Because social justice warrior culture says you gotta dig chicks with dicks, but not actual chicks if they’re hot and sexy, Jumanji found itself in controversial waters earlier this year when it released an image for the film featuring stunner Karen Gillan in short-shorts and a crop top (gasp!) – never mind she’d be kicking ass alongside the Rock.
Sony has now released a full length trailer for the film, a sequel to the 1995 fantasy-adventure classic starring Robin Williams, and sure enough Gillan is holding her own opposite Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, and Jack Black in the rough and tumble jungle – not one shot of a sexy waterfall shower to be seen!
To boot, hot up-and-comer Madison Iseman (Tales of Halloween) is transformed into Black’s portly, middle-aged professor avatar once the movie’s plot kicks in: four high school kids sucked into an old magical video game must survive it to the end as the characters they’ve chosen to play.
So, yeah, not much on the frivolous thrills side, but still looks fun.
Uncork’d Entertainment has set an Aug. 18 VOD release date for The Ice Cream Truck, a new thriller from indie horror director Megan Freels Johnston (Rebound), starring Deanna Russo as a nostalgia-stricken MILF caught in the midst of murders involving an ice cream man in her old hometown.
Russo made her Hollywood debut in an episode of “Charmed” in 2003 and would go on to appear in the 2006 cult classic Rest Stop. She played love interest Dr. Sarah Graiman on NBC’s 2008 reboot of its iconic series “Knight Rider” and, more recently, the role of vampire lover Kat Neely on the supernatural series “Being Human.”
“Black Sails” stunner Jessica Parker Kennedy is set to star in the horror-comedy Deep Murder for first-time feature director and “Funny or Die” alum Nick Corirossi. The film follows a group of porn stars as they attempt to survive the masked killer hunting them down one by one.
Deep Murder aims to present a Pleasantville-inspired story set in the world of porn in which life-and-death events force change among its archetypal characters, helping them evolve from sex-crazed tropes into real people. Kennedy plays Babysitter.
Best known for playing lezzie-loving prostitute Max on Treasure Island prequel series “Black Sails,” Kennedy has held roles in a handful of genre offerings including the short-lived witch series “The Secret Circle,” Carlton Cuse’s “Colony,” Andrew Niccol’s “In Time,” and brilliantly titled viral thriller Bad Meat.
Tara Holt stars in IFC Midnight’s Darkness Rising as a hot young woman traumatized by the murder of her sister at the hands of their mother. Seeking closure, she visits her childhood home as it’s set to be demolished only to find the evil force that possessed her mother awaiting her arrival.
Darkness Rising is directed by Austin Reading (“Death Valley”) and penned by Vikram Weet (Devil’s Pass). Co-stars include Bryce Johnson (“Pretty Little Liars”) as Holt’s fiancé, Katrina Law (“Spartacus: War of the Damned”) as her hot cousin, and Heather Mazur (Night of the Living Dead) as her MILFy murderess mom.
Darkness Rising arrives in selected theaters and VOD June 30.
“Chicago Fire” and “Once Upon a Time” stunner Teri Reeves stars in Island Zero, an indie frightener written by “Rizzoli & Isles” scribe Tess Gerritsen and marking the feature film debut of her son and documentarian Josh Gerritsen.
Synopsis reads:
Inhabitants of a fishing island off the coast of Maine find themselves mysteriously cut off from the outside world after the ferry suddenly stops coming. All the phones have gone dead and every boat sent to the mainland fails to return. When dead bodies turn up along the water’s edge, the hardy band of survivors must find out who, or what, is killing them.
No details on Reeves character yet, but we’re hoping she’s cast as a sexy island resident and not one of the dead bodies at the water’s edge. Reeves is best known for playing doomed Dr. Hallie Thomas on NBC’s “Chicago Fire” and Wizard of OZ protagonist Dorothy Gale on ABC’s fairy tale series “Once Upon a Time,” in which she hooks up with Meghan Ory’s Red Riding Hood for some hot lesbian loving.
Lionsgate announced today Jigsaw as the official title of its upcoming SAW reboot, in theaters this Halloween after a seven year hiatus. Michael and Peter Spierig (Daybreakers) helmed the sequel, penned by Pete Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg (Piranha 3D) and creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell.
No official synopsis yet, but Jigsaw is said to continue and expand on its gruesome mythology with a twisted new tale that possibly sees the return of John Kramer and his traps. Games begin Oct. 27.
Named the Most Successful Horror Movie Series of all time by Guinness World Records in 2010, SAW spawned six sequels and earned more than $870 million worldwide. SAW launched director Wan’s career and gave horror one of its most memorable villains in Tobin Bell’s John “Jigsaw” Kramer.
Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for Annabelle: Creation, a James Wan produced sequel to the original Conjuring spinoff that saw the demonically possessed doll wreck havoc on a young family in 1969 Los Angeles.
Set for release May 19, 2017, the film is directed by David F. Sandberg (Lights Out) and stars Bond girl and “Narcos” actress Stephanie Sigman as Sister Charlotte, an orphanage nun who takes refuge with her girls at a doll maker’s home when her facility is shut down.
Blumhouse has released a first trailer for Happy Death Day, a doom-loop thriller starring Jessica Rothe (La La Land) as a college student reliving her brutal murder over and over and attempting to identify her masked killer – think young-adult spin on Groundhog Day, Edge of Tomorrow, and your soul-crushing 9-to-5 life.
Joining Rothe are stunners Ruby Modine (“Shameless”), Donna Duplantier (Bad Moms), and newcomer Rachel Matthews. Christopher Landon (Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones) is at the helm. Happy Death Day opens Oct. 13.
A trailer has gone online for Sony Pictures’ remake of director Joel Schumacher’s Flatliners, a 1990 sci-fi thriller about med-school students conducting near-death experiments to see what lies in the afterlife. Niels Arden Oplevscribe (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) directs from a script by Ben Ripley(The Source Code).
Flatliners stars Nina Dobrev (“Vampire Diaries”),Ellen Page (Juno), Charlotte McKinney, Diego Luna (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), Kiersey Clemens (Neighbors 2), and Flatliners O.G. Kiefer Sutherland. The film opens Sept. 29… a good day to die!
MarVista Entertainment has set a June 20 VOD release date for Victim director Matt Eskandari’s new thriller 12 Feet Deep: Trapped Sisters, a film whose title’s ridiculousness is only eclipsed by its concept: two hot sisters trapped underneath the fiberglass cover of an Olympic-sized pool over a holiday weekend.
Alexandra Park (pictured above) and Nora-Jane Noone (The Descent) play the sisters with Diane Farr (“Californication”) and genre icon Tobin Bell (SAW) in supporting roles – could he have rigged the pool? Nah. Still very cool to see him pop up in this!
