Author: Jacob Dressler

Micro-budget filmmaker and lover of all things horror.

Based on a story by the late, great Gunnar Hansen (the original Leatherface from Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), the movie Death House is written & directed by Harrison Smith and claims to be the “Expendables” of horror, boasting a cast of horror genre vets such as Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Doug Bradley, Bill Moseley, Michael Berryman, Dee Wallace, Danny Trejo, Barbara Crampton, Ken Foree, Don Shanks, and Camille Keaton, along with many more. Here’s the new pictures that were released: Gunnar Hansen’s last wishes were for this film to be made, and now filming has just about…

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Paramount and Dreamworks have been working on a live-action adaptation of the manga Ghost in the Shell, and naturally the first complaints were that the film wasn’t utilizing an Asian cast, and rather used actors and actresses like Scarlett Johansson. Well, Screen Crush suggests that to counter these complaints, the studios were working with tests to digitally alter the cast: “According to multiple independent sources close to the project, Paramount and DreamWorks commissioned visual effects tests that would’ve altered Scarlett Johansson in post-production to ‘shift her ethnicity’ and make the Caucasian actress appear more Asian in the film.” The special…

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In a world of sequels, prequels, reboots, remakes, re-adaptations, and recalibrations, it was only a matter of time before Jumanji, an award-winning children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg as well as its original 1995 film adaptation, would make its way back to the silver screen. https://www.instagram.com/p/BEgf8kxoh5y/ The new movie will be directed by Jake Kasdan, and the current actors in talks, according to EW, are Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart who’ve previously worked together in Central Intelligence. They also co-hosted the MTV Movie Awards earlier this month. Fans will be curious as to how the movie will honor Robin Williams’…

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Sony released the new logo for the “Animated Spider-Man” film which used the new title in a curved design over a shot of New York City with a “December 2018” release date, along with the credits “From Phil Lord & Chris Miller”. Lord and Miller will write and produce the film which is said to co-exist with Tom Holland’s live-action Spider-Man portrayals. The live-action film will be released July 28, 2017, although Spider-Man will make his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut with the arrival of Captain America: Civil War on May 6, 2016. All of these were part of the deal…

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A rumor has slipped from CinemaCon according to Birth.Movies.Death, one which claims someone with information about the new Spider-Man film knows one of the villains we can expect to see featured – “The Vulture will be in this movie. Will he be the main baddie? Will he be a villain Spidey has to defeat in an opening scene? I don’t know, although old rumors that passed by my ears indicated a non-main villain role for the old bird.” They also suggested the title for the new film is Spider-Man: Homecoming, one which Sony may very well announce at CinemaCon today:…

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Many fans of Carol Danvers, the character who took the Captain Marvel mantle in 2012, have been waiting for news on the upcoming film. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige released the news that talent announcements are imminent during a press release for Captain America: Civil War (via Fandango): “I think we’ll be announcing a filmmaker in the next month or two, and probably some cast members later in the summer, at the end of the summer,” he told Fandango while adding that the film will be “about Carol Danvers and that journey to being Captain Marvel.” Captain Marvel is a…

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Marvel announced Inhumans as early as 2014 after a string of rumors, and although it was first announced for a 2018 release, the film was pushed back to 2019 and now it seems to have been pushed back even further. The news comes from Kevin Feige who said that it’s likely to happen due to Disney constantly changing their release schedule. In an interview with Collider, he says: “Since we made our initial phase three announcement, we added Spider-Man, which was a big joyous coup for us. We added Ant-Man and the Wasp, which was a big fun continuation of…

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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has had a tough release since it first screened in theaters. Critics strongly disliked it, yet many fans seemed to enjoy it. This led to a record-breaking opening for any DC film, but strangely it had the biggest record drop, dropping 69% since its opening weekend.  Warner Bros. still seems to have faith,  however, as they’ve announced two more untitled DC films for an upcoming release. This shows that they’re still going ahead with whatever plans they may have had. Unfortunately, Bloomberg reports the film may have a smaller profit than its predecessor, Man…

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Kevin Smith, notably a huge comic book fan, was initially critical of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. However, upon a second viewing with his hetero life-mate Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith was finally able to find the heart of Batman v. Superman. Here’s an Instagram post Kevin Smith shared that explained his thoughts on the film’s. “I’d said the film didn’t have any heart, but after the second viewing, I actually found the heart in #batmanvsuperman: it’s in the viewer. And the viewer I watched the blockbuster with the second time was all agog, eyes as big as saucers. During…

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People were excited to speculate about whatever Geoff Johns’ and Ben Affleck’s screenwriting project consisted of. And, now, it seems we know the answer, and it involves Batman – according to a new report from THR: Patrick Whitesell, co-CEO of talent agency William Morris Endeavor, says that Affleck is “contracted to do at least Justice League 1 and 2, so at least three times wearing the cape,” Whitesell told THR. “There’s a script that he’s written that’s a really cool [Batman] idea, so that’s out there as an option,” he revealed. Affleck is currently slated to appear as Batman in…

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