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The famed horror team of director James Wan (Saw, The Conjuring) and writer Leigh Whannell (Saw, Saw III) reunite with the...
Fans were introduced to Wan and writer Leigh Whannell's paranormal world by way of «The Further», another realm of existence that resides alongside our own, in which passed over spirits and meddlesome ghosts lurk in smoky darkness, waiting for a chance to reconnect with their loved ones.
Director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell return with the original cast to continue the story of the Lambert Family in Insidious: Chapter 2.
In the interview, we discuss how she became the face of the franchise, becoming BFFs with writer Leigh Whannell, and her fondest memory of Wes Craven.
The famed horror team of director James Wan (Saw, The Conjuring) and writer Leigh Whannell (Saw, Saw III) reunite with the original cast in the highly anticipated, spine - tingling follow - up Insidious: Chapter 2 (read our review), debuting December 24 on Blu - ray Combo Pack and DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Franchise writer Leigh Whannell makes his directorial debut with the new film, which takes fans back to the beginning.
Rather than giving fans deeper insight into the endlessly fascinating «Further» spirit realm, Robitel and writer Leigh Whannell stagnate the series with trope regurgitation.
In his endearingly logorrheic intro, an irrepressible Wan, director of the original Saw, revealed that one of the rules he and writer Leigh Whannell set for themselves was that there would be no false scares.
As well as a handshake deal with Oscar - nominated Dee Rees to make a lesbian horror movie, other irons in the fire include urban vampire tale Family Blood, a new project from Saw and Insidious writer Leigh Whannell, and a sequel to Halloween.
«Big Sleep» writer Leigh Brackett's script may have been all but junked by Lucas and rewriter Lawrence Kasdan, but her old - world sensibilities are all over the finished movie.
According to THR, director James Wan, writer Leigh Whannell and producer Jason Blum are all coming back for more after Insidious went on to earn just under $ 100 million worldwide on a mere $ 1.5 million budget.
In theaters September 13, «The famed horror team of director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell reunite with the original cast of Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Barbara Hershey and Ty Simpkins in INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2, a terrifying sequel to the acclaimed horror film, which follows the haunted Lambert family as they seek to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.»
QUESTIONS: You can read my hilarious interview with director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell for Insidious here.
Writer Leigh Whannell and director James Wan (Saw) stumble with their follow - up feature, Dead Silence.
In «Horror 101: The Exclusive Seminar» (10:27), director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell separately discuss their philosophies for the film, putting new spins on the haunted house and possession genres and doing certain things differently from other modern movies.
Writer Leigh Whannell and director James Wan, meanwhile, hail from another inexpensive annual horror franchise: Saw.
The commentaries — featuring 1) director Darren Lynn Bousman and J LaRose, 2) stars Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith, and 3) writer Leigh Whannell — are easily the best part of the two - disc set, but that's about where the fun ends.
Director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell may be best known for kicking off the long - running (and phenomenally successful) Saw franchise, but the pair's latest film is arguably their first attempt at pure horror.
Lin Shaye plays the medium and writer Leigh Whannell plays one half of her two man team paranormal investigation team.
It's a new collaboration between director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell, who launched the «Saw» franchise.
That both director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell returned for the sequel sounded promising.
In his Post column, Magpies writer Leigh Curtis explains why Greg Abbott was great for Notts County and why...
Kudos to the debut directors Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion, as well as writers Leigh Whannell (Saw, 2004) and Ian Brennan (co-creator of horror comedy television series Scream Queens, 2015), for not handling the subject matter with kid gloves.
Rainn Wilson, Alison Pill, Jack McBrayer and writers Leigh Whannell and Ian Brennan co-star in the midnight movie

Not exact matches

«Usually in your life, you're the only one who knows this stuff,» said Gabriel Leigh, 28, a filmmaker and writer from Hong Kong.
By the 1940s, the East Indian influence was so prevalent that travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor wrote: «Wide tracts of Trinidad are now, for all visual purposes, Bengal.»
Leigh Khoo is a Singapore - based food and travel writer by day, and ardent yogi by night.
Written by Josh Brewer, September 4th, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. Tweet to: @theJWBrewer Title: Saw Director: James Wan Writer: Leigh Whannell Release Date: Oct. 29th, 2004 Cast: Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Michael Emerson, Ken Leung, Shawnee Smith, Tobin Bell Cliff's Notes A doctor and a photographer end up in the clutches of the Jigsaw
Writer / director Alex Garland delivers a striking and impressively captivating opening stretch that instantly captures the viewer's attention and interest, with the movie's compelling atmosphere heightened by Portman's stirring work as the conflicted, grieving central character (and it's clear, too, that Portman's costars fare just as well, though Leigh's bizarrely ambivalent take on her character is questionable at best).
