Exclusive: Night Kitchen Films and Phillm Productions have announced Emmy and Grammy nominated comedian Margaret Cho (Showtime’s Margaret Cho: PsyCHO) has joined DJ Qualls and Marisé Álvarez (Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi) in the dark comedy Evilou.
This is the feature directorial debut of Andrew Zappin who also penned the script. Production is now underway in Los Angeles with the film slated for release in 2024 with North American and international rights still available.
Evilou is a dark comedy love story about Lou Vile (Qualls) – a bitter, shock-jock podcaster who has devoted his life to waging war on love. When he falls for a charming single-mother (Álvarez), Lou decides to undergo a personality-altering medical procedure in a desperate attempt to win her affection.
This is the feature directorial debut of Andrew Zappin who also penned the script. Production is now underway in Los Angeles with the film slated for release in 2024 with North American and international rights still available.
Evilou is a dark comedy love story about Lou Vile (Qualls) – a bitter, shock-jock podcaster who has devoted his life to waging war on love. When he falls for a charming single-mother (Álvarez), Lou decides to undergo a personality-altering medical procedure in a desperate attempt to win her affection.
- 3/29/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
While they focused on a post-apocalyptic version of the world in A Quiet Place, the latest film from co-writers/directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods explores that unsettling thought in the back of our minds when we walk through a haunted house: what if this is all real? Following its well-received world premiere at Popcorn Frights Film Festival, Haunt is now in theaters from Momentum Pictures (and will be unleashed on the streaming service Shudder beginning October 24th), and we caught up with Beck and Woods to discuss the real-life inspiration for Haunt, collaborating with producer Eli Roth, creating the haunted house of their dreams, and the creative opportunities brought about by the success of A Quiet Place.
Congratulations on Haunt coming to theaters and then to Shudder soon, and the new Fright-Rags shirt, too!
Bryan Woods: We're so excited about Shudder. That was our dream home for it and...
Congratulations on Haunt coming to theaters and then to Shudder soon, and the new Fright-Rags shirt, too!
Bryan Woods: We're so excited about Shudder. That was our dream home for it and...
- 9/13/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
“Haunt,” an early Halloween arrival that traps its collegiate protagonists inside an all-too-fatal holiday attraction, delivers a satisfying quantity of creeps and frights that more than compensate for the occasional lull. A step up from found-footage horror pic “Nightlight,” Scott Beck and Bryan Woods’ last directorial collaboration, this latest isn’t a beacon of conceptual originality, either. But that doesn’t matter much, as the writer-directors (co-scenarists of “A Quiet Place”) have a firm hold on atmosphere and demonstrate diverse enough suspense tactics to avoid a sense of slasher formula — while nonetheless hewing fairly close to that template.
With producer Eli Roth’s name as an additional lure, this should do well among genre fans in a limited 10-city theatrical release Sept. 13, simultaneous with On Demand and digital launch.
Though shot in Kentucky, “Haunt” is set in Carbondale, Ill., an improbably named but actual midwest college town. It’s Halloween,...
With producer Eli Roth’s name as an additional lure, this should do well among genre fans in a limited 10-city theatrical release Sept. 13, simultaneous with On Demand and digital launch.
Though shot in Kentucky, “Haunt” is set in Carbondale, Ill., an improbably named but actual midwest college town. It’s Halloween,...
- 9/11/2019
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
By Michael Haffner
Guy meets girl. The two fall in love. They live happily ever after. End of film, roll credits. That pattern of events isn’t always what happens in real life, and sometimes (rarely) that’s also not always the case on the silver screen either. Depending on whom you’re with, love can take you to great heights or deep and dark lows. Yet, what happens when that someone is a something? Like say for example a computer program. Her presents this unusual scenario with all the heart and sadness that would accompany any traditional love story. But is it a story where you just see everything displayed on screen or actually feel it?
By day, Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix) works for a company that offers the service of constructing personalized letters to send to another’s loved one. By night, Theodore searches for companionship while coping with...
Guy meets girl. The two fall in love. They live happily ever after. End of film, roll credits. That pattern of events isn’t always what happens in real life, and sometimes (rarely) that’s also not always the case on the silver screen either. Depending on whom you’re with, love can take you to great heights or deep and dark lows. Yet, what happens when that someone is a something? Like say for example a computer program. Her presents this unusual scenario with all the heart and sadness that would accompany any traditional love story. But is it a story where you just see everything displayed on screen or actually feel it?
By day, Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix) works for a company that offers the service of constructing personalized letters to send to another’s loved one. By night, Theodore searches for companionship while coping with...
- 1/10/2014
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
On Monday December 16 the St. Louis Film Critics released their list of the best of 2013 in several different categories including Best Comedy, Best Art House Film, and Best Scene . Yours truly was there for the process that began earlier in the month as ballots were sent online to members. On Sunday December 8 we met to whittle down the nominees to five, although in the case of a tie some had six nominees. With voting ending on Saturday December 14 we met once more on Sunday December 15 for the winners announcement. Here’s the official press release:
December 16, 2013
Press Release
Contact:
St. Louis Film Critics Association
stlfilmcritics@gmail.com
www.stlfilmcritics.org
The St. Louis Film Critics, the professional association of working film critics in the St.Louis-area, announced the winners of its annual St. Louis Film Critics Awards on
Monday, December 16, 2013.
The yearly awards are given to recognize the best in cinema for the year.
December 16, 2013
Press Release
Contact:
St. Louis Film Critics Association
stlfilmcritics@gmail.com
www.stlfilmcritics.org
The St. Louis Film Critics, the professional association of working film critics in the St.Louis-area, announced the winners of its annual St. Louis Film Critics Awards on
Monday, December 16, 2013.
The yearly awards are given to recognize the best in cinema for the year.
- 12/20/2013
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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