Will Forte is one of my favourite comic actors, but he may only have 19 years left to live. At least, that’s if you believe what a pissed-off spirit said through an Ouija board. While appearing on Rachel Dratch’s Woo Woo podcast, Forte flashed back to when he was a teenager and asked the Ouija board how he was going to die. The spirit answered that he was going to be stabbed to death at 73. Very specific.

The prediction happened when Forte was a teenager and had visited a girl he was interested in. The girl was friends with a “self-proclaimed witch” who brought over the Ouija board. “I would ask questions of this Ouija board that nobody else would know the answers to, and it would get the answers correct. And so I was pretty blown away,” Forte said. “I was thinking, like, is there a way that my hands are moving it because I know the answer? … I was trying not to push it all, but it was pretty nuts — like my grandma’s middle name, that kind of stuff.“

The witch had warned him that some spirits were “kind of aggressive and violent,” so they had to be careful. Forte promptly ignored the advice. “I would be putting the spirit down, trying to get him really angry. I’m sure I told him he had a small penis or something like that,” he said. “But, like, it really did get kind of kind of scary. I found out that I was going to die at at the age of 73 by stabbing. I’ve got 19 years left.“

Forte added that he doesn’t really believe it but admitted that from “time to time,” he starts to wonder if “when I’m 72, when I’m nearing the end, do I, like, start looking into Kevlar, full body Kevlar suits?“

I didn’t mess around with Ouija much when I was younger, but I recall one instance at a friend’s birthday party when we brought it out in the middle of the night. We were supposed to be asleep so we were being as quiet as possible, but then the board started shaking and moving across the floor by itself. We freaked out, and my friend’s parents came running in. Turns out there was a minor earthquake that night, but holy hell, try telling a bunch of seven year olds that.

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Although Venom: The Last Dance opened somewhat lower at the box office than expected, the sequel has managed to stay on top for the last three weeks and recently crossed a major milestone. The film has sped past the $400 million mark with a $405.5 million worldwide take. That works out to $118.5 million domestically and $287 million internationally, with all three films generating a total of $1.7 billion.

The first Venom grossed $856.1 million during its theatrical run, while Venom: Let There Be Carnage grossed $506.8 million. At this rate, Venom: The Last Dance could overtake Let There Be Carnage but won’t come close to the first movie.

Tom Hardy returns as Eddie Brock/Venom alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Peggy Lu, Alanna Ubach, and Stephen Graham. The Last Dance finds Eddie and Venom on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on Venom and Eddie’s last dance.

Venom: The Last Dance featured Knull, the God of the Symbiotes, as the villain pulling the strings behind the scenes. Although he didn’t have much screen time, writer/director Kelly Marcel has teased that Knull is not a “one and done” villain. “We know full well how important Knull is to the fans, so just as we laid a foundation for Venom, we hope we are doing the same for Knull. The King in Black is way too powerful for ‘one and done,’” Marcel said. “This film introduces Knull, but it just touches the beginnings of his story. Marvel’s greatest film villains are developed over time. Here, Knull is the threat lurking behind the danger that tests the absolute limits of Eddie and Venom’s partnership — but it’s their relationship that remains the heart of this story… This is just the beginning for Knull.“

Our own Chris Bumbray found The Last Dance to be something of a mixed bag, although he says that it “finally kicks into high gear for the rather satisfying last half hour. Here, Venom: The Last Dance finally delivers the Venom film we’ve wanted from the start.” You can check out the rest of Bumbray’s review right here, and be sure to let us know what you think of the film as well.

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Gladiator II will hit theaters next week, and if all goes well, it won’t be our final trip to the Colosseum. Director Ridley Scott has already said he’s working on Gladiator III, and Paul Mescal is ready to return for more.

