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Director Larry Fessenden Returns To Filmmaking With ‘Depraved’ By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 1, 2018 5:30 am EST Indie horror master Larry Fessenden made a name for himself directing a series of truly independent horror films, and now he’s set to return to filmmaking with the Frankenstein-inspired film Depraved. It will be Fessenden’s first feature film since 2013’s Beneath. More on the new Larry Fessenden movie below. Larry Fessenden may not be a household name to casual moviegoers, but hardcore horror fans are likely well-aware of Fessenden’s indie horror films, including Habit, Wendigo, The Last Winter and more....

Exclusive ‘Annihilation’ Behind-The-Scenes Video Reveals How That Horrifying Bear-Creature Came To Be By Chris Evangelista/May 22, 2018 7:00 am EST One of the most memorable scenes in Alex Garland’s amazing sci-fi mind-trip Annihilation involves a genuinely terrifying mutated bear-creature. In an exclusive Annihilation behind the scenes video below, learn how the filmmakers created the monster bear from the film. Annihilation Behind the Scenes Video I loved Annihilation. In fact, as of now, it’s one of my favorite films of the year....

Former ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Directors Address Their “Break-Up” With Lucasfilm By Jacob Hall/Nov. 20, 2017 8:30 am EST It’s still the biggest geek news item of the year: original directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord were fired from Solo: A Star Wars Story and replaced with Ron Howard. The news that Lucasfilm has a heavy hand in Star Wars is noting new – Kathleen Kennedy reportedly clashed with J....

Funko Continues To Tease ‘Stranger Things’ POP Vinyls With Fan Favorite Character Barb By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 26, 2016 9:15 am EST UPDATE: Funko has released another hypothetical POP! Vinyl figure, this time giving a fan favorite character their own figure. You can check it out after the jump. Our original story follows.Funko has turned any and nearly every kind of character from pop culture into one of the POP! Vinyl figures....

James Cameron Teams With AMC For Documentary Series About Science Fiction By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 16, 2017 7:00 am EST Science fiction cinema wouldn’t be what it is today without James Cameron. Not only has the director’s work on movies like The Terminator and Aliens influenced countless filmmakers today, but his advancements in visual effects and technology behind the scenes have made once seemingly impossible dreams come to life on the big screen....

Liam Neeson Will Be Out For Revenge In The Rockies In ‘Hard Powder’ By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 1, 2017 12:30 pm EST Ever since Liam Neeson fought through a long line of bad guys to get his daughter back in Taken, he’s starred in more than enough action thrillers where he’s out for revenge or trying to save someone he loves. We thought we may have finally seen the last of them with Taken 3 in 2014 and Run All Night in 2015....

Michael Giacchino Does Not Require Sleep, Will Score ‘Jurassic World 2’ By Jacob Hall/Dec. 19, 2016 9:00 am EST The busiest man in show business is obviously Dwayne Johnson, who seems to bounce from once project to another as if a tiny explosive implanted in his brain will explode if he’s not on a film set. But the second busiest man in show business is composer Michael Giacchino, who has become the go-to guy for seemingly every major film franchise on the planet....

One Of The ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Was Originally Supposed To Die In Vol. 1 By Jack Giroux/April 27, 2017 5:30 am EST Not all of the key players in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 were originally going to return for a second round. One character that was originally going to bite the dust? Nebula (Karen Gillan), the sadistic adopted daughter of Thanos (Josh Brolin) and stepsister to Gamora (Zoe Saldana)....

Robert Redford Regrets Announcing Retirement From Acting: “That Was A Mistake” By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 21, 2018 12:30 pm EST Two years ago, Robert Redford shook the film world when he announced that he was planning to retire from acting. And his swan song would be this year’s The Old Man and the Gun, a melancholy crime drama that has already received raves for being a soaring tribute to the 82-year-old actor’s legendary career....

Rumor: ‘Castlevania’ TV Series Coming From ‘Adventure Time’ Producer? By Angie Han/Dec. 29, 2016 3:00 pm EST It’s hard to get too excited about video game movies right now, considering Hollywood’s still-pretty-terrible track record with them, but maybe a video game TV series will have better luck. It appears Castlevania could be making its way to the small screen, from Adventure Time executive producer Fred Seibert. Click through for more on the possible Castlevania TV series....

