Remember when Christian Bale lost all of that weight and looked skeletal and freaky in “The Machinist”? Well, he’s about to lose a lot of weight again, this time for the film “Concrete Island”, according to Entertainment Weekly The film, directed by Brad Anderson (who also directed Bale in “The Machinist”) will feature Bale’s character, a rich architect, who becomes stranded in a section of a fenced-off West London wasteland and must survive using only what he brought with him in his car and what he’s able to find in the area. The actor has already recovered from his weight loss for his role as Dickey Eklund in “The Fighter”….

Read our exclusive interview with director Brad Anderson, who helmed the upcoming post-apocalyptic horror-thriller movie ‘Vanishing on 7th Street.’ The film, which is set to have a limited February 18, 2011 theatrical release, follows a group of four strangers who discover Detroit has been hit by a black-out. The four strangers, who are played by Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton, John Leguizamo and newcomer Jacob Latimore, try to figure out how to stay alive as people around them are simply vanishing after being engulfed by the dark. Anderson discusses with us, among other things, why he decided to use shadows to bring on the apocalypse, and why he thinks people are…

Title: Vanishing on 7th Street Director: Brad Anderson Starring: Hayden Christensen (Jumper, The Cold), Thandie Newton (2012, For Colored Girls) and John Leguizamo (Ice Age: Continental Drift) Ambiguity and being able to continuously leave viewers guessing about the cause of disasters may not sound appealing to all movie audiences, but if done effectively, is a valuable way to keep thriller fans interested in a storyline. The new Herrick Entertainment post-apocalyptic thriller ‘Vanishing On 7th Street,’ starring Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton and John Leguizamo, achieves director Brad Anderson’s goal of leaving its audience guessing if the end of the world has really come. Viewers will also be entertained as they are…

Watch a recent NBC clip from the upcoming Fear Itself episode “In Sickness and in Health” directed by John Landis (An American Werewolf in London) and written by Victor Salva (Jeepers Creepers). On her wedding day, a beautiful bride played by Maggie Lawson (Psych) receives a mysterious note that reads: “The person you are marrying is a serial killer.” James Roday (Psych) stars as the groom. Christie Laing (The 4400), Sonja Bennett (Eureka) and Marshall Bell (Hamlet 2, Tales from the Crypt) also star. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for the latest “Fear Itself” news and clips.

Take a look at the latest movie poster from the upcoming thriller “Transsiberian” by director Brad Anderson (Fear Itself, All Lost Souls) and starring Woody Harrelson (Surfer Dude), Emily Mortimer and Ben Kingsley. Plot: A Trans-Siberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.

Back in March NBC released the full list of episodes and directors for the popular new series “Fear Itself” and now that the show is up and running, we thought it might be of interest! Here’s the complete list along with details: NOTED DIRECTORS JOHN LANDIS, DARREN BOUSMAN, RONNY YU SIGNED TO DIRECT ‘FEAR ITSELF,’ NBC’S UPCOMING NEW SUSPENSE AND HORROR ANTHOLOGY SERIES FROM LIONSGATE AND INDUSTRY ENTERTAINMENT Additional Marquee Directors Signed Include Brad Anderson, Breck Eisner, Mary Harron, Stuart Gordon and Ernest Dickerson Brandon Routh, Shiri Appleby, Elisabeth Moss, Cynthia Watros, Eric Roberts and John Billingsley Are Cast in Episodes Along with Russell Hornsby, Pablo Schreiber, Stephen Lee, Stephen…

LOS ANGELES – Hanging suspended from the ceiling all night long might not appeal to your average actor. But the feat was freaky fun for Jesse Plemons, who stars in NBC’s new horror anthology series “Fear Itself.” “I have a new respect for every actor that I’ve seen in a horror movie,” Plemons says of his strung-up situation in “The Sacrifice,” the first of the series’ 13 stand-alone episodes, premiering June 5 at 10 p.m. EDT. “When you’re upside down and there’s blood dripping off your head into a pan, there isn’t a whole lot of acting involved and you just kind of have to react,” Plemons says. In “The…

Anchor Bay Entertainment will unveil the Masters of Horror on July 29th with a Limited Edition Skull Package including all 13 episodes and over 20 hours of bonus features. Here’s the details: BURBANK, CA – Why settle for a good head on your shoulders when you can have a skull on your shelf! Anchor Bay Entertainment, renowned for innovative DVD packaging, brings together all 13 episodes comprising the second season of the blood-chilling anthology series Masters of Horror as a complete box set – housed in a specially designed, limited edition “skull” package! Like last year’s critically lauded Masters of Horror “Mausoleum” Season One Box Set, the Masters of Horror…