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As per multiple reports, the Tom Holland (Spider-Man: No Way Home; Avengers: Endgame) has landed the lead role in Christopher Nolan's next epic movie, which is scheduled to begin shooting in early 2025, with an eye on a prime Summer 2026 release date. 

The fan-favorite actor was reportedly at the top of Nolan's wish list for this project and will now co-star with Academy Award-winner Matt Damon (Jason Bourne; Ford v Ferrari), who is set to reunite with Nolan for the third time in his career, after the sci-fi thriller Interstellar and last year's Best Picture winner Oppenheimer. 

Plot details on Nolan's latest film are being kept under wraps, but the film is rumored to be an action film and The Hollywood Reporter claims the setting is not present day. However, whether the film is set in the past or in the future remains a mystery. 

According to the trades, Nolan...

Exclusive: Vision Entertainment has brought on Chris Bellant as a manager in their talent and literary departments. He’ll work out of the company’s Los Angeles office and will also work with Vision’s production arm to produce both film and TV.

Bellant joins from Zero Gravity Management, where he also worked across talent, literary and production. Before Zero Gravity, he was a manager at Established Artists and previously ran the management and production company Waldorf Entertainment. Most recently, Bellant produced the upcoming crime thriller Nowhere Men, starring Jack Quaid, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Malin Akerman. Previously, he produced films including Loserville, starring Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Matt McGorry, and The Lost Weekend, starring Tony winner Reed Birney and Gracie Gillam.

Bellant’s clients include Emmy-nominated writers Steven White and Daniel Dratch; actors Brad Leland, Taylor Anthony Miller...

Batman is a character that has one of the most unique personalities, classifying as the Byronic hero. He is perhaps one of the most successful superheroes in the United States of America. There have been adaptations one after the other to tell the tale of the Caped Crusader. Live action adaptations, movies, television shows, animated and games, Batman is everywhere.

Batman Ninja | Credit: Warner Bros. Entertainment

For a Japanese adaptation, there needed to be certain changes in the character of Batman, giving rise to Batman Ninja. While the unique perspective given was one loved by fans worldwide, there was a very specific reason to turn him into a ninja instead of letting him roam the nights as the billionaire playboy that his reputation sees him be.

Batman’s Peculiar Reputation in Japan

Leo Chu, the screenwriter of Batman Ninja talked about how the entire identity of Batman had to be...

Tom Holland is arguably the most popular star of his contemporaries due to his iconic role as Spider-Man in the MCU. The actor has played the character in various MCU films, including a hugely successful solo trilogy. Holland has also stepped out of blockbuster franchises and dabbled into various dramatic films that displayed his range as an actor.

Tom Holland as Peter Parker in Spider-Man: No Way Home

One of them was the 2017 medieval drama film Pilgrimage. Holland starred opposite fellow Marvel star Jon Bernthal. During one of the intense scenes in the film, Holland wanted to go full method and requested Bernthal to rough him up. This resulted in a surprising twist of events that helped him later during the shoot.

Jon Bernthal Surprised Tom Holland Following His Unusual Request on Pilgrimage

Tom Holland played Brother Diarmuid in 2017’s Pilgrimage

Before he blew up as Spider-Man in the MCU,...

Pilgrimage Music & Culture Festival has revealed its 2024 lineup, featuring Hozier, Noah Kahan, Dave Matthews Band, and Needtobreathe as headliners.

The annual two-day event is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year at The Park at Harlinsdale Farm in Franklin, just south of Nashville, Tennessee. This year’s festival is set for September 28th and 29th.

While Pilgrimage often skews towards country, folk, and indie artists, this year’s lineup also boasts acts more in the vein of pop, bluegrass, and jazz, many of whom are local or native to the Nashville area. Pilgrimage 2024 promises sets from Lukas Nelson, Coin, Charlie Worsham, Stephen Sanchez, The Cadillac Three, Cassandra Lewis, Sierra Hull, Charles Peña, and Celisse.

“We couldn’t be more excited about our announce, and this year’s lineup checks all the boxes we could hope for to celebrate our 10th anniversary,” shares Better Than Ezra frontman and Pilgrimage co-founder Kevin Griffin.

For fans who got shut out buying tickets to Zach Bryan’s in-demand Burn, Burn, Burn Tour, they now have the chance to catch him headlining one of the South’s most chill festivals. The “Something in the Orange” singer-songwriter, on-again/off-again Twitter user, and sworn foe of Ticketmaster will headline the final night of the 2023 Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival.

