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Shelley Q, Evan Williams star.

Voltage Pictures will be kicking off worldwide sales in TIFF on the thriller 1 Million Followers starring Shelley Q from Darkest Age and Evan Williams from Blonde.

Harvey Lowry’s thriller centres on Karissa, a small-town girl who is invited by a renowned influencer to a mansion in Thailand where the beautiful mingle as they build Karissa up to a million followers.

Things take a dark turn with the introduction of the guests’ mysterious sponsor and true intentions are revealed. Paul Kim wrote the screenplay and production took place in Phuket, Thailand.

The cast includes Ryan Jamaal Swain (Pose), Jade Ma,...

Netflix just dropped the first look at Blonde, and what an uncanny look it is. In this new teaser trailer for the Andrew Dominik-directed film starring Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe, the Hollywood icon is initially depicted as a tearful bundle of nerves, praying that some mysterious “she” won’t abandon her. As her make-up is applied and Monroe transforms into a smiling, radiant star, we realize exactly who she’s has been waiting for.

Dominik wrote and directed Blonde based on the novel by Joyce Carol Oates, and the film blends fact and fiction to reimagine the life of the great Hollywood star, exploring the split between Monroe’s public and private selves.

In addition to de Armas, the cast includes Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Caspar Phillipson, Evan Williams, Toby Huss, Julianne Nicholson, Lily Fisher, Sara Paxton, David Warshofsky, Xavier Samuel, Michael Masini, Spencer Garrett, Chris Lemmon,...

With Valentine's Day around the corner, Hulu and Blumhouse invite you to a lethal love story with otherworldly elements in the official trailer for Tentacles, the latest installment of the horror anthology series Into the Dark.

Directed by Clara Aranovich (Into the Dark: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Dying) from a teleplay by Alexandra Pechman (based on a story by Pechman & Nick Antosca), Tentacles stars Dana Drori (Freaky), Casey Deidrick (In the Dark), Evan Williams (Versailles), and Kasey Elise (North Hollywood).

Described as a psychosexual horror-thriller, Tentacles will premiere on Hulu beginning Friday, February 12th, just in time for Valentine's Day weekend!

"Tentacles is a psychosexual horror-thriller about a young Los Angeles couple Tara (Dana Drori) and Sam (Casey Deidrick) who fall head over heels into a new romance, entwining their lives — until their intimacy transforms into something terrifying.

Based on a story by Alexandra Pechman & Nick Antosca...

If, like me, you're always on the lookout for new projects from Nick Antosca after watching the Channel Zero series, then you'll be pleased to know that this February's installment of Blumhouse and Hulu's horror anthology series Into the Dark, titled Tentacles, is based on a story by Antosca and Alexandra Pechman, who also worked as a writer on Channel Zero.

Directed by Clara Aranovich (Into the Dark: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Dying) from a teleplay by Pechman, Tentacles stars Dana Drori (Freaky), Casey Deidrick (In the Dark), Evan Williams (Versailles), and Kasey Elise (North Hollywood).

Described as a "psychosexual horror-thriller," Tentacles will premiere on Hulu beginning Friday, February 12th, just in time for Valentine's Day weekend!

"Tentacles is a psychosexual horror-thriller about a young Los Angeles couple Tara (Dana Drori) and Sam (Casey Deidrick) who fall head over heels into a new romance, entwining their...

Into The Dark (Photo by: Courtesy of Hulu)

More casting news and a first look at the latest upcoming installment of the horror anthology “Into the Dark” is here.

Tentacles is a psychosexual horror-thriller about a young Los Angeles couple Tara (Dana Drori) and Sam (Casey Deidrick) who fall head over heels into a new romance, entwining their lives — until their intimacy transforms into something terrifying.

The Valentine’s Day anchored film will premiere February 12 on Hulu.

Dana Drori (Freaky), Casey Deidrick (In the Dark), Evan Williams (Versailles) and Kasey Elise (North Hollywood) star. Clara Aranovich (Tantalum) directs the film, teleplay by Alexandra Pechman (Channel Zero).

Based on a story by Alexandra Pechman & Nick Antosca the episode takes inspiration from the rushes of early intimacy and uncertain power dynamics at play, and the dangers of losing yourself.

In partnership with Blumhouse Television, Into The Dark is a monthly horror event series from prolific,...

Hulu and Blumhouse Television set their next installment of “Into the Dark”: “Tentacles,” anchored to Valentine’s Day, to premiere Feb. 12, Variety has learned exclusively.

