BET+ has an exciting holiday slate.
The streaming service announced Monday it would launch 10 new movies, including family comedies, yuletide romances, and a little musical magic.
The flicks feature Jasmine Guy, Terrence Carson, and Dorien Wilson, Ne-Yo, Serayah, Romeo Miller, LeToya Luckett, and Lala Milan.
Get all the details on the movies below.
A Wesley Christmas - November 3
Adult siblings Chris, Todd, and Cydney Wesley travel to their childhood home to celebrate Christmas with their parents and the entire Wesley family.
With everyone together and all their physical and emotional baggage in tow, the annual Wesley family holiday promises to be a festive, hot-mess of a Christmas with life-changing impacts on the whole family.
Cast: Dorien Wilson, Jasmine Guy, Terrence Carson, Loren Lott, Terayle Hill, Mike Merrill
Director: Patricia Cuffie Jones
Writer: Bree West
Produced by: Octet Productions
The First Noelle - November 10
After twenty years of friendship, Terrance and...
The streaming service announced Monday it would launch 10 new movies, including family comedies, yuletide romances, and a little musical magic.
The flicks feature Jasmine Guy, Terrence Carson, and Dorien Wilson, Ne-Yo, Serayah, Romeo Miller, LeToya Luckett, and Lala Milan.
Get all the details on the movies below.
A Wesley Christmas - November 3
Adult siblings Chris, Todd, and Cydney Wesley travel to their childhood home to celebrate Christmas with their parents and the entire Wesley family.
With everyone together and all their physical and emotional baggage in tow, the annual Wesley family holiday promises to be a festive, hot-mess of a Christmas with life-changing impacts on the whole family.
Cast: Dorien Wilson, Jasmine Guy, Terrence Carson, Loren Lott, Terayle Hill, Mike Merrill
Director: Patricia Cuffie Jones
Writer: Bree West
Produced by: Octet Productions
The First Noelle - November 10
After twenty years of friendship, Terrance and...
- 10/10/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Exclusive: Dallas Roberts (Big Sky), Arden Myrin (Orange Is the New Black) and Harvey Guillén (Reacher) have signed on to star in the comedy Road Dogs, from Bustled Knuckle Productions and Residue Remains Productions, which goes into production in Minnesota this summer.
The film centers around three stand-up comedians who hit the road for a simple weekend showcase but soon find their plans derailed by a crooked club owner and her homicidal bouncer. Vanessa Leigh is directing from her and Aaron W. Bennett’s script, which was based on Bennett’s time as an improv comic and comedy club owner in Central Washington. The duo will produce alongside Kris Black from Residue Remains Productions, with Hunter G. Williams of Busted Knuckle Productions serving as executive producer.
Roberts is represented by UTA and Circle of Confusion; Myrin by Innovative Artists, Vault Entertainment and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller; Guillén by Innovative and Yorn,...
The film centers around three stand-up comedians who hit the road for a simple weekend showcase but soon find their plans derailed by a crooked club owner and her homicidal bouncer. Vanessa Leigh is directing from her and Aaron W. Bennett’s script, which was based on Bennett’s time as an improv comic and comedy club owner in Central Washington. The duo will produce alongside Kris Black from Residue Remains Productions, with Hunter G. Williams of Busted Knuckle Productions serving as executive producer.
Roberts is represented by UTA and Circle of Confusion; Myrin by Innovative Artists, Vault Entertainment and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller; Guillén by Innovative and Yorn,...
- 5/27/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: LeToya Luckett (Greenleaf), Romeo Miller (Honey) and Keith David (Greenleaf) have signed on to star in the film A Miracle Before Christmas, from writer-director LazRael Lison (#Unknown).
The love story centers on Mercedes Wright (Luckett), a famous, fast-talking relationship therapist who has the answers to fixing everyone else’s marital issues, but is challenged by problems faced with her own husband (Miller), leaning on help from an angel (David) to get past them. Lison and Tatiana Chekhova are producing the film under their Summer House Pictures banner, with Charles F. Porter of Black Bench Productions, and Jasper Cole (Never and Again). Marlon D. Haynes is serving as exec producer.
Luckett is represented by WME and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; Miller by Pantheon Talent; David by Artists & Representatives, Silver J Management and Meyers & Downs; and Lison by Newman-Thomas Management and Kaye & Mills.
