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Joe Manganiello (True Blood; Magic Mike XXL), Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominee Lea Michele (Glee), Academy Award nominee Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine; Zombieland; August: Osage County) and Keke Palmer (Akeela and the Bee; Masters of Sex) have been cast as series regulars in Scream Queens, a new comedy-horror anthology series from Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan and Dante Di Loreto, the executive producers of Glee and American Horror Story....

Lifetime has picked up the telepic Pregnancy Pact according to Variety, which is inspired by the news that 17 girls at Gloucester High School apparently agreed to get pregnant at the same time – and succeeded. Prolific telepic producer Von Zerneck-Sertner Films is behind the project, with principals Frank Von Zerneck and Robert Sertner attached as exec producers. Pam Davis and Teena Booth are onboard to write. This Pregnancy Pact isn’t expected to be directly about what happened in Massachusetts, where at least one of the girls involved has denied that a pact actually existed....

Velma Dinkley being a lesbian, became canon last month with the release of the new animated film Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! In that film, which Audie Harrison directed, Velma was played by Kate Micucci and developed a crush on Halloween costume designer Coco Diablo (Myrna Velasco). A couple of days ago, one of the actors who’ve played Velma over the years, Linda Cardellini, responded. Cardellini played Velma in 2002’s Scooby-Doo and its 2004 sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed....

If you ask Gaten Matarazzo, The Legend of Zelda is the next video game that needs to get an adaptation. These days, video game adaptations have been rising in popularity after the success of the Sonic the Hedgehog films. Tons of new ones are in the works for both the big and small screens, with titles like The Super Mario Bros. Movie and The Last of Us arriving in the coming months....

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery looks to have everything that made the original Knives Out a great whodunit: A star-studded cast, southern detective Benoit Blanc, and a mystery with layers upon layers to unpeel. Unfortunately, according to director Rian Johnson, the upcoming sequel may be missing a key component that made the first film so great. Knives Out was released in theaters in 2019, bringing in $311 million on a $40 million budget....

January is going to be one Good month. In a story from DVD Town, Good Luck Chuck will be coming to Standard DVD and Blu-ray Disc on January 15 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Release will be in a regular edition, uncut edition and Blu-ray Disc edition. Synopsis: It all started when Charlie Logan was ten years old. Breaking the cardinal rules of spin-the-bottle, Charlie refused to lip-lock with a demented Goth girl - and she put a hex on him....

Gregory Smith and Heroes star Christopher Eccleston are joining the cast of the fantasy action/adventure, The Dark is Rising for 20th Century Fox and Walden Media. David L. Cunningham is directing the film is based on the Susan Cooper’s best-selling books; the cast includes Ian McShane, Frances Conroy, Amelia Warner, Emma Lockhart, Gary Entin, Edmund Entin, Jonathan Jackson and John Benjamin Hickey. According to The Hollywood Reporter, it tells the story of a teenager (newcomer Alexander Ludwig) who learns that he is the last of a group of warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the Dark....

Gumby is getting the reboot treatment. Per Deadline, Fox has acquired the rights to the classic green character made of clay who first appeared on TV screens in the 1950s. The company will reportedly “reimagine” Gumby with multiple new shows on various linear, digital, and blockchain platforms. Both a new animated series and live-action projects are said to already be in development with Fox in talks with “A-list creatives” to come aboard....

New Line Cinema has announced the following Hairspray contest: Just like Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray, you can turn your talent into stardom. Submit a video of yourself showing off your talent… whether it’s singing, dancing or spinning plates! The only limit is your imagination. Show us why YOU should be a star. Here’s how it works: 1)- Submit a video of yourself showing off your talent. 2)- 5 Finalists will be selected, and MySpacers will vote for the winner....

Marvel fans don’t have to wait too much longer to join Clint Barton on his upcoming festive adventure Hawkeye, and several new images tease the stellar supporting cast set to join the former Avenger on Disney+. Alongside images of both Jeremy Renner’s Clint Barton and Hailee Steinfeld’s Kate Bishop, we also get a further look at Vera Farmiga as Eleanor Bishop, Kate’s mother; Tony Dalton as Jack Duquesne, Barton’s early mentor; and Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez AKA Echo, a deaf superhero who will receive their own standalone series following their introduction in Hawkeye....