Dana Drori, Casey Deidrick, Evan Williams and Kasey Elise star in the psychosexual horror-thriller film, which comes from a story by Alexandra Pechman and Nick Antosca and a teleplay by Pechman. It is directed by Clara Aranovich.

In “Tentacles,” couple Tara (Drori) and Sam (Deidrick) fall head over heels into a new romance and entwine their lives — until their intimacy transforms into something terrifying. The film is said to take inspiration from “the rushes of early intimacy and uncertain power dynamics at play, and the dangers of losing yourself,” and it will also present “a twist on gender roles in modern horror.”

“Tentacles” is the first “Into the Dark” title to launch in half a year: The most recent installment of “Into the Dark” was “The Current Occupant,...

From Shondaland, “Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker” spotlights the career of award-winning entertainer Debbie Allen and follows her group of ingénues as they prepare for Allen’s annual ballet showcase, which is produced via her Los Angeles-based Debbie Allen Dance Academy (Dada). Directed by Oliver Bolkenberg, the documentary, which is now streaming on Netflix, follows Allen, her staff, students, and extended family as they prepare for what has become a beloved local tradition that stars more than 200 children and a few professional actors, including Allen herself.

The Houston-born dance icon and her husband Norm Nixon have operated the non-profit Dada for 20 years. It offers a comprehensive dance curriculum to mostly youth of color, regardless of financial status. While in attendance, the students learn from a slew of teachers who are tops in their respective fields, like former Houston Ballet principal dancer Lauren Anderson and tap superstar Savion Glover.

The “Hot...

Stars: Nadia Collins, Evan Williams, Naomi Brockwell, St John Cowcher, Mary Soudi, Daniel Buckle, Tristan McInnes, Andrea Gibbs, Sam Longley | Written by Tyler Jacob Jones | Directed by Robert Woods

As you may or may not know, I’m a huge fan cinema from down under, be it New Zealand or, as in this case, Australia. There’s just something so appealing – to me at least – about how films from that part of the world mix humour and horror to such tremendous effect. There’s nothing quite like an Ozploitation horror comedy: never too horrific, never too funny and oftentimes bordering on the absurd Without ever feeling like it.

An Ideal Host tells the story of Liz and Jackson, a middle-class couple who seemingly want to show their best side an the dinner party they’re hosting – fixating on giving the best presentation of the home, their food and even Jackson’s wedding proposal.

Monica Zanetti’s screenplay of Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt), Ben Lawrence and Beatrix Christian’s Hearts and Bones and Ally Burnham’s Unsound have been nominated for best original feature in the 53rd annual Awgie Awards.

The contenders for the feature film adaptation prize are Thomas M. Wright and Erik Jensen’s Acute Misfortune, Lisa Hoppe’s H is for Happiness, Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps’ Penguin Bloom and C.S. McMullen’s The Other Lamb.

The TV series prize promises to be a close race between episodes of Glen Dolman’s Bloom, Michael Petroni’s Messiah for Netflix, Belinda Chayko’s Stateless, Samantha Strauss’ The End and Pip Karmel’s Total Control.

Timothy Hobart, John Ridley, Jeremy Nguyen, Alan Nguyen and Michele Lee’s Hungry Ghosts will square off against Matthew Cormack and Niki Aken’s The Hunting for best miniseries.

In the TV serial category it must...

Screamfest is celebrating its 20th anniversary of screening the latest and greatest genre cinema and they've announced their lineup of features and shorts for this year's fest. The drive-in-based edition of the festival will take place from October 6th through October 15th and will open with Books of Blood!

"The 20th annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival today announced their lineup of features and shorts, kicking off with a drive-in screening of Hulu’s Books of Blood. The festival, which will run from October 6-15, 2020, is the largest and longest running horror film festival in the United States. This year the festival will move entirely to drive-in screenings with a lineup of ten back-to-back nights of fright, each showcasing a feature film paired with a number of shorts. Tickets can be purchased here: https://screamfestla.com/

Screamfest LA will kick off on October 6 with the Opening Night screening of Books of Blood,...

The Screamfest Horror Film Festival has unveiled the lineup of films that will be featured at the 20th annual drive-in edition. Kicking off the fest, which runs from October 6-15, is Books of Blood, the Hulu original film based on Clive Barker’s horror anthology.

From director Brannon Braga and executive producer Seth MacFarlane, Books of Blood is slated to premiere on the streamer on October 7. Starring Britt Robertson, Anna Friel, Rafi Gavron, and Yul Vazquez, the pic takes a journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.

