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General Hospital‘s Kate Mansi is officially married!

The 37-year-old actress, best known for playing Kristina Davis on the ABC soap, just tied the knot with producer Matt McInnis in a surprise wedding at Redbird on Saturday (May 31) in Los Angeles.

The couple invited 115 guests to what they thought was an engagement party, only to be stunned when “Let’s Get Married” by Bleachers started playing and the ceremony began.

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Kate and Matt transformed the space into a “secret garden” setting, filled with candlelight and lush greenery. Custom details included a custom arched mirror with a Mary Oliver quote and a violin cover of Taylor Swift’s “Lover” by her friend, Giovanni Mazza.

The bride wore a Newhite gown from Loho Bride, and later changed into a vintage cocktail dress from her great-grandmother for the reception. Matt switched out of his “decoy” suit into a...

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If you still remember teen fantasy shows like The Vampire Diaries and Riverdale that went on for far too long, even after their stories had no steam left, but you might not remember the shows in this list, as they had so much more story to tell, but they were canceled way too soon. Teen fantasy shows were all the rage in the 2010s and that’s why there were so many of them but most of them didn’t hit as hard as The Vampire Diaries or Teen Wolf, but that doesn’t mean that the shows that were canceled were not as good or even better then these two shows. That’s the reason why we decided to compile a list of seven great (or underrated) teen fantasy shows that had great potential but were canceled way too soon.

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"I had much higher hopes." Those are the words of "Star Wars" icon Mark Hamill when asked by the folks at the Alamo Drafthouse what he thought of 1995's "Village of the Damned." Hamill also noted that "The Wolf Rilla one is still the best." Indeed, Rilla's 1960 version of the story is regarded as one of the best horror movies of the '60s to this day. Unfortunately, despite the remake being put in the hands of an unquestioned horror master, it didn't have the same impact.

The horror master in question is John Carpenter, one of the best horror directors of all time thanks to his work on movies such as "Halloween" and "The Thing," among many others. Carpenter has...

The Vampire Diaries fans have likely invested countless hours with Elena together with Stefan and Damon. L. J. Smith’s books went on to achieve huge television success and young adult literature received its framework from her creative achievements. But the extent of her work goes beyond The Vampire Diaries series.

Smith was a gifted writer. Born in 1958, she created stories filled with romance, magic, and shadows. Noveks like Night World and The Secret Circle prove her talent. However, the author sadly passed away on March 8, 2025, at 66, leaving a void in the world of fantasy creations.

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Her accomplishments go beyond her work on The Vampire Diaries. Through direct links or indirect connections, her creations appear in three other TV productions. Let’s explore some shows other than The Vampire Diaries, tied to Smith’s imagination.

1. The Originals

The Originals premiered on The CW network...

Bestselling author L.J. Smith passed away at 66. The author was famous for the Vampire Diaries novel series, which has been adapted into a TV series.

Smith, whose full name was Lisa Jane Smith, passed away on Saturday, March. 8. Her death was confirmed on her official website. Her partner, Julie Divola, laster shared the sad news with The New York Times. She revealed that Smith died in a hospital after struggling with the long-term symptoms of a rare autoimmune disease over the past decade.

The author was born on Sept. 4, 1958, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but shortly after, her family moved to California, where she grew up. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and later attended San Francisco State University for teaching credentials. She went on to teach kindergarten and worked in special education for many years before becoming a full-time writer.

Earlier this month, we learned that Saturday Night Live‘s Kenan Thompson is executive producing a campy horror comedy film called Halloween Store, which stars Simon Rex (Red Rocket), Natalie Alyn Lind (Pet Sematary: Bloodlines), and Kai Caster (Yellowstone). Now, Deadline has revealed the names of several more cast members, and they are: Anthony Michael Hall (Halloween Kills), Lindy Booth (Wrong Turn), Thomas Dekker (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Grace Van Dien (Stranger Things), Nicholas Hamilton (Brave the Dark), Sydney Park (The Walking Dead), Jorge Lendeborg Jr. (American Carnage), and Drew Ray Tanner (Riverdale).

Director Shane Dax Taylor, whose previous credits include the Stephen Lang thriller Isolation, the Bella Thorne horror thriller Masquerade, the Dolph Lundgren action film The Best Man, and the Kelsey Grammer war movie Murder Company, is at the helm of Halloween Store, working from a script written by Chad Law and Josh Ridgway. The story follows...

With production wrapped in Hawaii, the full cast of Halloween Store has been revealed by Deadline.

Anthony Michael Hall (Halloween Kills), Thomas Dekker (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Nicholas Hamilton (It), Lindy Booth (Dawn of the Dead), Sydney Park (“The Walking Dead”), Grace Van Dien (“Stranger Things”), Jorge Lendeborg Jr. (Bumblebee), and Drew Ray Tanner (“Riverdale”) complete the ensemble.

