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Latest All About Evil Teaser Longs for a Dental Hygienist

7 hours ago | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

Another new teaser poster for All About Evil has hit the net and this one is screaming for a toothbrush, dental floss and some Listerine. Maybe even gas, rags, and a match.

The new poster features the character "Adrian" the ummm.... foul mouthed usher, played by Noah Segan.

All About Evil is a wicked black comedy set in the world of a horror movie about a mousy librarian (Lyonne) who inherits her father's beloved but failing old movie house. In order to save the family business, she discovers her inner serial killer - and a legion of rabid gore fans - when she starts turning out a series of grisly shorts. What her fans don't realize yet is that the murders in the movies are all too real!

The film costars Thomas Dekker (Sarah Connor Chronicles, A Nightmare On Elm Street), Cassandra Peterson (Elvira), Mink Stole (Pink Flamingos, Serial Mom), Noah Segan (Deadgirl, »

- Uncle Creepy

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The Prisoner Review – Choose The Village

22 hours ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »

We have seen AMC's The Prisoner.  You should too.

Welcome To Your Home From Home

Patrick McGoohan's "The Prisoner" is the grand-daddy of intellectual TV.  A bold anti-establishment experiment in surreal story telling, The Prisoner taunted the mind with all sorts of existential pondering, while effectively delivering a unique tale of adventure and intrigue.   The setup is simple: a spy(McGoohan) angrily resigns from his post and is subsequently kidnapped and taken to 'The Village,' a bizarre mash-up of architectural motifs from around the world, and around history.  Instead of names, everyone in The Village has a number – McGoohan's is 6.  Number 1 is in charge of The Village, but we never see who he is – we only see the Number 2's, a new one every week.  A psychological game of cat and mouse plays out as the masters of The Village attempt to find out why 6 resigned. The »

- Jon Lachonis

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Multiple Personality Disorder report

13 November 2009 3:49 PM, PST | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

[Editor's Note: Multiple Personality Disorder Reports are short news blasts meant to let you know about the stuff that didn't make it to the news page but still had us talking behind the scenes]

#1 "Acolytes" director Jon Hewitt prepping “X”

Jon Hewitt is preparing to shoot a follow up his teen serial killer film. X will take a trip into the underbelly of Australia’s sex trade. Shooting is slated to start in early 2010.

#2 "Deadgirl" writer to step behind the camera for "Chop"

Deadgirl caught a lot of heat for its controversial subject matter and now writer Trent Haaga is preparing to step behind the camera for Chop. The new project is being toted as a "revenge thriller with a comedic edge in the tradition of "Fargo" and "Oldboy"." The time may be ripe to finally catch up with Deadgil.

#3 "Submarine" adds great cast

Richard Ayoade's adaptation of Joe Dunthorne's coming of age story Submarine had previously cast Craig Roberts and Yasmin Paige but it's the addition of the great Paddy Considine and Sally Hawkins that has us excited. If the comparisons »

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TV Guide Online DVR… Worth It?

11 November 2009 11:16 AM, PST | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »

Today, TV Guide Online announced a DVR service that will allow you to collect all your favorite shows in one spot. Instead of buying a show off iTunes here and watching another show on Hulu.com for free, you can watch almost just about anything in the same setting and even catch up on old shows that have either ended a long time ago or last season. Current shows include Gossip Girl, Dollhouse, Grey's Anatomy, and nip/tuck to name a few. Old shows available are Babylon 5, Star Trek: The Original Series, Buck Rogers, Knight Rider (both incarnations), CHiPs, Charlie's Angels and many more.

Is there a catch? Of course there is…

Some (most) of the shows are available only for purchase from Amazon's Unbox Video on Demand Service. Only the current shows that recently aired have a free playback, while episodes from a few weeks back have to be purchased. »

- Mark O. Estes

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'Shattered Union' Computer Game Getting An Adaptation From Jerry Bruckheimer And J. Michael Straczynski

27 October 2009 1:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

by Blair Marnell

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski have signed on with Disney for a film adaptation of 2K Games' real-time strategy title “Shattered Union.” According to Variety, Mike Stenson and Chad Oman of Jerry Bruckheimer Films will also come onboard as executive producers. The duo is also attached to the upcoming film adaptations of "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" and “The Sorcerer's Apprentice.”

