Season 2 of the hit Netflix Addams Family series Wednesday has been filming in Ireland since May, but a crew member’s social media post has revealed that filming on the new batch of episodes has now wrapped! The What’s on Netflix account shared a look at some of the crew member’s wrap gifts, which included a Thank You card that was written as if it was from Wednesday Addams herself.

Wednesday wrote, “To My Grim Companions, I offer my thanks for the many hours of blood, sweat, and ominous lighting that went into this production. If I had the capacity for warmth, I might even say it was a pleasure. But let’s not get carried away. Eternally ungrateful, Wednesday Addams.“

Wednesday comes to us from Millar Gough Ink, Tim Burton Productions, Toluca Pictures, and MGM Television, and is described as a comedic, supernaturally-infused coming-of-age series that follows the teenage girl’s years as a student at Nevermore Academy, where she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the town, and solve a mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new relationships at Nevermore. Snap snap.

Jenna Ortega plays the title character and beyond Wednesday, other members of the Addams Family include Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley, Luis Guzmán and Catherine Zeta-Jones as Gomez and Morticia, and Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester. Uncle Fester has only appeared on one episode of Wednesday so far, but we recently heard that the character might be getting his own spin-off series. New additions to the cast for season 2 include Steve Buscemi (The Big Lebowski), Billie Piper (I Hate Suzie), Evie Templeton (Lord of Misrule), Owen Painter (Tiny Beautiful Things), Noah Taylor (Law & Order: Organized Crime), Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous), Thandiwe Newton (Westworld), Frances O’Connor (The Missing), Haley Joel Osment (Tusk), Heather Matarazzo (Scream), and Joonas Suotamo (The Acolyte).

The cast of season 1 also included Christina Ricci as botanical sciences teacher Marilyn Thornhill; Riki Lindhome as Wednesday’s therapist Dr. Valerine Kinbot; Joy Sunday as Siren Nevermore student Bianca Barclay; Emma Myers as Wednesday’s sunny roommate Enid Sinclair; Hunter Doohan as townie Tyler Galpin; Moosa Mostafa as quirky Nevermore student Eugene Otinger; Georgie Farmer as awkward and shy Nevermore student Ajax Petropolus; Naomi J. Ogawa as vampire Nevermore student Yoko Tanaka; Percy Hynes White as supernaturally artistic Nevermore student Xavier Thorpe; Jamie McShane as Sheriff Donovan Galpin, Tyler’s father, who has a vendetta against Gomez; Gwendoline Christie as Larissa Weems, “the principal of Nevermore Academy who still has an axe to grind with her former classmate Morticia Addams”; Victor Dorobantu as Thing, the non-verbal disembodied hand; George Burcea as Lurch; Tommie Earl Jenkins as Mayor Walker; Iman Marson as Lucas Walker; William Houston as Joseph Crackstone; Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo as Deputy Santiago; Oliver Watson as Kent; Calum Ross as Rowan; and Johnna Dias Watson as Divina. Some of them are returning for Wednesday season 2, some are not.

Tim Burton is directing half of season 2, which is the same thing he did for the first season. That means Burton is at the helm of four of the season’s eight episodes.

Wednesday season 2 is expected to start streaming on Netflix sometime in 2025. Are you looking forward to the new episodes, and are you glad to hear that filming has wrapped? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

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Yesterday, we shared the news that Scream Factory’s line-up of February 2025 4K releases consists of Ghosts of Mars (2001), Humanoids from the Deep (1980), Galaxy of Terror (1981), and Sick (2022). The product pre-order pages for those releases have since all gone up on the Scream Factory website – and the Sick page reveals that the movie is coming to 4K and Blu-ray with three audio commentaries and multiple interviews! You can check out the listing and make your pre-order at THIS LINK. The Sick 4K UHD and Blu-ray has a release date of February 4th.

