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‘Smile 3’: Director Parker Finn Offers Update!!

In 2022, Parker Finn made an everyday facial movement absolutely terrifying when he unleashed Smile upon the world. Unique, grotesque, and downright chilling, the Sosie Bacon and Kyle Gallner-led film was a hit with critics and audiences alike, earning a Certified Fresh approval rating of 79% on Rotten Tomatoes. Two years after the smile curse was unveiled to theater-goers around the world, Finn came back … Continue reading ‘Smile 3’: Director Parker Finn Offers Update!!

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‘Monitor’: ‘Smile 2’ Producers Temple Hill Announce Their Next Horror Feature!!

London, UK (November 1, 2024) – Temple Hill Entertainment, the producers behind the critically acclaimed box office megahits Smile and Smile 2, and leading sales, finance and production company Protagonist Pictures have announced the high concept horror feature, Monitor. Written and directed by Ryan Polly and Matt Black (I Bet You’re Wondering How I Got Here, Stalled) the film is based on their terrifying horror short of the same name. … Continue reading ‘Monitor’: ‘Smile 2’ Producers Temple Hill Announce Their Next Horror Feature!!

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‘Smile 2’ Sets October 18, 2024 as Release Date!!

Horror fans heads up! Paramount has set a release date for its highly anticipated flick Smile 2 for next Fall, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The feature was first announced earlier this year at CinemaCon after the unexpected success of the original feature. The move comes as Paramount sets the slate for its upcoming season with features like Mean Girls and Bob Marley: One Love … Continue reading ‘Smile 2’ Sets October 18, 2024 as Release Date!!

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‘Smile’ Sequel is in the Works!!

Paramount Pictures has revealed that a sequel to Parker Finn‘s supernatural horror hit, Smile, is officially in the works. The announcement came during the studio’s presentation at CinemaCon, where they were set to talk about their upcoming projects that are meant to hit the big screen in the next few months. In the original Smile movie, Laura (Caitlin Stasey) begins seeing an entity manifesting as … Continue reading ‘Smile’ Sequel is in the Works!!

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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and ‘Stranger Things’ Dominate 2023 MTV Movie and TV Award Nominees!! Check Out the Full List!!

A celebration of entertainment, action, drama, horror, and romance is just around the corner thanks to the upcoming 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards. The full list of nominees via Deadline has Top Gun: Maverick leading the film category with six nominations, while The Last of Us and Stranger Things lead the way with six nominations in scripted television categories. For the second year running, the MTV Movie & TV Awards … Continue reading ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and ‘Stranger Things’ Dominate 2023 MTV Movie and TV Award Nominees!! Check Out the Full List!!

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‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Retains Top Spot as ‘She Said’ Flops at BO!!

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘s second weekend is coming in lower than its projected $70M+ with $67.3M, -63%. That’s not necessarily something to get worried about, however, as sources keep telling me this pic’s running time is what’s slowing it down a bit. At the same time, that second weekend is slightly ahead of Black Adam‘s $67M opening weekend. On the bright side, it’s Thanksgiving week, … Continue reading ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Retains Top Spot as ‘She Said’ Flops at BO!!

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Former DC Films Head Walter Hamada Moves to Paramount!!

Following his departure as the president for DC Studio at Warner Bros Discovery, Walter Hamada has landed at Paramount Pictures in an exclusive, multi-year production deal which will see him returning to his horror roots, Deadline has reported. Amid the overhaul at the WBD studio in the past year, news broke out in August that Hamada was on the verge of quitting after new CEO … Continue reading Former DC Films Head Walter Hamada Moves to Paramount!!

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‘Smile’: New Featurette Highlights Sosie Bacon’s Performance!! Check It Out!!

This isn’t the time to put a frown on your face yet, as Smile is still scaring its way onto our screens with a featurette showcasing lead actress Sosie Bacon performing behind-the-scenes. Since its theatrical release, the trauma-inducing, Parker Finn-directed horror film has achieved a significant milestone, earning a considerably fair global box office and a 78% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, as well as … Continue reading ‘Smile’: New Featurette Highlights Sosie Bacon’s Performance!! Check It Out!!

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‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Sets November Box Office Record with $180 Million Debut at the BO!!

Disney and Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is settling in at a $180M opening, and there is absolutely nothing to complain about. The MCU title unseats the previous November opening champ, Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which held the month’s domestic box office opening record for nine years. Wakanda arrived slightly higher than Disney and tracking’s $175M+ estimate. Exhibition were the ones projecting … Continue reading ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Sets November Box Office Record with $180 Million Debut at the BO!!

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‘Black Adam’ Continues to Top Slow Weekend with $18.5M at the BO!!

Before Disney/Marvel’s Wakanda Forever comes in and does $175M-$200M next weekend, providing a complete rebirth to the domestic box office, don’t knock New Line’s Black Adam this weekend which had a fantastic hold of -33% for a third weekend of $18.5M. Total running domestic cume stands at $137.4M. Some rivals have snarked to me about the big cost for this movie at $200M before P&A, … Continue reading ‘Black Adam’ Continues to Top Slow Weekend with $18.5M at the BO!!

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Smile (2022) Review!!

Synopsis – After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can’t explain. Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new reality. My Take – While a genuinely happy face can bring delight to anyone’s gloomy day, this latest horror adds an uncanny creepiness to the whole situation by … Continue reading Smile (2022) Review!!

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‘Black Adam’ Tops Sluggish Halloween Weekend with $27.7M at the Box Office!!