Originally released in 2005, “Shattered Union” is a turn-based tactics game that chronicles the second American Civil War following the nuclear destruction of Washington D.C. and the assassination of the President of the United States along with most of Congress. In the aftermath, several states secede and wage war against each other.

Some of the factions included within the game are the California Commonwealth, the Republic of Texas and the New England Alliance, along with an occupying European peacekeeping unit and a dangerously ultra-nationalistic Russia, »

- MTV Movies Team

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Bruckheimer to Adapt 'Shattered Union' Video Game

27 October 2009 9:15 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Now how's this for a cool premise? "U.S. states secede from the U.S. and form their own governments that wage a civil war against each other after Washington, D.C., is wiped out in a nuclear blast and chaos ravages the nation." Sounds like it could make for a fairly novel action flick, eh? Well, as Variety informs us, that's the exact plot of a 2005 video game called Shattered Union. (Just because I've never heard of it doesn't mean it's not good. If you've played this one, leave us a mini-review in the comments section.)

The tale of a dystopian American Civil War Part II will come from producer Jerry Bruckheimer (don't act surprised), who in turn will entrust the adaptation to one J. Michael Straczynski. Serious genre fans know this gentleman as the co-creator of Babylon 5. He's written tons of TV, in addition to Eastwood's Changeling, »

- Scott Weinberg

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Jerry Bruckheimer Literally Planning To Destroy America

27 October 2009 7:09 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

Unlike many, many of the video games that get adapted for movies, Shattered Union has a concept that actually sounds like something I'd want to see on the screen. It takes place in a United States where multiple civil wars have broken out, Washington, D.C. has been wiped out by a nuclear bomb, and the Europeans are stepping in to demand we get our act together. Not bad, right? Jerry Bruckheimer, the king of putting disasters onscreen, agrees with me too. He's picked J. Michael Straczynski to adapt the game for Disney, according to Variety. Straczynski has one of the more varied screenwriting careers out there, having both created Babylon 5, written the Clint Eastwood movie Changeling, and adapted the zombie apocalypse novel World War Z. He actually seems like a good fit for the material, given that he'll have to fit in some kind of character-based drama amid »

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What's Hot on SlashControl: Babylon 5

25 October 2009 8:03 AM, PDT | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

While perusing around SlashControl tonight, I nearly stopped breathing when I came across Babylon 5. Not just a few episodes or even one or two seasons. All five seasons, 99 episodes total.

My sci-fi-loving mom taped the entire series on VHS, and I have the first few seasons on DVD. But what a thrill to find it on SlashControl. If you're not familiar with J. Michael Straczynski's groundbreaking show, it takes place in the year 2258, ten years after an Earth-Minbari War. Commander Jeffrey Sinclair (Michael O'Hare) takes command of a giant five-mile-long cylindrical space station, orbiting a planet in neutral space.

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- Jane Boursaw

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A New 'World War Z' Script Due 'In The Next Few Weeks,' Says Author Max Brooks

5 October 2009 2:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

If you haven't read it, "World War Z" is one of the sharpest books to be released in the past decade. Set in a grim possible future, the book is presented as a series of interviews with survivors of a globe-spanning zombie war, an incident which very nearly brought about the downfall of human society. Author Max Brooks, the son of Hollywood filmmaker Mel Brooks, employs the full spectrum of commentary to create a frighteningly believable scenario in which the human race responds to a complete societal breakdown.

Last week, I had the opportunity to speak with Brooks, who is busy promoting his upcoming appearance on the Starz Inside special Zombiemania, premiering October 13 at 10pm. He was more than happy to discuss the adaptation plans for "Z," which was picked up by Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment a few years ago.

First, some back story may be in order. »

- Adam Rosenberg

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Recorded Attacks: The (Very) Graphic Novel

5 October 2009 1:19 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Since their publication in 2003 and 2006, respectively, Max Brooks’ The Zombie Survival Guide and its companion novel World War Z have taken the world by storm, helping to fuel an interest and excitement in the walking dead on the printed page. With a host of pale imitations hoping to cash in on the trend currently being released, Brooks has taken to a new medium to once again show ’em how it’s done. Continuing to take a serious, intelligent historical approach, he has now visually chronicled the clash between living and dead in The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks, a graphic novel with excellent art by Ibraim Roberson that comes out October 6 from Three Rivers Press.

