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Disney veteran Joe Hale, who helped bring to life a variety of beloved animated films, has passed away. He was 99 years old.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Hale died of natural causes at his home in Atascadero, California, on Jan. 29. His passing was confirmed by Beverly Hale, his wife of almost 60 years.

Joe Hale passed away at the age of 99 due natural causes. Famous producer from Walt Disney Animation Studios he worked in movies like Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians and more.We thank him for his contributions to our favorite movies may he rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/lIDo7qhd0i— Dtva News (@DTVANews) February 6, 2025

Hale worked for 35 years as an animator, layout artist, and producer for Disney. He was nominated for an Oscar for his work on the effects for 1979's The Black Hole. He'd previously started his work at Disney as an inbetweener on 1951's Alice in Wonderland.

Joe Hale, who spent 35 years as an animator, layout artist and producer at Disney and received an Oscar nomination for his effects work on the 1979 film The Black Hole, has died. He was 99.

Hale died Jan. 29 of natural causes at his home in Atascadero, California, his wife of nearly 60 years, Beverly Hale, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Hale started out as an inbetweener on Alice in Wonderland (1951) and worked on such other classics as Peter Pan (1953), Lady and the Tramp (1955), Sleeping Beauty (1959), One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), Mary Poppins (1964), The Jungle Book (1967), The Fox and the Hound (1981), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) and Pete’s Dragon (1977).

In 1980, Hale was named a first-time producer on The Black Cauldron (1985), a project that had been languishing at Disney for about seven years, and he oversaw a staff of 300 artists — including a young Tim Burton — and a big budget of $44 million.

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Disney is in a remake mood, but there are a lot of lesser-known movies that should be redone instead of classics!

Fans will always grouse when it’s announced a remake or a reboot of a past movie is coming. Sure, now and then, a remake can work, but most fail to capture what made the original movie work so well.

Disney, of course, has been doing live-action remakes of their animated movies as well as looking at some past films. That includes Bryce Dallas Howard planning a remake of the cult 1986 movie The Flight of the Navigator.

But there’s a period that Disney should be exploring for any possible remakes: The Dark Age. This is the nickname for the period between 1970 and 1986 when Disney’s movie output wasn’t that great.

Many will note the animated films, yet the live-action ones were rough too. There were hits and...

Melissa Joan Hart will star in and executive produce a new Lifetime thriller, “Killing the Competition,” TheWrap can reveal exclusively.

The juicy thriller, which debuts Saturday, March 1, at 8 p.m. Et, stars Hart as Elizabeth Fenwick, a loving mother in her 40s who becomes enraged after her daughter is cut from her alma mater’s dance team. Hart also serves as an EP on the movie via her company Hartbreak Films.

Inspired by actual events, “Killing the Competition” follows Elizabeth, who was once her high school’s star dancer and prom queen, as she and her husband, Steve (Eddie Mills), help craft a similar path for their daughter, Grace (Lily Brooks O’Briant).

When Grace doesn’t make the team, however, Elizabeth becomes obsessed with the star of the dance team, Hannah (Valerie Loo), and her mother Nicole (Anzu Lawson), and eventually becomes involved in a shocking kidnapping plot.

“Killing the...

Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky have especially become through their appearances on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Fans have seen various ups and downs between the two. However, this year saw Richards surprise Umansky during the holiday season.

Kyle Richards & Mauricio Umansky Had A Family Christmas In Aspen

Richards started her career as a child actress. She notably appeared on Little House on the Prairie and in films like The Watcher in the Woods in 1980 and the 1978 Halloween.

Since 2010, Richards became known as a main cast member on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. In addition to being one of the series’ first, she would go on to be one of the longest remaining cast members of the series.

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Richards and her husband Mauricio Umansky, who has also appeared in the reality series, first married in 1996. The two announced their separation in 2023.

However, Bravo TV noted...

Riverdale is known for being adventurous with its plots, and with seven seasons, there were countless plotlines. While many were loved for how simple but effective they were, like Jason Blossom's murder and The Black Hood's connection to Betty, some plotlines were not the same. In fact, Riverdale also had a habit of starting new stories and then leaving them hanging.

Either these wild and wonderful arcs would have unsatisfactory endings, which added no value to the plot, or they were dropped midway somewhere during the show. This left audiences scratching their heads about what was going on in the already convoluted show. In the end, the series spawned many narratives that didn't go anywhere.

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Riverdale liked pushing characters to their dark sides, and sweet Betty Cooper got this treatment early on in the series. Dark Betty was not very substantial, however, as much...

