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Ethan Berger has made his feature directorial debut with the frat house thriller The Line, which is set to reach select theatres on October 18th, with an expanded release to follow on October 25th. With those dates swiftly approaching, a red band trailer for the film has made its way online and can be seen in the embed above.

Berger wrote the screenplay with Alex Russek, crafting the following story: The Line is a campus thriller that plunges into the dangerous world of college fraternities and blind adherence to tradition. Tom, a scholarship student desperate to break free from his working-class background, is charmed by the prestigious Kna fraternity’s promises of high social status and alumni connections that open doors. But upon beginning a romance with Annabelle, a classmate outside of his social circle, and the manipulative schemes of his fraternity president unfolding during the hazing of new members,...

Ethan Berger has made his feature directorial debut with the campus thriller The Line, which is set to reach select theatres on October 18th, with an expanded release to follow on October 23rd. With those dates swiftly approaching, a teaser trailer for the film has made its way online and can be seen in the embed above.

Berger wrote the screenplay with Alex Russek, crafting the following story: The Line is a campus thriller that plunges into the dangerous world of college fraternities and blind adherence to tradition. Tom, a scholarship student desperate to break free from his working-class background, is charmed by the prestigious Kna fraternity’s promises of high social status and alumni connections that open doors. But upon beginning a romance with Annabelle, a classmate outside of his social circle, and the manipulative schemes of his fraternity president unfolding during the hazing of new members, Tom finds...

It’s been a long day without you, my friend.

When Paul Walker passed away in 2013 due to a car accident, there was an outpouring of grief from fans of some of his most successful films (including entries in the popular Fast & Furious franchise) and those who simply lamented the passing of a young and talented actor in his prime.

Paul Walker, a remarkable talent in the entertainment industry, left an enduring legacy despite the tragic car accident that claimed his life in 2013 (Credit: Jean Catuffe / INFGoff)

Born in Glendale, California, Paul Walker was raised in a Mormon household and began his acting career at a young age, starring in commercials as a child during the mid-1980s.

Following his work on television commercials, Walker began to feature in small roles on television shows such as Highway to Heaven (1984 to 1986) before securing his first starring role in 1987 in the sitcom Throb as Jeremy,...

The episode of Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? covering The Skulls was Written and Narrated by Mike Holtz, Edited by Jaime Vasquez, Produced by Andrew Hatfield and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

Elite secret societies, handsome dudes, the end of the nineties, the beginning of the 2000s, and even Shooter McGavin chasing Pacey from Dawson’s Creek across campus to the sounds of Fatboy Slim. Hell, we’ll even throw a Creed song on the soundtrack. Today, we take a deep dive into a time capsule of a movie that is as maligned as it is beloved. A film that answers the question that no one ever thought to ask…what happens when you mix a serious thriller like John Grisham’s The Firm, that was so popular in the 90s, with the hip world of emerging teen dramas and slashers? When a subgenre riding the...

From the ice rink to the dojo. THR reports that Joshua Jackson has joined the cast of the upcoming Karate Kid movie from Sony Pictures.

Character details are being kept under wraps, but the outlet says that Joshua Jackson will play one of the main characters in the Karate Kid movie. The film will star Ben Wang (American Born Chinese) as a young teenager from China who “finds strength and direction via martial arts and a tough but wise mentor (or two).” The coming-of-age drama will also find Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio reprising their roles of Mr. Han and Daniel Larusso, which brings together the original franchise and the 2010 remake.

Related No Cobra Kai for Hilary Swank?

Jonathan Entwistle (The End of the F***ing World) is set to direct the movie, which has been scripted by Rob Lieber.

After getting his start on the big screen with movies such as The Mighty Ducks,...

Joshua Jackson is putting on his dogi.

In his first feature film role in almost 10 years, the actor has joined the cast of Sony Pictures’ latest installment of Karate Kid.

Ben Wang, who led the cast of Disney+ series American Born Chinese, is starring in the coming-of-age martial arts drama, which also has Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio reprising their iconic characters to continue the mythology of the original franchise.

Plot details are being kept under the mat, but the new installment will bring the story to the East Coast and focus on a teen from from China (Wang) who finds strength and direction via martial arts and a tough but wise mentor (or two).

Details on Jackson’s role were unavailable but he is described as one of the main characters in the piece.

Jonathan Entwistle, known for the teen television dramas I’m Not Okay With This and...

