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On the eve of Horror Channel’s UK TV premiere of Patchwork, director Tyler MacIntyre reflects on body image issues. twisting audience expections and his admiration for current female genre directors.

Patchwork finally gets its UK TV premiere on Horror Channel. Excited or what?

Relieved actually. It’s been a long time coming. The third screening of the film ever happened at FrightFest in Glasgow and since then I’ve had people asking me when it was going to come out. The UK genre fans are among the most diehard in the world, so I’m very excited to finally have it available for them.

You were in attendance when Patchwork, your directorial feature debut, received its European premiere screening at FrightFest Glasgow 2016. What are your abiding memories?

I met a lot of awesome filmmakers and made some really good friends on that trip, particularly Joe Begos, who had The...

Podcasts from talent including Love creator Lesley Arfin, Margaret Cho, Glow’s Kimmy Gatewood and The Good Place’s Rebecca Delgado form the inaugural slate for female-focused podcast network Earios.

Earios was set up by former UTA and Wme comedy agent Priyanka Mattoo, who also ran Electric Dynamite with Jack Black, Maria Blasucci, star of HBO’s Family Tree and Amanda Lund, who has appeared on series including Fresh Off The Boat and New Girl.

Last year, the company successfully raised money through a Kickstarter campaign and secured enough to launch 12 shows this year. It has also partnered with podcast company Acast to launch the slate, which will launch three shows at the start of July and will run new shows every couple of weeks.

It is designed to produce female-fronted podcasts after Lund and Blasucci, who previously hosted their own independent shows, failed to find podcast companies run by...

For its 22nd year, Dances With Films returns to Los Angeles this June with an eclectic lineup of films both feature-length and short-form that span a wide range of genres.

Dances With Films 2019 will take place June 13th–23rd at the Tcl Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Horror fans attending the festival will want to keep an eye out for several genre-centric titles, including Come, Said the Night (pictured above).

You can check out the Dances With Films 2019 lineup below, and to learn more, visit the film festival's official website.

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Writer/Dir: Michael Worth

Prods: Jody Marriott Bar-Lev, Dustin Rikert, Avi Bar-Lev, Michael Worth

Cast: Rance Howard, Michael Worth, Esther Anderson, Clint Howard, Adrienne Barbeau, Robby Benson

Prince McCoy has found himself almost to the middle of age, and definitely to the end of his rope. Losing his home,...

*full disclosure: an online screener of this film was provided by the distributor, The Orchard. **there are a couple of minor spoilers here. Director: Tyler MacIntyre. Writers: Chris Lee Hill and Tyler MacIntyre. Cast: Tory Stolper, Tracey Fairaway, Maria Blasucci, James Phelps and Corey Sorenson. Patchwork has been completed since at least 2015. From director Tyler MacIntyre and writer Chris Lee Hill, the film has recently released through Video-on-demand, via The Orchard. A festival favourite, Patchwork involves a three-in-one deal, in which three women are sewn into one. The results should be horrifying, but they are more laugh worthy. Some of the awkward kissing scenes are laugh out loud funny. Meanwhile, a sub-villain and villain are pushing the action forward. One of the evil wretch's identity is only revealed near the end of the film. Also, the writers take the topic of cosmetic surgery to the point of hyperbole. What would...

Back in 2016, Tyler MacIntyre's Patchwork was showing in Calgary, at the Calgary Underground Film Festival. Since 2016, the film has released through Video-on-demand, today! Patchwork is a dark comedy, in which three women find themselves sewn together. The film stars: Tory Stolper, Tracey Fairaway, Maria Blasucci and James Phelps. Also, the official release artwork and most recent trailer, for Patchwork, are hosted here. For more on the story, three women wake-up after a night out. They have the ultimate hangover. But, things are much worse than they initially realize. Each woman has been sewn to the other, by a mysterious character. Now, they must work together, to escape this lair, while finding a way to seek revenge. The latest promotional material shows the film's scars. The movie poster shows one woman's body, with different patches of skin. Meanwhile, the title bloodies the back, while some of the flesh looks necrotic.

Welcome to the first of (hopefully) many new regular features here on Nerdly – the Netflix Update – where we bring you the highlights in the world of Netflix’s original programming. This first edition brings news on Mascots, Iron Fist, Haters Back Off! and the TV adaptation of Lemony Snicket…

Mascots

Mascots is a new comedy from Christopher Guest, director of Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show. Starring many of his regular troupe of actors, this latest film takes place in the ultracompetitive world of sports mascots where they compete for the most prestigious award in their field, the Gold Fluffy.

