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Orion will distribute zombie-musical Anna and the Apocalypse in theaters

Posted 8 years ago

One of the top movies I missed this past year was John McPhail’s zombie holiday musical ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE. I've heard stellar things about the flick, but never caught a screening. That may all change this coming holiday season as...

Trailer: Anna and the Apocalypse is a comedic zombie musical

Posted 9 years ago

For years now, we've been getting way more zombie movies than we really need. If you're a filmmaker who wants to make a zombie movie yourself, how do you make your project stand out from the horde of others that...

First look at Gareth Evans’ Apostle, starring Dan Stevens & Lucy Boynton

Posted 9 years ago

Way back in November, we announced Dan Stevens (THE GUEST) would be starring in APOSTLE from director Gareth Evans (THE RAID). Then this past March we let you guys know the period revenge thriller had been picked up for distribution...

Carnahan and Grillo discuss setting and brutality of The Raid remake

Posted 9 years ago

A remake of Gareth Evans' THE RAID: REDEMPTION was set up at Screen Gems and XYZ Films a while ago. THE EXPENDABLES 3's Patrick Hughes was going to direct, with Frank Grillo of THE PURGE: ANARCHY and THE PURGE: ELECTION YEAR...

The Raid remake coming from Joe Carnahan & Frank Grillo

Posted 9 years ago

XYZFilms took to Twitter today and posted a video of Frank Grillo and Joe Carnahan chillin' on the couch watching THE RAID. The two talk about how a "re-imagining" might be fun, and then they agree to work on it...

Zombie musical Anna and the Apocalypse begins shooting

Posted 9 years ago

With LA LA LAND all the rage in Hollywood these days, it seems not even zombies can resist the urge to sing and dance in the streets… According to Screen Daily, a musical zom-com called ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE has...

Holidays (Movie Review)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: An anthological octet of standalone horror tales explore the dark-side various holidays: Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Halloween, Christmas and New Years Eve. REVIEW: What is it about holiday horror that, at its absolute...

Nicolas Cage reteams with Ghost Rider director for Mom And Dad

Posted 10 years ago

Fast and furious comes the news out of this year's BIFF, with the latest (via Deadline) tidbit claiming that Nic Cage is poised to reunite with GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE director Brian Taylor for a new horror/thriller entitled MOM...

XYZ Films acquires Apocalypse Now Now

Posted 11 years ago

Today it was announced that the Canadian company Redlab Digital, in association with the LA-based XYZ Films has acquired the film rights to the Charlie Human urban fantasy novel Apocalypse Now Now to be a South African co-production with Be Phat...

XYZ Films boards Babak Anvari’s Tehran-set horror Under the Shadow

Posted 11 years ago

XYZ Films has boarded Wigwam Films’ Farsi-language horror film UNDER THE SHADOW, which is currently underway in Jordan with BAFTA-nominated director Babak Anvari at the helm, reports Screen Daily. Set in post-revolution Tehran, during the Iran-Iraq war, the film follows…...

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