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Stars: Scott Hamm Duenas, Kipp Tribble, Alison Haislip, Tobin Bell, Nija Okoro, Kenny Yates, Richard Siegelman, Blake Koren, Billy Walker | Written by Scott Hamm Duenas, Kipp Tribble | Directed by Kenny Yates

Kipp Tribble, writer of the lacklustre Evil At the Door, teams up with his co-stars in that film Scott Hamm Duenas and Kenny Yates – who is also known as a producer on films as diverse as horrors Hunt Club and Wolf Mountain And spoofs like Disaster Movie, The Starving Games and Superfast! – for a film that takes a supernatural look at grief and the struggle to cope with loss…

Will is a devastated father who spends his time between court-ordered grief counselling and drinking himself into oblivion. He repeats the cycle of despair every day with no plans to stop, until he meets a mysterious stranger who gives him some old vinyl recordings. After Will listens to the records,...

This week is one of the biggest weeks for horror in the entirety of 2023, as it brings the release of one of the biggest horror movies of 2023. I’m of course talking about Scream VI, which will be slashing its way into theaters nationwide beginning on Thursday night.

The even better news? Scream VI is only one of several new horror movies out this week.

Here’s all the new horror releasing March 7 – March 12, 2023!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

A follow-up film from the same team behind 2018’s “Screenlife” thriller Searching, this year’s Missing was released in theaters back in January, pulling in $42.4 million at the worldwide box office. When will you be able to watch Missing at home, you ask? Today!

Missing is now available on Digital outlets.

Storm Reid and Nia Long star in Missing, with the cast also including Joaquim de Almeida,...

Tobin Bell, star of the Saw franchise joins Scott Hamm Duenas in Rebroken, premiering On Digital Platforms 7th March 2023 from Gravitas Ventures.

Also starring Kipp Tribble, Alison Haislip, Nija Okoro, Kenny Yates, Richard Siegelman, Blake Koren, and Billy Walker, Rebroken is written by Kipp Tribble and Scott Hamm Duenas, and directed by Kenny Yates.

Synopsis:

Will is a devastated father who spends his time between court-ordered grief counseling drinking himself into oblivion. He repeats the cycle of despair every day with no plans to stop, until he meets a mysterious stranger who gives him some old vinyl recordings. After Will listens to the records, he suddenly starts receiving messages from his recently deceased daughter. As the communications from his daughter grow more and more frequent, Will becomes convinced that these recordings hold the answer to bring his daughter back from the dead. But just as he is closing in on the truth,...

"There are rules, Will... You must listen with a clear and open mind." Gravitas Ventures has released the official trailer for a supernatural thriller titled ReBroken, an indie horror film from filmmaker Kenny Yates making his feature directorial debut. It'll be out to watch in March if anyone is curious to see where it goes. A devastated father receives vinyl recordings from a mysterious stranger that allow him to communicate with his recently deceased daughter. After the listens to the strange vinyl, he starts to notice messages and signs from his daughter, making him even more obsessed with trying to figure out how to bring her back. Tobin Bell co-stars with Scott Hamm Duenas playing Will, and an indie cast including Kipp Tribble, Alison Haislip, Nija Okoro, Kenny Yates, Richard Siegelman, Blake Koren, and Billy Walker. This definitely a has a direct-to-video quality, for better or worse, along with some low rent Insidious tricks.

While you wait for Tobin Bell‘s return as Jigsaw in Saw 10, Gravitas Ventures will release the indie movie ReBroken on March 7, and the trailer has been sent our way this afternoon.

ReBroken will be released on Digital and VOD outlets. Find the trailer below.

In the film, “Will is a devastated father who spends his time between court-ordered grief counseling and drinking himself into oblivion. He repeats the cycle of despair every day with no plans to stop, until he meets a mysterious stranger who gives him some old vinyl recordings. After Will listens to the records, he starts receiving messages from his deceased daughter. As the communications from his daughter grow more and more frequent, Will becomes convinced that these recordings hold the answer to bring his daughter back from the dead.

“But just as he is closing in on the truth, he starts to suspect that...

"You want the truth? I'll give you the truth." Crackle has released an official trailer for a documentary called Playing With Power: The Nintendo Story, which will debut streaming as a five-part series about the story behind video game giant Nintendo. The focus seems to be on the rise and prominence of Nintendo in America, not so much its origins in Japan, as told through interviews with many game industry veterans. We love Nintendo and good docs and can't help posting about this anyway. Via Nintendo Enthusiast, the film features interviews with "actor Wil Wheaton, actor Alison Haislip, Nintendo of America co-founder Ron Judy, Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell, former Sega of America CEO Tom Kalinske, former Nintendo CEO Reggie Fils-Aimé, and Xbox head Phil Spencer. But there are even more knowledgeable industry figures in the documentary where that came from, such as Digital Eclipse Editorial Director Chris Kohler, Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski,...

Exclusive: Crackle has set March 1 as the world premiere date for five-part documentary series Playing with Power: The Nintendo Story.