Set for Sept. 23 and 24 at its regular home of the Park at Harlinsdale Farm in Franklin, Tennessee, just south of Nashville, Pilgrimage 2023 will feature Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night...

The Sundance Institute announced a new annual scholarship and fellowship program for Asian American filmmakers, in partnership with the Asian American Foundation (Taaf).

Officially titled “Sundance Institute | The Asian American Foundation Fellowship and Collab Scholarship,” the program provides Asian American and Pacific Islander (Aapi) artists with “creative and tactical support to develop their skills and grow professionally” and improve Aapi representation in film and TV.

The new fellowship will annually promote emerging artists in both fiction and nonfiction storytelling with funding provided by Panda Express and the MacArthur Foundation. The Fellowship and Scholarship are made possible by support from Taaf, through a 400,000 grant provided by its Aapi Giving Challenge partner Panda Express, with MacArthur contributing 140,000.

The fellowship will offer six Aapi artists a year-round learning experience to advance their professional development in the arts. Through the fellowship, each artist will receive a 20,000 unrestricted grant to support their individual projects, as...

Sundance Institute, the organization behind the yearly film festival in Park City, has partnered with the Asian American Foundation to create a fellowship and scholarship, which will be granted to 12 recipients a year. The goal, the groups say, is to provide Asian American and Pacific Islander artists with creative and tactical support to develop their professional skills, as well as improve Aapi representation in film and television industries.

The fellowship will offer six Aapi artists per year a 12-month learning experience to advance their professional development in the arts. Through the fellowship, each person will receive a 20,000 unrestricted grant to support their individual projects, as well as customized support from the Sundance Institute based on their goals.

The Asian American Foundation’s support will also fund the Sundance scholarships for six emerging Aapi creatives each year. Scholarship recipients will be able to enroll in a live online course focused on their discipline of choice,...

Warning: This article contains spoilers for "The Cellar." Proceed with caution.

"The Cellar" is a slow-burn horror movie. It's more about what's coming than what's happening. When the third act arrives in Brendan Muldowney's ("Pilgrimage") horror film, the story takes a sharp turn into the supernatural and features a rather impressive practical creature. Initially, however, things were meant to get a whole lot weirder for the film's central family that moves into the wrong house.

There were more creatures, for starters. Funny enough, the one creature that does arrive to shake things up? Crew members considered it a letdown on the set. During a...

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No two ways about it: April’s a great month for the Criterion Channel, which (among other things; more in a second) adds two recent favorites. We’re thrilled at the SVOD premiere of Hamaguchi’s entrancing Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, our #3 of 2021, and Bruno Dumont’s lacerating France, featuring Léa Seydoux’s finest performance yet.

Ethan Hawke’s Adventures in Moviegoing runs the gamut from Eagle Pennell’s Last Night at the Alamo to 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, while a 14-film John Ford retro (mostly) skips westerns altogether. And no notes on the Delphine Seyrig retro—multiple by Akerman, Ulrike Ottinger, Duras, a smattering of Buñuel, and Seyrig’s own film Be Pretty and Shut Up! That of all things might be the crown jewl.

See the full list of April titles below and more on the Criterion Channel.

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3 Bad Men, John Ford, 1926

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The Irish-Belgian co-production, set to begin shooting in Roscommon this month, will star Eoin Macken and Elisha Cuthbert in the main cast. Brendan Muldowney is ready to start shooting his new film, an Irish-Belgian horror entitled The Cellar. The Irish filmmaker, a Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology alumnus, directed several shorts and three features – namely, Savage (2009), Love Eternal (2013) and Pilgrimage (2017) – before embarking on this project. The film, penned by the helmer himself, tells the story of Keira Woods (Elisha Cuthbert), whose daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country. Keira soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk losing her family’s souls forever. Alongside Cuthbert, Eoin Macken is attached in an undisclosed role. On this occasion, Muldowney will reunite with part of his Pilgrimage crew...

Exclusive: 24 and Happy Endings star Elisha Cuthbert is set to star with Resident Evil: The Final Chapter and The Night Shift star Eoin Macken in Ireland-set horror movie The Cellar, which Epic Pictures will launch at the upcoming AFM.

Pic tells the story of Keira Woods (Cuthbert), whose daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country. Keira soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk losing her family’s souls forever.

