FOX has ordered SCREAM QUEENS, a new genre-bending comedy-horror anthology series, it was announced today by Dana Walden and Gary Newman, Chairmen and CEOs of Fox Television Group. The series, produced by 20th Century Fox Television, is from Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan and Dante Di Loreto, the executive producers of GLEE and “American Horror […]
Author: The Vent
Disney Animation’s ‘Moana’ Set for 2016 Release
- By The Vent
- in Global News, News
- 0 Comments
Walt Disney Animation Studios has been on roll of late, with such films as Wreck-It Ralph and Frozen having both earned critical acclaim and cleaned up at the box office, and next month’s Big Hero 6 looks to keep that win streak alive. The Mouse House will unveil two Pixar animated features next year, with Inside Out arriving in June and The Good Dinosaur in November in lieu of […]
Ebola TV Series in the Works From Lynda Obst, Ridley Scott
- By The Vent
- in Drama, Global News, News
- 0 Comments
As the Ebola virus continues to dominate the headlines, producer Lynda Obst and director-producerRidley Scott are bringing the deadly pathogen to the small screen with a limited series for Fox TV Studios based on Richard Preston‘s 1994 nonfiction best-seller The Hot Zone. For the past year, the pair quietly has been working on the property, which they optioned two decades […]
Miners Shot Down – TOMORROW NIGHT DSTV SCREENING
- By The Vent
- in Local News, News
- 0 Comments
AfriDocs is proud to screen Miners Shot Down, the documentary that is essential viewing for every South African, as well as for anyone concerned with human rights and democracy. Although specifically about a particular incident that takes place 20 years into South Africa’s democracy, the film is extremely relevant for international audiences due to its global […]
Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s final Lead Role
- By The Vent
- in Global News, News
- 0 Comments
Ster Kinekor Entertainment is releasing an upcoming film titled A Most Wanted Man starring the late actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman in his final lead role on a mission to make the world a better place, releasing 24 October 2014. Hoffman plays the brilliant, rumpled, hard-drinking, chain-smoking Gunter Bachmann, who heads a secretive branch of German security, assigned specifically as watchdogs against […]
Short Film of the Week: Bag Man by Jonathan and Josh Baker
- By The Vent
- in Drama, News
- 0 Comments
With a Mysterious duffle bag in hand, a 12 year old takes us on an introspective journey of the city and into the remote countryside of upstate New York. Described on its website as an ‘understated story’, narratively, BAG MAN would have to be described as somewhat of a slow-burner. Following its protagonist ‘Boy’ as he makes […]
Box Office Report: ‘Gone Girl’ shoots to number 1
- By The Vent
- in Local News, News
- 0 Comments
As we get closer to holiday season, the box office recieves a boost from movie goers with the all of the top 5 box office titles amassing over a million in in box office returns for a second straight week, continuing a trend from last week after a slow eleven weeks where it was difficult […]
Vuzu Amp to debut a new scripted reality show: ‘The Real Jozi A-Listers’
- By The Vent
- in Local News, News
- 0 Comments
Viewers who thought they had seen everything homegrown reality television has to offer are in for a side-splittingly funny, defiantly unique and undoubtedly unmissible treat whenThe Real Jozi A-Listers makes its debut October 31st at 19:00 on VUZU Amp. The showfollows the daily lives of comedian Tall A$$ Mo; comedian and actor, Trevor Gumbi; model and actor Masego “Maps” […]
Tumi Morake is the new ‘Our Perfect Wedding’ host
- By The Vent
- in Local News, News
- 0 Comments
Mzansi Magic’s popular wedding show Our Perfect Wedding will be back for a fourth season in January 2015. As tradition, every season ushers in many blushing brides and grooms from across the country as well as a brand new presenter. Comedian, actress, mother, and, perhaps most importantly, wife Tumi Morake has been revealed as the new host of […]
‘Pirates of the Caribbean 5′: Javier Bardem in Talks to Play the Villain
- By The Vent
- in Global News, News
- 0 Comments
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (a.k.a. Pirates of the Caribbean 5) is formally set to begin production in Australia by February of next year, which means that directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg (Kon-Tiki) will be firming up the cast for the film over the next few months. Johnny Depp is already in place to […]