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Books, games and comics turned into horror films and series — what made the jump to the screen and whether it worked.
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Occupation: Rainfall‘s Luke Sparke is set to direct the adaption of Ethan Pettus‘ sci-fi novel Primitive War, from Sparke Films. The horror film, tentatively titled Primitive War after Pettus’ ongoing series, is in active development with offers out to first-choice cast and plans to film in 2022. The film will explore the tragedies and atrocities of the Vietnam War and the horror of a man meeting the ultimate Apex predators: dinosaurs. Written by Luke Sparke (the Occupation franchise), Primitive War is a historical sci-fi military horror film, based on Ethan Pettus’ fan-favorite ongoing series, comprised of “Primitive War: Opiate Undertow”, “Primitive War II: Animus Infernal”, and the eagerly awaited third installment “Primitive War III: Aeon Ouroboros”. Carly Imrie, Zachary Garred, and Carmel Imrie will produce, reteaming from Occupation: Rainfall. The sequel to Occupation, Occupation: Rainfall continues following a group of survivors in Sydney fighting a desperate war two years after an extraterrestrial invasion. Released in the United States by Saban
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There are many adaptations of Stephen King‘s works headed your way over the next year (list) including Peacock’s Firestarter. One of the films set to be released is The Boogeyman, which King penned nearly fifty years ago as part of his Night Shift Collection. The Hulu feature film has now entered production and is being directed by Rob Savage, with “Yellowjackets” actress Sophie Thatcher (pictured), starring alongside Chris Messina, Vivien Lyra Bair, David Dastmalchian, Marin Ireland, and Madison Hu. The story “follows a 16-year old and her younger sister, still reeling from the death of their mother, who is targeted by a supernatural boogeyman after their father, a psychologist, has an encounter with a desperate patient in their house.” We’ll keep you posted.
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Back in 2019, La Belle Games and ARTE France’s narrative adventure game The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature was released on Switch and PC. Now, the game is finally coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this March from Hidden Trap. The game, which was originally point-and-click, has been revamped for the new release. That’s not all, the visuals have also been upgraded. Players will have a bird’s eye view of many different locations whose appearance is influenced by the mood and emotions of “The Creature” (angry, sad, etc..). An adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Frankenstein and the tale of Prometheus, The Wanderer puts players in the role of “The Creature”. The game begins in the middle of nowhere with the character a bit of a blank slate. The more time you spend in the game the more he will evolve, with each task completed and each decision made shaping “The Creature’s” mind and path.
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As always, the Super Bowl didn’t disappoint, well maybe it did to Bengals fans, but for those of us who tuned in for the commercials, TV spots, and new trailers, it was a winner, unveiling videos for Jurassic World: Dominion, “Lord of the Rings“, Doctor Strange and more. AMC+ took to Twitter sharing the TV Spot that showcases some of their upcoming projects, including giving us our first glimpse at their Anne Rice series “Interview with the Vampire.” Sam Reid (“The Hunting”) stars as the vampire Lestat, Jacob Anderson (“Game of Thrones”) plays Louis, and Bailey Bass (Law & Order SVU) stars as Claudia. Rolin Jones (“Friday Night Lights”) created the series and is serving as showrunner as well as a writer for the series, premiering on AMC and AMC+ sometime in 2022. Iconic characters. Epic new worlds. Legendary series. It’s all here. pic.twitter.com/VFBHn9zPgu — AMC+ (@AMCPlus) February 14, 2022
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Tolkien fans, pop culture fans, and football fans alike paused during the third quarter of Super Bowl LVI on Sunday when Amazon transported them on a long-awaited journey back into Middle-earth, with the official trailer for the series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” The stunning 60-second TV spot offered Super Bowl viewers their first-ever glimpses of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fabled Second Age, unveiling a brand-new legend from Amazon Studios and showrunners J.D. Payne & Patrick McKay. Featuring several characters from the ensemble cast—such as Elves, Dwarves, and Orcs—and Arda-spanning environments, the trailer takes viewers on an action-packed journey filled with wonder and excitement in true cinematic splendor. Early this year, Prime Video forged the show’s title treatment in molten metal, reaching an estimated 1 billion impressions worldwide within the first 24 hours. Prime Video’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” brings to screens for the very first time the heroic legends of the fabled
