Deadline is reporting that Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions and Platinum Dunes have set its principal cast for the fourth instalment of The Purge series, the prequel The Purge: The Island. According to the site, Mo McRae (Pitch), Joivan Wade (Doctor Who), Luna Lauren Velez (How To Get Away With Murder), Steve Harris (The Practice), Patch […]
The Purge: The Island will depict “the first experimental Purge”
Although he’s handing over directing duties on the upcoming fourth instalment to Gerard McMurray (Burning Sands), franchise creator James DeMonaco will be penning the script for The Purge: The Island, and during an interview with Vulture, the filmmaker has revealed some plot details for the prequel. “I said it’s the first experimental Purge, which I […]
The Purge TV series will explore non-Purge days
During NBC’s upfront presentation, Blumhouse Productions’ Jason Blum offered up a few details on the upcoming small screen continuation of The Purge franchise, which has been described as “an entirely new chapter in America’s 12 hours of annual lawlessness.” Blum revealed that the series, which is being written, directed and executive produced by franchise creator James DeMonaco, […]
The Purge is becoming a TV series
Deadline is reporting that Blumhouse Productions, the company behind The Purge, is making a move into the television market with ITV Studios and one of their first projects is adapting the franchise into a TV series. Blumhouse will team with franchise creator and director James DeMonaco and Universal Cable Productions to bring The Purge to USA and SyFy. […]
Get Out: Social Commentary in the Horror Genre
Tony Black on Get Out and social commentary in the horror genre… A romper stomper of a low budget hit, Get Out is the first breakout picture of 2017 and may end up being the biggest. Jordan Peele’s tense tale isn’t just an exercise in horror thriller theatrics, it’s also the first of four ‘social […]
The Purge TV series in development, fourth movie will likely be a prequel
Fresh from the box office success of the third instalment, The Purge: Election Day, writer-director James DeMonaco has revealed to CinemaBlend that he plans on bringing the franchise to the small screen for “an interwoven anthology” series. “My idea is that you do six or seven storylines and I would kind of intercut them, use […]
Movie Review – The Purge: Election Year (2016)
The Purge: Election Year, 2016. Written and Directed by James DeMonaco. Starring Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williamson, Joseph Julian Soria, Betty Gabriel, Terry Serpico, Edwin Hodge, and Kyle Secor. SYNOPSIS: Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Barnes has become head of security for Senator […]
The Purge 3 gets six new cast additions
As they gear up for production on The Purge 3, Universal and Blumhouse productions have been filling out the supporting cast for the next instalment of the low budget horror series. Deadline is reporting that Betty Gabriel (Experimenter), Edwin Hodge (Chicago Fire), Kyle Secor (Resurrection), JJ Soria (American Crime), Mykelti Williamson (Justified) and Elizabeth Mitchell […]
Frank Grillo to return for The Purge 3
Actor Frank Grillo (The Grey) is in final talks to reprise his role as Sergeant from The Purge: Anarchy in The Purge 3. Variety reported that Grillo almost didn’t return because of scheduling conflicts with his DirecTV show Kingdom, but everything was worked out, and The Purge 3 will start shooting in September. Very little […]
