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Netflix’s Claustrophobia Inducing Trailer For Alexandre Aja’s ‘Oxygen’ Is Here

French filmmaker, Alexandre Aja already has one hell of a record in the genre, bringing us movies such as High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha 3D, and 2019’s Crawl. He’s back with the survival thriller Oxygen. And the first teaser trailer is here and it may leave you feeling claustrophobic! Mélanie Laurent (Inglorious Bastards), Mathieu Amalric (Quantum of Solace), and Malik Zidi (Lines of Wellington) star in the film that centers on “a young woman (Laurent), who wakes up in a cryogenic pod. She doesn’t remember who she is or how she ended up there. As she’s running out of oxygen, she must rebuild her memory to find a way out of her nightmare.” Christie LeBlanc penned the script for Oxygen, produced by Vincent Maraval, Brahim Chioua, Noëmie Devide, Alexandre Aja, and Gregory Levasseur. Oxygen premieres on Netflix on May 12, 2021.

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Mar 10, 2021
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Netflix Strikes Record Breaking Deal For Gothic Horror ‘The Pale Blue Eye’

Netflix has just made a massive, record-breaking $55 million deal at the European Film Market to obtain director Scott Cooper‘s (Antlers) upcoming Gothic horror-thriller The Pale Blue Eye, starring Oscar-winning American Psycho and The Dark Knight actor Christian Bale. In the 1830 set film, Bale plays the role of a veteran detective investigating a series of murders at the West Point Academy. He’s is helped by a young cadet who will later become the famous author Edgar Allen Poe. Cooper also penned the script that is based on Louis Bayard’s novel. Bale produces with Cooper, John Lesher (Birdman), Tyler Thompson, and Cross Creek (The Trial Of The Chicago 7).

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Kurt Sutter Makes His Feature Directorial With ‘This Beast’ Inspired By A True Story

“Sons of Anarchy” writer-director Kurt Sutter is making his feature film directorial debut with This Beast, inspired by The Beast of Gévaudan, the true story about a mysterious beast that terrorized a French village in the 1760s. The Netflix film is set in “an 18th century English village is besieged by a mysterious and elusive beast. Dozens of innocents are slaughtered and the mayhem is driven to puritanical heights by religious fanaticism. The impossible task of killing the beast falls to a lowly trapper who promises he can stop the carnage. But for him this hunt is not a professional mission, it’s a deeply personal one.” Sutter, whose series “Sons of Anarchy” was a major hit filled with drama, excitement, violence, and love, will write, direct and produce This Beast. Jason Blum and Blumhouse will produce along with Carla Hacken under her Paper Pictures banner. Blumhouse Television’s Chris McCumber and Jeremy Gold will executive produce. Bringing my disturbing, familial story

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Steven Spielberg & The Duffer Bros. Adapting Stephen King’s ‘The Talisman’

A while back we reported that Mike Barker (The Handmaid’s Tale) was set to adapt Stephen King’s The Talisman. Since then there have been some changes. Steven Spielberg is now teaming up with the Duffer Brothers (“Stranger Things”) and the master of written horror himself will be involved. Curtis Gwinn, a writer-executive producer for the Duffer Brothers’ “Stranger Things”, will serve as writer and showrunner for the adaptation produced by Netflix in association with Spielberg’s Amblin Television and Paramount Television Studios. Reportedly, Spielberg, who has been itching to adapt King’s tale for years and secured the rights to the novel back in 1982. In the novel, “Jack Sawyer, twelve years old, is about to begin a most fantastic journey, an exalting, terrifying quest for the mystical Talisman—the only thing that can save Jack’s dying mother. But to reach his goal, Jack must make his way not only across the breadth of the United States but also through the wondrous and

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‘The Woman In The Window’ Is Heading To Netflix

Joe Wright‘s The Woman in the Window was set to open in theaters earlier this year but like many films got caught up in the madness of the pandemic. We can report that the movie is heading to Netflix! In the film, listed as a psychological suspense thriller, an agoraphobic child psychologist befriends a neighbor across the street, only to see her own life turned upside down when the woman disappears and in what she suspects is foul play. Amy Adams (Arrival) leads the all-star cast that includes Julianne Moore (Hannibal, Psycho 1998), Gary Oldman (Bram Stoker’s Dracula), Anthony Mackie (Avengers: Endgame), Wyatt Russell (Overlord), Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), and Brian Tyree Henry (Child’s Play 2019). The screenplay is from Tracy Letts (Killer Joe, Bug) and is based on the best-selling novel by A.J. Finn. The Woman in the Window premieres on Netflix on May 14, 2021.