A collaboration between John Hyams, director of the very cool 2020 thriller Alone, and Scream screenwriter Kevin Williamson, Sick was scripted by Katelyn Crabb (who was credited as Williamson’s assistant on Scream 2022) from a story by Williamson. The story takes place when the country locks down due to the pandemic and college student Parker and her best friend decide to quarantine at the family lake house alone – or so they think.

Gideon Adlon (The Craft: Legacy), Dylan Sprayberry (Teen Wolf), Jane Adams (She Dies Tomorrow), Marc Menchaca (Ozark), Charla Bocchicchio (Stalker), Bethlehem Million (And Just Like That…), Duane Stephens (Evil Angel), Jihae Song (Prescription for Love), Logan Murphy (Chicago Med), Alireza Mirmontazeri (Avocado Toast), Aarman Touré (The Housewives of the North Pole), and newcomer Kimberlee Kraczek star.

Williamson produced Sick with Bill Block and Ben Fast. Andrew Golov executive produced alongside line producer Michael J. Zampino.

The film was originally released through the Peacock streaming service at the start of 2023, and it received a DVD and digital release later in the year. Scream Factory is bringing it to 4K and Blu-ray with the following bonus features: DISC ONE (4K UHD): – NEW 4K Presentation From The Original Elements – Presented In Dolby Vision And Dolby Atmos – Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 & 2.0 & Dolby Atmos – NEW Audio Commentary With Film Critic Alan Cerny – NEW Audio Commentary With Actors Gideon Adlon And Beth Million – NEW Audio Commentary With Director John Hyams And Cinematographer Yaron Levy. DISC TWO (BLU-RAY): – NEW 4K Master From The Original Elements – Audio: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 & 2.0 & Dolby Atmos – NEW Audio Commentary With Film Critic Alan Cerny – NEW Audio Commentary With Actors Gideon Adlon And Beth Million – NEW Audio Commentary With Director John Hyams And Cinematographer Yaron Levy – NEW Interview With Actor Marc Menchaca – NEW Interview With Visual FX Artist J.D. McKee – NEW Interview With Composer Nima Fakhara – NEW Interview With Sound Designer Sam Nacach

Will you be buying a copy of Scream Factory’s 4K UHD / Blu-ray release of Sick? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

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Francis Ford Coppola‘s big return with this year’s Megalopolis may not have had the reception that he was hoping for. Then again, the renowned filmmaker says he’s never had a project praised right out of the gate. Coppola never felt blindsided by the criticisms as he’s accustomed to butting heads with the studios as he stays true to his visions. He states, “I was almost fired on all of them.” Coppola, then continues, “The lesson is that the same things that they fire you for are the same things that later they give you lifetime achievement awards for when you’re old.”

The Washington Post catches up with the Godfather and Apocalypse Now director as he gets honored at the Kennedy Center for his career. Although Megalopolis was a gamble that ended up flopping, Coppola still believes the film will eventually find its audience and that it will “play for 40 years.” He dreams that people will watch the movie on New Year’s Eve and ponder over the question, “Is the society we’re living in the only one available to us?” Whether or not his dream comes to fruition, Coppola is now moving on to his next project in London, which is said to be a “30s-style strange musical” that is based on the 1922 Edith Wharton novel Glimpses of the Moon.

Additionally, even at Coppola’s age, he still wants to make another epic, this time, a movie titled Distant Vision, which would be based on Thomas Mann’s 1901 novel Buddenbrooks. That story will follow three generations of an Italian family and be centered on the invention of television. Reportedly, to prepare for the project, he’s been doing experimental workshops on the concept since 2015.

The iconic filmmaker aims to keep busy by also revisiting some of his past smaller films, like 2007’s Youth Without Youth and 2009’s Tetro and re-editing them. He got the itch to go back and fix his films when he had to make some forced corrected cuts to his 1984 movie The Cotton Club back in 2019, “I mean, who would suggest to cut 30 minutes of Black people tap-dancing out of a movie about Black people tap-dancing? Now it’s balanced. It’s beautiful.”

