Ridley Scott was originally slated to follow up Gladiator II with a biopic about the Bee Gees, the iconic musical group formed by brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. However, Scott’s next project will instead be The Dog Stars. So, what happened? Turns out there has been some tension with Paramount Pictures, and Scott has been doing this long enough that he doesn’t have time for games, so he walked.

“The deal — the studio changed the goalposts,” Scott told GQ. “I said, ‘You can’t do that.’ They insisted. I said, ‘Well, I’m going to warn you, I will walk, because I will go on to the next movie.’ They didn’t believe me, and I did. I was being asked to go too far. And I said, ‘No. Next!’ They didn’t like my deal. So I said, I’ll move on. I’m expensive, but I’m f***ing good.“

This doesn’t mean that the Bee Gees movie is dead. Scott’s representative told Variety that the director has simply swapped the order of the projects and will still helm the movie later this year.

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Scott also explained why a biopic about the Bee Gees appealed to him. “I liked the working-class side of the Bee Gees. It’s all about competition with brothers,” Scott said. “And then they lose Andy — Andy OD’d at 30. … It’s more about the gift than the luck, right? It’s a fantastic story.” The project would actually be a full-circle moment for the director. Back when he was getting started, Scott had a connection with Bee Gees manager Robert Stigwood, who wanted him to direct a medieval movie that would have starred the three brothers. However, the project fell apart, and Scott went on to direct The Duellists instead.

As for The Dog Stars, the project takes place in the near future after a pandemic has decimated American Society. Jacob Elordi will star as Hig, a pilot who lives on an abandoned airbase with his dog and a dour gunman. They must defend themselves from a band of scavengers known as The Reapers, but when a random transmission comes through the radio, Hig risks everything to follow its static-broken trail.

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Director Fede Álvarez’s contribution to the Alien franchise, Alien: Romulus (you can read our review HERE), was a success – so it was no surprise to hear, just a couple of months after the film’s theatrical release, that 20th Century Studios was working with Álvarez to develop a sequel to the film. Now, Álvarez has commented on the sequel, promising that it will take the Alien series into uncharted waters.

It has been said that the story Álvarez and co-writer Rodo Sayagues crafted for Alien: Romulus is not directly connected to the other films in the Alien franchise (which isn’t exactly true), but it’s not ignoring any of the other entries, either. Álvarez has been clear about the fact that his story takes place within the established franchise continuity. In fact, it slots right in between the events of Alien and Aliens. It has the following official logline: The sci-fi/horror-thriller takes the phenomenally successful “Alien” franchise back to its roots: While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe. The cast includes Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla), Isabela Merced (Madame Web), David Jonsson (Industry), Archie Renaux (Shadow and Bone), Spike Fearn (The Batman), and Aileen Wu (Away from Home).

Speaking with Empire, Álvarez confirmed that he and Sayagues are working on the script for the Alien: Romulus sequel. He said, “We’re excited about where it can go. We’ve almost checked all of the boxes of things that I want to see [in Romulus], and brought back a lot of the things I hadn’t seen in a while. Wherever we go now, we can go into uncharted waters. I think it’ll be so exciting to go with characters you know from this movie, to a place in the Alien franchise that we’ve never been before, and to discover things that you’ve never seen before.”

The reference to “characters you know” means that, yes, the plan is for the sequel to center on Alien: Romulus survivors Rain (Spaeny) and Andy (Jonsson). Álvarez went on to promise to Empire that he’s not making this sequel just because the success of the previous movie means he can, but because they have “a really good idea for it, something that’s worthy of the title.“

Are you looking forward to seeing Fede Álvarez head into uncharted waters with the Alien: Romulus sequel? Share your thoughts on this one by leaving a comment below.