The Netflix original film stars Jane Lynch, Parker Posey, Fred Willard, Ed Begley, Jr., Christopher Moynihan, Don Lake, Brad Williams, Zach Woods, Chris O’Dowd, Susan Yeagley, Sarah Baker, Tom Bennett, Kerry Godliman, Bob Balaban, Jennifer Coolidge, Michael Hitchcock, Maria Blasucci, John Michael Higgins, and Jim Piddock.

Mascots debuts on Netflix on October 13th.

The world of film is obviously as broad and far-reaching as it could be, and no matter how much we might feel that certain films are so good that everyone should like them, people have differing tastes. I might think My Dinner with Andre is easily one of the best films there is, despite the fact that most people can’t finish it. Virtually every list of the best films ever includes Casablanca somewhere close to the top, but I agree with the cast and crew in thinking that it isn’t really anything special. Such is life.

But, if you don’t have Waiting for Guffman, or Best in Show, or both, on your list of favorite movies, I just don’t get you.

Christopher Guest‘s mockumentary films (which also include A Mighty Wind, and For Your Consideration – which are both good, but not nearly as solid) all include familiar faces,...

The fall is about to get a whole lot funnier. Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman director Christopher Guest is finally back to feature filmmaking with the new Netflix-distributed comedy Mascots. Set in the world of “competitive mascots,” it will first premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival before heading to Netflix in October, and today the first full-length trailer has landed.

Featuring the massive cast of Jane Lynch, Parker Posey, Fred Willard, Ed Begley Jr., Christopher Moynihan, Don Lake, Brad Williams, Zach Woods, Chris O’Dowd, Matt Griesser, Susan Yeagley, Sarah Baker, Tom Bennett, Kerry Godliman, Bob Balaban, Jennifer Coolidge, Michael Hitchcock, Maria Blasucci, John Michael Higgins, and Jim Piddock, check out the trailer below via EW for one of our most-anticipated films of the fall.

Director Christopher Guest (Best in Show, A Mighty Wind) and members of his beloved stock company — Parker Posey, Bob Balaban, Jane Lynch,...

It’s the greatest of sporting honors, it’s the most respected of athletic achievements and it’s the one award that turns mascots into legends. It’s: The Gold Fluffy. The first teaser for Christopher Guest’s Netflix movie “Mascots” has been released.

Starring many of his regular troupe of actors, this latest comedy takes place in the ultra-competitive world of sports mascots where they compete for the most prestigious award in their field, the Gold Fluffy.

Read More: 7 New Netflix Shows to Binge Watch in August 2016 (And the Best Episodes of Each)

The Netflix original film features an all-star ensemble that includes Jane Lynch, Parker Posey, Fred Willard, Ed Begley, Jr., Christopher Moynihan, Don Lake, Brad Williams, Zach Woods, Chris O’Dowd, Susan Yeagley, Sarah Baker, Tom Bennett, Kerry Godliman, Bob Balaban, Jennifer Coolidge, Michael Hitchcock, Maria Blasucci, John Michael Higgins and Jim Piddock.

“Mascots” was written by...

Produced by Morgan Spurlock (Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold) and directed by Brent Hodge (I Am Chris Farley), The Pistol Shrimps follows an L.A.-based rec-league team. Actress Maria Blasucci created The Pistol Shrimps, and their point guard is Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation). The team is primarily made up of actors and writers, and Hodge’s doc […]

The post ‘The Pistol Shrimps’ Trailer: Are You Ready For Shrimps Basketball Time? appeared first on /Film.

While she’ll be seen in comedies both on the indie and studio side this summer (Joshy and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, respectively), Aubrey Plaza will also be featured in a documentary. The Pistol Shrimps follows her all-female basketball team, also made up of Melissa Stern, Maria Blasucci, and more, as they compete in last year’s recreational season. Coming from producer Morgan Spurlock and director Brent Hodge (I Am Chris Farley, A Brony Tale), the first trailers have landed ahead of a release this week.

We said in our review, “As far as sports documentaries about female friendships, there are too few and Pistol Shrimps, as enjoyable as it is, really is exactly what it is — like the league and the podcast it’s something to do. Surely one’s free time can be better spent elsewhere screening a film that’s more profound, but that is not what this is, the same way this rec league is not the Wnba.”

Check out the trailers and poster below.

