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Kaitlyn Dever has been cast to play Abby, a pivotal character in the second season of HBO's The Last of Us. However, nearly a decade before she was called up to join the hit TV series, Dever had almost been cast as Ellie in a film adaptation of the wildly popular video game series.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter – at the series' Season 2 premiere in LA – Dever explained just how close she was to playing Ellie in the planned The Last of Us film. “I didn’t even audition. It was only just like meetings I was having with [creator] Neil [Druckmann]. I was going to [Druckmann’s video game company] Naughty Dog and he was showing me how the game was created and definitely giving me spoilers for game 11 years before it came out; I had to carry a lot of weight, it’s been rough these last 10 years, I have to say,” she said.

Season 2 of the HBO series adaptation of the video game The Last of Us is now just three weeks away! The new batch of episodes are scheduled to begin airing on April 13th – and ahead of that date, a new poster for the new season has been unveiled. You can check it out at the bottom of this article.

The story of the The Last of Us video game is set years after a fungal plague wiped out much of humanity, transforming most into vicious zombie-like monsters, the story follows Joel, who’s living in a militarized quarantine zone. He has a close relationship with Tess, who operates in the black market of this community. Together, they’ve become known by the local criminal underworld for their ruthlessness. On a mission to reclaim their stolen guns, they run into the leader of the Fireflies, a resistance group, who tasks them...

The Last of Us co-creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann have promised fans "a wild roller coaster ride" in season 2. The HBO series unveiled its action-packed first trailer this weekend at SXSW.

HBO's adaptation of Naughty Dog's classic horror games finally returns this April, more than two years after it was last on air. In this new season, five years have past as Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) have taken shelter in a Jackson, Wyoming stronghold run by Joel's sister-in-law Maria (Rutina Wesley).

The Last of Us Returns for a "Crazier" Season 2 This Spring

The first full-length trailer dropped on Saturday (March 8), teasing a huge confrontation between Joel and Ellie as well as new enemies. Jeffrey Wright reprises his role from the Last of Us games as militia leader Isaac, while the religious cult known as the Seraphites make their presence felt – not to mention, the Infected...

The brand new trailer for season 2 of "The Last of Us" has shuffled its way online, promising a much cheerier, all-around nicer experience than the show's heartbreaking debut. Just kidding. We're absolutely on course for another incredible mix of terror and tear-jerking moments, this time with a brand-new character thrown into the mix.

Following the events of last season, which ended with Joel (Pedro Pascal) finding a new reason to live at the end of the world with Ellie (Bella Ramsay), season 2 shifts the focus to the girl he saved, who still has a secret that could save mankind. The battle for survival is still raging on, though, and besides infected and nightmarish Clickers at risk of sending what's left of humanity to extinction, a stranger with a harrowing past arrives in the form of the highly-controversial character Abby, played by "No One Will Save You" and "Apple Cider Vinegar" star Kaitlyn Dever.

No One Will Save You director Brian Duffield will direct Whalefall, a survival thriller where a man is stuck inside a whale. Yes, really.

Brian Duffield, the director of No One Will Save You and Spontaneous, has set his sights on a lead actor for his next project. Duffield is set to adapt Daniel Kraus’ novel Whalefall, and Austin Abrams, who was last seen alongside George Clooney and Brad Pitt in the thriller Wolfs, is set to star, as reported by Deadline.

What could a novel titled Whalefall be about, I hear you asking. According to Deadline, the original novel has been described as a mix of The Martian and 127 Hours, which have also been successfully adapted into excellent films. Kraus’ novel does include a similar beat-the-clock narrative, but a much wilder premise.

Whalefall follows scuba diving teenager Jay, who is looking for his father’s remains at the bottom of an ocean.

Here's an interesting premise for a survival film: getting swallowed by a whale and fighting to escape alive. That's what the upcoming movie Whalefall is about, based on the 2023 novel of the same name by Daniel Kraus, an author who has collaborated with Guillermo del Toro and George A. Romero.

Deadline reports that the lead role in Whalefall has gone to actor Austin Abrams. Abrams has previously starred in teen-centric projects like Do Revenge, Euphoria, Dash & Lily, and Paper Towns, but he's been branching out and becoming increasingly popular in recent years. In 2024, Abrams starred in Wolfs, an action comedy starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt. He will also star in the upcoming horror film Weapons from Barbarian director Zach Cregger. Abrams landed the part in Whalefall after an extensive auditioning process.

The outlet reports that Brian Duffield (No One Will Save You) will direct the film and co-write the script with Kraus.

