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Spartacus may be returning to Starz. The cable channel is developing a spinoff of the historical drama series with Spartacus co-creator Steven S. DeKnight. as showrunner The original series aired for four seasons and 39 episodes, between 2010 and 2013. Andy Whitfield played the title role in the first season and Liam McIntyre took over for the remaining two regular seasons, due to Whitfield's passing from cancer. A prequel season, which didn't focus on Spartacus, aired in 2011.

Also starring John Hannah, Manu Bennett, Jai Courtney, Peter Mensah, Nick E. Tarabay, Craig Parker, Viva Bianca, Katrina Law, Dustin Clare, Jaime Murray, Marisa Ramirez, Dan Feuerriegel, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Brett Tucker, and Lucy Lawless, the series was based on the legendary gladiator of Ancient Roman times.

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Everyone, get out your swords and sandals because we're heading back to the arena! Starz has just announced that it is currently developing a new "Spartacus" series! Forgive the excessive use of exclamation points, but I loved every minute of this show from the first moment to the last, including the prequel "Spartacus: Gods of the Arena."

The first season of the series was entitled "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" and debuted in 2010. Before the second season, star Andy Whitfield was diagnosed with early-stage non-Hodgkin lymphoma, leading to the prequel to give him time to recover. Sadly, he passed away, and the role was recast with Liam McIntyre for season 2, "Spartacus: Vengeance" and season 3, "Spartacus: War of the Damned." 

The show was, as our title says, very sexy. Still, it was also a compelling drama about the titular Thracian gladiator who led a revolt of enslaved people against the Roman empire.

Epic Pictures Sets ‘Avarice’ Cast

Exclusive: Viva Bianca (The Reckoning) and Luke Ford (The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor) will lead the cast of action-thriller Avarice from The Reckoning director John V. Soto. Epic Pictures is executive producing and handling world sales on the picture, which is being produced by Soto with Tim Maddocks of Madd Films. The film follows a woman who must confront her husband’s secretive double life amidst a vicious home invasion by two ruthless assailants. Filming will begin in Perth, Western Australia, on May 3. Epic Pictures’ EFM slate also includes The Cellar, starring Elisha Cuthbert and Eoin Macken, The Winter Lake, starring Emma Mackey and Anson Boon, and Doors, starring Josh Peck and Lina Esco.

Yash Raj Lines Up Theatrical Slate

India’s Yash Raj Films has dated its slate for films for 2021, with the company saying it has the intention of bringing its...

Screen sensation William Baldwin and Uncork’d Entertainment count down the Minutes to Midnight.

In the tradition of The Strangers, and featuring the hottest ensemble of the year, Minutes to Midnight premiered on VOD in July

What happens when a night of fun turns into a night of horror? Seven friends and a mysterious backpacker converge at a desolate ski lodge in the mountains and as the clock begins the countdown to the New Year, they discover that the end of the old year may be the end of all their years as they are systematically hunted down by ruthless masked men with a deadly agenda.

Film is scripted by Victoria Dadi and Christopher M. Don.

Award-winning actor William Baldwin, Richard Grieco (“21 Jump Street”), Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects), John Hennigan (Never Leave Alive), Dominique Swain (Astro), Viva Bianca (“Spartacus : War of the Damned”), Jared Cohn (Pernicious) and...

Minutes To Midnight

Stars: William Baldwin, Richard Grieco, Bill Moseley, Viva Bianca, Christopher Judge, John Hennigan, Dominique Swain, Mercy Malick, Bryce Draper, Sara Fletcher | Written by Victoria Dadi, Christopher M. Don | Directed by Christopher Ray

Name: Minutes to Midnight

Age: 2018

Appearance: Action/comedy/horror slasher featuring a cast of B-movie acting greats and a couple of wrestlers.

Wait a minute…

I love wrestling. Big Daddy… Giant Haystacks…

Sadly, neither men are in it for they are no longer with us. (R.I.P) But you do get John “Johnny Impact” Hennigan playing a backpacker named Travis and Aaron “Jesus/Uno” Aguilera as the hulking psychopath Angus.

A killer named Angus? Ooooh scary…

He’s the deformed son of a family of psychopaths. You also get Calypso (an athletic Mercy Malick) and Gimple.

Angus, Gimple, and Calypso. Sounds like a 60s folk trio. What’s it all about?

Evoking many a horror film,...

Viva Bianca

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Australian actress Viva Bianca has joined Alec Baldwin, Demi Moore and Dylan McDermott in feature film, Blind.

Currently filming in New York, Blind tells the story of a novelist who was blinded in a car crash that killed his wife.

Several years later, he rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.

Bianca, who grew up in St Kilda, Victoria, is playing Deanna, Susanne.s (Moore) young ambitious society friend who gets in too deep.

Bianca's credits include TV series Spartacus, The Reckoning, and Elimination game.

She has has worked on four projects that are now in post-production: Showing Roots, A Prince for Christmas, Minutes to Midnight and Road to Redemption..

Bianca told If: "It's not only awesome to be working with veteran actors whom I've admired for so many years," she said..

"But it's...

Tribeca Shortlist is treating us to five nights of free content which starts today and will continue until the big day, Halloween, October 31st. Also: information on the Foreword to Stephen King's The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Apparition and Intrusion Blu-ray details, a trailer for Kill Game, and a new Minutes to Midnight poster.

Tribeca's Fright Fest: Press Release: "Oh, the horror! Tribeca Shortlist, the new curated streaming movie service from Lionsgate and Tribeca Enterprises, has great films in every genre and is now giving us a Halloween treat filled with five nights of free, expertly handpicked movies including macabre masterpieces, suspenseful thrillers and plenty of chills with Fright Fest: http://outtake.tribecashortlist.com/frightfest

Fright Fest will live on Tribeca Shortlist's free editorial site, Outtake, starting today at 6 pm Et/ 3 pm Pt running through October 31st. One new terrifying movie will be added each day at the same time,...

