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Exclusive Last Three Days Trailer Starring Robert Palmer Watkins

Exclusive Last Three Days Trailer Starring Robert Palmer Watkins

Exclusive Last Three Days Trailer Starring Robert Palmer Watkins

ComingSoon.net is debuting the exclusive trailer for the action mystery movie Last Three Days, starring Robert Palmer Watkins (The Walking Dead: World Beyond). You can check out the trailer now in the player below along with the official poster!

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Jack (Watkins) is a police officer with a marriage on the rocks working undercover to take down a Japanese crime syndicate. One night things go south and he wakes up to discover he’s missing his partner, his wife, and the last three days of his life.

The movie, written and directed by Brian Ulrich, also stars Thomas Wilson Brown, Deborah Lee Smith, Roy Huang, and Gina Hiraizumi.

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Last Three Days was produced by Julianna Ulrich and Brian Ulrich, and executive produced by Todd Slater and Grant Slater. The movie is a Brotherhood Studios and Slater Brothers Entertainment Production.

The film will release in theaters and on VOD on November 13, 2020, from Gravitas Ventures.

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CS Video: The Trial of the Chicago 7 Interviews With Strong & Rylance

CS Video: The Trial of the Chicago 7 Interviews With Strong & Rylance

CS Video: The Trial of the Chicago 7 Interviews With Strong & Rylance

Ahead of The Trial of the Chicago 7‘s debut on Netflix, ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to chat with Emmy winner Jeremy Strong (Succession) and Oscar winner Mark Rylance (Dunkirk) to discuss their roles in the long-awaited courtroom drama from writer/director Aaron Sorkin. Our interviews can be viewed in the player below!

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Based on a true story, The Trial of the Chicago 7  follows protesters who disrupted the 1968 Democrat party convention with an anti-Vietnam war “carnival” that turned nasty. Demonstrators threw bricks, police responded with tear gas and the center of Chicago was engulfed in flames. Curfews only escalated the violence.

After the clashes, independent investigators blamed eight police officers and eight protesters including Abbie Hoffman, who had already disrupted the New York Stock Exchange with showers of fake money. The police were not charged but the protesters were accused of inciting a riot. One was jailed for contempt, leaving the seven to fight the charges.

Sorkin’s second directorial effort will feature Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindewald) as Tom Hayden, Oscar-nominee Sacha Baron Cohen (Who is America?) as Abbie Hoffman, Jeremy Strong (Succession) as as Jerry Rubin, Golden Globe-nominee Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Snowden) as Richard Schultz, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Watchmen) as Bobby Seale, Alex Sharp (The Hustle) as Rennie Davis and Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Luce, Waves) as Fred Hamptom. It will also star Michael Keaton, William Hurt, Thomas Middleditch, John Carroll Lynch, Daniel Flaherty, Noah Robbins, Mark Rylance, J.C. MacKenzie and Max Adler, who also serves as an executive producer.

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The film will also be executive produced by Matt Jackson. Marc Butan and Anthony Katagas. The Trial of the Chicago 7 will be produced by Oscar nominee Marc Platt (Bridge of Spies, La La Land), Stuart Besser, and Tyler Thompson.

The Trial of the Chicago 7 hits Netflix this Friday!

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Stanley Tucci and John Bradley Join Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall

Stanley Tucci and John Bradley Join Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall

According to Deadline, Stanley Tucci and John Bradley have signed on for Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall just in time for production to kick off in Montreal this month. The duo join a cast that includes Patrick Wilson, Halle Berry, Charlie Plummer and Randy Thomas.

Tucci will play a character called Tom Phillips, described as a rich car dealer who is married to Wilson’s ex-wife, while Bradley will play KC Houseman — a role previously filled by Josh Gad until scheduling conflicts forced him out of the picture — the eccentric genius who discovers that the moon has fallen out of its orbit.

In Moonfall, a mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it. With mere weeks before impact, and against all odds, a ragtag team launches an impossible last-ditch mission into space, leaving behind everyone they love and risking everything to land on the lunar surface and save our planet from annihilation.