As Halloween approaches, there's one Disney movie that, both as a film itself and its star, may well rank as the darkest film the company has ever produced!

Disney has always dabbled in dark stuff ever since the Evil Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. For a "family-friendly" company, they've dipped their toes into horror-themed storylines a lot. That was especially true in that late 1970s/early-80s period, when the company was trying to win over new fans and break out of that image.

That included darker fare like The Watcher in the Woods, The Black Hole, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. Yet one movie has to stand out as a film you cannot believe was ever made by Disney for its dark tones. As time has gone on, it's only become darker for shades the company couldn't possibly predict.

The Devil and Max Devlin.

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Do you remember the first scary movie you watched? To be fair, mine was Halloween, so I got an early taste of R-rated terror. However, for many, it was something like The Monster Squad, The Watcher in the Woods, or perhaps The Gate. And now, we have a fun ride with the good and spooky natured, Monster Summer. Featuring Mel Gibson, Lorraine Bracco, and Mason Thames. For Mason, who was terrific in The Black Phone (and will soon be seen in The Black Phone 2), the actor proves that he is one to watch. The actor brings heart to his performance and shines opposite Gibson.

Recently, I sat down with the two, and the legendary Mel Gibson (who we previously interviewed Here), was full of praise for his younger co-star. Both actors work especially well together, and frankly, it’s not surprising that Thames is getting a ton of work on genre projects.

Paul Mazursky's 1986 comedy "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" is a sharp indictment of ultra-moneyed yuppie culture, which was running rampant during the Reagan administration. Culturally speaking, the mid 1980s saw a redoubled effort to enrich the already-wealthy and encourage rich people to become obsessed with conspicuous consumption. Many, many films and TV shows about Beverly Hills were released at this time, delving deep into the cockroach nest where America's wealthy classes gathered and cannibalized each other.

Prominent among these was Mazursky's film about a rich family, the Whitemans, that recently became wealthy thanks to a wire hanger manufacturing empire. The family are all empty and unhappy. Matriarch Barbara (Bette Midler) is attempting to fill her emptiness with increasingly strange renditions of New Age spirituality, while patriarch Dave (Richard Dreyfuss) is filling his own emptiness by having an affair with the family's live-in maid, Carmen (Elizabeth Peña). Their child...

Something Wicked This Way Comes is a 41-year-old Disney horror movie that deserves more recognition. The movie, which is based on Ray Bradbury's 1962 novel of the same name, chronicles the adventures of two young boys after a creepy and mysterious circus appears in their sleepy town. The script of the unsettling film was penned by Bradbury himself, so there is not much difference between the movie and the novel apart from the scenes that were cut out as they were deemed too scary for a Disney movie.

The movie which is often underrated and forgotten was part of Disney's dark period. The production of Something Wicked This Way Comes was fraught with behind-the-scenes drama before it was released. Bradbury and director Jack Clayton had disagreements about the screenplay, which was changed during production despite Bradbury writing it. Despite the disagreements between the movie's creators, Something Wicked This Way Comes...

Disney delved into the horror genre in the 1980s due to a shift in audience preferences favoring high-stakes suspense. The Watcher in the Woods is a supernatural horror film featuring Bette Davis, aliens, ghosts, and the occult. After significant negative reactions, Disney made several changes to the film to fix the complicated ending, creating somewhat of a cult classic.

If you just so happened to watch any of the films Walt Disney Studios released in the 1980s, you could see that the subject matter and themes were, more often than not, a bit dark for the younger audience. This was because movies like George Lucas Star Wars and Steven Spielbergs Jaws dominated the box office and shifted audience dynamics. The days of good-natured, joyful characters that danced and sang their way to the finale were out, and high-stakes suspense with emotional arcs was in (due to a more teenage audience...

Riverdale went from grounded storylines of family drama and murder mysteries to supernatural conflicts due to an explosion triggered by the vengeful Hiram Lodge. Season 6 introduced Rivervale, an alternate universe/timeline that led to the inclusion of superpowers and a final fight with a sorcerer and his dastardly comet. Season 7 flings the characters back in time to the 1950s, exploring themes of injustice and ending with a Riverdale watch party.

The epic highs and lows of high school football graced audiences' screens with Riverdale. Riverdale, a CW television show based on the Archie Comics, became a hit sensation in pop culture. The series featured Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, and Veronica Lodge, high school friends banding together in unlikely circumstances. What started as a show centered around the murder of Jason Blossom quickly became a show riddled with conflicts involving gang members, cult leaders, and even the supernatural.

