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New "The Witcher: Blood Origin" Trailer Teases A World Filled With Brutality And Beauty

New “The Witcher: Blood Origin” Trailer Teases A World Filled With Brutality And Beauty

While fans wait for the third season of “The Witcher” to premiere its summer, Netflix’s four-part spin-off “The Witcher: Blood Origin” is set to premiere this December. Today, we’ve got the first teaser trailer for the prequel series. “The Witcher: Blood Origin” is set in an elven world 1200 years before the world of “The Witcher” and will tell a story lost to time – the creation of the first prototype Witcher, and the events that lead to the pivotal “conjunction of the spheres,” when the worlds of monsters, men, and elves merged to become one. The massive cast includes Minnie Driver (Seanchaí), Laurence O’Fuarain (Fjall), Sophia Brown (Éile), Michelle Yeoh (Scían), Mirren Mack (Merwyn), Lenny Henry (Balor), Jacob Collins-Levy (Eredin), Lizzie Annis (Zacaré), Zach Wyatt (Syndril), Francesca Mills (Meldof), Amy Murray (Fenrik), Nathaniel Curtis (Brían), Huw Novelli (Callan “Brother Death”), Dylan Moran (Uthrok One-Nut), and Joey Batey (Jaskier). Laurence O’Fuarain (“Game of Thrones”) will play the role of Fjall,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 13, 2022
Critically Acclaimed Thriller 'Where The Crawdads Sing' Comes To Netflix This Week

Critically Acclaimed Thriller ‘Where The Crawdads Sing’ Comes To Netflix This Week

The highly-anticipated and critically acclaimed suspense thriller Where the Crawdads Sing is coming to Netflix following a successful theatrical run. Outcasts are always the first to have suspicions cast upon them. That’s the case in Where the Crawdads Sing. The highly-anticipated adaptation of Delia Owens‘ New York Time Best Selling novel, which spent 32 weeks at the top of the “Best Sellers” list, tells the story of “Kya, an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community. Drawn to two young men from town, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world; but when one of them is found dead, she is immediately cast by the community as the main suspect. As the case unfolds, the verdict as to what actually happened becomes increasingly unclear, threatening to reveal the many secrets that lay within

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 7, 2022
Star Says New 'Salem's Lot' Movie Is A True Adaptation Of King's Story

Star Says New ‘Salem’s Lot’ Movie Is A True Adaptation Of King’s Story

Writer-director Gary Dauberman‘s new adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot is currently in production. Star Lewis Pullman (Top Gun: Maverick, Strangers: Prey At Night) has now said that this adaptation is much closer to the book than the mini-series that debuted back in 1979. “Gary Dauberman, the director, is really keen on doing justice to the book. But also, the previous adaptation was a two-parter, because it’s such a hefty book and there are so many different moving parts and so many characters.” Pullman told ComicBook.com. “So there are some parts where Gary had to press and find what was really at the heart of the movie to keep in, but for the most part, he’s really true to the book and keeping a lot of the original dialogue in there. He’s a Stephen King hound dog so he doesn’t wanna do Stephen dirty. So I think it’s in good hands, Gary’s a really smart guy who has a keen

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 7, 2022
Netflix's 'A Tale Dark And Grimm' From Final Destination Creator Scores Emmy Nomination

Netflix’s ‘A Tale Dark And Grimm’ From Final Destination Creator Scores Emmy Nomination

“A Tale Dark and Grimm,” the 10-episode animated Netflix series from Final Destination franchise creator Jeffrey Riddick has just scored an Emmy nomination. Riddick shared the news on Twitter. Yah! Our @netflix series “A Tale Dark & Grimm” was nominated for an #Emmy for Outstanding Animated Series! So excited for author @AdamGidwitz and the great team who worked so hard to bring the show to life. 🥳. #animation #finaldestination – #ATaleDarkandGrimm #FairyTales pic.twitter.com/MzYPPacJCn — Jeffrey Reddick 🌈👻 (@JeffreyaReddick) November 1, 2022 Based on the best-selling book by Adam Gidwitz, who wrote the series, follows Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story into a winding and wickedly witty tale full of strange -and scary- surprises. The cast includes Raini Rodriguez, Andre Robinson, Scott Adsit, Ron Funches, Erica Rhodes, Eric Bauza, Jonathan Banks, and Adam Lambert as the Devil. “A Tale Dark and Grimm” is now out on Netflix and is a great series to share with the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 2, 2022
The Soska Sisters Are Back With 'Unseen' Inspired By 'BlindSide' Game

