The episode of Best Horror Movie You Never Saw covering 2001 Maniacs was Written by Cody Hamman, Narrated by Kier Gomes, Edited by Juan Jimenez, Produced by John Fallon and Tyler Nichols, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
Robert Englund doing a demented Colonel Sanders impression. Lin Shaye putting on a deadly song and dance routine. Enough politically incorrect elements to offend pretty much everybody. Buckets of gore. Gratuitous nudity. And a cameo appearance by Eli Roth, playing his Cabin Fever character. Put all of this together and you get 2001 Maniacs (watch it Here). The director calls it a “splatstick” movie. Splatter combined with slapstick comedy. We call it The Best Horror Movie You Never Saw.
Herschell Gordon Lewis was a classy guy, but he specialized in making movies that were not classy. His aim was to give the grindhouse and drive-in crowds the things Hollywood wasn’t giving them. Noting...
Robert Englund doing a demented Colonel Sanders impression. Lin Shaye putting on a deadly song and dance routine. Enough politically incorrect elements to offend pretty much everybody. Buckets of gore. Gratuitous nudity. And a cameo appearance by Eli Roth, playing his Cabin Fever character. Put all of this together and you get 2001 Maniacs (watch it Here). The director calls it a “splatstick” movie. Splatter combined with slapstick comedy. We call it The Best Horror Movie You Never Saw.
Herschell Gordon Lewis was a classy guy, but he specialized in making movies that were not classy. His aim was to give the grindhouse and drive-in crowds the things Hollywood wasn’t giving them. Noting...
- 9/19/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
In a deal between corporate siblings Hulu and FX Productions, the studio’s Oscar-nominated animated short film My Year of Dicks will be available for streaming beginning Friday, February 17 on the streaming service. The move will give the short increased visibility well ahead of final Oscar voting which begins on March 2 and runs through March 7.
My Year of Dicks, based on a chapter of Pamela Ribon’s memoir Notes to Boys (And Other Things I Shouldn’t Share in Public), follows a 15-year-old Pam on a comedic journey to find the right boy to lose her virginity to. The short is split into five chapters, each following the story of a different crush with a different style of animation.
Per the logline: “It’s 1991 and Pam is trying very hard to lose her virginity, but it sure doesn’t match up to her fantasies. Always searching for her ultimate paramour,...
My Year of Dicks, based on a chapter of Pamela Ribon’s memoir Notes to Boys (And Other Things I Shouldn’t Share in Public), follows a 15-year-old Pam on a comedic journey to find the right boy to lose her virginity to. The short is split into five chapters, each following the story of a different crush with a different style of animation.
Per the logline: “It’s 1991 and Pam is trying very hard to lose her virginity, but it sure doesn’t match up to her fantasies. Always searching for her ultimate paramour,...
- 2/15/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
For a series like The Simpsons, which has been running for 33 seasons, it’s a difficult task to keep the series fresh and feeling new. That’s a task that writer, executive producer and showrunner Matt Selman says is the “greatest creative challenge” for the writing team. Even after more than three decades on television, Selman is excited for the next season and gives a tease for what is coming next. The series is Emmy-nominated this year for Outstanding Animated Program, bringing the total nominations in the The Simpson‘s lifetime to 98, with 35 wins. He talked with Deadline’s Ryan Fleming about that and much more.
Deadline: Why was “Pixelated and Afraid” chosen for Emmy consideration?
Matt Selman: We’ve done more than 700 episodes of the show, but I feel like this one showed a new depth and a new intimacy to the classic Homer and Marge love story.
Deadline: Why was “Pixelated and Afraid” chosen for Emmy consideration?
Matt Selman: We’ve done more than 700 episodes of the show, but I feel like this one showed a new depth and a new intimacy to the classic Homer and Marge love story.
- 8/9/2022
- by Ryan Fleming
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Davionte “GaTa” Ganter is working on an animated series for Onxy Collective.
The Dave star revealed that he was developing Ghetto Brilliance with the Disney-owned brand during a Deadline Contenders panel about the FX Networks comedy.
Contenders TV — Deadline’s Complete Coverage
GaTa, who plays Dave’s friend and hype man in the Fxx series, said that Dave co-creator Dave Burd allowed him to “live his wildest dreams”.
“I’m working on this cartoon right now, it’s in development with Onyx Collective and it’s gonna be amazing, it’s called Ghetto Brilliance. I just want to say this bro, I’m really living my dreams bro. I’m performing at Lollapalooza, I just had a sold out show, and [Lil] Dicky was my hype man,” he said.
The project, which shares a title with the album that he released in 2017, is based on GaTa’s life growing up in South Central.
