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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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The Super Bowl continues to deliver with trailers, commercials, and TV Spots for the biggest upcoming films. One of the spots that played tonight is for Jurassic World 3: Dominion, giving us a look at more dinosaurs as well as returning cast members. Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, and BD Wong of the Jurassic World franchise return along with the original trilogys’ stars Sam Neill, Lauren Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. Colin Trevorrow, who was also behind Jurassic World, directs from a script written by Emily Carmichael, based on a story by Trevorrow and Derek Connolly. New cast members include María Gabriela de Faría (Deadly Class) and Joseph Marcell (“The Sandman”). Jurassic World 3: Dominion will open in theaters on June 10, 2022.
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It seems like streaming services are raising their prices left and right. To top it off, it doesn’t seem like they are really catering to horror fans. Well, there is one service that is completely FREE and has thousands of horror movies, new and old alike. I’m talking about Dark Matter TV. Available on smart TVs, Roku, computers, Apple TV, and more, Dark Matter has an ever-growing library filled with chills and thrills featuring both big-budget and indie films. You’ll also find a great selection of documentaries that explore everything from the paranormal, aliens, and true crime to terrifying history. Movies and documentaries are separated into categories such as “Killers,” “Haunted,” “Reality Check,” and “99 Problems, But a Witch Ain’t One,” among many others. Enjoy endless horror and sign up for Dark Matter TV HERE.
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“Sex Education” actor Chaneil Kukar will lead the cast of the upcoming home invasion thriller Accused, XYZ Films has now announced. In the film, “After he’s falsely accused of being a wanted terrorist by a group of internet sleuths, Harri Bavshar (Chaneil Kular) must defend himself when death threats and abuse quickly turn into a fight for survival against a deadly home invasion.” Production is set to begin later this month in the UK with Philip Barantini (Boiling Point) in the director’s chair. Lauryn Ajufo (Boiling Point) is also starring. XYZ Films will be financing Accused as well as executive producing.
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Back in 2017, Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 was released, now a sequel is coming to the small screen with a live-action series titled “Blade Runner 2099” from Amazon. Deadline is reporting that Ridley Scott, who directed the original 1982 film, is executive producing along with Silka Luisa (“Shining Girls”) who is also writing the series. Deadline states, “The project, which would mark the first Blade Runner live-action series, is in priority development at Amazon Studios, which is fast-tracking scripts and eyeing potential production dates. Staffing is currently underway for writers to join a room. Scott may direct if the series moves forward, sources said.” In Scott’s original movie, starring Harrison Ford, “A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator.” Harrison Ford returned for Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 and stars along with Ryan Gosling. In the film, “Young Blade Runner K’s discovery of a
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1091 Pictures has announced the acquisition of English-speaking territories for To The Moon, the directorial debut from actor-turned-director Scott Friend (The Dark End of the Street), from Yellow Veil Pictures. The poster has just been unveiled and it’s stunning. The film, which is written, directed, and starring Friend, premiered in 2021 at NIGHTSTREAM and was in selection at the 2020 US in Progress industry showcase organized by Wroclaw’s American Film Festival, which later hosted the film’s international premiere. To The Moon follows Dennis and Mia, a young couple who find their weekend retreat becomes a hallucinatory nightmare when Dennis’ estranged brother Roger arrives and begins to distort their senses. Friend and Madeleine Morgenweck star as the young couple at the center of the film. Friend can notably be seen in Dan Sallitt’s Gotham Independent Film award-winning feature Fourteen and the two appeared together in Kevin Tran’s acclaimed indie mystery thriller The Dark End of the Street. Will Brill, best known
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Oscar® winner Jordan Peele, who helped redefine modern horror with Get Out and then Us, is back with a new tale of terror, the horror epic, Nope, whose official trailer has finally just premiered! The film reunites Peele with Oscar® winner Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out, Judas and the Black Messiah), who is joined by Keke Palmer (Hustlers, Alice) and Oscar® nominee Steven Yeun (Minari, Okja, “The Walking Dead”) as residents in a lonely gulch of inland California who bears witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.” Aliens? Nope, which co-stars Michael Wincott (Hitchcock, “Westworld”) and Brandon Perea (“The OA,” American Insurrection), is written and directed by Jordan Peele and is produced by Ian Cooper (Us, Candyman) and Jordan Peele for Monkeypaw Productions. Nope will be released by Universal Pictures worldwide in theaters on July 22, 2022.
