Lego are neat, fun, and incredibly durable. Long after our names have been forgotten and our ancestral bloodlines have been wiped out, their colorful plastic bodies will persist until the heat death of the universe. They also hurt like hell to step on in bare feet.
For fifty-nine episodes, Sophie Turner played the role of Sansa Stark on the hit series Game of Thrones. For sixty-two episodes, Kit Harington played the role of Jon Snow on that same show. And now Turner and Harington are working together, as they both star in the Gothic horror film The Dreadful, which is currently filming in England. Deadline reports that the reunited Game of Thrones stars are joined in the cast by Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden, who won the Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in the 2000 film Pollock.
The Dreadful is coming our way from writer/director Natasha Kermani, who has previously directed the thriller Shattered, the sci-fi drama Imitation Girl, and the horror film Lucky, as well as multiple short films and a segment of the horror anthology V/H/S/85. The story is set against the backdrop of the War of the Roses, which took place from 1455 to 1487. It follows Anne (Turner) and her sinister mother-in-law Morwen (Harden), who live a solitary, harsh life on the outskirts of society. But when a man (Harington) from their past returns, he sets off a sequence of horrifying events that become a turning point for Anne.
Laurence O’Fuarain (The Gentlemen) and Jonathan Howard (Godzilla: King of the Monsters) are also in the cast.
Turner is producing the movie alongside Redwire Pictures/Tunnel’s Luke Daniels, Greg Lauritano of Black Magic, and Storyboard Media’s Patrick Hibler, Lucas Jarach, Adam G. Simon, and Bull Blumenthal.
I don’t know anything about the War of the Roses, in fact when I see that term, the first thing that comes to my mind is the 1989 dark comedy that was directed by Danny DeVito and starred Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. Despite my ignorance of this historical event, I am interested in seeing how this horror movie set during that time period is going to turn out.
Does The Dreadful sound interesting to you? Are you excited to see Sophie Turner and Kit Harington working on the same project again, this time starring in a horror film with Marcia Gay Harden? Share your thoughts on this one by leaving a comment below.
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For four seasons and 49 episodes, Melanie Scrofano played the title character in the Syfy TV series Wynonna Earp, which was based on the Image Comics / IDW Publishing comic book series of the same name. Now, she has a lead role in the upcoming Syfy TV series Revival, which is based on the Image Comics comic book series by Tim Seeley and Mike Norton, and Variety reports that she’s being joined in the cast by WWE star CM Punk, as well as previously announced co-stars Romy Weltman (Backstage), David James Elliott (JAG), Andy McQueen (Outer Banks), and Steven Ogg (The Walking Dead).
Revival has the following synopsis: On one miraculous day in rural Wisconsin, the recently deceased suddenly rise from their graves. But this is no zombie story as the ‘revived’ appear and act just like they once were. When local officer and single mother Dana Cypress (Scrofano) is unexpectedly thrown into the center of a brutal murder mystery of her own, she’s left to make sense of the chaos amidst a town gripped by fear and confusion where everyone, alive or undead, is a suspect.
As mentioned there, Scrofano plays Dana, who is “constantly having to prove her worth to a stubborn sheriff, who just so happens to be her father. And just when she is about to leave her small town for good, the events of Revival Day change that, instead sending her into her most important case to date.” Weltman’s character is Martha “Em” Cypress, Dana’s sister who, “having led a very sheltered life due to a recurring illness, is still figuring out her place in the world. A world that for her in particular, is now turned upside down.” Elliott is Wayne Cypress, the longtime Wausau sheriff who is “determined to keep his town and family as normal and safe as possible — a tall order when the dead return to life in the small town he’s sworn to protect.” McQueen plays Ibrahim Ramin, scientist from the Center for Disease Control “who has been stationed in Wausau to study the bizarre phenomenon that brought people back to life.” Ogg’s character is Blaine Abel. “Raised by a fire-and-brimstone pastor, Blaine sees Revival Day as his divine calling and will use the fear and chaos within Wausau to build and rally a militia of true believers against the Revivers.”
Details on the role CM Punk will be playing have not been revealed. His previous acting credits include Heels, Mayans MC, The Girl on the Third Floor, and Jakob’s Wife.
The series was developed for television by Aaron B. Koontz and Luke Boyce, who serve as executive producers and showrunners. Scrofano is also an executive producer on the show alongside Lance Samuels, Daniel Iron, Samantha Levine, Daniel March, Greg Hemmings, and Stephen Foster. The series is being produced by Blue Ice Pictures and Hemmings Films.
Does Revival sound interesting to you? What do you think of the cast that has been assembled for this Syfy horror series? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
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Lee Majdoub, who plays Agent Stone in Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog film franchise, gives Jim Carrey’s Dr. Robotnik a makeover in the latest promo for Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and the egg-headed villain has never looked better. The glow-up is part of the villain’s sinister plan to look spiffy when he confronts the Blue Blur, Sonic, in the duo’s third altercation since Paramount launched the Sonic film series in 2020.
In the latest Sonic the Hedgehog 3 promo, Jim Carrey says he’s been growing his hair for a year and a half before trusting Majdoub to buzz his head clean to restore Dr. Robotnik’s signature look. The two actors look to be having a lot of fun during Carrey’s makeover, being careful not to nick the maniacal villain’s unwieldy mustache in the process. As Majdoub runs the buzzing blades across Carrey’s dome, the rubber-faced actor flashes the camera a playful eyebrow waggle, letting us know it’s all in good fun.
Jim Carrey and Lee Majdoub return in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Dr. Robotnik and Agent Stone, respectively. In the threequel, Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance.