The Cellar heralds from Irish writer-director Brendan Muldowney, whose previous film, Pilgrimage, starring Tom Holland, John Bernthal and Richard Armitage, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Muldowney reunites with Pilgrimage DoP Tom Comerford (The Hole in the Ground), composer Stephen McKeown (The Hole in the Ground) and production designer Owen Power (Maudie).

Principal photography on the horror film is set to begin in Roscommon,...

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One of the best films of 2020 — and the last one I’ll get to see in a theater for who knows how long — Kelly Reichardt’s “First Cow” (Lionsgate) sees the director once again turning to the American frontier to tell a story about America now. John Magaro and Orion Lee play two men in pioneer-era Oregon who go into business selling fried-dough “oilycakes” to homesick miners, but find themselves in the crosshairs of the plutocrat who owns the territory’s only source of fresh milk. It’s gorgeous, elegaic, witty, and powerful — and you’ll crave some funnel cakes.

Also available: Director James Sweeney, who also wrote and starred, makes an impressive feature debut with “Straight Up” (Strand Releasing), about a gay man whose lack of relationship success drives him to give women one last shot; two siblings try to fulfill their grandmother’s dying wish in...

Thought you’d had your Tom Holland fill? Think again. Unless you hadn’t had that thought – you guys are welcome aboard, too.

Here are a bumper 10 movies featuring the puppy-faced Brit which you can currently stream, though you’re going to have to have a lot of different subscriptions. If you’re subscriber to all the major players, however, there’s plenty to tuck into, and here’s the full list:

Avengers: Infinity War (Disney Plus) Captain America: Civil War (Disney Plus) Edge of Winter (Sony Crackle) How I Live Now (Tubi) The Impossible (Tubi) The Lost City of Z (Prime Video) Onward (Disney Plus) Pilgrimage (Hulu) Spider-Man: Homecoming (Disney Plus) Spies in Disguise (HBO Max) EW Debuts First Look At Tom Holland And Robert Pattinson In The Devil All The Time 1 of 5

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If you've been paying attention to the recent wave of Irish films you've most likely come across actor Hugh O'Conor at some point. He was the lead in hit comedy The Stag before playing a key support part opposite Tom Holland and Jon Bernthal in period adventure Pilgrimage, to name a pair of recent examples. But outside his acting work O'Conor is a very accomplished photographer and following some directing work in the music video and commercial world he's now applied those skills as he takes the helm with his directorial debut, Metal Heart. A relationship driven comedy revolving around a pair of twin sisters in their final summer before college, it's a beautifully acted and shot film that audiences this side of the world...

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Above: Title lobby card for 3 Bad Men.The Museum of Modern Art in New York is in the middle of the second part of their essential series of films made by the Fox Film Corporation between 1920 and 1933. Born in Hungary in 1879 but raised in New York, William Fox (born Wilhelm Fuchs) bought his first Nickelodeon in 1904 and spent ten years as an exhibitor and distributor before setting up the Fox Film Corporation production company in 1915 in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The studio eventually moved to Hollywood and for twenty years—before merging with Twentieth Century Pictures to form 20th Century Fox in 1935—was, as MoMA says, “home to the most dazzling lineup of directorial talent in the studio era. As silent film transitioned into sound, Fox’s roster of directors included Frank Borzage, Allan Dwan, John Ford, Howard Hawks, William K. Howard, Henry King, William Cameron Menzies, F. W. Murnau,...

First-time submissions come from Malawi and Niger as Austrlia and New Zealand join the list.

Eighty-seven countries have submitted films for this year’s foreign language film Oscar, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has revealed, a drop from the record 92 that submitted last year.

Countries submitting films in the category for the first time include Malawi, which has entered Shemu Joyah’s The Road to Sunrise, and Niger, whose submission is Rahmatou Keïta’s The Wedding Ring.

Submissions that had not previously been confirmed include Australian entry Jirga, from director Benjamin Gilmour, and New Zealand contender Yellow Is Forbidden,...

First-time submissions come from Malawi and Niger as Austrlia and New Zealand join the list.

Eighty-seven countries have submitted films for this year’s foreign language film Oscar, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has revealed, a drop from the record 92 that submitted last year.

Countries submitting films in the category for the first time include Malawi, which has entered Shemu Joyah’s The Road to Sunrise, and Niger, whose submission is Rahmatou Keïta’s The Wedding Ring.

