New Movie 'Doom: Annihilation' Shows Off Its Version of the Classic Imps from the Video Games - Bloody Disgusting
New Movie 'Doom: Annihilation' Shows Off Its Version of the Classic Imps from the Video Games - Bloody Disgusting |
- New Movie 'Doom: Annihilation' Shows Off Its Version of the Classic Imps from the Video Games - Bloody Disgusting
- Devil's Revenge Trailer: William Shatner & Jeri Ryan Open a Portal to Hell - MovieWeb
- New York City in 1981 on screen at Metrograph - amNY
- Facebook Is Launching a Portal TV Device: Here’s What We Know - Variety
| Posted: 24 Sep 2019 08:59 AM PDT Universal 1440 Entertainment, the production arm of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, opens up a portal to Hell with this Halloween season's Doom: Annihilation, a brand new, direct-to-video adaptation of the Doom video game franchise. Described as an intense and action-packed new installment, the film will be releasing on October 1st. Over on Twitter, director Tony Giglio has shown off the film's upgraded version of the classic Imps from the Doom video games, describing the redesign as follows:
Check out one of Annihilation's Imps below and pre-order your DVD or Blu-ray copy today. "On the darkest moon of Mars, scientists have found an ancient portal which allows teleportation throughout the universe. Considered to be mankind's greatest discovery, it's actually a gateway from hell, unleashing a swarm of demons looking to steal the souls of everyone who gets in their way. It's up to Lieutenant Joan Dark and an elite unit of Marines to destroy an ever-growing horde of bloodsucking and soul-stealing beasts and prevent them from taking over planet earth." Doom: Annihilation was written and directed by Tony Giglio (S.W.A.T.: Under Siege), and stars Amy Manson, Dominic Mafham, Luke Allen-Gale and Nina Bergman.
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| Devil's Revenge Trailer: William Shatner & Jeri Ryan Open a Portal to Hell - MovieWeb Posted: 10 Sep 2019 12:00 AM PDT Welcome to Hell! Today, we have a first look at the horror thriller Devil's Revenge, which dusts off Star Trek icon William Shatner for a Halloween treat that will leave you howling. Shatner is teaming up with genre favorite and Star Trek alum Jeri Ryan along with Jason Brooks. The movie hits theaters in limited release later this fall just in time for the Halloween season. From Cleopatra Entertainment, Devil's Revenge is about a down-on-his-luck archaeologist on a routine cave expedition who is cursed by a relic that turns out to be a portal to Hell. He then discovers that he must destroy the relic in order to reverse the curse on his family. Cleopatra Entertainment has set a release date for their production Devil's Revenge, a new horror film directed by Jared Cohn that was executive produced by Brian Perera, Yvonne Perera, and co-produced by Tim Yasui and Cohn. Devil's Revenge was originally written by William Shatner (Star Trek: The Original Series), and Maurice Hurley (Star Trek: The Next Generation) wrote the screenplay. Starring Shatner, Jeri Ryan (Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Voyager), and Jason Brooks (2009's Star Trek), Devil's Revenge will premiere theatrically at the Grand Gerard Theater in Toronto on October 1st. Devil's Revenge will be released on VOD platforms on October 1st, followed by a DVD and Blu-ray release on October 22nd. Cleopatra Entertainment is a Los Angeles based multimedia company founded by Cleopatra Records head Brian Perera. Recent films in release include the action-adventure extravaganza China Salesman starring Mike Tyson and Steven Seagal, the Brit-Pop laced Modern Life is Rubbish, Egypt's official entry to the 2018 Academy Awards foreign language category Sheikh Jackson, and the critically acclaimed England is Mine, directed by Oscar and BAFTA nominated director Mark Gill. William Shatner is a true Hollywood legend, who is best known as Captain James T. Kirk on the original run of Star Trek, which has been spun off into a very successful film franchise and spawned numerous spin-offs. The actor is quite selective about the projects he takes on, having recently appeared in the final season of The Big Bang Theory as himself. Though renowned for his work in the world of sci-fi, the man is no stranger to horror movies. He has appeared in such spooky classics as The Devil's Rain and Kingdom of The Spiders. This fits right in with those beloved cult favorites. You can check out the poster along with the trailer direct from Cleopatra Entertainment. Devil's Revenge will make your Halloween a scary one.    |
