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14 Nov

Colman Domingo must clear his name after being framed for a violent crime in the trailer for Netflix’s conspiracy thriller The Madness

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Life is complicated enough without being framed for murder. How would you react if you discovered a dead body and the people who could put you away think you’ve committed a grievous hate crime? Probably not well. Would you confront the situation head-on or go on the run while trying to clear your name? Colman Domingo is about to find out in Netflix‘s trailer for The Madness, a conspiracy thriller series launching on the platform on November 28, 2024.

In The Madness, media pundit Muncie Daniels (Colman Domingo) must fight for his innocence and his life after he stumbles upon a murder deep in the Poconos woods. As the walls close in, Muncie strives to reconnect with his estranged family and his lost ideals to survive.

Here’s the full synopsis for The Madness courtesy of Netflix:

“Muncie Daniels is a political consultant-turned-TV pundit who may have lost his way in life. While on a work sabbatical in the Poconos to write the great American novel, Muncie finds himself the only witness to the murder of a well-known white supremacist, and now he’s being framed for the crime. Muncie is forced to go on the run in a desperate fight to clear his name and unravel a global conspiracy before time runs out. Along the way he’ll reconnect with his family, find unlikely allies, and fight against disinformation in a post-truth age.”

In Netflix’s The Madness trailer, Colman Domingo stumbles into a nightmarish scene that finds him in the crosshairs of local law enforcement and racism. As a Black man, Muncie Daniels is an easy target to frame for a crime he can’t walk away from. As Muncie attempts to solve the mystery, he discovers a conspiracy that goes beyond his deepest fears.

Stephen Belber created The Madness, which stars Colman Domingo, Marsha Stephane Blake, Deon Cole, Tamsin Topolski, Thaddeus J. Mixson, Lanette Ware, and more. The eight-episode series brings heat to Netflix at the tail-end of November, just as the holiday rush ramps into overdrive.

What do you think of The Madness trailer? Let us know in the comments section below.

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14 Nov

Pamela Anderson smiles through her final curtain call in the evocative teaser trailer for Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl

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Knowing you’re at the end of a road is never easy. Life comes in stages, but closing the book on some of your most impactful years can leave emotional scars on your soul, filling you with memories, desperation, and regret. In Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl teaser trailer, model, actress, and author Pamela Anderson smiles through the pain, mustering up her courage for one last step into the spotlight. Opening on December 13, 2024, at AMC Century City for one week only and in theaters nationwide on January 10, 2025, The Last Showgirl transports us into the mind of an entertainer on the verge of calling it quits.

Here’s the official synopsis for The Last Showgirl courtesy of Roadside Attractions:

“The Last Showgirl, a poignant film of resilience, rhinestones, and feathers, stars Pamela Anderson as Shelly, a glamourous showgirl who must plan for her future when her show abruptly closes after a 30-year run.”

Gia Coppola (Mainstream, The Seven Faces of Jane, Love Advent) directs The Last Showgirl from a screenplay by Kate Gersten (Mozart in the Jungle, The Good Place, Lost Ollie). The emotionally charged drama stars Pamela Anderson as Shelly, Dave Bautista as Eddie, Billie Lourd as Hannah, Kiernan Shipka as Jodie, Brenda Song as Mary-Anne, and Jamie Lee Curtis as Annette. The film is produced by Robert Schwartzman, Natalie Farrey, and Gia Coppola. It features a new original song, “Beautiful That Way,” sung by pop superstar Miley Cyrus, produced by Academy Award nominee Andrew Wyatt, and written by Wyatt, Cyrus, and Lykke Li.

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Pamela Anderson, Roadside Attractions

In Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl trailer, Pamela Anderson’s Shelly masks her sadness with a pained smile as Bautista’s Eddie announces her final performance as a beloved showgirl. As the curtain closes, Shelly reflects on her future and where she might go after 30 years of white-hot lights, thrilling dance numbers, and attention from a revolving audience of strangers. Anderson looks to be giving her performance in The Last Showgirl her all, as the teaser trailer had me getting misty. I don’t think we’ve ever seen the former Baywatch star in something so moving, and I’m here for it.

What do you think about Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl teaser trailer? Let us know in the comments section below.

