Author: Jacob Dressler

Micro-budget filmmaker and lover of all things horror.

One of the more peculiar details about Jason Reitman’s upcoming Ghostbusters sequel is what exactly the film’s title will end up being. While some fans continue to refer to it as Ghostbusters 3, others have found it easier to sum it up as Ghostbusters 2020. But now it looks like the official title for the new Ghostbusters continuation has finally leaked. According to an Italian film news site, the new title for the upcoming Ghostbusters film actually sound like a very interesting one. The title is Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Of course, there aren’t any official sources through the site so for…

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One of the more exciting announcements in recent years has been next year’s new Ghostbusters movie currently going by the title of Ghostbusters 2020. The new film was revealed to be a sequel to the original two films and that it would ignore the failed remake from 2016. Obviously many fans were anxious to hear more about the concept and whether or not all of the surviving Ghostbusters cast members would be returning. Now we have our answer. Dan Aykroyd has confirmed that the original Ghostbusters cast will all be returning for the new 2020 Ghostbusters sequel. This includes star…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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