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“Lovecraft Country” Star Johnathan Majors Joins New Cthulu Movie From Spike Lee

Last month we reported that Spike Lee is gearing up to unleash the ultimate Lovecraftian Elder God Cthulu in Netflix’s upcoming movie Gordon Hemingway & the Realm of Cthulu which Lee will be producing. See You Yesterday‘s Stefon Bristol will be directing the film which is “set in East Africa in 1928 and centers on Gordon Hemingway, a roguish Black American gunslinger, who teams up with the elite warrior Princess Zenebe of Ethiopia to rescue the country’s kidnapped regent from an ancient evil.” The last we saw Cthulu was in the Jordan Peel produced series “Lovecraft Country” starring Jonathan Majors. Now, Majors will face the god once again as the lead character in Gordon Hemingway & the Realm of Cthulu. Hank Woon penned the original screenplay that was revamped by Fredrica Bailey. Lloyd Levin and Beatriz Levin will be producing alongside Lee.

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New Trailer For Netflix’s New Dark Fantasy Series “Shadow And Bone”

The release date for Netflix’s upcoming series “Shadow and Bone” was revealed today along with the second teaser trailer. The series, an adaptation of the best-selling Grishaverse novels, is set in a war-torn world where Alina Starkov has just discovered a power that could be the key to setting her country free. With the threat of the Shadow Fold looming, Alina is torn from everything she knows to train as part of an elite army of magical soldiers known as Grisha. As she struggles to hone her power, she discovers that allies and enemies can be one and the same and that nothing in this world is what it seems. There are dangerous forces at play, including a crew of charismatic criminals, and it will take more than magic to survive. Lee Toland Krieger directs the series that stars Jessie Mei Li (Alina Starkov) along with Archie Renaux (Malyen Oretsev), Kit Young (Jesper Fahey), Freddy Carter (Kaz Brekker), Amita Suman

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Feb 27, 2021
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Thousands Of Zombies Roam Vegas In The New ‘Army Of The Dead’ Trailer

Ahead of its May premiere on Netflix, we’ve got a new teaser trailer for Zach Snyder’s (Dawn of the Dead, “Watchmen”) Army of the Dead which teases Vegas in ruins, a vault filled with cash, and thousands of hungry zombies walking the streets, including a zombie Elvis. And we dig it. In the movie, Dave Bautista and his crew after a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, where the group of mercenaries takes the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted. Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana De La Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Garret Dillahunt, Tig Notaro, Raúl Castillo, Huma Qureshi, Samantha Win, Richard Cetrone, and Michael Cassidy also star. Army of the Dead marches onto Netflix on May 21, 2021.

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Feb 25, 2021
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Spike Lee And Director Stefon Bristol Gearing Up To Unleash Cthulhu

Spike Lee is getting ready to unleash the ultimate Lovecraftian monster/God, Cthulhu in Netflix’s upcoming movie Gordon Hemingway & the Realm of Cthulu which Lee will be producing. Variety is reporting that See You Yesterday‘s Stefon Bristol will be directing the film which is “set in East Africa in 1928 and centers on Gordon Hemingway, a roguish Black American gunslinger, who teams up with the elite warrior Princess Zenebe of Ethiopia to rescue the country’s kidnapped regent from an ancient evil.” Hank Woon penned the original screenplay. Lloyd Levin and Beatriz Levin will be producing alongside Lee. The last time we saw Cthulu he appeared in the hit series “Lovecraft Country.” Created by H.P. Lovecraft, the giant Elder God made his debut in the magazine Weird Tales in 1928 in a story called “The Call of Cthulu”. Since then we have seen him manifest in an array of stories, books, and games.

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Feb 25, 2021
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New Netflix Series “The Woman In The House” Is From J.J. Abrams

Not only is J.J. Abrams working on a new “Constantine” series for HBO Max, but he’s also working on the new Netflix limited series “The Woman in the House” whose main cast has now been announced. Deadline is reporting that Tom Riley (“The Nevers”) will star alongside Kristen Bell (Frozen, Frozen II) who is also executive producing the upcoming show. In the series, “For heartbroken Anna (Kristen Bell), every day is the same. She sits with her wine, staring out the window, watching life go by without her. But when a handsome neighbor moves in across the street, Anna starts to see a light at the end of the tunnel. That is until she witnesses a gruesome murder… Or did she? Riley will play Bell’s new neighbor, a charming and handsome single dad. But is this undeniably sexy widower too good to be true?” “The Woman in the House” was created by Rachel Ramras, Hugh Davidson, and Larry Dorf (Mike

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Feb 22, 2021

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Netflix’s Claustrophobia Inducing Trailer For Alexandre Aja’s ‘Oxygen’ Is Here