Given how outlandish and enormous the "Fast & Furious" film series would eventually become, it's a little mind-boggling to remember that Rob Cohen's 2001 original, "The Fast and the Furious," was little more than a mid-budget "Point Break" knockoff. The story goes that star Paul Walker, having enjoyed working with Cohen on the 2000 college thriller "The Skulls" was asked what his dream action project would be. Walker said that he wanted to appear in an action movie mashup of "Days of Thunder" and "Donnie Brasco." That is: something with fast cars, but also a cop who goes undercover to infiltrate the criminal underground. The subsequent screenplay, written by Gary Scott Thompson, drew inspiration from a 1998 article in Vibe Magazine all about the New York underground racing scene. David Ayer was brought in to work on a draft, and he changed the setting to Los Angeles and made the cast more diverse.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has launched an Academy Originals podcast, “The Art of Documentary.”

The new podcast is hosted by Oscar-nominee and “Crip Camp” documentarian Jim LeBrecht. The six-episode season will include LeBrecht sitting down with documentary filmmakers, as they reveal to the host and the audience their filmmaking processes.

“The Art of Documentary,” will chronicle “how a filmmaker approaches their subject and how they engage with it,” according to the press release. The podcast will highlight how the various documentarians work to find new filmmaking approaches, all in an effort to tell their stories in innovative ways. LeBrecht and guests will discuss how they achieve special access and how far they’ll go to get their story — even if that means taking dangerous risks.

The first episode features an interview with “Anonymous Club” documentarian Danny Cohen. The remaining five episodes will include interviews with filmmakers including Bing Liu,...

This episode of Revisited was Written by Cody Hamman, Narrated by Travis Hopson, Edited by Juan Jimenez, Produced by Adam Walton and Chris Bumbray, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

Intro: One of the biggest action franchises of the last twenty-five years had humble beginnings. It started with a simple little movie about street racing, based on a magazine article, with a cast of young people who weren’t very well-known and action scenes that are relatively grounded. That movie has somehow spawned multiple sequels and a spin-off. Along the way, those further installments have gotten bigger, crazier, and more over-the-top, while earning over six billion dollars at the worldwide box office. The movie we’re talking about is the 2001 release The Fast and the Furious (watch it Here) – and it’s time for it to be Revisited.

Set-up: The Fast and the Furious wouldn’t have happened if it...

Paul Walker enjoyed a lengthy career in Hollywood that carried him through various roles in several unique movies before his unfortunate death in 2013 at just 40 years old. Fans likely remember him best as Brian O'Conner in the "Fast and Furious" franchise, but the talented and handsome actor also appeared in critical hits such as "Pleasantville," "Joy Ride," and Clint Eastwood's "Flags of Our Fathers," and served as executive producer on the films "Vehicle 19," "Hours," and "Pawn Shop Chronicles." He even enjoyed a guest spot on National Geographic's "Expedition Great White" in 2009.

In his youth, Walker popped up in a variety of high-profile TV shows, among them "Highway to Heaven," "Charles in Charge," "Who's the Boss," and "Touched by an Angel," before making the leap to schlocky B-movie horror films such as "Tammy and the Rex," opposite Denise Richards, in which his character's brain somehow lands inside a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

"Prey" boasts the sort of inventive high-concept that movie franchises could use more of. In a nutshell, it's "Predator" but set in the Great Plains of the 1700s. The hero is not a musclebound mercenary like Arnold Schwarzenegger's Dutch, but a Comanche girl named Naru (Amber Midthunder) who aspires to be a hunter. Even when it hits familiar beats, the unique setting ensures that "Prey" remains its own beast.

The film is so far removed from the usual setting of a "Predator" movie that the first shot of a spaceship and cloaked alien feel surreal. If you didn't know that "Prey" was a "Predator" film ahead of time, it would be a jaw-dropping moment. However, the realities of modern movie marketing -- where the usual goal is to remind audiences of something they already know about -- ensure that no one had this experience. 

According to director Dan Trachtenberg,...

I'm a big fan of director Dan Trachtenberg. His feature film debut, "10 Cloverfield Lane," was among my favorite movies of 2016, so I've kept an eye out any time he's been linked to a project and have been hotly anticipating his next movie. I was intrigued when word came out that he would direct a mysterious movie called "Skulls," and then became a little heartbroken to learn that a surprise had been ruined in a trade report: "Skulls" was originally meant to be a secret "Predator" movie, in which none of the marketing would have given away that an alien was involved...

The post Prey Director Dan Trachtenberg on An Action Scene That Was Almost Included [Interview] appeared first on /Film.

From Night of the Creeps and Pledge Night to Sorority Row and The Skulls, college has long been the perfect setting for unsettling scares in the horror genre, and writer Jon Ellis, artist Hugo Petrus, and colorist Lee Loughridge look to enroll horror fans in their own demonic take on higher education with their new graphic novel Fraternity.