Submissions that had not previously been confirmed include Australian entry Jirga, from director Benjamin Gilmour, and New Zealand contender Yellow Is Forbidden,...

Eighty-seven countries have submitted films for consideration in the foreign language category for the 91st Academy Awards.

Oscar nominations will be announced on Jan. 22 and the ceremony will be held on Feb. 24 at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre. Malawi and Niger are first-time entrants. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made the announcement on Monday.

High-profile titles include Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma,” the Mexican entry; Denmark’s “The Guilty”; Germany’s “Never Look Away,” from previous Oscar winner Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck; Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Shoplifters,” the Japanese entry that won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival; Nadine Labaki’s “Capernaum,” the Cannes jury prize winner from Lebanon; and Pawel Pawlikowski’s “Cold War,” the Cannes best director prize winner from Poland.

The 2018 submissions are:

Afghanistan, “Rona Azim’s Mother,” Jamshid Mahmoudi, director;

Algeria, “Until the End of Time,” Yasmine Chouikh, director;

Argentina, “El Ángel,...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the official list of submissions for the 2019 Oscar for best foreign language film. There are 87 countries vying for the prize this awards season, including first-time entrants Malawi and Niger. Included among the titles are high-profile contenders such as Mexico’s “Roma” and Poland’s “Cold War,” both of which are vying to break out of the foreign race and earn nominations for best picture, best director, and more.

Nominations for the 91st Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 22, 2019. The 91st Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 24, 2019. Click here to view predictions for the foreign language Oscar race from IndieWire’s awards editor Anne Thompson.

2018 Foreign Oscar Submissions

Afghanistan, “Rona Azim’s Mother,” Jamshid Mahmoudi, director

Algeria, “Until the End of Time,” Yasmine Chouikh, director

Argentina, “El Ángel,” Luis Ortega, director

Armenia, “Spitak,” Alexander Kott, director

Australia, “Jirga,...

Three films to be greenlit with budgets of up to €400,000.

Screen Ireland (formerly the Irish Film Board) has named the six project teams that will take part in the inaugural edition of its Pov scheme, which backs female filmmakers.

The selected projects will enter a development and mentorship phase before three will be greenlit, with a budget of up to €400,000 each – the money has been ring-fenced from Screen Ireland’s overall production budget. They will be aiming to enter production in late 2019/early 2020.

The teams chosen include Roisín Geraghty who is producing Sunlight for Blinder Films, the company behind Love...

Rlje Films has acquired all North American rights to the thriller “The Standoff at Sparrow Creek,” from Cinestate and Xyz Films.

Written by Henry Dunham who is also making his feature directorial debut, the film stars James Badge Dale, Chris Mulkey, Brian Geraghty, Robert Aramayo (“Game of Thrones”), Patrick Fischler (“Twin Peaks”), Happy Anderson and Gene Jones.

“The Standoff at Sparrow Creek” premiere Sept. 9 at Midnight Madness at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Rlje plans to release the film nationally in theaters and on VOD and Digital HD in early 2019.

“This is our seventh collaboration with Dallas Sonnier, the producer of ‘Bone Tomahawk’ and ‘Brawl in Cell Block 99,’” said chief acquisitions officer Mark Ward for Rlje Films. “With a Black List script by Henry Dunham and a talented cast led by James Badge Dale, we are confident we will not disappoint genre enthusiasts at this year’s Midnight Madness at Tiff.

Following its well-received festival run and its recent release in theaters and on VOD platforms (including a live online movie night party hosted by Fangoria), Cinestate's Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (written by Bone Tomahawk director S. Craig Zahler) is coming to Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on September 25th, giving those Toulon puppets plenty of time to make house calls before the Halloween season!

Press Release: Los Angeles – Rlje Films (Nasdaq: Rlje) will release the Fangoria horror film Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Uhd/Blu-ray combo on Sept. 25, 2018. Written by S. Craig Zahler (Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99)and co-directed by Sonny Laguna (Wither, Animalistic, Blood Runs Cold) and Tommy Wiklund (Wither, Animalistic, Madness), Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich stars Thomas Lennon (I Love You, Man, “Reno 911!”), Jenny Pellicer (“State of Affairs”, “The Bridge”), Nelson Franklin (“Black-ish,” “New Girl”), Charlyne Yi (Knocked Up,...