| New York City in 1981 on screen at Metrograph - amNY Posted: 30 Sep 2019 11:59 AM PDT A time portal is opening in lower Manhattan. And it's only the price of a movie ticket. New York's most stylish repertory cinema, Metrograph, has begun a distribution line. In addition to newer indies and docs acquired on the festival circuit, it is re-releasing overlooked classics that just make sense. To that end, welcome to the world a new 35 mm print of "Downtown 81," the once-lost snapshot of the underground art/music/film scene featuring the Brooklyn-born painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, who died at the age of 27. Directed by Swiss photographer Edo Bertoglio, art direction by Maripol (the French fashionista credited with creating Madonna's look) and produced by "TV Party" impresario and Warhol Factory-alum Glenn O'Brien, it's fair to say that "Downtown 81" isn't a typical "movie" movie. Is there a plot? No, not really. It's mostly about a guy walking around, checking out clubs, saying hi to friends, hoping to sell a painting. Yet it is a pure document; it isn't about the scene, it is part of the scene. Intended to highlight a diverse array of bands from the era, the budget was so shoestring (lead actor Basquiat was homeless at the time, so he slept in the production office at nights) that it wasn't ever finished. It was revived for the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. All the dialogue had to be rerecorded, but the music, from the Latin disco of Kid Creole and the Coconuts to the skittish punk of DNA and the Japanese New Wave of The Plastics, was luckily retained. Though she doesn't sing, Blondie's Debbie Harry makes an appearance as a kind of fairy godmother at the end. The film will travel North America, including a second NYC appearance at BAM, following its Metrograph bow at the end of the month. As a run-up, the downtown cinematheque/eatery/bar/bookstore/"place to be seen" is going all-in on the period with "NYC '81," a curated series of 11 features or collected shorts set in the Big Apple from that year. It runs the gamut from mainstream titles you've seen on basic cable a hundred times to esoteric treasures. All are worth consideration. Most similar to "Downtown '81" is the fly-on-the-wall documentary "Model," from the still-kicking 89-year-old Frederick Wiseman. The 129-minute film shows how fashion sausage is made, leaving one agog at just how much work and professionalism it takes to make, say, a 30-second pantyhose commercial. Two other titles are set in the Garment Center, including the absurd comedy "So Fine," in which Ryan O'Neal and Jack Warden unintentionally create a sensation with see-through designer jeans. Richard Kiel (James Bond's foe "Jaws") is a hulking mob boss who hangs out at an ersatz Studio 54. The other film is Abel Ferrara's "Ms .45," a grimy rape-revenge exploitation picture that is either lurid trash or a feminist masterpiece depending on your point of view. More upbeat is the Dudley Moore/Liza Minnelli romantic comedy "Arthur," which is every bit as funny as you remember. Moore is perfect as the drunken rich snot who falls in love with outer-borough Minnelli, whom he meets when she's stealing a tie at Bergdorf's. Sir John Gielgud's Oscar-winning role as the bone dry butler ("I'll alert the media") and the early '80s New York cinematography are a dream. A little grittier is Sidney Lumet's "Prince of the City," starring Treat Williams, a true story about a cop going against corruption in his own department. Everyone from Jerry Orbach to Bob Balaban to a teenage Cynthia Nixon is in this one. The most cerebral pick has got to be "My Dinner With Andre," Louis Malle's beloved conversation between Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory. And while technically not shot in New York City, its essence is all over "Escape From New York," John Carpenter's dizzying apocalyptic look at Manhattan as an anarchic prison, which, I know, is just Friday evenings at Trader Joe's. Times and additional titles can be found at metrograph.com.  |
| Facebook Is Launching a Portal TV Device: Here’s What We Know - Variety Posted: 13 Sep 2019 12:00 AM PDT Facebook is getting ready to launch a TV streaming device in time for the holiday season, Variety has been able to confirm with multiple sources familiar with the company's plans. The new streaming hardware will be part of the company's Portal family of devices, featuring a camera, and combining video chatting with TV viewing and augmented reality. A Facebook spokesperson declined to comment. Facebook's plans for such a device have previously been reported by Cheddar and the Information. Here's everything we know about the device so far, as well as some informed speculation about key features and design decisions that went into building this product. The device will feature a camera and far-field microphones. For its entry into the TV streaming space, Facebook isn't just looking to take on Roku and Fire TV. Instead, the company is using its existing Portal platform to put video chatting front and center. To that end, the new Portal TV hardware will feature a camera and integrated far-field microphones. Previous reports have indicated that it will sit on top of a TV set, which should allow it to easily capture the room for video chats. It will almost certainly be running Android. Facebook's hardware efforts are largely based on customized versions of Google's