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Leprechaun (film Series)
''Leprechaun'' is an American horror comedy film series consisting of eight slasher films. Beginning with ''Leprechaun'' (1993), the series centers on a malevolent and murderous leprechaun referred to as Lubdan Buttowski, who, when his gold is taken from him, resorts to any means necessary to reclaim it. None of the films in the series are presented in chronological order. Warwick Davis plays the title role in every film except for the 2014 film '' Leprechaun: Origins'', and the 2018 film ''Leprechaun Returns'', in which the character is respectively portrayed by Dylan Postl and Linden Porco. On St. Patrick's Day, all ''Leprechaun'' films are played on Syfy. Films The first two films were theatrically released. After a disappointing gross from ''Leprechaun 2'', Vidmark released the following sequels direct-to-video. Lionsgate and WWE Studios (who worked together on '' See No Evil'' and ''The Condemned'') were teaming up to reboot the film series around 2010s. Dylan Postl (who wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Jones (filmmaker)
Mark Robert Jones (born January 17, 1953) is an American screenwriter, film director, television director, film producer, and television producer. He wrote and directed ''Leprechaun'' (1993), about the fairy tale character, beginning the horror franchise of the same name, which includes eight films in total. He also directed and co-wrote the horror film ''Rumpelstiltskin'', also based on a fairy tale, and written for numerous television series such as ''The A-Team'' and '' The Highwayman''. Jones wrote and directed the 2007 film ''Triloquist ''Triloquist'' is a 2008 American horror film written and directed by Mark Jones and produced by Jack Edward Sawyers, Marlon Parry, and Michael Levine. It stars Paydin LoPachin, Rocky Marquette, Katie Chonacas and Brian Krause. Plot In a ...'' and the 2013 film '' Scorned''. Filmography Film Television External links * 1959 births Living people Film producers from California American male screenwriters W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized as ''billboard'') is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. Its music charts include the Hot 100, the 200, and the Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in different genres of music. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs, and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox, phonograph, and radio became commonplace. Many topics it covered were spun-off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Trenchard-Smith
Brian Medwin Trenchard-Smith (born 1946) is an English-Australian filmmaker and author, known for his idiosyncratic and satirical low-budget genre films. His filmography covers action, science fiction, martial arts, dystopian fiction, comedy, war, family, thriller, romance and erotica, and his works tend to be cross-genre pieces. After gaining experience as a writer and editor of film trailers, Trenchard-Smith made documentary films for Australian television, many of which focused on stunt performers and martial artists, including his frequent collaborator Grant Page. He made his directorial debut with ''The Man from Hong Kong'' (1975), the first film to be produced as an international co-production between Australia and Hong Kong. Many of Trenchard-Smith's films over the next decade became notable examples of the Ozploitation cycle, including ''Deathcheaters'' (1976), '' Stunt Rock'' (1978), ''Turkey Shoot'' (1982), '' BMX Bandits'' (1983), ''Frog Dreaming'' (1986) and ''Dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leprechaun 3
''Leprechaun 3'' (also known as ''Leprechaun 3: In Vegas'') is a 1995 American slasher comedy film and the third, and first direct-to-video installment, in the ''Leprechaun'' series. The film follows a psychotic leprechaun, who begins a killing spree in Las Vegas. The film was followed by '' Leprechaun 4: In Space'' (1997). Plot At the beginning of the film, a stranger with a missing arm, leg, and eye sells a grotesque Leprechaun statue to a Las Vegas Pawnshop owner called Gupta. The figure has a golden medallion around its neck, which the shop owner removes despite being warned by the stranger not to. This action brings the leprechaun to life, and he attacks Gupta, biting his ear and toe before strangling him with a phone cord. As he is running away from the scene, the leprechaun drops one of his wish-granting gold coins. Meanwhile, a college student, Scott McCoy, has just arrived in Las Vegas and falls for a woman called Tammy. He gives her a ride to her job at the Lucky Shamr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodman Flender
Rodman Flender (born June 9, 1962) is an American actor, writer, director and producer. Early life and education Flender was born and raised in a Jewish family in New York City, the son of Enid (née Rodman), a former Broadway dancer, and Harold Flender (1924—1975), a writer and screenwriter. Flender's early acting roles included Mischa in the Broadway production of ''Zalmen or the Madness of God'' and Charles Francis Adams in the PBS series ''The Adams Chronicles''. He graduated from the drama department of New York's High School of Performing Arts and studied acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, United Kingdom. He received his undergraduate degree at Harvard University, where he wrote for ''The Harvard Lampoon''. Flender majored in Visual and Environmental Studies and studied documentary filmmaking with Ed Pincus and Ross McElwee, who inspired him with an enthusiasm for the documentaries. Career Independent filmmaker Roger Corman hired Flender out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leprechaun 2
''Leprechaun 2'' (also known as ''One Wedding and Lots of Funerals'' in the United Kingdom) is a 1994 American fantasy comedy horror film directed by Rodman Flender and written by Turi Meyer and Al Septien. The sequel to Mark Jones' ''Leprechaun'' (1993) and the second entry in the ''Leprechaun'' series, the plot centers on the psychopathic leprechaun Lubdan (Warwick Davis) as he hunts for a bride and for his gold. ''Leprechaun 2'' was released on April 8, 1994 to a box office total of $2.3 million. Panned by critics, it was the final installment to receive a theatrical release. A sequel, ''Leprechaun 3'', was released direct-to-video the following year. Plot 1000 years ago in Ireland, an evil Leprechaun celebrates his 1,000th birthday on St. Patrick's Day. He tells his slave, a man named William O'Day, that he has found the perfect bride. Once he marries, the Leprechaun promises to grant O'Day his freedom. O'Day is overjoyed at first, but is horrified to see the Leprechaun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Amin
