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This February, arriving on Netflix is Duncan Jones’ Mute starring Alexander Skarsgård as a bartender who goes up against the city’s gangsters to find answers about his missing partner in this futuristic thriller. Set in the near-future, Leo (Skarsgård) is a bartender living in Berlin.Leo lost the ability to speak in a childhood accident. The only good thing in his life is his beautiful girlfriend Naadirah (Seyneb Saleh). When she vanishes without a trace, Leo’s search for her takes him deep into the city’s seedy underbelly. A pair of wise-cracking American surgeons (Paul Rudd and Justin Theroux) are the only recurring clue and Leo is forced to take on this teeming underworld in order to find his love. Directed by Duncan Jones and written by Jones and Michael Robert Johnson. Stuart Fenegan, Charles J.D. Schissel, and Trevor Beattie serve as executive producers with Stuart Fenegan producing. Mute arrives on Netflix is available on February 23, 2018.
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Netflix is gearing up to release The Ritual this February, starring Rafe Spall (The BFG), Robert James-Collier (Downtown Abbey), Arsher Ali (Four Lions), and Sam Troughton (The Hollow Crown). David Bruckner directed the film which was written by BAFTA-nominated screenwriter Joe Barton (Humans, iBoy), based on Adam Nevill’s novel of the same name. The film centers on four old friends from college who set out to hike through the Scandinavian wilderness after the death of their best friend. When a wrong turn leads them into the wilderness, part of a Norse Legend, they are stalked by something evil. The Imaginarium and eOne produced and financed the film. Imaginarium’s Jonathan Cavendish developed the project and produced alongside Richard Holmes. Will Tennant and Phil Robertson are overseeing and serve as executive producers with Andy Serkis and Moonriver’s Xavier Marchand, and Lara Thompson. Witness The Ritual on Netflix on February 9, 2018.
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If you’ve been patiently waiting for Netflix’s Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, the first Godzilla anime film, you’ll be excited to learn that it will be arriving later this month. Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, the first film of a new trilogy from Toho, was directed by Kobun Shizuno and was voiced by Yuuki Kaji, Takahiro Sakurai, Mamoru Miyano, Junichi Suwabe, Kana Hanazawa, and Tomokazu Sugita. Set 20,000 years in the future, the film reveals that monsters have taken over the planet, human civilization has been destroyed, and the remaining survivors have fled to outer space. Haruo, a young man who witnessed his parents killed by Godzilla, leads a group of explorers back to earth in an attempt to reclaim it from the monstrous beasts. Netflix will unleash Godzilla on January 17, 2018.
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Back in December, we reported that a new Netflix series adaption of the comic ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ was on its way. Today we can report that lead role of Sabrina has been cast. Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men) will play Sabrina Spellman in the dark, upcoming series that is already greenlit for two seasons. Shipka’s character has been described as: “An empowered young woman, half-human, half-witch, Sabrina is just beginning her dark education as a sorceress, even as she tries to maintain a normal life as a sophomore at Baxter High. Intelligent, compassionate and brave to the point of recklessness, Sabrina is all that stands between us and the forces of darkness that threaten our world.” The series is from the team behind ‘Riverdale’, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Berlanti Productions, and Warner Bros. Television. Aquirre-Sacasa penned the script for the pilot which Lee Toland Krieger directed. Unlike the ‘Sabrina the Teenage Witch’ that aired from ’96 to 2003, this series will be
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Who doesn’t love Funko Pop!, those little vinyl caricatures of beloved characters from our favorite movies, shows, and games. The New Year is quickly approaching and with that new Funko Pops and other products from the same company that promises to give fans what they want, and there’s plenty for the horror and gaming fans and the best part, you can pre-order them! Other products coming the following year include plush dolls, key chains, 8-bit, mugs, Vynl, Wacky Wobblers and retro style action figures! Below are some examples to give you an idea of what’s coming our way and if you want to see more and find out where to pre-order, you can visit the site here!
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The trailer has now debuted for Netflix’s upcoming thriller The Open House starring Don’t Breathe actor Dylan Minnette. The film centers on a teenager (Minnette) and his mother (Piercey Dalton) who find themselves besieged by threatening forces after moving into their new home. “You can’t lock out what’s already inside.” Written and directed by Dan Angel and Chip Rosenbloom, the film is set in a town where the people are strange and bizarre events take place behind locked doors. Sharif Atkins, Patricia Bethune, Matt Angel, Aaron Abrams, Katheryn Beckwith, Ethan Cushing, Katie Walder, Paul Rae, Jessica Robertson, and Edward Olsen co-star in the film set to be released on January 19, 2018.
