Original Chinatown screenwriter Robert Towne confirmed that every episode of the planned prequel series has been written. For a while there, we thought they really did forget it, Jake. But now Chinatown screenwriter Robert Towne has provided an update on the prequel series he has developed alongside David Fincher, confirming that the blinds haven’t been … Read more
Dexter star Jennifer Carpenter joins the second season of 1923, the Yellowstone prequel series starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren. Deadline reports that Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter) has joined the cast of 1923 for a recurring role in the upcoming second season. Carpenter will play Mamie Fossett in the Yellowstone prequel series. She is a “highly … Read more
Yet another Hunger Games prequel is on the way. On the hells of the very successful book and film The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Hunger Games creator Suzanne Collins announced today the impending publication of a sequel to her prequel, titled Sunrise on the Reaping. At almost the exact same time, Lionsgate — the distributor of The Hunger Games movies — announced … Read more
Bill Skarsgård will reprise his role as one of the scariest clowns of all time — an impressive achievement, given the overall terrifying nature of all clowns — in the upcoming It prequel TV show, Welcome to Derry, named for the town in Maine where the events of the movies took place. Skarsgård previously played Pennywise the … Read more
Bill Skarsgård will reprise his role of Pennywise for Welcome to Derry, the upcoming It prequel series in development for Max. Deadline reports that Bill Skarsgård is set to reprise his role of Pennywise for the upcoming It prequel series, which is going by the working title Welcome to Derry. In addition to starring in … Read more
A prequel to The Mummy is in the works at Universal, but it’s not clear which version of The Mummy this is a prequel to The 2017 version of The Mummy was supposed to kick off a new cinematic universe at Universal Pictures – a Dark Universe that would consist of interconnected reboots of their … Read more
There is an old saying about prequels: If the material in them had been genuinely important in the first place it would have been part of the original film. By their very nature, prequels are narratively superfluous. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga certainly is — although it also proves quite conclusively that a film can be narratively superfluous, viscerally exciting, imaginatively … Read more
Following the release of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, fans have been wondering if the movie contains an end credits scene. The film serves as a prequel to the 2015 action spectacle Mad Max: Fury Road and delves into the origins of the fan-favorite character Furiosa. Anya Taylor-Joy takes over the reins from Charlize Theron, … Read more
It seems you can’t keep a good serial killer down. After eight seasons on Showtime, and a full-fledged revival series a few years ago, Dexter is returning in prequel form. Officially titled Dexter: Original Sin, the new show follows the infamous serial killer who kills other killers prior to the original series, which aired on Showtime from 2006 to … Read more
You may be wondering if Madame Web is a prequel to Sony’s Spider-Man films. The movie takes place earlier in the Sony Spider-Man Universe timeline, which might lead some viewers to believe that Madam Web could be a prequel to the Spider-Man movies. However, there have been three separate live-action Spider-Man movie continuities in the last two decades, making things confusing. Is … Read more