CHILLER ANNOUNCES START OF PRODUCTION AND CAST FOR SLASHER

CHILLER AND SHAFTESBURY ANNOUNCE START OF PRODUCTION AND CAST FORSLASHER

 

ENSEMBLE CAST LED BY KATIE MCGRATH, BRANDON JAY MCLAREN, STEVE BYERS, DEAN MCDERMOTT AND WENDY CREWSON

 

Chiller’s First Original Series Starts Production in Sudbury, Parry Sound and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada

 

TORONTO – July 28, 2015 – Chiller today announced casting and start of production for Slasher, an eight episode, one-hour psychological thriller series from Shaftesbury (also airing on Super Channel in Canada). Slasher, Chiller’s first-ever original series, will be filmed in Sudbury, Parry Sound and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario until October 2015, with an eye towards a 2016 premiere.

 

“As the television destination for horror fans, Chiller is always seeking ways to expand its brand and reach more new viewers, so we’re thrilled to be launching our first-ever original scripted series, Slasher, which joins our slate of original movies,” said Dave Howe, President, Syfy and Chiller.  “Smartly written and suspenseful, this compelling anthology aligns perfectly with the network’s growing slate.”

 

Katie McGrath (Jurassic World, Dracula, Merlin) stars as Sarah Bennett, a young woman who returns to the small town where she was born, only to find herself the centerpiece in a series of horrifying copycat murders based on the widely known, grisly killings of her parents. As the murders escalate, long-buried secrets are revealed, making everyone around her a suspect…or a victim. Sarah finds herself questioning everything and everyone around her, including her husband Dylan (Brandon Jay McLaren, Graceland, The Killing), her grandmother Brenda Merritt (Wendy Crewson, Saving Hope, Revenge), family friend Cam Henry (Steve Byers, The Man in the High Castle) and the town’s police chief, Iain Vaughn (Dean McDermott,Ecstasy, CSI).

 

“With Slasher, I wanted to tell a modern-day monster story – but instead of a mythological creature, the “monster” in our series is all too human,” said Aaron Martin, creator, writer and executive producer,Slasher. “The series is a fusion of some of my favorite thriller genres – the classic slasher film, the contemporary murder mystery and the timeless works of my favorite crime writer, Agatha Christie.”

 

Additional cast include Mary Walsh (This Hour Has 22 Minutes), Enuka Okuma(Rookie Blue), Erin Karpluk (Being Erica), Patrick Garrow (Hannibal, Bitten), Christopher Jacot (Degrassi: The Next Generation), Mayko Nguyen (Defiance, Cracked), Rob Stewart (Killjoys, Suits), Hannah Endicott-Douglas (Casino Jack), Shawn Ahmed (MsLabelled, Paranormal Investigators), Jessica Sipos (Dark Matter), Jefferson Brown (Rookie Blue,Degrassi: The Next Generation), Mark Ghanimé (Helix), Dylan Taylor (The Lizzie Borden Chronicles, Covert Affairs), Booth Savage (Mr. D.), Victoria Snow (Cra$h & Burn), Sabrina Grdevich (Skins) and Rainbow Sun Francks (The Listener).

 

Developed and produced by Shaftesbury in association with Super Channel and Chiller, Slasher is written and created by Aaron Martin (Killjoys, Being Erica) and directed by Craig David Wallace (Todd and the Book of Pure Evil). Aaron Martin,Christina Jennings and Scott Garvie are executive producers. Casting by Stephanie Gorin. Content Media Corporation is the distributor. Slasher is funded with the participation of the COGECO Program Development Fund.

TCM Programming Alert 08-03-15

Programming Alert

Week of Aug 3, 2015

Top Highlights of the Week 

Summer Under the Stars First Time Salute to Adolphe Menjou  - A Woman of Paris (1923) Monday, Aug. 3 at 7:30 a.m.(ET) 
When a young woman thinks her fiance has jilted her, she runs off to Paris and a life of sin. 

Summer Under the Stars First Time Salute to Teresa Wright - Mrs. Miniver (1942) Tuesday, Aug. 4 at 2:30 p.m. (ET) 
A British family struggles to survive the first days of World War II.

Summer Under The Stars: Fred Astaire - Top Hat (1935) Wednesday, Aug. 5 at 11 a.m. (ET) 
A woman thinks the man who loves her is her best friend's husband.

Summer Under The Stars: Michael Caine - Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Thursday, Aug. 6 at 8:00 p.m. (ET) 
Three sisters deal with their tangled relationships amidst the wonders of New York City.

Summer Under The Stars: Katharine Hepburn  - Little Women (1933) Friday, Aug. 7 at 6 a.m. (ET) 
The four March sisters fight to keep their family together and find love while their father is off fighting the Civil War.

Summer Under the Stars First Time Salute to Raymond Massey - East of Eden (1955) Saturday, Aug. 8 at 8:00 p.m. (ET) 
Two brothers compete for their father's approval and a woman's love.

