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The Void (2016 Film)
''The Void'' is a 2016 Canadian Lovecraftian horror film written and directed by Steven Kostanski and Jeremy Gillespie, and produced by Jonathan Bronfman and Casey Walker. It stars Aaron Poole, Kenneth Welsh, Daniel Fathers, Kathleen Munroe, and Ellen Wong. The plot follows a small group of people who become trapped in a hospital by a gathering of hooded cultists, and by grotesque creatures. The creature effects were crowdfunded on Indiegogo and raised $82,510, while the film's funding was done through traditional channels by the production company. It premiered at the 2016 Fantastic Fest and later at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival. The film was given a limited theatrical release on May 21, 2017 in the United Kingdom and the United States, and on April 17 in Canada, initially opening in 31 theaters before expanding to 50. It earned approximately $55,000 on its opening weekend, and grossed $149,365 during its release. ''The Void'' received positive reviews from critics, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astron-6
Astron-6 is a Canadian film production and directing company founded in 2007 by Adam Brooks and Jeremy Gillespie. The company later expanded to include Matt Kennedy, Conor Sweeney and Steven Kostanski, who are now equal partners in the company. Astron-6 is known for producing low-budget, 1980s-centric independent movies that often combine horror with comedy. A planned 2012 documentary ''No Sleep, No Surrender'', which detailed the making and production of their 2011 film ''Father's Day'', was never completed, though a teaser trailer was released. The follow-up to ''Father's Day'', a Giallo-inspired horror comedy, '' The Editor'', was directed by Adam Brooks and Matthew Kennedy in 2014. In 2016, Astron-6 produced the web series ''Divorced Dad''. The series was described by the filmmakers as 'a love letter to the endearingly incompetent cable access television shows created by far from screen-ready small town celebrities during the 1980s and 90s'. Gillespie and Kostanski directe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Trooper
State police, provincial police or regional police are a type of sub-national territorial police force found in nations organized as federations, typically in North America, South Asia, and Oceania. These forces typically have jurisdiction over the relevant sub-national jurisdiction, and may cooperate in law enforcement activities with municipal or national police where either exist. Argentina In Argentina, as a federal country, each province has its own independent police force and its responsible of its funding, training and equipment. State police agencies are responsible of all the territory of a determinate state. There is almost no municipal/local law enforcement in Argentina, and if there is, they are generally limited to traffic duties. Australia Prior to the Federation of Australia, each Colony within Australia had numerous police forces, but these were largely amalgamated well before Federation. Today each state of Australia, as well as the Northern Territ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sault Ste
Sault may refer to: Places in Europe * Sault, Vaucluse, France * Saint-Benoît-du-Sault, France * Canton of Sault, France * Canton of Saint-Benoît-du-Sault, France * Sault-Brénaz, France * Sault-de-Navailles, France * Sault-lès-Rethel, France * Sault-Saint-Remy, France Places in North America * Sault Ste. Marie, a cross-border region in Canada and the United States ** Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada ** Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States * Sault College, Ontario, Canada * Sault Ste. Marie Canal, a National Historic Site of Canada in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario * Sault Locks or Soo Locks, a set of parallel locks which enable ships to travel between Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes operated and maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers * Long Sault, a rapid in the St. Lawrence River * Long Sault, Ontario, Canada * Sault-au-Récollet, Montreal, Quebec, Canada * Grand Sault or Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada People with the surname * Ray S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XYZ Films
XYZ Films is an American film production and sales company founded in 2008 by Aram Tertzakian, Nate Bolotin and Nick Spicer, and is based in Los Angeles. It focuses on international genre films, including '' The Raid: Redemption'', '' The Raid 2'' and '' On the Job''. According to an article from Variety, XYZ Films has licensed more than 200 films since 2009. It has produced a handful of Netflix original films, including ''Apostle'' (2018), ''The Night Comes For Us'' (2015), and ''I Don't Feel at Home in this World Anymore'' (2017), among others. History XYZ Films was founded by Aram Tertzakian, Nate Bolotin, and Nick Spicer, who met at the University of California, Los Angeles. All had worked previously in the industry. Todd Brown, editor-in-chief of film website Twitch Film, joined after they invested there. Early deals included one with Time Inc. that did not produce any projects but raised their profile. Believing the market in the US to be too small, they invested in in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Film Market
The American Film Market (AFM) is a film industry event held each year in early November. Historically, more than 7,000 people attend the eight-day annual event to network and to sell, finance and acquire films. Participants come from more than 70 countries and include acquisition and development executives, agents, attorneys, directors, distributors, festival directors, financiers, film commissioners, producers, writers, etc. Founded in 1981, the AFM is a marketplace for the film business, where unlike a film festival, production and distribution deals are the main focus of the participants. It was founded by the American Film Marketing Association, headed by film producer Andy Vajna. The AFM is held at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel (since 1991). The 2020 and 2021 editions were both online-only in the first week of November due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Film Market utilizes 29 movie theater screens on Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade and in the surro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suicide Squad (film)
