Stars: Steven Yeun, Samara Weaving, Steven Brand, Caroline Chikezie, Kerry Fox, Dallas Roberts, Mark Frost, Claire Dellamar, André Eriksen, Nick Kent, Lucy Chappell, Bojan Peric, Annamaria Serda | Written by Matias Caruso | Directed by Joe Lynch
The world of business is a cutthroat winner takes all monster that takes no prisoners. What you usually don’t see though is this turn into an orgy of violence that matches the heartlessness of greed. This is why Mayhem is somewhat of a breath of fresh air for what it gets away with.
Attorney Derek Cho (Steven Yeun) is having a bad day. Screwed over by a co-worker, the only way he can save his job is to talk to the partners of the law office he works for. When a virus shuts down the building though and everybody starts losing his mind, he and new ally Melanie Cross (Samara Weaving) must battle to...
The world of business is a cutthroat winner takes all monster that takes no prisoners. What you usually don’t see though is this turn into an orgy of violence that matches the heartlessness of greed. This is why Mayhem is somewhat of a breath of fresh air for what it gets away with.
Attorney Derek Cho (Steven Yeun) is having a bad day. Screwed over by a co-worker, the only way he can save his job is to talk to the partners of the law office he works for. When a virus shuts down the building though and everybody starts losing his mind, he and new ally Melanie Cross (Samara Weaving) must battle to...
- 6/21/2018
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
Steven Yeun and Samara Weaving in Mayhem
Do you ever feel so frustrated in your day job that you're close to going postal? Do your colleagues get twitchy in the same way? Joe Lynch's Mayhem, written by Matias Caruso, imagines what would happen if the emotional powder keg that is the modern office were affected by a virus that made everybody lose their inhibitions. It follows the recently sacked Derek (played by The Walking Dead's Steven Yeun) as he tries to make his way to the top of a building in which middle managers, desk clerks and secretaries are literally out for one another's blood.
Mayhem was a hit at Frightfest last year, and it was there that Joe agreed to take a call from me to discuss the film. Like many horror filmmakers, he was thrilled to be at the festival and trying to take in as...
Do you ever feel so frustrated in your day job that you're close to going postal? Do your colleagues get twitchy in the same way? Joe Lynch's Mayhem, written by Matias Caruso, imagines what would happen if the emotional powder keg that is the modern office were affected by a virus that made everybody lose their inhibitions. It follows the recently sacked Derek (played by The Walking Dead's Steven Yeun) as he tries to make his way to the top of a building in which middle managers, desk clerks and secretaries are literally out for one another's blood.
Mayhem was a hit at Frightfest last year, and it was there that Joe agreed to take a call from me to discuss the film. Like many horror filmmakers, he was thrilled to be at the festival and trying to take in as...
- 6/18/2018
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
In Mayhem, now available on Blu-ray and DVD, Steven Yeun is Derek Cho, a character that many people will easily relate to. Derek was a good-hearted layer until he started working for a big corporate firm; after a few months there, he has become - in his own words - a “dick”, clearly unhappy with his lifestyle but at the same time doing the necessary to climb the corporate ladder. This is certainly a familiar situation for countless persons and, when initially reading Matias Caruso's script, director Joe Lynch was one of those who could see his own life reflected in the protagonist. In an interview with ScreenAnarchy, Lynch revealed that he "actually read the script while I was in a corporate workspace. I was...
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- 1/2/2018
- Screen Anarchy
We've been excited for Daily Dead readers to experience the adrenaline rush of Joe Lynch's Mayhem since our Managing Editor Heather Wixson gave it a four-star SXSW review. Following the film's November 10th theatrical and VOD release from Rlje Films, it's now been announced that Mayhem will wreak havoc on home media on December 26th.
The physical home media release of Mayhem will help you fight off the stress of the holidays with an audio commentary, a behind-the-scenes featurette, and more. We have the official press release with full details below, as well as a look at the cover art featuring Steven Yeun and Samara Weaving:
Press Release: Los Angeles (November 14, 2017) – Rlje Films (Nasdaq: Rlje) will release the action, horror film Mayhem on DVD, Blu-ray, and Ultra High-Definition 4K/Blu-ray combo on Dec. 26, 2017. Directed by Joe Lynch (Everly, Chillerama), the feature film debut from writer Matias Caruso stars Steven Yeun (“The Walking Dead,...
The physical home media release of Mayhem will help you fight off the stress of the holidays with an audio commentary, a behind-the-scenes featurette, and more. We have the official press release with full details below, as well as a look at the cover art featuring Steven Yeun and Samara Weaving:
Press Release: Los Angeles (November 14, 2017) – Rlje Films (Nasdaq: Rlje) will release the action, horror film Mayhem on DVD, Blu-ray, and Ultra High-Definition 4K/Blu-ray combo on Dec. 26, 2017. Directed by Joe Lynch (Everly, Chillerama), the feature film debut from writer Matias Caruso stars Steven Yeun (“The Walking Dead,...
