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Jessica Rothe to play an assassin in Sam Raimi-produced action fantasy Boy Kills World

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It’s fair to say that despite the inventive fun of the Happy Death Day franchise, those films wouldn’t be half as good as they are without Jessica Rothe, the axe and one-liner wielding star of Christopher Landon’s horror hits. So while the news that Samara Weaving has had to exit the lead in the Sam […]

Ti West puts Mia Goth, Brittany Snow and Scott Mescudi through the wringer in the terrifying trailer for A24 horror X

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As Martin Henderson’s adult filmmaker says to one of his young cast members – “people’s eyes are gonna pop out of their damn skulls when they see this” – and judging by the look of this first trailer the same might apply to Ti West’s return to big-screen horror with X. Borrowing heavily from Texas […]

Final Destination 6 adds Spider-Man’s Jon Watts as producer and heads to HBO Max

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As with a lot of productions, a fifth Final Destination sequel was put on hiatus when the pandemic hit, but it appears that fate still has plans for the franchise with the news that Spider-Man: No Way Home director Jon Watts has been brought onboard to provide a story from which the script will be […]

Gal Gadot to headline Paramount’s remake of Hitchcock thriller To Catch A Thief

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It appears to be the week for announcing remakes that nobody was clamouring for with the news that Gal Gadot is set to headline Paramount’s take on the classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller To Catch A Thief. Per Deadline’s exclusive, Gadot will also produce the remake with her partner Jaron Varsano through their Pilot Wave Banner […]

Dave Grohl terrorises his Foo Fighters bandmates in trailer for Studio 666

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There is a rich history of musicians making movies, with everyone from The Beatles to Tenacious D attempting to crack the big screen, usually with a blend of the serious and self deprecation, and that appears to be the approach taken by Dave Grohl and his Foo Fighters bandmates, who used their lockdown downtime to […]

Pig director Michael Sarnoski replaces Jeff Nichols on A Quiet Place spinoff

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There was some disappointment when it was announced that Take Shelter and Midnight Special director Jeff Nichols had exited the A Quiet Place spin-off at the tail end of last year, with his low-key sensibilities a seemingly good fit for John Krasinski’s world, but it appears Paramount Pictures have whispered in the ear of another […]

Hell or High Water TV adaptation in the works at FOX

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It’s time to put on the dusted up denim and start growing a huge moustache following the announcement that a small-screen adaptation of the critically acclaimed 2016 sleeper-hit Hell or High Water is in development at FOX. Variety reports that none of the original talent – Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, or writer Taylor […]

Netflix reimagining The Raid with Michael Bay, Gareth Evans and Patrick Hughes

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Heralded as one of the greatest action movies of the modern era, Gareth Evans’ The Raid is reportedly about to get the remake treatment over at Netflix, with the same director teaming up with Michael Bay and The Hitman’s Bodyguard‘s Patrick Hughes for a ‘reimaging’ of the propulsive classic. Per Deadline’s exclusive, sources have revealed […]

Wes Anderson is returning to the world of Roald Dahl, and he’s taking Benedict Cumberbatch with him

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Wes Anderson and Roald Dahl proved to be the perfect fit when the director tackled the beloved author’s Fantastic Mr. Fox in 2009, and now comes the news that he’s returning to that weird and magical world for Netflix’s The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, and he’s taking Benedict Cumberbatch with him. As reported by […]