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‘Popular’ Actress Joins American Horror Story For Season 7

Filming will soon begin on season seven of American Horror Story, premiering this fall. So far several cast members have been announced, including returning cast Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters. Today, there is more casting news thanks to an Instagram post by creator Ryan Murphy. Newcomers Billie Lourd and Billy Eicher will be joined by Leslie Grossman who Murphy describes as “one of the funniest and most talented ladies” he knows. Grossman is familiar with political drama after starring in the series Scandal. She has co-starred in many other series including Speechless, 2 Broke Girls, Major Crimes, Dexter, Nip/Tuck, 10 Things I Hate About You, and the series Popular. She also appeared on an episode of Charmed. As we have already reported, season seven is inspired the chaotic presidential election last year. The series will kick off with the story beginning on the night of the election. Murphy recently shared an image on his Instagram account of one of the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 16, 2017
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Fox Orders GHOSTED Series And Releases Trailer

Fox has greenlit the paranormal comedy series Ghosted, starring Adam Scott and Craig Robinson who have worked together before on the 2015 comedy Hot Tub Time Machine 2. Sarah Baker, Adeel Akhtar, Edi Petterson, Linc Hand, Christian Calloway, and Tisha French co-star The series, being described as a funny version of The X-Files, follows “a cynical skeptic (Robinson) and a genius “true believer’ in the paranormal (Scott) who are recruited by the The Bureau Underground to look into the rampant ‘unexplained’ activity in Los Angeles, all while uncovering a larger mystery that could threaten the existence of the human race.” Tom Gormican, who wrote the pilot, will serve as executive producer along with Naomi Scott, Oly Obst, Mark Schulman, Scott and Robinson. ‘Workaholics’ Kevin Etten will also be executive producing as well as working as the showrunner. Jonathan Krisel will be in the director’s chair. In the first trailer for the series, the men are kidnapped and thrust into a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 16, 2017
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Supernatural Indie Film THE BLACK GLOVES Recieves Praise From Guillermo Del Toro

The trailer for Lawrie Brewster and Sarah Daly’s upcoming supernatural thriller The Black Gloves, their fourth film together including The Unkindness of Ravens, is getting a lot of attention. Recently, legendary writer-director Guillermo del Toro praised the trailer for the film saying that it is “Very good. Great images and great visual storytelling and evocation of Soavi and Bava.” From the Press Release: Responding to a Tweet from screenwriter Sarah Daly, the legendary director praised the film’s trailer, saying it was “Very good. Great images… and great visual storytelling and evocation of Soavi and Bava.” The Black Gloves is the latest offering from director/writer team Lawrie Brewster and Sarah Daly of Scotland’s indie horror house Hex Media. Inspired by classic chillers such as Hitchcock’s Rebecca and Jack Clayton’s The Innocents, The Black Gloves tells the story of a psychologist obsessed with the disappearance of his young patient, and the menacing owl-headed figure that plagued her nightmares. His investigations lead him

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 16, 2017
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Zac Efron To Star As Ted Bundy In EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL AND VILE

Just as Baywatch is arriving in theaters, Zac Efron has signed on to star in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile from Oscar-nominated director Joe Berlinger. The film will take a new approach to Bundy’s terrifyingly real tale, it will be told from the perspective of Bundy’s longtime girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer. Kloepfer suffered through years of rumors and accusations. She eventually turned Bundy into police. Bundy only confessed his crimes when his execution date drew near. He ultimately claimed responsibility for the 30 murders of young woman during the 1970’s, but law officials believe the number is actually much higher. Not only was he a serial killer, he was also a rapist, burglar, and necrophile. The reason he could allegedly get so close to his victims was that he was both handsome, charming and convincing. Bundy was executed in the electric chair at Raiford Prison in Starke, Florida, on January 24, 1989. Filming is set to begin on October 9,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 15, 2017
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Russell Crowe Transforms Into Dr. Jekyll In The New Featurette From THE MUMMY

