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Alfred Hitchcock Funko Coming Soon.

This October fans will be able to add famed suspense director, Alfred Hitchcock to their Funko POP! collection. The figure is colored in grayscale (classic black and white) with his iconic double chin holding a film clapper with the title “Psycho”, this film from 1960 is one of Hitchcock’s most memorable films about a woman who stole money from her employer and while on the run, encounters a serial killer. Hitchcock’s other known film titles include “The Birds“, “Vertigo“, and “Rear Window” including the television series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents“. This is will be the 6th POP! in the director series that include James Wan (“Saw“, “The Nun“), Taika Waititi (“Thor: Ragnarok“, “Moana“), Paul Feig (“Spy“, “Ghostbusters” remake), James Gunn (“Guardians of the Galaxy” film series), and Guillermo Del Toro (“The Shape of Water“, “Pan’s Labyrinth“).

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Capt McNeely

Jul 31, 2018

MoviesNewsTrailers

James Wan’s ‘The Children’ Gets A New Name And Teaser Trailer

The James Wan-produced horror film The Children has a new title and teaser trailer. Now renamed The Curse of La Llorona, the film was directed by Michael Chaves and written by Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis. Linda Cardellini, Patricia Velasquez, Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen, Roman Christou, Raymond Cruz, and Sean Patrick Thomas star. “The story follows a social worker who, while investigating the mysterious disappearance of two children, discovers her own family might also be in jeopardy.” Wan, under the banner of his company Atomic Monster, produces alongside Gary Dauberman and Emile Gladstone. Michael Clear serves as executive producer. The Curse of La Llorona is from New Line, who serves as a home for Wan’s Conjuring universe, which includes both the Annabelle films and the upcoming Conjuring 2 spin-off The Nun. Witness The Curse of La Llorona in theaters April 19, 2019.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 15, 2018

Trailers

James Wan Remaking Arachnophobia

Amblin and James Wan’s Atomic Monster are at work on a remake of Frank Marshall’s 1990 classic Arachnophobia, the about a South American spider that takes over a small town after hitching a ride in a coffin. Wan will be producing, but not directing, the film that is currently searching for the right writer. In Wan’s recent tweet he hints that we might get to see John Goodman again, who played the role of the exterminator in the first film. We have our fingers crossed. https://twitter.com/creepypuppet/status/1006272174091485184

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 12, 2018

Streaming TV

James Wan Bringing Swamp Thing To Life For New Series

DC’s upcoming digital service, named DC Universe, has ordered a script-to-series order for “Swamp Thing”, based on the comic character created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson, Deadline is reporting. The project is from horror-heavy-hitter James Wan’s Atomic Monster, the same company behind The Conjuring universe which also includes The Nun and the Annabelle franchise. Wan also co-created Saw and the Insidious franchise. “Swamp Thing” is written by Mark Verheiden, who also penned the scripts for the “Ash vs. Evil Dead” series that just ended after its third season. Gary Dauberman, the writer behind Stephen King’s IT, is co-writing the series. That’s one hell of a team! Dauberman and Verheiden will serve as executive producers along with James Wan’s Atomic Monster, Michael Clear, and Rob Hackett. “Swamp Thing” is aiming for a 2019 premiere on DC Universe, which will be launched later this year.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 2, 2018

From the Crypt

‘Annabelle’ Is Back For Third Film

Last week New Line Cinema scheduled an untitled Conjuring movie was scheduled for a July 3, 2019 release. Now, it has come to light that the untitled film is actually a third Annabelle movie, thanks to THR. Gary Dauberman, who has been the writer behind the Annabelle franchise will be making his directorial debut with the movie. James Wan’s Atomic Monster and Safran will be producing the new movie. The Annabelle movie series is a spin-off of James Wan’s The Conjuring that spawned The Conjuring 2 as well as a third film which is in development. The Conjuring universe continues to expand with The Nun, opening in theaters on September 7, 2018, followed by The Crooked Man.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 28, 2018