Wilson will play a disgraced former NASA astronaut whose last mission, which ended in tragedy, holds a clue about the impending catastrophe. Berry will play a NASA astronaut-turned-administrator whose previous space mission holds a clue about an impending catastrophe. The Conjuring and Insidious vet is set to star as a disgraced NASA astronaut whose previous mission ended in tragedy but holds a clue about the impending disaster. Plummer will play Wilson’s teenage son in the film.

Directed by Emmerich, Moonfall begins production this fall in Montreal with a script written by Emmerich, his 2012 co-writer Harald Kloser, and Spenser Cohen. Emmerich is producing the independent feature film under his Centropolis Entertainment banner with Kloser producing through his company, Street Entertainment. Executive producers are Dennis Wang, James Wang, J.P. Pettinato, Marco Shepherd, Ute Emmerich, Carsten Lorenz, and Stuart Ford.

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Like last year’s #1 box office hit Midway, Emmerich and Centropolis are independently producing and financing Moonfall, overseeing all aspects of production, financing, delivery, and distribution and marketing in collaboration with Lionsgate, AGC International, and the film’s distribution partners around the world.

Tucci will next be seen in Robert Zemeckis’ remake of The Witches alongside Anne Hathaway, while Bradley, best known for his role as Samwell Tarley in Game of Thrones, last appeared on the TV series Urban Myths.

Moonfall is slated to be released theatrically by Lionsgate in North America in 2021.

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Nightstream Reviews: Dinner in America, Bloody Hell & More!

Nightstream Reviews: Dinner in America, Bloody Hell & More!

Nightstream Reviews: Dinner in America, Bloody Hell & more!

Though some of the best genre film festivals may have been axed for the year due to the global situation, Boston Underground, Brooklyn Horror, North Bend, Overlook and Popcorn Frights partnered up to bring us Nightstream, a new virtual festival full of exciting titles in everything from the horror to thriller to comedy worlds and ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to check out some of the films in its catalogue. Check out our reviews for the films below!

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Dinner in America

  • Written & Directed by: Adam Rehmeier
  • Starring: Kyle Gallner, Emily Skeggs, Brittany Sheets, Pat Healy, Griffin Gluck, Mary Lynn Rajskub
  • Rating: 9/10

The punk film genre is one that’s been mostly dead or waiting for the right film to come along and give it a jolt of fresh energy to bring it back to life and after a variety of misguided attempts over the past 20-plus years since James Merendino’s incredible SLC Punk!, Adam Rehmeier is ready to answer the call with Dinner in America and delivers a kinetic, energetic and outright joyous ride. The film follows a punk rock singer seeking an escape and a young woman obsessed with his band who unexpectedly cross paths and begin a journey together across America’s vast deteriorating suburbs. While the plot itself may play out somewhat routine for the coming-of-age genre, there’s a really nice unpredictability that comes from Kyle Gallner’s Simon and Emily Skeggs’ Patty that allows the viewer to still find themselves questioning just what’s coming next in the story of their lives. The two wholly own their characters and bring such an incredible power to depicting the wildly different yet intimately similar personas that is breathtaking to watch, with Gallner truly looking and acting the part of an on-again-off-again addict punk musician with a few wires loose in his head and Skeggs delivers on every cringeworthy and gut-busting moment of her awkward burgeoning punk. With a mostly consistent pace, appropriately quick editing, solid humor and stellar lead performances, Dinner in America is inarguably the best punk film since the Matthew Lillard-starring cult classic.

Bloody Hell

  • Directed by: Ailster Grierson; Written by: Robert Benjamin
  • Starring: Ben O’Toole, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer, Meg Fraser, Ashlee Lollback
  • Rating: 9/10

