“THE GREASY STRANGLER” grabs U.S. distribution

Just ahead of its berth at the SXSW Film Festival this month, the off-the-wall genre-blender THE GREASY STRANGLER has been snapped up for North American release. FilmRise has announced its acquisition of rights to THE GREASY STRANGLER, and will team up with Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas to get the movie onto big screens this fall. A […]

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Exclusive Trailer Premiere: Troma Vets in Dylan Greenberg’s “AMITYVILLE: VANISHING POINT”

Although AMITYVILLE: THE AWAKENING may have absconded it’s April 1st release date, fans of D.I.Y. horror can check out an entirely different AMITYVILLE experience on April 1st with the release of Dylan Greenberg’s AMITYVILLE: VANISHING POINT. Featuring Selena Mars, April Flowers, Sarah Kaiser and a slew of cameos- including RETURN TO NUKE ‘EM HIGH vets […]

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How Wonder Woman Will Affect Batman In Dawn Of Justice

Batman has his sights firmly set on making sure Superman isn’t a threat to humanity in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but the Man of Steel isn’t the only superbeing who he’ll meet. The Caped Crusader will also cross paths with the movie’s tertiary hero, Wonder Woman, both in their costumed and civilian personas. While Bruce Wayne looks at the Kryptonian with distrust and fear (at first), interacting with the Amazon will have a more positive effect on him, according to Ben Affleck. Noting how Wonder Woman has been “doing ...
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Tribeca Film Festival 2016 Announces Short Film Lineup Featuring Natalie Portman, Spike Lee, Danny DeVito & More

The Tribeca Film Festival shorts section has long been a launchpad for up-and-coming filmmakers. This year, however, Tribeca boasts some big names in addition to its discoveries.

A short documentary, Auschwitz, is narrated by Meryl Streep; Danny DeVito has a family affair in his short Curmudgeons, starring his daughter and produced by his son; Matthew Modine also directs his daughter, alongside Ed Asner, Kevin Nealon and Elizabeth Perkins in Short Sex; Starring Austin Pendleton, directed by Gene Gallerano and David H. Holmes, stars Austin Pendleton, Meryl Streep, Olympia Dukakis, Ethan Hawke, and Natalie Portman; Sandra Oh stars in The Scarecrow; Michael Cera starts in That Dog; and Zosia Mamet, Jane Krakowski and Steve Buscemi star in Mildred and The Dying Parlor.

As we mentioned in our feature film lineup announcement, Tribeca had a1.9% acceptance rate this year for all submissions. (Out of 6,626 submissions to the festival, 130 will be screened.)

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Meet the PMD, the Crew Position You Didn't Know You Needed

Who is in charge of your marketing and distribution process?

In working with hundreds of filmmakers over the last couple of years, I have found that very few have the desire, skills, or time to take on the task of being in charge of distributing and marketing their own films — even when they have split rights distribution partners involved. There are a lot of films created every year that don’t have anyone to help them get out into the world.

Two weeks before I went to print on my book Think Outside the Box Office in 2010, I coined a new crew position: the Producer of Marketing and Distribution. This concept has taken off in varying fits and starts over the last five years, with people calling themselves and being credited as PMDs in the United States, Europe and Australia.

So, what is it? A Producer of Marketing and Distribution takes charge of and directs the distribution and marketing process to achieve the filmmaking team's goals. It is preferable for a PMD to start as early as possible in the process.

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Texas Frightmare Weekend 2016: New Guest, Repertory Screenings Announced!

With the clock ticking down to the big event, horror hounds are excited for the 11th Annual Texas Frightmare Weekend, hitting the Hyatt Regency DFW from April 29th to May 1st. And as the official sponsor of the Southwest’s Premiere Horror Convention, FANGORIA is proud to announce the latest batch of updates for the highly-anticipated […]

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Amityville: The Awakening May Have Run Into A Huge Problem

It's not unusual for film projects to get stuck in development hell and have difficulty getting into production. Once in production, it's not uncommon for additional problems to occur, as cast or crew may be forced to drop out for various reasons. Amityville: The Awakening is not having either of these issues. The movie has been made. It's done. But, for some reason, it's just not being released. Back in 2013 it was announced that there would be a new film in the long running Amityville horror franchise in January of 2015. Amityville: The Awakening was then pushed back to April of ...
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