“The Pistol Shrimps” is the fun new documentary following the 2015 season of the popular all female basketball team called The Pistol Shrimps – made up of actors, comedians and models in La. Comic actress Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation), model Melissa Stern and actress/writer Maria Blasucci (Ghost Ghirls) are part of the ragtag team of trash-talking, hard fouling, wisecracking women who bring a much-needed edge to the game. Off the court, these women are also making it happen as writers, musicians, actors, comedians, moms and wives, who always have time on Tuesday nights for their games. The Pistol Shrimps are truly fearless women who are both ballers on and off the court.

The Pistol Shrimps arrives on SeeSo on June 16th.

The Canadian horror comedy Patchwork is set for its Calgary Premiere. This film, influenced by Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, tears three women apart and puts them back together again. A teaser for the film (hosted below) was released for this feature earlier in the year. The clip's music is soothing, while the images are not. From director Tyler MacIntyre, the film stars: Tory Stolper, Tracey Fairaway, Maria Blasucci and James Phelps. Playing at several upcoming showings, a preview of Patchwork's Calgary release is hosted here. The film calls itself a "throw-back" horror-comedy. Likely influenced by the low-brow comedies of the '80s, three women find themselves sewn to each other, after a wild night of partying. Now, they must work together, in one body, or lose what little remains of themselves. The Calgarian event takes place on April 16th, 2016. Director Tyler MacIntyre will be in attendance and Calgarians should head out to the theatre,...

Kicking off with a special screening of The Forest with star Natalie Dormer in attendance, and finishing in racy rock-fuelled style with Sean Byrne’s The Devil’s Candy, the UK’s favourite horror fantasy event returns to Glasgow Film Festival with another stellar line-up to shock, chill and thrill. A record thirteen films will screen from Thursday 25th February to Saturday 27th February, alongside a selection of unmissable shorts, guest director Q & A’s, great give-aways and a sneak preview of Paul Hyett’s Heretiks, with the popular director in attendance.

The line-up starts at 9pm on Thurs 25 Feb with the UK Premiere of The Forest starring Natalie Dormer searching for her twin sister in Japan’s most haunted location, the fabled Sea of Trees. The ‘Game of Thrones’ star is making her first appearance at Glasgow Film Festival and is thrilled to be headlining this gala event the...

By Jonathan Weichsel

MoreHorror.com

Over the past year I reviewed a lot of indie horror films, some of them really good, some of them just Ok, and some of them really, really bad. The following isn't exactly a best of the year list, because I haven't watched every single film that was released, played at a film festival, or completed filming this year. Rather, these are the best movies that I reviewed for MoreHorror.com in 2015, and are all movies that I can recommend without hesitation.

Mania is directed by Jessica Cameron and stars Ellie Church. Olalla is written and directed by Amy Hesketh and stars Amy Hesketh, Jac Avila, Mila Joya, and Erix Antoine. Headless is directed by Arthur Cullipher, written by Nathan Erdel, and stars Shane Beasley, Kelsey Carlisle, Dave parker and Ellie Church. Spring is directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead and written by Justin Benson,...

By Jonathan Weichsel

MoreHorror.com

Patchwork is directed by Tyler MacIntyre. The film stars Tory Stolper, Tracey Fairaway, Maria Blasucci, with Corey Sorenson and James Phelps.

Mirrored is directed by Ryan Shovey and written and produced by Nicole Bird. The film stars Aaron Jay Rome, David Colan, and Bryan Mordechai Jackson

There are a lot of people within the horror community right now who grew up watching absolutely gonzo insane horror films like Re-animator, Evil Dead 2, and Frankenhooker, which actually came out in 1990 but whatever. These are wild, anarchic films that at the time formed a subversive little bubble trapped within the soup of 1980's normality. Now, decades later, as we find ourselves in a culture that has become homogenized in a way that we haven't seen since the 1980's, there is a lot of nostalgia for these kinds of films.

This nostalgia has led to a wave of 1980's throwback films,...

Playing as part of this year’s Screamfest Horror Film Festival is Tyler MacIntyre’s Patchwork, and we’ve got the teaser trailer and artwork ready and waiting for you! Dig it! Tory Stolper, Tracey Fairaway, Maria Blasucci, James Phelps, Corey Sorenson, Eric… Continue Reading →

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Lisa Kudrow in The Comeback, which she announced will be returning for a third season.

John Singleton is poised to be the next filmmaker to make the leap to television, as FX has picked up the pilot for Snowfall, a show co-created by Singleton. The press release had this summary of the series.

Los Angeles 1981. A storm is coming and its name is cocaine. Snowfall is a one-hour drama set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it. The story follows three characters on a violent collision course: Franklin Saint, young street entrepreneur on a quest for power; Gustavo Zapata, a Mexican wrestler turned gangster in search of his American dream; and Logan Miller, a prominent family’s “black sheep” desperate to escape his father’s shadow.

