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How Adam Scott became an accidental horror movie star

2026-04-30T08:56:20-04:00

Adam Scott grew up watching horror movies at, as he describes it, "probably too young" an age. But he never set out to work specifically in the genre. Even still, horror seemed to follow him around from the very beginning. His first major film role was in Hellraiser IV in 1996. "It wasn't because I was a Hellraiser fan," he says. "It was because it was the job I got." Later, he took a starring role in Krampus not because it was horror, but because it evoked the kinds of '80s movies he grew up with, like Poltergeist and E.T. It may not have been intentional, but he's steadily built up a solid body of work in the genre, including leading the o …

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The plan to quietly kill Coyote v. Acme blew up in David Zaslav’s face

2026-04-27T14:35:32-04:00

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Under David Zaslav's leadership, WBD got very into the practice of shelving its own nearly completed projects in order to cash in on subsequent tax write-offs. To help deal with its looming debt and operating costs, the studio killed Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah's live-action Batgirl feature and the Scoob! Holiday Haunt movie from Michael Kurinsky …

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Sho Miyake answers life’s greatest questions

2026-04-24T13:23:59-04:00

Acclaimed Japanese director Sho Miyake has arrived in the States. He's brought with him two feature films: Small, Slow But Steady and Two Seasons, Two Strangers, a pair of naturalistic portraits that deal with the uneasy human desire to relate to other people. Seclusion and unease are bedrocks to Miyake's growing filmography. "I like these characters that have a sense of discomfort that slowly starts to distance them from society," he tells The Verge.

I first saw Small, Slow But Steady at New Directors/New Films (lowkey one of the better film festivals New York has to offer). It's an affectionate story of a deaf boxer, Keiko (Yukino Kishii), …

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The person who allegedly leaked Paramount’s new Avatar movie has been arrested

2026-04-24T15:45:01-04:00

Following Paramount Skydance's move to launch an investigation into how its upcoming Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender animated feature leaked onto the internet, a suspect has been taken into custody by police.

The Straits Times reports Singaporean police have arrested a 26-year-old man who is alleged to have uploaded the new Avatar movie (previously titled The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender) online after accessing a server where the project was being held ahead of its scheduled October 9th premiere on Paramount Plus. According to the authorities, a copy of the entire movie was found on the suspect's electronic devices. If he is ultimatel …

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Brendan Carr’s war on wokeness targets inclusive children’s television

2026-04-24T06:06:26-04:00

Under the guidance of consummate bully / chairman Brendan Carr, the FCC is taking steps toward cracking down on children's entertainment that in any way explores the complexities of gender identity.

On Wednesday, the FCC's Media Bureau announced that it is soliciting comments from the public about whether the TV ratings system has made sound decisions regarding children's programming with transgender or nonbinary characters. In a statement about the commenting period the FCC said that it was soliciting feedback due to an alleged uptick in "significant concerns" about whether "controversial gender identity issues are being included or promot …

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Japanese man sentenced to prison for posting spoilers

2026-04-20T16:02:58-04:00

Though it's very common for entertainment writers to describe some narrative elements of the films and shows that they're covering, a Japanese court has determined that the practice can sometimes be tantamount to copyright infringement.

Last Thursday, the Tokyo District Court ruled that 39-year-old Wataru Takeuchi was guilty of violating Japanese law that prohibits the creation of "a new work by making creative modifications to the original while preserving its essential characteristics." Takeuchi worked as administrator of a website that published lengthy, spoiler-heavy descriptions from popular movies and series. And two of Takeuchi's "ar …

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The Elden Ring movie hits theaters in March 2028

2026-04-20T09:25:40-04:00

It's going to be a little while before The Lands Between is realized in movie form. Bandai Namco just confirmed that the live-action Elden Ring movie, which was announced last year, is expected to hit theaters on March 3rd, 2028, with production kicking off this spring.

Based on FromSoftware's open-world fantasy RPG from 2022, Elden Ring is being produced by A24, and Alex Garland - best-known as the writer of the 28 Days zombie franchise and directing the likes of Annihilation and Civil War - is both writing and directing the film.

While we don't know much else about the movie just yet, today's announcement also introduced the main cast. T …

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Godzilla Minus Zero stomps through New York in first teaser trailer

2026-04-14T19:05:09-04:00

*insert Godzilla screeching sound* Here's the very first look at the next big kaiju feature. Godzilla Minus Zero will continue the story of 2023's Godzilla Minus One, which returned the franchise to the more grounded tone established in the original film, and while the new teaser trailer doesn't show a whole lot, it suggests some big things for the series.

Minus Zero is set in 1949, two years after the first movie, "and continues the story of the Shikishima family as they face an all-new calamity," according to the official logline. Apparently that includes shifting the setting from Tokyo to New York, as we see Godzilla right next to the St …

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The world’s oldest art, now in 6K IMAX

2026-04-14T15:46:05-04:00

The earliest paintings were made over 32,000 years ago - the very first forms of art and culture. They weren't discovered until 1994, when cave explorers in France stumbled into the Chauvet Cave. More than a decade later, filmmaker Werner Herzog was allowed rare access to the highly guarded prehistoric site to shoot what would become the lauded 3D documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams. It is a strange and moving film, one wherein Herzog convincingly argues, in his heavily enunciated German accent, that these caverns are the birthplace of "ze mo-dern hu-man soul." Fifteen years since its premiere, the movie has achieved a cult-like status, and …

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Bloodborne is being turned into an R-rated animated film

2026-04-14T13:38:16-04:00

It's not a PC port or a remake, but Sony is returning to the Gothic world of Bloodborne. There aren't many details yet - Sony says that "plot details are still being kept under wraps" - but the game is being adapted into "an R-rated animated feature," with YouTuber Seán "Jacksepticeye" McLoughlin (a known Bloodborne fan) serving as a producer. No word on when the film might be premiering.

First released in 2015 on the PS4, Bloodborne is developed by FromSoftware, the same team behind the dark fantasy Souls series. Like those games, Bloodborne is known for its brutal difficulty, but it's also beloved for the fully realized city of Yharnam th …

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