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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 nearly took […]

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 Wingard […]

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 for the horror genre. […]

Second Opinion – Blair Witch (2016)

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Blair Witch, 2016. Directed by Adam Wingard. Starring James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Corbin Reid, Brandon Scott, Wes Robinson and Valorie Curry. SYNOPSIS: Set 22 years after the events of The Blair Witch Project, college student James Donahue believes he has found video proof that his sister Heather is still alive. James, along with his documentary […]

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. When Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez’s micro-budget 1999 shocker The […]

Netflix acquires Adam Wingard’s Death Note movie

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Variety is reporting that Netflix is looking to add to its feature film slate by picking up the rights to director Adam Wingard’s (You’re Next, The Guest) upcoming manga adaptation Death Note.SEE ALSO: Death Note producer gives an update on the adaptation, confirms R-ratingThe film, which has been scripted by Jeremy Slater (Fantastic Four), is […]

Godzilla vs. Kong director discusses size difference between the two monsters

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Director Adam Wingard was at Comic-Con this past weekend to promote the release of his new movie Death Note, and IGN managed to get a brief update from the filmmaker as to his next project – the MonsterVerse crossover Godzilla vs. Kong.“It’s been a pleasure already in the first stages of it, having an excuse […]

October Horrors Day 29 – The Guest (2014)

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The Guest, 2014. Directed by Adam Wingard. Starring Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Brendan Meyer, Leland Orser, and Lance Reddick. SYNOPSIS: A family is in mourning after their son is killed in action while away in the military. Soon after this loss, a mysterious stranger by the name of David arrives, claiming to be a squad […]

Margaret Qualley in talks to play female lead in Adam Wingard’s Death Note

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Margaret Qualley, who is best known for her work on HBO’s The Leftovers, is in negotiations to star as the female lead alongside Nat Wolff (The Fault in Our Stars) in Warner Bros.’s Death Note. Death Note is a live-action horror film based on the popular 2003 Japanese manga series of the same […]