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Bruce Campbell Hosts Play Session Of 'Evil Dead: The Game'

The Kandarian Demon Is Revealed In The New ‘Evil Dead: The Game’ Trailer

Saber Interactive and Boss Team Games are giving players a glimpse at what horrors they can unleash if they play as the infamous Kandarian Demon in the new trailer for Evil Dead: The Game! Players can unleash Deadites to attack Ash and the others, players will also be able to possess environmental objects including Deadite minions and the infamous Trees. Players will have a different physical form of the Kandarian Demon to choose from to fit their playstyle, and each one has its own enemy types (to spawn) and bosses including Henrietta, Eligos, and Evil Ash! Evil Dead: The Game is available to pre-order now for release on May 13, 2022, on PC via the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Pre-ordering any version of the game grants two bonus Ash outfits: the Ash Williams S-Mart Employee Outfit and Ash Williams Gallant Knight Outfit. The game’s Deluxe Edition includes the Season Pass 1,

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Mar 9, 2022
Amazon Prime Orders New Series Based On The Game 'God of War'

Amazon Prime Orders New Series Based On The Game ‘God of War’

Video game adaptations are hot this year, the latest news is that Amazon Prime is working on a series adaptation of God of War. The God of War series is from Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, the creators and executive producers of “The Expanse” and “The Wheel of Time” showrunner and executive producer Rafe Judkins, along with Sony Pictures and PlayStation. The game, whose ninth installment is on the way, was first released back in 2005 and was created by David Jaffe. The game, based in ancient mythology, follows protagonist “Kratos, a Spartan warrior and later the God of War, who was tricked into killing his family by his former master, the original Greek god of war Ares. This sets off a series of events that leads to wars with the mythological pantheons. The Greek mythology era of the series sees Kratos follow a path of vengeance due to the machinations of the Olympian gods, while the Norse mythology era,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 8, 2022
HBO Max Unleashes Trailer For "DMZ" Series Adaptation

HBO Max Unleashes Trailer For “DMZ” Series Adaptation

HBO Max has just unleashed the trailer for their upcoming limited post-apocalyptic series “DMZ“, based on the DC comic book created by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli. Rosario Dawson stars in the series that sees her character navigate a dangerous and distorted demilitarized zone, Manhattan while searching for her son that got lost during the evacuation. Dawson is known for her roles in films such as the Jay and Silent Bob reboot, Clerks lll, Sin City, and the film adaptation of the musical Rent. She is also starring in the upcoming Haunted Mansion movie. Benjamin Bratt, Hoon Lee, Freddy Miyares, Jordan Preston Carter, Venus Ariel, Rey Gallegos, Jade Wu, Agam Darshi, Juani Feliz, Rutina Wesley, and Mamie Gummer round out the cast. Directors include Ava DuVernay (Selma, A Wrinkle in Time) and Ernest Dickerson (Demon Knight), who directed three episodes. “DMZ” premieres on HBO Max on March 17, 2022.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 8, 2022
Animated Spin-Off “The Boys Presents: Diabolical“ Out Now On Prime Video

Animated Spin-Off “The Boys Presents: Diabolical“ Out Now On Prime Video

“The Boys Presents: Diabolical,“ an animated anthology spin-off of the hit series based on Garth Ennis’ violent comics, is out now on Prime Video. The eight-episode short anthology series features stories from the bloody, ultraviolent universe of “The Boys” and features characters like Homelander as well as new characters. The premiere episode, titled “Laser Baby’s Day Out,” features a story by executive producers Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen and was directed by Crystal Chesney-Thompson and Derek Thompson. “For last few years, have really wanted to do some dialogue-free comedy; just tell a story without dialogue. When we realized that we could do an “Animatrix” style TV show out of “The Boys” Universe, we just instantly came to this idea. It is heavily based on the movie Baby’s Day Out and the start of Roger Rabbit. That animation is the direction we were going in the whole time because it just played best to the comment and the gag in relation

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 6, 2022
Alessandro Nivola Joins Marvel's 'Kraven The Hunter' Movie

