“It: Chapter 2” has found another addition to its cast of Losers, as Andy Bean is set to play Stanley in “It: Chapter 2,” sources tell Variety. Earlier on Wednesday, James Ransone announced in a since-deleted tweet that he would be playing adult Eddie in the pic. Young Stanley was played by Wyatt Oleff in the first film, and Bean now joins Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, … Continue reading ‘It: Chapter 2’ Casts Andy Bean to Play Stanley!!!!
Casting for It 2 is heating up, and yet another terrific actor is joining the sequel to play the adult counterpart of one of the lovable kids from the first film. Andy Muschietti is returning to direct the follow-up, which covers the second half of Stephen King’s source material and takes place 27 years after the original events, picking up with the characters as full-on … Continue reading James Ransone to Play Eddie in ‘It: Chapter Two’!!!
It’s officially official: Stranger Things 3 filming is underway. Collider broke the news last week that production on Stranger Things Season 3 was set to begin on Monday, April 23rd, and indeed now Netflix has released a video confirming the start of production, teasing the return of familiar faces, and also offering a peek at a couple of the new cast members. You won’t get … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things 3’ Video Teases the Start of Filming on the New Season!!! Check It Out!!
Oh, snap! What a delightful piece of casting news. As we learned earlier today, IT: Chapter 2 is rolling into production this summer, and as expected, the casting is rolling in quick. THR reports that X-Men star James McAvoy and SNL vet Bill Hader are in talks to join the film. Hader has been a fan-casting favorite for the part as adult Richie Tozier since audiences … Continue reading Bill Hader and James McAvoy Are in Talks for ‘IT: Chapter 2’!!!
The only strange thing would be if you couldn’t see this news coming from a mile away. Netfix will journey back to Hawkins, Indiana — and more importantly, the Upside Down — when “Stranger Things” returns with a third installment, the company announced Friday. The full main cast is expected to return for show’s third outing. For those who need reminding, that’s Winona Ryder as … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Renewed for Third Season at Netflix!!!
Synopsis – When terrifying supernatural forces once again begin to affect Hawkins, they realize Will’s disappearance was only the beginning and so the adventure continues. Episodes – S02E01 to S02E09 My Take – A year ago, this quirky little show that no-one had heard much about debuted on Netflix to an unexpected bona-fide sensation that soared almost by word of mouth alone, cementing its status … Continue reading Stranger Things Season 2 (2017) Review!!!
With just over a week to go until Stranger Things Season 2 finally arrives on Netflix, the streaming service has debuted a new clip and it seems to offer a very straightforward answer to a major fan question — Where did Eleven go after defeating the Demogorgon and how the heck did Eleven get back into our reality? If this clip is to be taken … Continue reading Eleven Escapes The Upside Down in a New ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Clip!!! Check It Out!!
Netflix has released the final new trailer for Stranger Things Season 2, just two weeks before the show premieres. The new season picks up about a year after the events of Season 1, exploring the larger mythology of Will’s disappearance as new threats are introduced. Creators/showrunners The Duffer Brothers have described the nine-episode second season as more of a sequel than a new season, and indeed that’s … Continue reading Final ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Trailer and New Images Tease a Straight-Up Sequel!! Check It Out!!
It appears some of the episode titles for Stranger Things Season 2 are changing pretty drastically. The very first teaser for the second season, which announced that Season 2 was coming in the first place, included episode titles for all nine episodes, but creators/showrunners Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer subsequently revealed that some of those titles would be changing. Indeed, Netflix simply wanted a video … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Teaser Reveals New Episode Titles!! Check It Out!!
Stranger Things Season 2 is poised to be a very big deal when it returns to Netflix on October 27th. And to accommodate a second season this big, the town of Hawkins, Indiana will have to play host to an ever bigger villain than that of the demogorgon or the Hawkins National Laboratory. It’s a villain so big that it’s been teased in the TV show’s marketing … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Villain Is a Lovecraftian Shadow Monster!!!
It’s hard to believe but we’ve only got one month left to go before Stranger Things Season 2 is unveiled. It feels like we’ve been anticipating this thing for a long time now, but we’re almost there folks. And with the premiere date looming closer, Netflix has unveiled a few new images from the second season, giving us another look at the show’s new characters and … Continue reading New ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Images Reveal New Characters & New Horrors!! Check It Out!!
IT has been a bona fide phenomenon since its debut, crashing through any tracking for what it might make at the box office, and shattering records left and right. For the horrorphobic like myself, that means endless fear of Pennywise images and a new reticence towards red balloons. But for New Line and Warner Bros., it’s surely been nothing but celebration. Today the two studios have … Continue reading ‘IT: Chapter 2′ Gets 2019 Release Date!!!
