The Golden Raspberry Awards (the “Razzies”) for the worst films and performances of 2023 have just been revealed, marking the 44th year of the competition. Each year, the Razzies are announced just before the Oscar nominee list, which is slated for release on Tuesday. According to the Golden Raspberry folks, the nominations are made by “1,179…
Reanimating life into a genre franchise that was launched in part by the most influential horror film ever made, but whose subsequent entries have failed to make a similar lasting positive impression, is no easy feat. The critically acclaimed and box office hit movie, 1973’s The Exorcist, instantly became a lasting success for various reasons….
Famed horror producer Jason Blum, who has garnered a successful career frightening audiences with such movie franchises as Paranormal Activity, Insidious and the Halloween sequel trilogy, had his own scare recently: learning Taylor Swift had decided to release her Eras Tour concert film on the same day of his latest supernatural horror follow-up. As a…
William Friedkin, who directed such iconic 1970s films as The French Connection and The Exorcist, has died in Los Angeles of heart failure and pneumonia. He was 87. Friedkin was part of a new generation of directors who came to prominence in the Seventies, a list that included Hal Ashby, Peter Bogdanovich, and Francis Ford…
@Eli Roth’s History of Horror Linda Blair, the star of the acclaimed supernatural horror film, The Exorcist, is reportedly reprising her role of Regan MacNeil, who was formerly possessed by the demon Pazuzu, in Blumhouse’s upcoming reboot. The actress, who last played the iconic character in the series’ first sequel, T977’s The Exorcist II: The…
Owen Roizman, 86, the noted cinematographer. has died following a long illness, according American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), of which Roizman served as president from 1997 to 1998. Roizman received five Oscar nominations, for The French Connection, The Exorcist, Network, Tootsie, and Wyatt Earp. In 2017, he received an honorary Academy Award for his lifelong…
After a decade-long hiatus in directing narrative films, 87-year-old William Friedkin will be helming a new updated film version of Herman Wouk’s 1951 novel The Caine Mutiny. To be titled The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, the film is being made for Paramount Global Content Distribution and Showtime. It will be Friedkin’s first narrative film since Killer…
After 49 years in the crypt, The Exorcist is about to manifest itself in a revival that David Gordon Green will be conjuring up for Blumhouse productions. It’s just been revealed that he will be directing the new film from a screenplay he’s co-writing with Scott Teems, Danny McBride, and Peter Sattler. And, the role…
Just as his new film Halloween Kills is about to be released, director David Gordon Green has officially set a new, very different project. As reported by Deadline, Green has been tapped to direct a story about Walt Disney’s creation of the Disneyland theme park. This is a Disney Studios production that will premiere on…
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…
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…
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