Alessandro Nivola Joins Marvel’s ‘Kraven The Hunter’ Movie

Alessandro Nivola (The Eye, Jurassic Park III) has been cast in Sony’s upcoming Marvel movie Kraven the Hunter, Deadline reports. Nivola joins previously announced cast member Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Avengers: Age of Ultron) who will play the title character. Russell Crowe (Gladiator) and Fred Hechinger (“The White Lotus”) will also star. J.C. Chandor is in the director’s chair for the movie produced by Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach. Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, and Richard Wenk penned the screenplay. Kraven the Hunter is one of Marvel’s most notorious anti-heroes. Kraven the Hunter has had encounters with Venom and Black Panther as well as being one of Spider-Man’s most formidable enemies. Born to Russian aristocrats and an abusive father, Sergei Kravinoff aka “Kraven the Hunter” becomes a maniacal big game hunter in Africa. After imbibing a potion his physical prowess is increased, including, his strength and speed. After hunting every type of animal on earth he becomes bored and sets his sights on

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 6, 2022
Dark And Dangerous Secrets Come To Light In Netflix's New Series "Pieces Of Her" (Trailer)

Dark And Dangerous Secrets Come To Light In Netflix’s New Series “Pieces Of Her” (Trailer)

Hereditary actress Toni Collette stars in Netflix’s new thriller series Pieces of Her, alongside Bella Heathcote (The Neon Demon). Bella Heathcote stars as Andy Oliver, who is saved during a seemingly random act of violence by her mother Laura (Toni Collette), leading Andy to doubt if she truly knows who her mother is. As she begins to investigate her mother’s mysterious past dark and dangerous secrets begin to come to light. Jessica Barden, Jacob Scipio, Joe Dempsie, Aaron Jeffery, Gil Birmingham, David Wenham, Omari Hardwick, Nicholas Burton, Calum Worthy, and Terry O’Quinn also star in the eight-episode first season. Based on Karin Slaughter’s New York Times–bestselling novel, the series is helmed by producers of “Big Little Lies” and “The Undoing.” Charlotte Stoudt, who wrote the series adaptation, serves as showrunner and executive producer, with Minkie Spiro directing. Author Slaughter, Steve Hutensky, Casey Harver, Lesli Linka Glatter, Janice Williams, and Bruna Papandrea executive produce. “Pieces of Her” premieres March 4, 2022,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 1, 2022
Universal Monsters' Vampire Movie 'Renfield' Sinks Its Teeth Into A Release Date

Universal Monsters’ Vampire Movie ‘Renfield’ Sinks Its Teeth Into A Release Date

Filming has now begun on the upcoming Universal Monster movie Renfield, based on the character made famous in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The premiere date has just been announced for Reinfied, which will sink its teeth into theaters on April 14, 2023. Nicolas Cage will bear his fangs as the legendary Count Dracula, in the movie that is based on an original idea by “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman. Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War) is directing the movie, with Nicholas Hoult (Warm Bodies, Mad Max: Fury Road) playing the title role of Renfield, Dracula’s henchman. Described as a “modern-day adventure story that is comedic in tone,” the film centers on Renfield (Hoult), who has grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula’s (Cage) lackey. The henchman finds a new lease on life and maybe even redemption when he falls for the feisty, no-nonsense cop Rebecca Quincy (Awkwafina). Ben Schwartz, Adrian Martinez, Shohreh Aghdashloo, and Bess Rouss co-star in Renfield,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 27, 2022
"The Boys" Star Joins The Cast Of True Story Inspired Horror 'True Haunting'

“The Boys” Star Joins The Cast Of True Story Inspired Horror ‘True Haunting’

“The Boys” star Erin Moriarty, who plays Starlight on the superhero series, joins the Twilight Saga star, Jamie Campbell in the upcoming horror film True Haunting, based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Edwin F. Becker, that recounts a true story. The book chronicles the first-hand account of the real-life couple Ed and Narsha Becker, who move into a new home, quickly discovering that it is haunted. The paranormal activity that plagued the couple made national news when their home became the first-ever to be a televised location for an exorcism. With NBC covering the events in 1971. Not only did the exorcism not work, it only made things for the Beckers much worse. True Haunting will be directed by Gary Fleder, who is known for directing episodes of shows such as the “Kingdom” and for his fantastic adaptation of the James Patterson novel Kiss the Girls starring Morgan Freeman. Richard D’Ovidio penned the script, with Blair

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 27, 2022
New Featurette Explores Jared Leto's 'Morbius'

