(from left) Abigail (Alisha Weir) and Sammy (Kathryn Newton) in Abigail, directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett. Photo Credit: Bernard Walsh/Universal Pictures. Copyright © 2024 Universal Studios Forget the sweet melodies of Matilda the Musical! Young star Alisha Weir unleashes a bone-chilling performance in the horror flick Abigail. As a kidnapped girl turned monstrous vampire, Weir proves she’s got the range to make audiences scream. Her co-star Kathryn Newton can’t hold back her admiration (Click the media bar below to hear Kathryn Newton) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Kathryn_-Newton_Abigail_Alisha_-Weir_.mp3 Want to see this rising star in a whole new light? Abigail is still lurking in theaters – catch it if you dare!
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- 5/6/2024
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Alisha Weir as Abigail in Abigail, directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett. Photo Credit: Bernard Walsh/Universal Pictures. Copyright© 2024 Universal Studios Just a few years ago, Alisha Weir was charming audiences as Matilda in the musical adaptation of the beloved children’s classic. Now, she’s sinking her teeth into a new role as a vampire hunting down her kidnappers in the horror film Abigail. Not only did Alisha expand her acting skills playing a horror character, but she also got to tap into her adventurous side by performing some of her own stunts. During filming, she expressed her excitement about trying new things, including the stunts, which she said she had a great time doing. (Click on the media bar below to hear Alisha Weir) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Alisha_-Weir_Abigail_Stunts_.mp3 Abigail is playing in movie theaters.
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- 4/26/2024
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Alisha Weir and Kevin Durand in AbigailPhoto: Bernard Walsh (Universal Pictures)
Spoiler Space offers thoughts on, and a place to discuss, the plot points we can’t disclose in our official review. Fair warning: This article explains the ending of the movie Abigail.
We couldn’t spoil anything Abigail doesn’t spoil in its trailer,...
Spoiler Space offers thoughts on, and a place to discuss, the plot points we can’t disclose in our official review. Fair warning: This article explains the ending of the movie Abigail.
We couldn’t spoil anything Abigail doesn’t spoil in its trailer,...
- 4/24/2024
- by Matt Schimkowitz
- avclub.com
I like heists. I like vampires. And well, I guess I also dig ballet now, too. Enter Abigail, who pirouettes into theaters, eager and armed to deliver on all three. From the clapboard of Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett—creators of modern horror staples like Ready or Not and the latest Scream installments—comes this zany tale that stitches crime caper with monster madness in a wholly original fabric. It’s a bold new take on the vampire genre, delivering blood-soaked violence and maximum horror hijinks for a dangerously delightful trip to the movies.
“…a bold new take on the vampire genre, delivering blood-soaked violence and maximum horror hijinks for a dangerously delightful trip to the movies. “
The setup is spooky, simple, and perfectly kooky: a ragtag gang of crooks plans the ultimate score—kidnapping a 12-year-old ballerina, Abigail, for a $50 million ransom from her nefarious father.
“…a bold new take on the vampire genre, delivering blood-soaked violence and maximum horror hijinks for a dangerously delightful trip to the movies. “
The setup is spooky, simple, and perfectly kooky: a ragtag gang of crooks plans the ultimate score—kidnapping a 12-year-old ballerina, Abigail, for a $50 million ransom from her nefarious father.
- 4/20/2024
- by Kimberley Elizabeth
Alisha Weir as Abigail in Abigail, directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett. © 2023 Universal Studios Bernard Walsh/Universal Pictures
Children can be such monsters.
After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion, the captors start to dwindle, one by one, and they discover, to their mounting horror, that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl.
From Radio Silence—the directing team of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett behind the terrifying modern horror hits Ready or Not, 2022’s Scream and last year’s Scream VI—comes a brash, blood-thirsty new vision of the vampire flick, written by Stephen Shields and Guy Busick.
Abigail stars Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, William Catlett, Kevin Durand and Angus Cloud as the kidnappers and Alisha Weir as Abigail.
Children can be such monsters.
After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion, the captors start to dwindle, one by one, and they discover, to their mounting horror, that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl.
From Radio Silence—the directing team of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett behind the terrifying modern horror hits Ready or Not, 2022’s Scream and last year’s Scream VI—comes a brash, blood-thirsty new vision of the vampire flick, written by Stephen Shields and Guy Busick.
Abigail stars Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, William Catlett, Kevin Durand and Angus Cloud as the kidnappers and Alisha Weir as Abigail.