Let’s be honest here, you’re probably a bit weird if you DON’T talk to yourself in some capacity, but what if this extended to seeing a dual version of yourself and having a conversation with them while trying to escape a murderous family. That’s what Alister Grierson and Robert Benjamin explore in their wild, bloody and outright hilarious thriller Bloody Hell, which centers on Rex Coen, a man recently released from prison after his attempt at thwarting a bank robbery goes wrong and as he flees his country in search of a new life, he finds himself trapped in a much more shocking situation he has limited time to escape. Alright, Hollywood, time to listen up because Ben O’Toole is officially done sitting on the sidelines and needs to be cast in more leading roles going forward after this film because he is given the chance to show he can carry a 95-minute movie almost entirely on his back and he absolutely kills it. Whether he’s simultaneously panicking over his situation and calculating how to escape it or laughing at his own jokes or debating whether to throw a table at invasive paparazzi, O’Toole brilliantly taps into the manic and smart-ass nature of Rex and displays so much charisma that the film was already such a thrill hanging on his figuring out a leave from his new imprisonment before we start to learn the reasons behind it. Mixed with a delightfully offbeat tone in its Helsinki setting and solid direction from Grierson, Bloody Hell may not inherently break new ground in its genre but it goes a long way to try with its central gimmick further elevated by a stellar performance from O’Toole.

Detention

  • Directed by: John Hsu; Written by: John Hsu, Fu Kai-ling, Chien Shi-keng
  • Starring: Gingle Wang, Fu Meng-po, Tseng Ching-hua, Cecilia Choi, Hung Chang Chu, Hsia Ching-ting, Jessie Chang
  • Rating: 6/10

Video game adaptations are notorious for being the most hit-or-miss genre in the film world, delivering highs such as Detective Pikachu and Sonic the Hedgehog to the lows of the Resident Evil franchise and Uwe Boll filmography, and now Red Candle Games’ Detention is getting its screen due and it falls fairly square in the middle of the best and worst of the bunch. Set in 1962 during Taiwan’s White Terror period, two students are trapped at their hillside high school at night, while trying to escape and find their missing teacher, they encounter ghosts and the dark truth of their fate. The side-scrolling video game was a fairly fresh breath of air in the horror gaming genre, delivering a heartbreaking and moving story through its disjointed narrative but this structure unfortunately isn’t carried over to the film adaptation, which instead settles for a pretty routine and mostly predictable series of events. There was a real air of mystery as to the nature of why the characters of the game are suffering from their disturbing situation, but the film’s opening minutes tries far too hard to establish certain elements of the characters and story that it loses the fun of putting the pieces of the puzzle together and makes it easy for audiences to figure out what’s to come. This all being said, the film does get a number of things right translating the game to screen, including some of its more terrifying imagery and monsters, moody setting and tragic true ending, all adding up to a relatively enjoyable adaptation still miles above most other entries in the genre.

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Survival Skills

  • Written & Directed by: Quinn Armstrong
  • Starring: Stacy Keach, Vayu O’Donnell, Spencer Garrett, Ericka Kreutz
  • Rating: 8/10

In a time in which so much of Hollywood is looking to take their stories back to the analog days of the ’80s and ’90s, the film and TV worlds are becoming a bit too over-saturated with similar nostalgia-heavy projects relying on old genre tropes and while Quinn Armstrong’s meta-heavy Survival Skills may be a tad too ambitious for its own good, it is one hell of a blend of old and new school filmmaking. Structured as a lost police training VHS tape from the ’80s, the film follows the “fictional” character of Jim, the ideal police academy graduate who becomes self-aware and disillusioned with his training after encountering a troubling domestic abuse case and takes matters into his own hands. The story is nothing really new for the police genre, a rookie police officer descending into a mental hell early into the job, but the way the film handles it through its decidedly meta narrative, chock full of menacing fourth wall breaks from Stacy Keach even as he tries to keep on his human resource-demanded smile. It’s an energetic, offbeat and thoroughly compelling ride whose only shortcomings arise in some of its more far-fetched self-aware sensibilities.

Come True

  • Written & Directed by: Anthony Scott Burns
  • Starring: Landon Liboiron, Julia Sarah Stone, Tedra Jones, Carlee Ryski, Christopher Heatherington
  • Rating: 8/10

Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street shook audiences to their core as they realized they couldn’t trust their own dreams to keep them safe from evil and while plenty of films in the years since have toyed with the concept of dreams and hallucinations crossing into the real world, none have done so to great terrifying or intriguing effect as Anthony Scott Burns’ Come True. The film centers on a teenage runaway as she takes part in a sleep study that becomes a nightmarish descent into the depths of her mind and a frightening examination of the power of dreams. Given his prior work on other ethereal films such as Netflix’s In The Tall Grass and Our House, Burns continues to display a strong grip on the feast of dark imagery behind the camera, with the dreamscapes on display proving to be some of the most beautiful every put to film that, despite obviously being fake locations, feel incredibly practical and mesmerizing to be a part of. The story itself is where the flaws are generally on display, with some of its more ambiguous elements, especially its ending, feeling a little too convoluted and others feeling odd or borderline gross, namely the relationship that forms between the 30-something mad scientist behind the experiment and the supposedly 18-year-old runaway whose reasons for leaving are never expounded upon enough.