Singleton will also direct the pilot.

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The partnership between Fox and...

Ghost Ghirls’ creators, Jeremy Konner and stars Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci, are reteaming with Jack Black’s Electric Dynamite, which produced the well-received Web supernatural spoof, for a new comedy series project. The half-hour, set in a women's basketball league, has landed at Comedy Central. Created by and starring Lund, Blasucci and actress Angela Trimbur, the ensemble comedy revolves around a group of misfit women in La who find new leases on life through their…...

Principal photography has concluded on the comedic thriller that reimagines Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer as grown men.

Kyle Gallner (pictured at left) and Adam Nee (pictured at right) star with Matthew Gray Gubler, Hannibal Buress, Melissa Benoist, Eric Christian, Daniel Edward Mora and Stephen Lang.

Brothers Adam Nee and Aaron Nee directed Band Of Robbers. Their previous film The Last Romantic premiered at SXSW and IFC distributed in the Us.

Rounding out the cast are Johnny Pemberton, Beth Grant, Lee Garlington, Maria Blasucci, Cooper Huckabee and Creed Bratton.

John Will produces for Torn Sky Entertainment with Rick Rosenthal for Whitewater Films alongside Matt Ratner and Arun Kumar.

Nick Morton, Bert Kern, Tims Johnson, John and Margo Miller, Matthew Gray Gubler and Noah Lang are the executive producers.

Welcome back to the series of posts here at SciFi Mafia that we’re calling Web Series Wednesday where we devote a space to the wonderment of the web series. Every Wednesday we’ll cover an awesome web series and give you all the info to get into it.

If you’ve got a favorite web series you’d like us to cover, head on over to the Contact Us page and shoot us your request. To catch up on past Web Series Wednesday posts click here.

This week we’re covering Ghost Ghirls.

Ghost Ghirls is the web series brain child of Jack Black about two friends, Heidi (Amanda Lund) and Angelica (Maria Blasucci) and their bumbling attempts at being ghost hunters. Sometimes they win and sometimes they lose, but every time they’re hilarious.

The guest star list is amazing. Jason Ritter, Bob Odenkirk, Lorenzo Lamas, Colin Hanks,...

In the ever-evolving world of television, the latest frontier for original programming has become the Internet. With Netflix's great success in launching hits like "House of Cards" and "Orange is the New Black," more and more websites are following suit. The latest to launch their slate of original series? Yahoo.

On Monday (Sept. 9), Yahoo launched its most aggressive slate of original programming to date with the premieres of five new comedy series from some big talent. Following Netflix's lead, all episodes of new series "Losing It with John Stamos," "Ghost Ghirls," "The Fuzz," "We Need Help" and "Tiny Commando" were made available on Yahoo! Screen. But the big question is: Are any of them worth watching?

Of the five newbies, "Losing It with John Stamos" stands out of the pack. A charming interview-based show featuring John Stamos talking one-on-one with a celebrity about how they lost their virginity, interspersed with...

If you -- like a lot of people -- can't see horror movies for fear of having terrifying nightmares, then feast your eyes on Jack Black's latest project, "Ghost Ghirls."

The new Yahoo web series, which debuts its entire first season on Monday (Sept. 9) on Yahoo Screen, is executive produced by Black and co-created by "Drunk History's" Jeremy Konner. The 10-12 minute long episodes star Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci as bumbling paranormal investigators. The series is a mix of comedy and supernatural happenings ... with an emphasis on the comedy. "There's a good, even mix of science and otherworldly problems," Black tells Zap2it. "It's like in 'Scooby Doo' where oftentimes you pull the mask off the guy and there's just a dude."

But don't expect to see real-world problems behind every case on "Ghost Ghirls." Black promises that there is a hearty mix of supernatural issues as well.

Still freaked out from going to see The Conjuring? Then may we recommend you check out the new Yahoo! web series Ghost Ghirls — which, while also supernaturally-themed, is much more interested in tickling your funny bone than tingling your spine.

Executive produced by Jack Black and co-created by Drunk History director Jeremy Konner, the show stars Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci as a pair of bumbling paranormal investigators and boasts a list of celebrity guests, including Black, Molly Shannon, Jason Schwartzman, Dave Grohl, Val Kilmer, and Jake Johnson, who can be seen in the available-to-view-now premiere episode.

You can watch...

