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Jenna Ortega's stardom has risen drastically in recent years following her starring roles in major franchises like Scream, Wednesday, and soon, Beetlejuice. But the actress recalls that she nearly added a monolithic sci-fi franchise to the list... Dune. Jenna Ortega is set to star in Tim Burton's long-awaited sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Following on from her iconic performance in Wednesday, Ortega is becoming synonymous with gothic roles, but had she earned the part she auditioned for years ago, the actress could have become a staple of modern sci-fi movies.

Jenna Ortega sat down with Buzzfeed to undertake the Puppy Interview about her upcoming role in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, alongside Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Willem Dafoe, and Monica Bellucci. During the conversation, Jenna Ortega revealed that she auditioned for Denis Villeneuve's Dune in 2016. The actress said the audition was shrouded in mystery, and she wasn't outrightly...

‘Tis the season for children to be on their best behavior, so Santa Claus can properly declare whether they belong to the nice or naughty list. The sixth day of Creepmas spotlights a handful of naughty children in holiday horror movies that deserve a lump of coal in their stockings, at the very least.

These horror movies feature kids so ruthless that they draw audience ire and wishes for Krampus to come take them away. The 12 Days of Creepmas continues on Bloody Disgusting, this time with 6 holiday horror movies that put vicious children at the forefront of the terror.

Keep track of the 12 Days of Creepmas here.

Krampus

When Max’s (Emjay Anthony) dysfunctional family won’t stop fighting and nothing goes as planned, he turns his back on Christmas and accidentally summons Krampus. All hell breaks loose as Krampus and his horde of minions punish Max and his family,...

Thomasin McKenzie is a New Zealand actress. She is best known for her roles in Old, Last Night in Soho and Eileen.

Thomasin McKenzie Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education

Thomasin McKenzie was born on July 26, 2000, in Wellington, New Zealand to director Stuart McKenzie and actress Dame Miranda Harcourt. She has one older brother and a younger sister, actress Davida McKenzie.

McKenzie graduated from Samuel Marsden Collegiate School in 2018.

Thomasin McKenzie Biography: Career

In 2012 McKenzie started her acting career with a small role in the film Existence. Two years later in 2014, she played Astrid in the film The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, which helped launch her career.

Some of her other notable acting credits include films like Leave No Trace (2018), Jojo Rabbit (2019), Old (2021) and Last Night in Soho (2021), the last of which she played the lead character.

For her role as Tom in Leave No Trace, McKenzie...

It is the debut from Australian directors Luke Rynderman and Adam Kamien.

UK outfit Altitude Film Sales has boarded Speedway, a true crime docu-drama from first-time Australian filmmakers Luke Rynderman and Adam Kamien, and will present first footage to buyers at the European Film Market.

The film takes a look at the unresolved so-called Burger Chef murder case that took place in the US in the 1970s. Four young employees were kidnapped and murdered following the closing shift at a burger restaurant in the town of Speedway, Indiana in 1978.

This feature digs into the bungled evidence and many theories as...

The easiest way to make sure your child actors are up to swearing on-screen is casting your own. That’s exactly what first-time feature writer/director Camille Griffin does for her film Silent Night—and it’s with good reason. Art (Roman Griffin Davis) and twins Thomas (Gilby Griffin Davis) and Hardy (Hardy Griffin Davis) have made a pact with their parents (Keira Knightley’s Nell and Matthew Goode’s Simon) to say whatever comes to their mind without fear of punishment or retribution since they’re all going to die anyway. Rather than some hyperbolic, progressively laissez faire parenting tactic, however, this sentiment is fact. Everyone on Earth is literally going to die. Some already have. Some will soon. And Nell, Simon, and the boys will have their turn tomorrow. On Christmas day.

Grab the wine, steal some pudding, and prepare yourself for the most awkward holiday fun you...

‘Tis the season. Well almost. And perhaps that is why AMC+ and Rlje recently swooped in and took the new holiday-themed dramedy Silent Night off the market (domestically at least) before its Toronto International Film Festival premiere tonight. Who doesn’t love a good ‘ol Christmas movie, perhaps the most reliable genre for feel good feelings?

Well this one certainly is a twist on the tradition as it centers on a gathering of British upper crust family and friends as they settle down for their holiday dinner knowing it is going to be the last dinner of their lives. With a deadly cloud coming in to slowly make its way presumably across the world, it is now heading directly toward the impressive English estate of Simon(Matthew Goode) and wife Nell (Keira Knightley) who have invited a group of merry makers over for their final night on earth as the...

In “Silent Night,” first-time writer-director Camille Griffin wickedly weaves together holiday-movie and end-of-the-world–movie tropes, but once the shock of that juxtaposition wears off, we’re left with a slightly underboiled pudding, despite a sharp ensemble’s most valiant efforts.

Part “When the Wind Blows” (the grim 1986 animated feature about Brits keeping calm and carrying on in the face of nuclear disaster) and part “Peter’s Friends” (Kenneth Branagh’s 1992 comedy about school chums gathering in a big house for the holidays to drink too much and open old wounds), “Silent Night” assembles a group of family and friends to celebrate Christmas — only at midnight, Santa isn’t coming. Instead, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are scheduled.

Nell (Keira Knightley) and Simon (Matthew Goode) are hosting Christmas in their charming country home, and as usual they’ve invited their closest friends: upper-class twits Tony and Sandra, abrasive Bella and her soft-spoken girlfriend Alex,...

Exclusive: Motherland and Bad Teacher star Lucy Punch has joined the cast of Christmas film Silent Night, which begins principal photography in the UK next week.

Punch joins the previously announced cast of Keira Knightley, Roman Griffin Davis, Matthew Goode, Annabelle Wallis, Lily-Rose Depp, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Rufus Jones, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù and Davida McKenzie.

Camille Griffin is making her directorial feature film debut from her own original screenplay. Marv Films’ Matthew Vaughn is financing and producing alongside Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray of Maven Pictures.

The festive comedy will focus on an extended family having a Christmas dinner in a country setting.

Punch is repped by United Agents, UTA and Mgmt Entertainment.

A musical drama based on the life of Elvis Presley has signed Maggie Gyllenhaal to play the icon’s mother.

In the movie, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Baz Luhrmann will explore the life and music of Presley through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker, played in the film by two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks.

The story will delve into their complex dynamic spanning over 20 years, from Presley’s rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, against the backdrop of the evolving cultural landscape and loss of innocence in America.

In other news, Lily-Rose Depp, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, and Davida McKenzie have joined the cast of the Christmas film “Silent Night.” They join previously announced Keira Knightley (The Imitation), Griffin Davis and Matthew Goode.

Lily-Rose Depp is best known for her breakout performance in Kevin Smith’s Yoga-Hosers, which...

In today’s film news roundup, Tom Holland-Daisy Ridley’s “Chaos Walking” will open next year, Sophia Lillis and Charlie Plummer have landed roles, and Lily-Rose Depp has joined Christmas film “Silent Night.”

Release Date

Lionsgate has set its long-delayed science-fiction movie “Chaos Walking,” starring Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley, for a Jan. 22, 2021, opening.

“Chaos Walking” was originally set to launch on March 1, 2019, but reshoots forced Lionsgate to push back the opening. Doug Liman directed the film, based on Patrick Ness’ “Chaos Walking: The Knife of Never Letting Go,” a book that was published in 2008 as the first in a trilogy set in a dystopian world where all living creatures can hear each other’s thoughts.

Lionsgate Motion Picture Group president Joe Drake told analysts Thursday that he was bullish on the project. “We’ve two of our biggest stars on the planet today leading,” Drake added.

“Chaos Walking...