They join the previously announced Simon Rex (Scary Movie 3), Natalie Alyn Lind (“The Goldbergs”), and Kai Caster (“Yellowstone”).

In the horror-comedy, a group of people find themselves trapped inside a costume store on Halloween night with a mysterious killer on the loose.

Shane Dax Taylor (Murder Company) directs from a script by Chad Law (6 Bullets) and Josh Ridgway (The Flood).

“Saturday Night Live” stalwart Kenan Thompson and Steven Schneider are among the executive producers on the project.

Artists for Artists, Big Bad Pig Productions, and Racer Entertainment are producing,...

Exclusive: After wrapping production this month in Hawaii, Deadline can reveal the final members of the Halloween Store cast.

Lindy Booth, Sydney Park, Grace Van Dien, Jorge Lendeborg Jr. and Drew Ray Tanner complete the ensemble of the upcoming camp horror comedy, joining the previously announced Simon Rex, Natalie Lind, Kai Caster, Anthony Michael Hall, Thomas Dekker and Nicholas Hamilton.

From writers Chad Law, Josh Ridgway and director Shane Dax Taylor, Halloween Store follows a group of people who find themselves trapped inside a costume store on Halloween night with a mysterious killer on the loose.

Booth plays Claudia, once the town’s golden girl—prom queen, head cheerleader, and Wes’s (Rex) wife—who is back on the market and ready to remind everyone exactly what they’ve been missing. Beneath her flawless exterior lies a woman who never forgets a grudge, and...

Exclusive: Anthony Michael Hall, Thomas Dekker and Nicholas Hamilton are clocking in for Halloween Store.

The trio has joined the cast of the upcoming camp horror comedy, which wrapped filming this month in Hawaii and previously announced Simon Rex, Natalie Lind and Kai Caster among its ensemble.

From writers Chad Law, Josh Ridgway and director Shane Dax Taylor, Halloween Store follows a group of people who find themselves trapped inside a costume store on Halloween night with a mysterious killer on the loose.

Hall stars as Hollis, the sharp-witted sheriff of this quiet small town, always a step ahead and never missing a detail. But when terror takes hold, he’ll have to trust his instincts, push his limits, and fight to restore order before it’s too late. Hall is repped by Untitled, Cesd and Jill Fritzo PR.

Dekker plays Hunter,...

We see recasts pretty regularly on the big screen. For some franchises like Friday the 13th and Halloween, it’s almost a tradition. It’s less common in a non-genre arena. However, other major films have seen some of their important characters get recast for various reasons… and keep in mind that we’re only talking about movies here, not TV shows, so you won’t hear about Michiel Huisman replacing Ed Skrein as Daario Naharis on Game of Thrones, Charles Melton replacing Ross Butler on Riverdale, Liam Hemsworth replacing Henry Cavill on The Witcher, Janet Hubert being switched with Daphne Maxwell Reid as Aunt Vivian Banks on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Nathan Parsons replacing Luke Grimes as James Kent on True Blood, Alessandra Torresani being replaced by Mae Whitman on Arrested Development, or Jeff the cab driver being recast in the final season of Better Call Saul. The...

This is a Terminator household. First and foremost. I will argue that T2 is one of the best sequels of all time, even though I don’t feel like I have to do that because everybody knows. There is a debate in this household that Terminator is better than T2, but we don’t have time for that. We are here for The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I’m going to be honest. When I first heard about the show it was one of those things where there was so much talk about it that I was annoyed. So I put off watching it forever. “You gotta watch the Sarah Connor Chronicles, you gotta watch the Sarah Connor Chronicles…”

So I watched it.

In November 2009, C2 Pictures, the studio behind 2003’s Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, decided the franchise’s next move would be to the small screen. Partnering with...

A popular trend in the movie world in recent years is major studios remaking their fan-favorite films from decades before. Although the idea has been popularized by Disney with their live-action remakes of their classic animated features, the trend extends far beyond the one company. Throughout Hollywood, filmmakers are aiming to capitalize on the pre-existing fan bases of their original movies. Oftentimes, putting a modern spin on a beloved classic seems like a surefire way to make a hefty profit.

However, a handful of attempts have proven that success is not a guarantee. Many recent remakes, particularly of films from the 1980s, have ended up massively underwhelming their audiences. Viewers flock to theaters hoping to see an exciting new twist on their favorite stories, but sadly discover that they are merely being given something boring, unoriginal, or otherwise disappointing. Although the films that inspired them may have been quite successful,...

Exclusive: Dark comedy-thriller Boris Is Dead has added Steven Bauer (Scarface), Chris Mulkey (Twin Peaks), Cam Gigandet (Twilight), Thomas Dekker (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Jesse Metcalfe (Desperate Housewives) and father/son duo Martin Kove (Cobra Kai) and Jesse Kove (Cobra Kai).

