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Can a certain sound, made by a particular instrument, sum up an entire era?

It seems unlikely, yet think about those opening notes of Harold Faltermeyer's "Axel F" from "Beverly Hills Cop" or Brad Fidel's theme for "The Terminator," and you're instantly transported back to the 1980s. Of course, electronic music existed long before that decade. Yet the synthesizer-as-primary-instrument score came to prominence during the '80s, in part due to changing tastes in music and culture, and in part due to the steady rise of independent films, who needed to save a few bucks by employing just one musician instead of dozens.

While the popularity of the synth-heavy score during the 1980s is easily understood, what's surprising and less clear is why this type of sound has lasted ever since, and why it's still so prevalent today. Sure, '80s nostalgia began early and has never really left our culture since.

Maika Monroe, best known for critically lauded portrayals in horror and thrillers, will take a stab at romance. Monroe is set to lead Universal Pictures of Colleen Hoover's best-selling novel, Reminders of Him. This marks a new venture for Monroe, who has solidified her Scream Queen status with memorable performances in films like 2014's The Guest and It Follows, as well as more recent hits like Watcher and last year's Longlegs, which became the highest-grossing independent film of the year.

The screen adaptation of Reminders of Him, slated for a Valentine's Day weekend 2026 release, will be directed by Vanessa Caswill, who helmed Netflix's Love at First Sight. According to Deadline, who first reported the news, the adaptation is a "film about motherhood, forgiveness and the power of one love to heal even the most shattered heart."

Hoover's Reminders of Him revolves around Kenna Rowan, a young mother...

If you’ve seen Dan Berk and Robert Olsen’s 2019 indie gem Villains, then you understand why the Novocaine directing duo wouldn’t want to make another austere action movie.

Their 2019 genre mashup starring Maika Monroe and Bill Skarsgard had an unconventional romance in between all the laughs, thrills and scares, and the former NYU roommates knew that the most successful version of Novocaine would also need some tonal variation to complement its own unfamiliar love story. Based on a script by Lars Jacobson, the co-directors revamped the more “straightforward” tone into a bloody action-comedy with plenty of heart to balance it all out.

Jack Quaid plays Nathan Caine, an assistant bank manager who suffers from congenital insensitivity to pain (Cip). As a result of his life without physical pain, Nate lives a very insular existence outside of work until his long-standing crush and co-worker, Sherry (Amber Midthunder), makes the first move.

Dan Stevens, the star of films like The Guest, Beauty and the Beast and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, recently appeared in the new political thriller series, Zero Day. In the miniseries starring Robert De Niro, Stevens plays Evan Green, an alternative-media personality who capitalizes on a major terrorist attack and speaks out loud against the government on YouTube. Yes, Green is a fictional version of every loudmouth who makes money in today's digital landscape by criticizing political leaders and creating conspiracy theories out of nothing.

It's not exactly a secret that the character is inspired by a real cultural phenomenon, and Stevens fully agrees with that. In Netflix's Zero Day, the United States faces an unprecedented cyberattack. There are thousands of casualties, and the government forms a commission that will help in finding some answers to prevent another major attack. As former President George Mullen leads the...

One of the standouts at this year’s SXSW film festival, at least so far, is writer/director/editor Alexander Ullom‘s feature debut It Ends, an audacious, genre-bending road trip nightmare with a lot on its mind.

It’s the type of innovative independent cinema that delivers on its thrilling premise while doubling as a deeply personal story. Perhaps it’s fitting that the road to getting It Ends made proved to be just as wild a ride for Ullom; the filmmaker’s website explains that his first feature fell into place thanks to a viral YouTube sketch, a VR poker game, and a comment on a meme.

Sounds like the makings of a wild story in itself, right?

“There’s definitely a crazy story there, the insane genesis of this movie,” Ullom tells Bloody Disgusting ahead of his film’s world premiere.

“At least the original version before our producers came on.

Mr. Wick is again trying to retire in John Wick: Chapter 4. The 2023 John Wick installment has Baba Yaga meeting old friends and making new enemies as the High Table hunts him down for everything he did in the last three movies. The nail-biter sequel to the action franchise is set in various international locations, including Japan and France, where its diverse cast impresses in fight sequences more gruesome than ever.

Some of Keanu Reeves' co-stars in the fourth chapter are seen from the first movie, like Ian McShane and Lance Reddick as the manager and the concierge of the Continental Hotel in New York City. New cast members like Bill Skarsgård and Natalia Tena are fantastic additions, and their characters steal the show in their scenes. Even newcomer Rina Sawayama shines in a minor role, leaving no doubt that the cast of John Wick 4 is outstanding.