- 11/14/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
If you’ve ever worked an office job wherein every single one of your bosses has been promoted above his/her aptitude, you know what futility feels like. You slave away at your cubicle to reach beyond your pay grade only to have someone that knows nothing about what you do — or worse, throws you under the bus for something you’ve never even heard about — derail everything with the stroke of a pen or click of a button. What’s your recourse? Unless they stupidly cc’d you on the smoking gun email that sealed your fate, there is none. You will simply fade away as your career and life is dismantled for no other reason than your adversary possessing higher clearance. You fantasize about your revenge, ultimately resigning yourself to retail.
Well, screenwriter Matias Caruso feels your anguish, so much so he’s written a rage-fueled adventure depicting...
Well, screenwriter Matias Caruso feels your anguish, so much so he’s written a rage-fueled adventure depicting...
- 11/7/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
The Walking Dead's Steven Yeun faces a different kind of infection—albeit one just as deadly—in Joe Lynch's Mayhem. Beginning this Friday, Rlje Films will unleash the office-set horror thriller on VOD platforms and in select theaters, including a special screening at the Laemmle Monica Film Center followed by a live Q&A with director Joe Lynch. To celebrate the upcoming release, we've been provided with two pairs of tickets to the Santa Monica screening and Q&A to give away to lucky Daily Dead readers.
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Prize Details: (2) Winners will receive:
(2) tickets to the 7:20pm Pt screening of Mayhem at the Laemmle Monica Film Center in Santa Monica (1332 2nd St., Santa Monica, CA 90401), followed by a live Q&A with director Joe Lynch (and potentially cast members as well)
How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject "Mayhem...
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Prize Details: (2) Winners will receive:
(2) tickets to the 7:20pm Pt screening of Mayhem at the Laemmle Monica Film Center in Santa Monica (1332 2nd St., Santa Monica, CA 90401), followed by a live Q&A with director Joe Lynch (and potentially cast members as well)
How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject "Mayhem...
- 11/6/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
If you’ve been wondering what fan favourite actor Steven Yeun has been up to since the infamous and brutal death of his character on The Walking Dead, wonder no more. Here he is, gloriously and deservedly front and centre in a new batch of photos for an upcoming action-horror movie about workplace frustrations, and how to work them out. It’s called Mayhem and is directed by Joe Lynch (Everly), from a script written by Matias Caruso (in his feature length debut).
If the pics below put you in mind of 2016’s The Belko Experiment, you’re not incorrect. Both focus their action around violence between people trapped in an office environment for an extended period of time. However, there is one important difference.
Where The Belko Experiment is steeped in conspiracy and suspicion, Mayhem could not be simpler. The film sees an infection sweep through the offices of Towers & Smythe Consulting,...
If the pics below put you in mind of 2016’s The Belko Experiment, you’re not incorrect. Both focus their action around violence between people trapped in an office environment for an extended period of time. However, there is one important difference.
Where The Belko Experiment is steeped in conspiracy and suspicion, Mayhem could not be simpler. The film sees an infection sweep through the offices of Towers & Smythe Consulting,...
- 10/18/2017
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
If you were wondering what fan favourite actor Steven Yeun has been up to since the infamous demise of his character on The Walking Dead, wonder no more. Here he is, gloriously and deservedly front and centre in a new action-horror movie about workplace frustrations, and how to work them out. Directed by Joe Lynch (Everly), and written by Matias Caruso (in his feature length debut) – this is the trailer for Mayhem.
If the promotional footage above puts you in mind of 2016’s The Belko Experiment, you’re not incorrect. Both centre their action around violence between people trapped in an office environment for an extended period of time. There’s an important difference, though.
Where The Belko Experiment is steeped in conspiracy and suspicion, Mayhem could not be simpler. An infection sweeps through the offices of Towers & Smythe Consulting, and the government quarantines the building. They then inform those...
If the promotional footage above puts you in mind of 2016’s The Belko Experiment, you’re not incorrect. Both centre their action around violence between people trapped in an office environment for an extended period of time. There’s an important difference, though.
Where The Belko Experiment is steeped in conspiracy and suspicion, Mayhem could not be simpler. An infection sweeps through the offices of Towers & Smythe Consulting, and the government quarantines the building. They then inform those...
- 10/6/2017
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Stress levels rise and blood and gristle fly in the official trailer for Joe Lynch's new office-set thriller, Mayhem, starring Steven Yeun, Samara Weaving, and one lethal nail gun.
"The first feature film from writer Matias Caruso, Mayhem was directed by Joe Lynch (Everly, Knights of Badassdom) and stars Steven Yeun ("The Walking Dead," Okja), Samara Weaving (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Showtime's "Smilf"), and Steven Brand ("Teen Wolf," "Secrets and Lies").
Synopsis: Derek Cho (Steven Yeun) is having a really bad day. After being unjustly fired from his job, he discovers that the law firm’s building is under quarantine for a mysterious and dangerous virus. Chaos erupts throughout the office as the victims of the disease begin acting out their wildest impulses. Joining forces with a former client (Samara Weaving) who has a grudge of her own, Derek savagely fights tooth and nail to get to the...