After only being in theaters for two weeks, IT has already become the highest-grossing R-rated horror picture ever, as far as domestic ticket sales go. Let that sink in for a moment. The previous R-rated horror-movie record-holder? A little movie by the name of The Exorcist. The 1973 horror hit directed by William Friedkin and written by William Peter Blatty was an absolute cultural phenomenon at the time of … Continue reading ‘IT’ Officially the Highest-Grossing R-Rated Horror Movie in the U.S. Ever!!!
IT is one of the biggest hits of the year, so perhaps it’s no surprise that Warner Bros. is going to pump some money into a director’s cut. Director Andy Muschietti revealed to Yahoo! that his director’s cut that will be released with the regular edition on home video at the end of the year. As for what the director’s cut will contain, Muschietti didn’t … Continue reading ‘IT’ to Get Director’s Cut on Blu-ray; Will Probably Be 15 Minutes Longer!!
IT by all accounts, is on track to be one of the biggest hits of the year as it aims to smash box office records for September/horror movies/R-rated movies/etc., and now unsurprisingly New Line Cinema is putting the heat on IT 2. Indeed a sequel was always planned, going back to when Cary Fukunaga was set to write and direct the Stephen King adaptation. Fukunaga split King’s … Continue reading ‘IT’ Sequel Moving Forward for Likely 2019 Release!!
Synopsis – A group of bullied kids band together when a monster, taking the appearance of a clown, begins hunting children. My Take – The original Stephen King novel was one of the few horror stories I somehow managed to finish. With an existing dislike for clowns, the novel played a huge part in installing a certain amount of fear for them. Till date, the … Continue reading It (2017) Review!!!
While everyone is still talking about the Game of Thrones finale, the next TV phenomenon is right around the corner. Stranger Things Season 2 debuts in two months, and Netflix has now unveiled a series of character posters that are delightfully throwback in nature. Not only do the posters have fold marks, just like the ones you used to hang on your bedroom wall, but … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Character Posters Go Full Spielberg-Face!! Check It Out!!
Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema have released a large batch of high-resolution images from IT, the upcoming Stephen King adaptation. Written by Chase Palmer & Cary Fukunaga and Gary Dauberman, and directed by Andy Muschietti (Mama), the film takes place in the 1980s in the town of Derry, Maine, where children have a tendency to disappear. A group of kids who call themselves the … Continue reading 35 New ‘It’ Images Reveal Clown Terrors and Scared Kids!! Check It Out!!
Stranger Things took the entertainment world by storm when it premiered last summer on Netflix, making a Season 2 order a certainty. There’s so much hype for the follow-up to the Hawkins kids’ adventures in the Upside-Down, however, that Netflix has decided to go ahead and order up Season 3, according to showrunners/creators Matt and Ross Duffer. That’s great news for fans of the series since … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 Ordered by Netflix!!
September is looking to be a very good month for Warner Bros. and New Line thanks to IT, the big-screen adaptation of Stephen King‘s tome of terror. The horror film has been generating plenty of positive buzz weeks in advance of its September 8th debut and the marketing machine has been steadily revving up over the summer. That’s all good news for fans of the book who … Continue reading ‘IT’ Opening Weekend to Scare off Box Office Competition with Possible September Record!!
The long wait for Andy Muschietti‘s IT is finally almost over, which means that after months of speculation and scrounging for any details, New Line is finally showing off the goods in the pre-release promo bonanza. In case you missed the four-minute scene that screened in front of Annabelle: Creation over the weekend, we’ve got you covered with a different way to get a glimpse at … Continue reading New ‘IT’ VR Trailer Floats with Pennywise through the Derry Sewers!!!
We recently learned that Andrés Muschietti‘s IT will come in at 135 minutes long, meaning you’ll have to keep yourself from squirming in terror for two-and-a-quarter hours. During that time you’ll be introduced to both the Losers Club and the terrifying title entity that takes the form of Pennywise the clown (Bill Skarsgard). And as new footage from a TV ad for the movie reveals, one of … Continue reading New ‘IT’ Footage Reveals a Horrifying Chase Sequence That Should Be Familiar to Book-Readers!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – In a small town of Derry, Maine, seven children come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise. Directed – Andrés Muschietti Starring – Bill Skarsgård, Finn Wolfhard, Javier Botet Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘IT’ Serves Up Summertime Scares in a Brand New Trailer!! Check It Out!!
Netflix has dropped a brand new trailer for Stranger Things Season 2, fresh out of the show’s Comic-Con panel. The new season picks up about a year after the events of Season 1, exploring the larger mythology of Will’s disappearance as new threats are introduced. Creators/showrunners The Duffer Brothers have described the nine-episode second season as more of a sequel than a new season, and … Continue reading New ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Trailer Is Downright Spooky!! Check It Out!!
