On the verge of the premiere of miniseries Justified: City Primeval next week, its origins have become clear, with writer/director Quentin Tarantino having influenced its early development.
As it turns out, Quentin Tarantino had a hand in getting the project off the ground back in 2018. While filming Once Upon a Time in Hollywood with Justified star Timothy Olyphant (who played Lancer star James Stacy in the movie), Tarantino got to talking about the Elmore Leonard book “City Primeval” as a potential inspiration for a season of the FX series.
While the pitch from Tarantino and Olyphant didn’t pan out right away, Justified: City Primeval co-showrunner Michael Dinner was able to use it once he got FX on board for a continuation, telling IndieWire, “They said, ‘What are you thinking about doing?’ And I said, ‘Are you familiar with “City Primeval”?’ They said, ‘Yeah, Tim pitched that to us a year ago.
As it turns out, Quentin Tarantino had a hand in getting the project off the ground back in 2018. While filming Once Upon a Time in Hollywood with Justified star Timothy Olyphant (who played Lancer star James Stacy in the movie), Tarantino got to talking about the Elmore Leonard book “City Primeval” as a potential inspiration for a season of the FX series.
While the pitch from Tarantino and Olyphant didn’t pan out right away, Justified: City Primeval co-showrunner Michael Dinner was able to use it once he got FX on board for a continuation, telling IndieWire, “They said, ‘What are you thinking about doing?’ And I said, ‘Are you familiar with “City Primeval”?’ They said, ‘Yeah, Tim pitched that to us a year ago.
- 7/15/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Academy Award winner Quentin Tarantino is in early talks to direct one or two episodes of FX‘s upcoming Justified revival starring Timothy Olyphant. As first reported by Deadline, the Django Unchained director has been tapped for Justified: City of Primeval, the revival that will see Olyphant reprise his role as U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens. Talks are apparently still in their early stages, and no one from FX or Tarantino’s camp has commented on the situation. Tarantino and Olyphant are no strangers to one another. Olyphant starred as James Stacy in the famed director’s most recent film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Tarantino is also a known fan of Elmore Leonard, the author who created the Givens character — Tarantino previously adapted Leonard’s novel Rum Punch into his 1997 film Jackie Brown and has optioned other titles. Justified: City of Primeval was picked up in January and...
- 2/25/2022
- TV Insider
Quentin Tarantino is in early talks to helm one or two episodes of “Justified: City of Primeval,” the limited series revival of the FX drama starring Timothy Olyphant, Variety has confirmed.
The “Justified” revival was ordered in January, with Olyphant set to reprise his role as U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens. The new series is inspired by Elmore Leonard’s novel “City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit.” Leonard created the character of Givens, who is featured in several of his books including “Fire in the Hole,” which “Justified” was based upon.
Tarantino and Olyphant worked together on the director’s most recent film, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” with Olyphant playing James Stacy. Tarantino is also a known fan of Leonard’s work, having adapted his novel “Rum Punch” into his 1997 film “Jackie Brown” and optioning a few more of the author’s titles.
According to the show’s logline,...
The “Justified” revival was ordered in January, with Olyphant set to reprise his role as U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens. The new series is inspired by Elmore Leonard’s novel “City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit.” Leonard created the character of Givens, who is featured in several of his books including “Fire in the Hole,” which “Justified” was based upon.
Tarantino and Olyphant worked together on the director’s most recent film, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” with Olyphant playing James Stacy. Tarantino is also a known fan of Leonard’s work, having adapted his novel “Rum Punch” into his 1997 film “Jackie Brown” and optioning a few more of the author’s titles.
According to the show’s logline,...
- 2/25/2022
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Quentin Tarantino long has taken his encyclopedic cinematic influences, including genres and actors from the past, and blended them through his filter to create wildly inventive films that have influenced many up-and-coming filmmakers. Now, he has done a similar thing that I bet will not be copied by other filmmakers. After steeping himself for a half-decade in the lore of ’60s films, stuntmen, Western TV series and the Manson family to create Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Tarantino harkened back to his love for movie novelizations and wrote one for his own movie, after the fact. The book becomes in a way its own singular Tarantino creation: Using his film as a springboard, Tarantino heads into many unexpected directions while satisfyingly expanding and fleshing out the mythology of the world and the characters populated by Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and others. If you are a fan of the movie,...
