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Showtime Confirms Taika Waititi’s Horror Comedy Series “The Auteur” Now In Production

Showtime has now confirmed that “The Auteur,” a new horror-comedy series, is in development from the Oscar-winning writer-director Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit, What We Do In the Shadows) who co-wrote the series with Peter Warren (Ghost Team), Deadline reports. Starring Oscar nominee Jude Law (The Young Pope), the series based on the graphic novel by Rick Spears, James Callahan, and Luigi Anderson. Described as a”gonzo horror-comedy, a twisted romance, and a glamorous, high wire act of biting satire,” “The Auteur” follows a film producer, desperate to make a great horror movie following a massive bomb, accidentally traps his production on a backlot with a serial killer. Waititi took home an Oscar for his most recent film, Jojo Rabbit which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in. The film is a World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother (Scarlett Johansson)

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Feb 26, 2020
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‘Jurassic World 3’ Title And Release Date Revealed

Today, director Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World) announced via Twitter that production has begun of Jurassic World 3. If you look closely at the slate in the image you will notice the name of the movie has been revealed as Jurassic World: Dominion. Dominion is a nod to the biblical passage about God giving man dominion over the earth (Genesis 1:26). The previous film, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, directed by J.A. Bayona, ends with dinosaurs being released into the modern world so the question is, will the dinosaurs rule the earth again? Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are returning. Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, and Laura Dern will be reprising their roles from the 1993 classic Jurassic Park. Trevorrow is in the director’s chair for Dominion which he also co-wrote with Emily Carmichael (Pacific Rim: Uprising), based on the story by Derek Connolly. Trevorrow is executive producing along with Steven Spielberg. Frank Marshall and Pat Crowley are producing. Jurassic World: Dominion

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Feb 26, 2020
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A Legend Returns In The ‘Candyman’ Poster And Teaser Trailer

The teaser trailer for director Nia DaCosta‘s Candyman “spiritual sequel” is here giving us our first look ahead of the full trailer’s arrival later this week. Co-written and produced by Jordan Peele, the movie will return to the neighborhood where the legend began, where Cabrini-Green housing projects once stood. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (US, Aquaman), Tony Todd (Candyman), Teyonah Parris, Colman Domingo, and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett star. Candyman returns on June 12, 2020.

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Feb 26, 2020
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‘Don’t Speak’ This March, There’s A Monster On the Loose

It wasn’t supposed to escape…now it’s on the hunt. This March, writer-director Scott Jeffrey (Cupid) sets a terrifying creature free in the horror film Don’t Speak. Upon arriving at their grandparent’s farm, a family soon realizes the entire town has been slaughtered by an unknown monster… And soon, the family find themselves fighting to survive. Stephanie Lodge, Ryan Davies, and Jake Watkins star in Don’t Speak arriving on DVD and Digital March 10th, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Feb 26, 2020
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An Invisible Friend Terrorizes A Family In The International Trailer For ‘Z

The international trailer for Z is terrorized by an invisible friend. This terrifying flick was directed by Brandon Christensen, who co-wrote the film with producer Colin Minihan (Grave Encounters). The two also teamed up to bring us Still/Born. Keegan Connor Tracy (Bates Motel), Sean Rogerson (Grave Encounters) and Jett Klyne (Sky Scraper) star in the film that centers on a family terrorized by their eight-year-old’s imaginary friend. Z made its world premiere at the Popcorn Film Festival on August 11, 2019. We are still waiting for the release date to be announced.

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Feb 25, 2020
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Oscar Winning Film ‘Parasite’ To Stream Exclusively Of Hulu

Hulu has snagged the exclusive US streaming rights to the dark South Korean thriller Parasite that took home 4 Oscars this year, including Best Picture, Best International Film, Best Director, and Best Original Screen Play. From filmmaker Bong Joon Ho, the film explores socioeconomic inequality in South Korea. It follows an impoverished, basement-dwelling family posing as professionals to gain employment with a wealthy family. Variety reports that Parasite, from Neon, will arrive exclusively on Hulu on Wednesday, April 8th. The film is also being adapted into an English-language limited series for HBO with director Bong Joon Ho teaming up with Adam McKay for the series, but there is no word yet if the series will be a continuance of the film or a reboot.