Nine months after it first crossed our radar, Ghost Ghirls has debuted on Yahoo Screen. The twelve episode comedy, produced by Jack Black's Electric Dynamite, stars Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci as Heidi and Angelica, a pair of hapless paranormal investigators. During a conference call, Black, Lund, and Blasucci discussed their new show, with the Tenacious D star explaining the way he first came across it. "I've been producing for a while--my own stuff that I was in--and I'm always looking for talented people I want to collaborate with. This sort of fell into my lap. I knew Jeremy Konner, the director (editor's note: Konner is best known for co-creating Drunk History). Jeremy fell in love with these girls who were very creative and hilarious. They went and shot the pilot for Ghost Ghirls. He brought in these girls with this pilot they had shot, and I said 'I want in',...

It’s getting hard to keep up with the increasing options for where to get your “television” programming. Luckily, theTVaddict.com is here to keep you in the loop! Starting September 9, 2013, comedic powerhouse Jack Black is bringing a new take on the detective genre to Yahoo! Screen. Ghost Ghirls is Black’s new web series that stars Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci as paranormal sleuths (aka parapsychologists). Dropping in on the fun are some fabulous guest stars, including Molly Shannon, Val Kilmer, Dave Grohl, Jason Ritter, and Jason Schwartzman, among others. theTVaddict.com checked in with Black and the cast of Ghost Ghirls at Comic-Con, check out what they had to say about this quirky new show after the jump.

The Anatomy of Superhero Film Music panel

Thursday was a big day for television, with a full day of programming in Ballroom 20 (including Sherlock and the X-Files 20th anniversary panel). Given the craziness of Ballroom 20, I opted for the smaller rooms, starting the day off at a panel called The Anatomy of Superhero Film Music. A group of composers for various superhero projects made up the panel and we went down the line, taking a look at clips from each project, both with and without the music, exploring this contrast, along with the inspiration for the music. The one television project was an excerpt of Bear McCreary’s score for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. We listened to what appears to be a main theme for the upcoming series. Unsurprisingly, given McCreary’s prior work and the superhero focus of the show, it features a mostly orchestral sound, with some...

Jack Black was last seen at Comic-Con in 2005. But Black was back for the start of the 2013 nerd convention promoting his newest online venture: "Ghost Ghirls." Black and the Ghost Ghirls -- Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci -- along with the show's director, Jeremy Konner, were in San Diego to explain the concept of this new web show, which Black stars in and produces. His production company, Electric Dynamite, and Shine America came together to work on this paranormal comedy about two childhood girlfriends who possess special powers: They can...

Comic Con hasn’t been strictly superheroes in a long, long time. We have scoured the schedule for this year’s event and have pulled out the dark, the bloody, the monstrous, and the ghostly panels that look to be right up FEARnet readers’s alley.

Paranormal Passion Panel

Authors discuss the inclusion of romantic elements in their action-packed novels. Protagonists must battle the forces of evil while trying to keep the world (and often their lovers) safe from destruction. Maryelizabeth Hart of Mysterious Galaxy leads a discussion with Comic-Con special guest Christine Feehan (The Dark Series), Claudia Gray (Spellcaster), Aprilynne Pike (Earthbound), Lauren Kate (The Fallen Novels), Kendare Blake (Antigoddess), and Magnus Flyte (City of Dark Magic).

Thursday July 18, 2013 10:30am - 11:30am

Room 24Abc

Masters of the Web

Some of the most prominent and influential film pundits on the web discuss the film industry, writing for film online,...

With Sdcc 2013 kicking off soon, Preview Night details and the full schedule for Day 1 have arrived. We have some tough decisions to make as The Walking Dead comics take on "The X-Files" reunion and then the "Dexter," "Hannibal," and "Teen Wolf" panels go head-to-head.

Per usual, the abovementioned choices are just the tip of the iceberg for genre fans with panels running all day and evening on July 18th for paranormal novels, sexy steampunkers, horror gaming, horror novels, horror comics, horror journalists (including our own Heather Wixson!), composers, the ever present and popular zombies, The Goon feature film, and - in the last panel of the night - horror sitcom "Holliston." Check out our picks below, and be sure to visit the official San Diego Comic-Con 2013 website for the full lineup.

Preview Night: Wednesday, July 17, 2013

6:00pm - Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings

Comic-Con and Warner Bros. Television proudly continue their annual Preview Night tradition,...

