LAIKA has made some of the best animated films of the last ten years, and one that feels like it flew a bit more under the radar was ParaNorman back in 2012. While it did well critically and brought in several awards (am I still mad this movie lost to Brave? This world may never […]
Just when you thought director James Cameron couldn't possibly get any busier, considering there are still three Avatar movies that need to come out, we find out that he is taking on another project. In a press release sent out today (via The Hollywood Reporter and author Joe Abercrombie's official website), Cameron's company, Lightstorm, has purchased the rights to The […]
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, the 2010 horror-comedy directed by Eli Craig, remains a beloved cult film starring Tyler Labine as Dale and Alan Tudyk as Tucker—flipping the slasher genre by portraying two well-meaning hillbillies mistaken for killers by preppy college students. Its sharp humor, gory charm, and heartfelt friendship earned an impressive 85% approval […]
The fate of Looney Tunes is all over the place. One day, it seems like they are on their way out, and no one will be able to see these classic cartoons again as Max systematically removes all traces of them. Then people got super excited, a film that Warner Bros. almost didn't release, The Day […]
Fight or Flight, released on May 9, 2025, was designed as a high-octane action-comedy, with Josh Hartnett leading a chaotic battle aboard a plane packed with assassins. Directed by James Madigan in his feature debut, the film showcases Hartnett as Lucas Reyes, a mercenary tasked with protecting a mysterious target, played by Charithra Chandran, amidst […]
Another video game is heading to the big screen. After many, many years of being the butt of the joke when it comes to adaptation, it seems like studios have started to figure out what works and what doesn't when it comes to adapting games to film. We're seeing more winners instead of nothing but […]
Someday, someone will write a book about everything that went on behind the scenes with Coyote vs. Acme. Somehow, a film that seemed like it would be an easy win for Warner Bros. turned into a rallying cry for the studio's treatment of films in the David Zaslav era. After being told the movie was absolutely […]
Red Sonja is coming back to theaters. Samuel Goldwyn Films has picked up the rights to release the new film that has been done for quite some time in the US and plans to release it in theaters this year. Deadline reports that the film, directed by M. J. Bassitt, stars Matilda Lutz (Daisy Ridley's Magpie) […]
It's time for another adaptation of one of the classics. The Count of Monte Cristo is one of those books that is ripe for many Hollywood adaptations because it's one of those timeless stories that never gets old. So it's time for the children to learn about yet another famous book that exists, just like when […]
The Running Man is one of the more anticipated films of the latter part of 2025, and with good reason. A remake of the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger film, which is based on a Stephen King story written by Richard Bachman, it stars Glen Powell, Katy O'Brian, Daniel Ezra, Karl Glusman, Josh Brolin, Lee Pace, Jayme Lawson, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, William H. Macy, David Zayas, Sean […]
Monopoly is heading to the big screen. Lionsgate and LuckyChap have hired John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein to pen a script for a film based around the mega-popular board game. This is significant because this also means they are not spending time making a film we all want: a sequel to Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. […]
The new Martin Scorsese film is starting to come together, and it, of course, is another crime movie with another very impressive cast. We're still getting some details, but the film, according to Deadline, would star Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, and, to the surprise of everyone, Leonardo DiCaprio. At the moment, it's still untitled, and according […]
It seems weird that this might be the first time you are hearing that a new Looney Toons movie is coming out in less than a month. The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie premiered at the Annecy Internation Animation Film Festival last June to positive reviews, but a reminder that these […]
While we in the West are waiting for Tsui Hark's blockbuster adaptation of Jin Yong's wuxia classic Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants, another adaptation was released in China and Hong Kong days before the big event opened, namely Invincible Swordsman; it is, unfortunately, an utterly pointless and toothless remake of Swordsman 2, a hit […]
Red Water Entertainment has released the one-take thriller FAILURE! starring Ted Raimi (brother of director Sam Raimi, Spiderman, video game The Quarry) On Digital and On Demand from January 28th. Shot in a continuous 87-minute take, FAILURE! is a Mexican-U.S. co-production that follows business tycoon James (Raimi), a devoted family man facing a dire ultimatum: resolve a crushing […]
It's almost comical at this point how many times someone has tried to make a Resident Evil something happen, constantly reviving the corpse of this IP in movies, television, and even the game series again and again, trying to capture the couple of times everything has fallen perfectly into place. And that "couple" changes depending […]
We have to declare an interest in this sort of thing. Crossed, the comic book by Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows was published by Bleeding Cool's publisher, Avatar Press. And the planned movie adaptation, with a script written by Ennis, now has a director in Ron Jabbaz, who also made The Sadness. the Taiwanese horror […]
Toxic Avenger has been done for quite some time and even held a successful premiere at the 2023 version of Fantastic Fest. It stars Elijah Wood, Julia Davis, Taylour Paige, Kevin Bacon, and Jacob Tremblay, and playing Toxie himself, Peter Dinklage. Macon Blair directed it. After the premiere, we heard nothing. It was taken off the release schedule, […]
If anyone has taken advantage of their fame post-Marvel Cinematic Universe to make some really interesting creative decisions, it is Sebastian Stan. He already had one of the juicier ones in the MCU as Bucky Barnes, who is an absolute human disaster of a character and wonderfully complex, and he's also someone who has really […]
Masters of the Universe will head into production soon, a sentence I didn't think I would ever get to type. Yes, the live-action version of the popular 80s property is directed by Travis Knight and is based on a script by Chris Butler. It will star Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man/Prince Adam, Camila Mendes as Teela, Idris Alba as Man-At-Arms, […]