While it's exciting to see presents nestled safely under the tree every holiday season, it's often just as thrilling to find new holiday horror movies hung with care on streaming services and home video. With their recent North American acquisition of All the Creatures Were Stirring (directed by Rebekah McKendry and David Ian McKendry), Rlje Films is giving us a new Christmas horror movie to unwrap, as we can look forward to a December 4th VOD, Digital, and DVD release of the festive film:

Press Release: Los Angeles, Aug. 17, 2018 – Rlje Films has acquired all North American rights to the upcoming horror film All the Creatures Were Stirring. Written and directed by David Ian McKendry (The Dump) and Rebekah McKendry (The Barista), known for their amazing work at Fangoria and Blumhouse, the film stars Constance Wu, Amanda Fuller (“Orange is the New Black”), Jonathan Kite (“2 Broke Girls”), Jocelin Donahue (Insidious:...

Adam Carolla is motoring into streaming TV.

Next week, Chassy Media — the production and distribution company founded by Carolla and Nathan Adams dedicated to all things motor sports — will launch a channel exclusively on Pluto TV, the free, ad-supported TV-like streaming service. The Chassy channel will feature a rotating lineup of documentaries, feature films and TV shows covering the passion, culture and history of automobiles, motorcycles, racing, and vintage cars.

The Chassy channel is slated to launch on Pluto TV next Tuesday (Aug. 21). Under the terms of the agreement, Chassy will be exclusive to Pluto TV for one year.

Established in 2016, Chassy Media offers titles from its catalog for sale on its website as DVDs or downloads. Now, with Pluto TV, Carolla — comedian, author, host of “The Adam Carolla Show” podcast, director and producer — is expanding his brand into streaming television, in the hopes of reaching a wider audience for Chassy’s programming.

Rlje Films will release the thriller Terminal on DVD and Blu-ray on June 26, 2018. A sexy, mysterious thriller with many twists and turns, Terminal stars Academy Award nominee Margot Robbie (I, Tonya, Suicide Squad), Simon Pegg (Star Trek, Shaun of the Dead), Mike Myers (Austin Powers, “Saturday Night Live”), Max Irons (Woman in Gold, “The White Queen”) and Dexter Fletcher (Kick Ass, Doom).

Now We Are Movie Geeks Rlje Films has a special giveaway. One lucky Wamg reader will win a special Terminal prize package consisting of a Terminal Blu-ray and a Terminal poster signed by stars Margot Robbie and Simon Pegg as well as director Vaughn Stein

All you have to do is leave a comment answering this question: What is your favorite movie starring Margot Robbie? (mine is Wolf Of Wall Street!). It’s so easy!

Good Luck!

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If you missed the twists and turns of Vaughn Stein's Terminal, don't despair, because you can watch the noir thriller from the comfort of your own couch this summer when Rlje Films releases the star-studded movie on Blu-ray and DVD:

Press Release (via Rama's Screen): Rlje Films (Nasdaq: Rlje) will release the thriller Terminal on DVD and Blu-ray on June 26, 2018. A sexy, mysterious thriller with many twists and turns, Terminal stars Academy Award nominee Margot Robbie (I, Tonya, Suicide Squad), Simon Pegg (Star Trek, Shaun of the Dead), Mike Myers (Austin Powers, “Saturday Night Live”), Max Irons (Woman in Gold, “The White Queen”) and Dexter Fletcher (Kick Ass, Doom). Rlje Films will release TERMINALon DVD for an Srp of $29.96 and on Blu-ray for an Srp of $29.97.

Filmed in Budapest, Hungary, Terminal is the directorial debut for Vaughn Stein, who also wrote the film. Margot Robbie produced the film alongside I,...

After taking a bite out of crime (literally) in 2014's WolfCop, alcoholic lycanthrope Lou Garou returns for a second round of hairy misadventures in Another WolfCop, coming to Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital Video on July 3rd in the Us from Rlje Films:

Press Release: Los Angeles (May 30, 2018) – Rlje Films (Nasdaq: Rlje) will release the horror, comedy film Another Wolfcop on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital Video on July 3, 2018. Another Wolcop is the highly anticipated sequel to the cult classic Wolfcop. Written and directed by Lowell Dean (WolfCop), Another Wolfcop stars Leo Fafard (WolfCop), Yannick Bisson (“Murdoch Mysteries”), Amy Matysio (“Epic Studios”), Jonathan Cherry (Goon: Last of the Enforcers), Serena Miller (Separation Anxiety) and Kevin Smith (Clerks). Rlje Films will release Another Wolfcop on DVD for an Srp of $27.97 and on Blu-ray for an Srp of $29.97.