Thar she blows! Spontaneous and No One Will Save You director Brian Duffield is dropping anchor on Whalefall, a unique undersea thriller with Wolfs actor Austin Abrams in the lead role. After scouring the depths of the audition pool for the right actor to dive into the tale, Abrams emerged as the top choice to topline the film based on the Daniel Krauss novel. The ambitious project lands with 20th Century, with Duffield co-writing the script alongside Krauss.

Deadline describes Whalefall as The Martian meets 127 Hours. The scientifically-accurate story focuses on a scuba diver searching for his deceased father’s remains, only to get swallowed by an eighty-foot, sixty-ton sperm whale with only one hour to escape before oxygen runs out. While struggling to survive, the young diver discovers a new reason to live in the most unlikely place.

Here’s a synopsis for Krauss’s novel courtesy of Amazon:...

Exclusive: Following an extensive auditioning process, rising star Austin Abrams has landed the lead role in 20th Century’s adaptation of the Daniel Kraus novel Whalefall, with Brian Duffield directing. Duffield will co-write the script with Kraus.

The film is described as The Martian meets 127 Hours, centering on a scuba diver in search of his deceased father’s remains who gets swallowed by an 80-foot, 60-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to escape before his oxygen runs out. After giving up on life, the young man is surprised to find a reason to live in the most dangerous and unlikely of places.

Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, Jeb Brody and Allan Mandelbaum are producing. Mandelbaum brought the book into Imagine and previously produced Duffield’s No One Will Save You (for 20th Century Studios). Duffield will also produce.

The project has been a major priority for the studio...

Season 2 of the HBO series adaptation of the video game The Last of Us is now just one month away! The new batch of episodes are scheduled to begin airing on April 13th – and ahead of that date, Variety has revealed the names of six new additions to the cast, including the great Joe Pantoliano (The Matrix). The actor, who is often referred to as “Joey Pants,” recently appeared on just one episode of Dexter: Original Sin as a character called Mad Dog, who exited way too soon. Here’s hoping he’ll be on The Last of Us for a while longer.

Pantoliano’s fellow new additions to the cast are Alanna Ubach (Euphoria), Ben Ahlers (The Gilded Age), Hettienne Park (Hannibal), Robert John Burke (RoboCop 3), and Noah Lamanna (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds). Details on their characters have not been revealed.

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More than a decade has passed since Legendary Pictures secured the rights to Godzilla and other characters owned and created by the Japanese company Toho so they could launch a cinematic universe they call the MonsterVerse – and they also secured the rights to the King Kong character so he could be part of their MonsterVerse as well. Things got started with Godzilla in 2014, and since then the universe has expanded with Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Godzilla vs. Kong, the animated series Skull Island, the live-action series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. A third Godzilla / Kong mash-up is now in the works – and Deadline has just revealed that Matthew Modine (Full Metal Jacket) is in the cast!

As Deadline notes, “the Stranger Things and Married to the Mob actors’ credits also include Christopher Nolan’s Academy Award-winner Oppenheimer, Hard Miles, Miss Virginia and The Martini Shot.

Matthew Modine has signed on to appear in the next installment in Legendary’s MonsterVerse franchise.

He will reportedly play a general in the film, which is set to enter production next month in Australia for a March 26, 2027 release via Warner Bros.

Modine joins the previously announced Dan Stevens, who will reprise his role as kaiju expert Trapper from last year’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Kaitlyn Dever (No One Will Save You), Jack O’Connell (Eden Lake), and Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods)

The followup to Godzilla x Kong — the highest grossing Godzilla film of all time — will feature several new human characters alongside the iconic Titans as they face off against a cataclysmic world-ending threat.

Insiders say that while Godzilla and Kong will still be fronting the film, Legendary is looking to build on its human characters. Director Grant Sputore (I Am Mother) is aiming to combine...

The very concept of aliens plays on our collective fear of the unknown; there’s no telling what horrors await in the cosmos. While there are plenty of horror movies that explore that horror by sending humans into space, alien invasion horror movies induce paranoia, tension, and fear by bringing extraterrestrials earthbound to invade in various unsettling ways.

It’s home invasion horror on a massive scale, with humanity often facing apocalyptic doom against the threat of intelligent life from beyond our galaxy.

This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to alien invasion horror movies that unsettle for the eerie, inhuman invaders and their even creepier means of assimilation.

As always, here’s where you can watch them this week.

For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.

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Delroy Lindo may be battling with vampires this April in Sinners, but the veteran actor is already gearing up to take on Titans in Legendary’s MonsterVerse. Lindo has officially signed on to the newest Godzilla x King sequel.

Warner Bros. will release the new Monsterverse movie in theaters on March 26, 2027.

Lindo joins the previously announced Kaitlyn Dever (No One Will Save You), Jack O’Connell, and Dan Stevens, who will reprise his role as kaiju expert Trapper from Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.

