by Andrew Mack

KNUCKLEBALL: Raven Banner Acquires Canadian Thriller

Our friends at Raven Banner have just picked up the Canadian thriller Knuckleball. Michael Peterson`s film will have its Quebec Premiere at Fantasia on Saturday. Raven Banner plans a theatrical release this Fall followed by iTunes and VOD.    We...
by Andrew Mack

TALES FROM THE LOOP: Amazon Orders Sci-Fi Series Based on Simon Stålenhag's Artwork

Yesterday Amazon announced that they will develop a sci-fi series based on the illustrated works of Simon Stålenhag and his 2015 book Tales From the Loop.    Amazon with work with Fox 21 Television Studios and have hired Legion writer...
by Andrew Mack

MOTELX 2018: Rangers, Tigers and Demon Bikers Among First Wave of Titles For Lisbon Horror Film Festival

MOTELX, in Lisbon, Portugal, is one of the top genre film festivals in Europe. A member of The European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation, European films that compete and win at MOTELX go on to vye for the top prizes in...
by Andrew Mack

Newly Minted Yellow Veil Pictures Announces Acquisitions of LUZ And A MAN IN THE DARK

Normally the birth of a new film sales company would be left to the trades to announce. However, since all involved in Yellow Veil Pictures, Inc. are all acquaintances, some even close friends to many here at Screen Anarchy, we...
by Andrew Mack

ILLANG: THE WOLF BRIGADE: Netflix Nabs Near-Global Rights For Kim Jee-woon's Live Action Version of Anime JIN-ROH

Big news from Variety this morning. Streaming powerhouse Netflix have acquired nearly all global rights for Kim Jee-woon's Illang: The Wolf Brigade. This new film from the director of such hits as The Good The Bad The Weird and I...
by Andrew Mack

BURNING SECRET: Early Stanley Kubrick Screenplay Surfaces

Some very exciting news for Stanley Kubrick fans came about this weekend. News sources report that a once thought lost screenplay co-written by Stanley Kubrick has surfaced.    Entitled Burning Secret, the script is an adaptation of the 1913 novella by the...
by Andrew Mack

PARLOUR TRICKS: Canadian Horror Icon Tristan Risk Directs Her First Short Film

Canadian performer Tristan Risk has been steadily building a name for herself in our horror and cult film community as an actress over the years.    Our own Izzy Lee directed Risk in her 2015 short film Innsmouth and she...
by Andrew Mack

ZOMBIELAND 2: Original Cast Reunite For Sequel in Time For Ten Year Anniversary

THR's Heat Vision Blog is reporting that the original cast of Ruben Fleischer's surprise hit zom-com Zombieland will reunite for the sequel due out in 2019.     Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson, Jessie Eisenberg and Abigail Breslin will join the director...
by Andrew Mack

OCCUPATION: Watch This Exclusive Clip From The Aussie Alien Invasion Flick

Saban Films will be releasing Luke Sparke's Aussi alien invasion film Occupation in cinemas, and on VOD and Digital HD on July 20. Screen Anarchy has an exclusive clip to share with you today. You will find it, and the...
by Andrew Mack

DON'T LEAVE HOME: Watch The Trailer For Michael Tully's Horror Flick

Don't Leave Home, directed and written by Michael Tully, will be hitting theaters and on VOD September 14th from Cranked Up Films. A new trailer was released earlier this week. We would like to share it with you now.   ...
by Andrew Mack

THE CRESCENT: We Debut The New Trailer, Plus The Canadian Theatrical Run

Seth A Smith's The Crescent is returning home to Canada next month with an eight city theatrical run across the country. Screen Anarchy is pleased to help spread the word of this release and debut a new trailer for the...
by Kurt Halfyard

Fantasia 2018 Curtain Raiser: Your Guide To Navigating Montreal's Gargantuan Genre Festival

The Fantasia International Film Festival begins its 22nd edition in Canada's La Belle Province today for a three-week smorgasbord of action, horror, weirdness and, tucked away between the splatter and science fiction, you will find a drama or two. As...
by Andrew Mack

Neill Blomkamp to Direct MGM's ROBOCOP RETURNS

We have been left wondering when District 9 and Oats Studios content creator Neill Blomkamp was going to land his next plum studio gig. For a while there it looked like Blomkamp was going to end up embroiled in the...
by Andrew Mack

North Bend 2018: Final Wave Announced, ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE to Close The Fest!

One has to ask if the residents of North Bend, Washington, will be adequately prepared for what is coming to their quaint little Pacific northwest town during the last full weekend in August this Summer. The inagural North Bend Film...
by Andrew Mack

BEATS OF RAGE: JTRO Returns in Teaser Trailer For Sequel to THE FP

For fans of the indie cult film The FP the wait for the continuing story of JTRO and the blood sport Beat-Beat Revelation will soon be over.    Beats of Rage, the sequel to Jason Trost's 2011 film, has been...
by Andrew Mack

STAR WARS IX: Lando is Back, Billy Dee Williams to Return to STAR WARS

News from the Star Wars universe is that one of the final characters left over from the original saga is set to make an appearance in the final film of the newest trilogy.    Last night THR's Heat Vision Blog...
by Andrew Mack

THE PSYBORGS Trailer: New Web Series, A Canadian Love Letter to 90s After School Television

Today we help launch the trailer for an upcoming web series called The PsyBorgs. This Canadian production from the crew at Beta Force Carbon in Calgary, Alberta, promises to be a loving nod to after-school programming in the 90s, particularly...
by Andrew Mack

THE FOREST OF LOST SOULS: New Trailer Celebrates US Theatrical Release on August 5th

Wild Eye Releasing has announced that Jose Pedro Lopes' indie horror, The Forest of Lost Souls, will be released in US cinemas on August 5th, starting with L.A.   The Portuguese coming of age slasher flick bowed at Fantasporta in...
by Andrew Mack

ACUTE MISFORTUNE: Watch This Teaser Clip For Biographical Drama of Aussie Artist Adam Cullen

The world premiere of Thomas M. Wright's debut feature film Acute Misfortune, an adaptation of Erik Jensen's biography by the same name, is just around the corner. Set to premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival in August, Acute Misfortune...
by Andrew Mack

Fantasia 2018: Dare to Watch The Hardcore Trailer For Dennison Ramalho's THE NIGHTSHIFTER

Thanks to Brazilian director Dennison Ramalho I have long had an intense fear of high heels and nails ever since I was on a short film jury where I first saw his 2011 film Ninjas.    If this brutal and...