LOS ANGELES, June 21 /PRNewswire/ — FEARnet, the world’s premier destination for horror, thriller and suspense, will be available as a linear network beginning October 1st. The cutting-edge, multi-platform movie destination, currently available on demand, online and on mobile 24/7, will expand its reach, making its unrivaled modern horror library available in high-definition via multi-channel video programming distributors. “FEARnet’s unequalled content offering, combined with the genre’s broad devoted fan base, has made it the number one destination for horror and suspense,” said Diane Robina, president of FEARnet. “Now we’re taking the next step, bringing the best titles in the genre in HD and making them available on an ad-supported linear…

According to Variety, Marvel is gathering a group of writers who will help Marvel come up with creative ways to launch its lesser-known properties, such as Black Panther, Cable, Doctor Strange, Iron Fist, Nighthawk and Vision. The writers, who will not include high-profile Marvel writers like Justin Theroux, Mark Protosevich and Zak Penn, will receive a salary for the year on the terms that Marvel owns whatever the writers work on during that period. Disney, who has had a scribe team since the 1990s, pays their writers up to $50,000. Marvel could double that since Marvel comics such as Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor and Captain America have become…

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Sept. 25 — Tune in to Starz this October for the fourth annual “Fear Fest,” a creepy collection of spine-tingling movies kicking off with the world television premiere of the Starz Inside original special Bloodsucking Cinema. Bloodsucking Cinema premieres on Starz Friday, October 26 at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) and is followed by a 24-hour marathon of spooky films including Underworld: Evolution, Dawn of the Dead, Silent Hill and more. Come back Halloween night for a triple-feature headlined by Bloodsucking Cinema. Bloodsucking Cinema explores vampire films and their enduring hypnotic hold on audiences worldwide. Films featured in the special include Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula, Interview with the Vampire, The…