U.S. Premier For Sci-Fi Thriller “Snowpiercer” Set For L.A. Film Fest

Joon-ho Bong’s “Snowpiercer” will finally make get a  U.S.  premiere. The sci-fi thriller will open the 20th annual L.A. Film Festival before its wider release on June 27th . “Snowpiercer” stars Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Alison Pill, John Hurt, Ed Harris, Song Kang-ho, and Octavia Spencer. The L.A. Film Festival takes place from June 11th to June 19th.

Set in a future where a failed experiment to stop global warming creates an ice age that kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. A class system evolves on the train, but a revolution brews.







New Image from Bong Joon-Ho's Snowpiercer Features a Bald Tilda Swinton.

The First Official Image From Sci-fi Comedy “Turbo Kid”

Check out the first official image from sci-fi action comedy film “Turbo Kid”. The film is adapted from the short film “T Is For Turbo”, which entered to be apart of “ABC’s Of Death 2” but didn’t make it in. The short garnered enough interest, not only for feature adaptation, but enough support that a distribution deal is already inked. Read the deets below.


Press Release:
Producers Anne-Marie Gélinas, Benoît Beaulieu, Ant Timpson and Tim Riley are delighted to announce the official start of production in Montreal of the film Turbo Kid, a Canada (EMAfilms) and New Zealand (T&A Films) co-production.

The Montreal Collective known as Road Kill Super Star (RKSS) – Anouk Whissell, François Simard and Yoann-Karl Whissell – co-wrote the original script and are also co-directing the post-apocalyptic action comedy.

Téléfilm Canada and the New Zealand Film Commission are funding partners while Canadian wunderkind Jason Eisener (Hobo with a Shotgun, ABCs of Death) jumped at the chance to wield his genre-busting hands as Executive Producer. Turbo Kid will be distributed in Quebec by Filmoption International (Gerontophilia, Rock Paper Scissors), in the rest of Canada by Raven Banner (John Dies at the End, Cabin Fever: Patient 0) and in the USA by Epic Pictures Group (V/H/S, Big Ass Spider). Epic Pictures Group is also the film’s international Sales Agent.

Fuelled by offbeat humor with lashings of action and gore Turbo Kid stars the iconic Michael Ironside (Starship Troopers, Scanners) as Zeus, Munro Chambers (Degrassi – The Next Generation, Cracked) as The Kid, Laurence Leboeuf (19-2, Trauma) as Apple, Aaron Jeffery (X-Men Origins) as Frederic, Edwin Wright (Top of the Lake) as Skeletron and Romano Orzari (Omertà) as Bagu.
In a post-apocalyptic parallel future of 1997, an orphaned teenager called The Kid scavenges the Wasteland searching for relics from a better time (the 80s). During one of his expeditions he meets Apple, a mysterious girl with a rather large secret. As their relationship deepens, they accidentally run afoul of Zeus, the self-proclaimed leader of the Wasteland. Zeus, a sadistically droll maniac who murdered The Kid’s parents, now controls the Wasteland’s most precious commodity: fresh water. When Zeus’ gang kidnaps Apple, The Kid joins forces with Frederick, the laconic leader of the legendary Arm-Wrestling Clan. Armed with little more than blind faith and an ancient turbo-charged weapon, The Kid must fulfill his ultimate destiny: destroy Zeus, avenge his parents’ death and get the girl of his dreams.

When RKSS, Eisener, EMAfilms and T&A Films met at the Fantasia Film Festival’s Frontières International Co-Production Market in July 2012, lightning struck and they became Team Turbo. Their destiny? A Canada/New Zealand co- production that would defy all the rules and set a new bar for splatter comedies.

At its core, Turbo Kid is a hyper-aware slice of hybrid pop-entertainment. One that draws inspiration from Italian post-apocalyptic epics, Peter Jackson splatter comedies, the Mad Max trilogy and 80s fad movies like Thrashin’ yet manages to transform from mere homage to become something completely unique and genuine to the world of genre film.

New Poster Released For “Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes”

Check out the new poster released for “Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes”. The poster has the Chimpanzee family feel like that Animal doc that came out awhile back. The nurturing  protective side of Caesar and that adorable little tike has me really rooting for the Apes!  “Dawn…” hits theatres on July 11th. Watch the first clip for the film here! 

U.S. Trailer Released For “Wolf Creek 2”

The U.S. trailer has been released for Greg McLean’s “Wolf Creek 2”. The film will be available VOD on April 17th, 2014 and stars John Jarratt, Shannon Ashlyn, Ryan Corr, and Philippe Klaus.

Lured by the promise of an Australian holiday, backpackers Rutger, Katarina, and Paul visit the notorious Wolf Creek Crater. Their dream Outback adventure soon becomes a horrific reality when they encounter the site’s most infamous local, the last man any traveler to the region ever wants to meet; Mick Taylor (John Jarratt).

As the backpackers flee, Mick pursues them on an epic white knuckled rampage across hostile wasteland. Only one will remain to be dragged back to his lair to witness the true magnitude of his monstrosity. And if the last man standing is to have any hope of surviving where no one else has survived before, he’ll have to use every ounce of cunning to outwit the man behind the monster and become every bit as ruthless as the monster inside the man.

Crowd Funding Ongoing For Indie Horror “The Woods Within”

The crowd funding campaign is underway for Chris Smith’s “The Woods Within” . The indie horror a modern day slasher story with murder mystery elements and the campaign is set up over at Indiegogo. The film is set to star Tyler Riley, Tori Ahr, Ty Binegar, Clay Orem, Jon Kovach, Shane Jossart, Hannah Herdt, Courtney Smith, Joel Liles and Marla Van Lanen.

Eight high school teenagers go to the woods to have a party before graduation. They have one hell of a great time until one of their own is found dead the next morning. Tempers flare and fingers are pointed as no one is sure who to blame. It quickly escalates into a race for their lives as danger is everywhere in the woods within.

“Don’t Fuck In The Woods” Update

Check out the latest video update for upcoming indie horror “Don’t Fuck In The Woods”. The creature feature is currently running a crowd funding campaign on Indiegogo. “DFITW” is being produced by Concept Media and directed by Shawn Burkett.

A group of friends are going on a camping trip to celebrate graduating college. But once they enter the woods, the proverbial shit starts to hit the fan!





DFITW Update #4 from shawn burkett on Vimeo.

Pre-Production Begins On British Horror Film “Bad Moon”

Pre-production has began for PP&B Productions horror film “Bad Moon” in association with Brand-B Co and Blood, Sweat & Glitter Production.  “Bad Moon” is set to be directed by Dan Brownlie (Three’s A Shroud, Serial Kaller, Dead Magazines).

The film is a found footage horror stars Dani Thompson (Serial Kaller, Christmas Slay, Zombie Women Of Satan 2) and Jessica Ann Bonner (Devil’s Tower, Valley Of The Witch, Christmas Slay), Ivo Dinkov, Brad Glen, Dan Abrams and Shane Salter. Details on principal photography, expected release date have not been made known at this time.

Synopsis:
The film follows Scream Team, a successful UK TV show that investigates paranormal stories and occurrences in search of the truth behind the stories. In the series the girls, a bit skeptical, are use to dealing with situations set up by the show producers for that supernatural edge. Then increasing fatalities take place in a small Bulgarian village so the girls along with the show’s crew jump on a plane to investigate the happenings in the village. The villagers, scared, offers the show’s producer, James, a large sum of money to investigate in order to get to the truth.