The Last Voyage of the Demeter director André Øvredal on the chances of developing a sequel to the Dracula movie. SPOILERS for The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Based on a single chapter of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, The Last Voyage of the Demeter follows the crew of the merchant ship Demeter as they attempt to … Read more
The Marvels director Nia DaCosta wants to stand out from superhero fatigue with a really wacky and silly sequel. Does superhero fatigue exist? The lackluster box office of recent Marvel and DC movies suggests that it does, but then the question becomes how do you change things? For Nia DaCosta, director of The Marvels, you … Read more
The hot summer box office has been fueled by big movies like Barbie and Oppenheimer, and helped by smaller indie hits, like the Talk to Me, which has already grossed over $24 million in theaters against a reported budget of just $4.5 million. The movie has also proven to be a major critical hit, with a 95 percent on … Read more
In a recent interview with IGN, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark director André Øvredal opened up about the sequel to his 2019 film adaptation of Alvin Schwartz’s horror children’s book series. Øvredal confirmed that the project is still in development, and revealed they already have a story in mind for the sequel. However, … Read more
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark director André Øvredal has confirmed that a sequel to the film is still in the works Nearly three and a half years have gone by since it was announced that director André Øvredal and producer Guillermo del Toro were re-teaming for a sequel to their cinematic adaptation of … Read more
Journalists attending the Meg 2: The Trench’s press screening were given a voucher good for a “Sharktastic Cocktail” at the theater’s lobby bar. The last time I can recall a studio plying critics with booze before a screening was Cats — and when that realization dawned on me, it set an expectation of bizarre awfulness for Meg 2 that the film never quite reached. … Read more
The new Exorcist movie, The Exorcist: Believer, is a direct sequel from the 50-year-old original film. It co-stars Ellen Burstyn, reprising her role as Chris MacNeil, the mother of the little girl Regan who was possessed by a demon in the original film. But there’s no trace of Regal — or the actress who played her, Linda Blair, … Read more
While it didn’t set the box office on fire, Paramount isn’t ruling out a cheaper Dungeons & Dragons sequel. While it didn’t set the box office on fire when it came out this spring, Paramount hasn’t totally given up on a Dungeons & Dragons sequel. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves fell short of $100 … Read more
Before the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie even hits theaters, Paramount is already making plans to continue this latest iteration of the long-running Ninja Turtles franchise, on both film and television. After this new Mutant Mayhem opens next month it will be followed by a spinoff TV show, titled Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. A big-screen sequel to Mutant … Read more
After decades of development, Beetlejuice 2 is finally happening. There were many ideas floated around about what a sequel could look like, including at one point a concept where the title character would take a nice, relaxing vacation out in Hawaii. Luckily, the studio eventually thought better of that plan. The current (and hopefully final) incarnation of Beetlejuice 2 started … Read more