Paramount+ will be scaring its viewers with two of the biggest horror franchises. During the Paramount+ investor presentation, we learned that the streaming is looking to become the home of the found footage film franchise Paranormal Activity and the Stephen King-inspired Pet Sematary. The new Blumhouse Paranormal Activity will see Will Eubank helm the project. […]
First look at Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson in This Sceptred Isle
Last month it was announced that Kenneth Branagh is set to portray Boris Johnson in This Sceptred Isle, and now we have out first look at the actor as the British Prime Minister in the upcoming miniseries. This Sceptred Isle is being directed by Michael Winterbottom, who has also co-written the script and is producing […]
Avatar Studios to expand the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender with new movies and series
Last August, original Avatar: The Last Airbender creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko dropped out of executive-producing and running Netflix’s future live-action version of the hit series. Luckily, it now seems that their association with the franchise (which includes sequel series The Legend of Korra) is far from over. According to multiple news sources, […]
Mission: Impossible 7 & A Quiet Place Part II to premiere on Paramount+ 45 days after theatrical release
Paramount+ is following in the footsteps of Disney+ and HBO Max on how to handle its blockbuster releases. While Paramount as a whole is still committed to theatrical releases, it will offer up viewers a way to see their biggest releases sooner. Yesterday, we learned during the Paramount+ investor presentation that Paramount+ will premiere Mission: […]
Stephen King’s Firestarter reboot director explains how it will differ from the original 1984 film
With a reboot of Stephen King’s Firestarter currently in development at Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions, director Keith Thomas has explained how his upcoming adaptation will differ from the original 1984 film. “It’s something I’ve thought a lot about,” Thomas said in an interview with ComicBook.com. “And, certainly, when the project first came to me, I […]
Movie Review – Black Bear (2020)
Black Bear, 2020. Written and Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. Starring Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon, Lindsay Burdge, Jennifer Kim, Paola Lázaro, Shannon O’Neill, Grantham Coleman, Alexander Koch, and Lou Gonzalez. SYNOPSIS: A filmmaker at a creative impasse seeks solace from her tumultuous past at a rural retreat, only to find that the woods […]
Nickelodeon classics Dora the Explorer and The Fairly OddParents receiving live-action reboots
Paramount+ is looking to make its mark in the world of streaming, and they will use cartoon nostalgia to do so. Today, we’ve learned that the streaming service will bring live-action adaptions of two of Nickelodeon’s classic cartoons to life. During Paramount+’s investor presentation, news broke that Dora the Explorer and The Fairly OddParents would […]
Liev Schreiber set to return as Ray Donovan in feature-length send-off
Few things are as painful for a fan of a long-running television show than cancellation before closure, but that was the fate which befell Ray Donovan when Showtime put a gun to the head of its eighth and final season. However, it appears that Liev Schreiber really is the best fixer in the business, so […]
David Fincher reuniting with Se7en scribe for The Killer, Michael Fassbender tapped to star
It’s the stuff of many a Twitter timeline, but ask what people’s favourite David Fincher movie is and Zodiac will be hovering somewhere near the summit, closely followed by Se7en. So the news that the Mank director is reuniting with his screenwriter on the latter, Andrew Kevin Walker, for a Netflix thriller called The Killer, […]
Jordan Peele’s Twilight Zone reboot cancelled at Paramount+
While Jordan Peele has no shortage of horror projects in the works, sadly, the filmmaker and producer will not be returning with more of The Twilight Zone. The cancellation announcement came out Wednesday when the horror series was not listed among the CBS All Access programs that were transitioning over to the rebranded streaming service, […]
