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Netflix has lassoed a leading man for its upcoming Cowboy Bebop series: John Cho (The Exorcist) will star in the streamer’s live-action version of the ’90s Japanese anime phenomenon.

As previously reported, the future-set Cowboy Bebop — which snagged a 10-episode order in November — will follow a ragtag crew of bounty hunters on the run from their pasts as they hunt down the solar system’s most dangerous criminals. They’ll even save the world… for the right price.

Cho will star as Spike Spiegel, described as an impossibly cool “cowboy” (aka bounty hunter) with a deadly smile, wry wit and style to spare.

With an Oscar, a Tony Award and two Emmy Awards on her mantle, Ellen Burstyn has, over the past half century, been a true awards season favorite. This year, with her turn in HBO’s “The Tale,” Burstyn is poised to add even more recognition to her resume.

The autobiographical film, written and directed by Jennifer Fox, earned rave reviews earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival and is scheduled to premiere on HBO on May 26. “The Tale” follows Fox (portrayed by Laura Dern), a professor and documentary filmmaker whose life his rattled after her mother (Burstyn) discovers a story Fox wrote at age 13 about a relationship she had with her running coach (Jason Ritter) and horseback riding instructor (Elizabeth Debicki). The revelation forces Fox to dig deeper into her memories to uncover the truths she has been suppressing for so many years.

In his review, Matt Goldberg of Collider observed,...

Paramount’s horror hit “A Quiet Place” has topped the $300 million mark at the worldwide box office.

“A Quiet Place,” starring John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, had been forecasted to debut domestically with as much as $30 million when it opened on April 6. The film, which premiered at South by Southwest to rave reviews, instead stunned the industry by opening with $50 million.

Krasinski directed the story of an isolated family of four who must live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound. Paramount said that the film would cross the $300 milestone on Tuesday, having grossed $176.5 million domestically after in less than seven weeks, along with another $122.4 million from international markets.

“A Quiet Place” now ranks sixth on the all-time list of horror-thrillers, led by “It” with $327 million and followed by “The Sixth Sense,” “Jaws,” “The Exorcist,” and “Signs.” Paramount Pictures chairman-ceo Jim Gianopulos said at CinemaCon that “A Quiet Place...

Bill Gold, the graphic designer responsible for some of the most indelible and powerful images in Hollywood history, died Sunday at Greenwich Hospital in Connecticut. He was 97, and his death, the result of complications of Alzheimer’s disease, was confirmed by a family spokeswoman.

Gold was remembered on Twitter by, among others, Malcolm McDowell, whose image as the knife-wielding droog of A Clockwork Orange was captured in Gold’s unforgettable poster (see it and other tweets below).

From 1942 – the year he designed the Casablanca poster that would land the gun-toting Humphrey Bogart on countless college dorm walls for decades – to 2011, when a ranting Leonardo DiCaprio was transformed into an aging J. Edgar Hoover for J. Edgar, Gold’s poster art and designs for scores and scores of movies not only enticed audiences into handing over whatever was the going rate for tickets, but sometimes even bettered the films themselves.

But...

In the midst of the Viacom-CBS merger melee, Paramount Pictures is turning itself around and can celebrate the fact that their low budget horror thriller A Quiet Place has bested Universal/Blumhouse’s Get Out at the domestic box office, $176.5M to $176M. And the John Krasinski-directed movie which stars himself and his wife Emily Blunt isn’t slowing down eight weekends after its release with a recent 3-day of $3.9M at 2,327 locations. Next to other horror thrillers stateside, A Quiet Place is arguably the fifth best after It ($327.5M), The Sixth Sense ($293.5M), Jaws ($260M), and The Exorcist ($232.9M).

In addition this past weekend, Paramount outstripped the $9M-$10M tracking for its older-femme skewing title Book Club which turned in a $13.58M opening; not too shabby for a movie that the studio acquired U.S./UK/France rights on for a reported $10M at last year’s Afm.