Naturally, plot details on the latest MonsterVerse entry are scarce, but it’s said to follow “several new human characters alongside the beloved and iconic Titans Godzilla and Kong as they face off against a cataclysmic world-ending threat.”

THR sources reveal that Lindo “will play Dever’s boss at Monarch, the shady scientific organization that sometimes helps, sometimes hunts the titanic creatures.” O’Connell is playing the...

David Leitch is set to team up with Amazon MGM for a new heist action thriller.The 49-year-old filmmaker - who helmed the 2022 action comedy flick 'Bullet Train' - and his 47-year-old producer wife Kelly McCormick will make the untitled movie under their 87North production company, which oversaw the recent movie 'Love Hurts' that starred Ke Huy Quan.'Apollo 13' producer Brian Grazer, Jeb Brody and 'No One Will Save You' creator Allan Mandelbaum from Imagine Entertainment are also on board for the project.Although plot details of the new film are under wraps, a source told The Hollywood Reporter that the script has been penned by Mark Bianculli, who is best known for writing and producing the drama series 'Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector,' for NBC in 2020.An insider claimed to the publication that the movie's story "centers on a...

Jack O’Connell has closed a deal to appear in the next installment in Legendary’s MonsterVerse franchise, Deadline reports.

He joins the previously announced Kaitlyn Dever (No One Will Save You) and Dan Stevens, who will reprise his role as kaiju expert Trapper from last year’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.

The followup to Godzilla x Kong — the highest grossing Godzilla film of all time — will feature several new human characters alongside the iconic Titans as they face off against a cataclysmic world-ending threat.

Insiders say that while Godzilla and Kong will still be fronting the film, Legendary is looking to build on its human characters. Director Grant Sputore (I Am Mother) is aiming to combine character-driven storytelling with the franchise’s signature epic scale and action.

Dave Callaham, who helped establish the MonsterVerse with a story credit on 2014’s Godzilla, penned the script.

O’Connell has a big year ahead,...

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Neil Druckmann's massively popular and emotional video game clicked its way into our hearts upon its release in 2013. Zombie-adjacent horror games were not a new concept, but the creator raised the stakes in the story of Joel and Ellie. The Last of Us isn't just a hack 'em-up role-playing game. Druckmann took the medium of video games to make a moving and -- more often than not -- an emotionally traumatic story. Players are thrust into the perspective of Joel Miller on the day that a devastating infection consumes the world. Druckmann forces the players to experience the most harrowing experience anyone can have -- losing a child. As Joel traverses a dystopian world, he is constantly confronted with his trauma, especially...

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The talented and dynamic Kaitlyn Dever has steadily established herself as one of the big and small screen's most exciting young stars, with the prominent actress having appeared in a slew of hit shows and films like Justified, Last Man Standing, Dopesick, and the highly-anticipated second season of The Last of Us, as well as Ticket to Paradise, Booksmart, and No One Will Save You. Dever has been nominated for both two Golden Globes and a Primetime Emmy for her dazzling work and roles, and has proven herself to be a powerhouse presence in Hollywood.

Dever's next buzzed-about project is the Netflix crime drama miniseries Apple Cider Vinegar, in which she will star as Australian former wellness guru Belle Gibson, who, after building a massive and lucrative social media empire,...

Kaitlyn Dever stars as infamous scammer Belle Gibson in “Apple Cider Vinegar” — a woman who built a business empire on a fake cancer diagnosis.

As Belle lies her way through several business launches, she weaves a complex web of deceit with cancer patients, associates, friends and even her on partner. Dever stars in “Apple Cider Vinegar” alongside Alycia Debnam-Carey, Ashley Zukerman, Aisha Dee, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Mark Coles Smith and Phoenix Raei.

Keep on reading for the full breakdown of all the characters in “Apple Cider Vinegar,” and where you’ve seen them before.

Kaitlyn Dever as Belle in “Apple Cider Vinegar” (Netflix)

Kaitlyn Dever as Belle Gibson

Kaitlyn Dever stars Belle Gibson, a troubled young woman who pretends to have brain cancer in hopes of gaining more attention in personal life, before the lie grows as she develops an app and book for healthy eating, using her trials and tribulations...

As HBO’s The Last of Us gears up for its second season, all eyes are on the introduction of Abby Anderson, one of the most important and controversial characters from The Last of Us Part II. When it was announced that Kaitlyn Dever had been cast in the role, fans of the game had mixed reactions. The primary point of discussion? Abby’s physique. In the game, Abby is a towering, hyper-muscular soldier, while Dever presents a physically smaller framed character.