Summer Under the Stars First Time Salute to Robert Walker - Strangers On A Train (1951)Sunday, Aug. 9 at 8:00 p.m.(ET) 
A man's joking suggestion that he and a chance acquaintance trade murders turns deadly.

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Whitney Houston's Daughter Bobbi Kristina Dead.

Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown's daughter Bobbi Kristina has died at the age of 22. She passed away outside Atlanta in the hospice care facility where she's been since June 24 ... when her family decided to take her off all meds. As we first reported, a specialist had told them there was no chance of recovery.

THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL - In theaters August 7, 2015!

In Theaters August 7

   

Starring Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård, Christopher Meloni and Kristen Wiig

   

Written and Directed by Marielle Heller

Based on the novel by Phoebe Gloeckner

   

THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL - In theaters August 7, 2015!
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Starring: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård, Christopher Meloni and Kristen Wiig
Written & Directed by: Marielle Heller
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Synopsis
Like most teenage girls, Minnie Goetze (Bel Powley) is longing for love, acceptance and a sense of purpose in the world. Minnie begins a complex love affair with her mother's (Kristen Wiig) boyfriend, "the handsomest man in the world," Monroe Rutherford (Alexander Skarsgård). What follows is a sharp, funny and provocative account of one girl's sexual and artistic awakening, without judgment.

Set in 1976 San Francisco, THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL begins at the crossroads of the fading hippie movement and the dawn of punk rock. News commentary of the Patty Hearst trial echoes in the background, as Minnie's young expressive eyes soak in a drug-laden city in transition- where teenage rebellion and adult responsibility clash in characters lost and longing. Minnie's hard-partying mother and absent father have left her rudderless. She first finds solace in Monroe's seductive smile, and then on the backstreets of the city by the bay. Animation serves a refuge from the confusing and unstable world around her. Minnie emerges defiant- taking command of her sexuality and drawing on her newfound creative talents to reveal truths in the kind of intimate and vivid detail that can only be found in the pages of a teenage girl's diary.

THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL is based on Phoebe Gloeckner's novel of the same name, hailed by Salon as "one of the most brutally honest, shocking, tender and beautiful portrayals of growing up female in America." Writer/Director Marielle Heller unlocks this diary with a richly comedic and deeply personal vision. In her feature film directorial debut, Heller brings Gloeckner's book to life with fearless performances, a stirring score, inventive graphic novel-like animation sequences, imagination, humor and heart. It is a coming of age story that is as poignant as it is unsettling.

Brooklyn Arts Council Announces New Leadership

Brooklyn Arts Council Announces New Leadership

President Ella J. Weiss Retires After 16 Years; Charlotte Cohen Becomes Executive Director on August 31

Brooklyn, NY (July 27, 2015) - Dr. Thomas F. Schutte, Board Chair of Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC), announced today that Charlotte Cohen has been named executive director of one of the borough’s premier non-profit cultural organizations. She succeeds Ella J. Weiss who is retiring after serving 16 years as president of the organization. Cohen, whose arts and culture experience includes service with the federal government, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and the Smithsonian Institution, will assume her new post on August 31, 2015. “We are pleased to welcome Charlotte to Brooklyn Arts Council. Though Ella leaves big shoes to fill, Charlotte brings a wealth of invaluable experiences to this new role and a strong connection to artists and the arts. We are confident she will be a great asset to both BAC and our constituents, thanks to her strong knowledge of the artistic landscape of Brooklyn, a commitment to public service, and her rich experience of more than 30 years as an accomplished administrator in the field of contemporary art,” says Dr. Schutte. For the last ten years, Cohen served as Fine Arts Officer at the U.S. General Services Administration where she oversaw every aspect of the federal government’s fine arts collection in the Northeast and Caribbean region. Previously, she was the director of Percent for Art, New York City’s permanent public art program administered by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, where she worked closely with artists in all stages of their careers and from across the globe. She also served as project director at the Smithsonian Institution’s Traveling Exhibition Service and program director and curator at Maryland Art Place, a contemporary art center in Baltimore, Maryland. A third-generation Brooklynite, Cohen is committed to promoting and expanding access to the arts throughout the borough. She has served on the boards of a range of local, national, and international cultural non-profit organizations and has lectured nationally and internationally on issues surrounding contemporary and public art. She is a faculty member at the School of Visual Art’s Master’s Program in Curatorial Practice and is on the editorial board of Public Art Dialogue. “I am so proud to bring my experience in public service home to Brooklyn, the most vibrant and dynamic artistic community in the country,” said Cohen. “Ella Weiss has been an extraordinary leader who helped shepherd Brooklyn’s cultural renaissance over the last sixteen years. I am deeply honored to carry on her mission to support and strengthen the borough’s thriving and ever-evolving cultural life, and to ensure that everyone has access to it.” Ella J. Weiss said: “Over the last 16 years, BAC has played a pivotal role in shaping the arts community in the borough. We’ve been at the helm of providing much needed resources to artists and arts organizations in every neighborhood from Brownsville to Bay Ridge. It’s been exciting, rewarding, and immensely gratifying to be part of such a trailblazing organization. It’s my belief that Charlotte will enrich and continue my legacy of keeping Brooklyn alive with art.”   A cultural anchor in Brooklyn since 1966, Brooklyn Arts Council serves artists and arts organizations in all disciplines, and enriches the cultural life of the borough by providing access to affordable arts experiences to Brooklyn residents of all ages and backgrounds throughout the borough. BAC administers the annual re-grant programs of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and the NY State Council on the Arts, which provide funding to hundreds of emerging and established Brooklyn artists and arts organizations, helping launch new projects across the borough. BAC also presents arts events, maintains an extensive artist registry and directory of organizations, trains artists and arts professionals, and provides educational services for students and seniors.  Dr. Schutte added: “As Kings County’s foremost supporter of artists and community arts organizations, our leadership has worked with some of the most influential artists and arts organizations in Brooklyn. Collectively, BAC’s programs benefit some 15,000 Brooklyn artists and cultural groups every year, reaching more than a quarter of a million residents.”   ABOUT BAC Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) is the borough’s leading nonprofit organization supporting artists and cultural groups in all disciplines. BAC reaches hundreds of thousands of artists and audience members each year through literary, performing and visual arts, web-based directories and communities, arts education, urban folk arts initiatives, grants, training programs and art services.

