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If you missed Hellboy in theaters, we have good news, you will soon be able to watch it from the comfort of your own couch. Hellboy, which opened in theaters back in April, is already headed to Blu-ray, DVD, and Prime next month. The film wasn’t a smash hit at the box office, bringing in only $48 million ($2 million short of covering its budget), so it seems Lionsgate is making a move to quickly recover its losses. David Harbour stars as Hellboy in Neil Marshall‘s new reboot alongside Ian McShane, Milla Jovovich as Nimue, the film’s villain; Ian McShane as Professor Broom; Daniel Dae Kim as Major Ben Daimio; Penelope Mitchell as Ganeida; and Sasha Lane as Alice Monaghan with Sophie Okonedo (After Earth), Brian Gleeson (mother!) and Alistair Petrie (The Night Manager, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story). Aron Coleite wrote the latest version of the script by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, Andrew Cosby, and Christopher Golden. Larry
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Netflix is teaming up with The Curse of La Llorona writers Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis and producer Sam Raimi for the adaptation of J.A. White’s children’s fantasy-horror novel Nightbooks. “The tale follows Alex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, who is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. His original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping him safe as he desperately tries to find a way out of this twisted place.” Raimi and Rob Tapert are producing under their Ghost Pictures banner. Mason Novick and Michelle Knudsen of MXN will also produce.
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A Star is Born actor-director Bradley Cooper is currently in talks to star in Guillermo del Toro‘s upcoming psychological thriller Nightmare Alley. Del Toro co-wrote the script with Kim Morgan and will be in the director’s chair for the adaptation of Will Lindsey Gresham’s novel by the same name. Fox made their own adaptation of the tale for a 1947 film. In the 1947 version, An ambitious young con-man teams up with a female psychiatrist who is more corrupt than he is. At first, they enjoy their success with their mentalist act, but it’s not long before she turns the tables on him. The role Cooper is in talks to play was originally offered to Leonardo DiCaprio, but negotiations failed for unknown reasons. Nightmare Alley is set to begin filming sometime this Fall.
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Two years after Idris Elba starred as the gunslinger Roland Deschain in The Dark Tower, based on the novels by Stephen King, the story is getting a series adaptation from Amazon with Sam Strike (Leatherface) set to star as Roland. The series, which is currently filming, has added “Walking Dead” actor Michael Rooker to the cast. According to Deadline, “The Dark Tower” will be “independent from the film and is meant to be a more faithful retelling of the book than the movie was.” I hear it will take place many years before the events depicted in the film, and will focus on Roland Deschain’s (Strike) origin story – how he first became a gunslinger and got his guns, his first conflict with the man in black, his first love and his first mission as a gunslinger.” Jasper Pääkkönen (BlacKKKlansman), Jarome Flynn (“Game of Thrones”), Ivan Kaye (“Vikings”), Ana Padrão (Cabaret Maxime), Abraham Popoola (Les Misérables), and Joana Ribeiro (The
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’s André Øvredel is set to direct the New Line’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Long Walk, Deadline reports. Originally published back in 1979 under King’s pseudonym Richard Bachman, the tale is set in the dystopian future where 100 teenage boys embark on a competition annually known as “The Long Walk”. They must maintain a speed of over four miles an hour or die. If they receive more than three warnings they die. But the last one standing is set for life. James Vanderbilt, who penned the script, will be producing alongside Bradley Fischer and William Sherak. Øvredal also directed the fantastically frightening supernatural film The Autopsy of Jane Doe and the upcoming film Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, co-written and produced by Guillermo del Toro, which arrive in theaters on August 9 from CBS Films.
