Month: September 2020

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

1940s propeller planes and sneakerhead apps. The Sully Brothers pitch two wildly different concepts for the next Planes, Trains, and Automobiles retakes. Will their pitches find home or break down on Hollywood highway?

Shermer, Illinois

Shermer, Illinois is the fictitious suburb of Chicago which characters from The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off called home.

Console to Screen: The Highs and Lows of Video Game Adaptations

Video game movies have had a checkered past. Maybe the formula for video game adaptations is no more elusive than other films, or maybe the genre has just yet to hit its stride.

Mortal Kombat

Tournament tweaks, mind games, and a massive recasting with nary a Christopher Lambert in sight. The Sully Brothers pitch their electrifying versions of the 90s video game adaptation, Mortal Kombat.

Evolution

September 29, 2020
This often overlooked Ivan Reitman film has all the fun and feel of Ghostbusters with a great cast and lots of laughs.

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

September 14, 2020
Despite its family-friendly storytelling, this comedy is often dark and melancholy, but never fails to entertain.

Kevin Steverson’s Salvage Title Acquired by Hideout Pictures

Kevin Steverson's Salvage Title Acquired by Hideout Pictures

Kevin Steverson’s Salvage Title Acquired by Hideout Pictures

Just two years after hitting shelves, Kevin Steverson’s sci-fi epic novel Salvage Title has been acquired by Average Joes Entertainment’s Hideout Pictures to be developed into a feature film, according to Deadline.

RELATED: The Kane Chronicles: Netflix Adapting Rick Riordan’s Trilogy Novel Into Films

Published in 2018 and the first in the novel trilogy of the same name, the story follows Harmon Tomeral, an orphan-turned-space academy pilot who faces an uphill battle as he desires to head to space. He and his friend enter in a Top Fleet Marine competition to compete for the grand prize of 100,000 credits, which would just be enough to start their own salvage company, but they two must build a mech worth of competition. With the fleet showing disinterest in Harmon, he must team up with his friends to go against regulations to salvage parts and try to become the best.

The film adaptation is set to be penned by graphic novelist Doug Wagner, well-known for creating the Image Comics’ limited series Plastic, with Hideout Pictures CEO Shannon Houchins attached to produce alongside Trevor O’Neil and Potsy Ponciroli.

Click here to purchase the first novel in Steverson’s trilogy!

Kevin is a tremendous storyteller and we had been tracking Salvage Title knowing that Doug is the perfect person to adapt the property for the television/film,” Houchins said in a statement.

RELATED: Neil Widener and Gavin James Set to Pen Hot Wheels Movie Adaptation

Steverson’s work becomes the second novel Hideout has acquired for a feature film adaptation after the production banner landed the rights to the graphic novel series Kill Whitey Donovan last year. Hideout has recently become known for providing financing on a number of projects with big names attached including Jay & Silent Bob Reboot and the Omar Epps and Kate Walsh-starring 3022.

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Arrow Video Launches New Streaming Service Plus October 2020 Lineup

Arrow Video Launches New Streaming Service Plus October 2020 Lineup

Arrow Video Launches New Streaming Service Plus October 2020 Lineup

Arrow Video, the acclaimed British indie film distributor, is launching a new subscription-based ARROW platform, available in the US and Canada beginning October 1. Building on the success of the Arrow Video Channel and expanding its availability across multiple devices and countries, ARROW boasts a selection of cult classics, hidden gems, and iconic horror films, all curated by the Arrow Video team.

ARROW begins streaming with headliners The Deeper You Dig, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Crumbs, The Hatred, Cold Light of Day, Videoman, and The Herschell Gordon Lewis Feast. Also immediately available are perennial Halloween hits Hellraiser 1 & 2, Elvira, Ringu, the complete Gamera series, as well as full collections from the ARROW archives packed with exclusive extras, rarely seen interviews, and documentaries.

Arrow Video is offering fans a 30 day free trial of ARROW, and subscriptions are available for $4.99 per month or $49.99 annually. A UK rollout is planned for 2021. You can check out the October 2020 lineup below!

RELATED: New to Stream: Arrow Video Channel’s September 2020 Lineup

ARROW October (US/Canada):

The Deeper You Dig
The Hatred
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Crumbs
Cold Light of Day
Videoman
The Herschell Gordon Lewis Feast

October Seasons:

Edgar Wright Selects (Filmmaker Edgar Wright Selects his top ARROW picks)

Audition
Blood and Black Lace
Death Walks at Midnight
Death Walks on High Heels
Deep Red
Don’t Torture A Duckling
Hellraiser
Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno
Le Plaisir
Psychomania
Re-Animator
Ringu
Schlock
The Cat o’ Nine Tails
The Crazies
The Fifth Cord
The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion
The Stuff
Torso
What Have You Done To Solange?

