Author: Jacob Dressler

It’s an exciting time to be a Star Wars fan, because we’re finally getting the epic conclusion to the Skywalker Saga that started the entirety of the Star Wars franchise when the original film was released way back in 1977. While the franchise has come a long way since that first movie, with a variety of prequels, spin-offs, cartoons, and other mediums – it’s Disney’s new sequel trilogy that has been continuing and finishing the storylines of all the original characters while introducing new ones. Now The Rise of Skywalker is set to conclude this final part of the main…

It looks as though it’s safe to say we’re in a new era for Stephen King adaptations. After the success of films like Warner Bros.’ IT and IT: Chapter 2, studios are starting to follow them up with their own adaptations like Pet Sematary, The Dark Tower, and Warner Bros.’ own Doctor Sleep. Of course, all of these films have had their own varying levels of success, along with television shows like Castle Rock further taking advantage of Stephen King’s incredible bibliography. Now we have a new update for an adaptation that was announced several years ago for Blumhouse -…

It’s been revealed that the FBI has recently taken down two massive illegal streaming sites. The two sites, titled iStreamItAll and Jetflicks, were particularly huge websites – with iStreamItAll possessing more than 118,000 TV episodes and 11,000 movies. Obviously these numbers are insane – and luckily for the FBI, prosecutors were able to secure guilty pleas from the programmers – named Darryl Polo and Luis Villarino – involved with both sites. The news was broken by the Department of Justice, who have broken down the statements made by the computer programmers who created the website. According to them, they emphasized…

Disney Plus has already quickly won over a large audience since the streaming platform first launched, many of which are eager to see the upcoming live action Marvel shows after the success of Disney’s series The Mandalorian. While we still have to wait awhile before their live action Marvel shows finally hit the streaming platform, it’s worth mentioning that there will soon be a multitude available to watch over the years – as Disney is currently in production on a variety of different shows. This includes WandaVision, which is currently shooting in Atlanta, Georgia, and you can see some new…

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been an excellent example of balancing isolated films while also creating massive crossovers and event films utilizing their vast catalogue of characters and interconnected storylines. While we’re now in the latest phase of Marvel storytelling, following the release of Avengers: Endgame which wrapped up the Infinity Saga, it looks like there’s still plenty of other epic team ups on the way. Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige himself has said production on such an epic Avengers team up is “well underway.” Kevin Feige recently appeared at the Comic Con in Brazil, and while there he spoke…

It may not be the traditional autumn atmosphere of October, but December is just as good of a time as any for horror fans to celebrate their love of the genre. While some people may be settling down with hot cocoa and their favorite Christmas themed movies, horror fans are still enjoying their favorites like Gremlins or Silent Night, Deadly Night. And it looks like one horror fan in particular, Ukrainian artist Nikita Veprikov, had their own way of celebrating their love of horror during the Christmas season. They digitally created three snowmen designed to resemble a specific group of…

One of the many traditions that people tend to follow through on this time of year, especially as we get closer to Christmas Day, is the repeated listening to classic holiday songs that help with the Christmas time atmosphere. While many celebrities have helped indulge these traditions by providing their own recordings of iconic Christmas songs, one person in particular – Bill McClintock – decided it would be better to merge two unlikely celebrities in an attempt to fork his own merry mashup. Specifically, he combined tracks by both Marilyn Manson and Mariah Carey. The two tracks that he managed…

Although Venom has been having a bit of a resurgence as of late, especially with Sony’s all new Venom film adaptations, Marvel is apparently wrapping things up for the character in an all new comic book series titled Venom: The End. The series is supposedly the “final” story for the iconic symbiote, and one which Marvel has finally unveiled the first look for. Here’s what Donny Cates had to say about working on the comic following the character’s run in Absolute Carnage: “It’s real weird, I never imagined in a million years that people would be this excited about Venom,”…

It looks like streaming platform Netflix has found itself a bit of a niche with the horror community. Because after producing content like The Haunting of Hill House and the upcoming The Haunting of Bly Manor, it’s been announced that they’ll now be producing a new docuseries around real life haunted places. The currently unnamed project was first reported by Variety, which stated the series will end up being a “gritty and meticulous study” of famous haunted locations from across the United States. Obviously there’s a lot of room for potential here, as the US is home to an endless…

It seems like we’re getting an all female counterpart to Fight Club, this one titled Chick Fight with actress Bella Thorne in one of the roles. The new film is set to be an action comedy with producer Malin Ackerman also doubling as an actress in the movie, where she’ll be playing a character named Anna. As described by Deadline, it looks like Anna isn’t exactly having the best of luck which is what ultimately forces her to the underground fight club consisting of all women: “Anna, who still hasn’t reconciled with the recent death of her adored mother. She’s…