Halloween adjacent weekends have rarely been good ones at the box office, and even less so during the pandemic, when there aren’t a lot of solid movies in cinemas. Saturday night is largely party night, not movie night. All titles this weekend are expected to gross $69M, just 7% up from last year’s $64.3M, but at a great drop from last weekend, when New Line/DC’s … Continue reading ‘Black Adam’ Tops Sluggish Halloween Weekend with $27.7M at the Box Office!!

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‘Clown in a Cornfield’: ‘Smile’ Producers Tap Eli Craig to Helm New Horror!!

On the heels of the box office success of Smile, the film’s producers are gearing up for their next horror film! Temple Hill has announced that they have tapped Eli Craig to direct Clown in a Cornfield. The film will be based on the young adult horror novel of the same name! Clown in a Cornfield is a 2020 Bram Stoker Award-winning young adult horror … Continue reading ‘Clown in a Cornfield’: ‘Smile’ Producers Tap Eli Craig to Helm New Horror!!

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‘Black Adam’ Delivers Dwayne Johnson’s Career-Best Solo with $67M Opening at the BO!!

Dwayne Johnson’s long in the making dream DC project has paid off for the People’s Champion, as Black Adam has conquered a hot $67M U.S. opening, the best domestic box office start for him as a solo star, and a $140M global bow worldwide. That’s ahead of where we were seeing it. “The success of Black Adam is truly a dream come true. We’ve been … Continue reading ‘Black Adam’ Delivers Dwayne Johnson’s Career-Best Solo with $67M Opening at the BO!!

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‘Halloween Ends’ Opens with Lower than Expected $41.2M at the BO!!

There’s about $10M missing from the current theatrical marketplace this weekend. Projections for Universal/Blumhouse/Miramax/Trancas’ Halloween Ends were expected to come in around $55M and the 13th sequel in the franchise originally created by John Carpenter is settling at $41.2M after a $13M Saturday, off 36% from $20.4M Friday and previews. Clearly tracking didn’t account for the theatrical-day-and-date factor. Uni says the movie is the most … Continue reading ‘Halloween Ends’ Opens with Lower than Expected $41.2M at the BO!!

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‘Smile’ Retains Top Spot with $17.6 Million as ‘Amsterdam’ Flops at the BO!!

Some parts of the weekend box office are alive, and some are dead, and that which is vibrant is Paramount’s second weekend of Smile, which — as we mentioned during the weekend preview — was apt to steal No. 1 away from newcomers Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile and Amsterdam. The Parker Finn R-rated horror film is posting the second-best hold ever for an R-rated horror movie, … Continue reading ‘Smile’ Retains Top Spot with $17.6 Million as ‘Amsterdam’ Flops at the BO!!

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‘Smile’ Tops Weekend with $22 Million at the BO!!

Unlike other genre films during this lackluster time at the box office, Paramount’s Smile isn’t even beginning to frown this weekend. Paramount officially reports this morning, after we heard last night that the Parker Finn directed/written horror pic had a very strong Saturday of $8.6 million. That’s now +4% from Friday and previews’ $8.2M, which will soar Smile to a $22M opening. Worldwide, Smile is exuberant at $36.5M. The pic only cost a … Continue reading ‘Smile’ Tops Weekend with $22 Million at the BO!!

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‘Smile’: Final Trailer Further Teases the Upcoming Horror!! Check It Out!!

Synopsis – After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can’t explain. Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new reality. Directed – Parker Finn Starring – Sosie Bacon, Jessie T. Usher, Kal Penn Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Smile’: Final Trailer Further Teases the Upcoming Horror!! Check It Out!!

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‘Smile’: New Featurette Goes BTS of the Unsettling New Horror!! Check It Out!!

A new featurette for Smile takes us behind the scenes of the creepy horror movie from director Parker Finn. The upcoming film marks Finn’s feature debut and is adapted from his acclaimed short film Laura Hasn’t Slept. Smile follows Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon), a psychiatrist who witnesses the gruesome suicide of a young woman who claims to see an entity that smiles at her … Continue reading ‘Smile’: New Featurette Goes BTS of the Unsettling New Horror!! Check It Out!!

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‘Smile’: Unnerving New Horror Gets a New Poster!! Check It Out!!

“What makes you smile?” Certainly not an unsettling grin. As if the film’s unnerving premise isn’t spine-chilling enough, Paramount Pictures unveiled—or in this case, unzipped—a new poster for the upcoming horror flick, Smile, with a short yet frightening warning that says, “Once you see it, it’s too late,” teasing that the whole creepy grin thing is a contagion. Director Parker Finn‘s horror debut, starring Sosie … Continue reading ‘Smile’: Unnerving New Horror Gets a New Poster!! Check It Out!!

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‘Smile’ Trailer Promises an Unnerving New Horror Starring Sosie Bacon!! Check It Out!!

Synopsis – After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can’t explain. Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new reality. Directed – Parker Finn Starring – Sosie Bacon, Jessie T. Usher, Kal Penn Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Smile’ Trailer Promises an Unnerving New Horror Starring Sosie Bacon!! Check It Out!!

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‘Smile’: William McGregor to Direct Netflix’s Matt Reeves Produced Vampire Film!!

Vampires are officially making a comeback. From Chris McKay’s Renfield to the twice-delayed Morbius with Jared Leto, it seems everyone is getting in on the vampire bandwagon, even streaming platforms. Per an exclusive with Deadline, Netflix has tapped William McGregor to direct the upcoming vampire flick Smile. The film will be made in conjunction with Matt Reeves’ 6th & Idaho Productions. Described as a vampire … Continue reading ‘Smile’: William McGregor to Direct Netflix’s Matt Reeves Produced Vampire Film!!

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