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October Horrors 2019 Day 14 – Blair Witch (2016)

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Blair Witch, 2016. Directed by Adam Wingard. Starring James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Brandon Scott, Corbin Reid, Valorie Curry and Wes Robinson. SYNOPSIS: After his sister went missing nearly 20 years ago searching for the Blair Witch, James and his friends venture into the very same woods in which she vanished to investigate what really […]

Event Horizon TV series from Adam Wingard in development at Amazon

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According to Variety, Amazon Studios and Paramount Television are set to adapt the 1997 sci-fi/horror film Event Horizon into a television series. The original film followed a rescue crew out to salvage the Event Horizon, a spaceship that went missing several years prior after testing an experimental gravity drive and has suddenly reappeared. The drive was […]

Godzilla vs. Kong stomping into cinemas sooner than expected

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Things appear to ticking over nicely when it comes to Legendary’s MonsterVerse. Michael Dougherty (Krampus) revealed that Godzilla: King of Monsters was already in the can, months before its May 31st, 2019 release, and now the in-production Godzilla vs. Kong has been moved forward two months from its original release date of May 22nd, 2020. The […]

Lance Reddick cast in Godzilla vs. Kong

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As production begins on Godzilla vs Kong, the film has made one more addition to its cast. According to Deadline, Lance Reddick (The Wire) is set to star in the anticipated monster film. The film is the fourth instalment of the MonsterVerse series after Godzilla, Kong: Skull Island and next summer’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters. It is unknown what Reddick’s […]

Demián Bichir in talks to join Godzilla vs. Kong

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Legendary Pictures is adding actor to Godzilla vs. Kong as The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Demián Bichir (The Nun) is in talks to star opposite Millie Bobby Brown, who will be reprising her Godzilla: King of the Monsters role, in the sequel. His role is being kept under wraps for the time being while the film readies its production. […]

Netflix moving forward with Death Note sequel

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Netflix have an impressive slate of original features set to debut within the next couple of months, including Jeremy Saulnier’s Hold the Dark, Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, and David Mackenzie’s Chris Pine starring Outlaw King, so amongst a Hollywood Reporter article on the streaming giant’s desire to make a movie that culturally resonates, it’s perhaps a little surprising […]

Death Note director nearly helmed the new Halloween movie

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Adam Wingard, the director of Death Note, nearly directed the upcoming Halloween reboot. Netflix’s adaptation of Death Note, the famed Japanese anime and manga, has recently hit the streaming service, opening up a whole new audience to the dark fantasy tale. The director of the movie, which stars Willem Dafoe, has recently revealed that he […]

Interview: Simon Barrett talks Blair Witch backlash, the challenges of writing a sequel and more

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Luke Owen gets on the phone with writer Simon Barrett… Last year I spoke with Adam Wingard just a couple of months after his project The Woods had been revealed as a sequel to 1999’s The Blair Witch Project and a few weeks before the film was released [read that interview here]. At the time […]

Movie Review – Blair Witch (2016)

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Blair Witch, 2016. Directed by Adam Wingard. Starring James Allen McCune, Valorie Curry, Callie Hernandez, Brandon Scott, Wes Robinson and Corbin Reid. SYNOPSIS: A group of college students venture into the Black Hills Forest in Maryland to unravel the mystery of the legendary Blair Witch. Admittedly, 17 years ago The Blair Witch Project was revolutionary […]