Vincenzo Natali's In The Tall Grass (available right now on Netflix) takes a scary novella and expands it into a feature that's filled with mind-bending twists and turns. It's a fun piece of horror filmmaking that showcase Natali's unique sensibilities, which often involve taking the taboo and making it frighteningly plausible and viscerally affecting (read Chris Evangelista's review…
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An In The Tall grass movie, adapted from the short story by Stephen King and Joe Hill, is headed to Netflix with Splice director Vincenzo Natali at the helm.
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The director of Cube and Splice (and a veteran of Hannibal) will helm the pilot of the Tremors TV series heading to Syfy.
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Watch the Westworld episode 4 trailer which teases the maze and Ford's plans for the future of the land. Read the "Dissonance Theory" synopsis and more.
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Bryan Fuller is bringing Star Trek back to the small screen, and the showrunner has revealed some more Star Trek TV series details. Read what he had to say.
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Concept art and script pages for filmmaker Vincenzo Natali Neuromancer, It, Swamp Thing and Predator Movies. See the unmade movies in pitch and concept.
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What's the latest from the sets of Captain America: Civil War and X-Men Apocalypse? Which Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D actor has been upgraded to series regular? Could Arrow be coming to the WWE? Want to read four pages of a Swamp Thing script? How do Captain America and the Hulk look fighting in a failed video…
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Get the Neuromancer Vincenzo Natali news. The cyberpunk thriller is moving forward with new funding, but has lost director Vincenzo Natali.
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An In the Tall Grass movie is coming together, based on the story by Stephen King and Joe Hill, and Vincenzo Natali will direct.
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Hannibal Season 3 begins on June 4, and now series creator Bryan Fuller is offering up some details on the new batch of episodes. First up, he has revealed a couple of the directors for this season. One is returning helmer Vincenzo Natali, who directs the first three episodes of Season 3. Another is Neil Marshall, known…
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We recently had on director Vincenzo Natali to discuss making Season 2, Episode 8 of Hannibal, "Su-Zukana." That /Filmcast episode featured an incredibly graphic scene involving a horse, and I just had to ask Natali for details on how it was created. See a video essay of him describing the making of the episode after the jump.
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David and Devindra discuss the nature of fan fiction, try to figure out why the new Justice League movie feels like vaporware, and praise the gorgeous digital transfer of William Friedkin's Sorcerer. Director Vincenzo Natali joins us to discuss making Season 2, episodes 8 and 10, of Hannibal. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail…
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Dave and Devindra discuss some messed up Korean thrillers, praise the sci-fi trappings of Almost Human, debate how well Spike Lee treats his poster artists, and mourn the loss of Paul Walker. Writer/director Vincenzo Natali joins us. Be sure to check out Vincenzo's latest work at The Darknet Files. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave…
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Haunter is the new horror/thriller from Vincenzo Natali, who last gave us the crazy creature feature Splice. The film stars Abigail Breslin as a young woman trapped in her house, threatened by a murderous presence and plagued by visions of other victims that have fallen prey to the true owner of the home in which she's…
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The horror anthology V/H/S did well enough that a sequel went into production pretty fast, and you can already see the red-band trailer for V/H/S/2 from Magnet. Now another Magnet-released anthology, The ABCs of Death, is also going to be followed by a sequel. The hook for The ABCs of Death was that the film…
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Austin's biggest media festival, SXSW, is coming up in about five weeks, and the film portion of the fest has unveiled a list of films that will play in the midnight and shorts categories. Running March 8-16, the film portion of SXSW has been growing into one of the country's premiere film festivals. The biggest…
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It's been quite some time since we got an update on Vincenzo Natali's adaptation of William Gibson's sci-fi novel Neuromancer, but if today's news actually pans out it definitely seems worth the wait. Liam Neeson and Mark Wahlberg have reportedly just received offers for the lead roles, though it should be noted that nothing's locked…
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Vincenzo Natali's 2010 genetic experimentation sci-fi horror Splice didn't do great box office when it opened in 2010, but it got enough critical buzz to boost the filmmaker's profile. That, in turn, opened up some intriguing new options for him, including adaptations based on J.G. Ballard's High Rise, William Gibson's cyberpunk classic Neuromancer, and the YA…
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After years in development, Vincenzo Natali's Neuromancer is finally moving forward. According to a press release, the film has secured sales from distributors at Cannes and visual effects work has already begun. Filming will begin in 2012 with locations in Canada, Istanbul, Tokyo, and London. Neuromancer is an adaptation of William Gibson's award-winning book of…
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While it's easy to look at the past through rose-colored glasses (or bloody ones, in this case) and think that there have been many great horror film anthologies, that's just not the case. There are certainly a lot of horror anthology films, but few amount to much. I'm hoping that Paris, I'll Kill You, a…
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This past summer, a movie called Splice hit theaters everywhere, and while we on the /Filmcast enjoyed it greatly, the rest of America didn't so much. The movie was considered a box office dud. In this episode of the /Filmcast: After Dark, we chat with Splice's director, Vincenzo Natali, about the aftermath of Splice's release,…
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After making his biggest splash this year with the genetic thriller Splice, director Vincenzo Natali suddenly has the option to do some films he's wanted to do for some time. One of those is an adaptation of the J.G. Ballard novel High Rise, which is now being scripted by Richard Stanley in conjunction with Natali.…
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Because it's been a story confirmation kinda evening (Pirates 4 casting, Breaking Dawn split, etc) why not throw out the official confirmation of a movie that could be a bit more exciting than those others? We'd heard not long ago that Splice director Vincenzo Natali would direct an adaptation of William Gibson's novel Neuromancer, and…
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A few weeks ago, after Splice screened in Boston for the first time, I had the opportunity to sit down with director Vincenzo Natali for a lengthy, 35-minute long interview. Vincenzo spoke about how he first got his start directing films, his attitude towards the Cube sequels, the themes of Splice, and his approach towards…
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In this week’s /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley discuss the pleasures of Get Him To the Greek, praise the filmmaking of Exit Through the Gift Shop, and try to figure out whether or not The Usual Suspects holds up on repeat viewings. /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta and /Film writer Russ Fischer join…
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Vincenzo Natali's Splice is out in theaters everywhere today, and I couldn't be more curious and excited. Why? Excited because I consider the Natali to be a bold talent, who is just at the beginning of an incredibly accomplished directing career; curious, because I want to know to what degree general audiences are willing to…
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Vincenzo Natali's Splice hits theaters later this week, and Warner Bros has released one last movie trailer to promote the film -- an internet exclusive trailer. Watch the trailer now embedded after the jump, and please leave your thoughts in the comments below. Official Synopsis: SPLICE In theatres on June 4 (Warner Bros. Pictures/Dark Castle…
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