Tag: The Ritual
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New ‘Cloverfield’ Movie in Development From Director Babak Anvari, J.J. Abrams Producing for Bad Robot
Another chapter in the “Cloverfield” universe is coming.“Wounds” director Babak Anvari has been tapped to helm the newest installment of the hit horror series. J.J. Abrams is producing from Bad Robot, along with Hannah Minghella and Jon Cohen. Bryan Burk, Matt Reeves, and Drew Goddard will executive produce. Joe Barton, who penned the 2017 cult…
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‘Moonfall’ Studio AGC Launches Supernatural Thriller ‘Consecration’ (Exclusive)
“Moonfall” co-producer and sales agent AGC Studios is launching the Christopher Smith-directed supernatural thriller “Consecration.”Stuart Ford’s independent studio will fully finance and co-produce the pic alongside BigScope Films and Moonriver Content. The movie turns on events following the suspicious death of a priest, whose sister goes to the Mount Saviour Convent in Scotland to find…
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‘Hellraiser’ Reboot Coming From ‘The Ritual’ and ‘The Night House’ Director David Bruckner
That Hellraiser reboot is still happening, and it has found its director. Last year, word broke that David S. Goyer was writing and producing a new take on Clive Barker’s horror classic, and now the project has attached David Bruckner to helm. Bruckner directed segments in horror anthology films V/H/S and Southbound, as well as…
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‘My Days Of Mercy’ with Ellen Page, Kate Mara to open BFI Flare festival
Postcards From London to close 32nd edition of London Lgbt Film Festival.The 32nd edition of the BFI Flare: London Lgbt Film Festival has announced its opening and closing titles ahead of the event in March.The festival will begin with Tali Shalom-Ezer’s My Days Of Mercy on Wednesday 21 March, and close with Steve McLean’s Postcards…
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‘My Days Of Mercy’ with Ellen Page, Kate Mara to open BFI Flare
Postcards From London to close 32nd edition of London Lgbt Film Festival.The 32nd edition of the BFI Flare: London Lgbt Film Festival has announced its opening and closing titles ahead of the event in March.The festival will begin with Tali Shalom-Ezer’s My Days Of Mercy on Wednesday 21 March, and close with Steve McLean’s Postcards…
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Oscar Features and Shorts Boost Weekend Specialty Box Office
The bulk of specialized business continues to come from the usual Oscar contenders that have dominated the scene for months now. The annual package of Oscar nominated shorts proved the strongest new opener this weekend.Among limited releases, an exclusive showing of last year’s Sundance entry “Golden Exits” (Vertical) leads the field. It remains to be…
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‘The Ritual’: David Bruckner on His Scary New Netflix Movie & Breaking Down That Ending
Never take the shortcut, guys. If there’s one thing horror movies have taught us well, it’s that you never, ever take the shortcut. The latest scary movie to carry on that tradition is David Bruckner’s The Ritual, an immersive psychological horror movie that follows a group of old friends into the Norse woods, where they…
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‘The Ritual’ Reviews: Netflix’s New Original Horror Film Is Worth a Trip to the Woods for Genre Fiends
With “The Cloverfield Paradox” all but a distant memory at this point, Netflix has released its latest original horror film: “The Ritual,” which is earning mixed-to-positive notices (which, to be fair, is better than most genre offerings). David Bruckner (“Southbound,” “V/H/S”) directed the movie, which is now streaming. Here’s what those coastal-elite critics have to…