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Patricia Arquette and Tom Felton have joined the cast of They Will Kill You, the thriller being produced by Nocturna Pictures, the horror label formed earlier this year by Skydance and Andy and Barbara Muschietti.

New Line is co-financing and distributing the feature, which will have Kirill Sokolov in the director’s chair when shooting gets underway in mid-September.

Zazie Beetz is toplining They Will Kill You, which is described as a horror feature laced with black humor and telling the story of a woman (Beetz) who answers a help wanted ad to be a housekeeper in a mysterious high-rise in New York City, not realizing she is entering a community that has seen a number of disappearances over the years and may be under the grip of a Satanic cult. The project has been described as being a tonal mix of Ready or Not and The Raid.

Arquette is...

The Jeepers Creepers franchise began with a bang in 2001, capturing the imaginations and nightmares of horror fans with its introduction of the Creeper, a demonic entity that awakens every 23 years to feast on human flesh. Directed by Victor Salva, the original film stood out for its eerie atmosphere, relentless suspense, and the enigmatic terror of the Creeper, portrayed by Jonathan Breck. It struck a chord with audiences, becoming a sleeper hit and grossing over $59 million worldwide. The sequel in 2003 continued to build on this mythology, focusing on a group of stranded teenagers and further cementing the Creeper as a formidable horror icon despite mixed reviews. However, the third installment in 2017 signaled a steep decline, with a disjointed narrative, lackluster special effects, and a failure to capture the franchise’s original suspense and terror. Despite these ups and downs, the franchise’s enduring legacy and dedicated fanbase prompted a reboot with...

Thanks to his iconic part in the Harry Potter movies, Tom Felton became a global star, but due to his being so closely associated with Draco Malfoy, the actor saw little success in finding prominent lead parts after leaving the Wizarding World. Felton’s career has been going well all these years, and yet, he just could book another breakthrough gig that would free him from his Harry Potter chains.

Until now, that is: Tom Felton is heading straight into a dystopian future.

What Is Tom Felton’s New Gig?

Tom Felton is ready to switch his wand for a modern weapon. According to Variety, the Draco Malfoy star recently booked a lead part in the upcoming action sci-fi movie Altered. It will be directed by Iron Sky’s Timo Vuorensola and is expected to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 2025. The movie’s production budget is around $15M.

Tom Felton, best-known for his role as Draco Malfoy in the “Harry Potter” franchise, is to star in the $15 million action/sci-fi film “Altered,” alongside Richard Brake, Igor Jijikine (“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”), Aggy K. Adams (“The Witcher”) and Liza Bugulova.

The film is set in an alternate present, where most of the human population have undergone genetic enhancements. Two courageous outcasts, Leon (Felton) and Chloe (Bugulova), become embroiled in a battle for justice within a society fractured by genetic disparity and in the grip of corrupt politicians.

“Altered” is directed by Finnish filmmaker Timo Vuorensola, best-known for creating the “Iron Sky” franchise and who most recently directed “Jeepers Creepers: Reborn” and “97 Minutes,” starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Alec Baldwin.

Vuorensola said: “I wanted to create a film that’s both entertaining and allows room for eye-opening themes to flourish. Science fiction has always...

Stars: Alec Baldwin, Jo Martin, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, MyAnna Buring, Michael Sirow, Pavan Grover, Anjul Nigam, Davor Tomic, Slavko Sobin, Peter Brooke | Written by Pavan Grover | Directed by Timo Vuorensola

Above the North Atlantic Ocean, a terrorist group hijack Oceanic Flight 420. The countdown begins as the Nsa try finding a way to combat the situation before the plane’s fuel runs out. Director Hawkins (Alec Baldwin) plans to shoot down the plane before it does catastrophic damage on the ground, although Deputy Toyin (Jo Martin) wishes to put faith in their asset; an Interpol agent working undercover amongst the hijackers.

A key moment has Hawkins declare “This is not the beginning of some heroic story”, before calmly explaining his rationalisation of sacrificing a plane of innocent civilians to save other lives. While that moment begins explaining the boss’ mindset during this crisis, it also attempts to tell audiences not to...

Pavan Grover, a writer and producer on the recent action thriller “97 Minutes” starring Alec Baldwin, has spoken out about standing firm with the star in the aftermath of “Rust.”

Grover, a Houston-based spinal surgeon with a passion for cinema, debuted as a writer in 2002 with “Unspeakable” starring Dennis Hopper, and served as a producer on “Odd Thomas” (2013), based on Dean Koontz’s novel and directed by Stephen Sommers (“The Mummy”).

