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Jennifer Tilly Confirms She’s Returning For Syfy’s “Chucky” Series

Syfy officially ordered their new “Chucky” series last month, from franchise creator Don Mancini and “Channel Zero” creator Nick Antosca. Franchise star Jennifer Tilly has now confirmed that she will be appearing in the series. Her role as Tiffany (both the human and the doll) is iconic. I’m so excited,” Tilly told Page Six this week. She continued, “Don Mancini, who created Chucky 30 years ago, is the writer on this series, so it’s the original Chucky. A little bird told me that I am going to be a part of it.” In the series, “After a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos as a series of horrifying murders begin to expose the town’s hypocrisies and secrets. Meanwhile, the arrival of enemies — and allies — from Chucky’s past threatens to expose the truth behind the killings, as well as the demon doll’s untold origins as a seemingly

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 8, 2020
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“Age Of The Living Dead” Season Two Bares Its Fangs This Autumn

Dystopian Films has announced that productions have wrapped on the second season of the dystopian vampire series “Age of the Living Dead” following the three-month shoot in Toronto, LA, and London. The series is set in the near-future where vampires and humans are trapped in the United States behind border walls. The international production outfit, headed by Ken Bressers, Simon Phillips and Paul Tanter, also recently wrapped Stealing Chaplin, a darkly comic neo-noir about a pair of con men who steal the corpse of Charlie Chaplin. The series stars Nicola Posener (Mythica), Bill Oberst Jr (3 From Hell, interview), Deji LaRay (Bosch), William McNamara (Copycat), Peter Barrett (White Collar Hooligan), Peter Woodward (The Patriot), Simon Phillips (No Easy Days), and Julia Farino (Veep). “Age of the Living Dead” season 2 will premiere in the Autumn of 2020 on Amazon Prime in the US and the UK, and on Fox Action movies in Asia. While we wait for the season two

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 2, 2020
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Dark Secrets Come To Light In The Second Season Of Blumhouse’s “Sacred Lies” (Trailer)

The second season of Blumhouse’s anthology series “Sacred Lives” is gearing up to premiere on Facebook Watch and we’ve got the new trailer. “Sacred Lies: The Singing Bones” draws inspiration from the stories of the Brothers Grimm and real-life murder cases. This season follows Elsie (Jordan Alexander) as she searches for the family she never knew after being abandoned as a child. The search leads her to her father, Peter (Ryan Kwanten), an inmate who may be guilty of more than the crimes he’s currently incarcerated for and Harper (Juliette Lewis), a telemarketer turned arm-chair detective with an obsessive hobby of searching for unidentified murder victims. Kristin Bauer will recur as Elsie’s foster mother, Shannon. The series is produced by Blumhouse Television. Executive producer and showrunner Raelle Tucker (True Blood, The Returned, Jessica Jones), developed the season based on a story collected from the Brothers Grimm, The Singing Bone, as well as real-life murder cases. Two-time Emmy Award-winner Scott Winant

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 21, 2020
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A First Look At Stephen Spielberg’s “Amazing Stories” Revival

Today, we have the first look at the Stephen Spielberg produced reboot/revival of the 1985 sci-fi horror series “Amazing Stories” for Apple TV+. The first image is from the premiere episode titled “The Rift”, directed by Mark Mylod. Kerry Lynn Bishe, Dylan O’Brien, Josh Holloway, Victoria Pedretti, Sasha Alexander, and the late Robert Forster star. Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller is writing the writing scripts for the show’s revival. He will be joined in the writers’ room by Emily Gordon, Patton Oswalt, Kumail Nanjiani, and Jane Goldman, “Once Upon a Time” creators Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz serve as executive producers and showrunners for “Amazing Stories”, from Universal TV and Amblin Television. Steven Spielberg, Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey, Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz will also executive produce. The original series featured episodes that were everything from sci-fi to horror and was directed by the who’s who of directors including Martin Scorsese, Tom Holland, Tobe Hooper and Spielberg himself. But sadly, the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 20, 2020
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Shudder’s Horror Fantasy Series “The Dead Lands” Premieres This January

Shudder’s new supernatural fantasy adventure series “The Dead Lands” is ready to premiere later this month. Set in a mythical Aotearoa—New Zealand in a time before time. A dishonored warrior, Waka Nuku Rau dies, but his Ancestors in the Afterlife send him back to the world to find redemption and honor. There, in the world of the living, he is aided by Mehe, a determined young woman, and together they discover the world has been disrupted by forces, not of the living. Someone, or something, is preventing the dead from entering the Afterlife and now the dead are thrown back into their decaying bodies to hunt the living.“The Dead Lands” is the first genre TV showcase of Māori mythic storytelling and martial traditions, created by a mainly Māori cast with significant Māori involvement at all levels of the production. Directed by Peter Meteherangi, Tikao Burger and Michael Hurst, “The Dead Lands” stars Te Kohe Tuhaka (Monster Problems) as “Waka Nuku

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 12, 2020
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“Chucky” Is Coming To SyFy For New TV Series!

