Although the Friday the 13th film franchise is currently in an unfortunate state of uncertainty, it’s good to know that diehard fans of Jason Voorhees have at least some form of new content to look forward to in the near future. Sure, many of you probably dug all the interesting bits of trivia served up by the likes of His Name Was Jason and Crystal Lake Memories, but you have to admit that Friday the 13th Part 3: The Memoriam Documentary has an undeniable appeal in its own right.
Even with an extended hiatus looming, it sure does look like Supergirl will squeeze in a fair amount of memorable moments within the four episodes set to air over the next few weeks. For starters, the Legion of Super-Heroes will be making their presence known in the midseason premiere itself.
In recent years, Blumhouse has proven to be a powerhouse in the horror genre, having introduced us to new franchises such as Insidious, Ouija, Paranormal Activity and The Purge. Personally, my favorite of the bunch - and my favorite horror movie of this decade - is that of Sinister, and I've been anxiously awaiting some sort of news regarding a threequel.
Normally, we're used to seeing DC TV shows airing over on The CW, but the brand has also spilled over to other networks such as Fox, NBC and AMC and now, the branching out is set to continue with Krypton, which has found quite the appropriate home over at SyFy. And while we, like some of you, wondered if the Superman mythos required yet another prequel series, it was pretty hard not to get sucked in by the most recent trailer that dropped.
When Krypton was first formally announced all the way back in 2014, even the most devoted among us Superman fans questioned if such a series was entirely necessary. After all, the ten-year journey to becoming the Man of Steel that was Smallville (and the epilogue comics that followed) are still fresh in our memories, so why continue milking the prequel cow for all it’s worth when there are many other fine DC properties that are ripe for adaptation?
Now that we know director Matt Reeves is knee-deep in formulating the story for The Batman, moviegoers and pundits alike can't help but speculate which villains he'll utilize. Will he retain Joe Manganiello's Deathstroke, whom we know to be a product of Ben Affleck and Geoff Johns' canned screenplay? Or will he play it safe by incorporating fan favorite baddies like the Joker and Harley Quinn?
Not long ago, we learned that Warner Bros. intend on bringing Teen Titans Go! to the big screen later this year, thus making us wonder why they didn’t opt to adapt another of their currently running series that’d have broader appeal like, say, Justice League Action, but it’s not our move to make. On the other hand, they could be launching it in tandem with the upcoming live action Titans series, so this could make sense in the end.
Even if some of their films haven’t been your cup of tea, none of us can deny the force in the industry that Blumhouse Productions has become. In the past decade or so, they’ve enthralled audiences with new franchises such as Paranormal Activity, Insidious, Ouija, The Purge and, my personal favorite, Sinister, to name but a few.
While most moviegoers were focusing on the Justice League itself when DC's premier superhero team consisting of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg finally united for the first time on the big screen, it's important we not forget the various supporting characters that helped tie the movie together.
As is the case with any genre or subgenre, the key to allowing it to live on is to examine it from different perspectives and hopefully break some new ground. For the past fifteen years or so, zombies – and, to a lesser extent, vampires that sparkle – have been all the rage. But after digesting them in countless movies, video games and TV shows, even this longtime Resident Evil fan has admittedly experienced fatigue.