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The love story centers on Mercedes Wright (Luckett), a famous, fast-talking relationship therapist who has the answers to fixing everyone else’s marital issues, but is challenged by problems faced with her own husband (Miller), leaning on help from an angel (David) to get past them. Lison and Tatiana Chekhova are producing the film under their Summer House Pictures banner, with Charles F. Porter of Black Bench Productions, and Jasper Cole (Never and Again). Marlon D. Haynes is serving as exec producer.
Luckett is represented by WME and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; Miller by Pantheon Talent; David by Artists & Representatives, Silver J Management and Meyers & Downs; and Lison by Newman-Thomas Management and Kaye & Mills.
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Exclusive: Rose Reid (Finding You), Ruairi O’Connor...
- 4/29/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Oscar nominee Eric Roberts (The Righteous Gemstones) is reteaming with his Runaway Train co-star Danny Trejo as part of the cast of Alone Today, an upcoming crime drama from director Wendy Wilkins, which will also star Shannon Elizabeth and Frank Whaley.
The film tells the story of a woman (Elizabeth) in an abusive relationship with a dirty detective (Roberts) who is helping move sex trafficked girls coming over the Mexican Border. When attempting to save just one truckload before “disappearing forever,” everything goes horribly wrong and she decides to take a different path.
The project hails from Different Duck Films founder Rob Margolies (Bobcat Moretti), who will produce alongside Errol Sack and Julia Verdin. Production is underway in Los Angeles. Roberts is repped by Sovereign Talent Group, Imperial Artists Agency and Miles Anthony Associates in London, manager Eliza Roberts, Empire Agency in Germany and Scott Carlson Entertainment in Canada.
The film tells the story of a woman (Elizabeth) in an abusive relationship with a dirty detective (Roberts) who is helping move sex trafficked girls coming over the Mexican Border. When attempting to save just one truckload before “disappearing forever,” everything goes horribly wrong and she decides to take a different path.
The project hails from Different Duck Films founder Rob Margolies (Bobcat Moretti), who will produce alongside Errol Sack and Julia Verdin. Production is underway in Los Angeles. Roberts is repped by Sovereign Talent Group, Imperial Artists Agency and Miles Anthony Associates in London, manager Eliza Roberts, Empire Agency in Germany and Scott Carlson Entertainment in Canada.
- 3/25/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, rescue drama “Not Without Hope” is back in development, a “Galaxy Quest” documentary is set for release, “The Two Popes” wins another award, and Ella Joyce gets cast.
Project Revived
U.K.-based financing-production outfit Goldfinch has bought feature film rights to Nick Schuyler’s “Not Without Hope” and signed “The Fog” director Rupert Wainwright.
The project had been set up at Relativity in 2013 with Dwayne Johnson attached but fell apart when Relativity collapsed.
Goldfinch will put the film into production in early 2020. Chief operating officer Phil McKenzie is overseeing the project on behalf of the indie studio. Rick French of Prix Productions (“The True Don Quixote”) will produce, in association with Wainwright’s Adore Creative Content.
Schuyler’s story recounts his dramatic 2009 rescue by the U.S. Coast Guard 70 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico following a boating accident that left three friends dead,...
Project Revived
U.K.-based financing-production outfit Goldfinch has bought feature film rights to Nick Schuyler’s “Not Without Hope” and signed “The Fog” director Rupert Wainwright.
The project had been set up at Relativity in 2013 with Dwayne Johnson attached but fell apart when Relativity collapsed.
Goldfinch will put the film into production in early 2020. Chief operating officer Phil McKenzie is overseeing the project on behalf of the indie studio. Rick French of Prix Productions (“The True Don Quixote”) will produce, in association with Wainwright’s Adore Creative Content.
Schuyler’s story recounts his dramatic 2009 rescue by the U.S. Coast Guard 70 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico following a boating accident that left three friends dead,...
- 10/16/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Louisa Krause nabs a role as Billy Crystal’s wife, Jackie Long and Denise Boutte are starring in a romcom, “The Wrong Todd” gets a release and “The Mass Shooting Monologues” begins production.
Castings
Louisa Krause is set to join the cast of Billy Crystal’s comedy “Here Today,” opposite Tiffany Haddish and Crystal who is writing, directing and starring in the film.