- 7/20/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
“A love letter to cinema” was the tired-but-true trope that everyone trotted out when Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” the movie, hit theaters two years ago. But it’s now clear just how insufficient a mere mash note to the movies was for Tarantino. This week saw the arrival of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” the 400-page book, as his epic Penthouse Forum Letter to cinema. You’ll know this trade-paperback novelization is cineaste-populist porn when you see it.
The end result is not so much like reliving the movie on the page — although the book does have a few scenes in which the dialogue and descriptive beats are transcribed note-for-note from the screenplay — as much as a catalog of constant diversions that’s like being locked inside the New Beverly for a week with Pauline Kael, Harry Knowles and Leonard Maltin. Let that intrigue...
The end result is not so much like reliving the movie on the page — although the book does have a few scenes in which the dialogue and descriptive beats are transcribed note-for-note from the screenplay — as much as a catalog of constant diversions that’s like being locked inside the New Beverly for a week with Pauline Kael, Harry Knowles and Leonard Maltin. Let that intrigue...
- 7/3/2021
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Being typecast is rarely described as being a good thing. But in the case of Timothy Olyphant, whose career over the last two decades has been punctuated with multiple roles in which he’s played impossibly cool lawmen, an exception simply must be made, if for no other reason than he seems to be in on it. After portraying a reluctant sheriff on HBO’s “Deadwood” and a U.S. marshal on both FX’s “Justified” and the network’s fourth season of “Fargo,” Olyphant thrilled fans of Disney+’s “The Mandalorian” when he guest-starred in the Season 2 premiere as yet another marshal (and seemed to have a wonderful time doing it).
Like “Deadwood’s” Seth Bullock before him, Cobb Vanth is a lone lawman attempting to bring some semblance of law and order to what is essentially a lawless town. In this case, because “The Mandalorian” is a “Star Wars” series,...
Like “Deadwood’s” Seth Bullock before him, Cobb Vanth is a lone lawman attempting to bring some semblance of law and order to what is essentially a lawless town. In this case, because “The Mandalorian” is a “Star Wars” series,...
- 6/25/2021
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- Gold Derby
During his opening monologue at the Golden Globes last month, Ricky Gervais announced, “It was a big year for pedophile movies — ‘Surviving R. Kelly.’ ‘Leaving Neverland.’ (pause) ‘The Two Popes.'” The audience erupted in laughter but I felt sick to my stomach. What about “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,” a film that went on to win three of the top awards that night, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy?
Quentin Tarantino’s new movie includes Timothy Olyphant in a supporting role as James Stacy, an actor on the real-life Western TV show “Lancer” (starring Leonardo DiCaprio’s fictional Rick Dalton in the film) who was a serial pedophile. Stacy, who is my great uncle, in 1995 pleaded no contest to molesting an 11-year-old girl and served six years in prison. Although he had a charming role in Tarantino’s latest film, Stacy has long been the villain in...
Quentin Tarantino’s new movie includes Timothy Olyphant in a supporting role as James Stacy, an actor on the real-life Western TV show “Lancer” (starring Leonardo DiCaprio’s fictional Rick Dalton in the film) who was a serial pedophile. Stacy, who is my great uncle, in 1995 pleaded no contest to molesting an 11-year-old girl and served six years in prison. Although he had a charming role in Tarantino’s latest film, Stacy has long been the villain in...
- 2/7/2020
- by Nicole Haggard
- The Wrap
The 2020 SAG Awards have come and gone, with the first award of the evening going to “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” star Tony Shalhoub for Male Actor in a Comedy Series and the last to “Parasite” for Best Cast in a Motion Picture.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge won the award for Best Female Actor in a Comedy Series for “Fleabag,” while the Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series went to “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Its star, Rachel Brosnahan paid tribute to Brian Tarantina, who played Jackie the emcee at the Gaslight comedy club and died in November at the age of 60.