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Vice Studios, the studio arm of the Vice Media portfolio business, has selected ITV Studios as its exclusive global distribution partner.

The deal, confirmed during a session at the London TV Screenings on Wednesday, will see ITV Studios add nearly 2,000 hours of Vice content to its catalog, as well as represent future projects in the Vice Studios’ pipeline.

It means ITV Studios adds a large catalog of popular scripted and non-scripted content, including docu-style investigative shows, to its portfolio alongside established drama, natural history and true crime television.

Vice content includes the Dark Side of the Ring franchise, United Gangs of America and Vice on HBO. The partnership will also spotlight future Vice Studios-produced content, including new scripted series from Vice’s U.K. production hub — producer of Sky’s popular Gangs of London series. ITV Studios’ recently launched label Zoo 55 will exploit Vice’s catalog and brands in...

ITV Studios weighs into the 2025 London TV Screenings with its biggest slate in the last couple of years, certainly on the format side, and one of the weightiest lineups of any company presenting in London this week.

Its Feb. 26 showcase at the Odeon Leicester Square, open exclusively to buyers, will launch 12 brand new dramas, 26 returning seasons, 27 non-scripted titles and 10 new formats featuring must-check-out shows from many of the U.K.’s top production companies such as Sister Pictures, Quay Street Productions, Mammoth Screen, Lifted Entertainment (“Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway”) and Plimsoll Productions.

“Sister Pictures is not one of the ITV Studios family but the others are. That’s a real testament to the journey we’ve been on in the last few years of really trying to work with the best talent,” said Ruth Berry, president global partnerships & Zoo 55, ITV Studios.

It will show at the London Screenings.

Robert De Niro is set to make his TV debut in “Zero Day.” The Netflix series follows a former U.S. president who’s tapped to lead a commission tasked with tracking down the perpetrators of a devastating cyberattack responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans, only to discover a vast web of lies and conspiracies.

The limited series, which premieres Feb. 20, comes from co-creators Eric Newman (“Griselda”) and Noah Oppenheim (“Jackie”). Lesli Linka Glatter is an executive producer and director of all six episodes. De Niro, Michael S. Schmidt and Jonathan Glickman also executive produce the series.

Below is a round-up of the star-studded “Zero Day” cast joining De Niro in the political thriller and where else you may have seen them.

George Mullen (Robert De Niro) Robert De Niro in “Zero Day” (Netflix)

George Mullen is a hugely popular but complicated former US president who’s pulled...

Plot: As children, two twin brothers find their father’s old wind-up toy monkey. It turns out that the toy carries a terrible curse, as every time they wind it up, someone random will die a horrible death. Twenty-five years later, the monkey once again enters the lives of the now estranged twins (Theo James), wreaking grisly havoc around anyone who gets too close to them.

Review: The Monkey is strikingly different from director Osgood Perkins’s last film, Longlegs, a grisly, ultra-serious serial killer thriller that was the sleeper hit of the summer. Eschewing that film’s dark and foreboding vibe, The Monkey is bug-nuts insane, with it a deliberately campy, gore-soaked flick, which will undoubtedly be a love-it-or-hate-it kind of thing for genre fans. It seems destined for future cult status, as it will certainly play to a more niche audience than Longlegs. Still, the people who love...

Picture: Lee Jae Wook in Dear Hongrang – Netflix

A brand new and exciting K-drama at Netflix, Dear Hongrang, wrapped up filming in May 2024. Dear Hongrang stars Jo Bo Ah, Lee Jae Wook, and Jung Ga Ram will be released on Netflix in Q2 2025.

Dear Hongrang is an upcoming South Korean Netflix Original period thriller series written by Kim Jin-a and directed by Kim Hong Seon, who previously directed three Netflix projects, including both parts of Money Heist: Joint Economic Area, Luca: The Beginning, and The Guest. The K-drama is an adaptation of Jang Da-hye’s novel Hong Rang: Swallowing Gold.

The production companies involved in the series are Studio Dragon, Ace Maker Movie Works, and H House. Io Content Group is listed as the co-producer, with Netflix as the exclusive worldwide distributor for the K-drama.

Table of Contents When is the Dear Hongrang Netflix release date? What is the plot of Dear Hongrang?...

Ethan Embry may only be 46 years old, but he has 35 years of acting credits to his name, having worked on more than 100 different projects. And now he’s set to cross paths with Ghostface, as Deadline reports that he has joined the cast of Scream 7!