Stars: Dominic Purcell, Viva Bianca, Robert Taylor, Belinda McClory, Nicholas Hammond, Carmen Duncan, Roger Ward, Suzannah McDonald, Juan Jackson, Stephen Phillips, Glenn Maynard | Written by Jon Hewitt, Belinda McClory | Directed by Jon Hewitt

After a civilian massacre in a foreign war zone, Navy Seal Rick Tyler (Dominic Purcell), is falsely imprisoned for the crime. But Rick is offered the chance of freedom – all he has to do is enter and survive a deadly game show, which pits him against some of the world’s most ruthless killers in a series of brutal locations. The rules are simple: kill or be killed. Can Rick survive the game, win his freedom and find out why he was framed for a crime he didn’t commit?

See that title at the top of this review. Forget it. This is Not Elimination Game. It’s not some straight to DVD knock off of The Running Man,...

The Little Death and the Turkey Shoot reboot had multi-platform launches in the Us last Friday, drawing mostly positive reviews from critics. Magnolia Pictures released Josh Lawson.s sex comedy while EntertainmentOne is distributing Jon Hewitt.s Turkey Shoot remake, retitled Elimination Game. The Toronto Star.s Bruce DeMara opined, .Part comedy, part cautionary tale, The Little Death is above all entertaining and original. The title references la petite mort, the euphemistic French term for orgasm and there.s plenty of that. But Lawson.s feature film debut is much more, darkly funny, occasionally poignant and teeming with the unexpected..

The Los Angeles Times. Gary Goldstein described the film as .alternately silly and provocative, strained and funny..

National Public Radio.s Ella Taylor responded to the .winning humanity [that] seeps through the high jinks,. observing, .Lawson comes not to judge, but to assess the unintended consequences of sexual free play. He gooses prudery and political correctness,...

Did you know that Brian Trenchard-Smith's classic Ozploitation film, Turkey Shoot, has been remade into a modern action film starring Dominic Purcell (Killer Elite, Prison Break), Viva Bianca (Spartacus) and Robert Taylor? Me neither.

Packed with mayhem, stunts, and special effects, Elimination Game (still Turkey Shoot in some parts of the world) is said to be "a warped reflection of the global fascination with increasingly brutal reality-television competition game shows."

Synopsis:

In the wake of a shocking civilian massacre in a foreign war zone, disgraced Navy Seal Rick Tyler is sentenced to rot in a maximum security military prison until he is offered the opportunity to put his life on the line to win his freedom. A one-man force o [Continued ...]...

*Updated* The month of June has a spectacular variety of horror and sci-fi titles arriving on VOD that make for a ton of opportunities for fans to beat the summer heat from the comfort of your own living room, all while catching up on some great films. Rodney Ascher’s latest terrifying sleep paralysis documentary, The Nightmare, is getting a release courtesy of Gravitas Ventures, Dark Sky Films is unleashing Ted Geoghegan’s We Are Still Here in early June and the latest from iconic director Joe Dante—Burying the Ex—digs its way onto VOD via Image Entertainment.

Amigo Undead (Gravitas Ventures) - June 2nd

Amigo Undead is a horror/comedy that begins when Kevin Ostrowski, a straight laced financial adviser, is invited to his ne’er do well older brother Norm’s 40th birthday party. It takes some arm twisting, but the free-wheelin’ Norm eventually convinces his brother...

The indie production company DeInstitutionalized has announced the cast for its horror movie “Minutes to Midnight,” which will be led by William Baldwin (“Gossip Girl”), Bill Moseley (“The Devil’s Rejects”), Richard Grieco (“21 Jump Street”), Dominique Swain (“Face/Off”), Viva Bianca (“Spartacus: Blood and Sand”) and Christopher Judge (“Stargate Sg-1”). Christopher Douglas-Olen Ray will direct from a script written by Christopher Don and Victoria Dadi. The director is also producing the film with his DeInstitutionalized partner Gerald Webb as well as Paul Sinor and Collen Sinor of Possum on the Half Shell Productions. Gene Valentino and Maureen Valentino of ForeverMaur Films will.

Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Season 1: Episode 5 – “Shadow Games”

Written by Miranda Kwok

Directed by Michael Hurst

Originally aired February 19th, 2010

Just two episodes ago, Spartacus took the time to establish what makes a legend of the arena. And while the series is not defined by any one ideal, the role of glory has certainly played a huge role thus far. When Spartacus sits with Crixus shortly before their battle with Theokoles, The Shadow of Death, Crixus is right to point out that Theokoles would bother to return to the arena for another shot at glory. Money doesn’t matter to a real gladiator; being the best and being recognized for that are the greatest rewards one can be given. It’s what Crixus strives for, as well. Knowing Spartacus’ back-story, we might think that fighting for some higher purpose, whether that be love or another thing, could be more noble.

Viva Bianca has joined the cast of Showing Roots, a Us feature set in the 1970s when Alex Haley.s ground-breaking slavery miniseries Roots was released.

Now shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the indie film stars Taken.s Maggie Grace, Orange Is The New Black.s Uzo Aduba, Downton Abbey.s Elizabeth McGovern and Cicely Tyson, who played Kunta Kinte.s mother in Roots.

Scripted by Susan Batten and directed by stage veteran Michael Wilson, Showing Roots is set in a small Southern town in 1977.

Grace and Aduba play Violet and Pearl, two women who work in a beauty parlour and are inspired to integrate their community when pent-up racial tensions erupt.

Bianca, whose credits include John V. Soto's The Reckoning, Jon Hewitt.s Turkey Shoot remake and X, and Spartacus: Blood and Sand, portrays Dee, the uneducated owner of the local diner, who has an awakening during the social upheaval.

Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Season 1: Episode 1 – “The Red Serpent”

Written by Steven S. DeKnight

Directed by Rick Jacobson

Originally aired January 22nd, 2010 on Starz

A Short Introduction

Five years ago, Starz premiered Spartacus: Blood and Sand. The series was originally written off by most viewers and critics as being gratuitous, lacking quality storytelling and employing a juvenile aesthetic (or a borrowed one, in the case of the 300 comparisons). During its run on Starz, Spartacus garnered a respectable viewership by the network’s standards, but the number of people who went back to re-evaluate the series and see what was actually there was simply too small in the end. Fast forward to now. Netflix has released the entirety of Spartacus (which features three full-length seasons and a prequel mini-series, all with different subtitles), and subscribers to the streaming service now have a chance to take part in one of television...

I'm on God's path.

Det. Robbie Green (Jonathan Lapaglia) drinks vodka out of a shampoo container. He's got a drinking problem. His old friend and colleague, Jason (Luke Hemsworth), is mysteriously murdered in his car with the only clue being reams of digital footage on a Sd card. The footage was made by a runaway, Rachel (Hanna Mangan Lawrence), who is tracking down her sister's killer with the aid of internet pal, Aj (Alex Williams). As Green and Det. Jane Lambert (Viva Bianca)--clichéd backstory alert--follows the clues in parallel to this footage, things show themselves to be more obvious than they at first appear. Australian mystery, The Reckoning (2014), is a lot like a decently cast BBC series except without the character quirks to justify more than one episode. So, Like Thorne (2010), then.

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Though Jon Hewitt.s latest project, Turkey Shoot, was released theatrically last week; Australian cinemas is not where the writer/director is hoping his film will find its primary audience.

In a movement being echoed around the industry, Hewitt is pinning his hopes on VoD returns, with a focus on international sales in particular.

.Theatrical [release] is over for about 90 per cent of any film made anywhere in the world,. he tells If. .You just have to look at what.s released in cinemas now to understand that, but we are still compelled and forced to release every Australian film that gets made to give it a theatrical release, because of the way things are financed.

.So that.s led to a lot of negativity because there.s a lot of movies that just won.t work theatrically. Theatrical is whole different thing now, it.s about tent-pole movies and blockbusters...

Exclusive: Guardian Entertainment International in collaboration with Lightning Entertainment has acquired world sales rights to Jon Hewitt’s action film starring Dominic Purcell.

Turkey Shoot will receive its market debut at Afm this week and is directed by Jon Hewitt, who wrote the screenplay with Belinda McClory.

The action takes place in the not-too-distant future as a disgraced former Navy Seal is allowed to swap a prison sentence for participation in a kill-or-be-killed hit reality TV show.

The film is based on Brian Trenchard-Smith’s 1982 film and also stars Viva Bianca, Belinda McClory and Robert Taylor.

Antony I Ginnane produces and William Fayman, Richard S Guardian, Anthony J Lyons, Trenchard-Smith, Mark Spratt and Peter de Rauch serve as executive producers.

Lightning’s international sales slate includes the comedy Preggoland, drama Bravetown starring Lucas Till, Josh Duhamel, Maria Bello and Laura Dern, horror-thrillers Indigenous, Dark House, The Pack, dramatic thriller Ask Me Anything and Healing with Hugo Weaving.

John V. Soto.s The Reckoning has launched successfully at five cinemas in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane. The crime thriller which stars Jonathan Lapaglia, Luke Hemsworth, Hanna Mangan-Lawrence, Viva Bianca and Alex Williams has raked in nearly $52,000 including previews. The weekend total was $22,476 for a per-screen average of $4,495. .That is pretty damn good considering we only played 20 sessions,. Soto told If. That.s a healthier screen average than the debuts of Felony and Predestination (which held moderately well in their second weekends), These Final Hours and The Rover. The tale of a detective who pursues two runaway teenagers whose video footage contains the identity of a killer, the thriller will test the emerging model for distributing Australian films when it.s released on most VoD platforms and on DVD on September 17 by the distributor, Selena Chung.s Sc Movies. The producer, Filmscope Entertainment.s Deidre Kitcher, said the accelerated...

DVD Release Date: Oct. 28, 2014

Price: DVD $19.98

Studio: Anchor Bay

Jonathan Lapaglia is a detective investigating the murder of his partner in The Reckoning.

Jonathan Lapaglia (TV’s Underbelly), Viva Bianca (TV’s Spartacus: Blood and Sand) and Luke Hemsworth (TV’s Neighbours) star in the Aussie crime thriller The Reckoning.

Investigating the roadside execution-style murder of his partner Jason (Hemsworth), troubled detective Robbie Green (Lapaglia) discovers a memory card from a video camera. Shot by two teenagers, the mysterious footage contained on the card reveals murky details behind the death of a sibling in an unsolved hit and run case. The teens have since gone missing, and as the detective retraces their journey to find them, he quickly uncovers a bloody trail of murder…that leads all the way back to him!

Written and directed by John V. Soto, the R-rated film received a release to theaters in its native...

After Alex Williams graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2012, the actor expected to spend two or three years trying to build his career gradually through stage roles.

How wrong he was. In his first professional audition he won the role of Julian Assange in Robert Connolly.s Network Ten telemovie Underground: The Julian Assange Story opposite Rachael Griffiths and Anthony Lapaglia.

The Perth-born Williams, who now lives in Sydney, has since been back to his hometown twice, to star in John V. Soto.s The Reckoning, which opens on September 4, and in Connolly.s 3D children.s movie Paper Planes, which Roadshow will launch in January.

In between he played Kirk Pengilly in Inxs: Never Tear Us Apart, Shine Australia.s miniseries for the Seven Network. Williams has just finished another TV production, which he.s not allowed to reveal.

Since graduating he hasn.t had...

After focussing on TV dramas, David Caesar plans to direct a conspiracy thriller, his first feature since Prime Mover in 2009.

Scripted by Terence Hammond and produced by Antony I. Ginnane, Spontaneous Combustion is set during a pandemic involving government and Big Pharma.