Laura Dern won Best Supporting Actress for her role in “Marriage Story.” Brad Pitt won for his role in “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.” “The Crown” won Best Ensemble in a Drama Series. Joaquin Phoenix won Best Lead Actor for “Joker,” while Renee Zellweger won Best Lead Actress for “Judy.”
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge won the award for Best Female Actor in a Comedy Series for “Fleabag,” while the Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series went to “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Its star, Rachel Brosnahan paid tribute to Brian Tarantina, who played Jackie the emcee at the Gaslight comedy club and died in November at the age of 60.
Laura Dern won Best Supporting Actress for her role in “Marriage Story.” Brad Pitt won for his role in “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.” “The Crown” won Best Ensemble in a Drama Series. Joaquin Phoenix won Best Lead Actor for “Joker,” while Renee Zellweger won Best Lead Actress for “Judy.”
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- 1/20/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
The SAG Awards nominations are underway his morning for its 26th edition, with America Ferrera and Danai Gurira revealing the list in 15 film and TV categories in a ceremony at West Hollywood’s Pacific Design Center. Winners will be revealed in an ceremony January 19 live on TNT and TBS.
SAG AFTRA’s annual awards are a key stopping point in the awards season calendar, with its Ensemble awards on the film side a key barometer ahead of the Oscars. Last year, that honor went to Marvel’s Black Panther, which went on to get an historic Best Picture Oscar nom. Guild voters also matched eventual acting winners Rami Malek and Mahershala Ali.
On the TV side, NBC’s This Is Us and Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs Maisel won top ensemble honors. Will This Is Us return to defend in a year when no broadcast network shows made the cut for the Golden Globes noms announced Monday?
Below are the this year’s SAG Awards categories.
SAG AFTRA’s annual awards are a key stopping point in the awards season calendar, with its Ensemble awards on the film side a key barometer ahead of the Oscars. Last year, that honor went to Marvel’s Black Panther, which went on to get an historic Best Picture Oscar nom. Guild voters also matched eventual acting winners Rami Malek and Mahershala Ali.
On the TV side, NBC’s This Is Us and Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs Maisel won top ensemble honors. Will This Is Us return to defend in a year when no broadcast network shows made the cut for the Golden Globes noms announced Monday?
Below are the this year’s SAG Awards categories.
- 12/11/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s been a whole two days since the Golden Globes nominations came out and that means it’s time for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) nominees.
The contenders were announced Wednesday morning by America Ferrera and Danai Gurira, with “Bombshell,” “The Irishman,” “Jojo Rabbit,” “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” and “Parasite” competing for top film cast and the stars of “Big Little Lies,” “The Crown,” “Game of Thrones,” “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Stranger Things” all in the running for TV’s drama ensemble prize.
On the funnier side of the small screen, the top cast category will come down to “Barry,” “Fleabag,” “The Kominsky Method,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Schitt’s Creek.”
Also Read: Golden Globes 2020: The Complete List of Nominees
Find all of the nominees in each of the 15 categories below.
The 26th annual SAG Awards air live Sunday, Jan. 19, 2019 starting at 8 p.m. Et / 5 p.
The contenders were announced Wednesday morning by America Ferrera and Danai Gurira, with “Bombshell,” “The Irishman,” “Jojo Rabbit,” “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” and “Parasite” competing for top film cast and the stars of “Big Little Lies,” “The Crown,” “Game of Thrones,” “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Stranger Things” all in the running for TV’s drama ensemble prize.
On the funnier side of the small screen, the top cast category will come down to “Barry,” “Fleabag,” “The Kominsky Method,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Schitt’s Creek.”
Also Read: Golden Globes 2020: The Complete List of Nominees
Find all of the nominees in each of the 15 categories below.
The 26th annual SAG Awards air live Sunday, Jan. 19, 2019 starting at 8 p.m. Et / 5 p.
- 12/11/2019
- by Tony Maglio and Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Luke Perry continues to grace to big screen even after his death.