Syfy announced today at the Television Critics Association winter press tour that it has given the straight-to-series order for a new series based on Chucky from the Child’s Play franchise. Titled “Chucky,” the series centers on an idyllic American town thrown into chaos after a vintage Chucky doll turns up in a back yard. A series of horrific murders begin to expose the town’s hypocrisies and secrets. Meanwhile, the arrival of enemies and allies from Chucky’s past threatens to expose the truth behind the killings as well as the demon doll’s untold origins as a seemingly ordinary child who became a notorious monster. The series hails from franchise creator Don Mancini who will also serve as a director, showrunner, and executive producer. David Kirschner, Nick Antocasta, Harley Peyton will executive produce as well. We first met our favorite possessed doll Chucky back in 1988 and have since seen six sequels and a reboot from a new team, which debuted in

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 11, 2020
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“AHS” Gets Double Dose Of Great News, It’s Been Renewed And Lead Actress Returning

On Thursday, FX announced that Ryan Murphy’s hit anthology series “American Horror Story” has been renewed for three more seasons. With its tenth season premiering this year, the series has been secured through its thirteenth season. Ryan and Brad are the undisputed masters of horror TV, having created the anthological limited series with American Horror Story and sustaining its success for nearly a decade as FX’s highest-rated series,” FX chairman John Landgraf said in a statement. “We are grateful to them and Dana Walden and our studio partners for committing to another three years.” There’s also more good news, series regular Sarah Paulson, who was missing in season 9 “AHS: 1984”, will be returning as a central character in season ten. And we’re so glad to hear it. Paulson is a fantastic actress and key to the series’ success. Paulson last starred in “AHS 8: Apocalypse” as dual characters Cordelia Foxx (from AHS: Coven) and as Wilhemina Venable, leader of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 10, 2020
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Monster Hunters Are On A Mission In Netflix’s “October Faction” Series Trailer

Ahead of its series premiere later this month we’ve got Netflix’s new trailer for “October Faction,” based on the IDW comic book series by Steve Niles. The series, described as “Men In Black meets ‘Riverdale,'” follows Fred (J.C. MacKenzie)) and Deloris Allen (Tamara Taylor) who, after the death of Fred’s father, return to their hometown in New York with their 17-year-old twins Geoff (Gabriel Darku) and Viv (Aurora Burghart). Subsequently, Geoff and Viv’s lives are turned upside down when they discover their seemingly unremarkable insurance sales rep parents are, in fact, (spoiler alert!) trained assassins who hunt monsters. The series was adapted, created and is executive produced by Damian Kindler (“American Gods”, “Sleepy Hollow”, “Krypton”). Check out the trailer for “October Faction“, produced by High Park Entertainment in association with IDW Entertainment. The action-packed, monster-filled series is set to premiere on January 23, 2020, on Netflix.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 9, 2020
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Kiernan Shipka Raises Hell In Music Video Ahead Of “Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina” Premiere

“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” will cast its spell on fans once again this January when the series returns to Netflix for its third season. Today, we watch Sabrina (Kiernan Shipka) get sassy in a new music video, titled “Straight to Hell.” This time we’re going to Hell to fetch Sabrina’s boyfriend Nick, which was teased during last season’s finale. Creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa confirmed that during the Television Association press tour earlier this year. The series follows teenage witch Sabrina Spellman, her family, and her friends as she is forced to choose between the magical world and the human world. Tune in for the season three premiere of “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” on Netflix on January 24, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 9, 2020
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From The Director Of ‘Haunting Of Hill House’ Comes New Netflix Horror Series “Midnight Mass”

“A Haunting Of Hill House” and Doctor Sleep director Mike Flanagan is a busy man. Not only is Flanagan bringing “The Haunting of Bly Manor” to Netflix, but news has also come that Flanagan will be working on another horror series for the streaming giant. Titled “Midnight Mass” the seven-episode series follows an isolated island community who experiencing miraculous events and frightening omens following the arrival or a charismatic, mysterious priest. Over the weekend Flanagan revealed on Twitter that filming on “Midnight Mass” will soon begin in Vancouver and that the incredible filmmaker will be directing the series himself. “Midnight Mass” has ties to two other of Flanagan’s films. Midnight Mass is the title of the book written by the character Maddie Young in Hush. The title appears again in Flanagan’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Gerald’s Game. https://twitter.com/flanaganfilm/status/1213522886922657793

