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"9-1-1, what's your emergency?"
Halle Berry seems to be appearing in more genre movies of late, including this year's sci-fi epic Cloud Atlas and the straight-to-DVD, shark thriller Dark Tide, and will stay in the thriller genre for the upcoming The Call.
The first trailer for the movie has just been released, revealing Berry as a 911 operator who accepts a call from an abducted girl (Abigail Breslin), who may be the victim of a serial killer that Berry has history with.
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watch the trailer >> Posted 01.14.13 by Ryan -
Director Brad Anderson is looking to rebound from the debacle that was his last movie, Vanishing on 7th Street — which only made a measly $22,729 at the domestic box office — by taking the helm of Troika Pictures' thriller The Hive from outgoing director Joel Schumacher.
Written by Richard D'Ovidio (Exit Wounds), the movie is described as a "fast-paced suspense pic" about "a 911 operator who who must face her own fears in order to save a teenage girl from a serial killer."
more about The Hive >> Posted 01.04.12 by BrentJS -
Director Brad Anderson has has been working on TV shows like Fringe and Boardwalk Empire since his last thriller, 2008's Transsiberian, entered theaters. Anderson's latest, Vanishing on 7th Street, is the director's return to straight horror since 2001's Session 9 and follows several survivors (Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton, and John Leguizamo) in a post-apocalyptic world where something in the darkness is out to destroy humanity. In a recent interview with Bloody-Disgusting, Anderson described what appealed to him about Anthony Jaswinski's script.
I think I'm drawn to those sort of dark extremes, stories where characters are confronted with some impossibility and they're trying to crack the mystery of it, trying to solve it, and sometimes they themselves are the solution, or sometimes they themselves are the problem, you know? Maybe they are the monster, say in the case of Session 9. In this case it's a more straightforward external threat. But each of the characters has to confront it in their own way.
what's in the darkness? >> Posted 02.16.11 by Ryan -
Director Brad Anderson's (Session 9, The Machinist) latest movie, Vanishing on 7th Street, preys on humanity's most basic fear: the dark. Set in a post-apocalyptic Detroit, the mysterious thriller is slowly being revealed as more clips get released online.
Vanishing follows Hayden Christensen as a reporter who wakes up to find the city empty, and eventually finds a safe haven with a handful of survivors in a tavern with its own generator. The previous clip found John Leguizamo lying motionless on a pool table, unable to protect himself from whatever is in the darkness. The latst clip shows how Leguizamo may have ended up on the table, as he find himself alone down a long, underground tunnel.
watch the clip >> Posted 01.15.11 by Ryan -
Director Brad Anderson's (Session 9, The Machinist) latest movie is the apocalyptic Vanishing on 7th Street which follows Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton, and John Leguizamo as survivors of a mysterious occurrence that wiped out the populace attempting to stay alive in Detroit. With something lurking in the darkness, light is the only safe haven.
With the movie's theatrical release still a month away, Vanishing in 7th Street is currently available on video-on-demand. To promote this, Magnet Releasing has unleashed a new clip that finds Christensen slowly discovering that the world has changed.
Watch the clip >> Posted 01.08.11 by Ryan -
Director Brad Anderson is no stranger to genre movies, after directing the creepy, 2001 horror movie Session 9 and thrillers like 2004's The Machinist and 2008's Transsiberian. Anderson's latest, the post-apocalyptic thriller Vanishing on 7th Street, has been touring the festival circuit, awaiting a studio to pick up the distribution rights. Now ComingSoon reports, Magnet Releasing has picked up the movie, much to Anderson's excitement.
Vanishing on 7th Street is an apocalyptic thriller about the end of the world and it could not be placed in better hands than with Magnet Releasing, whose expertise in distributing genre films is par none. I am excited to be working with them to bring the film to audiences across the country.
The thriller finds John Leguizamo, Thandie Newton, and Hayden Christensen as a group of survivors in Detroit after a blackout seems to rob the city of most of its inhabitants. They soon realize that the darkness is out to get them and that the remaining light sources they have left are their only sanctuary.
"Vanishing on 7th Street is scary as hell, but it's the richness of its characters and the stellar performances that really make it stand out," said Magnet Senior VP Tom Quinn in the official statement. "Brad Anderson has made an excellent, wholly original ghost film that is a perfect fit for the Magnet slate."
Vanishing on 7th Street will open in February 2011. Watch the trailer here.
Posted 10.20.10 by Ryan -
Director Brad Anderson isn't part of the Hollywood elite (yet), but those paying attention know that Anderson has been putting together an impressive resume over the past 10 years with dark thrillers like 2004's The Machinist and the creepy horror movie Session 9. Anderson's latest movie, Vanishing on 7th Street seems somewhere in the middle of those two previous works, as it follows a small group of survivors in a post-apocalyptic landscape, who slowly begin to realize that they have to try to stay alive from something hidden in the darkness. John Leguizamo, Thandie Newton, and Hayden Christensen star in the movie, which has a new trailer to promote its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Check out the trailer >> Posted 08.19.10 by Ryan -
Other than a few still images that were released back in May, there has been virtually nothing heard about director Brad Anderson's (The Machinist) new post-apocalyptic horror movie, Vanishing on 7th Street, since it went into post-production. Now, Merrick Entertainment has opened the promotional floodgates, releasing a new theatrical poster, several more new still images and a six-and-a-half-minute video from the set of the movie featuring commentary from Anderson, stars John Leguizamo and Thandie Newton, and others.
Watch the interview here >> Posted 08.10.10 by BrentJS -
New pics have surfaced of an interesting apocalyptic horror movie starring Hayden Christensen and John Leguizamo. Called Vanishing on 7th Street, it's from Brad Anderson, who gave us The Machinist, and sounds like a Stephen King-inspired thriller.
Set in a once-thriving city, a global blackout has seemingly caused residents to simply vanish, leaving only their clothes and possessions behind. A small handful of survivors band together in a dimly-lit tavern on 7th Street, struggling to combat the apocalyptic horror. Realizing they may in fact be the last people on earth, the darkness hones in on them alone.
Posted 05.19.10 by reelz -
Progress on the the sequel to Oren Peli's Paranormal Activity took a step backward after Lionsgate yanked Saw VI director Kevin Greutert off the project by exercising a contractual option that forced Greutert to direct Saw VII instead. With both Saw VII and Paranormal Activity 2 sharing the same release date of October 22, the move was a measured uppercut to Paramount's prized Paranormal franchise, which Lionsgate blamed for Saw VI's poor box office performance.
With Greutert already working on Saw VII, Paramount is looking to counter Lionsgate by hiring a "big name" director. According to the LA Times, Paramount has narrowed its choices down to three directors: Australian director Greg McLean (whose Rogue introduced audiences to Sam Worthington), Brad Anderson (who directed the truly scary Session 9), and legendary director Brian De Palma (Carrie, Scarface). At one point, Paramount was even talking to Akiva Goldsman, the Academy-Award winning screenwriter of A Beautiful Mind, to helm the project, proving that Paramount is pushing for a more polished director for their follow-up to their low-budget original.
Whichever choice Paramount makes, it's clear that the competition over who will win the weekend of October 22 is far from over.
Posted 02.27.10 by Ryan