32 Malasaña Street

  • Directed by: Albert Pintó; Written by: Ramón Campos, Gema R. Neira, David Orea, Salvador S. Molina
  • Starring: Begoña Vargas, Iván Marcos, Bea Segura, Sergio Castellanos, José Luis de Madariaga, Javier Botet
  • Rating: 6/10

A film touting itself as the Spanish answer to The Conjuring comes with a high bar to reach and a few expectations for its story and scares and much like many genre films in the wake of James Wan’s masterful horror pic, the film goes through a number of motions to set up jump scares and an emotional family drama but can’t quite find the right balance of either to set themselves apart amongst the bunch. The Olmedo family gets more than they bargained for when they move into a suspiciously low-priced apartment in Madrid, circa 1976, and quickly find themselves in a living nightmare. Reportedly based on a true story, the film takes a relatively grounded approach to its series of events, from turning to the police as a child goes missing to losing jobs as caring for family members can only go so far in the eyes of an employer before they must cut the chord. There’s some odd bits of relationship issues amongst the family, namely the rebellious eldest daughter claiming the patriarch is not her father before quickly turning it around halfway through the film, and despite spending plenty of time introducing who these characters are and their personalities, none are really that interesting or entirely likable to get audiences to completely care about them. The scares themselves prove to also be very hit or miss, with Albert Pintó doing an effective enough job of keeping the atmosphere moody and lighting dim to try and effectively set up scares but also utilizes the same formula time and again of turn the camera away, bring it back for something there, rinse and repeat, and it loses its luster really quick and frequently doesn’t even work the first time.

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Honeydew

  • Written & Directed by: Devereux Milburn; Co-Story by: Dan Kennedy
  • Starring: Sawyer Spielberg, Malin Barr, Barbara Kingsley, Stephen D’Ambrose, Jamie Bradley
  • Rating: 4/10

Over 45 years later and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre still proves to be one of the most chillingly effective rural South horror films in the genre’s history and though many have tried to reach the same success to varying degrees over the years, most have fallen well short of the mark and Devereux Milburn’s Honeydew proves to be another lackluster effort. Strange cravings and hallucinations befall a young couple after seeking shelter in the home of an aging farmer and her peculiar son. The lead characters of the film are actually a breath of fresh air for the genre as a whole, being twentysomethings on a cross-country trip for something that will be meaningful for their lives rather than simply for the partying and debauchery, and once they’re introduced to Barbara Kingsley’s Karen, the tension is certainly ratcheted up to levels of hallucinatory oddity and absurdity, but the problem is that it doesn’t feel like it’s going anywhere and instead wants to revel in its bizarre nature. If executed with more overall originality and far less predictability, this goal could’ve been great, but instead it comes across as a gross and generic offspring of Texas Chainsaw and Midsommar that never quite reaches its ambitious goals.

Lucky

  • Directed by: Natasha Kermani; Written by: Brea Grant
  • Starring: Brea Grant, Hunter C. Smith, Dhruv Uday Singh, Kausar Mohammed, Kristina Klebe
  • Rating: 7.5/10

