The Evil Dead franchise is making its long-awaited return this year not only with the recently released Evil Dead: The Game but also with the upcoming fifth instalment, Evil Dead Rise, which will premiere on the HBO Max streaming service later this year. Now, in an interview with Bruce Campbell for the book The Art of Evil Dead: The Game from […]
Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon replaces Rupert Friend with Ed Skrein, three more added to cast
The upcoming sci-fi epic Rebel Moon, from writer and director Zack Snyder, has replaced Rupert Friend with Ed Skrein (Deadpool) as the film’s villain, following Friend’s exit from the project due to scheduling conflicts. Per Deadline, the Netflix film has also added Cleopatra Coleman (Dopesick), Fra Fee (Hawkeye) and Rhian Rees (Nope) to its cast. The outlet is reporting that character details […]
Stranger Things season 4 episodes 7 and 9 will be feature-length
Ahead of the premiere of the fourth season of the hit Netflix series Stranger Things on May 27th, the series creators Ross and Matt Duffer have teased the episode runtimes. In an interview with Collider, the Duffer brothers revealed that episodes seven and nine (with nine being the season finale) would be the length of a feature […]
Hocus Pocus 2 receives official release date
Disney has announced that Hocus Pocus 2, “the spooky sequel to the 1993 Halloween classic,” will arrive on the Disney+ streaming service on September 30th, 2022. Hocus Pocus 2, which is directed by Anne Fletcher (The Proposal), will see Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy all returning as the Sanderson Sisters alongside a returning Doug […]
Supernatural prequel The Winchesters lands series order at The CW
The CW has ordered a full series order for its upcoming Supernatural prequel show The Winchesters for the 2022-2023 season. The Winchesters will follow Mary Campbell and John Winchester, the future parents of Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Sam (Jared Padalecki), as they meet for the first time and put it all on the line to not only save […]
Stephanie Beatriz joins Twisted Metal TV series
Peacock has announced that Stephanie Beatriz, who is perhaps best known for her role as Detective Rosa Diaz in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, has joined the upcoming television adaptation of the PlayStation video game series Twisted Metal. Beatriz will play Quiet, “a ferocious, badass car thief who acts purely on instinct.” Driven by her wish to find a place […]
David Cronenberg’s next film The Shrouds will star Vincent Cassel
Ahead of the theatrical debut of Crimes of the Future next month, director David Cronenberg has announced his next feature film, The Shrouds, will reunite him with Vincent Cassel. The Shrouds, which will be written and directed by Cronenberg, “centres on Karsh (Cassel), an innovative businessman and grieving widower, who builds a device to connect with the dead […]
The Boys college spinoff series adds Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sean Patrick Thomas & Marco Pigossi
While fans eagerly await the arrival of the third season of the hit comic book adaptation series The Boys, Amazon has announced additional castings for the upcoming college-set spinoff series. Per Deadline, Patrick Schwarzenegger (The Staircase), Sean Patrick Thomas (The Tragedy of Macbeth) and Marco Pigossi (Invisible City) have all been cast in recurring roles. Although official character details […]
The Spiderwick Chronicles: Kat Coiro to helm first two episodes of Disney+ series
Disney+ has enlisted Kat Coiro to direct the first two episodes of the upcoming new live-action TV series adaptation of Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black’s fantasy book series The Spiderwick Chronicles. Coiro is coming off the Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson rom-com Marry Me and has directed and executive produced six episodes of the upcoming […]
Percy Jackson author Rick Riordan slams racist backlash against Leah Sava Jeffries’ casting
Earlier this month, it was announced that Disney+’s upcoming series adaptation of Percy Jackson and the Olympians had rounded out its main trio with the casting of Aryan Simhadri (Cheaper by the Dozen) as Grover and Leah Sava Jeffries (Empire) as Annabeth alongside Walker Scobell as Percy Jackson. However, so-called fans of the series have expressed […]