Also joining the indie movie are Traci Lords (Blade), James Duval (Donnie Darko), Mark Rolston (The Departed), Mindy Sterling (Austin Powers), Richard Riehle (Office Space), Hannah Masi (The Illegal) and Ken Foree (Dawn of the Dead).

As we revealed earlier this month, Dane Cook (Good Luck Chuck) and Hana Mae Lee (The Babysitter: Killer Queen) are leading the film, which is in post-production after shooting in Kansas City, Missouri.

Directed by James Cullen Bressack (Darkness of Man), the film follows a struggling actor, working as a waiter (Cook) who unwittingly becomes involved in a violent heist gone wrong, where his boss – deep in debt – has been stealing from...

Even when a series lasts for a relatively short period of time, it can produce a lasting legacy that goes on years after its finale. This became the case with Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which only ran for two seasons and 31 episodes from 2008-2009. The series was a spin-off of the Terminator films, picking up after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day. While never a ratings hit, it did have a loyal fan base that campaigned for the show's Season 3 return before the network ultimately pulled the plug. Now, over 15 years since the series last aired, creator John Friedman is reflecting on the cancelation and whether he was satisfied with its conclusion.

During a chat with Empire, Friedman was asked if he was prepared for the show's cancelation and, even though he knew more stories could be told, the Season 2 finale was written in a way that could...

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles creator Josh Friedman has reflected on the sci-fi show's cancellation 15 years later, revealing the John Connor storyline that would have happened if it was renewed for season 3. The TV show follow-up to Terminator 2: Judgement Day sees Sarah (Lena Heady) and her son John (Thomas Dekker) trying to prevent the rise of SkyNet once again, this time with the help of the Terminator Cameron (Summer Glau), who John sent back in time to protect himself. The Sarah Connor Chronicles ended on a cliffhanger, with the series getting cancelled after season 2.

Speaking with Empire, Josh Friedman reflected on how he wrote Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' season 2 finale as a definitive ending with room for more, fearing it would be cancelled at the time. If season 3 had happened, the creator said an episode would have focused on John after going into the future, meeting Allison Young,...

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was the Terminator franchise's detour to the small screen, but for fans of the show, it was far too short-lived. After running for two seasons from 2008 to 2009, Fox canceled the series, this despite positive reviews and a fan campaign for a renewal.

In a new interview with Empire, series creator Josh Friedman opened up on all things Sarah Connor Chronicles. The writer, who has more recently worked on Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and the upcoming Fantastic Four reboot, shared his thoughts on Fox canceling the show. Friedman explained how he knew there was a chance the series wouldn't get renewed, so Season 2 was written in a way that could potentially serve as the finale. With that said, the writer was also hoping that the show would go on, and it was saddening when it was made officially that The Sarah Connor Chronicles had been given the boot.

Sarah Connor was dead. Or was she? Well, yes, according to 2003’s Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines – but death can’t compete with TV. It was 2006 when Josh Friedman, who had co-written Steven Spielberg’s War Of The Worlds, was approached by Warner Bros. Television to write what would become The Sarah Connor Chronicles. A series picking up from where James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day left off, it followed Sarah (Lena Headey) and her prodigious son John (Thomas Dekker) as they, along with Cameron (Summer Glau), a protector Terminator, continued to battle Skynet and evade murderous cyborg stalkers. Launching in January 2008, it enjoyed two seasons until it was, in April 2009, abruptly… well, terminated.

Fifteen years on, we speak to Friedman about legacy, cancer, and Shirley Manson disguised as a urinal.

When you were hired to write this show, Terminator 3 had come and gone. Is it fair...

Indiana Jones and Freddy Krueger are two of the most popular film characters of all time...but that's not the only thing the two share in common. Stylistically speaking, Indiana and Freddy, are on opposing ends, but they do rely on the same accessory for their signature looks: a fedora hat. But could anyone confuse the two characters? Why you would think the obvious answer is "no," during a recent interview with People, Englund shared how he convinced A Nightmare on Elm Street creator Wes Craven and producer Bob Shaye not to change Freddy's headwear.

"They were trying to change the hat on me. They literally had me in a paperboy hat for 30 seconds and I felt like I was auditioning for Newsies. It was kind of silly. So I defend the fedora, which is in the original script, which is Wes' idea and concept. But they were just getting panicky at the last minute.

Times change, and so does the age that it is appropriate for children to watch horror movies. During an interview with ComicBook, A Nightmare On Elm Street stars Robert Englund and Heather Langenkamp shared their take on when it is Ok for children to watch the story of a hideously scarred, child-murdering dream demon.

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Even in the 80s, children had a strange obsession with horror movies. Whether catching a glimpse of a movie before being chased out of the room by a parent, or perusing the memorable VHS covers in the local video store, there were ways to get...

