Earlier today, we took a look back the Wes Craven-directed 2005 thriller Red Eye… so we figured, why not follow that up by taking a look at a remake of a Craven horror film that was released the year after Red Eye reached theatres? The movie we’re taking about is the 2006 version of The Hills Have Eyes (watch it HERE), a remake of Craven’s 1977 classic. It’s time for this one to be revisited, and you can hear all about it in the embed above.
While the original film was written and directed by Craven, Alexandre Aja directed the remake from a screenplay he wrote with Grégory Levasseur. Here’s the synopsis: Bob Carter and his wife Ethel, along with five other members of the family, are heading for San Diego with their camper van. An accident strands them in the desert and while two of the men go for help, the others are forced to wait. They’re unaware that they’ve ended up stuck near the site where, decades earlier, nuclear tests gave rise to a group of mutant monsters who have developed a taste for human flesh.
The film stars Aaron Stanford, Kathleen Quinlan, Vinessa Shaw, Emilie de Ravin, Dan Byrd, Tom Bower, Billy Drago, Robert Joy, Ted Levine, Desmond Askew, Ezra Buzzington, Michael Bailey Smith, Laura Ortiz, Maisie Camilleri Preziosi, Greg Nicotero, Ivana Turchetto, Judith Jane Vallette, and Adam Perrell.
The The Hills Have Eyes remake episode of Revisited was Written, Narrated, and Edited by Lance Vlcek, Produced by Tyler Nichols and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
What do you think of the Hills Have Eyes remake, and of Craven’s original film? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
Two previous episodes of Revisited can be seen below. To see more of our shows, head over to the JoBlo Horror Originals channel – and subscribe while you’re at it!
Season 2 of the hit Netflix Addams Family series Wednesday is expected to start filming in Ireland (season 1 was shot in Romania) sometime in late April, and during an interview with Vanity Fair the show’s star Jenna Ortega confirmed that she is about to get ready to return to the world of Wednesday Addams, revealing that she has been reading the season scripts recently – and promising that every episode of the new season will have something that will make it stand out and be memorable.
Vanity Fair asked Ortega about a previous quote where she said Wednesday season 2 will be more episodic, with each episode coming off like a standalone movie, and that it would lean further into horror. She responded, “I’ve just been reading scripts. By the time we actually start shooting, it will have been over two years since we wrapped. So internally, mentally, I’m like, ‘Okay, do I start prepping myself now?’ I don’t consider myself Method or anything like that, but I do think it’s very normal for actors to naturally acclimate or take in the surroundings of their characters, especially when you’re doing something like that for so long. It might be time to start getting a little more sarcastic again or watching different movies again to get into the mindset. But even reading scripts has been exciting, seeing all of the new characters that are coming in. We’re definitely expanding on the supernatural world. Our show had all sorts of werewolves and vampires and da-ta-da. And I think we expand on that a little bit.“
When asked to elaborate on the idea of each episode seeming like a standalone movie, she said, “I mean, in the first season we had episodes that really stood out visually, like the dance episode was a really big one for people, and that setting was very particular and it felt like Prom Night, a little bit, or Carrie. Every episode [of season 2] that I’ve read so far is like that. It just stands out on its own as a very memorable scene or bit or setting, which I think is what I’m most excited for, because to pull that off for eight episodes is, I think, really incredible and really lucky.“
The first season of Wednesday consisted of eight episodes. The show 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.
Beyond Ortega’s 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. Also on the show are 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.
Thora Birch had signed on to play a character named Tamara Novak, “Wednesday’s dorm mother and the only ‘normie’ on staff at Nevermore Academy, with a focus on all things botanical.” Sadly, due to a family illness, Birch had to leave the production in Romania and return to the United States before filming was complete. Christina Ricci, who previously played Wednesday herself in the live-action feature films The Addams Family and The Addams Family Values, replaced Birch, taking on the role of Marilyn Thornhill.
Are you looking forward to Wednesday season 2? What did you think of what Ortega had to say about the new episodes? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
Anticipation for James Gunn’s Superman: Legacy is heating up, and today, we’ve got a brand-new look at the cast in a behind-the-scenes image following a table read from the set. In the photo, Nicholas Hoult debuts his shaved head to play Lex Luthor, the billionaire genius and Superman’s greatest frenemy. Hoult stands smiling at the center of the image, with David Corenswet’s arm draped across his shoulders. The image also features Rachel Brosnahan, Sara Sampaio, Anthony Carrigan, Skyler Gisondo, Isabela Merced, Nathan Fillion, María Gabriela de Faría, and James Gunn at the center of the action.