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In the first trailer for the new adaptation of Stephen King’s classic thriller Firestarter, from the producers of The Invisible Man, a girl with extraordinary pyrokinetic powers fights to protect her family and herself from sinister forces that seek to capture and control her. For more than a decade, parents Andy (Zac Efron; Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile; The Greatest Showman) and Vicky (Sydney Lemmon; Fear the Walking Dead, Succession) have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie (Ryan Kiera Armstrong; American Horror Story: Double Feature, The Tomorrow War) from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family’s location, a mysterious operative (Michael Greyeyes; Wild Indian, Rutherford Falls) is
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Saber Interactive and Boss Team Games have announced the release date for Evil Dead: The Game along with additional information about Groovy pre-order content. Pre-ordering any version of Evil Dead: The Game grants two bonus Ash outfits: the Ash Williams S-Mart Employee Outfit and the Ash Williams Gallant Knight Outfit. The Standard Edition of Evil Dead: The Game is now available for pre-order for $39.99, while the Deluxe Edition is available for $59.99 and includes Season Pass 1. Season Pass 1 includes four upcoming DLC packs at a discounted rate, with several exciting DLC releases to be announced. Evil Dead: The Game will be raising hell May 13th, 2022 on Epic Game Store, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X/S, and to Nintendo Switch later on. Pre-orders are live now for all platforms.
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The highly-anticipated English SimulDub™ release of “Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2” is nearly here, arriving next week! “Many years ago, humanity was forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that lurked outside their fortress. Only the heroic members of the Scout Regiment dared to stray behind the safety of the walls –but even those brave warriors seldom returned alive.” In the epic continuation of the worldwide anime phenomenon, starting with episode 76, the lines between friends and enemies become even more blurred. The War for Paradis explodes in Shiganshina and as battle rages on and the true intentions of the masterminds behind the current state of the world become clear… The series is based on one of the best-selling manga series of all time, having sold over 100 million volumes of the manga in print across the world, and is from the award-winning franchise created by Hajime
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Amazon Studios has ordered the genre series “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” based on the hit “Gimlet” podcast, with the show premiering exclusively on Prime Video. Featuring an eight-episode first season, the series is a contemporary spin on Sweeney Todd and will feature macabre tales of love, betrayal, and cannibalism. Justina Machado, star of The Purge: Anarchy and Final Destination 2, will lead the cast of the series that also includes Alejandro Hernandez (“Gotham”), K. Todd Freeman (Grosse Point Blank), and Kita Updike (The Misandrists). In “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” “Dolores Roach is released from prison after 16 years and returns to a severely gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. Her is boyfriend missing, her family is long gone, Dolores reunites with an old stoner buddy, Luis, who gives her room and board and lets her give massages for cash in the basement under his dilapidated storefront, Empanada Loca, the only remnant of her
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2021 saw the premiere of Epix’s brilliant adaptation of Stephen King’s Jerusalem’s Lot, and the prequel to Salem’s Lot, “Chapelwaite,” which landed the second spot on our “Top 10 Shows of 2021” list. Today, we’ve learned that the dark, Gothic series will be returning for a second season, and we couldn’t be happier about it. I guess you could say “Chapelwaite” (review) is one vampire series that definitely doesn’t suck. Starring Academy Award winner Adrien Brody and Emily Hampshire, the first season is set in the 1850s and follows Captain Charles Boone (Brody), who relocates his family of three children to his ancestral home in the small, seemingly sleepy town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine after his wife dies at sea. However, Charles will soon have to confront the secrets of his family’s sordid history and fight to end the darkness that has plagued the Boones for generations. Rebecca Morgan (Hampshire), an ambitious young woman who left Preacher’s Corners to attend Mount Holyoke College and has returned home with an advance to