"The first feature film from writer Matias Caruso, Mayhem was directed by Joe Lynch (Everly, Knights of Badassdom) and stars Steven Yeun ("The Walking Dead," Okja), Samara Weaving (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Showtime's "Smilf"), and Steven Brand ("Teen Wolf," "Secrets and Lies").
Synopsis: Derek Cho (Steven Yeun) is having a really bad day. After being unjustly fired from his job, he discovers that the law firm’s building is under quarantine for a mysterious and dangerous virus. Chaos erupts throughout the office as the victims of the disease begin acting out their wildest impulses. Joining forces with a former client (Samara Weaving) who has a grudge of her own, Derek savagely fights tooth and nail to get to the...
- 10/5/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
MoreHorror.com
Rlje Films will release the upcoming horror, action film Mayhem in theaters and available On Demand / Digital HD November 10, 2017.
From The Press Release
Mayhem starring Steven Yeun ("The Walking Dead," Okja), Samara Weaving (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Showtime's "Smilf"), and Steven Brand ("Teen Wolf," "Secrets and Lies") was directed by Joe Lynch (Everly, Knights of Badassdom) and marks the feature film debut from writer Matias Caruso.
The film follows Derek Cho (Steven Yeun), who is having a really bad day. After being unjustly fired from his job, he discovers that the law firm’s building is under quarantine for a mysterious and dangerous virus.
Chaos erupts throughout the office as the victims of the disease begin acting out their wildest impulses. Joining forces with a former client (Samara Weaving) who has a grudge of her own, Derek savagely fights tooth and nail to get to the executives...
Rlje Films will release the upcoming horror, action film Mayhem in theaters and available On Demand / Digital HD November 10, 2017.
From The Press Release
Mayhem starring Steven Yeun ("The Walking Dead," Okja), Samara Weaving (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Showtime's "Smilf"), and Steven Brand ("Teen Wolf," "Secrets and Lies") was directed by Joe Lynch (Everly, Knights of Badassdom) and marks the feature film debut from writer Matias Caruso.
The film follows Derek Cho (Steven Yeun), who is having a really bad day. After being unjustly fired from his job, he discovers that the law firm’s building is under quarantine for a mysterious and dangerous virus.
Chaos erupts throughout the office as the victims of the disease begin acting out their wildest impulses. Joining forces with a former client (Samara Weaving) who has a grudge of her own, Derek savagely fights tooth and nail to get to the executives...
- 9/29/2017
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Starring Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead), Samara Weaving, and Steven Brand (Teen Wolf), Joe Lynch's Mayhem follows Derek Cho, who teams up with an ex-client to take on the boss fight of all boss fights, and you can view the new key art that embraces the movie's manic mayhem.
"The first feature film from writer Matias Caruso, Mayhem was directed by Joe Lynch (Everly, Knights of Badassdom) and stars Steven Yeun ("The Walking Dead," Okja), Samara Weaving (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Showtime's "Smilf"), and Steven Brand ("Teen Wolf," "Secrets and Lies").
Synopsis: Derek Cho (Steven Yeun) is having a really bad day. After being unjustly fired from his job, he discovers that the law firm’s building is under quarantine for a mysterious and dangerous virus. Chaos erupts throughout the office as the victims of the disease begin acting out their wildest impulses. Joining forces with a former...
"The first feature film from writer Matias Caruso, Mayhem was directed by Joe Lynch (Everly, Knights of Badassdom) and stars Steven Yeun ("The Walking Dead," Okja), Samara Weaving (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Showtime's "Smilf"), and Steven Brand ("Teen Wolf," "Secrets and Lies").
Synopsis: Derek Cho (Steven Yeun) is having a really bad day. After being unjustly fired from his job, he discovers that the law firm’s building is under quarantine for a mysterious and dangerous virus. Chaos erupts throughout the office as the victims of the disease begin acting out their wildest impulses. Joining forces with a former...
- 9/27/2017
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
The first feature film from writer Matias Caruso, Mayhem was directed by Joe Lynch (Everly, Knights of Badassdom) and stars Steven Yeun (“The Walking Dead,” Okja), Samara Weaving (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Showtime’s “Smilf”), and Steven Brand (“Teen Wolf,” “Secrets and Lies”). Synopsis: Derek Cho (Steven Yeun) is having a really bad day. After being unjustly fired from his job, …
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- 9/27/2017
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
November 10th is the date you need to remember for director Joe Lynch’s crazy return! That’s when Mayhem will be unleashed on VOD and Digital HD. Hearing good things about this one. Here’s the awesome key art for the movie along with all the details from the press release!
The first feature film from writer Matias Caruso, Mayhem was directed by Joe Lynch (Everly, Knights of Badassdom) and stars Steven Yeun (“The Walking Dead,” Okja), Samara Weaving (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Showtime’s “Smilf”), and Steven Brand (“Teen Wolf,” “Secrets and Lies”).
Synopsis: Derek Cho (Steven Yeun) is having a really bad day. After being unjustly fired from his job, he discovers that the law firm’s building is under quarantine for a mysterious and dangerous virus. Chaos erupts throughout the office as the victims of the disease begin acting out their wildest impulses. Joining forces...