“Oh yeah, massively down,” Mescal told Variety when asked if he’d want to appear in Gladiator III. “I don’t think it will be [24] years — but I have no idea when it will be.” Although the belated sequel has been receiving positive reviews, it will need to do some serious numbers at the box office to justify the $250 million budget (which some reports claim went as high as $310 million). In a separate interview with Variety, Mescal admits he’s feeling the pressure of headlining a film which needs to make at least $600 million to break even. “I do feel the pressure, and I do feel the desire for this to make money,” he said. “The box office needs a shot in the arm, and if films like ‘Gladiator II’ aren’t doing it, it would be concerning. So I do feel a responsibility.“

Our own Chris Bumbray recently reviewed Gladiator II, and while he admits that it isn’t the instant classic that the original was, “it’s nonetheless a highly entertaining, faithful sequel, jam-packed with action and spectacle. There hasn’t been a lavish, action-driven historical drama done on this scale in some time, with Scott, despite his advancing age, as energetic and kinetic a director as ever.” You can check out the rest of Bumbray’s review right here.

“From legendary director Ridley Scott, Gladiator II continues the epic saga of power, intrigue, and vengeance set in Ancient Rome,” reads the official Gladiator II synopsis. “Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius (Paul Mescal) is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people.” The film will hit theaters on November 22nd.

Would you like to see Paul Mescal return for Gladiator III?

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Singer/songwriter Lady Gaga didn’t have anything to do with the first season of the hit Netflix Addams Family series Wednesday, but when video clips of Jenna Ortega’s “Goo Goo Muck” dance scene went viral, many fans replaced The Cramps’ song “Goo Goo Muck” with a sped-up version of Lady Gaga’s song “Bloody Mary.” So Wednesday and Lady Gaga have been connected for a while now – and that connection is going to be deepened with the now-in-production season 2, as Deadline reports that Lady Gaga has been added to the cast of the show! Details on the character she’ll be playing have not been revealed.

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.

Lady Gaga’s previous acting credits include The Sopranos, Machete Kills, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, American Horror Story, A Star Is Born, House of Gucci, and Joker: Folie à Deux.

What do you think of Lady Gaga joining the cast of Wednesday season 2? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

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Tom Cruise might not be getting any younger, but the rumor about his Top Gun: Maverick co-star Glen Powell (Twisters, Hit Man, Hidden Figures) replacing him in Paramount’s Mission: Impossible franchise couldn’t be farther from the truth. Today, Powell is cutting the head off a rumor that would upset his mother. There are whispers about Powell replacing Tom Cruise as the star of the Mission: Impossible franchise after Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. Still, Powell says there’s no validity to the rumor.

“My mom would never let me do that,” Powell told Pat McAfee of ESPN. “That’s a death trap,” Powell added, referring to executing the death-defying stunts that go hand-in-hand with the series. After hearing the rumor, McAfee called Powell to congratulate him, though it seems the Anyone But You star was in the middle of filming Edgar Wright’s remake of Stephen King’s The Running Man.

BREAKING NEWS: Tom Cruise reportedly wants Glen Powell to replace him in Mission Impossible #PMSLive pic.twitter.com/Mq1UIkj9eN

— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) November 12, 2024

Glen Powell stars in The Running Man as a “desperate man, needing money for his sick daughter, who joins the most popular show, The Running Man, in which teams of killers hunt down contestants. The longer that a contestant survives, the more money that person makes. But as the game show’s producers and killers will find out, this desperate man will break all the rules and expose the show’s dark secrets.” Josh Brolin (Avengers: Endgame) is also set to star as the ruthless producer behind the violent reality show, alongside Katy O’Brian (Love Lies Bleeding) as one of the contestants and Lee Pace (Foundation) as the brutal chief hunter tracking down Powell’s character. Daniel Ezra (All American) and William H. Macy (Mystery Men) will also appear. Wright’s Scott Pilgrim star Michael Cera also stars as a “naïve rebel who tries to help the desperate man.” In contrast, Emilia Jones will play a “privileged woman blind to the oppression of the government opposite Powell’s Richards.”

Edgar Wright is directing The Running Man from a script he co-wrote with Michael Bacall. It’s based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name, which was published in 1982 under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. Wright has previously said that The Running Man remake will be closer to the original Stephen King novel than the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie.

