl Legion Also Mystery Incorporated?"

And me again at the end of the episode:

"Wait, did they just do superhero Arab Spring?"

Spoilers: they didn't, but that's because the Arab Spring was a complicated geopolitical moment and a multifaceted movement that used social media not just as a way to circumvent hostile, government-controlled information sources for messaging purposes, but also as a way to organize civic engagement among connected, high-information activists, and this is a half hour cartoon on a comic book publisher's proprietary streaming service. But the fact that I could...

2018 Aacta Pitch winners Darcy Prendergast and Seamus Spilsbury.

Entries are now open for Aacta’s national pitching competition, with the winner to receive a $5,000 cash prize as well as $15,000 towards the production of a short film.

Aacta has aligned itself with Mini, and said is looking to hear from filmmakers with “unique, creative and fun ideas” for shorts that are inspired by the car company’s ‘Forever Unexpected’ manifesto. Mini will be the Presenting Partner for Aacta Shorts Fest this August, as well as Aacta’s national online short film competition, #SocialShorts.

Up to five finalists will be selected to participate in the live Aacta Pitch event held in Sydney June 3.

The judging panel will include:

Actor Damon Herriman Short film producer Alexandra Blue Writer and producer Victoria Wharfe McIntyre Director Derin Seale

The winner will also receive a complimentary Mini vehicle for the duration of the shoot, post-production support...

DC Universe shared new promo spot for Young Justice: Outsiders to get the fans pumped up for the long-awaited return of the series next month!

The new promo spot teases new faces and new adventures. This trailer offers a first look at some of the new characters being introduced to the series such as Katana, Halo, Forager, Geo-Force, Arrowette, Spoiler, and Cassandra Cain.

The superhero line-up in the series also includes Static, Kid Flash, Robin, Wonder Girl, Blue Beetle, Thirteen, Arrowette, Arsenal, and Beast Boy. Here’s the synopsis:

In Young Justice: Outsiders, the teenage Super Heroes of the DC Universe come of age in an animated world of super-powers, Super-Villains and super secrets. In the highly anticipated new season, the team faces its greatest challenge yet as it takes on meta-human trafficking and the terrifying threat it creates for a society caught in the crossfire of a genetic arms...

DC Universe has released a new teaser for the long-awaited animated series Young Justice: Outsiders. As we see the Earth come into view in the teaser, another object takes over the focus, and it's none other than Apokolips.

The main purpose of the trailer, though, is to reveal that the series will premiere on January 4th, 2019. So we won’t have to wait much longer folks!

The superhero line-up in the series includes Static, Kid Flash, Robin, Wonder Girl, Spoiler, Blue Beetle, Thirteen, Arrowette, Arsenal, and Beast Boy. There are also other characters that will appear. Producer Greg Weisman previously confirmed, “Batman and the Outsiders, I suppose, is a big one. Specifically for the first few episodes.”

Producer Brandon Vietti also teased a few other things that we can expect from the series saying, “We’re kind of riffing on that, doing our Earth-16 version of that story. Our entire...

In today’s TV News Roundup, Showtime released the premiere date and a new trailer for the second season of “Smilf” and Syfy unveiled a new trailer for season four of “The Magicians.”

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“Young Justice” is coming to the DC Universe streaming platform for a third season on Jan. 4, nearly five years after the show’s conclusion in 2013. “Young Justice: Outsiders” will feature popular heroes Static, Kid Flash, Robin, Wonder Girl, Spoiler, Blue Beetle, Thirteen, Arrowette, Arsenal and Beast Boy as well as newcomers Forager, voiced by Jason Spisak and Halo, voiced by Zehra Fazal. Posters and teasers for the show have also hinted at a Darkseid appearance alongside the immortal super villain Vandal Savage.

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YouTube star Coyote Peterson is hosting a new original series for Animal Planet set to premiere in 2019. On the show, Peterson will travel across the world to provide viewers with rare, up-close animal...

A new clip has been released for the upcoming animated series Young Justice: Outsiders. It features Nightwing and Oracle infiltrating a secret metahuman lab run by the mysterious Bedlam.

