Austin Butler may or may not be the new American Psycho, but while we wait to find out what’s going on with that situation, it is a sure thing that Butler’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood co-star Margaret Qualley is set to star in the psychological horror thriller Victorian Psycho, where she will be playing the title character. Today, Deadline has broken the news that A24 has acquired the domestic distribution rights to Victorian Psycho, which is scheduled to begin filming in March.

Zachary Wigon (The Heart Machine) will be directing the film from a screenplay written by author Virginia Feito (Mrs. March), based on her upcoming novel of the same name. This will be the second collaboration between Wigon and Qualley, as she also starred in his film Sanctuary.

Victorian Psycho has the following synopsis: In 1858, a young, eccentric governess named Winifred Notty (Margaret Qualley) arrives at the remote gothic manor known as Ensor House. Winifred’s responsibilities include teaching the children table manners and educating them about their family’s history, all whilst hiding her psychopathic tendencies. As Winifred assimilates into life at Ensor House, staff members begin to inexplicably disappear, and the owners of the estate begin to wonder if there is something amiss about their new governess. Thomasin McKenzie, whose previous credits include Old and Last Night in Soho, will be playing a nursemaid at Ensor House who befriends the eccentric new Governess.

The film is being produced by Dan Kagan under his Traffic. banner, along with Wigon and Sebastien Raybaud, in association with Anonymous Content. Nick Shumaker and Bard Dorros serve as executive producers. Anton is providing the funding and representing international rights, launching sales at the upcoming American Film Market. U.S. rights are co-represented by Anton, UTA Independent Film Group, and CAA Media Finance. Production is set to begin in February of 2025.

When this project was first announced, Wigon provided the following statement: “As soon as I discovered this thoroughly insane and unforgettable character, I knew I had to introduce moviegoers to Winifred Notty. I am beyond thrilled that the utterly fearless Margaret Qualley will be bringing this complex antihero to vivid life. Virginia Feito’s screenplay is an audacious blend of psychodrama, satire, gore and mystery. With horror aficionado producer Dan Kagan and the support of Anton and Anonymous, I cannot wait to make Victorian Psycho.” Kagan added, “From its first few pages to its terrifying ending, Victorian Psycho entirely delivered on its promise of being a ride like nothing I’d read before. I couldn’t be more excited to be bringing this movie to life with our partners at Anton and Anonymous.” And Qualley had this to say: “Working with Zach [Wigon] again feels like a rare gift, and I can’t wait to step into this twisted world he’s created.“

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If you’re a Support player in a shooters like Overwatch 2, you’re probably on the hunt for the best Strategist in Marvel Rivals. Despite the different name, Strategists serve the same role as a Support: Keep your team healed, use utility effects like revival, damage boosting, and other augmentations. At launch, there…

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If you’re a Support player in a shooters like Overwatch 2, you’re probably on the hunt for the best Strategist in Marvel Rivals. Despite the different name, Strategists serve the same role as a Support: Keep your team healed, use utility effects like revival, damage boosting, and other augmentations. At launch, there…

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Something other than Santa Claus is coming to town next holiday as Sony plans to release its reimagined Anaconda movie in the Christmas 2025 window. With plans to take a comedic approach to the original 1997 creature feature, The Anaconda stars Jack Black, Paul Rudd, and Daniela Melchoir with The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent director Tom Gormican at the helm. The Anaconda slithers alongside other Christmas Day releases, including Paul Feig’s The Housemaid, starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, and A24’s ping-pong biopic Marty Supreme, starring Timothee Chalamet.

In addition to getting behind the camera, Tom Gormican wrote Sony’s The Anaconda with Kevin Etten (Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Workaholics).

1997’s Anaconda focuses on a “National Geographic” film crew taken hostage by an insane hunter who forces them along on his quest to capture the world’s largest—and deadliest—snake. Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Owen Wilson, Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Hyde, Kari Wuhrer, and Jon Voight lead the cast, with several getting devoured whole by the 25—and 40-foot-long anacondas. The film’s snakes were animatronic, giving them a more tactile and “real” look than a more modern CGI approach. Practical props and characters like the snakes in Anaconda are rare in today’s cinematic climate, making the Luis Llosa-directed jungle adventure a treat for old-school horror buffs and special effects fanatics.

According to sources, “the new story involves a group of friends facing mid-life crises who are remaking their favorite movie from their youth. They head to the rainforest only to find themselves thrown into a fight for their lives against natural disasters, giant snakes and violent criminals.”

Details are sparse about who Jack Black and Paul Rudd could play in the Anaconda movie, but sources mention two characters: a director stuck in his job as a wedding videographer and an actor who once did a stint on a police procedural but now sees his Hollywood dreams slipping away. Sony’s pitch implies a more comedic tone for the project, begging the question: How much animal-on-human violence can audiences expect? Is it still an Anaconda movie without a gruesome death or two? Hopefully, Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten will find a way to blend both action and comedy for an experience worth getting excited about.