A new sneak peek featurette has been unveiled by Universal Pictures for their remake of The Mummy. In the video we see Russell Crowe transform into Dr. Jekyll as he schools Nick (Tom Cruise) on “evil”. We also see what appears to be a vampire skull, a possible link to Dracula. While Dracula Untold (2014) featured Luke Evans as the famous blood-thirsty character, it bombed, so a new Dracula is in the works. Thought safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia and terrors that defy human comprehension. From the sweeping sands of the Middle East through hidden labyrinths under modern-day London, The Mummy brings a surprising intensity and balance of wonder and thrills in an imaginative new take that ushers in a new world of gods and monsters. Tom Cruise (Jack Reacher, Mission Impossible)

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 15, 2017
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New Details Surface Surrounding THE PURGE Television Series

Earlier this year, Blumhouse Television in conjunction with ITV Studios and Universal announced that a Purge television series is in the works. More details have now surfaced. The series, which will air on both Syfy and USA, will premiere in 2018 along with the next Purge sequel. Jason Blum dropped more details, Deadline reports. According to Blum the series will open up “an entirely new chapter in America’s 12 hours of annual lawlessness” and will “reveal to the fans what happens the other 364 day of the year and how that law affects people.” The franchise’s creator James DeMonaco will be writing and directing the series as well as serving as executive producer along with Sebastien K. Lemercier and Platinum Dunes.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 15, 2017
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SCREAM QUEENS Gets The Axe

Scream Queens has had a killer good time over the past two seasons, but there will not be a third season. Fox has axed the show from producers Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan and Brad Fulchuk. The reason, the ratings. The series only brought in an average of 2.3 million viewers this season. Scream Queens was set on a college campus in season one, where a sorority was stalked by killers dressed as red devils. The second season, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Lea Michele, Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin, Keke Palmer, Billie Lourd, Taylor Lautner, and John Stamos, was set in a hospital. During a conference call this morning, Fox executives had this to say: Scream Queens was an anthological series,” Gary Newman Fox said. “Ryan told the story of a group of characters he created over the course of two seasons. It feels as if it was a complete story, we have no plans at this point to go back there

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 15, 2017
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Everything We Know So Far About CULT OF CHUCKY

While he’s a vicious serial killer, it’s hard not to be fond of Chucky. Luckily, we will soon have a new sequel and I can’t wait to see what that little red-headed, possessed, psychopath will do next. The sequel, which we first reported back in 2014, is titled Cult of Chucky. We’ve been following the film’s development closely and were ecstatic to be able to tell fans that the movie wrapped filming in February. So far, we know that the movie picks up four years after the events of Curse of Chucky. Creator-writer-director Don Mancini has promised that Cult of Chucky will be the bloodiest and goriest film of the entire franchise. That says a lot taking inconsideration the scenes in Seed of Chucky. During a recent interview with CBC, Mancini gave a little more insight into what we can expect from the film. I wrote it with snow in mind. We shot all night outside for one sequence, and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 15, 2017
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Jennifer Lawrence Offers You Her Heart On The Poster For MOTHER!

Director Darren Aronofsky has been busy. He has written, directed and produced a horror film under the radar, titled Mother!. And the cast is impressive, including names like Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ed Harris, Domnhall Gleeson, and Kristen Wiig. In fact, the beautiful but bloody poster features Lawrence ripping her own heart out. Kyle Davies told CinemaCon to expect “thrills and chills” from Mother!. The psychological thriller is said to have a Black Swan feel and center on a couple whose relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disturbing their tranquil existence. Set to open in theaters on October 13th, Mother! is being produced by Scott Franklin, Ari Handel and Aronofsky, with Jeff G. Waxman serving as executive producer.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 15, 2017
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Michael Myers Won’t Be Immortal In The New Halloween

Back in February we reported that Danny McBride and David Gordon Green will be bring Michael Myers back for a new film. The two who are writing the film, with Green directing, have dropped tidbits of information. They have said that they want to return Michael to his former glory in what is being described as a sequel to 1981’s Halloween II. In a recent interview with The Empire Film Podcast, McBride revealed that Michael will not have any supernatural or immortal properties. He will simply be a disturbed man in a mask. I think we’re just trying to strip it down and just take it back to what was so good about the original. It was just very simple and just achieved that level of horror that wasn’t corny. And it wasn’t turning Michael Myers into some supernatural being that couldn’t be killed— that stuff to me isn’t scary. I want to be scared by something that I really