I've been such a huge fan of this Young Justice series and I've got high hopes for its return. So far I've liked what I've seen, especially with that five-minute long trailer that was released during Comic-Con. That definitely stirred up some excitement among the fans!

The superhero line-up also includes Static, Kid Flash, Robin, Wonder Girl, Spoiler, Blue Beetle, Thirteen, Arrowette, Arsenal and Beast Boy. Here's the synopsis:

In Young Justice: Outsiders, the teenage Super Heroes of the DC Universe come of age in an animated world of super-powers, Super-Villains and super secrets. In the highly anticipated new season, the team faces its greatest challenge yet as it takes on meta-human trafficking and the terrifying threat it creates for a...

DC Entertainment just dropped the first trailer for the long-awaited Young Justice: Outsiders at Comic-Con! Fans have been waiting to see the return of Young Justice since the original series came to an end, and now the trailer is finally here and it's 5-minutes long! The series looks like it's going to be so good and I'm so excited to watch the adventures of these characters continue.

The footage shows Nightwing, who left the team at the end of season 2, reunite with Superboy, Aqualad, and Artemis for one last mission. That mission is to take on the rise of metahuman trafficking and the ensuing intergalactic arms races to control people with powers. We also get a first look at the show’s newest character, Brion Markov (Troy Baker), the Prince of Markovia, who discovers he has the metahuman gene.

The superhero line-up also includes Static, Kid Flash, Robin, Wonder Girl,...

Hey there, creeps! Pull up a coffin and gather ’round, because die-rector John Suits and Producer Gabe Cowan just stepped across my dismal doorstep to chat up their latest flick Pandemic!

Famous Monsters. Welcome, welcome, my fiends; please take a load off… mind that throw pillow; it’s genuine werewolf hide. Anyway, let’s get down to brass tacks. Pandemic, how did that come to be?

John Suits. We were reading through a bunch of scripts looking for our next projects and came across Dustin T. Benson’s script, Viral (the name was later changed to Pandemic), which was on the 2012 Bloodlist. We loved the story and the idea of shooting a movie in the style of a First Person Shooter.

Gabe Cowan. At the time we were looking for something fun and different for John to dig his visual mind into. We’ve always been guys who like to try new and different things.

Friday nights on Horror Channel get bloody as the UK’s only dedicated TV destination for horror fans, ushers in four UK TV premieres for December, including a Christmas Day offering of Steven C. Miller’s demented Santa slasher Silent Night (review), which stars Malcolm McDowell and Jaime King. The other knuckle-whitening premieres are Kaare Andrew’s Cabin Fever 3: Patient Zero (review), Todd Levin’s home-invasion chiller Static and John Geddes much admired Zombie film Exit Humanity, with Brian Cox and Bill Mosely.

Fri 25 Dec @ 10.55pm – Silent Night (2012)

A remake of the horror classic Silent Night, Deadly Night, Malcolm McDowell and Jaime King star as a small-town sheriff and deputy on the hunt for a murderous Santa Claus terrorising their community on Christmas Eve. But with the streets full of Santas for the annual Christmas parade, the killer is hiding in plain sight. He’s made his list and...

Labor Day is considered the end of summer, which means fall, our favorite season, is just around the corner. And it's also time to cast your votes for the sixth annual Reaper Awards, running now through October 17th. Winners will be announced just prior to Halloween on October 27th.

From the Press Release:

The Reaper Awards, honoring the best horror and thriller titles of the past year on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, are presented by Home Media Magazine and DreadCentral.com. Eligible titles were released between August 1, 2013, and July 31, 2014.

Results of the consumer vote will be combined with the selections of a judging panel of horror experts and home entertainment reviewers. The panel of judges will also select a Title of the Year.

Note that titles were submitted by participating studios, and if you believe a title is missing from the list, it may be due to the studio not submitting it for consideration.

The Efm crime thriller stars Milo Ventimiglia, Katee Sackhoff and Jason Lee. Separately, Spotlight Pictures has announced its Berlin sales slate.

J M R Luna directed Arclight’s Tell, about a small-time crook who lands in trouble when he pulls of a major bank robbery.