Also among the list of screenings are Thirst, the first-ever Icelandic gay splatter vampire flick, psychological horror Sweet River (making its North American debut), and social media teen slasher Initiation from Screamfest alum John Berardo, which was recently acquired by Saban Films

“2020 has been challenging for everyone and certainly not how we planned on celebrating Screamfest’s 20th edition,...

In a pandemic-free alternate reality there’s a chance we may have gotten Andrew Dominik’s long-gestating Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde this year, but Netflix has decided to unveil the film––which stars Ana de Armas in the lead role––in 2021. While we likely won’t be hearing much about it for the rest of the year, an update has now come in from someone close to the production.

Joyce Carol Oates, whose 1999 novel is the basis for Dominik’s script, has revealed on Twitter that she’s screened a cut of the film and shared some high praise. “I have seen the rough cut of Andrew Dominik’s adaptation & it is startling, brilliant, very disturbing & [perhaps most surprisingly] an utterly “feminist” interpretation,” the author said. “[I’m] not sure that any male director has ever achieved anything [like] this.”

While any comments with someone with a vested interest in the project should be taken with a grain of salt,...

The 10th annual Hollywood Music in Media Awards rewarded a diverse crop of composers, songwriters and music supervisors who contributed to film, TV and videogames over the last year, from scorers Alan Silvestri, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Marco Beltrami and Michael Abels to tunesmiths Cynthia Erivo, Bebe Rexha and the Avett Brothers to Quentin Tarantino’s longtime music sidekick, Mary Ramos.

The ceremony also included several performances, with rockers Jakob Dylan and Michelle Phillips (of the Mamas and the Papas) offering a sample of the ’60s pop that helped “Echo in the Canyon” win the award for best music documentary; composer Kris Bowers performing an excerpt from his music for Netflix’s “When They See Us,” which won him best original score for TV/limited series; veteran writer Charles Fox doing a medley that included his vintage themes for “Happy Days” and “The Love Boat”; and a rendering of Diane Warren’s...

Exclusive: Production is currently underway on the Netflix and Plan B-produced Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde, which has Ana de Armas starring as Hollywood icon. The Andrew Dominik-helmed film has added Garret Dillahunt, Scoot McNairy, Lucy DeVito, Michael Masini, and Spencer Garrett to the cast.

In addition, Chris Lemmon, Rebecca Wisocky, Ned Bellamy, and Dan Butler have joined previously announced Bobby Cannavale, Julianne Nicholson, Lily Fisher, Evan Williams, Xavier Samuel, Caspar Phillipson, Toby Huss, Sara Paxton, and David Warshofksy.

The film, which is shooting in Los Angeles, is based on a bestselling novel, Blonde, from five-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Joyce Carol Oates.

Andrew Dominik has spent the better half of the decade trying to get his Marilyn Monroe biopic off the ground and, thanks to Netflix, it’s now becoming a reality. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford director found his star in Ana de Armas this past spring and now production is getting underway in Los Angeles.

THR has details on the full cast which includes two of Monroe’s husbands–Adrien Brody as Arthur Miller and Bobby Cannavale as Joe Dimaggio–as well as Julianne Nicholson, Caspar Phillipson, Toby Huss, Sara Paxton, David Warshofsky, Lily Fisher, Evan Williams, and Xavier Samuel. Cinematographer Chayse Irvin (BlacKkKlansman) has also come on board to shoot the film.

Based on the Joyce Carol Oates novel, Dominik told us, “Blonde‘s interesting because it has very little dialogue in it. My previous three movies have relied on a lot of talking...

As it heads into production in Los Angeles, Netflix's Marilyn Monroe movie Blonde has rounded out its cast.

As previously announced, Ana de Armas will play the Some Like It Hot actress, leading a cast that will include Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale and Julianne Nicholson.

Jackie actor Caspar Phillipson, Toby Huss, Sara Paxton and David Warshofsky will also appear in the feature, along with Lily Fisher (General Hospital), Evan Williams (Versailles) and Xavier Samuel (Adore).

The Assassination of Jesse James' Andrew Dominik wrote and will direct the movie. 

Blonde is based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Carol ...

As it heads into production in Los Angeles, Netflix's Marilyn Monroe movie Blonde has rounded out its cast.

As previously announced, Ana de Armas will play the Some Like It Hot actress, leading a cast that will include Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale and Julianne Nicholson.

Jackie actor Caspar Phillipson, Toby Huss, Sara Paxton and David Warshofsky will also appear in the feature, along with Lily Fisher (General Hospital), Evan Williams (Versailles) and Xavier Samuel (Adore).