The show is written and directed by Jeremy Snead and executive produced (and narrated) by Sean Astin. World rights were acquired by Screen Media Ventures, the exclusive supplier of original programming to free, ad-supported Crackle. Both entities are owned by Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment. Sony, Crackle’s longtime owner, swapped its equity in Crackle for a minority stake in Csse at the end of 2020.

Playing with Power tells the sprawling story of Nintendo, the secretive Japanese company whose origins date to the 19th century. It features interviews with Wil Wheaton; Alison Haislip; Nintendo of America co-founder Ron Judy; Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell; former Sega of America CEO Tom Kalinske; former Nintendo CEO Reggie Fils-Aimé; and head of Xbox Phil Spencer.

Snead has explored the world of gaming in...

"She's a human, and you're a dog! You're not right for Ellie, dude." Freestyle Digital Media has unveiled an official trailer for an indie comedy titled Allan the Dog, about a hand puppet dog that acts like a real-life talking dog. We've seen an R-rated Muppets movie and a movie about a talking beaver hand puppet, so this seems like the next evolution in wacky hand puppet storytelling. Sam Daly stars as Matt, Allan's owner and "roommate", and Steven Wright (who also wrote the script) voices Allan the Dog. They're supposed to be different characters, not all the same. Their lives get all twisted when they both fall for the same girl. The cast includes Alison Haislip, Gwen Hollander, and Steven Weber. This sounds and looks as awkward and as quirky as expected, which is good and bad. Maybe there's some charm to this? Worth a look at least. Here's...

Stars: Brea Grant, Aj Bowen, Barbara Crampton, Sophie Dalah, Elise Luthman, Joshua Hoffman, Daniel Roebuck, Joy Osmanski, Alison Haislip, Sky Soleil, Alexander Ward, Dianna Miranda, Ryan Schwartzman | Written by Irving Walker | Directed by Brad Baruh

I can see some people already rolling their eyes when they hear about another ‘cabin in the woods’ style horror movie. Yes there has been a lot of them in the last 5, 10, even 20 years but plenty of good ones. I was hoping Dead Night would be one of these good ones.

It at least tries to do things differently. Not long after it begins, we are told what is going to happen in the movie via a TV documentary. Those kind of shows that explain ‘real-life’ crime and have ‘re-enactments’ when there’s no actual footage. But this show only shows one side of the story and the movie itself shows something that turns out completely different.

Applecart is an upcoming indie horror film. From first time director Brad Brauh, this feature is slated for a Fantastic Fest appearance, in Austin. Fantastic Fest begins this September. In Applecart, a mysterious woman turns up at a family retreat and acts out against everyone. The film stars: Barbara Crampton (Beyond the Gates, 2016), A.J. Bowen (You're Next, 2011), Brea Grant, Alison Haislip and many more. There is currently no wide distribution in the works. Though, a trailer was released earlier this year (found below) and a movie poster can be found here. For more on the story, James (Bowen) is suffering from inoperable liver cancer. He takes refuge in a lone cabin, with some friends. During the night, a woman comes out of the woods. She is shaken. But, as time goes by, it becomes clear that this mysterious person has fatalistic intentions. The film will have its World Premiere at Fantastic Fest.

Network: ABC Episodes: 17 (hour)Seasons: TwoTV show dates: June 21, 2015 -- September 1, 2016Series status: Cancelled Performers include: Chris Rose, Kenny Florian, Molly McGrath, Alison Haislip, Bobak Ferdowsi, Faruq Tauheed, Fon Davis, Jessica Chobot, and Leland Melvin.TV show description: A follow-up to the original BattleBots TV show, this competition series showcases the next generation of killer robots as they fight each other for the win. Read More…...

The Emmy-nominated, record-breaking independent online comedy “Con Man” has found a new home, one that producers deem a perfect fit: Syfy. The network announced Friday during the show’s Comic-Con panel that it had acquired both seasons of the “Con Man,” which will premiere on television this September.

The Alan Tudyk series is a somewhat fictionalized version of his experiences as a well-known sci-fi actor who attends a lot of fan conventions. This is big news not just for fans of “Con Man,” but for anyone fascinated by the evolution of the concept of independent television.

Read More‘Timeless’ Cancellation Was a ‘Mistake,’ and Fans Get Thank You Video at Comic-Con – Watch

“Con Man” was born in 2015 via a record-breaking Kickstarter campaign launched by Tudyk, his fellow “Firefly” star Nathan Fillion and producer P.J. Haarsma. Over two seasons the show has featured a huge cast from the fan convention world,...

The Industry’s First Completely Interactive Platform. Alpha Offers Exclusive, Premium Content from Nerdist & Geek & Sundry Featuring Janet Varney, Matt Mira, Zach Sherwin, Brian Wayne Foster and More

Legendary Digital Networks (Ldn) announced that its standalone membership video platform, Alpha, has launched today with a full slate of programs including an all-new digital series created by Grayson writers Jackson Lanzing, In the series, called Vast, Lanzing joins other noted comic book luminaries – including Collin Kelly, Kate Leth, and Amy Dallen - in a completely original science fiction role-playing game.