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Ranker is a popular place on the Internet where people can rank whatever they want, however, they want, and whenever they want. This is always a fan-focused ranking system, and it is never officially tied to the people behind the projects in question. Recently, a large survey was organized on Ranker, whose goal was to determine the best actresses of all time. The list includes more than 300 names, but in our report, we have decided to list the top ten actresses from the site to provide you with better insight, combined with our original comments and opinions, which will add flavor to the whole report.

Of course, since this is indeed an important list, we have decided to report on it, so we are going to bring you the results by listing the top 10 actresses on this list, from 10th to first place. We hope you’ll enjoy it!

10. Cate Blanchett...

It feels like Nicholas Galitzine is everywhere these days. He clearly has a knack for playing royals — he starred as Prince Henry in Prime Video’s Red, White & Royal Blue in 2023 and is now making waves with his portrayal of George Villiers in Starz’s steamy historical drama Mary & George. Coupled with high-profile projects like The Idea of You on the horizon, the 29-year-old actor is well on his way to becoming Hollywood’s next “it” boy.

But before Galitzine was starring opposite Anne Hathaway, he got his start the way many rising actors do: on Lifetime. One of his earliest projects was Lifetime’s 2017 horror movie The Watcher in the Woods, where he played Marcus, a teenage boy who lives on a farm in a small Welsh village.

Rhobh fans speculate Kyle Richards' separation from Mauricio Umansky was staged for ratings, drawing comparisons to Vanderpump Rules. The couple's breakup raised eyebrows, with fans questioning if it was orchestrated to generate buzz for Mauricio's TV show. Kyle revealed on Today With Hoda & Jenna that her friend's death made her realize she was unhappy in her marriage.

In July 2023, People reported that The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards had separated from her husband Mauricio Umansky. Since the pair got married in 1996, this was shocking news. Ever since fans were introduced to Kyle and her fancy lifestyle in season 1 of the Bravo reality series, they have loved seeing every part of her life, including her seemingly strong marriage. While the focus has often been on how Kyle makes money and people have criticized Kyle's weight loss, her long-term relationship is still what people want to talk about.

National Geographic’s new female-led docuseries Queens premieres March 4th on National Geographic and will stream on Disney+ and Hulu the next day.

“Helmed by a female-led production team from around the world — groundbreaking in the natural history space — and guided by powerful narration from award-winning actress Angela Bassett, Queens is bringing the natural world into focus through the female lens for the very first time.”

Did you catch the magnificent trailer for FX’s Shogun during the Super Bowl? It was a daunting task to remake the classic miniseries, and it almost didn’t happen.

“It wasn’t just the length; it was the subject matter, or Marks’ impression of it, from the book’s reputation and from its famed 1980 miniseries adaptation: his notion of a story about a white European arriving in a strange land. ‘The silhouette of a character who kind of looks like me, wearing clothes...

Screen legend Bette Davis led Disney’s valiant but flawed attempt at the horror genre. The Watcher in the Woods began development in the late-1970s after the rights were secured to Florence Engel Randall’s young adult novel. Turmoil plagued the filming process, with producers often intervening to tone down the movie, much to the frustrations of director John Hough. At the time, Hough was best known for the 1973 movie The Legend of Hell House, a haunted house horror certainly not for younger audiences. With Disney wanting to maintain their family-friendly approach, The Watcher in the Woods could not afford to go too dark. Nevertheless, there is an unsettling atmosphere to the film, and while there is no bad language, violence, or sexual content, it is chilling from the first minute. Hough uses nerve-shredding Pov shots to suggest a dangerous presence nearby with malignant intentions for the unsuspecting protagonists.

"Halloween Kills" might be one of the weaker installments in the long-running "Halloween" franchise, but one of its stars is anything but. The new book "Halloween: The Official Making of Halloween, Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends" includes a whole bunch of great behind-the-scenes stories about the new trilogy's production, including one about "Halloween Kills" actor Kyle Richards. Richards, a former child actress who is perhaps now best known as a castmate on "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," played Michael Myers survivor Lindsey in the recent David Gordon Green movie (a role she originated in the 1978 classic), and apparently went above and beyond when it came to the film's stunt scenes.

In one scene, according to Abbie Bernstein's book, Richards was tasked with smacking the seemingly invincible killer known as The Shape with a sack of foam meant to be a stand-in for a bag of bricks. The foam...

"Five Nights At Freddy's" just premiered in theaters and on Peacock, and the adaptation of a much-loved horror video game is already garnering strong reactions from fans and critics alike. While some folks flocking to theaters have been waiting nearly a decade to see the animatronic antics of Freddy Fazbear and his murderous friends on screen, newcomers to the franchise are also getting the chance to see what the fuss (or should I say fuzz?) is all about.