Centered on a college freshman's descent into a sinister fraternity and his best friend's attempt to save him from "eternal fraternal damnation," Fraternity will be released in trade softcover and digitally on August 9th from Humanoids, and we've been provided with exclusive preview pages to share with Daily Dead readers!

Below, you can check out our exclusive preview from Fraternity as well as the official press release with additional details. To learn more about Fraternity, visit:

https://www.humanoids.com/y_catalog/book/id/1332

Press Release: Wyatt’s roommate has been acting...

Stars: Dominic Sherwood, Jacky Lai, McKinley Belcher III, Kai Luke Brummer, Eddie Ramos, Mampho Brescia, Soyama Mbashe, Tamer Burjaq, Nathan Castle, Rizelle Januk, Anton David Jeftha | Written by Michael D. Weiss | Directed by John Pogue

Talk about reviving a franchise from the grave! Twenty-six years (26!) after Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1996 action film Eraser comes a franchise reboot featuring none of the original cast and with two veterans of franchise reboots and Dtv sequels at the helm, director John Pogue and writer Michael D. Weiss. Yet whilst both filmmakers have experience in reboots and sequels they also have some other fantastic movies under their belts – Pogue wrote all Three of The Skulls movies (the second being a personal favourite) and Weiss penned some classic Dtv movies that went on to be staples of the early days of budget DVDs – Octopus and it’s sequel, Crocodile and US Seals 2… Yes, Eraser: Reborn has quite the pedigree.

Hey everyone! While Valentine’s Day is almost over, we’re sure you’ll still have a lot of love for this week’s horror and science fiction home media releases. One of this writer's favorite films of all time, Joe Dante’s The Howling, is getting the 4K treatment from Scream Factory in a brand new release, and if you’re into time-bending sci-fi/action thrillers, you’ll definitely want to pick up the 4K release of Rian Johnson’s Looper as well.

Other releases for February 15th include Ghostriders, Cosmic Dawn, Settlers, Nezura 1964, Apparitions, The Devil Came Home, and The Skulls Trilogy on Blu-ray.

Cosmic Dawn

After witnessing the alien abduction of her mother as a child, Aurora (Camille Rowe) joins the UFO cult “The Cosmic Dawn.” At the cult’s remote compound Aurora experiences miraculous revelations and consciousness-expanding flowers, but all isn’t as it seems with the cult’s leader,...

” If it’s secret and elite, it can’t be good.”

Paul Walker and Joshua Jackson in The Skulls Trilogy will be available on Blu-ray February 15th From Mill Creek Entertainment. Order it Here

Check out this vintage trailer for The Skulls:

Sex, power, money. The Skulls have it all. Join Joshua Jackson, Paul Walker (The Fast and the Furious) and more as they pledge to the elite and secret society known as The Skulls, where anything is possible as long as you’re willing to keep their terrible secrets. Loaded with spine-tingling bonus features, they are the gripping and suspenseful shockers where privilege comes at the ultimate price!

The Skulls

When a working-class college student is invited to join the secret society known as The Skulls, he thinks it’s a dream come true – until his roommate turns up dead.

The Skulls II

Secrets prove deadly when a...

“F9,” the ninth entry in the “Fast and Furious” franchise, is set up as the latest film tagged as the savior of theaters. It comes on top of “A Quiet Place Part II,” another sequel, which has already done yeoman’s work in showing that a conventional release can find significant success.

Since the first film in 2001, the “Fast and Furious” franchise has grossed over $2 billion in the U.S. (adjusted to 2021 numbers), and more than $7 billion worldwide. The two most recent in the series ranked #3 worldwide in their years of release, and #1 outside the U.S.

The “Fast” series has now reached the point where budgets are reaching $200 million per film, similar to the top Marvel, James Bond, and Star Wars releases. Though not usually elevated to the same social media attention as most films in those other dominions, it is every bit as lucrative and arguably possesses broader...

Last fall, we heard the surprising news that 10 Cloverfield Lane director Dan Trachtenberg had secretly been working on a new Predator movie. Under the title Skulls, the movie was originally said to follow a Comanche woman who goes against gender norms and traditions to become a warrior. But thanks to Hollywood not being able […]

The post Dan Trachtenberg’s Secret ‘Predator’ Movie Puts ‘Legion’ Co-Star Amber Midthunder in the Lead appeared first on /Film.