Kevin Mann, Matt Perniciaro and Christopher Boyd of Haven Entertainment produced with Ventimiglia (pictured) and Russ Cundiff of Divide Pictures (Static). Mauricio Betancur, Rick Matros and George Voskericyan are the executive producers.

The film is currently in post and is scheduled for a summer release. Arclight will present previously unseen footage.

Spotlight Pictures CEO Matt McCombs has unveiled five projects for the market. The musically inspired There is Always Woodstock stars Allison Miller, James Wolk, Rumer Willis, Ryan Guzman, Katey Sagal, Anna Anissimova and Brittany Snow.

Rom-com Hit By Lightning features Jon Cryer, while family tale Christmas in Balsam Falls stars Robert Loggia, Charleene Closshey, Booboo Stewart and [link...

Explosions! CGI effects work! Celebrities! A muscle-bound mummy looking to wreak havoc everywhere his feet happen to fall! Yes! It's another flick from The Asylum, and right now we have the official trailer for you for Attila! That's right, the friggin' hun!

Directed by Emmanuel Itier, Attila stars Cheick Kongo (Ufc Champion), Poncho Hodges ("True Blood"), Chris Conrad (Mortal Kombat: Annihilation), Todd Grant Kimsey (Planet of the Apes), Matt Krieger, Mikayla S. Campbell, Steve Hanks (#HoldYourBreath), Luke Barnett (Static) and M. Steven Felty (Headless Horseman). Sharknado director Anthony C. Ferrante and Itier penned the script.

Synopsis

When American soldiers inadvertently steal Attila the Hun's secret riches, the wrath of the barbarian is awakened; the mummified warrior will stop at nothing to kill the intruders.

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It’s that time again: Free Stuff! To celebrate the DVD and Blu-Ray release of first-time writer and director Todd Levin’s horror film, Static, we’re offering horror fans a chance to win a Blu-Ray combo pack! Not only do you get a DVD copy and a Blu-Ray copy, but the set comes with a 3-D Blu-Ray transfer of the home invasion frightfest. And it’s not some 3-D conversion, this puppy was Shot in 3-D.

To win the prize, all you have to do is Tweet me, @FMWolfmandy, your favorite home invasion horror film (for example, Straw Dogs or Panic Room), and I will choose a winner randomly. You have until Monday 10:00 Am Pst to enter. To qualify, you must have a U.S. address for shipping purposes. Here’s what you’re vying for:

Touted as an eccentric twisty turn-y thriller with gripping tension, Static “centers...

What's better than winning a new horror movie on Blu-ray? Why, winning two of course! Interested! Sure you are! Read on for instructions on how to score both Static and Resolution!

To enter for your chance to win, just send us an E-mail Here including your Full Name And Mailing Address. We’ll take care of the rest.

Written by Justin Benson, who also co-directed the film with Aaron Moorhead, Resolution was the winner of Best Screenplay and Most Innovative Film at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival. The movie stars Peter Cilella and Vinny Curran and features Zahn McClarnon and Bill Oberst, Jr.

Synopsis

Michael (Cilella) is committed to getting his best friend Chris (Curran) to sober up and get his life back on track. With the best of intentions, Michael implements a plan to convince Chris to go to rehab before his drug addiction leads to an early death.

New Video Group is handling the distribution of Static 3D, which is, indeed, getting a 3D release.  The film is arriving on DVD/Blu-ray/Blu-ray 3D on October 8th in a combo 3-pack.

Milo Ventimiglia, Sarah Shahi and Sara Paxton star in the film about a young novelist and his wife who are coping with the loss of their child.

Their lives are turned upside down when a panicked girl appears at their home in the middle of the night with stories of masked intruders stalking her.  That night, the stalkers strike, sending the couple on a horrific game of cat and mouse, where they are forced to uncover shocking details from their past that may be the reason for the attack.  A trailer awaits you inside.

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Each week we take a look at the good, the bad and the ugly of the home entertainment offerings, reviewing and rating the films and the special features packed onto the discs.