Though the "Five Nights At Freddy's" game franchise created by Scott Cawthon features nine video games and assorted spinoffs and the complex lore to match, the new movie introduces the universe with a seemingly simple premise. What if a night-time security guard (Josh Hutcherson) at a Chuck E. Cheese-type pizza joint ends up discovering that the robot animals meant to entertain kids during the daytime actually come alive at night? Add...

Like so many before and after him, Frank Laloggia had a hard time when he first started out in the film business. Yet after booking several roles as an actor, the Rochester native seemed to finally catch his big break. He had been given the chance to write and direct a feature film. Unfortunately, Laloggia’s disillusionment with the industry set in while working on 1981’s Fear No Evil. Severe studio interference was the main cause of his disappointment, and as a result, Laloggia took an extended break from filmmaking. However, the time off between his debut and Lady in White proved to be beneficial; Laloggia returned from his long leave with what many regard as the best film of his career.

With a story partly based on a well-known urban legend from the director’s neck of the woods, it was understandable when people assumed Laloggia’s sophomore film...

The Red, White & Royal Blue cast has propelled the movie to success, receiving great reviews for their performances in this LGBTQ+ love story. The charming and charismatic cast have brought the story to a higher level, with critics and viewers loving their portrayal of the characters. The movie features well-known actors like Uma Thurman and Stephen Fry, adding star power to the already talented ensemble cast.

The Red, White & Royal Blue cast has helped the Prime Video movie turn into a runaway success. The movie focuses on a feud between the son of the American President and Britain's prince, which leads the two young men to start a fake friendship to ease tensions. However, that fake friendship turns into a real friendship, and soon it blossoms into a romantic relationship between the two men that no one saw coming. Based on the novel by Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue...

"Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" might be the ideal stepping stone for younger horror fans not yet ready for the really intense stuff. The film came out in 2019, but it harkens back to creepy older family films like "The Watcher in the Woods" and "Return to Oz" -- that is, films that put their young protagonists in legitimately horrifying situations and left you wondering if they'd make it out okay. "Scary Stories" goes even further by having terrible things actually happen to its heroes. The only problem is it backtracks on this a little at the very end, tacking on a short epilogue that ties up some loose plot threads a little too neatly while also setting the stage for a sequel.

That's far from a dealbreaker, however, and general audiences were just as keen on the film as critics, with "Scary Stories" racking up $95.6 million at the...

Hey there, Scaredy cat. Are you the type of person who loves the idea of a good scare but can't quite stomach the gore? Do you find yourself intrigued by the suspense and psychological elements of horror, but would rather not have nightmares for a week? Well, my friend, you've come to the right place. This list is specially curated for those who want to experience the thrill of horror movies without (too much) blood and guts.

From suspenseful thrillers to horror comedies, these films offer a gentler introduction to the genre. So buckle up, and trust that you'll be given a gently spooky ride into the world of horror!

Warner Bros, Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

Little Shop of Horrors is a horror comedy musical that's more likely to make you tap your feet than hide behind your sofa. The film follows the story of Seymour, a florist shop worker...

For a few years there back in the early ’80s, Disney took a turn to the dark side, releasing live-action movies like “The Watcher in the Woods” (featuring a creepy late-career Bette Davis) and “Something Wicked This Way Comes” (from the mind of Ray Bradbury) that were intense enough to inspire nightmares — in kids, at least. The youngsters of that time are now parents, and some are surely asking themselves how far they can trust Disney not to traumatize another generation when a movie like “Haunted Mansion” comes along.

Truth be told, the PG-13-rated feature — which marks the studio’s second big-screen adaptation of its spooky theme park attraction — isn’t really that scary. Director Justin Simien (“Dear White People”) leans more on comedy than horror, bringing together a handful of funny stars to deal with Gracey Manor’s ghost problem. The result is certainly a lot less frightening...

At the end of the 70s and beginnings of the 80s, Disney decided to take a turn into a darker side of cinema, at least for them. In 1979 they released The Black Hole, a sci-fi epic which had among its cast Anthony Perkins, best known for Psycho as well as a space station manned by animated corpse/robot hybrids. The film would include an ending which would literally show the villain of the piece in hell in penance for his crimes for all eternity. The following year would be another creepy sci-fi entry The Watcher In The Woods.

Following these films would be the gory fantasy epic Dragonslayer. That film actually showed a real Disney Princess being eaten by blind baby dragons on camera. So to round out a really fantastic run of Dark movies the House of Mouse went all in with a fantasy film that covered themes of death,...

