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Blumhouse has risen quickly through the ranks to become one of the most prominent production companies for mainly horror content, while also establishing its ground into other successful genres. Founded in 2000 by Jason Blum, the original company model has been to produce primarily smaller budget movies, allowing directors to expand their creative freedom. Originally named Blum Israel Productions, they had an exclusive first-look deal with Miramax up until 2002, when it became Blumhouse Productions....

The very popular The Thing About Pam podcast is becoming a scripted limited series. Blumhouse Television, the TV division of horror movie label, Blumhouse, has joined with NBC News Studios, a recently formed division of NBC News, to co-produce a new scripted series based on Dateline coverage of Pam Hupp and her involvement with several homicides from 2011 through 2016 in Missouri, including Betsy Faria, Louis Gumpenberger and Hupp’s own mother, Shirley Neumann....

B. Alan looks at a decade of horrible cinematic remakes and rehashes that ruined film as an art form. Black Pegasus? Boo! When asked about the dubious color switcheroo on set last year, Leterrier simply replied, “I didn’t want to do it the same, but different.” As I suspected, Pegasus is black for no real reason at all. Louis wanted to make the movie “different”. The storyline is already pretty good....

The week of September 29th through October 5th. Like, boo! All you thalidomide babies! It’s me, Spooker Washington! I’m back from the ol’ bone yard, and will be doing this column for the month of October while ol’ Bradford Orange is out in the spookpatch looking to carve a hole in a pumpkin. First order of business: Whoop-doo Nation President El Rocho has deemed it necessary for me to tell you two things....

Rom-coms are a great way to spend time. They make audiences laugh, gasp, and even cry during some over-the-top love confession, shortly before the film’s finale. While the rom-com formula is continually evolving to appeal to newer generations, certain elements remain the same: an unlikely couple overcomes numerous obstacles to finally come together. 2015’s Trainwreck brought acclaim to comedian Amy Schumer, who both wrote and starred in the film. Schumer’s screenplay has since been praised for its witty, innovative, and overall hilarious plot; it shed light on modern dating’s complexity when involving workaholic and emotionally unavailable individuals....

Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston revealed today that he is writing a memoir that chronicles the six years he spent shooting the hit AMC series, which Scribner will publish in 2015. In addition, we also have details about new characters that will be popping up in AMC’s spin-off, Better Call Saul, which will debut sometime this fall on the cable network. Bryan Cranston’s book will chronicle how he broke in as an actor, and how much his iconic role of Walter White changed his life....

Carnival Row is returning to Prime Video for its second and final season on the streaming service. The series, starring Orlando Bloom, follows a human detective and a fairy who rekindle a dangerous affair in a Victorian fantasy world, where the city’s uneasy peace collapses when a string of murders reveal an unimaginable monster. The show first premiered in 2019, taking three long years to return for another outing. The two leads, Cara Delevigne and Orlando Bloom, will return to their roles of Vignette Stonemoss and Rycroft Philostrate, respectively....

Genre blending can be difficult to achieve if not done right. If too many genres are mixed together, more often than not the movie ends up feeling overstuffed and usually leads to an unnecessarily long run-time. Some genres just don’t pair well together, while others feel made to go hand-in-hand. A romantic comedy blends romance and humor, and it has been a successful format since the beginning of the film industry....

Picture this: you’re browsing the internet wondering what projects your favorite actor or director has coming up next, then you stumble across an IMDb page for a movie that feels like a dream come true, only to find that it’s been in pre-production for years. To most movie fans, this is not an unfamiliar scene. We’ve all got that one project that no one will give any updates on or confirm that it’s over, and we can’t help but hold out hope for it....

Have you ever heard of the saying “overnight success takes a decade”? It’s a phrase that’s often used in the entertainment industry, and it couldn’t be more true. Many actors have toiled away for years, facing rejection after rejection, before finally getting their big break. But what about those moments when they were ready to throw in the towel? When they were convinced that they’d never make it as an actor and that it was time to move on to something else?...

As soon as they get the green light, directors and producers must present their dream cast. Once the studio approves the cast, a thespian’s agent is contacted. If a thespian likes the script, they audition as that character. Some rounds of auditioning include chemistry tests with the lead thespian and potential on-screen partners. For a majority of films, the process of casting follows this system, regardless of the studio or director....

Actor Alec Baldwin made some cryptic comments at a New York City event last night, which indicate that the hit NBC comedy 30 Rock will end with Season 6, its next season. Here’s what the actor had to say at the National Dance Institute fundraiser last night. 30 Rock was given an early renewal for Season 6 in November, although there hasn’t been any indication that it would be the final season until now....

For those who approach cinema as a form of escapism, a happy ending is paramount. How often do things come to a neat, pleasant conclusion in real life? Stories are the only place where we can rely on satisfaction, resolution, and peace. Of course, escapism is only one way to approach filmmaking. Many movies aim for more, for something real and true, even if it means recreating the ambiguity and pain we’re often confronted with in life....

Adam West was a literate but modest man before he was a brooding and charismatic actor. He grew up in Walla Walla, Washington, to a Swedish father and American mother, the first a farmer and the latter a former opera singer and concert pianist. She had dreams of pursuing Hollywood, but stayed at home to raise West. After his parents’ divorce, he lived with his mother, who left an impression on him....

It was just recently announced what Zack Snyder’s follow-up film to Watchmen will be, and there are already casting rumors flying through the web. IESB.net caught up with Snyder recently and he revealed that Amanda Seyfried is a possible candidate for the lead of his new film Sucker Punch. CLICK HERE to read more on Snyder’s plans for the new film. Sucker Punch is said to be eyeing up a 2011 release date....

With so many movies being made about the infamous Amityville house over the years, this one was just a matter of time. The home that served as the subject of The Amityville Horror and many other genre films for decades is now going intergalactic with its next installment. From Wild Eye Releasing, the new movie Amityville in Space takes the haunted house and sends it out of this world where it can unleash its evil within among the stars....

The executive producers of this new USA Network series discuss the show’s premiere Royal Pains is the latest series to come out of the USA Network and it will premiere on Thursday, June 4 at 10 PM ET, right after the Season 3 premiere of another hit USA Network series, Burn Notice at 9 PM ET. Executive producers Andrew Lenchewski and Michael Rauch recently held a conference call to discuss the new series, and here’s what they had to say....

The Walking Dead has been shambling along like a decomposing corpse for the last few seasons now. While retaining an enthusiastic fanbase, the AMC series based on the comic books by Robert Kirkman has been hemorrhaging less committed viewers. While this is probably the case for any show that makes it past 5 seasons, detractors have called recent chapters slow, complained characters and storylines have been spread thin, and noting the show has drifted ridiculously far from its source material....

You can’t rent movies from iTunes quite yet, although you should be able to at the end of the month. According to Home Media Magazine, Apple is delaying the release of the movie rental upgrade for its Apple TV set-top box. The free software upgrade has not been finished as of yet, and this caused Apple to push back the release of this software until the end of February. It was initially announced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs at MacWorld, that the new upgrade would be ready by the end of January....

After a strong festival run with wins and nominations from around the world, director Harley Wallen’s Ash and Bone has been picked up for distribution by upcoming horror label Deskpop Entertainment for a future theatrical and home entertainment now.The deal was negotiated by Cyfuno Ventures, sales agent for the Jamie Bernadette-starring feature. Check out this horror thrillerabout a rebellious teen who gets taught a lesson. “It was really important to find the right distributor for Ash and Bone” says director and actor Harley Wallen....