Release of the Week

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

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The BFI have been working hard on their Masters of Cinema collection, a British equivalent to the Criterion Collection. This is their fifth and final introduction into the John Cassavetes collection which includes Shadows, Faces, A Woman Under the Influence and Opening Night. The story of Cosmo Vitelli (Ben Gazzara – mesmerising), a small strip-club owner who gets in too deep with some murky characters because of his consuming gambling addiction which leaves him $23,000 in the red. The mob then use this as a handle to blackmail him into murdering someone to wipe off some of his debt. It goes behind the scenes of a seemingly successful man...

Fresh for San Diego Comic-Con, we've got the first clip from the short film Iniquitous, featuring Don Swayze and Luke Barnett. Yep, Don Swayze… you know who's younger brother stars in Iniquitous, a truly twisted tale.

Swayze's co-star, Luke Barnett, will be at Comic-Con from Thursday through Sunday, July 18-21, promoting both The Scribbler and his newest film, Static, which was just released in the UK on July 15.

Iniquitous was written and directed by John Thaddeus and produced by Ravenous Films.

Synopsis

John Duncan (Swayze), a one-time faithful preacher and practicing exorcist, falls from grace after a horrible car crash takes the lives of his wife and two daughters. John falls deep into the dark abyss of drugs, alcohol, and failed attempts at suicide. Eventually a messenger comes to John and convinces him he must exorcise one more soul in order to be released from his pain. John agrees, not...

★★★☆☆ An exercise in atmosphere and tension is given an interesting twist in Static (2012), a solid little shocker which is certainly a cut above the usual uninspired horror titles which flood the budget DVD sales market on a weekly basis. Bereft over the death of their young child, famed novelist Jonathan Dade (Milo Ventimiglia) and his wife Addie (Sarah Shahi) are spending an intimate evening together in an attempt to patch up their fading relationship when a mysterious girl, Rachel (Sarah Paxton), suddenly arrives at their door. In a distressed state, she claims there is someone outside who has sabotaged her car and is now stalking her.

The accommodating Dades agree to shelter the terrified Rachel, but she seems intent on probing the husband about the tragedy and her strange behaviour begins to arouse suspicion. It isn't long before the couple find their home and themselves under siege by the very...

Director Todd Levin takes a decidedly different and sombre approach to the home invasion flick with Static (review here), and now you too can feel the fear as we have three DVDs to give away courtesy of Second Sight Films. Break on in here to win!

Synopsis

As a young novelist and his wife are coping with the loss of their child, their lives are turned upside down when a panicked girl appears at their home in the middle of the night with stories of masked intruders stalking her. That night the stalkers strike, sending the couple on an horrific game of cat and mouse, where they are forced to uncover shocking details from their past that may be the reason for the attack.

To be in with a chance of winning, simply send us an E-mail Here including Your Full Name And Postal Address, and then check those locks and relax.

Second Sight Films announced a DVD release date of July 15th for the next 3D horror flick coming at you from music video director Todd Levin, Static 3D. Read on for details, and look for news on a domestic release soon.

Levin wrote the film with Gabriel Cowan, John Suits, and Andrew Orci.

The flick stars Milo Ventimiglia ("Heroes"), Sarah Shahi ("The L Word"), and Sara Paxton (The Last House on the Left; The Innkeepers).

Synopsis

As a young novelist and his wife are coping with the loss of their child, their lives are turned upside down when a panicked girl appears at their home in the middle of the night with stories of masked intruders stalking her. That night the stalkers strike, sending the couple on an horrific game of cat and mouse, where they are forced to uncover shocking details from their past that may be the reason for the attack.

While there is no U.S. release date yet for Static, we do have a UK trailer to share in anticipation of its July 15th overseas release.

A young writer (Milo Ventimiglia) and his wife (Sarah Shahi) are struggling with the loss of their child but just as they are trying to get their lives back on track a hysterical young woman (Paxton – The Innkeepers, Last House on the Left), turns up at their secluded house in the middle of the night, claiming she is being chased by mysterious masked men. Letting her stay the night the couple are soon drawn into the horror when the unknown force starts to stalk them, a terrifying game of cat and mouse ensues, resulting in a shocking conclusion and one of the most chilling film finales of recent years. Static is written and directed by Todd Levin in his first feature.

