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We reported earlier this week that there was a problem with the new ‘Tales From the Crypt’ series and that it might be dead. Bloody-Disgusting posted an update that revealed that the series is currently in limbo due to some issues with the right to the revamped series. The update came from TNT themselves. The underlying rights to this classic, vintage property are complicated. TNT and others have been pursuing a solution for more than a year, with significant progress being made. We look forward to the potential for further active development of this valuable franchise once the clearance process is fully resolved.” The anthology series under the direction of M. Night Shyamalan – meant to be part of TNT’s new horror block along with the new series ‘Time of Death’ and ‘Creatures‘ – got the green light back earlier this year. The series plans on making a few changes, including replacing “The Crypt Keeper’ with a new host, due
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One of the most highly-anticipated television series announced this year is TNT and M. Night Shyamalan’s revival of Tales from the Crypt series. We reported back in March that due to issues with the rights, The Crypt Keeper will be replaced by a new creepy host and in April we told you that the new revival would be part of a horror block on TNT curated by Shyamalan. We’ve all been waiting to find out when Tales from the Crypt and the other series in the block would premiere. Today, we have an update. TNT President Kevin Reilly spoke with the Television Critics Association this past weekend, according to Slash Film. Reilly provide some details about the new block and when Tales from the Crypt Keeper series will kick-off. Tales will be on towards the end of ’17, in the forth quarter.” Reilly stated. TNT officially gave the order for the 10-episode Tales from the Crypt series, along with the
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We reported back earlier this year that M. Night Shyamalan was returning Tales from the Crypt to our TVs. Imagine if you will, the Crypt Keeper (a redesigned version) introducing the night’s show and it happens to have been created by you. That would be awesome, right? Variety reported today that Turner’s TNT and TBS will be teaming up with the online community Wattpad and giving users to have their stories adapted for a show, digital or mobile platforms. The first show up is Tales from the Crypt and they are inviting Wattpad users to submit their stories and ideas through the Turner profile on the service. Our partnership with Wattpad is a perfect intersection of content and fan engagement, where fans actually have the chance to directly influence and, in some cases even have their material optioned and developed by our networks,” Justin Williams, senior VP of digital ventures for TNT and TBS, said. If you are not already
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A new trailer has just been released for season 2 of Fox’s Wayward Pines, giving us our first look at Djimon Housou and Jason Patric in their new roles. Season 2, which consist of 10 episodes, stars Jason Patric (The Lost Boys), Academy Award nominee Djimon Hounsou (Air,Blood Dimond) and Emmy Award nominee Hope Davis (American Crime). The struggle of of residents and the iron-fisted rule of the first generation will pick up right where it left off. Dr. Theo Yedlin (Patric) will wake up as a new resident in Wayward Pines and finds himself caught in the middle of the rebellion. In season 2 we will also meet CJ Mitchum (Hounsou), a former teacher and historian with extensive knowledge of the town’s origin. A decision made by Mitchum will affect the lives of everyone in Wayward Pines. Housnou and Patric will be joined by new cast members Tom Stevens (Cedar Cove), Nimrat Kaur, Josh Helman, and Kacey Rohl. In
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We reported back in January the M. Night Shyamalan will be making a new Tales From The Crypt series for TNT. Days later we had news that the Crypt Keeper that we all know and love would not be returning, instead a new character will be taking his place. Since January, there hasn’t been much said about the series, until this past weekend at WonderCon. While Shyamalan was promoting season 2 of his show Wayward Pines, he took a moment to talk about Tales From The Crypt and that we would be seeing a new Crypt Keeper with /Film. “You know, I can’t say 100% but I’m thinking right now, where I am, if you’d ask me this six months ago I would have had a different answer, but where I am right not it’s more individual Black Mirror kind of stuff right now.” If you’re wondering why the new series won’t feature the classic Crypt Keeper, it’s simple, the
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Over the past few years horror has become main stream and now it seems almost every channel has at least one horror show. TNT, owned by Ted Turner, is finally joining the club and they’re going big. They have set a side a two hour block dedicated to horror. The programming is being kept quiet at the moment, but we do know some of the details surrounding one of the new shows. News broke today that TNT will feature a revival of the anthology series Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996). You may be wondering who will be in charge of the show. Horror director M. Night Shyamalan has been chosen to bring the Crypt Keeper back to life and will be serving as producer along side Ashwin Rajan through their company Binding Edge Pictures. We won’t have to wait long to see the new series, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Tales from the Crypt will premier this fall. “I couldn’t
