Growing up is tough, especially during your teenage years. Your teens are an era when no one understands you; everyone thinks you’re overreacting, and hormones rage inside your nether region like a mosh pit of questions and embarrassing blunders. I grew up in New York, so I know what walking the Bed-Stuy streets is like while hoping to discover who you are. In Comedy Central‘s Everybody Still Hates Chris trailer, we join Chris Rock for a hilarious look at his awkward teens and all the confusion that helped shape one of the most recognized comedians in the game.

Everybody Still Hates Chris will feature Chris Rock (Rustin, Fargo) as “Adult Chris,” narrating stories inspired by his experience growing up as a skinny nerd in a large working-class family in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, during the late 1980s.  Terry Crews (America’s Got Talent) will voice “Julius,” Chris’ father, who is a gentle giant with a relentless work ethic and cheap. He grew up dirt poor, so he knows the cost of everything down to the penny. He works two jobs to support the family, and on his days off, he takes on a third job. Tichina Arnold (The Neighborhood) will voice “Rochelle,” Chris’ mother, who is smart, strong-willed and has a nurturing spirit, but she can also be hot-headed, especially when it comes to her kids. She tolerates zero nonsense, so she quits more jobs in a month than most people do in a lifetime.

In addition to the cast of the original series, Everybody Hates Chris, Tim Johnson Jr. (Saturdays) will voice “Young Chris,” a nerd who wants to be cool but he’s outshined by his younger brother, tortured by his little sister, and foiled by his cheapskate dad; Ozioma Akagha (DELILAH) will voice “Tonya,” Chris’ feisty baby sister, with the face of an angel and the heart of a demon, who gets along with her middle brother Drew but leaps at any chance to get Chris in trouble; Terrence Little Gardenhigh (Danger Force) will voice “Drew,” the golden child of the family who is the epitome of Black Excellence: handsome, athletic, a ladies man, taller and cooler than his older brother Chris; and Gunnar Sizemore (Kung Fu Panda) will voice “Greg,” Chris’s only friend at school who is girl-obsessed, status-conscious and raised by a single dad.

In Comedy Central’s Everybody Still Hates Chris trailer, a teenage Chris Rock endures many pitfalls of growing up in a family filled with dominating personalities. Overflowing with ’80s flavor and inner-city authenticity, Everybody Still Hates Chris features an outrageous cast of guest stars, including Tisha Campbell, Jack’ee Harry, Ayo Edebiri, Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias, Monet X Change, Busta Rhymes, Bell Biv DeVoe, and Sally Jessy Raphael.

Created by Chris Rock and Ali LeRoi, Everybody Hates Chris is based loosely on Rock’s personal experiences as a teenager growing up from 1982 to 1987. The original live-action series has 88 episodes (four seasons) and stars Terry Crews, Tichina Arnold, Tequan Richmond, Imani Hakim, Vincent Martella, and Tyler James Williams.

Everybody Still Hates Chris airs on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. after Family Guy!

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Somewhere in the annals of entertainment sayings, surely one must go something like: If you can make a killer think he’s the victim, you need not to any other press. But Erik Menendez – one half, along with fellow parent murderer and New York Knicks fan Lyle – of the Menendez Brothers has a serious problem with Ryan Murphy due to his depiction of them in his latest series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.

Erik Menendez – who, like older brother Lyle, is currently serving a life sentence – wrote the following statement, which was shared by his wife Tammi on social media: “I believed we had moved beyond the lies and ruinous character portrayals of Lyle, creating a caricature of Lyle rooted in horrible and blatant likes rampant in the show. I can only believe they were done so on purpose. It is with a heavy heart that I say, I believe Ryan Murphy cannot be this naive and inaccurate about the facts of our lives so as to do this without bad intent.” He added, “It is sad for me to know that Netflix’s dishonest portrayal of the tragedies surrounding our crime have taken the painful truths several steps backward — back through time to an era when the prosecution built a narrative on a belief system that males were not sexually abused, and that males experienced rape trauma differently than women. Those awful lies have been disrupted and exposed by countless brave victims over the last two decades who have broken through their personal shame and bravely spoken out. So now Murphy shapes his horrible narrative through vile and appalling character portrayals of Lyle and of me and disheartening slander.”