This latest offering isn’t the result of a spontaneous decision in the wake of Survival Guide’s success; as Brooks tells Fango, he always wanted to create a visual aid to his debut book. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Samuel Zimmerman with Michael Gingold)

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Third Teaser Poster - All About Evil

29 September 2009 10:43 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

Another new teaser poster for All About Evil has hit the net and this one is all about celebrating peace and quiet. Or is that horror and torment? What say you?

This third installment features Mink Stole as "Evelyn", a loud-mouthed librarian and boss of Deborah.

All About Evil is a wicked black comedy set in the world of a horror movie about a mousy librarian (Lyonne) who inherits her father's beloved but failing old movie house. In order to save the family business, she discovers her inner serial killer - and a legion of rabid gore fans - when she starts turning out a series of grisly shorts. What her fans don't realize yet is that the murders in the movies are all too real!

The film costars Thomas Dekker (Sarah Connor Chronicles, A Nightmare On Elm Street), Cassandra Peterson (Elvira), Mink Stole (Pink Flamingos, Serial Mom), Noah Segan (Deadgirl, »

- Uncle Creepy

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All About Evil Teaser Poster

29 September 2009 9:11 PM, PDT | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »

Director Joshua Grannell just sent us this gruesome new teaser poster for the upcoming horror film “All About Evil” featuring Mink Stole. “All About Evil” is the feature film debut of writer / director Joshua Grannell and stars Natasha Lyonne (Slums of Beverly Hills, But I’m A Cheerleader), Thomas Dekker (Sarah Connor Chronicles, A Nightmare On Elm Street), Cassandra Peterson (Elvira), Mink Stole (Pink Flamingos, Serial Mom), Noah Segan (Deadgirl, Brick), Jack Donner (Star Trek), Julie Caitlin Brown (Babylon 5), Patrick Bristow (Showgirls), Peaches Christ (Season Of The Troll), and many more! All About Evil is a wicked black comedy set in the world of a horror movie about a [...] »

- Brian Corder

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The Battlestar Galactica that never happened

22 September 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

Ron Moore owes a lot to Richard Hatch for keeping the Battlestar Galactica franchise alive long enough for his marvelous reboot. So much so that he gave Mr. Hatch a significant role in his series (Of course his character did end up being killed in front of a firing squad. Make of that what you will).

With that in mind, I present to you the promotional trailer for the 1999 reboot of the franchise that never happened. Subtitled "The Second Coming", it was intended as a continuation of the 1970's series (I'm not sure whether it ignored the mistake that was Galactica 1980). The concept starred Hatch as the new fleet commander (with a cameo by the original Commander Adama, Lorne Greene) as well as a few other familiar faces from the original series. Sadly, it never got picked up. That's a shame because it was around the time of Babylon 5 »

- Brad Trechak

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He-Man will not work with Joel Silver

11 September 2009 10:04 AM, PDT | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

Mattel and Warner Brothers will no longer be working together on a big screen adaptation of the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe franchise. John Stevenson is still on to direct, but thankfully, Joel Silver has left the project (I still haven't forgiven him for his lies about Alan Moore).

The Masters of the Universe 1987 movie is still a guilty pleasure of mine (early Courtney Cox. Yum). Of course, the classic 1980's cartoon is where J. Michael Straczynski got his start before moving to bigger fish such as Babylon 5. The best big-screen adaptations usually happen when fans, or at least people who understand the source material, become filmmakers (the best examples are the Batman and Iron Man franchises). I didn't get the impression that this was happening with the He-Man movie.

Given the sheer volume of remakes that are happening, I wonder if this movie is even necessary. »

- Brad Trechak

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DC integrates 'Red Circle' heroes

25 August 2009 5:13 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

DC Comics has started integrating Archie Comics' Red Circle superheroes into its mainstream continuity with the help of J. Michael Straczynski. DC recently acquired the rights to the characters, who were originally intended to be introduced in The Brave and the Bold, but are instead debuting in a series of one-shots. Straczynski (Thor, Babylon 5) has been working with artist J.G. Jones (Final Crisis) to revamp (more) »

- By Hugh Armitage

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2nd Teaser Poster For All About Evil!

