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Trailer hits for SyFy's Doomsday (aka Annihilation Earth)
7 hours ago | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
Luke Goss stars in Nick Lyon's Annihilation Earth, a post-apocalyptic TV movie that was once called Doomsday, but was changed when it was mistakenly taken to be a series based on Neil Marshall's film of the same name (and since we broke that rumor, my apologies).
Anyway, now that that confusion is over and done with, SyFy has given the flick a release date (December 12, 2009) and released the first destruction filled trailer.
Synopsis:
An attack on a supercollider puts the planet on a collision course with total destruction.
Annihilation Earth was written by Rafael Jordan and also stars the great Colin Salmon, Xenia Seeberg and Theo Cross.
Trailer after the break.
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Shock's Top 25 Horror Films of the Decade
7 December 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
1.) The Descent: Talk about defying a sophomore slump. Director Neil Marshall - coming off the werewolf siege picture Dog Soldiers , an admirable if not flawed sweat 'n testosterone-ridden film - proved he could play with the big boys of horror. Within the first fifteen minutes, we're introduced to loss, heartbreak and survival - themes that would resound through the protagonist Sarah's journey - and during this short time Marshall swiftly pulls the rug out from under us with two shocking, jump-out-of-your seats moments. Two! And just when you're ready scoff in dismissal presuming he's blown his wad early, Marshall layers on oppressive isolation and unbearable claustrophobia which collapses, like so many of the rocky tunnel systems the film is set in, under the weight of a... »
Insanely Gory New Clip from Jon Harris’ The Descent: Part 2
4 December 2009 1:23 PM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
As intense and brutally insane as the latest clip from “The Descent: Part 2″ may be, I’m still not completely sold on the idea of a sequel. Neil Marshall’s taut subterranean horror opus is, in my humble opinion, an almost perfect film, and I’d hate for someone else to stick their infected toe in this tranquil cinematic pool and completely infect the delicate ecosystem. As hopeful and enthusiastic as I’d like to be about the movie, there’s a tiny little voice lurking in the back of my cluttered mind that keeps screaming “Rehash!” at the top of its lungs whenever I watch or read anything related to the project. Then again, maybe I should just take my pills and settle down for a little while. In case you missed it, here’s the synopsis: Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from »
- Todd
At the Descent: Part 2 Premiere in London
3 December 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
While it's certainly hard to top a film like Neil Marshall's The Descent , director Jon Harris took a crack at it - or at least attempted to do a sequel that complimented the first entry. The Descent: Part 2 opens in UK theaters tomorrow and we've got not just video from the premiere - featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Jon Harris, Shauna Macdonald, Gavan O.Herlihy, Krysten Cummings and Anna Skellern - but we're also hosting video from a press conference with Harris. Also, you can watch four film clips right here ! Shock has covered this title pretty extensively, so check out our coverage roundup via this link . Whew! Is that enough for ya! Stay tuned for more when we get word on the U.S. release... »
The Descent Part 2 – Ed’s Review
1 December 2009 9:59 AM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
British fans of Neil Marshall’s subterranean gore flick, cum menstrual metaphor, The Descent, will have good reason to scratch their heads as “Part 2” begins. You’ll recall that Sarah, the family-deficient protagonist and heroine of the first film, lost her mates and her mind to an unpleasant band of sub-human, cave creatures; pallid nocturnes with poor drool control.
At the close of the film, having imagined her escape and made it to the group vehicle, the spectral regurgitation of her recently deceased pal, Juno, broke the reverie and our unfortunate Scotslady woke up back in purgatory with the wail of the beasts in the near background. Right?
Wrong.
That ending, although the only one British cinemagoers would have seen unless they bought the DVD, was deemed a little, er, downbeat for our American friends. In the Us, shorn of the final twist, Sarah does indeed make it out and »
- Ed Whitfield
The Descent Part 2 – Alex’s Review
30 November 2009 11:37 PM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
Back in 2005 Neil Marshall unleashed The Descent upon the unsuspecting public. A savage little British horror film that ticked all the right boxes and was the perfect follow up to his impressive feature debut Dog Soldiers.