In a newly released deleted scene from Quentin Tarantino‘s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Perry appears opposite Timothy Olyphant for more of the 1960s-set cowboy TV series.
In the clip, Perry and Olyphant banter as real-life actors Wayne Maunder and James Stacy in Lancer, a Western that aired from 1968 to 1970 on CBS. Actress Julia Butters also appears in the scene with the two veteran actors.
“Now, daddy won’t act like it at first — he can be a bit of a mule head — but no matter what he says,...
In a newly released deleted scene from Quentin Tarantino‘s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Perry appears opposite Timothy Olyphant for more of the 1960s-set cowboy TV series.
In the clip, Perry and Olyphant banter as real-life actors Wayne Maunder and James Stacy in Lancer, a Western that aired from 1968 to 1970 on CBS. Actress Julia Butters also appears in the scene with the two veteran actors.
“Now, daddy won’t act like it at first — he can be a bit of a mule head — but no matter what he says,...
- 10/29/2019
- by Ashley Boucher
- PEOPLE.com
One of the great surprises of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” was that Quentin Tarantino got to make his third western (following “Django Unchained” and “The Hateful Eight”) with his retro-contemporary redo of the actual ’60s TV series “Lancer.” Only he originally had something much more subversive in mind for Leonardo DiCaprio’s has-been actor, Rick Dalton, doing a guest shot as a hippie-looking gunslinger.
“It’s shot like a movie and Quentin was very cognizant of that,” said editor Fred Raskin. “Because early on in the screenplay and the design of the movie, when you’re introduced to ‘Lancer,’ you weren’t aware as to what you were watching. At a certain point, we cut to this western world and there was this disorientation of, ‘Wait a minute, where are we now?’ And as we were editing the movie and shaping and refining it, that was one element...
“It’s shot like a movie and Quentin was very cognizant of that,” said editor Fred Raskin. “Because early on in the screenplay and the design of the movie, when you’re introduced to ‘Lancer,’ you weren’t aware as to what you were watching. At a certain point, we cut to this western world and there was this disorientation of, ‘Wait a minute, where are we now?’ And as we were editing the movie and shaping and refining it, that was one element...
- 7/29/2019
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Most times Deadline has done in-depth interviews with Quentin Tarantino, the occasion has been a hot-button moment that begged for clarity. Like the time he (temporarily) scrapped The Hateful Eight out of frustration that a rep among the small handful of actors he showed the script leaked that first draft, or when Tarantino gave Uma Thurman footage of a regrettable scene gone wrong in which she crashed and was injured in a car, only to get painted the villain in a New York Times write-up. The occasion today is his new film Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, a ’60s-set picture he calls his love letter to Los Angeles, an exploration of a moment when the business made Westerns and the actors in them obsolete as the auteur ’70s took hold. It was also a loss of innocence moment with the spree of barbaric murders perpetrated at the direction of Charles Manson.
- 7/17/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Quentin Tarantino has a new rule for being on set during his films — put the cell phones away!
In an interview on The Rich Eisen Show, actor Timothy Olyphant — who plays real-life actor James Stacy in Tarantino’s upcoming film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood — revealed that the famed film director had a policy of no cell phone use during filming.
“His set is a set unlike anything I have ever been on,” Olyphant, 51, said of the 56-year-old’s on-set policy.
“Quentin has got no cell phones on set. None. You’re fired. Cell phone…out, done, you’re going home,...
In an interview on The Rich Eisen Show, actor Timothy Olyphant — who plays real-life actor James Stacy in Tarantino’s upcoming film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood — revealed that the famed film director had a policy of no cell phone use during filming.
“His set is a set unlike anything I have ever been on,” Olyphant, 51, said of the 56-year-old’s on-set policy.
“Quentin has got no cell phones on set. None. You’re fired. Cell phone…out, done, you’re going home,...