New York Times bestselling author Daniel Kraus (Whalefall) will publish Angel Down on July 29.

The 304-page supernatural thriller will be available in hardcover, e-book, and audio book via Simon & Schuster imprint Atria Books.

The novel follows five World War I soldiers as they stumble upon a fallen angel that could hold the key to ending the war.

“Private Cyril Bagger has managed to survive the unspeakable horrors of the Great War through his wits and deception, swindling fellow soldiers at every opportunity. But his survival instincts are put to the ultimate test when he and four other grunts are given a deadly mission: venture into the perilous No Man’s Land to euthanize a wounded comrade.

“What they find amid the ruined battlefield, however, is not a man in need of mercy but a fallen angel, seemingly struck down by artillery fire. This celestial being may hold the key to ending the brutal conflict,...

We don’t yet have a premiere date for “The Last of Us” Season 2 but HBO promises it’s coming in April 2025. In the meantime, Entertainment Weekly shares new images this week.

Entertainment Weekly previews “The Last of Us” Season 2 across two different articles – read one here and the other here – with the new images giving us fresh looks at Pedro Pascal’s Joel and Bella Ramsey’s Ellie, who are both back for the new season. They’ll be joined by fresh faces including Kaitlyn Dever’s Abby, Isabela Merced’s Dina, and Young Mazino’s Jesse, characters those who have played The Last of Us Part II are of course familiar with. It’s the arrival of Abby, in particular, that promises to change the game for the HBO series.

Kaitlyn Dever may not look exactly the same as her video game counterpart, but the showrunners promise she...

While The Last of Usshow creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann have already been open about how season two of the HBO drama will deviate from the source material, there is one very visible change that hasn't really been mentioned yet. Many fans of the ground-breaking games that inspired one of audiences' favorite HBO dramas starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey quickly picked up on a disparity from the game in the form of a new character, Abby. The important role is being played by No One Will Save You actress Kaitlyn Dever, and fans can't help but notice the difference in her smaller stature versus Abby's video game model's jacked figure.

However, Druckmann recently spoke to Entertainment Weekly as the show gears up for its season 2 release, clearing the air and hopefully dispelling some worries surrounding Dever's performance. As co-creator and writer of the games that started it all,...

The creators of HBO‘s The Last of Us, Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin, feel the pressure of the show’s upcoming season but refuse to give into fear. Druckmann and his team at Naughty Dog have spent years thinking about Joel, Ellie, and the dystopia they inhabit, changing the story to keep fans guessing, surprised, and entertained. Adapting the game’s traumatic events for HBO’s award-winning series is complex but also an opportunity to tweak events to tell a different narrative. The creatives behind HBO’s The Last of Us appear ready for the onslaught of criticism. The divide fuels creativity, and now we have a gallery of first-look images from The Last of Us Season 2 to tease upcoming events.

Today, Entertainment Weekly dropped a detailed feature concerning the next chapter of The Last of Us, which consists of seven action-packed episodes that fans unfamiliar with the game...

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire's Dan Stevens is on track to return to Legendary Pictures' MonsterVerse.

Per Deadline, Stevens is currently in talks to return to the iconic role of Trapper in the next MonsterVerse film. The currently untitled project is slated to introduce No One Will Save You star Kaitlyn Dever in a leading role, and will be directed by Grant Sputore from a script written by Dave Callaham.

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Legendary Pictures' MonsterVerse began with 2014's Godzilla directed by Gareth Edwards. It was expanded with 2017's Kong: Skull Island from director Jordan Vogt-Roberts, which was followed up by director Michael Dougherty's Godzilla: King of the Monsters two years later. In 2021, director Adam Wingard...

The follow-up to last year’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire will be directed by franchise newcomer Grant Sputore (I Am Mother), but at least one familiar face will be part of the cast. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dan Stevens is in talks to reprise his role as the Kaiju expert named Trapper from Adam Wingard’s Godzilla x Kong.

Dan Stevens perfectly summed up his Monsterverse character last year: “[My character is] a specialist in these creatures… If you’ve got a sick titan, Trap is your guy.”

Kaitlyn Dever (No One Will Save You) is also in negotiations to come face-to-face with Godzilla and Kong in the next installment in Legendary’s MonsterVerse franchise.

The follow-up to last year’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire — the highest grossing Godzilla film of all time — is said to feature several new human characters alongside the iconic Titans as they face...

Shocking to no one, the first season of The Last of Us on HBO and Max was a hit. The video game it is based on was a masterpiece, but it was the story drew people in - and the series showcased that.