The plan is to start shooting in Melbourne in the first quarter of 2015, with post production and VFX in Queensland. The logline reads, "When a marine biologist who saw his father burst into flames for no reason is drawn into investigating an outbreak of spontaneous combustion deaths by an investigative journalist, they uncover a Big Pharma conspiracy and put their own lives on the line in a race to stop the development of a deadly global weapon."

.David is harking back to his Dirty Deeds milieu here, and he.s a big fan of The Parallax View, Three Days of the Condor and The Conversation, which is the zone we are in here,...

The Santa Monica-based company has reported a flurry of market and post-market activity on its Croisette slate.

John V Soto’s The Reckoning starring Luke Hemsworth, Viva Bianca and Jonathan Lapaglia has gone to Anchor Bay/Starz for North America.

Lightning evp and general manager Ken DuBow announced deals on the crime thriller have closed in the Middle East (Eagle Films), Portugal (Media Page), Scandinavia (Atlantic Film), South Africa (Ster Kinekor), South Korea (Zecon Plus Corp), Thailand (Ipa), Turkey (Moviebox), Mexico (Renaissance) and Israel (Yes/Dbs).

Herschel Faber’s comedy Cavemen starring Chad Michael Murray and Camilla Belle and Alexis Knapp has been licensed to Benelux (Koch Media), China (Melting Culture), South Africa (Ster Kinekor), South Korea (Zecon Plus Corp), Turkey (D Productions), Germany (Lighthouse Home Entertainment) and UK (Bskyb).

Comedy Gods Behaving Badly starring Christopher Walken, Sharon Stone, John Turturro and Edie Falco has gone to China (Melting Culture), Germany (Pandastorm), Portugal (Films4You), South Korea (Joy...

Writer-director John V. Soto.s crime thriller The Reckoning will be launched in Australia on September 4 by Selina Chong.s Sc Movies.

A six-screen release- three in Perth and one each in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane- is planned for the film which stars Jonathan Lapaglia as a troubled detective who hunts two runaway teenagers who hold video footage that identifies a cop killer.

Luke Hemsworth, Hanna Mangan-Lawrence, Viva Bianca and Alex Williams round out the cast.

.We had offers from a couple of other Aussie distributors but Selina was definitely the most passionate and committed,. said Filmscope Entertainment.s Soto, who in May was named best director at the British Independent Film Festival, where The Reckoning had its world premiere.

Backed by ScreenWest and Lottery West, the film was produced by Filmscope Entertainment.s Deidre Kitcher, with Robert Lundberg, Roger and Kim Savill and Malcolm and Kate Rudd as executive producers.

Australian director John V. Soto (Needle) has completed his crime thriller The Reckoning. This suspenseful look at crime and punishment completed earlier this year. Recently, the film had its World Premiere at the British Independent Film Festival. And here, Soto won Best Director for this feature. The Reckoning stars Jonathan Lapaglia (The Hit List), Viva Bianca (Scorned), Luke Hemsworth and Hanna Mangan Lawrence. An exciting first trailer for The Reckoning is available here. The story for The Reckoning is complex. However, a detective has been murdered and his partner, Green (Lapaglia), must track down two runaway teens, whose camera holds the identity of the killer. More clues to the killer's identity and motivations are housed within the film's trailer. The Reckoning is a Reckoning Productions and Filmscope Entertainment production. This film, which was partially shot in Perth, Australia, continues to make its rounds on the film festival circuit and a North American release date.

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Hanna Mangan Lawrence is quite accustomed to playing characters who meet grisly ends so the ABC-tv crime comedy drama Old School was a welcome change.

She plays Shannon, the grand-daughter of Bryan Brown's ex-crim Lennie, in the Matchbox Pictures. production which premieres this Friday night on ABC1.

Not only did she get to work with Brown and Sam Neill as Ted, a retired cop who teams up with Lennie to solve crimes and unravel scams, her character has two suitors: Mark Coles-Smith as Jason, the mechanic son of one of Lennie.s prison mates; and Damian Walshe-Howling.

.It was hilarious,. Hanna tells If on the line from Los Angeles, where she moved last year. .Bryan and Sam had known each other for years so they had a great chemistry on and off the set..

Shannon is a law student at Sydney University whose mother has died and father has long gone,...

John V. Soto was named best director at the British Independent Film Festival on Saturday for his crime thriller The Reckoning.

That film.s composer Thomas Rouch took the award for best music at the festival held at the Empire Theatre in Leicester Square, where The Reckoning had its world premiere.

Soto was one of three nominees for best director together with Martin Kemp for Top Dog (the tale of a London bad boy who gets in over his head after he joins a dangerous criminal gang) and Floris Ramaekers for Sleeping Dogs (the story of one woman on the rocky road between happiness and tragedy). The Reckoning stars Jonathan Lapaglia as a troubled detective who hunts two runaway teenagers who hold video footage that identifies a cop killer. The supporting cast includes Luke Hemsworth, Hanna Mangan-Lawrence, Viva Bianca and Alex Williams.

The thriller is due to open on 8-10 screens in Sydney,...

Writer-director John V. Soto.s third feature The Reckoning will have its world premiere in competition at the British Independent Film Festival next month.

Screening at the Empire Theatre in Leicester Square on May 10, the crime thriller has been nominated for best film, director and actor.

The cast is headed by Jonathan Lapaglia (The Slap, Love Child), Luke Hemsworth (Kill Me Three Times, Brothers in Arms), Hanna Mangan Lawrence (X, Spartacus: Blood and Sand), Viva Bianca (X, Spartacus) and Alex Williams (Paper Planes, Never Tear Us Apart).

The plot follows a troubled detective (Lapaglia) as he hunts two runaway teenagers who hold video footage that identifies a cop killer.

The tentative Australian release date is September 4, playing on 8-10 screens in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. The film has been sold in seven international territories by Lightning Entertainment, which aims to close further deals at the Cannes film market.