Tooled Up (Power Tools and Blood Splatters)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Microwave Massacre
The Driller Killer
Edge of the Axe
Blood Rage
The Wizard of Gore
Doom Asylum
Why Don’t You Just Die!
The Mutilator
The Gore Gore Girls
White Fire
Audition

Midnight Movies (Restored Low-Budget Exploitation)

Videoman
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Cold Light of Day
Crumbs
Deadbeat at Dawn
La Grande Bouffe
Evil Ed
Story of Sin
Sister Street Fighter
Ivansxtc
The Swinging Cheerleaders
Warning From Space
Inferno of Torture
The Baby
Vampyres
The Coming of Sin

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Steven Soderbergh Assembles Ensemble Cast for HBO Max Thriller

Steven Soderbergh Assembles Ensemble Cast for HBO Max Thriller

Steven Soderbergh assembles ensemble cast for HBO Max thriller

As production gets underway on the crime thriller, Steven Soderbergh’s No Sudden Move, formerly titled Kill Switch, has assembled an ensemble cast including Don Cheadle (Ocean’s Trilogy), Benicio del Toro (Sicario), David Harbour (Black Widow), Jon Hamm (Tag), Ray Liotta (Marriage Story) and many more!

RELATED: Steven Soderbergh Reveals He’s Written Sex, Lies, and Videotape Sequel

Alongside the five, the star-studded roster will also include Amy Seimetz (The Secrets We Keep), Kieran Culkin (Succession), Brendan Fraser (Doom Patrol), Noah Jupe (Honey Boy), Bill Duke (High Flying Bird), Frankie Shaw (SMILF) and Julia Fox (Uncut Gems). Production on the film, which is following strict pandemic safety protocols, is currently underway in Detroit, Michigan.

“The last time I shot a movie in Detroit with a great script and a great cast things worked out really well, so I’m very excited behind my mask right now,” Soderbergh said in a statement.

Casey Silver (Mosaic, Godless) is attached to produce the project, which was penned by Bill & Ted Face the Music co-scribe Ed Solomon, and is one of two projects Soderbergh has set at the WarnerMedia streaming platform alongside the Meryl Streep-starring Let Them All Talk, which is expected to debut later this year.

“It’s a pleasure to begin production on another project with Steven Soderbergh, Casey Silver and Ed Solomon,” Casey Bloys, Chief Content Officer for HBO and HBO Max, said in a statement. “We have an incredible partner in Warner Bros. Pictures and an extraordinarily talented cast – we couldn’t be happier to bring No Sudden Move to HBO Max.”

“Steven is a prolific, forward-thinking director who has a two-decade history of making movies at Warner Bros,” Toby Emmerich, Chairman, Warner Bros. Pictures Group, said in a statement. “We look forward to continuing his legacy at WarnerMedia with his intense crime thriller.”

Set in the 1950s Detroit, No Sudden Move will follow a trio of criminals who carry out a home invasion, only to wonder if they’ve been double-crossed when the job goes sideways.

RELATED: HBO Max Acquires Soderbergh Comedy Starring Meryl Streep, Gemma Chan

Soderbergh’s recent projects also include the Netflix movies High Flying Bird and The Laundromat, and recently wrapped his latest directing gig Let Them All Talk, starring Meryl Streep, Gemma Chan, Lucas Hedges, Candice Bergen, and Dianne Wiest. He also recently produced Scott Z. Burns’ The Report and served as executive producer on Bill & Ted Face the Music.

(Photo Credits: Getty Images)

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Enter ComingSoon’s The Pale Door Giveaway from RLJE Films & Shudder!

Enter ComingSoon's The Pale Door Giveaway from RLJE Films & Shudder!

Enter ComingSoon’s The Pale Door giveaway from RLJE Films & Shudder!

RLJE Films and Shudder have provided ComingSoon.net with two Blu-ray copies of the thrilling Weird Western horror pic The Pale Door ahead of its October 6 release! The winners (must be within the U.S.) will be picked at random by Wednesday, September 30 and all you have to do to win is email your name with the subject line “THE PALE DOOR” to [email protected]!

RELATED: CS Interview: Pat Healy on Weird Western The Pale Door

The Dalton gang finds shelter in a seemingly uninhabited ghost town after a train robbery goes south. Seeking help for their wounded leader, they are surprised to stumble upon a welcoming brothel in the town’s square. But the beautiful women who greet them are actually a coven of witches with very sinister plans for the unsuspecting outlaws-and the battle between good and evil is just beginning.

Click here to pre-order your Blu-ray copy of the thrilling Weird Western!

The horror western pic features an ensemble cast that includes Devin Druid (13 Reasons Why, Greyhound), Zachary Knighton (Happy Endings, Magnum P.I.), Melora Walters (Big Love, Venom), Bill Sage (Power, Hap and Leonard), Noah Segan (Knives Out, Scare Package), Pat Healy (The Innkeepers, Bad Education), Stan Shaw (The Monster Squad, Jeepers Creepers 3), Natasha Bassett (Hail, Caesar!) and Tina Parker (To The Stars, Better Call Saul).

Bonus Features featured with The Pale Door Blu-ray and DVD include:

  • The Making of The Pale Door
  • Filmmaker Commentary
  • Editing The Pale Door

RELATED: CS Interview: Co-Writer/Director Aaron B. Koontz on The Pale Door

The film is co-written by Aaron B. Koontz, Cameron Burns and Keith Lansdale and directed by Koontz. The Pale Door is now in select theaters and on digital platforms and VOD and is set to hit shelves on Blu-ray and DVD on October 6!

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