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If you haven’t gotten around to watching the 2022 Scream sequel (the one simply called Scream) but still want to avoid SPOILERS, you should turn away. Do not continue reading! But if you have already seen the movie or haven’t been avoiding spoilers, you probably know by now that Mikey Madison of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and this year’s critically acclaimed Anora was not only one of the film’s Ghostface-mask-wearing killers, but her character was even responsible for killing off the fan favorite character of Dewey Riley, played by David Arquette. Dewey survived (sometimes barely) four full Scream movies, but when he crossed paths with Mikey Madison in the fifth film, that was it for him. And in an interview with Collider, Madison has apologized for her character’s actions.

Born in 1999, Madison didn’t even exist yet when the first two Scream movies were released (in 1996 and ’97), and she explained to Collider that she didn’t realize just how popular the franchise was until after she had worked on the 2022 sequel. She said, “I have to be honest, when I did the film, it sounds naive, but I wasn’t so aware of the huge fan base that the franchise has, that I’ve now been able to discover. Scream and horror fans and people who love horror films are the best people ever, but I really naively went into it. And so I remember being kind of sad (about Dewey being killed) because I was like, ‘Oh, such a great character. It’ll be sad to see him go.’ And then I realized afterward the heartbreak that so many people felt. People have come up to me, and they’re like, ‘I hate that this happened. I’m mad at you.’ And I’m like, ‘I’m so sorry, I didn’t write the script!’ I didn’t want to do it.“

The 2022 Scream was a “legacy-quel” or “requel” from Ready or Not directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. The screenplay was written by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick. Vanderbilt also produced the film for Project X Entertainment, alongside Paul Neinstein and William Sherak. Chad Villella, Gary Barber, Peter Oillataguerre, Ron Lynch, Cathy Konrad, and Marianne Maddalena served as executive producers alongside original Scream writer Kevin Williamson. The film has the following synopsis: Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

Madison and Arquette were joined in the cast by Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Marley Shelton, Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Dylan Minnette, Mason Gooding, Kyle Gallner, and Sonia Ammar.

How do you feel about Mikey Madison’s character killing Dewey in Scream (2022)? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

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Neva is an emotional rollercoaster of a game. It’s easy to recommend it to anyone willing to shed a tear. Though the game seems to function primarily as an allegory for pollution and protecting the planet, it can also hit particularly hard for those of us who have lost pets, as it deals with love, loss, grief, and…

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Neva is an emotional rollercoaster of a game. It’s easy to recommend it to anyone willing to shed a tear. Though the game seems to function primarily as an allegory for pollution and protecting the planet, it can also hit particularly hard for those of us who have lost pets, as it deals with love, loss, grief, and…

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Bradford English had a screen acting career that spanned from 1971 to 2010, and over those 39 years he racked up more than 70 credits – but for many of us, he’s best remembered for playing the drunk, abusive blowhard John Strode in the 1995 horror sequel Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers. Sadly, we lost English right before Halloween this year, as it has been reported that he passed away on October 25th in Pasadena, California at the age of 82.

English was born in South Orange, New Jersey on January 16, 1942. His obituary can be found online and says he “was a true force of life and was filled with love. He was a husband and a family man who was survived by his loving wife and high school sweetheart Cecelia Gail English. Together they created a beautiful family of four children: James Bradford English Jr., Jeffrey Brennan English, Kristin Lunney English and Colleen Margaret Theresa English. He was also a proud to have seven amazing Grandchildren: Kaitlin, Nolan, Patrick, Owen, Aaron, Dara & Daniel. He was a devout Irish Catholic and cherished his relationship to the church, to Jesus Christ and the human family. His big open heart touched so many from his relationship to his nieces and nephews to those beyond the immediate family. He extended such love, kindness, and friendship that many who were close to Brad became part of the clan, like our beloved neighbors the Wheaton family from Sea Girt who continue to be part of the family. He was in love with the east coast and the Atlantic Ocean but his acting career brought the family to Los Angeles in 1978. He would long for New Jersey for the rest of his life. His career in Hollywood spanned television and film and as a member of the Screen Actors Guild he was known to play a police officer in nearly every TV sitcom since Kojak in the 1970s. The family will honor him in celebration at the Jersey shore where his wild, bold and loving spirit touched so many and now flies free with the perfect balance of the gentle sun, the cool sand, soft breezes and the deep blue of the Sea Girt Sea. We love you eternally Honey, Dad, Papa, Big Brad, Braddy, Ralph Cramden, Harry Backstage! Thank you for keeping life very interesting.“