The full Thursday, July 18th schedule for Comic-Con has been officially announced and includes a 10th Anniversary panel for The Walking Dead comic book series, a panel for the Hannibal TV series, and a panel for Dexter‘s final season. Continue reading for a list of Thursday’s horror panels, including a certain zombie panel we’ll be officially announcing tomorrow:

Paranormal Passion Panel: Authors discuss the inclusion of romantic elements in their action-packed novels. Protagonists must battle the forces of evil while trying to keep the world (and often their lovers) safe from destruction. Maryelizabeth Hart of Mysterious Galaxy leads a discussion with Comic-Con special guest Christine Feehan (The Dark Series), Claudia Gray (Spellcaster), Aprilynne Pike (Earthbound), Lauren Kate (The Fallen Novels), Kendare Blake (Antigoddess), and Magnus Flyte (City of Dark Magic).

10:30am – 11:30am, Room 24Abc

Ghost Ghirls: A Behind-the-Scenes Paranormal Experience with Jack Black: Hey Comic-Con!

Los Angeles, July 3: Actor-comedian Jack Black will produce an online version of a comedy series about ghost hunters.

The 43-year-old actor has teamed up with bosses of internet giant Yahoo! and Shine America to produce "Ghost Ghirls", a paranormal web comedy series.

Co-creators Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci star as the female double-act, while Black will make guest appearances in the online series, which is billed as a spoof version of TV shows such as "Medium" and "Ghost Whisperer".

The show is due to premiere in autumn this year.

Ians...

The beast that is Comic-Con is speeding at us like a bullet headed straight to the noggin of an undead head, and we have the first word on a bit of sexy parapsychological silliness that will be live (or dead) and in attendance.

From the Press Release

Shine America and Yahoo! will bring the ultimate paranormal experience to this year’s Comic-Con International in San Diego, CA. Jack Black will return to Comic-Con for the first time since 2005 for a panel session to support the paranormal comedy web series “Ghost Ghirls,” guest-starring and produced by Black and coming to Yahoo! this fall.

The panel will take place on Thursday, July 18th, from 1:00 Pm to 2:00 Pm in the Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel. Joining Black on the “Ghost Ghirls” panel are co-stars/creators Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci, director/creator Jeremy Konner, and Erin McPherson, VP & Head of Video at Yahoo!

Jack Black will appear at Comic-Con to promote upcoming web series "Ghost Ghirls," which he produced and guest stars in, Shine America and Yahoo announced on Monday. Co-creators Amanda Lund, Maria Blasucci and Jeremy Konner will join Black on stage to talk about the show, along with Erin McPherson, video chief at Yahoo, which will air the show this fall. They will present an episode of "Ghost Ghirls," starring Lund and Blasucci as friends working as paranormal investigators. Each episode presents a new case. Also read: SXSW: Jack Black Debuts 'Ghost Ghirls' – The Next...

Jack Black Returns to Comic-Con for a Paranormal Panel on Yahoo!.s Comedy Series .Ghost Ghirls. Shine America and Yahoo! will bring the ultimate paranormal experience to this year.s Comic-Con International in San Diego, CA. Jack Black will return to Comic-Con for the first time since 2005 for a panel session to support the paranormal comedy web series, .Ghost Ghirls,. guest-starring and produced by Black and coming to Yahoo! this fall. The panel will take place on Thursday, July 18th from 1:00 Pm to 2:00 Pm in the Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel. Joining Black on the .Ghost Ghirls. panel are co-stars/creators Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci, director/creator Jeremy Konner and Erin McPherson, VP & Head of Video at...

While Tom Chadwick is uncovering his family roots, HBO is hoping that viewers will want to follow along and watch the Family Tree TV series. Will they renew it for another season or cancel the show instead? We shall see.

Family Tree airs on Sunday nights and there are eight episodes. The show's cast is made up of Chris O'Dowd, Nina Conti, and Tom Bennett. Created by Christopher Guest, the first season also features appearances by Carrie Aizley, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley, Jr., Maria Blasucci, Matt Griesser, Christopher Guest, Don Lake, Michael McKean, Lisa Palfrey, Jim Piddock, Kevin Pollak, Amy Seimetz, Meera Syal, Ashley Walters and Fred Willard.

Below are the most recent ratings for the first season of Family Tree. The TV show's ratings are the best way to tell if a series will be cancelled or renewed for another season. These figures...

Ghost Ghirls is a new online comedy series presented by Yahoo!Screen that follows two young female ghostbusters as they solve mysteries of paranormal phenomena. Portrayed by comedians Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci, the pair emulate Shawn and Gus of Psych more than Sherlock Holmes and Watson as they attempt to convince their clients and local law enforcement of their legitimacy as investigators.

Ghost Ghirls was created by Jeremy Konner, Lund and Blasucci, who also serve as executive producers -- seen above with fellow executive producer Jack Black. Konner, who is best known for his Drunk History series on Funny or Die, also directed Ghost Ghirls.