Spyglass Media and Paramount Pictures once intended to make a Scream 7 that would have starred Scream (2022) and Scream VI leads Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega, with Freaky and Happy Death Day director Christopher Landon at the helm. But then Ortega allegedly asked for a substantial pay raise – and as we saw when Neve Campbell dropped out of Scream VI due to a pay dispute, these pay issues don’t tend to work out. Then Barrera was fired from the project after comments she made about the Israel-Hamas war didn’t go over well with executives at Spyglass. Landon dropped out the of the project soon after.

In a new exciting bit of news, a report from Deadline has revealed that Dan Stevens is currently in talks to reprise his role as Monarch veterinarian Trapper in the next Monsterverse film. Stevens first played Trapper in the 2024 film Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, in a supporting role alongside Rebecca Hall (as Monarch scientist Ilene Andres) and Brian Tyree Henry. Despite Stevens' limited screen time, Trapper stood out as one of the more entertaining human characters in the movie, stealing some of the most fun scenes in the film and nailing his interactions with the larger-than-life monsters, known as titans.

Besides the potential return of Stevens' character, the Godzilla x Kong sequel also recently cast Kaitlyn Dever in the film, though the full nature of her role remains to be seen. Whatever the case, things seem to be moving forward fairly quickly for the sequel, with Grant Sputore...

Dan Stevens is set to return to the Monsterverse.The 42-year-old actor's character Trapper in Legendary’s 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire' proved to be a hit with fans and so he is now in negotiations to star in the company's next installment in the franchise, The Hollyywood Reporter has revealed.Plot details for the next movie - which will be directed by 'I Am Mother' filmmaker Grant Sputore and also star Kaitlyn Dever - are being kept under wraps but Legendary previously teased it would feature “several new human characters alongside the beloved and iconic Titans Godzilla and Kong as they face off against a cataclysmic world-ending threat.” Dan previously admitted he had a "ton of fun" filming 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire' with his "old buddy" Rebecca Hall and his 'The Guest' director Adam Wingard.He told '...

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...

Adam Wingard's new film from A24, Onslaught, just got a big update from the Hollywood Reporter: Rebecca Hall has joined the film's cast. Hall has worked with Wingard twice before starring as Dr. Ilene Andrews in both Godzilla vs. Kong and its followup, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, which was one of the biggest movies of last summer. The actor will also be rejoining her Godzilla x Kong costar Dan Stevens in the film, which is currently in production. Stevens also starred in Wingard's 2014 thriller The Guest.

Acclaimed Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire director Adam Wingard snags a fan-favorite star for his next A24 feature.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire star Rebecca Hall has officially joined the cast for Winguard's upcoming action horror thriller - Onslaught. Directed by Wingard from a script crafted alongside You're Next and The Guest co-writer Simon Barrett, Onslaught features an ensemble cast including Adria Arjona, Dan Stevens, Alex Pereira, Reginald VelJohnson, Eric Wareheim, Michael Biehn, and Drew Starkey.

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Onslaught is being produced by A24, Lyrical Media, Breakaway Civilization, and Ryder Picture Company, with David Kern, Todd Lundbohm, Stuart Manashil, Jon Rosenberg, and Natalie Sellers serving...

Director Adam Wingard and actress Rebecca Hall worked together on both Godzilla vs. Kong and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire – but after making two giant monster movies in a row, Wingard decided he wanted to return to his roots with Onslaught, a project that is said to be in the vein of his cult classics The Guest and You’re Next. It has also been described as a “gonzo action horror thriller.” So the next Godzilla / Kong sequel is moving ahead without him… but that hasn’t disrupted his working relationship with Hall. The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Hall is part of the Onslaught cast!

Hall will be starring in Onslaught alongside the previously announced Adria Arjona (Hit Man); Dan Stevens, who worked with Wingard on The Guest and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire; Drew Starkey (Outer Banks), Michael Biehn (The Terminator), Reginald VelJohnson (Die Hard...

The duo behind The Guest, director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett are re-teaming for the upcoming A24 movie Onslaught, and THR reports that Rebecca Hall has joined a cast that also includes Dan Stevens

Adria Arjona and Michael Biehn also star in Onslaught, with the full cast including Reginald VelJohnson, Eric Wareheim, Drew Starkey, and Alex “Poatan” Pereira.

Onslaught is being described as “a gonzo action horror thriller.”

The Hollywood Reporter details the upcoming A24 project, “Adria Arjona stars as a mother living in a trailer who falls back on a particular set of skills in order to protect her loved ones after she runs afoul of a threat that has escaped a secret military base.”

“Stevens is playing a German scientist working on the experiments,” the site notes.

When the project was originally announced last year, it was noted that it would bring Adam Wingard back his horror roots,...

