Halo-8 Entertainment has slated award-winning director Matt Pizzolo (upcoming GODKILLER, THREAT) and Emmy-winning producer Brian Giberson to create an “illustrated film” adaptation of “XOMBIE: REANIMATED,” a horror/sci-fi adventure comic book created by James Farr, published by Devil’s Due Publishing, and produced by Epic Level Entertainment in a deal that marks the second collaboration between Halo-8 and Farr after XOMBIE: DEAD ON ARRIVAL was released by the studio in March. Halo-8 has scheduled the new film for production in early 2010 (after Pizzolo and Giberson complete their work on Tim Seeley’s LOADED BIBLE), with a theatrical release planned for later in the year.
Archive for September, 2009
Xombie gets animated by Halo-8′s Godkiller team
Posted: 30 September, 2009 in Movies/TVTags: adaptation, animation, announcement, comic book, Godkiller, Halo-8 Entertainment, Xombie: Reanimated
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Gallows on tour with AFI and Flogging Molly throughout October
Posted: 30 September, 2009 in Event, MusicTags: AFI, announcement, Event, Flogging Molly, Gallows, Music, Sire, tour, Warner Bros. Records
Fresh off their earth scorching appearance on this summer’s Vans Warped tour, UK hardcore band GALLOWS will return to North America in October to hit the road with AFI in the U.S. and Flogging Molly in Canada. The tours will criss-cross the continent from October 2nd through the 29th. Consider yourself warned.
Three Wrongs don’t make a right: Wrong Turn 3: Left For Dead hits BD & DVD October 20
Posted: 30 September, 2009 in Movies/TVTags: announcement, Blu-ray, cannibals, Direct-to-Video, Horror, rednecks, Thriller, Wrong Turn 3: Left For Dead, Wrong Turn Trilogy
Three times the fear… three times the horror… three times the terror! Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment presents another frightening addition to the Wrong Turn franchise, when the unrated massacre Wrong Turn 3: Left For Dead is unleashed exclusively on Blu-ray Disc (BD) and DVD October 20. Three Finger and his disturbed family of inbred cannibals are alive and well-fed in this terrifying, white-knuckle ride directed by Sci-Fi Channel movie veteran Declan O’Brien (Cyclops, Rock Monster).The first course for the bloodthirsty family comes when a group of campers arrive, realizing only too late that ticks aren’t the only things that bite in these backwoods. But when some of the most vicious killers in the country escape into the woods from a bus transporting them to prison, Three Finger and his family may have met their match. Will justice be served on the convicted murderers or upon the mutant killers? Whatever happens, Wrong Turn 3: Left For Dead delivers one bone-crushing moment after another right to its terrifying end!
Warner Bros. recording artist Lights releases The Listening October 6
Posted: 30 September, 2009 in MusicTags: announcement, Canadian, electro, electropop, Lights, Lights: The Listening, Music, pop
Warner Bros Records is proud to announce the October 6, 2009 release of The Listening, the debut full-length album from LIGHTS.
The Toronto singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist crafts her own brand of sparkling, otherworldly electro-pop that is, in her words “soft, but not pussy-soft, you know?” LIGHTS’ songs have already garnered almost 16 million plays on MySpace, and she has racked up a #1 hit on MuchMusic, inclusion in a series of Old Navy commercials, and airtime on The Hills. On the strength of her self-titled EP alone, LIGHTS won the 2009 Juno (the Canadian equivalent of a Grammy Award) for New Artist of the Year, joining the ranks of Feist and Nelly Furtado.
Jason Reeves hits the road on Acoustic Tour
Posted: 30 September, 2009 in Event, MusicTags: acoustic, CD, Event, Jason Reeves, Music, The Magnificent Adventures Of Heartache (And Other Frightening Tales), tour, Warner Bros. Records
Singer/songwriter Jason Reeves will hit the road for an acoustic tour this fall, performing select dates at several music festival, colleges, and nightclubs up and down the West Coast, including a stop at the Hotel Café in Los Angeles on November 12th. Reeves also recently opened a secret show for John Mayer at the Troubadour in Los Angeles.
