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Rose Byrne Shaken by the Spirit World in "Insidious: Chapter 2"

5:06:00 PM

A rising star who commands the attention of filmgoers with her beauty, talent, versatility and poise, Australian actress Rose Byrne (“X-Men: First Class,” “28 Weeks Later,” “Troy”) reprises her role as Renai, in Sony Pictures Releasing’s horror thriller “Insidious: Chapter 2,” the eagerly anticipated sequel to 2011’s paranormal shocker “Insidious.”

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At the start of “Chapter 2,” Byrne’s character is still shaken by the events that transpired in the first film and is spiralling into depression.

“It’s literally a day later and she’s on the verge of a nervous breakdown,” Byrne explains. “She’s thrown into action and, because of the events around her, that takes all her energy—she’s just trying to keep it together.”

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In the first film, Byrne notes, Renai and husband Josh Lambert (Patrick Wilson) are united in their fight against the demons that are haunting their family. But that’s not the case in “Insidious: Chapter 2.”

“Josh is the one who is possessed in this film, but in the first few scenes it’s sort of played down,” the actress says. “He’s kind of acting strange and dismissing Renai’s neuroses and her nervous breakdown, and then he slowly starts to unravel during the second half of the film. This time I’m really by myself.”

Byrne says she was initially attracted to the project by the complexity of the story and the characters. “I saw it as a family drama that turns into a thriller and, for me as an actor that is definitely the way you can empathize with the situation and make a reality of it. It’s definitely more sophisticated than just a simple horror film.”

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Byrne also knew how skilled director James Wan is at delivering onscreen scares. “The first time I saw `Insidious,’ I was just terrified,” she recalls. “I couldn’t even watch it at night; I had to watch it in the middle of the day, and even though I knew what was going to happen, I was still terrified.”

The first “Insidious” centered on the troubles of the Lamberts, a suburban family who leave their haunted house for a new home, only to learn it’s not their house that is haunted—it’s their eldest son. “Insidious: Chapter 2” rejoins the family as they try to put their recent troubles behind them, but discover that the spirits that have tormented them are far from finished.

Opening across the Philippines on Sept. 18, “Insidious: Chapter 2” is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International. Visitwww.columbiapictures.com.ph to see the latest trailers, get free downloads and play free movie games.

"The Conjuring" Director James Wan Returns with "Insidious: Chapter 2"

4:21:00 PM

Australian director James Wan is one of the most intelligent and creative filmmakers working today. He recently conqured global box-office with the blockbuster supernatural thriller “The Conjuring” which is based on the story of husband-and-wife psychic investigators who come across a horrific case involving the hauntings of a Rhode Island farmhouse.

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Previously, Wan co-created the “Saw” franchise, the most successful horror-film series of all time.

Now, the newly crowned master of horror brings to the screen the terrifying thriller “Insidious: Chapter 2,” the sequel to the disturbing and original 2011 psychological horror thriller “Insidious.”

In “Chapter 2,” a haunted family struggles to uncover a terrifying secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world. The sequel reteams the cast of the first film, including Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey, Lin Shaye and Ty Simpkins.

“We’re super excited at the chance to continue telling the story we started in the first film,” says Wan. “I love the characters we created in the first film, and it’s great to come back to work with the same cast and crew. It’s like coming home to a family. But it’s also very scary because the success of the first film took us all by surprise.”

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“The first film had a single vision—James and screenwriter Leigh Whannell’s—pushing it forward without any kind of interference or creative compromises,” producer Jason Blum says. “I believe that’s one reason the film did so well, so we didn’t want James or Leigh to make any creative compromises with the sequel either.”

The filmmaking duo, whose creative partnership goes back to their college days in Melbourne, Australia, say their inspiration has always come from trading ghost stories with one another. Even during the filming process, they constantly bounce around ideas and concepts that they then incorporate into the film.

“If you have enough similarities, or if the same stories excite you, then it’s really easy to work together,” says Whannell. “James and I are pretty in sync that way, especially when it comes to horror.”

Or as Wan puts it: “We’ve always tried to scare the crap out of each other. And then one day we said, ‘We should put this in a movie!’ And that’s literally what we did for `Insidious.' We took all the scares, all the great ghost stories we’d heard, and put them in the film.”

The film hit a nerve, connecting with audiences domestically and abroad.

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The filmmaking duo sees “Insidious: Chapter 2” as more of a psychological thriller than a horror film. While “Insidious” was infused with haunted-house-film archetypes, Wan says “Chapter 2” focuses less on gore and CGI effects than on tapping into audiences’ most basic childhood fears.