Could Glen Powell replace Tom Cruise in the Mission: Impossible franchise? Is there anyone who would be up to the task? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.

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Every year, the comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000 celebrates Thanksgiving with their Turkey Day marathon – and this year’s marathon is being called the Potluck of the Stars Marathon, because they’ve scored some cool celebrity guests! Not only will Mystery Science Theater 3000 stars Joel Hodgson, Jonah Ray, Mary Jo Pehl, Emily Marsh, and Felicia Day be involved, but the likes of Mark Hamill, Mike Flanagan, Matthew Lillard, David Dastmalchian, Kumail Nanjiani, and Bryan Fuller will also be showing up to present their favorite episodes of the show!

Here’s the information on the Turkey Day Potluck of the Stars Marathon: Hosted by Jonah Ray, this year’s marathon features celebrity MSTies David Dastmalchian, Mike Flanagan, Bryan Fuller, Mark Hamill, Matthew Lillard and Kumail Nanjiani and MST3K stalwarts Joel Hodgson, Felicia Day, Emily Marsh, and Mary Jo Pehl, all of whom will share a favorite MST3K episode with their fellow fans. The fun starts bright and early at 5 am ET on November 28 on Shout! TV and The MST3K Channel.

And you don’t have to wait until Thanksgiving to find out what the line-up is. Here’s the schedule (times shown at ET and PT):

5am / 2am: The Killer Shrews [Emily Marsh]
7am / 4am: Overdrawn at the Memory Bank [Kumail Nanjiani]
9am / 6am: Werewolf [Bryan Fuller]
11am / 8am: The Castle of Fu-Manchu [Matthew Lillard]
1pm / 10am: Space Mutiny [Mary Jo Pehl]
3pm / 12pm: Hobgoblins [Mike Flanagan]
5pm / 2pm: Samson vs The Vampire Women [David Dastmalchian]
7pm / 4pm: Gamera vs Jiger [Mark Hamill]
9pm / 6pm: The Final Sacrifice [Joel Hodgson]
11pm / 8pm: Manos: The Hands of Fate [Felicia Day]
1am / 10pm: The Mask [Jonah Ray]

That sounds like a very fun line-up to me. I have been a Mystery Science Theater 3000 fan since I was a kid, but I’ve never had the opportunity to watch one of these Turkey Day marathons.

Are you a fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000, and will you be tuning in for the Turkey Day Potluck of the Stars Marathon? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

Links to the streaming channels that will be showing the marathon can be found at MST3KTurkeyDay.com.

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The long wait is almost over, folks! Netflix’s The Night Agent is finally returning on January 23, 2025, and I’ve already marked the date on my calendar. Today, Netflix dropped a teaser trailer for The Night Agent Season 2, featuring Gabriel Basso as FBI agent Peter Sutherland, who answers the call to action as enemies of the state close in from all sides. Hold onto your butts, we’re going into this next mission head first, and there’s no safety net to catch us if we fall.

Here’s the official synopsis for The Night Agent Season 2 courtesy of Netflix:

“Based on the novel by Matthew Quirk, The Night Agent is a sophisticated, character-based, action-thriller centering on a low level FBI Agent , Peter Sutherland, whose efforts to save The President in Season 1 earn him an opportunity to become a Night Agent in Season 2. But working in the secretive organization of Night Action will propel Peter into a world where danger is everywhere and trust is in short supply.”

The Night Agent Season 1 was the most-watched series in 2023 (by views) and currently ranks as the 7th Most Popular English series on Netflix. The first batch of episodes garnered 98.2 million views in its first 91 days, which is very impressive. It was also #1 in the Glocal Top 10 for four consecutive weeks and reached the #1 spot in the Top 10 for 87 countries. Will The Night Agent Season 2 teaser trailer be enough to get fans psyched for upcoming episodes?