It’s time for the Sundance Film Festival, and once again I’ll be heading to Utah to bring readers of JoBlo loads of reviews of all the latest indie flicks coming soon to a theater (or streaming service) near you. Located in Park City, Utah (for now anyways), Sundance is always one of my favorite events of the year. Being a movie fan, I love nothing more than binging on movies in the same festival that gave birth to the directing careers of legends like Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith, Jordan Peele, Damien Chazelle, and so many more.

As has been the case for the last decade or so, the festival is jam-packed with horror flicks, as studios – in particular A24 – have had some major breakouts there, including The Babadook, The Guest, Hereditary, Talk to Me, and last year’s I Saw the TV Glow. So what are we psyched to see?...

In the latest chapter of the creature-feature franchise, Godzilla and Kong have buried the hatchet just in time to save the world. From director Adam Wingard (The Guest), the 2024 film Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire follows the two beasts as they square off against a monstrous new adversary that threatens all humankind. Wingard — who co-wrote the film with Simon Barrett (The Guest) and Terry Rossio(Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl) — also directed 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire stars Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, and Dan Stevens.

Stream it on Netflix now.

When strange radio interference disrupts equipment at the Monarch observation station within the subterranean world of Hollow Earth, Dr. Ilene Andrews (Hall), her daughter Jia (Hottle), and scientist Mikael (Ferns) are stumped. While the rest of the Monarch researchers think it’s a fluke, Ilene turns to...

Horror movies in any era reflect people's collective anxieties. Sometimes, the source of the horror - be it a psycho killer in a slasher or a mythical monster in a supernatural horror film - is a metaphorical stand-in for what causes people to feel anxious, and sometimes it's the characters' response to danger and horror that represents the source of anxiety in people. So, for example, among the best horror movies of the 2020s is The Host, which is premised on the kind of social isolation that the world was forced into during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The development of the discourse on body politics over the past years prompted director Coralie Fargeat to make The Substance, the highly successful horror movie starring Demi Moore. Meanwhile, the trend for remakes also continues in 2024, with Nosferatu, which earned high Rotten Tomatoes ratings on its debut. The best horror movies of the past...

After Longlegs became a surprise hit over the summer, Maika Monroe has lined up her next horror film, re-teaming with distributor Neon and director Chloe Okuno.

Per Deadline, Monroe is set to star in Brides, a horror film written and directed by Okuno. Longlegs distributor, Neon, plans to release the movie theatrically. Brides follows "Sally Bishop (Monroe) and her husband, who travel to a remote Italian villa where the villa’s owner, a mysterious count, takes a peculiar interest in Sally." Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu will serve as producers for Brides. Okuno made her feature debut with Watcher in 2022, a psychological thriller starring Monroe.

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Okuno is also known for directing a...

Longtime Downton Abbey star Dan Stevens reflects on why he left the classic British series. First airing on ITV in late 2010, the historical drama, which is set in a fictional Yorkshire country estate, revolves around the aristocratic Crawley family as well as their domestic servants during the post-Edwardian era. Stevens played the role of Mathew Crawley, a leading cast member in the show up until his exit in 2012, and he was joined by other talented acts like Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle and Jessica Brown Findlay.

Now, about 12 years since Stevens exited Downton Abbey, the actor looks back on his departure in a recent interview with Business Insider. The 41-year-old admits that taking the decision to leave the show at the time came with an element of discomfort and uncertainty, but he claims it’s been fun navigating the years after he decided to exit the show.

Last night at the Deadline-hosted celebration of the Black List 20th anniversary, founder Franklin Leonard told attendees that there was more to come.

Now that more to come is here.

Just one day after the Travis Braun-topped 20th anniversary list came out, the Black List Wednesday revealed the inaugural Adaptation List. The selection highlights 61 novels published since the first list came out in 2005 that are primed to be made into big screen and small screen projects.

“There was only one real way to celebrate twenty years of annual Black Lists, make another list that celebrates writers and in so doing makes it more likely that great film and television gets made,” Black List chief Leonard said Wednesday of the list that includes books by Jennifer Egan, Jeffrey Eugenides, and N. K. Jemisin (see the full list below). “Once it was clear that we were going to expand into fiction in September,...

While The Black List has long been the go-to platform to discover indie scripts and hot new voices, the acclaimed organization is now launching an inaugural Adaptation List to spotlight the novels that industry insiders most want to see adapted for the screen.

These days, novel adaptations have been heating up Hollywood, thanks in no small part to the rise of BookTok. Beloved BookTok authors like Emily Henry and Colleen Hoover have already been slated to have their respective books brought to film and TV, while Taylor Jenkins Reid has been building a franchise of interconnected stories, including “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo,” “Malibu Rising,” and “Daisy Jones and the Six.”