The hype for IT is getting a little too real. Andy Muschietti‘s adaptation of the beloved Stephen King novel is shaping up to be a horror hit of epic proportions: audiences are clamoring for the film (a recent trailer shattered previous view records), all signs point to the studio being happy with the film, and now, it Muschietti has stated that he will return for … Continue reading ‘IT’ Director Andy Muschietti Says He’s Coming Back for a Sequel!!!
Listen up, Losers! There’s a brand-new, live-action adaptation of Stephen King‘s IT coming to theaters in less than two months so you’d better be prepared. Andrés Muschietti (Mama) helms this take on the epic King tome that tracks the childhood of a group of misfits who exist on the fringe of their small town’s social circle. They’ve all got their own reasons to be afraid, but they band together in … Continue reading ‘IT’ Images Show off the Losers While Concept Art Teases the Final Confrontation!! Check It Out!!
Season 1 of Netflix’s Stranger Things will go down in TV history as one of the buzziest shows ever made. While that’s good news for the cast and crew, the fans are now expecting big things for Season 2. The pressure is on showrunners Matt and Ross Duffer and executive producer Shawn Levy to recapture the nostalgia and magic of the first season, which followed the adventures of … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Poster Sees a Storm A-Brewin’ Over Hawkins, Indiana!! Check It Out!!
In a surprise to no one but a relief to many, Andy Muschietti‘s adaptation of Stephen King‘s It has received an “R”-rating from the MPAA for “violence/horror, bloody images, and for language.” Which is pretty much exactly what you would expect from a cinematic spin on one of King’s most horrifying, twisted and child-murdery novels. Of note, that R-rating doesn’t mention any sex stuff, which will also … Continue reading ‘It’ Lands the Expected ‘R’ Rating!!!
“Stranger Things” fans are unlikely to go trick-or-treating this Halloween, as season two of Netflix’s breakout hit debuts on that most spooky of holidays. As excited as many surely are to return to Hawkins, director/producer Shawn Levy warns viewers not to get their hopes up for the return of a certain beloved character: good ol’ Barb. “We are going to do things that fans will … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2: Barb Probably Isn’t Returning!!!
Love Stranger Things but wish there was more of the Demogorgon? Good news! Well, not about the Demogorgon, I think that thing’s dead. However, if you were craving more monster action in Matt and Ross Duffer‘s breakout Netflix hit, you’re going to like what the creators have to say about Season 2. TVLine hit up Netflix’s FYSee Space and embraced the opportunity to get some updates on the … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Will Give the Monster More Screen Time!!!
New Line Cinema has released a new It trailer. Andrés Muschietti’s adaptation of Stephen King’s horror novel is the planned first part in a duology. This first part will explore a group of teeangers who must fight against Pennywise (Bill Skarsgaard), a representation of their deepest fears who tends to manifest itself as a creepy-looking clown. This new trailer really plays up the kids’ role … Continue reading New ‘It’ Trailer Promises Further Trouble for the Beleaguered Clown Community!!! Check It Out!!
A while back, I used to write a semi-regular series of articles called “Hollywood! Adapt This!” which suggested long-forgotten or overlooked properties that were due for a freshening up. Every once in a while, one of those suggestions turns up as a new project. Today’s bit of prognostication confirmation comes courtesy of Netflix, which has announced that a new, animated Carmen Sandiego series is launching in 2019 … Continue reading ‘Carmen Sandiego’ Coming to Netflix as an Animated Series Starring Gina Rodriguez!!!
Synopsis – In a small town of Derry, Maine, seven children come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise. Directed – Andrés Muschietti Starring – Bill Skarsgård, Finn Wolfhard, Javier Botet Check out the trailer: Continue reading First ‘It’ Movie Trailer Unleashes Pennywise’s Hell!! Check It Out!!
This week has already brought us new images (find them below)from Andrés Muschietti‘s It, the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King‘s classic horror story that centers on a group of friends who face down a seemingly unstoppable evil in their own hometown. Those images were tantalizing teasers for certain fan-favorite scenes from the story, but today’s reveal aims to tease the tone of the adaptation … and it’s … Continue reading New ‘It’ Teaser Trailer Heralds the Horrors to Come!!! Check It Out!!!
The first half of Andy Muschietti’s It adaptation hasn’t even landed in theaters yet, but rumor has it the sequel may be rolling into production in a matter of days. According to a new update on the website My Entertainment World, the sequel is set to start rolling on March 17, 2017 under the secret title Accordion with the following synopsis. A promise made twenty-eight … Continue reading Second Half of the New ‘It’ Rumored To Be Filming This Month!!
