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Hulu brought Stephen King‘s cinematic universe to life with the anthology series “Castle Rock“. After a successful first season the series was renewed and now the first details of season two have begun to surface including several cast members, who they will be playing, and a few other tidbits. Tim Robbins makes his return to the King universe after starring in the classic adaptation Shawshank Redemption. He will play Reginald “Pop” Merrill, a character from The Sun Dog, part of King’s 1990 Past Midnight collection. In “Castle Rock” Pop is at odds with is crime family and he’s dying. John “Ace” Merrill is taking over his uncle Pop’s business and threatening the peace with Jerusalem’s Lot and his brother’s Alan and Chris. Ace is a character from two of King’s stories, Needful Things and in Stand by Me where he was played by Kiefer Sutherland. The character of Dr. Nadia Omar, a Harvard-trained Somali medical director in Jerusalem’s Lot, will
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Netflix’s Bird Box (review) was an instant hit following its premiere last December with 80 million views in the first month. It didn’t take long for viewers to start asking for a sequel. Ask and ye shall receive. Josh Malerman, author of the 2014 novel Bird Box is based on has just announced that he is currently writing the sequel. Titled Malorie, the next installment picks up eight years after the original and catches up with the lead character played by Sandra Bullock and her children Boy and Girl. We will also learn more about the mysterious creatures that cause death and chaos. At the end of the movie, I turned to my girl Allison and said, ‘I want to know what happens next!’ and she was like, ‘Well, you know, you could make that happen,’ so it really was this warm feeling,” Malerman told Esquire. “As much as I care about Boy and Girl, this isn’t their story. The
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Netflix has unveiled the trailer for the third installment of “Stranger Things“. While at first everything is normal in the small town of Hawkins, Indiana, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Set to the Who’s “Baba O’Riley”, the very retro trailer finds the group of friends enjoying their summer, but soon chaos breaks out and big, slimy creatures break free. Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Noah Schnapp, and Sadie Sink star. “Stranger Things” returns on Netflix on July 4th, 2019.
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The first teaser trailer for writer-director Quentin Tarantino’s 1969 set film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood introduces us to the film’s lead characters, TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt). “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood visits 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, as TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore. The ninth film from the writer-director features a large ensemble cast and multiple storylines in a tribute to the final moments of Hollywood’s golden age.” The cast list for Tarantino’s ninth film reads like a who’s who of Hollywood’s biggest and brightest, including Margot Roby, Burt Reynolds, Timothy Olyphant, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Damien Lewis, Emile Hirsh, Luke Perry, Dakota Fanning, Clifton Collins Jr., Keith Jackson, Al Pacino, and Nicholas Hammond. Damon Herriman is playing infamous cult leader Charles Manson. David
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Last summer Jason Statham went head to head with a Megladon in Meg (review). Not long after Meg opened in theaters it was announced that a sequel was in the works. During a recent press junket for the upcoming reboot of Pet Sematary Cinemablend asked producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura for details about where the sequel stands. Bonaventura stated that what’s important is that the sequel, simply titled The Meg 2, have a good script which is currently being written. We’re working on a script. Yeah. So you never know until you get a good script…I was very thankful that the audience got that we were just trying to have fun, [and] not take ourselves seriously at all. Back in October at the U.S.-China Entertainment Summit in L.A. executive producer Catherine Xujun Ying made the following statement: [A sequel is] definitely the plan. It’s still in the very early stages, but we’re working on it. We’re trying to keep it secret
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David Harbour stars as Hellboy in Neil Marshall‘s new reboot. In the first clip, Ian McShane‘s Professor Bloom tells “Big Red” that The Osiris Club has a giant problem and they want help. Rated R for strong bloody violence and gore, Hellboy also stars 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 Gordon and Lloyd Levin and Mike Richardson are producing. Hellboy is being executive produced by Christa Campbell, Lati Grobman, and Carl Hampe. Hellboy lands in theaters on April 12, 2019.
