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Writer-Director Jeff Knite’s The Omicron Killer features international star Bai Ling (The Crow, Dumplings), “scream queen” Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp, Terrifier 2), and Lynn Lowry (Geoge Romero’s The Crazies, David Cronenberg’s Shivers). The film also features Impractical Jokers’ Rob Emmer.

In the film, a copycat serial killer, killing his last victim on the anniversary of the death of the original killer, decides to retire from his life of murder. But his retirement doesn’t last for long. Attacked by vicious thugs, left severely wounded and hospitalized, The Omicron Killer returns, hellbent on vengeance as he embarks on a new reign of terror.

Co-written by Knite with Paugh Shadow, who also plays the title character, the film is executed produced by Richard Bernstein and Stream producer Chris Guttadaro, along with Chris Lazzaro, former producer at Fuzz On The Lens productions (Stream, Terrifier 2, Terrifier 3).

Knite, Guttadaro, Lazzaro, and Bernstein also appear in the cast, alongside Gabriel Ricardez (My Mexican Brother), Larissa Dali (A Gettysburg Christmas), and Tony Diaz (The Covid Killer).

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“We couldn’t be more thrilled to add The Omicron Killer to our stable of horror offerings,” Peter Castro, VP of BayView Entertainment, said in a statement. “Featuring a ‘murderer’s row’ of horror heavy hitters like Bai Ling, Lynn Lowry, and Felissa Rose, plus Rob Emmer from the hit Impractical Jokers TV show, this delivers the goods for genre fans everywhere.”

The Omicron Killer is produced by Dark Knites entertainment and Shadow Films, and distributed by BayView Entertainment.

AuthorStephanie Prange
Posted onFebruary 21, 2024
CategoriesNews, Theatrical
TagsBayView, BayView Entertainment, Horror, Theaters, Theatrical
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Lionsgate Names Adam Fogelson Motion Picture Group Chair
Lionsgate Names Adam Fogelson Motion Picture Group Chair
Lionsgate has named Adam Fogelson chair of the Motion Picture Group. Previous chair Joe Drake, who initiated the transition, will be working with Fogelson over the coming months to ensure a smooth succession.

Drake rejoined Lionsgate in 2017 after having success with Good Universe Pictures, the second company acquired by Lionsgate from Drake. During his current tenure, the Motion Picture Group has achieved growth, profitability and creative risk taking, according to a Lionsgate release. Highlights include the multiple award-winning Knives Out ($312 million global box office), the last two “John Wick” movies ($766 million-plus combined worldwide box office), relaunching the “Hunger Games” franchise with The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes ($340 million-plus worldwide box office), and the latest installment in the “Saw” franchise ($111 million global box office). In 2023, Lionsgate achieved its first billion-dollar-plus year at the global box office ($1.08 billion) since 2019.

In addition to the 2023 box office success, Drake and team have been responsible for expanding the Lionsgate Motion Picture business across multiple platforms, including tripling the size of its multiplatform business with movies such as Shotgun Wedding, Silent Night, Sisu and the upcoming Simple Favor 2, establishing itself as the leader in the theatrical faith space with hits such as Jesus Revolution, and growing its library through production and strategic acquisitions, according to Lionsgate.

Adam Fogelson (Photo by Eric Charbonneau)
“Joe has been a great partner and a respected team leader, a truly entrepreneurial executive with one of the best business minds in the industry,” Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer said in a statement. “We are very fortunate to have Adam Fogelson, one of Hollywood’s most accomplished and innovative film executives, to succeed him. Adam has the leadership experience at both the major studio and independent level as well as the strategic vision to keep our Motion Picture Group strong and vibrant in a fast-changing environment.”

“Despite unprecedented disruption over the last few years, we built a team that thrived throughout and achieved everything I could have imagined at Lionsgate,” Drake said in a statement. “I am very proud we were able to reinvigorate our ‘Hunger Games’ and ‘Saw ‘franchises, grow the ‘John Wick Universe,’ and successfully expand every aspect of our motion picture business. When Jon and I engaged in succession planning, our goal was to build on the momentum and success we’d experienced over the last few years. Having worked side by side with Adam for the past 18 months, he is the perfect choice to lead the motion picture group forward to even greater heights.”

“I deeply appreciate the trust and confidence that Jon, Michael, Joe and the rest of the management team have placed in me and I look forward to embarking on this next chapter together,” Fogelson said in a statement. “Lionsgate unifies the two primary threads of my career: the scale and talent relationships of a major studio with the renegade, resourceful spirit of a start-up. I am dedicated to building and extending our extensive library of films and top-tier franchises which, as the last year has proved, still have lots of room to grow. I’m particularly grateful for the chance to continue working alongside this passionate and innovative team in a culture that is creatively audacious, entrepreneurial and supportive.”

