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WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT TO HOST WORLD PREMIERE OF DAPHNE & VELMA AT C2E2 ON APRIL 6, 2018

3/29/2018

All-New, Live-Action Scooby-Doo Prequel Spotlights
First Adventure for Mystery Inc.’s Leading Ladies

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment takes center stage at C2E2, Chicago’s preeminent comics and pop culture convention, on Saturday, April 6 for the World Premiere of Daphne & Velma, an all-new, live-action feature length movie featuring the very first adventure for Mystery Inc.’s leading ladies.

The Daphne & Velma premiere will take over the 600-seat Room S404 in the South Building at McCormick Place from 4:00-6:00pm on Saturday, April 6. The two-hour event features a C2E2-exclusive screening of the film, followed by a panel discussion amongst the film’s actors and filmmakers, including Velma herself, Sarah Gilman (ABC’s Last Man Standing), producer/director Suzi Yoonessi (Olive and Mochha: First Kiss), Blondie Girl Productions executive producer Jennifer Tisdale (Her Universe Fashion Show), Warner Bros. Animation & Blue Ribbon Content Executive Vice President of Alternative Programming Peter Girardi and Blue Ribbon Content Vice President of Development & Production Alexandra Davis.

The panelists will follow the screening & panel discussion with an autograph signing – on collectible, C2E2-exclusive Daphne & Velma posters – from 6:15-7:00pm at Table 35/36 on the convention floor.

In Daphne & Velma, state of the art robots and high-tech gadgets are common sights at Ridge Valley High, an innovative center of learning for some of the brightest minds in the country, including a new transfer student – the bright & optimistic Daphne Blake (Sarah Jeffery), who is excited to finally go to school with her online bestie, the whip-smart & analytical Velma Dinkley (Sarah Gilman). But not everything is as innocent as it seems as mysterious disappearances begin to plague the top-performing students on campus. Once cheery and full of life, kids now appear in a “zombiefied” state - lifeless and shells of themselves. Can Daphne and Velma learn to work together and save the students or will they become the next victims? Get ready for thrills and laughs as we follow the first adventures of Mystery Inc.’s fierce female duo.

“Daphne & Velma” is produced by Blue Ribbon Content and Blondie Girl Productions with Production Services provided by Lifeboat Productions Inc. Serving as producers are Ashley Tisdale (Young & Hungry), Jennifer Tisdale, Amy Kim (Confess, Chosen) and Jaime Burke (Cassandra French’s Finishing School, Quantum Break), and the film’s script was written by Kyle Mack & Caitlin Meares. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release Daphne & Velma on Digital, Blu-ray and DVD on May 22, 2018.

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3/29/2018

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SUICIDE SQUAD: HELL TO PAY

COMING APRIL 10, 2018 TO
Ultra HD BLU-RAY™ combo pack,
BLU-RAY™ COMBO PACK AND DVD

BURBANK, CA (March, 29th 2018) – Prepare to root for the bad guys when Amanda Waller sends her band of misfit DC Super-Villains on an all-new, action-packed secret mission in Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay, the next film in the popular, ongoing series of DC Universe Movies. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment, the feature-length animated film arrives from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Digital starting March 27, 2018, and on Ultra HD Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and DVD April 10, 2018.

An original story, Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay will be available on Ultra HD Blu-ray™ Combo Pack ($39.99 SRP), Blu-ray™ Combo Pack ($24.98 SRP) and DVD ($19.98 SRP), as well as Digital ($19.99 HD, $14.99 SD). The Ultra HD Blu-ray™ Combo Pack features an Ultra HD Blu-ray™ disc in 4K with HDR and a Blu-ray™ disc featuring the film; the Blu-ray™ Combo Pack features the film in hi-definition; and the DVD features the movie in standard definition. The Ultra HD Blu-ray™ and Blu-ray Combo Pack™ include a digital version of the film.

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay finds Amanda Waller’s top secret “Task Force X” – Deadshot, Bronze Tiger, Killer Frost, Captain Boomerang, Harley Quinn and Copperhead – on a mission to retrieve a mystical object so powerful that they’re willing to risk their own lives to steal it. But the Suicide Squad isn’t the only group of villains seeking to possess the object. The race is on for the golden prize … and, to stay alive, second place isn’t an option.