Please find a link to the first episode:

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Vast is one of many new programs that will be debuting on Alpha, which is a joint venture from Ldn’s leading channels, Nerdist and Geek & Sundry, that delivers exclusive, premium content in ways that empower their legions of fans to engage, connect and tap into their favorite programs.

Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed is a documentary set out to explore the true aspect of what makes gaming so great.

“The goal in producing a series like ‘Unlocked’ is to educate and entertain the audience on all these fascinating topics within the world of gaming all with a cast of curious correspondents that the audience is familiar with,” said Jeremy Snead.

The new 8 part documentary is set to release December 15th, and it will explore the world of gaming in a new positive approach that gamers will love. Check out the trailer above and you can see why we are excited.

Topics the trailer hints at include violent video games and how gaming can be utilized for learning or social interactions. The trailer alone seems to tackle a lot of stereotypes gamers have to deal with all the time and counters them with positive ideas instead. This could...

Last summer, ABC resurrected the BattleBots TV show. It performed well enough in the ratings for the network to bring it back and order even more episodes. How will it perform this time around? Will it be cancelled or renewed for a third season? Stay tuned.

On the new version of BattleBots, the next generation of killer robots fight each other for the win. They're bigger, faster, and stronger than ever before. Episodes focus on the design and building of each robot, the bot builders' backstories, their intense pursuit of the championship, and the spectacle of the event. Commenting on and judging the action are Chris Rose, Kenny Florian, Samantha Ponder, Alison Haislip, Fon Davis, Jessica Chobot, Faruq Tauheed, and Clark Gregg.

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TV icons Richard Hatch (Battlestar Galactica), Tim Russ (Star Trek : Voyager) and James Kyson (Heroes) embark on a virtuoso homecoming to sci-fi TV with Blade of Honor. Yes, the creative forces behind such science-fiction classics as Battlestar Galactica, Heroes, Star Trek:Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: New Voyages, Star Trek: Renegades, and Star Trek: The Next Generation team to bring to the screen nd all-new sci-fi adventure

From writer-producer Mark Edward Lewis, Blade of Honor fixes on Arina Kartades (Haislip), a religious, headstrong, crack Alliance Navy Star Blade pilot in a war where the human Alliance is losing against the animal race, the Calinar. When Kartades discovers that her Statemandated religious upbringing was a lie, she embarks upon a forced quest to discover the true reasons behind the war. As her discoveries push her deeper into harm’s way, she must go against everything she...

TV icons Richard Hatch (Battlestar Galactica), Tim Russ (Star Trek : Voyager) and James Kyson (Heroes) embark on a virtuoso homecoming to sci-fi TV with Blade of Honor.

A Kickstarter campaign has launched to fund the first three episodes of the sweeping sci-fi series, also starring Alison Haislip, Cirroc Lofton, Aron Eisenberg and Brandon Stacy, with a range of rewards including DVDs, autographed photos and producer credits up for grabs to those who contribute!

From writer-producer Mark Edward Lewis, Blade of Honor fixes on Arina Kartades (Haislip), a religious, headstrong, crack Alliance Navy Star Blade pilot in a war where the human Alliance is losing against the a [Continued ...]...

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Danger Will Robinson! The killer robots are coming! The second season of ABC's BattleBots TV series premieres Thursday, June 23, at 8:00pm Et/Pt. Chris Rose supplies the play-by-play. Kenny Florian provides color commentary.

Espn’s Samantha Ponder is hosting season two of Battlebots. Alison Haislip reports from the sidelines. Judging the battles are Fon Davis, Jessica Chobot, and a special guest judge for each round of the competition. Marvel's Agents of Shield's Clark Gregg is the first guest judge. Faruq Tauheed serves as ring announcer.

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ABC premiered its first season of its BattleBots revival on June 21, 2015. Now the network announces it has renewed the once-cancelled Comedy Central series, for a second season. On the competitive reality series, contestants design and build robots, which face off against each other in combat.

The Comedy Central version which ran from 2000 to 2002, was hosted by Bil Dwyer, Sean Salisbury, and Tim Green. ABC's BattleBots stars: Chris Rose, Kenny Florian, Molly McGrath, Alison Haislip, Bobak Ferdowsi, Faruq Tauheed, Fon Davis, Jessica Chobot, and Leland Melvin. Read More…...

Knock, knock! Who's there? Eli Roth's new thriller Knock Knock will arrive on Blu-ray, Digital, and DVD on December 8th. Also: the parody video Paranormal Activity: The Tiger Mom Dimension, premiere details for All Through the House, Chatter screening info, crowdfunding information on The Sluagh, and a teaser from the short film, Hades.