A year has passed since the dark eclipse transformed hard-drinking Officer Lou Garou (Leo...

Dillon has been a Production and Development Exec. at the Irish Film Board for ten years.

Sarah Dillon has been appointed development manager at the Wrap Fund, a major new initiative to support production industry in and attract projects to the West of Ireland.

Ms Dillon will take up the new role following ten years working as Production and Development Executive at the Irish Film Board, where she worked across various documentary, feature and animation projects.

The Western Region Audiovisual Producer’s Fund - or Wrap Fund - was launched in November 2017 at the FÍS TV Summit in Galway City.

Full list of nominations revealed for 15th edition of awards.

The Irish Film and Television Academy (Ifta) has unveiled the nominations for its 2018 film and drama awards.

Source: Sony Pictures Classics

Maudie

Now in its 15th year, the event celebrates the best in Irish film and TV from the past 12 months.

In the film categories, Aisling Walsh’s Maudie, starring Sally Hawkins, leads the way with six nominations including best feature film and director.

Cardboard Gangsters, Handsome Devil, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and The Farthest follow with five nominations, while The Drummer And The Keeper, The Killing Of A Sacred Deer, Maze and Michael Inside received four apiece.

The Lodgers, Pilgrimage, Song Of Granite all received three nods, while Lady Bird received two.

In the drama categories, Vikings leads the way on six nominations including best drama, while Game Of Thrones and Peaky Blinders received five each. Paula received four, Acceptable Risk and [link=tt...

Rlje Films invited viewers to enter the wicked world of "Hellbent" when they released The Houses October Built 2 in theaters and VOD platforms this past September, and now they've announced a January 2nd Blu-ray and DVD release for the film that reunites the extreme haunt seekers with the all-too-real horrors of the Blue Skeleton:

Press Release: Los Angeles (November 28, 2017) – Rlje Films, an Rlj Entertainment, Inc. brand (Nasdaq: Rlje), is set to release the horror film The Houses October Built 2 on Blu-ray and DVD on Jan. 2, 2018. The Houses October Built 2 is the sequel to the 2014 cult hit and marks the return of Brandy Schaefer ("coffin girl" from The Houses October Built), Mikey Roe, Jeff Larson along with the original filmmaking team of Director and Co-Writer Bobby Roe, Producer and Co-Writer Zack Andrews​​, and Producer Steven Schneider (Split, Insidious, Paranormal Activity). Rlje Films will release The Houses October Built 2...

We've been excited for Daily Dead readers to experience the adrenaline rush of Joe Lynch's Mayhem since our Managing Editor Heather Wixson gave it a four-star SXSW review. Following the film's November 10th theatrical and VOD release from Rlje Films, it's now been announced that Mayhem will wreak havoc on home media on December 26th.

The physical home media release of Mayhem will help you fight off the stress of the holidays with an audio commentary, a behind-the-scenes featurette, and more. We have the official press release with full details below, as well as a look at the cover art featuring Steven Yeun and Samara Weaving:

Press Release: Los Angeles (November 14, 2017) – Rlje Films (Nasdaq: Rlje) will release the action, horror film Mayhem on DVD, Blu-ray, and Ultra High-Definition 4K/Blu-ray combo on Dec. 26, 2017. Directed by Joe Lynch (Everly, Chillerama), the feature film debut from writer Matias Caruso stars Steven Yeun (“The Walking Dead,...

Duncan Bowles Nov 15, 2017

Richard Armitage chats to us about his new audio production, Dracula, The Hobbit, his upcoming projects and more...

Just the other month we had the pleasure of chatting to Richard Armitage when he was promoting Pilgrimage, but as luck (and his productivity) would have it, we were given the opportunity for a catch up about his latest voice performance, with the Audible release of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde.

Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story comes as part of The Monster Collection, a Gothic trilogy which also includes a reading of Frankenstein by Dan Stevens and Dracula by Greg Wise. There’s also ‘an exclusive introduction by Dr. Maria Mellins and Dr. Peter Howell, Senior Lecturers in Gothic literature at St Mary's University, London’ who, strangely enough, are both people I’ve had the pleasure of working with over the years – it’s a small world indeed.

