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EXCLUSIVE: Dread, the specialty horror label of LA-based distributor Epic Pictures, has acquired North American rights to Takeshi Kushida's debut feature Woman Of The Photographs.  The film, which stars celebrated stage actor Hideki Nagai and dancer and actress Itsuki Otaki, will be released in…

EXCLUSIVE: Epic Pictures and its horror brand Dread have acquired global rights to a trio of genre movies ahead of next week's Cannes virtual Marché. The films are: Andy Collier and Toor Mian's horror flick Sacrifice, co-starring Barbara Crampton; horror-comedy Uncle Peckerhead, written and directed by Matthew John…

Epic Pictures has acquired world sales rights to Deathcember, a holiday horror anthology that features shorts by 24 rising directors in an Advent calendar theme. Epic also released the first teaser for the film, which can be seen above. The film’s roll call of directors is an international assembly including Pollyanna…

EXCLUSIVE: Epic Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to The Wave, a sci-fi film starring Justin Long and Donald Faison. Gille Klabin is making his feature directing debut on the pic, written by Carl W. Lucas. Epic will begin selling the film next week at the Cannes market. Long plays Frank, who on the verge of a…

EXCLUSIVE: Blackbird‘s Anson Boon, Peaky Blinders‘ Charlie Murphy, Game of Thrones‘ Michael McElhatton and Sex Education‘s Emma Mackey and Mark McKenna have been cast in The Winter Lake, a new horror thriller from Epic Pictures and Ruth Treacy and Julianne Forde's Tailored Films, which previously teamed on the 2017…

EXCLUSIVE: When the Paz Brothers’ new horror film The Golem hits theaters next week, it will do so via Dread, the official new name for Dread Central Presents. The genre label is continuing to ramp up its slate after the brand was acquired in 2017 by Epic Pictures. The next in-house production in the Dread pipeline is…

Epic Pictures announced numerous hires and promotions Tuesday including Kalani Dreimanis as Director of International Sales, Gregory S. Burkart as Director of Sales for DreadCentral.com, Michele Wilson-Edell as International Sales Coordinator, and Michelle Vezilj as PR and Festival Coordinator. In addition to the new…

EXCLUSIVE: Shaked Berenson, co-founder with Patrick Ewald of indie producer-financier-distributor Epic Pictures, is exiting the company. Berenson had produced and executive produced more than 30 films in the tie-up since it was founded in 2007. Epic confirmed Berenson’s departure, which comes as the company recently…

EXCLUSIVE: Will Forte and Claudia O’Doherty have joined the cast of Extra Ordinary, a supernatural comedy starring Maeve Higgins and Barry Ward that is beginning shooting now in Ireland. It marks the debut feature of writer-directors Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman. The pic centers on a driving instructor who must use…

EXCLUSIVE: Epic Pictures’ Middle East horror pic The Golem from Doron and Yoav Paz has been revealed as the first original movie for Dread Central Presents. Shaked Berenson and Patrick Ewald, founders of Epic Pictures, will serve as executive producers and will present footage to buyers at this year’s Cannes Film Festi…

EXCLUSIVE: Epic Pictures is looking to take a horrific turn, with the company’s bosses Shaked Berenson and Patrick Ewald unveiling plans to launch a horror-centric Dread Central Presents label. Former Blumhouse.com senior editor and Fangoria Magazine contributor Robert Galluzzo is set to head the venture, which comes…

EXCLUSIVE: The human trafficking drama Trafficked starring Ashley Judd has been acquired by Epic Pictures. Based on the award-winning book Sex Trafficking: Inside The Business Of Modern Slavery by Harvard professor Siddharth Kara, the film is now set to open in limited release October 6. Will Wallace directs the film…