The Dave star revealed that he was developing Ghetto Brilliance with the Disney-owned brand during a Deadline Contenders panel about the FX Networks comedy.
Contenders TV — Deadline’s Complete Coverage
GaTa, who plays Dave’s friend and hype man in the Fxx series, said that Dave co-creator Dave Burd allowed him to “live his wildest dreams”.
“I’m working on this cartoon right now, it’s in development with Onyx Collective and it’s gonna be amazing, it’s called Ghetto Brilliance. I just want to say this bro, I’m really living my dreams bro. I’m performing at Lollapalooza, I just had a sold out show, and [Lil] Dicky was my hype man,” he said.
The project, which shares a title with the album that he released in 2017, is based on GaTa’s life growing up in South Central.
- 4/10/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Each of this year’s Best Picture Oscar nominees has survived a journey to cross the finish line, before earning the Academy’s consideration. Here’s how they came together.
Deadline’s Contenders Film: The Nominees Streaming Site
Belfast
Writer-director Kenneth Branagh began work on Belfast at the beginning of 2020, but the story itself has been growing for 50 years. “The desire to write something about Belfast had been with me ever since I left the place,” says Branagh, “but it was definitely enhanced by the idea of the lockdown. There was much more introspection at the beginning of this period.”
In casting his family, Branagh’s goal was to cast people who understood the culture of Belfast. “I admired Jamie Dornan very much for his work on The Fall,” he says, “he’s from just outside Belfast. Ciarán Hinds was brought up a half a mile from where I lived,...
Deadline’s Contenders Film: The Nominees Streaming Site
Belfast
Writer-director Kenneth Branagh began work on Belfast at the beginning of 2020, but the story itself has been growing for 50 years. “The desire to write something about Belfast had been with me ever since I left the place,” says Branagh, “but it was definitely enhanced by the idea of the lockdown. There was much more introspection at the beginning of this period.”
In casting his family, Branagh’s goal was to cast people who understood the culture of Belfast. “I admired Jamie Dornan very much for his work on The Fall,” he says, “he’s from just outside Belfast. Ciarán Hinds was brought up a half a mile from where I lived,...
- 3/17/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr, Joe Utichi, Antonia Blyth, Ryan Fleming, Damon Wise and Stevie Wong
- Deadline Film + TV
Journalist and author Lynette Rice, who has covered the TV industry for more than two decades, is joining Deadline as TV Editor, Awards and Senior TV Writer. She starts March 16.
Rice will help spearhead the print and online coverage of TV awards season and contribute to the site’s coverage of TV industry news. She can be reached at lrice@deadline.com.
“I’ve known Lynette for 22 years. It’s a long story but she is the reason I got into entertainment journalism,” said Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV Nellie Andreeva, who made the hire with Co-Editor-in-Chief, Film Mike Fleming Jr. “As we finally get to work together, Mike and I are thrilled to have Lynette bring her deep knowledge of the TV business and extensive industry contacts to Deadline.”
On the breaking TV news side, in addition to Andreeva, Rice joins Deadline’s TV Editor Peter White, Senior TV Reporter Rosy Cordero,...
Rice will help spearhead the print and online coverage of TV awards season and contribute to the site’s coverage of TV industry news. She can be reached at lrice@deadline.com.
“I’ve known Lynette for 22 years. It’s a long story but she is the reason I got into entertainment journalism,” said Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV Nellie Andreeva, who made the hire with Co-Editor-in-Chief, Film Mike Fleming Jr. “As we finally get to work together, Mike and I are thrilled to have Lynette bring her deep knowledge of the TV business and extensive industry contacts to Deadline.”
On the breaking TV news side, in addition to Andreeva, Rice joins Deadline’s TV Editor Peter White, Senior TV Reporter Rosy Cordero,...
- 3/11/2022
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Deadline’s awards team, responsible for the brand’s print publication AwardsLine, has been bolstered today by the promotion of Antonia Blyth to Senior Awards Editor, and the additions of Damon Wise as Film Editor, Awards and David Morgan as Production Editor, Awards.
Antonia joined Deadline in 2019 as AwardsLine’s Deputy Editor, after a long association with the brand as a freelance contributor. She continues to report to Joe Utichi, Deadline’s Executive Awards Editor, whose own promotion was announced earlier in the year. “Antonia has been my right hand since long before she joined us full-time,” said Utichi. “She is an indispensable part of the Deadline family; a consummate journalist and gifted writer who has fully embraced the challenge to deliver world-leading awards coverage. She is my ultimate partner-in-crime.”
Damon has had a long and storied career in his native UK, covering cinema for outlets like Total Film, Empire,...