Superman: Legacy recently gained John Murphy as the film’s composer. Murphy’s previous work includes musical arrangements for The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
“Happy to announce that my frequent collaborator @johnmurphycomposer is scoring #SupermanLegacy,” Gunn wrote on Instagram. “John was one of the first people I called when I finished the script many months ago as I knew how incredibly important the score was to this production. John has been working tirelessly since, creating hours worth of music that we’ll play on set as we shoot & use in the edit & that will eventually be recorded with a glorious symphony for all of you. Welcome to the DCU, John!”
A late addition to the cast is Milly Alcock, who plays Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl. Kara’s role in Gunn’s DCU is more significant than appearing in Superman: Legacy. She also leads the upcoming superhero spectacle Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, based on the limited comic book series written by Tom King with art by Bilquis Everly.
Here’s the official synopsis for King and Everly’s gripping Supergirl story:
Kara Zor-El has seen some epic adventures over the years, but she now finds her life without meaning or purpose. Here she is, a young woman who saw her planet destroyed and was sent to Earth to protect a baby cousin who ended up not needing her. What was it all for? Wherever she goes, people only see her through the lens of Superman’s fame.
Just when Supergirl thinks she’s had enough, everything changes. An alien girl seeks her out for a vicious mission. Her world has been destroyed, and the bad guys responsible are still out there. She wants revenge, and if Supergirl doesn’t help her, she’ll do it herself, whatever the cost. Now a Kryptonian, a dog, and an angry, heartbroken child head out into space on a journey that will shake them to their very core.
King and Everly’s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow presents a very different Kara Zor-El than most fans are used to. The story begins with Kara enduring a wicked hangover. As she cusses her way toward sobriety, Kara becomes mixed up in a mission that pushes her powers and heart to the limit.
James Gunn wants to keep plot details for Superman: Legacy a mystery, though a brief summary reads: “Superman, a cub reporter in Metropolis, embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent.”
What do you think of Superman: Legacy’s bold and beautiful cast? How do you like Hoult’s shaved head? As someone who shaved his beyond-shoulder-length hair off two days ago, it’s a refreshing experience. I wonder if Hoult feels the same.
Are you down for something a little twisted? Well, I may have the cure. The new Prime Video series The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy is gruesomely hilarious and wonderfully witty. It’s wild and weird and offers up a great cast of characters. The inclusion of Maya Rudolph, Natasha Lyonne, and the Culkin family is truly inspired. And if you want a lot of animated gore, you are in for a bit of a treat here. Showrunner Cirocco Dunlap has done a nice job of creating something new and unique.
Recently, I had a very entertaining chat with Natasha Lyonne, Maya Rudolph, and Cirocco Dunlap about their latest. The conversation ran the gamut from bringing such a gruesome nature to the show, as well as centering the series around women. Natasha Lyonne and Maya Rudolph talked about the impressive cast and the colourful characters on display. It was a joy speaking to these three. If you need a laugh, I recommend you give The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy on Prime.
Fresh off her Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, America Ferrera is turning up the heat with a leading role opposite Matthew McConaughey in Paul Greengrass’s wildfire drama The Lost Bus. Ferrera’s powerful performance as Gloria in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie is turning heads in the entertainment industry, and the Ugly Betty star is ready to get back in front of audiences for another role that’s sure to garner attention.
Greengrass’s new project hails from Comet Films and Blumhouse, with Apple Original Films in charge of distribution. Brad Ingelsby adapted the script for The Lost Bus from Lizzie Johnson’s novel Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire. The story centers on the 2018 Camp Fire, California’s history’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire. Named after Camp Creek Road, the fire began on November 8, 2018, in Northern California’s Butte County. The blaze started when a faulty electric transmission line malfunctioned.
As for The Lost Bus, Greengrass’s feature will tell the story through the eyes and experience of Kevin McKay, a brave bus driver, and Mary Ludwig, a school teacher who helped navigate a bus full of children through the wildfire as the blaze crept toward the town of Paradise. The devastating fire killed 85 people and destroyed the majority of Paradise.
People working on the project behind the scenes are excited about the endeavor, with production coming from Jamie Lee Curtis’ Comet Pictures, Jason Blum’s Blumhouse, Ingelsby, and Greg Goodman. Meanwhile, Johnson and Amy Lord executive produce. Curtis became interested in the project after hearing Lizzie Johnson speak on NPR. She immediately read the book and brought the idea to Blumhouse. The studio then gave the script to Greengrass, who immediately gelled with the concept. While smoke for the film started in 2022, the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike delayed production. With the strikes behind us, the mission is to land a studio and begin production on The Lost Bus.
