• Sequel Bits: 'A Nightmare On Elm Street', 'Insidious', 'Bad Boys For Life' And More

    In this edition of sequel bits: Patrick Wilson is down for more Insidious movies. Wes Craven's estate is taking new Nightmare on Elm Street pitches. Behold a very colorful Bad Boys For Life poster. Edward Furlong was "bummed out" about his Terminator: Dark Fate cameo. Tell your mom: there's already a Downton Abbey sequel in the works. Patrick Wilson was…

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  • 'Insidious 3' Officially In The Works With Leigh Whannell Writing

    File this under "obvious" but a third Insidious film is now officially in development. The second film, Insidious: Chapter 2, grossed eight times its budget over this past weekend and ends with a cliffhanger setting up a new direction for the franchise. A sequel was inevitable. Now Blumhouse, FilmDistrict and Sony are wasting no time…

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  • 'Insidious: Into The Further' Maze Coming To Universal Studios Hollywood

    Some people are so terrified by horror movies that they can hardly even bear to watch them. And others are so delighted by them that they'd willingly walk into the creepy locales portrayed in them. For those who fall into the latter category, Universal Studios Hollywood is building Insidious: Into the Further, a maze based…

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  • Sequel Bits: 'Fast & Furious 6', 'Insidious Chapter 2', 'Red 2', 'The World's End', 'Transformers 4', 'Star Trek Into Darkness', 'The Muppets... Again'

    Ah, yes, the Fast and the Furious franchise: Where a man can fly from one fancy speeding car to another in the middle of the highway while a tank wreaks havoc in the background. See that photo and more after the jump. Also: Jocelin Donahue is young Barbara Hershey in Insidious 2 Helen Mirren teases some…

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  • 'Insidious Chapter 2' To Open August 30, 2013; Original Cast And Filmmakers Returning

    James Wan's low-budget smash hit Insidious was not only scary, it was a sure-fire conversation starter. Starring Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne as two parents whose son loses himself in a spiritual other world called The Further, the movie cost only $1.5 million and ended up grossing nearly $100 million, meaning lots of people walked…

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  • /Filmcast Ep. 154 - Horrible Bosses

    This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam continue the discussion over Terence Malick's Tree of Life, praise indie films like Another Earth, Insidious, and Rubber, and ponder the state of television as art. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. We'll be back on Sunday at 10 PM EST…

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  • This Week In Trailers: Queen To Play (Joueuse), The Resident, The Return Of Uncle Benon, Without

    Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m…

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  • SXSW Midnight Features And Short Programs Announced

    The film program at South By Southwest (SXSW) has really come into its own over the past few years -- SXSW is becoming an impressive little film fest in addition to being a massive music party. The lineups for Midnight features and shorts have been announced, and there are some good premieres in there. Attack…

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  • James Wan's 'Insidious' To Release On April 1, 2011

    Briefly: In the wake of the debut of Saw, creator James Wan has worked on additional films (Dead Silence and Death Sentence) but neither has become anything like the phenomenon that was spawned by Saw. But his new film, Insidious, reunites him with Saw co-creator Leigh Whannell, and did quite well in the Midnight Madness…

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