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SHE'S FUNNY THAT WAY - New Clip and Release Date

SHE’S FUNNY THAT WAY, the latest film from award-winning director Peter Bogdanovich, will now hit theaters and VOD on August 21, 2015. The Broadway-set screwball comedy stars Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Imogen Poots, Kathryn Hahn, Rhys Ifans, and Will Forte.

Be sure to check out the latest clip from the film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCIFa7d9qD8

 

When established director Arnold Albertson (Owen Wilson) casts his call girl-turned-actress Izzy (Imogen Poots) in a new play to star alongside his wife (Kathryn Hahn) and her ex-lover (Rhys Ifans), a zany love tangle forms with hilarious twists. Jennifer Aniston plays Izzy’s therapist Jane, who is consumed with her own failing relationship with Arnold’s playwright Joshua (Will Forte), who is also developing a crush on Izzy.

  

OFFICIAL TRAILER:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kxsrzurdhl948le/shes_funny_that_way_r709_coming_soon_H264.mov?dl=0

OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/shesfunnythatway / #SHESFUNNYTHATWAY

OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS: From renowned director Peter Bogdanovich, SHE’S FUNNY THAT WAY is a screwball comedy featuring the interconnected personal lives of the cast and crew of a Broadway production. When established director Arnold Albertson (Owen Wilson) casts his call girl-turned-actress Isabella “Izzy” Patterson (Imogen Poots) in a new play to star alongside his wife Delta (Kathryn Hahn) and her ex-lover Seth Gilbert (Rhys Ifans), a zany love tangle forms with hilarious twists.  Jennifer Aniston plays Izzy’s therapist Jane, who is consumed with her own failing relationship with Arnold’s playwright Joshua Fleet (Will Forte), who is also developing a crush on Izzy.

An American Werewolf In London KESSLER WOLF 1:4 Scale Statue Revealed.

This Week's PCS Newsletter Features A Cool New Reveal And Interesting Trivia About The PCS' President.

This is a special day for horror collectors as we are finally ready to reveal our first collectible from the classic film, An American Werewolf in London !

Our President, Jerry Macaluso, is a huge fan of this film and actually made some action figures back in 2004 when he owned a company called SOTA Toys.   Jerry is also a personal friend of John Landis so everything about this project is special to him , and us as a company.

So without further ado,

"On the moors, we were attacked by a lycanthrope, a werewolf."

An American Werewolf In London

KESSLER WOLF

1:4 Scale Statue

PRE-ORDER BEGINS MONDAY AUGUST 10th @ 3PM PACIFIC TIME

KESSLER WOLF Will be available through quality collectible retailers Price : $399.99 Edition Size : 500 pcs Size : 21.5" L x 10.5" H x 9" D  Est Ship : 3rd Qtr 2016 Pre-Order Discount : Up to 10% for pre-ordering Features: Open mouth head   KESSLER WOLF - PCS EX Will only be available through popcultureshocktoys.com Price : $399.99 Edition Size : 300 pcs Size : 21.5" L x 10.5" H x 9" D  Est Ship : 3rd Qtr 2016 Pre-Order Discount : Up to 10% for pre-ordering Features: Both closed mouth and open mouth 'switch-out' heads !

FULL REVEAL IMAGES TO BE POSTED LATER THIS WEEK TO OUR WEBSITE & FACEBOOK