28 July 2009 8:41 PM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

Below you'll find the second teaser poster for All About Evil. You may remember the (awesome) premiere poster featured the film's star, Natasha Lyonne, covered in blood. (See that in our previous news post Here!) This second poster showcases the hauntingly beautiful Jade and Nikita Ramsey who play "Veda" and "Vera"; killer twins who were institutionalized earlier in life after murdering their family at seven years of age. They are silent but deadly and were born knowing all about evil.

We're told there will be five more posters released over the next five months so that the collection will total seven, along with the first trailer once the official website goes live. We'll keep you posted on when that happens!

Something evil this way comes...

All About Evil is the feature film debut of writer / director Joshua Grannell and stars Natasha Lyonne (Slums of Beverly Hills, But I'm A Cheerleader), Thomas Dekker (Sarah Connor Chronicles, »

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See Double in All About Evil's 2nd Teaser Poster

27 July 2009 8:30 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

Natasha Lyonne, covered in blood, figured prominently in the first poster for Joshua Grannell's All About Evil. The second showcases the hauntingly beautiful Jade and Nikita Ramsey, who play "Veda" and "Vera", killer twins who were institutionalized earlier in life after murdering their family at seven years of age. They are silent but deadly and were born knowing all about evil.

There will be five more posters released over the next five months, and Grannell promises he and his crew are working hard on the official website, which will feature the first trailer.

All About Evil is a wicked black comedy set in the world of a horror movie about a mousy librarian (Lyonne) who inherits her father's beloved but failing old movie house. In order to save the family business, she discovers her inner serial killer - and a legion of rabid gore fans - when she starts »

- The Woman In Black

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Terrible Twins in Second 'All About Evil' One Sheet

27 July 2009 5:55 PM, PDT | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »

Beyond the break you'll find the second one sheet for Joshua Grannell's All About Evil. This second poster showcases the hauntingly beautiful Jade and Nikita Ramsey who play "Veda" and "Vera"; killer twins who were institutionalized earlier in life after murdering their family at seven years of age. They are silent but deadly and were born knowing all about evil. There will be five more posters released over the next five months so that the collection totals seven. All About Evil is the feature film debut of writer / director Joshua Grannell and stars Natasha Lyonne (Slums of Beverly Hills, But I'm A Cheerleader), Thomas Dekker (Sarah Connor Chronicles, A Nightmare On Elm Street), Cassandra Peterson (Elvira), Mink Stole (Pink Flamingos, Serial Mom), Noah Segan (Deadgirl, Brick), Jack Donner (Star Trek), Julie Caitlin Brown (Babylon 5), Patrick Bristow (Showgirls), Peaches Christ (Season Of The Troll), and many more! »

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New Writer On World War Z?

21 July 2009 9:31 PM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

Several months back, it was reported that Bond director Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace) was set to direct World War Z, based on the Max Brooks novel which was being adapted for the screen by Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski. Max Brooks spoke to Fangoria radio and revealed that a new writer is on board to pen the script.

Matthew Michael Carnahan is on writing duty, and Brooks tells Fango, "He’s one of Hollywood’s hot A-list writers, so if they went after him and paid him a mountain of gold, it definitely shows their confidence in this project. They say it’s a positive move because they’re very excited, but the truth is, it’s also positive because they just paid him a buttload of money, and [with] the money they paid him, the money they paid Straczynski and they money they’ve paid me, they’ve »

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Blood Ties Release Date

19 July 2009 11:05 PM, PDT | 28 Days Later Analysis | See recent 28 Days Later Analysis news »

This October 20 "Blood Ties" will be released on DVD with a short limited engagement kicking off the release. DJ Perry will star with Jason Carter (Babylon 5) and Anthony Hornus (From Venus) supporting. An indie horror film from director Nathaniel Nose "Blood Ties" is worth the purchase after this horror fan took a peek at this very intriguing and bloody film that comes off as a complex murder mystery.

A synopsis for "Blood Ties" from

"A group of graduate students from Hollows Pointe University write a thesis paper and give their theory of the unsolved campus murders of 20 years ago. A conspiracy is uncovered and the students are now in danger for their lives. When the students begin to dig deeper what they find shocks everyone. The conspiracy goes far beyond what anyone had anticipated and one by one the students disappear as they try to stay one step ahead »

- Michael Ross Allen

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