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Jekyll (2007 Film)
''Jekyll'' is a 2007 American horror film starring Matt Keeslar, Jonathan Silverman, Desmond Askew, Alanna Ubach, Siena Goines, Abigail Spencer, John Rubinstein, Josh Stewart and Roger Rose and written and directed by Scott Zakarin. It is a film adaptation of ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''. Plot While doing research, Dr. Henry Jekyll creates a computer-generated alter-ego, Mr. Hyde, a creature of uncontrollable impulses who goes on a killing spree and tries to kill his own creator. Cast *Matt Keeslar as Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Hyde *Jonathan Silverman as Lanyon *Alanna Ubach as Michelle Utterson *Siena Goines as Christy *Desmond Askew as Ziggy Poole *Abigail Spencer as Talia Carew *John Rubinstein as Daniel Carew *Brian Palermo as John *Josh Stewart as Tommy *Steve Fogel as Dr. Johnathan Flagstaff *Aron Brumfueld as Mike *Joe Basile as Nick *Lisa Donahue as Lauren *Erin Cahill as Allison *Mike Baldridge as Dr. Derik Carew *Travis Aaron Wade as Matthew Carew *Chad Brokaw as Crazed Patient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Zakarin
Scott Zakarin (born September 2, 1963) is an American film producer. He is known as the creator of the Web series medium due to his introduction of the first internet episodic website The Spot. Early life Born in Long Island, New York, Zakarin began making full length video movies at the age of 15. He wrote and directed his first feature film: ''The Gifted'' in 1989, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. He also made '' Creating Rem Lezar'', a straight-to-video children's musical fantasy. Shortly after, Zakarin packed up his van and moved to Los Angeles to begin his Hollywood career at the age of 26. Career In 1995, while directing commercials and early interactive television tests for Fattal & Collins advertising agency, Zakarin became fascinated by the Internet. He spent time in chat rooms and quickly recognized an untapped entertainment platform. In response, he joined with Troy Bolotnick, Rich Tackenberg, and Laurie Plaksin, (who also starred as the shows main charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lightyear Entertainment
Lightyear Entertainment, headquartered in Studio City, California, is a distributor of independent motion pictures in theaters, on DVD, Blu-ray, Video On Demand, as well as a distributor of music and music videos on CD, DVD, and digital distribution. Lightyear releases movies into theaters directly. After the theatrical run, digital distribution and licensing (including VOD, EST, SVOD and TV) in North America is now conducted through 1091 (formerly called The Orchard). Physical distribution of DVDs and BluRays is through MVD Distribution. From 2010 to 2018, both digital and physical releases were through eOne Distribution. From 2008 to 2010, it was through Vivendi/Universal distribution, and, from 1995 to 2008, through Warner Home Video. From 1991 to 1995, it was distributed through BMG. Lightyear's music business in North America is conducted through Caroline Distribution/Universal Music Group. Its origins were as a management buyout of RCA Video Productions, Inc. (a.k.a. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Harnell
Jess Harnell (born December 23, 1963) is an American voice actor and singer. His notable roles include Captain Hero in the animated TV series '' Drawn Together'', Wakko Warner in ''Animaniacs'', Ironhide in the first three ''Transformers'' films produced by Michael Bay, and Crash Bandicoot in the video game franchise of the same name. Harnell has also been the announcer for ''America's Funniest Home Videos'' since 1998. Early life Harnell was born on December 23, 1963 at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Englewood, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Teaneck, the son of Joe Harnell (a jazz composer) and his wife Alice. Career In 1989, Harnell provided the voices of Br'er Rabbit and many other critters for the Splash Mountain attraction at Disneyland Park. Harnell also recorded some new character dialogue for the subsequent Walt Disney World version of the attraction. He has continued to reprise the role of Brer Rabbit in new Disney projects when needed, such as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Sprecher
Petra Sprecher is a Swiss circus artist, stuntwoman and actress residing in Los Angeles. She is best known for being the original cast and the creator of the Cloudswing act in Cirque du Soleil's Quidam. In the stunt realm she is an established double for African American actresses. Some of her most notable stunt work includes doubling for Mariah Carey in '' The House'', Vivica A. Fox in '' Independence Day: Resurgence'' and Rosario Dawson in ''Eagle Eye'', for which she was double-nominated by the Taurus World Stunt Awards for Best High Work and Best Overall Stunt By A Woman. As an Actor, she has appeared both on television and in feature films embodying roles, which require special skills. Early life Sprecher was born in Basel, Switzerland, to Priska, a Swiss-German schoolteacher, and Peter Osimadu, a Nigerian journalist. She has a step father named Franz Sprecher, a Swiss banker and she has two younger half brothers named Felix, an igloo builder and Benno, an engineer, who are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daran Norris
Daran Morrison Nordland (born ), known professionally as Daran Norris, is an American actor. He has appeared or voiced characters in more than 400 films, video games, and television programs, including: Gordy in '' Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide''; Cliff McCormack in ''Veronica Mars''; the voices of Cosmo, Jorgen Von Strangle, Anti-Cosmo, and Mr. Turner in ''The Fairly OddParents''; Buddha Bob in ''Big Time Rush''; and Knock Out in '' Transformers Prime''. Career Norris has been an actor since 1988, beginning such work in television commercials for Pop-Tarts, and moving into film, television, and voice work in the 1990s. Live action His first film was ''Hobgoblins'' in 1988. Afterwards, he moved to television. Norris is known for the role as Gordy in 44 episodes of '' Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide''. Gordy is the "school's lazy, wacky janitor" who always goads Ned into rash actions while acting as Ned's go-to guy for advice. Norris recurred as Buddha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erin Cahill