Grover pitched the idea of “97 Minutes” — a ticking-clock thriller in which a hijacked airplane has 97 minutes before it runs out of fuel — when he met Baldwin serendipitously at Sundance in early 2021. Once Baldwin was attached, the project raised coin via presales, distribution and American and international debt financing, based on the actor’s value in those markets.

Then, in October 2021, the “Rust” shooting happened. Baldwin was accused of negligently pulling the trigger on a prop gun, causing the...

Directed by Timo Vuorensola and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Alec Baldwin, “97 Minutes” raises a difficult moral dilemma: is it worth sacrificing an entire plane of innocent people to save the lives of thousands? The movie takes us on an entertaining ride of action, suspense, and tension aboard a 767.

Original? Not really, but it’s a decent watch for a lazy afternoon and easily forgettable the next day.

Storyline

A hijacked 767 will crash in just 97 minutes when it runs out of fuel. Against the strong will of Toyin, the Nsa’s deputy, Director Hawkins prepares to shoot down the plane before it causes catastrophic damage on the ground, leaving the fate of the innocent passengers in the hands of Tyler, one of the supposed hijackers on board, who is an undercover Interpol agent. . or is he?

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“97 Minutes” is one of those movies that, without anything bad,...

Snakes on a Plane, Air Force One, and Red Eye are a few classics that have one thing in common. The major plot of the film transpires in an airplane several thousand feet above the ground. Flight movies are a sub-genre of thriller movies, and 97 Minutes, the new movie by Timo Vuorensola starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Alec Baldwin, is another addition to that entertaining list.

The story of the film revolves around the hijacking of Oceanic Flight 420, which only has 97 minutes of fuel left. The hijackers are unaware that they have an Interpol agent in their gang. Nsa Director Hawkins and his team try to exploit this fact to save the lives of the people on the plane as well as avoid a possible nuclear holocaust.

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Plot Synopsis: What Happens In ’97 Minutes’?

The films in this sub-genre are generally extremely taut in their storytelling. The film begins,...

"What we do today... is the beginning of their end." 101 Films has revealed a trailer for 97 Minutes, yet another airplane hijacking thriller coming up (also see: Idris Elba in Hijack). This one is a UK production, filmed in the UK, and it's directed by the Finnish filmmaker Timo Vuorensola, best known for the two Iron Sky movies. In a race against time, a hijacked 767 hurtles towards disaster, with its fuel reserves dwindling rapidly... Despite strong opposition, Nsa Director Hawkins takes a bold step ordering the plane to be shot down... The lives of the innocent passengers now rest solely in the hands of Alex (Meyers) an undercover Interpol agent, who has been embedded in the terrorist cell. The clock is ticking, with only 97 Minutes – can he save them? Jonathan Rhys Meyers stars as the man on the plane, with Alec Baldwin as Hawkins, plus MyAnna Buring, Jo Martin, Michael Sirow,...

The mountains of Switzerland. Fresh air. Fresh faced young people, full of love. Wild flowers and waterfalls and...cheese smuggling? This Alpine Paradise might not be quite what you thought it was. Iron Sky director Timo Vuorensola may have delivered a disappointment with that film’s sequel, but with his producer hat on he’s back on form with this unlikely tale of totalitarianism, resistance and revenge.

The cheese smuggler is Goat Peter (Kel Matsena), whose affectionate relationship with his caprine charges has inspired him to create his own products high amongst the peaks. This is a serious offence in a mountain land under the sway of tyrannical leader and cheese magnate President Meili (Casper Van Dien). When the military police track him down, they also arrest his girlfriend Heidi (Alice Lucy), taking a more serious interest upon discovering that she’s the daughter of an old revolutionary. That’s their first mistake.

Ah yes, here we have another Jeepers Creepers film. Jeepers Creepers: Reborn is the fourth in the franchise, a reboot of the series and the first not to be directed by the Very problematic Victor Salva… but also, is it – as some have said – easily the worst of all the films too?

Forced to travel with her boyfriend, Laine begins to experience premonitions associated with the urban myth of The Creeper. She believes that something supernatural has been summoned – and that she is at the center of it all.

Directed by Timo Vuorensola, Jeepers Creepers Reborn is out now on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital, courtesy of 101 Films. You can also read a review of the film right here.

