Deadline is reporting that Samantha Mathis and Henry Thomas have joined the cast of Paramount Players’ follow-up adaptation of Stephen King’s bestseller Pet Sematary. Thomas, who broke out in Steven Spielberg’s E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, has most recently been seen on TV starring in the Netflix original series The Haunting of Bly Manor and The Haunting of Hill House from filmmaker Mike Flanagan. […]
Netflix Review – The Haunting of Bly Manor
Shaun Munro reviews The Haunting of Bly Manor… Filmmaker Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep) set a perilously high bar for himself with 2018’s masterful Netflix Original series The Haunting of Hill House, which used its 10 episodes to tell a daring, emotionally rich reimagining of Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel of the same name. Flanagan returns now […]
Trailer for horror Dreamkatcher starring Radha Mitchell, Henry Thomas and Lin Shaye
A trailer has been released for director Kerry Harris’ upcoming horror Dreamkatcher starring Radha Mitchell and Henry Thomas as a couple who are forced to save their young son from a sinister entity which has possessed him; check out the trailer here… Gail (Radha Mitchell, Silent Hill) is forced to come to terms with Josh, […]
E.T. reconnects with Henry Thomas’ Elliott in new Comcast commercial
Comcast, the parent company of Universal Pictures, has delivered a special holiday reunion as part of its Xfinity and Sky marketing campaign with a four-and-a-half minute longform commercial which sees the iconic E.T. returning to Earth to reconnect with a now-adult Elliott, played once again by Henry Thomas, and spending some quality time with his […]
Henry Thomas cast in The Haunting of Bly Manor
Henry Thomas (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) is set to star in The Haunting of Bly Manor, the second season of Netflix’s horror anthology series. Thomas previously starred in The Haunting of Hill House and is the third cast member from that series to return for this second season, albeit as a different character. The Haunting of Bly Manor is […]
Henry Thomas to play Dr. Mid-Nite in DC’s Stargirl
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and The Haunting of Hill House star Henry Thomas has become the latest addition to the cast of DC Universe’s Stargirl series, where he’ll portray Dr. Charles McNider, a.k.a. Dr. Mid-Nite. The official character breakdown for Thomas’ Dr. Mid-Nite describes him as “a brilliant and forward-thinking medical […]
Movie Review – Gerald’s Game (2017)
Gerald’s Game, 2017. Directed by Mike Flanagan. Starring Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Chiara Aurelia, Henry Thomas, Kate Siegel, and Carel Struycken. SYNOPSIS: A middle-aged couple’s weekend away to solve their marital issues is brought to a startling halt when, during a sex game, the husband has a heart attack, leaving his wife handcuffed to a bed […]
Blu-ray Review – E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, 1982. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Henry Thomas, Robert MacNaughton, and Drew Barrymore. SYNOPSIS: Anniversaries divisible by five remain popular with the Hollywood studios’ home theater divisions, so of course E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial needed (not really) that treatment for its 35th anniversary. If you have the Blu-ray issued […]
Henry Thomas, Elizabeth Reaser and Kate Siegel join Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House
Henry Thomas (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), Elizabeth Reaser (Twilight) and Kate Siegel (Hush) have become the latest additions to the cast of Netflix’s modern reimagining of the horror classic The Haunting of Hill House. The as-yet-untitled show has received straight-to-series order from the streaming service, and is set to be directed by Mike Flanagan (Ouija: Origin of […]
Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood set for Stephen King adaptation Gerald’s Game
Last month director Mike Flanagan (Oculus, Ouija: Origin of Evil) revealed that his long-gestating Stephen King adaptation Gerald’s Game is moving forward at Netflix, and now we have details on the film’s cast. Deadline is reporting that Carla Gugino (Wayward Pines) and Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek) are set to star as Jessie and Gerald Burlingame, with […]
