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Jurassic World Rebirth Wants You To Remember How Scary It Can Be
Byline: Jasin Boland/Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment © Universal Studios All Rights Reserved. Jurassic World Rebirth opens in theaters on July 2. Jurassic World Rebirth has a new featurette this morning and leans heavily into nostalgia Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Luna Blaise, David Iacono, Audrina Miranda, Philippine Velge, Bechir Sylvain, and Ed[...]
Universal & Ad Populum Are Joint "Back-Up" Bidders For Diamond Comics
Universal Distribution, along with Ad Populum, may also be back in the game. Earlier this year, Diamond Comic Distributors, a stalwart distributor of comics to the direct market, declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy after a tumultuous half-decade On the 24th of March, the bankruptcy auction process initially selected Alliance Entertainment as the successful bidder of the Diamond-associated[...]
Five Nights At Freddy's 2: New Images Released After Teaser Trailer
Five Nights At Freddy's 2 is the talk of the internet after the teaser trailer debuted at CinemaCon during the Universal presentation Jason Blum, the film's producer, revealed the trailer in a full Freddy suit, which was hilarious But along with the teaser, we got some crucial details that were a mystery For starters, when[...]
How To Train Your Dragon Live Action Sequel Releasing June 2027
How To Train Your Dragon 2, a sequel to the upcoming live-action remake of the wildly popular animated film, will be released on June 11, 2027. This was announced from the stage at CinemaCon during the Universal presentation Earlier today, the film releasing this June was screened for critics to resounding success, including our own Kaitlyn[...]
Nobody 2 Offcially Releases A Brand New Poster During CinemaCon
Nobody 2 is on the way to theaters near the end of summer, and Universal has released the new poster for the film Lots of debuts are happening at CinemaCon this week, and this poster was on the show floor before being officially released The sequel stars Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, RZA, Michael Ironside, Colin Salmon, Billy MacLellan, Gage Munroe, Paisley[...]
Universal Distribution Setting Up In The USA As Well?
Universal Distribution is the Canadian distributor to comic book shops that distributes everyone, regardless of their Diamond deal, from DC to Marvel, to Image, to IDW, to Dark Horse, to Valiant, to Antarctic, to Dynamiyte, to Boom, to Vault, to Keenspot… you get the idea They are basically what Diamond used to be, but in[...]
M3GAN 2.0: First Teaser Drops During Grammys. Did You Miss Her?
"That's the first time she's ever worn a Blumhouse costume, so clearly the movie affected the culture." Here is the first poster as well. Credit Universal/Blumhouse Does that mean they might skip the PG-13 rating? I doubt it; that was one of the main reasons that the first film was so successful: the TikTok kids were able[...]
Wolf Man:
Wolf Man is a little over a month away from theaters, and a new featurette was released this morning by Universal and Blumhouse. Directed by Leigh Whannell, this version of the classic monster film stars Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Matilda Firth, Sam Jaeger, Ben Prendergast, and Benedict Hardie Whannell was responsible for Blumhouse's successful take on The Invisible Man[...]
How to Train Your Dragon: First Trailer, Poster, Summary, And Images
Some people seem kind of into it, while others wonder why Dreamworks and Universal are copying Disney's homework Is this happening because there is a theme park in the works? It depends on your level of cynicism Regardless of how you might feel about the existence of this movie, director Dean Deblois clearly has always[...]
Colleen Hoover's Reminders Of Him Greenlit By Universal For 2026
After the wild success of It Ends With Us this fall, Universal has set a February 13th, 2026, release date for an adaptation of her novel Reminders Of Him No director or star is currently attached to the film, according to Deadline, but I am sure they won't have an issue filling those spots The[...]
Dog Man Trailer Debuts As Universal Reveals The Voice Cast
Dog Man is one of the biggest things in comics, and Universal is bringing him to the big screen this January They released the trailer and synopsis and announced the voice cast this morning for what is sure to be a big hit this winter The film will star the voice talents of Pete Davidson,[...]
Speak No Evil: See The Original, Skip This Toothless Remake {Review}
Universal would have been much better off getting the rights to the Danish original and throwing all its marketing muscle behind it We should have known from the first trailer Watch that one instead. James McAvoy as Paddy in Speak No Evil Byline: Susie Allnutt © Universal Studios Speak No Evil, More Like Don't See Evil While on[...]
Universal Reveals All Sorts Of Halloween Horror Nights Merch
Universal Theme parks are gearing up for this year's Halloween Horror Nights quite literally They have revealed a plethora of new merch that will be on sale at the event, running from August 30th to November 3rd in Orlando and September 5th to November 3rd in Hollywood This year's houses and scare zones include some[...]
Jordan Peele, Lee Cronin Have New Horror Films On The Way
We know Universal will distribute…and that is it This is Peele's fourth feature film after the critical and commercial success of Get Out, Us, and Nope The film was delayed from its original release date of Christmas 2024. Image credits Jordan Peele's X Account/Lee Cronin's X Account Jordan Peele, Lee Cronin Leading The New Horror Charge Jordan Peele[...]