Lionsgate is the third studio Fogelson will lead after serving as chairman of both Universal Pictures and the STX Motion Picture Group. At STX, he oversaw such hits as Hustlers, the “Bad Moms” franchise, The Upside, Greenland, The Gift, Molly’s Game and The Gentlemen, among others. Prior to leading the motion picture group at STX, Fogelson served as chairman of Universal Pictures for four years, leading that studio to its highest grossing performances at the worldwide box office at that time with hits including Despicable Me 1 and 2, Ted, Bridesmaids, Pitch Perfect, Contraband, Safe House, Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, Snow White and the Huntsman, Identity Thief, Mama, The Purge and Les Misérables.

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He was instrumental in the growth of the “Fast” franchise, overseeing the release of Fast and Furious 5 and 6, and he led the relaunch of the “Jurassic” universe with Jurassic World and greenlit other major hits including Lone Survivor, Ride Along, Non-Stop, Neighbors, The Purge 2, Fifty Shades of Grey and Lucy. He also managed the marketing campaign for Universal’s Tony Award-winning musical Wicked.

AuthorStephanie Prange
Posted onJanuary 10, 2024
CategoriesNews, People, Studios, Theatrical, Top News Story
TagsLionsgate, People, Theatrical
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Level 33 to Bow Thriller ‘Double Down South’ in Theaters Jan. 19
Level 33 to Bow Thriller ‘Double Down South’ in Theaters Jan. 19
Level 33 Entertainment will release the thriller Double Down South in theaters Jan. 19.

Set in the dangerous high stakes world of illegal keno-pool gambling, the film follows veteran ace Nick (Kim Coates), who is enamored of smart, tough, and charming newcomer Diana (Lili Simmons) and is determined to stake her. Diana must prove herself in a man’s world to win a match against DuBinion (Justin Marcel McManus), the world’s best shooter. Soon Diana and Nick find themselves in more danger than they ever imagined.

The film won the Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Cordillera International Festival and the Audience Award for Best Feature at the Omaha Film Festival. Its trailer was nominated for the Golden Trailer Award for Best Independent Trailer.

AuthorStephanie Prange
Posted onDecember 18, 2023
CategoriesNews, Product News, Theatrical
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Disney’s ‘The Marvels’ Looks to Boost Superhero Brand, Weekend Box Office
Disney’s ‘The Marvels’ Looks to Boost Superhero Brand, Weekend Box Office
Disney’s The Marvels, expected to lead the box office take for the weekend through Nov. 12, is the latest Marvel Comics blockbuster in a franchise that is showing its age of late.

The first time Brie Larson donned superhero gear as Captain Marvel, the movie catapulted the 2016 Oscar winner (Room) to the box office A-list, generating a $153 million opening weekend en route to a $1.13 billion global theatrical run.

But times have changed since 2019, and box office superhero billionaires have become a scarce commodity due to market saturation and streaming video.

Larson is back as Carol Danvers, a.k.a. Captain Marvel, with Disney’s The Marvels, Marvel Studios’ 33rd theatrical release following Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. This time, Captain Marvel partners with two other heroines, Ms. Marvel (Iman Vellani) and Captain Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris), to take control of a destabilized universe.

While Larson has not been able to market the movie due to the just-ended actors’ strike, the actress is all over the television selling Nissan cars and headlining “Lessons in Chemistry” on Apple TV+.

The Marvels is projected to sell north of $42 million in tickets through Nov. 12, according to new data from Box Office Pro. The movie generated about $6 million in Thursday special screenings. That should be enough to easily win the weekend, holding off previous polesitters Universal Pictures’ Five Nights at Freddy’s (with a projected $7.6 million for the upcoming weekend) and Taylor Swift/The Eras Tour concert movie ($7 million).

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Paramount Pictures/Apple Studios’ Killers of the Flower Moon is projected to sell another $5 million worth of tickets, just ahead of Sony Pictures’ new faith-based movie Journey to Bethlehem (a projected $4 million), and A24’s Pricilla Presley biopic Pricilla ($3.6 million).

Other releases include Focus Features’ The Holdovers (a projected $2.3 million), Paramount’s Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie ($1.6 million), Pantelion Films’ Radical ($1.4 million), and Universal/Blumhouse’s The Exorcist: Believer ($1.3 million).

