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Andrew Lincoln Channels His ‘Inner Witch’

The Walking Dead star announced a day ago via video, and with his real accent, that was played at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Orlando that he’s narrating the audiobook version of the book Quidditch Through the Ages written by J.K. Rowling under the guise of the fictional character Kennilworthy Whisp who’s an expert of the sport as well as a diehard fan. The book is a guide and history to the popular fictional wizard world sport Quidditch, a game played on flying brooms where the sport itself is a mixture of water polo, ice hockey, rugby, and soccer (or football to you Europeans). Proceeds from the book, which was written in 2001, and the upcoming audio version go to Comic Relief and Lumos charities. The audiobook is set to come out March 15th and can be pre-ordered. For more information about the audiobook head over to Pottermore!

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Capt McNeely
Jan 27, 2018
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Bill Oberst Jr. Joins ‘The Late Shift’

Filmmaker Joshua Brucker and producer Kate Riffe have announced that casting has begun for their upcoming short horror film The Late Shift. Emy Award-winning actor and genre legend Bill Oberst Jr. is the first cast member to be announced and will star as “The Patient”, the film’s antagonist. The film centers on Beth, a night-shift nurse tasked with babysitting a quiet and near-empty patient wing. All is calm until a mysterious patient is brought it, exhibiting a high fever and sporting terrible wounds. He’s stabilized and all returns to normal. But Beth is new to the late shift and she eventually closes her heavy eyes and accidentally drifts asleep. When she wakes up, however, not all is as calm and safe as it once was. Her new patient, she finds, harbors a dangerous and deadly secret that could cost Beth her life. As a child, I remember the emotions I felt watching the classic horror films. As a director, I

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 27, 2018
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Mike Flanagan To Adapt Stephen King’s ‘Shining’ Sequel ‘Doctor Sleep’

Stephen King adaptions show no sign of slowing down. Next up is King’s Doctor Sleep, the sequel to ‘The Shining’ with Mike Flanagan at the helm. Back in December Flanagan mentioned during an interview that after his Gerald’s Game adaption, he would love to adapt ‘Doctor Sleep’. According to Deadline, his wish has been granted. Flanagan, who wrote and directed Oculus, Hush, and Before I wake, will rewrite the current Doctor Sleep script penned by Akiva Goldsman, as well as direct the adaptation. In the book, Danny Torrance carries the trauma he experienced at the Overlook Hotel into his adult life. He has become a reflection of his father, with a lingering rage bubbling under the surface. Drinking numbs his pain and his “shine”, but his powers return when he chooses sobriety and begins using his gift to help those dying at a hospice. He forms a psychic connection with a young girl who also has abilities, and who has

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 27, 2018
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‘Clue’ Remake In The Works

Fox is letting Ryan Reynolds extend his wings and going solo with producing his first movie with his company Maximum Effort and the movie he’ll be working on, a live-action adaptation of the popular board game Clue. No details of the story had been released but Reynolds will be teaming up with Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick who he has already worked with before on both Deadpool films. A film version of the game already exists and attempts to remake it has come up in 2011 and 2016 with the projects being abandoned. The original film was made in 1985 and starred Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Martin Mull, and Lesley Ann Warren. The comedic twist of the game’s storyline where Curry’s character, the butler Wadsworth, takes the colorful characters on a marathon of sleuthing to solve the murder of Mr. Boddy who was murdered by one of the guests he was blackmailing. The film

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Capt McNeely
Jan 26, 2018
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2 ½ Minutes To Midnight

The famed “Doomsday Clock” is ticking ever so close to the infamous “Midnight” where the complete annihilation of mankind would occur. The figurative clock was created in 1947 after the world saw the results of the two nuclear bombings in Japan that ended the Second World War. The clock was set up as a sort of reminder to the public around the world to make people aware of factors that could possibly bring about a nuclear holocaust. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists released a statement Wednesday announcing the movement of the clock’s hands stating that this was the first time the clock has been this close to Midnight since 1953 after both the United States and the Soviet Union tested their nuclear weapons ushering in the Cold War and ticking the clock to 2 minutes to midnight. Other destructive factors contribute to why the clock ticks ever so closer. One of the factors this time around is Earth’s rising

