Two years have gone by since we heard that an adaptation of the Adam Cesare novel Clown in a Cornfield (pick up a copy HERE) was in the works, with Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil and Little Evil‘s Eli Craig on board to direct the film. Now we know when we’re going to have the chance to see the movie, as it has been announced that RLJE Films will be giving it a theatrical release in the United States on May 9, 2025. That will be followed by a streaming release on the Shudder service.

Clown in a Cornfield centers on Quinn and her father, who have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that has fallen on hard times after the treasured Baypen Corn Syrup Factory burned down. As the locals bicker amongst themselves and tensions boil over, a sinister, grinning figure emerges from the cornfields to cleanse the town of its burdens, one bloody victim at a time. Welcome to Kettle Springs. The real fun starts when Frendo the clown comes out to play. Eli Craig wrote the screenplay with Carter Blanchard.

Katie Douglas (Ginny & Georgia), Carson MacCormac (Shazam!), Aaron Abrams (Hannibal), Will Sasso (The Three Stooges), and Kevin Durand (Abigail) star.

Temple Hill Entertainment’s Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Isaac Klausner, and John Fischer produced alongside Paris Kassidokostas-Latsis and Terry Dougas of Rhea Films. Executive producers include Blanchard, as well as Jean-Luc De Fanti, Max Work, and Kostas Tsoukalas of Rhea Films, Petersen Harris and George Berman of Temple Hill, Dave Bishop and George Hamilton of Protagonist Pictures, Daniel Bekerman of Scythia Films Inc., and Myron John Tataryn of Thundersnow Pictures. Clown in a Cornfield is a Rhea Films Production as well as a Temple Hill Production and was financed by Hercules Film Fund.

RLJE Films’ Chief Acquisition Officer Mark Ward provided the following statement: “Adam Cesare’s Clown series has been on my radar for some time now, and we are pumped to bring Eli Craig’s harrowing, savage, heart-pounding adaptation to the big screen in 2025.“

Craig added, “I’m thrilled to partner with RLJE Films and Shudder to release this insanely fun action, horror, comedy where we always wanted it to be seen — in theaters! As always in my movies, there’s a deeper theme about the collision of perspectives and ideals that leads to utter mayhem. It was fun in this one, however, to let the horror thrills take the lead, while the comedic absurdity that I can’t help but see in life brings a bit of levity.“

If the Clown in a Cornfield movie is successful, there is definitely franchise potential here. Cesare has already written two more novels in the series, Clown in a Cornfield II: Frendo Lives and Clown in a Cornfield III: The Church of Frendo.

Are you looking forward to watching Clown in a Cornfield in 2025? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

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Controversial video game streamer Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm is officially joining Rumble, the right-wing streaming platform online personalities like Russell Brand go to when no one else will have them. The “alt-tech” platform announced the former Twitch star will receive equity and be an advisor despite admitting…

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Controversial video game streamer Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm is officially joining Rumble, the right-wing streaming platform online personalities like Russell Brand go to when no one else will have them. The “alt-tech” platform announced the former Twitch star will receive equity and be an advisor despite admitting…

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The Shawshank Redemption might have one of the most unique success stories of the last 30 years. In 1994 and 1995, the film was somehow both heralded and forgotten, falling in the cracks as it floundered at the box office. That’s right: despite an eventual seven Oscar nominations (tying for second that year), The Shawshank Redemption would be drastically underseen by the nation, only being the 91st highest-grossing movie of 1994 – behind Monkey Trouble! So how did it become the cult favorite it is today?

The Shawshank Redemption would only ever peak at #8 at the box office, meaning it would either be forgotten or have to rely on other means of attention. This would come straight from the boob tube, as Tim Robbins remembered, giving special thanks to controversial media mogul Ted Turner. “We’re at 30 years now [on from] Shawshank Redemption. When it came out it got good reviews, it got nominated for Academy awards, but nobody saw it. It was VHS and [Ted] Turner playing it on his television channel [Turner Classic Movies] that changed that.” That’s a pretty nice shoutout for the guy who once tried to colorize Citizen Kane! That said, I believe Robbins was referring to TBS rather than TCM, as in the 90s it was TBS that played The Shawshank Redemption over and over.

Robbins continued his praise for The Shawshank Redemption and its endurance, questioning just how much box office numbers really matter in the long run. “That is a beloved movie. It remains on top of IMDb as the most favoured movie of all time. So I know that a quality movie, a quality television show, will last. Whether it’s a hit or not is irrelevant compared to what people are going to think about it in 10, 15, 20 years.”

Robbins definitely has a point there, as you can never truly predict which films will have a legacy that far surpasses what it made on opening weekend. Let’s face it: Shawshank would have been yanked from theaters by week three had it been released in 2024, the focus moved to recouping via streaming. The truth is, in the end, the box office haul is just a fun fact. One film that comes to mind on this topic is It’s a Wonderful Life, which was a flop and doomed to be lost to history. With the right support – and the whole public domain thing – it would end up being an annual favorite (just make sure you watch the right version!).

