Looking to make a splash when it hits the festival circuit this fall is Sally El-Hosaini’s The Swimmers, a true story about two sisters – Yusra Mardini (Nathalie Issa) and Sara Mardini (Manal Issa) – who journey from war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics. Charting their training and competing days in Syria, to the daunting experience of […]
Servant’s Nell Tiger Free to lead horror prequel The First Omen
Servant’s Nell Tiger Free has landed another horror project as Deadline reports she will star in The First Omen, a prequel to the 1976 classic The Omen. The Omen, which starred Gregory Peck, Lee Remick and Harvey Stephens, followed an American ambassador who came to believe his 5-year-old son was the Antichrist as mysterious and supernatural […]
Tessa Thompson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt to star in Flying Lotus-directed sci-fi mystery Ash
Deadline is reporting that Tessa Thompson (Thor: Love and Thunder) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Trial of the Chicago 7) have signed on to star in Ash, the latest feature from Grammy-winning musician and filmmaker Flying Lotus (a.k.a. Steven Ellison). Executive produced by District 9 helmer Neill Blomkamp, the film will see Thompson playing a woman […]
Ryan Phillippe and Freddie Thorp get Summit Fever in trailer for climbing survival thriller
Saban Films has released a poster and trailer for director Julian Gilbey’s upcoming survival thriller Summit Fever. Starring Freddie Thorp, Michel Biel, Mathilde Warnier, Hannah New, Théo Christine, and Ryan Phillippe, the film follows a group of friends who find their daring dream trip turn into a fight for survival when they attempt an ambitious […]
Searchlight horror Dust casts Amiah Miller and Bill Heck
Variety has revealed that Searchlight Pictures has added Amiah Miller (The Water Man) and Bill Heck (I’m Your Woman) to its upcoming horror film Dust, starring alongside Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story), Annaleigh Ashford (Masters of Sex) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear). Dust is set in 1930s Oklahoma and follows “a woman who, during the region’s […]
Hulu’s Hellraiser reboot images feature Jamie Clayton’s Pinhead and more
The first images have arrived online from director David Bruckner’s reimagining of the 1987 horror classic Hellraiser, courtesy of EW, offering a look at stars Jamie Clayton as Pinhead, along with a new Cenobite known as The Masque and co-stars Odessa A’zion and Goran Visnjic. SEE ALSO: Jamie Clayton’s Pinhead makes her debut in Hulu’s […]
Joker: Folie À Deux adds Brendon Gleeson
In more casting news for the anticipated sequel Joker: Folie À Deux, Deadline reports Brendon Gleeson (Mr. Mercedes) has joined Todd Phillips’ follow-up to the 2019 smash hit Joker. Gleeson will star alongside Joaquin Phoenix, who will be reprising his role as Arthur Fleck/Joker, and pop star Lady Gaga, who is set to play Harley […]
Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! trailer teases Halloween hijinks and classic foes
The Scoob! sequel may have been shelved by Warner Bros. Discovery, but Mystery Inc. fans do have some small consolation this year with the release of the animated original movie Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!, which sees Mystery Inc. forced to team up with the head of a notorious costume crime syndicate when doppelgänger ghosts of […]
Movie Review – Love in the Villa (2022)
Love in the Villa, 2022. Written and Directed by Mark Steven Johnson. Starring Kat Graham, Tom Hopper, Laura Hopper, Raymond Ablack, Hélène Cardona, and Peter Arpesella. SYNOPSIS: After a breakup, a young woman takes a trip to romantic Verona, Italy, only to find that the villa she reserved was double-booked, and she’ll have to share […]
First look at Netflix’s Stephen King adaptation Mr Harrigan’s Phone
Netflix has released the first images from the the streamer’s latest Stephen King adaptation Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, featuring stars Jaeden Martell, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Donald Sutherland, Cyrus Arnold, Bennett Saltzman, Alexa Niziak, and Conor William Wright. Written and directed by John Lee Hancock, the horror follows Craig (It star Jaeden Martell), a teenager who befriends an […]
