Author: Jacob Dressler

The Harry Potter television series is already in the midst of production. Our first looks at the highly-anticipated HBO series have been steadily surfacing online, and now the first look at John Lithgow as Dumbledore in the Harry Potter adaptation has come our way. Lithgow will be the third actor to play the part, albeit in a whole new continuity, whereas Richard Harris and Michael Gambon previously portrayed Dumbledore in the Harry Potter feature films. As fans can see below, however, Lithgow is a perfect successor with a likeness that brings to mind both the feature films and original books.…

Every iteration of the Netflix true crime series Monster has been met with some form of backlash. Now Monster: The Ed Gein Story co-creator Ian Brennan has now responded to the critics for this latest iteration of the series. As the name suggests, Monster: The Ed Gein Story revolves around the crimes of killer and grave robber Ed Gein who resultingly inspired several of Hollywood’s biggest horror movies. However, some viewers feel like Monster: The Ed Gein Story is glamorizing Gein and his crimes, and Brennan has responded. As shared in an interview with THR, Brennan feels quite strongly about…

Call of Duty has become recognized for including horror icons for its seasonal “The Haunting” events. This year will be no exclusion, with the announcement that horror icons Jason Voorhees, Chucky, and the Predator will be joining 2025’s The Haunting event for Call of Duty games Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty: Warzone. This is a major announcement for fans of horror franchise Friday the 13th in particular. Jason Voorhees has notably been absent from pop culture the last few years due to rights issues. However, the newly-founded Jason Universe label has been rectifying that situation, and now Jason…

One Marvel star has shared their desire to return to the MCU – despite the onset of superhero fatigue. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been around for nearly two decades now, and in that time, many characters have come and gone. Additionally, audiences have felt fatigue with the amount of storylines and homework required to follow them. Of course, the Marvel brand is still a massive IP, so there’s likely plenty of potential to rejuvenate the franchise and keep audiences coming back for more. One such star acknowledged this and their desire to reprise their iconic MCU role by making…

Paramount Plus has made numerous efforts since its launch to compete with other major streaming services including Netflix and Disney Plus. Interestingly, one of their television productions from these efforts is now moving to Netflix several years after being canceled by Paramount’s streaming service. This particular series was a highly-anticipated project that finally dropped in 2022. Unfortunately, the big-budget series turned into a divisive endeavor that only returned for one additional season. After its second season dropped in 2024, it was eventually canceled, leaving fans wondering what would happen next with the property. Now, as shared via What’s on Netflix,…

The Predator film franchise has struggled to find its footing over the last few decades. However, Dan Trachtenberg changed things around, having found great success with Prey and Predator: Killer of Killers. Now the new theatrical installment Predator: Badlands is taking the franchise to the next level as indicated in the final official trailer below. The highly-anticipated sequel takes place further in the future than any previous Predator entry – with strong ties to the Alien film franchise. In fact, the film revolves around a Yautja warrior named Dek played by Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi and a Weyland-Yutani synthetic played by Elle…

The release of IT: Chapter One in 2017 and IT: Chapter Two in 2019 culminated in a huge event for fans of Stephen King. One of the legendary horror author’s most iconic stories was finally adapted for a theatrical event – and it’s being followed-up with an all-new prequel television series. Now Stephen King has shared his first thoughts on the upcoming HBO series titled IT: Welcome to Derry. The new series takes place decades prior to the events depicted in the aforementioned feature films. The series will dive further into the history of Pennywise, the town of Derry, while…

The Final Destination film franchise was finally brought back to life with this year’s release of Final Destination: Bloodlines. The sixth film in the series became the franchise’s most financially successful with a $314.6 million worldwide gross on a $50 million budget. Now Final Destination 7 is in the works – and a new director is in talks to helm the project. Final Destination: Bloodlines was helmed by franchise newcomers Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein. It was an idea that paid off for the studio. Now they similarly want to hire another newcomer to tackle the next installment of the…

Plans for the Marvel Cinematic Universe are always shifting depending on what’s needed. As such, not everything put into development gets the greenlight, and it looks like plans for two MCU shows have been canceled indefinitely as a result. The aforementioned MCU shows have been reportedly in development for years now. With a confirmation that Marvel Studios had been developing each of these series, however, it makes it all the more frustrating to hear they have been canceled indefinitely. Fortunately, however, development could always be picked back up. Or the ideas behind each series could be repurposed for a new…

Disney Plus might not be the first streaming platform that subscribers think of when choosing what films and shows to watch for Halloween. However, Disney has quite a few iconic Halloween or horror adjacent movies to choose from, and one particularly rare Disney horror movie was just added to the streaming library on Disney Plus. This extremely rare film from 1983 is a genre fan-favorite by fans. Of course, its rarity has made it difficult to find over the years, so the unexpected addition to Disney Plus is exciting. Fans are already rushing to make this adaptation of an equally…