The deaths keep coming in the red-band trailer for Eli Roth ‘s earthquake gorefest Aftershock . I count seven distinct deaths in this clip, which is just shy of two minutes, but with all the lootin’ and a stabbin’ going on in the background, I’m clearly being conservative. Roth gets to preside over his own frightfest, too. He’s front and center in this video as Gringo, a sensitive-sounding guy who just wants to meet a nice girl at an underground Chilean disco. Alas, as the old Nazareth song goes, ” Love Hurts .” Here’s my tally of the grisly deaths (and one amputation) that take place in the trailer. I left out the very last scene because, no matter how bad things look, it’s no fait accompli. *Death by nightclub speaker *Death by cement pillar *Amputation by falling shelving unit *Death by immolation *Death by falling concrete slab *Death by Ax *Decapitation by speeding truck Can anyone out there tell me whether that large crucifix that falls over in the movie has an actual human body nailed to it? I’ve paused it a few times, and I think it’s just a life-size facsimile of Jesus, but I’m not entirely sure. That would up the body count to eight. If The Earthquake Doesn’t Kill You… Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
Also in Thursday morning’s round of Biz Break: Philip Seymour Hoffman is in the running for a spy thriller, The Dictator comes under fire as a modern-day minstrel show, and more… Cannes: First Saudi Feature Nears Completion Wadjda , the first feature-length film ever shot in Saudi Arabia, has completed principal photography in Riyadh, the Cannes Market News reports. Written and directed by the country’s first female filmmaker Haifaa al-Mansour, Wadjda revolves around an 11-year-old girl growing up in the capital’s suburbs who challenges the restrictions of Saudi Arabia’s traditional society in order to own and ride a green bicycle. Al Mansour previously directed three short films. The Match Factory is set to begin pre-sales of this Razor Film production. Eli Roth’s Latest Horror The Green Inferno Gets Green Light New York-based Worldview Entertainment will finance and produce the latest from the horror maestro behind Hostel ; details on the story are being kept under wraps. Production will begin in this fall in Peru and Chile from a script co-written by Roth and Aftershock co-writer Guillermo Amoedo from an original story by Roth. Phase 4 Nabs Rights to See Girl Run Starring Robin Tunney ( The Mentalist ) and Adam Scott ( Parks and Recreation ), the film centers on what happens when a 30-something woman allows life’s “what ifs” to overwhelm her. Disregarding her current obligations, she digs into her romantic past in hopes of invigorating her present. Phase 4 Films will distribute the film by writer/director Nate Meyer in North America. Around the ‘net… Cannes: Distributors to Watch Buying in Cannes has already been underway even before Wednesday’s opener Moonrise Kingdom . Deadline offers up its distributors to watch at the festival including some usuals: The Weinstein Company, Lionsgate, Sony Pictures Classics, FilmDistrict and LD Distribution. Philip Seymour Hoffman Set for A Most Wanted Man The actor appears to be headed to star in the Anton Corbijn-directed adaptation of the John Le Carre spy thriller of the same title, Deadline reports . Cannes: Buyers Get Early Jump into the Fray On Tuesday, two key deals were announced for IM Global and Alliance Films’ Ends of the Earth , with CBS Films taking domestic rights and Sony Pictures Acquisitions buying rights to multiple international territories. The film uses both found footage and narrative to tell the story about two best friends traveling through Europe and encounter life-altering “impossible phenomenon,” THR reports . The Dictator Gets Arab-American Criticism Sacha Baron Cohen has come under fire from an Arab-American group that says his portrayal of the Wadiyan leader Aladeen reinforces negative stereotypes about their community at a time when prejudice towards US citizens of Middle Eastern origin has never been more prevalent, The Guardian reports .
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Eli Roth, and Colleen Camp attended the “In The Land of Blood and Honey” Los Angeles movie premiere after party at Boulevard 3. The stars looked amazing as well! Follow Hollywood.TV on Facebook @ facebook.com
Vanessa Thanos talked up a storm with the paparazzi outside of Madeo restaurant in Beverly Hills, California. Follow Hollywood.TV on Facebook @ facebook.com
Besides the exciting news that Wu-Tang Clan member and martial arts-aficionado RZA’ s Kung Fu film The Man with the Iron Fist was actually beginning production in China, there hasn’t been much to report on the project. The fact that co-writer Eli Roth stepped on as producer along with Quentin Tarantino seemed like a forgone conclusion and the cast of Lucy Liu, Daniel Wu and Byron Mann more or less made sense. But finally, a bombshell of sorts: Russell Crowe appears confirmed to star in the film.
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First came the trailer for for a full length version of Hobo with a Shotgun , which is based on a fake trailer. Then director Jon Watts created a completely unauthorized, 100% fake and totally inspired trailer for an Eli Roth film (that Roth had no plans to direct) called Clown . After tweeting that he loved the trailer, Roth has now announced that he will produce a full length version of Watts’ film. Just like that! But is this a completely unwarranted lucky break for Watts, or is Roth onto something? Let’s take a look at some of Watts’ previous work to decide.
The posters for Lionsgate’s horror movies often have several things in common: they’re gorgeous, they’re frequently photographed by studio chief Tim Palen, and they’re totally baffling and inscrutable. Movieline has rounded up 14 examples of Lionsgate’s poster key art — see if you can tell what movie they belong to (or even what, exactly, they’re supposed to be).
Don’t be fooled: despite the fact that producer Eli Roth has stacked his name above the title on posters and advertisements, The Last Exorcism has absolutely nothing in common with Roth’s adolescent torture-porn Hostel franchise. And despite a titular invocation of the original The Exorcist (with an implied promise to put a tourniquet on any more sequels), Daniel Stamm’s film bears little resemblance to William Friedkin’s moody, head-spinning freak-out. Instead it’s something more curious, and quite welcome: a deft, intelligent, pseudo-documentary thriller disguised as a horror movie. Until it concedes to standard slash-and-rush tactics in the final act, The Last Exorcism manages to be scary without resorting to cheap special effects or gore. It’s not as good as it could have been, but it’s so much better than expected.
There was a lot to be learned from last night’s Pete-centric, Inception -tinged Warehouse 13. First, that our Agent Lattimer (Eddie McClintock) can goof around with devastatingly dangerous artifacts all he wants, but he should really keep the impassioned threats against Mark Sheppard to a minimum. Because it’s embarrassing. Second, Mark Sheppard — no matter what minuscule genre role he’s filling — will always seem like he’s up to no good. And third, I finally realized I really can’t stand Pete. What artifacts crossed his destructive path of overwrought tomfoolery? Read on for the roundup.
Jason Bateman returned to the late night circuit last night to continue hawking The Switch , even if that meant criticizing the odd marketing choices made by the studio. Meanwhile, Eli “Bear Jew” Roth outed Martin Brest as an insensitive director to his stand-ins, Anna Paquin introduced George Lopez to the “sn*tch patch,” David Duchovny celebrated an Ecuadorian holiday and Stephen Colbert celebrated an airline hero.
