Exclusive: Christine Ko, who starred in Alan Yang’s Tigertail and currently plays Emma opposite Dave Burd on his FX comedy series Dave, has signed with WME to be represented in all areas.
The news comes after Ko starred in Yang’s directorial debut feature film Tigertail, which bowed on Netflix last year. In July, she signed on to co-star in Nicholas Ma’s indie drama Mabel alongside Judy Greer. Other film credits include Tyler Savage’s Stalker and Stephanie Turner’s Justine.
On the TV side, Ko’s credits include Netflix’s Master of None, Disney+’s Just Beyond, Amazon’s Upload and a season-long arc on CBS’ Hawaii Five-0. She also was a series regular on Joel McHale’s CBS’ sitcom The Great Indoors.
She continues to be repped by Circle of Confusion and Hansen Jacobson.
The news comes after Ko starred in Yang’s directorial debut feature film Tigertail, which bowed on Netflix last year. In July, she signed on to co-star in Nicholas Ma’s indie drama Mabel alongside Judy Greer. Other film credits include Tyler Savage’s Stalker and Stephanie Turner’s Justine.
On the TV side, Ko’s credits include Netflix’s Master of None, Disney+’s Just Beyond, Amazon’s Upload and a season-long arc on CBS’ Hawaii Five-0. She also was a series regular on Joel McHale’s CBS’ sitcom The Great Indoors.
She continues to be repped by Circle of Confusion and Hansen Jacobson.
- 9/23/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Christine Ko (Dave) has joined the cast of Nicholas Ma’s Mabel.
She’ll appear in the indie, alongside Judy Greer (Kidding).
Mabel centers on Callie, whose only friends are the plants and trees that surround her home. When her dad’s job moves the family to a sterile subdivision, she is utterly isolated—except for her best friend, a potted plant named Mabel. To Callie, Mabel is a peer, a fellow being, maybe overlooked or unseen, but still very much alive.
In the feature, Ko will portray Callie’s youthful mother, Angela. A cool mom with a downtown vibe, Angela is proud of her unique and inquisitive kid; if it’s important to Callie, then it’s important to her. She wants to help her daughter become a well-rounded person, but must face the fact that she can only help so much.
Greer is playing a character known as Mrs.
She’ll appear in the indie, alongside Judy Greer (Kidding).
Mabel centers on Callie, whose only friends are the plants and trees that surround her home. When her dad’s job moves the family to a sterile subdivision, she is utterly isolated—except for her best friend, a potted plant named Mabel. To Callie, Mabel is a peer, a fellow being, maybe overlooked or unseen, but still very much alive.
In the feature, Ko will portray Callie’s youthful mother, Angela. A cool mom with a downtown vibe, Angela is proud of her unique and inquisitive kid; if it’s important to Callie, then it’s important to her. She wants to help her daughter become a well-rounded person, but must face the fact that she can only help so much.
Greer is playing a character known as Mrs.
- 7/27/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Company to distribute roster of completed titles in US.
Vertical Entertainment continues to grow its international business and is in talks on a virtual Cannes market slate led by thriller Last Survivors starring Alicia Silverstone and civil rights drama Son Of The South executive produced by Spike Lee.
Head of international sales and distribution Ryan Keller and his team have been taking meetings this week on the international sales roster, which includes sci-fi thriller Risen, horror Shook, thriller Stalker, and The Resort. All titles are completed and Vertical will distribute in the US.
Drew Mylrea directed the thriller Last Survivors,...
Vertical Entertainment continues to grow its international business and is in talks on a virtual Cannes market slate led by thriller Last Survivors starring Alicia Silverstone and civil rights drama Son Of The South executive produced by Spike Lee.
Head of international sales and distribution Ryan Keller and his team have been taking meetings this week on the international sales roster, which includes sci-fi thriller Risen, horror Shook, thriller Stalker, and The Resort. All titles are completed and Vertical will distribute in the US.
Drew Mylrea directed the thriller Last Survivors,...
- 6/25/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Michael Lee Joplin driving through the night in Stalker
The story of Andy (Vincent Van Horn), a newcomer to Los Angeles who finds himself stalked by ride share driver Roger (Michael Lee Joplin), Tyler’s Savage’s Stalker was a popular contribution to last year’s Frightfest line-up, where it screened under the title Blinders. Tyler, who explains that Stalker was actually the name used during shooting, says that they reverted to it on the recommendation of the distributor. He made the film, three years after enjoying a hit with Inheritance, partly because he was attracted to the idea of collaborating on a project. I asked him how that came about.