- 6/10/2019
- by Eric Todisco
- PEOPLE.com
Technology is never to be trusted; as evolved as it has become, the thought of sentience and ill will striking back at our computer dependent life will never go away – and kids, just because you use Incognito, nothing is ever really gone. (Trust me.) Enter Paper Man (1971), an early entry into the A.I. Paranoia Sweepstakes that is pretty prescient and a damn entertaining thriller to boot.
Originally broadcast as part of The New CBS Friday Night Movies, Paper Man fought it out against ABC’s lineup of Room 222/The Odd Couple/Love, American Style and NBC’s World Premiere Movie, surely losing to the former’s solid roster. The world was just not ready for computer hijinks if it didn’t involve Stanley Kubrick or Kurt Russell.
Let’s open up the old fusty TV Guide and scour the data:
Paper Man
Five college kids find themselves in danger...
Originally broadcast as part of The New CBS Friday Night Movies, Paper Man fought it out against ABC’s lineup of Room 222/The Odd Couple/Love, American Style and NBC’s World Premiere Movie, surely losing to the former’s solid roster. The world was just not ready for computer hijinks if it didn’t involve Stanley Kubrick or Kurt Russell.
Let’s open up the old fusty TV Guide and scour the data:
Paper Man
Five college kids find themselves in danger...
- 5/12/2019
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Timothy Olyphant knows just how lucky he is to have worked with Luke Perry in the actor’s final on-screen performance.
Olyphant opened up about working with Perry on the upcoming film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood before the actor’s tragic death in March, calling the star a “lovely guy.”
“What a lovely guy. Just a lovely guy,” he told Variety. I’m going to miss him at that premiere. I’m going to miss him. I’m going to miss him anyway.”
Perry, who had completed all of his scenes in the upcoming film prior to his death,...
Olyphant opened up about working with Perry on the upcoming film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood before the actor’s tragic death in March, calling the star a “lovely guy.”
“What a lovely guy. Just a lovely guy,” he told Variety. I’m going to miss him at that premiere. I’m going to miss him. I’m going to miss him anyway.”
Perry, who had completed all of his scenes in the upcoming film prior to his death,...
- 4/18/2019
- by Jodi Guglielmi
- PEOPLE.com
Luke Perry’s last role will be in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” and his co-star Timothy Olyphant got a front-row seat to the late actor’s final performance.
Perry, who died this March after suffering a massive stroke, had completed all of his scenes in the upcoming film prior to his sudden death.
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” which hits theaters this summer, stars Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio as a washed-up actor and his longtime stunt double. The film is set in 1969 Hollywood against the backdrop of the rise of the Charles Manson cult, with Pitt and DiCaprio’s character living next door to Sharon Tate (played by Margot Robbie), the actress famously killed in the Manson murders.
Perry will play the role of real-life actor Wayne Maunder, who co-starred in the late ’60s TV western “Lancer” with actor James Stacy, who will be portrayed by Olyphant.
Perry, who died this March after suffering a massive stroke, had completed all of his scenes in the upcoming film prior to his sudden death.
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” which hits theaters this summer, stars Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio as a washed-up actor and his longtime stunt double. The film is set in 1969 Hollywood against the backdrop of the rise of the Charles Manson cult, with Pitt and DiCaprio’s character living next door to Sharon Tate (played by Margot Robbie), the actress famously killed in the Manson murders.
Perry will play the role of real-life actor Wayne Maunder, who co-starred in the late ’60s TV western “Lancer” with actor James Stacy, who will be portrayed by Olyphant.
- 4/17/2019
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
Louie Elias, a veteran Hollywood stuntman who is seen leaping from a blown-up guard tower during the opening credits of the 1960s ABC comedy F Troop, has died. He was 84.
Elias, the older brother of the late actor James Stacy and Emmy-nominated hairstylist Carolyn Elias, died Dec. 13, his family announced.
Elias doubled for Charles McGraw in Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus, getting pushed into a giant vat by Kirk Douglas in a stunt that left a scar on his chin for life. He also served as Rod Taylor's double throughout the Australian actor's career.
On television, Elias stepped...
Elias, the older brother of the late actor James Stacy and Emmy-nominated hairstylist Carolyn Elias, died Dec. 13, his family announced.