Is there something supernatural in the remote wilderness? Or was the most evil creature of them all man this whole time? It's possibly the biggest mystery "Yellowjackets" fans have been trying to unravel since season 1. We already know the show's protagonists will eventually commit horrendous acts in their efforts to survive being stranded in the great Canadian north as teenagers. But is there also an entity in the wild egging them on? Perhaps, though it's pretty clear by now the members of Wiskayok High School's 1996 girls' soccer team are more than capable of breaking bad by themselves.

With season 2 right around the corner (read /Film's review here), co-showrunner Jonathan Lisco spoke to SFX Magazine about all those fan theories regarding that enigmatic sigil that keeps popping up on the series. If there is a sinister presence out there in the wilderness — something Lisco was very careful to avoid either confirming...

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Ian Whittaker, the British actor turned Oscar-winning set decorator known for his work on such films as Alien, Howards End, Tommy and Anna and the King, died Oct. 16 of prostate cancer, The Guardian reported. He was 94.

Whittaker also served as set dresser on Charlie Chaplin’s A Countess From Hong Kong (1967), James Clavell’s To Sir, With Love (1967), Tony Richardson’s The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) and Jim Sharman’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and as art director on Michael Ritchie’s Downhill Racer (1969) and Derek Jarman’s The Tempest (1979).

He collaborated with director Ken Russell on nine features, from the 1971 releases The Music Lovers, The Boy Friend and The Devils to Tommy (1975), Lisztomania (1975) — both featuring The Who’s Roger Daltrey — and the Rudolf Nureyev-starring Valentino (1977).

Whittaker received his Oscar — shared with his production designer Luciana Arrighi, with whom he...

Potential spoilers for "The Watcher" follow.

Between "Dahmer" and "The Watcher," Netflix's recent wave of true crime shows are getting a lot of attention. After all, there's just something deeply chilling about watching real-life cases play out. As someone who has zero tolerance for horror and still remembers being terrified when a middle school teacher forced my class to watch Disney's "The Watcher in the Woods" (I probably spent half the movie hiding in the bathroom — so much for movies in class being fun), true crime brings its own unnerving addition: the knowledge that the events on-screen could happen to just about anyone.

But while the Jeffrey Dahmer murders have been recounted time and time again, "The Watcher" is based on a relatively unknown case: the stalking and harassment of the Broaddus family (renamed Brannock in the show). Not only does the unfamiliarity bring a new level of discomfort,...

Nicholas Galitzine (Purple Hearts) has been tapped to star alongside Academy Award winner Anne Hathaway in Prime Video’s film The Idea of You, based on Robinne Lee’s bestselling contemporary love story of the same name, which goes into production in October.

The film from Emmy-nominated director Michael Showalter (The Big Sick) centers on Sophie (Hathaway), a 40-year-old divorced mother. Sophie’s husband Dan left her for a younger woman, and now he has canceled his Coachella trip with their 15-year-old daughter. Sophie then picks up the pieces, braving the crowds and desert heat in Dan’s place. While at the music festival, she meets 24-year-old Hayes Campbell (Galitzine), the lead singer of the hottest boy band on the planet, August Moon.

Amazon Studios partnered with Welle Entertainment to develop The Idea of You as a starring vehicle for Hathaway back in June of last year, as we told you first.

In Amazon Prime Video’s “The Idea of You,” Academy Award winner Anne Hathaway stars as a divorced mother who sparks a passionate love affair with a pop star she meets after taking her daughter to a music festival. And now, the object of her on-screen desire has been cast.

Nicholas Galitzine will play Hayes Campbell — the 24-year-old lead singer of the “hottest boy band on the planet,” August Moon — who has been speculated by fans of Robinne Lee’s bestselling debut novel to be inspired by Harry Styles.

The film follows Hathaway’s Sophie, who saves the day after her ex-husband Dan (who left her for a younger woman) cancels his Coachella trip with their 15-year-old daughter. When she decides to brave the crowds and desert heat to take her daughter to the music festival, Sophie meets Hayes (Galitzine), and the 40-year-old’s life really heats up.

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“M*A*S*H,” “I Love Lucy,” “Six Feet Under,” “Beetlejuice” and “The Cosby Show.” What do these classic TV shows or films have in common? They all had a deep impact on five of today’s top TV showrunners. We discuss that and more during our “Meet the Experts” group roundtable panel with 2022 Emmy contenders.

