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EXCLUSIVE: Ellen Wander’s LA-based sales firm Film Bridge International is launching a horror label called Film Bridge After Dark, i.e. F-BAD. Film Bridge has picked up a slate of movies from Dallas Sonnier’s (Bone Tomahawk) Cinestate, owner of the Fangoria and Rebeller labels. Among the titles which will be sold…

EXCLUSIVE: Cast has been rounded out on The Seventh Day, the horror pic starring Guy Pearce and Mexican actor Vadhir Derbez in the story of a renowned exorcist who teams up with a rookie priest for his first day of training. Joining them are Stephen Lang (Avatar), Keith David (The Thing), Chris Galust (Give Me…

EXCLUSIVE: Mike Colter (Evil, Luke Cage) has joined the cast of thriller pic Till Death, which is being helmed by Big Bad Wolves director Aharon Keshales. As we revealed back in November, Jason Sudeikis and Evangeline Lilly are top-lining the project. Ahead of shooting this month in Texas, Shea Whigham (Joker), Jeremy…

EXCLUSIVE: Vadhir Derbez, the Mexican actor whose credits include Netflix series Sense8 and the box office hit How To Be A Latin Lover, will co-star with Guy Pearce in Justin P. Lange's exorcism horror movie The Seventh Day. The project is being produced by Fangoria, the horror brand owned by Dallas-based producer Cine…

EXCLUSIVE: Fangoria, the genre brand owned by Dallas-based entertainment outfit Cinestate, has picked up world distribution rights to Porno, the horror-comedy that premiered at SXSW last year. The company will distribute the film theatrically in the U.S. in April and has partnered with Cranked Up Films for home…

EXCLUSIVE: Kyle Rankin, the filmmaker behind Night Of The Living Deb and The Witch Files, has completed a secretive project, Run Hide Fight, about a 17-year-old girl who must use her wits to survive a school-shooting. Isabel May (Young Sheldon) leads the cast of the action-drama, which filmed in Red Oak, Texas this…

EXCLUSIVE: Shock Waves, the popular Blumhouse horror podcast that has interviewed guests including Jordan Peele, Robert Eggers, Elijah Wood and Udo Kier, is being absorbed into horror brand Fangoria's network of podcasts. First launched back in 2016, Shock Waves is hosted by filmmaker Rebekah McKendry, Fangoria's Rob…

EXCLUSIVE: Dallas Sonnier's Cinestate, the production outfit that also owns horror brand Fangoria, is ramping up its distribution activities and has hired Brandon Hill as VP of acquisitions and distribution. Based in LA, Hill will acquire films for Cinestate, including its horror label Fangoria, for distribution…

EXCLUSIVE: I hear that Jason Sudeikis and Evangeline Lilly have been cast in Till Death, the action thriller being helmed by Aharon Keshales, who co-directed 2013 breakout Israeli horror Big Bad Wolves. In the film, convicted felon Jimmy gets early parole after serving twelve years for armed robbery. Upon his release…

Guy Pearce is leading horror movie The Seventh Day for director Justin P. Lange and producers Cinestate and Fangoria. Pitched as “Training Day meets The Exorcist“, pic follows a renowned exorcist who teams up with a rookie priest for his first day of training. As they plunge deeper into hell on earth, the lines…

EXCLUSIVE: Fangoria said Monday that it has named Rob Galluzzo as the Director of Acquisitions and Distribution. In his new position, he will handle film acquisitions and aid in the development of Fangoria’s and parent company Cinestate’s ever-expanding slate of original and acquired properties. Since 2018, Fangoria…