The Nicolas Cage resurgence as of late has interestingly mostly found him in more abstract kinds of films as opposed to his more commercially appealing blockbusters of yesteryear. While many have pined for a National Treasure 3, Cage has been partaking in indie films like Pig, Mandy and Dream Scenario. However, he would also mix in a couple mass audience projects like The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent and Renfield. Deadline has now reported that Cage is set to star in The Carpenter’s Son, a horror tale that’s based on the rarely-told childhood of Jesus Christ.
The official synopsis for The Carpenter’s Son reads, “The Carpenter’s Son tells the dark story of a family hiding out in Roman Egypt. The son, known only as ‘the Boy’, is driven to doubt by another mysterious child and rebels against his guardian, the Carpenter, revealing inherent powers and a fate beyond his comprehension. As he exercises his own power, the Boy and his family become the target of horrors, natural and divine.”
Cage is set to star alongside FKA Twigs, who will be seen in the upcoming remake of The Crow, as well as Noah Jupe and Souheila Yacoub. The movie will be helmed by Egyptian-American director Lotfy Nathan. Per Deadline, “Nathan has taken inspiration from the apocryphal Infancy Gospel of Thomas for the screenplay. Dating back to the 2nd Century AD, the text recounts the childhood of Jesus.” The film is set to film this summer with Cage playing the titular Carpenter, Twigs as the Mother, Jupe will be playing the Boy and Yacoub’s role has yet to have been announced.
Meanwhile, Cage has been rumored to return with John Travolta for a sequel to Face/Off, in which he explained, “I think Face/Off is a sequel that lends itself to a lot of twists and turns and unpredictability. It’s almost like if you factor in the idea of offspring and Castor and Sean having children and these children grow up, then it becomes like three-dimensional chess, and then it’s not just the two, John Travolta and myself, it’s four of us ping-ponging and going at different levels, and it becomes even more complex. I think there’s a lot of fertile ground there. I had maybe one meeting in an office, but I haven’t heard anything since, so I don’t know.“
If you’ve been playing the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection, then you know 1998’s MGS1 is all about staying hidden. The game gives you a number of tactics to remain out of sight, but one of the most signature of techniques in Snake’s arsenal is simply hiding in a cardboard box. But boxes don’t just let you stay…
If you’ve been playing the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection, then you know 1998’s MGS1 is all about staying hidden. The game gives you a number of tactics to remain out of sight, but one of the most signature of techniques in Snake’s arsenal is simply hiding in a cardboard box. But boxes don’t just let you stay…
In 2010, a group of Halo 2 diehards called “Noble 14” stayed logged into the multiplayer shooter for weeks after Microsoft turned off the online servers for the original Xbox on April 14. The service’s last player was Apache N4SIR who finally got booted just after midnight on May 11. Fourteen years later, a group of…
In 2010, a group of Halo 2 diehards called “Noble 14” stayed logged into the multiplayer shooter for weeks after Microsoft turned off the online servers for the original Xbox on April 14. The service’s last player was Apache N4SIR who finally got booted just after midnight on May 11. Fourteen years later, a group of…
Despite largely positive reviews (including ours) and good buzz from horror fans, the vampire ballerina horror flick Abigail didn’t find much of an audience when it opened in theaters last month. As of yesterday, the film has only grossed about $22.7 million domestically, and now, only two weeks (and change) since it opened, Universal is giving it a premium VOD release. Starting tomorrow, you can buy it (for $24.99) or rent it ($19.99) from most digital retailers. It will likely also be out on Universal’s Peacock streaming service before long.
Yesterday, in my weekend box office report, I mentioned that one of the reasons a movie like The Fall Guy had such an underwhelming result at the box office this weekend was due to shrinking home media windows. Abigail only opened on April 19th, meaning it’s getting a VOD release in not even three weeks since its theatrical debut, which is a TINY window. Why should people be expected to shell out cash when they know they can pretty much own a copy of the film for the same price it would have cost them to see it in a premium theatre?
Of course, horror fans can usually be relied upon to see a film in theaters, even if it’s a day-and-date release. A simultaneous release on Peacock certainly didn’t hurt Five Nights at Freddy’s last year. Maybe there was just something about Abigail that didn’t speak to the horror community. Whatever the case, Radio Silence’s (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett) ultra-gory vampire flick may well find a cult following now that it’s hitting home media. In it, a group of would-be criminals kidnap a 12-year-old ballerina to extort her obscenely wealthy father. Naturally, she turns out to be a vampire.
The film stars Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, Alisha Weir and many others. You can check out our interviews with the whole gang right here!
Did you miss Abigail in theaters, and will you be checking it out on VOD? Let us know in the comments!