The Assassination of Jesse James' Andrew Dominik wrote and will direct the movie. 

Blonde is based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Carol ...

Here’s one that we’re catching up on after a wild Oscar Friday: Evan Williams, one of the four co-founders of Twitter, is exiting as a member of its board of directors, ending his tenure at the company that helped fuel the explosion of social media.

Twitter confirmed the news Friday in an SEC filing, saying Williams would leave at the end of February and that it is “grateful to Mr. Williams for his service.”

“It’s been an incredible 13 years, and I’m proud of what Twitter has accomplished during my time with the company,” Williams said in the filing. “I will continue rooting for the team as I focus my time on other projects.”

Williams is currently CEO of Medium, a web-publishing platform, and also founded tech innovator Obvious Corp that includes a venture arm Obvious Ventures.

Williams launched Twitter in March 2006 in San Francisco with now-ceo Jack Dorsey,...

Project in post reunites Voltage with producers on 2017 horror-thriller Escape Room.

Voltage Pictures has boarded worldwide sales ahead of the Efm next month on writer-director Will Wernick’s social media thriller Follow Me starring Keegan Allen (Pretty Little Liars), Holland Roden, Denzel Whitaker (Black Panther) and Ronen Rubinstein.

The project is in post and marks the second film Voltage has sold for the producers after 2017 thriller Escape Room starring Evan Williams and Annabelle Stephenson sold out worldwide. Sonia Lisette, Kelly Delson, Jeff Delson and Wernick serve as producers.

Follow Me tells of a social media personality who travels with his...

Project in post reunites Voltage with producers on 2017 horror-thriller Escape Room.

Voltage Pictures has boarded worldwide sales ahead of the Efm next month on writer-director Will Wernick’s social media thriller Follow Me starring Keegan Allen (Pretty Little Liars), Holland Roden, Denzel Whitaker (Black Panther) and Ronen Rubinstein.

The project is in post and marks the second film Voltage has sold for the producers after 2017 thriller Escape Room starring Evan Williams and Annabelle Stephenson sold out worldwide. Sonia Lisette, Kelly Delson, Jeff Delson and Wernick serve as producers.

Follow Me tells of a social media personality who travels with his...

Network: Ovation.

Episodes: 30 (hour).

Seasons: Three.

TV show dates: October 1, 2016 — December 8, 2018.

Series status: Ended.

Performers include: George Blagden, Alexander Vlahos, Tygh Runyan, Stuart Bowman, Evan Williams, Noémie Schmidt, Anna Brewster, Lizzie Brocheré, Anatole Taubman, Steve Cumyn, Elisa Lasowski, Maddison Jaizani, Gilly Gilchrist, and Joe Sheridan.

TV show description:

Set in France during the reign of Louis Xiv (Blagden), the Versailles TV show features the “Sun King” building his palace, amidst all the intrigue of French Court. In 1667, the French air is suffused with power, sex, love, betrayal, and as ever -- war.

At the age of 28 years, Louis is on the brink of greatness. Merciless and driven, he knows no bounds when it comes to...

This morning I was woken up nearly two hours before my alarm was supposed to go off in such a way that I knew I wouldn't be able to get back to sleep in time to make it worthwhile. It's a special kind of frustrating, realizing that you're up too early without enough sleep but that trying to get back to sleep will only be a pointless and frustrating endeavor that will probably result in you falling back asleep 20 minutes before your alarm goes off which will just make you cranky for the rest of the day. Instead, I got up which will assure that I'm just kind of slow and tired for the rest of the day. Yay for no-win scenarios! Here's your Wednesday night TV:

8:00pm: "The 44th Annual Cma Awards" on ABC. Three hour special presentation.

"America's Next Top Model" on The CW

"Campus Pd" on...

The hilarious Dane Cook (ahem!) star of 'Good Luck Chuck' and 'My Best Friend's Girl' is trying his hand at horror. Not counting his appearance in crime thriller 'Mr Brooks', alongside Kevin Costner, Cook will be joining a batch of youngsters who must survive their final year of high school in new horror comedy 'Detention' - but standing in their way is a slasher-movie killer who has seemingly come to life. And now the first image from the movie has been revealed, and it's of 'Cinderhella', a diabolical looking slasher hag. Carrie Wiita, Parker Bagley, Alison Woods, Walter Perez, Evan Williams, Josh Hutcherson, Shanley Caswell and the beautiful Spencer Locke (below) all co-star alongside Cook. The image appeared on director Joseph Kahn's Twitter page and you can check it out below. 'A slasher-movie killer frightens a group of teens during their senior year of high school.