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Feb 25, 2020
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Avengers Actor Chris Evans To Star In The ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’ Remake

Avengers star Chris Evans is set to star as the sadistic dentist Orin Scrivello in Greg Berlantieg’s upcoming remake of 1986’s Little Shop of Horrors, Geek Tyrant reports. Originally played by Steve Martin, the character is the abusive boyfriend of Audrey who enjoys inflicting pain on his patients. Scarlett Johansson is in negotiations to star as Aubrey. Taron Egerton is in talks to play Seymour. Billy Porter has already signed up to voice the killer alien plant that needs blood to survive. Little Shop of Horrors tells the story of Seymour, a meek florist who works at Skid Row Florists, where he is bossed around by the shop’s owner. Secretly in love with Audrey, Seymour becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers the talking alien plant. His life becomes complicated when the plant begins to demand people to eat. Marc Platt and Sarah Schechter and Berlanti are producing the film which will begin filming this summer. Check out the original

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Feb 25, 2020
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Train To Busan Sequel ‘Peninsula’ Coming This Summer

Director Yeon Sang-ho‘s Train to Busan made waves internationally back in 2016, since then, fans of the action-packed zombie film have been chomping at the bit to see a sequel and now it’s finally on its way. Today, we have an update. Well Go USA has now acquired the distribution rights to Peninsula. for the US. Train to Busan is timeless. Four years after its North American release, it’s still one our top-performing titles. Our fans can’t get enough of it, so when we heard about Peninsula, we knew that not only was this a title that belongs under the Well Go brand, but also a story we wanted to continue to tell.” Doris Pfardrescher, president and CEO of Well Go US states. “Peninsula takes place four years after the outbreak of zombies that were chasing the protagonists in a bullet train to Busan. The Korean peninsula has been devastated and Jung-seok, a former soldier who managed to escape outside

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Feb 25, 2020
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The Dead Rise In The Trailer For ‘A Wakefield Project’

The dead walk among us in the first trailer for A Wakefield Project, a unique sci-fi horror film premiering this March. Directed by L.A. Lopes, the story follows a group of townspeople suddenly seeing the dead living among them. “Eric (Anthony Bewlz, Tooth Fairy) and Reese (Dennis Andres, Workin’ Moms) invest in a property in the little town of Wakefield. Chloe (Lindsay Seim, Insidious: Chapter 2) a medium, who used to live in Wakefield returns to her roots to enlighten the new entrepreneurs on the history of the town. The property was originally owned by Nathan Cross (Rob Archer, Lost Girl), who’s post mortem crimes stain the entire town. On a day when unprecedented solar flares target North America, Wakefield becomes the center of a temporary shift in atmospheric energies. The living are seeing the dead walk among them. As they find themselves in the heart of this nightmare until dawn, they need to face history in the flesh, and

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Feb 24, 2020
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McNeely Reviews ‘Guns Akimbo’ Starring Daniel Radcliffe

Meet Miles, (Daniel Radcliffe) a game programmer who spends way too much time trolling the fans of Skizm, a life or death game that has taken the world by storm. Miles bullies the wrong person and ends up waking up with guns bolted to the palms of his hands. But it gets worse, the guy he pissed off runs Skizm and he’s sent his best player after Miles, the psycho killer Nix (Samara Weaving). And the shit hits the fan! There are so many great things about Guns Akimbo. The nearly constant action is more than enough to make your head explode. The acting is top-notch. Director Jason Lei Howden has created a hardcore action flick that will leave you cheering. When I first heard that Radcliffe was set to star in action flick I was a bit surprised. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been a fan since his Harry Potter days, but Radcliffe has never played a part like

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Feb 24, 2020

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Showtime Confirms Taika Waititi’s Horror Comedy Series “The Auteur” Now In Production

