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Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin — founding keyboardist Claudio Simonetti’s modern manifestation of prolific Italian prog-rock composers Goblin — are hitting the road to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Dario Argento‘s Deep Red.

The band will perform the score live to a screening of the film at eight stops across the US, preceded by five Suspiria shows in Canada. Each show also includes a short set of other classic Goblin songs.

The tour culminates at Future Ruins in Los Angeles, where they’ll appear alongside the likes of John Carpenter, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Danny Elfman, Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, and Howard Shore.

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Luc Besson’s Dracula: A Love Tale has secured North American distribution with Vertical, which plans a wide theatrical rollout in the first quarter of 2026 following the film’s summer opening in France. The English-language gothic romance stars Caleb Landry Jones, with Christoph Waltz and Zoë Bleu among the ensemble, and adapts Bram Stoker’s novel through a centuries-spanning love story.

The film follows a 15th-century prince who renounces God after the death of his wife and is cursed to wander through time as Dracula, sustaining hope that he can reunite with his lost love. In a statement announcing the North American deal, the director described the project as deeply...

Gus Van Sant’s Dead Man’s Wire premiered out of competition at the Venice Film Festival and drew a lengthy standing ovation for its tense retelling of a 1977 hostage crisis that played out live on television. The film centers on Tony Kiritsis, who abducted mortgage executive Richard Hall and rigged a shotgun to his captive in a “dead man’s wire” setup that would fire if he were killed. Bill Skarsgård leads as Kiritsis, with Dacre Montgomery as Hall; Al Pacino, Myha’la and Colman Domingo appear in key supporting roles.

Festival materials describe the project as rooted in the economic anxiety and media dynamics of the period, with Van Sant...

Vertical has acquired North American rights to Luc Besson’s upcoming fantasy horror romance “Dracula: A Love Tale.”

Starring Caleb Landry Jones (“Harvest”), two-time Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz and Zoë Bleu (“Gonzo Girl”), the film is set for a wide theatrical release in early 2026.

The screenplay from Besson is based on the book by Bram Stoker. “Dracula: A Love Tale” follows a 15th-century prince (Landry Jones) who denounces God after the devastating loss of his wife. He inherits an eternal curse, ultimately becoming Dracula. Condemned to wander the centuries, he defies fate and death itself, guided by a single hope – to be reunited with his lost love.

“This film...

“Dead Man’s Wire” was already in production when Luigi Mangione fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024. But you’d be forgiven for interpreting it as a reaction to those events. The film — director Gus Van Sant’s first since “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot” in 2018 — takes place in the 1970s, another decade when dissent fueled by economic stagnation exploded into politically charged violence. But its sympathy for its aggrieved antihero feels very current.

“Exploded” can be taken literally here, as Tony Kiritsis (Bill Skarsgård) rigged his Indianapolis apartment with homemade munitions when he took his mortgage broker, Richard Hall (Dacre Montgomery), hostage there for 63 frozen hours in February 1977. This was in addition to the device that gives Van Sant’s movie its name, a wire that was attached to the trigger of a shotgun on one end, and looped around Hall’s head on the other.

Gus Van Sant is in top form with Dead Man’s Wire, a riveting true-crime dramatization of a hostage incident from 1977, during which Indianapolis man Tony Kiritzis, claiming that his mortgage broker had deliberately sabotaged his real estate investment, kidnapped the company president and rigged a sawn-off 12-gauge shotgun with a hair-trigger wire connected to his own neck. Scripted with fat-free economy by Austin Kolodney and made in the gritty, realistic style of Sidney Lumet’s ‘70s thrillers, the film pays tribute to Dog Day Afternoon while carving its own identity, led by a crackling performance full of unforced humor from Bill Skarsgard.

In addition to the primary reference of Lumet, there are reminders of other directors whose work captured the national disillusionment of the time, like Alan J. Pakula and Sydney Pollack, but also a link back to earlier Van Sant films. The casting in small roles of Kelly Lynch and John Robinson,...

From writer-director Luc Besson, Dracula: A Love Tale has been acquired by Vertical.

Deadline reports that the horror fantasy romance is being lined up for a wide North American theatrical release in the first quarter of 2026.

Based on Bram Stoker‘s classic 1897 novel, the film stars Caleb Landry Jones (Get Out), Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained), and Zoë Bleu.

A 15th-century prince (Jones) who denounces God after the devastating loss of his wife inherits an eternal curse: he becomes Dracula. Condemned to wander the centuries, he defies fate and death itself, guided by a single hope – to be reunited with his lost love.

“This film is very close to my heart...

