AFM 2010: CHOCOLATE Star Jija Yanin Joins Cast Of Prachya Pinkaew's Taekwondo Picture THE KICK
Gearing up for an imminent start to production with principal photography just weeks away is Ong Bak director Prachya Pinkaew's The Kick. Revolving around a Korean family of taekwondo masters living in Bangkok The Kick will see Pinkaew bring some... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

FIREBALL Director Thanakorn Pongsuwon Going English Language And 3D With LETHAL STRIKE
Fireball director Thanakorn Pongsuwon may be the busiest man in Thailand right now. Not only does he have a pair of projects already on the go for Thai audiences - a prequel to Fireball and horror picture Bangkok Fable -... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

AFM2010: Poster for Jason Eisener's 'Hobo With A Shotgun'!
Why, just the other day we display a number of glorious lobby cards for Hobo With A Shotgun. And lo' and behold a new poster emerges out of AFM as well. Keen! ... More »
  

AFM 2010: Official Poster Art For Noboru Iguchi's KARATE ROBO ZABORGAR And Yoshihiro Nishimura's HELLDRIVER
Earlier today I (almost literally) ran into the two key producers for Nikkatsu's Sushi Typhoon label, freshly arrived in Los Angeles for the American Film Market. And what have they brought with them but their new sales guides loaded up... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

AFM 2010: Mel Gibson Has A BEAVER
Ah, Mel. You may not have a career any more but at least you've still got your beaver.Hope apparently springs eternal for producers and sales agents Summit Entertainment, the people with the unenviable task of selling Jodie Foster's The Beaver... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

AFM 2010: AMERICAN PSYCHO Director Mary Harron Helms THE MOTH DIARIES
It's been a surprisingly rocky road for director Mary Harron since the Canadian born director unleashed American Psycho upon the world. She's done some very high profile television work since - directing episodes of The L Word, Big Love and... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

AFM 2010: Fresh Images From Colombian Military Horror THE SQUAD
Jaime Osorio Márquez' El Paramo is a film we've been tracking here at Twitch for well over a year now. Military themed horror has a special place in our hearts and an early look at the script convinced that this... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

AFM: Uwe Boll's IN THE NAME OF THE KING 2 "Coming Soon"
Will Burt Reynolds once again ride a horse? Will we be treated to the return of a hammer wielding Ron Perlman? Hell, is Jason Statham or anyone at all from the first one actually willing to come back for this?... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

AFM 2010: First LIVID Promo On Display
With their 2007 debut feature Inside (A L'Interieur) directors Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo took a young woman and locked her in a house with a deranged killer. It was tense, bloody, fantastic stuff. And now in 2010 Maury and... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

First Artwork For Horror Anthology PARIS, I'LL KILL YOU
What does it look like when Joe Dante, Vincenzo Natali, Christopher Smith, Paco Plaza, the Inside boys, Xavier Gens and Ryuhei Kitamura get together to raise a bit of havoc in Paris? It looks kind of like this. The first... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

AFM 2010: Nicolas Winding Refn's DRIVE Picked Up For US Distribution.
Will Ryan Gosling pave the way for Nicolas Winding Refn's first major commercial success in North America? New distributor FilmDistrict is certainly hoping so. Though the director of Bronson, Valhalla Rising and the Pusher films is still in production on... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

AFM 2010: Panna Rittikrai Gives Thai Action A Kick In The Ass With BANGKOK KNOCKOUT
Though director Prachya Pinkaew sat at the helm of Ong Bak and Chocolate and therefore takes much of the credit in launching Thai action films into the international market the big force behind the scenes was action choreographer, trainer and... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

AFM 2010: Paul Campion's THE DEVIL'S ROCK Goes To Metrodome
Good news for fans of military themed horror. Not only is Eel Girl director Paul Campion currently in post production on his debut feature with the help of Richard Taylor and his crew at WETA on the effects end, but... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

AFM 2010: First Footage Seen From Ti West's THE INNKEEPERS
Though the film is still in post production with sound design apparently the order of the day the good folk at MPI have arrived at the American Film Market armed with three scenes from House of the Devil director Ti... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Want To Know What We Think Of BURKE AND HARE? Follow Twitch On Twitter And You'll Find Out.
The annual American Film Market starts today, the AFM being the largest event in North America where independently produced films are bought and sold around the globe, and I'll be here for the duration jamming in screenings of as many... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Today Is A Day That Needs Some Billy Zane.
What can I say ... sometimes I just need a bit of Billy Zane to brighten my day. And when those days come the Billy I turn to is the ridiculously bored Billy who doesn't give a damn AT ALL... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

Russian trailer for PHOBOS: THE CLUB OF FEAR
The first Russian trailer for Phobos: The Club of Fear (Фобос: Клуб Страха) has almost the same beginning as the trailer for AMF (you can watch it for the subtitles), but the second part is different. Plus, production rudiments had... More »
By Vladimir   
  

Early AFM teaser for Russian horror/thriller Phobos with English subtitles
Phobos is a story of young people locked in underground bunker. The movie stars Petr Fedorov (Inhabited Island) and Agnia Kuznetsova (Gruz 200).Rainy summer evening - young people are arriving at the new trendy club named Phobos which is still... More »
By Vladimir   
  

AFM 09: Richard Attenborough, Robert Carlyle, Bob Hoskins, Paul Giamatti And Pete Postlethwaite Are IRONCLAD
A full on, big budget, medieval action film with a cast of honest-to-god actors?  Err, yes please.  The film is Ironclad from director Jonathan English and it's in post-production now.It is the year 1215 and England is on the brink... More »
By Todd Brown   
  

AFM 09: 'Tis The Season For Revenge In Ireland. Promo Reel For Brendan Muldowney's SAVAGE.
What are the chances?  A nation that doesn't produce a huge number of films in the first place and an even smaller number of genre films, two of Ireland's prime exports this year are full blooded revenge pictures.  Conor McMahon's... More »
By Todd Brown   
  
 
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