The image of Father Merrin arriving at the MacNeil home is one of the most enduring in horror cinema, first seen on The Exorcist‘s original poster. That poster was designed by Bill Gold, whose art for The Exorcist and films like Deliverance, Casablanca, Dirty Harry, and A Clockwork Orange is as iconic as the films themselves. Today we’re sad to report that […]...

Bill Gold, who revolutionized the art of the movie poster over a seven-decade career that began with Casablanca and included A Clockwork Orange, The Exorcist and dozens of Clint Eastwood films, has died. He was 97.

Gold died at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, Connecticut, on Sunday, according to family spokeswomen Christine Gillow.

The Brooklyn native began at Warner Bros. in the early 1940s and had a hand in more than 2,000 posters during his iconic career, working on films for everyone from Alfred Hitchcock (1954's Dial M for Murder), Elia Kazan (1955's East of Eden) and Federico ...

Fox seems to be trying to purify itself, today. In addition to cancelling Lucifer after three seasons, the network has also cancelled The Exorcist TV show after a two-season run. It seems they can't give the Devil his due and pay Tim Allen, too.An anthology drama, The Exorcist follows Father Tomas Ortega (Alfonso Herrera) and former priest Marcus Keane (Ben Daniels) as they uncover evil. The season two cast also includes Kurt Egyiawan, Zuleikha Robinson, John Cho,...

Hannah Kasulka, star of Fox TV’s “The Exorcist,” and “High School Musical” alum Corbin Bleu will star in an indie thriller from the creative mind behind “Furious 7,” TheWrap has learned. “Stranded,” currently shooting in Canada under Gearshift Films, follows a college freshmen devoted to her studies (Kasulka) who joins a weekend snowboarding trip with friends. Freezing temperatures and car trouble puts the group in turmoil, testing relationships and igniting a witch hunt among them. “Degrassi: The Next Generation” actor Craig Arnold joins Kasulka and Bleu in the cast. Jordan Barker (“Torment”) is directing from a script by Christopher Borrelli, based on a...

Curtis Harrington’s Ruby (1977) is a perfect example of what I like to call a or something film, to wit: Piper Laurie follows up her Academy Award nominated turn in Carrie (’76) to headline as a former gun moll haunted by her dead ex while she runs a drive-in and her 16 year old becomes possessed by said dead ex. Or something. Fractured and scattered but a whole lot of fun, Ruby is positively littered with or something’s and I kind of love it for that.

Released by Dimension Pictures in late June, Ruby was a big hit with audiences, returning $16 million off of a sub million dollar budget. This was clearly the Carrie effect; I remember the trailer playing on TV at the time, and my wee mind was blown by the final image – a woman in a red dress being dragged underwater. For a kid with an early thirst for horror,...

There's only so much complaining a viewer can do about a movie titled Attack of the Southern Fried Zombies. Were you expecting The Exorcist when you bought that ticket? Director Mark Newton puts on no airs in this Grade-z gorefest, harking back to the early VHS-only days when a lack of quality was almost viewed as its own kind of virtue. Though it lacks even a shred of the self-aware humor one might hope for in such an effort, it does at least offer respite from the glut of dumb fright flicks in theaters that actually expect you to take...

Years after he changed the landscape of American filmmaking with 1973’s The Exorcist, director, co-writer and legendary storyteller William Friedkin moves from fiction to fact with his new documentary, The Devil And Father Amorth. What began as a brief conversation between Friedkin and Father Gabrielle Amorth – the head Exorcist for the Diocese of Rome for over 30 years – as two professionals who knew of each other’s work soon transformed into an once-in-a- lifetime opportunity, as Amorth agreed Friedkin could film an exorcism ceremony. It would be the ninth exorcism for a painfully afflicted woman, Cristina (a pseudonym), who had already been under Father Amorth’s care – and it would be filmed by Friedkin alone, with no other crew allowed, no light other than the natural light in the room and a small digital camera-and-mic unit that could capture the ritual and its revelations.

Check out the new trailer. It look so scary!

Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSWe are ecstatic about the news of our favorite Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul's new project Memoria entering production. The latest: Tilda Swinton is aboard. The Film Stage has the report.Is the wait for Orson Welles' posthumously completed feature The Other Side of the Wind nearly over? It would seem so. Variety reports that composer Michel Legrand has joined the project to provide the score. Orson Welles for 2018 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or!Recommended VIEWINGYou're likely aware that American cinema's most controversial stylist has a new film arriving in cinemas this week. But have you seen this completely lovely set of interviews with the films cast (and titular dogs)?William Friedkin, the iconoclastic director of The Exorcist, has a most exciting new (exorcist themed) film: the documentary The Devil & Father Amorth.In a completely different register,...

The director of the classic 1973 horror film The Exorcist, William Friedkin, had never seen a real-life exorcism. That is until decades after he made the movie when he was invited to see one performed by Father Amorth, who is the Vatican’s chief exorcist.

The original Exorcist movie was based on the true story of the actual 1949 exorcism of a young boy who lived in Cottage City, Maryland. Upon hearing about the story he became fascinated with exorcisms, made the movie in '73, and now he has directed a documentary that takes us into the experience of what an exorcism is really like. It's called The Devil and Father Amorth and today we have a trailer for you to watch.

Regardless of what your stance is on God, the Devil, or religion this is something that some of you may still find it fascinating. It looks like it could be a crazy documentary.

45 years after The Exorcist terrified audiences across the world, William Friedkin is returning the world of spiritual entities with a new feature, this time taking the documentary route. The Devil and Father Amorth follows Father Gabrielle Amorth, the head Exorcist for the Diocese of Rome for over 30 years, and after premiering on the fall festival circuit, the first trailer has arrived ahead of a release next month.

“I had been curious to meet Father Amorth for many years. In the early 1970s, when I directed the film The Exorcist, I had not witnessed an exorcism,” Friedkin writes in an in-depth Vanity Fair feature before the making of the film. “Maybe this would be an opportunity to complete the circle, to see how close we who worked on the film came to reality or to discover that what we created was sheer invention.”

For some real-life terror, see the trailer below.

William Friedkin’s The Exorcist wrote the book on exorcism horror, with no other genre specific film coming close to achieving the critical accolades this spectacularly horrifying movie did back in 1973.

Yes, a film without the technological advances of today is still making most horror pics look like child’s play, both in the effects department, and concerning true, pants-wetting scares. Friedkin and writer William Peter Blatty created a timeless classic that has been terrifying audiences for years, with its magnitude, profanity, and violation of the laws of nature becoming the stuff of nightmares.

While many stories of possession have hit the big screen since this multiple-award-winning sensation swept the collective American consciousness, none have ever reached its level. It’s without a doubt the best entry in the exorcism genre and is an absolute horror classic. But it might just have some competition in the form of The Devil And Father Amorth,...

A trailer for William Friedkin’s documentary The Devil and Father Amorth has been released, giving us a brief look at the rituals surrounding a real-life exorcism. Back in 1973, Friedkin’s supernatural horror film The Exorcist was released, and has since been regarded as one of the greatest, most frightening films of all time. The movie is based on William Peter Blatty’s 1971 novel of the same name, which is inspired by the 1949 exorcism of Roland Doe.

When William Friedkin released his iconic horror film The Exorcist in 1973, he had never seen an exorcism. But decades later, that would change. Now, Friedkin has made a documentary diving into the exploits of a real-life exorcist: The Devil and Father Amorth. Friedkin developed a fascination with the rite after directing The Exorcist, itself based on an […]

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In William Friedkin's The Devil And Father Amorth, the legendary director of The Exorcist (1973) invites us on a tour that leads from the iconic Exorcist steps in Georgetown to Italy, where we're introduced to 91-year-old Father Gabriele Amorth, official exorcist of the Diocese of Rome. With a keen eye, and his storied flourish for presenting documentary materials, Friedkin... Read More...

“The Exorcist” director William Friedkin terrified the Venice Film Festival last year with his new documentary, “The Devil and Father Amorth,” and now everyone can see why in the official trailer. The non-fiction feature profiles the late Father Gabriele Amortha as he performs his ninth exorcism on an Italian woman. Friedkin was in the room for the exorcism, and it shook him to his core.