So, a couple of things here. First, we all know that what the Mendendez brothers did was heinous, acts of parricide that shocked the nation and rocked headlines in the ‘90s. But anyone presenting all of this in any form of media does have a responsibility to aim for the truth, even if some liberties are taken. Then again, Ryan Murphy isn’t exactly known for his subtlety or couth delivery, somehow even making larger-than-life figures such as Bette Davis and Truman Capote more of caricatures than we already knew them as. When you think about it, the Menendez brothers are just the latest target, whether you think Murphy intended harm or not. But the damage he has done (at least according to Erik Menendez) may have greater implications than ever.

Erik Menendez ended his statement by calling out Murphy for diminishing the effects of child abuse. “Let the truth stand as the truth. How demoralizing to know that one man with power can undermine decades of progress in shedding light on childhood trauma. Violence is never an answer, never a solution, and is always tragic. As such, I hope it is never forgotten that violence against a child creates a hundred horrendous and silent crime scenes darkly shadowed behind glitter and glamor and rarely exposed until tragedy penetrates everyone involved. To all those who have reached out and supported me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”

Murphy’s interpretation of the Mendenez brothers story isn’t the first time Ryan Murphy has faced criticism for his depiction of other real-life infamous killers, as the first season of Monster was accused of exploiting the murders of Jeffrey Dahmer in a way no one else in movies or TV had before.

Do you think Ryan Murphy went too far with his depiction of the Menendez brothers? Does Erik Menendez have a point here?

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Somewhere in the annals of entertainment sayings, surely one must go something like: If you can make a killer think he’s the victim, you need not to any other press. But Erik Menendez – one half, along with fellow parent murderer and New York Knicks fan Lyle – of the Menendez Brothers has a serious problem with Ryan Murphy due to his depiction of them in his latest series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.

Erik Menendez – who, like older brother Lyle, is currently serving a life sentence – wrote the following statement, which was shared by his wife Tammi on social media: “I believed we had moved beyond the lies and ruinous character portrayals of Lyle, creating a caricature of Lyle rooted in horrible and blatant likes rampant in the show. I can only believe they were done so on purpose. It is with a heavy heart that I say, I believe Ryan Murphy cannot be this naive and inaccurate about the facts of our lives so as to do this without bad intent.” He added, “It is sad for me to know that Netflix’s dishonest portrayal of the tragedies surrounding our crime have taken the painful truths several steps backward — back through time to an era when the prosecution built a narrative on a belief system that males were not sexually abused, and that males experienced rape trauma differently than women. Those awful lies have been disrupted and exposed by countless brave victims over the last two decades who have broken through their personal shame and bravely spoken out. So now Murphy shapes his horrible narrative through vile and appalling character portrayals of Lyle and of me and disheartening slander.”

So, a couple of things here. First, we all know that what the Mendendez brothers did was heinous, acts of parricide that shocked the nation and rocked headlines in the ‘90s. But anyone presenting all of this in any form of media does have a responsibility to aim for the truth, even if some liberties are taken. Then again, Ryan Murphy isn’t exactly known for his subtlety or couth delivery, somehow even making larger-than-life figures such as Bette Davis and Truman Capote more of caricatures than we already knew them as. When you think about it, the Menendez brothers are just the latest target, whether you think Murphy intended harm or not. But the damage he has done (at least according to Erik Menendez) may have greater implications than ever.

Erik Menendez ended his statement by calling out Murphy for diminishing the effects of child abuse. “Let the truth stand as the truth. How demoralizing to know that one man with power can undermine decades of progress in shedding light on childhood trauma. Violence is never an answer, never a solution, and is always tragic. As such, I hope it is never forgotten that violence against a child creates a hundred horrendous and silent crime scenes darkly shadowed behind glitter and glamor and rarely exposed until tragedy penetrates everyone involved. To all those who have reached out and supported me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”

Murphy’s interpretation of the Mendenez brothers story isn’t the first time Ryan Murphy has faced criticism for his depiction of other real-life infamous killers, as the first season of Monster was accused of exploiting the murders of Jeffrey Dahmer in a way no one else in movies or TV had before.

Do you think Ryan Murphy went too far with his depiction of the Menendez brothers? Does Erik Menendez have a point here?