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In 2002 fans of the movie The Thing where able to partake in a new chapter of the film’s universe by playing the 3rd person survival horror game, ‘The Thing’ where players take on the role of Captain Blake, a Special Forces soldier sent in with a rescue team to find survivors at the doomed U.S. Outpost 31 from John Carpenter’s film. Long story short, the events of the film and this game were part of some nefarious plot by a Biotechnology company called Gen-Inc who has subterranean research facilities all around Antarctica studying the alien organism in which a certain strain of the “Virus” was developed to be used in Biological Warfare. The game surprisingly did very well in the ratings and in 2003 the game’s developing company, Computer Artworks, were in the works to make a sequel to the game picking up where it left off, Blake flying off in a helicopter with R.J. MacReady, the protagonist from
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While Universal Studios’s Dark Universe seems to be in limbo after their reboot of The Mummy didn’t receive the love the studio expected, but that doesn’t mean that no one else can’t take a stab at our favorite classic monster tales. Variety is reporting that the UK series ‘The Frankenstein Chronicles’ will be coming to the US via Netflix. While the series has only released six episodes to date the deal gives Netflix the chance to expand the show. Set in London in 1827, the re-imagining of Mary Shelly’s beloved novel stars ‘Game of Thrones’ actor Sean Bean as John Marlott, a war veteran, and policeman, as he investigates a corpse, found made from the parts of children. Intangled in the case are established figures and demonic forces.
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‘Stranger Things’ fans watched as actor Finn Wolfhard went head to head with Pennywise earlier this year in the new adaption of Stephen King’s It. Now, the talented young actor has signed on for upcoming horror film The Turning from director Floria Sigismondi. In the film, inspired by the novella “The Turning of the Screw”, the 14-year-old will play the role of an orphan. Production is expected to begin early next year. But don’t worry, we’ll see Wolfhard again in the next season of ‘Strangers Things’. In the 1898 story that was originally printed in Collier’s Weekly, a young governess has been hired to look after and teach a young brother and sister who live in a sprawling gothic mansion. Soon the governess begins to see two spirits who she believes are after the children. By the end of the tale readers and critics were left wondering if the spirits existed or if it was all in the governess’ head.
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Fans of Netflix’s hit series ‘Stranger Things’ are asking when the show’s third season will premier. In a recent interview with Variety David Harbour, who plays Chief Hopper, broke the news that it will be a while before we see season three and it’s going to leave fans disappointed. Harbour, who is set to play Hellboy in the upcoming film from Neil Marshall, told the site that filming for the next season won’t begin until April. This means that we probably won’t see the season 3 premiere until 2019. Harbour stated that good things take time, but I’m sure that’s not much comfort to those who immediately wanted more as soon as the finished binge-watching season two and instantly want more.
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This February, arriving on Netflix is Duncan Jones’ Mute starring Alexander Skarsgård as a bartender who goes up against the city’s gangsters to find answers about his missing partner in this futuristic thriller. Set in the near-future, Leo (Skarsgård) is a bartender living in Berlin.Leo lost the ability to speak in a childhood accident. The only good thing in his life is his beautiful girlfriend Naadirah (Seyneb Saleh). When she vanishes without a trace, Leo’s search for her takes him deep into the city’s seedy underbelly. A pair of wise-cracking American surgeons (Paul Rudd and Justin Theroux) are the only recurring clue and Leo is forced to take on this teeming underworld in order to find his love. Directed by Duncan Jones and written by Jones and Michael Robert Johnson. Stuart Fenegan, Charles J.D. Schissel, and Trevor Beattie serve as executive producers with Stuart Fenegan producing. Mute arrives on Netflix is available on February 23, 2018.
Continue reading →
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Netflix is gearing up to release The Ritual this February, starring Rafe Spall (The BFG), Robert James-Collier (Downtown Abbey), Arsher Ali (Four Lions), and Sam Troughton (The Hollow Crown). David Bruckner directed the film which was written by BAFTA-nominated screenwriter Joe Barton (Humans, iBoy), based on Adam Nevill’s novel of the same name. The film centers on four old friends from college who set out to hike through the Scandinavian wilderness after the death of their best friend. When a wrong turn leads them into the wilderness, part of a Norse Legend, they are stalked by something evil. The Imaginarium and eOne produced and financed the film. Imaginarium’s Jonathan Cavendish developed the project and produced alongside Richard Holmes. Will Tennant and Phil Robertson are overseeing and serve as executive producers with Andy Serkis and Moonriver’s Xavier Marchand, and Lara Thompson. Witness The Ritual on Netflix on February 9, 2018.
Continue reading →
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If you’ve been patiently waiting for Netflix’s Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, the first Godzilla anime film, you’ll be excited to learn that it will be arriving later this month. Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, the first film of a new trilogy from Toho, was directed by Kobun Shizuno and was voiced by Yuuki Kaji, Takahiro Sakurai, Mamoru Miyano, Junichi Suwabe, Kana Hanazawa, and Tomokazu Sugita. Set 20,000 years in the future, the film reveals that monsters have taken over the planet, human civilization has been destroyed, and the remaining survivors have fled to outer space. Haruo, a young man who witnessed his parents killed by Godzilla, leads a group of explorers back to earth in an attempt to reclaim it from the monstrous beasts. Netflix will unleash Godzilla on January 17, 2018.