“It was terrifying,” Friedkin told Variety at the Venice Film Festival about recording the footage. “I went from being afraid of what could happen to feeling a great deal of empathy with this woman’s pain and suffering, which is obvious in the film.”

“The Devil and Father Amorth” opens in select theaters via The Orchard on April 20. Watch the trailer below.

Years after he changed the landscape of American filmmaking with 1973’s The Exorcist, director, co-writer William Friedkin moves from fiction to fact with his new documentary, The devil and Father Amorth.

What began as a brief conversation between Friedkin and Father Gabrielle Amorth – the head Exorcist for the Diocese of Rome for over 30 years – as two professionals who knew of each other’s work soon transformed into an once-in-a- lifetime opportunity, as Amorth agreed Friedkin could film an exorcism ceremony.

It would be the ninth exorcism for a p...

It’s been a few years since William Friedkin released his last film, 2011’s underrated “Killer Joe,” but the famous director is back at with a new documentary “The Devil and Father Amorth,” which just released its first trailer today. The film follows Friedkin as he meets with a church-approved exorcist. Here’s the official synopsis:

“In his latest, William Friedkin returns not only to his documentary roots but to the subject of one of his most towering works, 1973’s The Exorcist.

More than 40 years after release of William Friedkin's The Exorcist in 1973, the ripples from the groundbreaking movie can still be felt. This April, Friedkin returns to theaters with another exorcism movie, taking an even more realistic approach to its unsettling subject matter by following Father Gabriele Amorth on a real-life exorcism house call that's teased in the film's official trailer.

The Orchard will release The Devil and Father Amorth in New York and Los Angeles theaters on April 20th. Friedkin's documentary will examine not only Father Amorth's unique line of work, but will also take a look back at the history of demons and how the fascinating subject of possession continues to permeate our modern-day culture.

"In his latest, William Friedkin returns not only to his documentary roots but to the subject of one of his most towering works, 1973’s The Exorcist. Friedkin, a legendary raconteur, leads a tour...

(Welcome to The Final Girl, a regular feature from someone who has steered clear of horror and is ready to finally embrace the genre that goes bump in the night. Next on the list: William Friedkin’s seminal Oscar-nominated horror film The Exorcist.) I’ve passed by the Exorcist staircase more than a dozen times. And every time, someone in my group excitedly […]

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Unless you’ve been living in the Other Realm for the past few months, you’ve probably heard that Netflix is conjuring up a new series about pop culture’s most iconic teenage witch. But this isn’t your mother’s Sabrina Spellman. Heck, it isn’t even your Sabrina Spellman.

Based on Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Robert Hack’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina comics, Netflix’s yet-untitled series — which has already been picked up for two seasons — “imagines the origin and adventures of Sabrina the Teenage Witch as a dark coming-of-age story that traffics in horror, the occult and, of course,...

Fox’s The Exorcist series may need the last rites – One of the biggest surprises of the past few years is how good Fox’s television series based on The Exorcist has turned out to be. If you skipped it thinking it would be a poorly conceived cash-in, let me assure you that I know where you’re coming from…but you’re also wrong. The show bucked the odds and garnered a second season that ran late last year, but a Friday night time slot isn’t the best time to air, and the show’s viewership is down. That has Fox chairman Gary Newman making some ominous pronouncements. The exec says the show is "on the bubble," which generally means that while a renewal could happen, it’s leaning towards unlikely. Newman acknowledges the...

The latest Bruce Willis for 2018 is a remake of the Charles Bronson 1970s movie “Death Wish.” Willis has always been a box office success during his career and had occasional positive response from critics as well. Let’s take a look back at his greatest films in our photo gallery (view above) that ranks his top 15 performances from worst to best.

Willis grew up in New Jersey, but after appearing in a college production of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” he dropped out and left for New York City to launch a professional acting career. He first became a famously flashy bartender in various clubs (think Tom Cruise in “Cocktail”), but found his big break years later understudying and later replacing Ed Harris in the acclaimed off-Broadway production of Sam Shepard’s play “Fool for Love.”

