Lionsgate is set to unleash The Blair Witch on Sept. 16. Helmed by Adam Wingard (You’re Next), the film is a new sequel to 1999’s The Blair Witch Project, the groundbreaking granddaddy of found footage frighteners from co-directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez.
The Blair Witch follows James and a group of his college friends into Maryland’s feared Black Hills Forest in search of James’ sister, Heather, who disappeared there in 1994 while shooting a documentary on its legend of the Blair Witch.
Vertical Entertainment has released a trailer for The Remains, a haunted house thriller starring All Cheerleaders Die stunner Brooke Butler. Written and directed by newcomer Thomas Della Bella, the film finds a family tormented by the evil entity inhabiting their new Victorian home.
Butler made her horror debut in 2013 with All Cheerleaders Die and followed it up with the campy fright flick The Sand in 2015. The Remains released Aug. 5 and co-stars Todd Lowe (“True Blood”), Ashley Crow (“The Secret Circle”), and looker Lisa Brenner (The Patriot).
Resident Evil star Li Bingbing has wrapped the biggest budgeted Chinese and Australian co-production ever. Titled Nest, the creature feature is toplined by Bingbing and helmed by Kimble Rendall, director of the awesome shark thriller Bait.
Nest follows a group of scientists trapped in an ancient labyrinth with a swarm of man-eating funnel web spiders after making a monumental discovery. Co-stars include Kellan Lutz (Twilight) and Kelsey Grammer (”Frasier”).
Warner Bros. has reeled in Aussie actress Jessica McNamee (Loved Ones) to star alongside Jason Statham (Transporter) and Fan Bingbing (X-Men: Days of Future Past) in director Jon Turtletaub’s (National Treasure) upcoming shark thriller Meg.
Based on the 1997 Steve Alten novel “Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror,” the film follows a former Navy captain and deep sea diver (Statham) attempting to rescue scientists trapped deep in the Pacific’s Mariana Trench by a rare 70-foot Megalodon shark.
McNamee made her horror film debut in 2009’s abduction and torture thriller The Loved Ones. She’s also starred in the 2012 romantic drama The Vow and the USA television series “Sirens.” Meg arrives in theaters on March 2, 2018.
Relativity Media has released a new trailer for its long gestating supernatural thriller Before I Wake. The film centers on a child whose dreams and nightmares become reality, tormenting his adoptive parents who remain traumatized over the loss of their own child.
Kate Bosworth plays the boy’s adoptive MILF with Thomas Jane as her loving husband. Golden Glode nominee Jacob Tremblay (Room) is the boy and, wow, does he suck! Seriously, how was this kid nominated for a fucking Golden Globe, or any award? He’s terrible! The CGI is crappy too.
Blumhouse produces the Mike Flanagan (Oculus) directed and Jeff Howard (Ouija: Origin of Evil) penned frightener, co-starring Annabeth Gish (“The X-Files”), Dash Mihok (“Ray Donovan”), and stunner Scottie Thompson (Skyline). Look for it Sept.9.
“Fear the Walking Dead,” the once highly anticipated spinoff of AMC’s brilliant “Walking Dead” series, limps its way back to our screens on Aug. 21 to complete its miserable second season. The series debuted in 2015 to a promising start, but is now plagued by its unlikable characters and dull storylines.
AMC has released a trailer for the show’s mid-season premiere and unfortunately we’re still stuck with the world’s most boring and annoying protagonists. One can only hope they meet their end and we get a new batch of survivors to cheer on.
But, who are we kidding? We’ll be watching. We have to. We love TWD universe. Besides, the show is going to Mexico and those hotel scenes look sick. We also want to know more about Salazar’s (Ruben Blades) background in Salvador. And, though she’s stupidly annoying as Alicia Clarke, Alycia Debnam-Carey (pictured) is nice to look at.
A&E has announced the upcoming fifth season of “Bates Motel” as its last. The acclaimed show is a re-imagining of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho from producers Carlton Cuse (”LOST”) and Kerry Ehrin’s (”Friday Night Lights”).
The sad news was made during this year’s SDCC and brought with it a surprise casting announcement: pop singer Rihanna will play Marion Crane, the infamous Norman Bates victim murdered in the shower and played in the original Psycho film by Janet Leigh.
Cuse said:
We wanted to thrust the iconic role into a contemporary spotlight and redefine it in a meaningful and exciting new way. We also heard Rihanna was a fan of the show, and we were huge fans of hers, so it was the perfect collision of creativity and fate.
Well … at least it wasn’t Lady GaGa. Rihanna’s acting creds include a small role in the 2012 flop Battleship and cameos in This Is the End, Annie (2014), and Bring It On: All or Nothing. She’s sold more than 200 million records and won 8 Grammys.