The all-star cast is led by Christian Slater (Mr. Robot, Archer, True Romance) in his DC Universe Movies debut as the voice of Deadshot, who heads “Task Force X” alongside Billy Brown (How To Get Away With Murder) as Bronze Tiger, Liam McIntyre (Spartacus: War of the Damned, The Flash) as Captain Boomerang, Kristin Bauer van Straten (True Blood, Once Upon a Time) as Killer Frost, Gideon Emery (Teen Wolf) as Copperhead, Tara Strong (Batman: The Killing Joke) as Harley Quinn and their “boss,” Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives) as Amanda Waller. Villainous forces in the film include C. Thomas Howell (Outcast, The Outsiders, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox) as Zoom, Dania Ramirez (Devious Maids, Heroes, Once Upon a Time) as Scandal Savage, James Urbaniak (Difficult People, The Venture Bros.) as Professor Pyg, Julie Nathanson (The Zeta Project, Beverly Hills 90210) as Silver Banshee and Jewelee, and Jim Pirri (Injustice 2) as Vandal Savage & Vertigo.

Other Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay voice cast members include Greg Grunberg (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Heroes) as Steel Maxum, Dave Fennoy (Batman: Arkham Knight, Batman: The Telltale Series) as Blockbuster & Tobias Whale, Cissy Jones (Firewatch) as Knockout, Natalie Lander (The Middle, Justice League Action) as Darma, Trevor Devall (Johnny Test) as Punch, Dave Boat (Family Guy, The Good Dinosaur) as Harvey Dent/Two-Face, and Matthew Mercer (Critical Role, Batman: Bad Blood) as Savage Gunman.

Producer Sam Liu (Gotham by Gaslight, Teen Titans: The Judas Contract) also directs Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay from a script by co-producer Alan Burnett (Justice League vs. Teen Titans). Executive Producers are Sam Register and James Tucker (Batman vs. Two-Face, Justice League Dark).

“Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay is a definite thrill ride for fans, mixing non-stop action with plenty of humor – all while watching villains go head-to-head with villains,” said Mary Ellen Thomas, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Vice President, Family & Animation Marketing. “This film has an all-star cast, an extremely accomplished filmmaking team, and the perfect mix of excitement and fun. We’re proud to bring Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay to audiences this spring.”

Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay Enhanced Content
Ultra HD Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and Digital
A Sneak Peek at the next DC Universe Movie, The Death of Superman: “The Death of Superman” – The Death of Superman is widely considered one of the most popular stories in the Superman canon and the DCU. This sneak peek at the exciting new film discusses the story and its place in pop culture.

Outback Rogue: Captain Boomerang (Featurette) – Audiences get a deeper look at this unconventional, yet entertaining villain from Down Under and how he’s evolved from The Flash universe to the Suicide Squad.

Nice Shot, Floyd! The Greatest Marksman in the DCU (Featurette) – Floyd Lawton, AKA Deadshot, is one of the most popular antiheroes in the DC pantheon. An excellent marksman and assassin, he often brags that he never misses his shot. Take a closer look at this fascinating character.

The Power of Plot Devices, MacGuffins and Red Herrings (Featurette) – An insightful examination of the power of a good plot device and the important influence it has over story.

Suicide Squad: Hell To Pay Commentary – The creative filmmaking team of screenwriter/co-producer Alan Burnett and executive producer James Tucker share their thoughts and stories on the characters, themes and development of Suicide Squad: Hell To Pay.

DVD
A Sneak Peek at the next DC Universe Movie, The Death of Superman: “The Death of Superman” – The Death of Superman is widely considered one of the most popular stories in the Superman canon and the DCU. This sneak peek at the exciting new film discusses the story and its place in pop culture.

MARKETING SUPPORT
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay will be supported by a national online, promotional, and publicity campaign.

About Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Inc.:
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment's home video, digital distribution and interactive entertainment businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. An industry leader since its inception, WBHE oversees the global distribution of content through packaged goods (Blu-ray Disc™ and DVD) and digital media in the form of electronic sell-through and video-on-demand via cable, satellite, online and mobile channels, and is a significant developer and publisher for console and online video game titles worldwide. WBHE distributes its product through third party retail partners and licensees.

About DC Entertainment
DC Entertainment, home to iconic brands DC (Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash, etc.), Vertigo (Sandman, Fables, etc.) and MAD, is the creative division charged with strategically integrating across Warner Bros. and Time Warner. DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its stories and characters across all media, including but not limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment, and interactive games. Publishing thousands of comic books, graphic novels and magazines each year, DC Entertainment is one of the largest English-language publishers of comics in the world.