This “Meet the Experts” panel includes showrunners and producers Melissa Joan Hart (“Christmas in Tune”), Sarah Burgess (“Impeachment”), Justin Noble (“The Sex Lives of College Girls”), Dustin Lance Black (“Under the Banner of Heaven”) and Gloria Calderon Kellett (“With Love”). Watch our full group chat above and click on each name above to view each person’s individual interview.

“I was obsessed with ‘M*A*S*H’ growing up,” reveals Black. “And one day I hope I can write like that. Where you can take really dark, deep, challenging subjects and get people to laugh.

“This movie was developed for a while. We actually were going to shoot it during the Covid lockdown,” reveals Melissa Joan Hart, the executive producer of “Christmas in Tune” for Lifetime starring Reba McEntire. “We put it off because we wanted to be able to have big audiences and do it right. We didn’t rush it. In the meantime, we were able to get Reba to be interested in it and developed it more for her.” We talked to Hart as part of our “Meet the Experts” TV showrunners panel. Watch our exclusive video interview above.

Years after their personal and professional breakup, the singing duo of Georgia (McEntire) and Joe Winter (John Schneider) agree to reunite after their daughter, Belle (Candice King), asks them to participate in a Christmas Charity concert, only to find themselves getting back in tune on stage and off. “Christmas in Tune” was produced by Hartbreak Films with Hart,...

Taylor Zakhar Perez (The Kissing Booth 2 & 3) and Nicholas Galitzine (Cinderella) have been tapped to lead Prime Video’s romantic comedy Red, White & Royal Blue, based on Casey McQuiston’s bestselling novel of the same name. Tony Award-winning playwright Matthew López (The Inheritance) will direct, in his feature debut, with Clifton Collins Jr. (Westworld), Stephen Fry (The Dropout) and Sarah Shahi (Sex/Life) also aboard to star.

Red, White & Royal Blue follows the Mexican-American character Alex Claremont-Diaz (Perez) who, upon his mother’s election as President, is promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, brilliant―his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There’s only one problem: Alex has a long-running feud with his royal counterpart across the pond, Prince Henry (Nicholas Galitzine). And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an altercation between the two, U.S./British relations...

Five top TV showrunners and producers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022 Emmy Awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Wednesday, June 1, at 6:00 p.m. Pt; 9:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Denton Davidson and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.

RSVP today to our entire ongoing Emmy contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.

This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 contenders:

Christmas in Tune (Lifetime)

Synopsis: Story of Belle, a marketing executive who is worried that she may lose her job.

Bio: Melissa Joan Hart was a Kids’ Choice Awards winner for “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” and “Drive Me Crazy.

Melissa Joan Hart will star in multiple new “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” holiday movies, as well as the made-for-tv hoarder film “Dirty Little Secret” at Lifetime, as part of a new multi-year deal with the cable channel, Variety has learned exclusively.

Under her new pact, Hart will star in, direct and executive produce several movies for Lifetime. For the “Ripped From The Headlines” movie “Dirty Little Secret” (working title), which is set to debut this summer, Hart stars as a mother hiding her extreme hoarding tendencies that are destroying her family.

Additionally, Hart will star in and executive produce new movies for Lifetime’s 2022 and 2023 Christmas slates, having previously starred in six holiday films for the cabler, including “Mistletoe in Montana,” “Dear Christmas” and “A Very Merry Toy Store.” Hart has previously executive produced eight Lifetime films with her production company Hartbreak Films, including the recent “Christmas in Tune” starring Reba McEntire.

On Sunday, Kyle Richards was rushed to a hospital after walking into a beehive in her yard. Richards appeared in films such as The Car in 1977, The Watcher in the Woods in 1980 and the character Lindsey Wallace in the iconic horror slasher film Halloween in 1978, as well as its upcoming sequel Halloween […]

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Welcome back, dear readers! We here at Daily Dead have been doing our best to honor the 40th anniversary of all the great horror and science fiction films that were released throughout the year 1980 over the last several weeks. Today we wrap up our celebration with several more voices from the realm of genre entertainment.

So, for our final Class of 1980 celebration, we will be featuring the likes of Barbara Crampton, Mike Flanagan, Travis Stevens, Kyle Gallner, André Gower, Phil “Cm Punk” Brooks, Rebekah McKendry, PhD, Meagan Navarro, and Marc Gottlieb all discussing a variety of notable horror and sci-fi movies from 1980, including The Shining, Inferno, The Watcher in the Woods, Anthropophagus, Dressed to Kill, The Changeling, Motel Hell, The Empire Strikes Back, Alligator, and The Fog.

We do hope that you’ve enjoyed our ongoing Class of 1980 series this month and that is has inspired you to revisit many...