Antonia joined Deadline in 2019 as AwardsLine’s Deputy Editor, after a long association with the brand as a freelance contributor. She continues to report to Joe Utichi, Deadline’s Executive Awards Editor, whose own promotion was announced earlier in the year. “Antonia has been my right hand since long before she joined us full-time,” said Utichi. “She is an indispensable part of the Deadline family; a consummate journalist and gifted writer who has fully embraced the challenge to deliver world-leading awards coverage. She is my ultimate partner-in-crime.”
Damon has had a long and storied career in his native UK, covering cinema for outlets like Total Film, Empire,...
- 11/8/2021
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Mj Rodriguez is the latest cast member of FX’s groundbreaking series Pose to make Emmy history, earning the very first lead acting nomination for a trans woman. In conversation with Ryan Fleming she reflects on an achievement she never thought possible, and what she hopes it will mean.
Growing up in Newark in the ’90s, Michaela Jaé (Mj) Rodriguez never imagined she could have achieved what she has. Coming from a time where there were no trans women of color in the forefront of entertainment, the existence of a role like Blanca Evangelista in Pose seemed nigh on impossible. Having been cast in 2017, the FX series’ final season has now earned Rodriguez a history-making Emmy nomination—making her the first trans person ever to be nominated in a lead acting category.
In Pose, Rodriguez’s character is a trans woman who decides to follow her dreams after finding out she has HIV.
Growing up in Newark in the ’90s, Michaela Jaé (Mj) Rodriguez never imagined she could have achieved what she has. Coming from a time where there were no trans women of color in the forefront of entertainment, the existence of a role like Blanca Evangelista in Pose seemed nigh on impossible. Having been cast in 2017, the FX series’ final season has now earned Rodriguez a history-making Emmy nomination—making her the first trans person ever to be nominated in a lead acting category.
In Pose, Rodriguez’s character is a trans woman who decides to follow her dreams after finding out she has HIV.
- 8/18/2021
- by Ryan Fleming
- Deadline Film + TV
The third time is the charm for Tim Sullivan and his maniacs as we've gotten our claws exclusively into what is now known as the "final beyond red band" trailer for you lovable loonies out there!
But first -- a note from Tim:
"Calling All Maniacs-
To quote Mj- This Is It! Yup, we’ve given you the green band trailer, the red band trailer, the Beyond Unrated director’s trailer.
Well, now - here it is - the one you have been waiting for —
The 2001 Maniacs: Field Of Screams: Beyond Unrated Final Trailer!
Me and my pal Adam Robitel, who edited the film (along with starring as Mayor Buckman’s sheep shagging son Lester), spent the last week whipping up something real nasty and tasty.
We really shot the load on this one. Time to work ya’ll up into a lather for the DVD release from First Look...
But first -- a note from Tim:
"Calling All Maniacs-
To quote Mj- This Is It! Yup, we’ve given you the green band trailer, the red band trailer, the Beyond Unrated director’s trailer.
Well, now - here it is - the one you have been waiting for —
The 2001 Maniacs: Field Of Screams: Beyond Unrated Final Trailer!
Me and my pal Adam Robitel, who edited the film (along with starring as Mayor Buckman’s sheep shagging son Lester), spent the last week whipping up something real nasty and tasty.
We really shot the load on this one. Time to work ya’ll up into a lather for the DVD release from First Look...
- 6/22/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
We've got a brand new exclusive look at Tim Sullivan's 2001 Maniacs: Field Of Screams, which features writer director Tim Sullivan and stars Christa Campbell and Ogre getting down and piggy. After the sheriff refuses to cover up any further for the maniacs causing all the missing persons in the area, they're forced to hit the road in what's dubbed the "Pleasant Valley Traveling Road Show," where the maniacs head across country in hopes of gathering more victims. We'll follow a young TV crew called the "Road Rascals" as they find themselves mixed up with another one of the maniacs' deadly festivals. Bill Moseley, Lin Shaye, Nivek Ogre, Courtney Peldon, Ashley Peldon, Adam Robitel, Ahmed Best, Trevor Wright, Andrea Leon, Ryan Fleming, Dylan Edrington, Christa Campbell, Amy Baniecki, Tony Todd all star.
- 11/10/2009
- bloody-disgusting.com
Fango caught up with fave actor Bill Moseley at the recent Rock and Shock convention in Worcester, Ma, where he talked up his role as Mayor Buckman (as seen in the exclusive pic below) in Tim Sullivan’s 2001 Maniacs: Field Of Screams. Moseley took over for Robert Englund, who portrayed Buckman in the previous Maniacs, “and those are very big shoes to fill,” he tells us.