Superhero Bits: Doctor Strange Tickets, Luke Cage In Marvel Movies, Batman: Arkham VR & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 5, 2016 5:00 pm EST Why was Spider-Man’s head featured in the corner of Marvel Comics in the 1980s? When do tickets for Doctor Strange go on sale? Does Luke Cage star Mike Colter see any chance of appearing in Marvel movies? What does the mention of Gotham City on Supergirl mean for the future of the show?...

The ‘Phantom Thread’ Score Is Now Streaming, Watch A Few New Clips By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 12, 2018 4:30 pm EST Only a few people have been able to see Phantom Thread in theaters since its limited release in December, but the Paul Thomas Anderson movie remains as tantalizing as ever. The release of its gorgeous, stirring soundtrack certainly helps. The score by Jonny Greenwood, who has collaborated with Anderson three times before on There Will Be Blood, The Master, and Inherent Vice, is a work of art on par with the haute couture dresses that Daniel Day-Lewis’ fashion designer crafts in the film, which he creates with the help of his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) and his muse, Alma (Vicky Krieps)....

The Weinstein Company Files For Bankruptcy, Releasing Harvey Weinstein’s Victims From NDAs By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 20, 2018 6:30 am EST After a $500 million deal for an investor group to acquire the embattled film company fell through, The Weinstein Company has filed for bankruptcy. In the process, The Weinstein Company is canceling its non-disclosure agreements. That means that many women seeking to come forward against disgraced former executive Harvey Weinstein now have freedom to speak....

Unused Concept Art Sends The Original ‘Ghostbusters’ To The Gates Of Hell By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 4, 2016 6:00 am EST At one time, there was a concept for a third Ghostbusters movie that would have taken the paranormal exterminators to an alternate version of Manhattan called Mahelltan, a dark twisted version of the New York borough. However, the Ghostbusters almost had another hellish encounter in the original movie from 1984....

Warner Bros. Reportedly Wants To Avoid Working With ‘Auteur Directors Who Want Final Cut’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 22, 2017 1:00 pm EST The Hollywood winds have been blowing in the direction of franchises and cinematic universe for a while, but it’s still surprising to see a studio make such a transparent move towards them and away from the creative forces that helped build the backbone of its modern era. A regime change at Warner Bros....

Westworld Episode 5 Trailer Teases An Epic Meeting By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 24, 2016 7:30 am EST Before Westworld made its world premiere on HBO, journalists, critics, and bloggers were given screener of the first four episodes of the new Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy television series. But now that the fourth episode of Westworld aired last night, we are all on the exact same train heading into uncharted territory on ominous DELOS park map....

Zhang Ziyi Joins The Monstrous Cast Of ‘Godzilla: King Of The Monsters’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 9, 2017 8:30 am EST Zhang Ziyi is the latest to join the cast of the sequel to 2014’s Godzilla and the third movie in the Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. MonsterVerse, Godzilla: King of the Monsters. But the Chinese actress best known for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Memoirs of a Geisha won’t just be playing monster fodder....

‘Atlantic Rim: Resurrection,’ The Knock-Off Version Of ‘Pacific Rim Uprising,’ Is Already Out By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 16, 2018 10:30 am EST With every blockbuster movie, there is always a low-budget knock-off version waiting on-demand to confuse your elderly relatives. The victim this time around: Pacific Rim Uprising. The culprit? The people behind the Sharknado movies. The low-budget production company The Asylum isn’t even waiting until the Pacific Rim sequel hits theaters to release their similarly titled copycat, Atlantic Rim: Resurrection....

‘Christine’ Trailer: Rebecca Hall Plays Christine Chubbuck In Antonio Campos’ New Film By Jack Giroux/Sept. 15, 2016 2:00 pm EST Afterschool director Antonio Campos follows up his unnervingly hypnotic film Simon Killer with Christine. Campo’s third feature premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, where it was praised as a brutal, intimate character study with a tremendous performance from Rebecca Hall (The Gift) as Christine Chubbuck, a reporter who committed suicide on the air in 1974....

‘Cult Of Chucky’ Officially Announced, Will Start Filming Next Week By Jacob Hall/Jan. 5, 2017 1:30 pm EST In an age where seemingly every significant horror movie has been remade (or rebooted, pick your poison), there’s something to be said about the Child’s Play series continuing to pump out sequel after sequel to the original movie. You know, like proper horror franchise did back in the day. While the results have often been a little erratic, there’s something undeniably magical about a long-running series churning out movies at a fairly consistent pace over thirty years....