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20th Century Fox Acquires ‘Machete’, Weinstein Co Bashes Film
Deadline reports that Sony, Lionsgate, Warner Bros, Fox, Paramount, and The Weinstein Co. were all interested in acquiring the rights to Robert Rodriguez’s Machete – his feature-length version of his popular faux trailer from Dimension Films’ 2007 bomb Grindhouse – but only one could come out victorious. While you can read all the details at the aforementioned link, 20th Century Fox eventually won the rights using Predators – which Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios produced – as some collateral. But here’s where it gets interesting… apparently, a Weinstein Co insider claims it could have scooped up the pic for just $3.5M but didn’t because “we saw the footage and it’s not very good at all.” Or are they just bitter than their financial troubles are glaring in all facets? You be the judge. Watch the original Grindhouse trailer by reading on.
Dan Stevens is everywhere lately, from Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire to Abigail and the upcoming Cuckoo. We’re not complaining. Up next? He’s starring in horror movie The Ritual.
Al Pacino and Dan Stevens have both joined the cast of the upcoming exorcism horror movie from XYZ Films and director David Midell, Variety reports this afternoon.
Based on a true story, the film “follows two priests — one questioning his faith (Stevens) and one reckoning with a troubled past (Pacino) — who must put aside their differences to save a possessed young woman through a difficult and dangerous series of exorcisms.”
Variety details, “The film is an authentic portrayal of Emma Schmidt, an American woman whose demonic possession culminated in harrowing exorcisms. Her case remains the most thoroughly documented exorcism in American history.”
David Midell and Enrico Natale wrote the screenplay for The Ritual.
XYZ Films is planning to release the horror film theatrically in 2025.
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