Just one week after it was announced that “True Detective” creator Nic Pizzolatto had been brought on board to work on the script, THR reports tonight that Marvel has shut down pre-production on next year’s Blade movie due to the ongoing WGA strike. THR reports, “The feature project, which has already been paused once before, becomes […]
A sequel to the Mortal Kombat movie from 2021 is on the way, and The Wrap reports tonight that Karl Urban (“The Boys”) is in final talks to join the cast as Johnny Cage. The Wrap reminds, “Johnny Cage was introduced in the first Mortal Kombat arcade game in 1992. Johnny Cage is depicted as […]
Writer/Director Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise presented several buzzworthy Evil Dead moments and set pieces, including the title card that arrives just as a Deadite rises from the lake. All of it, of course, by meticulous design as evidenced by the film’s stunning concept art. Cronin took to Twitter today to share some of the concept art […]
It’s a brand new month, which means new titles have arrived on various streaming platforms. This month brings the potential for hidden gems in the form of international titles, obscure horror darlings, and new releases to your favorite streaming platforms. Here are ten noteworthy horror titles available for streaming in May 2023 on some of the […]
Popcorn Frights, the largest genre film event in Southeast US delivering the best horror, sci-fi, fantasy and badass genre cinema to South Florida, has announced a partnership Entertainment Squad’s genre label, The Horror Collective, to host a free theatrical experience for film fans this August. From August 18-20, 2023, “The Horror Collective Screening Room” located […]
Director Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise is already profitable at the box office after just two weeks, and in fact the film is VERY CLOSE to defeating the box office total of Evil Dead (2013). Worldwide, Evil Dead Rise has scared up $86.5 million at the box office as of this writing, with $44.4 million […]
While we wait for Lulu Wilson’s return as a teenage Nazi-slayer in The Wrath of Becky, Deadline reports today that Wilson will also be starring in the upcoming film Xeno. Omari Hardwick (Power) and Trae Romano (Stargirl) are also on board. Matthew Loren Oates (Farewell Bender) wrote the script and is directing Xeno. In the film, “a teenage girl […]
Writer/Director Jalmari Helander delivered a delightfully wicked twist to Santa Claus in 2010’s genre-bender Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. Helander’s latest, Sisu, sees the filmmaker reteaming with some familiar Rare Exports faces for another crowd-pleasing genre-bender, this time an R-rated journey through Lapland near the end of World War II. The period action adventure goes hard on hyper-violence and […]
William Sleator’s eerie dystopian 1974 YA sci-fi novel House of Stairs is getting an adaptation. Before I Wake and Doctor Sleep actor Jacob Tremblay will star, Variety reports. Wi Ding Ho (Terrorizers) will direct. Taking place in the near future, the dystopian genre film “follows five 16-year-old orphans who wake up to find themselves in […]
Paramount is bringing the Transformers back to life with a live-action Transformers: Beast Wars movie, titled Transformers: Rise of the Beasts and releasing on June 9, 2023. Steven Caple Jr. (Creed II) directed the film, which promises to introduce the darkest threat in the franchise to date. That includes Maximals, Predacons, and Terrorcons! Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback star in the movie, set in 1994. […]