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If you haven’t made The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott part of your weekday schedule, you’re missing out on Severance Easter eggs that could alter your perception of some of the show’s most memorable moments. After revealing that Apple didn’t want Adam Scott on the show, and that the original pilot…

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In addition to releasing some of the greatest movies of the past decade and a change, A24 is making history on January 17, 2025, by simultaneously releasing its “unforgettable” drama, Sing Sing, in theaters and prisons. Say what? You heard me. Director Greg Kwedar’s impactful film about a prison theater group returns to 500 theaters later this week and will be available to nearly a million incarcerated individuals across the United States.

Sing Sing follows Divine G, a man imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit. While there, he finds purpose by acting in a theater group alongside other incarcerated men for a story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art.

According to The Hollywood Reporter‘s exclusive report, the film’s historical re-release happens courtesy of A24, Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA), the real-life nonprofit organization on which the film is based, and Edovo. This nonprofit creates curricula for incarcerated people to access via tablets in more than 1100 correctional facilities nationwide. Sing Sing will screen in correctional facilities in California, New York, Texas, and 43 other states.

“Storytelling has an incredible way of sparking hope and building connections, even in the toughest circumstances,” says Edovo founder and CEO Brian Hill. “With Sing Sing, we’re giving incarcerated individuals an opportunity to see themselves in a story of resilience and transformation, and to feel inspired to imagine new possibilities for their own lives.”

Interestingly, in addition to Hollywood actors Colman Domingo (Fear the Walking Dead, The Running Man) and Paul Raci (Sound of Metal, The Secret Art of Human Flight), Sing Sing features formerly incarcerated performers, including Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin and Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez.

Move over, Gilda, there’s a new movie coming to the United States prison system! Hailed as an emotional and inspiring powerhouse, Sing Sing is a rare treat for the silver screen. The film promotes positive change, belief in a good life after serving a sentence, and making peace with the sins of the past. If you can watch Sing Sing, I highly recommend it.

What do you think about Sing Sing coming to prisons in the United States? Let us know in the comments section below.

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Alex Essoe has a lot of horror credits to her name. Starry Eyes, Tales of Halloween, Doctor Sleep, Death of Me, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, The Midnight Club, Trim Season, The Pope’s Exorcist… the list goes on. Lou Taylor Pucci’s genre credits include the 2013 Evil Dead and episodes of American Horror Story. And now, Essoe and Pucci are going to earn a new horror credit together, as they’re set to star in a horror film called The Avalanche.

The Avalanche will mark the feature directorial debut of Johnny Coffeen, who has previously directed several short films (his 2016 short The Swan Girl was screened at David Lynch’s Festival Of Disruption and won a Student Academy Award) and worked as an Assistant Editor on Destin Daniel Cretton’s Short Term 12. Deadline reports that this psychological horror film will center on two former lovers forced together by an avalanche that cuts them off from the world. 

Here’s the synopsis: As the weight of their shared history begins to crack the thin veneer of civility, strange apparitions stir in the dark corners of their shelter. Reality and paranoia bleed together as buried secrets claw their way to the surface, leaving them to question whether the true danger lies outside the cabin—or within.

Jamie Parslow is producing The Avalanche, with Emily Zercher and Shane Brady serving as co-producers. Deadline adds that the cinematographer is Evan Zissimopulos (Breathing Happy), the art designer is Danielle Lopez (Disney+’s Stan Lee), and this project will be the production design debut of fine art sculptor John Frame (Lyric Opera of Chicago production of Faust).

The Avalanche will be filming by the end of this month.

I’m a fan of Essoe’s work and Pucci did well dealing with Deadites in Evil Dead (even though he was fool enough to read the Book of the Dead out loud), so I’m looking forward to seeing how this project is going to turn out.

Does The Avalanche sound interesting to you? Share your thoughts on this Alex Essoe / Lou Taylor Pucci psychological horror project by leaving a comment below.