AuthorErik Gruenwedel
Posted onNovember 10, 2023
CategoriesBox Office, Financial, News, Research, Studios, Theatrical, Top News Story, TV
TagsBox Office, Brie Larson, Disney, The Marvels, Theaters, Theatrical
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Screen Media Acquires Mystery Comedy ‘Helen’s Dead,’ Due for Day-and-Date Release Nov. 3
Screen Media Acquires Mystery Comedy ‘Helen’s Dead,’ Due for Day-and-Date Release Nov. 3
Screen Media has acquired all North American rights to the mystery comedy Helen’s Dead.

Screen Media plans to release the film as a day-and-date release on Nov. 3.

Directed by K. Asher Levin and written by Amy Brown Carver from a story by Levin and Carver, Helen’s Dead stars Emile Hirsch, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Tyrese Gibson, Dylan Gelula and Oliver Cooper.

The film follows the story of Addie (Gelula). After a terrible breakup with her boyfriend, Addie goes to confront her best friend about cheating allegations and accidentally steps into a murder scene.

“I have always dreamt of making my very own freewheelin’, one crazy night movie,”said Levin in a statement. “It’s truly a blessing to have assembled such an amazing cast and found such a supportive company in Screen Media to release the film.”

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Screen Media recently acquired Tom DeLonge’s directorial debut Monsters of California and the Bella Thorne-led thriller Saint Clare, starring Ryan Phillippe and Rebecca DeMornay. Recent film releases include Maggie Moore(s), starring Emmy winners Jon Hamm and Tina Fey; The Ritual Killer, starring Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman and Cole Hauser; Devil’s Peak, starring Academy Award winner Billy Bob Thornton and Emmy winner Robin Wright; The Locksmith, starring Ryan Phillippe, Kate Bosworth, and Ving Rhames; and Poker Face, directed by and starring Academy Award winner Russell Crowe.

AuthorStephanie Prange
Posted onSeptember 15, 2023
CategoriesDigital, News, Product News, Theatrical, Transactional VOD
TagsComedy, Mystery, Screen Media, Theatrical, VOD
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‘Barbenheimer’ Craze Continues, Movies Top Respective $214 Million, $107 Million Domestic Grosses Following Tuesday Box Office
‘Barbenheimer’ Craze Continues, Movies Top Respective $214 Million, $107 Million Domestic Grosses Following Tuesday Box Office
The “Barbenheimer” trend continued another day as moviegoers in above-average numbers flocked to theaters July 25 to see Warner Bros. Pictures’ fantasy comedy Barbie, starring Margot Robbie as the real-life Mattel doll and Ryan Gosling as Ken doll, and Universal Pictures’ three-hour biopic Oppenheimer, about the father of the atomic bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Florence Pugh, Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer
Barbie surpassed $214 million in North American revenue after five days of release, and $408 million worldwide, after selling another $26 million in tickets on Tuesday, according to industry data. It marked the second record weekday box office revenue for a Warner release, topping the near $22 million grossed by Aquaman on Christmas Day in 2018.

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Oppenheimer added $12 million, to up its North American tally past $107 million, and $221 million globally. Both movies are expected to continue their box office momentum into the weekend, competing with the new Disney release The Haunted Mansion.

AuthorErik Gruenwedel
Posted onJuly 26, 2023
CategoriesBox Office, News, Research, Theatrical, Top News Story
TagsBarbie, Oppenheimer, Theatrical, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
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PTSD Documentary ‘Here. Is. Better’ Due in Theaters June 23, on VOD June 27
PTSD Documentary ‘Here. Is. Better’ Due in Theaters June 23, on VOD June 27
Greenwich Entertainment has picked up North American theatrical and TVOD distribution rights to Here. Is. Better., a documentary film with unprecedented access inside therapy sessions of men and women veterans battling post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Greenwich will present film in a limited theatrical run starting June 23, followed by a VOD release on all major platforms in the United States and Canada June 27.

The feature-length documentary follows four veterans, each with diverse backgrounds and service experience, as they undergo the most clinically effective, evidence-based trauma psychotherapies for PTSD. Individuals featured in the film include former presidential hopeful Jason Kander, who shocked many when he left the Kansas City mayoral race in 2018 to seek treatment; a Vietnam War veteran still haunted by events that occurred over 50 years ago; and the voices of so often overlooked women veterans, all seeking the keys to unlock their places of hurt and pain. With unprecedented access to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the film interweaves these inspiring stories of men and women veterans overcoming the debilitating effects of PTSD.

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The film’s release is timed to National PTSD Awareness Day (June 27). The theatrical exhibition will take place starting June 23 at the Laemmle Santa Monica in Los Angeles, and The Quad in New York.

