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Republic Film Partners With XPrize On Global Sci-Fi Movie Contest In Growing Platform’s Latest Venture
Culturedeadline29d ago

Republic Film Partners With XPrize On Global Sci-Fi Movie Contest In Growing Platform’s Latest Venture

Republic Film, the two-year old platform that’s successfully connected Eli Roth, Robert Rodriquez and Pressman Films with fan investors, has partnered with the Future Vision XPRIZE, which will award $3.5 million towards film projects showcasing “optimistic science fiction storytelling about humanity’s technology-enabled future.” The nonprofit XPRIZE sponsors large-scale, global incentive competitions across industries. In this […]

Psycho Killer review – delayed satanic serial slasher is devilishly dull
CultureThe Guardian1mo ago

Psycho Killer review – delayed satanic serial slasher is devilishly dull

The writer of Seven commits the sin of boring us with this bland horror which should have stayed in development hell where it belongs When a script has passed through multiple hands over an almost 20-year period, one assumes it must have something magnetic enough to keep it within the Hollywood ecosystem and out of the trash. Of course, it’s also assumed that there’s probably something a little cursed about it too but when it finally does get made, the curiosity factor is sky high. Psycho Killer, written in the mid-2000s by Seven’s Andrew Kevin Walker, has had its share of almosts over the years. In 2009, Fred Durst was set to direct. In 2010, Eli Roth was set to produce. In 2011, production was set to begin. In 2015, it was supposed to get German funding. But each iteration found a snag, and it took until 2023 for the film to finally get made. Three years later, it’s now finally getting released by 20th, AKA Disney, with long-time producer Gavin Polone making his directorial debut, an answer to the question of “Why this?’ quietly arriving in 1,000-plus cinemas. Continue reading...