Remember when a new Luc Besson movie was an event? Times have certainly changed for the Valerian and Fifth Element director, who’s had a hard time securing North American distribution for his latest epic, Dracula: A Love Tale. The film opened in French theaters this summer but seemed destined for a direct-to-digital release—until now. Vertical has stepped in to give the film a theatrical rollout in Q1 2026.

Vertical has been carving out a niche distributing edgy, indie fare with mainstream potential, such as The Order and Ron Howard’s Eden. While the studio hasn’t yet had a breakout hit, Besson’s Dracula could change that.

The film...

Exclusive: Coming off its French theatrical release in July, Vertical has acquired North American rights to Luc Besson’s fantasy horror romance Dracula: A Love Tale.

Starring Caleb Landry Jones (Harvest), two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained), and Zoë Bleu (Gonzo Girl), the film is being lined up for a wide theatrical release in Q1, 2026.

In a screenplay from Besson based on the classic book by Bram Stoker, Dracula: A Love Tale follows a 15th-century prince (Jones) who denounces God after the devastating loss of his wife. He inherits an eternal curse: he becomes Dracula. Condemned to wander the centuries, he defies fate and death itself, guided by a single hope – to be reunited with his lost love.

The film was produced by Besson and executive-produced by Mark Canton, Dorothy Canton, Ryan Winterstern and Philippe Corrot. Music comes from Academy Award-nominee Danny Elfman (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice).

The deal was negotiated...

A Los Angeles Halloween tradition continues: Danny Elfman has confirmed a 2025 edition of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas live, taking place at the Hollywood Bowl on October 25th and 26th.

Marking the 12th and 13th time Elfman has performed the Tim Burton classic at the Bowl with a full orchestra, the 2025 edition will feature Elfman as Jack, Janelle Monáe as Sally, Keith David as Oogie Boogie, John Stamos as Lock, and Riki Lindhome as Shock. The group will perform the film’s musical sequences accompanied by a live orchestra, with the film’s visuals being played on screens behind them.

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A Los Angeles Halloween tradition continues: Danny Elfman has confirmed a 2025 edition of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas live, taking place at the Hollywood Bowl on October 25th and 26th.

Marking the 12th and 13th time Elfman has performed the Tim Burton classic at the Bowl with a full orchestra, the 2025 edition will feature Elfman as Jack, Janelle Monáe as Sally, Keith David as Oogie Boogie, John Stamos as Lock, and Riki Lindhome as Shock. The group will perform the film’s musical sequences accompanied by a live orchestra, with the film’s visuals being played on screens behind them.

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September brings a packed slate of fantasy across theaters and streaming with brand new premieres, prestige reissues, and fresh episodes from fan favorite series. You can plan on big screen spectacles, cozy animated worlds, and a few nostalgic returns that deserve a slot on your calendar.

Below you will find every movie and show confirmed for September along with dates and concrete details so you know what each project is about, who is behind it, and where to watch. Reissues are noted with their theatrical return, while ongoing series list the exact platform debut this month.

‘The Legend of Hei 2’ (2025) Beijing Hanmu Chunhua Animation Technology

The sequel continues the...

Target is doing the Monster Mash this Halloween season with Spooky Setlist, a vinyl record featuring various artists that’s going to be up for grabs exclusively in Target stores and online.

The Limited Edition 1Lp record features glow-in-the-dark green vinyl, and a release date is listed on Target’s website for August 29, 2025. The Spooky Setlist record will cost you $24.99.

The following tracks are included on the record…

Side A – Trick Side – 00’s Pop Halloween Themed

1. Bloody Mary – Lady Gaga

2. Dark Horse – Katy Perry featuring Juicy J

3. Heads Will Roll – A-Trak Remix (Radio Edit) – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4. Maneater – Nelly Furtado

5. Bones – Imagine Dragons

6. Season Of The Witch – Lana Del Rey

Side B – Treat Side – Classic Halloween Themed

1. White Wedding (Pt. 1) – Billy Idol

2. Somebody’s Watching Me – Rockwell

3. Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo

4. Goo Goo Muck – The Cramps

5. Monster Mash – Bobby “Boris” Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers

6. Main Titles (From “Beetlejuice...

Tim Burton has a ton of horror classics under his scary belt. The director just helped release the first part of Wednesday Season 2, where he also serves as an executive producer on the Netflix series. However, way before he haunted the halls of Nevermore Academy, Burton was terrorizing the cursed town of Sleepy Hollow. His 1999 film remains a fan-favorite. Now this moody gothic romance starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci is getting a killer new Funko Pop collection.

There are four chilling Pops in Sleepy Hollow’s Funko wave. The three normal Pops are Katrina Van Tassel (Ricci), the Headless Horseman (Christopher Walken) and Ichabod Crane (Depp). Ichabod Crane will also have a bloody Entertainment Earth exclusive figure for $15.99 Usd. The normal figures will be $14.99. If that wasn't enough, the Headless Horseman will have a skeleton Chase version that fans should be on the frightful hunt for. This set now...