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Wild and elaborate deaths are part and parcel of genre movies, a blood-soaked world where filmmakers are often in competition to raise the splatter bar as high as possible. Speaking of bars, one film has surely deserves some kind of prize for this year’s most creative — and culturally appropriate — offing, a death in a which an entire triangular tube of Toblerone is hammered into a man’s mouth and out the other side. In another scene, a prisoner is waterboarded with steaming hot fondue (Ok, the fondue is tipped over his eyes while his mouth is stuffed with croutons).

Introducing Mad Heidi, an insane action-adventure horror-comedy described as the “world’s first Swissploitation movie,” and without a doubt the most ridiculous take on the beloved pig-tailed, Alps-living orphan girl Johanna Spyri wrote about 140 years ago.

From first-time directors Johannes Hartmann and Sandro Klopfstein,...

The franchise reboot Jeepers Creepers: Reborn was given a three-day theatrical release back in September and a VOD release earlier this month (you can watch it on Amazon at This Link). Next up is a physical media release, with the movie set to reach Blu-ray and DVD on November 15th. Seems to me three weeks earlier would have been a better release date, so people could watch it in time for Halloween. But that’s what the VOD version is for, I suppose. Copies of the discs can be pre-ordered Here.

Jeepers Creepers: Reborn was directed by Timo Vuorensola from a screenplay by Sean Michael Argo and Jake Seal. It has the following synopsis:

Chase and Laine head to the HorrorHound festival where Laine begins to experience unexplained premonitions and disturbing visions associated with The Creeper and the town’s past. As the festival gets underway and the blood-soaked entertainment builds to a frenzy,...

Jeepers Creepers: Reborn Review — Jeepers Creepers: Reborn (2022) Film Review, a movie directed by Timo Vuorensola, written by Sean-Michael Argo and starring Sydney Craven, Imran Adams, Jarreau Benjamin, Dee Wallace, Gary Graham, Gabriel Freilich, Timo Vuorensola, Georgia Goodman, Ocean Navarro, Darren Kent, Saverio Buono, Peter Brooke and Jodie Mcmullen. “The Creeper” is back again [...]

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Stars: Imran Adams, Sydney Craven, Jarreau Benjamin, Peter Brooke, Ocean Navarro, Matt Barkley, Georgia Goodman, Gabriel Freilich | Written by Sean-Michael Argo | Directed by Timo Vuorensola

The Horror Hound festival is a big deal, and now, it’s coming to Louisiana for the very first time – the excitement is immense. The geeks, freaks and die-hard horror fans are coming from far and wide to experience the fear and the fun. Chase, a lovable geek, is one such fan. He can’t wait to go and has bagged tickets for him and his devoted girlfriend Laine, who has even more exciting news she’s waiting to share…

But as the festival approaches, Laine experiences disturbing premonitions involving the town’s terrifying past … and can’t shake the feeling that something evil is coming. As the festival kicks off and blood-soaked entertainment builds to a frenzy, are Laine and Chase ready to face the legend of the Creeper,...

Plot: The Creeper returns to terrorize Horror Hound attendees who win the chance to enter a Creeper-themed escape room in a supposedly haunted house.

Review: While I have always thought that The Creeper was a great monster that had the potential to be a new genre icon, the Jeepers Creepers franchise is a difficult one to support and defend for a variety of reasons. The biggest problem, of course, is the fact that it was created by Victor Salva, who was convicted of molesting the young star of his 1989 film Clownhouse. Many viewers who saw the first Jeepers Creepers in 2001 weren’t aware of Salva’s crime – but now that there’s greater awareness of what he did, some understandably choose not to watch his movies at all. It does tarnish the movies to know who made them. And while the first Jeepers Creepers was a good creature feature, it...

When a young couple wins a stay at a Creeper-themed escape room there’s no way out from stagey panics and shoddy bloodletting

The Creeper, from the 2001 horror film Jeepers Creepers, has always been in the Vanarama National League of cinematic bogeymen, but the batwing-faced old trouper still deserves better than this shoddy, aesthetically ugly reboot. It reprises the original redneck highway setup in its prologue, with two pensioners replacing Justin Long and Gina Phillips. But Finnish director Timo Vuorensola bypasses the first film’s lean and highly strung qualities in a half-hearted attempt to update the franchise – now with no input from its original creator, disgraced director Victor Salva – for horror-savvy 21st-century punters.

The ill-fated seniors at the beginning quickly become another pair of missing persons chalked off to the Creeper, as recounted in a YouTube documentary being lapped up by horror fanboy Chase (Imran Adams). He’s...