Android operating system these days. Both the company's Oculus Go and Oculus Quest VR headsets are running Android, as are last year's two Portal devices, and the upcoming TV device will almost certainly be based on the operating system as well. This will also make it easier to work with content providers, who have already been developing Android-based TV apps for devices from Amazon and Google. There will be a bigger focus on content. Speaking of content providers: the Information reported in July that Facebook had approached Netflix, Disney and other media companies about adding their streaming services to its new TV hardware. The status of those talks is unknown, but sources with knowledge of Facebook's plans told Variety that the new TV device will indeed have a bigger focus on content consumption than existing Portal devices. To get a sense of how the company might integrate some of that third-party content, it's worth looking at Facebook's VR hardware efforts. The company's Oculus Quest and Go headsets both offer an app called Oculus TV that works as a hub to consolidate third-party content, including linear-like TV channels from providers like Pluto, Newsy and Red Bull TV. There is no confirmation that the company's TV device will use the same approach, but the industry as a whole has been moving toward these kinds of aggregated experiences, from the Roku Channel to Apple's TV app. It will likely feature an integrated speaker. Previous reports have described Facebook's TV device as integrating a camera and microphones in one housing, which consumers can place atop their TV. Industry insiders are now speculating that the company may choose to also directly integrate a speaker component into the device. An audio hardware expert with experience in video communications who hadn't been briefed on Facebook's plans told Variety that it would be risky for the company to rely on built-in TV speakers for the product. "I'm not a fan of reusing the TV speakers," he said. Most TVs come with cheap built-in speakers that can distort audio, which complicates the type of echo cancellation necessary for the type of full-duplex (two-way) audio for video chatting, he explained. What's more, if Facebook's TV device was going to rely on TV speakers, it would also be dealing with a myriad of settings meant to optimize audio for movie watching, video gaming and other scenarios — none of which may be good for video chats. The flip side is that adding a speaker could make Facebook's TV device more bulky, while also adding to the hardware costs for the company. Then again, Facebook has shown that it is happy to forego profits in order to kickstart its hardware efforts. For instance, last year's Portal device currently sells for $129. "I hope they add a speaker to it," concluded our expert, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he hadn't been authorized by his employer to comment on Facebook's products. The device will bring AR to the TV screen. One of the often-overlooked aspects of Facebook's Portal device is its use of augmented reality (AR), which include face filters, interactive stories and more. Facebook's streamer would be the first device of its kind to bring these kinds of AR effects to the TV screen, and the company is expected to emphasize these features even more across its entire range of Portal products in the future. It may not be the only new Portal device. Alongside the new TV streaming device, Facebook may also choose to update the 2 Portal models it released last year. Facebook's vice president of AR/VR hinted at as much this summer when he told the audience of Recode's Code conference that the company would unveil "a lot more" this fall. And there's another reason a refresh would make sense for existing Portal hardware: When Facebook first introduced the devices last year, it was arguably surprised by the privacy backlash it was facing in the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. That's why the company added an extra plastic clip that consumers could use to physically cover a Portal's camera — a bandage that was haphazardly added after the fact, if you will. It would make a lot of sense for the company to replace this with an integrated hardware switch to physically disconnect the device's camera. Facebook has been trying really hard to keep Portal news secret. There is a reason that a lot of the above is just informed speculation: Facebook has been trying really hard to prevent any leaks around its Portal hardware. The company has thus far avoided the fate of competitors like Apple and Google, whose flagship hardware products regularly leak in great detail before their official announcements. Here's just one trick Facebook used last year before introducing the original Portal hardware to the world: It founded a dedicated shell company, dubbed MCBP Technologies, LLC, to submit all of the necessary regulatory filings to the FCC without having tech bloggers notice it.  |
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