New Featurette Explores Jared Leto’s ‘Morbius’

Sony’s Marvel vampire movie, Morbius is finally heading our way after several delays. Today, we’ve got a new featurette to share with you that gives us a glimpse into the lore of Dr. Michael Morbius. Played by Oscar® winner Jared Leto, Morbius is a scientist who, while trying to find a cure for a rare blood disease, accidentally transforms himself into a living vampire. “While at first, it seems to be a radical success, the darkness inside him is unleashed. Will good override evil – or will Morbius succumb to his mysterious new urges?” Tyrese Gibson stars as FBI agent Simon Stroud; Jared Harris (“The Terror”) plays Morbius’ mentor; Matt Smith (“Doctor Who”) plays the film’s villain Loxias Crown; and Adria Arjona (Pacific Rim: Uprising) is Morbius’ love interest. Daniel Espinosa (Life) directs from the script penned by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless based on the Morbius character created by writer Roy Thomas which made its debut in Amazing Spider-Man

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 26, 2022
Premiere Of Disney's 'Haunted Mansion' Movie Moved Up

Here’s Everything We Know About The New ‘Haunted Mansion’ Movie

The Disneyland attraction the Haunted Mansion, has long been a favorite. Back in 2003, the ride got a film adaptation, The Haunted Mansion. Now a new adaptation, currently filming, simply titled Haunted Mansion, is on its way. We’ve got a few details surrounding the movie including its released date! “Dear White People’s” Justin Simien is directing from the script penned by Katie Dippold, whose previous projects include The Heat, Spy, and 2016’s female-driven Ghostbusters reboot (try not to hold that against her). As for the cast, comedian/actress Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip), stars along with Lakeith Stanfield (Sorry to Bother You), Owen Wilson (Wedding Crashers), and Rosario Dawson (Rent). Haddish will reportedly be playing “ a psychic hired to commune with the dead.” Stanfield plays “a widower who once believed in the supernatural, but is now a rather lifeless tour guide in New Orleans’s French Quarter.” Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich’s Rideback will be producing. The ride that opened in 1969,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 26, 2022

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Bruce Campbell Hosts Play Session Of 'Evil Dead: The Game'

The Kandarian Demon Is Revealed In The New ‘Evil Dead: The Game’ Trailer

Saber Interactive and Boss Team Games are giving players a glimpse at what horrors they can unleash if they play as the infamous Kandarian Demon in the new trailer for Evil Dead: The Game! Players can unleash Deadites to attack Ash and the others, players will also be able to possess environmental objects including Deadite minions and the infamous Trees. Players will have a different physical form of the Kandarian Demon to choose from to fit their playstyle, and each one has its own enemy types (to spawn) and bosses including Henrietta, Eligos, and Evil Ash! Evil Dead: The Game is available to pre-order now for release on May 13, 2022, on PC via the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Pre-ordering any version of the game grants two bonus Ash outfits: the Ash Williams S-Mart Employee Outfit and Ash Williams Gallant Knight Outfit. The game’s Deluxe Edition includes the Season Pass 1,

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Mar 9, 2022
Amazon Prime Orders New Series Based On The Game 'God of War'

Amazon Prime Orders New Series Based On The Game ‘God of War’

Video game adaptations are hot this year, the latest news is that Amazon Prime is working on a series adaptation of God of War. The God of War series is from Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, the creators and executive producers of “The Expanse” and “The Wheel of Time” showrunner and executive producer Rafe Judkins, along with Sony Pictures and PlayStation. The game, whose ninth installment is on the way, was first released back in 2005 and was created by David Jaffe. The game, based in ancient mythology, follows protagonist “Kratos, a Spartan warrior and later the God of War, who was tricked into killing his family by his former master, the original Greek god of war Ares. This sets off a series of events that leads to wars with the mythological pantheons. The Greek mythology era of the series sees Kratos follow a path of vengeance due to the machinations of the Olympian gods, while the Norse mythology era,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 8, 2022
HBO Max Unleashes Trailer For "DMZ" Series Adaptation