- 1/11/2024
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Vikings: Valhalla is on the verge of its Season 2 premiere as we head into 2023 and in anticipation of the show’s return, Netflix is unveiling the official trailer and photos promising epic adventures to come. Season 2 drops Thursday, January 12 on the streamer, and these sneak peeks offer a small glimpse at the action viewers can expect when that date arrives. Set over a thousand years ago in the early 11th century, Vikings: Valhalla follows the heroic exploits of some of the most famous Vikings to ever live. (Credit: Bernard Walsh/Netflix) At the heart of it all are legendary explorer Leif Eriksson (Sam Corlett), his fiery and headstrong sister Freydis Eriksdotter (Frida Gustavsson), and the ambitious Nordic prince Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter). As they carve out their own paths in Season 2, viewers follow along as they carry on after the tragic fall of Kattegat. While the event has shattered their dreams and altered their destinies,...
- 12/14/2022
- TV Insider
Frida Gustavsson as Freydis Eriksdotter, Leo Suter as Harald Sigurdsson, and Sam Corlett as Leif Eriksson in ‘Vikings: Valhalla’ season 2 (Photo by Bernard Walsh / Netflix © 2022)
Season two of Netflix’s Vikings: Valhalla starring Sam Corlett as Leif Eriksson will premiere on January 12, 2023. The premiere date announcement for the second season of the Vikings sequel also included the first batch of photos from the new season.
“The whole concept of Season 2 is that we take these three heroes who are in Scandinavia and blow them out of their comfort zones,” said creator/showrunner Jeb Stuart in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum. “Season 2 for Harald and Leif is a road trip: It’s Thelma and Louise on the Dnieper River. The two of them will begin this incredible journey. Freydís has to go to Pomerania, which is a very difficult environment.”
In addition to Sam Corlett, returning cast members include Frida Gustavsson as Freydis Eriksdotter,...
Season two of Netflix’s Vikings: Valhalla starring Sam Corlett as Leif Eriksson will premiere on January 12, 2023. The premiere date announcement for the second season of the Vikings sequel also included the first batch of photos from the new season.
“The whole concept of Season 2 is that we take these three heroes who are in Scandinavia and blow them out of their comfort zones,” said creator/showrunner Jeb Stuart in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum. “Season 2 for Harald and Leif is a road trip: It’s Thelma and Louise on the Dnieper River. The two of them will begin this incredible journey. Freydís has to go to Pomerania, which is a very difficult environment.”
In addition to Sam Corlett, returning cast members include Frida Gustavsson as Freydis Eriksdotter,...
- 11/21/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Get ready to return to the world of Vikings as Netflix‘s Vikings: Valhalla sets its Season 2 premiere date for the new year. The eight-episode second season from showrunner Jeb Stuart will officially arrive Thursday, January 12, 2023, on the streaming platform, giving fans 50-minute installments to binge. Taking place over a thousand years ago in the early 11th century, Vikings: Valhalla chronicles the heroic adventures of some of the most famous Vikings who ever lived. (Credit: Bernard Walsh/Netflix) Among the Vikings at the heart of this show are legendary explorer Leif Eriksson (Sam Corlett), his fiery headstrong sister Freydis Eriksdotter (Frida Gustavsson), and Nordic prince Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter). In Season 2, the action finds these heroes shortly after the tragic fall of Kattegat, an event that has shattered their dreams and forever changed their destinies. (Credit: Bernard Walsh/Netflix) Now, as fugitives in Scandinavia, they are forced to test their...
- 11/21/2022
- TV Insider
Sam Corlett stars as Leif Eriksson is Episode 8 of Vikings: Valhalla Season 1. Pic credit: Netflix/Bernard Walsh
Season 1 of Vikings: Valhalla dropped back in February to Netflix. While it was the premiere season for the new series, it actually followed some 100 years after the events that transpired in History Channel’s Vikings.
While Vikings followed the story of Ragnar Lothbrok and his sons, Vikings: Valhalla covered Leif Eriksson (Sam Corlett) and his sister, Freydis (Frida Gustavsson).
Already, it is known that Season 2 has been greenlit by the streaming giant, and the second installment was filmed at the same time as Season 1.
Season 3 has also been confirmed by Netflix, and Goran Visnjic will portray Erik the Red.
Season 1 covered Leif and Freydis’ arrival at Kattegat from Greenland and eventually led to conflict between Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter) and his brother, Olaf (Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson).
Now, the very first clip for Season...
Season 1 of Vikings: Valhalla dropped back in February to Netflix. While it was the premiere season for the new series, it actually followed some 100 years after the events that transpired in History Channel’s Vikings.