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Writer/director M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘The Visit’ will make you think twice about spending time with your elder family members. Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions along with Mark Bienstock (See No Evil 2) serve as producers for ‘The Visit’. Ashwin Rajan (Wayward Pines) and Steven Schneider (Insidious 1 and 2) are labeled as executive producers. Kathryn Hahn (We’re the Millers), Peter McRobbie (Lincoln), Olivia Dejonge (The Sisterhood of Night) and Michelle Rose Domb (Rosewood) star in the twisted film. In ‘The Visit’ Two children arrive at their grandparents’ remote Pennsylvania Farm for a week long visit and soon realize something is very wrong with their grandmother (Deanna Dougan) and grandfather (Peter McRobbie), too bad their mother doesn’t believe them. Their grandfather warns them to stay inside their room with the door shut after 9:30pm at night and to always follow the rules. When the children hear a strange noise outside their door after 10pm they make the mistake of opening the
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Two children arrive at their grandparents’ remote Pennsylvania Farm for a week long visit and soon realize something is very wrong with their grandmother (Deanna Dougan) and grandfather (Peter McRobbie). Their grandfather warns them to stay inside their room with the door shut after 9:30pm every night. When the children hear a strange noise outside their door after 10pm they make the mistake of opening the door and terror ensues. Will they be able survive their visit? Writer/director M. Night Shyamalan delivers a new twisted tale of terror with ‘The Visit’, his latest film, who’s information has been kept secret up until now. Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions along with Mark Bienstock (See No Evil 2) serve as producers for ‘The Visit’. Ashwin Rajan (Wayward Pines) and Steven Schneider (Insidious 1 and 2) are labeled as executive producers. Kathryn Hahn (We’re the Millers), Peter McRobbie (Lincoln), Olivia Dejonge (The Sisterhood of Night) and Michelle Rose Domb (Rosewood) star in ‘The
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We reported earlier this week that there was a problem with the new ‘Tales From the Crypt’ series and that it might be dead. Bloody-Disgusting posted an update that revealed that the series is currently in limbo due to some issues with the right to the revamped series. The update came from TNT themselves. The underlying rights to this classic, vintage property are complicated. TNT and others have been pursuing a solution for more than a year, with significant progress being made. We look forward to the potential for further active development of this valuable franchise once the clearance process is fully resolved.” The anthology series under the direction of M. Night Shyamalan – meant to be part of TNT’s new horror block along with the new series ‘Time of Death’ and ‘Creatures‘ – got the green light back earlier this year. The series plans on making a few changes, including replacing “The Crypt Keeper’ with a new host, due
Continue reading →
Streaming TV
One of the most highly-anticipated television series announced this year is TNT and M. Night Shyamalan’s revival of Tales from the Crypt series. We reported back in March that due to issues with the rights, The Crypt Keeper will be replaced by a new creepy host and in April we told you that the new revival would be part of a horror block on TNT curated by Shyamalan. We’ve all been waiting to find out when Tales from the Crypt and the other series in the block would premiere. Today, we have an update. TNT President Kevin Reilly spoke with the Television Critics Association this past weekend, according to Slash Film. Reilly provide some details about the new block and when Tales from the Crypt Keeper series will kick-off. Tales will be on towards the end of ’17, in the forth quarter.” Reilly stated. TNT officially gave the order for the 10-episode Tales from the Crypt series, along with the
Continue reading →
Streaming TV
We reported back earlier this year that M. Night Shyamalan was returning Tales from the Crypt to our TVs. Imagine if you will, the Crypt Keeper (a redesigned version) introducing the night’s show and it happens to have been created by you. That would be awesome, right? Variety reported today that Turner’s TNT and TBS will be teaming up with the online community Wattpad and giving users to have their stories adapted for a show, digital or mobile platforms. The first show up is Tales from the Crypt and they are inviting Wattpad users to submit their stories and ideas through the Turner profile on the service. Our partnership with Wattpad is a perfect intersection of content and fan engagement, where fans actually have the chance to directly influence and, in some cases even have their material optioned and developed by our networks,” Justin Williams, senior VP of digital ventures for TNT and TBS, said. If you are not already