Crystal plays veteran comedy writer Charlie Berns who is slowly but surely losing his grip on reality when he befriends a talented young New York street singer, portrayed by Haddish. The two form an unlikely, touching friendship. Krause will play the wife of Crystal’s character.
Krause was most recently seen in the independent feature “Skin,” opposite Jamie Bell and Danielle MacDonald. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was acquired by A24. She will next be seen...
Castings
Louisa Krause is set to join the cast of Billy Crystal’s comedy “Here Today,” opposite Tiffany Haddish and Crystal who is writing, directing and starring in the film.
Crystal plays veteran comedy writer Charlie Berns who is slowly but surely losing his grip on reality when he befriends a talented young New York street singer, portrayed by Haddish. The two form an unlikely, touching friendship. Krause will play the wife of Crystal’s character.
Krause was most recently seen in the independent feature “Skin,” opposite Jamie Bell and Danielle MacDonald. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was acquired by A24. She will next be seen...
- 10/3/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
William Moseley and Johanna Braddy will star in Pencil Town, an inspirational drama directed and executive produced by Jay Silverman that just wrapped production in Los Angeles. Written by Van Billet, the plot is based on a true story about a corporate raider (Moseley) on the verge of making partner at his private equity firm who is forced to return to his small town where he suddenly inherits his father’s nearly bankrupt pencil factory, which is the heart and soul of the depressed community. With foreclosure looming, he must decide whether to join the workers’ fight to save the factory or let it close and relocate to China. Mimi Kennedy, Mary Pat Gleason, Shashawnee Hall, Paul Dooley, Bill Cobbs and James Eckhouse also star. William Newman, Bethany Cerrona and Joe Gamache are producers. Moseley is repped by Apa,...
- 10/1/2019
- by Patrick Hipes and Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
The minds behind Monster Fest 2016 out of Melbourne, Australia, have announced that the French horror film Raw will open the festival, which will also feature a screening of Beyond the Gates. Also in today's Highlights: a trailer for Halloweed and a sneak peek of Aliens: Life and Death #1.
Monster Fest 2016 Lineup Announced: Press Release: "Returning this year from November 24-27, Australia’s premier genre film festival Monster Fest is thrilled to announce the Australian premiere of controversial new French horror film Raw as its Official 2016 Opening Night Film.
Raw made its World Premiere in Critics Week at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year where it was awarded the coveted Fipresci Award and was lauded by critics and fans alike as the genre sensation of the festival.
Raw is the debut feature of French director Julia Ducournau and tells the story of a young vegetarian who discovers her dark side...
Monster Fest 2016 Lineup Announced: Press Release: "Returning this year from November 24-27, Australia’s premier genre film festival Monster Fest is thrilled to announce the Australian premiere of controversial new French horror film Raw as its Official 2016 Opening Night Film.
Raw made its World Premiere in Critics Week at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year where it was awarded the coveted Fipresci Award and was lauded by critics and fans alike as the genre sensation of the festival.
Raw is the debut feature of French director Julia Ducournau and tells the story of a young vegetarian who discovers her dark side...
- 9/19/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Giveaway: Private Number DVD
Horrornews.net Giveaway: Private Number on DVD Please email joyhorror@horrornews.net and type “Private Number” in the subject line. In the body of the email, please give your full name and complete address. We will announce winners closer to the release date of June 2nd. United States Only. Private Number Director: LazRael Lion Writers: LazRael Lison Cast: ...
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Horrornews.net Giveaway: Private Number on DVD Please email joyhorror@horrornews.net and type “Private Number” in the subject line. In the body of the email, please give your full name and complete address. We will announce winners closer to the release date of June 2nd. United States Only. Private Number Director: LazRael Lion Writers: LazRael Lison Cast: ...