Elias doubled for Charles McGraw in Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus, getting pushed into a giant vat by Kirk Douglas in a stunt that left a scar on his chin for life. He also served as Rod Taylor's double throughout the Australian actor's career.
On television, Elias stepped...
- 1/25/2018
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stars: Michael Callan, Joanna Pettet, Seymour Cassel, James Stacy, Pamela Hensley, Cleavon Little, Robert Tessier, Sally Kirkland | Written and Directed by William Bryon Hillman
A remake of director William Bryon Hillman’s own 1974 film The Photographer, Double Exposure is the latest slice of cinematic sleaze to be rescued from obscurity by the fine folks at Vinegar Syndrome; and unlike the majority of their releases I purchase, this was a blind-buy, Meaning I was going into this movie without any prior knowledge with what to expect, trusting in Vinegar Syndrome to deliver another fantastic flick. And that trust – as usual – was well founded.
Double Exposure stars Michael Callan as Adrian Wilde, a prolific photographer whose specialty is shooting nude models for men’s magazines. His life starts to unravel when he begins to experience strange and almost lifelike dreams in which he murders the very women he’s been photographing. What...
A remake of director William Bryon Hillman’s own 1974 film The Photographer, Double Exposure is the latest slice of cinematic sleaze to be rescued from obscurity by the fine folks at Vinegar Syndrome; and unlike the majority of their releases I purchase, this was a blind-buy, Meaning I was going into this movie without any prior knowledge with what to expect, trusting in Vinegar Syndrome to deliver another fantastic flick. And that trust – as usual – was well founded.
Double Exposure stars Michael Callan as Adrian Wilde, a prolific photographer whose specialty is shooting nude models for men’s magazines. His life starts to unravel when he begins to experience strange and almost lifelike dreams in which he murders the very women he’s been photographing. What...
- 5/17/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Jason Sudeikis and “Deep Fried Masters” star Jim Stacy on Leno (Videos) Last night Jason Sudeikis shows some unseen footage of Ted Lasso, an American football coach learning “football” in England. Later, Sudeikis shares a story of how his “We’re the Millers” co-star Nick Offerman helped him when he was locked out of his house. “Deep Fried Masters” star Jim Stacy cooks up some deep-fried desserts and also shares a few drinks with Jason Sudeikis. KT Tunstall performs. Jay Leno’S Monologue Friday, August 9, 2013 Did You Hear About This? Big Announcement From The NFL This Week; They Say They Are Going To Crack Down On Excessive Celebrations This Season. The Only Time They Will Allow A Celebration...
- 8/11/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
By Lee Pfeiffer
The little-seen 1983 thriller Double Exposure has been released on Blu-ray by Scorpion Releasing as a special edition. The film has an interesting background. It was originally filmed in 1971 under the title of The Photographer by director William Byron Hillman with Michael Callan cast as a photographer of beautiful women who also turns out to be a serial murderer. Hillman and Callan were frustrated that the movie received only a limited release. Twelve years later, they collaborated on a remake of the movie using the title Double Exposure. This time around, Callan served as an uncredited screenwriter on Hillman's new script and he also produced the movie, as well. Major script changes included having the main character, Adrian Wilde (Callan), not certain if he actually is a murderer. He's a generally kind and decent man who eeks out a modest living photographing models. He resides in a mobile home in L.
The little-seen 1983 thriller Double Exposure has been released on Blu-ray by Scorpion Releasing as a special edition. The film has an interesting background. It was originally filmed in 1971 under the title of The Photographer by director William Byron Hillman with Michael Callan cast as a photographer of beautiful women who also turns out to be a serial murderer. Hillman and Callan were frustrated that the movie received only a limited release. Twelve years later, they collaborated on a remake of the movie using the title Double Exposure. This time around, Callan served as an uncredited screenwriter on Hillman's new script and he also produced the movie, as well. Major script changes included having the main character, Adrian Wilde (Callan), not certain if he actually is a murderer. He's a generally kind and decent man who eeks out a modest living photographing models. He resides in a mobile home in L.
