Ridley Scott to produce series of low budget horror, thriller and sci-fi movies overseas

Variety reports that filmmaker Ridley Scott and his Scott Free Productions London unit have pacted with Focus Features International and Orchard Media to produce low budget genre films that will primarily shoot in Northern Ireland. The deal will see Ridley Scott executive produce a slate of six horror, thriller and sci-fi features over three years ….

Blair Witch and The Raid filmmakers directing segments for VHS horror sequel

HeatVision reports that The Raid director Gareth Evans and Eduardo Sanchez, director of The Blair Witch Project and Lovely Molly, are co-writing and co-directing segments for a sequel to V/H/S, the hit horror anthology that apparently had people fainting at the Sundance Film Festival. Joining Evans and Sanchez for V/H/S/2 are Jason Eisener, director of ….

#nycc #comiccon Barry Levinson brings eco-disaster thriller The Bay to New York Comic-Con

Legendary filmmaker Barry Levinson (The Natural, Rain Man, Toys, Wag the Dog) will participate in a panel during New York Comic-Con for his upcoming ecological disaster thriller The Bay, on Saturday, October 13th at 2:15 PM. This marks Levinson’s first appearance at New York Comic-Con and one of the director’s first appearances at a popular ….