The Soska Sisters Are Back With ‘Unseen’ Inspired By ‘BlindSide’ Game

Film Mode Entertainment, The Soska Sisters, and Radar Pictures are thrilled to announce UNSEEN, the latest thriller/horror from the infamous, world-renown “Twisted Twins” aka Jen and Sylvia Soska, whose hit films include Vendetta, Rabid, American Mary, and ABC’s of Death. The film is written and directed by Jen and Sylvia Soska and is currently casting. The film is produced by global powerhouse producer Ted Fieldwhose impressive credits include a slew of global box office hits like Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Amityville Horror, and the Jumanji franchise. Film Mode Entertainment (FME) is teaming up with the sisters again, after a successful run with the hit 2019 reimagined David Cronenberg horror film, Rabid. UNSEEN is inspired by one of the world’s most innovative video games, BlindSide. FME has just boarded the project as a worldwide sales agent for global rights to the film. UNSEEN is a psychological sci-fi thriller that takes place in the 1970s about a Boston couple who wakes up blind.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 31, 2022
"Pennyworth" Actress Joins The Cast Of Screen Gems' 'Horrorscope'

“Pennyworth” Actress Joins The Cast Of Screen Gems’ ‘Horrorscope’

The cast for Screen Gems’ upcoming horror film Horrorscope, the adaptation of the novel by Nicholas Adams, continues to grow with Harriet Slater (“Pennyworth”) being the latest star to join according to Deadline. Slater joins previously announced cast members Jacob Batalon (“Reginald the Vampire”), Alana Boden (The Invitation), Adain Bradley (Wrong Turn: The Foundation), Avantika (Senior Year), Larsen Thompson (“The Midnight Club”), Humberly González (Nobody), Olwen Fouéré (Mandy), and Wolfgang Novogratz (Assassination Nation). Anna Halberg and Spenser Cohen (Moonfall) penned the script and will be directing the movie that centers on, “a group of college friends who after getting their horoscopes read, begin dying in ways connected to their fortunes. Are their fates fatal or can they change what’s written in the stars?” The film is from Screen Gems and Alloy Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 30, 2022
Let Netflix's "The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself" Cast A Spell On You Today

Let Netflix’s “The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself” Cast A Spell On You Today

Looking for something new to binge-watch this weekend? Netflix’s new supernatural series “The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself,” based on Sally Green’s novel trilogy, is now streaming. In the series, “Sixteen-year-old Nathan (Jay Lycurgo) is the illegitimate son of the world’s most dangerous witch. Fearing he will follow in his father’s footsteps, Nathan is closely monitored throughout his childhood. As the boundaries between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ fray, Nathan – along with mischievous Annalise and charismatic Gabriel – will soon discover who he truly is. The series features a score by the British pop group Let’s Eat Grandma, and stars Jay Lycurgo, Nadia Parkes, Emilien Vekemans, Isobel Jesper Jones, Paul Ready, David Gyasi, Kerry Fox, Liz White, Karen Connell, Fehinti Balogun, and Misia Butler, as well as multiple Brit Award + Mercury Music Prize nominee Roísín Murphy making her debut. Let the action-packed series “The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself“ cast a spell on you today.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 29, 2022
Movie Review: 'The Pale Blue Eye' Is A Dark Love Letter To Edgar Allan Poe

Christian Bale Investigates A Killer With Edgar Allan Poe In New ‘Pale Blue Eye’ Trailer

From Scott Cooper, the director of Antlers, comes The Pale Blue Eye starring Christian Bale (American Psycho) with Harry Melling (Harry Potter) playing the role of Edgar Allan Poe. It is an adaptation of Louis Bayard’s 2006 novel of the same name. The new teaser trailer has arrived, promising a dark, thrill-filled film. Bales stars as retired detective Augustus Landor, tasked with investigating a rash of murders. Set at “West Point, 1830. In the early hours of a gray winter morning, a cadet is found dead. But after the body arrives at the morgue, tragedy becomes savagery when it’s discovered that the young man’s heart has been skillfully removed. Fearing irreparable damage to the fledgling military academy, its leaders turn to a local detective, Augustus Landor (Christian Bale), to solve the murder. Stymied by the cadets’ code of silence, Landor enlists the help of one of their own to pursue the case, an eccentric cadet with a disdain for the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 27, 2022
CD Projekt Red Remaking 'The Witcher'