While Vikings followed the story of Ragnar Lothbrok and his sons, Vikings: Valhalla covered Leif Eriksson (Sam Corlett) and his sister, Freydis (Frida Gustavsson).
Already, it is known that Season 2 has been greenlit by the streaming giant, and the second installment was filmed at the same time as Season 1.
Season 3 has also been confirmed by Netflix, and Goran Visnjic will portray Erik the Red.
Season 1 covered Leif and Freydis’ arrival at Kattegat from Greenland and eventually led to conflict between Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter) and his brother, Olaf (Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson).
Now, the very first clip for Season...
- 9/25/2022
- by Rachel Tsoumbakos
- Monsters and Critics
Netflix showed off a brief clip from the upcoming second season of Vikings: Valhalla during its 2022 Tudum Global Fan Event, held virtually on Saturday, September 24, 2022. The new minute-and-a-half clip confirms Leif Eriksson has reunited with his sister, Freydis, and Harald Sigurdsson. It also reveals their group will be surrounded on a beach by forces led by Olaf.
The odds are stacked against them until fireballs launched from what we can assume is at least one ship even things up.
The streaming service has confirmed the action series will run for three eight-episode seasons. The first season debuted in February 2022, and season two wrapped up production in early 2022. Netflix didn’t announce a premiere date but did tease that the new season will arrive in 2023.
Season two’s confirmed cast includes Sam Corlett as Leif Eriksson, Frida Gustavsson as Freydis Eriksdotter, Leo Suter as Harald Sigurdsson, and Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson as Olaf Haraldsson.
The odds are stacked against them until fireballs launched from what we can assume is at least one ship even things up.
The streaming service has confirmed the action series will run for three eight-episode seasons. The first season debuted in February 2022, and season two wrapped up production in early 2022. Netflix didn’t announce a premiere date but did tease that the new season will arrive in 2023.
Season two’s confirmed cast includes Sam Corlett as Leif Eriksson, Frida Gustavsson as Freydis Eriksdotter, Leo Suter as Harald Sigurdsson, and Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson as Olaf Haraldsson.
- 9/24/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Pollyanna McIntosh stars as Queen Aelfgifu, as seen in Episode 8 of Vikings: Valhalla Season 1. Pic credit: Netflix/Bernard Walsh
As yet, there is no news on when Season 2 of Netflix’s new series, Viking: Valhalla, will drop.
Already, the entire season has been filmed. Still, the network has not revealed when fans will get to know what happened to Leif Erikson (Sam Corlett), his sister, Freydis Eriksdotter (Frida Gustavsson), and all the other Viking Age characters.
Among the Season 1 line-up was Queen Aelfgifu, a character portrayed by Pollyanna McIntosh.
She was the wife of King Canute (Bradley Freegard), who discovered her husband married someone else while he was away, looting and pillaging.
Not to be disgruntled, Aelfgifu turned up in England only to have her fleet taken over by Canute’s father and his new wife as they needed an army to attack Kattegat.
As yet, it is unclear how Aelfgifu will react,...
As yet, there is no news on when Season 2 of Netflix’s new series, Viking: Valhalla, will drop.
Already, the entire season has been filmed. Still, the network has not revealed when fans will get to know what happened to Leif Erikson (Sam Corlett), his sister, Freydis Eriksdotter (Frida Gustavsson), and all the other Viking Age characters.
Among the Season 1 line-up was Queen Aelfgifu, a character portrayed by Pollyanna McIntosh.
She was the wife of King Canute (Bradley Freegard), who discovered her husband married someone else while he was away, looting and pillaging.
Not to be disgruntled, Aelfgifu turned up in England only to have her fleet taken over by Canute’s father and his new wife as they needed an army to attack Kattegat.
As yet, it is unclear how Aelfgifu will react,...
- 9/1/2022
- by Rachel Tsoumbakos
- Monsters and Critics
We get two whodunits for the price of one in the twisty six-parter Magpie Murders, adapted by Anthony Horowitz from his bestseller. Lesley Manville (Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris) stars as shrewd British book editor Susan Ryeland, who becomes convinced her top author, Alan Conway (Conleth Hill), was killed after he turns in his final mystery minus the last chapter. (Credit: Bernard Walsh/PBS) To solve both murders, she needs those missing pages, and she gets advice from an unlikely source: the detective in Conway’s 1950s-set novel, Atticus Pünd (Tim McMullan), whom she talks with in her mind as Pünd’s investigation simultaneously unfolds. “It’s weird, isn’t it?” jokes Manville. That device (unique to the TV series), and the fact that Susan defies the conventions of women her age, appealed to the Oscar nominee. “She’s chosen not to get married, not to have children. She’s...