Fathom Events To Present a Special Three-Night Engagement of Jeepers Creepers Reborn Fan Premiere Event Runs in Theaters on September 19, 20 and 21 What: Timo Vuorensola’s highly anticipated Jeepers Creepers Reborn will come to audiences via a three-night fan premiere event offered exclusively through Fathom Events nationwide. Jeepers Creepers Reborn unfolds as the Horror Hound …

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Alec Baldwin has found his next pair of acting projects on the heels of the shooting on the Albuquerque set of his Western Rust, Deadline has confirmed.

He will star alongside his brother Daniel Baldwin and Elva Trill in the live-action/animated Christmas family comedies Kid Santa and Billie’s Magic World, from Italian director Francesco Cinquemani, with production to take place in Rome. Both Baldwins will produce the titles from Minerva Pictures and Andrea Iervolino and Monica Bacardi’s Ilbe.

Alec Baldwin last collaborated with Cinquemani on the sci-fi pic Andron: The Black Labyrinth. His involvement with the director’s latest films reportedly preceded the Rust incident, which saw him discharge a prop gun, which killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, while injuring director Joel Souza.

Baldwin was also recently at work in the UK on 97 Minutes, a hijacking action-thriller from director Timo Vuorensola (Iron Sky), which has him starring alongside...

Exclusive: Jonathan Rhys Meyers and MyAnna Buring have signed on to star alongside Alec Baldwin in the hijacked airplane action-thriller 97 Minutes, from director Timo Vuorensola (Iron Sky), which has entered production at Black Hangar Studios in the UK.

97 Minutes centers on a hijacked 767 that will crash in that amount of time when its fuel runs out. Against the strong will of Nsa Deputy Toyin, Nsa Director Hawkins (Baldwin) prepares to have the plane shot down before it does any catastrophic damage on the ground, leaving the fate of the innocent passengers in the hands of Tyler, one of the alleged hijackers on board who is an undercover Interpol agent – or is he?

Meyers and Buring are playing passengers on the transatlantic flight, with Jo Martin (Doctor Who), Michael Sirow (Infamous), Pavan Grover,...

Jeepers Creepers: Reborn Trailer — Timo Vuorensola‘s Jeepers Creepers: Reborn (2021) teaser trailer has been released by Screen Media Films. The Jeepers Creepers: Reborn trailer stars Sydney Craven, Gabriel Freilich, Imran Adams, Ocean Navarro, Georgia Goodman, and Matt Barkley. Crew Sean-Michael Argo wrote the screenplay for Jeepers Creepers: Reborn. Simon Rowling crafted the cinematography for [...]

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Screen Media acquired worldwide rights.

Foresight Unlimited and Orwo Film Distribution will launch international sales at next week’s virtual EFM on Jeepers Creepers: Reborn, and will show a promotional reel.

Chicken Soup for the Soul stablemate Screen Media just acquired worldwide rights and will retain North American distribution on the fourth installation of the series.

Director Timo Vuorensola (Iron Sky 1 and 2) brings a reimagined vision of the franchise as part of a planned new trilogy based on a screenplay by Sean Michael Argo.

When the Horror Hound festival holds its first event in Louisiana, it attracts hundreds of geeks,...

The Creeper is back and looking for blood.

“Jeepers Creepers: Reborn,” the fourth installment in the long-running horror franchise, has sold worldwide distribution rights to Screen Media.

The studio plans to release the film in North America in the fall of 2021. Screen Media previously released “Jeepers Creepers 3.”

The latest installment in the series is from director Timo Vuorensola, who previously oversaw the “Iron Sky” films. It is part of planned new trilogy. The film is written by Sean Michael Argo (“Iconoclast”), and produced by Jake Seal (“Quantum of Solace”) of Orwo Studios & Black Hangar Studios and Michael Ohoven (“The Devil’s Rejects”) of Infinity Films.

Seth Needle, Screen Media’s SVP of global acquisitions and co-productions, is executive producing on behalf of the company.

Here’s the logline: “The film unfolds as the Horror Hound festival holds its first ever event in Louisiana, where it attracts hundreds of geeks, freaks...

In the aftermath of a nuclear war with Nazis, remnants of the human race living on the moon seek a new beginning in the center of the Earth in Iron Sky: The Coming Race. With the sequel to 2012’s Iron Sky out now from Vertical Entertainment, we caught up with director Timo Vuorensola to discuss working with Udo Kier, being inspired by Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones, and taking viewers from the moon to the center of the Earth in Iron Sky: The Coming Race.

Thanks for taking the time to catch up with us, Timo, and congratulations on Iron Sky: The Coming Race! How long have you had the idea for a sequel to 2012’s Iron Sky, and what made this the perfect time to continue this story?

