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Audience-Controlled Interactive Slasher Movie ‘Slay Day’ to Premiere in Theaters in Fall 2026

Kino Industries’ CtrlMovie will release the interactive slasher film, Slay Day, in theaters in fall 2026, Variety is reporting. The drama will ask viewers in each theater to collectively vote on each critical decision using their smartphones. As a result, each audiences’ choices will alter the story as the movie plays on the big screen….

Sundance’s Communications VP Tammie Rosen Dies of Cancer at 49

Tammie Rosen, who had served since 2020 as the chief communications officer for the Sundance Film Institute, has died of cancer at the age of 49. From 2007 to 2019, she had previously been the executive vice president of communications and programming at the Tribeca Film Institute in New York City. In announcing her passing,…

Hirokazu Kore-eda Will Direct the Live Action Manga Adaptation of “Look Back”

(C) Tatsuki Fujimoto/Shueisha (C)2026 K2Pictures・Shueisha Director Kore-eda, who happened upon the book at a bookstore and bought it after being drawn to the “back” on the cover of “Look Back,” read it in one sitting. He commented, “I felt so keenly that Tatsuki Fujimoto must have felt he couldn’t move forward without drawing this work….

NY Film Critics Circle Chooses Warner’s ‘One Battle After Another’ As Best Picture

The New York Film Critics Circle has announced its annual list of winners, with the prize for Best Film going to Warmer Bros. for One Battle After Another, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Warner Bros. also captured prizes in four other categories: Benicio Del Toro for Best Supporting Actof; Ann Madigan…

Quentin Tarentino Slams ‘The Hunger Games’ as a Rip-off of ‘Battle Royale’

©Courtesy of Weinstein Company  Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino has vehemently expressed his displeasure with The Hunger Games franchise, calling the lucrative series a rip-off of the Japanese cult classic, Battle Royale. This is not the first time The Hunger Games has been accused of taking inappropriate liberties with Battle Royale. The novel on which The Hunger…

The New ‘Fast & Furious’ Book Reveals Why Director Justin Lin Left ‘Fast X’ Days After Production Started

Photo by Jaimie Trueblood – © 2011 Universal Studios. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Indiewire reported that Justin Lin, the regular director of “Fast X“, abruptly departed just a week into production, due to a new and unauthorized book titled ‘Welcome to the Family’. Lin’s abrupt departure from the project just a few days into filming was a…

AMC Theatres to Roll Out New Popcorn Pass Promotion on December 1

©Courtesy of AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc As a new promotional effort, AMC Theatres is launching an innovative discount pass that will give subscribers to its Stubs loyalty program a 50 percent discount on a large tub of popcorn every day of the week. The promotion begins on Cyber Monday, December 1, when the new passes…

James Cameron Reveals Development on Last Train From Hiroshima Delayed

©Courtesy of National Geographic James Cameron has shared that production on his long-in-development movie, Last Train From Hiroshima, has once again stalled. The Oscar-winning director shared the news during a recent appearance on The Town podcast with Matthew Belloni. This update follows Cameron optioned the film rights to author Charles Pellegrino’s 2010 book of the same…

Scarlett Johansson to Star in New ‘Exorcist’ Horror Movie Directed by Mike Flanagan

Black Widow / Photo by Jay Maidment/Jay Maidment – © Marvel Studios 2021. All Rights Reserved. Scarlett Johansson, who played the lead in “Jurassic World: Rebirth” and  a member of the Marvel team, has been announced as the lead for Mike Flanagan’s new take on the “Exorcist” franchise at Blumhouse and Universal Pictures. The new…

Naruto Live Action Film Update!

©Courtesy of Shueisha/Adult Swim Tasha Huo, the showrunner for Netflix’s Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft and Amazon’s The Mighty Nein has been busy these days. Not only is she promoting both series but she’s also been working on three other projects: the script for the Red Sonja movie, the pilot for a TV…

Will Noah Centineo Star with Sydney Sweeney in Legendary’s Live-Action ‘Gundam’?

©Photo by /PHILIPPE BOSSÉ/NETFLIX – © 2022 Netflix, Inc. Noah Centineo is reportedly considering joining the cast of Gundam, Legendary’s live-action adaptation of the anime about giant robots known as mechas. If the talks come to fruition, he would be co-starring with Sydney Sweeney, who has been on board since earlier in the year. The yet-untitled…