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'Static' is the Todd Levin helmed 3D horror flick that is getting some impressive plaudits from industry nerdlingers. Cinedigm have just scored the Us/Canada distribution rights and the plan is to unleash it onto VOD and quickly follow-up with a 3D release directly onto DVD. Meanwhile, however, Second Sight Films also picked up the feature here in the UK and intend to release it onto DVD in the UK market on 15 July. Levin helms from his own co-written script and the flick stars Milo Ventimiglia ('Heroes', 'The Divide') and Sarah Shahi ('Fairly Legal') who play a couple who take in a mysterious stranger, played by 'The Innkeepers' hottie Sara Paxton. 'Lost's William Mapother also stars. Head below to check out the new Us artwork plus the UK DVD cover....

One film that's been clinging on to the shelf for the past several months is the next 3D horror flick coming at you from music video director Todd Levin, Static 3D. That changes now however as Cinedigm has sucked up the rights for the flick.

As per Deadline the low budget indie was shot in 3D with a custom rig to keep costs down. After an initial 2D VOD release, the plan is to release Static in 3D on DVD. Levin wrote the film with Gabriel Cowan, John Suits, and Andrew Orci.

The flick stars "Heroes"' Milo Ventimiglia, "The L Word"'s Sarah Shahi, and Sara Paxton (The Last House on the Left; The Innkeepers).

Synopsis

As a young novelist and his wife are coping with the loss of their child, their lives are turned upside down when a panicked girl appears at their home in the middle of...

Cinedigm has picked up North American distribution rights to Static, a 3D thriller starring Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes, That's My Boy), Sarah Shahi (The L Word) and Sara Paxton (The Last House on the Left, Shark Night 3D). Story: Magnet Picks Up Horror/Comedy 'Milo,' About a Murderous Demon The feature, directed by Todd Levin and written by Levin, Gabriel Cowan, John Suits and Andrew Orci, follows a young couple, played by Ventimiglia and Shahi, whose marriage is crumbling after the loss of a child. But their lives change forever when a young woman arrives at their door, claiming masked intruders are stalking

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Cinedigm will distribute Todd Levin's Static 3D thriller in North America, starring Milo Ventimiglia, Sarah Shahi, Sara Paxton and William Mapother, reports Deadline. The story written by Levin, Gabriel Cowan, John Suits, and Andrew Orci, tells of a couple who face marital problems after losing their child finds, and then find their lives even further complicated by a mysterious visitor. Apparently the film will get a VOD release, then head off to DVD. New Artists Alliance's Cowan and Suits produced Static with Orci while Dallas Sonnier and Jack Heller of Caliber Media Co. served as executive producers alongside Kerry Johnson and Divide Pictures' Ventimiglia and Russ Cundiff.

Cinedigm will distribute Todd Levin's Static 3D thriller in North America, starring Milo Ventimiglia, Sarah Shahi, Sara Paxton and William Mapother, reports Deadline. The story written by Levin, Gabriel Cowan, John Suits, and Andrew Orci, tells of a couple who face marital problems after losing their child finds, and then find their lives even further complicated by a mysterious visitor. Apparently the film will get a VOD release, then head off to DVD. New Artists Alliance's Cowan and Suits produced Static with Orci while Dallas Sonnier and Jack Heller of Caliber Media Co. served as executive producers alongside Kerry Johnson and Divide Pictures' Ventimiglia and Russ Cundiff.

Iniquitous - [i níkwitəss] Utterly harmful and wrong: immoral, especially in a way that results in great injustice or unfairness. Sounds like our kind of subject matter! On tap for you demon loving cats out there are the first ever stills from one hell of an Iniquitous movie!

Written and directed by John Thaddeus and produced by Ravenous Films, Iniquitous stars Don Swayze ("True Blood"), Luke Barnett (Static), and Jenjer Vick Robin ("Boston Legal"). The flick is now in post production. Look for more soon!

Synopsis

John Duncan (Swayze), a one time faithful preacher and practicing exorcist, falls from grace after a horrible car crash takes the lives of his wife and two daughters. John falls deep into the dark abyss of drugs, alcohol and failed attempts at suicide. Eventually, a messenger comes to John and convinces him he must exorcise one more soul in order to be released from his pain.