- 4/28/2013
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
It's like an odd flickapalooza, man! The sickos over at Scorpion Releasing have four more terror flicks on tap for us that haven't seen the light of day in ages. Read on for all the details.
From the Press Release
On February 21st, Scorpion Releasing and Katarina's Nightmare Theater present Whispers, from the horrifying best seller by master horror writer Dean R. Koontz! Hilary Thomas (Victoria Tennant, L.A. Story) is a beautiful young writer who is stalked by a madman. The demented killer, Bruno Clavel (Jean LeClerc, All My Children), brutally attacks Hilary one night and she thinks she kills him, but he later reappears alive and well. She enlists the aid and protection of a cop (Chris Sarandon, Fright Night, Child's Play, The Sentinel) who believes her story, and as his love for her grows, he helps her discover the terrifying dark secret that drives Bruno to kill!
Special...
From the Press Release
On February 21st, Scorpion Releasing and Katarina's Nightmare Theater present Whispers, from the horrifying best seller by master horror writer Dean R. Koontz! Hilary Thomas (Victoria Tennant, L.A. Story) is a beautiful young writer who is stalked by a madman. The demented killer, Bruno Clavel (Jean LeClerc, All My Children), brutally attacks Hilary one night and she thinks she kills him, but he later reappears alive and well. She enlists the aid and protection of a cop (Chris Sarandon, Fright Night, Child's Play, The Sentinel) who believes her story, and as his love for her grows, he helps her discover the terrifying dark secret that drives Bruno to kill!
Special...
- 2/16/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
It's true, I don't know if you've heard the story, but it's true…every time an indie film gets distro an angel gets its wings…or maybe it's a Hellspawn gets its chains…one or the other. Regardless, the important news here is that the award-winning brutal biker film, Dear God No!, has grabbed a distribution deal with Archstone Distribution.
Written and directed by James Bickert, Dear God No! had a great run at film festivals last year and looks to continue that success with this distribution deal with Archstone (the fine people who also distroed Machete and both Human Centipede films). The movie stars Jett Bryant, Madeline Brumby, Olivia Lacroix, Paul McComiskey, John Collins, Shane Morton, Nick Morgan, Rusty Stache, Jim Sligh, Billy Ratliff, Johnny McGowen, John Collins, Heath Street, Rachelle Lynn, Nick Hood and Jim Stacy. Check out the website at the DearGodNoMovie.com and check them out on Facebook.
Written and directed by James Bickert, Dear God No! had a great run at film festivals last year and looks to continue that success with this distribution deal with Archstone (the fine people who also distroed Machete and both Human Centipede films). The movie stars Jett Bryant, Madeline Brumby, Olivia Lacroix, Paul McComiskey, John Collins, Shane Morton, Nick Morgan, Rusty Stache, Jim Sligh, Billy Ratliff, Johnny McGowen, John Collins, Heath Street, Rachelle Lynn, Nick Hood and Jim Stacy. Check out the website at the DearGodNoMovie.com and check them out on Facebook.
- 1/31/2012
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
There are words of wisdom that flash before you that you don't fully appreciate until the circumstance hits you between your eyes. One of those aphorisms that resonates with me is "no good deed goes unpunished." Let me explain. Before there was Ari Emanuel, before there was Mike Ovitz, before there was Sue Mengers, there was Stan Kamen. Stan Kamen called. "You know Jim Stacy, the actor who had a terrible accident? He's not a client, but he's a friend of mine, and I'd like you to help him. Meet with him, Ok? He has a...
- 12/5/2011
- by Arthur Axelman
- The Wrap
While it seems like since Rodriguez/Tarantino’s Grindhouse, a slew of other similar styled throwback films have cluttered up our appreciation of drive-ins, James Bickert’s upcoming biker/horror film Dear God No! is going to change that, giving us a loving “lost” film in the vein of Werewolves on Wheels. Killer Film caught up with the director, who’s in post-production finishing the score and sound mix as we speak, for the low down on what should be a fan favorite soon.