Since its inception, the horror genre has been a home to both those looking to deliver chilling tales to its audiences as well as those looking to tell symbolic stories of the human experience from a diverse crowd of creative talent and with her writing/starring effort Lucky, Brea Grant has certainly tapped into a real terror women face every day and the result is a mostly effective treat. Grant stars as a self-help author who struggles to be believed as she finds herself stalked by a threatening figure who returns to her house night after night and when she can’t get help from those around her, she is forced to take matters into her own hands. From the opening moments to the final credits, Grant’s central character is an endlessly likable heroine, from her subtle sense of humor to crafty ability to fight against her mysterious attacker, and the 38-year-old 12 Hour Shift writer/director also does a fantastic job in the role of allowing audiences to empathize with her and her situation. The film is also rather elevated thanks to its skillful use of the tropes of the home invasion and semi-time looping genres, delivering a number of stylishly shot and thrillingly-paced sequences, but the film’s biggest highlight also brings out its biggest flaw: the nature of the attacker. The identity and thematic symbolism of the attacker is one certainly well-rooted in the real world and in theory is a brilliant concept, but there are moments in the film preceding the revelation that almost make the reveal itself feel somewhat redundant for this theme, something that’s been on display so frequently and more effectively subtly that the ending feels more like a heavy-handed dose of message-delivering than an eye-opening relation.

The Night

  • Written & Directed by: Kourosh Ahari; Story by: Milad Jarmooz
  • Starring: Shahab Hosseini, Kathreen Khavari, Elester Latham, George Maguire
  • Rating: 8/10

Hotels are generally supposed to be a nice reprieve for people from the troubles of their home and work lives, giving them a chance to put all responsibilities in the hands of others while they treat themselves to leisure for a short time, but what happens when this turns on you and uses all of your darkest secrets against you? That’s the concept behind Kourosh Ahari’s The Night, a faster-paced and contemporary psychological horror akin to Stephen King’s The Shining, and it’s one that is brought to life in mostly chilling fashion. An Iranian couple living in the US become trapped inside a hotel when insidious events force them to face the secrets that have come between them, in a night that never ends. The story for the film feels very familiar, almost blending Stanley Kubrick’s iconic adaptation of King’s novel and The Vicious Brothers’ Grave Encounters, and though the secrets themselves are actually shocking for the characters, they’re unfortunately a little too predictable for genre enthusiasts and more attentive viewers. Despite this, however, the performances from Shahab Hosseini and Kathreen Khavari are truly powerful and the atmosphere and pacing is very well-executed, with an ending sure to leave audiences’ jaw dropped.

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The Doorman

  • Directed by: Ryuhei Kitamura; Written by: Lior Chefetz, Joe Swanson, Harry Winer; Story by: Greg Williams, Mat McAllester
  • Starring: Ruby Rose, Jean Reno, Louis Mandylor, Rupert Evans, Askel Hennie, David Sakurai
  • Rating: 2/10

Click here to rent or purchase The Doorman!

Die Hard clones are pretty unsurprising for the action genre 30 years later, but what makes so many of them forgivable, most notably the Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx-starring White House Down, is that they at least have a sense of humor with their protagonist(s), but unfortunately Ryuhei Kitamura’s The Doorman is missing this key ingredient. A former Marine turned doorman battles mercenaries intent on destroying her apartment building to retrieve precious artwork hidden in the walls. The story borrows from a number of generic action thrillers over the years alongside Die Hard, even fellow clone Skyscraper, the characters are not only uninterestingly written but also blandly performed and the action, the one thing a film like this needs to get right, is limply executed. One of the worst things this film has going for it is the semi-incestuous bond between Ruby Rose’s Ali and her nephew Max, with the teenager, whose performer can’t act to save his literal life, creepily walking in on Ali as she changes into more battle-friendly clothes and gives her really gross and weird looks throughout that may have been an attempt at humor, but is really just another reason to want to turn it off early. 

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Amazon’s I’m Your Woman Trailer Starring Rachel Brosnahan

Amazon's I'm Your Woman Trailer Starring Rachel Brosnahan

Amazon’s I’m Your Woman Trailer Starring Rachel Brosnahan

Amazon Prime Video has released the official trailer for the upcoming drama I’m Your Woman, starring Golden Globe winner Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel). You can check out the trailer in the player below along with the official poster!

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Set in America in the 1970s, I’m Your Woman revolves around Jean (Brosnahan) who must go on the run with her child due to her husband’s crimes. Their lives become intertwined with a man (Arinzé Kene) and a woman (Marsha Stephanie Blake), forming an unlikely partnership that teaches them more than just how to survive.

The movie also stars Emmy nominee Marsha Stephanie Blake (When They See Us), Arinzé Kene (The Pass), and Bill Heck (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs), along with Frankie Faison (The Village), Marceline Hugot (Julie & Julia), and James McMenamin.