“Barbie, Eat Your Heart Out.” March certainly flew by, didn’t it? We filled the month with a variety of disparate titles such as Friday the 13th Part 7, Diabolique, Scary Movie 2 and The Skulls, and we closed it out with Ronny Yu‘s revival of the Child’s Play franchise: Bride of Chucky! In the film, killer doll Chucky (Brad Dourif) is resurrected by […]...

Having been recruited from another highly strategic and mentally tough reality show, one would think that the Big Brother players who have infiltrated The Challenge would be slightly less sloppy. And disappointing.

With the season’s limited amount of Gold Skulls waiting to be doled out, the players are itching to hit the elimination floor and punch their ticket to the final. But on Wednesday’s episode, two members from Team Bb shake the house to its core, one by burning bridges and backstabbing his alliance, and the other by exhibiting an absolutely wretched social game. Read on for a recap.

Raven Capital management, the U.S. private equity firm that last year acquired distributor Open Road, is to finance a slate of TV projects from South East Asia’s Coconuts.

The arrangement will kick-off with pilots for seven unscripted TV shows. Raven and Coconuts TV will partner on global licensing and distribution deals for the series.

Coconuts TV is part of the Thailand and Singapore-based Coconuts digital publishing group, headed by Byron Perry. With smart tabloid taste, the group likes to focus on “weird and wondrous” untold stories from Asia.

The company’s credits include marijuana docu-series “Highland,” sold to Netflix in 2017; the hard-hitting short-docu variety show “Coconuts TV on Iflix,” commissioned by regional streamer Iflix in 2018; and adventure travel documentary “Nagaland: Twilight of the Headhunters,” sold to Discovery Asia in 2019.

Production on the pilots will be led by Perry and Vim Shanmugam, head of content and production with Coconuts...

The first trailer for Deep Blue Sea 3 ticks a lot of boxes. Its characters yell “shark!” and “get out of the water!” a team of marine professionals are clearly in over their heads; there’s an obligatory jump scare towards the end, and the big fish occasionally go ‘nom’. That’s all we need, so we’re officially on board for this next underwater adventure.

We acknowledge, though, that we may have lost you at ‘Deep Blue Sea 3‘. Indeed, the second film in the franchise arrived direct-to-video back in April 2018 as a ‘standalone sequel’ to Renny Harlin’s late-90s sci-fi horror, and really we can only assume that Darin Scott’s effort at a follow up did well enough on home release for Warner Bros to okay a third. On checking its impact, Deep Blue Sea 2 celebrated being “the only non-theatrical release to appear in the top...

FilmRise released the trailer for their new film Nighthawks on youtube and let me tell you, it is a thing. Starring Chace Crawford as Stan, and that is the truth. Let me just give you their synopsis and trailer and then we’ll talk.

Wide-eyed Midwest transplant Stan (Chace Crawford) agrees to play wingman to his calculating and privileged roommate Chad (Kevin Zegers) as they embark upon an exploration of glittering New York nightlife, whose darkest secrets are held captive by an elite band of millennials known as Nighthawks

What I am gathering from this is that is an updated version of the movie The Skulls (2000). That was a crap movie, no one really cares about these played out revenge on rich kids plots. Who knows, maybe this show will turn it all around and make everyone happy.

Nighthawks hits VOD on October 3rd, 2019. Watch the trailer again and let us know what you think.

Raven Capital Management said it has completed its $87.5 million purchase of Open Road Films assets, including rights to 45 titles such as the Oscar-winning Spotlight, Chef and End of Watch.

The finalizing of the agreement first disclosed in November adds another notable film library to Raven’s collection of assets. In 2015, it teamed with Ambi Media Group to buy the catalog of Exclusive Media Group. That agreement included rights (including certain sequel and remake rights) to a diverse group of 400-plus titles, including Begin Again, Cruel Intentions, Donnie Darko, Memento, Rush, The Skulls and Sliding Doors.

“We are excited to add Open Road to our portfolio of media and entertainment investments,” said James Masciello, Principal and Portfolio Manager of Raven. “We pride ourselves on our industry focus and have already seen great successes with our 2015 acquisition of the Exclusive Media film library as well as our financing of select independent films.

Last year, Sam Rockwell delivered an emotional and moving speech while accepting his best supporting actor Golden Globe award for his role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - he's nominated this year again for best supporting actor for his role in Vice - but before he took the stage, he got a sweet smooch from his date and long-term girlfriend, Leslie Bibb, that left him covered in lipstick.

But exactly who is Leslie Bibb? She's an accomplished actor in her own right and has been performing for decades!