HBO Max Unleashes Trailer For “DMZ” Series Adaptation

HBO Max has just unleashed the trailer for their upcoming limited post-apocalyptic series “DMZ“, based on the DC comic book created by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli. Rosario Dawson stars in the series that sees her character navigate a dangerous and distorted demilitarized zone, Manhattan while searching for her son that got lost during the evacuation. Dawson is known for her roles in films such as the Jay and Silent Bob reboot, Clerks lll, Sin City, and the film adaptation of the musical Rent. She is also starring in the upcoming Haunted Mansion movie. Benjamin Bratt, Hoon Lee, Freddy Miyares, Jordan Preston Carter, Venus Ariel, Rey Gallegos, Jade Wu, Agam Darshi, Juani Feliz, Rutina Wesley, and Mamie Gummer round out the cast. Directors include Ava DuVernay (Selma, A Wrinkle in Time) and Ernest Dickerson (Demon Knight), who directed three episodes. “DMZ” premieres on HBO Max on March 17, 2022.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 8, 2022
Animated Spin-Off “The Boys Presents: Diabolical“ Out Now On Prime Video

Animated Spin-Off “The Boys Presents: Diabolical“ Out Now On Prime Video

“The Boys Presents: Diabolical,“ an animated anthology spin-off of the hit series based on Garth Ennis’ violent comics, is out now on Prime Video. The eight-episode short anthology series features stories from the bloody, ultraviolent universe of “The Boys” and features characters like Homelander as well as new characters. The premiere episode, titled “Laser Baby’s Day Out,” features a story by executive producers Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen and was directed by Crystal Chesney-Thompson and Derek Thompson. “For last few years, have really wanted to do some dialogue-free comedy; just tell a story without dialogue. When we realized that we could do an “Animatrix” style TV show out of “The Boys” Universe, we just instantly came to this idea. It is heavily based on the movie Baby’s Day Out and the start of Roger Rabbit. That animation is the direction we were going in the whole time because it just played best to the comment and the gag in relation

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 6, 2022
Alessandro Nivola Joins Marvel's 'Kraven The Hunter' Movie

Alessandro Nivola Joins Marvel’s ‘Kraven The Hunter’ Movie

Alessandro Nivola (The Eye, Jurassic Park III) has been cast in Sony’s upcoming Marvel movie Kraven the Hunter, Deadline reports. Nivola joins previously announced cast member Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Avengers: Age of Ultron) who will play the title character. Russell Crowe (Gladiator) and Fred Hechinger (“The White Lotus”) will also star. J.C. Chandor is in the director’s chair for the movie produced by Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach. Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, and Richard Wenk penned the screenplay. Kraven the Hunter is one of Marvel’s most notorious anti-heroes. Kraven the Hunter has had encounters with Venom and Black Panther as well as being one of Spider-Man’s most formidable enemies. Born to Russian aristocrats and an abusive father, Sergei Kravinoff aka “Kraven the Hunter” becomes a maniacal big game hunter in Africa. After imbibing a potion his physical prowess is increased, including, his strength and speed. After hunting every type of animal on earth he becomes bored and sets his sights on

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 6, 2022
Dark And Dangerous Secrets Come To Light In Netflix's New Series "Pieces Of Her" (Trailer)

Dark And Dangerous Secrets Come To Light In Netflix’s New Series “Pieces Of Her” (Trailer)

Hereditary actress Toni Collette stars in Netflix’s new thriller series Pieces of Her, alongside Bella Heathcote (The Neon Demon). Bella Heathcote stars as Andy Oliver, who is saved during a seemingly random act of violence by her mother Laura (Toni Collette), leading Andy to doubt if she truly knows who her mother is. As she begins to investigate her mother’s mysterious past dark and dangerous secrets begin to come to light. Jessica Barden, Jacob Scipio, Joe Dempsie, Aaron Jeffery, Gil Birmingham, David Wenham, Omari Hardwick, Nicholas Burton, Calum Worthy, and Terry O’Quinn also star in the eight-episode first season. Based on Karin Slaughter’s New York Times–bestselling novel, the series is helmed by producers of “Big Little Lies” and “The Undoing.” Charlotte Stoudt, who wrote the series adaptation, serves as showrunner and executive producer, with Minkie Spiro directing. Author Slaughter, Steve Hutensky, Casey Harver, Lesli Linka Glatter, Janice Williams, and Bruna Papandrea executive produce. “Pieces of Her” premieres March 4, 2022,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 1, 2022
Universal Monsters' Vampire Movie 'Renfield' Sinks Its Teeth Into A Release Date