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From directors, Michael S Rodriguez, Montgomery Dodson, and Rick Vasquez comes The Last American Horror Show Vol. 2, set to debut this March. The new trailer is here and takes to a penitentiary where a man on death row wants to hear a scary story. Mike Ferguson (Amityville Uprising/ Death Squad) stars alongside Mel Novak, Maria Olsen, Donna Hamblin, Helene Udy, and Timothy Patrick Quill. In the film, “Double the tales and double the fright as Horror Show returns with tales to keep you up at night; “Killer” Callahan sits on death row wishing to escape when a trustee offers him some escapism through a book filled with disturbing stories.” The Last American Horror Show Vol. 2 is out on March 4, 2022, from Midnight Releasing.
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“Gotham” star Ben McKenzie (pictured) and Beyond Skyline’s Bojana Novakovic are set to star in the upcoming J-horror film Bloat, Variety reports. “Bloat stars McKenzie as a military officer stationed in Turkey while his wife (Novakovic) is vacationing in Japan with their kids. During the stay, their younger son almost drowns in a lake. Soon after the accident, the parents realize that something is wrong with their boy.” Written and directed by Pablo Absento, Bloat is produced by Bazelevs’ Timur Bekmambetov (Unfriended, Searching, Profile) and is co-production of Pulsar Content, which recently released the fantastic aquatic horror The Deep House. McKenzie and Absent are producing alongside Bekmambetov, Anna Shalashina from Bazelevs, Maria Zatulovskaya, Gilles Sousa, and Marie Garrett of Pulsar Content, Hiroko Oda from flag Co., Ltd, and Dzhanik Fayziev from Okko. The Fantasia Film Festival’s artistic directors Mitch Davis and Aleksandr Fomin are serving as associate producers. Filming has already begun for Bloat in New York and will continue
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“Walking Dead” star Norman Reedus is teaming up with the Jim Henson Co. for a new live-action fantasy series. Variety reports that the project is still in early development and is “creating an entirely new universe of characters by teaming up with Brian and Wendy Froud (“The Dark Crystal”) for a project in the works for Henson. The primetime adventure series, intended for a family audience, will feature an entirely new universe of creatures created by the Frouds.” “Norman Reedus, the Frouds, and the Jim Henson Company coming together to create a show is the mashup of my dreams,” Halle Stanford, president of the TV at The Jim Henson Company said in a statement. “Norman is an artist, and when I suggested to him, what if we create a series with the Frounds together that explores his love of magical creatures, he was so excited.” “They are masters in the fantasy world-building space. I mean, a show about goblins, trolls,
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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 →
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The Super Bowl continues to deliver with trailers, commercials, and TV Spots for the biggest upcoming films. One of the spots that played tonight is for Jurassic World 3: Dominion, giving us a look at more dinosaurs as well as returning cast members. Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, and BD Wong of the Jurassic World franchise return along with the original trilogys’ stars Sam Neill, Lauren Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. Colin Trevorrow, who was also behind Jurassic World, directs from a script written by Emily Carmichael, based on a story by Trevorrow and Derek Connolly. New cast members include María Gabriela de Faría (Deadly Class) and Joseph Marcell (“The Sandman”). Jurassic World 3: Dominion will open in theaters on June 10, 2022.
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It seems like streaming services are raising their prices left and right. To top it off, it doesn’t seem like they are really catering to horror fans. Well, there is one service that is completely FREE and has thousands of horror movies, new and old alike. I’m talking about Dark Matter TV. Available on smart TVs, Roku, computers, Apple TV, and more, Dark Matter has an ever-growing library filled with chills and thrills featuring both big-budget and indie films. You’ll also find a great selection of documentaries that explore everything from the paranormal, aliens, and true crime to terrifying history. Movies and documentaries are separated into categories such as “Killers,” “Haunted,” “Reality Check,” and “99 Problems, But a Witch Ain’t One,” among many others. Enjoy endless horror and sign up for Dark Matter TV HERE.
Continue reading →
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“Sex Education” actor Chaneil Kukar will lead the cast of the upcoming home invasion thriller Accused, XYZ Films has now announced. In the film, “After he’s falsely accused of being a wanted terrorist by a group of internet sleuths, Harri Bavshar (Chaneil Kular) must defend himself when death threats and abuse quickly turn into a fight for survival against a deadly home invasion.” Production is set to begin later this month in the UK with Philip Barantini (Boiling Point) in the director’s chair. Lauryn Ajufo (Boiling Point) is also starring. XYZ Films will be financing Accused as well as executive producing.