An exclusive sneak preview of two episodes of Ghost Ghirls was presented at SXSW 2013, featuring hilarious cameo appearances by Dave Grohl, Val Kilmer, Molly Shannon and numerous other celebrities. I thoroughly enjoyed the witty writing and well paced storylines, and look forward to more adventures with the paranormal pair.

Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids) stars in Christopher Guest‘s spring HBO series as a recently single and unemployed 30-something man who discovers himself by investigating his wacky extended family. Frequent Guest players Michael McKean, Fred Willard, Don Lake, Ed Begley Jr., and Jim Piddock (who co-wrote and exec produces the series with Guest) join Matt Griesser, Maria Blasucci, Amy Seimetz, Nina Conti, and Tom Bennett in the single camera docu-style series. Family Tree debuts in May on HBO and BBC Two in the UK. Here’s the show’s teaser: Related: Searching For Roots In ‘Family Tree’: TCA...

Jack Black descended on Austin Wednesday night, taking a brief respite from his Tenacious D world tour to perform alongside longtime partner in crime Kyle Gass at South by Southwest. And while the audience waited to hear the actor/singer strum his guitar and play a faux saxophone, they were treated to a welcome surprise -- a couple of episodes from a funny new web series, "Ghost Ghirls," a paranormal comedy created by and starring Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci and executive-produced by Black. At a panel after the screening, the girls joked...

Think there is no letter “D” in SXSW? Think again. Jack Black and Kyle Gass’ acoustic-metal rockers Tenacious D are set to play a concert in Austin to promote the new Yahoo! Screen web comedy Ghost Ghirls, about a pair of ditzy ghost hunters played by Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci. The concert, and a screening party, will take place on March 13 at Yahoo!’s SXSW venue. The show was co-created by Lund, Blasucci, and series director Jeremy Konner (Funny or Die) and is being co-produced by Black’s Electric Dynamite Productions and Shine America.

“There is no better to...

It seems Jack Black can’t get enough ghostbuster-based gags. Last week he filled the shoes of Dan Aykroyd at a live reading of the Ghostbusters script organized by director Jason Reitman at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Now, it has been announced that he’s producing a new web comedy series called Ghost Ghirls that will debut on Yahoo! Screen next spring.

The 12-episode series details the adventures of two ghostbusters played by Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci. Molly Shannon, Jason Schwartzman, and Black himself will all make cameo appearances on the show, which began production in Los Angeles earlier this month.

Shine America and Jack Black's Electric Dynamite Productions have partnered to produce "Ghost Ghirls," a new comedy series that will debut in the Spring on Yahoo! Screen, the web giant's video portal. Jeremy Konner, Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci created the show, which stars Lund and Blasucci as a pair of hapless investigators on the hunt for paranormal activity. It has begun production on a first season of 12 episodes. Konner, who directed Funny or Die's "Drunk History" videos, will direct and executive produce with Lund, Blasucci, Black and Priyanka Matoo of...

Production has started on Ghost Ghirls, a Web comedy series from Shine America and Jack Black’s Electric Dynamite Prods, which is set to debut in spring 2013 on Yahoo! Screen. Black, as well as Jake Johnson, Molly Shannon, Jason Schwartzman and other celebrities, are set to make cameo appearances in Ghost Ghirls, a comedic take on popular paranormal procedurals like Medium and Ghost Whisperer. The project, originally developed as a TV series for Syfy last year, chronicles the antics of two young female ghostbusters, played by Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci (two-women improv show Beans!) — a pair of investigators attempting to solve the mysteries behind paranormal phenomena. At the same time, they attempt to convince their clients, other-worldly visitors and themselves that they are legit. Ghost Ghirls was created by Jeremy Konner, Lund and Blasucci, who also serve as executive producers alongside Electric Dynamite’s Black and Priyanka Mattoo. Konner...

Jack Black's production company Electric Dynamite and Shine America have teamed up for a new project: the paranormal comedy web series Ghost Ghirls. The 12-episode Ghost Ghirls, which wraps filming in Los Angeles at the end of this week, will debut in spring 2013 on Yahoo! Screen. Black, New Girl's Jake Johnson, Molly Shannon and Jason Schwartzman are among the celebrities that will appear in the web series, though more names will be revealed later. The episodes will be roughly 10 minutes each. Ghost Ghirls, created by Jeremy Konner, Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci, revolve around two young female

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Spinal Tap writer and star Christopher Guest has confirmed details of his new BBC/HBO sitcom Family Tree. Bridesmaids and It Crowd actor Chris O'Dowd will lead the show's cast, who have been filming in La and the UK. The show is scheduled to air in the Us and UK in spring 2013. Family Tree will centre on O'Dowd's character Tom Chadwick, a 30-year-old who has just lost his job and girlfriend. After discovering a mysterious box left by a great-aunt, Tom sets off on an adventure around the world as he investigates the unusual stories and characters from his family's past. The show will be filmed in a single-camera, improv, documentary style - a technique that Guest pioneered and is most famous for. Also among the cast are Nina Conti, Tom Bennett, Ed Begley Jr, Maria Blasucci, Matt Griesser, Don (more)...

