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Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase have entered Zombie Town, a mystery teen romancer based on author R.L. Stine’s book of the same name.
The indie, now shooting in Ontario, also stars Henry Czerny and co-teen leads Marlon Kazadi and Madi Monroe. The ensemble cast includes Scott Thompson and Bruce McCulloch of the Canadian comedy show Kids in the Hall.
Canadian animator Peter Lepeniotis will direct Zombie Town. In the adaptation of Stine’s kid’s book, a quiet town is upended when young Mike and his friend Amy watch a horror movie called Zombie Town and unexpectedly see the title characters leap off the screen and chase them through the theater.
Zombie Town will premiere in U.S. theaters before streaming on Hulu and then ABC Australia in 2023.
“We are delighted to bring the pages of R.L. Stine’s Zombie Town...
Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase have entered Zombie Town, a mystery teen romancer based on author R.L. Stine’s book of the same name.
The indie, now shooting in Ontario, also stars Henry Czerny and co-teen leads Marlon Kazadi and Madi Monroe. The ensemble cast includes Scott Thompson and Bruce McCulloch of the Canadian comedy show Kids in the Hall.
Canadian animator Peter Lepeniotis will direct Zombie Town. In the adaptation of Stine’s kid’s book, a quiet town is upended when young Mike and his friend Amy watch a horror movie called Zombie Town and unexpectedly see the title characters leap off the screen and chase them through the theater.
Zombie Town will premiere in U.S. theaters before streaming on Hulu and then ABC Australia in 2023.
“We are delighted to bring the pages of R.L. Stine’s Zombie Town...
- 8/29/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired U.S. rights Sean Cisterna’s dramatic feature From the Vine for a PVOD and digital release this fall. The movie, written by Willem Wennekers, and adapted from Ken Cancellara’s novel Finding Marco, follows Mark Gentile (Joe Pantoliano), an attorney and automotive company executive, who travels to Italy after a major humiliation in business. He returns to the tiny village of Acerenza, visiting the vineyard where he grew up and finds it in a state of disrepair. Mark gets an idea to bring the overgrown property back to life and start producing wine again. Mark convinces various denizens of Acerenza, each with their own comedic personality, to aid him in this seemingly impractical effort, promising everyone a share in the business if it is successful. Concerned about his sudden and lengthy trip, Mark is joined by his wife Marina, and his twenty-something daughter, Laura,...
- 7/28/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Germany-set drama and TV mini-series in works.
Like Water Like Chocolate director Alfonso Arau is in development with Bagdad Café writer Chris Doherty on 1930’s-set drama The Crime of Love, about an illicit love affair between two German officers in Nazi Germany.
Carsten Lorenz is on board to produce the project, which is being exced by Mark Holdon with Arri Worldwide in talks to handle sales.
“I was looking for a great love story,” Arau told Screen. “Germany in the 1930s was such an interesting and intense period in history that I knew I wanted to set this love story at that time.”
“This project, like the greatest romance of all, Romeo and Juliet, is about real love in a world where such love is prohibited.”
Arau’s hit romance-drama Like Water for Chocolate was nominated for a BAFTA in 1994.
Latest directorial effort L’imbroglio nel lenzuolo (2010) starred Maria Grazia Cucinotta and Geraldine Chaplin.
Arau and exec...
Like Water Like Chocolate director Alfonso Arau is in development with Bagdad Café writer Chris Doherty on 1930’s-set drama The Crime of Love, about an illicit love affair between two German officers in Nazi Germany.
Carsten Lorenz is on board to produce the project, which is being exced by Mark Holdon with Arri Worldwide in talks to handle sales.
“I was looking for a great love story,” Arau told Screen. “Germany in the 1930s was such an interesting and intense period in history that I knew I wanted to set this love story at that time.”
“This project, like the greatest romance of all, Romeo and Juliet, is about real love in a world where such love is prohibited.”
Arau’s hit romance-drama Like Water for Chocolate was nominated for a BAFTA in 1994.
Latest directorial effort L’imbroglio nel lenzuolo (2010) starred Maria Grazia Cucinotta and Geraldine Chaplin.
Arau and exec...
- 11/9/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Marco Polo Production, which is owned by Hannibal Classics/Hannibal Pictures’ Richard Rionda Del Castro, has purchased Aventi Distribution, the leading independent home entertainment distributor in France. For Marco Polo, this acquisition represents an anticipated $20 million in annual revenue. Aventi’s network of clients includes over 3000 retailers and the largest chains in France, plus all direct access to all French VOD platforms. Marco Polo’s goal is to have Aventi distribute 70 titles in all media platforms, including ten theatrical releases per year. The acquisition has been approved by all Aventi shareholders, Eton and Edmond De Rothschild Investment Partners. And both groups will now be shareholders of Marco Polo along with Patriot Capital. Company says that the Aventi business will continue to run as it has, with a staff of 24 people, but with a new CFO and consultants hired by Marco Polo for TV sales and acquisitions of films. The...
- 6/2/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Ian Livingstone's gaming book "Deathtrap Dungeon" has been picked up by an L.A.-based production outfit and it looks like it could be turned into a feature film. Mark Holdom, Inc. will soon develop a script based on the property with another company, Fahrenheit. "It is going to be a cross between Saw and Gladiator," Holdom tells Screen Daily. Slaves are brought into the eponymous lair and who ever survives the fight wins. Mhi is hoping to turn this into a franchise.
- 5/26/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
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