After 25 years, every generation of Reefer Madness: The Musical gathered this week in Hollywood to celebrate the show’s milestone anniversary and a new age of cannabis.

During Tuesday’s Reefer Madness Legacy Concert in Hollywood, the cast and creators of the cult stage musical performed some beloved songs from the show, as well as some cut numbers, and revealed some hilarious behind-the-scenes secrets.

According to Og director Andy Fickman, who served as the evening’s emcee, Mary Lane star Kristen Bell chipped her tooth on a pullout couch in her trailer while filming the 2005 Showtime movie musical adaptation. Although the actress wanted to repair the tooth with superglue and continue filming, Fickman insisted she go to a professional.

Fickman also revealed that movie was made under the caveat that they film on the same Vancouver, Canada set previously used for the pilot of The L Word (2004-2009). The director...

For one night only, Reefer Madness is taking a trip back to its musical roots.

Kristen Bell and Christian Campbell are reuniting onstage July 30 for a Reefer Madness: The Musical 25th anniversary concert in celebration of their new Los Angeles revival getting extended through August 18 at The Whitley.

Bell and Campbell will return alongside fellow alums Harry S. Murphy, John Kassir, Lori Alan, Stacy Sibley, Larry Poindexter, Samantha Harris, Aukai Cain, Elijah Myles Breckel and Paul Nygro, according to Playbill. More guests will be announced soon.

The ensemble will perform songs and share stories, accompanied by musicians Nathan Wang, Sid Sosa, Jordan Lamoureux and Phil Morore, with music director David Lamoureux. An after-party will be held at the Victory Garden, the immersive theater’s outdoor lounge.

In 1999, Campbell first starred as Jimmy Harper in Reefer Madness: The Musical when it debuted in L.A. Bell joined the production as Mary Lane...

The CW missed a big opportunity with "The Secret Circle" as a potential replacement for "The Vampire Diaries." Consistency is key for new shows to succeed, but "The Secret Circle" faced hiatuses that hurt its momentum. With captivating visuals and exciting storylines, "The Secret Circle" had the potential to surpass "The Vampire Diaries."

The Vampire Diaries was a massive hit for The CW, but I'll never forget the network's controversial decision to cancel its best replacement. The series in question had a fantastic cast comprising well-known names and newer actors, who all came together to craft a great show. For much of the time this series was on the air, it was better than The Vampire Diaries. Both shows had many of the same people working behind the scenes, so it felt like The CW wanted to replicate the popularity of The Vampire Diaries.

It's a shame it didn't get a big enough chance.

A veteran in the world of streaming, Netflixs catalog of films runs deep. Time and again, the platform has provided its subscribers with an array of content worthy of anyones movie night. However, as new films make their way to the streaming service, dozens of films are forced to leave. Unfortunately, numerous films are slated to vacate the platform in the coming weeks that viewers should check out before its too late.

With nearly every genre of film on the chopping block, subscribers have a long list of movies to choose from before theyre no longer available. While not every viewer will find the soon-to-be departing films appealing, theres certainly at least one worth watching before they vacate the platform next month.

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Directed by Wes Craven, A Nightmare on Elm Street is a classic...

A new episode of the Awfully Good Horror Movies video series has just been released, and with this one we’ve decided to take a look at one of the most unpopular entries in one of the horror genre’s biggest franchises. It’s the 2010 A Nightmare on Elm Street remake (watch it Here), a.k.a. The One Without Robert Englund, and you can hear all about it in the video embedded above.

Directed by Samuel Bayer from a screenplay by Wesley Strick and Eric Heisserer, the A Nightmare on Elm Street remake has the following synopsis: Teenagers Nancy, Quentin, Kris, Jesse and Dean are all neighborhood friends who begin having the same dream of a horribly disfigured man who wears a tattered sweater and a glove made of knives. The man, Freddy Krueger, terrorizes them in their dreams, and the only escape is to wake up. But when...

To say the Terminator timeline is pretty confusing at this point would be an understatement. The franchise, created with the release of James Cameron's seminal 1984 effort "The Terminator," has since been softly rebooted, retconned, and generally mishandled by successive generations of studios and filmmakers. So twisted is the saga's internal timeline that watching the "Terminator" movies in any kind of coherent order has become a challenge not unlike trying to destroy the T-800 himself.

Prior to the release of 2019's "Terminator: Dark Fate," things seemed to be looking up. With the help of James Cameron on producing duties, director Tim Miller decided to forget the three lackluster films that followed the modern classic that is 1991's "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" and simply pick up where that stellar entry in the franchise left off. Unfortunately, when "Dark Fate" debuted we were treated to yet another generic action blockbuster that put...