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers screenwriter Daniel Farrands paid tribute to English on social media, writing, “Sad to hear of the passing of actor Bradford English. Unlike the boorish (and, erm, explosive) character of John Strode that he played to the hilt in H6, Brad was always full of life and laughter. He will be missed by his fans and Halloween family. RIP, good sir.“

In addition to the Halloween sequel, English’s many credits included Mad Men, Boston Legal, Karla, Crossing Jordan, Dragnet, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Touched by an Angel, Boston Public, NYPD Blue, The X-Files, Dark Skies, Murder One, Frasier, Party of Five, Higher Learning, Chicago Hope, Wolf, Grace Under Fire, Cheers, Basic Instinct, Life Goes On, Jake and the Fatman, Seinfeld, Knots Landing, Alien Nation, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Cagney & Lacey, 21 Jump Street, Hunter, Dallas, T.J. Hooker, Hill Street Blues, The A-Team, Diff’rent Strokes, The Onion Field, and Kojak. He made his screen acting debut playing “T.V. Watcher” in the 1971 film The Anderson Tapes.

Our sincere condolences go out to Bradford English’s family, friends, and fans.

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Ten years ago, one of HBO’s many hit shows that became a pop culture phenomenon had ended its run. True Blood was created by American Beauty writer Alan Ball and was based on the Southern Vampire Mysteries novels written by Charlaine Harris. The show dealt with vampires becoming ingrained in society with a new evolving fight for equal rights. The series starred Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Chris Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Jim Parrack, Carrie Preston, Alexander Skarsgård, Todd Lowe, Deborah Ann Woll, Kristin Bauer van Straten, Lauren Bowles, and Joe Manganiello.

Deadline reports on the exciting development of Alexander Skarsgård reprising his role (unofficially) for an appearance in this final season of the FX comedy series What We Do in the Shadows. Skarsgård was not explicitly identified as Eric Northman, but his signature look was retained, although he took some liberties to change things up just enough to avoid copyright infringement. Skarsgård joking commented on his cameo, “I’m afraid I have no recollection of shooting this episode as Dr. Laszlo Cravensworth [Matt Barry] apparently hypnotized me at the wrap party. But I did wake up with an intense physical attraction to Dr. Cravensworth and found his extraordinary wit, charm and intelligence absolutely disarming. I have since started a YouTube fan page for him. It’s called ‘Because you’re Cravens-worth it’ Please like, follow and subscribe.”

Meanwhile, Alexander’s brother, Bill Skarsgård, will also be filling the shoes of a famed vampire as he plays Count Orlok for Robert Eggers’ Christmas release, Nosferatu. The look of the character is shrouded in mystery, but Skarsgård has said that getting in the make-up and costume was like “conjuring pure evil. It took a while for me to shake off the demon that had been conjured inside of me. … I do not think people are gonna recognize me in it.“

Eggers teased, “This Orlok is more of a folk vampire than any other film version. That means he’s a dead person. And he’s not like, ‘I look great and I’m dead.’ Folk vampires in some ways are more visually similar to zombies. The reason why he looks the way he looks and he dresses the way he’s dressed is because for the first time in a Dracula or Nosferatu story, this guy looks like a dead Transylvanian nobleman . Every single thing he’s wearing down to the heels on his shoes is what he would’ve worn. That’s never been done.” He also said, “Only when audiences arrive in theaters on premiere day this Christmas will the general public see the results of the full hair, make-up, and prosthetics.“

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Four years ago, we heard that Luca Bercovici, who wrote and directed the 1984 creature feature Ghoulies, and his co-writer Jefery Levy were trying to get Ghoulies franchise rights holder Sony Pictures to let them reboot the franchise. Earlier this year, a press release revealed that Bercovici and Levy have officially reclaimed the domestic rights to Ghoulies and have big plans for the franchise, including making a new trilogy of films. Now, actor Michael Des Barres – who played the villainous cult leader Malcolm Graves in the original film – has made a post on social media that indicates he might be returning for the reboot!