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- 5/19/2015
- by Mike Joy
- Horror News
Title: Private Number Arc Entertainment Director: LazRael Lison Writer: LazRael Lison Cast: Hal Ozsan, Nicholle Tom, Tom Sizemore, Judd Nelson Running Time: 95 minutes Available On VOD And In-theaters: May 1, 2015 Michael Lane (Hal Ozsan) is a recovering alcoholic with writers block. He and his wife Katherine (Nicholle Tom) are living in somewhat harmony until they are awakened by phone calls at 2:44am, and the caller asks, “Remember me?” The lack of sleep starts to take its toll on the couple, causing them to argue. Michael starts to hallucinate dead people, bottles of whisky and his black “Knight” character from his novels. Michael’s visions bring up the names of [ Read More ]
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- 5/16/2015
- by juliana
- ShockYa
The month of May features a ton of great genre titles coming to VOD and digital platforms, including the highly anticipated zombie drama Maggie, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Abigail Breslin. The Orchard is releasing the Kiwi horror comedy mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows later this month and we also have both Oren Peli’s Area 51 and the sure-to-be-insane The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence) from Tom Six to look forward to as well. The indie spookfest Evangeline is also getting a VOD release from Uncork’d Entertainment and look for the latest from Dark Sky Films, Let Us Prey, which arrives the last week of May.
Private Number (Arc Entertainment) - 5/1
A series of sinister phone calls haunt an ex-alcoholic writer as he struggles to finish a novel. Efforts to trace the calls result in dead ends, leaving the author with no choice but to solve the mystery himself.
Private Number (Arc Entertainment) - 5/1
A series of sinister phone calls haunt an ex-alcoholic writer as he struggles to finish a novel. Efforts to trace the calls result in dead ends, leaving the author with no choice but to solve the mystery himself.
- 5/1/2015
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Here there, creepies! Recently I had the pleasure of talkin’ to the die-rector of the new suspense flick Private Number, LazRael Lison, here in the good ol’ Crypt o’ Xiii, and since I’m such a kind hearted ol’ ghoul (and the fact that I’m contractually obligated to deliver content) I thought I’d share it with you cats forthwith!
Famous Monsters. Not to blow my upcomin’ review of the flick, but I dug Private Number; it wasn’t at all what I expected going in, and it was full of fun lil’ surprises that were ultimately truly satisfying for this horror hound. So how did ya come up with the meat n’ potatoes of Private Number?
LazRael Lison. Thank you. We are glad you enjoyed it. Well I have always been a creative person since I started writing as a child. Being a huge fan of the genre,...
Famous Monsters. Not to blow my upcomin’ review of the flick, but I dug Private Number; it wasn’t at all what I expected going in, and it was full of fun lil’ surprises that were ultimately truly satisfying for this horror hound. So how did ya come up with the meat n’ potatoes of Private Number?
LazRael Lison. Thank you. We are glad you enjoyed it. Well I have always been a creative person since I started writing as a child. Being a huge fan of the genre,...
- 4/30/2015
- by DanielXIII
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
LazRael Lison’s Private Number Makes the Call
Synopsis: A series of sinister phone calls haunt an ex-alcoholic writer as he struggles to finish a novel. Efforts to trace the calls result in dead ends, leaving the author with no choice but to solve the mystery himself. As he pieces together scant information he discovers the local police are hiding details about a ...
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Synopsis: A series of sinister phone calls haunt an ex-alcoholic writer as he struggles to finish a novel. Efforts to trace the calls result in dead ends, leaving the author with no choice but to solve the mystery himself. As he pieces together scant information he discovers the local police are hiding details about a ...
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- 4/23/2015
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
LazRael Lison's horror thriller Private Number will be released on VOD and in cinemas on May 1st. TwitchFilm has an exclusive clip to share with you to prompt your interest. A series of sinister phone calls haunt an ex-alcoholic writer as he struggles to finish a novel. Efforts to trace the calls result in dead ends, leaving the author with no choice but to solve the mystery himself. As he pieces together scant information he discovers the local police are hiding details about a horrific serial killer. In his obsessive search for answers, he loses his grip on reality, and spirals downward into a maelstrom of violence and terror.Private Number stars Hal Ozsan, Nicholle Tom, Judd Nelson and Tom Sizemore. And I just made the connection...
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- 4/16/2015
- Screen Anarchy
It’s happened many times. You’re sitting there when your phone rings. Caller ID reads “unknown” or “unavailable” or even Private Number. Do you answer? Should you answer? Usually it’s nothing but sometimes, man, sometimes… Directed by LazRael Lison, Private Number… Continue Reading →
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- 2/26/2015
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
A poster art reveal for Private Number gives us our first information about the supernatural thriller. The film stars Tom Sizemore, Judd Nelson and Nicholle Tom and is written and directed by LazRael Lison who previously helmed the indie horror film Rift. A series of cryptic phone messages and visions haunt a writer while he struggles to finish a novel. As they increase in intensity, he loses his grip on reality, eventually obsessing over an old mystery that will lead to horrific revelations about both him and his loyal wife.