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If I learned anything from Red Clover, it’s that Billy Zane and leprechaun movies don’t mix – yet I still gave Scored the good old college try. “But Matt, does that mean there are evil leprechauns in Scorned?!” No random commenter, even though a monster leprechaun might have presented Something interesting, but Scorned is written and directed by Leprechaun helmer Mark Jones – what could go wrong, right?! I know, I’m softening you up for the surprising fact that Scorned is quite possibly one of the most boring, uninspired, and poorly imagined thrillers of the year – and if you think I’ve already used the world “scorned” too many times, I dare you to drink every time Scorned references its own title – knowingly. Actually, I recommend you play that drinking game, because being blackout drunk may be the best way to watch Jones’ latest. Hell, the same rules might even help my own review.

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It all started with a text…and now we have a couple Scorned Blu-ray's to give away thanks to the kind peeps at Anchor Bay.

Scorned was directed by Mark Jones, director and writer of the genre favorite Leprechaun and stars AnnaLynne McCord and Billy Zane.

To enter for a chance to win a copy of Scorned on Blu-ray, simply email scornedgiveaway[at]morehorror.com with the subject title Scorned Giveaway along with your full name and physical address. You must be 18 or over, live in the Us and sorry no Po Boxes to qualify. Winners will be chosen at random. Check out the full details below about the release of Scorned, coming February 4, 2014. Good luck!

From The Press Release

William Congreve once wrote: “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” Bill, hang on to your plume because you’re about to meet Sadie… On February 4, 2014, Anchor Bay Films releases Scorned,...

From Anchor Bay Films, Sneak Peek restricted 'red-band' footage from the thriller "Scorned", available on Blu-ray, DVD and VOD, February 4, 2014, starring Billy Zane ("Titanic") and Viva Bianca ("Spartacus: War Of The Damned"):

"...'Sadie' (AnnaLynne McCord and Kevin (Zane) have decided to spend a romantic weekend together at his lake house.

"But when an unexpected – and unfortunate – text from her best friend 'Jennifer' (Bianca) to Kevin reveals a lurid love affair between the two, Sadie spirals into a hunger for revenge that is without mercy in this story of a woman overcome with a fury that is unheard of in heaven and unmatched in hell..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Scorned"...

Billy Zane and AnnaLynne McCord are getting set to bloody up your house in Scorned, and right now we have an exclusive clip which utilizes a common household tool in a pretty nasty way! You know... just the way we like it!

Anchor Bay Films releases Scorned, a story guaranteed to make any man eternally faithful, on February 4, 2014. It will be available on Blu-ray and DVD as well as On Demand across select cable providers and for digital download on iTunes, Xbox, and Vudu

Scorned is directed by Mark Jones, writer/director of the cult favorite Leprechaun series, and written by Jones and Sadie Katz.

Synopsis

The Bard once wrote: “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” Shakespeare, hang on to your plume because you’re about to meet Sadie…

Sadie (AnnaLynne McCord) and Kevin (Billy Zane) have decided to spend a romantic weekend together at his lake house.

Billy Zane and AnnaLynne McCord are getting set to bloody up your house in Scorned, and right now we have a brand new clip featuring a common household appliance that's used in a not so common way. Check it out!

Anchor Bay Films releases Scorned, a story guaranteed to make any man eternally faithful, on February 4, 2014. It will be available on Blu-ray and DVD as well as On Demand across select cable providers and for digital download on iTunes, Xbox, and Vudu

Scorned is directed by Mark Jones, writer/director of the cult favorite Leprechaun series, and written by Jones and Sadie Katz.

Synopsis

The Bard once wrote: “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” Shakespeare, hang on to your plume because you’re about to meet Sadie…

Sadie (AnnaLynne McCord) and Kevin (Billy Zane) have decided to spend a romantic weekend together at his lake house. But when...

Dominic Purcell, Viva Bianca and Robert Taylor are set to star in Turkey Shoot Reloaded, an action adventure set in the near future.

The director is Jon Hewitt (X, Acolytes, Bloodlust), who co-wrote the screenplay with his wife, actress-writer Belinda McClory, with whom he collaborated on X and Acolytes.

Hewitt tells If the film is in the spirit of Brian Trenchard-Smith.s 1982 cult item Turkey Shoot but is not a reboot. .I loved Turkey Shoot but I did not want to remake it," he says. "This is a complete reinvention..

Principal photography starts in Melbourne on February 5. The Post Lounge is handling the visual effects and investing in the film. The producer is Antony I. Ginnane, who produced Turkey Shoot, with David Lightfoot as line producer and Lizzette Atkins as associate producer. Trenchard-Smith is an executive producer.

Turkey Shoot (also known outside Australia as Escape 2000 and Blood Camp Thatcher...

Billy Zane and AnnaLynne McCord are getting set to bloody up your house in Scorned, and right now we have a couple of new clips for you to check out while you wait for it to arrive on home video.

From the Press Release

The Bard once wrote: “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” Shakespeare, hang on to your plume because you’re about to meet Sadie…

On February 4, 2014, Anchor Bay Films releases Scorned, a story guaranteed to make any man eternally faithful! Directed by Mark Jones, director and writer of the cult favorite Leprechaun series, Scorned will be available for an Srp of $29.99 for the Blu-ray and $24.98 for the DVD. It will also be available On Demand across select cable providers and for digital download across iTunes, Xbox, and Vudu.

Sadie (AnnaLynne McCord; 2nd Place, Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress: Excision) and Kevin (Billy Zane; Titanic,...

Anchor Bay will release Scorned to Blu-ray and DVD on February 4th. We recently gave you a look at the official trailer and now we have two clips from the movie:

“Beverly Hills, CA – The Bard once wrote: “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” Shakespeare, hang on to your plume because you’re about to meet Sadie… On February 4, 2014, Anchor Bay Films releases Scorned, a story guaranteed to make any man eternally faithful! Directed by Mark Jones, director and writer of the cult favorite Leprechaun series, Scorned will be available for an Srp of $29.99 for the Blu-ray™ and $24.98 for the DVD. It will be available On Demand across select cable providers and for digital download across iTunes, Xbox and Vudu.