The Descent succeeded because it played out like a violent nightmare. The horror genre at that point had been suffocated by a string of un-scary big budget films and it was a joy to behold when all of a sudden we could sink our teeth into something genuinely scary again.
The 70s were the best years for horror. Films such as The Shining, The Omen and of course The Exorcist were brilliant for the genre and The Descent seemed to hark back to an era that cinema had lost. A horror film that was not only scary but also psychologically terrifying. A horror film that was as much about the characters as the shocks it delivered. »
- Alex Wagner
The Descent 2 Clip, or, Why Living in Caves Suck
30 November 2009 11:52 AM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
The boys at Bloody-Disgusting have your first look at a new clip from “The Descent 2″, a sequel to Neil Marshall’s 2007 splatterfest “The Descent”. For the sequel, former special effects man Jon Harris takes over the directorial reins while Marshall looks on from the sidelines. It looks like a direct sequel to the first movie, with some of the original cast back for more cave-dwelling creature action. Emerging from the cave system alone, distraught and covered in the blood of her missing companions, Sarah is incoherent and half-wild with fear. Sceptical about her account of events and convinced Sarah’s psychosis hides far darker secrets, Sheriff Vaines (Gavan O’Herlihy) doesn’t waste time. Along with his partner Rios (Krysten Cummings), and their cave rescue team Dan (Douglas Hodge), Greg (Joshua Dallas), and Cath (Anna Skellern), Vaines forces Sarah back into the caves to help the rescuers find her friends. »
- Nix
Exclusive Interview: Jon Harris
29 November 2009 6:48 PM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Though still only in his early forties Jon Harris has already had a long and impressive career in film. Having worked as editor on such Brit classics as Layer Cake, Snatch and Starter for Ten and worldwide hits The Descent and Stardust, he is much in demand. Indeed he most recently worked on the fervently anticipated Kick-Ass alongside Matthew Vaughn. What would tempt such a man out of the editing suite? The opportunity to direct The Descent: Part 2. Jon recently spoke to HeyUGuys to tell us more…
Hug: We’d like to start by congratulating you on your directorial debut Jon. The Descent: Part 2 had its World Premiere at Frightfest in Leicester Square and will be released in the UK on 4th December. Your first feature film is a reality but does it seem real to you yet?
Jh: Thanks very much. I’m not sure it does feel real at the moment. »
- Emily Breen
Review: The Descent: Part 2
29 November 2009 6:44 PM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
In 2005 Neil Marshall’s imagine-if-Alien-were-set-in-a-cave feature The Descent scared the living daylights out of cinemagoers worldwide. Lacking the bawdy humour of his werewolf masterpiece Dog Soldiers, it was nevertheless an honest to goodness horror film that pulled no punches and left no survivors. Unless you watched the American cut.
The folk who decided to make The Descent: Part 2 clearly fall into the latter camp as they have picked up just before we left off with Sarah being kind of…alive. For those among you who have never seen The Descent there is a brief recap after the jump:
Six girls go caving
Things go bump in the dark
Some of the girls die
Some of the girls kill some of the creatures
All of the girls die
The action picks up two days after the events of the first film (with Descent editor Jon Harris at the helm), the »
- Emily Breen
Exclusive Clip from The Descent Part 2
27 November 2009 4:00 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
The Descent Part 2 has been described as ‘The Feel Sh*t Scared Film of the Decade‘ for a reason and when you see this clip you might start to understand why!
Pathé / Warner Bros Pictures UK have been kind enough to give us an exclusive clip for their latest movie, The Descent Part 2 which is released in cinemas December 4th (with previews on the 2nd & 3rd December). As you’ll see from the clip below, the movie takes you back underground where monsters can be lurking and where the most claustrophobic movie of all time is back for another round!
Synopsis: Shauna Macdonald (Mutant Chronicles, The Descent) returns as Sarah, continuing the story of 2005’s hugely successful horror thriller The Descent, in which a group of young women disappear during a caving trip in the Appalachian Mountains.