The Terminator franchise has had a rough go at it the past few years, often getting muddied down by Hollywood trends that attempt to hijack the film series and conform it to its rebooted image. But to this day, nothing beats the original James Cameron films, and in the age of A.I. we live in now, Terminator feels as relevant as ever. But one character in the franchise stands above the rest, constantly battling the future while holding tightly to the past. No, we're not talking about Sarah Connor. We're talking about her son, John Connor, who was prophesied to be the leader of the human resistance against Skynet in the eventual Future War. But while we've seen plenty of actors tackle the John Connor character since Terminator 2: Judgment Day, it's his time on television, played by Thomas Dekker, that stands out as the most memorable.

John Connor's absence in the past impacts his future, as he is no longer the resistance leader — at least not yet. Sarah Connor chooses to stay in the present to thwart Skynet's creation. Weaver reveals her true purpose as the mother of John Henry, an A.I. created to combat Skynet.

Set shortly after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was canceled after just two seasons, leaving the series unfinished and with a cliffhanger ending. While it's not entirely clear what was going to happen next in Terminator: Tscc, the science-fiction drama show teased a few possibilities in what became its series finale. Penned by Josh Friedman, who'd go on to co-write 2019's Terminator: Dark Fate, the 31-episode spinoff show aired from 2008 to 2009, and starred Game of Thrones' Lena Headey as Sarah Connor — the Terminator protagonist first portrayed by Linda Hamilton in 1984.

As the series' title implies,...

Netflix is developing an anime series based on the iconic sci-fi franchise The Terminator, with Mattson Tomlin, writer of The Batman, as the showrunner. The animated series will explore the Terminator universe in a new and unconventional way, with a focus on breaking conventions and subverting expectations. Netflix has partnered with Skydance and Production I.G to produce the series, and hopes that anime fans will enjoy this new chapter in the battle between machines and humans.

The Terminator is coming to Netflix in a brand new way, with an anime series from the writer of The Batman. As part of Netflix Geeked Week, the streamer unveiled a very brief teaser and the intriguing and terrifying tagline of, "On August 30th, 1997...Two days from now...Everything changes." Check out the teaser below:

https://x.com/NetflixGeeked/status/1723453548006924650?s=20

The Terminator is getting an anime series on Netflix from the writer of The Batman.

Bryan Fuller, the creator of shows including “Hannibal” and “American Gods,” was accused in a lawsuit on Wednesday of sexually harassing a fellow producer on an AMC docuseries about queer horror.

Fuller is accused of making constant references to masturbation, engaging in casual bullying, and creating a hostile work environment. The plaintiff, Sam Wineman, alleges that Fuller also repeatedly held him from behind to “crack his back,” during which he would press his penis against Wineman’s buttocks.

Fuller and Wineman are both gay. They worked together on the series “Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror,” a four-part docuseries that was released on AMC’s Shudder streaming service in 2022.

Wineman alleges that he was removed from the project in August 2021, about four weeks after complaining about Fuller’s conduct.

According to the suit, Fuller made numerous references to his penis, talked about which reading material gave him erections,...

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John Carpenter is hands down one of America’s greatest filmmakers and composers, and you’d be hard-pressed to find a horror geek that doesn’t adore at least one of his movies. Born in 1948 to a a college music professor, Carpenter fell in love with cinema as a child and was out there making his own short films before he’d even started high school.

As the decades flew by, he was at the helm of some of the most beloved sci-fi and horror pictures of all time, whilst also composing the music for most of them, including the iconic scores for Halloween and Escape from New York.

Today, we’re ranking the director’s output, from Dark Star in 1974 to The Ward in 2010, but we should note that we haven’t included TV movies like Elvis or Someone’s Watching Me here, as we...

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We spent July discussing gender in a myriad of ways: cross-dressing serial killers in Insidious: Chapter 2 and Psycho, as well as trans representation in Escape Room: Tournament of Champions. To keep things in theme, we’re closing out the month with a look at Joshua Grannel‘s (aka drag queen Peaches Christ‘s) 2010 horror comedy All About Evil, which is currently streaming on Shudder!

All About Evil sees an unhinged theatre owner named Deborah (Natasha Lyonne) begin making snuff films and screening them at her decrepit San Francisco theater — presenting them as fictional works — in order to prevent the theater from going bankrupt. Unfortunately for Deborah, her biggest fan (Thomas Dekker) catches on to her scheme and tries to stop her before her antics get his mother (Cassandra Peterson) killed.

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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles writer Zack Stentz recently shared that the last Writers Guild of America strike indirectly led to the cancellation of the science fiction television series.

In a Twitter thread dedicated to debunking myths about the 2007-08 Writers Guild of America and sharing what really happened to many scripted shows at that time, Stentz commented, "The Sarah Connor Chronicles had our season cut short and lost half our ratings because of our extra long hiatus. We never really recovered." After a fan asked if he could share what the original plan for Season 1 was before the WGA strike happened, Stentz wrote, "It was still in the early planning stages but some of the ideas being batted around included a multiple-episode arc of Cameron having technical issues while perhaps Sarkissian pursued the Connors, Anton Chigurh-style."

