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The Conjuring (DVD)

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People often bemoan with horror movies that it’s just the same old plots over and over. However The Conjuring shows that sometimes you don’t need a brand new story if you have a director and actors who know that they’re doing.

James Wan has been proving that idea with the likes of Saw and Insidious, and it’s certainly true with The Conjuring. It may be a pretty typical haunted house story, but it delivers on the entertainment and jolts. [Read more…]

The Conjuring Sequel Already In The Works

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Conjuring-teaser-poster2The Conjuring isn’t due in US cinemas until Friday (and August 2nd in the UK), but New Line Cinema must have a lot of confidence in it, as they’re already putting plans in place for a sequel, according to Variety.

The studio has signed Chad Hayes and Carey Hayes, who wrote the original horror/thriller, to come up with a sequel script. The Conjuring, which as in the way with modern horror is based on a ‘true’ story, stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as paranormal investigators Ed Warren and Lorraine Warren, who investigate the haunting of a farmhouse.

The sequel will move onto some of the other famous cases that the Warrens worked on, some of which have already been turned into movies, such as The Amityville Horror and The Haunting in Connecticut. New Line president Toby Emmerich commented, “We have Lorraine’s permission and support, and we are working on developing another film.”

It’s perhaps not surprising they’re moving forward quickly, as it didn’t cost much to make, but has been receiving rave reviews as the festivals and screenings it’s had in the run up to its release.

It isn’t known if director James Wan will return to direct the follow-up, but it seems unlike as he recently signed up to helm Fast & Furious 7.

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New The Conjuring Trailer – Patrick Wilson & Vera Farmiga get creepy

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Saw and Insidious director James Wan is keeping things in creepy gear for The Conjuring, which teams him with a great cast including Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor and Joey King. Now a new trailer and poster have arrived, to get us excited for the August 2nd release.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story, The Conjuring tells the horrifying tale of how renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warrenwere called upon to help a family terrorised by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.

It certainly look pretty eerie. [Read more…]

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New The Conjuring Trailer – Take a look at James Wan’s creepy new flick

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Saw and Insidious director James Wan is coming back with another creepy movie, The Conjuring. Now a new trailer for the movie has been released, giving us a good look at this supposedly based on a true story movie.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story, “The Conjuring” tells the horrifying tale of how renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorised by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.’

Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor and Joey King star. A July 19th UK & US release date is set.

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Vera Farmiga Up For The Judge, Alongside Robert Downey Jr.

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vera-farmigaVera Farmiga is currently on US TV screens in the Psycho prequel Bates Motel, but soon she’ll be heading back to cinemas as THR reports she has signed on to star in The Judge for director David Dobkin.

Robert Downey Jr. is set to play a big city lawyer who returns to his hometown for his mother’s funeral. Once there he learns that his elderly father (Robert Duvall), the local judge, is the prime suspect in her death. Vera Farmiga will play a waitress who never left the small town, and has a connection to the attorney’s past. Vincent D’Onofrio also stars as Downey Jr’s brother.

Shooting on the movie is due to kick off this June in Boston.

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The Conjuring Trailer – Lili Taylor, Vera Farmiga & Patrick Wilson have creepy troubles

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The Conjuring is another one of those creepy paranormal tales that’s supposedly based on a true story, although quite how true it is, is highly debatable. Now we get out first chance to judge its veracity with a slightly creepy trailer (along with the new poster above).

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story, “The Conjuring” tells the horrifying tale of how renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorised by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.’

Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor and Joey King star. A July 19th UK & US release date is set.

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First Pics Of Vera Farmiga & Co. In James Wan’s The Conjuring

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Many wondered whether James Wan would be a one-hit wonder after creating and directing Saw. However 2010’s Insidious proved a significant hit and now he’s one of the most in demand helmers around. Next up he’s got The Conjuring, which hits cinemas next summer, and now the first images have arrived via EW, which you can see above and below.

The movie is based on the allegedly true story of a Rhode Island family who claimed they, “lived among the dead,” with friendly and evil spirits residing in their farmhouse. Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson play paranormal investigators who head off to examine the house in the 1970s, finding more strangeness than they can handle. Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor play the haunted couple.

As well as The Conjuring, Wan is due to shoot a murder house thriller next January, starring Maria Bello, and he also recently attached himself to a screen version of MacGyver.

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Goats Trailer – David Duchovny has one hell of a beard

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Goats seems like one of those eccentric films that could either be great fun or just ridiculous, and from this trailer it’s difficult to tell which. In the film, Ellis (Graham Phillips) is the most adult member of his eccentric family at 15 years old. His mom (Vera Farmiga) is a New Age hippie that spends all of her time working on self-help rituals with her hustler boyfriend (Justin Kirk). His dad (Ty Burrell) left home years ago and is more focused on his new wife (Keri Russell) and family. And then there’s Goat Man (David Duchovny), the goat-herding sage who has lived in their pool house since Ellis was a child, teaching him the meaning of stability, commitment, and expanding one’s mind.

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Safe House (DVD)

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Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) is a young CIA operative feeling trapped by his dull posting as the keeper of a safe house in Cape Town. His rather tedious existence is suddenly blown apart by the arrival of Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington), a former secret agent accused of selling out his country and who’s been on the run for several years.

The team who’ve captured him immediately start using aggressive techniques to get info out of him, but are interrupted by armed men storming in, shooting up the place while looking for Tobin. Matt is forced to go on the run with Frost in tow. He’s determined to get captured fugitive safely into CIA hands, but the former agent isn’t planning to go quietly, especially as there’s more to him than meets the eye and an ever growing conspiracy around him. [Read more…]

Chloe Moretz & Rupert Grint Join The Drummer

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The biopic of Dennis Wilson, The Drummer, gets a little closer to the screen, with Variety reporting that Chloe Moretz and Rupert Grint have signed up to star alongside the already cast Aaron Eckhart and Vera Farmiga.

Eckhart will play The Beach Boys drummer Wilson, with the film focusing on the last six years of his life. Dennis is generally seen as the dark horse of the Beach Boys, but the last few years of his life saw him stepping into the limelight and releasing a solo album, Pacific Ocean Blue, in 1977 (Eckhart will apparently record his own versions of songs from that record, and classically trained pianist Farmiga is set to make her own music as well, as Fleetwood Mac singer Christine McVie, who was romantically involved with Dennis).

However he was also battling with drug and alcohol problems and eventually drowned whilst swimming drunk. Chloe Moretz will play Brian Wilson’s daughter, Jennifer, while Rupert Grint is playing Stan Shapiro, a mail room intern at William Morris who befriends Dennis Wilson.

Randall Miller (Bottle Shock) is directing with production scheduled to begin June 15th.

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