Which modern films do you think could have a Shawshank-level redemption? Give us some picks in the comments section below.

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There are few actors more synonymous with wonderful performances beneath layers of prosthetics and makeup than Doug Jones. Having appeared as Abe Sapian in the Guillermo Del Toro Hellboy films, the Creature in The Shape of Water, and even Billy Butcherson in Hocus Pocus, Jones has had a career that most actors simply dream of.

Doug can be seen in the recently released Nosferatu: Symphony of Horror, where he plays the title character; a role that Jones has wanted to play for decades. We spoke about the process of filming using elements from the original 1922 film as green screen backdrops, and how wonderful Max Schreck’s performance in the first film was. Doug is also starring in the final season of What We Do In The Shadows as The Baron, a role which has been an absolute highlight over the series’ 6 season run (and it was originally just supposed to be a one-episode cameo) Finally, we get into Hocus Pocus 3 and whether or not Doug has heard any rumblings of a production start. Doug could not have been more generous with his time and he was an absolute delight. Check out the video interview embedded above.

A little about Doug Jones:

Doug is famous for starring in iconic film and TV roles under heavy prosthetic makeup. Some of his most recognizable characters include The Amphibian Man in the Oscar-winning film The Shape of Water, both Fauno and The Pale Man in Pan’s Labyrinth, Abe Sapien in the Hellboy movies, Billy Butcherson in Disney’s Hocus Pocus 1 & 2, The Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, and Mac Tonight, the moon-headed piano player in McDonald’s long-running 1990’s ad campaign. Jones recently starred as Saru on Star Trek: Discovery and recurs as Baron Afanas on What We Do in the Shadows. This October, he stars as Count Orlok in David Lee Fisher’s Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror.

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When Disney purchased 20th Century Fox, the Disney-owned Marvel Comics gained the ability to make comic books based on the Predator franchise. They started releasing Predator comics in 2022, and in 2023 they brought us a four-issue limited series crossover between the Predator and one of their most popular characters, Wolverine. This year, we got another limited series crossover, Predator Versus Black Panther… and fans who read the fourth and final issue of that crossover (which just reached store shelves last week) saw that the next series was teased at the end: in April of 2025, we’ll be getting Predator Versus Spider-Man!

Details on the crossover are scarce at this time, but we do know that Predator Versus Spider-Man is coming from writer Benjamin Percy, who also wrote Predator Versus Wolverine and Predator Versus Black Panther, and Avengers Assemble artist Marcelo Ferreira. A variant cover by Pepe Larraz and Marte Gracia can be seen at the bottom of this article.

These Marvel crossovers aren’t the first time the Predator has fought superheroes. Before Marvel got the comic rights, Predator was set up at Dark Horse Comics, and they used to team up with DC Comics for crossovers like Batman Versus Predator (which was so popular that it got two sequels), Superman vs. Predator, and JLA Versus Predator. Outside of the superhero realm, they even teamed up with Archie Comics for a couple Archie vs. Predator books. Predators have fought Judge Dredd and Tarzan before, too.

I haven’t read most of the Predator comics that are out there, but I loved the Batman Versus Predator books when I was a kid, and since I’ve always been more of a Marvel fan, I’m excited to see the Predator get the chance to go up against Marvel characters now. I’ll be reading every one of these crossovers Marvel decides to make.

Have you read Predator Versus Wolverine and/or Predator Versus Black Panther, and will you be reading Predator Versus Spider-Man next year? What do you think of the Predator superhero crossovers that have been published over the years? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

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Paramount Animation is here to save the day with an update to the long-gestating Mighty Mouse movie. Paramount is partnering with Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort Productions to produce a feature adaptation of the classic character’s adventures, with Free Guy writer Matt Liberman writing the script. Younger generations may not know who Mighty Mouse is, but if you’re as old as me (43), you could remember watching Mighty Mouse reruns in your pajamas with a bowl full of Croonchy Stars or Donkey Kong Junior cereal.

Mighty Mouse flew onto the animation scene in 1942 with “The Mouse of Tomorrow,” a short film. He continued his adventures in dozens of shorts for the next several decades, including a Saturday morning cartoon show, giving us the gift of the” Mighty Mouse Theme (Here I Come to Save the Day).” You’re likely to have heard the song if you’re an Andy Kaufman fan or have seen Jim Carrey’s Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon.

Several reboots of Mighty Mouse exist, with networks reworking the character across generations. Nothing compares to the original, though. There is something pure about the O.G. Mighty Mouse that other iterations fail to capture, but that’s coming from an old-school fan, so take it for what you will. Multiple studios have tried to retool the character in recent years, but every project needed more steam. Thankfully, Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort is a studio known to see things through, and Matt Liberman is the kind of writer who could pen a worthwhile adventure for the super-powered mouse.

