Following the trailer debut of their live-action adaptation of How to Train Your Dragon, Universal Pictures has now released a behind-the-scenes video which focuses on why director Dean DeBlois decided to reimagine his animated classic. The trailer gives us a peek at the practical sets that make up the Isle of Berk, affords us a […]
Live-action How to Train Your Dragon trailer swoops online
Universal Pictures has hatched the first trailer for their live-action reimagining of the animated classic How to Train Your Dragon. Directed by Dean DeBlois, who adapted Cressida Cowell’s New York Times bestselling book series into the $1.6 billion grossing animated trilogy, How to Train Your Dragon brings to life the isle of Berk and its […]
Trailer for Mel Gibson family horror movie Monster Summer
A poster and trailer have arrived online for Monster Summer, the family mystery-horror from actor-turned-director David Henrie (Wizards of Waverly Place). The film follows Noah (Mason Thames), a young boy who teams up with his friends and a retired police detective (Mel Gibson) to stop a supernatural entity that threatens the children of Martha’s Vineyard. […]
Gerard Butler to reprise role for live-action How to Train Your Dragon
Universal haven’t had to look very far when it comes to casting the role of Stoick in their live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon, with the news that Gerard Butler is set to reprise his role as the Viking chief and Hiccup’s father. With the lead roles of Hiccup and Astrid going to […]
Ethan Hawke and the original cast answer the call for The Black Phone 2
Ethan Hawke (Training Day), Mason Thames (Doctor Strange), Madeleine McGraw (Secrets of Sulphur Springs), Jeremy Davies (LOST) and Miguel Mora (The Black Phone) are all set to reprise their roles for The Black Phone 2. When Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone defied the post-pandemic box-office landscape to gross $161M worldwide, off a Blumhouse-level budget of […]
Mason Thames and Nico Parker to play Hiccup and Astrid in live-action How to Train Your Dragon
The cast is now in place for the How to Train Your Dragon live-action adaptation. Mason Thames and Nico Parker will lead the project, playing Hiccup and Astrid who were voiced by Jay Baruchel and America Ferrera in the original movies. Thames is fresh off his work in The Black Phone, starring alongside Ethan Hawke. […]
Movie Review – The Black Phone (2022)
The Black Phone, 2022. Directed by Scott Derrickson. Starring Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, and James Ransone. SYNOPSIS: An abducted teenager uses a mysterious phone to communicate with previous victims of his captor. When one looks back at Ethan Hawke’s career, which spans an impressive four decades, it’s quite obvious that the […]
Movie Review – The Black Phone (2022)
The Black Phone, 2022. Directed by Scott Derrickson. Starring Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone, Michael Banks Repeta, Kellan Rhude, J. Gaven Wilde, E. Roger Mitchell, Brady Ryan, Jacob Moran, Jordan Isaiah White, Spencer Fitzgerald, Kristina Arjona, and Tristan Pravong. SYNOPSIS: After being abducted by a child killer and locked in […]
Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone gets a creepy retro poster
Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone might have been put back on the receiver for another four months having been delayed from its intended February release, but if that means we get more marketing that’s as creepily effective as this retro poster then you won’t find us hanging up on this horror just yet. Having quit […]
Scott Derrickson’s new horror The Black Phone gets a first trailer
Universal Pictures has released a trailer for The Black Phone, director Scott Derrickson’s (Sinister, Doctor Strange) upcoming adaptation of Joe Hill’s short story of the same name. The horror follows teenager Finney Shaw (Mason Thames) as he finds himself trapped inside the soundproof basement of a sadistic serial killer (Ethan Hawke), where he begins to […]