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Stephen King adaptations are everywhere these days (not that we are complaining). The newest addition to the list is King’s 1984 novel The Eyes of the Dragon. Deadline is reporting that Hulu is developing a pilot for a potential series with Seth Grahame-Smith, who produced both IT and Child’s Play, set to pen the script and serve as show-runner. , The story is set in the fictional realm of Delain and is told from the perspective of an unknown narrator. The story’s villain is none other than Randall Flagg who is also featured in both King’s The Dark Tower and The Stand. . In the tale, “a kingdom is in turmoil as the old King Roland dies and its worthy successor, Prince Peter must do battle to claim what is rightfully his. Plotting against him is the evil Flagg and his pawn, young Prince Thomas. Yet with every plan, there are holes—like Thomas’s terrible secret. And the determined Prince Peter,
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“Sometimes, the man of your dreams turns out to be a monster.” The “Swamp Thing” series is premiering later this month on the DC Universe streaming service. Ahead of its arrival, a new teaser trailer has arrived. The James Wan-produced series stars Crystal Reed, Jennifer Beals, Virginia Madsen, Ian Ziering, Andy Bean, Will Patton, Kevin Durand, Henderson Wade, Jeryl Prescott, and Maria Sten with Friday the 13th (2009) actor Derek Mears starring as Swamp Thing. “Swamp Thing” centers on CDC researcher Abby Arcane (Reed). When she returns to her childhood home of Houma, Louisiana, in order to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus, she develops a surprising bond with scientist Alec Holland — only to have him tragically taken from her. But as powerful forces descend on Houma, intent on exploiting the swamp’s mysterious properties for their own purposes, Abby will discover that the swamp holds mystical secrets, both horrifying and wondrous — and the potential love of her life may
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Happy Alien Day! For those not in the know, today is that day we celebrate the release of the first Alien film, and this year it’s special, not just because it’s the 4th annual Alien Day but it’s also the 40th Anniversary of the film’s release back in 1979! What better way to celebrate than with sharing some interesting trivia relating to the films. Warning, there may some spoilers ahead. The film series was originally going to be called Star Beast When production staff first met H.R. Giger to see if he would be perfect for the project, he offered them drugs. The members declined but asked Giger why he has them and he said it helped “Keep the nightmares away.”, the crew members knew right there he was perfect for the job. This leads to the following bit of info… H.R. Giger suffered from severe night terrors; he then took what he saw in his dreams and made them
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Horror heavy-hitter James Wan, the man behind The Conjuring universe, is adapting one of Stephen King‘s biggest hits, the 1975 vampire novel Salem’s Lot. THR is reporting that The Nun‘s Gary Dauberman has signed on the pen the adaptation and executive produce the film with Wan producing. This will not be the first time we’ve seen an adaptation of the spooky tale. Back in 1979, there was a miniseries version by the late, great Toby Hooper. In 2004 TNT hosted a new miniseries adaptation starring Rob Lowe. But this marks the first feature film adaptation. The tale follows writer Ben Mears, who returns to his Maine hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot. But soon, he uncovers that the town is overrun with vampires. There is no word yet if the film will include King’s expansion of the novel with the short stories “Jerusalem’s Lot” and “One for the Road”. The director and cast have yet to be announced. Let’s hope they can
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Earlier today we reported that “Swamp Thing” was in jeopardy as is the streaming network DC Universe. The series, originally set to feature 13 episodes has been cut down to 10 with rewrites ordered. The studio suddenly halted production before the last 3 episodes could be filmed. Within the past few hours, DC Universe has released a teaser trailer for “Swamp Thing” which I imagine was to boost fans’ interest along with giving fans confidence. The first teaser gives us our first look at Swamp Thing, played by Derek Mears (Friday the 13th (2009), Men in Black II), and he looks a lot like the comic book character he was based on by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson. Jennifer Beals, Virginia Madsen, Ian Ziering, Will Patton, Andy Bean, Crystal Reed, Kevin Durand, Henderson Wade, Jeryl Prescott, and Maria Sten also star. “Ash vs. Evil Dead” writer Mark Verheiden and IT co-writer Gary Dauberman penned the series’ script. As far as