CD Projekt Red Remaking ‘The Witcher’

CD Projekt Red earlier this month hinted that a game was in the works codenamed “Canis Majoris”. Today CDPR revealed that this secretive project is in fact The Witcher Remake. The remake of the widely popular 2007 RPG that has spawned two sequels, multiple spin-off games, and a TV series is said to be remade from the “ground up” using engine 5 technology with game developer Fool Theory heading it up. Veteran developers who worked on The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be working on the remake as well, hopefully easing the anxiety fans might feel hearing about the remake. The Witcher series overall is about a monster hunter named Geralt of Rivia who is known as a Witcher, a monster hunter with supernatural powers, that hunts monsters in a fantasy medieval world. The games are based on the Polish book series of the same name by Andrezej Sapkowski. The game is in

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Oct 26, 2022
Amy Adams Starring In Horror Movie Adaptation 'Nightbitch'

Amy Adams Starring In Horror Movie Adaptation ‘Nightbitch’

Amy Adams (Arrival) is set to star in Searchlight Pictures’ upcoming horror film Nightbitch along with Mary Holland (Happiest Season), Deadline reports. Described as a “darkly comic horror film,” Nightbitch tells the story of a woman thrown into the stay-at-home routine of raising a toddler in the suburbs, who slowly embraces the feral power deeply rooted in motherhood, as she becomes increasingly aware of the bizarre and undeniable signs that she may be turning into a canine.” Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’s Scoot McNairy will also star. Directed by Marielle Heller (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood), the film will reportedly be released as a Hulu Original produced by Adams. The movie is based on Rachel Yoder’s novel. Yoder also penned the script.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 22, 2022

More from Adaptation

New "The Witcher: Blood Origin" Trailer Teases A World Filled With Brutality And Beauty

New “The Witcher: Blood Origin” Trailer Teases A World Filled With Brutality And Beauty

While fans wait for the third season of “The Witcher” to premiere its summer, Netflix’s four-part spin-off “The Witcher: Blood Origin” is set to premiere this December. Today, we’ve got the first teaser trailer for the prequel series. “The Witcher: Blood Origin” is set in an elven world 1200 years before the world of “The Witcher” and will tell a story lost to time – the creation of the first prototype Witcher, and the events that lead to the pivotal “conjunction of the spheres,” when the worlds of monsters, men, and elves merged to become one. The massive cast includes Minnie Driver (Seanchaí), Laurence O’Fuarain (Fjall), Sophia Brown (Éile), Michelle Yeoh (Scían), Mirren Mack (Merwyn), Lenny Henry (Balor), Jacob Collins-Levy (Eredin), Lizzie Annis (Zacaré), Zach Wyatt (Syndril), Francesca Mills (Meldof), Amy Murray (Fenrik), Nathaniel Curtis (Brían), Huw Novelli (Callan “Brother Death”), Dylan Moran (Uthrok One-Nut), and Joey Batey (Jaskier). Laurence O’Fuarain (“Game of Thrones”) will play the role of Fjall,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 13, 2022
Critically Acclaimed Thriller 'Where The Crawdads Sing' Comes To Netflix This Week

Critically Acclaimed Thriller ‘Where The Crawdads Sing’ Comes To Netflix This Week

The highly-anticipated and critically acclaimed suspense thriller Where the Crawdads Sing is coming to Netflix following a successful theatrical run. Outcasts are always the first to have suspicions cast upon them. That’s the case in Where the Crawdads Sing. The highly-anticipated adaptation of Delia Owens‘ New York Time Best Selling novel, which spent 32 weeks at the top of the “Best Sellers” list, tells the story of “Kya, an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community. Drawn to two young men from town, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world; but when one of them is found dead, she is immediately cast by the community as the main suspect. As the case unfolds, the verdict as to what actually happened becomes increasingly unclear, threatening to reveal the many secrets that lay within