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Visions of Mana looks cute and casual on the surface, but underneath lies some surprisingly deep team building. Each of the five characters can eventually equip one of eight classes, each with their own Elemental Plot invested in with Elemental Points. Unfortunately, even though spells learned by one class can carry…

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Visions of Mana looks cute and casual on the surface, but underneath lies some surprisingly deep team building. Each of the five characters can eventually equip one of eight classes, each with their own Elemental Plot invested in with Elemental Points. Unfortunately, even though spells learned by one class can carry…

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In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape Kyle Chandler’s sight if the Friday Night Lights actor brandishes a power ring for DC‘s Lanterns series. According to Deadline, Kyle Chandler is negotiating to star as Hal Jordan in HBO’s Green Lantern series. News about the Emmy-winning actor becoming a space cop for the anticipated adaptation arrived weeks after rumors began flying about Josh Brolin playing Hal Jordan. No one is commenting about the likelihood of Kyle Chandler joining the series, but Deadline appears confident in their source.

Lanterns has officially been given an eight-episode straight-to-series order by HBO, Warner Bros. Television, and DC Studios. Chris Mundy (True Detective: Night Country) will serve as showrunner and executive producer and will co-write the series alongside Damon Lindelof (The Leftovers) and Tom King (Supergirl), who will also executive produce.

The series “follows new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.” Casey Bloys, chairman and CEO of HBO and Max Content, said, “We are elated to be reuniting with both Chris Mundy and Damon Lindelof as they partner with Tom for this fresh take on DC’s Green Lantern. As part of James and Peter’s vision for the DC Universe, this first new live-action series will mark an exciting new era.”

The search for an actor to play John Stewart continues while DC fans prepare for the launch of James Gunn and Peter Safran’s “Gods and Monsters” arc. The arc will begin with the animated series Creature Commandos and then Gunn’s highly anticipated Superman.

A different Green Lantern series had been developing for years but needed help moving forward. Penned by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Seth Grahame-Smith, the series was slated to tell a story “spanning decades and galaxies, beginning on Earth in 1941 with the very first Green Lantern, secretly gay FBI agent Alan Scott, and 1984, with cocky alpha male Guy Gardner and half-alien Bree Jarta. They’ll be joined by a multitude of other Lanterns — from comic book favorites to never-before-seen heroes.” Jeremy Irvine (Treadstone) was set to play Alan Scott alongside Finn Wittrock (American Horror Story) as Guy Gardner, but the project was completely redeveloped.

Kyle Chandler is famous for his role as Eric Taylor in the Friday Night Lights series. He has also performed well in movies like The Midnight Sky, Manchester By the Sea, The Wolf of Wall Street, and more. Courting Chandler makes me think DC wants a seasoned portrayal of Hal Jordan in Lanterns instead of what we saw in 2011’s Green Lantern, starring Ryan Reynolds as Jordan. What do you think?

Is Kyle Chandler the right actor to play Hal Jordan in Lanterns? Do you have someone else in mind? Let us know in the comments section below.

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There’s a reboot of the classic Universal Monsters property The Wolf Man coming our way from Blumhouse Productions and The Invisible Man (2020) director Leigh Whannell, aiming for a January 17, 2025 theatrical release – and the folks at Empire have just unveiled a new image from the film, which can be seen at the bottom of this article. Empire also shared some quotes from Whannell where he said he’s aiming to make this different from every other werewolf movie we’ve seen, and described the project as “straight-up, pure horror.”

The leads of Wolf Man are Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner, both of whom were in the 2011 film Martha Marcy May Marlene. Abbott is taking on the role of a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator. Garner is playing his wife, a character described as being a mother whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator. Sam Jaeger is also in the cast, along with child actress Matilda Firth, playing a character named Ginger: “Female, 10 years old, white. Blake and Charlotte’s daughter. Smart, precocious, and strong. When her family decides to leave the city for a quieter life in a remote area, she faces her biggest fear, the possibility of losing one or both of her parents forever.”

When Wolf Man was first announced in 2020, Ryan Gosling was set to star in it – and in fact, it got rolling when Gosling pitched this take on the concept of The Wolf Man to Universal, and his idea was then fleshed out into a screenplay by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, a writing duo that previously worked on Orange Is the New Black. (Blum also happens to be married to Blumhouse founder Jason Blum.) At the time, it was said the story was “believed to be set in present times and in the vein of Jake Gyllenhaal’s thriller Nightcrawler with an obvious supernatural twist.” The final version of the script is credited to Blum and Angelo, as well as Whannell and his wife Corbett Tuck.