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 14, 2017

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‘Popular’ Actress Joins American Horror Story For Season 7

Filming will soon begin on season seven of American Horror Story, premiering this fall. So far several cast members have been announced, including returning cast Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters. Today, there is more casting news thanks to an Instagram post by creator Ryan Murphy. Newcomers Billie Lourd and Billy Eicher will be joined by Leslie Grossman who Murphy describes as “one of the funniest and most talented ladies” he knows. Grossman is familiar with political drama after starring in the series Scandal. She has co-starred in many other series including Speechless, 2 Broke Girls, Major Crimes, Dexter, Nip/Tuck, 10 Things I Hate About You, and the series Popular. She also appeared on an episode of Charmed. As we have already reported, season seven is inspired the chaotic presidential election last year. The series will kick off with the story beginning on the night of the election. Murphy recently shared an image on his Instagram account of one of the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 16, 2017
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Fox Orders GHOSTED Series And Releases Trailer

Fox has greenlit the paranormal comedy series Ghosted, starring Adam Scott and Craig Robinson who have worked together before on the 2015 comedy Hot Tub Time Machine 2. Sarah Baker, Adeel Akhtar, Edi Petterson, Linc Hand, Christian Calloway, and Tisha French co-star The series, being described as a funny version of The X-Files, follows “a cynical skeptic (Robinson) and a genius “true believer’ in the paranormal (Scott) who are recruited by the The Bureau Underground to look into the rampant ‘unexplained’ activity in Los Angeles, all while uncovering a larger mystery that could threaten the existence of the human race.” Tom Gormican, who wrote the pilot, will serve as executive producer along with Naomi Scott, Oly Obst, Mark Schulman, Scott and Robinson. ‘Workaholics’ Kevin Etten will also be executive producing as well as working as the showrunner. Jonathan Krisel will be in the director’s chair. In the first trailer for the series, the men are kidnapped and thrust into a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 16, 2017
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Supernatural Indie Film THE BLACK GLOVES Recieves Praise From Guillermo Del Toro

The trailer for Lawrie Brewster and Sarah Daly’s upcoming supernatural thriller The Black Gloves, their fourth film together including The Unkindness of Ravens, is getting a lot of attention. Recently, legendary writer-director Guillermo del Toro praised the trailer for the film saying that it is “Very good. Great images and great visual storytelling and evocation of Soavi and Bava.” From the Press Release: Responding to a Tweet from screenwriter Sarah Daly, the legendary director praised the film’s trailer, saying it was “Very good. Great images… and great visual storytelling and evocation of Soavi and Bava.” The Black Gloves is the latest offering from director/writer team Lawrie Brewster and Sarah Daly of Scotland’s indie horror house Hex Media. Inspired by classic chillers such as Hitchcock’s Rebecca and Jack Clayton’s The Innocents, The Black Gloves tells the story of a psychologist obsessed with the disappearance of his young patient, and the menacing owl-headed figure that plagued her nightmares. His investigations lead him

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
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Zac Efron To Star As Ted Bundy In EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL AND VILE

Just as Baywatch is arriving in theaters, Zac Efron has signed on to star in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile from Oscar-nominated director Joe Berlinger. The film will take a new approach to Bundy’s terrifyingly real tale, it will be told from the perspective of Bundy’s longtime girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer. Kloepfer suffered through years of rumors and accusations. She eventually turned Bundy into police. Bundy only confessed his crimes when his execution date drew near. He ultimately claimed responsibility for the 30 murders of young woman during the 1970’s, but law officials believe the number is actually much higher. Not only was he a serial killer, he was also a rapist, burglar, and necrophile. The reason he could allegedly get so close to his victims was that he was both handsome, charming and convincing. Bundy was executed in the electric chair at Raiford Prison in Starke, Florida, on January 24, 1989. Filming is set to begin on October 9,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 15, 2017
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Russell Crowe Transforms Into Dr. Jekyll In The New Featurette From THE MUMMY