Knock Knock: Press Release: "Santa Monica, CA (October 12, 2015) - One of the hottest tickets at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, Knock Knock, from co-writer/director Eli Roth (Cabin Fever, Hostel), arrives on Blu-ray™ (plus Digital HD), DVD (plus Digital) and Digital HD on December 8 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. The film is currently available On Demand. Knock Knock stars Keanu Reeves (John Wick) as a man whose good intentions lead to deadly consequences when he helps two strangers who ask for his assistance. Lorenza Izzo (The Green Inferno) and Ana de Armas (TV's "El Internado") are...

The first wave of films to be shown at this year's Shriekfest International Horror/Sci-Fi Film Festival all look like they are going to be a bloody good time! Also: The Cleansing Hour's Kickstarter campaign and Ballet of Blood premiere details.

Shriekfest 2015: Press Release: "Los Angeles, CA - Shriekfest International Horror/Sci-fi Film Festival is thrilled to announce its first surge of films for the Fifteenth annual festival! Shriekfest brings you the Best in independent horror and sci-fi! "We are so excited for our 15th year and this slate of films!" says festival director Denise Gossett. Shriekfest is Oct 1-4. www.shriekfest.com

Granny Of The Dead: Directed by Tudley James. In a small town unknowing and free from betrayal, an evil is looming to rewrite their tale. From deep within hell a curse rises up, to strike down the old and never give up. The elderly dead...

Comic-Con 2015 has kicked off in San Diego, and below you'll find Digital Spy's mega-guide, listing all of the major movies and TV panels for each day.

Note: All timings are in California's Pacific Standard Time (Pst), for GMT (UK time) add 8 hours. So 12 noon in San Diego will be 8pm in London.

13 things we're most excited about at Comic-Con 2015

Browse our ultimate guide day-by-day:

Thursday, July 9

Friday, July 10

Saturday, July 11

Sunday, July 12

Thursday, July 9

Open Road (10.45am local time/6.45pm UK time, Hall H)

Movies Tbc

The Autobiography of James T Kirk (10.45am local time, 6.45pm UK time, Ballroom 20)

William Shatner will read excerpts from this new Star Trek in-world memoir, at a panel moderated by author and former Family Guy exec David Goodman.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 / The Last Witch Hunter (12pm local time, 8pm UK time, Hall H)

New footage presentation, plus cast and filmmaker...

Comic-Con 2015 kicks off today in San Diego, and below you'll find the first of Digital Spy's daily guides, listing all of the major movies and TV panels for Thursday, July 9.

Note: All timings are in Pacific Standard Time.

Open Road (10.45am local time/6.45pm UK time, Hall H)

Movies Tbc

The Autobiography of James T Kirk (10.45am local time, 6.45pm UK time, Ballroom 20)

William Shatner will read excerpts from this new Star Trek in-world memoir, at a panel moderated by author and former Family Guy exec David Goodman.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 / The Last Witch Hunter (12pm local time, 8pm UK time, Hall H)

New footage presentation, plus cast and filmmaker Q&A sessions (attendees Tbc).

CBS: Extant / Under the Dome / Zoo / Scorpion / Limitless (12pm local time, 8pm UK time, Ballroom 20)

Extant: Sneak preview of the second season, plus Q&A with cast members Halle Berry and Jeffrey Dean Morgan,...

The original BattleBots TV show ran for five seasons on Comedy Central. Now, ABC has picked up a reimagined version of the show more than a dozen years later. How will the robotic competition perform in the ratings on a major network? Will it be cancelled or renewed for a second season? Stay tuned.

On the new version of BattleBots, the next generation of killer robots fight each other for the win. They're bigger, faster, and stronger than ever before. Episodes focus on the design and building of each robot, the bot builders' backstories, their intense pursuit of the championship, and the spectacle of the event. Commenting on and judging the action are Chris Rose, Kenny Florian, Molly McGrath, Alison Haislip, Bobak Ferdowsi, Faruq Tauheed, Fon Davis, Jessica Chobot, and Leland Melvin.

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After a short delay, Wil Wheaton’s long-awaited web series has finally arrived only a week after its intended release date. The Geek & Sundry host debuted his new role-playing game show Titansgrave: The Ashes of Valkana on June 9, 2015.

Titansgrave is based on the original role-playing game of the same title, created by Wheaton over three months using a fantasy version of the Adventure Game Engine created by independent publisher Green Ronin. The Geek & Sundry web series will show the live-action gameplay of Titansgrave with Wheaton and his fellow cast members Hank Green (one-half of the Vlogbrothers YouTube channel), Laura Bailey (actress for Avengers Assemble), Alison Haislip (from G4’s Attack of the Show), and Yuri Lowenthal (actor for Big Hero 6).

Each of the ten episodes of Titansgrave will follow the adventures of the cast members’ characters as they work their way through game’s unique world, which combines both science fiction and fantasy elements.

In April 2014, Wil Wheaton and Geek & Sundry took to Indiegogo in hopes of raising the $500,000 they needed to fund a third season of their board game-centered web series, TableTop. The campaign ended up beating its goal nearly three times over by raising more than $1.4 million. With so much bonus cash in their pockets, Wheaton and Geek & Sundry decided to give their fans an extra treat: An entirely new web series based around tabletop role-playing games (RPGs).

