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Mike Flanagan tapped to direct next installment of Blumhouse and Universal Pictures’ Exorcist reboot trilogy

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Blumhouse and Universal Pictures are summoning horror maestro Mike Flanagan in order to try and resurrect the fortunes of their ambitious and expensive Exorcist reboot series. Deadline reports that the Haunting of Hill House and Haunting of Bly Manor director is in talks to take the clerical collar from The Exorcist: Believer‘s David Gordon Green, who […]

Travis Knight’s Masters of the Universe movie will get a theatrical release

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Following the discourse surrounding Amazon MGM’s release strategy for Road House, it appears that the studio won’t follow suit with their long-gestating live-action Masters of the Universe movie, with the news that the film will receive a theatrical release.  Per The Hollywood Reporter, the Travis Knight (Bumblebee, Kubo and the Two Strings) directed adaptation for […]

Emma Stone to lead A24 chess movie Checkmate

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Emma Stone is set to follow-up her Academy Award winning turn in Poor Things by teaming up with her The Curse co-star Nathan Fielder to headline A24’s chess drama Checkmate.  According to The Hollywood Reporter A24 fought off serious competition from streamers and studios to secure the rights to Checkmate, which is based on a […]

Kate Winslet plays a feted photojournalist in the trailer for Lee

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Sky Cinema has released the trailer for their Kate Winslet-led prestige-piece Lee, which tells the true story of American photographer Lee Miller, who was responsible for some of the most iconic images of World War II.  Lee marks the directorial-debut of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind cinematographer Ellen Kuras, and as well as starring […]

Jake Gyllenhaal is on trial for murder in Presumed Innocent trailer

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Apple TV+ has dropped the trailer for their Jake Gyllenhaal-led limited series Presumed Innocent.  Based on Scott Turow’s bestselling novel, which was also adapted for the big-screen in the form of 1990’s Harrison Ford thriller of the same name, Presumed Innocent‘s impressive ensemble also includes Ruth Negga, Bill Camp, O-T Fagbenle, Chase Infiniti, Nana Mensah, […]

Alden Ehrenreich joins Zach Cregger horror Weapons

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Barbarian director Zach Cregger is assembling quite the cast for his sophomore solo feature Weapons, with the news that Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story) is set to join Julia Garner and Josh Brolin in the ambitious horror flick. According to Deadline Erenreich will follow up his critically acclaimed turn in Fair Play to headline […]

Challengers serves up $24 million opening weekend at the box office

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Challengers hit its opening serve straight down the line with a $24 million debut at the global box office. Luca Guadagnino’s R-rated sports drama topped a weak box-office frame with $15 million domestic, and a further $9 million from international markets.  The $55 million budgeted film, which was pushed back from its original release date […]

Jessica Rothe hints that Happy Death Day 3 could still happen

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In a move befitting of the franchise, Happy Death Day star Jessica Rothe has revealed that a third installment of the horror-comedy series might not be dead after all.  News emerged last year that Happy Death Day 3 probably wasn’t going to happen, with director Christopher Landon saying that it was due to the economics […]

In a Violent Nature teaser depicts a slasher film from the POV of the killer

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IFC Films has shared a new teaser for their turning-the-tables slasher flick In a Violent Nature. Writer-director Chris Nash’s minimalist horror depicts the familiar tropes associated with a stalk-n-slash genre entry, but from the perspective of the masked killer. Think the opening of John Carpenter’s Halloween, but for the entire movie.  In a Violent Nature […]