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The 1996 version of The Island of Dr. Moreau, which was directed by John Frankenheimer (who replaced Richard Stanley after half a week of filming), is a well-known disaster, but that was just one of many cinematic adaptations H.G. Wells’ 1896 novel has received over the years. That novel has inspired the 1932 classic Island of Lost Souls, 1959’s Terror Is a Man, 1972’s The Twilight People, a 1977 film that actually kept the The Island of Dr. Moreau title, the Full Moon production Dr. Moreau’s House of Pain, and more. Now we can add another title to the list, as Deadline reports that Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins has signed on to star in the The Island of Dr. Moreau reimagining Eyes in the Trees.

Timothy Woodward Jr., who most recently directed the horror comedy Til Death Do Us Part, will be directing Eyes in the Trees from a screenplay by...

Shudder recently announced Joe Bob Briggs' latest drive-in special, A Very Joe Bob Christmas., and to celebrate, Ship To Shore PhonoCo. is releasing the beloved Joe Bob Briggs theme song on a limited edition record. Also in today's Horror Highlights: details on Fathom Events' one-night-only theatrical screenings for The Final Wish and Terror Threads' 72-hour The Lost Boys apparel sale.

The Last Drive-In Theme on Limited Edition Vinyl: "Give the gift of Joe Bob this holiday season with a limited edition 45 Rpm record featuring the now-iconic theme from "The Last Drive-In" by Brennan & The Bigfeet.

Earlier this year, Joe Bob Briggs made his triumphant return to television with The Last Drive-In on AMC's Shudder Network. Guess what? He's here to stay. Joe Bob recently followed up his epic 24-hour horror marathon, which famously crashed Shudder's streaming service, with his Dinners of Death Thanksgiving special. Next, Joe Bob will share...

"These guys are coming after you...!" Cinedigm has released an official trailer for a new crime thriller titled Gangster Land, from director Timothy Woodward Jr., of the western film Hickok also being released this year. Not quite Gangster Squad, not quite The Godfather, this indie mob film follows Al Capone's second in command, "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn, as played by Sean Faris. It tells the story of Capone's rise, but through the the eyes of McGurn. Milo Gibson (one of Mel's sons) plays Capone, and the full cast includes Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Peter Facinelli, Michael Paré, Jason Patric, Don Harvey, Mark Rolston, and Al Sapienza. This actually looks better than expected, but doesn't look like a knock out either. Take a look. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Timothy Woodward Jr.'s Gangster Land, direct from YouTube: The story of America’s most famous mobsters and their rise to power, Gangster Land...

The innate superiority of the Hemsworth family gene pool is demonstrated by Timothy Woodward Jr.’s low-budget oater in which Luke, older brother to Chris and Liam, plays Wild Bill Hickok. A perfectly serviceable Western featuring a comfortingly familiar storyline, Hickok will tide genre fans over until more substantial offerings come along.

Following in the footsteps of such actors as Gary Cooper, Jeff Bridges and Sam Elliott, among many others, the burly Hemsworth proves more than credible with his portrayal of the iconic gunslinger, the sort of archetypal Western character who doesn’t bother to remove his boots while taking a bath....

Luke Hemsworth is finally getting to play the cowboy.

The 36-year-old actor stars in his first leading role in a feature film as the titular character in Hickok. It's a career milestone for the older brother of Chris and Liam Hemsworth, but it seems the allure of the project had less to do with a transition to leading man, and more with childhood dreams left unfulfilled by his character on HBO’s Westworld.

"I never get to play the cowboy with guns in Westworld!" Hemsworth jokingly complains to Et. On the sci-fi drama, the actor plays security guard Ashley Stubbs, who gets to wield a gun but not like the guests living out their Wild West dreams in the park do. "So [Hickok] was a good chance for me to live the boyhood dream of gunslinging."

Exclusive: Luke Hemsworth Is Living His Dreams in the Us -- and on TV

Hemsworth, who found himself...

Luke Hemsworth was initially hoping to escape his criminal past in his new Western, ‘Hickok.’ But it turns out that his anti-hero’s combat skills can actually help make his new adopted town a family-friendly place again. The former outlaw has been offered the chance to fight back against the increasing amount of violence that’s recently […]

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James Butler Hickok, better known as Wild Bill, was one of the heroes of the American Old West; a figure who has attained a near-mythical status and whose exploits – some real, some imagined – are prime material for the big screen. The low-budget indie western Hickok is the latest adaptation of Bill’s life, with his boots now being worn by Luke Hemsworth, older brother of Thor and Miley Cyrus arm candy. He joins a proud tradition of men’s men playing the legendary gunslinger, including Jeff Bridges (Wild Bill), Sam Elliott (Buffalo Girls), and Sam Shepard (Purgatory). Director Timothy Woodward Jr. and writer Michael Lanahan limit themselves to a single chapter of Hickok’s colorful life: his time spent as a Marshall in Abilene, Texas. They...

