Gary Dauberman is ready to sink his teeth into Stephen King‘s iconic vampire tale Salem’s Lot. The filmmaker, who directed Annabelle Comes Home, and co-wrote It and It Chapter Two, will direct the Salem’s Lot reboot for producer James Wan. Released in 1975, Salem’s Lot was King’s second published novel, and concerned a small New England town overrun by bloodsuckers. The book served as the inspiration for a 1979 miniseries directed by Tobe Hooper, and still another miniseries that was released in 2004.
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With all the chaos that’s going on in the world, we’re going to need some good laughs over the next couple months. Thankfully, Netflix will have us covered for at least a couple hours in May when comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Patton Oswalt debut new stand-up comedy specials on the streaming service. Get details on both of them below. Read More »
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Another week stuck inside, another excuse to block out the horrors of the real world and stream some great movies. And there are a whole slew of genuinely great movies streaming right now. Because I’m such a nice guy, I took the liberty of rounding a bunch up in one place so you don’t have to go searching for them. I do it because I care, folks.
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The Batman is currently shut down due to the Joker, er, I mean the coronavirus pandemic. But director Matt Reeves is using this delay to his advantage, and fine-tuning his upcoming Dark Knight reboot. As Reeves puts it, this downtime will give him more of the prep time he wished he had right before they started shooting, so at least there’s one positive thing coming out of all of this.
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(The SXSW Film Festival may have been cancelled, but our coverage will go on with reviews of films and TV shows made available to our critics.)
It seems pilots about chasing the dream in Los Angeles were supposed to be hot this year at SXSW! But of all the TV shows about this idea, The Dream is the one that worked the best for me. The pilot follows Daryl (Micah Bijon) as he struggles to find his path right out of film school. How hard is he struggling? Well, we kick things off with his middle school-aged nephew giving him ten dollars for gas to ensure he can get home, get to work that day, and presumably collect him at the end of the day. Turns out college is expensive. Living in LA probably isn’t helping him out much either.
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The Beauty and the Beast live-action prequel coming to Disney+ just became a whole lot more interesting with the confirmed involvement of Disney Legend Alan Menken. The composer behind the original Oscar-winning songs for Beauty and the Beast and a host of Disney animated classics revealed that he is working on music for the Beauty and the Beast prequel series, which is set to explore the origins of Gaston and LeFou.
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The eighth episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 7 wraps up the story of Ahsoka and the Martez sisters as they try to escape the vile clutches of the Pyke Syndicate once and for all. In a stunning ruse, Ahsoka sends the Martez sisters away by selling them out and sending them off. She discovers a number of shocking truths about the Pykes and their operation and works to shut it down once and for all. There’s a lot to peel back in “Together Again,” so get ready.
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Right now, we’re in-between seasons of the Star Wars series The Mandalorian. The second season is slated to arrive this fall after the first season was a huge success for the launch of the Disney+ streaming service late last year. While you wait for new episodes, why not take a look back at some of the stunning concept art used in planning the Star Wars spin-off and see how the artwork compares to the final scenes we saw in the series? Check out The Mandalorian concept art comparison video below. Read More »
Nostalgia has been the dominant force in filmed entertainment for the entire 21st century. Superhero blockbusters brought childhood comic book reading sessions to life, a slew of remakes have repackaged animation into live-action for a new generation, and the rise of streaming has seen multiple services revive long-cancelled television titles in an attempt to cash in on viewers’ fond memories (while bolstering the services’ media libraries at the same time). Nostalgia has had an outsized influence on the media Hollywood produces, and thanks to the coronavirus, its reign seems poised to continue…and maybe even grow more powerful than ever. Read More »
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After delivering the epic crime drama The Irishman last year and earning Netflix no less than 10 Oscar nominations, as well as a slew of other accolades, director Martin Scorsese is still having trouble finding funding for his next movie.
Killers of the Flower Moon is slated to be the next film that Martin Scorsese directs. Paramount Pictures was slated to finance and distribute the movie starring Scorsese’s frequent collaborators Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, but with the budget of movie rising to more than $200 million, the studio opted to let the filmmaker take the project elsewhere. Now Scorsese is hoping Netflix, Apple or another company with deep pockets can help him get the movie off the ground. Read More »
