The well-meaning demon Hellboy is making a comeback on the big screen, sans original director and star. Instead, Neil Marshall is taking the reins to helm this new iteration of the character and Stranger Things’ David Harbour is in talks to star as the titular demon.
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Apart from NBC’s discernible desire for a primetime soap, it’s difficult to figure out what the network is looking for. Is there a method to The Peacock’s madness? Let’s find out in our complete preview of the 2016 NBC Drama pilots.
Game of Thrones helmer Neil Marshall is set to direct EuropaCorp’s upcoming revenge drama The Sentence. Pitched as Taken meets The Purge, the futuristic thriller centers on a world where a victim is granted 24 hours to take revenge against someone who murders a loved one. The Tracking Board exclusively broke the news of the project in July.
An anthology of horror shorts from eleven directors in the genre.
Set in a future where a victim is granted 24 hours to take revenge against someone who murders their loved one, follows a father who, after killing a criminal while protecting his son during a home invasion, must take up arms against a horde of the victim’s deadly cohorts after they declare war.
The list of the directors, their shorts, and the film’s ensemble cast revealed!
Logline: An anthology of short horror films, each set in a sleepy American suburb terrorized by ghouls, aliens, and killers one Halloween night.
Logline: A stranded woman has to solve the mysterious murder of a girl whose spirit has returned to Earth with a message.
Logline: 25 years after King Kong’s rampage through New York City, Carl Denham’s son ventures back to Skull Island.
Don’t worry, they have Joe DeVito and Brad Strickland as their guides.
“Centurion” director will rewrite and helm.
Logline: A woman who retreats to a remote cottage after a failed suicide attempt. She soon discovers the cottage is haunted by its previous owner but decides to remain, hoping to find comfort in the ghost.
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“The Descent” helmer tapped for supernatural thriller!
Logline: Story centers on costumed characters who begin to actually kill the visitors at a theme park, while the patrons think it is all part of the show.
Logline: Follows a group of students who investigate a series of mysterious bear killings, but learn that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter.
Logline: Follows the true story of British soldier Sgt. Dan Mills and his eighteen-man sniper platoon during the siege of Al Amarah, Iraq in 2004.
Logline: Follows a group of archeology students who must work with a team of mercenaries in order to escape the legendary Mount Olympus, a terrain populated by the deadliest mosters and Gods of Greek legend.
From vampire hunter to zombie apocalypse, Seth Grahame-Smith’s revisionist novels are becoming Hollywood’s hottest properties.
Logline: An ambitious, young chef ventures into the horrific underworld of extreme cuisine.
Logline: During a blizzard, a group of stranded travelers are stalked by an evil force that makes people spontaneously combust.
Logline: Charts the final journey of the cargo ship and her crew who was tasked to transport Count Dracula to London.