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Luke Hemsworth is looking to escape his criminal past in the newly released official trailer, poster and stills from his upcoming Western, ‘Hickok.’ The actor, who makes his feature film leading acting role debut as the title character in the drama, seeks redemption as a small town lawman. Unfortunately, as the gunslinger discovers, his past […]

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Cinedigm to release Cannes sales title in North America in July.

TriCoast Worldwide has acquired international rights to Timothy Woodward Jr.’s Hickok

TriCoast will screen and sell the western in Cannes, where one buyer will receive the cowboy hat worn by Luke Hemsworth who portrays Wild Bill Hickok in the film.

Cinedigm has North American rights to the film written by Michael Lanahan and will premiere Hickok day-and-date across the Us on July 7.

Hickok is the story of legendary lawman and gunslinger, Wild Bill Hickok. Hickok is on the run from the law when he rides into Abilene, Kansas – the most hedonistic town west of the Mississippi.

In Abilene, Hickok is offered the position of Sheriff by the town’s mayor, in hopes that his unparalleled shooting skills will tame the wildest cow-town in the West.

While delivering his own brand of frontier justice, the infamous hard-drinking gunfighter’s reputation as the fastest draw in the...

Man, Westworld is really good. It's so good, that it almost makes me wonder if westerns are gonna make a comeback. Then I see a trailer for Hickok starring Luke Hemsworth and I realize that no... probably not.

This trailer is pretty bad. Like not monumentally bad, but still. Poor acting, some bad looking cinematography, even some makeup that looks very much made up. I want to like this movie and tell you to go see this movie. But to do so would require me to see this movie, and this trailer just makes me not want to.

Now maybe I'm judging it too hard because I saw Hemsworth and instantly thought of Ian and Chris. They have a reputation of doing good movies and while Luke Hemsworth isn't necessarily the Stephen Baldwin of his family, he definitely isn't gonna be in any Marvel films anytime soon. The film also...

"We gunna have to do something about that young marshall of yours..." Cinedigm has released the first official trailer for a new western called Hickok, also known as Abilene (which is the name of the town in Kansas that this takes place in). The film stars Luke Hemsworth (the other brother of Liam and Chris) as a legendary lawman and gunslinger known as "Wild Bill" Hickok who moves to Abilene and is given the task of taming the wildest cow-town in the west. Also starring Trace Adkins, Kris Kristofferson, Cameron Richardson, Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau, Hunter Fischer, Robert Catrini, and Bruce Dern. This actually seems like a gritty western straight out of the 90s, without much to offer other than big gunfights. Here's the first official trailer for Timothy Woodward Jr.'s Hickok, direct from YouTube: Infamous gunslinger and outlaw "Wild Bill" Hickok (Luke Hemsworth) attempts to escape his past by settling...

Luke Hemsworth is stepping into the spurs of one of the most iconic gunslingers in Western lore.

In the recently released trailer for Hickok, Hemsworth stars as the titular "Wild" Bill Hickok alongside Bruce Dern, Kris Kristofferson and Trace Adkins as bullets aplenty are fired and lawlessness threatens the small town of Abilene, Kansas.

"Things ain't so quiet, anymore," a gravelly voiced Kristofferson warns Hemsworth. It doesn't take long for that statement to be verified, as shot after shot is fired and "Wild" Bill takes the role of Marshall. 

Hemsworth, the elder brother to Chris and Liam, is no stranger to the Western...

Exclusive: Luke Hemsworth, part of the ensemble cast of HBO’s Westworld, has signed with UTA. The Australian actor, and brother of fellow actors Chris and Liam Hemsworth, played Westworld’s security chief Ashley Stubbs in Season 1 of the sci-fi Western drama, which begins production on Season 2 in the summer. Hemsworth is next up playing Wild Bill Hickok in Abilene, the Timothy Woodward Jr-directed indie Western that also stars Trace Adkins, Kris Kristofferson, Bruce Dern…...

Exclusive: Luke Hemsworth, part of the ensemble cast of HBO’s Westworld, has signed with UTA. The Australian actor, and brother of fellow actors Chris and Liam Hemsworth, played Westworld’s security chief Ashley Stubbs in Season 1 of the sci-fi Western drama, which begins production on Season 2 in the summer. Hemsworth is next up playing Wild Bill Hickok in Abilene, the Timothy Woodward Jr-directed indie Western that also stars Trace Adkins, Kris Kristofferson, Bruce Dern…...