Cody Hamman

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Reese Witherspoon to headline supernatural thriller Cold

Posted 11 years ago

One of the most popular and highest-paid actresses in Hollywood, as well as an Academy Award winner, Reese Witherspoon hasn’t done a lot of genre work in her career, most notably skirting the edge of horror with the 1996 Mark...

Portal to Hell!!!, short film starring Roddy Piper, heads to TIFF

Posted 11 years ago

Wanting to see "Rowdy" Roddy Piper in another movie like John Carpenter's 1988 classic THEY LIVE, director Vivieno Caldinelli, writer Matt Watts, executive producers Todd Brown and Andrew Rosen, and producers Lori Fischburg and Ryan Reaney took it upon themselves...

Trailer for horror movie Del Playa sparks controversy

Posted 11 years ago

On August 5th, a trailer hit YouTube for writer/director Shaun Hart's DEL PLAYA, which follows a troubled college student who, after being turned down by girls and bullied by his peers, turns to violence. By the end of the day,...

Jeffrey Reddick’s Dead Awake begins production, stars Jocelin Donahue

Posted 11 years ago

When we first reported on DEAD AWAKE, a sleep paralysis thriller from FINAL DESTINATION creator/screenwriter Jeffrey Reddick, the plan was for it to start filming in the fall of 2014. The schedule got pushed back nearly a year, but last...

Twilight Time unveils art, specs for Charles Bronson movie 10 to Midnight

Posted 11 years ago

Charles Bronson is one of cinema's ultimate badasses and he made a lot of great movies, but for my money one of the most purely entertaining entries on his filmography is 1983's 10 TO MIDNIGHT, directed by his frequent collaborator...

Bruno Aveillan to direct Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters sequel

Posted 11 years ago

It has been almost a year since writer/director Tommy Wirkola announced that he wouldn’t be returning to direct the sequel to his 2013 hit HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS, but development on the follow-up continues at Paramount Pictures. Although Wirkola...

Nicolas Cage thriller Pay the Ghost gets September release

Posted 11 years ago

RLJ Entertainment has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to director Uli Edel's PAY THE GHOST, setting it for a September 23, 2015 release in theatres and on VOD. Written by Dan Kay and starring Nicolas Cage and THE WALKING DEAD's...

Fear Inc., co-starring Naomi Grossman and Ashlynn Yennie, begins production

Posted 11 years ago

Lone Suspect, a production company formed by writer Luke Barnett and director Vincent Masciale, has caught some recognition for the videos they’ve created for the Funny or Die website, including a THE WALKING DEAD recap series called THE WALKED FRED...

Remake of The Creature from the Black Lagoon nabs writer Jeff Pinkner

Posted 11 years ago

A new version of the 1954 horror classic THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON has been in various stages of development, off and on, for over thirty years at this point. The project has passed through the hands of writers...

Toho’s Godzilla 2016 will terrify with cutting edge effects

Posted 11 years ago

When Japan’s Toho Studios let the GODZILLA franchise go dormant after 1995’s GODZILLA VS. DESTOROYAH, it was partially because Tri-Star had the rights to make a trilogy of American Godzilla movies and Toho didn’t want to keep making Godzilla movies...

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