From the Crypt

Stephen King’s ‘The Tommyknockers’ Acquired By Universal Pictures

Horror’s James Wan and Larry Sanitsky are teaming up for the film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Tommyknockers, the second best-selling book by the master of horror. Universal Pictures recently won the bidding war with Netflix, and Sony for the rights to the film, according to THR. While no writer or director has been named we do know that Wan (The Conjuring) will produce under his banner Atomic Monster, along with Roy Lee (IT) from Vertigo and Larry Sanitsky who served as executive producer for the original 1993 TV miniseries. King’s novel, published in 1987, follows writer Bobbi Anderson who becomes obsessed with digging up something she has found buried in the woods near her home. With the help of her friend Jim, she uncovers a spacecraft. Exposure to the Tommyknockers who piloted the craft has a detrimental effect on residents of Haven’s health but gives them a talent for inventing devices under its increasingly malignant influence. Take a look

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 21, 2018

From the Crypt

‘The Conjuring’ Universe Adds New Film Next Summer

James Wan’s The Conjuring universe continues to expand with The Nun approaching its release. Today, news has come that another still untitled film for the franchise is set for a July 3, 2019, release. We already know that The Conjuring 3 and The Crooked Man are in the works, so this could be either of the two or something completely different. The truth is, we’re just going to have to wait until more information is released. The Conjuring Universe includes The Conjuring, The Conjuring 2, Annabelle, and Annabelle: Creation with The Nun and The Crooked Man on their way. We’ll keep you posted.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 21, 2018

Paranormal

First Official Image Arrives From ‘The Nun’

The Conjuring universe expands this September with The Nun, directed by Corin Hardy. Today, we have the first official image from the movie, which is a spinoff of James Wan’s The Conjuring 2. The trailer should be released shortly. “When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order’s unholy secret. Risking not only their lives but their faith and their very souls, they confront a malevolent force in the form of the same demonic nun that first terrorized audiences in The Conjuring 2, as the abbey becomes a horrific battleground between the living and the damned.” The Nun stars Oscar-nominated actor Demian Bichir (The Hateful Eight), Taissa Farmiga (American Horror Story), Jonas Bloquet (Elle), Charlotte Hope (Game of Thrones), Ingrid Bisu (Toni Erdmann) and Bonnie Aarons who

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 18, 2018

Trailers

James Wan And Roy Lee Team Up For Adaptation Of King’s ‘Tommyknockers’

James Wan, the director of The Conjuring and The Conjuring 2, is teaming up with Roy Lee, behind movies like Stephen King’s IT, for the adaptation of Stephen King’s The Tommyknockers. The two will be producing, Lee under his Vertigo banner and Wan under his company Atomic Monster. Larry Sanitsky who executive produced the 1993 Tommyknockers miniseries. The story tells of, “a town in Maine that falls under the influence of a dangerous gas from an unearthed spacecraft. The gas begins to transform the people, giving them enhanced abilities, but also making them violent and subject to an alien hive mentality. One man, thanks to a steel plate in his head, is immune to the effects and tries to stop the townspeople.” The miniseries starred Jimmy Smits and Marg Helgenberger. Check out the original trailer.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 29, 2018

BooksNetflix

James Wan And ‘Stranger Things” Shawn Levy Teaming Up For Netflix Movie

Shawn Levy, the producer of Netflix’s hit series “Strangers Things”, has just announced that he is teaming up with horror heavy-hitter James Wan (The Conjuring franchise) for the Netflix adaptation of the New York Times best-seller “There’s Someone Inside Your House” by Stephanie Perkins. Deadline reports that the project is “similar in tone to Netflix’s Stranger Things: think 1980s and ’90s slasher movie meets a John Hughes coming-of-age tale like The Breakfast Club.” In the book, “More than a year after her parents sent her away from Hawaii to live with her grandmother in landlocked Nebraska, Makani Young is still adjusting to her new life. She’s made a small group of close friends and even flirted with romance, but her past in Hawaii is still hard to forget. And then … one by one the students of her new high school begin to die in a series of gruesome murders. Makani doesn’t know who’s next on the list. Between this,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 18, 2018

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