That Jon Bernthal is one hard-working dude. In the span of four years, the actor has appeared in some truly memorable movies, such as Martin Scorsese's The Wolf Of Wall Street, David Ayer's Fury, and Denis Villeneuve's Sicario, and in the past year alone, Bernthal has been credited in five films: Wind River, Baby Driver, Shot Caller, Pilgrimage, and Sweet Virginia. The last film finds Jon Bernthal starring as a motel owner with a dark past named Sam, who unknowingly... Read More...

Tomorrow sees the Digital HD and On Demand release of Sleepwalker, a new psychological thriller that stars Richard Armitage (Pilgrimage, “Hannibal”) as a man who tries to help Sarah, a young woman who has issues with reality due to her… Continue Reading →

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Embarking on a journey that was initially obligatory may ultimately lead to a meaningful discovery of a person’s true character, as they’re forced to consider how to contend with unexpected conflict. That emotional and physical battle against opposing forces is explored in the title crusade in director Brendan Muldowney’s historical drama, ‘Pilgrimage.’ Following the movie’s […]

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Pilgrimage will be Available on DVD and DVD / Bd Combo on October 10, 2017

Pilgrimage, the new film from Brendan Muldowney, centers on a group of monks who undertake a pilgrimage to transport their monastery’s holiest relic to Rome. When the true significance of the relic is revealed, the journey becomes much more treacherous, and the group’s faith and loyalty to one another are tested.

Jon Bernthal (Fury, The Walking Dead) and Richard Armitage (The Hobbit, Hannibal) star with Tom Holland, who played one of Naomi Watts’ sons in The Impossible and currently is the new Spider-man

Now you can own Pilgrimage on Blu-ray. We Are Movie Geeks has two copies to give away. All you have to do is leave a comment answering this question: What is your favorite movie co-starring Jon Bernthal ? (mine is Wind River!). It’s so easy! Good Luck!

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What's going on here, Jon Bernthal? You trying to give Dwayne Johnson a run for his money? Just in the past few months, Bernthal has appeared in four films, Baby Driver, Shot Caller, Pilgrimage, and Wind River, and is busy adding projects to his upcoming slate, one of which may be Damien Chazelle's upcoming Neil Armstrong biopic First Man. First reported by The Tracking Board, Bernthal is... Read More...

MaryAnn’s quick take… Moody, atmospheric, even beautiful in its grimness; a medieval adventure unlike any we’ve seen before, with a sharp attention to psychological and moral realism. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

New Spider-Man Tom Holland stars in an action-adventure with Richard Armitage — of The Hobbit and Hannibal fame, for starters — and Jon Bernthal, who’s in this summer’s hip hit Baby Driver and is about to debut as Marvel’s The Punisher on Netflix. This seems like a no-brainer to market to Hollywood’s supposed core audience of teen boys and young men, so how is it possible that Pilgrimage debuted almost unheralded in a few cinemas in the Us with a simultaneous VOD release, and went straight to the DVD in the UK?

About to get medieval on someone…...

Richard Armitage is no stranger to playing sword-wielding badasses, but his Pilgrimage character is more similar to his role in The Hobbit than you may think.

Plot: In 13th century Ireland, a group of monks, led by a young novice (Tom Holland) must escort a sacred relic through deadly territory, with only a mute servant (Jon Bernthal) with a past to protect them from soldiers seeking to claim their prize. Review: Pilgrimage is probably destined for some notoriety as the movie Tom Holland and Jon Bernthal were making when they got their individual, star-making Marvel... Read More...

It’s only late April, but it’s already been a big year for Jon Bernthal, who just wrapped production on Netflix’s upcoming Punisher spinoff and is now at New York City’s Tribeca Film Festival, where two new films are making debuts. One is Sweet Virginia, a new thriller with Girls’ Christopher Abbott that was later picked up by IFC Films; the other is the medieval epic Pilgrimage, with Richard Armitage and Spider-Man: Homecoming’s Tom Holland, which hits theaters and On Demand Friday, Aug. 11.

In the latter, the former Walking Dead star plays a mute warrior who seeks peace and redemption as he helps a group of monks make a reluctant pilgrimage through Ireland, an island torn apart by tribal warfare and power-hungry invaders, in order to get a holy relic to Rome.

Perhaps taking Method preparation to an extreme, Bernthal decided he wasn’t going to speak during production of the movie, which...

