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Final trailer for The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

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Ahead of its premiere in theatres and on HBO Max this Friday, Warner Bros. has released a final trailer for the next film in The Conjuring Universe, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. Directed by Michael Chaves, the film sees the return of Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as Ed and Lorraine Warren in the […]

Get Over Here! The Mortal Kombat Movie Franchise

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Chris Gelderd delves into the Mortal Kombat movie franchise… American game designers, writers and friends Ed Boon and John Tobias had a dream in 1990. It had been three years since the arcade beat-‘em up Street Fighter, created by Takashi Nishiyama and Hiroshi Matsumoto, made its debut and helped introduce a new genre of gaming. […]

Warner Bros. and DC Films shelve Ava DuVernay’s New Gods and James Wan’s The Trench

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With the radio silence from both production teams in recent months, this news comes as no shock yet fans of DC Films will still be upset by the news that Warner Bros. has shelved two of their upcoming projects. THR reports that Warner Bros. and DC have decided not to move forward with Ava DuVernay’s […]

James Wan’s Train to Busan remake finds its director

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Deadline is reporting that the long-planned English-language remake of the hit South Korean zombie movie Train to Busan looks to be picking up steam, with Timo Tjahjanto (Headshot, The Night Comes For Us) signing on to direct the film. The Conjuring and Aquaman helmer James Wan is producing the remake through his Atomic Monster banner, […]

James Wan’s Malignant gets a September release date and teaser image

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It’s a rare treat to be discussing a movie that we know next-to-nothing about, but that’s the case when it comes to James Wan’s Malignant, which finds The Insidious director returning the horror genre after playing with expensive toys on Aquaman and Furious 7. However, thanks to Wan’s Instagram account we at least have an […]

James Wan’s Malignant receives R rating for “strong horror violence and gruesome images”

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Although director James Wan’s upcoming Giallo horror film Malignant is still without an official release date from Warner Bros. as a result of the ongoing global health crisis, the film has received its age rating from the MPAA. James Wan’s Malignant has officially earned an R rating for “strong horror violence, gruesome images, and for language.” While plot […]

Overlord director to helm Van Helsing movie for Universal and James Wan

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Back in March of this year it was announced that Universal Pictures had tapped Saw, Insidious and The Conjuring director James Wan to produce an original horror-thriller inspired by the studio’s classic library of monster characters. While specific details were initially kept under wraps, it has now been revealed that the project in question is […]

James Wan says Aquaman 2 will be “more serious” and “more relevant”

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During DC FanDome’s Aquaman panel, director James Wan offered some minor details on the direction of the story for the upcoming DC sequel including taking on a “more serious” tone. “I would say a little bit more serious. A little bit more relevant in a world that we’re living in today. And I think that’s kind […]

James Wan confirms Aquaman 2 will continue to incorporate a little of his horror sensibilities

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While the first Aquaman film had some of director James Wan’s horror sensibilities with the Trench sequence, the filmmaker has confirmed the upcoming sequel will have another touch of horror. When answering fan questions ahead of his appearance at DC FanDome on Twitter, Wan confirmed the sequel won’t lose its scary sequences as the story of exploring underwater […]

Annabelle Wallis calls James Wan’s Malignant “brave” and “genre-bending”

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Annabelle Wallis, one of the stars of the upcoming horror movie Malignant, has spoken about her experience of working on the film alongside director James Wan. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Wallis described Malignant as “brave” and “genre-bending” while providing nothing but praise towards the script and the director. “Oh yes! Oh my god. […]