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Chicago – The TV, movie and entertainment world is coming back to Chicagoland with The Hollywood Show on March 17th and 18th, 2018, at the Hyatt Rosemont/Chicago O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Ill. The event gives fans and admirers an opportunity to meet and get pictures with celebrities and take advantage of vendors offering show business memorabilia.

This year’s show is focusing on 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s nostalgia, as Tony Dow and Jerry Mathers (Wally and the Beaver from “Leave it to Beaver”) will make their first Chicago appearance. Also in attendance will be Lyle Waggoner from the “Carol Burnett Show,” Linda Blair from “The Exorcist,” Parker Stevenson from “The Hardy Boys” and Julie McCullough from “Growing Pains,” among other big names. Click here for a complete list.

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On Channel Zero: Butcher's Block, you can live in paradise... for a cannibalistic price. Last night on Syfy, viewers ascended the stairs to experience the finale of what has been a deliciously dark fairy tale of family relationships, socioeconomic divides, and guts... lots and lots of guts. To celebrate a season of ambitious storytelling (including two of the most unsettling scenes this writer has ever watched in any medium), I had the great pleasure of speaking with showrunner Nick Antosca to discuss this season's eerie Father Time entity, filming in Winnipeg (which is quickly becoming a new horror hub), working with visionary director Arkasha Stevenson, and the interconnected world where all of the Channel Zero seasons live.

Congratulations on Channel Zero: Butcher's Block, Nick. This season has truly disturbed me in the best possible way. The thing that stands out to me the most is the schizophrenia monster haunting Alice.

Sabrina the Teenage Witch is coming to Netflix in the near future, and we now know who will be playing the love of Sabrina's life.

Ross Lynch has landed the coveted role, and we can't help but think he's going to be a perfect fit for the magical drama series which is based on the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina comics.

Netflix’s Harvey is described as “the prince charming of this dark fairy tale, Harvey is the son of a coal miner, a dreamboat and a dreamer, completely unaware of the dark forces conspiring to keep him and Sabrina apart.”

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Mad Men veteran, Kiernan Shipka landed the lead role of Sabrina Spellman back in January.

"The hourlong drama reimagines the story of Sabrina the Teenage Witch as a dark coming-of-age tale that traffics in horror, the occult and witchcraft, naturally," reads the official logline.

With a shoestring budget, a small but dedicated crew, and an abandoned animal shelter to film in, co-directors Alex Haughey and Brian Vidal created their feature film debut, the sci-fi thriller Prodigy. Centered on a nine-year-old genius with some lethal psychic abilities to go along with her amazing intellect, Prodigy is out now on DVD and VOD platforms, and we caught up with Haughey for a new Q&A feature to discuss the journey to the film's home media release, including changing the main character from a boy to a girl during the casting process, making the transition from short films to a feature-length project, only having one take for a crucial glass-breaking scene, and much more.

For those unfamiliar with Prodigy, we have the official synopsis below, and you can read on for the full Q&A feature with Haughey and visit the film's website and iTunes page for more information.

The Exorcist, Fox’s frightening movie-to-tv anthology series about the fragile barrier between this life and the next, really hit the ground running in its first year with a 10-part story involving one family’s case of demonic possession.

Loosely based on William Peter Blatty’s novel – itself a sequel to the 1973 classic of the same name – The Exorcist finished up its second season late last year and despite another strong batch of ambitious episodes that showed a lot of promise, we’re now hearing that it may be getting the axe. And that’s pretty surprising, given that everyone involved seemed pretty gung-ho about it just this past summer.

If you recall, back at Comic-Con, Jeremy Slater and Sean Crouch – series creator and co-executive producer, respectively – revealed that The Exorcist could span “six or seven seasons” by adhering to the anthology format. That is, each new season would center on a different story.

By mid-May, the broadcast networks must make some tough calls as to which series will return for the 2018-19 TV season, and which… won’t.