YouTube’s biggest creator, Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson, is going through some changes. A year ago, he said that the pacing of his videos would slow down as he tried out a new editing style. That hasn’t exactly come to fruition just yet, but a new Semafor story indicates that MrBeast’s desire to shake up his production…
YouTube’s biggest creator, Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson, is going through some changes. A year ago, he said that the pacing of his videos would slow down as he tried out a new editing style. That hasn’t exactly come to fruition just yet, but a new Semafor story indicates that MrBeast’s desire to shake up his production…
I love Star Trek. It’s one of the most unique fandoms since it features multiple different properties in the same universe. Don’t get me wrong, I love Star Wars, but something about Star Trek that raises it to another level. There are so many shows that are unique in their own way. You have Star Trek T.O.S, Star Trek The Animated Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Enterprise, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: Prodigy, Star Trek: Lower Decks, and Star Trek: Picard.
The point is that there is something for everyone. Fans are a little bit less toxic than other fandoms. My theory is that because there are so many shows there is at least one show that everyone can agree is good. So if someone were to, let’s say, hate Prodigy, they may like Lower Decks, or maybe they think Next Generation is the only good Star Trek show. But because there are so many series, there is a better chance to link the fan love. I have met many Trekkers in my life, and I have yet to meet someone with whom I have nothing in common.
One Star Trek show that I loved that tended to divide fans was Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In it, Avery Brooks starred as Commander Benjamin Sisco. Unlike other Trek main characters, he wasn’t a captain. Rather, he was a commander struggling with grief (and rage) after his wife was killed in an attack orchestrated by none other than Captain Picard when the Borg assimilated him as Locutus. The show centred partly around him being a single parent to his son, Jake, as well as his adventures commanding Deep Space Nine. It had a tremendous cast of characters, including René Auberjonois as the shape-shifter, Odo, Nana Vistor as Bajoran resistance veteran, Kira, Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax, Alexander Siddig as Dr. Julian Bashir, Armin Shimerman’s Quark, and many more. It even had some TNG holdovers like Colm Meaney as Chief O’Brien, and (later) Michael Dorn’s Worf.
I adored this show; maybe it was because it broke all the rules. It wasn’t about a ship; they didn’t go out looking for adventure. Instead, adventure came to them. There was more emphasis on characters than techno babble. It was Star Trek Noir, and I loved almost every episode. But does it still hold up? Or am I under some alien virus?
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was created by the late Michael Piller and Rick Berman. Both of them have had long careers in the Star Trek universe. Rick Berman helped develop Star Trek: The Next Generation with Gene Roddenberry and Maurice Hurley. He was the man behind Star Trek for many years, creating not only Deep Space Nine but also the Voyager and Enterprise series. Berman is a controversial figure in the Star Trek franchise. I would go into this more, but that’s an entire article in itself. On the other hand, Michael Piller was a legend in the Star Trek community. He was head writer on Next Generation and would eventually become a showrunner. Many have said that Piller was responsible for the success of Next Generation when he got the position. Again, if I went over Piller’s Star Trek career, it would be another episode.
Anyway, during TNG, Berman and Piller were approached by a network executive to create another Star Trek show to air while TNG was still going. Who was that executive? It was the myth, the legend, Brandon Tartikoff
Many viewers of Gone But Not Forgotten know who Brandon Tartikoff is because he was the man behind amazing shows like Night Court, Knight Rider, Miami Vice, and many more. Deep Space Nine is yet another feather in this man’s cap. When it came to DS9, Tartikoff had one order. This new show would not revolve around another starship exploring the universe; it would be a new kind of Star Trek show, and the adventures would be stationary. According to the season 2 DVD special feature “New Frontiers: The Story of Deep Space Nine,” the original idea that was batted around was to have the show based on a colony or planet. But shooting on location would have been too expensive, plus fans wanted to see a show in space, not a planet. So it was decided the series would take place on a space station. In the beginning, Star Trek was pitched as a space western like Wagon Trail. So since Deep Space Nine was a space station, it would be more like an Old Western town, evoking shows like the classic 1958 Western series The Rifleman.
In this video, which is embedded above, we dig into how DS9 wasn’t immediately adored by fans, and how it was rife with behind-the-scene turmoil, with poor ratings bringing it to a premature end. However, we also dig into how good the show became at a certain point during its run, and why it’s a huge favorite of Trek fans all these years later.
Moon Studio’s No Rest for the Wicked is a tough-as-nails Soulslike, but there are moments of respite to be found. Alongside the array of weapons and armor found in chests or offered as rewards for quests, there’s a set of more rudimentary tools that you shouldn’t ignore. They include a pickaxe and a fishing rod, which…