Timo Vuorensola: Absolutely, my pleasure! I’ve had an idea for Iron Sky: The Coming Race since already before the first film was anywhere near conception,...

In 2012, Udo Kier appeared in Iron Sky as Wolfgang, the Führer of the Nazis, who – in the peculiar vision of Finnish director Timo Vuorensola – managed to survive after the end of WWII and traveled to the dark side of the Moon. Kier’s antagonistic character was, certainly, important, but in all fairness he didn’t have a lot of screen time back then, to the point that the Moon Führer gets killed in the middle of the story. But the new and crazier Iron Sky: The Coming Race is here now and those who enjoy the always noteworthy presence of the cult German actor will be pleasantly surprised. In the sequel, set in 2047 (29 years after the events of Iron Sky), Kier is not...

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In 2047, 29 years after the events of the original Iron Sky, young Obi (Lara Rossi), the daughter of Renate (Julia Dietze) and the now deceased James Washington (Christopher Kirby in the first film), is one of the few persons who’s trying to do something about the fact that the Moon is now a very troubled place. While the Nazis are long gone, the Moon suffers from overpopulation, social inequality, health issues, constant quakes, and even from a dominant and privileged religious cult that worships Steve Jobs. When a spaceship strangely arrives from Earth, even if everybody thought life there was nonexistent, things in Timo Vuorensola’s Iron Sky: The Coming Race...

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Iron Sky: The Coming Race has been a long time coming. We’ve been reporting on it and sharing crazy trailers for it since 2014. But, after all this time the movie is finally coming out next month and to celebrate the occasion and remind people that this movie is still coming, we have a brand new insane trailer to share with you today!

This Iron Sky franchise is just one of those super bonkers things that some audiences just can’t help but enjoy. What I like about them is that they don’t hold back on the craziness, they embrace it and take it to the ridiculous extreme. In this next chapter the adventure goes from the moon to the center of the Earth!

Twenty years after the events of Iron Sky, the former Nazi Moonbase has become the last refuge of mankind. Earth was devastated by a nuclear...

Fans of all things weird and wild take notice, for Vertical Entertainment has debuted a trailer for Iron Sky: The Coming Race, an action adventure comedy from director Timo Vuorensola that promises to "Make Earth Great Again." As a follow-up to the film Iron Sky (2012) in which Nazis plan to take over the world after lying dormant in a secret military base on the moon, Vuorensola's…...

Dinosaurs, Nazi zombies and… Tom Green?! A sequel to the 2012 film Iron Sky has been in the works for several years, and it was fan-funded through Indiegogo way back in 2015. Finally, Timo Vuorensola’s Iron Sky: The Coming Race is coming to the States this year, with Vertical Entertainment picking up the U.S. rights and setting a theatrical (select […]...

Stars: Lara Rossi, Vladimir Burlakov, Kit Dale, Tom Green, Julia Dietze, Edward Judge, Martin Swabey, Emilt Atack, Udo Kier, John Flanders, Stephanie Paul, James Quinn | Written by Timo Vuorensola, Dalan Musson | Directed by Timo Vuorensola

Iron Sky: The Coming Race is the long-anticipated and multi delayed eight-year follow up to its original predecessor released in 2011. Once again directed by Timo Vuorensola, Iron Sky: The Coming Race follows a group of space Nazis as they try and survive on the lunar base after a nuclear war has devastated earth, but with another distinct twist we’re now introduced to the Vril, who have been living inside the hollow earth since the dawn of time for chaos and absurdity to ensue.

Iron Sky: The Coming Race is one of those typical sequels in which it fails to find a balance of evolution and originality. It drastically changes shape to create a new distinctive layer,...

Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Iron Sky 2: The Coming Race, a sequel to the cult sci-fi parody that returns director Timo Vuorensola and those Nazis in space that so buzzed the Berlin Film Festival when the original bowed there in 2012.

The new pic stars Lara Rossi, Tom Green, Vladimir Burlakov, Kit Dale and the return of Udo Kier, and will feature the mix of B-movie plot and A-list effects that made the first one work so well. Myriad Pictures is aboard to hande worldwide sales and will screen the film for buyers beginning next week at the Cannes film market. Vertical plans a July 19 day-and-date theatrical and digital release in the U.S.

The first Iron Sky started out with the unknown fact that at the end of 1945 as the war was ending a group of Nazi scientists in the Antarctic escaped in space...

Here’s the latest episode of the The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.

For those unfamiliar, with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors. They also shoot the breeze about their new films, The Dare, World of Darkness,...

