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EJ Moreno

Christopher Nolan worried that “studios are drawing the wrong conclusions” about Tenet’s box office underperformance

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When speaking to the Los Angeles Times, filmmaker Christopher Nolan opened about his recent film Tenet and its box office performance amid the global health crisis. There’s no denying the film, which brought in $50 million at the domestic box office and just about $350 million worldwide, didn’t perform as many expected. However, Nolan feels like […]

Doug Jones blames the failed Dark Universe for cancelling Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein

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Guillermo del Toro, known for tackling amazing monsters in films like Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth, and the Best Picture-winning The Shape of Water, was going to helm a re-telling of cinema’s most famous monster.  A few years back, right around the time of 2017’s The Mummy, it was announced del Toro would tackle a Frankenstein film, […]

The Walking Dead casts Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s real-life wife Hilarie Burton to play Lucille

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Lucille comes to life! The Walking Dead and AMC have announced to The Wrap that they had cast Hilarie Burton in a key guest-starring role for its upcoming extended 10th season. Burton will tackle the role of Negan’s late wife Lucille, the woman that inspired the name of his barb-wired baseball bat. Her character dies […]

Mortal – 2020’s Unexpected Superhero Movie | Video Review

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Mortal, 2020. Written and Directed by André Øvredal. Starring Nat Wolff, Priyanka Bose, Iben Akerlie, Arthur Hakalahti. In a year with no Marvel movies, there’s one film taking over the superhero throne. Mortal from director André Øvredal and starring Nat Wolff dives into Norwegian mythology and God-like powers, and our critic EJ Moreno has a […]

Isabelle Fuhrman returning for another round as killer Esther in Orphan: First Kill

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If you remember 2009’s Orphan, you can see the reason for excitement at this news. As reported by Deadline, Isabelle Fuhrman is returning to the franchise as Esther in a planned prequel film. In the upcoming film Orphan: First Kill, directed by William Brent Bell (The Boy) and written by David Coggeshall, Leena Klammer “orchestrates […]

Donal Logue joins Resident Evil movie reboot

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Gotham alum Donal Logue is looking to play another man of the law, this time in the twisted town of Raccoon Cityas Deadline reports that Logue will play Chief Irons in the Johannes Roberts-helmed Resident Evil reboot. In the video game Resident Evil 2, Chief Irons was Chief of Police of the Raccoon Police Department, […]

All Elite Wrestling teases major video game announcement

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There’s always been buzz about an All Elite Wrestling video game. In amarket flooded by WWE games and the rare appearance of a Fire Pro Wrestling title, wrestling gaming fans are clamoring for something new. AEW offered something fresh and interesting in terms of in-ring presentation, so what could it do with video games? Well […]

Exclusive Interview – André Øvredal on his new film Mortal, Norse mythology, and the horror genre

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EJ Moreno speaks with filmmaker André Øvredal about his new movie Mortal… For years, André Øvredal has explored different genres in his work. From what he calls comedy in Troll Hunter to the family-friendly scares in Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, the Norwegian film director understands the power of the genre. This makes […]

Neil Marshall to direct action horror The Lair

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Neil Marshall, the man behind The Descent and the recent Hellboy reboot, looks set to scare audiences with another one of his horror offerings. Though he just wrapped The Reckoning starring Charlotte Kirk, Variety has revealed that Marshall is already prepping his next project, the action horror The Lair, which he will produce and direct. […]

Pierce Brosnan and Helena Bonham Carter to star in romantic comedy Not Bloody Likely

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In a match made in cinematic heaven, Pierce Brosnan and Helena Bonham Carter will team up for an upcoming romantic comedy. Entitled Not Bloody Likely, the film will tell the story behind the 1914 West End production of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, which was later adapted into the Oscar-winning musical My Fair Lady. Not Bloody […]