As that deadline draws near, TVLine is singling out a few “bubble” shows and sizing up their prospects — based in large part on their creative strides (…and stumbles) and future potential, but also with a requisite nod to cold, hard numbers.

Next up is a Fox supernatural drama in danger of getting banished from the schedule.

The Show | The Exorcist (Season 2 aired Fridays at 9/8c)

The Case For Keeping | As excommunicated exorcist Marcus and his...

That time of year has come again, when the broadcast networks decide the future of their programming, and this year the fate of Fox’s The Exorcist remains undecided. Unfortunately, it’s a familiar position for the series to be in, as word on the renewal for season 2 came much later than expected. Still, the horror series from executive producer Jeremy Slater managed to bring the principle cast of Ben Daniels, Alfonso Herrera, and Kurt Egyiawan back, while shifting locales and the supporting cast almost entirely.

Stars: Andrew Divoff, Tammy Lauren, Robert Englund, Ted Raimi, George “Buck” Flower, Reggie Bannister, Tony Todd, Kane Hodder, Chris Lemmon, Wendy Benson-Landes, Tony Crane, Jenny O’Hara, Ricco Ross, John Byner, Gretchen Palmer, Angus Scrimm | Written by Peter Atkins | Directed by Robert Kurtzman

Wishmaster is one of those movies that is a treat for horror geeks. Featuring some of the genre’s most iconic actors part of the fun is hunting out all the Easter eggs that are so easy to spot. The question is, on revisiting the film, does The Djinn (Andrew Divoff) still have what it takes to make your dreams come true?

When a Persian statue of Ahura Mazda is broken, a red jewel is discovered within. Given to Alexandra Amberson (Tammy Lauren) to evaluate for auction, she accidentally awakens the Djinn inside. While capturing more souls inside the jewel, he chases down Alexandra with the aim...

More than 40 years after release of William Friedkin's The Exorcist in 1973, the ripples from the groundbreaking movie can still be felt. This April, Friedkin returns to theaters with another exorcism movie, taking an even more realistic approach to its unsettling subject matter by following Father Gabriele Amorth on a real-life exorcism house call.

The Orchard will release The Devil and Father Amorth in New York and Los Angeles theaters on April 20th. Friedkin's documentary will examine not only Father Amorth's unique line of work, but will also take a look back at the history of demons and how the fascinating subject of possession continues to permeate our modern-day culture. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates on The Devil and Father Amorth, and read on for the official synopsis.

Synopsis: "In his latest, William Friedkin returns not only to his documentary roots but to the subject of one of his most towering works,...

Over the decades, special or honorary Oscars have gone to everything from a film series to animated shorts to innovators to a ventriloquist to child performers to foreign films. Tour our photo galleries for a look back featuring every performer honored (above) and every non-performer honored (below).

Two special awards were handed out at the first Academy Awards on May 16, 1929:

Charlie Chaplin, who had originally been nominated for lead actor and for comedy direction for his 1928 masterpiece “The Circus,” was withdrawn from those nominations when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ Board of Governors gave him a special award for his “versatility in writing, acting, directing and producing” the comedy.

Warner Brothers also picked up a special honorary for producing 1927’s “The Jazz Singer”-“the pioneer outstanding talking picture, which has revolutionized the industry”.

Now called honorary Oscars, Donald Sutherland, cinematographer Owen Roizman (“The French Connection,” “The Exorcist...

If you enjoyed watching podcast host Aaron Mahnke's stranger-than-fiction historical stories come to life on the first season of Lore, then you'll be pleased to know that Amazon has renewed the anthology series for a second season:

Press Release: Seattle -- Feb. 26, 2018-- (Nasdaq: Amzn)—Amazon announced today it has greenlit a second season of the critically-acclaimed Prime Original series Lore. Season one of the supernatural series, adapted from Aaron Mahnke’s award-winning podcast of the same name, is now available exclusively on Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories. Sean Crouch (The Exorcist, Numb3rs) is taking over showrunner duties for season two.

