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Slasher Films, the genre shingle launched by Michael Williams, Rob Eric and former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash, has scared up its first green lit film. Anthony Leonardi is set to direct Nothing to Fear, and Thomas Haden Church is in talks to star. Jonathan W.C. Mills wrote the script. Leonardi is making his directing debut after serving on the creative teams of directors Gore Verbinski’ and Francis Lawrence, developing creatures and storyboard design for films like Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Rango, Constantine and Water For Elephants.
A chat with William Instone and Renfield Rasputin about their upcoming film, Butchers Bluff, horror fans and why the 80s style slasher genre is having a rennaisance at the moment.
Another week, another batch of horror film recommendations to haunt your Shocktober nights.
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Thomas Haden Church (Divorce), Finn Wittrock (American Horror Story) and Alice Eve (She's Out Of My League) are set to topline comedy thriller Green Olds, which Max Mayer (As Cool As I Am) is directing from a screenplay by Dallas Mitchell Brennan.