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Frank Wildhorn and Steve Cuden‘s 1997 horror musical Jekyll & Hyde, based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella, ran on Broadway for almost four years. Now the musical is headed to the big screen, Deadline reports. Bringing the gritty potential of Leslie [Bricusse] and Frank’s stirring gothic musical to the big screen made Jekyll & Hyde the perfect project to launch Lexicon, which is focused on character-driven, muscular storytelling,” said Dinelaris. After 30 years of our stage productions playing successfully in almost every major country in the world, we are absolutely thrilled to see our musical version of Jekyll and Hyde becoming a major motion picture.” Wildhorn added. The musical is getting a feature adaptation was written by Alexander Dinelaris (Birdman) who will also produce under his banner Lexicon with Rob Quadrino, as well as Richard Saperstein’s Bluestone Entertainment, and Fezzwig Studio’s Dan Angel, Brian Gott, and Marc Iannarino. Phil Kim and David Segel will serve as executive producers. Take a
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Jack the Ripper’s actions made him infamous, but was who was this mysterious butcher that murdered at least five women in the Whitechapel district of London between August and November of 1888? After 130 years it seems that a team of scientists has possibly identified the notorious killer. A DNA forensic investigation was published in the Journal of Forensic Science earlier this month by two British researchers who say that they have identified Jack the Ripper as Aaron Kosminski, a Polish barber who was 23 at the time of the murders. Kosminski vanished after the murders but was listed as a suspect. How did they get the DNA? There were blood and semen stains on a shawl found near the body of Catherine Eddowes believed to be Jack the Ripper’s fourth victim, whose mutilated body was discovered on September 30, 1888. The team has had access to the shawl over the last eight years. The shawl is the only piece
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The latest installment of the American Poltergeist series is here from writer-director Eddie Lengyel. Titled American Poltergeist: The Curse of Lilith Ratchet, the film centers on Alice and her best friend Lauren who inadvertently set a hellish curse in motion after surprisingly acquiring a mysterious shrunken head. Wanting to know more about their fiendish find, they pay a visit to a popular paranormal podcast host Hunter Perry of “Beyond the Veil”. Hunter discovers it’s true authenticity of the ages-old object and in hopes of creating a rating boost, he plans a LIVE podcast in which the tale of the shrunken head will be introduced to the masses. Little do they know by playing the game and calling her name they will release the malevolent demonic spirit of Lilith Ratchet. KateLynn E. Newberry, Rob Jaeger, Roger Conners, and Angela Cole star in American Poltergeist: The Curse of Lilith Ratchet is available now at Walmart on Blu-ray and DVD from ITN Distribution.
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If the horde of zombie shows on TV are still leaving you hungry for more, then we have a new series that you should definitely sink your teeth into, “Black Summer.” When “Z Nation” was canceled by Syfy last year after five seasons there were hopes that Netflix might pick up the zomcom. That hasn’t happened, but Netflix is getting ready to premiere “Black Summer” their new companion/prequel series to “Z Nation.” Set in the early days of the zombie apocalypse, the eight-episode first season centers on Rose (Jamie King), a mother, and a small group of American refugees who must find the strength they need to fight their way back to loved ones. But in order for Rose and her team to brave this hostile new world, they will need to make brutal decisions to contend with zombies and each other. I’m sure you’re wondering if “Black Summer” will be part humor and part horror like “Z Nation”. This
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Hulu brought Stephen King‘s cinematic universe to life with the anthology series “Castle Rock“. After a successful first season the series was renewed and now the first details of season two have begun to surface including several cast members, who they will be playing, and a few other tidbits. Tim Robbins makes his return to the King universe after starring in the classic adaptation Shawshank Redemption. He will play Reginald “Pop” Merrill, a character from The Sun Dog, part of King’s 1990 Past Midnight collection. In “Castle Rock” Pop is at odds with is crime family and he’s dying. John “Ace” Merrill is taking over his uncle Pop’s business and threatening the peace with Jerusalem’s Lot and his brother’s Alan and Chris. Ace is a character from two of King’s stories, Needful Things and in Stand by Me where he was played by Kiefer Sutherland. The character of Dr. Nadia Omar, a Harvard-trained Somali medical director in Jerusalem’s Lot, will
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Netflix’s Bird Box (review) was an instant hit following its premiere last December with 80 million views in the first month. It didn’t take long for viewers to start asking for a sequel. Ask and ye shall receive. Josh Malerman, author of the 2014 novel Bird Box is based on has just announced that he is currently writing the sequel. Titled Malorie, the next installment picks up eight years after the original and catches up with the lead character played by Sandra Bullock and her children Boy and Girl. We will also learn more about the mysterious creatures that cause death and chaos. At the end of the movie, I turned to my girl Allison and said, ‘I want to know what happens next!’ and she was like, ‘Well, you know, you could make that happen,’ so it really was this warm feeling,” Malerman told Esquire. “As much as I care about Boy and Girl, this isn’t their story. The
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Netflix has unveiled the trailer for the third installment of “Stranger Things“. While at first everything is normal in the small town of Hawkins, Indiana, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Set to the Who’s “Baba O’Riley”, the very retro trailer finds the group of friends enjoying their summer, but soon chaos breaks out and big, slimy creatures break free. Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Noah Schnapp, and Sadie Sink star. “Stranger Things” returns on Netflix on July 4th, 2019.