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- 4/21/2014
- by Ryan Turek
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Rift In the terrifying tradition of such horror classics as The Blair Witch Project and The House on Haunted Hill comes an all new chilling tale that's sure to give you goosebumps from director LazRael Lison of "Rift". Featuring an all star cast that includes Leslie Easterbrook (Halloween), Richmond Arquette (Scream 3), Tom Wright (Barbershop), Ali Costello (Monster Man) and Darcy Fowers (Messengers 2: The Scarecrow), Rift is sure to be an adrenaline rush that will leave you chilled to the bone.
Rift deals with an incident in 2001 where several college students were brutally murdered inside a newly refurbished Town Creek Apartments. To this day, there is still no definite answers. Jennifer Campbell, a graduate student with aspirations of a journalistic career who's eager to prove herself, amasses evidence that convinces her even more of the dark history surrounding the town. After forcing her way into the building, it doesn't...
Rift deals with an incident in 2001 where several college students were brutally murdered inside a newly refurbished Town Creek Apartments. To this day, there is still no definite answers. Jennifer Campbell, a graduate student with aspirations of a journalistic career who's eager to prove herself, amasses evidence that convinces her even more of the dark history surrounding the town. After forcing her way into the building, it doesn't...
- 4/25/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
As witnessed by producer, writer and director LazRael Lison’s feature slasher, Rift, which premieres in Los Angeles on April 28th, Ghostface hasn’t quite yet cornered the market on the slaughter of students, and we’ve got the first peek at Rift’s trailer, stills and official site. Read on!
Lison tells Dread exclusively of his ambitious film, “Rift was inspired by true events of multiple murder cases which transpired over the past 40 years, some solved and unsolved, mainly focusing on the story of Richard Speck and the murders in 1966. Of course being in Hollywood, we took the liberty of adding some artistic license to make it more entertaining to the viewer. Rift is set over three time periods: 1972, 2001 and the present day.”
Produced by Lison, Tatiana Chekhova, and executive producer and Olympian athlete Carl Lewis, the Gjenius production stars Leslie Easterbrook (The Devil’s Rejects), Tom Wright, Richmond Arquette,...
Lison tells Dread exclusively of his ambitious film, “Rift was inspired by true events of multiple murder cases which transpired over the past 40 years, some solved and unsolved, mainly focusing on the story of Richard Speck and the murders in 1966. Of course being in Hollywood, we took the liberty of adding some artistic license to make it more entertaining to the viewer. Rift is set over three time periods: 1972, 2001 and the present day.”
Produced by Lison, Tatiana Chekhova, and executive producer and Olympian athlete Carl Lewis, the Gjenius production stars Leslie Easterbrook (The Devil’s Rejects), Tom Wright, Richmond Arquette,...
- 4/13/2011
- by SeanD.
- DreadCentral.com
One of the most terrifying films to be released in years is dedicating its entire weekend theatrical gross income directly to Japan’s victims through the American Red Cross.
Although in the world of movie-making, money is more precious than air, the idea of dedicating Rift‘s entire weekend box office gross receipts to the Japan victims truly signifies the sensitivity of executives at Gjenius Productions to the victims in Japan, and to our human connection from across the oceans.
Rift is a feature film based on various events that shocked the nation throughout the years. Fresh writer/director LazRael Lison has taken his poetic license to enrich this cinematically told story with creeps and ghosts, scaring the heck out of the audience. But what really warms the heart is Gjenius has decided to dedicate its entire weekend box office gross sales to the American Red Cross Japan Relief efforts.
Although in the world of movie-making, money is more precious than air, the idea of dedicating Rift‘s entire weekend box office gross receipts to the Japan victims truly signifies the sensitivity of executives at Gjenius Productions to the victims in Japan, and to our human connection from across the oceans.
Rift is a feature film based on various events that shocked the nation throughout the years. Fresh writer/director LazRael Lison has taken his poetic license to enrich this cinematically told story with creeps and ghosts, scaring the heck out of the audience. But what really warms the heart is Gjenius has decided to dedicate its entire weekend box office gross sales to the American Red Cross Japan Relief efforts.
- 3/30/2011
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
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