Updated: Family Tree has added three more recurring guest stars: Matt Greisser as Greg, the American cousin of Chris O’Dowd’s character Tom; Maria Blasucci as Greg’s girlfriend; and Lisa Palfrey as the wife of Tom’s father, played by Michael McKean. Previous, 8:26 Am: Nina Conti and Tom Bennett have joined as regulars the cast of Family Tree, HBO‘s single-camera documentary-style comedy from Christopher Guest that stars Bridesmaids‘ Chris O’Dowd. Amy Seimetz has also joined as a recurring on the project, which received a straight-to-series order in August. O’Dowd plays 30-year-old Tom Chadwick, who, having recently lost his job and girlfriend, has a rather unsure sense of his own identity. When he inherits a mysterious box of belongings from a great aunt that he never met, he starts investigating his family lineage and uncovers a whole world of unusual stories and characters and a...

Syfy doesn’t have a half-hour comedy on its schedule right now, but it may have designs to do so in the future. It has reportedly purchased a project entitled Ghost Ghirls, executive produced by Jack Black. It was created by Amanda Lund, Maria Blasucci and Jeremy Konner.

Deadline reports:

Directed by Konner, Ghost Ghirls is a comedic take on popular paranormal procedurals like Medium and Ghost Whisperer starring Lund and Blasucci (improv two-women show Beans!) as two women: Heidi, who has self-proclaimed psychic abilities, and Angelica, who is a tech wiz. Together they attempt to solve paranormal mysteries each week while trying to prove to themselves and their customers that they are competent ghost hunters.

Ok, we’re willing to give it a try if Syfy does. We’ll keep you posted.

SyFy remained busy on the original series front. The fanboy favorite cable outlet just gave the green light to its first half-hour comedy pilot, Ghost Girls, created by Jeremy Konney and improv comics Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci and produced by Jack Black. Truer to its fanboy core, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed today that the NBC Universal cable channel also ordered a pilot scipt based on the DC Comics title Booster Gold, about a time traveler named Michael John Carter from 25th century Gotham City who uses futuristic technology and knowledge of the past to come off as a superhero in the 21st century.

SyFy remained busy on the original series front. The fanboy favorite cable outlet just gave the green light to its first half-hour comedy pilot, Ghost Girls, created by Jeremy Konney and improv comics Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci and produced by Jack Black. Truer to its fanboy core, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed today that the NBC Universal cable channel also ordered a pilot scipt based on the DC Comics title Booster Gold, about a time traveler named Michael John Carter from 25th century Gotham City who uses futuristic technology and knowledge of the past to come off as a superhero in the 21st century.

SyFy remained busy on the original series front. The fanboy favorite cable outlet just gave the green light to its first half-hour comedy pilot, Ghost Girls, created by Jeremy Konney and improv comics Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci and produced by Jack Black. Truer to its fanboy core, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed today that the NBC Universal cable channel also ordered a pilot scipt based on the DC Comics title Booster Gold, about a time traveler named Michael John Carter from 25th century Gotham City who uses futuristic technology and knowledge of the past to come off as a superhero in the 21st century.

Syfy has expanded their lineup with a new comedy series. Deadline reports that the network has picked up Ghost Ghirls, a project created by Jeremy Konner, Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci and executive produced by Jack Black. The comedy is directed by Konner, and is reportedly a comedic take on shows like Medium and Ghost Whisperer. Lund and Blasucci respectively play “Heidi, who has self-proclaimed psychic abilities, and Angelica, who is a tech wiz. Together they attempt to solve paranormal mysteries each week while trying to prove to themselves and their customers that they are competent ghost hunters.”

Ghost Ghirls will be exec produced by Electric Dynamite’s Jack Black and Priyanka Mattoo with Ben Cooley, while Konner will serve as producer. This actually sounds like a fun show to me. My wife loves Medium and Ghost Whisperer and I have always found them ridiculously annoying, so a comic twist...