Are you familiar with Mighty Mouse? Do you think kids today will enjoy his antics? What age demographic will Liberman’s Mighty Mouse movie hope to entertain? If Liberman plans to age the character and present a more mature Mighty Mouse, I could see the character working with young viewers. I would not be surprised if this leads to Mighty Mouse getting a comic book run alongside his feature film resurgence. It feels like the sky’s the limit for an adorable character with super strength and the power of flight. Older generations could have superhero fatigue, but young audiences eat that stuff up. Let’s see what happens.

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You never go full Tropic Thunder. Yes, the 2008 movie had its share of controversies 15+ years ago, but imagine if it were made in 2024. That’s tough to do because we all know it couldn’t. Even Ben Stiller knows Tropic Thunder got made at just the right time, recognizing that today’s society would be even worse at picking up on the satire.

Speaking with Collider, Ben Stiller – who directed, co-wrote and starred in Tropic Thunder – said he truly doubted that kind of movie could get made today. “Obviously, in this environment, edgier comedy is just harder to do. Definitely not at the scale we made it at, too, in terms of the economics of the business. I think even at the time we were fortunate to get it made, and I credit that, actually, to Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks. He read it and was like, ‘Alright, let’s make this thing.’ It’s a very inside movie when you think about it. But yeah, the idea of Robert [Downey Jr.] playing that character who’s playing an African American character, I mean, incredibly dicey. Even at the time, of course, it was dicey too. The only reason we attempted it was I felt like the joke was very clear in terms of who that joke was on — actors trying to do anything to win awards. But now, in this environment, I don’t even know if I would have ventured to do it, to tell you the truth. I’m being honest.”

That’s kind of the problem with satire: if you’re too narrow minded to get it or are too focused on what should be “canceled” then you’re only doing damage to the product and its potential audience. But as it stands, Tropic Thunder is one of the funniest and smartest comedies of this century so far. And by and large, the cast has remained supportive of their accomplishments: Robert Downey Jr. doesn’t regret the blackface, Tom Cruise loves playing Les Grossman and Justin Theroux is ready to do a sequel. As for Jack Black, we do have to wonder if he would distance himself from the movie to save his own reputation…

Tropic Thunder would earn RDJ a surprise – and meta – Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance, while the movie itself would take in $110 million at the domestic box office and be one of the highest-grossing R-rated movies of the year.

Do you think Tropic Thunder would fly in 2024? Tell us why or why not below.

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Sony’s Marvel Comics adaptation Kraven the Hunter is set to reach theatres on December 13th – and the film’s director, J. C. Chandor (A Most Violent Year), is hoping movie-goers will give Kraven the chance to wash away the bad tase left by some of Sony’s other Marvel adaptations (like Morbius and Madame Web).

Directed by Chandor from a screenplay by Richard Wenk, Art Marcum, and Matt Holloway, Kraven the Hunter has the following synopsis: Kraven the Hunter is the visceral, action-packed origin story of how and why one of Marvel’s most iconic villains came to be. Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays Kraven, a man whose complex relationship with his ruthless father, Nikolai Kravinoff, starts him down a path of vengeance with brutal consequences, motivating him to become not only the greatest hunter in the world, but also one of its most feared.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the title character and is joined in the cast by Ariana DeBose as voodoo priestess Calypso Ezili, Fred Hechinger as Kraven’s estranged brother and master of disguise Dmitri Smerdyakov / Chameleon, Alessandro Nivola as Russian mercenary and human-rhino hybrid Aleksei Sytsevich / Rhino, Christopher Abbott as a mercenary and assassin known as the Foreigner, and Russell Crowe as Kraven’s estranged father, the ruthless crime lord Nikolai Kravinoff.

Kraven the Hunter is, along with Morbius, Madame Web, and the Venom trilogy, part of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (which was formerly known as the Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters), which consists of Marvel adaptations that doesn’t have the creative team of Marvel Studios behind them, so therefore they’re not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Sony is able to make these films because they own the movie rights to all characters that were originally introduced in the pages of Spider-Man comics.

When asked if he’s worried that the bad reputation of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe will have a negative impact on his movie, Chandor told ComicBook.com, “I don’t want to get too into the nitty gritty of it, but here’s what I would say: for me as a filmmaker, my number one goal, especially, quite frankly, over the last couple of years where you guys are deep in this world … some of the fans out there, a lot of the fans, were upset with certain decisions and certain outcomes [of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe]. Then with other films, they’ve gone on to be tremendous successes. So there’s been there’s been a mixed success rate. People have got to give us a chance and come out and support this film, and literally try to wash away some of the other stuff that’s happened. Give our film a chance.“

Taylor-Johnson, who is rumored to be in the running to play James Bond, recently recommended the film to fans of the Bond franchise as well.

Are you looking forward to Kraven the Hunter, despite the bad reputation of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe? Share your thoughts on this one by leaving a comment below.

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Naughty Dog’s next game is still steeped in mystery, but another tease has been plucked from the ether. Troy Baker, one of the best-known faces in video game acting following his performance as Joel across The Last of Us Part I and II, is on deck to appear in director Neil Druckmann’s next project.

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