Joel and Ellie’s relationship was at the center of the story but that was only part of its greatness. The emotional moments made the commentary about what life is worth saving made it the talk of the year in the video game community. People still debate whether or not Joel (played by Pedro Pascal) should have saved Ellie (Bella Ramsey). If you think that story divided people, wait until you meet Abby.

*** Warning! Potential Spoilers For The Last Of US Season 2! ***

“For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction” can be related to more than just motion. Joel killing the medical staff who planned...

We got confirmation late last year that a follow-up to Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire was officially in the works, with writer Dave Callaham enlisted to pen the script for the untitled movie.

Adam Wingard, who helmed The New Empire and previous MonsterVerse movie Godzilla vs. Kong, was originally set to return, but ultimately departed the project under "amicable" circumstances, with Grant Sputore stepping in to replace him shortly after.

Now, Deadline reports that the next MonsterVerse movie has founds its lead in Kaitlyn Dever.

We don't have any details on who she'll play, but the trade mentions that, while Kong and Godzilla will still be fronting the film, Legendary is looking to build on its human characters. The story will focus on "Godzilla and Kong as they face off against a cataclysmic world-ending threat."

Sputore doesn't have much experience, having come from the world of commercials, but he...

The next entry in the MonsterVerse continues the franchise tradition of getting talented actors who one wouldn't think of joining a big kaiju franchise where a giant gorilla punches a giant lizard. While the main draw of the MonsterVerse films has been Godzilla, Kong, and other titans, the franchise has also included an incredible lineup of talent, including Bryan Cranston, Brie Larson, and Samuel L. Jackson. For the upcoming follow-up to Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, The Last of Us season 2 star Kaitlyn Dever is joining the franchise.

Deadline reports that Dever is in talks to play the lead in the untitled sequel to Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. She is best known for her role in 2019's Booksmart and has starred in movies like Rosaline, No One Will Save You, and Ticket to Paradise. She will next be seen in The Last of Us Season 2, playing Abby Mills,...

After taking on aliens in No One Will Save You, Kaitlyn Dever is in negotiations to come face-to-face with Godzilla and Kong in the next installment in Legendary’s MonsterVerse franchise, Deadline reports.

The followup to last year’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire — the highest grossing Godzilla film of all time — is said to feature several new human characters alongside the iconic Titans as they face off against a cataclysmic world-ending threat.

Insiders say that while Godzilla and Kong will still be fronting the film, Legendary is looking to build on its human characters. Director Grant Sputore (I Am Mother) is aiming to combine character-driven storytelling with the franchise’s signature epic scale and action.

Dave Callaham, who helped establish the MonsterVerse with a story credit on 2014’s Godzilla, penned the script.

Best known for starring in Booksmart and her Golden Globe-nominated performances in “Dopesick” and “Unbelievable,” Dever...

A decade ago, Legendary Pictures secured the rights to Godzilla and other characters owned and created by the Japanese company Toho so they could launch a cinematic universe they call the MonsterVerse – and they also secured the rights to the King Kong character so he could be part of their MonsterVerse as well. Things got started with Godzilla in 2014, and since then the universe has expanded with Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Godzilla vs. Kong, the animated series Skull Island, the live-action series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. A third Godzilla / Kong mash-up is now in the works – and Deadline has learned that the iconic monsters are being joined in the cast by Kaitlyn Dever this time around.

Dever’s credits include Good Grief, No One Will Save You, Next Goal Wins, Rosaline, Dear Evan Hanson, Last Man Standing, Booksmart, Justified,...

Big casting news has just been revealed for the next chapter of the MonsterVerse. The film will serve as a direct follow-up to Adam Wingard's Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.

Per Deadline, Kaitlyn Dever (The Last of Us) is now in talks to star in the upcoming Godzilla x Kong sequel. The film, which will see Grant Sputore take the helm with Wingard focusing on different projects, will similarly feature a mix of human characters and familiar Titans. David Callaham is writing the script. Character details have not yet been disclosed, and no other cast members are known to be involved with the film at this time.

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Dever was recently cast in one of her biggest roles yet, though it has yet to premiere.

Commenters under Netflix’s Apple Cider Vinegar trailer seem to think the teaser gives off real Inventing Anna vibes. Both shows focus on women who draw unsuspecting victims into their web of lies. In Apple Cider Vinegar, the liar at the series’ heart is an Australian influencer who lures followers in with claims she’s found a new way to battle cancer.

“Set at the birth of Instagram, Apple Cider Vinegar follows two young women who set out to cure their life-threatening illnesses through health and wellness, influencing their global online communities along the way. All of which would be incredibly inspiring if it were all true,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “This is a true-ish story based on a lie, about the rise and fall of a wellness empire; the culture that built it up and the people who tore it down.”

The limited series is inspired by Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano’s book,...