People really, really love the "Mission: Impossible" movies. Inspired by the 1960s TV series of the same name, the films star Tom Cruise as super-spy Ethan Hunt, with Cruise performing wildly dangerous stunts on-camera as his character gets involved in all kinds of espionage. These things are global blockbusters, with even the "worst" of the franchise knocking it out of the park at the box office, and yet, I had never seen a single one until now. Spy movies have never really been my thing, while Cruise's ties to Scientology make him less than appealing. Be that as it may, in the name of art and criticism, I tried to set my hang-ups aside and see what the heck this "Mission: Impossible" thing was all about.

Years of exposure to commercials for the "Mission: Impossible" sequels and seeing clips on social media had led me to believe that 1996's "Mission: Impossible...

Soundtracks in Netflix’s Wednesday aren’t just background noises, but they help shape major scenes, carrying on the morbid, mischievous, and stylishly gothic tale ahead. So while we cannot wait to hear what songs the second season of the show will have, here is a comprehensive list of every original track and every licensed song featured in Season 1 of the Netflix show, from classical pieces to modern pop and rock.

Wednesday, created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar and produced under the direction of Tim Burton, is a stylish supernatural mystery series starring Jenna Ortega as the darkly brilliant Wednesday Addams. With Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia, Luis Guzmán as Gomez, Gwendoline Christie as Larissa Weems, and Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester, the show follows Ortega’s character as she navigates psychic visions, high school politics, and monster hunts at Nevermore Academy.

The first season of the series contains several...

Although it's still only August and there's plenty of summer remaining, it's never too early to start packing for a visit to Halloweentown. Loungefly is already preparing for the spooky season with a ghoulish new collection based entirely on Tim Burton and Henry Selick's 1993 gothic stop-motion animated classic, The Nightmare Before Christmas. Featuring backpacks, crossbody bags, a jacket, and more, the collection is packed with a wide range of goodies for fans of Jack Skellington, Sally, or even the villainous bag of bugs, Oogie Boogie. Ahead of the release, Collider has an exclusive look at all nine items coming soon from the pop culture accessory and apparel brand.

Depending on which half of The Nightmare Before Christmas's haunting couple you prefer, or if you're a fan of Jack's adorable ghost dog with a pumpkin nose, Zero, Loungefly has a backpack themed for them. The Pumpkin King of Halloweentown...

Tim Burton has made a ton of memorable horror films over the years, like Beetlejuice and Frankenweenie. However, one of the director's most beloved works of the 21st century has been Corpse Bride. The stop-motion animated gothic romance is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Now, Monster High has joined the party with a new doll based on Corpse Bride.

A part of their Skullector Doll series, Mattel’s latest Monster High addition is the Corpse Bride herself, Emily. The figure comes with a spiderweb mesh and silky blue bridal gown and the 10.5-inch scale piece has 11 points of articulation. It's also the first sculpt from Monster High that features a skeletal arm, leg, and rip cage. As Mattel put it:

“We’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride with a supernaturally stunning Emily doll that fans of the film will be dying to add to their skullection.

If you’ve ever rooted for a brooding guy with scissors for hands or found yourself strangely obsessed with a skeleton falling in love, well, congrats, because you’ve officially entered the wonderfully weird world of Tim Burton.

The man, the myth, the maestro of macabre, Burton has been serving us with his spooky yet sweet cinematic goodness since the 1980s. From creepy Christmas towns to gothic fairytales and even a Batman who low-key looks like he shops at Hot Topic, Burton’s movies have never been your average Hollywood fare. They’re literally whimsical, weird, and wickedly fun. And well, that’s exactly how we love them, ain’t it?

While the 2000s had some Burton misses, he came roaring back in 2024 with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the sequel we didn’t know we still needed. And guess what? He’s not done yet. Burton teased that he’s diving back into animation.

It’s been 40 years since Pee-wee Herman lost his bike, and to be honest, we’re still not over it.

Released in August 1985, “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” not only introduced audiences at large to Paul Reubens’ wild comic creation, it also welcomed us into the heightened world of Tim Burton. Then just an animator with a couple of credits under his belt, Burton was personally picked by Reubens to bring Pee-wee’s living-cartoon aesthetic to life on screen.

Turns out, it was a match made in heaven. Together, they sent viewers on a rip-roaring road trip following Reubens’ grey-suit-and-red-bowtie-loving manchild as he hitchhiked across America to find his beloved stolen bicycle. With Pee-wee’s unpredictability and Burton’s eye for detail, “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” defied expectations and more than tripled its $7million budget. What’s more, it propelled the duo to household-name status.