The first feature film from writer Matias Caruso, Mayhem was directed by Joe Lynch (Everly, Knights of Badassdom) and stars Steven Yeun (“The Walking Dead,” Okja), Samara Weaving (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Showtime’s “Smilf”), and Steven Brand (“Teen Wolf,” “Secrets and Lies”).
Synopsis: Derek Cho (Steven Yeun) is having a really bad day. After being unjustly fired from his job, he discovers that the law firm’s building is under quarantine for a mysterious and dangerous virus. Chaos erupts throughout the office as the victims of the disease begin acting out their wildest impulses. Joining forces...
- 9/22/2017
- by Mike Hassler
- Destroy the Brain
We've seen Steven Yeun fight against the infected on AMC's The Walking Dead, but in Joe Lynch's Mayhem, he'll face a different—albeit equally lethal—virus, and you can now mark your calendars with the official release date.
Rue Morgue reported that Rlj Entertainment will release Mayhem in select cinemas and VOD and Digital HD platforms on November 10th. Following its theatrical release, Mayhem is set to stream on Shudder in early 2018.
We'll be sure to keep Daily Dead readers updated as more information on Mayhem is revealed, including its first trailer, and in case you missed it, read our own Heather Wixson's SXSW review of the film.
"Directed by Joe Lynch (Everly) and written by Matias Caruso, the film stars Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead), Samara Weaving (Monster Trucks), Steven Brand (The Scorpion King) and Dallas Roberts (Dallas Buyers Club).
In Mayhem, an airborne virus infects the...
Rue Morgue reported that Rlj Entertainment will release Mayhem in select cinemas and VOD and Digital HD platforms on November 10th. Following its theatrical release, Mayhem is set to stream on Shudder in early 2018.
We'll be sure to keep Daily Dead readers updated as more information on Mayhem is revealed, including its first trailer, and in case you missed it, read our own Heather Wixson's SXSW review of the film.
"Directed by Joe Lynch (Everly) and written by Matias Caruso, the film stars Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead), Samara Weaving (Monster Trucks), Steven Brand (The Scorpion King) and Dallas Roberts (Dallas Buyers Club).
In Mayhem, an airborne virus infects the...
- 8/9/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Focus Features has acquired the worldwide rights to “The Little Stranger,” excluding the U.K., France and Switzerland, where it will be distributed by Pathé. Academy Award nominee Lenny Abrahamson (“Room”) will direct the film, a chilling ghost story, which will begin production in the U.K. this summer for release in 2018. “The Little Stranger” will star Academy Award nominee Charlotte Rampling, Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson and Will Poulter. Lucinda Coxon, who wrote the screenplay adaptation of Focus’ “The Danish Girl,” has adapted “The Little Stranger” from Sarah Waters’ acclaimed 2009 novel of the same name.
In a remote English village after the close of World War II, a local practitioner, Dr. Faraday (Gleeson), is called to the...
– Focus Features has acquired the worldwide rights to “The Little Stranger,” excluding the U.K., France and Switzerland, where it will be distributed by Pathé. Academy Award nominee Lenny Abrahamson (“Room”) will direct the film, a chilling ghost story, which will begin production in the U.K. this summer for release in 2018. “The Little Stranger” will star Academy Award nominee Charlotte Rampling, Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson and Will Poulter. Lucinda Coxon, who wrote the screenplay adaptation of Focus’ “The Danish Girl,” has adapted “The Little Stranger” from Sarah Waters’ acclaimed 2009 novel of the same name.
In a remote English village after the close of World War II, a local practitioner, Dr. Faraday (Gleeson), is called to the...
- 5/26/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Rlj Entertainment and AMC's streaming service Shudder will be releasing Joe Lynch's action thriller Mayhem (read our very positive review here), starring The Walking Dead's Steven Yeun at the end of 2017 and into 2018. As you may read in the press release below Rlj will release the film in cinemas and On Demand later this year. Then, in early 2018, Shudder will stream the film on their service. Rlj Entertainment and AMC Networks’ Shudder are partnering on the North American release of Joe Lynch’s action/thriller Mayhem through a deal finalized at the 70th Cannes International Film Festival. The film first premiered at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival to positive reviews. Directed by Joe Lynch (Everly) and written by Matias Caruso, the film stars Steven Yeun...
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- 5/26/2017
- Screen Anarchy
The action-thriller premiered at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival.
Rlj Entertainment and AMC Networks’ Shudder streaming platform are partnering on the North American release of Joe Lynch’s action-thriller Mayhem.
The deal was finalised in Cannes.
Rlje plans to release Mayhem in theatres and on demand later this year, with the Shudder streaming premiere slated for early 2018.
In Mayhem, an airborne virus infects the corporate tower of a major law firm on the day attorney Derek Saunders is wrongfully fired. The infection is capable of making people act out on their most erratic impulses and viral rage takes over. Trapped in the quarantined building, Saunders is forced to fearlessly fight for his job, his redemption and his life.
The film written by Matias Caruso stars Steven Yeun, Samara Weaving, Steven Brand and Dallas Roberts.
Avva Pictures Mehrdad Elie and Parisa Caviani produced, alongside Circle of Confusion’s Lawrence Mattis and Matt Smith.