I’m Your Woman is directed by Julia Hart who co-wrote the screenplay along with Jordan Horowitz. The Amazon Studios and Original Headquarters production was produced by Horowitz and Brosnahan.

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I’m Your Woman will debut in select theaters on December 4 before streaming on Amazon Prime Video on December 11.

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Selena Gomez, 21 Laps & STX Team for Horror-Thriller Dollhouse

Selena Gomez, 21 Laps & STX Team for Horror-Thriller Dollhouse

Selena Gomez, 21 Laps & STX team for horror-thriller Dollhouse

STXfilms has announced it is partnering with Billboard Chart-Topper and 2017 Woman of the Year Selena Gomez (Dolittle) and Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps Entertainment to develop and potentially star in a new horror-thriller entitled Dollhouse.

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The film, which is being written by Michael Paisley (The Witcher), is set in the world of the upper echelon of New York City’s fashion scene and is being described as a psychological thriller in the same spirit as Darren Aronofsky’s Oscar-winning Black Swan.

“Selena’s involvement is an exciting direction for this project,” Adam Fogelson, STXfilms Motion Picture Group chairman, said in a statement. “She is supremely talented as both a star and a producer. Teaming Selena with Shawn and Dan’s expertise in the horror-thriller genre will elevate Dollhouse and we couldn’t be more thrilled by the way this is being developed.”

The 28-year-old actress/producer/musician is eyeing the project as a starring vehicle and will produce via her July Moon Productions banner alongside 21 Laps’ Levy and Dan Cohen, with Patricia Braga overseeing the film for STX and Emily Morris overseeing for 21 Laps.

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Gomez recently signed on to return to star in and executive produce the fourth installment in Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania series as well as the Hulu comedy Only Murders in the Building alongside Steven Martin and Martin Short. 21 Laps recently expanded their horror roster by selling the rights to the horror spect Mother Land to Lionsgate and the Reddit No Sleep article My Wife & I Bought a Ranch to Netflix, while also producing the streaming platform’s reboot of Unsolved Mysteries and are currently gearing up to debut the Dylan O’Brien-led romantic post-apocalyptic comedy Love & Monsters this Friday in select theaters and on PVOD!

(Photo Credits: Getty Images)

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POLL RESULTS: Who is the Greatest Slasher Icon?

POLL RESULTS: Who is the Greatest Slasher Icon?

POLL RESULTS: Who is the greatest slasher icon?

After a week and nearly 1500 votes, ComingSoon.net’s poll for who is the greatest horror slasher icon has closed and despite a roster chock-full of variety to choose from, there was one clear winner whose arrival is infamously paired with the Halloween season. Check out the results from the poll below!

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POLL RESULTS: Who is the Greatest Slasher Icon? 

Top Five

  1. Michael Myers (Halloween) (30%, 423 votes)
  2. Freddy Krueger (Nightmare on Elm Street) (28%, 395 votes)
  3. Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th) (25%, 362 votes)
  4. Ghostface (Scream) (4%, 51 votes)
  5. Hannibal Lecter (Thomas Harris adaptations) (2%, 30 votes)

With the slasher genre generally being cited as having started in the 1960s with films such as Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom, we’d be remiss not to reflect on the terrors that were Norman Bates and Mark Lewis, even if they didn’t deliver as many bloody thrills as their competitors. As time progressed and the exploitation genre started making a rise, audiences were introduced to the likes of Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper’s chainsaw-wielding Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the Phantom Killer from The Town That Dreaded Sundown and based on the real killer of the same name, Black Christmas‘ Billy and John Carpenter’s Michael Myers of Halloween.