Whannell first signed on to direct the film in 2020, but dropped out the following year. That’s when Gosling’s Blue Valentine and Place Beyond the Pines director Derek Cianfrance came on board. Gosling and Cianfrance both stepped away from Wolf Man early last year… and then Whannell came back. A collaboration between Blumhouse and Motel Movies, Wolf Man is being produced by Jason Blum. Gosling receives an executive producer credit alongside Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner, and Whannell.

Whannell told Empire, “Upgrade was more sci-fi action. I was watching a lot of domestic thrillers when I wrote The Invisible Man, because I love that genre. [Wolf Man] is me saying, ‘I just wanted to make something that is straight-up, pure horror.’ I think of it as a companion piece to The Invisible Man. I didn’t want this film to be a nostalgic or a retro Wolf Man film in any way. [I was] actually writing down in my notepad everything that’s been done, and then saying, ‘Okay, that’s the list of what not to do.’ I’m hoping that you go in and say, ‘Oh wow, I haven’t seen that werewolf movie before,’ when the lights come up.“

Are you looking forward to Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man? Take a look at this image, then let us know by leaving a comment below.

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Hollowbody is a short survival horror game that takes you on a panicked run through what’s left of 22nd-century England, 60 years after a terrorist attack infected its west coast with an unknown biological agent. As smuggler Mica Holloway, you have less than 20 hours to find your partner Sasha and escape the…

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Hollowbody is a short survival horror game that takes you on a panicked run through what’s left of 22nd-century England, 60 years after a terrorist attack infected its west coast with an unknown biological agent. As smuggler Mica Holloway, you have less than 20 hours to find your partner Sasha and escape the…

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Last year, New Line Cinema went all-in on a partnership with Barbarian (watch it HERE) writer/director Zach Cregger and Barbarian’s producers at BoulderLight Pictures. New Line came out the winner in a bidding war over Weapons, which they’re planning to give a theatrical release date on January 16, 2026, and they’re also paying Cregger a sum in the eight figure range to make the movie. In addition to working with them on Weapons, New Line signed a first look deal with BoulderLight Pictures, tasking the company with developing high concept genre projects for them, and they gave a greenlight to the sci-fi thriller Companion, produced by BoulderLight and Cregger. That film will be reaching theatres a full year ahead of Weapons… But while Cregger is collaborating with New Line Cinema, he’s also being courted by Sony Pictures. Industry scooper Jeff Sneider reports that Sony was hoping Cregger would direct a reboot of Clue for them – but he passed on that offer. Now, Cregger and Sony are discussing the possibility of him directing the next Resident Evil movie for them.

Paul W.S. Anderson built a franchise of six Resident Evil movies, running from Resident Evil in 2002 to Resident Evil: The Final Chapter in 2017. In 2021, the franchise was rebooted with director Johannes Roberts’ Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. Last year, we heard that a follow-up to Welcome to Raccoon City was in the works, as Raccoon HG Film Productions, the company that was behind that film, was said to be gearing up to go into production on a project called Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles (based on the 2002 video game Resident Evil Zero) in Greater Sudbury, a city in Ontario, Canada. That project doesn’t seem to have ever started filming, though.

A Production Weekly listing offered the following SPOILER-filled synopsis for Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles: STARS operative Rebecca Chambers and former Marine Billy Coen venture through a train that eventually takes them into a derelict training facility. Once within the facility, they discover they are being stalked by James Marcus, a co-founder of the Umbrella Corporation and creator of the T-Virus, who has managed to resurrect himself with the aid of leech test subjects. After a confrontation, Marcus mutates into a monstrosity, but is subdued by the duo. Chambers and Coen escape as the facility self-destructs.

Anderson was said to be earning a producing credit on Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, along with Jeremy Bolt, Victor Hadida, Robert Kulzer, Martin Moszkowicz, Alex Zhang, and James Harris. They were all producers on Welcome to Raccoon City as well.

If Sneider is correct and Cregger is indeed in talks with Sony to direct the next Resident Evil movie, it’s not clear if they’re looking to have him direct Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles or if the project would start over from scratch.

Would you like to see a Zach Cregger Resident Evil movie? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

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