A new sneak peek featurette has been unveiled by Universal Pictures for their remake of The Mummy. In the video we see Russell Crowe transform into Dr. Jekyll as he schools Nick (Tom Cruise) on “evil”. We also see what appears to be a vampire skull, a possible link to Dracula. While Dracula Untold (2014) featured Luke Evans as the famous blood-thirsty character, it bombed, so a new Dracula is in the works. Thought safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia and terrors that defy human comprehension. From the sweeping sands of the Middle East through hidden labyrinths under modern-day London, The Mummy brings a surprising intensity and balance of wonder and thrills in an imaginative new take that ushers in a new world of gods and monsters. Tom Cruise (Jack Reacher, Mission Impossible)

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 15, 2017
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New Details Surface Surrounding THE PURGE Television Series

Earlier this year, Blumhouse Television in conjunction with ITV Studios and Universal announced that a Purge television series is in the works. More details have now surfaced. The series, which will air on both Syfy and USA, will premiere in 2018 along with the next Purge sequel. Jason Blum dropped more details, Deadline reports. According to Blum the series will open up “an entirely new chapter in America’s 12 hours of annual lawlessness” and will “reveal to the fans what happens the other 364 day of the year and how that law affects people.” The franchise’s creator James DeMonaco will be writing and directing the series as well as serving as executive producer along with Sebastien K. Lemercier and Platinum Dunes.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 15, 2017
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SCREAM QUEENS Gets The Axe

Scream Queens has had a killer good time over the past two seasons, but there will not be a third season. Fox has axed the show from producers Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan and Brad Fulchuk. The reason, the ratings. The series only brought in an average of 2.3 million viewers this season. Scream Queens was set on a college campus in season one, where a sorority was stalked by killers dressed as red devils. The second season, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Lea Michele, Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin, Keke Palmer, Billie Lourd, Taylor Lautner, and John Stamos, was set in a hospital. During a conference call this morning, Fox executives had this to say: Scream Queens was an anthological series,” Gary Newman Fox said. “Ryan told the story of a group of characters he created over the course of two seasons. It feels as if it was a complete story, we have no plans at this point to go back there

Continue reading →
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May 15, 2017
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Everything We Know So Far About CULT OF CHUCKY

While he’s a vicious serial killer, it’s hard not to be fond of Chucky. Luckily, we will soon have a new sequel and I can’t wait to see what that little red-headed, possessed, psychopath will do next. The sequel, which we first reported back in 2014, is titled Cult of Chucky. We’ve been following the film’s development closely and were ecstatic to be able to tell fans that the movie wrapped filming in February. So far, we know that the movie picks up four years after the events of Curse of Chucky. Creator-writer-director Don Mancini has promised that Cult of Chucky will be the bloodiest and goriest film of the entire franchise. That says a lot taking inconsideration the scenes in Seed of Chucky. During a recent interview with CBC, Mancini gave a little more insight into what we can expect from the film. I wrote it with snow in mind. We shot all night outside for one sequence, and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 15, 2017
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Jennifer Lawrence Offers You Her Heart On The Poster For MOTHER!

Director Darren Aronofsky has been busy. He has written, directed and produced a horror film under the radar, titled Mother!. And the cast is impressive, including names like Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ed Harris, Domnhall Gleeson, and Kristen Wiig. In fact, the beautiful but bloody poster features Lawrence ripping her own heart out. Kyle Davies told CinemaCon to expect “thrills and chills” from Mother!. The psychological thriller is said to have a Black Swan feel and center on a couple whose relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disturbing their tranquil existence. Set to open in theaters on October 13th, Mother! is being produced by Scott Franklin, Ari Handel and Aronofsky, with Jeff G. Waxman serving as executive producer.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
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Michael Myers Won’t Be Immortal In The New Halloween

Back in February we reported that Danny McBride and David Gordon Green will be bring Michael Myers back for a new film. The two who are writing the film, with Green directing, have dropped tidbits of information. They have said that they want to return Michael to his former glory in what is being described as a sequel to 1981’s Halloween II. In a recent interview with The Empire Film Podcast, McBride revealed that Michael will not have any supernatural or immortal properties. He will simply be a disturbed man in a mask. I think we’re just trying to strip it down and just take it back to what was so good about the original. It was just very simple and just achieved that level of horror that wasn’t corny. And it wasn’t turning Michael Myers into some supernatural being that couldn’t be killed— that stuff to me isn’t scary. I want to be scared by something that I really

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