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Epic Pictures Takes A Ride With Sci-Fi Romance Thriller THE FARE November 19th

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Following an acclaimed run on the independent film festival circuit, 501 Pictures and Public Displays of Affection, in a partnership with Epic Pictures and Dread, has announced the US release of D.C. Hamilton’s Hitchcockian romance The Fare.

The sophomore feature from Hamilton stars Gino Anthony Pesi (“Shades of Blue”) as a weary cab driver and Brinna Kelly as his enigmatic passenger, who charms him as her ride begins over and over and over again. Screenwriter and star Kelly reteams with Hamilton following their work on his directorial debut The Midnight Man. Pesi, Hamilton and Kelly produced alongside Kristin Starns.

An homage to “The Twilight Zone”, The Fare has screened internationally and taken home numerous awards including the Special Mention Jury Award at Fantasporto, Best Dark Fantasy/Supernatural Film at the Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival, and the Director’s Prize for Overall Concept and Execution at FilmQuest.

The Fare will be available nationwide November 19th on Blu-ray and Digital HD, including iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Google Play, Vudu and more.

Ahead of the Blu-ray and VOD release, Epic Pictures will premiere The Fare for LA audiences on the big screen at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on November 12th.

Here’s the film’s official synopsis:
When a charming woman named Penny climbs into his taxi, Harris finds himself entranced. That is, right up until she disappears from the back seat without a trace. As he desperately tries to make sense of what happened, he resets his meter and is instantly brought back to the moment she first climbed into his cab. He and Penny find themselves trapped in an endlessly looping ride that changes their lives forever.

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Final Trailer To “Jumanji: The Next Level” Showcases More Action

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Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Karen Gillan, Morgan Turner, Maidson Iseman and Nick Jonas are back in the fantasy adventure comedy sequel directed by Jake Kasdan, with Sony Pictures Entertainment releasing the film’s final trailer on Thursday.

Joining the fun and action this time around are Danny Glover, Danny DeVito and Awkwafina.

The new installment sees teen Spencer missing, prompting his friends to jump back into Jumanji game. But their return to the video game creates confusion when they realize that things are not the same and they’re in new bodies.

The trailer also shows the film expanding from the jungle setting seen in the 2017 film Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, this time putting the cast in various locations, from mountains to deserts. as well as a few exciting car chases and hilarious body-swaps.

A synopsis of the new film reads: “In Jumanji: The Next Level, the gang is back but the game has changed. As they return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored, from the arid deserts to the snowy mountains, in order to escape the world’s most dangerous game.”

The film is set for release in theaters on December 13, 2019.

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The Trailer for ‘The Grudge’ Reboot Released

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Sony Pictures has unveiled the first trailer for its upcoming reboot of “The Grudge,” a supernatural horror film written and directed by Nicolas Pesce

The Grudge is a reboot of the 2004 film of the same name featuring Sarah Michelle Gellar and is based on the Japanese horror franchise Ju-On which was created by Takashi Shimizu.

Following the 2004 original and the 2006 and 2009 sequels, this is the fourth installment the the “Grudge” franchise.

Sam Raimi, the creator of the horror classics series “Evil Dead”, serve as the film’s producers, along with Rob Tapert and Taka Ichises.

The film stars Andrea Riseborough, Betty Gilpin and John Cho, the film is set for release on January 3, 2020.

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‘Joker’ Becomes Highest-Grossing R-Rated Movie Ever

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Warner Bros’. psychological thriller “Joker” is now the highest-grossing R-rated film ever at the global boxoffice.

As of Thursday, the surprise boxoffice phenomenon has earned $788.1 million, beating Deadpool and its sequel 2018 Deadpool 2 which grossed $782 million and $785 million respectively. Joker recently set the record for the biggest October opener of all time domestically, internationally and worldwide.

The announcement was made today by Toby Emmerich, Chairman, Warner Bros. Pictures Group. “Todd Phillips’s bold, creative vision is evident in every frame of ‘Joker,’ matched only by Joaquin Phoenix’s incomparable interpretation of this iconic character. What they and everyone who worked on this film created has clearly resonated with audiences worldwide. We congratulate them and our colleagues at DC on reaching this extraordinary benchmark, and I personally want to congratulate the entire Warner Bros. team on the roll-out of this film.”

Directed by Todd Phillips and starring Joaquin Phoenix in the title role, Joker won the Golden Lion at the 76th Venice International Film Festival where the film premiered last month.

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Harry Shum Jr., Chris Sullivan and Kelley Mack to Star in Jacob Gentry’s BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION

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Queensbury Pictures, the year-old Chicago- and London-based production company today announced the start of shooting in Chicago on BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION, a sci-fi horror film directed by Jacob Gentry.

The cast includes Harry Shum Jr. (Crazy Rich Asians, Glee), Kelley Mack (The Walking Dead) and Chris Sullivan (This Is Us, I Trapped the Devil).

BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION, a technological thriller inspired by actual broadcast interruptions that occurred in the Windy City in the late 1980s, and remain unsolved to this day. The film an unsettling journey into our collective technological nightmares, confronting our deepest, darkest fears of both man and machine.

Shum has been cast in the lead role as James. While logging tapes of decades-old TV broadcasts,video archivist James (Harry Shum Jr.) comes across a surreal and disturbing clip of what appears to be an imprisoned android. James believes it’s the product of a mysterious broadcast signal hacking, and his discovery takes a sinister turn when he tracks down similar broadcast intrusions that send him on an obsessive mission. Now James must confront two very real possibilities: that the videos may be clues to a crime beyond all comprehension; and that whoever was behind them may be very aware that James is coming uncomfortably close to the truth.
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KWFF 2019 Announces Opening and Closing Night Films

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The Key West Film Festival announced today that its Opening Night film will be Martin Scorcese’s critically acclaimed “The Irishman” (Netflix) and that it will close with Trey Edward Shults “Waves” (A24), which takes place in nearby Hollywood, FL. Orlando-based director Shults will appear for a Q&A.

