Amber Tamblyn is set to star opposite Skeet Ulrich in the CBS pilot “Anatomy of Violence,” a crime drama based on British criminal psychologist Adrian Raine’s book “The Anatomy of Violence: The Biological Roots of Crime.”
Tamblyn plays a young FBI agent partnered up with a rogue FBI criminal psychiatrist (Ulrich) with whom she shares a “complicated past.” The pilot is written and executive produced by Howard Gordon (“Homeland”) and directed by Mark Pellington (Arlington Road, I Melt with You).
Tamblyn made her feature acting debut in Gore Verbinski’s 2002 frightener The Ring. Roles in Takashi Shimizu’s The Grudge 2 and Danny Boyle’s Oscar-nominated survival-drama 127 Hours followed. She was last seen as frumpy goody-two-shoes Dr. Martha Masters on the FOX medical drama “House.”
British stunner Kate Beckinsale is negotiations with Millennium/Nu Image to star in director Brad Anderson’s (The Call) Eliza Graves Stonehearst Asylum, a psychological thriller based on the 1945 Edgar Allan Poe story “The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether.”
Beckinsale will play Eliza Graves, a patient at a mental institute overrun by its inmates, now posing as doctors. A Harvard Medical School graduate arrives at the facility and falls so hard for Graves that he doesn’t realize he’s surrounded by psychos.
THR reports that production on the film is slated to begin on June 21 in Bulgaria. Paranormal Activity creator Oren Peli and blow job enthusiast Mel Gibson are listed as producers. Genre babe and former Playboy model Christa Campbell serves as an executive producer.
Dimension Films has released a second trailer for its eagerly anticipated by no one sequel Scary Movie 5. Directed by Malcolm Lee (Undercover Brother) and co-written by producer David Zucker (Airplane), the horror-comedy opens in theaters on April 12.
This time out the spoof takes on Guillermo del Toro’s Mama, Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan, Oren Peli’s Paranormal Activity, Blumhouses’ Sinister and Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead. The movie’s gags look lame, but the one-minute mark on the trailer does tickle us.
Lynn Collins (John Carter) and Josh Lucas (American Psycho) are set to topline A&E’s “Occult,” a Michael Bay-produced pilot penned by James Wong, writer for Ryan Murphy’s “American Horror Story” and the Chris Carter classics “Millennium” and “The X-Files.”
“Occult” tells the story of two emotionally disturbed FBI agents paired up to head the newly formed Occult Crime Task Force. Dolan is returning to the bureau six months after suffering a meltdown while investigating the disappearance of his wife. His partner Blair is a stubborn and impulsive agent obsessed with the occult.
Collins is coming off the sci-fi actioner John Carter, in which she played Carter’s love interest Princess Dejah Thoris, her first starring role. Additional creds include HBO’s “True Blood,” William Friedkin’s creepy mind-bender Bug, Joel Schumacher’s The Number 23 and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Universal has released the first red-band trailer for Kick Ass 2, the unlikely sequel to Matthew Vaughn’s 2010 original about costumed crime fighters with no special powers. Jeff Wadlow (Cry Wolf) directs the film, which is slated for theatrical release Aug. 16.
Reprising their Kick Ass roles in the sequel are Chloe Grace Moretz as Hit Girl, Clark Duke as Marty/Battle Guy, Christopher Mintz-Plasse s Red Mist/Mother Fucker and the very hot Lyndsy Fonseca as Kick Ass’ sweetheart Katie Deauxma and Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Kick Ass.
New faces include Jim Carrey as Colonel Stars and Stripes, John Leguizamo (The Happening) as Javier, Donald Faison (”Scrubs”) as Dr. Gravity, Morris Chestnut (The Call) as Sergeant Marcus Williams, Russian bodybuilder Olga Kurkulina as Mother Russia and sexy redhead Lindy Booth (Wrong Turn) as Night Bitch.
Production has wrapped on writer and director David Hewlett’s Debug, a sci-fi thriller set in space that pits a group of hackers against the artificial intelligence program of a derelict freighter ship. The film stars “Game of Thrones” alum Jason Momoa and“Alcatraz” recurring Jeananne Goossen (pictured).
The synopsis reads:
Deep space. Six young hackers on a grueling work release program attempt to clear out – debug – the computer systems of a massive derelict space freighter.
They quickly fall prey to the ship’s vengeful artificial intelligence, a program that would kill to be human.
As the fractious team is forced to match wits with this rogue program, they discover that the ship holds a deadly secret, and a fate far worse than death.