The writer - director Mike Leigh has made period pieces before, most notably Topsy - Turvy in 1999, but even by his own exalted standards this cinematic profile of one artist by another stands a league apart.
Director: Quentin Tarantino Writer: Quentin Tarantino Producers: Richard N. Gladstein, Shannon McIntosh, Stacey Sher Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demian Bichir, Tim Roth MPAA Rating: R Running time: 168 min
Here's today's latest casting news: Dermot Mulroney is set to star in writer - director Leigh Whannell's Insidious: Chapter 3, due out April 3, 2015.
Mike Leigh's virtuosity as a writer - director and the raw theatrical power of David Thewlis, his lead actor, combine with the sheer unpleasantness of much of Naked to make it a disturbingly ambiguous experience.
It's by two writers, Leigh Whannell and Ian Brennan, who have each co-fathered pop culture spawn («Saw» and «Glee,» respectively) occasionally deserving of their own punches to the kisser.
«Behind the Scenes Featurette with Writer / Director Leigh Scott» (2:48) is basically a promo for the miniseries, with Scott providing a few remarks on the project's origins and cast among B - roll footage, concept art, and 2.35:1 clips.
Annihilation (begins 10:55) cast: Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny writer / director: Alex Garland verdict: Consume... Continue Reading →
Before SXSW kicked off, I spoke with writer / director Noah Baumbach, who shared writing credits with his wife Jennifer Jason Leigh for his latest film, GREENBERG; a coming of age story about a guy (Ben Stiller) who's way too old to be coming of age.
Co-directors Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson's The Mule doesn't fall in line with the Saw films or Insidious, but co - writer / co-star Leigh...
Leigh, the writer and director of such classics as «Naked» and «Secrets and Lies,» usually tells stories set in the present day, often of a more urban character.
«I'm just drawn to great characters, and, in this case, Mike Leigh is one of the greatest writers around, and the play is perfection.
THE ANNIVERSARY PARTY (Grade: B --RRB-: Writers / directors / stars Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming play a married show - biz couple with a rocky history celebrating their sixth anniversary in this actor's exercise in ensemble drama.
Spall, who played the very different part of the restaurant owner in Life Is Sweet, magisterially conveys a sense of goodness, and Jean - Baptiste in a much less showy part pulls off a rare feat in a Mike Leigh film: she escapes the writer - director's usual caricatural scorn for the middle class.
Directing team Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion harness those truths and more — each pointed out in a script penned by a Leigh Whannell - led team of writers — to satirize the tensions to be found in an American elementary school.
I've seen Secrets and Lies three times since it premiered at Cannes in May, and each time the movie's apparent rough patches have seemed smoother — clear evidence that writer - director Mike Leigh knows exactly what he's doing and why.
MR TURNER's writer / director, Mike Leigh, has a singular approach to filmmaking, workshoping his actors, and letting them create characters and story from scratch.
Margot at the Wedding (R for sexuality and profanity) Nicole Kidman handles the titular role in this family skeletons dramedy about a narcissistic writer who causes quite a stir after showing up unexpectedly with her adolescent (Zane Pais) for the impending wedding of her freewheeling sister (Jennifer Jason Leigh) to an unemployed artist (Jack Black).
In addition to Williams / Monroe, we get Eddie Redmayne as Colin, Kenneth Branagh as Sir Lawrence Olivier, Julia Ormond as Vivia Leigh (Olivier's wife), Toby Jones as Arthur Jacobs, Dominic Cooper as Milton Greene, Karl Moffat as DP Jack Cardiff, Dame Judi Dench playing Dame Sybil Thorndyke, Zoe Wannamaker playing Paula Strasberg (Monroe's acting coach), and Dougray Scott as Arthur Miller (the famous writer and Monroe's husband at the time).
In writer / director Julia Leigh's erotic reworking of the fairy tale «Sleeping Beauty» we meet Lucy (Emily Browning), a perverse college student using her stunning looks to make a living in the sex industry.
In theaters, Happy - Go - Lucky performed about on par with writer - director Leigh's previous creation, the 2004 period drama Vera Drake.
FilmDistrict will release Insidious, a new horror film from the director - writer team of James Wan and Leigh Whannell (SAW), produced by the masterminds behind Paranormal Activity: Oren Peli, Jason Blum and Steven Schneider.
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