“Sometimes there seems to be something out there. Sometimes I hear someone whispering in the wind.”

If you’ve listened to Daily Dead’s Corpse Club podcast, then you might know that half the time I open my mouth, it’s to talk about Disney Channel Original Movies (no matter what the topic of the episode is). I’ve always found great delight in how movies released on the family-friendly network can still retain nightmare-inducing thrills and chills, whether it be through a theater of frozen bodies in Halloweentown or the sharp-toothed imaginary friend in Don’t Look Under the Bed.

While the DCOMs have had their macabre moments, the truth is that previous generations of viewers got to experience an even more spooky side of Disney on the big screen. In the cinematic world following the release of John Carpenter’s Halloween, Walt Disney Productions wasn’t holding back when...

Exclusive: Word is getting around that British actor Nicholas Galitzine has won the role of Prince Robert in Sony’s upcoming Camila Cabello musical Cinderella.

After a long search, Galitzine, I hear, wowed the filmmakers in many chemistry readings. In addition to Cabello, the actor joins Idina Menzel and Billy Porter (as the fairy godmother) in the Kay Cannon-directed and scripted feature. James Corden produces and has a story by credit. A production start is scheduled for February for a Feb. 5, 2021 release.

Galitzine’s first big film break came at the age of 20 about five years ago when he scored a role opposite Luke Perry in John Williams’ The Beat Beneath My Feet which played the Berlinale in 2015. In that movie Galitzine played Tom, a teenage loner who discovers his rock god neighbor has faked his death over tax fraud and blackmails him into becoming his guitar teacher.

The casting announcements continue to roll out for director David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills, and this one reveals that another traumatized child from the original 1978 John Carpenter movie is returning to be traumatized all over again.

According to Halloween Movies, Kyle Richards, who played one of the two kids that was babysat in the first film while Michael Meyers was out murdering people, will reprise her role of Lindsey Wallace all these years later.

Wallace had roles in horror films such as Eaten Alive (1976), The Car (1977) and The Watcher in the Woods (1980). Lately, though, she appears in the reality TV show The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, in which she portrays herself.

It was previously revealed that Anthony Michael Hall was cast in the film as Tommy Doyle, who is another character that was a kid in the first movie. In the film Tommy was being babysat by Laurie Strode,...

Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) wasn't the only person to live through the night He came home in John Carpenter's Halloween, as the two children she babysat, Tommy Doyle and Lindsey Wallace, also survived their encounter with Haddonfield's very own boogeyman. Following the reveal that Anthony Michael Hall will play a grown-up Tommy in Halloween Kills, it's now been reported that Kyle Richards will reprise her role as Lindsey in the sequel to 2018's Halloween.

The news of Richards' return as Lindsey comes from HalloweenMovies.com, who shared the following press release details, including a comment from producer Malek Akkad:

No stranger to the genre, Richards previous roles include (in addition to Halloween) the horror flicks Eaten Alive (1976), The Car (1977) and The Watcher in the Woods (1980), although fans of reality TV may more recognize her from her appearances in The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, in which she portrays herself.

Gear up for Netflix’s newest horror series “Chambers” starring Uma Thurman, Tony Goldwyn and newcomer Sivan Alyra Rose which will launch on April 26th!

You can check out the chilling trailer below:

A young heart attack survivor becomes consumed by the mystery surrounding the heart that saved her life. However, the closer she gets to uncovering the truth about her donor’s sudden death, the more she starts taking on the characteristics of the deceased — some of which are troublingly sinister. Chambers will premiere globally on Netflix in 2019.

The series is created by Leah Rachel and executive produced by Alfonso Gomez Rejon and Leah Rachel with producers Winnie Kemp, Wolfgang Hammer, Jennifer Yale, and Steve Gaghan.

Series creator Leah Rachel spoke about the show saying: “Taking place in a mystic, New Age pocket of Arizona, Chambers is a psychological horror story that explores the different ways we metabolize trauma.

Netflix has released a trailer for the upcoming horror-series ‘Chambers’ starring Uma Thurman and Tony Goldwyn.

The series follows a young heart attack survivor becomes consumed by the mystery surrounding the heart that saved her life. However, the closer she gets to uncovering the truth about her donor’s sudden death, the more she starts taking on the characteristics of the deceased — some of which are troublingly sinister.

The series stars Uma Thurman, Tony Goldwyn, Sivan Alyra Rose, Lilliya Reid, Nicholas Galitzine, Kyanna Simone Simpson (White Boy Rick & Ma), Lilli Kay (Paterno), Sarah Mezzanotte and introducing Griffin Powell-Arcand.