Tom Holland fans shouldn’t expect the new Spider-Man to make any lighthearted quips in his latest film, in which he plays a taciturn Irish monk. A tale about a group of 13th century monks attempting to transport a holy relic to Rome at the behest of the pope, Pilgrimage alternates long stretches of tedium with ultra-violent sequences that have the feel of medieval torture porn. Its dialogue may be rendered in languages including Gaelic, French and English, but it doesn’t much matter when it features lines on the order of “No one but the pure of heart can touch the...

Before he appeared as a costumed superhero, first in Captain America: Civil War and then in Spider-Man: Homecoming, Tom Holland portrayed a variety of strong characters, including a young man who must deal with a devastating tsunami and its aftermath in The Impossible. Now in Pilgrimage, Holland again plays a very strong character. He stars as a monk in 13th century Ireland who is caught between centuries of tribal warfare and the growing power of Norman invaders. He and his fellow monks...

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Initially embarking on a journey out of duty may ultimately lead to a meaningful discovery of a person’s true character, as they’re forced to consider how to contend with unexpected conflict. That emotional and physical battle against opposing forces is explored in the title crusade in director Brendan Muldowney‘s new historical drama, ‘Pilgrimage.’ The adventure […]

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To mark the release of The Lost City of Z on 24th July, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on Blu-ray.

Despite being ridiculed by the scientific establishment who regard indigenous populations as savages, the determined Percy Fawcett returns time and again to his beloved jungle; discovering evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region in an attempt to prove his case. Supported by his devoted wife (Sienna Miller – Foxcatcher, High-Rise), son (Tom Holland – The Impossible, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Pilgrimage) and aide de camp (Robert Pattinson – The Twilight Saga, Harry Potter…), Fawcett audaciously journeys to places deemed off limits by society, culminating in his mysterious disappearance in 1925.

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"A powerful man does not become so without sin." Rlj Entertainment has unveiled a second trailer for the indie action thriller Pilgrimage, set in Ireland during the 13th century. The story follows a group of monks who must escort a sacred relic across the "Irish landscape fraught with peril". Starring Richard Armitage, Tom Holland, John Lynch, Stanley Weber, Lochlann O'Mearáin, Hugh O'Conor, Eric Godon, plus the badass Jon Bernthal as a character named "The Mute". We already posted the first official trailer for this earlier in the year, but I'm glad to see another one reminding us that this is finally coming out soon. They're obviously playing up Tom Holland from Spider-Man: Homecoming, but the entire cast looks great. Here's the second official trailer (+ poster) for Brendan Muldowney's Pilgrimage, direct from YouTube: You can still watch the first official trailer for Pilgrimage here, to see even more footage from this film.

Duncan Bowles Jul 20, 2017

We chat to Jon Bernthal about his new film, Pilgrimage, as well as The Punisher, Daredevil and more...

Jon Bernthal is a very busy man. In 2017 alone he’s got seven projects listed and you’d be hard pressed not to catch at least one of them, with Pilgrimage just hitting the shelves, Baby Driver currently across cinema screens, and the rather exciting prospect of The Punisher series hitting Netflix in November.

In Pilgrimage Bernthal plays a mute, channelling his performance through an unspoken relationship with a young, naïve monk (Tom Holland) which gives the film its heart and drive, as they set off as part of a group to try and remove a sacred relic from harms’ way. The film is, for the most part, a tense game of cat and mouse with various threats closing in on them from all sides (including an especially nasty...

Duncan Bowles Jul 19, 2017

Richard Armitage chats to us about Pilgrimage, Ocean's 8, anti-cyberbullying and Castlevania...

Back when we last spoke to Mr Armitage in 2015, he was over in Ireland filming Pilgrimage, alongside Jon Bernthal and, at that point, the relatively unknown Tom Holland, who you’ve probably heard of by now due to his current web swinging antics across cinema screens.

It’s been a two year wait for Pilgrimage to hit these shores since then, but it’s finally out on disc and digital download and adds another fine villain to Richard Armitage’s roster, while providing an exhilaratingly violent and gritty quest across 13th century Ireland, when a group of monks try to keep a sacred relic safe from various undesirables.

The film's strengths come from the stellar cast, suitably grim atmosphere and sporadic carnage; it also has the emotional power that always comes from seeing blood spilt in the name of religion,...