The harrowing tale of The Lost Bus provides America Ferrera with plenty of space to spread her dramatic acting wings, with Matthew McConaughey as a solid co-star to share the screen. I remember the Camp Fire of 2018 like it was yesterday. It was a terrifying ordeal with unprecedented fire damage, reducing portions of Paradise to cinders. Are you excited to check out The Lost Bus? Will Ferrera and McConaughey have great chemistry? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
It’s happened before, and it will happen again. Sometimes, a movie plays a film fest, gets picked up by a studio, and is changed. It looks like that’s exactly what happened to Boy Kills World, a movie I saw (and enjoyed) at TIFF’s Midnight Madness. The official trailer dropped today, and I’m thrilled the film is getting a full-on theatrical release courtesy of Lionsgate and Roadhouse Attractions.
However, Boy Kills World won’t be released the way I saw it at TIFF.
As soon as I started watching the trailer, it seemed different to me, as in the cut that I saw; the entire movie was narrated by Bill Skarsgard’s “Boy” character (who is deaf and mute) via his interior monologue. In the version I saw, Skarsgard seemed to be doing the voice. The hook is that Boy’s inner monologue is based on the last voice he heard, that of a nineties-style arcade game, and it looks like the studio has replaced Skarsgard’s voice with that of Archer voice actor H. Jon Benjamin.
While some may say that’s a good thing, I’m not entirely sure it will work in the context of the movie. While a rocking action film, it takes on deeper, more serious themes as it goes on, so it’s a shame that Skarsgard, who seemed to be delivering a great vocal performance (to my ears, anyway), won’t get to convey the character’s emotion the same way. I liked it originally, but I’m not sure I’ll feel the same about it when I see this new cut. For me, removing Skarsgard’s vocal performance is a weird choice, especially given what a good voice actor he is (can anyone forget how he sounded as Pennywise in It?). I wonder if Boy Meets World got any other revisions because the cut I saw was pretty balls-to-the-wall. It took several months for the film to get a distribution deal, so it’s possible the movie had to be retooled a bit before coming out. The voiceover swap – to me anyway- is a pretty big change, and I’m not sure it’s a welcome one. I’ll reserve judgment until I see the final film, but take my original review with a grain of salt now, as this version seems very different. Maybe it’ll be better, but it might be worse, too.
The Ghostbusters: Afterlife (watch it HERE) sequel Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (which, of course, also serves as a sequel to the original Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II) is set to reach theatres in exactly one month, on March 22nd, and Sony Pictures has marked the occasion by unveiling four new posters for the film! You can check them out at the bottom of this article.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife stars Finn Wolfhard and Mckenna Grace are back for the sequel, reprising the roles of Trevor and Phoebe. They’re joined in the cast by Carrie Coon, playing Trevor and Phoebe’s mom Callie; Paul Rudd, back as his Afterlife character Gary Grooberson; William Atherton as Walter Peck, the antagonistic EPA inspector from the first Ghostbusters film; Celeste O’Connor as Trevor’s friend Lucky Domingo; Logan Kim as Phoebe’s friend Podcast; Annie Potts as Janine Melnitz; and new additions Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick), Patton Oswalt (The King of Queens), James Acaster (Hypothetical), and Emily Alyn Lind (Doctor Sleep). And yes, original Ghostbusters Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Ernie Hudson are in the film as well, and it looks like they have more prominent roles than they had in the previous movie – in fact, the director has said they’re “actual characters” in this one.
At first, Afterlife director Jason Reitman was expected to take the helm of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, once again directing from a screenplay he was writing with Gil Kenan – but then it was revealed that Kenan would actually be directing the new film. He previously directed the animated movie Monster House, the live-action films City of Ember, A Boy Called Christmas, and the remake of Poltergeist, and an episode of the Scream TV series. Kenan has said that he drew inspiration from the Real Ghostbusters animated series and its willingness to be weird and wild when they were coming up with the ghostly threats in this film.
Are you looking forward to Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire? Let us know by leaving a comment below… and check out the new posters while you’re scrolling down. They’ve got new Ghostbusters, old Ghostbusters, Slimer, miniature marshmallow men, and a Sewer Dragon.
It’s the calm before the storm. Next weekend, the box office is set to catch fire with the long-awaited release of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two. We caught the film this week, and as you might be able to tell by our review, we loved it. As such, studios are reluctant to open anything too ambitious this weekend because they will all get swallowed up like a Harkonen being munched on by a sandworm next weekend. So, we can expect Paramount’s surprise hit, Bob Marley: One Love to easily nab a second weekend on top of the box office. But what about Madame Web?
The fact that Sony’s latest addition to the Spider-Verse was such a disaster was all over the news this last week, with many thinking it’s a bit of a franchise killer. ShouldKraven the Hunteralso flop, many think Sony will stop making non-animated Spider-Verse movies. One of the things everyone is wondering about is how Madame Web will perform in its second weekend.
