A&E has released the first official trailer for its new drama “Bates Motel,” a prequel series to Hitchcock’s Psycho from Carlton Cuse (“LOST”) and Kerry Ehrin (”Friday Night Lights”). The show follows the twisted relationship between a high school-aged Norman Bates and his controlling mother.
“Bates Motel” stars Freddie Highmore (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) as Norman Bates and Vera Farmiga (Source Code) as his mom, Norma Louise.
Co-stars include Nicola Peltz as Norman’s love interest Bradley Martin, Olivia Cook as his nerdy friend Emma Decody, Keegan Connor Tracy as his teacher Miss Watson, Max Thieriot as Norman’s half-brother Dylan Massett and Nestor Carbonell as sheriff Royce Romero.
Canadian actress Rachelle Lefevre is set to topline “Under the Dome,” a 13-episode miniseries from producers Steven Spielberg and Stephen King. The series, based on King’s post-apocalyptic novel of the same name, debuts June 24 on CBS.
“Under the Dome” follows the havoc caused by a mysterious force field that drops over the small New England town of Chester Mill. THR reports that Lefevre will play Julia, a Chicago transplant living with her doctor husband in Chester Mill, where she works as an editor for the local newspaper.
Lefevre is best known for her portrayal of evil vampire Victoria Sutherland in Summit Entertainment’s Twilight and its first sequel Twilight: New Moon. She was replaced by Bryce Dallas Howard in Twilight: Eclipse after a fall-out with producers.
“Under the Dome” is directed by Niels Arden Oplev (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and co-stars Brittany Robertson (“Secret Circle”), Aisha Hinds (“True Blood”), Natalie Martinez (“CSI: New York”), Collin Ford (”Supernatural”), Mike Vogel (Cloverfield) and Dean Norris (“Breaking Bad”).
A red-band trailer for Magnet Releasing’s erotic vampire drama Kiss of the Damned has gone online. The film is directed by some chick named Xan Cassavetes and stars “Heroes” regular Milo Ventimiglia and French stunners Josephine de La Baume (pictured above) and Roxane Mesquida (Rubber).
Kiss of the Damned tells the story of a beautiful vampire whose secret love affair with a human screenwriter is exposed when her bloodsucking sister visits them. Magnet will premiere the film on VOD on March 28 and release it in selected theaters on May 3.
A trailer for Wrekin Hill Entertainment’s Gallowwalkers has gone online. The horror-western stars tax evading action star Wesley Snipes (Blade, Passenger 57) as a cursed gunman whose victims come back from the dead for a showdown.
The film is directed by some dude named Andrew Goth and co-stars Kevin Howarth (The Seasoning House), Riley Smith (“90210”), wrestler Dallas Page, hot Canadian model Alyssa Pridham, Czech stunner Simona Brhlikova and sexy Death Race alumna Tanit Phoenix (pictured above).
A new trailer has gone online for Underworld: Awakening directors Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein’s long-delayed psychological thriller 6 Souls (previously titled Shelter), starring Julianne Moore and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. The film premieres on VOD on March 5 and will play selected theaters on April 5.
Michael Cooney, screenwriter of the 2003 gem Identity, pens the story, centering on a widowed psychologist (Moore) working the case of a schizophrenic murder suspect (Meyers) whose split personalities are those of murder victims.
NBC has set an April 4 premiere date for “Hannibal,” its hour-long crime drama chronicling the early days of Hannibal Lecter, the notorious cannibal/serial killer first introduced in the Thomas Harris novels “Red Dragon” and “Silence of the Lambs.”
David Slade, director of Twilight Saga: Eclipse and 30 Days of Night, helms the pilot episode from a script by Bryan Fuller, creator of ABC’s Emmy-winning series “Pushing Daisies” and one of Showtime’s most fun and creative offerings “Dead Like Me.”
“Hannibal” stars Lawrence Fishburne as Jack Crawford, Hugh Dancy as FBI agent Will Graham, Anna Chlumsky as FBI trainee Miriam Lass, Aaron Abrams as forensic investigator Brian Zeller, Caroline Dhavernas as profiler Dr. Alana Bloom, Gillian Anderson as psychologist Bedelia Du Maurier and Mads Mikkelsen as Dr. Hannibal Lecter (pictured above).
“Switched at Birth” and “Desperate Housewives” star Maiara Walsh is set to join Amazon Studios’ “Zombieland,” a Sony Pictures Televisio-produced pilot based on the hit 2009 horror-comedy that starred Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Abigail Breslin and Emma Stone.
Written by original Zombieland scribes Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the pilot picks up where the film left off, following a group of zombie apocalypse survivors as they attempt to stay alive in an undead world. Walsh will portray pretty con-artist Wichita, played by Stone in the feature.
Co-starring with Walsh in “Zombieland” are Tyler Ross as Chicago and Izabela Vidovic (Deadtime Stories) as Wichita’s younger sister Little Rock, played in the film by Eisenberg and Breslin respectively.
Walsh currently stars as manipulative bad-girl Simone Sinclair on ABC Family’s hit series “Switched at Birth.” The gorgeous 24-year-old previously played rich-girl Mandi Weatherly in Mean Girls 2 and as Ana Solis on ABC’s “Desperate Housewives.”
Anchor Bay has set a March 19 home video release date for Arclight Films’ Shadow People. Directed by Matthew Arnold,the creepy frightener stars Alison Eastwood as a CDC doctor whose research on SUNDS (Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome) leads her to a supernatural conclusion.
A new trailer has been cut to promote Shadow People and it is pretty damn disturbing, especially if you have ever really felt shadows in your bedroom closing in on you while you pray that the pressure they seem to be putting on your chest is just a massive heart attack brought on by years of bacon hotdogs and beer.
Nickelodeon star Danielle Bisutti (“True Jackson, VP”) has scored a role in FilmDistrict and Blumhouse Productions’ Insidious: Chapter 2, the eagerly anticipated sequel to the James Wan-directed blockbuster about a young married couple attempting to save their comatose son from demonic possession.
Wan returns to direct from a script by Insidious writer Leigh Whannell. Rose Byrne and Patrick Wilson are also back, reprising their roles as tormented parents Renai and Josh Lambert. Production on the film began last month and is slated for release in August.
Bisutti, best known as Amanda Cantwell on Nickelodean’s teen fashion-drama “True Jackson, VP” and a story arc on FOX’s teen soap “The O.C.,” is coming off Universal 1440’s Curse of Chucky, the fifth installment in the outrageous Child’s Play franchise.
Screen Gems has released the first image from its upcoming adaptation of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, the first book in Cassandra Clare’s bestselling young-adult series about a teen who discovers her demon-slaying skills while attempting to rescue her mother from an evil entity.
The shot features pretty French actress Jemima West as Shadowhunter Isabelle Lightwood (posted above). Shadowhunters, known collectively as Nephilim, are age-old human demon-slayers born with angel blood, dedicated to protecting mortals.
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is directed by Harald Zwart (Karate Kid 2010) and stars Lily Collins as protagonist Clary Fray. Co-stars include Lena Headey (”Game of Thrones”), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (“Dracula”), Jamie Campbell Bower (Twilight: Breaking Dawn) and Kevin Durand (“LOST”).