Now, Geek & Sundry has revealed some important information about that show. It will be titled Titansgrave: The Ashes of Valkana, it will debut on June 2nd, and it follow a group of well-known guests as they role-play through a fantastical adventure.

The title refers to the type of RPG that will be played on the show. "The game will be played using Fantasy Age, the latest iteration of the Adventure Game Engine by Green Ronin Publishing,...

Recently, Fox released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Bones" episode 8 of season 10. The episode is entitled, "The Puzzler in the Pit," and it turns out that we'll see the team enter the world of crossword puzzle solving contests to crack their newest case, and more. In the new, 8th episode press release: The team will investigate the murder of a crossword puzzle master. Press release number 2: After a famous crossword puzzle master is found in an urban fracking site, the Jeffersonian team is going to investigate puzzle champ's fellow players in order to track down the killer. After discovering that the victim was suffering from a mental illness when he died, the team will realize the case is much more complicated than it seemed. In the meantime, a very pregnant Daisy (guest star Carla Gallo) is going to seek comfort from her doula, Valentina (guest star...

Meghan Trainor’s song "All About That Bass" is so catchy and addicting to listen to. Nerdist presents a Team Unicorn music video parody that mixes in Star Wars references called "All About That Base: No Rebels."

Team Unicorn is not the first to make a Star Wars parody using that hook. Youtube user Liminal Jay created a music video parody three days before Halloween. Team Unicorn did a much better job in my opinion in terms of lyrics, dancing, costumes, and references to both the original music video and Star Wars.

Details about the music video via Nerdist:

Meghan Trainor’s sassy “All About That Bass” has taken a trip to the galaxy far, far away in our latest Nerdist Presents: a new Team Unicorn music video! The Unicorns have dressed in Empire attire, brought in dancing stormtroopers and astromechs, added some Darth Sidious, and made the popular song an Imperial anthem.

Having marital trouble? Look no further than Ryan Bailey. The Los Angeles-based actor is the man behind Talking Marriage with Ryan Bailey, a web series that takes place inside a worthless talk show about the trials of marriage. Bailey takes the leading role as a host who is qualified to talk about marriage; after all, he has been married himself for five whole years. That joke explains the gist of Talking Marriage. It is a deadpan portrayal of the worst talk show in the world, with all sorts of little touches that add to the incompetence. Bailey spends most of the show bantering with his producer, ugly titles (in Comic Sans, of course) flash across the screen every few seconds, and the boom operator repeatedly lowers his microphone into the shot. Fans of intentionally bad comedies like Black Dynamite will appreciate the similar style on display here. Bailey also manages...

Zoe Bell’s made a career kicking ass in the movies. Judging by the premise of her new nature gone amok thriller Freshwater, it sounds like she better be ready to add alligator wrestling to her impressive array of fighting skills.

Zoe Bell (Deathproof, Raze) and Joe Lando (“Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman”, “The Secret Circle”) headline writer-director Brandy Berry’s currently in-production Southern fried creature feature entitled Freshwater. Amy Paffrath, John Bobek, and Alison Haislip co-star.

Synopsis:

Lake Charles in Louisiana is the idyllic spot to catch some sun and enjoy the tranquil miles of freshwater. When a group of 20-somethings meet up at their island lake house for a weekend of partying, one of the friends never shows up. As more lake visitors are yanked underwater by what seems to be some giant alligators, the screams bring the group out of the lake house. Frantically discovering their boat has drifted away,...

Recently, CBS released the new, official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "NCIS" episode 12 of season 1. The episode is entitled, "Twenty Clicks," and it sounds like things will get very drama-filled and extremely intense as Gibbs and McGee come under heavy attack in Russia while the rest of the team tries to rescue them, and more! In the new,1st episode press release: When Gibbs and McGee's mission overseas is compromised, the NCIS team is going to race to locate them before a Russian mercenary group. Press release number 2: Gibbs and McGee will travel to Russia to safely escort home an NCIS computer engineer connected to classified intel, but their mission is going to be compromised and they will be forced to go off the grid while hunted by a Russian mercenary group. In the meantime, the team in D.C. will frantically use every asset and inter-agency contact they...

Video Games: The Movie takes a breezy tour of history, but shows mainstream gaming in a less than favourable light, Ryan writes...

There is no propaganda in the Star Wars movies. You don't see posters devoted to praising Emperor Palpatine's benign leadership. You don't see adverts or bill board posters positioning Darth Vader as a wheezing man of the people.

But if you did see propaganda in the Star Wars universe, it might look a little bit like Video Games: The Movie - a slickly-produced, 105-minute hymn to an industry that is itself an all-conquering empire. Valued at approximately $66bn in 2013, gaming is now the most lucrative form of entertainment on the planet - and filmmaker Jeremy Snead's documentary charts the medium's rise with unquestioning fervour, from its bleeping, rudimentary inception in the middle of the 20th century to its technically astonishing achievements in the present.

