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Amazon acquires Chad Stahelski and Henry Cavill’s Highlander remake

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Henry Cavill is joining the ranks of Christopher Lambert (and Adrian Paul) as the man to play the iconic Highlander. Having been in development since 2021 with Cavill, and even longer when talking about director Chad Stahelski’s involvement, the film is officially moving forward at Amazon MGM’s United Artists. Deadline confirmed the story this week, […]

James Gunn says he was offered Superman first but chose The Suicide Squad

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DC Studios has been considering a Superman reboot for quite some time, with rumblings of the film going back to 2018. As confirmed by James Gunn himself at this year’s CinemaCon, Superman was put on the map, but the filmmaker chose his cult hit The Suicide Squad instead. Yes, as Gunn was exiting his Marvel […]

Superman returns to the Fortress of Solitude in sneak peek at James Gunn’s DC reboot

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Between Krypto being an adorable superpup and Superman’s robot helpers, James Gunn’s take on the iconic superhero brings us back to a specific era of comics. With pure charm oozing from the screen, Superman just got a significant promotional boost in the form of a brand new sneak peek. First debuting at CinemaCon and playing […]

Ryan Gosling goes galactic in Shawn Levy’s Star Wars: Starfighter

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Shawn Levy will try his hand at giving Star Wars a fresh start with his newly announced film, Starfighter. Revealed at Star Wars Celebration 2025 in Japan by Lucasfilm’s President Kathleen Kennedy and Chief Creative Officer Dave Filoni, we’ll see a brand-new take on the franchise with Levy’s Star Wars: Starfighter starring Ryan Gosling. It’s […]

How Indie Horror Went Mainstream in 2024

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EJ Moreno looks at the rise of independent horror movies in 2024… What a knockout year for horror overall. While the point of this piece is to spotlight what a fantastic ride it’s been in the independent horror space, we’ve seen major studios drop surprising bangers like The First Omen and Smile 2. But we […]

Halloween Ends’ Rohan Campbell to lead Silent Night, Deadly Night remake

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Silent Night, Deadly Night caused a ruckus upon its original release, with parents freaking out of Santa being portrayed as a villianous killer. Will that happen again with this new remake, which just landed its killer Santa? Bloody Disgusting broke the news that Rohan Campbell (Halloween Ends, The Monkey) will star in the iconic role […]

Beetlejuice 3 is coming, but will Tim Burton direct the film?

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Beetlejuice came back into the mainstream last year in a big way with a new Tim Burton-helmed sequel. Now Warner Bros. wants more, so we’ll see another spooky outing with this ghostly character. Speaking with Deadline, Warner Bros Pictures co-chairman/CEOs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy say we can expect more from the sequels. When […]

Joe Dante reveals the Little Shop of Horrors sequel is dead

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Cult 80s musical horror-comedy Little Shop of Horrors was set for a long-delayed sequel but plans are now officially dead, with filmmaker Joe Dante confirmed the project’s fate in a new interview with The Direct. “The word is ‘stasis,’ not status. At the moment, like so many things in town, nothing’s happening, and we always […]

The Bodyguard to get a remake from Warner Bros. and Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour director Sam Wrench

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Are we ready to revisit the power of The Bodyguard? For those of us still playing the soundtrack regularly, it will be a hard pill to swallow that a cinematic update is on the way. Deadline reports that Warner Bros. is planning a revamp of the project, which thrust singer Whitney Houston to another stratosphere. […]