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“When they rise, the fight begins” is the tagline for “The Lair,” a forthcoming horror film from director Neil Marshall. Starring Charlotte Kirk, “The Lair” centers on Royal Air Force pilot Lt.

EXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks’ business unit RLJE Films and its genre streaming service Shudder have acquired North American rights to the Neil Marshall-directed horror film The Lair from Highland Film Group, with the latter also picking up the rights for UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. RLJE Films will release the pic in theaters and on digital and VOD on October 28, with Shudder bringing it to streaming early next year.

WarnerMedia has hired Joel Kennedy to the role of Director of Local Film Production and Acquisitions, UK and Ireland. Based in London and starting today, he will report to Neil Marshall, SVP Theatrical Distribution, WarnerMedia UK and Ireland.

K.J. Yossman Joel Kennedy has been appointed director of local film production and acquisitions for WarnerMedia U.K.

Before 2019, you could say that Neil Marshall is one of the most beloved genre filmmakers working. Why must I qualify that as pre-2019? Well, you see, the filmmaker ended up releasing the R-rated “Hellboy” reboot in 2019 and that film has gone down as one of the worst comic book adaptations in recent memory, and it has sullied the good name of Mr.

Sadly, for those not interested in the behind-the-scenes drama of Hollywood, the stories that have been published about filmmaker Neil Marshall in recent months have been less about his creative work and more about personal matters.

If you’re a film fan that has followed the career of Neil Marshall, you are, no doubt, familiar with the up and down nature of his filmography. With a strong start thanks to horror films “Dog Soldiers” and “The Descent,” Marshall would later stumble a bit with films like “Doomsday” and last year’s horrendous “Hellboy” reboot.

Fantasia International Film Festival finds itself in the unlucky position of being at the end of the summer, when it’s unclear if theaters will be open and big festivals will be able to continue. So, in April, the organization announced that the festival will be a virtual event, following in the footsteps of other film events.