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If you missed Hellboy in theaters, we have good news, you will soon be able to watch it from the comfort of your own couch. Hellboy, which opened in theaters back in April, is already headed to Blu-ray, DVD, and Prime next month. The film wasn’t a smash hit at the box office, bringing in only $48 million ($2 million short of covering its budget), so it seems Lionsgate is making a move to quickly recover its losses. David Harbour stars as Hellboy in Neil Marshall‘s new reboot alongside Ian McShane, Milla Jovovich as Nimue, the film’s villain; Ian McShane as Professor Broom; Daniel Dae Kim as Major Ben Daimio; Penelope Mitchell as Ganeida; and Sasha Lane as Alice Monaghan with Sophie Okonedo (After Earth), Brian Gleeson (mother!) and Alistair Petrie (The Night Manager, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story). Aron Coleite wrote the latest version of the script by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, Andrew Cosby, and Christopher Golden. Larry
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Netflix is teaming up with The Curse of La Llorona writers Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis and producer Sam Raimi for the adaptation of J.A. White’s children’s fantasy-horror novel Nightbooks. “The tale follows Alex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, who is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. His original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping him safe as he desperately tries to find a way out of this twisted place.” Raimi and Rob Tapert are producing under their Ghost Pictures banner. Mason Novick and Michelle Knudsen of MXN will also produce.
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A Star is Born actor-director Bradley Cooper is currently in talks to star in Guillermo del Toro‘s upcoming psychological thriller Nightmare Alley. Del Toro co-wrote the script with Kim Morgan and will be in the director’s chair for the adaptation of Will Lindsey Gresham’s novel by the same name. Fox made their own adaptation of the tale for a 1947 film. In the 1947 version, An ambitious young con-man teams up with a female psychiatrist who is more corrupt than he is. At first, they enjoy their success with their mentalist act, but it’s not long before she turns the tables on him. The role Cooper is in talks to play was originally offered to Leonardo DiCaprio, but negotiations failed for unknown reasons. Nightmare Alley is set to begin filming sometime this Fall.
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Two years after Idris Elba starred as the gunslinger Roland Deschain in The Dark Tower, based on the novels by Stephen King, the story is getting a series adaptation from Amazon with Sam Strike (Leatherface) set to star as Roland. The series, which is currently filming, has added “Walking Dead” actor Michael Rooker to the cast. According to Deadline, “The Dark Tower” will be “independent from the film and is meant to be a more faithful retelling of the book than the movie was.” I hear it will take place many years before the events depicted in the film, and will focus on Roland Deschain’s (Strike) origin story – how he first became a gunslinger and got his guns, his first conflict with the man in black, his first love and his first mission as a gunslinger.” Jasper Pääkkönen (BlacKKKlansman), Jarome Flynn (“Game of Thrones”), Ivan Kaye (“Vikings”), Ana Padrão (Cabaret Maxime), Abraham Popoola (Les Misérables), and Joana Ribeiro (The
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’s André Øvredel is set to direct the New Line’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Long Walk, Deadline reports. Originally published back in 1979 under King’s pseudonym Richard Bachman, the tale is set in the dystopian future where 100 teenage boys embark on a competition annually known as “The Long Walk”. They must maintain a speed of over four miles an hour or die. If they receive more than three warnings they die. But the last one standing is set for life. James Vanderbilt, who penned the script, will be producing alongside Bradley Fischer and William Sherak. Øvredal also directed the fantastically frightening supernatural film The Autopsy of Jane Doe and the upcoming film Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, co-written and produced by Guillermo del Toro, which arrive in theaters on August 9 from CBS Films.