Four decades on, a lot has changed. Reubens returned for a Burton-less sequel,...

Plot: Wednesday Addams, returns to prowl the Gothic halls of Nevermore Academy, where fresh foes and woes await. This season, Wednesday must navigate family, friends and old adversaries, propelling her into another year of delightfully dark and kooky mayhem. Armed with her signature razor-sharp wit and deadpan charm, Wednesday is also plunged into a new bone-chilling supernatural mystery.

Review: The first season of Wednesday became a massive hit for Netflix despite a quintessentially CW-style approach to storytelling. But, armed with the unique visual style of director Tim Burton and a supporting role from The Addams Family movie star Christina Ricci, Wednesday was anchored by Jenna Ortega’s pitch-perfect take on the macabre teenage protagonist. While the story of Wednesday attending Nevermore Academy felt like a horror-tinged take on Nancy Drew, the series had its charms and easily garnered a second season. After three years of waiting, Wednesday is back with...

Tim Burton has long been regarded as one of Hollywood's most visually distinctive filmmakers, so it only stands to reason that audiences would want — nay, deserve — to see his works in the highest possible resolution. Well, Burton fans, we've got some great news on that front: One of his most well-received fantasies is returning to store shelves with a 4K Uhd remaster, timed to celebrate the film's 20th anniversary.

We're talking, of course, about The Corpse Bride, the stop-motion animated effort that paired Johnny Depp (as Victor Van Dort) and Helena Bonham Carter (as the titular undead betrothed) in an unorthodox love triangle with Emily Watson. Although the film marked Burton's first official foray into stop-motion, he'd dabbled before by producing The Nightmare Before Christmas in 1993 and James and the Giant Peach three years later.

Although The Corpse Bride was generally well-received by critics — it's currently at 84 percent on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes,...

Tim Burton‘s Corpse Bride will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a 4K Ultra HD release in both SteelBook and standard packaging on September 23 via Warner Bros.

The 2005 stop-motion fantasy musical has been newly restored in 4K with High Dynamic Range and Dolby Atmos-TrueHD sound.

Special features:

Digging up the Past: The Minds Behind Corpse Bride (new) ‘Til Death Do Us Art: A Corpse Bride Reflection (new) Danny Elfman Interprets the Two Worlds Inside the Two Worlds of the Corpse Bride Making Puppets Tick The Animators: The Breath of Life The Corpse Bride Pre-Production Galleries Tim Burton: Dark vs. Light Voices from the Underworld The Voices Behind the Voice

Burton co-directs with Mike Johnson from a script by John August (Big Fish), Caroline Thompson (The Nightmare Before Christmas), and Pamela Pettler (Monster House). Danny Elfman (The Nightmare Before Christmas) composed the music.

A young man mistakenly weds a corpse while...

ScreenRant can exclusively reveal the digital and 4K DVD release date of Corpse Bride. The movie was a 2005 dark fantasy stop-motion animated film directed by the visionary Tim Burton. The now-classic film sees Victor Van Dort attempt to flee his arranged marriage, only to end up inadvertently agreeing to marry a bride in the underworld.

The movie did fairly well at the box office when it came out, especially as a stop-motion film. The movie made $117.2 million on an estimated $40 million budget. It also got good reviews and was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars (but lost out to Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit).

In celebration of the movie's 20th anniversary, Corpse Bride is getting a 4K restoration DVD release for the first time ever. The film will be available on both 4K Blu-ray and DVD on September 23. Said Blu-ray will be available to purchase...

Forty years ago, Paul Reubens and Tim Burton took viewers on a ride to remember with Pee-wee’s Big Adventure.

The film centers on Reubens as titular Pee-wee Herman, whose hunt for his stolen bicycle leads him to the Alamo. As a member of the L.A. comedy troupe the Groundlings, Reubens developed the childlike character and played him in the 1980s in live stage shows, an HBO special and appearances on Late Night With David Letterman. “It dawned on me that I could actually become Pee-wee Herman,” Reubens told THR in 2020 about his alter ego.

During a run of sold-out performances, the comedian landed a deal with Warner Bros. to write a Pee-wee feature. While on the studio lot, Reubens noticed people riding bikes and asked for one of his own. After being taken with the refurbished 1940s Schwinn he was given, Reubens retooled his movie to focus on the bike.

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Released on August 2, 1985, Weird Science is pure mid‑’80s mayhem. It was a time when John Hughes ruled teen cinema. Synth music echoed in every mall. Nerds dreamed big on clunky home computers. In this wild fantasy, two misfit teens decide to play God. Their creation comes with heels, a pink Cadillac, and a theme song by Oingo Boingo. Before Iron Man and the MCU, Robert Downey Jr. was just Ian. He played a smirking high school jock tormenting the underdogs in Hughes’ gloriously weird teen fever dream.