Universal Monsters’ Vampire Movie ‘Renfield’ Sinks Its Teeth Into A Release Date

Filming has now begun on the upcoming Universal Monster movie Renfield, based on the character made famous in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The premiere date has just been announced for Reinfied, which will sink its teeth into theaters on April 14, 2023. Nicolas Cage will bear his fangs as the legendary Count Dracula, in the movie that is based on an original idea by “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman. Chris McKay (The Tomorrow War) is directing the movie, with Nicholas Hoult (Warm Bodies, Mad Max: Fury Road) playing the title role of Renfield, Dracula’s henchman. Described as a “modern-day adventure story that is comedic in tone,” the film centers on Renfield (Hoult), who has grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula’s (Cage) lackey. The henchman finds a new lease on life and maybe even redemption when he falls for the feisty, no-nonsense cop Rebecca Quincy (Awkwafina). Ben Schwartz, Adrian Martinez, Shohreh Aghdashloo, and Bess Rouss co-star in Renfield,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 27, 2022
"The Boys" Star Joins The Cast Of True Story Inspired Horror 'True Haunting'

“The Boys” Star Joins The Cast Of True Story Inspired Horror ‘True Haunting’

“The Boys” star Erin Moriarty, who plays Starlight on the superhero series, joins the Twilight Saga star, Jamie Campbell in the upcoming horror film True Haunting, based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Edwin F. Becker, that recounts a true story. The book chronicles the first-hand account of the real-life couple Ed and Narsha Becker, who move into a new home, quickly discovering that it is haunted. The paranormal activity that plagued the couple made national news when their home became the first-ever to be a televised location for an exorcism. With NBC covering the events in 1971. Not only did the exorcism not work, it only made things for the Beckers much worse. True Haunting will be directed by Gary Fleder, who is known for directing episodes of shows such as the “Kingdom” and for his fantastic adaptation of the James Patterson novel Kiss the Girls starring Morgan Freeman. Richard D’Ovidio penned the script, with Blair

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 27, 2022
New Featurette Explores Jared Leto's 'Morbius'

New Featurette Explores Jared Leto’s ‘Morbius’

Sony’s Marvel vampire movie, Morbius is finally heading our way after several delays. Today, we’ve got a new featurette to share with you that gives us a glimpse into the lore of Dr. Michael Morbius. Played by Oscar® winner Jared Leto, Morbius is a scientist who, while trying to find a cure for a rare blood disease, accidentally transforms himself into a living vampire. “While at first, it seems to be a radical success, the darkness inside him is unleashed. Will good override evil – or will Morbius succumb to his mysterious new urges?” Tyrese Gibson stars as FBI agent Simon Stroud; Jared Harris (“The Terror”) plays Morbius’ mentor; Matt Smith (“Doctor Who”) plays the film’s villain Loxias Crown; and Adria Arjona (Pacific Rim: Uprising) is Morbius’ love interest. Daniel Espinosa (Life) directs from the script penned by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless based on the Morbius character created by writer Roy Thomas which made its debut in Amazing Spider-Man

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 26, 2022
Premiere Of Disney's 'Haunted Mansion' Movie Moved Up

Here’s Everything We Know About The New ‘Haunted Mansion’ Movie

The Disneyland attraction the Haunted Mansion, has long been a favorite. Back in 2003, the ride got a film adaptation, The Haunted Mansion. Now a new adaptation, currently filming, simply titled Haunted Mansion, is on its way. We’ve got a few details surrounding the movie including its released date! “Dear White People’s” Justin Simien is directing from the script penned by Katie Dippold, whose previous projects include The Heat, Spy, and 2016’s female-driven Ghostbusters reboot (try not to hold that against her). As for the cast, comedian/actress Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip), stars along with Lakeith Stanfield (Sorry to Bother You), Owen Wilson (Wedding Crashers), and Rosario Dawson (Rent). Haddish will reportedly be playing “ a psychic hired to commune with the dead.” Stanfield plays “a widower who once believed in the supernatural, but is now a rather lifeless tour guide in New Orleans’s French Quarter.” Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich’s Rideback will be producing. The ride that opened in 1969,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 26, 2022
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