Emerging from the cave system alone, distraught and covered in the blood of her missing companions, »
- David Sztypuljak
Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: November 22, 2009
22 November 2009 1:11 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
This week:
The box office Twi-Hards With A Vengeance as New Moon breaks records; Dustin Hoffman may not be in the next Fockers movie after all; Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan are just A Couple of Cops; Robert Pattinson will romance some older ladies (control yourselves) in Bel Ami and Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender say Eyre we go again to another Bronte adaptation.
Summit Entertainment and Stephanie Meyer must have been popping champagne corks all weekend with the truly outstanding grosses for their Twilight sequel New Moon.
After grossing a scorching $26.27 million from midnight screenings on Friday the film went on to take $72.7 million for a record opening day – beating The Dark Knight’s $67 million. To put things in context the first film in the Twilight saga scored $36 million on it’s first day and banked $69 million for the weekend.
The Robert Pattinson/Kirsten Stewart film should have a »
- Niall Browne
Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender Team Up For New Jane Eyre Adaptation
20 November 2009 12:44 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Mia Wasikowska (Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland) and Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds) seem to be on their way to becoming two of the biggest rising stars out there right now. Both actors are now teaming up with director Cary Fukunaga (Sin Nombre) in bringing another adaption of the classic novel Jane Eyre to the big screen. I don’t know if anyone was really hoping for another one, but the talent involved definitely has me interested now. You can read the details after the jump.
Variety reports that the film will be a period piece and will play up the gothic elements of the story. Published in 1847, the classic novel tells the story of Jane (Wasikowska), a demure governess who discovers her surly employer Rochester (Fassbender) is harboring a dark secret. Ellen Page was once attached to the project to play the title role, but has since left the project. »
- Ramses Flores
Watch a Descent: Part 2 TV Spot
20 November 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
Here in the States, the holidays bring us... New Moon . Hurray. (Feel my sarcasm.) In England, however, they get The Descent: Part 2 , the sequel to Neil Marshall's creature feature which opens in theaters on December 4. Below you'll find a television spot that has hit the airwaves there. Click here for a full trailer and stills. Check back soon for our coverage of a pretty cool publicity outing our reporter went on in anticipation of the film! »
'Call of Duty' Movie Talk Highlights Kevin McKidd's Sense of Humor
18 November 2009 1:45 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
I'm already a big Kevin McKidd fan from his work on television shows like Rome and the woefully under-seen Journeyman, as well as his turns in Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven and Neil Marshall's Dog Soldiers, but his comments on the increasing possibility of a Call of Duty film have made me love the actor even more. For those who weren't in line at midnight for the recent launch of the latest CoD entry, Modern Warfare 2, you should know that Call of Duty is a first-person-shooter video game series that started off during World War II but has since spread its settings throughout the last hundred or so years of combat.
A few months ago Activision, the game's publisher, filed for a Call of Duty movie-related trademark, hinting that they were planning on kick-starting a film franchise as well. After the $550 millon success of Modern Warfare 2, the New »
- Peter Hall
The Descent: Part 2 - Trailer 2
6 November 2009 10:25 PM, PST | Latemag.com/film | See recent LateFilmFull news »
Second trailer for Jon Harris' sequel to Neil Marshall's 2005 horror hit The Descent, aptly titled The Descent: Part 2.
Emerging from the cave system alone, distraught and covered in the blood of her missing companions, Sarah (Shauna Macdonald) is incoherent and half-wild with fear. Sceptical about her account of events and convinced Sarah's psychosis hides far darker secrets, Sheriff Vaines (Gavan O’Herlihy) doesn’t waste time. Along with his partner Rios (Krysten Cummings), and their cave rescue team Dan (Douglas Hodge), Greg (Joshua Dallas), and Cath (Anna Skellern), Vaines forces Sarah back into the caves to help the rescuers find her friends.
The Descent: Part 2 - Trailer 1
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Michael Fassbender Takes A Single Shot
5 November 2009 3:29 AM, PST | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »
Michael Fassbender has signed on to star in the upcoming David Jacobson pic, A Single Shot. Fassbender joins Forest Whitaker, William H. Macy and Thomas Haden Church and will play a poacher on the lam from a pair of killers.
Fassbender recently starred as Lt. Archie Hicox in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds and in the critically acclaimed Fish Tank. His magnanimous portrayal of Bobby Sands in Steve McQueen's Hunger proved that actors, unlike Orson Welles - bless him for trying in The Lady From Shanghai - don't have to be Irish to do an Irish accent.
