After a rather scare-free summer (apart from those truly horrifying box office lows, of course), this fall is finally giving horror aficionados a reason to head to the multiplex. We've got Kevin Smith's freaky Tusk opening this week, but the real frightfest isn't getting under way until October, when The Conjuring prequel Annabelle will do its best to scare us right out of our seats. And judging by the two new TV spots for the flick, it might succeed in doing just that.
Since picking up an Outstanding Miniseries Emmy for his bold reimagining of the Coen Brothers' classic crime caper Fargo, Noah Hawley has shown no sign that he'll slow down any time soon. He's currently setting up the second series of Fargo for FX, and Sony has set Hawley to script and produce an adaptation of his book Before the Fall. Now, we're hearing that Hawley has become attached to another intriguing project - a big-screen revival for one of Universal's classic movie monsters.
Despite its photogenic cast and the fact that it's adapted from a bestselling YA novel, The Maze Runner couldn't be more different than recent teen-targeted fare - and that's exactly why it works so well.
Even as technology brings us together, it threatens to drive us apart in new, unpredictable and frightening ways. Though we're now more connected than ever, the superficiality of those intangible relations threaten to overwhelm us at every turn. And whenever we think we understand our relationship with technology, something comes along to upset that balance and remind us of our own inexperience. At least, these appear to be the messages Up in the Air director Jason Reitman wishes to express with his upcoming film Men, Women & Children.
After turning heads with her Emmy-nominated work as Zoe Barnes on the Netflix series House of Cards, Kate Mara has experienced a rather meteoric rise to fame, landing the coveted part of Sue Storm in Fox's new Fantastic Four pic and snagging the lead in buzzy true-life thriller Captive. Now, she's wanted for another high-profile project - Ridley Scott's space thriller The Martian.
I'm convinced that there's somebody out there with the ability to deliver an entertaining, intelligent and awe-inspiring take on the King of Monsters. Unfortunately, Monsters helmer Gareth Edwards, seemingly a smart choice for such an undertaking, hasn't managed to do that in this summer's Godzilla. Not at all. Instead of succeeding as a jaw-dropping, crowd-pleasing spectacle, this blockbuster is almost shockingly bad.
After commanding the small screen with his thrilling portrayal of sadistic hitman Lorne Malvo on FX's Fargo, for which he's racked up accolades including an Emmy nod, Billy Bob Thornton is taking back the big screen. He'll appear opposite Robert Downey Jr. in this fall's The Judge then star in thriller Cut Bank. Most promisingly, though, the actor has just signed on to star with Sandra Bullock in Our Brand is Crisis.
Though the next Marvel movie is Avengers: Age of Ultron (out in May of next year), the superhero pic that everybody seems to be focused on at the moment is Doctor Strange, which will work to introduce audiences to the more supernatural side of the Marvel comic-book universe. Joaquin Phoenix is reportedly in final talks for the lead role, and Sinister director Scott Derrickson is set to helm, working from a script most recently written by Jon Spaihts (Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer did past drafts). And now, we've learned exactly when we can expect Doctor Strange - according to Screen Daily, the blockbuster is set to arrive on July 8th, 2016.
After breaking out in Joe Wright's extravagant Anna Karenina and booking a bevy of supporting roles in promising projects like Pan and Tulip Fever, model-turned-actress Cara Delevingne has locked down her first lead role, in John Green adaptation Paper Towns.
Last December, we heard that producers Adi Shankar and Spencer Silna had picked up English-language rights to Kim Ji-woon's cult thriller I Saw The Devil, with intentions to mount an American redo, and now that project is coming together with director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett, the wildly talented duo behind You're Next and The Guest.
