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James Wan’s new horror film Malignant releasing Summer 2020

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James Wan kicked off production last month on his tenth feature, a Giallo film titled Malignant. Now, Warner Bros. and New Line have announced the film will be released on 14th August 2020. There are currently no plot details for Wan’s next feature. However, we do know the cast for Malignant includes Maddie Hasson, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Abel, […]

James Wan to produce Dylan Dog TV series

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Last year it was announced that Italian comic book publisher Sergio Bonelli Editore was in development on a live-action, English-language Dylan Dog series, and now comes word from Variety that Aquaman director James Wan is set to produce the project through his Atomic Monster banner. “James Wan and Atomic Monster are masters of the horror […]

Production underway on James Wan’s new horror Malignant

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James Wan has started shooting his tenth feature film, an original horror movie in the giallo genre which has been officially titled as Malignant. https://www.instagram.com/p/B2zzkV4B9Lb/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link   Giallo films are Italian thriller-horror movies that centre around a murder mystery containing elements of slasher, crime fiction, psychological horror, and supernatural horror. There are currently no plot details […]

Mortal Kombat casts Chin Han and Hiroyuki Sanada as Shang Tsung and Scorpion

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It seems Mortal Kombat wasn’t quite done with its casting announcements for the day. Just hours after word came the film had cast its Sonya Blade and Kano, Variety has revealed that Chin Han (Skyscraper) will play the villainous Shang Tsung while Hiroyuki Sanada (Westworld) as the fan-favourite Scorpion. Both original characters to the first game, Shang […]

James Wan shares Swamp Thing behind-the-scenes video

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Swamp Thing executive producer James Wan has shared a behind the scenes video from the cancelled DC Universe series which gives us a look at how prosthetics were used to bring Derek Mears’ titular creature to life on the small screen; watch it here… https://www.facebook.com/FracturedFx/videos/453879191885698/UzpfSTUxMzY5MTQ4NjoxMDE1NzE3MTg2MTg1NjQ4Nw/?__tn__=lC-R&eid=ARB6zrANmImXXhP8R3B_BLlFDI3wKhUZyQK3i2YHQMkIYCogb1dgDiGgjbDSCR9iAhNSVlVEo0unZjyM&hc_ref=ARRogP29lk3ez1PZ81HHG6by-XdG2BWq9iA8EDSYB_uQxlz3oFKF12Sk6grRDQcg9vM&__xts__[0]=68.ARCAUagFbjjkkLO6eyEQs4AIaUX0cVKLO0jkt5sziW3j1ciurYHS_8jWpi8V8qUzIdzoNtN2uwvvlnhaWq6554XC4AFqBqauEBLtRAjY8-olstHl_HVo6mPTTtAZRMYA-Eki_8GGwmH2eAdN91GKesuhpeHXQZF36QskC6j9aRTxhpm8i231JNbtNwbXa3oZNkgsrgk6ItPfvWfjwCGLxBEop-bEWVse8wHQ11XSY3d3KPApCJnPk72TtXbo_oqrhzBnYeWzYK_OnkS3rWLSP259bGq8-Hv8IUAujrXuvXtqLDcJMYVHa6HXiyFTN0Uih_zmJOv_RyQ68if_mZtMLeruKtpOhDs Swamp Thing features a cast that includes Crystal Reed (Gotham) […]

Annabelle Wallis, George Young and Jake Abel board James Wan’s new horror

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After revealing earlier this month that he’ll be directing a new horror feature prior to heading back into the ocean for Aquaman 2, James Wan has kicked off casting for the as-yet-untitled film by signing up Annabelle Wallis (Annabelle, Peaky Blinders), George Young (Grace, Containment) and Jake Abel (Supernatural). Plot details on the movie – […]

The Ten Most Successful Horror Movies Of All Time

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EJ Moreno on the highest-grossing horror movies… In recent years, horror found a place at the box office. The genre finally started to bring in numbers that looked like its cinematic peers. For many years though, the only diehard fans would turn out for horror, rarely making it feel a cinematic event. Of course, there are […]

Mortal Kombat movie writer on game-accurate fatalities and R-rating

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Greg Russo is currently handling several movie adaptations of popular video game franchises including Saints Row and Resident Evil. However, one film he is currently penning is the upcoming Mortal Kombat reboot which we now know is set to be R-rated and feature the iconic fatalities that fans have come to expect from the beloved fighting game franchise. Russo elaborated […]