SUICIDE SQUAD and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC Comics. © 2018 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

About Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) is one of the leading producers of animation in the entertainment industry, producing and developing projects for multiple platforms, both domestically and internationally. WBA’s TV series include Justice League Action, Teen Titans Go! and the upcoming DC Super Hero Girls and Unikitty! for Cartoon Network; Be Cool Scooby-Doo!, Bunnicula, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, The Tom and Jerry Show, New Looney Tunes and Wacky Races for Boomerang; Mike Tyson Mysteries for Adult Swim; Green Eggs and Ham for Netflix; Harley Quinn and Young Justice: Outsiders for the upcoming DC-branded digital service. As home to the iconic animated characters from the DC Comics, Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes libraries, WBA also produces highly successful animated films — including the DC Universe Animated Original Movies — for DVD, Blu-ray® and digital media. One of the most-honored animation studios in history, WBA has won six Academy Awards®, 35 Emmy® Awards, the George Foster Peabody Award, an Environmental Media Award, a Parents’ Choice Award, the HUMANITAS Prize, two Prism Awards and 20 Annie Awards (honoring excellence in animation).

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Followers

3/23/2018

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FOLLOWERS (2017)
Directed by : Ryan Justice
Written, Produced and Edited by: Ryan Justice, Ian Longen, Jason Henne
Director of Photography: Ian Longen
Cast:
Brooke: Amanda Delaney
Caleb: Justin Maina
Nick: Nishant Gogna
Jake: Sean Michael Gloria

“Beware What You Share”

FOLLOWERS continues a trend of using social media as a weapon of horror. Directed by Ryan Justice, it’s a flip on recent frights like UNFRIENDED and LIKE ME in which the perils of revealing too much about ourselves on the internet leads us into dangerous waters…or in this case, into the woods.

Brooke and Caleb are the golden couple, both beautiful and popular; they’re on-line sensations, she with her instructional yoga videos, he with fitness. Each has thousands of followers. The camera is always rolling, more so now that they’re celebrating their one year anniversary (he’s planning to propose, while we learn she has another man on the side). The first section of FOLLOWERS is quite good, as we watch them load up their car for a camping trip, stop at a trucker’s dive for lunch, then talk (and sometimes bicker) in the car. Actors Amanda Delaney and Justin Maina have an easy, natural chemistry; they sound like every other couple, teasing at times and frustrated at others. It’s only when they set up camp that we begin to get a sense of foreboding. We know something lurks in the woods (set up in a quick but eerie prologue), and it only gets worse as daytime turns to nighttime and our hero and heroine are suddenly forced to face the dangerous results of putting out too much personal information on the world wide web.

It’s at this point that FOLLOWERS comes up with a nifty twist I didn’t see coming. Then it backtracks for the mid-section of the picture as we’re introduced to two other characters (no spoilers here). Suffice to say this duo plays a key role in the action, with mixed results. Director Justice seems to be aiming for comedy with the interaction between Nick (Nishant Gogna) and Jake (Sean Michael Gloria), but ultimately they’re simply irritating (particularly Gogna who whines and complains every step of the way). His is one of those annoying characters the audience begins rooting against; you can’t wait for him to get it. The wild card is Jake, who has a devilish plan up his sleeve. Gloria delivers a solid (and well-written) monologue about the evils of social media and our overwhelming desire to be liked by total strangers. “We’re descending into slaves of technology,” he moralizes, “that eat, sleep, drink and breathe electronic validation.” He calls out Facebook with the most startling statement in the film by saying, “We’re prostitutes for ‘LIKES.’ It’s a great scene, played directly to the camera, and Gloria nails it.

Unfortunately (and here’s where the movie beings to collapse), the final third of FOLLOWERS takes yet another U-turn and falls into cliched horror territory as we learn about yet another host of characters (a different set of ‘followers’, if you will) that bog the movie down into unnecessary religious dogma that we’ve seen before. Three writers are credited with the screenplay for FOLLOWERS (director Justice, Ian Longen and Jason Henne). I’m afraid too many cooks have spoiled the soup because there’s one too many ingredients in what was starting to smell like a tasty dish. If Justice had stuck with the central idea of how sharing too much about oneself on social media can backfire, he might have really had something. The last section of the film feels tacked on, as though it came from an entirely different (and unwanted) movie. “No one pays attention (to the dangers of social media) until someone gets hurt,” Jake complains at one point. If FOLLOWERS would have stuck with that theme (and dropped the religious mumbo jumbo), it would be a much stronger film.

As it is FOLLOWERS is a worthy addition to the subgenre of ‘social media horror’, but I can’t help but be disappointed in what could have been. This cautionary tale, like its pretty protagonists, goes off the beaten path and devolves from a smart thriller into an all-too familiar landscape.

From the back row,
Darren McCullah

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WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT TO HOST WORLD PREMIERE OF DAPHNE & VELMA AT C2E2 ON APRIL 6, 2018

TASK FORCE X EMBARKS ON A NEW MISSIONIN AN ALL-NEW ANIMATED FILM FROMWARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT ANDDC ENTERTAINMENT

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