The Black List founder Franklin Leonard and Creative Director of Fiction Randy Winston surveyed 84 publishing industry editors and literary agents, who selected the 61 novels that they believe are poised for adaptations. All novels had to be published after 2005, when The Black List launched.

Trains, the Polish documentary that offers “a collective portrait of people in 20th century Europe, capturing their hopes, desires, dramas, and tragedies” has won Best Film in the International Competition section of the prestigious International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).

The film directed and edited by Maciej J. Drygas was a unanimous choice of the five-person jury. The award comes with a €15,000 cash prize. Trains also earned the award for Best Editing in the International Competition, recognizing Drygas.

“This is a bold and inventive use of archive,” said the jury comprised of Juliana Fanjul, Sophie Fiennes, Grace Lee, Asmae El Moudir, and Kazuhiro Soda. “The film shows us routes to the positive and negative consequences of modern industrial innovation. It harnesses the magic of cinema and as an audience we are haunted by our present historical time, even while we bear witness to the past.”

‘An American Pastoral’

The jury awarded...

Found-footage documentary Trains, directed by veteran Polish auteur Maciej J. Drygas, has won the best film award of the international competition at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). It comes with the €15,000 cash prize.

Trains is an archive-based film made without voiceover or commentary other than an opening quote from Franz Kafka. It comprises footage of trains sourced from a reported 45 archives across the world. Much of the imagery is disturbing - wounded and deformed soldiers, dead bodies from concentration camps, Nazi officers on their way to war zones. There is also material of Hitler and Charlie Chaplin.

Drygas’s...

Maciej J. Drygas’ “Trains” won Best Film in the International Competition at this year’s International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, with Miguel Coyula’s “Chronicles of the Absurd” taking the Best Film in the Envision Competition.

“Trains” is a journey through the 20th century told entirely through archival footage. The jury of the International Competition, comprising Juliana Fanjul, Sophie Fiennes, Grace Lee, Asmae El Moudir and Kazuhiro Soda, said they were unanimous in their decision, highlighting Drygas’ “bold and inventive use of archive.”

“The film shows us routes to the positive and negative consequences of modern industrial innovation. It harnesses the magic of cinema and as an audience, we are haunted by our present historical time, even while we bear witness to the past,” the jury added of the winning film, which will take home a €15,000 cash prize.

“Chronicles of the Absurd”

The International Competition jury awarded the Best Directing...

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The first half of 2024 was pretty unkind to a lot of movies. The box office was on life support for most of that period and it all felt kind of bleak for anyone who pays attention to such things. The most depressing part was that quite a few great movies were being hung out to dry, including "The Fall Guy" and "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga," among others. "Abigail," the latest horror movie from the filmmaking collective known as Radio Silence, was also a big disappointment theatrically. Fortunately though, it's finally finding its audience.

"Abigail" is currently streaming on Prime Video and, as of this writing, is sitting in the number four spot on Amazon's most-watched movies chart (via FlixPatrol). It's currently only trailing Mark Wahlberg's 2021 sci-fi flop "Infinite" (which also recently found new life on Prime Video), Nancy Meyers' perennial 2006 rom-com "The Holiday,...

Michael Biehn is the latest star to join Onslaught, a ‘gonzo action thriller’ from You’re Next and Godzilla X Kong director Adam Wingard.

Update No. 2: Michael Biehn is the latest star to join Onslaught, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter again. Reginald VelJohnson and comedian Eric Wareheim have also joined Adam Wingard’s action thriller and shooting is scheduled to begin later this month.

Biehn is said to play the leader of an elite group of mercenaries, who are trying to control whatever threatens the world. Wareheim and VelJohnson will play members of the trailer park community that is home to Adria Arjona’s mother with a special set of skill that will come in handy when things get messy.

Update, 1st November: Dan Stevens has also joined Adam Wingard’s Onslaught, as per The Hollywood Reporter. The film marks a reunion between the two as Stevens appeared in...

Terminator star Michael Biehn is back. The actor, who notably collaborated with acclaimed director James Cameron for The Terminator, Aliens, and The Abyss, is the latest actor to join Adam Wingard's Onslaught. As per The Hollywood Reporter, the A24 film is described as a "gonzo action horror thriller." Reginald VelJohnson, best known for his work on Family Matters and recently became a fan-favorite during his short-lived stint on Dancing with the Stars, and Eric Wareheim (Tim & Eric) have also joined the feature alongside Biehn. They join previously announced cast members Adria Arjona (Blink Twice), Dan Stevens (Abigail), and Drew Starkey (Outer Banks).