From Executive Producers Ben Silverman (The Office), Howard T. Owens (Killing Kennedy), Gale Anne Hurd (The Walking Dead), Brett-Patrick Jenkins (Face Off), Jon Halperin and Mark Mannucci (A Year in Space), Lore explores the real-life frightening and disturbing tales that give rise to modern-day myths and legends.

Joseph Baxter Feb 27, 2018

Ready for more Lore? Amazon has renewed its podcast-based horror anthology series for a second season, with a new showrunner...

Lore arrived last fall on Amazon Prime as a quirky curiosity of an anthology series that – based on Aaron Mahnke’s popular podcast – delves into the concept of folklore-based horror with a documentary approach. While Lore isn’t the kind of horror series that instills unbridled sleep-depriving terror, its original approach did resonate with audiences, leading Amazon to order a second helping.

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Amazon’s order of Lore season 2 comes with shakeup, since it will see the acquisition of a new showrunner in Sean Crouch, who replaces outgoing season 1 skipper Glen Morgan. Crouch comes into Lore with producer experience on Unforgettable and Numb3rs, along...

For those of you who are fans of the Lore podcast and the Lore TV series, you'll be happy to hear that Amazon has renewed the series for Season 2. I enjoyed the first season of the series and I'm excited to see what stories will be explored in Season 2:

The series explores the real-life frightening and disturbing tales that give rise to modern-day myths and legends. Season two will feature new tales from the podcast, as well as original stories not yet available in podcast form. In addition, it will star new castmembers. The hybrid series will continue to feature narration, archive footage and animation to complement the filmed segments.

Heather Schuster, head of unscripted at Amazon Originals, had this to say in a statement:

"Customers loved the first season of Lore for its unique blend of narrative and documentary storytelling, and we’re excited to give them another...

NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert has found its Judas.

Broadway star and Tony winner Brandon Victor Dixon, best known to TV audiences as Power lawyer Terry Silver, has been cast as Jesus’ not-so-loyal apostle in the upcoming live special, airing Easter Sunday, April 1. (Dixon also was the Hamilton cast member who publicly addressed then-Vice President-elect Mike Pence when he attended a performance of the Broadway musical in November 2016.)

In addition, the network has confirmed the casting of Tony nominees Ben Daniels (The Exorcist) as Pontius Pilate and Norm Lewis (Scandal) as Caiaphas. New cast additions also include...

Well, this is some excellent casting news!

Australian actress Miranda Otto has landed the role of Zelda Spellman on Netflix's Sabrina the Teenage Witch reboot.

The character is described as follows: “Proud and devout, Zelda believes there is no greater honor than serving the Dark Lord as a member of the Church of Night."

"She is the family’s disciplinarian, fiercely protective of Sabrina and very much Cain to Hilda’s Abel.”

On the TV front, Otto most recently appeared in Fox's ill-fated 24: Legacy. That show was given the pink slip after one low-rated season.

The new series is said to be a darker take on the franchise, which will be a complete 180 to the ABC/WB series which aired from 1996 to 2003.

"The hourlong drama reimagines the story of Sabrina the Teenage Witch as a dark coming-of-age tale that traffics in horror, the occult and witchcraft, naturally,...

With Get Out and The Shape of Water recently garnering nominations for Best Picture, the refined world of The Academy Awards was turned upside down. Sure, co-nominee Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri takes a look at some pretty horrific things. And yes, The Shape of Water is more of a creature feature, but Get Out is a bonafide horror movie. Its nomination makes one wonder how many horror films have ever won an Oscar.

For starters, horror movies tend to be done on the quick. Due to this, their production values, performances, and screenplays tend be not as good as, say, The Post. In fact, they rarely approach anything like The Phantom Thread and they certainly don't look anything like Dunkirk. With Get Out, we have a movie that has the nuance of Call Me By Your Name and the comic sensibility of Lady Bird. All wrapped up in a...

Well, this is excellent news!

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina TV series will include a character most will remember from the ABC/WB TV series which aired from 1996-2003. 

That character is of the four-legged kind, and we're freaking out about it. Yes, it's Salem, and we even have a picture to prove it. 

The new series hails from Riverdale showrunner, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who is attached as a writer, director, and executive producer. 