“I would describe it as a domestic thriller with a supernatural edge to it,” Wan says. “The ghouls are coming back, but this film isn’t about that as much. I feel like I’ve already established the characters, so now I can get into them without being too gimmicky, while still keeping those elements that people love. The first one was a lot more straightforward, which is great for a first movie, but in a sequel you want to expand on the mythology. You want to show people more of the world you’ve created, and that’s what we did with Chapter 2.”

Opening across the Philippines on Sept. 18, “Insidious: Chapter 2” is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International. Visit www.columbiapictures.com.ph to see the latest trailers, get free downloads and play free movie games.

The Haunting Escalates in Horror Thriller "Insidious: Chapter 2"

6:21:00 PM

A haunted family struggles to uncover a terrifying secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world in “Insidious: Chapter 2,” the latest nerve-twisting horror thriller from director James Wan (“The Conjuring”) and screenwriter Leigh Whannell (“Saw,” “Insidious”).

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Produced by “Paranormal Activity's” Jason Blum and Oren Peli, the sequel reteams the cast of the first film, including Patrick Wilson (“The Conjuring”), Rose Byrne (“X-Men: First Class”), Barbara Hershey (“Black Swan”), Lin Shaye (“There’s Something About Mary”) and Ty Simpkins (“Iron Man 3”).

Working individually and collectively, director James Wan, screenwriter Leigh Whannell and producer Jason Blum have been responsible for some of the most influential, commercially successful and flat-out terrifying horror thrillers of the past decade.

In 2004 Wan and Whannell unleashed the groundbreaking and hugely popular “Saw,” which spawned a blockbuster franchise on which Whannell continued to serve as a writer (“Saw II” and “III”) and executive producer. Wan most recently helmed the acclaimed haunted-house tale “The Conjuring,” while Blum has shepherded such blood-curdling hits as “Paranormal Activity” and “Sinister” to the screen. Together, the trio collaborated on the disturbing and original 2011 psychological horror thriller “Insidious,” a micro-budgeted film that became the most profitable theatrical release that year.

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Now all three filmmakers are back—along with the entire cast of “Insidious”—with “Insidious: Chapter 2,” which continues the story of the Lambert family’s life-and-death struggle with malignant spirits bent on destroying their lives.

“We’re super excited at the chance to continue telling the story we started in the first film,” says Wan, who makes his sequel-directing debut. “I love the characters we created in the first film, and it’s great to come back to work with the same cast and crew. It’s like coming home to a family. But it’s also very scary because the success of the first film took us all by surprise.”

“Insidious” centers on the troubles of the Lamberts, a suburban family who leave their haunted house for a new home, only to learn it’s not their house that is haunted—it’s their eldest son. “Insidious: Chapter 2” rejoins the family as they try to put their recent troubles behind them, but discover that the spirits that have tormented them are far from finished.

Wan and Whannell took the unusual step of calling the film “Insidious: Chapter 2” because it picks up right where the first film ends. “Not too many sequels try that, but we loved the idea of creating back-to-back stories,” says Whannell. “You could almost watch them as one movie, or as chapters in the same story. We see Josh murder Elise, but Renai doesn’t see it and she’s not quite sure what’s going on. So at the start of the second film, everything seems back to normal, but slowly you realize something is terribly wrong.”

Opening across the Philippines on Sept. 18, “Insidious: Chapter 2” is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International. Visitwww.columbiapictures.com.ph to see the latest trailers, get free downloads and play free movie games.

"Insidious: Chapter 2" Rolls Out New Posters

4:19:00 PM

Sony Pictures Releasing International has rolled out two one-sheet layouts for “Insidious: Chapter 2,” the terrifying sequel to the acclaimed 2011 horror film “Insidious” from the famed horror team of director James Wan (“Saw,” upcoming “The Conjuring”) and writer Leigh Whannell.

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Starring the original cast led by Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Barbara Hershey and Ty Simpkins, “Insidious Chapter 2” follows the haunted Lambert family as they seek to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

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“Insidious: Chapter 2” is produced by Jason Blum (“Paranormal Activity,” “Sinister”) and Oren Peli (“Insidious,” “Paranormal Activity”).

The filmmaking team includes director of photography John Leonetti (“The Scorpion King”), production designer Jennifer Spence (“Paranormal Activity 2, 3 & 4”), editor Kirk M. Morri (“The Conjuring”), costume designer Kristin M. Burke (“Insidious”) and composer Joseph Bishara (“Dark Skies”).

Opening across the Philippines in Sept. 25, 2013, “Insidious Chapter 2” is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International. Visit http://www.columbiapictures.com.phfor trailers, exclusive content and free downloads. Like us at www.Facebook.com/ColumbiaPicturesPH and join our fan contests.

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