Mohammed Mark Amin ( fa, محمد مارک امین) is an Iranian American motion picture producer, distributor and writer who has been working in independent and mainstream cinema for more than two decades. Some of Amin's film credits include ''The Prince and Me'' (2004), starring Julia Stiles, 1997's ''Eve's Bayou'', starring Samuel L. Jackson, and 2002's ''Frida'', a biopic which Amin executive produced. Amin served as producer for the Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions film ''Girl Most Likely'' (2012), starring Annette Bening and Matt Dillon, as well as producer for '' Eliza Graves'' (2014), starring Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley and Michael Caine. Most recently, Amin's film production company, Sobini Films, assisted in the production of '' Miles Ahead'', starring Don Cheadle and Ewan McGregor. Sobini also served as a producer for Good Kill (2015) with Ethan Hawke. Besides his career as a film producer, Amin has also been active in other business and investment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Jones (screenwriter)
Mark Robert Jones (born January 17, 1953) is an American screenwriter, film director, television director, film producer, and television producer. He wrote and directed ''Leprechaun'' (1993), about the fairy tale character, beginning the horror franchise of the same name, which includes eight films in total. He also directed and co-wrote the horror film ''Rumpelstiltskin'', also based on a fairy tale, and written for numerous television series such as ''The A-Team'' and '' The Highwayman''. Jones wrote and directed the 2007 film ''Triloquist ''Triloquist'' is a 2008 American horror film written and directed by Mark Jones and produced by Jack Edward Sawyers, Marlon Parry, and Michael Levine. It stars Paydin LoPachin, Rocky Marquette, Katie Chonacas and Brian Krause. Plot In a ...'' and the 2013 film '' Scorned''. Filmography Film Television External links * 1959 births Living people Film producers from California American male screenwriters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Holton
Mark Douglas Holton (born April 2, 1958) is an American actor, best known for portraying Francis Buxton in '' Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' (1985), Chubby in the ''Teen Wolf'' film series and Ozzie Jones in ''Leprechaun'' (1993), and ''Leprechaun Returns'' (2018). Early life Holton was born in Oklahoma City. He graduated from Okmulgee High School in 1976. He attended Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Career Holton's professional breakthrough came with the role of Francis Buxton, Pee-wee Herman's nemesis in the blockbuster comedy '' Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' (1985). He found further fame as high school basketball player Chubby in the werewolf comedies ''Teen Wolf'' (1985), and ''Teen Wolf Too'' (1987). His mainstream visibility grew with supporting roles in '' The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!'' (1988), ''A League of Their Own'' (1992), ''My Life'' (1993), and ''Little Giants'' (1994). Holton has been equally prolific in television, performing in epis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The Lot
''On the Lot'' is a single season reality show and online competition for filmmaking, produced by Steven Spielberg, Mark Burnett and David Goffin. The show, which aired on Fox, featured filmmakers competing in weekly elimination competitions, with the ultimate prize of a million-dollar development deal at DreamWorks. ''On the Lot'' premiered May 22, 2007, and aired Tuesdays. The ''On the Lot online Movie Video Making Challenge'' competition aired online simultaneously alongside the TV show. In the online competition which mirrored the show, competitors from around the globe created and submitted their short films that aired online and were voted on by judges and the national popular vote. The show was initially hosted by Chelsea Handler but she quit early on; she later said, "I quit because I smelled the disaster happening before it did." She was replaced by Adrianna Costa. Initial episodes narrowed 50 semi-finalists down to 18 finalists. After the audition stage, the program w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Show
A game show is a genre of broadcast viewing entertainment (radio, television, internet, stage or other) where contestants compete for a reward. These programs can either be participatory or Let's Play, demonstrative and are typically directed by a game show host, host, sharing the rules of the program as well as commentating and narrating where necessary. The history of game shows dates back to the invention of television as a medium. On most game shows, contestants either have to answer questions or solve puzzles, typically to win either money or prizes. Game shows often reward players with prizes such as cash, trips and goods and services provided by the show's sponsor. History 1930s–1950s Game shows began to appear on radio and television in the late 1930s. The first television game show, ''Spelling Bee (game show), Spelling Bee'', as well as the first radio game show, ''Information Please'', were both broadcast in 1938; the first major success in the game show genre was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zach Lipovsky
Zach Lipovsky is a Canadian director, former child actor and visual effects specialist. Career Lipovsky was a finalist on the first season of the Fox reality show ''On the Lot'' where he placed 5th out of 12,000 directors worldwide. He went on to direct the films ''Tasmanian Devils'', '' Leprechaun: Origins'' and '' Dead Rising: Watchtower''. In 2019, he directed and produced the DisneyXD series ''Mech-X4'' for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy. Following that he co-directed the live-action Disney film ''Kim Possible'' and wrote and directed the sci-fi thriller ''Freaks'', both with writing and directing partner Adam Stein. Selected filmography As director *''Crazy Late'' (2005, for Crazy8s) *''Danger Zone'' (2007, as part of ''On the Lot'') *''Sunshine Girl'' (2007, as part of ''On the Lot'') *''Die Hardly Working'' (2007, as part of ''On the Lot'') *''Time Upon a Once'' (2007, as part of ''On the Lot'') *''Tasmanian Devils'' (2013) *'' Leprechaun: Origins'' (2014) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