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Capt McNeely
Jan 25, 2018
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Horror Racks Up Nominations At The Oscars

After years of being ignored, the horror genre is finally getting the recognition it deserves and racking up nominations at the 2018 Academy Awards with The Shape of Water and Get Out leading the way. Jordan Peele’s socially conscious genre thriller Get Out is nominated for Best Director, Best Picture, Lead Actor (Daniel Ksluuya), and Best Original Screenplay. When Peele heard the news he tweeted, “I just spoke to Daniel. You know when you’re on the phone trying to disguise the sound of an ugly cry? I failed at that.” Who can blame him? Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water is also in the running for Best Picture and Original Screenplay, as well as a horde of other awards including Lead Actress (Sally Hawkins), Supporting Actor (Richard Jenkins), Supporting Actress (Octavia Spencer), Best Director, Cinematography, Film Editing (Sidney Wolinsky), Sound Editing (Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira), Sound Mixing (Glen Gauthier, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern), Production Design (Paul D. Austerberry, Jeffrey

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 24, 2018
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Woman Marries 300 Year Old Pirate

Amanda, age 45, got married to Jack Teague which has people talking and admittedly creeped out and it’s he’s a Haitian pirate…it’s because he’s been dead for 300 years. Yes, Amada Teague married a ghost of a pirate with the help of a medium. The couple got married in international waters so their marriage would be legal even though Amanda did get a registrar to oversee the wedding while a medium helped interoperate Jack’s vows. Amanda says that she and Jack are planning on writing a book together to help spread the word about not only their love story but to hopefully help others to find love like they did. Amanda said she and Jack met when his spirit lay next to her in her bed one night and since then she’s always felt his presence around her and the two eventually started dating. Amanda says they’re like any other couple; they argue sometimes, like to watch TV together, play

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Capt McNeely
Jan 22, 2018
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Details Emerge About Simon Pegg And Nick Frost’s New Film And New Series

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are an ideal acting team. If you’ve seen Shawn of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World’s End, or Paul you know what we say is true. Now, we are about to get a double dose of the duo with a show and a new film and we have a few of the details. First up is ‘Truth Seekers’, a new upcoming horror-comedy series about a three-person paranormal investigation group. According to Variety, each episode will center on a paranormal incident. Each episode is going to be an adventure, a potential haunting or something,” Pegg says. “It’ll start as a very parochial idea, a very small business venture for these people, but it will expand as the series goes on to be something far more global. It’s a language everyone understands, the mystery of the unknown. Shaun of the Dead was a very parochial story set in North London, and somehow it managed to get this

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 21, 2018
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All That’s Left: The Only Remains Of The Franklin’s Lost Expedition

WARNING: The following material includes pictures and information that some may find disturbing. One of maritime history’s biggest mysteries still baffles some experts to this day and leaves the door open for interpretation to what happened to the crew of what became known as Franklin’s Lost Expedition. The expedition was of the Northwest Passage to find a faster route for English ships to travel to Asia without having to cross the Atlantic and passing through Cape Horn (the southernmost tip of South America). The expedition led by Sir John Franklin departed from England in 1845. Franklin lead 128 men on this voyage who crewed the two recently modified warships turned icebreakers, the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. The two ships made their way to the Canadian Arctic and were never seen again. Three years later an expedition was launch to find all 129 men. In 1850 one expedition made a mysterious discovery on Beechy Island, there was no sign of

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Capt McNeely
Jan 21, 2018
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Mothman In Chicago?!

Since February of last year, over 55 eyewitnesses in the city of Chicago have reported something strange flying in the sky and concluded that it’s the famous Mothman. Mothman is a cryptid resembling a tall man with large wings like that of a moth, its notable feature is its large red glowing eyes that resemble brake lights. The creature was first reported in 1966 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia and the sightings lasted until December 15, 1967, after the collapse of the Silver Bridge leaving many to believe that the Mothman was either a warning or harbinger of the incident that claimed 46 lives. The debate back then continues to this day, trying to figure out what exactly is the mothman, some say it’s a supernatural creature, others believe it’s an alien, and there have even been suggestions that it’s a failed experiment from WWII since most of the original sightings were around McClintic Wildlife Management Area or as the