UFC Champion Alex "Poatan" Pereira is in talks to be the next to land a role in Onslaught as the movie's villain, The Butcher. This would mark Pereira's feature film debut. Arjona will portray the film's protagonist, a "mother living in a trailer who falls back...

Fresh off the success of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire and with Face/Off 2 in development, director Adam Wingard and screenwriter Simon Barrett are returning to their roots with Onslaught, as the project is said to be “in the vein of their cult classics like The Guest and You’re Next.“ It has also been described as a “gonzo action horror thriller.” They’ve been assembling the cast for the film in recent weeks – and the latest additions to the cast include a pair of ’80s icons! The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Michael Biehn of The Terminator and Aliens has signed on to appear in the film, and so has Reginald VelJohnson of Die Hard and Family Matters! Comedian Eric Wareheim (Tim & Eric) has also joined the project.

Biehn, VelJohnson, and Wareheim will be starring in Onslaught alongside the previously announced Adria Arjona (Hit Man); Dan Stevens,...

Drew Starkey’s credits include roles in Love, Simon; Scream: The TV Series, The Devil All the Time, The Terminal List, and Queer, but he’s probably best known for playing the role of Rafe Cameron on the Netflix series Outer Banks – and now, Deadline is reporting that Starkey is the latest actor to join the cast of the action thriller Onslaught, which is coming our way from director Adam Wingard and screenwriter Simon Barrett.

Fresh off the success of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire and with Face/Off 2 in development, Wingard and Barrett are returning to their roots with Onslaught, as the project is said to be “in the vein of their cult classics like The Guest and You’re Next.“

Starkey joins a cast that includes the previously announced Adria Arjona (Hit Man); Dan Stevens, who worked with Wingard and Barrett on The Guest and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire...

Exclusive: Amid great buzz around Queer, A24’s queer romantic drama in which he stars opposite Daniel Craig, which promises to take his career to a whole new level, Drew Starkey is set to reteam with the studio on Onslaught, Adam Wingard’s new action-thriller for A24, Lyrical Media and Ryder Picture Company.

Starkey joins Adria Arjona, Dan Stevens and UFC Champion Alex “Poatan” Pereira, who is still in talks. His role is under wraps, as is the logline, though we hear the film is in the vein of Wingard’s cult classics like The Guest and You’re Next. The writer of those films, Simon Barrett, reunites with him here.

Aaron Ryder and Andrew Swett will produce under their Ryder Picture Company banner alongside A24, Alexander Black for Lyrical Media, Wingard and Jeremy Platt under their new shingle Breakaway Civilization, and Barrett. Lyrical’s Jon Rosenberg and Natalie Sellers will...

Both director and star behind the critically acclaimed cult action thriller The Guest are all set to reunite for more explosive thrills, as Dan Stevens hops aboard Onslaught from filmmaker Adam Wingard. The project remains highly secretive at present, though sources have described Onslaught as a gonzo action horror thriller. Which is pretty much the perfect combination of words.

What we do know about Onslaught (thanks to THR) is that Morbius and Hit Man star Adria Arjona will lead the action outing as a mother who falls back on a particular set of skills in order to protect her loved ones after she runs afoul of a threat that has escaped a secret military base. Which can surely only mean that Onslaught is essentially an assassin versus monster picture. Which, again, is surely the perfect combination of words.

Onslaught will also star UFC champion Alex Pereira as a villain known as The Butcher,...

Dan Stevens is reuniting with Adam Wingard for 'Onslaught'.The filmmaker, 41, and ‘Downton Abbey’ actor, 42, who worked together on the 2024 action sci-fi picture ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’, as well as the 2014 nail-biter ‘The Guest’, are reuniting for Adam’s new project that is described as a gonzo action horror thriller.Plot details on the movie – which is also starring Adria Arjona - are being kept largely under wraps but shooting is set to start in New Mexico later this month.Arjona plays a mother who relies on a particular set of skills to protect her loved ones after she is faced by a threat that has escaped a secret military base while Stevens features in a supporting role as a German scientist working on experiments that escape.Aaron Ryder and Andrew Swett are to produce 'Onslaught' under their Ryder Picture Company banner alongside A24. Alexander Black...

THR reports that Dan Stevens is set to reunite with Adam Wingard on the director’s upcoming action thriller, Onslaught. Stevens starred in The Guest and also appeared in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.

Adria Arjona is starring in Onslaught, which is being described as a “gonzo action horror thriller.” Plot details have been kept tightly under wraps, but previous reports have stated that Arjona will play “a mother who falls back on a particular set of skills in order to protect her loved ones after she runs afoul of a threat that has escaped a secret military base.” Stevens will have more of a supporting role in the film as a German scientist who is working on the experiments that escape.