Erin Jessica Cahill (born January 4, 1980) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Jen Scotts in ''Power Rangers Time Force'', Ted Mosby's sister Heather in ''How I Met Your Mother'', and Kendra Burke in '' Saving Grace''. She had a recurring role as Felicity in the ABC series '' Red Widow''. She is also noted to be the first lead female character for the ''Call of Duty'' franchise, as Chloe 'Karma' Lynch in '' Call of Duty: Black Ops II'' and Rebecca Chambers in '' Resident Evil: Vendetta''. Since 2016, Cahill has worked primarily in television movies for Lifetime and Hallmark. Early life Cahill was born in Stafford, Virginia. She began acting in her mother's local high school productions at age four, and started singing and dancing lessons at age eight. She was Miss Pre-Teen Virginia in 1991 and the first runner-up for Miss Junior America. She continued to act into her high school years at Brooke Point High School, where she served as the president of ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Palermo
Brian Palermo is an American character actor, science communicator, and comedian. He has appeared in a number of television shows, commercials and movies. Palermo is also a writer whose credits include Warner Brothers' '' Histeria!'' and Disney's '' The Weekenders'' and '' Dave The Barbarian'', both created by Doug Langdale. He is also a co-author with Randy Olson and Dorie Barton of the 2003 book, ''Connection: Hollywood Storytelling Meets Critical Thinking''. Career His film credits include ''The Social Network'', '' My Life In Ruins'', ''Daddy Day Care'' and ''Big Momma's House'' among others. Television credits include '' Entourage'', '' Friends'', ''Gary Unmarried'', '' 90210'', ''Zeke and Luther'', '' The Middle'', ''State of Georgia'', ''Will and Grace'', ''Digimon Data Squad'', ''Malcolm In The Middle'', ''Henry Danger'', and '' Danger Force''. Palermo has appeared numerous times on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'', though in April 2011 he started doing "corresponde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Rose
Roger Rose (born August 15, 1958) is an American actor and former VH1 VJ, known for such films as '' Ski Patrol'' and for voice work in animated films and television series such as ''Happy Feet'', ''Rugrats'', ''Scooby-Doo'', '' The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy'', and ''Quack Pack''. He is also an occasional announcer. Career His first live role was in an episode of '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century''. He auditioned at Rod Roddy's podium in 2004 for the announcing job on television's longest running game show, ''The Price Is Right'', and was the announcer for the show's ceremonial 6,000th episode. He starred in '' Ski Patrol'' (1990) and produced and acted in '' Comic Book: The Movie'' (2004). He voices on-air promos for most Major Television networks. He was the in-show Announcer for the Emmy Awards hosted by Jane Lynch on Fox. He voiced both the Dark Fiend Charles the 3rd and Aquatic Terror Gran Bruce in the video game '' Viewtiful Joe'' (2003). Some of his notable anim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horror Film
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apocalyptic events, and religious or folk beliefs. Cinematic techniques used in horror films have been shown to provoke psychological reactions in an audience. Horror films have existed for more than a century. Early inspirations from before the development of film include folklore, religious beliefs and superstitions of different cultures, and the Gothic and horror literature of authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, and Mary Shelley. From origins in silent films and German Expressionism, horror only became a codified genre after the release of ''Dracula'' (1931). Many sub-genres emerged in subsequent decades, including body horror, comedy horror, slasher films, supernatural horror and psychological horror. The genre has bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Stewart
Joshua Regnall Stewart (born February 6, 1977) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Holt McLaren in the FX TV series ''Dirt'' and as Detective William LaMontagne, Jr., on the CBS series ''Criminal Minds''. He was also cast as Brendan Finney in the final season of the NBC TV series ''Third Watch'' and as Barsad in Christopher Nolan's ''The Dark Knight Rises''. Other roles include '' War Machine'' and a major antagonist in Netflix's ''The Punisher'' (2019). Early life Stewart was born in Diana, West Virginia, the son of Margie and Charles Regnall Stewart. His father was a high school physical education teacher as well as a former pastor of the First Baptist Church in Webster Springs and Holly River Baptist Church, and is now pastor at the Redeeming Grace Baptist Church in Webster Springs. His mother is a sixth grade teacher at Webster Springs Elementary. Stewart first attended West Virginia Wesleyan College, then transferred to West Virginia University, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as '' Treasure Island'', '' Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'', ''Kidnapped'' and '' A Child's Garden of Verses''. Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble for much of his life, but continued to write prolifically and travel widely in defiance of his poor health. As a young man, he mixed in London literary circles, receiving encouragement from Andrew Lang, Edmund Gosse, Leslie Stephen and W. E. Henley, the last of whom may have provided the model for Long John Silver in ''Treasure Island''. In 1890, he settled in Samoa where, alarmed at increasing European and American influence in the South Sea islands, his writing turned away from romance and adventure fiction toward a darker realism. He died of a stroke in his island home in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rubinstein
John Rubinstein (born December 8, 1946) is an American actor, composer and director. Early life Rubinstein is the son of Polish parents. His mother, Aniela (née Młynarska), a dancer and writer, was a Roman Catholic native of Warsaw, the daughter of conductor Emil Młynarski. His father was Polish-Jewish concert pianist Arthur Rubinstein. He attended El Rodeo Public School in Beverly Hills (K–2), Cours La Cascade in Paris, France (1954), and St. Bernard's School (3–8) and Collegiate School (New York City) (9–12) in New York City. He studied theater and music at the University of California, Los Angeles (1964–1967), and later composition at the Juilliard School in New York. Career Theater He made his Broadway acting debut in 1972 and received a Theatre World Award for creating the title role in the musical '' Pippin'', directed by Bob Fosse. In 1980 he won the Tony, Drama Desk, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, and Drama-Logue Awards for his portrayal of James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