Related: Arnold Schwarzenegger Ditches Terminator Action for His First TV Series, Fubar

The Sarah Connor Chronicles...

Warning: This article contains Spoilers for Star Trek: Picard season 3, episode 3, "Seventeen Seconds."With a record number of regular appearances in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Picard, Worf, Son of Mogh (Michael Dorn), has no shortage of great episodes to choose from. He was first intended as a minor character who would signify to audiences that the United Federation of Planets had finally set aside their differences with the Klingon Empire. However, when the Tng production team realized how much screen presence Michael Dorn had, they decided to expand his role further.

Worf's Tng status grew when Denise Crosby departed the role of Lieutenant Tasha Yar. Worf succeeded Tasha as the USS Enteprise-d's Security Chief and become a bona fide fan-favorite. So popular was Worf that he was brought into DS9 in order to boost the profile of the spinoff series. DS...

Warning: Spoilers for Star Trek: Picard Season 3, Episode 3 - "Seventeen Seconds"Star Trek: Picard season 3, episode 3, "Seventeen Seconds," answers a lingering question from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's finale about what happened to Odo (Rene Auberjonois), DS9's heroic Changeling. Star Trek: Picard season 3's third episode concluded with a dual reveal that the story's villains are Changelings from DS9's Dominion. But it was the B story of Worf (Michael Dorn) and Raffi Musiker (Michelle Hurd) interrogating a Changeling named Titus Rikka (Thomas Dekker) that yielded a big reveal about Odo.

Constable Odo was a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine series regular for all seven seasons. A shapeshifter who was isolated from his people, Odo became the Chief of Security of Deep Space Nine, first working for the Cardassians and then for the Bajoran Militia and Starfleet. A stern believer in justice, Odo was a deeply complicated and emotionally torn individual.

Warning: Spoilers for Star Trek: Picard Season 3, Episode 3 - "Seventeen Seconds"Star Trek: Picard season 3, episode 3, "Seventeen Seconds," ended with the bombshell that the Changelings from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine are back, but the first three episodes of Picard dropped numerous clues building to the reveal. Picard executive producer Terry Matalas promised season 3 would also serve as a sequel to DS9 and deal with the aftermath of the Dominion War. The Changelings emerging as the saga's villains not only deliver on that promise, but they were hiding in plain sight all along.

The investigation by Worf (Michael Dorn) and Raffi Musiker (Michelle Hurd) on M'Talas Prime yielded information on the Changelings that no one on the USS Titan-a is aware of thus far. Worf entered the picture because he was contacted by Odo (Rene Auberjonois) who warned him a rogue faction of Changelings couldn't accept losing the Dominion War...

Warning: This article contains Spoilers for Star Trek: Picard season 3, episode 3, "Seventeen Seconds."Star Trek: Picard season 3, episode 3, "Seventeen Seconds" introduced the perfect antagonists for the upcoming Star Trek series based on Starfleet Intelligence's black-ops group Section 31. A Section 31 show has been in development for a considerable amount of time but is yet to materialize on-screen. Aside from Michelle Yeoh leading Section 31 as Emperor Philippa Georgiou, information is thin but the post-Dominion War 25th century explored in Picard season 3 now feels like the most appropriate setting.

The Dominion War in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was when Section 31 committed their greatest crime - the attempted genocide of the Changelings. As revealed in Star Trek: Picard season 3, episode 3, a rogue schism of the Founders are now plotting an act of deadly revenge against Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets. As Captain Worf (Michael Dorn) and Commander Raffi Musiker (Michelle Hurd) investigate the Changeling conspiracy further,...

Warning: This article contains Spoilers for Star Trek: Picard season 3, episode 3, "Seventeen Seconds."Jack Crusher (Ed Speelers) experiences a strange vision in Star Trek: Picard season 3, episode 3, leading to speculation that something is very wrong with the character. In "Seventeen Seconds", the USS Titan-a is still being pursued through the Ryton nebula by Captain Vadic (Amanda Plummer) and her formidable ship, the Shrike. As Captain Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes) is assumed command of the Titan, Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) comes to terms with Dr. Beverly Crusher's (Gates McFadden) decision to conceal his son's identity.

When the Titan's Captain Liam Shaw (Todd Stashwick) is seriously wounded, he asks Jack how the Shrike was able to continue tracking the Titan through the nebula. This led Jack and Commander Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) to investigate an act of sabotage that allowed poison gas to escape from the ship. Confronted by the saboteur,...