Rlje’s Chief...
Rlj Entertainment and AMC Networks’ Shudder streaming platform are partnering on the North American release of Joe Lynch’s action-thriller Mayhem.
The deal was finalised in Cannes.
Rlje plans to release Mayhem in theatres and on demand later this year, with the Shudder streaming premiere slated for early 2018.
In Mayhem, an airborne virus infects the corporate tower of a major law firm on the day attorney Derek Saunders is wrongfully fired. The infection is capable of making people act out on their most erratic impulses and viral rage takes over. Trapped in the quarantined building, Saunders is forced to fearlessly fight for his job, his redemption and his life.
The film written by Matias Caruso stars Steven Yeun, Samara Weaving, Steven Brand and Dallas Roberts.
Avva Pictures Mehrdad Elie and Parisa Caviani produced, alongside Circle of Confusion’s Lawrence Mattis and Matt Smith.
Rlje’s Chief...
- 5/25/2017
- ScreenDaily
Joe Lynch’s action/thriller Mayhem will distribute through AMC Networks’ Shudder streaming service in a deal finalized at the 70th Cannes International Film Festival. The film first premiered at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival to positive reviews.
Directed by Joe Lynch (Everly) and written by Matias Caruso, the film stars Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead), Samara Weaving (Monster Trucks), Steven Brand (The Scorpion King) and Dallas Roberts (Dallas Buyers Club).
Rlje plans to release Mayhem in theaters and On Demand in Q4 2017, with the Shudder streaming premiere slated for early 2 [Continued ...]...
Directed by Joe Lynch (Everly) and written by Matias Caruso, the film stars Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead), Samara Weaving (Monster Trucks), Steven Brand (The Scorpion King) and Dallas Roberts (Dallas Buyers Club).
Rlje plans to release Mayhem in theaters and On Demand in Q4 2017, with the Shudder streaming premiere slated for early 2 [Continued ...]...
- 5/25/2017
- QuietEarth.us
We've been excited for Daily Dead readers to see Joe Lynch's Mayhem since it made its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival (read Heather's review here), and now horror fans know when to mark their calendars, as Rlj Entertainment and AMC's streaming service Shudder have acquired North American rights to the office-set horror comedy.
Rlj Entertainment has slated Mayhem for a theatrical and VOD late this year, with Shudder set to stream the film in early 2018. A trailer has yet to be revealed, but we'll be sure to keep Daily Dead readers updated as more details are revealed. In the meantime, check out Heather's SXSW interview with Lynch.
Press Release: Los Angeles, May 24, 2017 – Rlj Entertainment and AMC Networks’ Shudder are partnering on the North American release of Joe Lynch’s action/thriller MAYHEMthrough a deal finalized at the 70th Cannes International Film Festival. The film first premiered at...
Rlj Entertainment has slated Mayhem for a theatrical and VOD late this year, with Shudder set to stream the film in early 2018. A trailer has yet to be revealed, but we'll be sure to keep Daily Dead readers updated as more details are revealed. In the meantime, check out Heather's SXSW interview with Lynch.
Press Release: Los Angeles, May 24, 2017 – Rlj Entertainment and AMC Networks’ Shudder are partnering on the North American release of Joe Lynch’s action/thriller MAYHEMthrough a deal finalized at the 70th Cannes International Film Festival. The film first premiered at...
- 5/24/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Paradigm represents North American rights to virus thriller.
Octane Entertainment will launch international sales on the Croisette on Joe Lynch’s SXSW action-thriller Mayhem starring Steven Yeun from The Walking Dead.
The story centres on attorney Derek Saunders who is framed by a co-worker and wrongfully fired when the tower office where he works is placed on lock-down after an airborne virus breaks out.
Matias Caruso wrote the screenplay and the cast includes Samara Weaving, Steven Brand and Dallas Roberts. Paradigm represents North American rights.
Avva Pictures’ Mehrdad Elie and Parisa Caviani produce with Circle of Confusion’s Lawrence Mattis and Matt Smith.
Octane Entertainment president Jack Campbell announced the deal on Friday and said: “We’re beyond thrilled to be introducing Mayhem to international buyers in Cannes.
“It’s such an amazing, fun, action-packed thrill ride that hooks the viewer from the first frame and does not disappoint. Director [link=nm...
Octane Entertainment will launch international sales on the Croisette on Joe Lynch’s SXSW action-thriller Mayhem starring Steven Yeun from The Walking Dead.
The story centres on attorney Derek Saunders who is framed by a co-worker and wrongfully fired when the tower office where he works is placed on lock-down after an airborne virus breaks out.
Matias Caruso wrote the screenplay and the cast includes Samara Weaving, Steven Brand and Dallas Roberts. Paradigm represents North American rights.
Avva Pictures’ Mehrdad Elie and Parisa Caviani produce with Circle of Confusion’s Lawrence Mattis and Matt Smith.
Octane Entertainment president Jack Campbell announced the deal on Friday and said: “We’re beyond thrilled to be introducing Mayhem to international buyers in Cannes.
“It’s such an amazing, fun, action-packed thrill ride that hooks the viewer from the first frame and does not disappoint. Director [link=nm...
