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Film4 FrightFest Glasgow Announces Line-Up, ‘2001 Maniacs’ Premieres
Film4 Frightfest is heading to Glasgow this month for a special film festival running February 26 and 27th. The line-up is quite impressive as Tim Sullivan’s 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams will be premiering alongside Adam Green’s Frozen, Stag Night, A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin, Amer, REC 2, Splice and Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre. You can get more information or score some tix by heading to the official festival website. We’ll be doing some heavy coverage of the major festival this summer. Check out an exclusive new look at 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams below!
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‘Drop’ – Violett Beane Joins the Cast of Christopher Landon’s New Thriller
Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is staying busy here in 2024, directing not only the werewolf movie Big Bad but also an upcoming thriller titled Drop.
The project for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes is being described as a “fast-paced thriller,” and Deadline reports today that Violett Beane (Truth or Dare) has joined the cast.
Newcomer Jacob Robinson has also signed on to star in the mysterious thriller. Previously announced, Meghann Fahy (“White Lotus”) will be leading the cast.
Landon recently teased on Twitter, “This is my love letter to DePalma.”
Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach wrote the script.
Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller and Cameron Fuller — “who brought the script in to Platinum Dunes” — are producing the upcoming Drop. Sam Lerner is an executive producer.
THR notes, “The film is a Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse production for Universal.”