There are contributions...

Adult World

Stars: Emma Roberts, Evan Peters, John Cusack, Armando Riesco, Shannon Woodward, Chris Riggi, Scott Coffey, Darin Scott, Reed Birney, Catherine Lloyd Burns | Written by Andy Cochran | Directed by Scott Coffey

Helmed by actor-turned-director Scott Coffey, who many may recognise from 80s films such as Some Kind of Wonderful and Space Camp, Adult World is another in a long-line of American indie dramas – you know the type: the ones that mix witty dialogue and a hip soundtracks in the hopes of creating something loftier than the rest. This particular example follows Amy (Roberts), a naive college graduate who believes she’s destined to be a great poet, who begrudgingly accepts a job at a sex shop while she pursues a mentorship with her idol, reclusive writer Rat Billings (Cusack).

Adult World shares a lot in common with 2009′s Post Grad, in so much as both films deal with young...

Variance Films, a division of Amplify, has acquired distribution rights for the documentary feature Video Games: The Movie. The film will be released theatrically in the United States and Canada starting July 18th, and available on iTunes and other digital platforms starting July 15th.

The film will play as a part of the Webster University Film Series from the 22-24 in August.

From executive producer Zach Braff and director Jeremy Snead, Video Games: The Movie is an epic feature length documentary chronicling the meteoric rise of video games from nerd niche to multi-billion dollar industry.

Narrated by Sean Astin and featuring in-depth interviews with the godfathers who started it all, the icons of game design, and the geek gurus who are leading us into the future, Video Games: The Movie is a celebration of gaming from Atari to Xbox and an eye-opening look at what lies ahead.

The film features interviews with Zach Braff,...

Here is the trailer for the documentary feature Video Games: The Movie from Variance Films which chronicles the meteoric rise of video games from nerd niche to multi-billion dollar industry. The movie is narrated by Sean Astin and features in-depth interviews with the people who started it all from the icons of game design to the geeks who are leading us into the future.

“Everyone loves a great video game, but in recent years, they’ve evolved into something way beyond what any of us who grew up playing an 8-bit system could imagine,” said Dylan Marchetti of Variance Films. “But regardless of whether you’re up gaming until 3 a.m. or haven’t played a video game in decades, there’s something for you in this film, and we think audiences will be delighted.”

“Games are a part of the human experience and permeate our culture now more than ever before,...

Bryan Singer and Felicia Day have officially brought their paranormal comedy to the web. Singer's Bad Hat Harry studio and Day's Geek & Sundry channel have teamed up to debut Spooked, which has arrived on both YouTube and Hulu. Spooked was first announced in March as the latest nerd-friendly web series from Geek & Sundry, which has previously hosted Day's influential gaming web series, The Guild, as well as a nine-episode superhero comedy called Caper. Spooked is crafted from a similar mold; as with those two series, it centers around a ragtag band of protagonists who work together despite their disparate backgrounds and values. It's main difference is its length, as it is the first TV-length scripted series produced by Geek & Sundry. The first episode introduces viewers to the Paranormal Investigative Team (P.I.T.) and its first two clients: A lesbian couple played by Alison Haislip and Dichen Lachman who are...

Cartoon Network's Adult Swim announced today that production has begun on "The Team Unicorn Saturday Action Fun Hour!" pilot and revealed the first image from the production along with their official cast announcement. Danger Maiden Productions' Clare Grant and Rileah Vanderbilt are executive producing and starring alongside original "Team Unicorn" member Milynn Sarley ("How I Met Your Mother") and Alison Haislip ("Attack of the Show") as both Team Unicorn and their cartoon counterparts. Jane Lynch ("Glee") voices the villainous Dark Puba, Alan Tudyk ("Firefly") voices her sidekick, Chummy Cherub, Tara Strong ("The Fairly Odd Parents") voices Billy, the boy with the ability to summon Team Unicorn, and Kevin Shinick ("Mad") is the show's announcer, a staple of the cartoon shows that inspired the pilot. Check out the photo below!

Production is underway on the Team Unicorn Saturday Action Fun Hour! pilot for Adult Swim. Penned by Dan Milano (Greg The Bunny) and inspired by the Team Unicorn cartoons, the pilot is described as a modern twist on Saturday morning-style cartoon/live-action hybrid shows, but for adults. It follows the adventures of the four mythical heroines who masquerade as human girls. Danger Maiden Prods’ Clare Grant and Rileah Vanderbilt executive produce and star alongside original Team Unicorn member Milynn Sarley (How I Met Your Mother) and Alison Haislip (Attack Of The Show) as both Team Unicorn and their cartoon counterparts. Jane Lynch (Glee, Hollywood Game Night) voices the villainous Dark Puba; Alan Tudyk (Suburgatory) voices her sidekick, Chummy Cherub; Tara Strong (The Fairly OddParents) voices Billy, the boy with the ability to summon Team Unicorn; and Kevin Shinick (Mad) is the show’s announcer. Robot Chicken creators Seth Green and...