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The rest of the results are as follows:

  • Pinhead (Hellraiser) (2%, 23 votes)
  • Chucky (Child’s Play) (1%, 21 votes)
  • Pennywise (IT) (1%, 18 votes)
  • Jigsaw (Saw) (1%, 17 votes)
  • Leatherface (Texas Chainsaw) (1%, 16 votes)
  • Norman Bates (Psycho) (1%, 15 votes)
  • Victor Crowley (Hatchet) (1%, 9 votes)
  • Candyman (1%, 8 votes)
  • Mark Lewis (Peeping Tom) (0%, 7 votes)
  • Patrick Bateman (American Psycho) (0%, 6 votes)
  • Tall Man (Phantasm) (0%, 6 votes)
  • The Firefly Family (Rob Zombie Trilogy) (0%, 5 votes)
  • Art the Clown (Terrifier) (0%, 5 votes)
  • Leprechaun (0%, 4 votes)
  • Leslie Vernon (Behind the Mask) (0%, 3 votes)
  • Billy (Black Christmas) (0%, 2 votes)
  • The Phantom (The Town That Dreaded Sundown) (0%, 2 votes)
  • The Fisherman (I Know What You Did Last Summer) (0%, 1 vote)
  • Maniac Cop (0%, 1 vote)
  • Frank Zito (Maniac) (0%, 0 votes)
  • The Stepfather (0%, 0 votes)
  • The Miner (My Bloody Valentine) (0%, 0 votes)

The slasher genre would then enter what became known as the Golden Age and see the world introduced to the eventually hockey mask-wearing Jason Voorhees of Friday the 13th, Harry Warden aka The Miner from My Bloody Valentine and Wes Craven’s Freddy Krueger of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. While the late ’80s and early ’90s would start to see fatigue hit the genre and struggle to rekindle the early streak of hits, it would still deliver some fan-favorite villains in Terry O’Quinn’s eponymous The Stepfather, Robert Z’Dar’s eponymous Maniac Cop, Don Mancini’s Chucky from Child’s Play and Clive Barker’s eponymous Candyman and Pinhead of Hellraiser.

Going into the late ’90s to the present, better known as the post-modern era, the genre would see a rollercoaster of varying quality entries and debuting new slashers including Kevin Williamson’s Ghostface of Scream and Ben Willis aka The Fisherman of I Know What You Did Last Summer, Rob Zombie’s Firefly Family from House of 1000 Corpses and its sequels, cult favorite Leslie Vernon from mockumentary Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, Adam Green’s Victor Crowley of Hatchet, James Wan and Leigh Whannell’s Jigsaw of the Saw series and Damien Leone and Shawn Moreau’s Art the Clown of Terrifier.

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Patton Oswalt’s Six Pack Movie Marathon Coming to Shout! Factory TV

Patton Oswalt's Six Pack Movie Marathon Coming to Shout! Factory TV

Patton Oswalt’s Six Pack Movie Marathon Coming to Shout! Factory TV

On November 7, Shout! Factory TV will proudly present Patton Oswalt’s Six Pack Movie Marathon, a 12-hour gauntlet of B-movies hand-selected by Oswalt, with hosted segments and interstitials from the film-buff comedian. Check out the trailer below!

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Patton Oswalt’s Six Pack consists of Chopping Mall, Battle Beyond the Stars, Shriek of the Mutilated, Suburbia, Eat My Dust and Q the Winged Serpent, featuring the best in B-movies that run the gamut from space opera to monster horror to punk rock pandemonium.

“It is true what you have heard about me. I am a cinephile, but don’t think for a moment that I am a film snob,” said Oswalt. “There’s always something in every film, whether it’s a single shot, a performance, a stunt—every film contains something that is worth the experience. Together, we will find redemption for all six of my selections…or die trying. See you at the screen of your choice. BYO treats and no smoking in the balcony, kids.”

Patton Oswalt’s Six Pack Movie Marathon begins Saturday, November 7 at 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. ET with an encore presentation Sunday, November 8 at 12 p.m. PT/3 p.m. ET. The livestream can be viewed on ShoutFactoryTV.com; Shout! Factory TV’s Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, and Android apps; and the following digital streaming platforms: Pluto TV, Twitch, Samsung TV Plus, Comcast Xfinity, Xumo, Vizio, Redbox, IMDb TV and STIRR. Versions of the broadcast will also be available for viewing on demand following the marathon on ShoutFactoryTV.com and its platforms.

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A comedian, actor, and writer, Oswalt continues to find success in all areas of entertainment. From his award-winning comedy specials to his many memorable film roles and guest appearances on his favorite TV shows (including Parks and Recreation, for which he received a TV Critics Choice Award), Oswalt continues to choose work that inspires him and entertains audiences. He received an Emmy nomination this year for his latest Netflix special I Love Everything and currently stars as ‘Principal Durbin’ on the NBC Universal comedy A.P. Bio, produced by Seth Meyers, Mike O’Brien, and Lorne Michaels.