French filmmaker, Alexandre Aja already has one hell of a record in the genre, bringing us movies such as High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha 3D, and 2019’s Crawl. He’s back with the survival thriller Oxygen. And the first teaser trailer is here and it may leave you feeling claustrophobic! Mélanie Laurent (Inglorious Bastards), Mathieu Amalric (Quantum of Solace), and Malik Zidi (Lines of Wellington) star in the film that centers on “a young woman (Laurent), who wakes up in a cryogenic pod. She doesn’t remember who she is or how she ended up there. As she’s running out of oxygen, she must rebuild her memory to find a way out of her nightmare.” Christie LeBlanc penned the script for Oxygen, produced by Vincent Maraval, Brahim Chioua, Noëmie Devide, Alexandre Aja, and Gregory Levasseur. Oxygen premieres on Netflix on May 12, 2021.

Continue reading →
Mar 10, 2021
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Netflix Strikes Record Breaking Deal For Gothic Horror ‘The Pale Blue Eye’

Netflix has just made a massive, record-breaking $55 million deal at the European Film Market to obtain director Scott Cooper‘s (Antlers) upcoming Gothic horror-thriller The Pale Blue Eye, starring Oscar-winning American Psycho and The Dark Knight actor Christian Bale. In the 1830 set film, Bale plays the role of a veteran detective investigating a series of murders at the West Point Academy. He’s is helped by a young cadet who will later become the famous author Edgar Allen Poe. Cooper also penned the script that is based on Louis Bayard’s novel. Bale produces with Cooper, John Lesher (Birdman), Tyler Thompson, and Cross Creek (The Trial Of The Chicago 7).

Continue reading →
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Kurt Sutter Makes His Feature Directorial With ‘This Beast’ Inspired By A True Story

“Sons of Anarchy” writer-director Kurt Sutter is making his feature film directorial debut with This Beast, inspired by The Beast of Gévaudan, the true story about a mysterious beast that terrorized a French village in the 1760s. The Netflix film is set in “an 18th century English village is besieged by a mysterious and elusive beast. Dozens of innocents are slaughtered and the mayhem is driven to puritanical heights by religious fanaticism. The impossible task of killing the beast falls to a lowly trapper who promises he can stop the carnage. But for him this hunt is not a professional mission, it’s a deeply personal one.” Sutter, whose series “Sons of Anarchy” was a major hit filled with drama, excitement, violence, and love, will write, direct and produce This Beast. Jason Blum and Blumhouse will produce along with Carla Hacken under her Paper Pictures banner. Blumhouse Television’s Chris McCumber and Jeremy Gold will executive produce. Bringing my disturbing, familial story

Continue reading →
Horror Fuel

Steven Spielberg & The Duffer Bros. Adapting Stephen King’s ‘The Talisman’

A while back we reported that Mike Barker (The Handmaid’s Tale) was set to adapt Stephen King’s The Talisman. Since then there have been some changes. Steven Spielberg is now teaming up with the Duffer Brothers (“Stranger Things”) and the master of written horror himself will be involved. Curtis Gwinn, a writer-executive producer for the Duffer Brothers’ “Stranger Things”, will serve as writer and showrunner for the adaptation produced by Netflix in association with Spielberg’s Amblin Television and Paramount Television Studios. Reportedly, Spielberg, who has been itching to adapt King’s tale for years and secured the rights to the novel back in 1982. In the novel, “Jack Sawyer, twelve years old, is about to begin a most fantastic journey, an exalting, terrifying quest for the mystical Talisman—the only thing that can save Jack’s dying mother. But to reach his goal, Jack must make his way not only across the breadth of the United States but also through the wondrous and

Continue reading →
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‘The Woman In The Window’ Is Heading To Netflix

Joe Wright‘s The Woman in the Window was set to open in theaters earlier this year but like many films got caught up in the madness of the pandemic. We can report that the movie is heading to Netflix! In the film, listed as a psychological suspense thriller, an agoraphobic child psychologist befriends a neighbor across the street, only to see her own life turned upside down when the woman disappears and in what she suspects is foul play. Amy Adams (Arrival) leads the all-star cast that includes Julianne Moore (Hannibal, Psycho 1998), Gary Oldman (Bram Stoker’s Dracula), Anthony Mackie (Avengers: Endgame), Wyatt Russell (Overlord), Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), and Brian Tyree Henry (Child’s Play 2019). The screenplay is from Tracy Letts (Killer Joe, Bug) and is based on the best-selling novel by A.J. Finn. The Woman in the Window premieres on Netflix on May 14, 2021.