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Capt McNeely
Jan 21, 2018

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Andrew Lincoln Channels His ‘Inner Witch’

The Walking Dead star announced a day ago via video, and with his real accent, that was played at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Orlando that he’s narrating the audiobook version of the book Quidditch Through the Ages written by J.K. Rowling under the guise of the fictional character Kennilworthy Whisp who’s an expert of the sport as well as a diehard fan. The book is a guide and history to the popular fictional wizard world sport Quidditch, a game played on flying brooms where the sport itself is a mixture of water polo, ice hockey, rugby, and soccer (or football to you Europeans). Proceeds from the book, which was written in 2001, and the upcoming audio version go to Comic Relief and Lumos charities. The audiobook is set to come out March 15th and can be pre-ordered. For more information about the audiobook head over to Pottermore!

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jan 27, 2018
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Bill Oberst Jr. Joins ‘The Late Shift’

Filmmaker Joshua Brucker and producer Kate Riffe have announced that casting has begun for their upcoming short horror film The Late Shift. Emy Award-winning actor and genre legend Bill Oberst Jr. is the first cast member to be announced and will star as “The Patient”, the film’s antagonist. The film centers on Beth, a night-shift nurse tasked with babysitting a quiet and near-empty patient wing. All is calm until a mysterious patient is brought it, exhibiting a high fever and sporting terrible wounds. He’s stabilized and all returns to normal. But Beth is new to the late shift and she eventually closes her heavy eyes and accidentally drifts asleep. When she wakes up, however, not all is as calm and safe as it once was. Her new patient, she finds, harbors a dangerous and deadly secret that could cost Beth her life. As a child, I remember the emotions I felt watching the classic horror films. As a director, I

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 27, 2018
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Mike Flanagan To Adapt Stephen King’s ‘Shining’ Sequel ‘Doctor Sleep’

Stephen King adaptions show no sign of slowing down. Next up is King’s Doctor Sleep, the sequel to ‘The Shining’ with Mike Flanagan at the helm. Back in December Flanagan mentioned during an interview that after his Gerald’s Game adaption, he would love to adapt ‘Doctor Sleep’. According to Deadline, his wish has been granted. Flanagan, who wrote and directed Oculus, Hush, and Before I wake, will rewrite the current Doctor Sleep script penned by Akiva Goldsman, as well as direct the adaptation. In the book, Danny Torrance carries the trauma he experienced at the Overlook Hotel into his adult life. He has become a reflection of his father, with a lingering rage bubbling under the surface. Drinking numbs his pain and his “shine”, but his powers return when he chooses sobriety and begins using his gift to help those dying at a hospice. He forms a psychic connection with a young girl who also has abilities, and who has

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 27, 2018
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‘Clue’ Remake In The Works

Fox is letting Ryan Reynolds extend his wings and going solo with producing his first movie with his company Maximum Effort and the movie he’ll be working on, a live-action adaptation of the popular board game Clue. No details of the story had been released but Reynolds will be teaming up with Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick who he has already worked with before on both Deadpool films. A film version of the game already exists and attempts to remake it has come up in 2011 and 2016 with the projects being abandoned. The original film was made in 1985 and starred Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Martin Mull, and Lesley Ann Warren. The comedic twist of the game’s storyline where Curry’s character, the butler Wadsworth, takes the colorful characters on a marathon of sleuthing to solve the murder of Mr. Boddy who was murdered by one of the guests he was blackmailing. The film

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jan 26, 2018
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2 ½ Minutes To Midnight

The famed “Doomsday Clock” is ticking ever so close to the infamous “Midnight” where the complete annihilation of mankind would occur. The figurative clock was created in 1947 after the world saw the results of the two nuclear bombings in Japan that ended the Second World War. The clock was set up as a sort of reminder to the public around the world to make people aware of factors that could possibly bring about a nuclear holocaust. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists released a statement Wednesday announcing the movement of the clock’s hands stating that this was the first time the clock has been this close to Midnight since 1953 after both the United States and the Soviet Union tested their nuclear weapons ushering in the Cold War and ticking the clock to 2 minutes to midnight. Other destructive factors contribute to why the clock ticks ever so closer. One of the factors this time around is Earth’s rising

