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New Films Forwards 'Chain Letter'

8 November 2009 5:51 PM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

By Variety

New Films has picked up worldwide rights to Deon Taylor's horror film "Chain Letter," and will release it in the U.S. next year with an eye toward building the title into a franchise.

The film, which is being screened for international buyers at the American Film Market, stars Nikki Reed ("Twilight," "The Twilight Saga: New Moon"), Betsy Russell ("Saw" franchise) and Brad Dourif ("Child's Play"). It follows a serial killer preying on teenagers who fail to forward a chain letter.

Read more in Variety. »

- Josh Dickey

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Send This Movie to 10 People, or Face the Consequences

8 November 2009 1:10 PM, PST | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

I don’t know about you, but I remember chain letters being huge when I was about nine or ten years old. You know how they go: You get a letter, it tells you a story of some sort, then advises you to pass the letter on to a certain number of friends or have bad luck.

People rarely ever take these letters (or in today’s technology based society, e-mails) seriously, but next year we may feel more inclined to do so.

New Films has picked up the rights to Chain Letter, a horror film by Deon Taylor that follows a serial killer who targets teenagers who don’t follow through on forwarding chain letters.

Chain Letter, which will star Nikki Reed, Betsy Russell, and Brad Dourif, is already being looked at as a franchise possibility. The film will be released next year, produced by Todd Slater through Slater Brothers Entertainment. »

- Carly

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Afm: New Films to Deliver Deon Taylor's Chain Letter

8 November 2009 11:53 AM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

If you're a regular reader of the site, then you know that we've touted Deon Taylor as an up-and-coming director to watch. And now that New Films has acquired his film Chain Letter during Afm, you'll soon be able to see if we're right.

Variety reports that New Films has picked up worldwide rights to Deon Taylor's horror pic Chain Letter and will release the film in the U.S. next year. They believe the film has "franchise possibilities".

Chain Letter stars Michael Bailey Smith as the "Chain Man" along with The Twilight Saga's Nikki Reed, Deadgirl's Noah Segan, and genre staples Brad Dourif, Keith David, and Betsy Russell. Matthew Cohen, Cody Kasch, Michael J. Pagan, Cherilyn Wilson, and Clifton Powell co-star in the flick, which tells the tale of a maniac who targets teens when they fail to forward chain email.

Check out the new Chain Letter trailer below, »

- Uncle Creepy

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New Films answers the Chain Letter

8 November 2009 5:13 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Variety reports that New Films has picked up worldwide rights to the teen-torture flick Chain Letter. The company plans a U.S. release for the movie next year, and sees it as the potential launch of a screen franchise.

Produced by the Saw masterminds at Twisted Pictures and directed by Deon Taylor from a script he wrote with Diana Erwin and Michael J. Pagan, Chain Letter is about a group of high-schoolers who receive the titular messages electronically, and soon learn that failure to pass them on means painful death at the hands of hulking psychopath the Chain Man (The Hills Have Eyes’ Michael Bailey Smith). The cast also includes the Twilight films’ Nikki Reed, the Saw sequels’ Betsy Russell, Deadgirl’s Noah Segan and genre stalwarts Brad Dourif and Keith David; Toolbox Murders’ Dean Jones created the makeup FX. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)

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New Films Picks Up Chain Letter

8 November 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

Variety reports that New Films has picked up worldwide rights to Deon Taylor's horror pic Chain Letter and plans to release the film in the U.S. next year. The story centers on a serial killer who preys on teenagers. His target: Teens who fail to forward a chain letter. The cast consists of several genre vets including Nikki Reed ( Twilight , The Twilight Saga: New Moon ), Betsy Russell (Saw III-vi) and Brad Dourif (Child's Play, Halloween 2 ). New Films picked up the film with hopes to turn it into a franchise. Todd Slater produced Chain Letter through his Slater Brothers Entertainment shingle. »

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Afm '09: New Films Acquires 'Chain Letter', New Trailer

7 November 2009 11:16 PM, PST | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »

New Films has picked up worldwide rights to Deon Taylor's horror pic Chain Letter and will release the film in the U.S. next year. The pic, which is being screened for international buyers at the American Film Market, stars Nikki Reed (Twilight, Twilight Saga: The New Moon), Betsy Russell (Saw franchise) and Brad Dourif (Child's Play). The storyline follows a serial killer who preys on teenagers. His target: Teens who fail to forward a chain letter. New Films considers Chain Letter a pic with franchise possibilities, according to Taylor and the firm's prexy Nesim Hason. Todd Slater produced Chain Letter through his Slater Brothers Entertainment shingle. Watch the new trailer below. »

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Chain Letter World Premiere at the Afm

2 November 2009 11:18 PM, PST | 28 Days Later Analysis | See recent 28 Days Later Analysis news »

A wicked looking little film is Chain Letter. Chain Letter stars Nikki Reed, Betsy Russell, and Brad Dourif and the film will have its world premiere at the American Film Market. The picture is still looking for distribution, but the first trailer and movie poster are available here. Also, fans can take a look at the full cast from this New Films International production below. Chain Letter will start Monday, November 9th at the Afm and for more info' on this picture visit the Afm homepage past the break.