Behind the Scenes: Hall & LeBrock Reflect

At a AwesomeCon Weird Science reunion panel, Anthony Michael Hall and Kelly LeBrock shared their memories of making the movie. They talked about how they were cast and what the film meant to them. (Click the media bar below to hear Hall and LeBrock discuss their experience. It’s a...

Tim Burton’s take on Batmanis considered to be one of the best film versions of the iconic DC comic. Starring Michael Keaton as the titular Caped Crusader, Burton’s 1989 Batman won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction. The 1992 follow-up, Batman Returns, continued the story and featured the addition of Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman and Danny DeVito’s take on Penguin.

Now, decades after Batman and Batman Returns were first released, the films are headed back to the big screen in a one-night-only event in a “completely new cinematic experience.” PerVariety, the two films are returning, exclusively at Dolby Cinema locations on Aug. 25. Batman and Batman Returns will be presented at more than 160 Dolby Cinema at AMC Theaters in the U.S. on that night.

Not only will fans be able to see Michael Keaton and company on the big screen, but the Aug. 25 event will mark the first...

Fans of the Dark Knight who never got the opportunity to see Tim Burton's Batman movies on the big screen are in luck... unless they happen to have plans on August 25!

Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992) are returning to theaters for a one-night engagement later this month, exclusively at Dolby Cinema locations. The remastered versions of both movies will play at over 160 Dolby Cinema at AMC Theatres locations across North America. This marks the first time both films will be presented in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.

“I hadn’t watched these films since I made them, and seeing them again with this level of clarity, beauty, color, and sound felt really new and exciting,” Burton said. “Dolby Atmos and Vision brought it all to life in a fresh way.”

“Batman and ‘Batman Returns’ remain seminal films in the history of the superhero genre,” said Michelle Maddalena, VP of global...

You can dance with the devil by the pale moonlight yet again as Tim Burton’s Batman and Batman Returns will screen in Dolby Cinemas for a special one-night event. Variety reports that the 1989 original and its 1992 follow-up are remastered in the format and are going to be back in theaters on August 25. The new remastered versions have secured screenings at over 160 Dolby Cinema at AMC Theatres locations across the United States. This will mark the first time both films are to be presented in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.

Dolby Cinemas are premium theaters, like IMAX or Prime. They emphasize picture clarity with Dolby Vision, where it upgrades sharp contrasts, which will enhance the gothic atmosphere of the Tim Burton films, as his Batman movies are reliant on their lighting design. Additionally, Dolby Atmos is the theater’s sound set up that will provide a multi-dimensional sound experience, which...

Tim Burton’s classic Batman films from 1989 and 1992 are making a big comeback in theaters for one night only on August 25. Fans can catch these remastered versions exclusively at Dolby Cinema locations across the U.S., specifically at AMC Theatres.

This special event will take place in more than 160 Dolby Cinema theaters and marks the first time both movies will be shown with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos technology.

These upgrades mean viewers will see Gotham City in sharper colors and deeper blacks, while the sound will feel all around them, from the roar of the Batwing to the famous music by Danny Elfman.

Michael Keaton stars as Batman in these films, which also feature unforgettable villains like Jack Nicholson’s Joker, Danny DeVito’s Penguin, and Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman. These movies helped set the darker, more serious mood for superhero movies that we see today.

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Today, Dolby and Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group announced that Tim Burton’s landmark superhero films Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992) will be brought back for a special one-night engagement on August 25 in ultra-vivid Dolby Vision picture and immersive Dolby Atmos sound. The films will be screened exclusively at over 160 Dolby Cinema at AMC Theatres locations in the U.S. Tickets go on sale today.

Whether you’re experiencing Batman’s (Michael Keaton) most heroic moments or witnessing chilling scenes with iconic villains like The Joker (Jack Nicholson), The Penguin (Danny DeVito), and Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer), Dolby Vision will transform every frame with deeper blacks, sharper contrast, and more vivid colors.

Meanwhile, Dolby Atmos elevates the film’s soundscape and score with pristine depth and dimensionality, allowing everything from the Batwing’s engines to Danny Elfman’s iconic score to envelop audiences in multi-dimensional immersive sound. Together, Dolby Vision and Dolby...

Some of the most iconicBatman films of all time are finally headed back to the big screen later this month. Tim Burton's seminal take on the classic DC superhero first hit cinemas in 1989, featuring Michael Keaton's glorious debut as the Caped Crusader. Then, in 1992, Burton one-upped himself with one of the greatest superhero sequels ever made, Batman Returns. Now, over 30 years after both films debuted in theaters, DC fans will be able to re-experience them on the big screen in one of the most immersive theatrical formats out there.