Back in 2008 the Cannes Film Festival saw a number of highly regarded films play, with Laurent Cantet’s The Class walking away with the coveted Palme D’or. Woody Allen’s Vicky Christina Barcelona caused audiences to swoon, Terence Davies’ sublime Of Time and the City had its first play alongside Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. It was the very definition of a mixed bag. However there was one film, not yet complete, which almost stole the show.

Armed with a fantastic idea and a captivating teaser trailer director Timo Vuorensola blasted through the glitz and glamour to drum up interest in his film Iron Sky – a film about Nazis on the Moon. I remember the reactions to that trailer, and just a few years later wrote up the first proper news article about it on HeyUGuys. The film was a hit, and made good on its crazy premise.

In this baffling sci-fi fantasy sequel, a rag-tag crew of adventurers encounter dinosaurs and reptilian Nazis at the centre of the Earth

Never has the concept of “one for the diehard fans” been so applicable as it is to Timo Vuorensola’s scattershot, stakes-free, self-consciously wacky space comedy. Its existence is baffling until you realise that this sequel to a 2012 sci-fi yarn about Nazis on the moon was entirely crowdfunded.

The Coming Race kicks off in 2047. Earth has been destroyed by nuclear war and the thousand or so human survivors have relocated to a former Nazi base on the moon. They are led nominally by the ailing, regal Renate (Julia Dietze) but her daughter, plucky narrator-heroine Obi (Lara Rossi), is the one who’s really in charge. (Her Star Wars nod of a name is one of many gratuitous hat-tips to better and more successful cultural properties.)...

“Focus: Nordic Comedy is a tribute to the contemporary Nordic comedy and an attempt to try to understand humor’s social and political role in today’s culture,” says Göteborg fest artistic director Jonas Holmberg. He admits that it was partially conceived as an antidote to the fest’s other focus on the Apocalypse. He says, “The Apocalypse was the first one we came up with. It really engaged us, but we were worried that it might seem too dark or too hopeless.”

He added: Then we realized that the last four out of five winners of the European Film Awards for best comedy came from the Nordic countries; that they were films whose success was not just in their home territories.”

It’s true. Nordic comedies are becoming as popular world-wide as Nordic noir. The Swedish film “A Man Called Ove,” adapted from the popular book by Fridrik Backman and directed by Hannes Holm,...

Sneak Peek the satirical horror thriller "Iron Sky: The Coming Race", directed by Timo Vuorensola, as the sequel to Vuorensola's "Iron Sky" (2012), inspired by the 'Vril' conspiracy theory, opening internationally, January 16, 2019 :

"...20 years after a nuclear war, Earth has become an inhospitable place. Survivors rally together on a former 'Third Reich' moon base. Over the years a large human colony has formed, with its own fascist government and religions, including the 'Jobists', a cult that formed around the teachings of 'Steve Jobs' and their leader (Tom Green).

"But the aging base is deteriorating and due to the damage the moon received in the nuclear war, its time is running out. 'Obi Washington' (Lara Rossi), the daughter of 'Renate Richter' (Julia Dietze), discovers there may be other survivors hidden in an underground city at the center of the earth.

"But what the survivors and a ragtag band...

Sometimes in life what you really need are lizard people, a Canadian cult comedian and a genocidal fascist riding a dinosaur. And if that's what you need in your life today, well, we've got you sorted! Yup, it's the theatrical trailer for Iron Sky: The Coming Race! Here's what the creators have to say about it: “I’m really excited about the release”, says director Timo Vuorensola, who has been working on the film for 6 years straight, after the successful launch of the previous film in 2012. The first Iron Sky was released in over 60 countries worldwide, and became an established cult hit. “The Coming Race is a big and wild ride – now it’s time to see how far we can reach this...

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Development money raised via crowdfunding in just five days.

Director Johannes Hartmann and producers Tero Kaukomaa of Blind Spot Zurich and Valentin Greutert of A Film Company, whose credits include One Way Trip and Amateur Teens, have launched a crowdfunding campaign for Mad Heidi.

The filmmakers are describing it as the first “Swissploitation” film.

A crowdfunding site and merchandise store launched last week for the film,at madheidi.com. The team is selling ’Heidi Bonds’ that can be used to get rewards, to support production.

The first goal of $30,000 for development funding was raised in just five days.

The pitch...

“Many people will think of this as a scene from a fantasy.. science fiction movie,” said North Korean president Kim Jong-un on Tuesday of his meeting with U.S. leader Donald Trump in Singapore.