Release: Unknown.

Director: Deon Taylor.

Writer: Diana Erwin, Deon Taylor, and Michael J. Pagan.

Cast: Nikki Reed, Noah Segan, Keith David, Betsy Russell, Michael Bailey Smith, Matthew Cohen, Cody Kasch, Michael J. Pagan, Cherilyn Wilson, and Clifton Powell.

A trailer for Chain Letter below:

For more info' on Chain Letter and showtimes for Chain Letter visit the Afm website below:

Chain Letter »

- Michael Ross Allen

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Chain Letter Trailer

2 November 2009 3:48 PM, PST | HorrorYearbook | See recent HorrorYearbook news »

Here is the trailer for Deon Taylor's Chain Letter. The film stars Nikki Reed (The Twilight Saga), Betsy Russell (The Saw franchise), Brad Dourif (Child's Play) and Bai Ling (Crank: High Voltage). Taylor hopes to find a distributor for his movie at this year's Afm. It follows a maniac who murders teens when they refuse to forward a chain letter. Taylor also directed Nite Tales: The Movie starring Flavor Flav. »

- Tornado Trailer Ted

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Saw VI TV Trailer and Season of The Witch Sneak Preview

1 November 2009 12:07 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Lionsgate recently released this new TV Spot for “Saw VI” and another preview from the upcoming film “Season of The Witch”. “Saw VI” aka Saw 6 directed by Kevin Greutert stars Shawnee Smith (The Grudge 3, Saw V), Tobin Bell (Boogeyman 2, Buried Alive), Betsy Russell (Chain Letter) and Costas Mandylor (The Rogue, Toxic, Immortally Yours). “Season of the Witch” by director Dominic Sena stars Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Stephen Campbell Moore, Robert Sheehan and Christopher Lee. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Saw 6. Saw VI Synopsis: Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw’s legacy. However, [...] »

- Brian Corder

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Saw VI Six Trailer

31 October 2009 12:02 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Watch a brand new movie trailer from the horror movie “Saw VI” aka Saw 6 directed by Kevin Greutert and starring Shawnee Smith (The Grudge 3, Saw V), Tobin Bell (Boogeyman 2, Buried Alive), Betsy Russell (Chain Letter) and Costas Mandylor (The Rogue, Toxic, Immortally Yours). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Saw 6. Synopsis: Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw’s legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw’s grand scheme is finally understood. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest from Saw VI. »

- Brian Corder

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Sales Art for Chain Letter With Nikki Reed

30 October 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

Another year, another American Film Market and another update on Chain Letter , the slasher film starring Nikki Reed, of the Twilight series, Noah Segan, Keith David, Betsy Russell and Michael Bailey Smith. Writer-director Deon Taylor's effort lensed quite a while ago hasn't found a distributor, but that might be remedied next week when the film hits the Afm seeking a buyer. Here's a look at some new sales art that was whipped up. »

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Saw VI Featurette and Season of the Witch Sneak Preview

30 October 2009 12:15 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Lionsgate just released this combined featurette for “Saw VI” and the sneak preview from the upcoming film “Season of The Witch”. “Saw VI” aka Saw 6 directed by Kevin Greutert stars Shawnee Smith (The Grudge 3, Saw V), Tobin Bell (Boogeyman 2, Buried Alive), Betsy Russell (Chain Letter) and Costas Mandylor (The Rogue, Toxic, Immortally Yours). “Season of the Witch” by director Dominic Sena stars Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Stephen Campbell Moore, Robert Sheehan and Christopher Lee. Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Saw 6. Saw VI Synopsis: Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw’s legacy. However, [...] »

- Brian Corder

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Wicked International Saw VI Poster

28 October 2009 12:39 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Not unlike it’s American predecessor — but still very cool, here’s an international movie poster from the horror movie “Saw VI” aka Saw 6 directed by Kevin Greutert and starring Shawnee Smith (The Grudge 3, Saw V), Tobin Bell (Boogeyman 2, Buried Alive), Betsy Russell (Chain Letter) and Costas Mandylor (The Rogue, Toxic, Immortally Yours). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Saw 6. Synopsis: Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw’s legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw’s grand scheme is finally understood. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for [...] »

- Brian Corder

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Saw VI Review

27 October 2009 7:52 PM, PDT | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »

Saw VI is as disposable as it’s victims, a graphic gore-fest that blurs into the rest of the series and takes a weak stab at social relevance.

Splayed open on an autopsy table in part IV, series serial killer Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) is still somehow plotting torture chambers from beyond the grave.  His legacy remains intact though, a  sealed box is willed to his widow, the cruel hardware preserved for the next “lesson,” and the endless acres of industrial real estate left to his minions.