Warning: Spoilers for Star Trek: Picard Season 3, Episode 3 - "Seventeen Seconds"In a true shocker, Star Trek: Picard season 3 has brought back the Changelings from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as its main villains! Going into Star Trek: Picard season 3, showrunner Terry Matalas promised that the final season would also serve as a sequel to DS9 and Star Trek: Voyager. After several clues were doled out in Star Trek: Picard season 3's first two episodes, the curtain dropped as the shapeshifting rulers of the Dominion are now officially back.

The Changelings, also known as the Founders, are the leaders of the Dominion and control the Gamma Quadrant. In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the shapeshifting Founders, along with their lackeys the Vorta, and their shock troops, the Jem'Hadar, allied with Cardassia to wage war on the United Federation of Planets. After nearly capitulating, the Federation won the Dominion War by...

Warning: This article contains Spoilers for Star Trek: Picard season 3, episode 3, "Seventeen Seconds."Star Trek: Picard season 3, episode 3 ended with the surprise return of some classic villains, and a serious breakdown in the relationship between Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Captain Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes) as the USS Titan-a faced catastrophe. Directly following up Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) wordlessly confirming that Jean-Luc Picard was the father of Jack Crusher (Ed Speelers), "Seventeen Seconds" tackled how fatherhood affected both Riker and Picard's approaches to command as the Titan continued to evade the Shrike. Another attack from Captain Vadic (Amanda Plummer) revealed the existence of a saboteur aboard the Titan, who had links to events on M'Talas Prime.

After rescuing Commander Raffi Musiker (Michelle Hurd) from Sneed (Aaron Stanford), Star Trek: Picard's Ferengi villain, Captain Worf (Michael Dorn) assisted Raffaela in apprehending another suspect named Titus Rikka (Thomas Dekker). Over...

Warning: This article contains Spoilers for Star Trek: Picard season 3, episode 3, "Seventeen Seconds."

Star Trek: Picard season 3 has reintroduced the Klingon warrior Worf (Michael Dorn) in fantastic style, proving once again that the Son of Mogh is a foundational part of Star Trek. Worf spent seven seasons on Star Trek: The Next Generation and went on to star in the four motion pictures featuring the Tng cast. After Tng, Worf spent four seasons on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, where his characterization became even more rich and fascinating, solidifying his position as Star Trek's greatest Klingon.

Worf's last canonical appearance before Picard season 3 was in Star Trek: Nemesis, the final Tng film that was released in 2002. After sitting out the first two seasons of Star Trek: Picard, Worf made his triumphant return at the end of the season 3 episode "Disengage," saving Raffi Musiker (Michelle Hurd) from a Ferengi gangster...

Little Dixie is a thriller movie directed by John Swab starring Frank Grillo. With Eric Dane and Annabeth Gish.

Frank Grillo impersonates a man that navigates between two seas and between borders, a classic anti-hero who due to the circumstances has to become a hero to save his daughter, Little Dixie, whom the movie is named after.

This is a movie of black and white contrasts with grey areas in which everything happens in dark tones with even darker characters. This film which has its source in the construction of classic cinema to, in a authentic and brutal style, destroy and separate itself from its genre.

In this film, the director, John Swab knows how to impose his own style.

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Little Dixie Trailer — John Swab‘s Little Dixie (2023) movie trailer has been released by Paramount Movies. The Little Dixie trailer stars Frank Grillo, Eric Dane, Beau Knapp, Annabeth Gish, Peter Greene, Thomas Dekker, Mercedes Mason, and Maurice Compte. Crew “Produced by Robert Ogden Barnum, Jeremy M. Rosen, John Swab.” Plot Synopsis Little Dixie‘s plot synopsis: “Frank Grillo [...]

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"Don't look so shocked. Naive doesn't look good one you." Paramount Movies has unveiled an official trailer for an action crime thriller titled Little Dixie, another of these useless direct-to-video action / crime films they're churning out way too often these days. Ex-Special Forces Operative Doc facilitates a fragile truce between the Governor and Cartel, trading prosecutorial leniency for finance. With no more truce, Doc is left to fend for himself and protect the one untainted thing in his life: his daughter, Little Dixie. So uh, does that sound interesting to anyone? The film stars Frank Grillo, Eric Dane, Beau Knapp, Annabeth Gish, Peter Greene, Thomas Dekker, Mercedes Mason, and Maurice Compte. Yeah this definitely looks as forgettable as it sounds. As much as I used to enjoy Frank Grillo, he is now doing way too many of these boring action flicks and always playing the same character over and over.

It’s been an incredibly robust and busy year for horror, which also extends to its physical media releases. The good news is that shopping for the holidays is more manageable than ever. The bad news is that the sheer selection available can be overwhelming, to say the least.

To help, here’s a Bloody Disgusting Gift Guide for some of the year’s best horror releases, from brand new 4K upgrades to must-have collector’s editions and beyond. All are packed with extras and special features to make the discs worth adding to your collection.