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Occupation: Rainfall‘s Luke Sparke is set to direct the adaption of Ethan Pettus‘ sci-fi novel Primitive War, from Sparke Films. The horror film, tentatively titled Primitive War after Pettus’ ongoing series, is in active development with offers out to first-choice cast and plans to film in 2022. The film will explore the tragedies and atrocities of the Vietnam War and the horror of a man meeting the ultimate Apex predators: dinosaurs. Written by Luke Sparke (the Occupation franchise), Primitive War is a historical sci-fi military horror film, based on Ethan Pettus’ fan-favorite ongoing series, comprised of “Primitive War: Opiate Undertow”, “Primitive War II: Animus Infernal”, and the eagerly awaited third installment “Primitive War III: Aeon Ouroboros”. Carly Imrie, Zachary Garred, and Carmel Imrie will produce, reteaming from Occupation: Rainfall. The sequel to Occupation, Occupation: Rainfall continues following a group of survivors in Sydney fighting a desperate war two years after an extraterrestrial invasion. Released in the United States by Saban
Continue reading →
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There are many adaptations of Stephen King‘s works headed your way over the next year (list) including Peacock’s Firestarter. One of the films set to be released is The Boogeyman, which King penned nearly fifty years ago as part of his Night Shift Collection. The Hulu feature film has now entered production and is being directed by Rob Savage, with “Yellowjackets” actress Sophie Thatcher (pictured), starring alongside Chris Messina, Vivien Lyra Bair, David Dastmalchian, Marin Ireland, and Madison Hu. The story “follows a 16-year old and her younger sister, still reeling from the death of their mother, who is targeted by a supernatural boogeyman after their father, a psychologist, has an encounter with a desperate patient in their house.” We’ll keep you posted.
Continue reading →
AdaptationBooksGamingNewsTrailers
Back in 2019, La Belle Games and ARTE France’s narrative adventure game The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature was released on Switch and PC. Now, the game is finally coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this March from Hidden Trap. The game, which was originally point-and-click, has been revamped for the new release. That’s not all, the visuals have also been upgraded. Players will have a bird’s eye view of many different locations whose appearance is influenced by the mood and emotions of “The Creature” (angry, sad, etc..). An adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Frankenstein and the tale of Prometheus, The Wanderer puts players in the role of “The Creature”. The game begins in the middle of nowhere with the character a bit of a blank slate. The more time you spend in the game the more he will evolve, with each task completed and each decision made shaping “The Creature’s” mind and path.
Continue reading →
AdaptationAMCBooksNewsStreaming TVTrailers
As always, the Super Bowl didn’t disappoint, well maybe it did to Bengals fans, but for those of us who tuned in for the commercials, TV spots, and new trailers, it was a winner, unveiling videos for Jurassic World: Dominion, “Lord of the Rings“, Doctor Strange and more. AMC+ took to Twitter sharing the TV Spot that showcases some of their upcoming projects, including giving us our first glimpse at their Anne Rice series “Interview with the Vampire.” Sam Reid (“The Hunting”) stars as the vampire Lestat, Jacob Anderson (“Game of Thrones”) plays Louis, and Bailey Bass (Law & Order SVU) stars as Claudia. Rolin Jones (“Friday Night Lights”) created the series and is serving as showrunner as well as a writer for the series, premiering on AMC and AMC+ sometime in 2022. Iconic characters. Epic new worlds. Legendary series. It’s all here. pic.twitter.com/VFBHn9zPgu — AMC+ (@AMCPlus) February 14, 2022
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Tolkien fans, pop culture fans, and football fans alike paused during the third quarter of Super Bowl LVI on Sunday when Amazon transported them on a long-awaited journey back into Middle-earth, with the official trailer for the series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” The stunning 60-second TV spot offered Super Bowl viewers their first-ever glimpses of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fabled Second Age, unveiling a brand-new legend from Amazon Studios and showrunners J.D. Payne & Patrick McKay. Featuring several characters from the ensemble cast—such as Elves, Dwarves, and Orcs—and Arda-spanning environments, the trailer takes viewers on an action-packed journey filled with wonder and excitement in true cinematic splendor. Early this year, Prime Video forged the show’s title treatment in molten metal, reaching an estimated 1 billion impressions worldwide within the first 24 hours. Prime Video’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” brings to screens for the very first time the heroic legends of the fabled