- 8/14/2022
- TV Insider
Goran Visnjic is joining the cast of Netflix‘s epic series Vikings: Valhalla for its third season on the streamer. The actor has joined the show for a major multi-year arc, according to Deadline, as he’ll play Erik the Red, the legendary Viking father of Lief Eriksson (Sam Corlett) and Freydis Eriksdotter (Frida Gustavsson), who lives in exile in Greenland for the crimes he committed in Iceland and Norway. (Credit: Bernard Walsh/Netflix) Visnjic is best known for his roles on shows like Timeless and ER, and he most recently appeared in shows like This Is Us and The Boys. Vikings: Valhalla is a sequel to the Michael Hirst-created Vikings and is helmed by Jeb Stuart. The series which debuted in February was given a two-season renewal not long after it hit Netflix’s Top 10. The show begins in the early 11th century and chronicles the adventures of...
- 6/6/2022
- TV Insider
When “Vikings: Valhalla” star Leo Suter sits down for a Zoom conversation with TheWrap one sunny Thursday afternoon, it’s quickly becoming a big day in the early history of the show. As the British actor fields our questions about playing the young, passionate and fierce-fighting version of history’s Viking prince Harald Sigurdsson, he’s seeing a flutter of social media alerts pop up on the side of his computer screen. The final trailer for his Netflix series, which picks up about 100 years after events of the first “Vikings” franchise, dropped just hours before our chat, and with it, an epic poster showing Harald, sword and ax in hand atop a mountain of skulls, shields and arrows.
“As I’m doing this interview with you, I think I, just a few hours ago, posted that poster on my Instagram and so my computer is firing out notifications,” Suter laughs.
“As I’m doing this interview with you, I think I, just a few hours ago, posted that poster on my Instagram and so my computer is firing out notifications,” Suter laughs.
- 2/18/2022
- by Jolie Lash
- The Wrap
‘Animals’ (Photo credit: Bernard Walsh).
Sophie Hyde’s Animals opened in UK cinemas last weekend, its first territory, winning plaudits from the critics and sizable audiences.
Picturehouse Entertainment launched the female relationships dramedy adapted from the Emma Jane Unsworth novel, which stars Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat, on 73 locations: 38 in greater London and 35 in the regions.
The weekend total including Q&a screenings hosted by Unsworth and a National Girlfriends’ Day promotion was £107,000.
Closer Productions’ Rebecca Summerton, who produced the Irish-Australian co-production with Hyde, Sarah Brocklehurst and Vico Films’ Cormac Fox, tells If she is very pleased with the UK opening and Picturehouse’s marketing campaign.
That augurs well for the September 12 release via Jonathan Page’s Bonsai Films. Page has booked nine screens and aims to have 15 on board at launch.
“It is hard to stand out but I think our uber-cool cast of Alia Shawkat and Holliday...
Sophie Hyde’s Animals opened in UK cinemas last weekend, its first territory, winning plaudits from the critics and sizable audiences.
Picturehouse Entertainment launched the female relationships dramedy adapted from the Emma Jane Unsworth novel, which stars Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat, on 73 locations: 38 in greater London and 35 in the regions.
The weekend total including Q&a screenings hosted by Unsworth and a National Girlfriends’ Day promotion was £107,000.
Closer Productions’ Rebecca Summerton, who produced the Irish-Australian co-production with Hyde, Sarah Brocklehurst and Vico Films’ Cormac Fox, tells If she is very pleased with the UK opening and Picturehouse’s marketing campaign.
That augurs well for the September 12 release via Jonathan Page’s Bonsai Films. Page has booked nine screens and aims to have 15 on board at launch.
“It is hard to stand out but I think our uber-cool cast of Alia Shawkat and Holliday...
- 8/5/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘Animals’ (Photo credit: Bernard Walsh)
The overseas sales prospects for Sophie Hyde’s Animals look bright following rave reviews for the female-led comedy at the Sundance Film Festival.
Adapted by Emma Jane Unsworth from her acclaimed 2014 novel of the same name, the film stars English actress Holliday Grainger and American Alia Shawkat as Laura and Tyler, best friends and roommates in Dublin.
When Tyler’s younger sister Jean (Amy Molloy) announces that she and her partner are expecting a baby, Laura is plunged into a funk that Tyler finds perplexing.
Their hedonistic existence is further disrupted when Laura gets engaged to Jim (Irishman Fra Free), an ambitious pianist who decides to go teetotal.
