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VIOLENT NIGHT: Tommy Wirkola And David Harbour's Christmas Actioner Streaming on Peacock January 20th

Peacock has announced Universal Pictures’ Violent Night will stream exclusively on Peacock starting this Friday January 20th.   The violent Christmas action movie, directed by Dead Snow and The Trip's Tommy Wirkola and produced by David Leitch and Kelly McCormick's 87North, hit cinemas...

Review: VIOLENT NIGHT, Die Hard With a Christmas Vengeance

On an event-free morning, afternoon, or possibly evening, longtime friends, high-school classmates, and screenwriting partners Pat Casey and Josh Miller (Sonic the Hedgehog I and II) turned to each other and simultaneously said: “What if Die Hard … but with...

Fantastic Fest 2021 Review: THE TRIP, Have a Bloody Good Time

Noomi Rapace and Aksel Hennie star in an action thriller, directed by Tommy Wirkola.

THE TRIP: Noomi Rapace, Aksel Hennie Join Director Tommy Wirkola

Filmmaker Tommy Wirkola made his bones with the splatter horror-comedy Dead Snow (2009) and then helmed the consistently entertaining fantasy-action picture Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013). In between those two, he contributed his writing talents to the great Norwegian...

BIG SHORT's Adam McKay To Direct Comic Book Movie IRREDEEMABLE, Adapted By DEAD SNOW's Tommy Wirkola

This is an interesting combination. Deadline reported yesterday that The Big Short director Adam McKay will be directing an adaptation of the Boom! Comics comic book Irredeemable. Further adding to the intrigue, Dead Snow writer and director Tommy Wirkola is...

Night Visions 2015: Inaugural 'Nordic Genre Industry Days' - The Nordic Challenge

Held in conjunction with the Night Visions film festival in Helsinki, Finland, the inaugural edition of Nordic Genre Industry Days presented panel discussions and pitch sessions for projects that are currently in development. As might be imagined from the title,...

Hey Dallas! Win Tickets To See DEAD SNOW 2: RED VS. DEAD!

The only thing better than a zombie is, of course, a Nazi zombie movie, and the only thing better than a Nazi zombie movie is a Nazi zombie movie sequel. As the only sequel to a Nazi zombie movie that...

Chicago Critics Film Festival 2014: Canfield Delivers His 10 Most Anticipated

The second year for the Chicago Critics Film Festival promises big things. 23 Chicago premieres and 14 shorts combined with appearances from a number of filmmakers and film subjects are just part of why. In many ways the most exciting part...

Well Go USA Gets U.S. Rights For DEAD SNOW: RED VS. DEAD

U.S. fans of the Nazi zombie flick Dead Snow will rejoice knowing that Well Go USA has picked up the rights for Tommy Wirkola's sequel, Dead Snow: Red Vs. Dead. The film premiered on Sunday night at Sundance and fierce...

Martin Is All Better In DEAD SNOW: RED VS DEAD Teaser

Now. The more astute of you will have wondered, when looking at the new poster for Dead Snow: Red vs Dead how it is that our hero at the end of the first film, Martin, has his right arm back....

Check The Official Poster For Tommy Wirkola's DEAD SNOW 2: RED VS DEAD

The Norwegian undead are returning to Sundance with the coming of Tommy Wirkola's Dead Snow 2: Red vs Dead and we've got your first look at the official poster or the film.Here's how the festival describes the sequel to Wirkola's...

Breast Shots! Penis Shots! Dead Reindeer Shots! It Can Only Be The Trailer For KILL BULJO 2!

Hide the women and children! The Dead Snow crew have returned to their first creation and no deer is safe!Prior to their massive international success with Dead Snow, director Tommy Wirkola and writer-star Stig-Frode Henriksen hit the big screen in...

Give Blood For Tommy Wirkola's DEAD SNOW: RED VS DEAD

Okay. So you are not going to give blood, literally! There has to be some sort of health and safety violations if you shipped your blood to the production of Tommy Wirkola's follow-up to his smash Nazi-Zombie hit Dead Snow,...

ScreenAnarchy Has Seen The First Five Minutes Of DEAD SNOW 2 And The Word Is Very Good, Indeed!

Back in mid April ScreenAnarchy was proud to present the first images from Tommy Wirkola's Dead Snow 2: Red vs Dead, noting at the time that the sheer level of blood present boded well for fans of the original Nazi...

DEAD SNOW Team Returns With KILL BULJO 2, Watch The Teaser Now!

Before there was Dead Snow, there was Kill Buljo. An irreverent action comedy that sort of spoofed Kill Bill whilst very much ripping into the stereotypes of northern Norway - home to director Tommy Wirkola and writer-star Stig Frode Henriksen...

Severed Limbs, Entrails And Buckets Of Blood In The First DEAD SNOW 2 Images!

Fresh off the success of his English language debut, Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters, director Tommy Wirkola is back to Norway and the project that first made his name with production now under way on Dead Snow: War Of The...

Review: HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS is Bloody Entertaining

After lampooning Quentin Tarantino and resurrecting Nazi zombies, Norwegian writer-director Tommy Wirkola finally gets to unveil his English language debut. True to form, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters proves to be a goofy, yet thoroughly entertaining romp that blends the...

Watch Episode One Of HELLFJORD Now!

Hellfjord loves you. Or its producers do, at least. With the Norwegian run of the cult series now done and dusted the brains behind the show want you to have an early Christmas present. The complete first episode, English subtitles...

HEADHUNTERS Director Tackling English Language Scifi Thriller WHAT HAPPENED TO MONDAY?

After scoring a huge box office smash with his adaptation of Jo Nesbo's Headhunters Norwegian director Morten Tyldum will be coming to America to tackle English language scifi thriller What Happened To Monday?Based on the Black List script by Max...

DEAD SNOW Hits Canadian Screens This Week!

Get it while you can!  Obviously knowing a good thing when they see it, Canadian distributor E1 Entertainment is giving Norwegian zombie comedy Dead Snow a limited theatrical release this week, with the film hitting screens in Toronto and Vancouver...