Born in Bismarck, Nd, and raised in Nelson County, Va, the 43-year-old model-turned-actress got her start in 1990 when, at just 16, she won a nationwide model search on The Oprah Winfrey Show. After scoring small parts in films like The Skulls and shows like Home Improvement and Just Shoot Me!, Bibb landed a starring role as preppy Brooke McQueen on the short-lived WB show Popular,...

Nov. 30 marks the fifth anniversary of Paul Walker's death, and we're honoring his memory with a look back at some of his best photos over the years. Paul's career took off after his role in 1999's Varsity Blues, and after that he starred in films like She's All That, The Skulls, and Takers. He became most recognized and beloved for his role as Brian O'Conner in the Fast and the Furious series, but, tragically, a car crash claimed Paul's life in November 2013 at the age of 40. After his passing, there was an outpouring of heartfelt messages and sincere condolences from his costars, friends, and famous fans. His daughter, Meadow, has also taken to social media since her dad's death to share heartwarming throwback photos of them together. Remember the life of Paul Walker with a roundup of some of his best moments.

Related: 29 Photos of Paul Walker and Vin Diesel...

Maybe it’s because this week’s home entertainment releases happen to be falling on the same time as Tax Day, but Tuesday’s Blu-ray and DVD debuts are what my grandfather would refer to as “slim pickins.” In terms of new titles, we’re finally getting the long-awaited sequel to Deep Blue Sea as well as the latest season of Mystery Science Theater 3000 on both formats. Cult film fans will want to nab the new Blu-ray for Day of the Reaper, as it’s a very limited edition release, and for those of you looking to fill in a gap in your personal collections, The Skulls arrives in HD on April 17th, too.

Day of the Reaper

Five women on vacation are stalked by a hooded cannibal killer in the town of Sunnyville Florida. Silly antics and H.G. Lewis-style gore follow the survivors in this camp super-8 epic.

Chicago – The restaurant Katana, in the River North neighborhood of Chicago, was the setting for the unveiling of Michigan Avenue Magazine’s latest cover on April 3rd… their 2018 Spring Style issue. Actress Malin Akerman, whose latest film is “Rampage,” graced the front of the issue.

The event, sponsored by the magazine, celebrated the Spring Issue with an appearance by Ms. Akerman, who walked a Red Carpet and posed for photos with the assembled attendees. Michigan Avenue Market President/Group Publisher Dan Uslan and Editor-in-Chief J.P. Anderson were also there to represent the magazine and toast the new issue. Malin Akerman’s role in “Rampage” – which is primarily set in Chicago – will be seen when the film is released on Thursday, April 12th, 2018.

Michigan Avenue Magazine Celebrates its Spring Style Issue with Cover Star Malin Akerman at Katana Chicago

Photo credit: Nigel Barker for Michigan Avenue Magazine

Malin Akerman was born in Stockholm,...

Hazing rituals, with their elitist foundations and untold mysteries, have long captured the imaginations of storytellers both comedic and dramatic. Most recently explored in the Nick Jonas vehicle “Goat,” but the topic is basically a subgenre at this point — from Todd Phillips’ documentary “Frat House” to the soapy thriller “The Skulls,” for comedic effect in the Zac Efron vehicle “Neighbors,” and, perhaps most famously, in Richard Linklater’s “Dazed and Confused.”

“Burning Sands,” Gerard McMurray’s entry in the hazing canon, is set at a fictional Historically Black College (Hbcu) called Frederick Douglass University. McMurray, an associate producer on Ryan Coogler’s “Fruitvale Station,” draws from personal experience to make his directorial debut. (McMurray co-wrote the script with Christine Berg). From the film’s overtly dark tone, it is safe to assume McMurray is critical of the most brutal hazing rituals, even if he glorifies them with his camera. The...

“Ride or die.” Those words only appear a few times in the franchise – most famously out of Vin Diesel’s gravelly baritone in Fast & Furious 6 – but they have become the personal motto for how this franchise has continued, grown, succeeded and become greater with each film. Today, Furious 7, the latest in the series will be released, and it’s a mark of achievement not only that they’ve made it to seven films, but that it only feels exciting for a seventh film about criminals racing cars to be released. The Fast and the Furious franchise is unlike any franchise out there right now, as it has evolved from perfectly adequate popcorn films about criminals racing cars to superb and exhilarating blockbuster action films. No other franchise can say that they only began to hit their creative stride with the fifth film. To understand how we arrived at this point though,...