It was announced last week that UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Alex “Poatan” Pereira would be playing a character known as The Butcher, who is said to be the villain of the movie.

Dan Stevens, who memorably starred in Adam Wingard’s thriller The Guest, is reuniting with the filmmaker for his newest action thriller, Onslaught.

Adria Arjona is starring in the feature which is being made by A24 as well as Lyrical Media and Ryder Picture Company. Shooting begins November in New Mexico.

The feature is already a reteaming of the Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire filmmaker with his frequent collaborator Simon Barrett. The two wrote the cult hits You’re Next and Guest. The latter was a key Hollywood step for Stevens, who at that point was known mainly for his work in the popular British series Downton Abbey.

Many details for Onslaught are being kept in an underground experimental facility, but sources describe it as a gonzo action horror thriller.

Arjona is starring as a mother who falls back on a particular set of skills in order to protect...

At one time, Watcher director Chloe Okuno was attached to direct the fourth entry in Netflix’s R.L. Stine-inspired Fear Street franchise – but while Fear Street: Prom Queen has made its way through production without her involvement (the movie ended up being directed by Matthew Palmer), Okuno has been busy getting another genre project set up. One that will reunite her with Watcher star Maika Monroe. This one is called Brides, and Deadline reports that it’s currently in pre-production, aiming to start filming in the Spring of 2025.

Scripted by Okuno, Brides draws inspiration from Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula. Set in 1960s Italy, it will show us what happens when Sally Bishop (Monroe) and her husband travel to a remote villa in the wake of Sally’s nervous breakdown. The villa’s owner, a mysterious count, takes a peculiar interest in Sally. But he gets far more than...

At 27 years old, John Woo's sci-fi-action movie Face/Off endures as one of Nicolas Cages most memorable films. Also starring John Travolta, the 1997 face-swapping movie will be available to stream on Peacock starting November 1, 2024.

Travolta and Cages characters are at odds for the entire film as FBI agent Sean Archer and terrorist Castor Troy, respectively. The two surgically swap faces and take on the other person's identity. Nearly 30 years after its release, Face/Off is still a cult classic, boasting a 93% Rotten Tomatoes critic score.

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Face/Off was a success at the box office in 1997, taking in $246 million worldwide against a budget of $80 million. The movie also starred Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon, Dominique Swain, Nick Cassavetes, Colm Feore, John Carroll Lynch, Margaret Cho, and Thomas Jane.

Spooky season is upon us. ‘Tis the time for things that go bump in the night, and we’ve got a curated selection of some of the best new horror movies streaming right now to get you in the mood. There were a number of solid horror films released over the past year, from a couple of nun-centric films to the vampiric “Abigail” to Russell Crowe as an exorcising priest.

There’s a lot to consider, is what we’re saying, but if you pick one of the scary movies on this list we guarantee you’ll be satisfied.

“Abigail” From left to right: Melissa Berrara and Alisha Weir in Universal Pictures’ “Abigail” (Universal)

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While this enjoyable spin on the vampire genre doesn’t quite match the perfection of their uproarious 2019 horror comedy, “Ready or Not,” co-directors Tyler Gillett, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin have once again assembled a crack...

The upcoming A24 thriller Onslaught has reportedly cast a UFC champion in a main role. Onslaught is an action thriller, developed by A24 and directed by Adam Wingard. Wingard is best known for his work in the Hollywood Monsterverse, for which he directed 2021's Godzilla vs. Kong and this year's Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. Prior to these projects, Wingard's filmography included Blair Witch in 2016, Death Note in 2017, and The Guest in 2014. In addition to Onslaught, Wingard is involved in several other major projects.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Wingard's Onslaught is reportedly eyeing UFC champion Alex Pereira. Pereira would be set to play the villain in the film, a character called The Butcher. The exact details of this character are yet to be revealed, but according to the source, Pereira would get to use some of his fighting skills through movies like roundhouse kicks and anaconda chokes. The report...

UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Alex “Poatan” Pereira is in talks to join Adam Wingard’s new action-thriller film “Onslaught” for A24, with Lyrical Media and Ryder Picture Company, according to an insider with knowledge of the project.

Adria Arjona was previously announced as in talks to star in the film. While plot details are under wraps, Pereira would play the villain opposite Arjona.

“Onslaught” reunites writers Wingard and Simon Barrett. Wingard will direct.

