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Yellowstone prequel 1923 adds Jennifer Carpenter

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The Yellowstone prequel 1923 has added a new member to its cast. According to Deadline, Dexter veteran Jennifer Carpenter has joined the series for its second season.1923 stars Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren as Jacob and Cara Dutton, the great-great-great uncle and aunt to Kevin Costner’s John Dutton in Yellowstone. The series follows them as they try to maintain their land and […]

TIFF 2024 line-up sees David Cronenberg tribute, new Mike Flanagan and Amy Adams films

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TIFF season is upon us. The 49th Toronto International Film Festival will send a jolt of energy to the film industry, and this year’s celebration will have some stellar films and well-earned awards. Legendary Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg will be honored, alongside Amy Adams and Sandra Oh, who will be the inaugural Tribute Awards Honorary […]

Jesse Eisenberg & Kieran Culkin take a poignant trip to Poland in the trailer for A Real Pain

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Searchlight Pictures has released the first trailer for Jesse Eisenberg’s Sundance favourite A Real Pain, which sees the actor directing and starring alongside Kieran Culkin (Succession) as cousins who reunite for a tour of Poland to honour their grandmotherEisenberg’s sophomore feature following 2022’s When You Finishing Saving the World, A Real Pain also stars Jennifer […]

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead trailer brings silent survival horror to consoles and PC

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While Hollywood seems intent on mining the video game industry for horror titles in the wake of the success of Five Nights of Freddy’s, one franchise is going the other way as Saber Interactive has announced the upcoming release of A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead, an all-new survival horror title based upon Paramount Pictures’ […]

Smile 2 trailer reveals the twisted life of a pop star and the smiling curse

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This is nothing to smile about…the curse is global.If you recall, Smile was one of the 2022 smash horror hits in a year dominated by modern horror classics. A sequel is coming, and our smiles couldn’t be bigger.In what looks to expand the scale and scope of the horror film, Paramount’s newly released teaser for […]

Jason Patric joins the cast of Terrifier 3

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With filming having wrapped last week, Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting have announced that the cast of the hotly-anticipated Terrifier 3 has expanded with the inclusion of The Lost Boys star Jason Patric.“To say it’s an honor and a privilege having Jason on board is an understatement,” states director Damien Leone. “He’s one of the best […]

Zhang Yimou to direct feature film version of Three-Body Problem

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The hit Netflix series Three-Body Problem has boosted enough interest in the sci-fi IP that the film adaptation has finally landed a director. Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou will direct the upcoming feature version of the sci-fi novel, which is entering the early days of production.During the opening forum of the Shanghai International Film Festival, CEO […]

Jordan Peele sets new film for Halloween 2026

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2026 is a long time away, but no one wants to rush the horror mastermind known as Jordan Peele.It was announced via social media that the still-untitled Jordan Peele event film will now debut on Oct. 23, 2026. This marks Peele’s first film to be released in October, just in time for the Halloween season.It […]

Chinese murder mystery Only the River Flows gets a U.S. trailer and poster

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KimStim Films has released a trailer for director Wei Shujun’s mystery crime drama Only the River Flows.Based on Yu Hua’s novel Mistakes by the River,  the film follows police chief Ma Zhe (Yilong Zhu) as he delves into the hidden behaviour of the citizens of a riverside town in rural China while investigating a series […]