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Anchor Bay Films is becoming a force to be reckoned with, after releasing the excellent Adam Green film FROZEN, and other cool-sounding movies on their slate, they have effectively gone from being a company known primarily for DVD re-releases to a bankable production house for solid entertaining horror titles. Their newest entry is AFTER.LIFE, which stars Christina Ricci, Liam Neeson, and Justin Long. The story follow a young woman caught between life and death… and a funeral director who appears to have the gift of transitioning the dead, but might just be intent on burying her alive. Check out the new trailer below, which looks pretty creepy.
AFTER.LIFE is scheduled to be released nationwide on April 9, 2010
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And here’s the poster for the film, which debuted on MTV…
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Interesting side note, Alfred Molina was originally cast in the Liam Neeson role, but was replaced by Neeson. And get this, Kate Bosworth was originally cast in the lead, but was replaced by Christina Ricci. Honestly, not offense to Molina or Bosworth, I like the current casting better. Also, get this, the prop knife you see Ricci wielding toward the end of the trailer is the same knife used by Glenn Close in FATAL ATTRACTION. Interesting. Here is the original poster produced back when Bosworth was to play the lead.
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