Anyone who played The Last of Us on PlayStation knew that HBO would renew it. The story was too good for people not to tune in and the characters left fans emotional after every episode. But, let this writer tell the uninformed something. You haven’t seen anything yet. The second season of The Last of Us on HBO will feature one of the most controversial PlayStation characters of all time, Abby.

Warning! Spoilers For The Last Of US Season 2 Ahead!!!

Early during the game, you learn that Joel is the man who killed her father (the surgeon who was going to operate on Ellie). That leads to some thought-provoking moments. As deep and introspective as they are, that’s not the first thing people think of when it comes to Abby. They think of her size.

Because Abby is more brawny and stronger than most of the people in the game,...

Joel and Ellie’s quest for survival in The Last of Us Season 1 concluded with Joel killing countless people, flawlessly setting up countless plots for Season 2.

Thankfully, the wait is almost over. HBO has confirmed the adaptation of the Naughty Dog video game series will return at some point in April.

With The White Lotus Season 3 coming up in February, we’re inclined to believe it will premiere the week after that wraps.

(HBO/Screenshot)

Given how close we are to the premiere, you’d think HBO would just give the date away, but we’ll stay tuned for it.

“Five years after the events of the first season, Joel and Ellie are drawn into conflict with each other and a world even more dangerous and unpredictable than the one they left behind,” the logline teases.

(HBO/Screenshot)

The cast of The Last of Us Season 2 includes Pedro Pascal as Joel,...

Season 2 of the HBO series adaptation of the video game The Last of Us is pretty close! According to the latest teaser trailer (embedded above) it’s coming in just a few months, with it getting an April release date. The trailer gives us a look at a weeping Joel, as well as our introduction to some of the new characters. Check it out!

The story of the The Last of Us video game is set years after a fungal plague wiped out much of humanity, transforming most into vicious zombie-like monsters, the story follows Joel, who’s living in a militarized quarantine zone. He has a close relationship with Tess, who operates in the black market of this community. Together, they’ve become known by the local criminal underworld for their ruthlessness. On a mission to reclaim their stolen guns, they run into the leader of the Fireflies, a resistance group,...

Over the past decade, Dylan O'Brien has quickly become one of the most in-demand young actors in Hollywood. Since his breakout role in The Maze Runner series in 2014, O'Brien has made a big impression in everything from real-life thrillers like Deepwater Horizon to big-budget franchise entries like Bumblebee, and recently took on the role of comedy legend Dan Aykroyd in Jason Reitman's Saturday Night Live origin story Saturday Night.

Despite his recent success, O'Brien's best reviewed movie so far landed with a thud in theaters. 2020's Love and Monsters was hailed by critics as a highly enjoyable sci-fi romp, and boasts a very impressive 94% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Plenty of critics singled out O'Brien's performance as a major part of the film's success and marking him as a star on the rise. Sadly, despite the critical applause, Love and Monsters was a box office flop, grossing only $1.1 million against its $30 million budget.

Throughout the 2010s, Brian Duffield more than did his part to keep the art of the original genre movie alive and thriving. Between his screenplays for the babysitter slasher-comedy "The Babysitter," the post-apocalyptic monster adventure "Love and Monsters," and the underwater survival thriller "Underwater", Duffield emerged as one of the hottest talents in Hollywood before fully coming into his own as the writer-director behind the well-received high school horror rom-com "Spontaneous" and essentially dialogue-free alien invasion thriller "No One Will Save You" in the 2020s. But before any of that happened, the first produced film based on one of Duffield's unique scrips became something of a disaster.

The movie in question, "Jane Got a Gun," has the makings of an inventive spin on a familiar tune, much like Duffield's other work. Directed by Gavin O'Connor, the Western casts Natalie Portman as the eponymous firearm-wielding cowlady, a woman whose husband is...

Exclusive: More than a decade after his last feature directorial outing with The Do-Deca-Pentathlon, Jay Duplass is back behind the camera for See You When I See You, a comedic family drama to star Cooper Raiff (Cha Cha Real Smooth), David Duchovny (Californication), Hope Davis (Succession), Kaitlyn Dever (Booksmart), Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody), and Ariela Barer (How to Blow Up a Pipeline).

An exploration of the intricacies of grief and healing, currently in production in Atlanta, See You When I See You is scripted by actor, comedian and writer Adam Cayton-Holland (Those Who Can’t). The film is inspired by Cayton-Holland’s acclaimed memoir Tragedy Plus Time: A Tragi-Comic Memoir, the winner of the 2019 Colorado Book Award for Creative Non-Fiction, which examines the impact of his younger sister Lydia’s suicide on him and his family.

