On October 30, 2017, it was announced that the trio would adapt Bryce Moore's novel The Memory Thief for 20th Century Fox. The following year, they made Devil's Due for 20th Century Fox and their film Southbound premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and was released theatrically by the Orchard on February 5, 2016. Their segment of V/H/S is titled 10/31/98 and according to Ain't It Cool News the story is "set on Halloween as a group of friends go in search for a Halloween party." The group directed a segment in the feature film V/H/S," which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by Magnolia Pictures. As of November 2013, their shorts have received near 70,000,000 views on the Chad, Matt & Rob YouTube channel.Īfter the dissolution of Chad, Matt & Rob, Villella formed Radio Silence with Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett and Justin Martinez.
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Among their numerous short films is the viral found footage style video Roommate Alien Prank Gone Bad and five installments of their first-of-its-kind series of Interactive Adventures. According to an interview in IndieWire, Bettinelli-Olpin worked in the mailroom and later as the office manager at New Line Cinema, where the group would sneak in after hours to use the offices as their sets.
The group is known for their unique blend of comedy, adventure, sci-fi and horror. Villella is co-founder of the filmmaking collectives Chad, Matt & Rob and Radio Silence.Ĭhad Villella co-founded Chad, Matt & Rob with Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Rob Polonsky in 2007. He is co-creator of the Center for Information Research Analysis And Training ( CIRAT). Barrett, for his part, is the writer behind genre standouts The Guest and You're Next, while Okuno is an up-and-coming filmmaker who garnered attended with her AFI short Slut.Ĭlick here for the latest casting news on Radio Silence's new Scream movie, which we already know is bringing back Neve Campbell's Sidney Prescott.Villella is originally from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania and a graduate of Mercyhurst College. Bruckner and Radio Silence contributed segments to the first film, while Tjahjanto's Safe Haven, which he co-directed with Gareth Huw Evans, was the clear highlight of the second film. There was also a spinoff titled Siren, and an original Snapchat miniseries based on the format.
The original V/H/S premiered at Sundance in 2012 and spawned two sequels - V/H/S 2 in 2013, and V/H/S: Viralin 2014. Raven Banner Entertainment will handle worldwide sales and introduce V/H/S/94 to buyers at the virtual Cannes market this week. Hunt will serve as executive producers on the project, which is being produced in partnership with Studio 71. Those four genre veterans will produce with another quartet - franchise co-creators Brad Miska and Tom Owen of horror website Bloody Disgusting, and Josh Goldbloom and Parinda Patel of the newly formed Cinepocalypse Productions. He wrote and developed V/H/S/94, and just signed on to direct Spyglass' Hellraiser remake.
Meanwhile, Bruckner made a splash at Sundance earlier this year with his Rebecca Hall thriller The Night House, which sold to Searchlight Pictures in a $12 million deal. Radio Silence trio Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, and Chad Villella are red-hot right now coming off of Ready or Not - they're directing Scream 5 for Spyglass - so having them aboard gives this project some real heat in the marketplace. Past entries featured segments without any narrative link beyond the framing device that bookended the film. According to the Hollywood Reporter, V/H/S/94 will be the first film in the franchise to be presented in a single, fluid narrative, with each section linked up. V/H/S/94, as it's being called, will feature segments from directors Simon Barrett, Timo Tjahjanto, and Chloe Okuno, with additional filmmakers to be announced later. A fourth film in the twisted V/H/S franchise is in the works with Radio Silence and David Bruckner ( The Night House) among the producers.