Genre filmmaker Mike Flanagan named a few of the Stephen King adaptations he feels are underrated. Do you agree with him? The career of genre filmmaker Mike Flanagan is strongly tied to the works of author Stephen King. Flanagan has directed film adaptations of the King novels Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep. He tried and failed to bring … Read more
Mike Flanagan and Stephen King’s latest collaboration may lack thrills and chills, but is still a bittersweet concoction that’s hard not to like. PLOT: An apocalyptic event and the life of a mild-mannered accountant named Chuck (Tom Hiddleston) have an odd correlation. REVIEW: Two kinds of folks will be checking out this review of The … Read more
One of the go-to voices in modern horror, Mike Flanagan hopes his Exorcist movie can set a new bar for himself. What an excellent day for another Exorcist…Or is it? For a second there we thought David Gordon Green had killed the franchise for good after last year’s disastrous The Exorcist: Believer. And while his … Read more
Mike Flanagan would “absolutely love” to join James Gunn’s DC Universe, but which project would be the best fit for the director? Mike Flanagan has been one of my favourite horror directors in recent years, but could he take his spooky talents to the DC Universe? There have been rumblings that Flanagan could be taking … Read more
Just one week after signing on the direct the new Exorcist movie, Mike Flanagan admitted he’s “terrified” to tackle the classic franchise. After The Exorcist: Believer premiered to a lacklustre box office and scathing reviews, Blumhouse was forced to rethink its plans for what was supposed to be a new trilogy. Doctor Sleep director Mike … Read more
Former Netflix stalwart Mike Flanagan said he had a nearly impossible time trying to convince them to put his works on physical media. Over the years, as streaming services have taken over, we have seen a neglect in interest from studios to release even massive films on physical media. That’s not to say new movies … Read more
Mike Flanagan is set to write, direct, and produce a “radical new take” of The Exorcist franchise as the series shifts gears. It was announced earlier this month that Mike Flanagan was in talks to direct the next installment of The Exorcist franchise, and now it’s official. Flanagan is set to write, direct, and produce … Read more
Another Exorcist movie is coming — but not the one that was previously announced. Last year’s The Exorcist: Believer was supposed to be the start of a new trilogy of sequels to the classic horror movie from 1973. Then the film was a critical and commercial flop (it made our list of the worst movies of 2023) and … Read more
Mike Flanagan is in talks to replace David Gordon Green as the director of the next Exorcist sequel for Blumhouse and Universal Universal Pictures and Peacock forked over an amount somewhere in the range of $400 million to acquire the rights to distribute a trilogy of sequels to the 1973 classic The Exorcist, which we’re going … Read more
A ten-year anniversary might not sound like a great milestone; it can feel a lot longer when you consider how much has happened since then. Last week, prolific showrunner and filmmaker Mike Flanagan attended a screening of “Oculus,” his ten-year-old breakthrough feature, at New Orleans’s Overlook Film Festival, where Flanagan also received the event’s annual … Read more