Dolby and Warner Bros. have announced that both Batman and Batman Returns will be returning to theaters for a one-night-only screening on August 25. The special presentation will feature the remastered versions of both films, which will make their way to Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos for the very first time. Not only will it look better than ever before,...

You don't have to stay home washing your tights this summer: two classics of modern superhero cinema are returning to theaters. 1989's Batmanand its 1992 sequel, Batman Returns, are returning to theaters courtesy of Dolby Cinema. But the Bat-Signal won't stay on forever: this special event is one night only. Both films will screen on August 25 at all Dolby Cinema at AMC Theaters nationwide.

Both films have been remastered for both Dolby Vision picture and Dolby Atmos sound, giving unparalleled depth to Tim Burton's black-on-black vision of Gotham City and its inhabitants, and to the films' distinctive soundscapes and Danny Elfman's indelible scores. Batman Returns was, in fact, the first film ever to be presented in Dolby Digital, the precursor to Dolby Atmos. Says Burton, "I hadn’t watched these films since I made them, and seeing them again with this level of clarity, beauty, color, and sound felt really new and exciting.

Tim Burton’s iconic “Batman” (1989) and “Batman Returns” (1992) are getting the premium treatment, returning to theaters for a one-night engagement on Aug. 25 exclusively at Dolby Cinema locations.

The remastered versions will play at over 160 Dolby Cinema at AMC Theatres locations across the U.S.. This marks the first time both films will be presented in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos.

The Burton films, starring Michael Keaton as the Caped Crusader, featured memorable villains including Jack Nicholson’s Joker, Danny DeVito’s Penguin and Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman. Both movies are credited with establishing the darker, more serious tone that would come to define modern superhero cinema.

The enhanced presentation promises to showcase Burton’s gothic vision of Gotham City with unprecedented clarity. Dolby Vision will deliver deeper blacks, sharper contrast and more vivid colors, while Dolby Atmos will create a multi-dimensional sound experience that envelops audiences in everything from the...

After parting with Josh Freese in May, the Foo Fighters have enlisted Nine Inch Nails touring member Ilan Rubin as their next drummer. In an unexpected twist, Freese will join Nine Inch Nails on their Peel It Back run, Rolling Stone has confirmed.

Rubin has been traveling with Nine Inch Nails since 2009, and he was 32 when he became the youngest inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the band in 2020. The drummer has also collaborated with Paramore, Angels and Airwaves, and Danny Elfman.

The decision arrives months after Freese,...

Foo Fighters have tapped longtime Nine Inch Nails stickman Ilan Rubin as their new drummer. In a strange twist, former Foos drummer Josh Freese is returning to Nine Inch Nails.

The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed via sources that Rubin is exiting Nin to join Foo Fighters. However, it is unclear if he will be the Foos’ permanent drummer or touring drummer.

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Rubin played with Nin from 2008 to 2009, and again from 2013 until now. He’s the youngest living musician to have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, having been included in Nin’s 2020 induction at age 32 at the time. In addition to Nin, Rubin is a current member of Tom DeLonge’s band Angels & Airwaves, and has played with Danny Elfman. He also recorded solo albums under the name The New Regime.

Freese, meanwhile, was let go from Foo Fighters earlier this year,...

The Foo Fighters have found their next drummer, as the rock band has tapped Ilan Rubin for the gig, sources confirm to The Hollywood Reporter.

Rubin is best known for his work with Nine Inch Nails, where he’s served as the band’s touring drummer since 2009 and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the band in 2020, becoming the youngest-ever inductee at the time at age 32. He’s also the drummer for Angels & Airwaves and has worked with Danny Elfman as well.

The move comes just over two months after Foo Fighters parted ways with drummer Josh Freese, who joined the group in 2023 as successor to the late Taylor Hawkins, who died in 2022.

Notably, as Rubin joins the Foos, THR has learned that Freese will return to Nine Inch Nails, which a rep for the band has confirmed. The band subsequently shared a picture of Freese...

“Wednesday” has been renewed for Season 3 at Netflix.

The news comes before the second season premiere of the Jenna Ortega-led supernatural comedy, which is the most popular English-language Netflix series of all time.

“Wednesday” stars Ortega as the darkly funny Wednesday Addams, who is expelled from her school after dumping piranhas into the pool, and is transferred to a private academy for outcasts.

The series also stars Gwendoline Christie as the shapeshifting principal of Wednesday’s new school, Emma Myers as her werewolf roommate Enid, and Riki Lindhome as her school therapist.