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jan 25, 2018
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Horror Racks Up Nominations At The Oscars

After years of being ignored, the horror genre is finally getting the recognition it deserves and racking up nominations at the 2018 Academy Awards with The Shape of Water and Get Out leading the way. Jordan Peele’s socially conscious genre thriller Get Out is nominated for Best Director, Best Picture, Lead Actor (Daniel Ksluuya), and Best Original Screenplay. When Peele heard the news he tweeted, “I just spoke to Daniel. You know when you’re on the phone trying to disguise the sound of an ugly cry? I failed at that.” Who can blame him? Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water is also in the running for Best Picture and Original Screenplay, as well as a horde of other awards including Lead Actress (Sally Hawkins), Supporting Actor (Richard Jenkins), Supporting Actress (Octavia Spencer), Best Director, Cinematography, Film Editing (Sidney Wolinsky), Sound Editing (Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira), Sound Mixing (Glen Gauthier, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern), Production Design (Paul D. Austerberry, Jeffrey

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 24, 2018
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Woman Marries 300 Year Old Pirate

Amanda, age 45, got married to Jack Teague which has people talking and admittedly creeped out and it’s he’s a Haitian pirate…it’s because he’s been dead for 300 years. Yes, Amada Teague married a ghost of a pirate with the help of a medium. The couple got married in international waters so their marriage would be legal even though Amanda did get a registrar to oversee the wedding while a medium helped interoperate Jack’s vows. Amanda says that she and Jack are planning on writing a book together to help spread the word about not only their love story but to hopefully help others to find love like they did. Amanda said she and Jack met when his spirit lay next to her in her bed one night and since then she’s always felt his presence around her and the two eventually started dating. Amanda says they’re like any other couple; they argue sometimes, like to watch TV together, play

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jan 22, 2018
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Details Emerge About Simon Pegg And Nick Frost’s New Film And New Series

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are an ideal acting team. If you’ve seen Shawn of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World’s End, or Paul you know what we say is true. Now, we are about to get a double dose of the duo with a show and a new film and we have a few of the details. First up is ‘Truth Seekers’, a new upcoming horror-comedy series about a three-person paranormal investigation group. According to Variety, each episode will center on a paranormal incident. Each episode is going to be an adventure, a potential haunting or something,” Pegg says. “It’ll start as a very parochial idea, a very small business venture for these people, but it will expand as the series goes on to be something far more global. It’s a language everyone understands, the mystery of the unknown. Shaun of the Dead was a very parochial story set in North London, and somehow it managed to get this

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 21, 2018
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All That’s Left: The Only Remains Of The Franklin’s Lost Expedition

WARNING: The following material includes pictures and information that some may find disturbing. One of maritime history’s biggest mysteries still baffles some experts to this day and leaves the door open for interpretation to what happened to the crew of what became known as Franklin’s Lost Expedition. The expedition was of the Northwest Passage to find a faster route for English ships to travel to Asia without having to cross the Atlantic and passing through Cape Horn (the southernmost tip of South America). The expedition led by Sir John Franklin departed from England in 1845. Franklin lead 128 men on this voyage who crewed the two recently modified warships turned icebreakers, the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. The two ships made their way to the Canadian Arctic and were never seen again. Three years later an expedition was launch to find all 129 men. In 1850 one expedition made a mysterious discovery on Beechy Island, there was no sign of

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jan 21, 2018
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Mothman In Chicago?!

Since February of last year, over 55 eyewitnesses in the city of Chicago have reported something strange flying in the sky and concluded that it’s the famous Mothman. Mothman is a cryptid resembling a tall man with large wings like that of a moth, its notable feature is its large red glowing eyes that resemble brake lights. The creature was first reported in 1966 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia and the sightings lasted until December 15, 1967, after the collapse of the Silver Bridge leaving many to believe that the Mothman was either a warning or harbinger of the incident that claimed 46 lives. The debate back then continues to this day, trying to figure out what exactly is the mothman, some say it’s a supernatural creature, others believe it’s an alien, and there have even been suggestions that it’s a failed experiment from WWII since most of the original sightings were around McClintic Wildlife Management Area or as the

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jan 21, 2018
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