Jon: If IMDb is to be believed, it’s been about 10 years since your last directed film in Troma’s Dumpster Baby. During this interval, what led to Dear God No‘s inception?
James Bickert: IMDb is correct. Dear God No! was one of many projects I had planned to do 10 years ago. It was called The Sketchy Seven and more of a biker Seven Samurai-meets-Cemetery without Crosses.
Jon: If IMDb is to be believed, it’s been about 10 years since your last directed film in Troma’s Dumpster Baby. During this interval, what led to Dear God No‘s inception?
James Bickert: IMDb is correct. Dear God No! was one of many projects I had planned to do 10 years ago. It was called The Sketchy Seven and more of a biker Seven Samurai-meets-Cemetery without Crosses.
- 6/8/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
This year's Memphis Film Festival will include a tribute to Roy Rogers, seen here with Dale Evans.
Many stars from classic Western TV series of the 1960s will be appearing at this year's Memphis Film Festival, which ironically is not held in Memphis. The event takes place in nearby Olive Branch, Ms. Guest include James Stacy, James Drury, Peter Brown, Randy Boone, Barbara Luna and James Hampton. There will also be a celebration of Roy Rogers' 100th birthday. For info click here...
- 2/18/2011
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Say your husband's a big jerk. He yells at you and he's mean. But, on the other hand, he's rich and powerful and you're kind of superficial so you don't want to live without money or power. But still, he's a jerk and you hate him a lot.
Then imagine that one day you're out in the desert on some sort of mineral scouting trek with your meanie husband and a hot scruffy down-home cowboy type who is acting as your guide. (Also, I should mention that it's the 70s, so your idea of fashion is a polyester pantsuit and the hottie cowboy mineral speculator for sure has a mustache.) Your husband, in true form, drinks and is mean to you and the cowboy. This bugs you immensely. So when, due to his general jerk nature, your hubby spooks his horse, the horse throws him and he tumbles down a...
Then imagine that one day you're out in the desert on some sort of mineral scouting trek with your meanie husband and a hot scruffy down-home cowboy type who is acting as your guide. (Also, I should mention that it's the 70s, so your idea of fashion is a polyester pantsuit and the hottie cowboy mineral speculator for sure has a mustache.) Your husband, in true form, drinks and is mean to you and the cowboy. This bugs you immensely. So when, due to his general jerk nature, your hubby spooks his horse, the horse throws him and he tumbles down a...
- 8/24/2010
- Fox Movie Channel - Unvaulted
By Tom Lisanti
To get in a warm weather mood with summer not approaching fast enough, here is a look at Hollywood surf movies from a different and albeit biased perspective. Gay men are always looking for gay subtext in movies and TV, and I am no exception. Am I reading more into these films? Probably—but it was sure a lot of fun doing the research.
The Sixties beach movie craze began with Gidget (1959) starring Sandra Dee and James Darren, a fictionalized look at teenager Kathy Kohner’s surfing escapades in Malibu during the mid-Fifties. It was groundbreaking as the movie contributed to the mass dissention of surfers on the beaches of Malibu and started a series of surf-theme films such as Gidget Goes Hawaiian and Ride the Wild Surf. The surf movie soon morphed into the beach-party film, whose heyday was from 1963 through 1965, where surfing was only used...
To get in a warm weather mood with summer not approaching fast enough, here is a look at Hollywood surf movies from a different and albeit biased perspective. Gay men are always looking for gay subtext in movies and TV, and I am no exception. Am I reading more into these films? Probably—but it was sure a lot of fun doing the research.
The Sixties beach movie craze began with Gidget (1959) starring Sandra Dee and James Darren, a fictionalized look at teenager Kathy Kohner’s surfing escapades in Malibu during the mid-Fifties. It was groundbreaking as the movie contributed to the mass dissention of surfers on the beaches of Malibu and started a series of surf-theme films such as Gidget Goes Hawaiian and Ride the Wild Surf. The surf movie soon morphed into the beach-party film, whose heyday was from 1963 through 1965, where surfing was only used...
- 4/13/2009
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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