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 7, 2022
Star Says New 'Salem's Lot' Movie Is A True Adaptation Of King's Story

Star Says New ‘Salem’s Lot’ Movie Is A True Adaptation Of King’s Story

Writer-director Gary Dauberman‘s new adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot is currently in production. Star Lewis Pullman (Top Gun: Maverick, Strangers: Prey At Night) has now said that this adaptation is much closer to the book than the mini-series that debuted back in 1979. “Gary Dauberman, the director, is really keen on doing justice to the book. But also, the previous adaptation was a two-parter, because it’s such a hefty book and there are so many different moving parts and so many characters.” Pullman told ComicBook.com. “So there are some parts where Gary had to press and find what was really at the heart of the movie to keep in, but for the most part, he’s really true to the book and keeping a lot of the original dialogue in there. He’s a Stephen King hound dog so he doesn’t wanna do Stephen dirty. So I think it’s in good hands, Gary’s a really smart guy who has a keen

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 7, 2022
Netflix's 'A Tale Dark And Grimm' From Final Destination Creator Scores Emmy Nomination

Netflix’s ‘A Tale Dark And Grimm’ From Final Destination Creator Scores Emmy Nomination

“A Tale Dark and Grimm,” the 10-episode animated Netflix series from Final Destination franchise creator Jeffrey Riddick has just scored an Emmy nomination. Riddick shared the news on Twitter. Yah! Our @netflix series “A Tale Dark & Grimm” was nominated for an #Emmy for Outstanding Animated Series! So excited for author @AdamGidwitz and the great team who worked so hard to bring the show to life. 🥳. #animation #finaldestination – #ATaleDarkandGrimm #FairyTales pic.twitter.com/MzYPPacJCn — Jeffrey Reddick 🌈👻 (@JeffreyaReddick) November 1, 2022 Based on the best-selling book by Adam Gidwitz, who wrote the series, follows Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story into a winding and wickedly witty tale full of strange -and scary- surprises. The cast includes Raini Rodriguez, Andre Robinson, Scott Adsit, Ron Funches, Erica Rhodes, Eric Bauza, Jonathan Banks, and Adam Lambert as the Devil. “A Tale Dark and Grimm” is now out on Netflix and is a great series to share with the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 2, 2022
The Soska Sisters Are Back With 'Unseen' Inspired By 'BlindSide' Game

The Soska Sisters Are Back With ‘Unseen’ Inspired By ‘BlindSide’ Game

Film Mode Entertainment, The Soska Sisters, and Radar Pictures are thrilled to announce UNSEEN, the latest thriller/horror from the infamous, world-renown “Twisted Twins” aka Jen and Sylvia Soska, whose hit films include Vendetta, Rabid, American Mary, and ABC’s of Death. The film is written and directed by Jen and Sylvia Soska and is currently casting. The film is produced by global powerhouse producer Ted Fieldwhose impressive credits include a slew of global box office hits like Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Amityville Horror, and the Jumanji franchise. Film Mode Entertainment (FME) is teaming up with the sisters again, after a successful run with the hit 2019 reimagined David Cronenberg horror film, Rabid. UNSEEN is inspired by one of the world’s most innovative video games, BlindSide. FME has just boarded the project as a worldwide sales agent for global rights to the film. UNSEEN is a psychological sci-fi thriller that takes place in the 1970s about a Boston couple who wakes up blind.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 31, 2022
"Pennyworth" Actress Joins The Cast Of Screen Gems' 'Horrorscope'

“Pennyworth” Actress Joins The Cast Of Screen Gems’ ‘Horrorscope’

The cast for Screen Gems’ upcoming horror film Horrorscope, the adaptation of the novel by Nicholas Adams, continues to grow with Harriet Slater (“Pennyworth”) being the latest star to join according to Deadline. Slater joins previously announced cast members Jacob Batalon (“Reginald the Vampire”), Alana Boden (The Invitation), Adain Bradley (Wrong Turn: The Foundation), Avantika (Senior Year), Larsen Thompson (“The Midnight Club”), Humberly González (Nobody), Olwen Fouéré (Mandy), and Wolfgang Novogratz (Assassination Nation). Anna Halberg and Spenser Cohen (Moonfall) penned the script and will be directing the movie that centers on, “a group of college friends who after getting their horoscopes read, begin dying in ways connected to their fortunes. Are their fates fatal or can they change what’s written in the stars?” The film is from Screen Gems and Alloy Entertainment.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 30, 2022
Let Netflix's "The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself" Cast A Spell On You Today