What do you think about Sony’s The Anaconda opening on Christmas Day 2025? Let us know in the comments section below.

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Last month, it was announced that Anne Hathaway (The Devil Wears Prada) had signed on to play the title character in an adaptation of It Ends with Us author Colleen Hoover’s thriller novel Verity. Now, Deadline reports that she’s being joined in the cast by Dakota Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey) and Josh Hartnett (Trap).

Hathaway’s character is Verity Crawford, a famous author who is unable to finish her latest thriller novel after a car accident leaves her badly injured and incapacitated. So her husband Jeremy offers a struggling writer named Lowen a huge sum of money to complete the remaining books in the series. Lowen accepts the gig but uncovers dark secrets in the process — including an unfinished manuscript that hints at chilling admissions about Verity and her family’s past — leaving Lowen to determine if Verity is a gifted fictionist or deranged psychopath. Johnson will be playing struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh, with Hartnett as Verity’s husband, Jeremy Crawford.

The Verity novel has a great opening line: “I hear the crack of his skull before the spattering of blood reaches me.” When I read the book last year, I was shocked that it hadn’t been given some kind of screen adaptation yet, because the story seemed like it was crying out to be turned into a movie or limited series. It was also one of the horniest books I’ve ever paged through, as there’s so much sex to read about in Verity’s memoir / manuscript, even Lowen gets tired of it. It will be interesting to see how the screenplay adaptation has been handled so we don’t just get scene after scene of Johnson reading about Hathaway and Hartnett having sex.

The Verity adaptation is coming our way from Amazon MGM and director Michael Showalter, who previously worked with Hathaway on The Idea of You, another adaptation of a popular book that was packed with sex. Nick Antosca, whose credits include Hannibal, The Forest, Channel Zero, Brand New Cherry Flavor, Antlers, Candy, and A Friend of the Family, has written the latest version of the script. Older drafts of the screenplay were written by Hillary Seitz, Angela LaManna, and the duo of Will Honley and April Maguire.

Hathaway, Hoover, and Showalter are producing the movie through their companies Somewhere Pictures, Heartbones Entertainment, and Semi-Formal Productions. Antosca is producing for Eat the Cat, while Jordana Mollick of Semi-Formal and Stacey Sher of Shiny Penny are also producing. Lauren Levine of Heartbones will serve as executive producer. Verity is part of Semi-Formal’s first-look film deal with Amazon MGM.

Verity is described as being a “gothic, psychosexual thriller in the vein of Rebecca and Gone Girl.”

What do you think of Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett joining Anne Hathaway in Verity? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

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Back in June, it was announced that Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin had signed on to write and direct a new genre project for Atomic Monster, Blumhouse Productions, and New Line Cinema… and now we know what that mysterious project is. The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Cronin has come up with a new take on the concept of The Mummy! Cronin confirmed, “This will be unlike any Mummy movie you ever laid eyeballs on before. I’m digging deep into the earth to raise something very ancient and very frightening.” The film is set to reach theatres on April 17, 2026.

It should be noted that, since the project is set up at New Line Cinema, this “new take on the horror trope revolving around the ancient mummified undead” has nothing to do with the classic Universal horror property. We heard back in May that there are three Mummy projects in development at Universal, including a prequel that screenwriter Wes Tooke is working on and a sequel to the Brendan Fraser films (those being The Mummy 1999, The Mummy Returns, and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor).

As The Hollywood Reporter put it, “Plot details are being kept in the sarcophagus but Cronin is hoping to breathe modern life into ageless evil.”

This version of The Mummy may be entirely separate from Universal’s Mummy projects, but Cronin’s collaborators at Atomic Monster and Blumhouse Production have been entrusted with making official reboots of some Universal properties. Blumhouse was behind the 2020 version of The Invisible Man, and their Wolf Man reboot (which is directed by The Invisible Man‘s Leigh Whannell) is set to reach theatres on January 17, 2025. Meanwhile, Atomic Monster is developing “a grounded modernized retelling” of Creature from the Black Lagoon that James Wan is expected to direct from a script by Sean Tretta. That project is said to lean into “visceral horror while paying respect to the original classic.”

We don’t know what Lee Cronin’s Mummy movie is going to be called, but we do know that Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are co-financing the film. James Wan is producing alongside Jason Blum and John Keville. Michael Clear, Judson Scott, and Macdara Kelleher serve as executive producers. Alayna Glasthal is the executive overseeing the project for Atomic Monster.

What do you think of the fact that Lee Cronin is making a Mummy movie for Atomic Monster, Blumhouse Productions, and New Line Cinema. Let us know by leaving a comment below.

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Earlier this week, in my box office predictions, I wrote that Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King had next to no hope of beating Sonic the Hedgehog 3 at the weekend box office. It looks like I was right, with Deadline reporting that Sonic 3 has blasted off with a $6.5 million preview night, which represents the best number for the franchise so far. By comparison, Mufasa only made about half that number, with a $3.3 million total.