Sharing an image of his Ghoulies character, Des Barres wrote, “I had green contacts on my eyes which virtually blinded me! And the horns seem to keep on growing as the weeks went by.. there’s no business like sure business!!! Guess what? I think they want me to do it again.!!“

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The original Ghoulies had the following synopsis: As a child, Jonathan was almost killed by his father, Malcolm, during a satanic ritual. After being saved and raised by Wolfgang, who has kept him unaware of his background, Jonathan inherits Malcolm’s house and moves in with girlfriend Rebecca. During a party, he jokingly performs a ceremony described in one of his father’s books on black magic, not realizing he has unleashed small, demonic creatures known as “Ghoulies.”

According to the press release, “The plan is to develop a new film trilogy for a new generation. The team is expanding the Ghoulies universe beyond the silver screen with a book series that will plunge readers into the darkest depths of the Ghoulies universe. Fans can look forward to bringing home a piece of the Ghoulies universe with an exclusive line of figures, apparel, and collectibles for every devotee of the delightfully demonic Ghoulies.“

Bercovici and Levy are working with screenwriter Theo Lemasters to make this all happen. The press release says they’re “poised to unleash an unparalleled wave of horror fun” that will “keep audiences wallowing in filthy horror fun for many years to come.”

Ghoulies (watch it HERE) was followed by three sequels: Ghoulies II (1987), Ghoulies Go to College (1991), and Ghoulies IV (1994). Then the franchise went dormant for thirty years… which is ridiculous. These movies are fun, and it’s been way too long since those little, demonic ghoulies have made their way across our screens. So I’m very glad that Bercovici, Levy, and Lemasters are working to breathe new life into this series.

What do you think of the idea of Michael Des Barres reprising the role of Malcolm Graves in a Ghoulies reboot? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

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Artificial intelligence has progressed rapidly even since we first started covering it. But one thing we’ve found it can’t replicate is humor — at least not yet. Just take a look at that awful George Carlin story that used the comedian’s mannerisms, patterns and style to generate a “standup special.” Or the constant stream of a mock-Seinfeld episode that has been running for over two years but has yet to truly nail the show? Speaking of Jerry Seinfeld, what’s the deal with his take on AI?

As you can imagine, Jerry Seinfeld has his thoughts on just what AI has achieved and the inadvertent statement it has made on humanity as a whole — hey, it’s at least more relevant than his Pop-Tart routine. Appearing on The Tonight Show, Seinfeld said of AI, “Let’s be honest. Most of the intelligence we’ve encountered in our life: pretty artificial, right? All we had was real intelligence, beginning of mankind, right? Didn’t work.” He added, “We were dumb. Still dumb. So we kept thinking until we could create a fake version of it so dumb people would seem smart. And then we thought, ‘Well maybe that wasn’t the smart thing, ‘cause what if the fake brain gets smarter than the real brain?’ We would look even dumber!”

So where does that leave us — you know, human beings — and AI, according to Jerry Seinfeld? “If I got this right: we’re smart enough to invent AI, dumb enough to need it and so stupid we can’t figure out if we did the right thing. We don’t know!” Whether any of this is going to turn out to be the “right thing” remains to be seen but it sure has generated a lot of conversation in the entertainment industry.

As mentioned, Seinfeld has been the target of AI with the Twitch series Nothing, Forever, which has been running more or less nonstop for over two years now, although it did hit a snag and suspension after a transphobic joke hit the stream, demonstrating how unhinged AI can be without proper regulation.

Where do you see AI going in terms of comedy? Can it be used as a tool or is it not capable?

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