Sadie (AnnaLynne McCord, 2nd Place, Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress: Excision) and Kevin (Billy Zane, Titanic, Border Run, Bloodrayne) have decided to spend a romantic weekend together at his lake house.

We haven't heard much about John Soto's new film The Reckoning lately, but here to kick off your holiday week we have the new teaser trailer and some additional artwork to share.

Jonathan Lapaglia and Luke Hemsworth star in the Australian crime thriller The Reckoning, written and directed by John V. Soto (Needle, Crush). It co-stars Viva Bianca, Hanna Mangan Lawrence, and Alex Williams.

Deidre Kitcher produced with Robert Lundberg, Greg Coote, David Calvert-Jones, Roger Savill, and Kim Savill executive producing.

Synopsis:

After his partner is murdered, a detective must track down two runaway teens whose camera holds the identity of the killer.

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Aussie director John V. Soto got in touch to provide us with a look at the teaser trailer for his new feature The Reckoning, as well as to give us an update on the upcoming psychological thriller.

According to Soto, who previously directed the Lionsgate Home Entertainment 2011 feature release Needle (which was awarded the ‘Skully’ for Best Makeup at the venerated Screamfest La), "We're currently in the final stages of post production on our revenge thriller The Reckoning, and the film is looking great, with some outstanding performances.”

A Filmscope Entertainment production, The Reckoning stars Luke Hemsworth, Jonathan Lapaglia, Viva Bianca, Hanna Mangan Lawrence and Alex Williams, and revolves around a cop’s search for two missing teenagers whose video footage contains the identity of a killer.

“Our test screenings have gone well, particularly with younger audiences, who have really connected with our two teens on the run,” says Soto of The Reckoning.

Billy Zane and AnnaLynne McCord are getting set to bloody up your house in Scorned, and right now we have a new trailer and more for you cats to dig on. What are you waiting for? The Godzilla trailer or something? Check this out in the interim!

From the Press Release

The Bard once wrote: “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” Shakespeare, hang on to your plume because you’re about to meet Sadie…

On February 4, 2014, Anchor Bay Films releases Scorned, a story guaranteed to make any man eternally faithful! Directed by Mark Jones, director and writer of the cult favorite Leprechaun series, Scorned will be available for an Srp of $29.99 for the Blu-ra and $24.98 for the DVD. It will also be available On Demand across select cable providers and for digital download across iTunes, Xbox, and Vudu.

Sadie (AnnaLynne McCord; 2nd Place, Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best...

There have been quite a few jilted lovers in film recently. The latest is titled Scorned. This film, from director Mark Jones, will release on DVD and Blu-ray February 4th, 2013, through Anchor Bay Entertainment. This title stars Billy Zane, AnnaLynne McCord and Viva Bianca. The film involves a tryst gone wrong. Why have one lover, when you can have two? Kevin (Zane) gets a little carried away when he dates his girlfriend's best friend. Jealousy and betrayal ensue in this erotic thriller. The official artwork for Scorned has been released above. As well, fans can take a look at the film's official trailer, past the break. The clip shows violence and torture, with the character Kevin on the receiving end. February 4th, 2014 (DVD, Blu-Ray). Director: Mark Jones. Writers: Mark Jones and Sadie Katz. Cast: Viva Bianca, Brooklynn Brokaw, Doug Drucker, and Denise Glass. The official trailer for Scorned is here:...

Anchor Bay will release Scorned to Blu-ray and DVD on February 4th and they’ve given us a look at the official trailer:

“Beverly Hills, CA – The Bard once wrote: “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” Shakespeare, hang on to your plume because you’re about to meet Sadie… On February 4, 2014, Anchor Bay Films releases Scorned, a story guaranteed to make any man eternally faithful! Directed by Mark Jones, director and writer of the cult favorite Leprechaun series, Scorned will be available for an Srp of $29.99 for the Blu-ray™ and $24.98 for the DVD. It will be available On Demand across select cable providers and for digital download across iTunes, Xbox and Vudu.

Sadie (AnnaLynne McCord, 2nd Place, Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress: Excision) and Kevin (Billy Zane, Titanic, Border Run, Bloodrayne) have decided to spend a romantic weekend together at his lake house. But when an unexpected...

Check out a pair of trailers for director Mark Jones’s thriller “Scorned”, starring the girl from that CW TV show, who plays a totally crazy chick, and the other girl from the Starz TV show, who pays her victim. Plus, Billy Zane of “Titanic” fame is in this one, too. The first trailer is for everyone, and features just a little bit of skin. The second trailer is labeled a Red Band, and featured just a little bit more skin, along with some violence, including the possibility of a dog frying in a microwave. Now that’s just cruel. Sadie (AnnaLynne McCord) and Kevin (Billy Zane) have decided to spend a romantic weekend together at his lake house. But when an unexpected – and unfortunate – text from her best friend Jennifer (Viva Bianca) to Kevin reveals a lurid love affair between the two, Sadie spirals into a hunger for revenge that is without mercy.

Squeezing somewhere between the likes of 'Misery' and 'Fatal Attraction' is Mark Jones' ('Leprechaun') latest thriller 'Scorned'. And Styd have grabbed an exclusive first look at the official trailer from the project heading our way next February. The movie features the sexy AnnaLynne McCord ('Excision') and Billy Zane ('Dead Calm') who star as Sadie and Kevin, a couple whose relationship soon becomes more than strained. Viva Bianca and Marian Weage also star and 'Scorned' will be released by Anchor Bay through On Demand services and across iTunes, XBox and Vudu from 4 February. Head below to check out the trailer and the artwork....

