Wait a minute, you may be asking yourself, ALIEN was nearly a New World Picture? Ridley Scott’s ALIEN? It’s true! So that gave us, Erica, Marc and Ryan, your intrepid hosts, and excuse to talk about one of the greatest sci-fi/horror films ever made! And, considering we’re celebrating #SciFiJuly, the timing couldn’t be better! Listen…
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If HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN didn’t start #SciFiJuly with enough of a bang, here’s an epic interview with the film’s co-director and editor, R.J. Kizer, who got his start editing for Roger Corman and New World Pictures with 1979’s UP FROM THE DEPTHS (which we covered earlier this year) and went on to work on…
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We continue our procession through the deep recesses of JUNE GLOOM with a Nearly New World entry – 1986’s WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN? Written by Jack Sholder (GENERATION X, THE HIDDEN), WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN? explores the challenging topic of child abduction in a small town where the police are useless, the realtors are…
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It’s the end of Marc’s Miserable MARVELous May and we wanted to send it off with a celebration of the New World Pictures era of the MCU with our special guest, Tarik Davis. We rank our top 6: Generation X, Death of the Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four, Captain America, Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D…
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When planning (Marc’s Miserable) #MARVELousMay, we couldn’t wait to watch GENERATION X, directed by veteran genre filmmaker Jack Sholder (THE HIDDEN, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2, RENEGADES) to see how he contributed to the first live-action X-Men movie! In our interview, we discuss the making of the 1996 TV movie about the world of teenage…
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We continue Marc’s Miserable MARVELous May with 1990’s Captain America – movie that should have been made by New World Pictures but wasn’t. Instead, it was made by the Cannon Films offshoot, 21st Century Film Corporation. which is why we invited the author of The Cannon Film Guide, Austin Trunick, to join us to…
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The final week of #VAMPril closes out with the third part of our interview with VAMP producer Donald P. Borchers! We discuss the how he got Grace Jones involved with the aid of an Anne Rice book, his stormy relationship with New World CEO Robert Rehme, his unmade projects 357 VIGILANTE and David Lee Roth’s…
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For Roger Corman’s 97th birthday, we again chose two Corman movies at random to see if we select the same film. Will we all chose the same one? Or will that never happen? Either way, it’s going to be a celebration of Corman’s epic career.
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We couldn’t think of a better way to wrap up #prisonmarch than an interview with the Writer and Director of REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS, Tom DeSimone. We dig into the making of REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS and the different script changes that shaped the film. Tom talks about casting Wendy O. Williams, meeting Pat Ast in a…
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Prison March continues its sentence with a film that was Nearly New World: 1973’s TERMINAL ISLAND! Find out how director Stephanie Rothman (THE STUDENT TEACHERS, THE VELVET VAMPIRE) ended up making this with competitor Dimension Pictures instead of New World! Find out if we were able to look away from free-minded murderer Tom Selleck as…
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