Like Sharon Stone, Margot Robbie owes her breakthrough success to her lovely vagina. Since going full-frontal in Martin Scorsese’s Wolf of Wall Street, the gorgeous Aussie – soon to be seen in Suicide Squad – is all over Hollywood.
It will most likely take a stupidly amazing Oscar-worthy script about retards, ugly women, or gay-cowboys-eating-pudding to ever glimpse her monkey on film again, but it’s always a pleasure to see her. Oh, and speaking of monkeys, Robbie is set to star in Uni’s adaptation of Matt Ruff’s 2007 novel “Bad Monkeys.”
Robbie will play a woman arrested for murder and believed to be insane for defending her actions as part of a campaign launched by a secret organization to battle evil. The film is produced by Bluegrass Films and Robbie’s company LuckyChap.
The first trailer for season seven of AMC’s “The Walking Dead” is a punishing three-minute peek into what promises to be the show’s grimmest year yet. Set to premiere Oct. 23, the new season picks up with the death of what creator Robert Kirkman calls a beloved character.
Season six ended with new heavy Negan bludgeoning one of our heroes with a bat. Who was killed will be revealed in the premiere episode. Meanwhile, fans have been agonizing over who is biting the dust: Rick, Carl, Michonne, Daryl, Abraham, Sasha, Eugene, Rosita, Aaron, Maggie, or Glenn.
We too have been tormented by this turn of events and figured we’d break down the choices and share our pick with you (no comic spoilers). But, first, lets watch the trailer:
Okay, the death must be of a beloved character. That eliminates Aaron, Rosita, and Sasha. Aaron is likable, but being gay is so far his only distinguishable trait. Rosita is hot and has some fire in her, but that’s about it. Even Abraham ditches her sexy ass. As for Sasha, she has suffered a lot of loss and her story arch appears to be done, but her death just wouldn’t be meaty.
Abraham and Eugene have crossed over to beloved territory. The duo are comedy gold together and apart. Abraham is brave, forthcoming, and outspoken with a ridiculous knack for coining new, colorful phrases (dolphin-smooth, “Who’s Deanna?”). Eugene is a redeemed coward and liar, whose efforts to do right really pulled the heartstrings this season.
Abraham and Eugene are both strong possibilities. Either of their deaths would bum viewers out… but, let’s face it, that would be safe. Sad, but safe. The show has promised a big death. That means it has to be someone from the inner circle – our original crew: Rick, Carl, Daryl, Michonne, Maggie, Glenn.
Rick or Carl … nope. Sure, Rick has been a bit unhinged and his idea to attack Negan’s crew got them in this mess, but this moment will serve to ground him again. If Carl were killed, Rick would go bonkers and get himself killed too. That’d be two dead characters. Keeping Carl alive is also a good way for Negan to keep Rick under his control.
Daryl? That would upset a lot of women. AMC has already given actor Norman Reedus a new show (“Ride”). Is that consolation for a job well done? Nah. Daryl has unresolved business with Dwight, the thieving, ungrateful asshole who stole his ride and weapon and shot him last season.
Michonne? Her romance with Rick puts her in danger – all of Rick’s loves have so far met gruesome ends. Michonne has also come back from the personal hell of isolation she had put herself through after being harden by the zombie apocalypse. She would die redeemed. But, no. Negan likes to keep the strong to produce for him. That could save Michonne, Rick, Daryl, Abraham, Sasha, and possibly Glenn.
So… Glenn. He has cheated death numerous times, including an especially controversial near-miss this past season that producers milked, consequentially upsetting fans who felt it was a major cheat despite no one ever wanting Glenn dead. Most people, both fans of the show and comics, have marked Glenn for death, but that alone could be why he survives… again! But, what about Glenn’s gorgeous wife Maggie?
Yup. She’s dead meatballs. Maggie is ill and in a very weakened state. She is why Rick and the gang threw her in the RV and headed out to find a doctor (why not bring him to her, we don’t know). Negan doesn’t need the sick. Maggie’s death would kill Glenn in the worse way imaginable… on the inside. Glenn has been the show’s conscious even during the times Rick has gone mad. If Maggie and their unborn child dies, Glenn would be destroyed. It be worse for him than dying and it would totally rip our hearts out.
So, there you have it. Our pick to meet Negan’s bat, Lucille, is Maggie, the last of the Greene family.
Warner Bros. has released the first official trailer for Wonder Woman, starring Gal Gadot as DC Comics’ iconic Amazonian Princess. Gadot made her debut as Wonder Woman in this year’s much maligned blockbuster Batman v Superman.
When Gadot was first announced as Wonder Woman, her casting drew ire from those who believed her lack of boobs would tarnish the traditionally busty character. Opinion changed when images of Gadot in her skimpy costume emerged. Now, this trailer should assuage all anxiety over the matter.