It's been a while since last we spoke of Joseph Kahn's latest horror comedy, Detention, but the man's obviously been busy, and as you'll see from the following image, he's been spending his time well.

Devin Faraci's new site Badass Digest alerted us to the fact that over on Joseph Kahn's Twitter the directed posted an image of an obvious slasher he calls Cinderhella. Wacky? Yes. Dangerous as she looks? Let's hope so.

Detention stars Dane Cook, Josh Hutcherson, Shanley Caswell, Spencer Locke, Parker Bagley, Alison Woods, Walter Perez, and Evan Williams. Dig on the image and the plot crunch below. Look for more soon.

Synopsis:

The film follows a 17-year-old who is given detention on the night of her prom. Over the course of the night her friends are murdered by a fictional horror movie icon. It's said to be in the vein of Scream with...

New York - Fortune on Thursday unveiled its list of the top 40 executives under the age of 40, which is dominated by technology leaders.

Tech heavyweights include venture capitalist and Netscape founder Marc Andreessen in the top spot, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is steady at number two, followed by third-ranked Twitter founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone and Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page who came in fifth after heading up the list last year.

The highest-ranked entertainment executive is News Corp. Europe and Asia boss James Murdoch, even though he is down from last year's third spot. "As the only one of Rupert Murdoch's adult children in an executive role at News Corp., James has built his own identity while remaining close to his father," Fortune argued.

Also high up in the 12th spot is Univision Communications' Cesar Conde, president of Univision Networks, who gained one spot this year.

Twitter unveiled a new Web experience Tuesday that will allow for display of photos and videos in a bid to make the site more accessible and counter competition from third-party Twitter clients.

The San Francisco-based company convened its first-ever press conference at its headquarters to announce the revamped site, which will roll out incrementally worldwide beginning Tuesday to its base of 160 million users.

The company has struck deals with 15 companies, including YouTube, Ustream and Flickr, to get the rights to display their content on the site. Twitter founder Evan Williams noted this will help entice advertisers from movie studios for Promoted Tweets because attachments like trailers will automatically play right on the page.

"We're really excited about monetization with this new design," said Williams. "This makes Twitter better and tweets better."

The redesigned Twitter.com has a second pane where links clicked on the left side of the page open up at the right.

Yowser! Joseph Kahn's 'Detention' is certainly revving up the casting. Both Dane Cook and Josh Hutcherson were set to star in the new horror/comedy project and then suddenly a burst of new actors have been hitting the cast sheet. Along with the other castings this week, that included Carrie Wiita, Shanley Caswell (below) and Spencer Locke ('Resident Evil: Afterlife'), four more actors have been added. Parker Bagley, Alison Woods, Walter Perez and Evan Williams have all been given parts in the new slasher flick. ''Detention' is about a group of teens who must survive their final year of high school, but standing in their way is a slasher-movie killer who has seemingly come to life.' The shoot commences later this month in La.

Bloody Disgusting got the exclusive drop on four more names attached to music video helmer Joseph Kahn's (Torque) horror comedy Detention, which begins lensing this month in Los Angeles. Parker Bagley (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Alison Woods (Superhero Movie), Walter Perez (Fame), and Evan Williams will join the previously announced Dane Cook, Josh Hutcherson (Cirque du Freak), Shanley Caswell ("Bones") and Spencer Locke (Resident Evil: Extinction, "The Vampire Diaries"). In the flick that centers on teens who must survive their final year of high school. Standing in their way is a slasher-movie killer who has seemingly come to life. Kahn and Mark Palermo penned the script.

Six(!) more actors have joined the already announced Dane Cook and Josh Hutcherson in the latest horror comedy, Detention, and we have all the scoopage that you need to make your time spent after hours at school productive.

According to The Hollywood Reporter Shanley Caswell and Spencer Locke have just been cast in the horror themed slasher comedy from music video director Joseph Kahn's (pictured right; Muse "Knights of Cydonia, Britney Spears "Toxic", Eminem "Without Me").

Additionally, per Bloody Disgusting four more names can be added to the roster: Parker Bagley (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Alison Woods (Superhero Movie), Walter Perez ("Friday Night Lights"), and Evan Williams ("Baxter").

Synopsis:

The film follows a 17-year-old who is given detention on the night of her prom. Over the course of the night her friends are murdered by a fictional horror movie icon. It's said to be in the vein of...