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 8, 2020

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Jennifer Tilly Confirms She’s Returning For Syfy’s “Chucky” Series

Syfy officially ordered their new “Chucky” series last month, from franchise creator Don Mancini and “Channel Zero” creator Nick Antosca. Franchise star Jennifer Tilly has now confirmed that she will be appearing in the series. Her role as Tiffany (both the human and the doll) is iconic. I’m so excited,” Tilly told Page Six this week. She continued, “Don Mancini, who created Chucky 30 years ago, is the writer on this series, so it’s the original Chucky. A little bird told me that I am going to be a part of it.” In the series, “After a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos as a series of horrifying murders begin to expose the town’s hypocrisies and secrets. Meanwhile, the arrival of enemies — and allies — from Chucky’s past threatens to expose the truth behind the killings, as well as the demon doll’s untold origins as a seemingly

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 8, 2020
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“Age Of The Living Dead” Season Two Bares Its Fangs This Autumn

Dystopian Films has announced that productions have wrapped on the second season of the dystopian vampire series “Age of the Living Dead” following the three-month shoot in Toronto, LA, and London. The series is set in the near-future where vampires and humans are trapped in the United States behind border walls. The international production outfit, headed by Ken Bressers, Simon Phillips and Paul Tanter, also recently wrapped Stealing Chaplin, a darkly comic neo-noir about a pair of con men who steal the corpse of Charlie Chaplin. The series stars Nicola Posener (Mythica), Bill Oberst Jr (3 From Hell, interview), Deji LaRay (Bosch), William McNamara (Copycat), Peter Barrett (White Collar Hooligan), Peter Woodward (The Patriot), Simon Phillips (No Easy Days), and Julia Farino (Veep). “Age of the Living Dead” season 2 will premiere in the Autumn of 2020 on Amazon Prime in the US and the UK, and on Fox Action movies in Asia. While we wait for the season two

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 2, 2020
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Dark Secrets Come To Light In The Second Season Of Blumhouse’s “Sacred Lies” (Trailer)

The second season of Blumhouse’s anthology series “Sacred Lives” is gearing up to premiere on Facebook Watch and we’ve got the new trailer. “Sacred Lies: The Singing Bones” draws inspiration from the stories of the Brothers Grimm and real-life murder cases. This season follows Elsie (Jordan Alexander) as she searches for the family she never knew after being abandoned as a child. The search leads her to her father, Peter (Ryan Kwanten), an inmate who may be guilty of more than the crimes he’s currently incarcerated for and Harper (Juliette Lewis), a telemarketer turned arm-chair detective with an obsessive hobby of searching for unidentified murder victims. Kristin Bauer will recur as Elsie’s foster mother, Shannon. The series is produced by Blumhouse Television. Executive producer and showrunner Raelle Tucker (True Blood, The Returned, Jessica Jones), developed the season based on a story collected from the Brothers Grimm, The Singing Bone, as well as real-life murder cases. Two-time Emmy Award-winner Scott Winant

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 21, 2020
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A First Look At Stephen Spielberg’s “Amazing Stories” Revival

Today, we have the first look at the Stephen Spielberg produced reboot/revival of the 1985 sci-fi horror series “Amazing Stories” for Apple TV+. The first image is from the premiere episode titled “The Rift”, directed by Mark Mylod. Kerry Lynn Bishe, Dylan O’Brien, Josh Holloway, Victoria Pedretti, Sasha Alexander, and the late Robert Forster star. Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller is writing the writing scripts for the show’s revival. He will be joined in the writers’ room by Emily Gordon, Patton Oswalt, Kumail Nanjiani, and Jane Goldman, “Once Upon a Time” creators Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz serve as executive producers and showrunners for “Amazing Stories”, from Universal TV and Amblin Television. Steven Spielberg, Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey, Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz will also executive produce. The original series featured episodes that were everything from sci-fi to horror and was directed by the who’s who of directors including Martin Scorsese, Tom Holland, Tobe Hooper and Spielberg himself. But sadly, the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 20, 2020
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Shudder’s Horror Fantasy Series “The Dead Lands” Premieres This January

Shudder’s new supernatural fantasy adventure series “The Dead Lands” is ready to premiere later this month. Set in a mythical Aotearoa—New Zealand in a time before time. A dishonored warrior, Waka Nuku Rau dies, but his Ancestors in the Afterlife send him back to the world to find redemption and honor. There, in the world of the living, he is aided by Mehe, a determined young woman, and together they discover the world has been disrupted by forces, not of the living. Someone, or something, is preventing the dead from entering the Afterlife and now the dead are thrown back into their decaying bodies to hunt the living.“The Dead Lands” is the first genre TV showcase of Māori mythic storytelling and martial traditions, created by a mainly Māori cast with significant Māori involvement at all levels of the production. Directed by Peter Meteherangi, Tikao Burger and Michael Hurst, “The Dead Lands” stars Te Kohe Tuhaka (Monster Problems) as “Waka Nuku

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 12, 2020
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“Chucky” Is Coming To SyFy For New TV Series!

