LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER STRUGGLES TO SET SAIL08/13/23 @ 12:40 pm EST
Source: Deadline | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a CommentIt’s a tough time for new movies to get traction with two juggernauts sitting in the top spots at the box office.
Barbie continued to rule the roost with another $33.7 million taking its domestic total to $525.3 million over four weeks while
Oppenheimer sits at number two with $18.8 million for the weekend and a domestic total of $264.2 million for the same amount of time. This is followed by two films in their second weekend,
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem scooped up $15.7 million and
The Meg 2 grabbed $12.7 million.
Last Voyage of the Demeter, the only new film to crack the top five, took in $6.5 million for its debut, almost $2.5 million above the other new film this weekend
, Jailer, which took the tenth spot in its first weekend.
DAISY RIDLEY TO LEAD ACTION-THRILLER ‘DEDICATION’ FOR ‘CASINO ROYALE’ DIRECTOR11/05/24 @ 2:37 pm EST
Source: Variety | Categories: MIsc | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a CommentDaisy Ridley has landed another lead role, this time in action thriller “Dedication” from Martin Campbell (“Casino Royale,” “GoldenEye”), reuniting with the director following their recent feature “Cleaner.”
The film, written by Dan Gordon (“Wyatt Earp,” “The Hurricane”), is launching at the American Film Market, with Highland repping international sales and CAA Media Finance overseeing domestic rights.
“Dedication” follows Major Billie Jean Parker (Ridley), a decorated Marine Corps commander who is relieved of duty after a high-stakes mission in the Philippines results in civilian casualties, despite capturing anarchist leader Omar Romatas. Facing the loss of her career, she visits her dying father, Clyde, a former Marine, who asks her to attend a dedication ceremony for a school building named in his honor. The event takes a deadly turn when Omar Romatas’s vengeful son, Bento, launches an assault, taking hostages. Forced back into combat, Billie Jean sets traps and executes precise strikes to outwit the attackers. Her tactical instincts and ruthless efficiency shift the fight, as she confronts her past and proves her worth in a relentless battle that will define her legacy. (via Variety)
FILM FACTORY SECURES GLOBAL RIGHTS TO SUSPENSE THRILLER ‘THE CAVERN CRIMES’11/05/24 @ 2:31 pm EST
Source: Variety | Categories: MIsc | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a CommentSpanish sales company Film Factory Entertainment has picked up the rights to director Manuel Rios San Martín’s “The Cavern Crimes” and is pitching the feature to potential buyers at this year’s AFM.
Alfa Pictures will lead a Spanish domestic theatrical release for spring 2025.
The investigative thriller is set in Burgos near the Atapuerca archaeological site, home to the Gran Dolina cavern, where the oldest evidence of human occupation in Western Europe was discovered. Its narrative turns on an investigation into the ritual murder of a young girl that causes a mass psychosis in a nearby small town that experienced a similar trauma six years earlier.
“The Cavern Crimes” is currently in post-production after shooting between August and October of this year. (via Variety)
FIRST LOOK AT THE HO-HO-HORRIFYING 'CREEPSHOW 2024 HOLIDAY SPECIAL'11/05/24 @ 2:22 pm EST
Source: Skybound | Categories: Creepshow | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a CommentCreepshow is here to put the fear in your cheer this holiday season! Today Skybound and Image Comics unveiled covers and interior pages from the Creepshow 2024 Holiday Special. The all-new one-shot of the Eisner Award nominated comic book anthology based on Greg Nicotero’s hit Shudder TV series produced and licensed by Cartel Entertainment will hit comic book shops on December 18, 2024. Brian Witten is overseeing on behalf of Nicotero’s Monster Agency Productions.
We proudly present a holiday special of petrifying proportions with two terrifying tales! First, A New Year’s Eve party gets fiendish as Tini Howard (Catwoman), Blake Howard (Punchline), and Stevan Subic (The Riddler: Year One) will have you crying for your mummy in the new year! Then, beloved comedian Terry Reno revisits a holiday classic, from the Petrol Head team of Rob Williams and Pye Parr, that quickly takes a shocking turn before a live studio audience!