Continue reading →
AdaptationBooksMoviesNewsPeacockStreaming TVTrailers
In the first trailer for the new adaptation of Stephen King’s classic thriller Firestarter, from the producers of The Invisible Man, a girl with extraordinary pyrokinetic powers fights to protect her family and herself from sinister forces that seek to capture and control her. For more than a decade, parents Andy (Zac Efron; Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile; The Greatest Showman) and Vicky (Sydney Lemmon; Fear the Walking Dead, Succession) have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie (Ryan Kiera Armstrong; American Horror Story: Double Feature, The Tomorrow War) from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family’s location, a mysterious operative (Michael Greyeyes; Wild Indian, Rutherford Falls) is
Continue reading →
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Saber Interactive and Boss Team Games have announced the release date for Evil Dead: The Game along with additional information about Groovy pre-order content. Pre-ordering any version of Evil Dead: The Game grants two bonus Ash outfits: the Ash Williams S-Mart Employee Outfit and the Ash Williams Gallant Knight Outfit. The Standard Edition of Evil Dead: The Game is now available for pre-order for $39.99, while the Deluxe Edition is available for $59.99 and includes Season Pass 1. Season Pass 1 includes four upcoming DLC packs at a discounted rate, with several exciting DLC releases to be announced. Evil Dead: The Game will be raising hell May 13th, 2022 on Epic Game Store, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X/S, and to Nintendo Switch later on. Pre-orders are live now for all platforms.
Continue reading →
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The highly-anticipated English SimulDub™ release of “Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2” is nearly here, arriving next week! “Many years ago, humanity was forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that lurked outside their fortress. Only the heroic members of the Scout Regiment dared to stray behind the safety of the walls –but even those brave warriors seldom returned alive.” In the epic continuation of the worldwide anime phenomenon, starting with episode 76, the lines between friends and enemies become even more blurred. The War for Paradis explodes in Shiganshina and as battle rages on and the true intentions of the masterminds behind the current state of the world become clear… The series is based on one of the best-selling manga series of all time, having sold over 100 million volumes of the manga in print across the world, and is from the award-winning franchise created by Hajime
Continue reading →
AdaptationAmazon Prime VideoNewsStreaming TV
Amazon Studios has ordered the genre series “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” based on the hit “Gimlet” podcast, with the show premiering exclusively on Prime Video. Featuring an eight-episode first season, the series is a contemporary spin on Sweeney Todd and will feature macabre tales of love, betrayal, and cannibalism. Justina Machado, star of The Purge: Anarchy and Final Destination 2, will lead the cast of the series that also includes Alejandro Hernandez (“Gotham”), K. Todd Freeman (Grosse Point Blank), and Kita Updike (The Misandrists). In “The Horror of Dolores Roach,” “Dolores Roach is released from prison after 16 years and returns to a severely gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. Her is boyfriend missing, her family is long gone, Dolores reunites with an old stoner buddy, Luis, who gives her room and board and lets her give massages for cash in the basement under his dilapidated storefront, Empanada Loca, the only remnant of her
Continue reading →
AdaptationBooksNewsParanormalStreaming TV
2021 saw the premiere of Epix’s brilliant adaptation of Stephen King’s Jerusalem’s Lot, and the prequel to Salem’s Lot, “Chapelwaite,” which landed the second spot on our “Top 10 Shows of 2021” list. Today, we’ve learned that the dark, Gothic series will be returning for a second season, and we couldn’t be happier about it. I guess you could say “Chapelwaite” (review) is one vampire series that definitely doesn’t suck. Starring Academy Award winner Adrien Brody and Emily Hampshire, the first season is set in the 1850s and follows Captain Charles Boone (Brody), who relocates his family of three children to his ancestral home in the small, seemingly sleepy town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine after his wife dies at sea. However, Charles will soon have to confront the secrets of his family’s sordid history and fight to end the darkness that has plagued the Boones for generations. Rebecca Morgan (Hampshire), an ambitious young woman who left Preacher’s Corners to attend Mount Holyoke College and has returned home with an advance to
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