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Orphan 3 officially on the way with Esther back to slay

November 5, 2024 by EJ Moreno

The Orphan franchise will continue with our favorite child-like killer, Esther , returning for another outing. Variety confirms Lionsgate has officially announced Orphan 3. The outlet confirms Orphan: First Kill‘s writer David Coggeshall (The Family Plan) and director William Brent Bell (The Boy franchise) will return behind the camera. Dark Castle is excited to announce […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Isabelle Fuhrman, Orphan, orphan 3, William Brent Bell

Orphan 3 is in development

December 16, 2023 by EJ Moreno

Lovers of the Orphan franchise, fear not. We are venturing back to another twisted Esther installment very soon. Director William Brent Bell recently spoke to THR regarding his new film Lord of Misrule, and he couldn’t stop himself from teasing a third Orphan film, which is now actively in development. Following the cult classic original […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Orphan, orphan 3, Orphan: First Kill, William Brent Bell

Beware the harvest with trailer for folk horror Lord of Misrule

October 19, 2023 by Amie Cranswick

Ahead of its world premiere at Screamfest, a trailer and poster has arrived online for the upcoming folk horror Lord of Misrule. Directed by William Brent Bell (The Boy, Orphan: First Kill), the film stars Tuppence Middleton (Downton Abbey) as a woman who has recently taken over a small parish, but when her daughter goes […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Top Stories, Trailers Tagged With: Evie Templeton, Lord of Misrule, Matt Stokoe, Ralph Ineson, Tuppence Middleton, William Brent Bell

Movie Review – Orphan: First Kill (2022)

August 16, 2022 by Robert Kojder

Orphan: First Kill, 2022. Directed by William Brent Bell. Starring Isabelle Fuhrman, Julia Stiles, Rossif Sutherland, Hiro Kanagawa, and Matthew Finlan. SYNOPSIS: After orchestrating a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Esther travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. Regardless of what one thinks of 2009’s Orphan, there’s intrigue […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Hiro Kanagawa, Isabelle Fuhrman, Julia Stiles, Matthew Finlan, Orphan, Orphan: First Kill, Rossif Sutherland, William Brent Bell

Movie Review – Separation (2021)

April 29, 2021 by Robert Kojder

Separation, 2021. Directed by William Brent Bell. Starring Rupert Friend, Madeleine Brewer, Brian Cox, Violet McGraw, Troy James, Simon Quarterman, and Mamie Gummer. SYNOPSIS: A young girl finds solace in her artist father and the ghost of her dead mother. In a verbally explosive argument during 2019’s Marriage Story that has been memed to death, […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Brian Cox, Madeleine Brewer, Mamie Gummer, Rupert Friend, Separation, Simon Quarterman, Troy James, Violet McGraw, William Brent Bell

Movie Review – Brahms: The Boy II (2020)

February 23, 2020 by Shaun Munro

Brahms: The Boy II, 2020. Directed by William Brent Bell. Starring Katie Holmes, Ralph Ineson, Owain Yeoman, and Christopher Convery. SYNOPSIS: After a family moves into the Heelshire Mansion, their young son soon makes friends with a life-like doll called Brahms. The grand tradition of horror movie sequels dictates that, more often than not, they […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Shaun Munro Tagged With: Brahms: The Boy II, Christopher Convery, katie holmes, Owain Yeoman, Ralph Ineson, William Brent Bell

Katie Holmes stars in trailer for horror sequel Brahms: The Boy II

January 8, 2020 by Amie Cranswick

Ahead of its theatrical release next month, STX Films has unveiled a poster and trailer for the upcoming horror sequel Brahms: The Boy II which sees William Brent Bell returning to direct a cast that includes Katie Holmes, Christopher Convery, Owain Yeoman and Ralph Ineson; take a look here… Unaware of the terrifying history of […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Brahms: The Boy II, Christopher Convery, katie holmes, Owain Yeoman, Ralph Ineson, William Brent Bell

Katie Holmes to headline possessed doll sequel The Boy 2

October 24, 2018 by Matt Rodgers

You might think it was the horror sequel that nobody was screaming out for, but The Boy 2 has just found a new occupant for the Heelshire Mansion in the form of Katie Holmes. ComingSoon reports that the Batman Begins and Logan Lucky actress will receive the baton, or boy, from Lauren Cohen (The Walking Dead, […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: katie holmes, The Boy, The Boy 2, William Brent Bell

Stephen King’s From A Buick 8 finds its director

July 23, 2018 by Matt Rodgers

Hyde Park Entertainment have named their director for the next instalment of the Stephen King adaptation renaissance, From A Buick 8. According to Deadline, William Brent Bell, whose credits include The Boy, The Devil Inside, and Wer, will take control of the wheel on the evil car horror. From A Buick 8 was originally published […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: From A Buick 8, Stephen King, William Brent Bell

Movie Review – The Boy (2016)

January 24, 2016 by Robert Kojder

The Boy, 2016. Directed by William Brent Bell. Starring Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, Jim Norton, Diana Hardcastle, and Ben Robson. SYNOPSIS: An American nanny is shocked that her new English family’s boy is actually a life-sized doll. After violating a list of strict rules, disturbing events make her believe that the doll is really alive. […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Ben Robson, Diana Hardcastle, Jim Norton, Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, The Boy, William Brent Bell

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