Debug co-stars Adam Butcher (Wolves), Kjartan Hewitt (Scott Pilgrim vs the World), Sidney Leeder (Goon), Jaydn Wong (Cosmopolis), Adrian Holmes (Red Riding Hood) and Kyle Mac (Carrie). Entertainment One has acquired Canadian distribution rights.
In addition to “Alcatraz,” Goossen briefly starred in Kevin Williamson’s new FOX serial killer drama “The Following,” starring Kevin Bacon as a former FBI agent attempting to catch a murderous cult leader and his network of killers. She was replaced by “Person of Interest” and “Law and Order” starlet Annie Parisse.
“Stargate Universe” stunner Julia Benson rides alongside “CHiPs” star Erik Estrada in ARO Entertainment’s new Syfy Original Movie Chupacabra vs. The Alamo. Set to premiere on March 23, the film finds the duo facing off against Latin America’s most feared cryptid.
Chupacabras are invading San Antonio and DEA agent Carlos (Estrada) is out to stop the bloodsucking beasts with the aid of an outlaw motorcycle gang. The battle grows brutal and soon its human survivors are forced to make a last stand at the famed Alamo.
Benson is best known for her role as 2nd Lt. Vanessa James on the Syfy series “Stargate Universe.” The top-heavy Canadian starlet can also be seen in the 2007 “Masters of Horror” episode “Right to Die,” in which she goes nude… you’re welcome.
Image Entertainment has acquired the U.S. rights to Evidence, a found-footage frightener starring Radha Mitchell and Stephen Moyer as police detectives attempting to put together a portrait of a mass murderer by utilizing his victims’ camcorders, flip cams, and smart-phones.
Set in desert outside of Los Angeles, Evidence is directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi’s (The 4th Kind) and written by newcomer John Swetnam. Co-stars include Torrey Devitto (”Pretty Little Liars”), Harry Lennix (“Dollhouse”), Caitlin Stasey (Tomorrow, When the War Began) and Nolan Gerard Funk (Deadgirl).
Mitchell is coming off the Silent Hill sequel Revelations. Notable creds include the sci-fi actioners Pitch Black and Surrogates, Greg Mclean’s giant-croc thriller Rogue and 2010’s remake of George Romero’s classic viral outbreak thriller The Crazies. She currently stars on ABC’s mob-drama “Red Widow.”
Moyer, who returns this year as vampire Bill Compton on season six of HBO’s “True Blood,” recently starred in Darren Lynn Bousman’s The Barrens, an ode to the Jersey Devil legend. Previous creds include the apocalyptic actioner Priest, the supernatural thriller The Caller and the home invasion flicks Restraint and Open House.
RADiUS-TWC, a digital division of The Weinstein Company, has acquired the U.S. rights to Warm Bodies director Jonathan Levine’s feature film debut All the Boys Love MandyLane. The film, which stars Amber Heard in the titular role, had been stuck in distribution limbo for seven-years.
Levine said in a press release:
I am thrilled that Mandy Lane has been rescued and is back where it belongs with Harvey and Bob. Hard to believe it’s been seven years, but then again I’ve always perceived myself as a misunderstood artist who was light years ahead of his time, so I am thrilled the world has finally caught up.
Seriously, I am incredibly proud of the film and of the hard work that my cast and collaborators put into it, and I am so happy the world will finally get a chance to see it.
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane tells the story of a wholesome high school plain-Jane (Heard) who grows into her looks over the summer and becomes the “object of everyone’s affections.” Things get crazy when she attends a weekend party at a secluded ranch where someone is killing off the student body one at a time.
All the boys who would love to see Heard nude in the flick won’t get their wish, but will be pleased to know that stunner Whitney Able—the female lead in Magnet Releasing’s critically acclaimed 2010 frightener Monsters—totally does (she’s the blonde in the clip below).
RADiUS-TWC will release the film on multiple platforms this summer.
Posted above for your viewing pleasure is Colombian knockout Sofia Vergara’s poster for Robert Rodriguez’s Machete Kills, a sequel to his 2010 grind-house actioner Machete. Vergara plays Madam Desdemona, a leather-clad femme fatale with a deadly bullet bra.
Vergara’s boobs don’t need to shoot ammunition to bring a man down to his knees, but the image is striking and exactly what one would expect from the guy who replaced Rose McGowen’s leg with a machine gun in Planet Terror.
Machete Kills finds the ex-federale (Danny Trejo) recruited by the U.S. government to take down Mexico’s biggest drug cartel leader (Demián Bichir). Set to open on Sept. 13, the film co-stars Mel Gibson as an eccentric billionaire, Charlie Sheen as the U.S. President, Michelle Rodriguez as rebel leader Shé, Jessica Alba as ICE agent Sartana Rivera and Alexa Vega as hit-woman KillJoy.