'' Suicide Squad'' is a 2016 American superhero film based on the DC Comics supervillain/anti-hero team of the same name. Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, DC Films, and Atlas Entertainment, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is the third installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), it was written and directed by David Ayer and stars an ensemble cast led by Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ike Barinholtz, Scott Eastwood, and Cara Delevingne. In the film, a secret government agency led by Amanda Waller recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions and save the world from a powerful threat in exchange for reduced sentences. By February 2009, a Suicide Squad film was in development at Warner Bros., Ayer signed on to write and direct in September 2014, and by October, the casting process had begun. Principal photo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ayer
David Ayer (born January 18 , 1968) is an American filmmaker known for making crime films that are set in Los Angeles and deal with gangs and police corruption. His screenplays include ''Training Day'' (2001), ''The Fast and the Furious'' (2001), and '' S.W.A.T.'' (2003). He has also directed '' Harsh Times'' (2005), '' Street Kings'' (2008), '' End of Watch'' (2012), and ''Sabotage'' (2014). In 2016, he directed the superhero film ''Suicide Squad'' from the DC Extended Universe, and then the urban fantasy film ''Bright'' (2017) for Netflix. He has twice collaborated with actor Shia LaBeouf: first with the World War II drama '' Fury'' (2014), then the crime thriller ''The Tax Collector'' (2020). He has also collaborated with his friend Cle Shaheed Sloan who has appeared in four of his films. Early life Ayer was born in Champaign, Illinois, on January 18, 1968, and grew up in Bloomington, Minnesota, and Bethesda, Maryland, where he was kicked out of his house by his parents as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillermo Del Toro
Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born October 9, 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and actor. He directed the Academy Award–winning fantasy films ''Pan's Labyrinth'' (2006) and '' The Shape of Water'' (2017), winning the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for the latter. Throughout his career, del Toro has shifted between Spanish-language films—such as '' Cronos'' (1993), ''The Devil's Backbone'' (2001), and ''Pan's Labyrinth—''and English-language films, including '' Mimic'' (1997), ''Blade II'' (2002), ''Hellboy'' (2004), '' Hellboy II: The Golden Army'' (2008), '' Pacific Rim'' (2013), ''Crimson Peak'' (2015), '' The Shape of Water'' (which he later novelized), '' Nightmare Alley'' (2021), and the stop-motion animated film '' Pinocchio'' (2022). As a producer or writer, he worked on the films '' The Orphanage'' (2007), '' Don't Be Afraid of the Dark'' (2010), ''The Hobbit'' film series (2012–2014), ''Mama'' (2013), '' The Book of Life'' (2014), '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Editor (film)
''The Editor'' is a 2014 Canadian black comedy giallo film by Astron-6 and starring Paz de la Huerta, Adam Brooks, Laurence R. Harvey, and Udo Kier. The film is an homage to and parody of ''giallo'', a cinematic and literary subgenre originating in Italy and popularized through films like ''The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Torso, Deep Red,'' and ''A Lizard in a Woman's Skin''. The film was shot on-location in Winnipeg, Manitoba and Kenora, Ontario, and premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. It was released on home video and VOD platforms on September 8, 2015, and received mixed-to-positive reviews. Plot Film editor Rey Ciso works on cutting director Francesco Mancini's latest ''giallo''/''poliziotteschi'' film ''Tarantola'' with his beautiful assistant Bella. Once an acclaimed, up-and-coming editor, Rey lost his right-hand fingers in a freak accident and is now handicapped by a prosthetic wooden hand. After hours, an unknown killer sneaks into the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father's Day (2011 Film)
''Father's Day'' is a 2011 action-horror comedy film directed by Adam Brooks, Jeremy Gillespie, Matthew Kennedy, Steven Kostanski and Conor Sweeney (collectively known as Astron-6). The film stars Brooks as Ahab, a man determined to exact revenge on Chris Fuchman, the Father's Day Killer, a rapist and serial killer who murdered his father years ago. Originally made as a short film, the feature-length version had its world premiere on October 21, 2011 at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, where it received multiple awards. A documentary detailing the film's production process entitled ''No Sleep, No Surrender'' was teased in 2012 (although it has yet to be officially released). Despite being produced and distributed by Troma Entertainment, it bears no relation to ''Mother's Day'' or its 2010 remake. Plot Thirty years ago, serial killer Chris Fuchman (Mackenzie Murdock), raped and murdered 10 fathers, but was released on a technicality. During the next 10 years, more father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manborg
''Manborg'' is a 2011 Canadian science-fiction action film, directed by Steven Kostanski, and released by Astron-6. Plot Count Draculon (Adam Brooks) and his Nazi vampire forces seek to take over Earth during the Hell Wars. A soldier (Matthew Kennedy) is killed attempting to fight the Count, then transformed into Manborg after his body is fitted with robotics. After Manborg becomes active in Mega-Death City, he meets with resistance fighters against Count Draculon. Justice (Conor Sweeney) is a gunfighter who resembles Billy Idol with an "Australian" accent who is joined by his sister Mina (Meredith Sweeney) and martial arts expert #1 Man (Ludwig Lee, voice-dubbed by Kyle Hebert). Cast * Matthew Kennedy as Manborg * Adam Brooks as Count Draculon and Dr Scorpious * Meredith Sweeney as Mina * Conor Sweeney as Justice * Ludwig Lee as #1 Man (voice dubbed by Kyle Hebert) * Jeremy Gillespie as The Baron * Andrea Karr as Shadow Mega * Mike Kostanski as Little Guy Production Producti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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