Let Netflix’s “The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself” Cast A Spell On You Today

Looking for something new to binge-watch this weekend? Netflix’s new supernatural series “The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself,” based on Sally Green’s novel trilogy, is now streaming. In the series, “Sixteen-year-old Nathan (Jay Lycurgo) is the illegitimate son of the world’s most dangerous witch. Fearing he will follow in his father’s footsteps, Nathan is closely monitored throughout his childhood. As the boundaries between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ fray, Nathan – along with mischievous Annalise and charismatic Gabriel – will soon discover who he truly is. The series features a score by the British pop group Let’s Eat Grandma, and stars Jay Lycurgo, Nadia Parkes, Emilien Vekemans, Isobel Jesper Jones, Paul Ready, David Gyasi, Kerry Fox, Liz White, Karen Connell, Fehinti Balogun, and Misia Butler, as well as multiple Brit Award + Mercury Music Prize nominee Roísín Murphy making her debut. Let the action-packed series “The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself“ cast a spell on you today.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 29, 2022
Movie Review: 'The Pale Blue Eye' Is A Dark Love Letter To Edgar Allan Poe

Christian Bale Investigates A Killer With Edgar Allan Poe In New ‘Pale Blue Eye’ Trailer

From Scott Cooper, the director of Antlers, comes The Pale Blue Eye starring Christian Bale (American Psycho) with Harry Melling (Harry Potter) playing the role of Edgar Allan Poe. It is an adaptation of Louis Bayard’s 2006 novel of the same name. The new teaser trailer has arrived, promising a dark, thrill-filled film. Bales stars as retired detective Augustus Landor, tasked with investigating a rash of murders. Set at “West Point, 1830. In the early hours of a gray winter morning, a cadet is found dead. But after the body arrives at the morgue, tragedy becomes savagery when it’s discovered that the young man’s heart has been skillfully removed. Fearing irreparable damage to the fledgling military academy, its leaders turn to a local detective, Augustus Landor (Christian Bale), to solve the murder. Stymied by the cadets’ code of silence, Landor enlists the help of one of their own to pursue the case, an eccentric cadet with a disdain for the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 27, 2022
CD Projekt Red Remaking 'The Witcher'

CD Projekt Red Remaking ‘The Witcher’

CD Projekt Red earlier this month hinted that a game was in the works codenamed “Canis Majoris”. Today CDPR revealed that this secretive project is in fact The Witcher Remake. The remake of the widely popular 2007 RPG that has spawned two sequels, multiple spin-off games, and a TV series is said to be remade from the “ground up” using engine 5 technology with game developer Fool Theory heading it up. Veteran developers who worked on The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be working on the remake as well, hopefully easing the anxiety fans might feel hearing about the remake. The Witcher series overall is about a monster hunter named Geralt of Rivia who is known as a Witcher, a monster hunter with supernatural powers, that hunts monsters in a fantasy medieval world. The games are based on the Polish book series of the same name by Andrezej Sapkowski. The game is in

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Oct 26, 2022
Amy Adams Starring In Horror Movie Adaptation 'Nightbitch'

Amy Adams Starring In Horror Movie Adaptation ‘Nightbitch’

Amy Adams (Arrival) is set to star in Searchlight Pictures’ upcoming horror film Nightbitch along with Mary Holland (Happiest Season), Deadline reports. Described as a “darkly comic horror film,” Nightbitch tells the story of a woman thrown into the stay-at-home routine of raising a toddler in the suburbs, who slowly embraces the feral power deeply rooted in motherhood, as she becomes increasingly aware of the bizarre and undeniable signs that she may be turning into a canine.” Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’s Scoot McNairy will also star. Directed by Marielle Heller (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood), the film will reportedly be released as a Hulu Original produced by Adams. The movie is based on Rachel Yoder’s novel. Yoder also penned the script.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 22, 2022
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