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LA Screamfest 09 Kicks Off With A ‘Tournament’
This one doesn’t QUITE sound like a horror movie, but it DOES sound like a pretty great, bloody time. Scott Mann’s The Tournament, which concerns 30 assassins trying to kill each other for an ultimate prize (so it’s like Highlander meets… Mr and Mrs. Smith?) has been picked to kick off this year’s Screamfest on October 16th. Boasting a good cast (Ving Rhames, Robert Carlyle, Lost’s Ian Somerhalder, etc) and I assume at least 29 death scenes, I’ll be there whether its horror or not. And I’ll be there for the remaining 8 days of the festival as well, seeing as many of the films that I can. So come on down (tix available HERE) and buy me a coffee!
Scott Mann’s “THE TOURNAMENT” Opens Screamfest Horror Film Festival on October 16th!
Scott Mann’s, high octane, blood-bathed, British action thriller, THE TOURNAMENT, starring Ving Rhames, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Hu, Ian Sommerhalder, Liam Cunningham, Scott Adkins and Sebastien Foucan will open this year’s at Screamfest in the prestigious Grauman’s Theatre on October 16th.
THE TOURNAMENT was directed by Scott Mann, written by Gray Young , Jonathan Frank, Nick Rowntree, and produced by Keith Bell, Glenn M. Stewart, Gina Fegan.
The Tournament is an explosive, action-loaded thriller where the winner takes all. Every seven years, thirty of the world’s most deadly assassins face off against one another for an outrageous cash prize. There’s only one rule: kill or die. As dozens of wealthy gamblers watch via closed-circuit TV, a city is overrun by brutal assassins – all aiming to be the last one standing.
The trailer can be seen here http://www.screamfestla.com/films.php
The 9th annual festival will be held October 16th-25th at the Mann Chinese Theaters in Hollywood, California. For more information please call the Screamfest Horror Film Festival at 310-358-3273 or visit www.screamfestla.com to order tickets.
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‘Ebenezer’ Official Trailer – Ti West Turns Johnny Depp into ‘A Christmas Carol’ Icon Scrooge
Ti West (X, Pearl, MaXXXine) is back with the upcoming Ebenezer starring Johnny Depp, a fresh new take on the classic tale of A Christmas Carol from Charles Dickens.
Johnny Depp will play Ebenezer Scrooge in Ti West’s Ebenezer, and Paramount is bringing the film to theaters on November 13, 2026. Watch the official trailer down below.
The tagline? “The name you know. The story you don’t.”
Andrea Riseborough (Possessor), Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings), Tramell Tillman (“Severance”), Rupert Grint (Harry Potter franchise), Daisy Ridley (Star Wars franchise), Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games franchise), Charlie Murphy (“Peaky Blinders”), Arthur Conti (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice), and Ellie Bamber (“Willow”) also star.
Deadline had detailed in a recent report, “This version, a thrilling ghost story set in Dickens’ London, follows one man’s supernatural journey to face his past, present and future and fight for a second chance. Stephen Deuters and Jason Forman to executive produce.”
Nathaniel Halpern wrote the adaptation for Ti West to direct.
Written by Charles Dickens, the classic tale of A Christmas Carol has been adapted for the screen countless times over the years, with notable film adaptations including Scrooge (1951) starring Alastair Sim, Scrooge (1970) starring Albert Finney, A Christmas Carol (1984) starring George C. Scott, Scrooged (1988) starring Bill Murray, The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) starring Michael Caine, and A Christmas Carol (2009) starring Jim Carrey.
A Christmas Carol is classically a period piece ghost story. As Luiz H.C. wrote here on Bloody Disgusting, “Isn’t it weird how the single most influential piece of Christmas-related media is technically a horror story? One can even make the argument that Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol paved the way for the rise of Victorian Spiritualism during the following decade.”
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