Tyler Savage
“Michael and Vincent were close friends,” he explains.” And so between those relationships with them and then also my writing partner, Dash Hawkins, who I work a lot with, from the beginning, before anything was written, we...
The story of Andy (Vincent Van Horn), a newcomer to Los Angeles who finds himself stalked by ride share driver Roger (Michael Lee Joplin), Tyler’s Savage’s Stalker was a popular contribution to last year’s Frightfest line-up, where it screened under the title Blinders. Tyler, who explains that Stalker was actually the name used during shooting, says that they reverted to it on the recommendation of the distributor. He made the film, three years after enjoying a hit with Inheritance, partly because he was attracted to the idea of collaborating on a project. I asked him how that came about.
Tyler Savage
“Michael and Vincent were close friends,” he explains.” And so between those relationships with them and then also my writing partner, Dash Hawkins, who I work a lot with, from the beginning, before anything was written, we...
- 5/19/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Stars: Christine Ko, Michael Lee Joplin, Vincent Van Horn, Dusty Sorg, Carla Valentine, Scott Subiono, Landry Allbright, Paula Jai Parker, Chase Joliet, Stephanie Barkley, Steve Sobel, Alex Dobrenko | Written by Tyler Savage, Dash Hawkins | Directed by Tyler Savage
Stalker is directed by Tyler Savage (Inheritance) and written by both Savage and Dash Hawkins. It introduces us to Andy, played by Vincent Van Horn, who moves from Texas to Los Angeles after his long-term relationship dissolves. He quickly meets a girl named Sam (Christine Ko) at a dive-bar and they start to hang out and see each other, but it also isn’t long before Andy meets Roger (Michael Lee Joplin), a ride-share driver, and things start to swan-dive for the new LA resident.
Andy, fighting against the feeling of rejection from his family and buddies back in Dallas and the isolation and loneliness of this new gigantic city, decides to...
Stalker is directed by Tyler Savage (Inheritance) and written by both Savage and Dash Hawkins. It introduces us to Andy, played by Vincent Van Horn, who moves from Texas to Los Angeles after his long-term relationship dissolves. He quickly meets a girl named Sam (Christine Ko) at a dive-bar and they start to hang out and see each other, but it also isn’t long before Andy meets Roger (Michael Lee Joplin), a ride-share driver, and things start to swan-dive for the new LA resident.
Andy, fighting against the feeling of rejection from his family and buddies back in Dallas and the isolation and loneliness of this new gigantic city, decides to...
- 5/18/2021
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
"Where's my dog?" "You've got bigger fish to fry..." Vertical Ent. has released an official trailer for an indie suspense-thriller titled Stalker, formerly known as Blinders when it first premiered at FrightFest and the Austin Film Festival last year. The film is arriving on VOD this June to watch. After a messy break-up, Andy relocates from Austin to Los Angeles to start fresh. Eager to make new connections, he befriends Roger, an unusual rideshare driver. But when Roger's behavior gets too strange, Andy blows him off, choosing to focus his new girlfriend, Sam. This unhinges Roger, who begins to torment Andy, ensuring that his stay in L.A. is short-lived. This almost sounds like an autobiographical story. The cast includes Christine Ko, Vincent Van Horn, Michael Joplin, and Dusty Sorg. This looks super creepy in a very unsettlingly realistic way. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Tyler Savage's Stalker,...
- 5/14/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Stalker, the new movie from Inheritance writer/director Tyler Savage, is the latest entry into the “unhinged rideshare driverâ€. subgenre, joining films like the Joe Keery-led Spree and the Quibi project The Stranger. Fair warning: watching the trailer for this movie might make you think twice about ordering that Uber or Lyft next time you need […]
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- 5/13/2021
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
International rights on offer at AFM and release planned for early 2021.
Vertical Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to thriller Stalker and is selling international rights at this week’s AFM.
Vertical plans an early 2021 release for the film (previously known as Blinders), which screened this summer at the FrightFest UK virtual festival and won the Dark Matters Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival.
The second feature from director Tyler Savage, Stalker stars Vincent Van Horn, Christine Ko and Michael Lee Joplin in the story of a young man who moves from Austin to Los Angeles after a messy break-up...
Vertical Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to thriller Stalker and is selling international rights at this week’s AFM.
Vertical plans an early 2021 release for the film (previously known as Blinders), which screened this summer at the FrightFest UK virtual festival and won the Dark Matters Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival.
