Author: Jacob Dressler

Lionsgate has unleashed the new trailer for their upcoming horror film Antebellum. The film comes from the producers behind Get Out as well as the movie Us, which should promise at the very least a unique horror experience. You can view the trailer and posters for Antebellum down below. The footage seems to indicate that the film will take advantage of a variety of different time periods, which should prove for an interesting lore. After all, the tagline “If it chooses you, nothing can save you.” seems to imply that a rather sinister force will be involved, and that certainly…

It hasn’t been too long since director Neill Blomkamp left the RoboCop Returns project that was being produced by MGM and Orion, and now it looks like another director has taken his place. Abe Forsythe, the man who directed Little Monsters which became a hit over on Hulu, is now bringing RoboCop back to theaters with RoboCop Returns. While we still don’t know much about how RoboCop Returns will turn out, the movie is based on an original script from writers Ed Neumeier and Michael Miner that ended up being canceled in 1988. It was rewritten by Justin Rhodes and…

One of the more interesting horror films coming out early next year is The Grudge, another addition to the long-running franchise with different entries from both Japan and the United States. This particular reboot will revitalized the United States’ portion of The Grudge and will introduce a new storyline that takes place simultaneously with the first American film. While audiences are still eager for the new film’s release date to come around, there’s been a great promotional campaign to make the wait a little easier. We not only have the film’s official trailer, which promises a rather frightful-looking interpretation of…

There’s a lot to look forward to when it comes to The CW’s upcoming Arrowverse event titled Crisis on Infinite Earths. A new slew of images have been released which you can see below, and they contain one especially exciting reveal – our first look at actor Kevin Conroy portraying Batman for the first time in live action. Kevin Conroy has voiced the character of Batman and his alter ego Bruce Wayne for 25 years now in a variety of animated media, so finally getting to see him play the character in live action is a true treat. As you…

One of the horror films to have screened earlier this year at Fantasia was The Wretched, which is described as an occult horror film. Now it looks like the new movie’s North American rights have been acquired by IFC Midnight, who plans on releasing the film later next year. Now you can view the trailer down below. Excitingly, the movie has had quite a bit of praise since its premiere at Fantasia. It’s been described as a unique perspective of the witchcraft horror subgenre with plenty of solid elements to look forward to. According to descriptions, it’s “a dead serious…

One of the biggest box office successes of the year has been Warner Bros. new film Joker. The movie has become the first R-rated film to make $1 billion worldwide, and with numbers like those fans are sure to expect a sequel. And although it was previously revealed that Todd Phillips was in talks to not just direct a new Joker movie sequel but also a new DC standalone film – it turns out that announcement was presumptuous. It has now been revealed by Deadline that the previous reports were “flat false”, and that there is no Joker sequel greenlit…

Update: A new report from Deadline has come out and said that the Joker sequel isn’t actually in the works at Warner Bros. – yet. It also states that Todd Phillips hasn’t even considered overseeing other DC characters. The article below is how it was written before the Deadline report came out.  The new Joker movie has been a massive success for DC and Warner Bros. since the film was first released. It’s been breaking a variety of records at the box office, including most recently when it became the first R-rated movie to gross $1 billion worldwide. Obviously these…

One of the most interesting elements about director Nicolas Pesce’s upcoming horror film reboot The Grudge is its history. The movie has roots in both Japan where the franchise originally started and the United States where it was revitalized. And although most horror fans are already familiar with The Grudge and its fascinating supernatural lore, a newly released featurette goes over some of the details including a new entity. For starters, producer Sam Raimi begins by explaining: “When someone dies in the grip of a terrible rage, they leave behind this grudge, this unanswered desire for vengeance and violence.” This…

It appears that after a New York politician named Ben Kallos began using photos of himself dressed like Chris Evans’ Captain America to help support his political campaign – he was told to stop by Marvel themselves. As part of his campaign, politician Ben Kallos would share images of himself dressed like Captain America. He would send them out as a “Superhero Alert” after which he’d explain that much like the iconic superhero, he “can do this all day” while fighting for New York citizens. https://twitter.com/graphicpolicy/status/1195416261284417536?s=21 It was here that Marvel responded by sending Ben Kallos a cease-and-desist letter. The…

We’re living in a time where both Marvel and DC have become titans at the box office, with either company smashing box office records just about every year now. While the two companies do have a lot in common, it’s mostly only produced plenty of rivalry as a result. If it isn’t about fans arguing which side is better, then it sometimes comes in the form of one company attempting to follow the other’s successes. But according to director James Gunn, the two companies could one day rival in another way – with a literal film crossover. While the idea…