Half Baked: Totally High Star Dexter Darden on Honoring Legacy, Humor
Image courtesy of Universal Dexter Darden on Building on the Legacy of 'Half Baked' with 'Totally High' Bleeding Cool: What intrigued you about 'Half Baked: Totally High?' I got the offer from my agent about two years ago and was extremely interested I'm a big fan of Dave Chappelle and extremely familiar with the first one[...]
Despicable Me 4 Gets A Brand New Trailer Less Than 60 Days Out
The film opens on July 3rd, but I bet they would take it tomorrow if Universal would give it to them Starring the voice talents of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, Pierre Coffin, Joey King, Sofia Vergara, Stephen Colbert, Miranda Cosgrove, Chloe Fineman, Steve Coogan, Chris Renaud, Dana Gaier, and Madison Polan, the film will[...]
Abigail Is The Title Of Radios Silence's New Horror Film, Trailer Here
Credit Bernard Walsh/Universal Pictures © 2024 Universal Studios All Rights Reserved. Abigail Synopsis Radio Silence, the filmmakers behind the horror hits Ready or Not, Scream (2022), and Scream VI, bring a brash and bloodthirsty new vision of vampires with ABIGAIL A heist team is hired by a mysterious fixer to kidnap the daughter of a powerful underworld figure[...]
Monkey Man Is Now Available To Watch On Digital Services
Now, Universal has released the film out to rent or own on digital services to try and drum up some buzz Also starring Sharlto Copley (District 9), Sobhita Dhulipala (Made in Heaven), Pitobash (Million Dollar Arm), Vipin Sharma (Hotel Mumbai), Ashwini Kalsekar (Ek Tha Hero), Adithi Kalkunte (Hotel Mumbai), Sikandar Kher (Aarya) and Makarand Deshpande (RRR), the movie has great reviews, and should find an audience on streaming. Everyone Go Rent Monkey[...]
Speak No Evil Trailer Released By Universal, Out In Theaters
Speak No Evil is getting a remake from Universal and Blumhouse and the first trailer has been released at CinemaCon tonight Starring Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy, Alix West Lefler, James McAvoy, Aisling Franciosi, and Daniel Hough, this adaptation is written and directed by James Watkins and is based on the acclaimed Danish horror film Gæsterne. The Gæsterne screenplay was by Christian[...]
Five Nights at Freddy's Director is Grateful for Creator's Feedback
The film was just officially announced at CinemaCon during the big Universal presentation It will aim to release in the fall of 2025 Nothing else is known, like if the first film's director Emma Tammi will be back, or if star Josh Hutcherson will be back either, as it is still in early development with[...]
Wolf Man: Blumhouse Has Started Production On October Release
This is a show of confidence by Universal in Blumhouse as well, as the studio has long been reluctant to just let anyone touch the Universal Monsters Blumhouse earned that trust by modernizing the aforementioned Invisible Man and turning it into a hit. Photo Credit Nicola Dove/Universal Pictures and Blumhouse (via Jason Blum's Official Twitter Account) Wolf[...]
Despicable Me 4 Trailer Debuts During AFC Championship Game
Image Credit Illumination/Universal The film features fresh new characters voiced by Joey King (Bullet Train), Emmy winner Stephen Colbert (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), and Chloe Fineman (Saturday Night Live) Pierre Coffin returns as the iconic voice of the Minions and Oscar® nominee Steve Coogan returns as Silas Ramsbottom Packed with non-stop action and filled[...]
Goat: New Horror Sports Movie To Star Marlon Wayans For Monkeypaw
Editorial credit: DFree / Shutterstock.com Goat Could Mean A Lot Of Things Goat will be a hot release for Monkeypaw and Universal, who, of course, have partnered together many times That includes all three of Jordan Peele's films: Us, Nope, and Get Out Combined, those three films have grossed almost $500 million and become some of the[...]
The Exorcist: Believer Behind The Scenes Look Released
The next movie in the franchise, The Exorcist: Deciever, has now been taken off the release schedule by Universal while they hunt for a new director Worldwide, Green's film made $135 million, not too bad considering how little the production costs were, but a fraction of what Universal needed the film to do after paying[...]
Abigail Is The Title Of Radios Silence's New Horror Film, Trailer Here
Abigail is the title of the big mystery project from the Radio Silence directing team of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett for Universal, and today, we got a trailer, poster, and release date Starring in the film are Melissa Barrera (Scream franchise, In the Heights), Dan Stevens (Gaslit, Legion), Kathryn Newton (Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Freaky), William Catlett[...]
Night Swim: New Look Brings You Inside The January Horror Film
Anne Marie Fox/Universal Pictures Night Swim Should Have Been A Straight Drama, No Horror Baseball player Ray Waller (Wyatt Russell) has been forced into early retirement after being diagnosed with MS Reeling from the news, he moves his family into a new neighborhood, into a house with a pool Almost immediately, his wife (Kerry Condon) realizes something[...]