Oswalt also delivers all-new comedy in a one-hour live virtual event Arm’s Length on Friday, October 23 at 9:00pm ET/6:00pm PT, where fans can log on to the virtual platform On Location Live for his take on what’s happening today in the outside (and inside) world, and then stay for the after-party where they’ll be able to directly ask Oswalt for answers to their most burning questions. Buy tickets by clicking here!

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Amazon in Final Negotiations to Acquire Coming 2 America

Amazon in Final Negotiations to Acquire Coming 2 America

Amazon in final negotiations to acquire Coming 2 America

With the global pandemic still raging and theaters remaining shut down, studios are looking to shift from theatrical to digital releases and now word has come that Paramount has entered final negotiations with Amazon to acquire Coming 2 America, according to Variety.

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Sources report that the final details between the streaming platform and film studio are being worked out, including consumer marketing tie-ins with McDonalds and Crown Royal, which are expected to transfer over to Amazon Studios along with the film, which is also reportedly a priority for chief Jennifer Salke. The Amazon Studios exec has recently been behind the acquisitions of the Borat sequel and fellow Paramount Pictures acquisition Without Remorse, an adaptation of Tom Clancy’s novel of the same name starring Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther).

Coming 2 America will follow Akeem, now set to become king, discovering he has a son he never knew about, a street-savvy Queens native named Lavelle. Honoring his father’s dying wish to groom his son as a new crowned prince, Akeem must once again return to America.

The film will be directed by Craig Brewer, who previously worked with Paramount Pictures on Hustle & Flow, Blake Snake Moan, and the 2011 Footloose remake. black-ish creator Kenya Barris penned the script.

Purchase the first Coming To America film here.

The original film was directed by John Landis and starred Murphy as a wealthy African prince who comes to Queens, New York posing as a poor man to search for a bride.

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The cast includes original stars Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, Paul Bates, and Shari Headley. In addition, Leslie Jones, Kiki Layne, Wesley Snipes, Jermaine Fowler, Rick Ross, singer Teyana Taylor, and comedian Michael Blackson have also been cast for the sequel with Louie Anderson set to reprise his role as Maurice.

Mbatha starred in 2017’s Hotel Called Memory and All About Love. Beauvais appeared in the original Coming to America, and has since appeared in a number of TV shows and films, including Spider-Man: Homecoming.

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Exclusive Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something Clip

Exclusive Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something Clip

Exclusive Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something Clip

ComingSoon.net has an exclusive clip from the upcoming documentary Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something, which tells the story of the singer-songwriter and activist’s dedication to trying to end world hunger before his tragic passing. You can check out the clip in the player below!

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The documentary is the inspiring story of Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter/activist Harry Chapin (“Cats in the Cradle”). Chapin sold over 16 million albums and was one of his generation’s most beloved artists and activists who spent his fame and fortune trying to end world hunger before his tragic passing.

Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something delves into the late artist’s musical storytelling, his life, and untimely death along with his greatest accomplishment as an activist: co-founding WhyHunger. The nonprofit is still making a difference today, providing grassroots solutions to underserved communities and artist-driven fundraisers to support numerous global organizations.

The film features Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Pete Seeger, Sir Bob Geldof, Kenny Rogers, Graham Nash, Pat Benatar, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Robert Lamm, Richie Havens, and Harry Belafonte intimately reflecting on Chapin’s larger-than-life impact on music and the world including his founding, along with Bill Ayres, of WhyHunger – the nonprofit organization leading the movement to end hunger and advance the human right to nutritious food in the U.S. and around the world.

The doc is directed by Rick Korn who produces along with S.A. Baron and Jason Chapin. Executive producers include David Boxenbaum, Jason Chapin, Sandy Chapin, Charlie Cohen, and David Miller.

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Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something will open in theaters and virtual cinemas o from Greenwich Entertainment on Friday, October 16, on World Food Day. A portion of the proceeds goes to both WhyHunger and The Harry Chapin Foundation.

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