Jay Duplass called the project “the kind of deeply personal dramatic comedy that I grew up on,...

HBO has dropped the first trailer for "The Last of Us" season 2, and fans of the show are naturally hyped -- but there's some tension in the air as well. "The Last of Us Part II," the video game upon which this season is based, was hotly anticipated in the lead-up to its release in 2020. Yet even fans who'd embraced the harsh post-apocalyptic world of the first game were left devastated by the events of the second.

For the most part, the sequel was highly praised by critics and gamers alike despite their heartbreak. "It's incredible, and I never want to play it again" was a common sentiment, and /Film's own review describes it as a "miserable masterpiece." But a significant percentage of players truly loathed the game's story choices, and some of those fans took the backlash way too far.

"The Last of Us" season 2 will introduce a new key character: Abby Anderson,...

The second season of HBO's hit series "The Last of Us" — based on the beloved video game of the same name created by Neil Druckmann and Naughty Dog — won't start airing until 2025, but fans finally got a longer look at the sophomore outing.

Before this trailer, audiences only got a tiny glimpse of season 2 of "The Last of Us" in a sizzle reel for Max that arrived back in August and showed off footage from other 2025 shows, including season 3 of "The White Lotus" and the new "Game of Thrones" spinoff "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms." That little tease prominently featured Catherine O'Hara's new character — and we don't know what her deal is quite yet — and based on the brief dialogue between her character and Joel (Pedro Pascal), fans concluded that the story will pick up shortly after the events of the season 1 finale of "The Last of Us.

Jon Spaihts, the screenwriter behind the Dune films and more besides, is turning to directing with an original sci-fi film.

Laika may be better known for its charming animated output, including Kubo And The Two Strings and its debut Coraline, but it also has a business arm which has a number of live-action films in the works.

The most recently announced of these is an untitled project from Jon Spaihts, previously known for his work as a screenwriter – his credits include Denis Villeneuve’s Dune movies, Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel Prometheus (the latter rewritten by Damon Lindelof) and more besides. In what will be his directorial debut, Spaihts’ sci-fi feature will reportedly be about “a woman investigating a mystery that took place during a week she cannot remember.”

It sounds a bit Philip K Dick with its missing memory premise. Or perhaps it’s just about someone who went...

Isabela Merced's performance in Alien: Romulus as a pregnant woman fighting for survival proves she's the perfect choice to play Dina in The Last of Us season 2. Merced's character in Alien: Romulus, Kay, is similar to Dina, both facing unexpected pregnancies in terrifying survival situations. Merced's past performances prove she can handle the range needed to portray Dina in The Last of Us, from romance to action to humor.

Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us Part II.

Isabela Merceds performance as a pregnant woman caught in a terrifying fight for survival in Alien: Romulus proves shes the perfect choice to play Dina in The Last of Us season 2. Merced is one of several new cast members joining HBOs The Last of Us in its second season. Showrunners Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin will begin to tackle the epic narrative of The Last of Us...

The “Holdovers” breakout Dominic Sessa is in talks to play the late Anthony Bourdain in A24’s upcoming biopic, “Tony,” according to media reports.

Trevor White and Tim White will produce through their Star Thrower Entertainment banner, along with Matthew Miller and executive producer Emily Rose. Matt Johnson, director and cowriter of “BlackBerry,” will also produce and is in talks to direct from a script by Lou Howe and Todd Bartels.

Bourdain achieved global fame with his unflinching book “Kitchen Confidential,” which pulled back the curtain on the cutthroat world of culinary arts with acerbic wit. He then turned that fame into critical acclaim as a travel documentarian, first with the Travel Channel show “No Reservations” and then with his CNN series “Parts Unknown,” the latter of which won 12 Primetime Emmys.

Bourdain committed suicide in 2018. His life became the subject of a 2021 Morgan Neville documentary, “Roadrunner.”

Sessa made his breakout...

Sandra Oh and Awkwafina proved to be a terrific duo this year in their hit Hulu telefilm “Quiz Lady.” The flick follows the pair as estranged sisters who must reunite and work together in order to pay for their mother’s gambling debts via the game show that one of them is obsessed with.

Oh and Awkwafina subvert expectations with their performances here with Oh playing the zany, wild sister and Awkwafina turning in a subdued performance as the awkward, restrained, quieter one. These dual performances have become the foundation of overwhelmingly positive notices for “Quiz Lady.”

Charles Bramesco (Indie Wire) opined: “The odd couple… shares a sensational chemistry, building on the base amusement of seeing Oh let her extension-laden hair down and Awkwafina crimp the straight-man character into weird new shapes.”

Emma Simmonds (Radio Times) observed: “Awkwafina and Sandra Oh prove a match made in comedy heaven in this...