"If it's secret and elite, it can't be good." Hill Harper's character Will Beckford had some good instincts about the his fate in the 2000 cult classic, "The Skulls." It's hard to believe it's been 15 years since the release of the psychological thriller -- starring Harper, Joshua Jackson, Paul Walker and Leslie Bibb -- which was based on conspiracy theories surrounding Yale University's Skull and Bones student society. toofab's Rachel Hoffman caught up with Hill to talk about the film's milestone anniversary, where he opened up about making the movie, working with the late Paul Walker and who he still stays in touch with from the cast. Check out the full interview with the actor below, and click "Launch Gallery" above to see what he and the rest of his costars have been up to since the movie's release. Do you remember your first day on set? My first day...

Those of us who lead hapless lives know how frightening getting up in the morning can be. Instead of rising and embracing the daylight with an ardent cuddle and a zealous "Yahoo!" we see grey clouds overhead and wonder aloud, "What now?" Another egg carton with broken shells? A second bedbug infestation within twelve months? Still no replies to our Christian Mingles ad even though we've noted we can recite the Book of Revelation by heart in Latin?

Ah, if only we were born into a family of elites. The ultra-rich. Aristocrats with an enviable gene pool.

But instead we're impoverished and pear-shaped with squinty eyes and in need of Proactiv+.

On top of these misfortunes, we really know the gods are against us if while fingering the remote, we accidentally come across Joshua Jackson in The Skulls (2000), and begin to watch it out of inertia. This incapacitating thriller was inspired by Yale's secretive society,...

We’re one week away from the release of Furious 7, the latest installment in the blockbuster franchise, and Paul Walker‘s final film. Walker has been an integral part of the series since its inception in 2001 and his co-stars have been sharing memories of him during the film’s press tour. But before Furious became a surprise success, he was the king of teen flicks (starring in She’s All That, Varsity Blues, The Skulls) and a foil to Freddie Prinze, Jr.

Check out this #Fbf clip from 1999′s She’s All That — a must-see for any millennial and a reminder that Lil’ Kim and Usher both have acting credits — when Zack (Prinze, Jr.) finds out his Bff Dean (Walker) ruined his plans to take former nerd Laney Boggs (Rachael Leigh Cook) to prom, and let her in on the little secret that they were betting on whether or...

We’re one week away from the release of Furious 7, the latest installment in the blockbuster franchise, and Paul Walker‘s final film. Walker has been an integral part of the series since its inception in 2001 and his co-stars have been sharing memories of him during the film’s press tour. But before Furious became a surprise success, he was the king of teen flicks (starring in She’s All That, Varsity Blues, The Skulls) and a foil to Freddie Prinze, Jr.

Check out this #Fbf clip from 1999′s She’s All That — a must-see for any millennial and a reminder that Lil’ Kim and Usher both have acting credits — when Zack (Prinze, Jr.) finds out his Bff Dean (Walker) ruined his plans to take former nerd Laney Boggs (Rachael Leigh Cook) to prom, and let her in on the little secret that they were betting on whether or...

The Queen ought to give out medals for movies like The Riot Club, which does humanity the great service of gathering virtually every hot, young British actor of the moment on screen at once. Then again, I can't imagine the Queen sitting all the way through this film — based on Laura Wade's play "Posh," and directed by Lone Scherfig (An Education) — which may at first look like a romp about an elite Oxford undergraduate dining society but is at its core an effective skewering of upper class privilege.Gird your loins, ladies and gents of a certain persuasion, because what we have here is a similar but far better movie than that Joshua Jackson's Skull and Bones thriller, The Skulls populated with the buff, British 2014 version of the casts of Dead Poets Society or Young Guns 2. The Riot Club, we're told in flashback, was founded to honor...

We're creeping up on the end of the year, which means the movies that will hit theaters in the dumping ground months of January, February and March will start getting pushed soon. We've already seen a trailer for early 2015 horror with Amityville: The Awakening, and now a thriller arriving a bit later in January has received its first trailer. Jennifer Lopez stars in The Boy Next Door, a thriller from xXx and The Fast and the Furious director Rob Cohen. Honestly, you could probably guess the entire plot of the film based on that information alone, but alas, here's the trailer to lay things out for you. And it looks pretty lame. Here's the first trailer for Rob Cohen's The Boy Next Door from Universal Pictures: The Boy Next Door is directed by Rob Cohen (xXx, Stealth, The Fast and the Furious, Daylight, The Skulls) and written by Barbara Curry,...

The messed-up machinations of bored, oversexed stepsiblings Kathryn Merteuil and Sebastian Valmont aren’t quite as shocking in 2014 as they were when Cruel Intentions was released on March 5, 1999. (Blame Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, and a zillion other glitzy/scandalous imitators.)