The Irish-Australian co-production was produced by Hyde and Rebecca Summerton for Closer Productions and Sarah Brocklehurst and Cormac Fox for Vico Films.
IndieWire’s Kate Erbland enthused: “Grainger and Shawkat are wonderful together, conveying the depth of...
The overseas sales prospects for Sophie Hyde’s Animals look bright following rave reviews for the female-led comedy at the Sundance Film Festival.
Adapted by Emma Jane Unsworth from her acclaimed 2014 novel of the same name, the film stars English actress Holliday Grainger and American Alia Shawkat as Laura and Tyler, best friends and roommates in Dublin.
When Tyler’s younger sister Jean (Amy Molloy) announces that she and her partner are expecting a baby, Laura is plunged into a funk that Tyler finds perplexing.
Their hedonistic existence is further disrupted when Laura gets engaged to Jim (Irishman Fra Free), an ambitious pianist who decides to go teetotal.
The Irish-Australian co-production was produced by Hyde and Rebecca Summerton for Closer Productions and Sarah Brocklehurst and Cormac Fox for Vico Films.
IndieWire’s Kate Erbland enthused: “Grainger and Shawkat are wonderful together, conveying the depth of...
- 1/29/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Mia Wasikowska in ‘Judy and Punch’ (Photo: Ben King)
A record six Australian feature films will screen at the Sundance Film Festival, with Animals, Judy and Punch, Little Monsters, Top End Wedding and I Am Mother having their world premieres in the Utah-based festival, which runs from January 24 – February 3.
In addition, Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale will have its North American premiere after winning the special jury prize and the Marcello Mastroianni award for best new young performer for Baykali Ganambar at this year’s Venice Film Festival.
That surpasses the previous record of five in 1997. Sundance has been a great launching pad for Australian productions including David Michod’s Animal Kingdom in 2010 (World Cinema Jury Prize), Greg McLean’s Wolf Creek in 2005, Scott Hicks’ Shine in 1996, Kitty Green’s Casting JonBenet (2017) and Nash Edgerton’s Mr Inbetween (2018).
“The six films selected by Sundance display the array of stories Australians...
A record six Australian feature films will screen at the Sundance Film Festival, with Animals, Judy and Punch, Little Monsters, Top End Wedding and I Am Mother having their world premieres in the Utah-based festival, which runs from January 24 – February 3.
In addition, Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale will have its North American premiere after winning the special jury prize and the Marcello Mastroianni award for best new young performer for Baykali Ganambar at this year’s Venice Film Festival.
That surpasses the previous record of five in 1997. Sundance has been a great launching pad for Australian productions including David Michod’s Animal Kingdom in 2010 (World Cinema Jury Prize), Greg McLean’s Wolf Creek in 2005, Scott Hicks’ Shine in 1996, Kitty Green’s Casting JonBenet (2017) and Nash Edgerton’s Mr Inbetween (2018).
“The six films selected by Sundance display the array of stories Australians...
- 11/28/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Vikings was already a show that held viewers with the radical twists and turns that were the norm of viking life, but season two takes that to a whole new level. Not only is the show littered with questions of loyalty, but it bobs and weaves just as Ragnar does himself, meeting life with whatever happens to seem like a good idea at the time.
The show is teeming with notes that make it easy to compare to Game of Thrones, especially since there is a certain percentage of the screen time that is taken up by people glancing over their shoulders at other people, and wondering if they can really trust them. It ups the game to some extent, because while Game of Thrones might have a lot of knocking people off, there are still times when people are pretty comfortable that the person they’re talking to isn...
The show is teeming with notes that make it easy to compare to Game of Thrones, especially since there is a certain percentage of the screen time that is taken up by people glancing over their shoulders at other people, and wondering if they can really trust them. It ups the game to some extent, because while Game of Thrones might have a lot of knocking people off, there are still times when people are pretty comfortable that the person they’re talking to isn...
- 2/28/2014
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Vikings - Season Two First Look Photos are here! And you lost faith in Nordic Santa Claus... Time to break out the pride of Portland, Oregon, Krogstad Aquavit and settle in and check out the first look at Season Two of History’s hit series Vikings, premiering February 2014. We received two images from episode one, season two. In the season premiere the battle begins between Ragnar (Travis Fimmel) and Rollo (Clive Standen). This Viking clash pits brother against brother and there can only be one victor. Photo credit: Bernard Walsh/History Rollo (Clive Standen, third from left) prepares for battle with Jarl Borg (Thorbjorn Harr, far right) against his brother Ragnar who has allied with King Horik.
- 12/11/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
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