The Fangoria Chainsaw Awards are back this year and bigger than ever.

Once again airing on AMC’s Shudder, the 2024 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards has shifted the annual awards show’s shift to October; as such, the window of this year’s eligible horrors is an expanded one, encompassing all of 2023 and the first half of 2024. That means a much bigger selection of horror titles to pull from, and with the expanded categories this year, that means a massive list of 46 nominees. They even have a new category this year: Best Video Game.

Here’s where you come in; Fangoria needs your vote to decide on the winners! We have it on good authority that some of the categories are extremely competitive right now. And voting happens to be officially open for the awards show.

Participants can cast their votes via the official Fangoria website at www.fangoria.com/vote/. Voting...

Award-winning studio Laika is bolstering its live-action slate by acquiring Crumble, an original script by Brian Duffield, who will direct.

Oscar winners Phil Lord and Chris Miller, as well as Aditya Sood, will produce through their Lord Miller banner. Duffield will also produce. Lucy Kitada and Nikki Baida from Lord Miller will serve as executive producers.

Crumble tells the tale of a married couple who go on a world-traversing adventure hoping to find a cure for an ancient curse. Matt Levin, Laika’s President of Live-Action Film and series, made the announcement today.

“We’re so excited to partner with Brian and the entire team at Lord Miller on this special film,” said Levin. “Brian has such a singular voice and Crumble perfectly embodies the bold, emotional, and inventive storytelling that we champion at Laika. Lord Miller is in a class of its own, and we could not ask for...

Laika, the animation studio behind ParaNorman and Coraline, are entering the realm of live-action films with Crumble, with Spontaneous and No One Will Save You filmmaker Brian Duffield set to write and direct per Deadline.

Crumble follows “a married couple who embark on a world-traveling adventure to find a cure for an ancient curse.”

Academy Award winners Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the duo behind Cocaine Bear and the animated Spider-Verse films, are tapped to produce alongside Aditya Sood through their Lord Miller banner. Lucy Kitada and Nikki Baida from Lord Miller will serve as executive producers.

Lord and Miller said in a joint statement that they’re “so excited to keep collaborating with our friend Brian Duffield, who has written a script that is endlessly imaginative, funny, and romantic. We have long been fans of Laika and Travis Knight’s groundbreaking work in animation and could not be more...

Following last month's news that Laika are adding to their stop-motion slate with Susanne Clark adaptation Piranesi, this month sees the addition of another live-action film to the Oregon outfit's ever-expanding pipeline. Today, the studio behind Coraline, Kubo And The Two Strings, and the upcoming Wildwood announced that they've acquired Crumble, the latest film from No One Will Save You writer-director Brian Duffield.

Set to be produced by prolific Into The Spider-Verse and The Afterparty duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller, Duffield's new movie centres around a married couple who find themselves on a globe-trotting adventure in pursuit of the cure for an ancient curse. No further plot details or casting info has been revealed at this time, but given the smartly subversive nature of Duffield's last film — and his reputation for toying with expectations as the writer of the likes of Love And Monsters, Underwater, and The Babysitter — you...

Laika has acquired the live-action movie Crumble from writer-director Brian Duffield and producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller.

Duffield, who wrote and directed last year’s Hulu feature No One Will Save You, is set to helm the new project from his original script. Crumble focuses on a married couple who end up on a globe-trotting adventure as they pursue the cure to an ancient curse.

Lord, Miller and Aditya Sood will produce the film through their Lord Miller banner alongside fellow producer Duffield. Lord Miller’s Lucy Kitada and Nikki Baida are executive producers.

“We’re so excited to partner with Brian and the entire team at Lord Miller on this special film,” said Laika’s president of live action film and series Matt Levin in a statement. “Brian has such a singular voice and Crumble perfectly embodies the bold, emotional and inventive storytelling that we champion at Laika.

Laika, the studio responsible for producing some of the most remarkable stop-motion animated films of all time, like Coraline, Kudo and the Two Strings, and Paranorman, is making good on a three-year-old promise to get into the live-action game with Crumble, an upcoming action-adventure film from filmmaker Brian Duffield. Duffield directs Crumble from his script with the promise of taking audiences on an epic adventure.

Crumble focuses on a married couple who embark on a world-traveling adventure, hoping to find a cure to an ancient curse. The project has notable producing power, with Phil Lord and Chris Miller producing alongside Aditya Sood via their Lord Miller studio. Duffield produces in addition to his directorial and scripting duties. Lord Miller’s Lucy Kitada and Nikki Baida executive produce.

“We’re so excited to partner with Brian and the entire team at Lord Miller on this special film,” said Laika’s President,...