As with any good thing that arises, as soon as Stranger Things hit Netflix and became a massive hit, folks responded with “More please!” Fans understandably want as much Stranger Things as possible, but television is a diverse medium. You have sitcoms like The Big Bang Theory that are running for 10 seasons and counting and shows like The Walking Dead which seemingly have no … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ May End After Four or Five Seasons!!!
Have you heard? Netflix’s Stranger Things returns this Halloween for Season 2. And if the title is to be believed, things are about to get even stranger-er than they were in Season 1, which turned things literally upside-down. We have a few months to go before we’ll be able to binge watch the new season, but you can expect plenty of teases in the meantime. … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’: New Season 2 Images Are Waffle-icious!!! Check Them Out!!
When Stranger Things debuted last year on Netflix, it did so quietly and without much hype. But its tightly-wrought narrative, binge-friendly style, and perfect freaks-and-geeks vintage aesthetic (helpfully augmented by some great casting) tapped into something. It became a phenomenon, and so this year, any word of the series’ return gets us all whipped up into a frenzy. We don’t know a lot about the … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Super Bowl Trailer Reveals Halloween Release Date!!! Check It Out!!
Stranger Things was one of the biggest hits in any medium last year, and expectations for season two are massive. Filming on the second season is currently underway, but Netflix will have a huge platform to tease their hit show with EW reporting that the first trailer will air during the Super Bowl. Details on the new season are scarce, but we know that it … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2: First Image Revealed!!! Check It Out!!
Stranger Things season 2 keeps getting stranger. Right after showing the first photo (below) of the original cast members’ return, a batch of new names have been revealed to join the continuation of the tale in Hawkins, Indiana. According to EW, Danish actress Linnea Berthelsen will play Roman, “an emotionally damaged, magnetic young woman who suffered a great loss as a child. Although she does … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Adds Sean Astin, Paul Reiser, and Newcomer Linnea Berthelsen!!!
lost a couple cast members in its first season, but it’s going to replenish its ranks for season two. The second season was officially announced yesterday with creators The Duffer Brothers saying they were influenced by the works of James Cameron and sequels like Aliens, Terminator 2, and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. So where do the new characters fit into the reference-fest … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2: Details Revealed for New Characters Max, Billy, and Roman!!
Here’s a spot of good news to wake up to: Netflix will officially get stranger next year thanks to a second season of the smash hit series Stranger Things. That means fans will get to continue the fantastically original yet earnest tribute to the 80s that the Duffer Brothers’ series handled so well. Though news is pretty slim at the moment, we do know that the … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Ordered by Netflix!!
Synopsis – When a young boy disappears, his mother, a police chief, and his friends must confront terrifying forces in order to get him back. Episodes – S01E01 to S01E08 My Take – I think we all must accept this – Netflix is killing it with their set of original series! From the comic Orange is the New Black to the dramatic Narcos to the hilarious Love to … Continue reading Stranger Things (2016-) Season 1 Review!!
The newly designed costume for Pennywise, the enigmatic horror at the heart of Andy Muschietti’s adaptation of Stephen King’s It, has emerged in full, creepy glory. This one’s going to divide some folks. It’s nowhere near as baggy or colorful as the one Tim Curry, in his mid 40s, donned for the 1990 TV movie adaptation, but the new version certainly seems to have a lot more thought and intent behind its … Continue reading ‘It’: Bill Skarsgård’s Creepy New Pennywise Costume Revealed!! Check It Out!!
The first image from the upcoming It movie has been unveiled, and it’s a biggie. Indeed, the new Pennywise has been revealed to the public at large with this first-look image, with the new iteration of the character played by Hemlock Grove actor Bill Skarsgard. The new Stephen King adaptation has been in the works for years, with Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) originally set to co-write and direct the project before departing over creative differences. Mama helmer Andy Muscietti is … Continue reading ‘It’: First Look at New Pennywise Revealed in Debut Image!!
Hollywood has been trying to adapt Stephen King’s massive horror novel It for the big screen for some time, and now New Line Cinema’s It movie has finally started filming. This iteration of the project had a long and somewhat disappointing development process, as True Detective filmmaker Cary Fukunaga had It lined up as his next movie after Beasts of No Nation. He planned a … Continue reading Filming on the New ‘It’ Movie Is Now Underway!!!
The efforts to bring Stephen King‘s It back to the big (or, heck, small) screen have been thwarted by a variety of issues. For quite some time, the second adaptation of King’s tale of a group of grown-ups who find themselves revisited by the monstrous clown known as Pennywise, originally played by the great Tim Curry, was one of the most anticipated projects being worked … Continue reading Stephen King’s ‘It’ Remake Gets New Pennywise in ‘Hemlock Grove’ Star!!