Continue reading →
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“Lovecraft Country” Star Johnathan Majors Joins New Cthulu Movie From Spike Lee

Last month we reported that Spike Lee is gearing up to unleash the ultimate Lovecraftian Elder God Cthulu in Netflix’s upcoming movie Gordon Hemingway & the Realm of Cthulu which Lee will be producing. See You Yesterday‘s Stefon Bristol will be directing the film which is “set in East Africa in 1928 and centers on Gordon Hemingway, a roguish Black American gunslinger, who teams up with the elite warrior Princess Zenebe of Ethiopia to rescue the country’s kidnapped regent from an ancient evil.” The last we saw Cthulu was in the Jordan Peel produced series “Lovecraft Country” starring Jonathan Majors. Now, Majors will face the god once again as the lead character in Gordon Hemingway & the Realm of Cthulu. Hank Woon penned the original screenplay that was revamped by Fredrica Bailey. Lloyd Levin and Beatriz Levin will be producing alongside Lee.

Continue reading →
Horror Fuel

New Trailer For Netflix’s New Dark Fantasy Series “Shadow And Bone”

The release date for Netflix’s upcoming series “Shadow and Bone” was revealed today along with the second teaser trailer. The series, an adaptation of the best-selling Grishaverse novels, is set in a war-torn world where Alina Starkov has just discovered a power that could be the key to setting her country free. With the threat of the Shadow Fold looming, Alina is torn from everything she knows to train as part of an elite army of magical soldiers known as Grisha. As she struggles to hone her power, she discovers that allies and enemies can be one and the same and that nothing in this world is what it seems. There are dangerous forces at play, including a crew of charismatic criminals, and it will take more than magic to survive. Lee Toland Krieger directs the series that stars Jessie Mei Li (Alina Starkov) along with Archie Renaux (Malyen Oretsev), Kit Young (Jesper Fahey), Freddy Carter (Kaz Brekker), Amita Suman

Continue reading →
Feb 27, 2021
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Thousands Of Zombies Roam Vegas In The New ‘Army Of The Dead’ Trailer

Ahead of its May premiere on Netflix, we’ve got a new teaser trailer for Zach Snyder’s (Dawn of the Dead, “Watchmen”) Army of the Dead which teases Vegas in ruins, a vault filled with cash, and thousands of hungry zombies walking the streets, including a zombie Elvis. And we dig it. In the movie, Dave Bautista and his crew after a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, where the group of mercenaries takes the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted. Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana De La Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Garret Dillahunt, Tig Notaro, Raúl Castillo, Huma Qureshi, Samantha Win, Richard Cetrone, and Michael Cassidy also star. Army of the Dead marches onto Netflix on May 21, 2021.

Continue reading →
Feb 25, 2021
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Spike Lee And Director Stefon Bristol Gearing Up To Unleash Cthulhu

Spike Lee is getting ready to unleash the ultimate Lovecraftian monster/God, Cthulhu in Netflix’s upcoming movie Gordon Hemingway & the Realm of Cthulu which Lee will be producing. Variety is reporting that See You Yesterday‘s Stefon Bristol will be directing the film which is “set in East Africa in 1928 and centers on Gordon Hemingway, a roguish Black American gunslinger, who teams up with the elite warrior Princess Zenebe of Ethiopia to rescue the country’s kidnapped regent from an ancient evil.” Hank Woon penned the original screenplay. Lloyd Levin and Beatriz Levin will be producing alongside Lee. The last time we saw Cthulu he appeared in the hit series “Lovecraft Country.” Created by H.P. Lovecraft, the giant Elder God made his debut in the magazine Weird Tales in 1928 in a story called “The Call of Cthulu”. Since then we have seen him manifest in an array of stories, books, and games.

Continue reading →
Feb 25, 2021
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New Netflix Series “The Woman In The House” Is From J.J. Abrams

Not only is J.J. Abrams working on a new “Constantine” series for HBO Max, but he’s also working on the new Netflix limited series “The Woman in the House” whose main cast has now been announced. Deadline is reporting that Tom Riley (“The Nevers”) will star alongside Kristen Bell (Frozen, Frozen II) who is also executive producing the upcoming show. In the series, “For heartbroken Anna (Kristen Bell), every day is the same. She sits with her wine, staring out the window, watching life go by without her. But when a handsome neighbor moves in across the street, Anna starts to see a light at the end of the tunnel. That is until she witnesses a gruesome murder… Or did she? Riley will play Bell’s new neighbor, a charming and handsome single dad. But is this undeniably sexy widower too good to be true?” “The Woman in the House” was created by Rachel Ramras, Hugh Davidson, and Larry Dorf (Mike

Continue reading →
Feb 22, 2021