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14 Nov

Bill Skarsgard and Robert Eggers were hesitant to remake Nosferatu / Dracula for the 1,000th time

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Bram Stoker’s Dracula has given us some of the most visually stunning films in the horror genre. From the silent era’s unauthorized Nosferatu to at least the ‘90s with Francis Ford Coppola’s take, we’ve been spoiled with adaptations. Now, Robert Eggers and Bill Skarsgard are going to bring it to the screen once more, this time with Nosferatu. And both were well aware of the pressures in adapting such a famous, powerful story yet again.

Speaking with Vanity Fair, Bill Skarsgard – who, as perhaps the reigning scream king, seemed destined to star in Nosferatu – said, “Orlok is also Dracula. To me, in terms of iconic horror characters, the number one is Dracula/Nosferatu. It’s the most seminal work of literature in gothic horror for sure. I think it’s been adapted more than probably any other book. This story is so ingrained in our subconscious that it was very daunting to step into it. I was a huge fan of [Robert] Eggers before. He and I would have these things we’re like, ‘What are we doing? Why are we doing Nosferatu? Are we taking on something too big here?’ We felt that kind of pressure of f*cking with a masterpiece. But the movie deserves its place as a new interpretation.”

That new interpretation of Count Orlok has been kept hidden in the shadows (as it should be), with director Robert Eggers only comparing Skarsgard’s look this time around to a “dead Transylvanian nobleman”, which would be a far cry from Max Schreck’s version from F.W. Murnau’s 1922 film (whose full title is Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror). This tease is also quite different from the marketing of the It remake, where the trailers had no problem showing what Skarsgard’s version of Pennywise would look like both makeup- and costume-wise.

As for how Skarsgard approached Nosferatu compared to It, he said, “Count Orlok was very different than Pennywise in a lot of ways. Orlok was even further away from who I am than Pennywise was, in the sense that my voice, posture, age, the look of it, it was just so far out there. That became the challenge. Before putting on the prosthetics, we explored so many weird things and looked into butoh, this sort of Japanese corpse dancing. We explored so many trippy things.” As if we weren’t already locked in to see Nosferatu, that Japanese corpse dancing had a role in the development of Skarsgard’s Orlok somehow bumped this even further on our must-see films for the remainder of 2024. Nosferatu rises on December 25th.

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14 Nov

Heretic filmmakers have ideas for spiritual sequels

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The A24 horror film Heretic, from the writing and directing duo of Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, received a wide theatrical release last week, and so far has made about $16 million at the global box office. The budget came in under $10 million, so it’s doing okay – and Beck and Woods have ideas for follow-up films that wouldn’t be direct sequels, but “spiritual sequels.”

Hugh Grant – whose credits include Notting Hill, Love Actually, Wonka, and Unfrosted – stars in Heretic, which has the following synopsis: Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (Grant), becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse. Grant is joined in the cast of Heretic by Chloe East (The Fabelmans) and Sophie Thatcher (Yellowjackets) as the missionaries. (You can watch our interviews with them HERE.) Grant hasn’t done much horror in his career, but he did have a role in Ken Russell’s Bram Stoker-inspired supernatural horror comedy The Lair of the White Worm back in 1988.

Speaking with Variety, Beck said, “There are some things on deck that we’ve talked out specifically that feel like spiritual sequels. They delve into religion, cults or other hot-button items that we want to see on the screen that go to uncomfortable places. What was exciting about Heretic was we’ve seen many movies that might be religious in nature, but aren’t necessarily providing a foundation of a conversation that you can walk away with. If you want to keep engaging with it by having conversations about the ideas with your friends, family or loved ones, you can have that there. We find ourselves in such a divisive, polarizing world at times that there’s so much discourse we’re still very captivated by. We want to feed that into a couple of the upcoming projects.“

Beck and Woods’ previous credits include A Quiet Place (they wrote the original script), Haunt (as writers/directors), Nightlight (writers/directors), Spread (writers/directors), the “Adam Driver vs. dinosaurs” movie 65 (writers/directors), and an episode of 50 States of Fright (writers/directors). They also (alongside Mark Heyman) received writing credits on the Stephen King adaptation The Boogeyman – which happened to star Sophie Thatcher, who turned in a great performance in a movie I thought was just okay overall.

JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray gave Heretic a 7/10 review that can be read at THIS LINK. He said Grant “radiates fiendishly clever intelligence, and he’s given a sadistic streak I didn’t see coming, which feels bold for a mainstream horror flick.”

Have you seen Heretic? What do you think of the idea that Scott Beck and Bryan Woods might make some “spiritual sequels” to the film? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

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