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The first teaser trailer for writer-director Quentin Tarantino’s 1969 set film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood introduces us to the film’s lead characters, TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt). “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood visits 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, as TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore. The ninth film from the writer-director features a large ensemble cast and multiple storylines in a tribute to the final moments of Hollywood’s golden age.” The cast list for Tarantino’s ninth film reads like a who’s who of Hollywood’s biggest and brightest, including Margot Roby, Burt Reynolds, Timothy Olyphant, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Damien Lewis, Emile Hirsh, Luke Perry, Dakota Fanning, Clifton Collins Jr., Keith Jackson, Al Pacino, and Nicholas Hammond. Damon Herriman is playing infamous cult leader Charles Manson. David
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Last summer Jason Statham went head to head with a Megladon in Meg (review). Not long after Meg opened in theaters it was announced that a sequel was in the works. During a recent press junket for the upcoming reboot of Pet Sematary Cinemablend asked producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura for details about where the sequel stands. Bonaventura stated that what’s important is that the sequel, simply titled The Meg 2, have a good script which is currently being written. We’re working on a script. Yeah. So you never know until you get a good script…I was very thankful that the audience got that we were just trying to have fun, [and] not take ourselves seriously at all. Back in October at the U.S.-China Entertainment Summit in L.A. executive producer Catherine Xujun Ying made the following statement: [A sequel is] definitely the plan. It’s still in the very early stages, but we’re working on it. We’re trying to keep it secret
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David Harbour stars as Hellboy in Neil Marshall‘s new reboot. In the first clip, Ian McShane‘s Professor Bloom tells “Big Red” that The Osiris Club has a giant problem and they want help. Rated R for strong bloody violence and gore, Hellboy also stars 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 Gordon and Lloyd Levin and Mike Richardson are producing. Hellboy is being executive produced by Christa Campbell, Lati Grobman, and Carl Hampe. Hellboy lands in theaters on April 12, 2019.
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Frank Wildhorn and Steve Cuden‘s 1997 horror musical Jekyll & Hyde, based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella, ran on Broadway for almost four years. Now the musical is headed to the big screen, Deadline reports. Bringing the gritty potential of Leslie [Bricusse] and Frank’s stirring gothic musical to the big screen made Jekyll & Hyde the perfect project to launch Lexicon, which is focused on character-driven, muscular storytelling,” said Dinelaris. After 30 years of our stage productions playing successfully in almost every major country in the world, we are absolutely thrilled to see our musical version of Jekyll and Hyde becoming a major motion picture.” Wildhorn added. The musical is getting a feature adaptation was written by Alexander Dinelaris (Birdman) who will also produce under his banner Lexicon with Rob Quadrino, as well as Richard Saperstein’s Bluestone Entertainment, and Fezzwig Studio’s Dan Angel, Brian Gott, and Marc Iannarino. Phil Kim and David Segel will serve as executive producers. Take a
Continue reading →
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Jack the Ripper’s actions made him infamous, but was who was this mysterious butcher that murdered at least five women in the Whitechapel district of London between August and November of 1888? After 130 years it seems that a team of scientists has possibly identified the notorious killer. A DNA forensic investigation was published in the Journal of Forensic Science earlier this month by two British researchers who say that they have identified Jack the Ripper as Aaron Kosminski, a Polish barber who was 23 at the time of the murders. Kosminski vanished after the murders but was listed as a suspect. How did they get the DNA? There were blood and semen stains on a shawl found near the body of Catherine Eddowes believed to be Jack the Ripper’s fourth victim, whose mutilated body was discovered on September 30, 1888. The team has had access to the shawl over the last eight years. The shawl is the only piece
Continue reading →
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The latest installment of the American Poltergeist series is here from writer-director Eddie Lengyel. Titled American Poltergeist: The Curse of Lilith Ratchet, the film centers on Alice and her best friend Lauren who inadvertently set a hellish curse in motion after surprisingly acquiring a mysterious shrunken head. Wanting to know more about their fiendish find, they pay a visit to a popular paranormal podcast host Hunter Perry of “Beyond the Veil”. Hunter discovers it’s true authenticity of the ages-old object and in hopes of creating a rating boost, he plans a LIVE podcast in which the tale of the shrunken head will be introduced to the masses. Little do they know by playing the game and calling her name they will release the malevolent demonic spirit of Lilith Ratchet. KateLynn E. Newberry, Rob Jaeger, Roger Conners, and Angela Cole star in American Poltergeist: The Curse of Lilith Ratchet is available now at Walmart on Blu-ray and DVD from ITN Distribution.
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If the horde of zombie shows on TV are still leaving you hungry for more, then we have a new series that you should definitely sink your teeth into, “Black Summer.” When “Z Nation” was canceled by Syfy last year after five seasons there were hopes that Netflix might pick up the zomcom. That hasn’t happened, but Netflix is getting ready to premiere “Black Summer” their new companion/prequel series to “Z Nation.” Set in the early days of the zombie apocalypse, the eight-episode first season centers on Rose (Jamie King), a mother, and a small group of American refugees who must find the strength they need to fight their way back to loved ones. But in order for Rose and her team to brave this hostile new world, they will need to make brutal decisions to contend with zombies and each other. I’m sure you’re wondering if “Black Summer” will be part humor and part horror like “Z Nation”. This
Continue reading →