As part of its ongoing tradition – now in its 5th year – of having Opening and Closing Night films curated by top critics, the films were selected by K. Austin Collins of Vanity Fair and Jen Yamato of The Los Angeles Times. Collins will be joined by Yamato for a pre-screening discussion about “The Irishman” on Wednesday, November 20, and both critics will conduct a Q&A with Mr. Shults following the screening of “Waves” on Saturday night, November 23.

KWFF began its Critic’s Choice program in 2015, in which two of the nations top critics curate the opening and closing night films. Past curating critics have included Kenneth Turan and Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times, Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post, Eric Kohn of indiewire, Emily Yoshida of New York Magazine, David Fear of Rolling Stone, Joshua Rothkopf of Time Out New York and Amy Nicholson of MTV News.
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Denise Boutte, Jackie Long, Ella Joyce, and Christian Keyes to star in award-winning Director LazRael Lison’s romantic comedy “Never and Again”

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Denise Boutte (Meet the Browns, Why Did I Get Married?), Jackie Long (Games People Play, ATL, The Comebacks), Ella Joyce (Set It Off, Nina, Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor) and Christian Keyes (Saints & Sinners, No More Mr Nice Guy), star in award-winning Director LazRael Lison’s (Private Number, Reversal, Halloweed) romantic comedy Never and Again. Long and Boutte play former high school sweethearts who reunite 17 years later. Filming just wrapped in Los Angeles.

In Never and Again, two teenagers, Kevin and Jasmine, with equal passion for each other’s dreams, his love for football and hers for music, fall head over heels in love with each other but tragedy and one horrible lapse in judgment tears them apart. Many years later, Kevin (Long) and Jasmine (Boutte), have to trust one another after their paths cross again. Is their first love strong enough for them to save each other now?

Five-time Grammy-award winning recording artist, actor, and producer Master P (I Got the Hook Up 2, Gone In 60 Seconds), Vanessa Simmons (Games People Play, Craig Ross Jr.’s Monogamy), Bebe Drake (Wild Hogs, Space Jam, Friday After Next), and Jayson Bernard (DIVOS!, Halloweed, Pizza & Whine), also star in the large ensemble film, written by Lison.
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Zoe Kravitz cast as Catwoman in “The Batman”

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Zoe Kravitz has been cast to play in the role of Selina Kyle/Catwoman opposite Robert Pattinson in Matt Reeves’s upcoming “Batman” film.

The director himself confirmed the casting, in the same way he announced Pattinson’s casting last summer: via a tweet on Twitter.

Kravitz follows in the footsteps of Anne Hathaway, Halle Berry and Michelle Pfeiffer and Lee Meriwether who all have portrayed Catwoman previously on film.

Some fans may be already know that Kravitz has previously played Catwoman in The Lego Batman Movie (2017). She also appeared in another superhero film X-Men: First Class, as well as roles in the acclaimed action film Mad Max: Fury Road, and iFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and its sequel.

She will next appear in “Viena and the Fantomes” and the TV series “High Fidelity.”

“The Batman” will be released on June 25, 2021.

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Trailer for ‘The Cat and the Moon’ Released

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Hereditary’s breakout star Alex Wolff is already moving behind the camera with “The Cat and the Moon”, a drama set in New York which he wrote and directed. The film’s first trailer was released last week (see below).

Though Wolff has done a few other short films previously, Moon is the 21-year old’s feature directorial debut. He’s also appeared in Patriots Day (2016) My Friend Dahmer (2017), My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016), and the blockbuster hit Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017).

But it was his performance as Peter Graham in the Ari Aster-directed psychological horror Hereditary (2018) that gains plenty of attention as a serious actor. That film, which starred Toni Collette, was a surprise hit both critically and commercially, earning over $79 million and becoming A24’s highest-grossing film globally.

Also in “The Cat and the Moon” are Mike Epps, Skyler Gisondo, Stefania LaVie Owen, Giullian Yao Gioiello, and Tommy Nelson. The film is set for release in select theaters in New York and Los Angeles on October 25.

Here’s the film’s official synopsis:

While his mother seeks treatment in rehab, teenager Nick (Alex Wolff) comes to New York to stay with a musician friend of his father’s (Mike Epps) and to meet people who can show him what the city has to offer. Nick’s time away from home causes his buried pain and vulnerabilities to bubble to the surface and forces him to deal with them.

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Disney Releases First “Jungle Cruise” Trailer

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Disney has just dropped the first trailer for its upcoming adventure film, Jungle Cruise, and it looks like another fun summer blockbuster winner.

Loosely based on the Disney theme park attraction of the same name, the film stars Emily Blunt stars as explorer-scientist Lily and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as a riverboat tour guide captain Frank.

There’s plenty of action and charm packed within 2 minutes of the trailer, which gives off mixed vibes of adventures such as Pirates of the Caribbean and The Mummy, with a little bit of Romancing the Stone and The African Queen.

Directed by Spanish filmmaker Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan, House of Wax, The Commuter), the film also stars Edgar Ramirez, Jack Whitehall, Jesse Plemons, and Paul Giamatti.

Jungle Cruise is set for release in theaters July 24, 2020.

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