Continue reading →
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Back in 2017, Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 was released, now a sequel is coming to the small screen with a live-action series titled “Blade Runner 2099” from Amazon. Deadline is reporting that Ridley Scott, who directed the original 1982 film, is executive producing along with Silka Luisa (“Shining Girls”) who is also writing the series. Deadline states, “The project, which would mark the first Blade Runner live-action series, is in priority development at Amazon Studios, which is fast-tracking scripts and eyeing potential production dates. Staffing is currently underway for writers to join a room. Scott may direct if the series moves forward, sources said.” In Scott’s original movie, starring Harrison Ford, “A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator.” Harrison Ford returned for Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 and stars along with Ryan Gosling. In the film, “Young Blade Runner K’s discovery of a
Continue reading →
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1091 Pictures has announced the acquisition of English-speaking territories for To The Moon, the directorial debut from actor-turned-director Scott Friend (The Dark End of the Street), from Yellow Veil Pictures. The poster has just been unveiled and it’s stunning. The film, which is written, directed, and starring Friend, premiered in 2021 at NIGHTSTREAM and was in selection at the 2020 US in Progress industry showcase organized by Wroclaw’s American Film Festival, which later hosted the film’s international premiere. To The Moon follows Dennis and Mia, a young couple who find their weekend retreat becomes a hallucinatory nightmare when Dennis’ estranged brother Roger arrives and begins to distort their senses. Friend and Madeleine Morgenweck star as the young couple at the center of the film. Friend can notably be seen in Dan Sallitt’s Gotham Independent Film award-winning feature Fourteen and the two appeared together in Kevin Tran’s acclaimed indie mystery thriller The Dark End of the Street. Will Brill, best known
Continue reading →
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Oscar® winner Jordan Peele, who helped redefine modern horror with Get Out and then Us, is back with a new tale of terror, the horror epic, Nope, whose official trailer has finally just premiered! The film reunites Peele with Oscar® winner Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out, Judas and the Black Messiah), who is joined by Keke Palmer (Hustlers, Alice) and Oscar® nominee Steven Yeun (Minari, Okja, “The Walking Dead”) as residents in a lonely gulch of inland California who bears witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.” Aliens? Nope, which co-stars Michael Wincott (Hitchcock, “Westworld”) and Brandon Perea (“The OA,” American Insurrection), is written and directed by Jordan Peele and is produced by Ian Cooper (Us, Candyman) and Jordan Peele for Monkeypaw Productions. Nope will be released by Universal Pictures worldwide in theaters on July 22, 2022.
Continue reading →
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From directors, Michael S Rodriguez, Montgomery Dodson, and Rick Vasquez comes The Last American Horror Show Vol. 2, set to debut this March. The new trailer is here and takes to a penitentiary where a man on death row wants to hear a scary story. Mike Ferguson (Amityville Uprising/ Death Squad) stars alongside Mel Novak, Maria Olsen, Donna Hamblin, Helene Udy, and Timothy Patrick Quill. In the film, “Double the tales and double the fright as Horror Show returns with tales to keep you up at night; “Killer” Callahan sits on death row wishing to escape when a trustee offers him some escapism through a book filled with disturbing stories.” The Last American Horror Show Vol. 2 is out on March 4, 2022, from Midnight Releasing.
Continue reading →
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“Gotham” star Ben McKenzie (pictured) and Beyond Skyline’s Bojana Novakovic are set to star in the upcoming J-horror film Bloat, Variety reports. “Bloat stars McKenzie as a military officer stationed in Turkey while his wife (Novakovic) is vacationing in Japan with their kids. During the stay, their younger son almost drowns in a lake. Soon after the accident, the parents realize that something is wrong with their boy.” Written and directed by Pablo Absento, Bloat is produced by Bazelevs’ Timur Bekmambetov (Unfriended, Searching, Profile) and is co-production of Pulsar Content, which recently released the fantastic aquatic horror The Deep House. McKenzie and Absent are producing alongside Bekmambetov, Anna Shalashina from Bazelevs, Maria Zatulovskaya, Gilles Sousa, and Marie Garrett of Pulsar Content, Hiroko Oda from flag Co., Ltd, and Dzhanik Fayziev from Okko. The Fantasia Film Festival’s artistic directors Mitch Davis and Aleksandr Fomin are serving as associate producers. Filming has already begun for Bloat in New York and will continue
Continue reading →
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“Walking Dead” star Norman Reedus is teaming up with the Jim Henson Co. for a new live-action fantasy series. Variety reports that the project is still in early development and is “creating an entirely new universe of characters by teaming up with Brian and Wendy Froud (“The Dark Crystal”) for a project in the works for Henson. The primetime adventure series, intended for a family audience, will feature an entirely new universe of creatures created by the Frouds.” “Norman Reedus, the Frouds, and the Jim Henson Company coming together to create a show is the mashup of my dreams,” Halle Stanford, president of the TV at The Jim Henson Company said in a statement. “Norman is an artist, and when I suggested to him, what if we create a series with the Frounds together that explores his love of magical creatures, he was so excited.” “They are masters in the fantasy world-building space. I mean, a show about goblins, trolls,
Continue reading →