Also in trailers – Laura Linney and Ellen Page star in trailer for Netflix limited series ‘Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City’

Netflix launches the series on April 26th.

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Huh. It was just a few days ago now that I received a press release from Lionsgate saying that they were about to be putting director Melissa Joan Hart’s remake of The Watcher in the Woods starring Angelica Huston out on DVD. And just like many of the rest of you out there, this news had […]

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Lionsgate is proud to announce The Watcher in the Woods, starring Academy Award® winner Anjelica Huston, arriving on DVD September 11.

The thrilling reimagining of the ’80s cult classic film comes home when Lifetime’sThe Watcher in the Woods arrives on DVD September 11 from Lionsgate. Starring Academy Award® winner Anjelica Huston and executive produced by Melissa Joan Hart (TV’s “Melissa & Joey”), the film tells the tale of a family that rents a countryside manor for the summer and encounters the dark past hidden by the townspeople. The Watcher in the Woods DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $14.98.

When Jan Carstairs and her family rent a manor in the idyllic British countryside, the owner, Mrs. Aylwood, notices that Jan bears a striking resemblance to her daughter, Karen, who disappeared over twenty years ago. Mrs. Aylwood warns Jan to stay out of the surrounding woods, and when strange occurrences unnerve the family,...

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Uma Thurman will headline Chambers, a supernatural-ish Netflix television drama.

Uma Thurman is headlining Chambers, a Netflix TV series that will manifest as a 10-episode hourlong offering with supernatural themes.

Netflix gave the project a straight-to-series order back in January 2018. It is the creation of writer Leah Rachel, an actress who's been juggling creative duties, having written for the 2012 TV series, Audrey, and directed a few short films. Rachel will serve as co-showrunner with Akela Cooper, who wields more experience in that department, having written and produced shows such as Luke Cage, American Horror Story, The 100 and Grimm.

Chambers will depict the story of a young heart attack survivor whose life was saved by a heart transplant. However, she starts to raise crucial questions about her new heart, eventually learning the terrible truth about the donor’s death. Eventually, things take a supernatural turn for the...

In a Gold Derby exclusive, we have learned the category placements of the key Emmy Awards contenders for Lifetime. The cable network has returning drama contender “UnREAL (starring Shiri Appleby and Constance Zimmer), TV movies “Cocaine Godmother” (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and “Flint” (Queen Latifah) plus Emmy-winning reality show “Project Runway” among their 2018 contenders.

SEECan Catherine Zeta-Jones join Triple Crown of acting thanks to Lifetime’s ‘Cocaine Godmother’?

Below, the list of Lifetime lead and supporting submissions for their drama series and telefilms. More names might be added by the network before final Emmy paperwork deadlines. Also note that performers not included on this list may well be submitted by their personal reps.

“Cocaine Godmother”

TV Movie

Movie/Limited Series Actress – Catherine Zeta-Jones

“Faith Under Fire”

TV Movie

Movie/Limited Series Actress – Toni Braxton

“Flint”

TV Movie

Movie/Limited Series Actress – Betsy Brandt, Marin Ireland, Jill Scott

Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actress...

Mark your calendars for the next full moon, because our pal Jughead is now werewolf Af.

This week's episode of Riverdale, "The Watcher in the Woods," had it all: Kevin (Casey Cott) cruising for makeouts in Fox Forest (as one does) and getting pretend-stabbed by a shady character in a truck who may or

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Thanks to a letter sent to Alice, the killer on Riverdale now has a name (the Black Hood) and Archie decided to fight back with a group of watchdogs (not vigilantes), the Red Circle, in "Chapter 16: The Watcher in the Woods." Also, Jughead got a taste of what life at Southside High is like and Betty didn't approve of Kevin's "night jogging."

Here are the best quotes from "Chapter 16: The Watcher in the Woods."...

2017-10-26T06:49:30-07:00This Week's 'Riverdale' Answers a Few Questions

Last week's episode ended with a cliffhanger of sorts, and this week's episode resolved it. However, it also introduced a few questions of its own. Read on for Us Weekly's recap of "The Watcher in the Woods," but be careful of spoilers if you haven't yet caught up on the series.

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Things were much calmer in the Wednesday, October 25, episode of Riverdale, but there were still some big revelations. Read our recap to find out what Archie and his friends were up to in “Chapter Sixteen: The Watcher in the Woods.”

The Red Circle

This episode picked up at the exact moment last week’s ended. Kevin (Casey Cott), who was in the woods for reasons we’ll get into later, heard gunshots and ran to see what was going on.