These 20 releases are perfect for gifting (or receiving), from deep cuts to new releases.

All About Evil (Special Edition Blu-ray)

“When a mousy librarian (Natasha Lyonne) takes over her late father’s struggling movie theater, a series of grisly murders caught on camera will transform her into the new queen of indie splatter cinema.

Happy Thursday, everyone! We’re going to spend today highlighting all the great horror—both new and old—that has come out on home media throughout the year. And to make things easier for everyone, I’ve broken down everything into categories that should hopefully be helpful as you do your holiday shopping this year.

Cheers!

Recent Horror Hits

Pearl

Filmmaker Ti West returns with another chapter from the twisted world of X, in this astonishing follow-up to the year’s most acclaimed horror film. Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions all collide, in the stunning, technicolor-inspired origin story of X’s iconic villain.

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At a secluded farmhouse in Texas, a film crew...

Hello, everyone! We’re back with the final round of horror and sci-fi home media releases for the month of August, and we’ve got quite a few killer titles headed home today. Scream Factory is giving Paul Schrader’s Cat People remake a 4K overhaul in a brand-new Collector’s Edition release, and Severin Films is keeping busy with several titles today as well, including All About Evil and Fearless, and if you haven’t had a chance to check it out for yourself yet, Jane Schoenbrun’s extremely unsettling We’re All Going to the World’s Fair is headed to Blu-ray this week as well.

Other titles being released on August 30th include Arrow Video’s Giallo Essentials: 3-Disc Limited Edition Collection, Lux Aeterna, Satan’s Children, Jack Be Nimble featuring Alexis Arquette, The Oregonian, Raw Nerve, and Shriek of the Mutilated.

All About Evil: 2-Disc Special Edition

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Digital Release Announced for So Vam: "Distribution Solutions, a division of Alliance Entertainment, announces the Digital release of Mutiny Pictures’ So Vam coming June 21, 2022. The queer horror is impressively co-written, produced, and directed by then 16-year-old Alice Maio Mackay, a young trans filmmaker in her feature debut!

Kurt is a high school outcast in a conservative town who dreams of moving to the city to be a famous drag queen. When he is kidnapped by a predatory old vampire and attacked, he is rescued just in time by a gang of rebellious vampires who feed on bigots and abusers. As a

vampire, he finally knows empowerment and belonging. However, his killer is still out there, creating new minions with their own rotten

hatred and threatening all that he loves. Until Kurt faces the monster, he will never truly be free. But, this time, he need not face it alone.

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“A tribute to midnight cinema that wears its influenceson its red-soaked sleeve.” — Screen Anarchy

Following a world premiere at the San Francisco International Film Festival and a limited theatrical run in 2010, Peaches Christ’s All About Evil disappeared underground for years, becoming the stuff of legend. Now, the demented, blood-splattered classic is back for good, courtesy of a June 10th special edition Blu-ray release from Severin Films and a North American streaming release on Shudder June 13th. Here’s the trailer:

To celebrate, Peaches Christ herself will present the film at “Peaches Christ 4-d Screenings” along the West Coast, including the Los Feliz 3 in Los Angeles on June 9 and the Victoria Theater in San Francisco on June 11 where the film was shot. Fans in Los Angeles can also attend a Blu-ray signing event at Dark Delicacies on June 12 with Peaches Christ and members of the cast.

All About Evil combines...

With the majority of prestige television being released on streaming services and cable networks with no content restrictions, nudity from famous actors and actresses has become commonplace. To many, it is no longer shocking to see their favorite stars strip down on screen. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be daunting for the performers themselves.

Diane Kruger, who stars in the new television remake of “Swimming with Sharks” on the Roku Channel, recently opened up about her experience filming nude scenes on the show. In an interview with Insider, Kruger said she was extremely hesitant about doing nudity. As an actress, her approach is generally to avoid nude scenes unless there is a specific artistic justification.

“The motivation behind sex scenes has to be a good one. I don’t agree with just getting naked on screen or doing stuff like that,” Kruger said. “So I was pretty...

Thomas Dekker has been acting since he was six years old. Now 34, he’s best known for playing Zach on “Heroes” and John Connor on the short-lived “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.”

But the spotlight unexpectedly became much brighter in 2017 when former “Heroes” co-executive producer and writer Bryan Fuller outed Dekker during a speech at Outfest. While Fuller didn’t mention Dekker by name, he talked about a gay actor on the show whose character was also gay until the actor’s team insisted he be straight. It didn’t take long for people to figure out who he was referring to.

Dekker responded by acknowledging he was gay in an open letter he posted on Twitter.

Looking back, Dekker insists he has no hard feelings toward Fuller. “Everyone has their journey and I hated that mine was taken away from me in a way,” Dekker tells me during a...