AnnaLynne McCord and Billy Zane star in the upcoming thriller Scorned and we have an exclusive first-look at the Red Band trailer and art. Anchor Bay Films is handling distribution of the February 4th release. It will be available on Blu-ray and DVD, On Demand across select cable providers and for digital download across iTunes, Xbox and Vudu. In the film, described as a mix of Misery and Fatal Attraction , Sadie (McCord) and Kevin (Zane) have decided to spend a romantic weekend together at his lake house. But when an unexpected . and unfortunate . text from her best friend Jennifer (Viva Bianca) to Kevin reveals a lurid love affair between the two, Sadie spirals into a hunger for revenge that is without mercy.

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With an entire new line-up of films Lighting Entertainment is present at Afm this week. The Santa Monica-based company dedicated to the worldwide distribution and licensing of independent content with a focus on quality theatrical films, has 10 new features in the market. Among them there are comedies, several thrillers, and heartfelt dramas.

Here is Lighting Entertainment's Afm line-up

We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

Director: Zeke Hawkins, Simon Hawkins

Cast: Jeremy Allen White, Logan Huffman, Mackenzie Davis

With his best pal Bobby and his girlfriend Sue getting ready to leave town for college, troublemaker B.J. steals money from his boss, Giff, so he can treat his friends to a wild weekend of partying. Unfortunately, the stolen money belonged to a dangerous gangster known as Big Red. The three teens are forced to rob a local money-laundering front to settle their debt and buy their freedom. They are driven into a world of organized crime to fight for their lives. Deception and insecurities among the three friends increase the tension leading to the heist, making it uncertain who will come out on top — or even alive.

Freezer

Director: Mikael Salomon

Cast: Dylan McDermott, Peter Facinelli, Yuliya Snigir

Robert (Dylan McDermott), an average guy with an average life, is tested beyond human endurance when he awakens to find himself locked in an industrial freezer by Russian thugs. The gangsters threaten his life unless he returns the $8 million dollars he stole from them. The only problem is, Robert has no idea what they are talking about. Searching his surroundings, he discovers Sam (Peter Facinelli) under a pile of boxes in the corner, beaten and battered.

As both men fight for their lives before freezing to death, the truth about their situation slowly reveals itself…

The Reckoning

Director: John V. Soto

Cast: Luke Hemsworth, Jonathan Lapaglia, Viva Bianca

A detective discovers a mysterious video while investigating the roadside execution-style murder of his partner. The footage, shot by two teenagers, reveals murky details behind the death of their sibling in an unsolved hit and run case. The teens have since gone missing, and as the detective retraces their journey to find them, he quickly uncovers a bloody trail of murder...that leads all the way back to him!

Healing

Director: Craig Monahan

Cast: Hugo Weaving, Don Hany, Xavier Samuel, Robert Taylor, Anthony Hayes, Jane Menelaus

After 16 years in prison, Viktor Khadem (Don Hany) is a man who has almost given up on life.

For his final 18 months, he is sentenced to Won Wron, a low-security, rural prison where Senior Officer Matt Perry (Hugo Weaving) has established a unique program to rehabilitate broken men by giving them the responsibility for the rehabilitation of injured raptors – beautiful, proud eagles, falcons and owls. Against all odds, Matt takes on Viktor as his number one test case, introducing him to Yasmine, the majestic Wedge-tailed Eagle with a 2 metre wingspan. If these two can tame each other, anything is possible. Healing is a powerful, moving story of redemption, the discovery of hope and the healing of the spirit – in the most unlikely place, for the most unique men, through the most unusual catalyst.

Inspired by a true story, Healing is a new Australian feature film written and directed by Craig Monahan, the multi-award winning director of The Interview (selected for Montreal, Seattle, Flanders and 30 other international Festivals); and Winner of Best Film - Australian Film Institute Awards

The Wonders

Director: Avi Nesher

Cast: Adir Miller, Yuval Scharf, Yehuda Levi, introducing Ori Hizkiah

This story focuses on Arnav, a graffiti artist and bartender living in Jerusalem. Always wearing a mask, he paints at night, and yearns for the day that his beloved ex-girlfriend Vax will return to him. But when Arnav sees a mysterious stranger forced into an abandoned apartment one night by three bearded men, he becomes involved with a hard-boiled investigator, a gorgeous mystery woman, and the conflicted mysterious captive himself. The captive, Shmaya Knafo, leads a cult of fanatically devoted followers who believe he can see into the future. Knafo may possess supernatural powers, or he might be just a clever con man. As dark, incriminating secrets come to light, Arnav is drawn into a world where lines blur between fact and fiction, and reality and imagination. When loyalties shift, Arnav finds his life turning stranger than his art. His attraction to Knafo’s mystery might be the artist’s way of reaching nirvana...or prove to be a fatal attraction.

Gus

Director: Jessie McCormack

Cast: Michelle Monaghan, Radha Mitchell, Jon Dore, Michael Weston, Mimi Kennedy

Lizzie (Radha Mitchell) longs to start a family with her husband Peter but is unable to conceive. Her best friend Andie (Michelle Monaghan), single and adrift, gets pregnant from a one-night stand and offers to give Lizzie the baby. Reluctantly, Peter agrees to be the child's father, and before he knows it Andie has moved into the guest room for the duration of her pregnancy. When Peter also invites his ne'er-do-well brother to the house, chaos ensues, testing the limits of friendship, family and a marriage. "Gus" depicts the deeply human struggles of these four people, taking a funny and poignant look at the ways we try to plan ahead when life has something else in mind.

Cavemen

Director: Herschel Faber

Cast: Skylar Astin, Camilla Belle, Chad Michael Murray, Dayo Okeniyi, Alexis Knapp, Kenny Wormald

Fed up with one-night-stands and empty relationships, La playboy Dean realizes that he wants something more out of life than just a party. With a little inspiration from his nine-year-old nephew and his best friend Tess, Dean decides to try his hand at finding true love for the first time - which proves to be much more difficult than he thought in modern-day Los Angeles! After a few hilariously bad first dates and some awful advice from his over-sexed guy friends, Dean begins to realize that the true love he has been seeking may be much closer to home. But when he is forced to make a decision between the girl he knows is perfect for him and the seductive party-girl of his fantasies, will Dean finally grow up…or will he just continue the party?