The second feature from director Tyler Savage, Stalker stars Vincent Van Horn, Christine Ko and Michael Lee Joplin in the story of a young man who moves from Austin to Los Angeles after a messy break-up...
- 11/11/2020
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Christine Ko, Michael Lee Joplin, Vincent Van Horn, Dusty Sorg, Carla Valentine, Scott Subiono, Landry Allbright, Paula Jai Parker, Chase Joliet, Stephanie Barkley, Steve Sobel, Alex Dobrenko | Written by Tyler Savage, Dash Hawkins | Directed by Tyler Savage
Blinders is directed by Tyler Savage (Inheritance) and written by both Savage and Dash Hawkins. It introduces us to Andy, played by Vincent Van Horn, who moves from Texas to Los Angeles after his long-term relationship dissolves. He quickly meets a girl named Sam (Christine Ko) at a dive-bar and they start to hang out and see each other, but it also isn’t long before Andy meets Roger (Michael Lee Joplin), a ride-share driver, and things start to swan-dive for the new LA resident.
Andy, fighting against the feeling of rejection from his family and buddies back in Dallas and the isolation and loneliness of this new gigantic city, decides to...
Blinders is directed by Tyler Savage (Inheritance) and written by both Savage and Dash Hawkins. It introduces us to Andy, played by Vincent Van Horn, who moves from Texas to Los Angeles after his long-term relationship dissolves. He quickly meets a girl named Sam (Christine Ko) at a dive-bar and they start to hang out and see each other, but it also isn’t long before Andy meets Roger (Michael Lee Joplin), a ride-share driver, and things start to swan-dive for the new LA resident.
Andy, fighting against the feeling of rejection from his family and buddies back in Dallas and the isolation and loneliness of this new gigantic city, decides to...
- 9/4/2020
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
Exclusive: The 27th annual Austin Film Festival (Aff) has unveiled their first wave of programming for its virtual edition for the fest which takes place October 22-29.
In addition to panels, the writers-driven fest will feature the world premiere of Anne Rapp’s Horton Foote: The Road to Home, which puts the spotlight on the work of the titular Oscar-winning screenwriter of the 1962 adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Aff will also feature world premieres from second-round writers through the Festival’s Screenplay competitions, including The Catch from first-time director Matthew Ya-Hsiung Balzer as well as Paper Tiger, which also marks the directorial debut of Paul Kowalski. Khaled Ridgeway will also debut the Texas Premiere of his film Death of a Telemarketer starring Larmorne Morris, Haley Joel Osment, and Jackie Earle Haley.
Aff will spotlight Texas filmmakers with the North-American premiere of Blinders, directed by former Terrence Malick...
In addition to panels, the writers-driven fest will feature the world premiere of Anne Rapp’s Horton Foote: The Road to Home, which puts the spotlight on the work of the titular Oscar-winning screenwriter of the 1962 adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Aff will also feature world premieres from second-round writers through the Festival’s Screenplay competitions, including The Catch from first-time director Matthew Ya-Hsiung Balzer as well as Paper Tiger, which also marks the directorial debut of Paul Kowalski. Khaled Ridgeway will also debut the Texas Premiere of his film Death of a Telemarketer starring Larmorne Morris, Haley Joel Osment, and Jackie Earle Haley.
Aff will spotlight Texas filmmakers with the North-American premiere of Blinders, directed by former Terrence Malick...
- 8/27/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Genre veteran Tyler Savage (Inheritance) has announced the world premiere of his latest feature, Blinders, at Arrow Video FrightFest Digital Edition 2020. The increasingly creepy film follows a lonely transplant to the City of Angels who forms a dangerous friendship with a rideshare driver. Savage directed from a script he co-wrote with Dash Hawkins, and they produced alongside J.P. Castel, Chadd Harbold and Daniel Pisano.
Vincent Van Horn and Michael Lee Joplin headline the cast as Andy and Roger, two lonely souls whose paths cross during one fateful drive. When Andy forms a blossoming connection with the beautiful Sam (Christine Ko), Roger quickly turns obsessive with disastrous consequences.
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Arrow Video FrightFest has gone Digital for 2020. All films will ‘stream as live’ at the advertised times, except for the two short film showcases which will be available ‘on-demand’ for the duration of the festival. Each...
Vincent Van Horn and Michael Lee Joplin headline the cast as Andy and Roger, two lonely souls whose paths cross during one fateful drive. When Andy forms a blossoming connection with the beautiful Sam (Christine Ko), Roger quickly turns obsessive with disastrous consequences.