- 5/12/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Genre favorite Joe Lynch gives corporate culture a double middle finger with his most recent project, Mayhem, an action-fueled social satire that ambitiously provides viewers with a wish fulfillment scenario: what if you had a free pass to act out your wildest, most perverse urges, simply because you no longer had any control over your own impulses? In this scenario, Lynch goes for broke and then some, as Mayhem is truly his most ambitious effort to date, offering up a ridiculously fun Thunderdome-esque situation where chaos ensues and nothing is off limits.
Written by Matias Caruso, Mayhem introduces us to the ID7 Virus, a pathogen that does an emotional hijacking on its hosts, where their id is left uninhibited, and they can’t help but go absolutely nuts. Sometimes ID7 results in two people going at it like dogs in heat on a conference room table, and sometimes it causes...
Written by Matias Caruso, Mayhem introduces us to the ID7 Virus, a pathogen that does an emotional hijacking on its hosts, where their id is left uninhibited, and they can’t help but go absolutely nuts. Sometimes ID7 results in two people going at it like dogs in heat on a conference room table, and sometimes it causes...
- 3/20/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Throughout his career, filmmaker Joe Lynch has given us fantastic movies that have spanned both the horror and action genres, including Wrong Turn 2, the "Zom-b-Movie" segment of Chillerama, Knights of Badassdom, Everly, and his latest movie, Mayhem, which recently enjoyed its world premiere at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival.
Written by Matias Caruso, Mayhem follows a corporate attorney named Derek (Steven Yeun), who's trapped inside his office building with hundreds of fellow employees during a viral outbreak that causes the infected to be unable to control their primal urges. Chaos ensues as the co-workers begin to wage war against each other the longer the virus rages on.
Daily Dead had the chance to speak with Lynch after the first SXSW screening of Mayhem in Austin, and he chatted about the trepidation he felt going into the film’s world premiere, the journey to getting Mayhem made, working with Yeun, and more.
Written by Matias Caruso, Mayhem follows a corporate attorney named Derek (Steven Yeun), who's trapped inside his office building with hundreds of fellow employees during a viral outbreak that causes the infected to be unable to control their primal urges. Chaos ensues as the co-workers begin to wage war against each other the longer the virus rages on.
Daily Dead had the chance to speak with Lynch after the first SXSW screening of Mayhem in Austin, and he chatted about the trepidation he felt going into the film’s world premiere, the journey to getting Mayhem made, working with Yeun, and more.
- 3/16/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Ahead of its world premiere on March 13th at the SXSW Film Festival, Joe Lynch's office-set horror action movie, Mayhem, is teased in a new poster featuring Steven Yeun.
EW debuted the new Mayhem poster, which you can view below, and stay tuned to Daily Dead for more of our live SXSW coverage.
Synopsis: "After being framed for corporate espionage on the same day that a mysterious virus is unleashed on his company, attorney Derek Cho is forced to savagely fight tooth and nail for not only his job but his life."
Directed by Joe Lynch from a screenplay by Matias Caruso, Mayhem stars Steven Yeun, Samara Weaving, Dallas Mark Roberts, Caroline Chikezie, Mark Stewart Frost, Kerry Fox, Lucy Chappell, and Steven Brand.
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EW debuted the new Mayhem poster, which you can view below, and stay tuned to Daily Dead for more of our live SXSW coverage.
Synopsis: "After being framed for corporate espionage on the same day that a mysterious virus is unleashed on his company, attorney Derek Cho is forced to savagely fight tooth and nail for not only his job but his life."
Directed by Joe Lynch from a screenplay by Matias Caruso, Mayhem stars Steven Yeun, Samara Weaving, Dallas Mark Roberts, Caroline Chikezie, Mark Stewart Frost, Kerry Fox, Lucy Chappell, and Steven Brand.
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- 3/13/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Tony Sokol Feb 13, 2017
Robert Stromberg is going from Disney's Malificent to a new slasher movie called Carnival...
The upcoming noir slasher film Carnival is about a knife-throwing artist performing at a traveling circus. But the barnstorming blade buff is not the villain, he is the hunter. In the tradition of Tod Browning’s Freaks, Alejandro Jodorowsky's Santa Sangre, Hammer’s Vampire Circus and Halloween perennial Carnival Of Souls, Carnival will be a three-ringed affair.
Carnival will be directed by Robert Stromberg, the Oscar-winning production designer who made Maleficent (2014) with Angelina Jolie as the sympathetic, malicious witch. Stromberg was the first production designer to ever win back-to- back Oscars, for Avatar and Alice In Wonderland. He turned the lonely journey of astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) from Ridley Scott’s The Martian into The Martian: Vr Experience, which was released at Sundance last year. Stromberg also directed the pilot Dawn for Hulu and MGM.
Robert Stromberg is going from Disney's Malificent to a new slasher movie called Carnival...
The upcoming noir slasher film Carnival is about a knife-throwing artist performing at a traveling circus. But the barnstorming blade buff is not the villain, he is the hunter. In the tradition of Tod Browning’s Freaks, Alejandro Jodorowsky's Santa Sangre, Hammer’s Vampire Circus and Halloween perennial Carnival Of Souls, Carnival will be a three-ringed affair.