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It’s time for everyone’s favorite class. Marvel Rivals, much like its direct inspiration Overwatch, is plagued with players who just want to collect kills on a scoreboard. That means, if you’re running with randos, that it’s entirely possible you’ll end up with a team of people who instalock their favorite…

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Jared Padalecki will trade his Stetson for a mask and scrubs as he reteams with Walker showrunner Anna Fricke for a new medical drama developing at CBS. The untitled one-hour series finds Padalecki playing a doctor treating patients using rural medicine. Rural, of course, refers to medical establishments outside of massive community hospitals. Rural medical facilities are typically in semi-remote areas, meaning treatment is out of the way.

According to Deadline‘s exclusive report, Anna Fricke’s untitled Texas medical drama revolves around a headstrong, devoted country doctor (Padalecki) who practices his unique style of improvisational medicine alongside his new protégé, a young doctor running from her past. Together, they operate a mobile clinic and heal the bodies and souls of their underserved community in the medical desert of rural Texas.

Similar to the arrangement for Walker, Anna Fricke executive produces with Laura Terry via Fricke’s Pursued by a Bear, which could be the best name for a studio ever. Jared Padalecki and Dan Spilo also executive produce.

Additionally, Deadline says signing on for Fricke’s untitled Texas medical drama does not affect Padalecki’s participation in headlining a Fire County spinoff. The upcoming television project, Fire County: Surfside, is in its early stages of development.

“Anna Fricke is a fantastic producer, and Jared is a great producer and lead; he was a really good number one,” CBS Studios President David Stapf said about Padalecki and Fricke joining forces for another series.

Jared Padalecki started making waves in Hollywood when he played Dean Forester, Rory Gilmore’s on-again, off-again romantic partner. After appearing in movies like House of Wax, Cry Wolf, Christmas Cottage, and the Friday the 13th reboot, Padalecki got his most significant television role as Sam Winchester, brother to Jensen Ackles’ Dean Winchester, in The CW’s Supernatural. The dark fantasy show ran for 15 seasons, resulting in 327 episodes. Padalecki followed his Supernatural tenure with 69 episodes of Walker, then a three-episode run on Fire County.

Padalecki and Fricke make a great team, and it should be interesting to see how they tackle a unique setup for the upcoming untitled Texas medical drama.

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Jake Busey has taken on aliens in the likes of The Predator and Starship Troopers, vampires in From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, and was even a rampaging ghost himself in The Frighteners. With credits like The Reckoning, The Lair, and Duchess, we’ve also seen Charlotte Kirk face off with a variety of threats. But Busey and Kirk are set to take on their biggest challenge yet in the upcoming horror comedy CATnip: feral killer cats.

Coming Soon reports that CATnip is scheduled to begin filming in Los Angeles next month. Written and directed by Nyle Cavazos Garcia, who is also producing the film with Rob Margolies and Keli Price, CATnip is described as “Gremlins for grown-ups.”

Here’s the synopsis: The Betancourt family has just moved from the projects of New York City to an up-and-coming neighborhood in San Pedro, CA, hoping for a fresh start and better life. Immediately, they feel like outcasts and are not welcomed by their eclectic neighbors as they had hoped. A thick, dangerous fog from LA Harbor forces everybody to stay indoors on Christmas Eve, and things go quickly from bad to worse when the apartment building is overtaken by a horde of blood-thirsty, feral killer cats. Now the family and their new neighbors must band together and overcome their differences if they are going to fend off the cats and survive until Christmas morning.

Busey and Kirk are joined in the cast by Geoffrey Arend (500 Days of Summer), Lorelei Linklater (American Trash), Kylee Levien (Roswell Delirium), Lord Kraven (S.W.A.T.), and Christian Calloway (Destroy All Neighbors), plus a pair who have experiencing working on major horror franchises: Brooke Bundy, who played an unhelpful mother in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, and Tiffany Helm, who met a bad end in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning.

Are you interested in watching this cast battle feral killer cats in CATnip? Share your thoughts on this horror comedy by leaving a comment below. Here’s a poster to check out while you’re scrolling down:

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