Katie Cassidy tweeted a picture recently from the set of the new horror flick The Scribbler in character as Suki, and we have it right here next to an image of the original graphic novel character. Cassidy cut her hair and added piercings for the role. God love her!

This comes after The CW announced they would be picking up "Arrow" based on the DC comic book series Green Arrow, in which Cassidy stars as Dinah Lance, who later becomes Black Canary.

In other Scribbler news, Richard Riehle (Office Space), Brad Culver (Growth), Luke Barnett (Sedona) and an English bulldog named Sir Hollywood have all been seen on set playing supporting roles. This adds to an already impressive ensemble cast that includes Cassidy, Michelle Trachenberg ("Buffy"), Garret Dillahunt (No Country for Old Men), Gina Gershon (Showgirls), Michael Imperioli ("The Sopranos"), Eliza Dushku ("Dollhouse"), Billy Campbell ("The Killing"), Kunal Nayyar ("Big...

A new trailer for Todd Levin's 3D feature 'Static' has been revealed by New Artists Alliance. The supernatural project which stars Milo Ventimiglia ('Heroes', 'The Divide') and Sarah Shahi ('Fairly Legal') as a couple who take in a stranger played by the gorgeous Sara Paxton -below ('Shark Night 3D', 'The Innkeepers') only to find theirselves in more trouble than they could have imagined. The trailer for the new three dimensional thriller makes it difficult to see why the flick has been produced in 3D but all in all it still looks like a pretty interesting horror project. Head below to check it out and also find a gratuitous pic of the sexy Paxton for your viewing pleasure....

Since I have been in a perpetual loop of "static" the past few weeks I figured what better story to sneak in with then Milo Ventimiglia's "Static" home invasion thriller. Here is the brand new trailer for the "Static" titled home invasion thriller, starring Milo Ventimiglia ("Heroes") Sara Paxton (Shark Night) and Sarah Shahi. It's directed by Todd Levin and is set to hit theaters on November 1st. Check out the trailer below. Plot Synopsis: A…...

Today we have the trailer for "Static" home invasion thriller, starring Milo Ventimiglia ("Heroes") Sara Paxton (Shark Night) and Sarah Shahi. It's directed by Todd Levin and is set to hit theaters on November 1st. Check out the trailer below. Plot: As a young novelist and his wife are coping with the loss of their child, their lives are turned upside down when a panicked girl appears at their home in the middle of the night with stories of masked intruders stalking her. That night, the stalkers strike, sending the couple on a horrific game of cat and mouse, where they are forced to uncover shocking details from their past that may be the reason for the attack. Trailer:...

It was during last year's Afm that the next 3D horror flick coming at you from music video director Todd Levin, Static 3D, hit our radar, and wouldn't you know it? Just in time for Cannes we have a sales trailer. Check it out!

The flick stars "Heroes"' Milo Ventimiglia, "The L Word"'s Sarah Shahi, and Sara Paxton (The Last House on the Left; The Innkeepers). Check out the trailer below, and look for more soon!

Static is one of the first low-budget features to be shot in full 3D. Levin used a camera rig designed specifically for the producers and director to hold two Sony Pmw-F3 cameras - Sony's answer to the Red 3D camera - and control costs. The movie's budget is below $1 million.

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As a young novelist and his wife are coping with the loss of their child, their lives are turned upside down...

Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes, The Divide), Sara Paxton (Shark Night) and Sarah Shahi (Fairly Legal) star in the Todd Levin-directed home invasion thriller Static and we have your first look via the trailer inside.

As a young novelist and his wife are coping with the loss of their child, their lives are turned upside down when a panicked girl appears at their home in the middle of the night with stories of masked intruders stalking her.

That night, the stalkers strike, sending the couple on a horrific game of cat and mouse, where they are forced to uncover shocking details from their past that may be the reason for the attack.

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Which identity is the real you? For Dollhouse star Eliza Dushku, this concept is all too familiar. Dushku joins fellow Buffy veteran Michelle Trachtenberg on the cast of the big screen adaptation of the comic book, The Scribbler, published by Image Comics and written by Daniel Schaffer.