In The Night Agent Season 2 teaser trailer, Gabriel Basso’s Peter Sutherland runs like Tom Cruise in a Mission: Impossible movie, dodges bullets, and ducks behind cover while trying to survive an onslaught of trigger-happy criminals and lowlifes.

Are you excited that The Night Agent will make its return to Netflix? I hope the streamer puts together a comprehensive recap ahead of the first episode because it’s been a hot minute since we joined Peter for a political thriller that quickly spirals out of control.

The Night Agent returns to Netflix on January 23, 2025!

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There’s a reboot of the classic Universal Monsters property The Wolf Man coming our way from Blumhouse Productions and The Invisible Man (2020) director Leigh Whannell, aiming for a January 17, 2025 theatrical release – and just one month after the first trailer made its way online, a new trailer has been released! You can check it out in the embed above.

The leads of this version of Wolf Man are Christopher Abbott and Julia Garner, both of whom were in the 2011 film Martha Marcy May Marlene. Abbott is taking on the role of a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator. Garner is playing his wife. Sam Jaeger is also in the cast, along with child actress Matilda Firth, playing a character named Ginger: “Female, 10 years old, white. Blake and Charlotte’s daughter. Smart, precocious, and strong. When her family decides to leave the city for a quieter life in a remote area, she faces her biggest fear, the possibility of losing one or both of her parents forever.”

When Wolf Man was first announced in 2020, Ryan Gosling was set to star in it – and in fact, it got rolling when Gosling pitched this take on the concept of The Wolf Man to Universal, and his idea was then fleshed out into a screenplay by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, a writing duo that previously worked on Orange Is the New Black. (Blum also happens to be married to Blumhouse founder Jason Blum.) At the time, it was said the story was “believed to be set in present times and in the vein of Jake Gyllenhaal’s thriller Nightcrawler with an obvious supernatural twist.” The final version of the script is credited to Blum and Angelo, as well as Whannell and his wife Corbett Tuck.

Whannell first signed on to direct the film in 2020, but dropped out the following year. That’s when Gosling’s Blue Valentine and Place Beyond the Pines director Derek Cianfrance came on board. Gosling and Cianfrance both stepped away from Wolf Man early last year… and then Whannell came back. A collaboration between Blumhouse and Motel Movies, Wolf Man is being produced by Jason Blum. Gosling receives an executive producer credit alongside Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner, and Whannell.

The Wolf Man reboot was recently given an R rating for bloody violent content, grisly images and some language. This isn’t the first time a reboot of The Wolf Man has been given an R rating, as the 2010 reboot that was directed by Joe Johnston and starred Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, and Emily Blunt was also rated R, for bloody horror violence and gore.

What did you think of the new trailer for Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man? Are you looking forward to seeing this movie in January? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

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Before Sonic the Hedgehog 3 races into theaters this holiday season, new details about the sound barrier-breaking threequel are racing in. Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Sonic 3 director Jeff Fowler and voice actor Ben Schwartz talked about the film’s latest character, Shadow (voiced by Keanu Reeves), and Jim Carrey playing two versions of the mustachioed villain Robotnik.

Fowler expands Shadow the Hedgehog’s origin in the upcoming film, giving longtime fans something to look forward to. Prof. Gerald Robotnik genetically engineered shadow, creating a speedster with teleportation powers. In addition to his blink-and-you-missed-it moves, Shadow uses gadgets to stalk his prey, like a motorcycle and handguns. Reeves is the perfect choice to help bring Shadow to life on the silver screen, and the film’s December 20 release date can’t come soon enough.

“‘Edginess’ is maybe not the right word, but there was a new element tonally that just suddenly made the Sonic world feel a little bit more exciting, a little bit more dangerous,” Fowler told Entertainment Weekly about adding Shadow to the mix. “I think that’s exactly what Shadow has done for this film.”

