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Russo Bros., Millie Bobby Brown and Netflix Reteam for ‘The Electric State’
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‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Sequel to Hit Theaters in December 2023
The Christmas event pic will be directed by Jason Reitman.
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The Sanderson Sisters Are Back in ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ Teaser Trailer
The sequel to the classic Halloween movie reunites Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy, and takes place 29 years after the original.
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‘The Black Phone’ Writer C. Robert Cargill Discusses The Grabber’s Backstory and the Emotional Last-Minute Rewrite
The frequent collaborator of filmmaker Scott Derrickson gets candid about the film's intentions.
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Russo Bros., Millie Bobby Brown and Netflix Reteam for ‘The Electric State’
After nearly half a year of negotiations, Netflix has closed a deal for the next big-budget movie from Joe and Anthony Russo. The duo, known for the Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame mega-blockbusters, will direct The Electric State for the streaming giant, a move that reunites them with the company behind their current project, […]
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‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Sequel to Hit Theaters in December 2023
The next Ghostbusters movie will hit theaters on Dec. 20, 2023. The sequel is a follow-up to director Jason Reitman’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which at long last revived the marquee franchise for Sony. The studio announced the high-profile 2023 release date on Tuesday. Earlier this month on “Ghostbusters Day,” Reitman and co-writer Gil Kenan confirmed what […]
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The Sanderson Sisters Are Back in ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ Teaser Trailer
Some legends never die. The Sanderson Sisters are back in the first teaser trailer for Hocus Pocus 2, and they’re as child-hungry as ever. The sequel to the classic Halloween movie reunites Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy as Winifred, Sarah and Mary Sanderson, respectively, and takes place 29 years after the original. The […]
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‘The Black Phone’ Writer C. Robert Cargill Discusses The Grabber’s Backstory and the Emotional Last-Minute Rewrite
[This story contains spoilers for The Black Phone.] It’s been 10 years since Sinister’s creative team delivered one of Blumhouse’s earliest low-budget success stories, but the trio of C. Robert Cargill, Scott Derrickson and Ethan Hawke have answered the call yet again with The Black Phone. Blumhouse and Universal’s latest supernatural horror film opened to […]
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‘Beastlands’ Is a Fantasy Comic Inspired by Nearly Losing a Pet
For comic book writer Curtis Clow, seeing his dog suffer as he helped her recover from an accident was a heart-wrenching experience. Yet, it also brought the pair closer than ever before. “I thought I was already very close with her, being my first very own adult dog. But after the accident it took our […]
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Comic-Con: ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Sandman’ In, Warners and DC Booth Out (Exclusive)
House of the Dragon, The Sandman and Harley Quinn will be showcased in a big way as Warner Bros. Discovery, still fresh from its merger, hits its first ever San Diego Comic-Con next month. Yet the company, headed by CEO David Zaslav, is making big changes to its approach to Comic-Con as its various divisions […]
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Russell Crowe to Star in Supernatural Thriller ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’ (Exclusive)
Russell Crowe is set to star in The Pope’s Exorcist, a supernatural thriller that Julius Avery, the helmer behind the 2018 horror movie Overlord, will direct for Screen Gems. Crowe will portray real-life figure Father Gabriele Amorth, a priest who acted as chief exorcist of the Vatican and who performed more than 100,000 exorcisms in […]
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Emma Roberts Joins ‘Madame Web’ Spider-Man Spinoff for Sony
Emma Roberts has jumped on board Madame Web, the Sony spinoff centered on the Spider-Man character, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. S.J. Clarkson is set to direct the feature, which is part of Sony’s growing stable of films based on Marvel characters. Roberts, a regular on FX’s American Horror Story anthology, also appeared in The […]
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‘Westworld’ Co-Creator Lisa Joy and EP Alison Schapker Tease Favorite Easter Eggs From Season 4 Trailer and Main Title Sequence
Flies, Loud Reed and a tower hold some of the biggest clues about where Westworld season four is headed, according to two key creative team members on the HBO show. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter ahead of Sunday night’s long-awaited premiere, co-creator, showrunner and EP Lisa Joy, along with writer and EP Alison Schapker, teased […]
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Jason Schwartzman Joins ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’
Jason Schwartzman is the latest star to join The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. In the prequel, Schwartzman will play Lucretius “Lucky” Flickerman, the host of the 10th Hunger Games and ancestor to Caesar Flickerman, who would become the voice of Panem and is played by Stanley Tucci in the original Hunger […]
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‘Westworld’ Team on Exploring (Un)Reliable Narrators and the Nature of Reality in a Season 4 That’s “Easier to Grasp”
Westworld season four is going to be easier to follow than its previous season, according to one star, but don’t expect the series to let up on any of the twists, turns and themes that have made it great. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter during the HBO series’ fourth season red carpet premiere in New […]
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‘The Black Phone’ Director Scott Derrickson Reveals a Last-Minute Change to the End
[This story contains spoilers for The Black Phone.] Making a horror film about a sadistic child killer could be a challenge in and of itself, but The Black Phone co-writer and director Scott Derrickson said there was one scene that was particularly difficult to execute. In one upsetting moment, Terrence Blake (Jeremy Davies), the alcoholic father […]
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