Playing around with lightsabers has always been fun! Back in the day my friends and I would go out and film our own lightsaber fight sequences that GeekTyrant's Free Reyes would edit together. Then he would painstakingly make our toy lightsabers real, one frame at a time. 

Nerdist has filmed a few fun lightsaber duels over the years, and they've released another fun short called "Revenge of the Threesome." In the middle of shooting a Star Wars action figure commercial, the three women who are playing with the toys behind-the-scenes end up getting into a crazy lightsaber battle.

"In an epic follow-up to Saber II, Nerdist presents Saber III: Revenge of the Threesome! Brace yourself for a next level 80's Star Wars lightsaber duel between Clare Grant, Rileah Vanderbilt and Alison Haislip."

Their Saber II video came out last year and is called "Sexy Jedi Bubblebath." In case you missed it,...

Supernatural comedy is all the rage these days, and Geek & Sundry is getting in on the fun. Felicia Day's YouTube channel is teaming up with Bryan Singer's Bad Hat Harry production company for Spooked, a TV-length digital series. Spooked follows a "Paranormal Investigation Team" as it investigates paranormal events across the globe. According to a press release, the first episode will feature a poltergeist who is trying to ruin his daughter's gay marriage, and will feature Dichen Lachman and Alison Haislip as guest stars. Four episodes are planned, with each one coming in a sitcom-length, 22-minute package. As with Geek & Sundry's last scripted web series, Caper, Spooked will be distributed on Hulu as well as YouTube. Spooked is co-produced by Singer, best known for his work on films like X-Men and The Usual Suspects as well as the TV series House. “It’s been a thrill to expand...

San Diego.s Comic-Con is nigh, and the good people at FEARnet will be representing, along with the cast of their smash hit "Holliston." Adam Green, acclaimed genre filmmaker (Hatchet; the upcoming Digging Up The Marrow) and writer, producer and star of FEARnet.s original TV series Holliston, will participate in a special panel and autograph signing at Comic-Con, on Thursday, July 18. The signing will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the autograph pavilion, with the panel at 8:30 p.m. Joining Green will be co-stars Laura Ortiz and Dave Brockie (Gwar frontman Oderus Urungus), with series director Sean Becker. The panel will be moderated by fan favorite Alison Haislip. As an added bonus, Green and Brockie will...

If you’re a fan of Holliston and heading to Comic-Con, we have all the details on next week’s panel straight from FEARnet. We also have the latest episode for those that missed it earlier this week, featuring a guest appearance from David Naughton.

“(Santa Monica – July 11, 2013) –Adam Green, acclaimed genre filmmaker (Hatchet; the upcoming Digging Up The Marrow) and writer, producer and star of FEARnet’s original TV series Holliston, will participate in a special panel and autograph signing at Comic-Con, on Thursday, July 18. The signing will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the autograph pavilion, with the panel at 8:30 p.m. Joining Green will be Holliston co-stars Laura Ortiz (The Hills Have Eyes), and Dave Brockie (Gwar frontman Oderus Urungus), with series director Sean Becker (The Guild). The panel will be moderated by fan favorite Alison Haislip (The Voice, Attack Of The Show). As an added bonus,...

One of the hardest working cats in the horror industry, Adam Green, is bringing something cool to the San Diego Comic-Con next week, and we have the artwork and details for you right here. Check 'em out before Green moves on to his 110th project this year!

From the Press Release

Today ArieScope Pictures and Zero Friends unveiled this new exclusive poster for Digging Up The Marrow, our upcoming film from writer/director Adam Green and artist Alex Pardee that explores the line between fantasy and reality with monsters. While details on this long gestating project that originally started out as a documentary but then became… something else… are still being held under wraps, principal photography is expected to be completed by the end of August with a 2014 release date in the works.

The attached poster will be available for Free at San Diego Comic-Con in 11" X 17" size at the...

Comic Con hasn’t been strictly superheroes in a long, long time. We have scoured the schedule for this year’s event and have pulled out the dark, the bloody, the monstrous, and the ghostly panels that look to be right up FEARnet readers’s alley.

Paranormal Passion Panel

Authors discuss the inclusion of romantic elements in their action-packed novels. Protagonists must battle the forces of evil while trying to keep the world (and often their lovers) safe from destruction. Maryelizabeth Hart of Mysterious Galaxy leads a discussion with Comic-Con special guest Christine Feehan (The Dark Series), Claudia Gray (Spellcaster), Aprilynne Pike (Earthbound), Lauren Kate (The Fallen Novels), Kendare Blake (Antigoddess), and Magnus Flyte (City of Dark Magic).

Thursday July 18, 2013 10:30am - 11:30am

Room 24Abc

Masters of the Web

Some of the most prominent and influential film pundits on the web discuss the film industry, writing for film online,...