Usually, a movie like this would be have no trouble holding on to second place, but the word-of-mouth on this is toxic. Thus, many believe it will be trounced at the box office by Sony/ Crunchyroll’s Demon Slayer: To the Hashira Training. The last one earned over $10 million at the box office, so there’s no reason to doubt this will do the same. I expect it to be in second place over Madame Web with a $9.5 million opening.
But what about the other two new releases this weekend, Ordinary Angels and Drive Away Dolls? Of the two, I think Ordinary Angels can surprise people at the box office, given that it’s faith-based and stars Reacher’s Alan Ritchson. His star is rising, although the movie is being sold around Hilary Swank. I think the film will make $8 million, but unlike a lot of other movies on this list, it will have legs. I also believe it will nab third place from Madame Web, which will have to settle for fourth, depending on how awful the second-weekend drop is.
The one I think is going to tank is Ethan Coen’s Drive Away Dolls. This is his loving attempt at making a “lesbian B-movie,” as he calls it, but audiences won’t get the vibe of the film when they check it out, so expect bad word of mouth. Cinephiles might see it, but I don’t see it doing more than $4 million at the box office this weekend (or less).
Here are my predictions:
1. Bob Marley: One Love: $20 million
2. Demon Slayer: $9.5 million
3. Ordinary Angels: $8 million
4. Madame Web: $7 million
5. Drive Away Dolls: $4 million
What do you think the weekend box office will look like? Let us know in the comments!
When the People’s Choice Award winners were announced on Sunday, there were a number of predictable categories: yes, Barbie would win Movie of the Year, Taylor Swift would win top female singer and Rachel Zegler would win Best Action Movie Star of the Year for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. Wait, what? Is the prequel even an action movie?
According to the People’s Choice Awards, yes, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is indeed an action movie, right up there with John Wick: Chapter 4, Dead Reckoning and last year’s Marvel installments – you know, actual action movies. Sure, Songbirds & Snakes has some quasi-thrilling scenes, but there’s probably a reason that we didn’t once mention the word “action” in our review…
So, let’s take a look at who Rachel Zegler beat out: Tom Cruise, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Brie Larson, Chris Pratt, Keanu Reeves, and even one of her co-stars, Viola Davis. We’re not saying one is more deserving than the other here, just that Rachel Zegler was placed in the wrong category and there is a bit of ignorance as to what “action” is. But since there is no category for Best Action-Adventure That Works in Too Many Musical Numbers, perhaps they found where they placed her to be the most comfortable…
As we all know, things can get a bit loose when awards organizations begin to separate categories. While the People’s Choice Awards do feel off base here, the biggest guilty party has always been the Golden Globes, who divide lead acting and Best Motion Picture categories between drama and comedy. Remember when The Martian was nominated as the best comedy movie of 2015? Or when Michelle Williams won Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for My Week with Marilyn? And that’s not even going into other issues with category fraud relating to screen time, which goes all the way up to the grandest awards stage of them all: the Oscars – but that’s another problem for another article.
Do you think Rachel Zegler deserved to be in the running in the action category? If not, was there another she should have been in? Give us your take on the matter in the comments section below.
When the People’s Choice Award winners were announced on Sunday, there were a number of predictable categories: yes, Barbie would win Movie of the Year, Taylor Swift would win top female singer and Rachel Zegler would win Best Action Movie Star of the Year for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. Wait, what? Is the prequel even an action movie?
According to the People’s Choice Awards, yes, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is indeed an action movie, right up there with John Wick: Chapter 4, Dead Reckoning and last year’s Marvel installments – you know, actual action movies. Sure, Songbirds & Snakes has some quasi-thrilling scenes, but there’s probably a reason that we didn’t once mention the word “action” in our review…
So, let’s take a look at who Rachel Zegler beat out: Tom Cruise, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Brie Larson, Chris Pratt, Keanu Reeves, and even one of her co-stars, Viola Davis. We’re not saying one is more deserving than the other here, just that Rachel Zegler was placed in the wrong category and there is a bit of ignorance as to what “action” is. But since there is no category for Best Action-Adventure That Works in Too Many Musical Numbers, perhaps they found where they placed her to be the most comfortable…
As we all know, things can get a bit loose when awards organizations begin to separate categories. While the People’s Choice Awards do feel off base here, the biggest guilty party has always been the Golden Globes, who divide lead acting and Best Motion Picture categories between drama and comedy. Remember when The Martian was nominated as the best comedy movie of 2015? Or when Michelle Williams won Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for My Week with Marilyn? And that’s not even going into other issues with category fraud relating to screen time, which goes all the way up to the grandest awards stage of them all: the Oscars – but that’s another problem for another article.
Do you think Rachel Zegler deserved to be in the running in the action category? If not, was there another she should have been in? Give us your take on the matter in the comments section below.