Showtime has now confirmed that “The Auteur,” a new horror-comedy series, is in development from the Oscar-winning writer-director Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit, What We Do In the Shadows) who co-wrote the series with Peter Warren (Ghost Team), Deadline reports. Starring Oscar nominee Jude Law (The Young Pope), the series based on the graphic novel by Rick Spears, James Callahan, and Luigi Anderson. Described as a”gonzo horror-comedy, a twisted romance, and a glamorous, high wire act of biting satire,” “The Auteur” follows a film producer, desperate to make a great horror movie following a massive bomb, accidentally traps his production on a backlot with a serial killer. Waititi took home an Oscar for his most recent film, Jojo Rabbit which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in. The film is a World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother (Scarlett Johansson)

Continue reading →
Feb 26, 2020
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‘Jurassic World 3’ Title And Release Date Revealed

Today, director Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World) announced via Twitter that production has begun of Jurassic World 3. If you look closely at the slate in the image you will notice the name of the movie has been revealed as Jurassic World: Dominion. Dominion is a nod to the biblical passage about God giving man dominion over the earth (Genesis 1:26). The previous film, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, directed by J.A. Bayona, ends with dinosaurs being released into the modern world so the question is, will the dinosaurs rule the earth again? Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are returning. Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, and Laura Dern will be reprising their roles from the 1993 classic Jurassic Park. Trevorrow is in the director’s chair for Dominion which he also co-wrote with Emily Carmichael (Pacific Rim: Uprising), based on the story by Derek Connolly. Trevorrow is executive producing along with Steven Spielberg. Frank Marshall and Pat Crowley are producing. Jurassic World: Dominion

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Feb 26, 2020
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A Legend Returns In The ‘Candyman’ Poster And Teaser Trailer

The teaser trailer for director Nia DaCosta‘s Candyman “spiritual sequel” is here giving us our first look ahead of the full trailer’s arrival later this week. Co-written and produced by Jordan Peele, the movie will return to the neighborhood where the legend began, where Cabrini-Green housing projects once stood. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (US, Aquaman), Tony Todd (Candyman), Teyonah Parris, Colman Domingo, and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett star. Candyman returns on June 12, 2020.

Continue reading →
Feb 26, 2020
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‘Don’t Speak’ This March, There’s A Monster On the Loose

It wasn’t supposed to escape…now it’s on the hunt. This March, writer-director Scott Jeffrey (Cupid) sets a terrifying creature free in the horror film Don’t Speak. Upon arriving at their grandparent’s farm, a family soon realizes the entire town has been slaughtered by an unknown monster… And soon, the family find themselves fighting to survive. Stephanie Lodge, Ryan Davies, and Jake Watkins star in Don’t Speak arriving on DVD and Digital March 10th, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

Continue reading →
Feb 26, 2020
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An Invisible Friend Terrorizes A Family In The International Trailer For ‘Z

The international trailer for Z is terrorized by an invisible friend. This terrifying flick was directed by Brandon Christensen, who co-wrote the film with producer Colin Minihan (Grave Encounters). The two also teamed up to bring us Still/Born. Keegan Connor Tracy (Bates Motel), Sean Rogerson (Grave Encounters) and Jett Klyne (Sky Scraper) star in the film that centers on a family terrorized by their eight-year-old’s imaginary friend. Z made its world premiere at the Popcorn Film Festival on August 11, 2019. We are still waiting for the release date to be announced.

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Feb 25, 2020
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Oscar Winning Film ‘Parasite’ To Stream Exclusively Of Hulu

Hulu has snagged the exclusive US streaming rights to the dark South Korean thriller Parasite that took home 4 Oscars this year, including Best Picture, Best International Film, Best Director, and Best Original Screen Play. From filmmaker Bong Joon Ho, the film explores socioeconomic inequality in South Korea. It follows an impoverished, basement-dwelling family posing as professionals to gain employment with a wealthy family. Variety reports that Parasite, from Neon, will arrive exclusively on Hulu on Wednesday, April 8th. The film is also being adapted into an English-language limited series for HBO with director Bong Joon Ho teaming up with Adam McKay for the series, but there is no word yet if the series will be a continuance of the film or a reboot.