In addition to the main cover by Martín Morazzo & Chris O’Halloran (Ice Cream Man), the Creepshow 2024 Holiday Special comes with variant covers including an open to order cover by Pye Parr and the continuation of the 1:10 incentive connecting cover series by Steve Beach (Action Comics).
Also currently releasing monthly, Creepshow Volume 3 boasts an all-star creative roster that includes Chip Zdarsky (Batman), Kagan McLeod (Kaptara), James Stokoe (Godzilla), Eugenio Mira (Grand Piano), John Ridley (12 Years a Slave), Jorge Fornés (Rorschach), Stefano Raffaele (Detective Comics), John Arcudi (B.P.R.D.), Chris Condon (That Texas Blood), Shawn McManus (Fables), Martín Morazzo (Ice Cream Man), Mike Carey (Lucifer), Mark Torres (Cold Spots), Acky Bright (DC vs Vampires), Ed Brisson (Batman), cover artist Kael Ngu (making his interior work debut), Kami Garcia (Teen Titans: Raven), and Isaac Goodhart (Catwoman).
The 2023 Eisner Award-nominated Creepshow Vol. 1, which collects the first five issues of the anthology, is now available everywhere books are sold (Lunar Code: 0623IM919, ISBN: 978-1-5343-2480-0 SRP: $14.99). Its first-class creative roster includes Chris Burnham (Die! Die! Die!), Paul Dini (Batman: The Animated Series), John McCrea (Hitman), and more! Creepshow Vol. 2 (Lunar Code: 0124IM218, ISBN: 978-1-5343-9768-2, SRP $14.99) featuring the creative talents of Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Boys), Becky Cloonan (Wonder Woman), Phil Hester (Gotham City: Year One), Michael Walsh (The Silver Coin), Dan Watters (Homesick Pilots, Arkham City), Zoe Thorogood (It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth), and more, is also now available everywhere. Creepshow Deluxe Book One ((Lunar Code: 0824IM333, ISBN: 978-1-5343-5616-0), which collects Vol. 1 and 2 of the anthology series in a hardcover binding, will be available in comic books shops on November 13, 2024, and everywhere books are sold on November 26, 2024.
Elsewhere in the Creepshow franchise, Creepshow: The Suspense-Building Game recently became available on the
Skybound e-commerce store. The wicked story-building tabletop game makes players become Creeps and weave twisted tales where dastardly deviants meet well-earned demises. You’ll need strategy and cunning for this game, and to know when to push your luck because deception could be waiting at every turn. Creeps create chains of story cards and secretly fill them with Suspense. At key moments in the story, when tension is highest, Creeps can bet on the amount of Suspense to score big. But beware of other Creeps sabotaging the story, you just may lose your head!
The Creepshow comic miniseries deal was brokered by Striker Entertainment.
Creepshow 2024 Holiday Special (SRP $3.99) will be available at
comic book shops and digital platforms including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play on Wednesday, December 18, 2024.
The full list of covers is below:
Creepshow 2024 Holiday Special Cover A by Martín Morazzo (Lunar Code: 1024IM297)
Creepshow 2024 Holiday Special Cover B by Pye Parr (Lunar Code: 1024IM298)
Creepshow 2024 Holiday Special Cover C (1:10 Incentive Variant) by Steve Beach (Lunar Code: 1024IM299)
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RYAN REYNOLDS WRITING NON-MARVEL PROJECT TO REUNITE WITH HUGH JACKMAN AND DIRECTOR SHAWN LEVY11/04/24 @ 9:35 pm EST
Source: Deadline | Categories: MIsc | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a CommentAfter the record-breaking success of “Deadpool & Wolverine,” Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman fans have something new to look forward to. Reynolds is working on a film — unrelated to Marvel — which will have him teaming up again with co-star Jackman and director Shawn Levy. Reynolds shared his plans during a recent interview for a
Variety Awards Circuit Podcast episode, which is set to be released later this week.
“I’m spending the year writing,” Reynolds said during the podcast. “I’m writing a movie for myself, Hugh [Jackman] and Shawn [Levy] to do that is not Marvel.”