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Stephen King adaptations are everywhere these days (not that we are complaining). The newest addition to the list is King’s 1984 novel The Eyes of the Dragon. Deadline is reporting that Hulu is developing a pilot for a potential series with Seth Grahame-Smith, who produced both IT and Child’s Play, set to pen the script and serve as show-runner. , The story is set in the fictional realm of Delain and is told from the perspective of an unknown narrator. The story’s villain is none other than Randall Flagg who is also featured in both King’s The Dark Tower and The Stand. . In the tale, “a kingdom is in turmoil as the old King Roland dies and its worthy successor, Prince Peter must do battle to claim what is rightfully his. Plotting against him is the evil Flagg and his pawn, young Prince Thomas. Yet with every plan, there are holes—like Thomas’s terrible secret. And the determined Prince Peter,
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“Sometimes, the man of your dreams turns out to be a monster.” The “Swamp Thing” series is premiering later this month on the DC Universe streaming service. Ahead of its arrival, a new teaser trailer has arrived. The James Wan-produced series stars Crystal Reed, Jennifer Beals, Virginia Madsen, Ian Ziering, Andy Bean, Will Patton, Kevin Durand, Henderson Wade, Jeryl Prescott, and Maria Sten with Friday the 13th (2009) actor Derek Mears starring as Swamp Thing. “Swamp Thing” centers on CDC researcher Abby Arcane (Reed). When she returns to her childhood home of Houma, Louisiana, in order to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus, she develops a surprising bond with scientist Alec Holland — only to have him tragically taken from her. But as powerful forces descend on Houma, intent on exploiting the swamp’s mysterious properties for their own purposes, Abby will discover that the swamp holds mystical secrets, both horrifying and wondrous — and the potential love of her life may
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Happy Alien Day! For those not in the know, today is that day we celebrate the release of the first Alien film, and this year it’s special, not just because it’s the 4th annual Alien Day but it’s also the 40th Anniversary of the film’s release back in 1979! What better way to celebrate than with sharing some interesting trivia relating to the films. Warning, there may some spoilers ahead. The film series was originally going to be called Star Beast When production staff first met H.R. Giger to see if he would be perfect for the project, he offered them drugs. The members declined but asked Giger why he has them and he said it helped “Keep the nightmares away.”, the crew members knew right there he was perfect for the job. This leads to the following bit of info… H.R. Giger suffered from severe night terrors; he then took what he saw in his dreams and made them
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Horror heavy-hitter James Wan, the man behind The Conjuring universe, is adapting one of Stephen King‘s biggest hits, the 1975 vampire novel Salem’s Lot. THR is reporting that The Nun‘s Gary Dauberman has signed on the pen the adaptation and executive produce the film with Wan producing. This will not be the first time we’ve seen an adaptation of the spooky tale. Back in 1979, there was a miniseries version by the late, great Toby Hooper. In 2004 TNT hosted a new miniseries adaptation starring Rob Lowe. But this marks the first feature film adaptation. The tale follows writer Ben Mears, who returns to his Maine hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot. But soon, he uncovers that the town is overrun with vampires. There is no word yet if the film will include King’s expansion of the novel with the short stories “Jerusalem’s Lot” and “One for the Road”. The director and cast have yet to be announced. Let’s hope they can
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Earlier today we reported that “Swamp Thing” was in jeopardy as is the streaming network DC Universe. The series, originally set to feature 13 episodes has been cut down to 10 with rewrites ordered. The studio suddenly halted production before the last 3 episodes could be filmed. Within the past few hours, DC Universe has released a teaser trailer for “Swamp Thing” which I imagine was to boost fans’ interest along with giving fans confidence. The first teaser gives us our first look at Swamp Thing, played by Derek Mears (Friday the 13th (2009), Men in Black II), and he looks a lot like the comic book character he was based on by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson. Jennifer Beals, Virginia Madsen, Ian Ziering, Will Patton, Andy Bean, Crystal Reed, Kevin Durand, Henderson Wade, Jeryl Prescott, and Maria Sten also star. “Ash vs. Evil Dead” writer Mark Verheiden and IT co-writer Gary Dauberman penned the series’ script. As far as
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