The cast is rounded out by Jamie McShane, Hunter Doohan, Joy Sunday, Georgie Farmer, Naomi J. Ogawa, Moosa Mostafa, Christina Ricci, Steve Buscemi, Victor Dorobantu, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Billie Piper, Isaac Ordonez, Evie Templeton, Owen Painter, Noah Taylor, Luis Guzmán and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

“Wednesday” became an awards magnet after its first season exploded on Netflix in 2022, garnering four Emmy awards.

Brad Bird's 1993 animated series "Family Dog" began its life several years earlier as an episode of "Amazing Stories," a Steven Spielberg-produced anthology series that utilized the talents of Clint Eastwood (among many other notable filmmakers). Also titled "Family Dog," the episode aired on February 16, 1987, and featured a cute white terrier of some kind (with its barks provided by Bird) who lived in an ordinary suburb with a white sitcom family. The dog was only ever referred to as "the dog," but his actual name was Jonah. The episode also starred the legendary Stan Freberg as the family patriarch and Annie Potts as his wife. Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek provided the music, with Tim Burton contributing to the short's character designs.

The piece was sliced into three vignettes, all of which centered on the ways a family dog can forcibly -- and unfortunately -- insert themselves into traditional family moments.

The Story: A goofball gym teacher (Mark Harmon) is forced to teach a remedial English class over the summer.

The Players: Starring: Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Dean Cameron, Courtney Thorne-Smith & Shawnee Smith. Music by Danny Elfman. Directed by Carl Reiner.

The History: Hollywood spent a couple of years trying to make Mark Harmon happen as a movie star. Fresh off an arc on “St. Elsewhere” which infamously had his character contract AIDS from a one-night stand, his career was red hot. For a while, he was seriously considered to replace Don Johnson on “Miami Vice” after contract negotiations fell through, and in 1987-88, we got a bunch of starring vehicles that would try him out in a variety of genres to see if one would stick. He did action in The Presidio (even doing his own stunts – although the film was stolen by co-star Sean Connery), drama in Stealing Home,...

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Although Tim Burton's 2005 film adaptation of Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" isn't deeply beloved -- anyone you ask will say they prefer Mel Stuart's 1971 adaptation, "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," much better -- it was nonetheless a massive success. It was made for a hefty $150 million, but earned an impressive $476 million at the box office, taking most everyone by surprise. It was also better-reviewed than detractors may remember, fetching an 83% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. "Charlie" was colorful and semi-surreal, utilizing extensive CGI to realize a nightmare carnival rendition of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. Deep Roy played hundreds of Oompa-Loompas, and Danny Elfman wrote music for Dahl's original songs, printed in his original 1964 novel.

Johnny Depp played the unusual, reclusive, childlike Willy Wonka, deliberately evoking Carol Channing (in vocal inflection) and inadvertently...

Steven Spielberg is the highest-grossing director with $10.7 billion in worldwide box office (not adjusted for inflation), with James Cameron right behind at $8.7 billion, basically one "Avatar" movie. The top-grossing actors include Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr., Zoe Saldana, and Chris Pratt each in the $14 billion range (unadjusted). Pretty darn impressive ... but film composers scoff at such meager numbers, probably while twirling their batons.

The highest-earning film composers don't just match these figures; they far exceed them. Movie composers get their due credit, as their work is frequently one of the most enjoyable and enduring parts of the films we love. But while we talk a lot about composers, it's not often that the conversation turns to what really matters in Hollywood -- the money they make for movie studios. We're going to change that right now. You have seen their movies. You definitely know their work. Now...

There are lots of things that movies and comic books have in common. They’re both visual mediums. They both juxtapose one image after another to convey a narrative and make deeper thematic connections. And sometimes they both screw up a whole franchise and have to start over again.

Yes, superhero comics have been doing reboots since the early days. The Silver Age as we know it began when DC tried to goose up interest in their Golden Age intellectual property by making some brand new guy The Flash and claiming the original scarlet speedster was just a comic book. As the decades progressed superhero comics would often decline in popularity, get kicked to the curb, and then pop up years later, just in case audiences were finally interested in the Guardians of the Galaxy or the Punisher again.

Movies work the same way. If audiences dig one movie enough,...

While director Tim Burton is best known for live-action films like Beetlejuiceand Batman, the filmmaker has more than a few killer animated features under his sinister belt. The one that often gets talked about is The Nightmare Before Christmas – a film which he didn't even direct. However, out of the stop-motion animation classics he did indeed direct, Corpse Bride is arguably his most celebrated in that artful category. Now, in honor of the film’s 20th anniversary, Corpse Bride is finally coming to 4K Blu-ray.