Although the actor kept plot details under wraps, his enthusiasm hinted at something fresh and unexpected, which he will work on over the next 12 months. It’s unknown whether it’s a project that a studio has given the green light. Still, given the explosive popularity of “Deadpool & Wolverine,” this upcoming film will surely become one of Hollywood’s most highly anticipated films.
This project will mark Reynolds’ third collaboration with Levy. Following the action-packed “Deadpool 3,” the duo previously joined forces on 2021’s crowd-pleasing action comedy “Free Guy” and the time-bending sci-fi adventure “The Adam Project.” (via Variety)
FIRST LOOK AT A BRAND NEW 'FLAVOR GIRLS' ADVENTURE11/04/24 @ 9:27 pm EST
Source: BOOM! Studios | Categories: MIsc | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a CommentBOOM! Studios today revealed a first look at FLAVOR GIRLS: RETURN TO THE MOTHERSHIP #1. The acclaimed and beloved magical girls adventure from cartoonist Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky and colorist Angel De Santiago continues this winter, with a brand new story and brand new adventure, perfect for brand new readers in FLAVOR GIRLS: RETURN TO THE MOTHERSHIP.
Naoko, Camille, and V are the Flavor Girls–a team of magical girls who are the Sacred Fruit Guardians of Earth!
=Sara, the newest member of the team, tries her best to keep up with the veteran heroes as the Flavor Girls embark on a journey to Okinawa to uncover the mysteries of an ancient civilization…
What they find there could change everything they know about the Agarthian invasion!
FLAVOR GIRLS: RETURN TO THE MOTHERSHIP #1 features main cover art by series creator Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky, and a variant cover by acclaimed illustrator Toni Infante (
Champions).
FLAVOR GIRLS: RETURN TO THE MOTHERSHIP is the newest release from BOOM! Studios’ award-winning Archaia imprint, home to inspiring graphic novels such as
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Ryan North, and Albert Monteys;
The Sacrifice of Darkness by Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne-Oliver, and Rebecca Kirby;
Big Black: Stand at Attica by Frank “Big Black” Smith, Jared Reinmuth, and Améziane;
The Killer by Matz and Luc Jacamon;
We Served the People by Emei Burell; New World by David Jesus Vignolli;
Eighty Days by A.C. Esguerra;
Better Angels: A Kate Warne Adventure by Jeff Jensen and George Schall;
The Short While by Jeremy Sorese;
About Betty’s Boob by Vero Cazot and Julie Rocheleau;
Flavor Girls by Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky;
I’m Still Alive by Roberto Saviano and Asaf Hanuka; and licensed series including Sabaa Tahir’s
An Ember in the Ashes; Lev Grossman’s
The Magicians; and
Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Storyteller, and
Labyrinth.FLAVOR GIRLS: RETURN TO THE MOTHERSHIP #1 will be available in comic shops December 4, 2024. It is available for pre-order at your local
comic shop. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including Kindle, iBooks, and Google Play.
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Flavor Girls: Return to the Mothership #1 B Variant: OCT240038
THUNDERCATS CLASSIC COMICS COMING TO BACKERKIT11/04/24 @ 1:08 pm EST
Source: Dynamite | Categories: Thundercats | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a CommentDynamite Entertainment and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products are excited to announce and tease a historic first BackerKit campaign in their partnership. This expansive project will be timed to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the franchise in 2025, and the perfect way to connect and engage directly with the most diehard fans as well as the legion of newcomers spawned from the new juggernaut comic series in stores each month.
The core offering of this BackeerKit will be deluxe, curated collections of the complete earliest ThunderCats comic book series. Originally published alongside the original television show from 1985 to 1988, the comic book series ran for 24 issues. Contributing creators included David Michelinie, Gerry Conway, Jim Mooney, Steve Perry, Tom DeFalco, Dwight Jon Zimmerman, Jose Delbo, Ernie Colon, Dwayne Turner, Al Williamson, Brett Breeding, Al Gordon, Vince Colletta, and others. Fans will have their choice of formats, with premium and collectible options offered as well.