Syfy announced today at the Television Critics Association winter press tour that it has given the straight-to-series order for a new series based on Chucky from the Child’s Play franchise. Titled “Chucky,” the series centers on an idyllic American town thrown into chaos after a vintage Chucky doll turns up in a back yard. A series of horrific murders begin to expose the town’s hypocrisies and secrets. Meanwhile, the arrival of enemies and allies from Chucky’s past threatens to expose the truth behind the killings as well as the demon doll’s untold origins as a seemingly ordinary child who became a notorious monster. The series hails from franchise creator Don Mancini who will also serve as a director, showrunner, and executive producer. David Kirschner, Nick Antocasta, Harley Peyton will executive produce as well. We first met our favorite possessed doll Chucky back in 1988 and have since seen six sequels and a reboot from a new team, which debuted in

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 11, 2020
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“AHS” Gets Double Dose Of Great News, It’s Been Renewed And Lead Actress Returning

On Thursday, FX announced that Ryan Murphy’s hit anthology series “American Horror Story” has been renewed for three more seasons. With its tenth season premiering this year, the series has been secured through its thirteenth season. Ryan and Brad are the undisputed masters of horror TV, having created the anthological limited series with American Horror Story and sustaining its success for nearly a decade as FX’s highest-rated series,” FX chairman John Landgraf said in a statement. “We are grateful to them and Dana Walden and our studio partners for committing to another three years.” There’s also more good news, series regular Sarah Paulson, who was missing in season 9 “AHS: 1984”, will be returning as a central character in season ten. And we’re so glad to hear it. Paulson is a fantastic actress and key to the series’ success. Paulson last starred in “AHS 8: Apocalypse” as dual characters Cordelia Foxx (from AHS: Coven) and as Wilhemina Venable, leader of

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 10, 2020
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Monster Hunters Are On A Mission In Netflix’s “October Faction” Series Trailer

Ahead of its series premiere later this month we’ve got Netflix’s new trailer for “October Faction,” based on the IDW comic book series by Steve Niles. The series, described as “Men In Black meets ‘Riverdale,'” follows Fred (J.C. MacKenzie)) and Deloris Allen (Tamara Taylor) who, after the death of Fred’s father, return to their hometown in New York with their 17-year-old twins Geoff (Gabriel Darku) and Viv (Aurora Burghart). Subsequently, Geoff and Viv’s lives are turned upside down when they discover their seemingly unremarkable insurance sales rep parents are, in fact, (spoiler alert!) trained assassins who hunt monsters. The series was adapted, created and is executive produced by Damian Kindler (“American Gods”, “Sleepy Hollow”, “Krypton”). Check out the trailer for “October Faction“, produced by High Park Entertainment in association with IDW Entertainment. The action-packed, monster-filled series is set to premiere on January 23, 2020, on Netflix.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 9, 2020
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Kiernan Shipka Raises Hell In Music Video Ahead Of “Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina” Premiere

“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” will cast its spell on fans once again this January when the series returns to Netflix for its third season. Today, we watch Sabrina (Kiernan Shipka) get sassy in a new music video, titled “Straight to Hell.” This time we’re going to Hell to fetch Sabrina’s boyfriend Nick, which was teased during last season’s finale. Creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa confirmed that during the Television Association press tour earlier this year. The series follows teenage witch Sabrina Spellman, her family, and her friends as she is forced to choose between the magical world and the human world. Tune in for the season three premiere of “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” on Netflix on January 24, 2020.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 9, 2020
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From The Director Of ‘Haunting Of Hill House’ Comes New Netflix Horror Series “Midnight Mass”

“A Haunting Of Hill House” and Doctor Sleep director Mike Flanagan is a busy man. Not only is Flanagan bringing “The Haunting of Bly Manor” to Netflix, but news has also come that Flanagan will be working on another horror series for the streaming giant. Titled “Midnight Mass” the seven-episode series follows an isolated island community who experiencing miraculous events and frightening omens following the arrival or a charismatic, mysterious priest. Over the weekend Flanagan revealed on Twitter that filming on “Midnight Mass” will soon begin in Vancouver and that the incredible filmmaker will be directing the series himself. “Midnight Mass” has ties to two other of Flanagan’s films. Midnight Mass is the title of the book written by the character Maddie Young in Hush. The title appears again in Flanagan’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Gerald’s Game. https://twitter.com/flanaganfilm/status/1213522886922657793

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 8, 2020
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