Continue reading →
Feb 25, 2020
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Avengers Actor Chris Evans To Star In The ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’ Remake

Avengers star Chris Evans is set to star as the sadistic dentist Orin Scrivello in Greg Berlantieg’s upcoming remake of 1986’s Little Shop of Horrors, Geek Tyrant reports. Originally played by Steve Martin, the character is the abusive boyfriend of Audrey who enjoys inflicting pain on his patients. Scarlett Johansson is in negotiations to star as Aubrey. Taron Egerton is in talks to play Seymour. Billy Porter has already signed up to voice the killer alien plant that needs blood to survive. Little Shop of Horrors tells the story of Seymour, a meek florist who works at Skid Row Florists, where he is bossed around by the shop’s owner. Secretly in love with Audrey, Seymour becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers the talking alien plant. His life becomes complicated when the plant begins to demand people to eat. Marc Platt and Sarah Schechter and Berlanti are producing the film which will begin filming this summer. Check out the original

Continue reading →
Feb 25, 2020
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Train To Busan Sequel ‘Peninsula’ Coming This Summer

Director Yeon Sang-ho‘s Train to Busan made waves internationally back in 2016, since then, fans of the action-packed zombie film have been chomping at the bit to see a sequel and now it’s finally on its way. Today, we have an update. Well Go USA has now acquired the distribution rights to Peninsula. for the US. Train to Busan is timeless. Four years after its North American release, it’s still one our top-performing titles. Our fans can’t get enough of it, so when we heard about Peninsula, we knew that not only was this a title that belongs under the Well Go brand, but also a story we wanted to continue to tell.” Doris Pfardrescher, president and CEO of Well Go US states. “Peninsula takes place four years after the outbreak of zombies that were chasing the protagonists in a bullet train to Busan. The Korean peninsula has been devastated and Jung-seok, a former soldier who managed to escape outside

Continue reading →
Feb 25, 2020
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The Dead Rise In The Trailer For ‘A Wakefield Project’

The dead walk among us in the first trailer for A Wakefield Project, a unique sci-fi horror film premiering this March. Directed by L.A. Lopes, the story follows a group of townspeople suddenly seeing the dead living among them. “Eric (Anthony Bewlz, Tooth Fairy) and Reese (Dennis Andres, Workin’ Moms) invest in a property in the little town of Wakefield. Chloe (Lindsay Seim, Insidious: Chapter 2) a medium, who used to live in Wakefield returns to her roots to enlighten the new entrepreneurs on the history of the town. The property was originally owned by Nathan Cross (Rob Archer, Lost Girl), who’s post mortem crimes stain the entire town. On a day when unprecedented solar flares target North America, Wakefield becomes the center of a temporary shift in atmospheric energies. The living are seeing the dead walk among them. As they find themselves in the heart of this nightmare until dawn, they need to face history in the flesh, and

Continue reading →
Feb 24, 2020
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McNeely Reviews ‘Guns Akimbo’ Starring Daniel Radcliffe

Meet Miles, (Daniel Radcliffe) a game programmer who spends way too much time trolling the fans of Skizm, a life or death game that has taken the world by storm. Miles bullies the wrong person and ends up waking up with guns bolted to the palms of his hands. But it gets worse, the guy he pissed off runs Skizm and he’s sent his best player after Miles, the psycho killer Nix (Samara Weaving). And the shit hits the fan! There are so many great things about Guns Akimbo. The nearly constant action is more than enough to make your head explode. The acting is top-notch. Director Jason Lei Howden has created a hardcore action flick that will leave you cheering. When I first heard that Radcliffe was set to star in action flick I was a bit surprised. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been a fan since his Harry Potter days, but Radcliffe has never played a part like

Continue reading →
Feb 24, 2020