Warner Bros. will be releasing Corpse Bride via a 4K/Digital combo pack steelbook. While the spooky edition doesn't have a release date yet, there is cover art to admire. The outside is simply the film’s logo on a black background, but the inside artwork is more defined. The inner workings of the steelbook feature Emily, aka the “corpse bride,” with a few of the eerie underworld residents.

With two weeks until the fest opens on July 16th, Fantasia 2025 has dropped the full and final lineup on us and there is so much to be excited about! Primal's Genndy Tartakovsky brings his latest animated feature Fixed to the festival to close out the celebration of all things genre on August 3rd. While in Montreal, Tartakovsky will also be one of two recipients of the Cheval Noir Career Achievement Award. The other will be legendary musician Danny Elfman, whose work with Tim Burton and dozens of others has defined cinematic scoring for the last four decades. Also being awarded with the Canadian Trailblazer award is Sheila McCarthy, while Anne-Marie Gélinas will receive the Denis-Héroux award and Troma's Lloyd Kaufman will receive the Indie...

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The Fantasia International Film Festival will celebrate its upcoming 29th edition with an electrifying program of screenings, workshops, and launch events running from July 16 through August 3, 2025, returning to the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas, with additional screens and events at Montréal’s Cinéma du Musée and Bbam! Gallery.

Additionally, Fantasia has announced that it’ll be presenting a Cheval Noir Career Achievement Award to animator and director Genndy Tartakovsky, as well as musical icon Danny Elfman. The festival will also present the Canadian Trailer Blazer Award to actor Sheila McCarthy, and the Denis-Héroux Award to producer Anne-Marie Gélinas. Lloyd Kaufman will also receive the inaugural Indie Maverick Award for his decade-long dedication to the weird, gross, and wild.

The festival website is now live with the complete lineup of over 125 features and 200+ shorts available to be explored. Ticket pre-sales open at 10:00 Am on July 4, 2025.

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As I recently mentioned, the Fantasia International Film Festival is one of the very best events to experience the latest and greatest genre films from around the world, and after having announced an impressive first and second wave of programming, they're back with a third wave announcement that is packed with must-see premieres, live events, and much more:

From the Press Release: The Fantasia International Film Festival will celebrate its upcoming 29th edition with an electrifying program of screenings, workshops, and launch events running from July 16 through August 3, 2025, returning to the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas, with additional screens and events at Montréal’s Cinéma du Musée and Bbam! Gallery.

The festival website is now live with the complete lineup of over 125 features and 200+ shorts available to be explored. Ticket pre-sales open at 10:00Am on July 4.

Fantasia is very pleased to reveal its massive final wave of titles,...

The 29th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival is set to run from from July 16th (one day earlier than previously announced) through August 3rd at the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas in Montreal, with additional screenings and events at Cinéma du Musée. The first wave of titles that will be shown at the festival this year were revealed a couple months ago, the second wave of titles dropped four weeks ago, and now the final wave of titles has been unveiled! The festival website is now live with the complete lineup of over 125 features and 200+ shorts. Ticket pre-sales open at 10:00Am on July 4. But here’s some information on what attendees can expect to see at the festival, including the final wave of titles, directly from the Fantasia press release:

Official Closing Film: Genndy Tartakovsky’S Fixed: From Sony Pictures Animation, Netflix, and top-tier animator Genndy Tartakovsky comes Fixed,...

The Fantasia International Film Festival is back and celebrating its 29th edition with another densely packed slate of events and programming running from July 17 through August 3, 2025, returning to the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas and presented by Mels, with additional screenings and events at Montreal’s Cinéma du Musée.

The festival website is now live with the complete lineup of over 125 features and 200+ shorts available to be explored. Ticket pre-sales open at 10:00Am on July 4.

The festival’s final wave of programming has arrived, bringing with it the closing night film and a slew of highlights. The latest from legendary animator Genndy Tartakovsky, new adult comedy Fixed, has been designated as the official closing film of the this year’s festival. Troma documentary Occupy Cannes chronicles the Troma Team’s voyage to Cannes, and the company’s founder (and creator of The Toxic Avenger), Lloyd Kaufman,...

Genndy Tartakovsky’s adult animation Fixed will close the 29th Fantasia International Film Festival (July 16-August 3) in Montreal as event organisers unveiled a third wave of films including a special screening of Paramount’s Smurfs.

Programming highlights include the world premieres of Lee Chang-hee and Yusron Fuad’s class warfare thriller The Verdict, sci-fi author Ian Tuason’s folk horror The Undertone, and Hadrah Daeng Ratu’s Indonesian horror The Book Of Sijjin And Illiyyin.

Michel Gondry’s Annecy selectionMaya, Give Me A Title receives its North American premiere.

Troma founder Lloyd Kaufman will be presented with the festival’s inaugural Indie Maverick Award,...