With Sdcc 2013 kicking off soon, Preview Night details and the full schedule for Day 1 have arrived. We have some tough decisions to make as The Walking Dead comics take on "The X-Files" reunion and then the "Dexter," "Hannibal," and "Teen Wolf" panels go head-to-head.

Per usual, the abovementioned choices are just the tip of the iceberg for genre fans with panels running all day and evening on July 18th for paranormal novels, sexy steampunkers, horror gaming, horror novels, horror comics, horror journalists (including our own Heather Wixson!), composers, the ever present and popular zombies, The Goon feature film, and - in the last panel of the night - horror sitcom "Holliston." Check out our picks below, and be sure to visit the official San Diego Comic-Con 2013 website for the full lineup.

Preview Night: Wednesday, July 17, 2013

6:00pm - Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings

Comic-Con and Warner Bros. Television proudly continue their annual Preview Night tradition,...

The full Thursday, July 18th schedule for Comic-Con has been officially announced and includes a 10th Anniversary panel for The Walking Dead comic book series, a panel for the Hannibal TV series, and a panel for Dexter‘s final season. Continue reading for a list of Thursday’s horror panels, including a certain zombie panel we’ll be officially announcing tomorrow:

Paranormal Passion Panel: Authors discuss the inclusion of romantic elements in their action-packed novels. Protagonists must battle the forces of evil while trying to keep the world (and often their lovers) safe from destruction. Maryelizabeth Hart of Mysterious Galaxy leads a discussion with Comic-Con special guest Christine Feehan (The Dark Series), Claudia Gray (Spellcaster), Aprilynne Pike (Earthbound), Lauren Kate (The Fallen Novels), Kendare Blake (Antigoddess), and Magnus Flyte (City of Dark Magic).

10:30am – 11:30am, Room 24Abc

Ghost Ghirls: A Behind-the-Scenes Paranormal Experience with Jack Black: Hey Comic-Con!

As Comic-Con approaches, so does Nerdist's 'Course of the Force'. The charity run to San Diego will kick off in a few weeks, and Nerdist has announced the hosts and correspondents who will follow the event down the Pacific Coast. Tradition media personalities such as Carrie Keagan and Ashley Eckstein will be joined by several familiar new media faces, including Shira Lazar, Jessica Chobot, Alex Albrecht, Alison Haislip, and, of course, the Nerdist himself, Chris Hardwick. All of these contributors cater to the nerd crowd in some way. Keagan has been a guest host on Attack of the Show in the past, Eckstein voiced Ahsoka Tano in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Chobot hosts several shows for IGN, Haislip and Albrecht co-host 4 Points on the Nerdist channel, and Lazar has interviewed tons of nerdy YouTubers. As for Hardwick, we know for a fact he's as good of a host as anyone.

Over the past few years, actor Michael Shannon has seen the critical acclaim for his performances rise sharply, following a career of supporting turns in movies such as Bad Boys II and Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead. One genre the actor has yet to explore since his rise, however, is comedy. However, a new video from Funny or Die proves that Shannon is well aware of how to channel his characteristic intensity to comedic effect as well, as the actor does a dramatic reading of the now-famous sorority email that made its way around the internet last week. The video can be seen below.

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As an added bonus, here is Alison Haislip, from the now-cancelled Attack of the Show! and current co-host of the Nerdist webseries 4 points with Alex Albrecht, with her own rendition of the email.

Nerdist‘s Alison Haislip joins us this week as we get our hands dirty solving the deep-seeded problem of video game movies. They’re pretty much all terrible, but it doesn’t have to be that way! They can all be better! Alison explains why they need an Iron Man moment, and we give Hollywood studios permission to take video game stories seriously. For more from us on a daily basis, follow the show (@brokenprojector), Geoff (@drgmlatulippe), Scott (@scottmbeggs) and Alison (@alisonhaislip) on the Twitter. And, as always, we welcome your feedback. Download Episode #8 On This Week’s Show: Patton Pending [0:00 - 1:00] Alison Haislip Helps Us Fix Video Game Movies [1:00 - 32:00] A Special Thanks and a Tease of Next Week’s Show [32:00 - 34:00] Get In Touch With Us: Ask Us Anything Email Us Twitter Us Call Broken Projector: (512) 212-1301...

The YouTube original series “MyMusic” led the pack of nominees for the third annual Streamy Awards this week, with “Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn” close behind. The mockumentary sitcom, which is backed by YouTube’s $100 million original channel initiative, earned nine nominations, including Best Comedy Series. “Halo 4,” a scripted web series based on the popular video game, received eight nominations, including one for Best Drama Series. Also on the drama side, “The Booth at the End” garnered some recognition with four nominations including one for Best Drama Series and one for Xander Berkeley for his performance as The Man, a mysterious character who sits in a diner and seems to grant wishes—for a price. The original Hulu series “Battleground” also got a pair of nods in the drama category, including Alison Haislip and Ben Samuel getting recognition for best female and male performances. Meanwhile, “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries,” an...