Storm Rider

Director: Craig Clyde

Cast: Kevin Sorbo, Kristy Swanson, C Thomas Howell, Danielle Chuchran

After her father loses his fortune and family home, a privileged teenage equestrian is forced to give up her beloved championship horse and is sent to live in the country with her reclusive uncle. She struggles to adjust to life on the secluded ranch without any friends, her horse, or her Dad, who has been sent off to prison. But after she meets the nice boy from the neighboring ranch, and is gifted a young horse , Stormy, she soon settles into her new life and realizes that this is perhaps where she was meant to be all along. A heartfelt family drama about second chances, finding happiness, and making the impossible possible.

Dead Drop

Director: R. Ellis Frazier

Cast: Luke Goss, Cole Hauser, Nestor Carbonell

After being shot by his best friend, pushed out of a plane, and miraculously surviving a dead-drop from 5,000 feet, Michael awakens to a living nightmare. His memory is limited, and psychotic tendencies have begun to creep in. Defying the orders of his CIA handlers, Michael re-inserts himself into the dangerous Mexican smuggling ring where he was operating deep under cover. He snakes his way through the underbelly of Northern Mexico, hunting for Santiago, the cartel boss who Michael believes threw him out of the plane and who is also holding his girlfriend hostage.

American Idiots

Director: Robert Taleghany

Cast: Jeffrey T. Schoettlin, Sean Muramatsu, Caroline D’Amore, Madeline Merritt

After losing the girl of his dreams to another man, Wyatt and his posse pack their suitcases and head out on the craziest, screwball road trip to Las Vegas to win her back. With less than twenty-seven hours to break up her wedding, they must make it before it is too late without falling apart at the seams and living up to their names... American Idiots!

We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes a teaser trailer for The House of Forbidden Secrets, UK distribution details for Banshee Chapter, information on a line of handcrafted zombie dolls, a trailer for In Fear, first details on Dead Bounty, and much more:

The House of Forbidden Secrets Teaser: “The House of Forbidden Secrets had it’s national premiere in Las Vegas, Nv at the PollyGrind Film Festival on October 11th, 2013, where it won 6 awards, and has also been chosen for the South African Horror Festival this Spring, the Italian Fantafest in 2014, the British Raindance Film Fest for 2014 as well as the X-Fest with many more festivals to follow. It was shot last Winter and Spring in Kansas City. The film stars many local actors and actresses to Kansas City, but also includes genre icons such as Lew Temple (Walking Dead,...

After her incredible performance in Excision, I'm completely on board for any and all horror flicks that include AnnaLynne McCord in their cast. Up next for the actress is Scorned, which hits home video next year. Read on for the scoop!

From the Press Release

The Bard once wrote: “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” Shakespeare, hang on to your plume because you’re about to meet Sadie…

On February 4, 2014, Anchor Bay Films releases Scorned, a story guaranteed to make any man eternally faithful! Directed by Mark Jones, director and writer of the cult favorite Leprechaun series, Scorned will be available for an Srp of $29.99 for the Blu-ray™ and $24.98 for the DVD. It will also be available On Demand across select cable providers and for digital download across iTunes, Xbox, and Vudu.

Sadie (AnnaLynne McCord; 2nd Place, Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress: Excision) and Kevin (Billy Zane; Titanic,...

Actress Laura Collier started shooting The Silent City, a film noir, in Perth in late May for first-time writer/director Matt Soutar.

Filming wrapped in September but that wasn.t a marathon shoot: the cast and crew worked primarily at weekends.

David Partridge plays Martin Cole, a boozy private eye who.s hired to recover a stolen heirloom. Laura plays Elizabeth, his P.A. who tries to keep him on the straight and narrow. Things go awry when Elizabeth is kidnapped.

The producer is Nate Strider-Knight and it was shot by cinematographer Ross Metcalf. The producers are screening an extended trailer followed by a digitally remastered print of Roman Polanski.s Chinatown on November 7 at Event Cinemas Innaloo. Before the screening there will be a silent auction of items donated by sponsors.

Collier, who also serves as associate producer, tells If the event will raise funds to enter the film in international festivals next year.

This may turn out to be a premature and fanciful call but 2014 is shaping as potentially one of the strongest years for Australian films, commercially and critically, in recent memory.

There are numerous grounds for optimism, starting with the overwhelmingly positive responses and, in some cases, deals for Tracks, The Railway Man, Wolf Creek 2, Felony and Canopy after their world premieres at either the Toronto or Venice film festivals.

Given the talent attached, the slate of films now shooting or in post-production looks highly promising, including Kill Me Three Times, The Rover, Son of a Gun, I, Frankenstein, Predestination, Charlie.s Country, Fell and Now Add Honey.

Added to that are several films from experienced filmmakers that are due to roll soon: Cut Snake, The Dressmaker and Paper Planes.

Industry figures whom If consulted are bullish about the prospects for the year ahead. There is a .very good reason for such optimism,...

Despite the Falling Snow

Charles Dance ("Game of Thrones"), Olga Kurylenko ("Oblivion") and Maria Furtwangler are attached to star in Shamim Sarif's spy-thriller "Despite the Falling Snow". Shooting begins mid October.

Kurylenko plays an enigmatic female spy who falls in love with an idealistic politician. The action will move between 1950s and present day Moscow and London. [Source: Screen Daily]

With the Outlaws

Brendan Fraser will star in Andy Morahan's comedy western "With the Outlaws" at Shoreline Entertainment. Nicholas Sercombe penned and will produce.

The story portrays what life would be like for British immigrants settling in the Wild West. [Source: THR]

London Town

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Liv Tyler and Daniel Huttlestone ("Les Miserables") are all set to star in Derrick Borte's coming-of-age story "London Town" at Cargo Entertainment, Dutch Tilt Film and Killer Films.

The music-infused story follows a teenage boy who goes to London to find his estranged mother after...