Carnival will be directed by Robert Stromberg, the Oscar-winning production designer who made Maleficent (2014) with Angelina Jolie as the sympathetic, malicious witch. Stromberg was the first production designer to ever win back-to- back Oscars, for Avatar and Alice In Wonderland. He turned the lonely journey of astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) from Ridley Scott’s The Martian into The Martian: Vr Experience, which was released at Sundance last year. Stromberg also directed the pilot Dawn for Hulu and MGM.
- 2/11/2017
- Den of Geek
Voltage Pictures fully finances and represents world sales at the Efm.
Casting on Carnival will begin immediately as the producers eye an autumn start on principal photography.
Argentinian writer Matias Caruso’s Black List screenplay centres on Shiv, a circus knife-thrower who uses his deadly skills and enlists the help of his circus friends to avenge his sister’s murder.
Bard Dorros, Craig Flores, Mitchell Peck and Nicolas Chartier are producers on the project and Kristin Overn will serve as executive producer.
Stromberg directed Maleficent and shared two art direction Oscars for Avatar and Alice In Wonderland.
Anonymous Content, Voltage Pictures, Peck Entertainment, and Bread & Circuses Entertainment announced Stromberg on Friday.
Casting on Carnival will begin immediately as the producers eye an autumn start on principal photography.
Argentinian writer Matias Caruso’s Black List screenplay centres on Shiv, a circus knife-thrower who uses his deadly skills and enlists the help of his circus friends to avenge his sister’s murder.
Bard Dorros, Craig Flores, Mitchell Peck and Nicolas Chartier are producers on the project and Kristin Overn will serve as executive producer.
Stromberg directed Maleficent and shared two art direction Oscars for Avatar and Alice In Wonderland.
Anonymous Content, Voltage Pictures, Peck Entertainment, and Bread & Circuses Entertainment announced Stromberg on Friday.
- 2/10/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
With little over a month to go until Austin plays host to SXSW 2017 for another year, organizers of the annual showcase have announced that James Franco’s drama The Disaster Artist has been added to the stacked lineup.
Based on Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell’s non-fiction book The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, Franco’s passion project is set to recount the infamous story behind The Room, Tommy Wiseau’s widely-derided pic that has since gone on to become something of a cult classic. No release date has been set, but we know that the feature will be written and directed by Franco, who stars as the eccentric Wiseau, and features a cast comprised of Dave Franco, Seth Rogen, Josh Hutcherson, Ari Graynor, Jacki Weaver, and former Community star Alison Brie. Bryan Cranston and Zach Braff are among those set to cameo.
In related news, the midnight...
Based on Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell’s non-fiction book The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, Franco’s passion project is set to recount the infamous story behind The Room, Tommy Wiseau’s widely-derided pic that has since gone on to become something of a cult classic. No release date has been set, but we know that the feature will be written and directed by Franco, who stars as the eccentric Wiseau, and features a cast comprised of Dave Franco, Seth Rogen, Josh Hutcherson, Ari Graynor, Jacki Weaver, and former Community star Alison Brie. Bryan Cranston and Zach Braff are among those set to cameo.
In related news, the midnight...
- 2/8/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Rules Don't Apply
Following on from yesterday's first look photos from the project, actor and filmmaker Warren Beatty has released the first photo of himself as Howard Hughes in his new film "Rules Don't Apply" - his first directorial effort in 18 years and first onscreen role in 15 years.
The movie, which Beatty described as comedy, follows a young man (Alden Ehrenreich) and a young woman (Lily Collins) from puritan backgrounds who come to Hollywood on the brink of the sexual revolution and the rise of feminism in the early 1960s. It's currently targeting a November 11th release. [Source: EW]
The Red Turtle
Following rave reviews after premiering in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, Sony Pictures Classics has scored North American rights to Michael Dudok de Wit's dialogue-free animated feature "The Red Turtle".
Studio Ghibli and Wild Bunch co-produced the film about a man shipwrecked on a tropical island inhabited by turtles,...
Following on from yesterday's first look photos from the project, actor and filmmaker Warren Beatty has released the first photo of himself as Howard Hughes in his new film "Rules Don't Apply" - his first directorial effort in 18 years and first onscreen role in 15 years.
The movie, which Beatty described as comedy, follows a young man (Alden Ehrenreich) and a young woman (Lily Collins) from puritan backgrounds who come to Hollywood on the brink of the sexual revolution and the rise of feminism in the early 1960s. It's currently targeting a November 11th release. [Source: EW]
The Red Turtle
Following rave reviews after premiering in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, Sony Pictures Classics has scored North American rights to Michael Dudok de Wit's dialogue-free animated feature "The Red Turtle".
Studio Ghibli and Wild Bunch co-produced the film about a man shipwrecked on a tropical island inhabited by turtles,...
- 5/19/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Steven Yeun, the actor who plays Glenn on The Walking Dead, has landed the lead role in an action movie called Mayhem. He will be joined by Samara Weaving (The Babysitter) in the film. The is a big deal for Yeun because this is his first big leading movie role!
