Author: Jacob Dressler

In what would have once been considered a risky movie for Warner Bros. to release an R-rated comic book movie, it looks like that’s no longer the case. Todd Phillips’ new Joker movie starring Joaquin Phoenix in the title role has now become the most profitable comic book movie of all time. As of this writing the movie has made around $950 million worldwide, and with only a $62.5 million budget. The numbers mean that Joker has already made around 15.3 times its budget. Aside from the R-rating already potentially limiting the film’s audiences, the movie was also subject to…

Showtime has been making major progress on their upcoming Halo television adaptation, which is currently set to premiere as a nine episode series. As production continues, they’ve now announced three new series regulars to the Halo cast. The three new regulars are Danny Sapani, Olive Gray, and Charlie Murphy. “Sapani will play Captain Jacob Keyes, described a dedicated military man, a war hero and a caring father. He finds that working alongside his daughter and his ex-wife is usually the cause of conflict rather than comfort.” “Gray will play Dr. Miranda Keyes, a brilliant UNSC Commander who is dedicated to…

Director Mike Flanagan has been hard at work with The Haunting of Bly Manor, the successor to his Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House. And, while speaking about the new season, Mike Flanagan revealed that it’s in fact scarier than Hill House was. “It’s scarier,” says Flanagan. “It’s a lot more frightening, just on a visceral level.” He goes on to explain that the series will take advantage of many different ghost stories rather than simply create a direct adaptation of The Turn of the Screw. “It’s going great,” says Flanagan. “We’re about a third of the way through.…

While the Scooby-Doo franchise has still remained active over the years with new TV shows, direct-to-video films, and other media – it’s been quite some time since the last theatrical Scooby-Doo film was released. Warner Bros. has been hard at work with a new animated movie set for theaters, however, titled Scoob! And now we finally have our first look at the upcoming film. As you can see in the new images below, the movie has a new art style we’re not used to seeing within the Scooby-Doo franchise. The characters and world have all been recreated with 3D animation,…

While production company Blumhouse has continued to grow over the years, one of its flagship franchises – Paranormal Activity – has been inactive ever since Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension was released in 2015. It’s since been announced that Paramount and Blumhouse are working on a new installment in the popular horror franchise. And now in a new announcement, it’s been revealed we can begin to expect a March 19, 2021 release date. At this time there hasn’t been much information released about the new movie and what the plot will be or how it could connect to the original…

The lawsuits between actor Johnny Depp and his ex-wife actress Amber Heard are no surprise for internet readers. As such, a petition has now been written up against Amber Heard and suggests that she should be removed from the cast of Aquaman 2 due to how she allegedly abused Johnny Depp. As the petition opens, “Amber Heard has been exposed as a domestic abuser by Johnny Depp. In his $50 million lawsuit, Johnny Depp describes many incidents of domestic abuse that he suffered at the hands of his (then) wife Amber Heard, including one incident where she punched him twice…

It looks like actress Emma Watson, best known for her role in the popular Harry Potter film franchise, no longer considers herself single. In fact, she’s going by a new term now, which she calls “self-partnered.” According to what she told British Vogue magazine, she began using the term after facing anxiety when she approached age 30 and still didn’t have a partner, child, or stable career. As she explained to the magazine, she revealed how she gradually changed her views after not believing people would be happy single. “I never believed the whole ‘I’m happy single’ spiel,” she told…

One of Netflix’s more anticipated upcoming projects is The Haunting of Bly Manor, the successor to The Haunting of Hill House. Bly Manor is set to be the second season of what director Mike Flanagan considers his haunted house seasonal anthology series. It’s set to adapt the James Henry story The Turn of the Screw, but according to Flanagan, it will also take inspiration from other haunted house stories. In fact, he stated that The Turn of the Screw is only “one of a dozen stories” involved with The Haunting of Bly Manor. As he revealed in a new interview,…

Many fast food lovers were excited when fast food chain Popeyes finally added their chicken sandwich to a permanent spot on their menu. The decision occurred on a Sunday, however, which is the day their competitor Chick-fil-A happens to be closer. This led to an unusually packed number of Popeyes stores nationwide, and for one specific store, the tension actually led to a case of homicide. It appears that Kevin Tyrell Davis, 28, was the victim of a fatal stabbing on Monday night. It appears that Popeyes had a line specifically for people who wanted to order their new chicken…

We’re currently surrounded by new and upcoming superhero television shows all the time now. As such, it’s fitting that we finally got a series adaptation of The Boys – a satire on the superhero genre which fits perfectly in the way the genre is being handled today. And, because of the successful run that the series had on Amazon – fans were excited to figure out when more of the show would be released. Now, according to star Karl Urban, not only has filming finished on the next season – but The Boys season 2 should be released sometime “mid…