Continue reading →
News
A new trailer has just been released for season 2 of Fox’s Wayward Pines, giving us our first look at Djimon Housou and Jason Patric in their new roles. Season 2, which consist of 10 episodes, stars Jason Patric (The Lost Boys), Academy Award nominee Djimon Hounsou (Air,Blood Dimond) and Emmy Award nominee Hope Davis (American Crime). The struggle of of residents and the iron-fisted rule of the first generation will pick up right where it left off. Dr. Theo Yedlin (Patric) will wake up as a new resident in Wayward Pines and finds himself caught in the middle of the rebellion. In season 2 we will also meet CJ Mitchum (Hounsou), a former teacher and historian with extensive knowledge of the town’s origin. A decision made by Mitchum will affect the lives of everyone in Wayward Pines. Housnou and Patric will be joined by new cast members Tom Stevens (Cedar Cove), Nimrat Kaur, Josh Helman, and Kacey Rohl. In
Continue reading →
News
We reported back in January the M. Night Shyamalan will be making a new Tales From The Crypt series for TNT. Days later we had news that the Crypt Keeper that we all know and love would not be returning, instead a new character will be taking his place. Since January, there hasn’t been much said about the series, until this past weekend at WonderCon. While Shyamalan was promoting season 2 of his show Wayward Pines, he took a moment to talk about Tales From The Crypt and that we would be seeing a new Crypt Keeper with /Film. “You know, I can’t say 100% but I’m thinking right now, where I am, if you’d ask me this six months ago I would have had a different answer, but where I am right not it’s more individual Black Mirror kind of stuff right now.” If you’re wondering why the new series won’t feature the classic Crypt Keeper, it’s simple, the
Continue reading →
NewsReviews
Over the past few years horror has become main stream and now it seems almost every channel has at least one horror show. TNT, owned by Ted Turner, is finally joining the club and they’re going big. They have set a side a two hour block dedicated to horror. The programming is being kept quiet at the moment, but we do know some of the details surrounding one of the new shows. News broke today that TNT will feature a revival of the anthology series Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996). You may be wondering who will be in charge of the show. Horror director M. Night Shyamalan has been chosen to bring the Crypt Keeper back to life and will be serving as producer along side Ashwin Rajan through their company Binding Edge Pictures. We won’t have to wait long to see the new series, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Tales from the Crypt will premier this fall. “I couldn’t
Continue reading →
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Writer/director M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘The Visit’ will make you think twice about spending time with your elder family members. Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions along with Mark Bienstock (See No Evil 2) serve as producers for ‘The Visit’. Ashwin Rajan (Wayward Pines) and Steven Schneider (Insidious 1 and 2) are labeled as executive producers. Kathryn Hahn (We’re the Millers), Peter McRobbie (Lincoln), Olivia Dejonge (The Sisterhood of Night) and Michelle Rose Domb (Rosewood) star in the twisted film. In ‘The Visit’ Two children arrive at their grandparents’ remote Pennsylvania Farm for a week long visit and soon realize something is very wrong with their grandmother (Deanna Dougan) and grandfather (Peter McRobbie), too bad their mother doesn’t believe them. Their grandfather warns them to stay inside their room with the door shut after 9:30pm at night and to always follow the rules. When the children hear a strange noise outside their door after 10pm they make the mistake of opening the
Continue reading →
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Two children arrive at their grandparents’ remote Pennsylvania Farm for a week long visit and soon realize something is very wrong with their grandmother (Deanna Dougan) and grandfather (Peter McRobbie). Their grandfather warns them to stay inside their room with the door shut after 9:30pm every night. When the children hear a strange noise outside their door after 10pm they make the mistake of opening the door and terror ensues. Will they be able survive their visit? Writer/director M. Night Shyamalan delivers a new twisted tale of terror with ‘The Visit’, his latest film, who’s information has been kept secret up until now. Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions along with Mark Bienstock (See No Evil 2) serve as producers for ‘The Visit’. Ashwin Rajan (Wayward Pines) and Steven Schneider (Insidious 1 and 2) are labeled as executive producers. Kathryn Hahn (We’re the Millers), Peter McRobbie (Lincoln), Olivia Dejonge (The Sisterhood of Night) and Michelle Rose Domb (Rosewood) star in ‘The
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