So far Sonic the Hedgehog seems to be performing in line with expectations, although it’s not expected to outgross the second film’s first weekend take of $72 million. However, that has little to do with anticipation cooling for the film, as audiences typically save their moviegoing for the holidays, with the weekend before Christmas never really a juggernaut. However, Mufasa seems to be in trouble, with it looking like the anticipated $50 million start is out of the question now, with an opening in the $30 million range more likely. However, last year’s Christmas sleeper, Wonka, opened with the same result and went on to have tremendous legs at the box office, grossing over $200 million domestically. But, even if Mufasa ended up making that much, it would still be far less than its predecessor, which made over $540 million domestically.

No news yet on how well Kraven is holding up in week two, but we’ll be sure to keep you posted as the weekend goes on. In the meantime, check out our Sonic the Hedgehog 3 review HERE and some of the interviews we did at the junket embedded below!

What are you seeing this weekend? Let us know in the comments!

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You can’t have victory with a little tiger’s blood. Charlie Sheen is going all in with his next project, a comeback endeavor titled Ramble On – and it’s tied to some key players from HBO’s bro comedy Entourage.

Remember, Charlie Sheen was once the highest-paid male TV actor ever, something the trailer for Ramble On is keen to mention. Once he is introduced (in a way that sounds like an episode of Entourage, no less), we see the man himself guiding Kevin Connelly and Kevin Dillon – who also play themselves – through his abode, pointing out his 22’-deep pool. From there, he lays it out for the boys: “Here’s the deal. I got no money. I got no offers. No love. Nada…What are you paying?”

As per the press release, Ramble On has the following plot: “Immersed in real life, Ramble On is about Hollywood veterans looking to reinvent their voices, alongside up and comers looking to establish their own.” As revealed in the trailer, Charlie Sheen will be jumping into the cluttered circle of celebrity podcasters, which, honestly, I’m surprised he hasn’t already. You can check out more on the movie’s official website.

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With Doug Ellin serving as producer, a Hollywood-centric plot and what looks like quite a few cameos throughout (one notable is Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who also played herself for a few episodes of Entourage), Ramble On does seem just like a twist on that show. But that might be just enough for some people; that Sheen can bring a little edge to the movie and will likely be commenting on his decades-spanning career and controversy. Of note, however, Ramble On has yet to be picked up. Sheen most recently played himself on Bookie, which reunited him with Two and a Half Men creator Chuck Lorre.

Victory the Podcast is co-hosted by Ellin and Dillon, who get together to chat with others linked to Entourage, offering behind-the-scenes stories and insights into the show’s history and episodes.

What do you make of this project from Charlie Sheen? Is he “winning” or is this a weird misstep in his path to a return? Chime in with your thoughts in the comments section below.

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Growing up as a fan of video games, I never thought I’d live to see the day when Sonic The Hedgehog would become a box office star and a household name (especially in the years when the “Blue Blur” had all those bad 3D outings). It felt like it was yesterday when we got that awful first trailer with Coolio’s Gangsta Paradise with Sonic himself having that horrendous design. Then when the internet rightfully so lost their damn minds, Paramount and Sega actually listened to us fans!

Sonic is a character that on paper SHOULD NOT WORK but somehow Paramount Pictures made it work.  And I have been a diehard fan of the films from the jump.  So fast forward to now when Paramount Pictures reached out to us here at JoBlo I was stoked at the opportunity to attend the premiere at the AMC Theater in New York City.  

As movie fans, it’s very common for us to expect a third outing of a trilogy or franchise to be a letdown.  But that was not the case for Sonic The Hedgehog 3 which I can confidently say is the best of the franchise so far (check out our review)!  Mainly due to the addition of Keanu Reeves as Shadow The Hedgehog in what was adapted to screen faithfully.

So after the premiere of Sonic The Hedgehog 3, I was able to sit down with the cast of the film including Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, and director Jeff Fowler.

Schwartz, whom other staff members of JoBlo interviewed in the past was a blast to talk to, shared with us his excitement of working with Keanu. I also had to ask him, as one of the definitive voices of Sonic, if he had ever spoken with Jaleel White, who famously voiced him in the 90s cartoon.  James Marsden and Tika Sumpter who have become staples of the franchise play Sonic’s adopted family Tom and Maddie shared with us what their characters went through in the third movie, even joking around about the character “Little Tom” which I don’t want to spoil too much here. Finally, I had the opportunity to chat with director Jeff Fowler who went into the details of casting Keanu Reeves and the return of Jim Carrey.  Of course, I had to ask him if there are other Sega properties he could take on and I asked the entire crew what their favorite Sonic game was.

Check out the whole interview embedded above!

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It’s hard to say what’s more of a bummer, folks. Was it the dark days where every single big blockbuster movie got a shitty tie-in video game crunched out by some poor dev team in six months to launch alongside the film? Or is it the present, where new movies rarely get tie-in games at all outside of the occasional…

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