The puppeteer’s newest apprentice is Detective Hoffman (D-list actor Costas Mandylor), who survived V to oversee a familiar macabre maze of over-thought death traps.  Shawnee Smith returns as Amanda through flashbacks, but she may as well be absent, and Jigsaw’s wife Jill (Betsy Russell) inexplicably eludes authorities as a prime suspect.

This time Jigsaw and friends have caged an insurance executive, who »

- Jeff Leins

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Behind The Scenes of Saw VI

26 October 2009 12:24 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Here’s a cool new behind the scenes photo from the horror movie “Saw VI” aka Saw 6 directed by Kevin Greutert and starring Shawnee Smith (The Grudge 3, Saw V), Tobin Bell (Boogeyman 2, Buried Alive), Betsy Russell (Chain Letter) and Costas Mandylor (The Rogue, Toxic, Immortally Yours). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Saw 6. Synopsis: Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw’s legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw’s grand scheme is finally understood. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest from Saw VI. »

- Brian Corder

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‘Saw VI’ Movie Delivered More Guts Gore And Brutality

24 October 2009 6:32 PM, PDT | OnTheFlix | See recent OnTheFlix news »

Lionsgate's new "Saw VI" movie delivered more guts, gore, and brutality,as they released the 6th installment of this ever-going franchise this weekend. It stars : Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Mark Rolston, Peter Outerbridge, Shawnee Smith, Samantha Lemole, Caroline Cave, George Newbern, Darius McCrary, Shauna MacDonald, Devon Bostick, and Tanedra Howard. "Saw VI" continued where it left off in "Saw V," with Hoffman watching Agent Peter Strahm get crushed after tricking him. However, it did start off with another vicious Jigsaw game that involved a guy cutting out his guts,and a woman chopping off her arm to save her life. Detectives from the past were brought back to figure out the continuing Jigsaw murders.Unfortunately, they didn't survive long,once Hoffman figured out they were on to him. »

- Andre@ontheflix

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Saw VI TV Spot 2

24 October 2009 12:37 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Lionsgate recently released this new TV spot for the upcoming horror movie “Saw VI” aka Saw 6 directed by Kevin Greutert and starring Shawnee Smith (The Grudge 3, Saw V), Tobin Bell (Boogeyman 2, Buried Alive), Betsy Russell (Chain Letter) and Costas Mandylor (The Rogue, Toxic, Immortally Yours). Click Here for more photos, news and videos from Saw 6. Synopsis: Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw’s legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw’s grand scheme is finally understood. The movie Saw VI will hit theaters on October 23, 2009. Stay tuned [...] »

- Brian Corder

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Movie Review: “Saw VI”

23 October 2009 2:09 PM, PDT | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »

Seen on: October 23, 2009

The players: Director: Kevin Greutert, Writers: Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton, Cast: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Mark Rolston, Betsy Russell, Shawnee Smith

Facts of interest: None.

The plot: When the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.

Our thoughts: Kevin Greutert’s “Saw VI” definitely fails to revitalize the popular big-screen horror series, but as far as I’m concerned, it’s not as bad an installment as its two most recent predecessors. One thing is for certain though: this sixth film is still bloody and gives cinemagoers a better insight into Jigsaw’s entire scheme. »

- Franck Tabouring

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Kevin Carr’s Weekly Report Card for 10.23.09

23 October 2009 1:08 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

Saw VI Studio: Lionsgate Rated: R for sequences of grisly bloody violence, torture and language. Starring: Costas Mandylor, Mark Rolston, Betsy Russell, Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith Directed by: Kevin Greutert What it’s about: This sixth installment of the popular horror franchise sees Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) continuing the work of the serial killer Jigsaw (Tobin Bell). However, even with a new game targeting a greedy insurance tycoon afoot, there’s more surprises for Hoffman from the police and from beyond the grave of Jigsaw. What I liked: Unlike many critics, I have really enjoyed the Saw franchise, and this film is a worthy successor. If you’re looking for gore and violence, you’ll get plenty of that. But also, if you’re looking for a film that gives more twists and turns in the already complex story arc, you’ll get that as well. Like the other sequels, Saw VI »

- Kevin Carr

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Review: Saw VI

23 October 2009 8:33 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Sorry to break it to fans of the Saw film series, but Jigsaw, a/k/a John Kramer is a self-righteous dick. In comparison to the Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers of the horror world, whose raison d'être is causing carnage mercifully bereft of deeper moral or instructional value, Jigsaw devotes a ridiculous amount of time thinking about what other people do with themselves, and effectively (if ironically) conceives his traps as object lessons in humility, compassion, and self-awareness. Personally, I find this high-handed moralizing far more painful than any evil device he could possibly design, but then again, that's why I'm not a fan of the series; that said, the latest installment in the Saw franchise appears to fulfill all of the demands of its audience and then some, making it a worthy and faithful entry in a franchise which at this point seems expressly designed to document people dying in increasingly inventive ways. »

- Todd Gilchrist

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