Deadline reports that Katie Cassidy (Supernatural, Taken) , picture center above, has signed on to topline in the film about “Suki, a young woman confronting her destructive mental illness using “The Siamese Burn,” an experimental machine designed to eliminate multiple personalities. The closer Suki comes to being “cured,” she’s haunted by a thought… what if the last unwanted identity turns out to be her?”

Check out the official press release on The Scribbler:

Los Angeles—Katie Cassidy (Taken) will topline as the title character in the mind-bending thriller feature, The Scribbler, which begins production this week in downtown Los Angeles. Starring alongside...

Filming on Dan Schaffer’s graphic novel The Scribbler begins later this week in Los Angeles for a live action theatrical film release.

Schaffer’s graphic novel was originally published in 2006 by Image Comics. A new “director’s cut” of the graphic novel is being prepared by the recently re-launched First Comics™ for release in conjunction with the film’s opening. Schaffer penned the screenplay adapted from his graphic novel.

The thriller centers on Suki, a young woman confined in a mental institution and being treated with an experimental machine dubbed “The Siamese Burn, designed to eliminate multiple personalities. As the “treatment” progresses, Suki starts to be haunted by the realization that if “The Siamese Burn” is successful, which one of her personalities will be the survivor?

Katie Cassidy, already with comic connections as Dinah Lance in the CW pilot Arrow, stars as the title character Suki. The cast also...

New Artist Alliance, an Encino, Calif.-based production company specializing in low-budget films, has secured financing for a slate of four micro-budgeted movies, all to cost less than $1 million, that it will co-produce with management/production firm Caliber Media, reports THR. The first film under the new deal is an adaptation of the First Comics graphic novel THR Scribbler, author Dan Schaffers "tale of a woman will multiple personalities." John Suits, one of the founders of Naa, will direct the film, to be shot in 3D, which is beginning casting. The two companies have previously produced two movies together, which are both currently in post-production: Static, a horror-thriller starring Milo Ventimiglia, Sarah Shahi and Sara Paxton, directed by Todd Levin and shot in 3D, and 3 Nights in the Desert, starring Amber Tamblyn, Wes Bentley and Vincent Piazza, which Cowan directed.

The Image comic book, The Scribbler, is being groomed for a film adaptation.  The Hollywood Reporter says New Artist Alliance and Caliber Media are teaming up for a four-picture slate, producing films that are each budgeted at under a million dollars.  The Scribbler falls into that plan.

Written by Dan Schaffer and published by Image Comics in 2006, The Scribbler will be adapted by John Suits, who last directed the upcoming Static starring Milo Ventimiglia and Sara Paxton.  Suits is currently casting his latest endeavor.

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Nasser Entertainment and Caliber Media Co. are partnering to bring thriller Bodies at Rest to life. Penned by David Lesser, "The story centers on three thugs who break into a morgue to cover up a crime and the medical examiner and assistant who must figure out a way to stay alive as well as protect the evidence." Caliber is in post on Static, starring Milo Ventimiglia. Lesser's worked extensively in TV, writing on "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" as well as "Who's the Boss?" Joseph and Jack Nasser of Nasser Entertainment along with Caliber's Dallas Sonnier and Jack Heller will produce and finance the feature. Mike Goldberg, Josh Adler and Lesser will co-exec produce.

Exclusive: Production has just gotten underway on 3 Nights In The Desert, a drama that stars Amber Tamblyn, Wes Bentley and Boardwalk Empire‘s Vincent Piazza. Gabriel Cowan is directing the Adam Chanzit script in a co-production between New Artists Alliance and Caliber Media Company. Tamblyn, Bentley and Piazza play three estranged friends and former bandmates who reunite to celebrate turning 30. They come together for a weekend in the desert and expose unresolved wounds as they struggle with who they have become and what might have been had they done things differently. Chanzit, who moved to China to live with Daoists, based the tale on his travels. Cowan has the musical experience from his days as a member of the bands Lode and Ear Two Thousand. Cowan’s producing with his New Artists Alliance partner John Suits, and Caliber’s Jack Heller and Dallas Sonnier are the executive producers alongside Kerry Johnson,...