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Jamie Blanks, director of the thrillers Urban Legend and Valentine, is set to film a remake of the 1978 horror classic Long Weekend. The story revolves around a vacationing couple that gets lost in the Australian Outback. Things take a turn for the worse when nature itself starts to terrorize them. According to Fangoria.com, Australian screenwriter Everett De Roche will be updating his own original screenplay for the production. Blanks stated that, “It’s exactly 30 years since the original was made, and the story is even more relevant today than when it first came out....

Jennifer Lawrence is teaming up with Gene Stupnitsky for her new R-rated comedy, No Hard Feelings. This will be the first film for Lawrence since she starred in Don’t Look Up in 2021, which received four Oscar nominations. According to a report from Deadline, the film is set to hit theaters on June 16th, 2023. Stupnitsky previously worked on Good Boys, another R-rated movie following three 6th grade boys who ditch school, embarking on an epic journey while carrying accidentally stolen drugs....

Regency Enterprises/20th Century Fox’s redo of Dallas has helmer Robert Luketic is rounding up his cast for the updated take on the classic ’80s series. According to Variety, the director has offered his Monster-in-Law star Jennifer Lopez the part of Sue Ellen Ewing, Luke Wilson is negotiating to play Bobby Ewing, John Travolta has an offer to star as J.R. Ewing and Shirley MacLaine is down for the part of Miss Ellie Ewing....

You can see Jet Li in all of his martial arts glory in high-def this December. Jet Li’s Fearless gets a Blu-ray upgrade on December 9. Cover art or pricing details weren’t released as of yet, but we’ll update this story as soon as we have more information. The film stars Jet Li, Betty Sun and Dong Yong. Superstar Jet Li headlines this action-packed film, his final martial arts epic. The film reteams him with producer Bill Kong (Hero) and action director and choreographer Yuen Wo Pin (Unleashed)....

WWE legend and Peacemaker star John Cena is getting political in his next role. In a first look at The Independent, a new movie coming to Peacock in November, Cena plays an independent politician who has a real chance of disrupting America’s two-party system by winning the presidency. A new photo of the film, shown above, reveals Cena in character behind a podium as his supporters cheer him on. While he shares the same love for the American flag as his Peacemaker character, the roles are otherwise very different from what fans typically see from Cena....

Although John Wick 4 wrapped filming a couple of weeks ago, there has been no official word on what the full title of the fourth installment will be. It now looks like that may have been taken out of the hands of Warner Bros. as a new image of one of the wrap gifts seems to have unveiled he title for them. The image featuring a black boot bag given out to the cast and crew, which is emblazoned with the words “John 4 Wick Hagakure”, suggesting that Hagakure is the missing part of the title that we have been waiting for....

Johnny Depp is close to officially reprising his role of Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean 5, just after Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides passed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office. We reported back in May that the Pirates of the Caribbean 5 script by Terry Rossio was completed. At the time, Johnny Depp indicated he hadn’t read the script. It seems he has read it since then and is close to finalizing his deal to return....

Adriana (Paulina Gaitan) is a 13-year-old girl from Mexico City whose kidnapping by sex traffickers sets in motion a desperate mission by her 17-year-old brother, Jorge (Cesar Ramos), to save her. Trapped and terrified by an underground network of international thugs who earn millions exploiting their human cargo, Adriana’s only friend and protector throughout her ordeal is Veronica (Alicja Bachleda), a young Polish woman tricked into the trade by the same criminal gang....

Now in theaters, the critically acclaimed film Lamb follows a childless couple in rural Iceland as they make an alarming discovery in their sheep barn one day. Already haunted by loss and grief, María (played by Noomi Rapace, who folks might remember as Lisbeth from the Swedish Girl With The Dragon Tattoo film adaptations) and Ingvar (Hilmir Snær Guðnason) soon find happiness by welcoming in the discovery: a newborn lamb-human hybrid....

The Good When this movie is funny it’s really funny. The Bad Me thinks this subject matter might be a little too extreme for some people. Weird menu navigation. Let’s Go to Prison is the tale of Nelson Biederman IV (Will Arnett) and John Lyshitski (Dax Shepard). It seems that Lyshitski credits Nelson’s father, a judge, with making his life a living hell by sending him to prison. So he makes it his business to pay him back when he gets out of jail....