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Arrow Video FrightFest has gone Digital for 2020. All films will ‘stream as live’ at the advertised times, except for the two short film showcases which will be available ‘on-demand’ for the duration of the festival. Each...
- 8/7/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
‘Sky Sharks’ to open horror and fantasy film festival.
Seven world premieres will screen as part of the UK’s Frightfest virtual edition running from August 27-31.
A total of 25 films have been selected for the horror and fantasy film festival. All virtual screenings will be geo-locked to UK audiences, which means the London-based festival will be accessible nationwide for the first time.
Frightfest is also planning a physical event for October which will feature an entirely different line-up.
Now in its 21st year, Frightfest 2020 will open with the UK premiere of Marc Fehse’s Sky Sharks, in which flying...
Seven world premieres will screen as part of the UK’s Frightfest virtual edition running from August 27-31.
A total of 25 films have been selected for the horror and fantasy film festival. All virtual screenings will be geo-locked to UK audiences, which means the London-based festival will be accessible nationwide for the first time.
Frightfest is also planning a physical event for October which will feature an entirely different line-up.
Now in its 21st year, Frightfest 2020 will open with the UK premiere of Marc Fehse’s Sky Sharks, in which flying...
- 7/28/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Inheritance is an unnerving and deliberately-paced psychological thriller, an effective exercise of tension and atmosphere. I quite enjoyed the film, which is why I was pretty stoked to have a Skype talk with writer-director Tyler Savage, and produced J.P. Castel. In this interview, they tell me (almost) everything about the making of the film, while also giving me a small insight into their creative process and their backgrounds in the movie industry. For those who haven’t heard about your work; can you tell me a little bit about your background as a filmmaker? Tyler Savage: I grew up in Los Angeles. I started being interested in film from five or six years old. I ended up going to NYU’s film school, and after that, I worked at...
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- 7/17/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Portola Pictures has announced a Digital HD release of Tyler Savage’s Inheritance. Savage directed from his own script, putting a chilling twist on the universal feeling of being trapped by your family history, for better or worse. Following the world premiere at Dances with Films, Inheritance has received high marks at festivals around the country. Dread Central …
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- 6/23/2018
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
After a successful festival run, A71 Entertainment has announced that the sci-fi thriller Darken will have a theatrical run in Canada this month beginning on June 29th. In today's Horror Highlights, we also have Digital HD release details for Inheritance and a look at the poster for Terrortory 2.
Darken Canadian Release Details: Press Release: "Toronto, On: A71 Entertainment is pleased to announce today that following premieres at festivals including Blood In The Snow Film Festival, Horror-On-Sea Film Festival, and Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival, Darken – award-winning horror director Audrey Cummings’ (Berkshire County) sophomore feature – is headed to theatres across Canada on June 29. Produced by Shaftesbury, Darken was named Best Science Fiction Feature at Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival, Best Fantasy Feature at Motor City Nightmares International Film Festival, and won four awards at Blood In The Snow Festival including Best Director and Best Cinematography.
An action-packed, female-led sci-fi thriller, the...
Darken Canadian Release Details: Press Release: "Toronto, On: A71 Entertainment is pleased to announce today that following premieres at festivals including Blood In The Snow Film Festival, Horror-On-Sea Film Festival, and Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival, Darken – award-winning horror director Audrey Cummings’ (Berkshire County) sophomore feature – is headed to theatres across Canada on June 29. Produced by Shaftesbury, Darken was named Best Science Fiction Feature at Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival, Best Fantasy Feature at Motor City Nightmares International Film Festival, and won four awards at Blood In The Snow Festival including Best Director and Best Cinematography.
An action-packed, female-led sci-fi thriller, the...
- 6/18/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Not even a year has passed since The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival emerged as a must-attend genre festival, but year two is already looking to cement such talk. We Got This Covered reported from the trenches last October, where I served as one of the festival’s inaugural judges. The films were strong and the drinks stronger, only increasing excitement for year two. Fast-forward to September 2017 and the countdown clock has just about run out. Something we couldn’t be happier for.
Birth.Movies.Death. was lucky enough to announce Brooklyn Horror’s first wave, including buzzed-about highlights such as Tragedy Girls (one of my favorites from SXSW) and Sequence Break (a Fantasia Fest favorite for me). You’ve also got Housewife, Baskin director Can Evrenol’s sophomore feature, among other notable selections. Be sure to peruse Wave 1’s sacrificial offerings, but that’s old news – are you ready for Round 2? I know,...