“My Buckman isn’t as debonair as Robert’s,” Moseley continues. “His has a certain suavity that mine lacks. Mine is just a little more rough-and-tumble, and mean and vicious.”
In the sequel, which we last reported on here, Buckman leads the bloodthirsty residents of Pleasant Valley, Ga to slaughter a bunch of reality-tv people who seek to exploit them. “We shot it this summer in Iowa right on the banks of the Missouri River,” says Moseley, pictured with Ryan Fleming and Sullivan. “We...
“My Buckman isn’t as debonair as Robert’s,” Moseley continues. “His has a certain suavity that mine lacks. Mine is just a little more rough-and-tumble, and mean and vicious.”
In the sequel, which we last reported on here, Buckman leads the bloodthirsty residents of Pleasant Valley, Ga to slaughter a bunch of reality-tv people who seek to exploit them. “We shot it this summer in Iowa right on the banks of the Missouri River,” says Moseley, pictured with Ryan Fleming and Sullivan. “We...
- 10/27/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Yesterday we revealed that Tim Sullivan's 2001 Maniacs Beverly HELLBILLYSwas officially retitled to 2001 Maniacs: Field Of Scream, now we've not only got the official press release, but we've also scored an exclusive look at three new hi-res stills from the pic starring Bill Moseley, Lin Shaye, Nivek Ogre, Courtney Peldon, Ashley Peldon, Adam Robitel, Ahmed Best, Trevor Wright, Andrea Leon, Ryan Fleming, Dylan Edrington, Christa Campbell, Amy Baniecki and even Tony Todd. The next installment of the widely popular 2001 Maniacs franchise will be making its screening debut at this years American Film Market to be held November 4th thru 11th in Santa Monica, Ca. Retitled 2001 Maniacs: Field Of Screams, the film was written and directed by Tim Sullivan (2001 Maniacs, Driftwood) and was financed by Social Capital Films and Tax Credit Finances, LLC of Rhode Island. More...
- 10/22/2009
- bloody-disgusting.com
Tim Sullivan's 2001 Maniacs sequel has officially been retitled to 2001 Maniacs: Field Of Screams. The film, originally titled Beverly Hellbillys, will premiere at next month's Afm in Santa Monica, CA. Check out the revised artwork below. After the sheriff refuses to cover up any further for the maniacs causing all the missing persons in the area, they're forced to hit the road in what's dubbed the "Pleasant Valley Traveling Road Show," where the maniacs head across country in hopes of gathering more victims. We'll follow a young TV crew called the "Road Rascals" as they find themselves mixed up with another one of the maniacs' deadly festivals. Bill Moseley, Lin Shaye, Nivek Ogre, Courtney Peldon, Ashley Peldon, Adam Robitel, Ahmed Best, Trevor Wright, Andrea Leon, Ryan Fleming, Dylan Edrington, Christa Campbell, Amy Baniecki, Tony Todd all star.
- 10/21/2009
- bloody-disgusting.com
Director Tim Sullivan will be appearing at the Big Bear Horror Festival this weekend, alongside Ryan Fleming and Alana Curry, where Tim will be teaching a special "Slash Course" and showing the first Maniacs film. In addition, we've been supplied with two exclusive stills from 2001 Maniacs: Beverly Hellbillys featuring stars Lin Shaye and Christ Campbell. Dig on 'em inside, check out our exclusive interview and watch for more info as it comes in. Tim Sullivan'S Slash Course (more details): From the page to the screen, writer/director Tim Sullivan shows how it's done in the Indie horror world by taking participants on a journey that covers idea thru first draft, polished screenplay, dailies, rough cut and finished product using never before seen pages and footage from his cult hit 2001 Maniacs.
- 10/15/2009
- bloody-disgusting.com
As first reported here on Bloody Disgusting back in July, filming kicked off for Tim Sullivan's 2001 Maniacs: Beverly Hellbillys the week of July 20th and has just wrapped, which was confirmed on the newly launched official Facebook page. The page teases an official press release sometime later today and also gives us our first look at the teaser. Courtney Peldon, Ashley Peldon, Adam Robitel, Robert Englund, Ryan Fleming, Jay Gillespie, Dylan Edrington, Christa Campbell, Amy Baniecki, Tony Todd, Bill Moseley are all rumored to be cast. After the sheriff refuses to cover up any further for the maniacs causing all the missing persons in the area, they're forced to hit the road in what's dubbed the "Pleasant Valley Traveling Road Show," where the maniacs head across country in hopes of gathering more victims...More...
- 8/12/2009
- bloody-disgusting.com
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