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Ranking Horror Movies Based On Video Games

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EJ Moreno looks at horror video game movie adaptations…Last year, Five Nights at Freddy’s joined a small list of horror video games that made it to the big screen. Its fate was similar to many: dominating the box office but leaving a bad taste in the critic’s mouth.For the most part, the entire video game-to-movie […]

Andy Samberg set to team with Radio Silence for new comedy

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Radio Silence have made their name in the horror genre with hits like Ready Or Not, Scream, and their upcoming film Abigail, but the filmmaking trope is moving to another genre.With their work tinged with comedy, it was no surprise when news broke from Deadline that Radio Silence (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, Justin Martinez, and […]

A24 lands studio-best opening with Alex Garland’s Civil War

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Alex Garland may have wanted to step away from directing, but A24 may lure him back in after Civil War brought in the studio’s biggest opening.The dystopian thriller stormed the box office with $25.7 million in its debut. It has now overtaken 2018’s Hereditary, which opened in fourth place to $13.6 million.It should be noted […]

Zack Snyder is ready for a Sucker Punch redo: “I Have The Footage Already Shot”

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Zack Snyder wants a redo of one of his most infamous movies.Speaking to Empire, the filmmaker once again talked about his long-standing deserve to revisit Sucker Punch, his 2011 fantasy action film.“The only movie I would change is Sucker Punch because it never really got finished correctly,” he tells Empire. “Even the director’s cut is […]

Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 set for Fall 2025

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A sequel always made sense, with Five Nights At Freddy’s moving beyond being a force in video games and becoming a horror film smash hit for Blumhouse and Universal.The studio announced they’d be doing a follow-up soon after 2023’s Five Nights At Freddy’s dropped on Peacock and in cinemas, but now we’ve learned when we […]

Kendrick Lamar to team with South Park’s Matt Stone & Trey Parker for live-action comedy

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A wild cinematic dream team is coming, as legendary rapper Kendrick Lamar teams with South Park co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone.Paramount Pictures will release the film and will reportedly begin production this summer.Vernon Chatman wrote this new Parker & Stone live-action comedy. The studio has shared very few details about the film, as some […]

Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos heading to Cannes with Kinds of Kindness

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Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos are seemingly a match made in cinematic heaven, and now the Poor Things pair are heading to Cannes. Earlier in the day, the 2024 Cannes Film Festival line-up was unveiled. Only months after winning Best Actress at the Oscars, Stone is taking another prestige film to the most prestigious festival. […]

John Krasinski’s IF premieres final trailer

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Promotion for the upcoming family film IF is in full swing, and we have the final trailer ahead of its release next month. Just days after a gaggle of adorable character posters dropped for the film, writer-director John Krasinski’s star-studded fantasy comedy IF gets to show off all the fun he’s having with Ryan Reynolds, Steve […]

An R-rated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin live-action movie is in development

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fans are in for quite the treat as The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news there’s a live-action R-rated version of the iconic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin story in the works.THR notes that the film is going into “gritty, R-rated territory.” This film will mark the first-ever mature-rated TMNT […]