Producers of the European sci-fi picture “Iron Sky” in which Nazis were found to have been hiding on the dark side of the moon, were quick to take credit. “Did Kim Jong-un just make a vague Iron Sky reference? I may be over my head thinking, but then again..” producer Timo Vuorensola said on Twitter. Kim is known to be something of a movie buff, so the reference may not have been accidental.

Adding to the unreality of the meeting, the Capella Hotel venue is only a stone’s throw from the Universal theme park.

The two leaders began their historic summit meeting around 8am Singapore time with a series of handshake photo opportunities. They then...

Andy Garcia and Chinese Star Duan Yihong have joined the cast of Iron Sky: The Ark, marking the most prominent actors to attach their names to the cult comedy sci-fi franchise.

Garcia, an Oscar nominee for his performance in The Godfather: Part III who recently appeared in Dean Devlin's Geostorm, will play William Russell, an Illuminati mastermind billionaire.

Duan, who just picked up the best actor award at the Tokyo International Film Festival for his starring role in Dong Yue's thriller The Looming Storm, plays the Greenwood scientist Fang Mingtao.

Co-starring in the feature, from Finnish director Timo Vuorensola,...

New projects selected for Helsinki scheme.

Helsinki International Film Festival – Love and Anarchy will celebrate its 30th anniversary with the September 2017 edition, and has confirmed a new CEO, Anna Möttölä, who takes the reins from former CEO Sara Norberg.

Möttölä formerly worked at the National Audiovisual Institute and was a film critic for Finland’s biggest newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat.

The industry programme, Finnish Film Affair (Sept 19-21) has confirmed a few of its works in progress selections.

The confirmed titles so far are:

Iron Sky: The Coming Race, the anticipated sci-fi sequel by Timo Vuorensola, Stupid Young Heart, the sophomore feature by Little Wing director Selma Vilhunen, Guardian Angel by Princess director Arto Halonen and starring Pilou Asbæk and Josh Lucas’ Untitled new project directed by Klaus Haro of Golden Globe nominated The Fencer.

In addition to around ten Works in Progress projects, Finnish Film Affair will present around ten works in development and around 15 completed films.

Möttölä...

Sf Studios picks up sequel to cult film.

Sf Studios has picked up Nordic rights (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland) to the sequel to cult film Iron Sky.

Myriad Pictures’ genre label Scoundrel Media handles international sales on Iron Sky: The Coming Race and is showing a teaser here.

The film recently wrapped in Belgium and is scheduled to open in February 2018. Udo Kier, Lara Rossi, Tom Green, Julia Dietze from Iron Sky, Vladimir Burlakov, and Stephanie Paul star.

“I’ve been working on this film for years, and now, with the release schedule forming up, I’m finally able to sigh in relief,” director Timo Vuorensola said.

“Collaborating with the Iron Sky Universe team, producer Tero Kaukomaa and director Timo Vuorensola, for a pan-Nordic release is something we look forward to,” Jenny Stjernströmer Björk, chief content officer at Sf Studios, said.

“Iron Sky: The Coming Race is a fantastic project with a unique universe and a big fan-base...

Sequel to cult hit takes 25 years after events in the original.

Myriad Pictures’ genre label Scoundrel Media has launched handle international sales excluding Scandinavia and China in Cannes on the sci-fi action comedy Iron Sky: The Coming Race.

Udo Kier, Lara Rossi, Tom Green, Julia Dietze from Iron Sky, Vladimir Burlakov, and Stephanie Paul star in the sequel to Iron Sky, and Timo Vuorensola directs from a script by Dalan Musson.

Iron Sky The Coming Race shot in Belgium and is in post. It tales place 25 years after events in the original, when Nazis colonised the moon and launched an attack on earth.

The sequel picks up the action after a nuclear war has ravaged earth, as survivors of the fight with the Nazis attempt to recolonise earth but must contend with an army of dinosaurs guarding the Holy Grail.

Myriad president Kirk D’Amico said: “We are delighted to be working with Timo and Tero and...

Iron Sky Universe has released a brand new trailer for “Iron Sky: The Coming Race,” the sequel to its 2012 cult sci-fi film “Iron Sky.” The film is directed by Timo Vuorensola, from a script by Dalan Musson.

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In “Iron Sky: The Coming Race,” the former Nazi Moonbase is the last refuge of mankind, after the Earth was devastated by a nuclear war. Buried under the wasteland lies a power that could save the last of humanity – or destroy it once and for all. To save the human race, Obi Washington and the other human survivors will have to fight the Vril, a reptilian race and their army of dinosaurs. The film stars Lara Rossi in the lead role of Obi, Vladimir Burlakov and Kit Dale, with Julia Dietze and Udo Kier, both returning from first “Iron Sky.