Aaron Ryder and Andrew Swett will produce under their Ryder Picture Company (Rpc) banner alongside A24, Alexander Black for Lyrical Media, Wingard and Jeremy Platt under their new shingle Breakaway Civilization, and Barrett. Lyrical’s Jon Rosenberg and Natalie Sellers will serve as executive producers.

Lyrical Media and A24 will co-finance. A24 will handle worldwide releasing.

Wingard is also developing a live-action/animation adaptation of beloved 1980s animated series “ThunderCats” and a “Face/Off” sequel that would re-team...

Fresh off the success of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire and with Face/Off 2 in development, director Adam Wingard and screenwriter Simon Barrett are working on another project that will take them back to their roots. It’s called Onslaught, and it’s said to be “in the vein of Wingard and Barrett’s cult classics like The Guest and You’re Next.“ It was previously announced that Adria Arjona (Hit Man) has the lead role in the film, and now The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Alex “Poatan” Pereira is in talks to make his acting debut as the villain of the piece, a character called The Butcher. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Pereira will be able to “bring his set of skills to the role — including anaconda chokes and roundhouse kicks.” They also note that “Pereira is a former kickboxer and Brazilian mixed martial...

Adam Wingard has found his bad guy.

UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Alex “Poatan” Pereira is in talks to make his acting debut opposite Adria Arjona in Onslaught, Wingard’s action thriller set up at A24, Lyrical Media and Ryder Picture Company.

The feature reteams the Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire filmmaker with his frequent collaborator Simon Barrett. The two made the cult hits You’re Next and The Guest and are writing this new feature together.

Many details for Onslaught are being kept in an underground experimental facility, but sources describe it as a gonzo action horror thriller. The scope is said to more in line with Wingard’s earlier movies, which were all original creations, before he went off and made the big-budget spectacle hits Godzilla vs. Kong and Godzilla x Kong.

According to sources, Arjona will play a mother who falls back on a particular set of skills...

The last five years have been transformative for cinema, between the impact of Covid, the streaming revolution, and the rise of AI technology. Which is exactly why Empire decided to poll an array of top filmmakers in Hollywood – and beyond – on what exactly is going on in the industry, and what it all means for the movies. The result is a major new article – available to read in full in our Mickey 17 issue (order here).

One of the hottest topics is the encroachment of AI, with the industry still figuring out how it could, should – or should not – be used in moviemaking. “It is not creative,” says Gina Prince-Bythewood, director of The Woman King. “It just takes from others’ creativity.” Sofia Coppola – director of Priscilla and Lost In Translation – questions its capabilities beyond creating mere imagery: “It can be helpful, but I think you need a heart and soul to make art.

The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam — known globally as IDFA — has revealed its 2024 opening night and competition films coming this November. The 37th edition kicks off with Piotr Winiewicz’s “About a Hero” featuring Vicky Krieps and the filmography of Werner Herzog.

Per the festival, “The film presents a bold exploration into largely uncharted territories of artificial intelligence — reflecting on questions of authenticity and our understanding of what is real. With Werner Herzog’s permission, Winiewicz sets out to challenge Herzog’s assertion that ‘a computer won’t be able to create a film as good as mine for at least another 4,500 years.’ In a tantalizing experiment, Winiewicz trained an AI system on Herzog’s oeuvre and asked it to generate a screenplay. The result is a disturbing search for the soul — of human beings and of creative work.”

That assertion came from Herzog’s 2016 documentary “Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World,...

The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam will open with the world premiere of Piotr Winiewicz’s “About a Hero,” the festival revealed Tuesday. IDFA also announced the main competition lineups for the 37th edition, which takes place in Amsterdam from Nov. 14 to 24.

Newly unveiled selections include the Envision and International Competitions, the entire IDFA DocLab program, and the Luminous and Frontlight sections, as well as the nominations for all cross-section awards.

The IDFA official selection of more than 250 titles is now complete.

IDFA’s artistic director, Orwa Nyrabia, said: “The IDFA 2024 program is exceptional in quality and in range. Regrettably with fewer African films than we hoped for, but overall with a wide representation of our planet and the many different humans on it. The diversity of artistic tendencies is staggering. The program introduces some of the most beautiful works of recent years, including a few instant classics. Filmmakers of various artistic sensibilities,...

The world premiere of Polish artist and filmmaker Piotr Winiewicz’s AI-driven hybrid film About A Hero will open International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) on November 14 and will screen in the main competition.

Winiewicz made the film in response to a remark by German director Werner Herzog that “a computer will not create a film as good as mine in 4,500 years”. Rising to the challenge, Winiewicz and his team created a computer programme called ‘Kaspar’ based on the mind of Herzog to write a film script.

The film’s fictional narrative features Vicky Krieps and is combined with interviews with artists,...