While effects and character design were a concern for the first movie, Sonic voice actor Ben Schwartz assures fans that Sonic the Hedgehog 3 will go above and beyond to pull out all the stops. “The CG is even more impressive. Everything is pumped up for this one,” Schwartz says in a separate conversation. “[Producer] Toby [Ascher] talks about us having a lot of Avengers moments, which I love, but it’s very much that everything is bigger in this movie and more impressive.” The movie’s “go big or go home” attitude teases excellent things for the sequel, and they’ll need all the juice they can get. Sonic the Hedgehog fans are rabid, y’all. If Paramount doesn’t bring its A-game, Sonic enthusiasts will know and will not be afraid to take their ire online. “Paramount taking the money and the time to adjust it a bit, it shows that we care, we’re listening,” Schwartz adds. “We are fans. We feel connected to the fans.”

One thing that Fowler and his team must tread lightly about is Shadow’s use of handguns. We live in sensitive times, and a gun-toting hedgehog could set parents on edge. Fowler is aware of this and is taking steps to remain faithful to the character while not pushing any buttons for families. “We certainly are very respectful about what fans expect to see and what they love about the character. We’re also very aware of the times and the right way to handle that kind of imagery in a family film,” said Fowler. “I think we really ended in a great place. I think fans will watch this film and really appreciate Shadow and Maria. A lot of care and a lot of love has gone into telling Shadow’s story and giving fans the best movie version of the character imaginable.”

After saying he’s retiring from acting, Jim Carrey pulls double-duty in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Dr. Ivo Robotnik and Prof. Gerald Robotnik. In the beginning, Fowler wanted to draw parallel lines between the two villains, focusing “not just with bald heads and giant mustaches, but also in their behavior and their attitude,” Fowler says. “But then, just from a storytelling standpoint, it needed to go in some ways to create the right sort of conflict for the film. I don’t want to give anything away, but it was really fun to plot that, to come up with all those interactions and all the different story needs that had to happen. Jim was just such a great partner in designing all of that.”

Check out EW‘s exclusive report for more details about Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Meanwhile, I’m still waiting for Amy Rose and Big the Cat to make their silver screen debut. They may show up in Sonic the Hedgehog 4. At least, I hope so.

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Two and a half years ago, we heard that genre icon Tony Todd signed on to play an “iconic new villain” in the horror mystery / genre-bending thriller Werewolf Game. Sadly, Todd passed away last week at the age of 69, following a long illness… but we still haven’t had the chance to see Werewolf Game. The Horror Collective will be giving the film a digital release on January 21st, and a trailer has been unveiled. You can check it out in the embed above.

Directed by Jackie Payne and Cara Brennan from a screenplay written by Payne, Werewolf Game was inspired by the party game of social deduction invented by Dimitry Davidoff in 1986. In the film, twelve strangers are kidnapped by a social media company and forced to play a game where they vote on who amongst them to murder. According to The Horror Collective, the film will give fans “a chance to experience one of Tony Todd’s last performances in a story that celebrates his dedication to bringing unforgettable characters to life.”

Todd was joined in the cast by Lydia Hearst (Z Nation), Bai Ling (The Crow), Teala Dunn (Are We There Yet?), Tabitha Jane (Why?), Tim Realbuto (Bobcat Moretti), and Robert Picardo (The Howling).

The film is coming to us from Different Duck Films founder Rob Margolies, who produced it with Gretel Snyder. Margolies discovered the screenplay, and the project won the top prize at his annual First Frame International Film Festival: a production deal. Sunstrike Pictures is also behind this one, and they provided the following statement: “We have a huge influence of John Carpenter and horror manga, to create a uniquely visceral film that is as haunting as it is beautiful. Werewolf Game is a thrilling, disturbing, who-dun-it mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat the entire time.“

When the project was first announced, we heard that Werewolf Game would be “drawing on the raw intensity of anime and the chilling atmosphere of retro horror,” and would be “crafted to be PG-13 to enrapture teen and adult audiences alike.” Todd said, “My roots as an actor are grounded in theater, which is why my iconic character in Werewolf Game strongly appeals to me, much like Immortal (2020), my first collaboration with Margolies.“

What did you think of the Werewolf Game trailer? Will you be watching this Tony Todd movie in January? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

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