*Blu-ray Reviews* MGM/Fox Home Entertainment’s “Feed Your Fear” Line
Posted: 30 September, 2009 in Movies/TVTags: Blu-ray, Brad Dourif, cannibals, catalogue titles, Catherine Hicks, Child’s Play, Chris Sarandon, Drama, Eliza Dushku, Feed Your Fear, Fox Home Entertainment, Horror, James Caan, Kathy Bates, killer dolls, MGM, Misery, psychological, rednecks, Rob Reiner, Stephen King, suspense, Thriller, Wrong Turn, Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
Once again, the folks at MGM/Fox Home Entertainment have thrown all caution to the wind and released a new slew of older catalogue titles in glorious High Definition. This time, horror is the key word in the “Feed Your Fear” line-up. This mini-look at Fox’s New-to-Blu titles include Child‘s Play (1988), Misery (1990), Wrong Turn (2003), and Wrong Turn 2: Dead End.
*DVD Review* The Hills Run Red (2009)
Posted: 29 September, 2009 in Movies/TVTags: ‘80s, B-Movie, Babyface, Dave Parker, Direct-to-Video, Horror, low budget, Robert Meyer Burnett, shot-in-Bulgaria, slasher, splatter, The Hills Run Red, Thriller, Warner Home Video, William Sadler
Relax, it’s not a rip-off sequel to the rip-off remake (or sequel) of The Hills Have Eyes. Nor is it any relation to the spaghetti western of the same name. And, surprisingly enough, Dave Parker’s The Hills Run Red isn’t just your average brain-dead direct-to-video splatterfest aimed at the teens — it actually has some meat on its bones.
*Blu-ray Review* The Hannibal Lecter Collection
Posted: 28 September, 2009 in Movies/TVTags: adaptation, Anthony Hopkins, Blu-ray, Brian Cox, Dennis Farina, Dino De Laurentiis, fictional, Fox Home Entertainment, Gary Oldman, Giancarlo Giannini, Hannibal, Hannibal Lecter, Hannibal Rising, Jodie Foster, Jonathan Demme, Julianne Moore, Manhunter, MGM, Michael Mann, Ray Liotta, Red Dragon, Ridley Scott, Scott Glenn, serial killer, The Silence Of The Lambs, Thomas Harris, Tom Noonan, William Petersen
As part of its recent campaign of catalogue “horror” titles to debut on Blu-ray, MGM/Fox Home Entertainment have released The Hannibal Lecter Collection to the devoted High Def fans of America’s favorite fictional serial killer. This 3-disc set includes Michael Mann’s Manhunter, Jonathan Demme’s The Silence Of The Lambs, and Ridley Scott’s Hannibal.
*DVD Review* The Revenge Of The Crusader
Posted: 28 September, 2009 in Movies/TVTags: adventure, Alberto Lupo, Genoveffa Di Brabante, Italian, José Luis Monter, Mariá José Alfonso, MYA Communication, peplum, Riccardo Freda, romance, Spanish, Stephen Forsyth, sword and sandal, The Revenge Of The Crusader
Mya Communication really deserves an award. Not only have they successfully picked up where the now-defunct NoShame Films distribution company left off, but they have since catered solely to lovers of Euro films (mostly the Italian ones). The giallo, horror, western, and sex comedy genres have been given a new lease on life in America thanks to Mya’s commitment. Another favorite genre of Mya’s is the Peplum film — better known as “sword and sandal” to Stateside aficionados.
New Releases From Alpha Video, Week of 9/29/09
Posted: 27 September, 2009 in Movies/TV, TVTags: Action, Alpha Video, B-Westerns, Bob Steele, Classic, Comedy, Dave O'Brien, Drama, gambling, gangsters, Horror, J. Carroll Naish, Jack Benny, John Agar, Larry Buchanan, lost films, Made-for-TV, oldies.com, politics, Poverty Row studios, Range Busters, rare, religion, Roy Rogers, sci-fi, television, Tex Ritter, Texas Rangers, TV, vintage
Comedies and dramas kick off the assortment of Alpha Video’s new releases for this month. Several powerful-but-now-forgotten dramas are included in the September 29th batch, starting with Sea Racketeers (1937), a riveting action/drama with Irish character actor J. Carroll Naish. In it, a Coast Guard captain declares war on a group of gangsters operating a gambling boat. The film features an unbilled appearance by Dorothy Appleby, and is also the second credited film of future Three Stooges co-star, Christine McIntyre.