Columbia Pictures has reveal your first look at seminal character from the upcoming comic-book adaptation, Ghost Rider, starring Nicolas Cage, by updating their teaser site for the film and featuring a 10 second piece where you see the blazing Ghost Rider for the first time. In order to save his dying father, young stunt cyclist Johnny Blaze sells his soul to Mephistopheles and sadly parts from the pure-hearted Roxanne Simpson, the love of his life....

The Australian site What’s Playing discovered a casting call from Feature Film Auditions which notes that Anna Faris has signed onto play a young Ghostbuster in Ghostbusters 3. The notice revealed that casting is currently under way to find more of the younger replacement Ghostbusters for the sequel. We reported in October that Dan Aykroyd was writing the script, which would feature new Ghostbusters being mentored by the original members of the team....

The Good The performances and writing really elevate this show. The Bad No extras came with this DVD. The friendship between 4 women are the subject of many fights, misunderstandings, and a lot of hilarity in Girlfriends: The First Season. This show follows Joan, a lawyer who is looking for love but can’t seem to find it. Maya, Joan’s assistant and the woman who often says the things Joan is thinking....

The Monsterverse that brought the literal cinematic giants Godzilla and King Kong together on the big screen last year was set to end with the monster mash-up Godzilla vs. Kong. However, it looks like that won’t be the case after a recent announcement that a Godzilla TV series is heading to Apple TV+. Set in the same joint universe as the most recent Legendary Pictures releases of Godzilla, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Kong: Skull Island and Godzilla vs....

While Empire Online may have had their image of Heath Ledger as the Joker leaked out early, they’re still fighting back with other The Dark Knight news and information, in the form of an interview with the actor. When asked about taking the role of the Joker, Ledger responded “I definitely feared it. Although anything that makes me afraid I guess excites me at the same time. I don’t know if I was fearless, but I certainly had to put on a brave face and believe that I have something up my sleeve....

As one of the most popular slasher franchises of all time, the Scream films have given horror fans shocking death scenes since 1996. Throughout the first four installments, audience members followed the unhealthy obsession Ghostface always seems to have with Sidney Prescott. With this comes a series of brutal murders that have left a mark on cinematic history. What sets Ghostface apart from other slash movie killers is that the person behind the mask isn’t some maimed monster....

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a cult classic that stands strong as one of the greatest musicals of all time. Originally a stage production, this comedy-horror moved onto the big screen, becoming a commercial hit that launched the careers of a young Tim Curry and Susan Sarandon. While The Rocky Horror Picture Show initially suffered at the opinions of critics, it was adored by audiences who held midnight screenings, dressed as the characters, and frequently talked back to or threw things at the screen....

When considering film’s most influential female leads, Sigourney Weaver’s portrayal of Lieutenant Ellen Ripley often comes to mind. In Ridley Scott’s 1979 science-fiction horror film, Alien, Ripley defies societal expectations to become not just a popular female protagonist, but one of the most popular sci-fi protagonists of all time. The Alien film franchise is characterized by Ripley’s unparalleled strength, intelligence, and determination. In an era of action films defined by brutish male protagonists, Alien’s initial release not only shattered pop-culture norms and expectations but garnered financial success....

Continuing to build on its strategy of showcasing “slightly off” comedies that appeal to its young male audience, IFC announced today it has acquired the complete series of Judd Apatow’s Emmy-winning high school comedy Freaks and Geeks (18 episodes) and college spinoff Undeclared (17 episodes) from Paramount Pictures Corporation. These two cult TV hits helped launch the careers of Jay Baruchel, Jenna Fischer, James Franco, Seth Rogen and Jason Segel, among other young stars....

We sit down and talk with the developer of the Champions role-playing game While at the Origins Game Fair I was able to talk a bit with Steve Long, HERO System Line Designer for Hero Games, the makers of the Champions superhero role-playing game. With superhero films at an all-time high, I figured this was the perfect time to talk to the creators of one of the most long-lived and robust superhero games in existence (the first edition of Champions came out in 1981!...