Continue reading →
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Back in December, we reported that a new Netflix series adaption of the comic ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ was on its way. Today we can report that lead role of Sabrina has been cast. Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men) will play Sabrina Spellman in the dark, upcoming series that is already greenlit for two seasons. Shipka’s character has been described as: “An empowered young woman, half-human, half-witch, Sabrina is just beginning her dark education as a sorceress, even as she tries to maintain a normal life as a sophomore at Baxter High. Intelligent, compassionate and brave to the point of recklessness, Sabrina is all that stands between us and the forces of darkness that threaten our world.” The series is from the team behind ‘Riverdale’, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Berlanti Productions, and Warner Bros. Television. Aquirre-Sacasa penned the script for the pilot which Lee Toland Krieger directed. Unlike the ‘Sabrina the Teenage Witch’ that aired from ’96 to 2003, this series will be
Continue reading →
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Who doesn’t love Funko Pop!, those little vinyl caricatures of beloved characters from our favorite movies, shows, and games. The New Year is quickly approaching and with that new Funko Pops and other products from the same company that promises to give fans what they want, and there’s plenty for the horror and gaming fans and the best part, you can pre-order them! Other products coming the following year include plush dolls, key chains, 8-bit, mugs, Vynl, Wacky Wobblers and retro style action figures! Below are some examples to give you an idea of what’s coming our way and if you want to see more and find out where to pre-order, you can visit the site here!
Continue reading →
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The trailer has now debuted for Netflix’s upcoming thriller The Open House starring Don’t Breathe actor Dylan Minnette. The film centers on a teenager (Minnette) and his mother (Piercey Dalton) who find themselves besieged by threatening forces after moving into their new home. “You can’t lock out what’s already inside.” Written and directed by Dan Angel and Chip Rosenbloom, the film is set in a town where the people are strange and bizarre events take place behind locked doors. Sharif Atkins, Patricia Bethune, Matt Angel, Aaron Abrams, Katheryn Beckwith, Ethan Cushing, Katie Walder, Paul Rae, Jessica Robertson, and Edward Olsen co-star in the film set to be released on January 19, 2018.
Continue reading →
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In 2002 fans of the movie The Thing where able to partake in a new chapter of the film’s universe by playing the 3rd person survival horror game, ‘The Thing’ where players take on the role of Captain Blake, a Special Forces soldier sent in with a rescue team to find survivors at the doomed U.S. Outpost 31 from John Carpenter’s film. Long story short, the events of the film and this game were part of some nefarious plot by a Biotechnology company called Gen-Inc who has subterranean research facilities all around Antarctica studying the alien organism in which a certain strain of the “Virus” was developed to be used in Biological Warfare. The game surprisingly did very well in the ratings and in 2003 the game’s developing company, Computer Artworks, were in the works to make a sequel to the game picking up where it left off, Blake flying off in a helicopter with R.J. MacReady, the protagonist from
Continue reading →
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While Universal Studios’s Dark Universe seems to be in limbo after their reboot of The Mummy didn’t receive the love the studio expected, but that doesn’t mean that no one else can’t take a stab at our favorite classic monster tales. Variety is reporting that the UK series ‘The Frankenstein Chronicles’ will be coming to the US via Netflix. While the series has only released six episodes to date the deal gives Netflix the chance to expand the show. Set in London in 1827, the re-imagining of Mary Shelly’s beloved novel stars ‘Game of Thrones’ actor Sean Bean as John Marlott, a war veteran, and policeman, as he investigates a corpse, found made from the parts of children. Intangled in the case are established figures and demonic forces.
Continue reading →
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‘Stranger Things’ fans watched as actor Finn Wolfhard went head to head with Pennywise earlier this year in the new adaption of Stephen King’s It. Now, the talented young actor has signed on for upcoming horror film The Turning from director Floria Sigismondi. In the film, inspired by the novella “The Turning of the Screw”, the 14-year-old will play the role of an orphan. Production is expected to begin early next year. But don’t worry, we’ll see Wolfhard again in the next season of ‘Strangers Things’. In the 1898 story that was originally printed in Collier’s Weekly, a young governess has been hired to look after and teach a young brother and sister who live in a sprawling gothic mansion. Soon the governess begins to see two spirits who she believes are after the children. By the end of the tale readers and critics were left wondering if the spirits existed or if it was all in the governess’ head.
Continue reading →
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Fans of Netflix’s hit series ‘Stranger Things’ are asking when the show’s third season will premier. In a recent interview with Variety David Harbour, who plays Chief Hopper, broke the news that it will be a while before we see season three and it’s going to leave fans disappointed. Harbour, who is set to play Hellboy in the upcoming film from Neil Marshall, told the site that filming for the next season won’t begin until April. This means that we probably won’t see the season 3 premiere until 2019. Harbour stated that good things take time, but I’m sure that’s not much comfort to those who immediately wanted more as soon as the finished binge-watching season two and instantly want more.
Continue reading →