That said, Cruel Intentions is still an enormously entertaining teen movie, even 15 years (gulp) after its initial release — thanks to an uncommonly sharp script, a killer soundtrack, and, most importantly, an impeccable cast, which featured future Oscar winners and future Sharknado stars alike. Well, one of each, but you get the picture. Whoever headed up this franchise had a...

The British more or less invented images of gothic horror, haunted buildings and creepy possessed children. Add in some American-style found footage and a retro setting, and you've got the revamped Hammer Films' second feature, The Quiet Ones. Directed by John Pogue (screenwriter of Us Marshalls and The Skulls and director of Quarantine 2) and starring Jared Harris, Sam Clafin and Olivia Cooke, the new trailer shows many of the usual horror film tropes: a young girl with connections to the supernatural, the father figure who initiates investigation, a group of skeptics and some pretty effective editing that should made you jump a few times. The film is set for release on April 11th in the UK and April 24th in the Us.Inspired by true...

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The Fast & Furious series is one of the less likely franchises in modern Hollywood history. It needed Paul Walker. He was the linchpin, back at the beginning. The first film was conceived as a Walker star vehicle. This was back when he was the guy from Varsity Blues and She’s All That and The Skulls. The latter film, mostly forgotten nowadays, was directed by Rob Cohen — and it was Cohen who thought of Walker for a film that was originally titled Red Line, based partially on a Vibe article and at least a little bit on Point Break. It...

Handsome American actor best known for his role as Brian O'Conner in the Fast and Furious blockbuster movie franchise

Paul Walker, who has died aged 40 in a car accident, combined unthreatening star charisma with preppy good looks and a canny commercial sensibility. Though he had shown promise in his early film roles, he could easily have become just another piece of well-dressed eye candy had it not been for his involvement in the colossally successful Fast and Furious franchise, which has grossed $2.38bn worldwide to date.

In 2001, the first film in the series, The Fast and the Furious, put a four-wheeled spin on the surfing-bank-robbers thriller Point Break. Walker took the Keanu Reeves role of the upstart undercover cop who infiltrates a criminal gang – in this case, a group of daredevil street-racers moonlighting as truck hijackers – before discovering a kinship with the renegades he is supposed to be apprehending.

The contrast between Walker,...

Paul Walker’s costars can’t say enough great things about the actor, who passed away tragically on Nov. 30 in a fiery car crash in Santa Clarita, Cali. Paul, 40, touched many hearts during his career.

Whether acting with him in one film or in an entire franchise, Paul Walker‘s costars are completely heartbroken by his death. The actor was leaving his charity event with a friend when the driver lost control of the Porsche Gt, crashing into a tree, killing both Paul and the driver. Below, read the heartfelt messages from his costars.

Costars React To Paul Walker’s Death

Less than 24 hours after Paul tragically died, co-star Tyrese Gibson visited the crash site, where he immediately broke down in tears. The actor could not contain himself as he left a few flowers for his fallen co-star and then walked away stoically.

Vin Diesel meanwhile, is “inconsolable,” a friend told HollywoodLife.

Paul Walker was a refreshing enigma in Hollywood. Though he starred in one of the most successful movie franchises of all time, he never seemed to revel in fame. He wouldn’t go out of his way to drum up press. Walker, the man, remained somewhat of a mystery throughout his career.

Perhaps that’s why people wrote him off as a dumb lug. With messy blond hair, a surfer’s accent, and chiseled features, Walker was easy to stereotype as a lucky, pretty face that didn’t have much going on upstairs.

But I never understood that characterization of the star.

Actor Paul Walker died on Saturday. The sad announcement was made via his official Twitter and Facebook pages.

It is with a truly heavy heart that we must confirm that Paul Walker passed away today in a tragic car accident while attending a charity event for his organization Reach Out Worldwide. He was a passenger in a friend’s car, in which both lost their lives. We appreciate your patience as we too are stunned and saddened beyond belief by this news. Thank you for keeping his family and friends in your prayers during this very difficult time. We will do our best to keep you apprised on where to send condolences. - #TeamPW

Just days ago, both Walker and Fast & Furious co-star, Vin Diesel, posted this image of the next installment of the franchise via their Twitter and Facebook pages, respectively. Fast & Furious 7 is currently filming, with a planned...

The actor Paul Walker, who found success starring in the popular car-racing franchise, has died in an automobile accident in Los Angeles aged 40

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Paul Walker, the much-loved star who for 12 years headlined the Fast and Furious franchise, has died in a car crash aged 40.

