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Blumhouse and David Gordon Green’s The Exorcist and Halloween Sequel Trilogies are Revamping Universal Picture’s Horror Slate

Universal Pictures’ recent and upcoming slate of horror movies is being brought back from the dead with the help of the noteworthy collaboration between Blumhouse Productions and filmmaker David Gordon Green. With the success of their slasher follow-up, Halloween (2018), as well the recent announcement that the production company and writer-director reunite for an Exorcist…

Abuse Survivor Mena Suvari Recounts Unusual Encounter with Kevin Spacey on the American Beauty Set

Actress Mena Suvari has revealed that she struggled with substance use and sexual abuse while she was first garnering fame in Hollywood by starring in several revolutionary teen movies that helped define the late 1990s and early 2000s. The SAG Award-winning performer admitted during an interview with People that “Between the ages of 12 and…

EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE | New Images!

Directed by Jonathan Butterell Written by Tom MacRae Starring Max Harwood, Sarah Lancashire, Lauren Patel, Shobna Gulati, Ralph Ineson, Adeel Akhtar, Samuel Bottomley, with Sharon Horgan and Richard E. Grant Inspired by true events, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie follows Jamie New (Harwood), a teenager from Sheffield, who dreams of life on stage. While his classmates plan their livelihoods after they…

Neill Blomkamp Gives District 9 Sequel Update and Teases American History

It’s been twelve years since the release of District 9, the science-fiction movie that turned South African apartheid into a separation between humans and aliens. Long-time rumors of a sequel from director Neill Blomkamp have circulated, and he confirmed back in February that a second film was officially in the works. Now, in an interview…

Michael B. Jordan Developing Black Superman Limited Series for HBO Max

Michael B. Jordan is in development on a Black Superman project with his production company, Outlier Society, for HBO Max, Collider is reporting. The project will focus on the Val-Zod incarnation of the character Outlier Society has reportedly hired a writer who’s currently working on the script, but the company hasn’t revealed who the scribe…

Blumhouse’s Upcoming The Exorcist Film Will be a Legacy Sequel to the Original

The upcoming next installment in the popular The Exorcist franchise is set to be a direct sequel to, and not a reboot of the original 1973 Academy Award-winning horror movie. Filmmaker David Gordon Green, who first garnered widespread success in the genre when he wrote, directed and produced the 2018 Halloween, shared the news about…

Joel Coen’s ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ is NYFF’s Opening Night Selection

The 59th New York Film Festival officially has its opening night selection. Film at Lincoln Center announced today in a press release that Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth will make its world premiere at Alice Tully Hall on September 24th. Described as a “boldly inventive visualization of The Scottish Play,” Coen’s film stars his…

“In the Heights” Leslie Grace Will Play Batgirl!

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Toronto Film Festival’s Line-Up: ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ to Debut on Opening Night

Stephen Chbosky’s screen adaptation of the Broadway musical, Dear Evan Hansen, has been selected to open the 46th annual Toronto International Film Festival this fall. “There was no question that Dear Evan Hansen was the ideal film to launch the festival this year,” Cameron Bailey, TIFF’s artistic director and co-head, said. “This film is ultimately…

Community Donations Save Ghibli Museum

The future of Mitaka’s Ghibli Museum was, like many other businesses around the globe, affected during the pandemic, not looking bright a few months ago. online pharmacy azithromycin with best prices today in the USA Its closures between February and July of 2020 and April and June of 2021 meant considerable lost revenue, and there…

Greatest Movie Songs and Soundtracks of All Time : We Picked Top 3!

With the use of sound in films, film music with infinite power has become essential to the cinematographic experience. Some songs took years to hit, while others became hits at a moment. We picked top3 choices. Please click their choices of music on YouTube. Abe Friedtanzer Once There Was a Hushpuppy by Ben Zeitlin and Dan…