Everyone interested can follow the link below to sign up for the campaign in advance. This does not commit a purchase but subscribes one for updates and early news to be there when it officially launches.
Further details on the books, BackerKit campaign, and additional offerings will be revealed soon!
CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW FOR UPDATES! ‘DO NOT OPEN’ TRAILER: TECHNOLOGY WE TRUST BECOMES OUR WORST ENEMY11/04/24 @ 1:02 pm EST
Source: Hollywood Reporter | Categories: MIsc | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a Comment Entertainment Squad’s genre label The Horror Collective has released a trailer for
Do Not Open, a psychological thriller threatening to expose “the terrifying consequences of our modern obsession with technology” and offer “a stark reminder that the dangers we fear most might already be in our hands —on our phones, tablets, and computers.”
Written and directed by Brian Babarik, the movie’s cast includes Kian Lawson-Khalili, Swedish actress Johanna Smitz, and newcomer Noëlle Gutierrez. Asking the question of what would happen if the technology you trust became your worst enemy, it will hit digital platforms on Nov. 12. (via The Hollywood Reporter)
Trailer: https://youtu.be/947I6zKNVfI
NEIL MARSHALL THRILLER ‘COMPULSION’ GETS DOMESTIC DEAL11/04/24 @ 12:51 pm EST
Source: Deadline | Categories: MIsc | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a CommentSaban Films has boarded domestic rights to Neil Marshall’s (
The Descent) upcoming thriller
Compulsion, starring Charlotte Kirk (
Duchess), Anna-Maria Sieklucka (
365 Days), Zach McGowan (
Black Sails) and Matthew Camilleri (
Jurassic World: Dominion).
The film tells the story of two women on the island of Malta who become caught up in a string of horrifying murders.
Marshall wrote and directed the film and the producer is Kristyna Sellnerova (
Duchess). AMP handles international sales. (via Deadline)
IS MARVEL SETTING UP THE RETURN OF THE SCARLET WITCH?11/03/24 @ 11:00 am EST
Source: Deadline | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a CommentOne of the major questions that have been floating around the MCU since
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has to do with the final fate of Wanda Maximoff aka the Scarlet Witch. We don’t actually see the character die; we just know her body was possibly crushed when the mountain collapsed. We also learned that she destroyed the Darkhold in every universe meaning she had access to the multiverse at the end. When the character is brought up in Agatha All Along, her fate is also not clear. When Billy (
Joe Locke) asked if Wanda was dead, Agatha (
Kathryn Hahn) said ‘Yes’, then ‘No’, then “Maybe’. Later
Elizabeth Olsen’s character was referred to as ‘Gone’, a word that Marvel Studios told show writer
Jac Schaeffer to use when referring to Wanda’s fate. Olsen has also said she would return to the MCU if the story was right. With the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, it is likely that the Scarlet Witch will be back, possibly being used by Doctor Doom to warp reality into one where he is in power.
THE TWIST CUT FROM STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE11/03/24 @ 10:17 am EST
Source: Deadline | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a CommentWith
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace coming up to its 25th anniversary, we’re learning something interesting that almost happened in the film that would’ve shaken things up quite a bit. Obi-Wan was originally going to die during the battle with Darth Maul… I know that makes no sense since Obi-Wan appears in episode four, but that would be the controversial part. According to concept and storyboard artist
Iain McCaig that things were originally very different, “It’s interesting how things evolve. For a time, the older Jedi was named Obi-Wan and the younger Jedi was named Qui-Gon. It was very poignant that at the end, as Obi-Wan dies and Qui-Gon defeats Darth Maul and stays with his Master as he passes away, he not only takes on his Master’s quest, but he takes on his name. Qui-Gon becomes Obi-Wan.” He continued, “That’s why when you see
Alec Guinness in
A New Hope, he puts his hood down and goes, ‘Obi-Wan? Now that’s a name I’ve not heard….’ Because he’s not Obi-Wan, he’s Qui-Gon. And right at the end, George changed it.” I think
George Lucas probably saw that this was just a more complicated way of getting to exactly the same place.