The film, which premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival, is directed by Emmy Award-winner Jack Youngelson, produced by Emmy Award-winner Sian Edwards-Beal and David Beal of Green Hummingbird Entertainment, and co-produced by Chloe Hall. The film is edited by Karen K. H. Sim with cinematography by Daniel Carter. It features a score composed by David Baron and Jeremiah Fraites of the Grammy-nominated band The Lumineers, an original song by Josin, and an original end credit song by David Kushner and Wesley Schultz of The Lumineers.

“The struggles of four former U.S. military service members haunted by traumatic memories, years and sometimes decades after the events, becomes a dramatic, cathartic and hopeful story in the hands of Jack Youngelson and his team as we see the vets gradually respond to the surprisingly efficacious treatments that have only recently begun to provide relief from PTSD with vast implications for not just veterans of past and future wars but anyone suffering from the psychological aftermath of trauma,” Greenwich co-president Edward Arentz said in a statement.

AuthorStephanie Prange
Posted onMay 31, 2023
CategoriesDigital, News, Studios, Theatrical, Transactional VOD
TagsDigital, Documentary, Greenwich Entertainment, PTSD, Theatrical, TVOD
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‘Warhorse One’ Headed to Theaters June 30, Digital July 4 From Well Go
‘Warhorse One’ Headed to Theaters June 30, Digital July 4 From Well Go
The military action film Warhorse One will open in select North American theaters on June 30 and will be available via on demand and digital sellthrough July 4 from Well Go USA Entertainment.

Johnny Strong (Black Hawk Down, The Fast and the Furious), newcomer and child actor Athena Durner and Raj Kala (Black Adam, Mayday) star in the film, which is also Strong’s directorial debut.

Warhorse One follows a desperate civilian rescue attempt set in motion shortly after the 2021 withdrawal of the United States military from Afghanistan. After a SEAL team helicopter is downed en route to the rendezvous point, the lone surviving operator must evade hostile insurgents and navigate treacherous terrain while guiding his one remaining charge — a traumatized young girl — to safety.

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AuthorStephanie Prange
Posted onMay 24, 2023
CategoriesDigital, News, Theatrical, Transactional VOD
TagsAction, Digital, On Demand, Theatrical, VOD, war film, Well Go, Well Go USA, Well Go USA Entertainment
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WWII Film ‘Come Out Fighting’ Due in Theaters and on VOD May 19
WWII Film ‘Come Out Fighting’ Due in Theaters and on VOD May 19
The World War II film Come Out Fighting, inspired by the story of the 761st Tank Battalion known as “The Black Panthers,” will be available on demand and in theaters May 19 from Screen Media.

In the military adventure, a small, specialized squad of U.S. Army African American soldiers are sent on an unofficial rescue mission behind enemy lines to locate their missing commanding officer. The squad, upon battling their way through the German defenses, encounters more than it bargains for when it locates a downed U.S. Army fighter pilot. With the help of their friends at the 761st tank battalion, known as “The Black Panthers,” the squad must find a way to survive and make it back in one piece.

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Written and directed by Steven Luke (Operation Seawolf, Battle of the Bulge: Winter War), the film stars Michael Jai White (The Dark Knight), Tyrese Gibson (“The Fast and Furious” franchise), Kellan Lutz (“The Twilight Saga”), Hiram A. Murray (Operation Seawolf) and Dolph Lundgren (Rocky IV).

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Posted onMay 3, 2023
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Screen Media to Bow ‘Maggie Moore(s)’ in Theaters and On Demand June 16
Screen Media to Bow ‘Maggie Moore(s)’ in Theaters and On Demand June 16
Screen Media, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company, will release the true-crime-inspired thriller Maggie Moore(s) in theaters and on demand June 16.

Directed by John Slattery and written by Paul Bernbaum, the film reunites Slattery with his Emmy-winning “Mad Men” co-star Jon Hamm (Top Gun: Maverick, Confess, Fletch). Maggie Moore(s) also stars Emmy winner Tina Fey (Date Night, “30 Rock”), Emmy nominee Nick Mohammed (“Ted Lasso”), Micah Stock (Kindred), Mary Holland (Happiest Season) and Happy Anderson (“Mindhunter”).

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In the film, when two women with the same name are murdered days apart, small-town police chief Jordan Sanders (Hamm) finds himself wading through an unlikely collection of cheating husbands, lonely hearts, nosy neighbors and contract killers in an effort to put the pieces of the case, and his life, together. The film is inspired by actual events.