Ben Schwartz returns as the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog, with Colleen O’Shaughnessey as Tails, Idris Elba as Knuckles, and Keanu Reeves as Shadow. James Marsden and Tika Sumpter are back, with Tom Butler, Alyla Browne, Adam Pally, Krysten Ritter, Shemar Moore, and Natasha Rothwell starring as primary cast members.
Jeff Fowler returns to direct Sonic the Hedgehog 3, which promises to be the classic video game character’s biggest adventure yet! Paramount’s Sonic movies have taken Hollywood by storm, adding to the Sonic franchise’s $12 billion revenue stream throughout the character’s career. In a world where studios strive to secure their video game-related cash cow, Sonic the Hedgehog has run rings around the competition with two box office-breaking movies and a popular limited series on Paramount+. We expect Sonic the Hedgehog 3 to perform like gangbusters when it races into theaters on December 20, 2024.
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Apple TV+ is betting big on Jon Hamm‘s next television project after renewing the upcoming series Your Friends and Neighbors for Season 2 before its Season 1 debut. The new drama hails from Jonathan Tropper (See, Warrior) and now has an April 11, 2025 release date. Your Friends and Neighbors stars Jon Hamm (Mad Men, Fargo, Tag) in a lead role. Amanda Peet, Olivia Munn, Hoon Lee, Mark Tallman, Lena Hall, Aimee Carrero, Eunice Bae, Isabel Marie Gravitt, and Donovan Colan also feature in the series as star players.
According to Deadline, whispers about a Season 2 renewal for Your Friends and Neighbors began in October, and the series’ makers are likely eyeing a spring production start. The early renewal speaks to Apple’s confidence in the series and their foresight in securing actors before they move on to other projects. With so many notable names in the cast, scheduling can quickly spiral out of control.
“After being fired in disgrace, Andrew “Coop” Cooper (Hamm), a hedge fund manager still grappling with his recent divorce, resorts to stealing from the homes of his neighbors in the exceedingly affluent Westmont Village, only to discover that the secrets and affairs hidden behind those wealthy facades might be more dangerous than he ever imagined,” Deadline writes in their description.
“I’ve had this show in my head for years, and making it has been a dream come true,” Jonathan Tropper said about the opportunity to bring Your Friends and Neighbors to audiences. “It’s been an absolute thrill partnering with Hamm, along with Connie Tavel and Craig Gillespie, to bring it to life. The support from everyone at Apple has been phenomenal, and the fact that they’ve ordered a second season before we aired our first is an incredible validation and a tribute to the work of this stellar cast, as well as the crew, writers, directors and producers who worked so hard to make this show what it is. We can’t wait for everyone to see it.”
Not since Mad Men has Jon Hamm led a high-profile television series, so Your Friends and Neighbors is quite the affair. Apple TV+ has grown by leaps and bounds with hit series like Shrinking, Silo, Slow Horses, and Severance since its rocky launch in 2019. If Jon Hamm’s next project is as good as Apple thinks, we could have another must-see TV series on the horizon.
Will you watch Your Friends and Neighbors when it arrives on Apple TV+ on April 11, 2025? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Big changes are happening at Disney World in Florida. The company has announced that it plans to shutdown a popular Muppets attraction to make room for a new Monsters, Inc.-themed area and ride. And there was bad news for Aerosmith fans, too.
Big changes are happening at Disney World in Florida. The company has announced that it plans to shutdown a popular Muppets attraction to make room for a new Monsters, Inc.-themed area and ride. And there was bad news for Aerosmith fans, too.
We live in a time of plenty. Perhaps even excess. Before I finish a game, or sometimes even start it, the developers are already releasing free updates ranging from new quality-of-life settings to full-blown content add-ons. Each one makes the game worth revisiting and adds to the pull of picking it up for the first…
We live in a time of plenty. Perhaps even excess. Before I finish a game, or sometimes even start it, the developers are already releasing free updates ranging from new quality-of-life settings to full-blown content add-ons. Each one makes the game worth revisiting and adds to the pull of picking it up for the first…
At the end of September, JoBlo Media and Octane Multimedia teamed up to launch a new YouTube channel named JoBlo TV, which hosts multiple feature films to watch for free throughout the week. The genres we’ll be focusing on at JoBlo TV are Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Thrillers – and the free movies we shared this week were a sci-fi comedy and an action thriller!
The sci-fi comedy is called The Green Woman and the action thriller is Inferno: Skyscraper Escape. Here’s some information on both of them:
Written and directed by Kestra Nebula, The Green Woman tells the following story: Rommy is an unsuccessful alcoholic writer whose relationship is falling apart. When he begins to suspect that his partner, Mary, is having an affair, a green woman appears to Rommy. However, it is not long before The Green Woman begins to ask Rommy to do things… strange things… The film stars Dean Kirkright, Lauren Gregory, Scott Knight, Elise Boyle, Daniel Bucknell, Declan Cole-Flynn, Glen Cook, Francesco Di Tacchio, and Oliver Midson, with Christine Husband as The Green Woman.
Also known as Crystal Inferno, Inferno: Skyscraper Escape was directed by Eric Summer from a screenplay by Regina Luvitt and Phillip J. Roth. The synopsis: On the 20th floor of a skyscraper, a gas leak has started a fire. Anne and Ben Bronson, two teenage kids, are trapped in a fiery inferno while the fire is spreading throughout the entire building. From the 60th floor, their parents, Brianna and Tom, who were about to sign their divorce papers, will have to fight together to save their family from the flames. Even if Brianna is a brilliant structural engineer, will she find out a way to stop this uncontrolled fire? Claire Forlani, Jamie Bamber, Riley Jackson, and Isaac Rouse star as the Bronson family. Co-stars include Nigel Barber, Atanas Srebrev, Nathan Cooper, Lorina Kamburova, and Delly Allen.
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