Birth.Movies.Death. was lucky enough to announce Brooklyn Horror’s first wave, including buzzed-about highlights such as Tragedy Girls (one of my favorites from SXSW) and Sequence Break (a Fantasia Fest favorite for me). You’ve also got Housewife, Baskin director Can Evrenol’s sophomore feature, among other notable selections. Be sure to peruse Wave 1’s sacrificial offerings, but that’s old news – are you ready for Round 2? I know,...
- 8/31/2017
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
The month of June has been flying by quicker than I can even believe, as we’re already a week out from the end of the 2017 Dances With Films festival, which took over the historic Chinese Theater in Los Angeles earlier this month. During Dwf, I had the opportunity to catch several intriguing genre films, including Devil’s Whisper, Inheritance, Imitation Girl, and Central Park, and here’s a summary of my thoughts on these four flicks:
Devil’s Whisper: There are a few aspects that I enjoyed about Devil’s Whisper, but unfortunately in the end, a somewhat predictable conclusion coupled with some hokey dialogue ends up derailing the supernatural story from becoming anything beyond “it’s fine.”
Co-writer/director Adam Ripp admirably takes the road left traveled in Devil’s Whisper (especially in relation to other recent possession-related movies), as we follow a teenager named Alex (Luca Oriel...
Devil’s Whisper: There are a few aspects that I enjoyed about Devil’s Whisper, but unfortunately in the end, a somewhat predictable conclusion coupled with some hokey dialogue ends up derailing the supernatural story from becoming anything beyond “it’s fine.”
Co-writer/director Adam Ripp admirably takes the road left traveled in Devil’s Whisper (especially in relation to other recent possession-related movies), as we follow a teenager named Alex (Luca Oriel...
- 6/20/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Inheritance Teaser from Tyler Savage on Vimeo. Truly understanding the feeling of being trapped by family history is a gripping notion that’s powerfully and universally understood by many people. In the new horror movie, ‘Inheritance,’ first-time feature film writer and director, Tyler Savage, stunningly uses drama to explore the internal conflict that the protagonist experiences […]
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- 6/3/2017
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Later today, writer/director Tyler Savage’s psychological thriller Inheritance will celebrate its world premiere at the 2017 Dances With Films Festival in Los Angeles. Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with Savage earlier this week, and he discussed the inspirations behind his story, collaborating with his stellar ensemble, and more.
Look for more on Inheritance and some of the other great film selections at Dwf 2017 in the coming week.
Let's start at the beginning, Tyler. Can you discuss what inspired your story for this, because it's a slow burn, but I love that stuff. I love any movie that pulls the layers back a little bit, and slowly reveals its hand. Obviously, family is the core theme to this movie, but I would love to hear about what inspired your approach. It's a really fascinating look into the things that bind us to these really horrific tragedies.
Tyler Savage: Well,...
Look for more on Inheritance and some of the other great film selections at Dwf 2017 in the coming week.
Let's start at the beginning, Tyler. Can you discuss what inspired your story for this, because it's a slow burn, but I love that stuff. I love any movie that pulls the layers back a little bit, and slowly reveals its hand. Obviously, family is the core theme to this movie, but I would love to hear about what inspired your approach. It's a really fascinating look into the things that bind us to these really horrific tragedies.
Tyler Savage: Well,...
- 6/2/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
The legendary Kane Hodder, whose film contributions are many, but is most known for his portrayal of Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th Part VII, Friday the 13th Part VIII, Jason Goes to Hell, Jason X), has a documentary coming out about his intriguing life called To Hell and Back, and a new clip from the film has been released. Also: details on the Sdcc 2017 exclusive Twin Peaks sign, Central Park and Inheritance Dances with Films screening info, release details on the Camera Obscura soundtrack and White Raven release.
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story: "In a candid moment, Robert Englund reveals that horror films used to not garner much respect among the film industry, but is now “a go-to, popcorn ingredient in the soul of Hollywood.” Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp) describes stories of Kane’s strong relationship with his fans, while Ted White (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter...
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story: "In a candid moment, Robert Englund reveals that horror films used to not garner much respect among the film industry, but is now “a go-to, popcorn ingredient in the soul of Hollywood.” Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp) describes stories of Kane’s strong relationship with his fans, while Ted White (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter...
- 5/25/2017
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
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