"The hourlong drama reimagines the story of Sabrina the Teenage Witch as a dark coming-of-age tale that traffics in horror, the occult and witchcraft, naturally," reads the official logline.

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"The new iteration is described as in the vein of Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist and finds Sabrina wrestling to reconcile her dual nature as a half-witch, half-mortal while fighting the evil forces that threaten her, her family and the daylight world humans inhabit.

Netflix’s Sabrina the Teenage Witch reboot seems to be on track. Netflix gave the Sabrina reboot a 20-episode, two-season, straight-to-series order late last year and the series already has found its Sabrina Spellman in Mad Men‘s Kiernan Shipka. Today the first image from the series was released.

Archie Comics chief creative officer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa posted the image (below) on twitter.

With the posted image, Aguirre-Sacasa provided the caption:

Ladies and gentlemen, meet #Greendale’s latest resident. All hail, Salem! #sabrina, #netflix.

In the 90s series of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Salem was memorably an animatronic character, the series was also a sitcom starring Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina. This new series is said to be something along the lines of Riverdale – which is a television series also based on a comic book – and will have a darker tone. It’s also believed to have visual and tonal references...

Fox has firmed up its course of action for The Passage, the high-profile vampire drama pilot starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar from Liz Heldens, Matt Reeves, Scott Free and 20th Century Fox TV. The project has been reconceived, and new footage for the pilot will be shot in March in Atlanta by a new director, Jason Ensler, executive producer/director of the Fox/20th horror drama series The Exorcist. As part of the creative changes, the storylines of three characters in the…...

I’ve been known to bemoan my habit of sleeping on classic horror movies, but one movie I’m glad to have only first seen as an adult is William Friedkin’s The Exorcist. I was well into my thirties by the time I watched it, and while I was of course familiar with all of the head-spinning and pea soup vomiting, I was more affected by the less iconic moments. Regan’s harrowing ordeal in the hospital shook me just as much as the spider crawl, but I doubt that kind of moment would have resonated with me when I was younger. I was also very impressed by Friedkin’s ability to portray damaged yet sympathetic characters who anchor the chaos of the movie. Over thirty years later, Friedkin put these skills to good use again in a very different, although no less affecting, movie: the 2006 psychological body horror trip Bug.

On January 23rd, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this year's Oscar nominees – including Get Out, which earned nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay. The love for the Jordan Peele's across-the-board hit was a rarity for a slew of reasons, including the fact that the filmmaker became only the fifth black man to ever be nominated for Best Director. But perhaps most remarkable was the fact that it nabbed a Best Picture slot: Depending on how flexible you are in defining "horror,...

The Women’s Liberation Movement, or more commonly known as Women’s Lib, was in full swing by the mid-’70s. The fight for equality raged on from the late ’60s until…well, what time have you got? It was only natural for the arts to comment on the growing and vocal discontent within the feminist community, and so it was that The Stepford Wives (1975) hit the screen (based on the Ira Levin novel) with a resounding thud. Regardless, it plays as a witty indictment of male morals and suburban blandness.

Distributed by Columbia Pictures in mid-February, The Stepford Wives only brought in $4 million, was wildly derided by critics who thought it hit none of its intended targets, and screenwriter William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) disagreed with many of the changes imposed by British director Bryan Forbes (International Velvet). Disgruntlements aside, it holds up remarkably well and...

While the rest of the Arrowverse shows have been back on our screens for a couple of weeks now, we’re still waiting for the Waverider to return to our time zone so we can catch up on the rest of Legends of Tomorrow season 3. What makes the wait even more difficult though is that we know a great episode awaits us in the midseason premiere, titled “Daddy Darhkest.”

The reason why is because it’ll see the first proper appearance of Matt Ryan as John Constantine on the time-travelling show. We first met the occult detective in his own TV series over on NBC back in 2014, before he was introduced into The CW’s slice of the DC universe in Arrow season 4. Fans have been clamouring for Constantine to return to the Arrowverse ever since and finally, the showrunners have listened.

With this season’s big bad being an evil demonic entity,...