The latest episode of Hawkeye came with a monumental surprise, changing the Marvel Cinematic Universe as we know it. Before going any further in this article, first heed this SPOILER WARNING. Again, there are MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD for Hawkeye, so if you wish to remain clean and pure then look away. Seriously, don’t even read the first sentence of the next paragraph. It happened. The Kingpin is back. The behemoth supervillain finally made his triumphant return in the latest episode of Marvel’s ongoing Disney+ series, Hawkeye, and actor Vincent D’Onofrio has now taken to social media to celebrate....

Roger Deakins is one of the most critically acclaimed cinematographers of our time. The Academy has nominated him for 15 Oscars, and he has won two, breaking his long losing streak by wining a rare Best Cinematography Oscar for a science-fiction film with Blade Runner 2049. His understanding of lighting and dramatic silhouettes always work to set the tone, even before anything is revealed about the plot. Anyone who wants to study cinematography should become familiar with Deakins and his practices....

Hocus Pocus 2 is coming to Disney+ this Halloween, and as well as bringing back Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy as the Sanderson Sisters, the spooky sequel also sees Doug Jones reprising his role as zombie Billy Butcherson. In a new interview, Jones revealed that returning to the role was something of a surprise but a pleasant one. Hocus Pocus was released in 1993 and introduced the world to the Sanderson Sisters, three Salem witches who are revived in the modern day thanks to the lighting of a magical candle....

You can take home a celebrated but little-seen indie thriller home on DVD this July. Horsemen will be released on DVD on July 7. The DVD will be priced at $27.98 SRP and you can take a look at the cover art below. The film stars Dennis Quaid and Zhang Ziyi. At home, hardened police detective Aidan Breslin (Quaid) has grown increasingly distant from his two young sons since the death of his wife....

Music fans are overly familiar with Italian fashion names like Versace, Prada, and Gucci. Several years ago, the phrase “keep it 100” morphed into “keep it Gucci” with a resurgence of the infamous fashion label being worn by rappers like Cardi B. Indeed, the entertainment and fashion industries are deeply intertwined. As much as TV shows and films will have big fashion moments, like Carrie being sent a Vivienne Westwood wedding gown in the Sex and the City movie, the designers behind these labels may lead darker lives than what they sell on the rack....

Peacock’s original series, A Friend of the Family, premiered on October 6, 2022. The disturbing and confounding true-crime series follows the true story of the Broberg family and the kidnapping of their oldest daughter, Jan. The nine-episode miniseries starred Jake Lacy, Collin Hanks, Anna Paquin, Lio Tipton, McKenna Grace, and Hendrix Yancey. A Friend of the Family was created by Nick Antosca (co-creator and showrunner of The Act, Channel Zero, and Candy) and fictionalizes the events covered in Skye Borgman’s 2017 documentary Abducted in Plain Sight....

This article contains spoilers for The Handmaid’s Tale Seasons 4 & 5 and Us (2019)Elevated Horror films, or ‘Social Thrillers’ (which it has unfortunately been dubbed), gets a bad rap. Deemed pretentious by some of the ’80s gorehounds, it has been accused of dancing around proper flesh and blood nastiness and jump scares in its pursuits of being creepy — while being too broad and vague to properly put in to any box....

NBC is planning to air a special The Incredible Hulk-themed episode of American Gladiators featuring guest star Lou Ferrigno sharing the arena with host Hulk Hogan. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ferrigno played the bulky green avenger in the 1970s TV series version of The Incredible Hulk. American Gladiators episode will include a hulked-out Gladiator Arena and an exclusive 60-second preview from the upcoming movie The Incredible Hulk. The episode airs June 9; the film opens four days later....

With Indiana Jones 5 still almost a year away, there are a lot of details to be revealed about Harrison Ford’s final outing as the intrepid archeologist. However, thanks to footage revealed at Disney’s D23 Expo last weekend, we now know that there will be a familiar face returning to the franchise in the form of John Rhys-Davies’ Sallah. While there has been very little official information revealed about the upcoming fifth installment of the action-adventure franchise, the first footage was revealed at Disney’s event and suggested that despite Harrison Ford’s advancing years, this outing will come with the same level of thrills and stunts that has been a key part of the Indiana Jones franchise since Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981....

FilmDistrict is excited to announce that Insidious sneak previews will be held tomorrow evening, March 29, in 25 cities across the country. Below we’ve included a list of cities with links for more information. Tickets can be purchased at the theaters and, where noted on the links, on Fandango. Arizona Phoenix California Burbank Los Angeles Orange Colorado Westminister District of Columbia Washington, DC Florida Altamonte Springs Tampa Georgia Atlanta Illinois...