According to Variety, the film tells the story of “a virus that infects a corporate law office on the day attorney Derek Saunders (Yeun) is framed by a co-worker and wrongfully fired. The infection is capable of making people act out their wildest impulses. Trapped in the quarantined building, our hero is forced to savagely fight tooth and nail for not only his job but his life.”
The movie will be directed by Joe Lynch (Knights of Badassdom) from a script written by Matias Caruso. The film project is being produced by Circle of Confusion production company, who also produces The Walking Dead,...
According to Variety, the film tells the story of “a virus that infects a corporate law office on the day attorney Derek Saunders (Yeun) is framed by a co-worker and wrongfully fired. The infection is capable of making people act out their wildest impulses. Trapped in the quarantined building, our hero is forced to savagely fight tooth and nail for not only his job but his life.”
The movie will be directed by Joe Lynch (Knights of Badassdom) from a script written by Matias Caruso. The film project is being produced by Circle of Confusion production company, who also produces The Walking Dead,...
- 3/17/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
As Glenn Rhee on AMC’s The Walking Dead, Steven Yeun has survived countless encounters with the living dead, and now he’s set to face humans with a different type of infection in a new film from Joe Lynch.
According to THR, Steven Yeun will star as Derek Saunders in Mayhem, an upcoming action horror movie that will be helmed by Joe Lynch, co-star of Holliston and director of Everly and Wrong Turn 2: Dead End.
Written by Matias Caruso, Mayhem focuses on “a virus capable of making people act out their wildest impulses that infects a corporate law office on the very day attorney Derek Saunders (Yeun) is framed by a co-worker and wrongfully fired. Trapped in the quarantined building, our hero is forced to fight tooth and nail for not only his job, but also his life.”
Samara Weaving (who recently played Heather in Ash vs Evil Dead...
According to THR, Steven Yeun will star as Derek Saunders in Mayhem, an upcoming action horror movie that will be helmed by Joe Lynch, co-star of Holliston and director of Everly and Wrong Turn 2: Dead End.
Written by Matias Caruso, Mayhem focuses on “a virus capable of making people act out their wildest impulses that infects a corporate law office on the very day attorney Derek Saunders (Yeun) is framed by a co-worker and wrongfully fired. Trapped in the quarantined building, our hero is forced to fight tooth and nail for not only his job, but also his life.”
Samara Weaving (who recently played Heather in Ash vs Evil Dead...
- 3/17/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Everly director Joe Lynch is beginning to set the wheels in motion for his next project, Mayhem, and The Hollywood Reporter brings word today that the filmmaker has set sights on his two leading stars – Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead) and Australian actress Samara Weaving (The Babysitter).
Lifted from an eye-catching script produced by Matias Caruso – he penned Black List screenplay Carnival – Mayhem revolves around a deadly virus that causes Average Joes to lose control, acting out their wildest impulses in the process. Mayhem indeed.
Yeun will topline Lynch’s actioner as Derek Saunders, an attorney at law who finds his career hanging by a thread after being wrongfully accused of something unspeakable. But it’s out of the frying pan and into the freezer for our reluctant hero, who is left fighting for his life when the outbreak strikes. He spent five season fending off the undead on AMC’s flagship,...
Lifted from an eye-catching script produced by Matias Caruso – he penned Black List screenplay Carnival – Mayhem revolves around a deadly virus that causes Average Joes to lose control, acting out their wildest impulses in the process. Mayhem indeed.
Yeun will topline Lynch’s actioner as Derek Saunders, an attorney at law who finds his career hanging by a thread after being wrongfully accused of something unspeakable. But it’s out of the frying pan and into the freezer for our reluctant hero, who is left fighting for his life when the outbreak strikes. He spent five season fending off the undead on AMC’s flagship,...
- 3/16/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Rounding up the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, as voted on by hundreds of film executives, The Black List has been a strong resource to clue one in on projects to potentially anticipate, but first, to kickstart Hollywood on bringing them to screen. Last year’s chart-topper Catherine the Great is still waiting to be produced and today we have this year’s editiong
Topping the 2015 edition, we have Isaac Adamson‘s Bubbles, which tells the story of Michael Jackson through the strange perspective of his adopted baby chimp. Also included is the Boston Marathon bombing drama Stronger, which Jake Gyllenhaal was circling, and Miss Sloane, which has Jessica Chastain attached. So, as an early look for some potential upcoming films to keep on your radar, take a looked at the full, detailing list below, along with the number of votes each earned.
Bubbles by Isaac Adamson 44
A baby chimp...
Topping the 2015 edition, we have Isaac Adamson‘s Bubbles, which tells the story of Michael Jackson through the strange perspective of his adopted baby chimp. Also included is the Boston Marathon bombing drama Stronger, which Jake Gyllenhaal was circling, and Miss Sloane, which has Jessica Chastain attached. So, as an early look for some potential upcoming films to keep on your radar, take a looked at the full, detailing list below, along with the number of votes each earned.
Bubbles by Isaac Adamson 44
A baby chimp...
- 12/15/2015
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
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