So it would seem Fassbender is set to dive into mainstream stardom. The brilliant actor is on George Miller's shortlist to star in Mad Max IV: Fury Road. Although not entirely bankable as an action star at this point, he seems to be testing the water with the lead in Neil Marshall »
A Single Shot For Michael Fassbender
5 November 2009 12:10 AM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Michael Fassbender – who really should be a much, much bigger star than he is – has signed on to play the lead in the thriller, A Single Shot.Fassbender – so good this year in the hugely contrasting Inglourious Basterds and Fish Tank - will play a poacher on the run from a pair of killers in the film, which will be directed by David Jacobson.Forest Whitaker, William H. Macy and Thomas Haden Church round out the cast, although we’re not yet entirely sure who’s playing the killers.Fassbender is close to making the breakthrough to genuine stardom – word is that he was one of the shortlisted stars on George Miller’s Max Max list for Fury Road – but so far he seems to be targeting leads in lower-budget films, like this and Neil Marshall’s eagerly-awaited Roman flick, Centurion, perhaps as a way of proving that he can carry action films. »
Michael Fassbender Talks About Neil Marshall's Centurion
3 November 2009 3:51 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
It's kind of a slow news day today, so why not? Plus, Michael Fassbender is a badass, and he deserves more time in the spotlight. Frosty over at Collider interviewed Fassbender earlier today for his upcoming film Fish Tank (another great film he's in). At the end, he was asked about his other upcoming film titled Centurion, directed by Neil Marshall, that he just finished shooting in England (that's him in the photo above). I can't explain why, but listening to Fassbender talk about this movie actually makes me excited for it again, despite losing all my faith in Neil Marshall after Doomsday. Read on to hear what he had to say. "You know, I think there's violence in it... The idea of Centurion is that it's a chase film, it's basically a Roman chase film. And you basically got a scenario where you've got an empire coming to an »
- Alex Billington
Exclusive: Michael Fassbender calls Centurion “A Roman Chase Film”
3 November 2009 3:17 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Earlier today I spoke with Michael Fassbender for his upcoming movie “Fish Tank”. While I’ll be posting the full interview closer to release, we talked about his upcoming Roman action flick, “Centurion”, directed by Neil Marshall’s (”Doomsday”, “The Descent”, “Dog Soldiers”) and he had some very cool stuff to say about the movie.
While the film isn’t going to be released until sometime next year, “Centurion” sounds like a very cool film and it should definitely be on your radar. Fassbender calls it “a Roman chase film” and when I asked him what it’s about, he said, “It’s basically about a group of Roman soldiers trying to get back across the border. It sort of surrounds the legend of the Ninth Legion. What happened in this myth is the Ninth Legion went over the border into the highlands to suppress this tribal community that was wreaking havoc on their outposts. »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
Film Junk Podcast Episode #241: Paranormal Activity and The House of the Devil
2 November 2009 11:38 PM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
0:00 - Intro 8:04 - Headlines: Tom Hardy Confirmed for Mad Max 4, Evil Dead Theatrical Re-release, Paranormal Activity is the Most Profitable Movie?, Ouija Board Movie Gets Lost Writers, Clancy Brown to Play Lobo?, Spider-Man 4 Villain Will Be The Lizard, Neil Marshall or Neill Blomkamp for Dune?, Adam Sandler Signs on for Jack and Jill, Short Circuit Remake Gets Paul Blart Director, Joss Whedon Terminator Letter 33:50 - Review: Paranormal Activity 1:01:08 - Review: The House of the Devil 1:17:20 - Trailer Trash: Prince of Persia, Avatar, Nowhere Boy 1:33:00 - Other Stuff We Watched: Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Dog Bite Dog, Hellraiser, Happy Birthday To Me, It Might Get Loud, Prince of Darkness 1:55:25 - Junk Mail: Encouraging Piracy, Twister Drive-In Urban Legend, Manga, Cannibal The Musical, Stargate, Filmmaker Influences, Remakes of Crappy Movies, Living a Movie, Cloverfield 2 2: »
- Sean
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