The actor was travelling as a passenger in a new Porsche when his friend who was driving - who has been described as an "experienced driver" - lost control of the vehicle and collided with a street light, and then a tree.

The La County Sheriff's department has confirmed that two people died in a collision in Santa Clarita, north of Los Angeles, at 3:30pm on Saturday, but Walker's death was confirmed by his representatives on his official Facebook page, and then by his publicist,...

Us actor Paul Walker, star of The Fast and the Furious movie franchise, has passed away at the age of 40.

Walker was born in Glendale, California on September 12, 1973 to sewer contractor Paul William Walker III and fashion model Cheryl and was brought up in a working class Mormon household.

The eldest of five children, Walker began a modelling career at the young age of 2, appearing in a commercial for Pampers. Encouraged by his mother, he auditioned for television acting roles and went on to make guest appearances in Highway to Heaven and Touched by an Angel. In 1992, Walker bagged a recurring role as teenager Brandon Collins in Us soap The Young and the Restless.

Walker's talents were transferred to the big screen in 1998, when he made his feature film debut as Phil Deedle in Disney comedy Meet the Deedles. Following the movie's success, Walker secured supporting roles in teen films including Varsity Blues,...

News has just broken of the tragic death of Paul Walker in a car accident at a charity event for his organization Reach Out Worldwide, a charity he helped set up in 2010 to help those people affected by natural disasters. Aged 40, the actor has starred in movies such as Varsity Blues, Pleasentville, and The Skulls, but it best known to countless people worldwide for his role as Brian O'Connor in the Fast and Furious franchise, becoming the backbone of the series alongside Vin Diesel. The thoughts of all of us here at The Movie Bit are with his family and friends during this dark time. The news was confirmed by the following statement from the actor's Facebook page: "It is with a truly heavy heart that we must confirm that Paul Walker has passed away today in a tragic car accident while attending a charity event for his organization Reach Out Worldwide.

Paul Walker, star of the Fast & Furious franchise has been killed in a car crash in California after leaving a charity event. He was the passenger in a friend’s car when it hit a lamp post and tree north of Los Angeles, in the community of Valencia.

Walker was best known for his association with the high-octane drive-heist series, in which he played former undercover agent Brian O’Conner, alongside Vin Diesel, who posted his reaction to Instagram:

“Brother I will miss you very much. I am absolutely speechless. Heaven has gained a new Angel. Rest in Peace.”

He starred in every one of the main Fast & Furious films, apart from Tokyo Drift, and his latest film Hours is set for release this month.

Other notable career high-points included cult classic The Skulls, Pleasantville and the hugely underrated Varsity Blues.

Walker’s death was announced on his official Facebook...

It has been confirmed by his publicist that "Fast and the Furious" series star Paul Walker died on Saturday afternoon in a car crash that killed one other person in Valencia, north of Los Angeles.

The 40-year-old was a passenger in a friend's car and was attending a charity event for his organisation Reach Out Worldwide.

The L.A. County Sheriff's Department found a red Porsche had crashed into a light pole and tree and burst into flames. Two people who were found in the car were pronounced dead at the scene.

Epitomising the blond-haired, blue-eyed California surfer look, Walker broke through in the late 1990s with films like "Pleasantville," "Varsity Blues," "The Skulls" and "She's All That". He went on to star in the likes of "Joy Ride," "Timeline," "Into the Blue," "Eight Below," "Flags of Our Fathers," "Takers" and the upcoming "Hours".

However he's most well known for...

Paul Walker, who died in a car crash on Saturday afternoon in Valencia, Calif., was best known for his roles in The Fast and the Furious films, but there were so many in Hollywood who knew him as more than the franchise's Brian O'Conner. Friends and colleagues flooded Twitter with tributes to the father of one, who got his start as a child actor in commercials and went on to make appearances in shows like Charles in Charge, Who's the Boss and The Young and the Restless. "My heart is hurting so bad no one can make me believe this is real,...

In truly sobering, sad, and tragic news, another star has been taken from us all too soon. This one Way before his time. It's with a heavy heart that we report the death of Paul Walker, age 40, as the result of a fiery auto wreck in California.

TMZ broke the news. Walker was in California attending a charity car show in Santa Clarita, which is just north of Los Angeles, for the Philippines typhoon relief effort.

The actor's Facebook page has now posted an official announcement:

It is with a truly heavy heart that we must confirm that Paul Walker passed away today in a tragic car accident while attending a charity event for his organization Reach Out Worldwide. He was a passenger in a friend's car, in which both lost their lives. We appreciate your patience as we too are stunned and saddened beyond belief by this news. Thank...