Review: A new voice from Texas rips it but tests the censors

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmVerve has signed David Blue Garcia, the Emmy-winning director and DP who just took over directing Legendary’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre film. As Deadline revealed, Garcia was set for the film after the original helmers exited over creative differences about the first week of shooting.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorMajor League Baseball’s scheduled Oakland A’s-Texas Rangers game will not be played Thursday after players on both teams agreed to sit out to protest this past weekend’s police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, WI.The decision by players on the AL West rivals makes it the fourth MLB game to be postponed in the wake of boycotts by players in several pro sports leagues beginning Wednesday.

circumvent that restriction — including by having candidates post clip reels to YouTube, or having party campaign committees post opposition research to public websites.

Power Trip, has died, aged 34.His death was confirmed by his family, who said he passed away yesterday (August 25). Gale’s cause of death currently remains unknown.“It is with the greatest of sadness we must announce that our lead singer and brother Riley Gale passed away last night,” Riley’s family wrote in a statement posted to Power Trip’s social media.“Riley was a friend, a brother, a son.

Dave McNary Film ReporterLegendary has overhauled production on “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” parting ways with directors Ryan and Andy Tohill over creative differences and hiring David Blue Garcia to directThe departure of twin brothers the Tohills from the reboot came a week into production in Bulgaria. Texas-based Garcia, who made his feature directorial debut with 2018’s “Tejano,” will start the production over from scratch.

Texas is pretty well known for its chainsaw massacres. Over the decades, there have been quite a few of them caught on film, all beginning with the classic Tobe Hooper film from 1974.

Candyman director Nia DaCosta has teamed with Locke & Key writer Aron Eli Coleite on a new horror podcast for QCode. The duo have co-created Ghost Tape, a story about a new Army recruit on a remote Texas base.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: A week into production and there has been major behind-the-scenes bloodletting on Legendary’s sequel to Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Directors Andy & Ryan Tohill have exited a film that was a week into production in Bulgaria over some creative differences.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorKiersey Clemons (Antebellum) is set to star in and executive-produce serialized horror podcast Ghost Tape from LA audio firm QCode.Set to be released this October, the series is co-created by Aron Eli Coleite (Locke & Key) and Nia DaCosta (Candyman). Additional casting is underway.The show will follow new recruit Tessa Dixon at a remote army base in Texas as she deals with the psychological and physical trauma of basic training.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFilmRise, the New York-based film and TV distribution company and streaming network, has acquired Sabrina Van Tassel’s timely social justice documentary “The State of Texas vs. Melissa” which premiered at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival.

 Supernatural will be coming to an end this year, but at least you can take heart in the fact that Jared Padalecki will still be showing up on The CW every week. Padalecki is set to star as the lead in the network's upcoming Walker, Texas Ranger reboot, and it's quickly becoming one of the most anticipated new series of the year.Obviously, no one will be able to recreate the pure magic that was the beloved Chuck Norris original series, but Padalecki is certainly going to try.

A Texas-based events company has sued 2 Chainz over allegations that he screwed up a show he was meant to headline in 2018 by double-booking himself and then showing up just as the venue was closing.According to a lawsuit filed last week, Sultan Productions paid 2 Chainz and his touring company a $125,000 advance ahead of the September 2018 gig, also covering production costs and paying two support acts.The events firm actually noticed before the day of the show that the rapper seemed to have

Ramin Setoodeh New York Bureau ChiefNikolaj Coster-Waldau, the Danish actor best known for playing the conflicted, sardonic Jaime Lannister on HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” was eager for his latest film to premiere at South by Southwest last March.

JoJo Fletcher is reportedly stepping in for Chris Harrison for a couple of weeks on the upcoming season of “The Bachelorette”.

Rumer, “Nashville Tears” (Cooking Vinyl) The combination of Rumer’s crystalline voice and Hugh Prestwood’s songs results in some breathtaking, deeply moving music on “Nashville Tears,” the Pakistan-born, British singer’s interpretation of the Texas-born, New York-based songwriter’s catalog.

keefik, ca va?” This trilingual greeting is common among the Lebanese, many of whom speak at least three languages, often in one sentence.Even now, the Lebanese people still embrace life to the fullest—not just when things are good, but when life gets hard, too. In October 2019, Lebanese citizens took to the streets to protest government failures and corruption, but they massive gatherings didn't look like the usual demonstrations.