Forging on while still ahead in the game, Finnish director Timo Vuorensola, known around the world for his Nazis on the Moon movie, Iron Sky, is already working on a third chapter called Iron Sky The Ark. The second chapter in the series, The Coming Race, is currently in post. Iron Sky: The Ark is a new instalment in the Iron Sky franchise. It tells the story of two Chinese university dropout audiophiles who set out on a quest to decode a mysterious message received from the Moon, but quickly find themselves fighting against the mother of all conspiracy theories – the Illuminati. The Ark was announced today at Efm in Berlin and a teaser was screened in the Market. What is largely different this time...

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Iron Sky: The Ark will be a Chinese-Finnish-Canadian co-production.

Iron Sky producer Tero Kaukomaa has revealed further details of the first Chinese film in the Iron Sky franchise.

Iron Sky: The Ark is already in pre-production. It will be directed by Timo Vuorensola, and will be shot 70% in Chinese.

China Film Corporation Limited, Jiabo Culture Development Co. Ltd, Iron Sky Universe are producing the film in association with Pan Pan Pictures Co Ltd and Longevity International Enterprises Ltd.

Iron Sky: The Ark is a Chinese-Finnish-Canadian co-production but is fully financed from China.

The film is about two Chinese university dropout audiophiles who set out on a quest to decode a mysterious message received from the Moon, but find themselves fighting against the mother of all conspiracy theories – the secret organsation Illuminati. The visual effects will be overseen by VFX house Pixomondo.

The film is expected to be shot in summer 2017 in Beijing, Dalan Musson ([link...

China Film Group, the Chinese state run film conglomerate, has boarded Iron Sky: The Ark, the latest in the cult sci-fi franchise from Finnish director Timo Vuorensola.

China Film Group's production subsidiary China Film Corporation Limited will co-produce the new Iron Sky film, set to shoot this year for delivery in 2018. They join fellow Chinese company the Jiabo Culture Development Co., as well as co-producers Pan Pan Pictures and Longevity International Enterprises in what will be a Finnish-Chinese co-production.

Iron Sky: The Ark will be set in China but will be set before the last Iron Sky...

Finnish director Timo Vuorensola has taken to Indiegogo to fund an additional scene in forthcoming sequel Iron Sky The Coming Race.

The film’s team reveals that in this unique scene, “the reptilian shape-shifter Margaret Thatcher falls from her dinosaur-drawn chariot and is crushed to death when a sun rolls over her.”

The scene was shot during production but the effects budget was used to work on other scenes. But now Vuorensola hopes his audience can help via crowdfunding.

“We have hundreds of shots with big effects in the film and we have to think very hard where to spend the budget in order to make the best possible film. Sometimes that means cutting scenes that are good, but possibly not as essential to the plot,” said Vuorensola.

“Some cuts however hurt more than others and I did not want to leave poor Margaret on the cutting room floor. Because the budget is locked the only way...

The company behind Finnish sci-fi franchise Iron Sky is expanding into the Chinese market with plans to produce its third film with Shandong Jiabo Culture Development Co. Iron Sky: The Ark, like the previous films in the Nazis-on-the-moon comedy series, will be directed by Timo Vuorensola. It is due to go into production in China next year. Producers say the new film will have a bigger budget than the first two -- Iron Sky and Iron Sky: The Coming Race -- and will hit theaters in 2018. { "nid": 893797, "type": "news", "title": "Cannes: 'Iron Sky' Filmmakers Launch

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Successful pitches will be crowdfunded through kickstarter.

The Iron Sky filmmakers are launching ‘Fanchise’, an open call for Iron Sky fans, young filmmakers, game developers and innovators to pitch their concepts of up-to-10-minute “experiences” - games, short films, Vr experiences, or graphic novels.

In the first phase, Iron Sky Universe will select the best pitches, which will then be taken to the web-based task management toolkit Iron Sky Online Film Studio, created to host and guide the productions.

Crowdfunding will be done as a source of production finance.

It’s not the first time that the Iron Sky team has engaged with fans. For 2017 sequel Iron Sky The Coming Race [pictured], fans served as extras and gave direct script feedback and comments on the film’s early rough cut in test screenings in Helsinki and Berlin.

The open call runs now through January 2017.

Meanwhile Iron Sky The Coming Race is in post production and is being sold by...