Vampires and werewolves are big business in mainstream media, with a veritable feast of TV shows and movies being dedicated to the mythical creatures across the decades. So when something comes along that slots straight into the mainstream zeitgeist with its gothic visuals and sexy vampires fighting pesky swearwolves, you know what’s coming next. Yup, sequels and prequels! As mentioned in our previous episode that sunk its teeth into the fun but flawed Underworld from 2003, director Len Wiseman found love with his leading lady, Kate Beckinsale. And, if you’re being massively cynical, you could perhaps suggest that their star-struck Hollywood romance is one of the main reasons a follow-up to the first movie was green-lit. Or maybe it was the decent box-office, cool world-building or maybe even the lashings of S&m clad characters? The first movie, as we discussed previously, is flawed and far from perfect but you know what,...
- 5/6/2024
- by Adam Walton
- JoBlo.com
Walton Goggins has no limitations whatsoever when it comes to his range and skill in film and television. With boundless untapped energy serving as a cushion, the Fallout actor truly gives back to society by tackling multi-colored projects spanning various genres. One such project, however, came dangerously close to insulting the incredible talent and hard work of his director and co-stars in the HBO satire, Vice Principals. And Goggins refused to take such an insult lying down.
Vice Principals [Credit: HBO]Filmed in 2016, this American dark comedy series brings out Walton Goggins’ skills to deliver some of his career’s best moments. However, with enough time having passed between the series production and the political tides within Hollywood, the actor finally feels safe to take a stand on behalf of his co-stars and director to showcase how Hollywood failed them.
Walton Goggins Reflects on His Time in a Comedy Series
Walton Goggins...
Vice Principals [Credit: HBO]Filmed in 2016, this American dark comedy series brings out Walton Goggins’ skills to deliver some of his career’s best moments. However, with enough time having passed between the series production and the political tides within Hollywood, the actor finally feels safe to take a stand on behalf of his co-stars and director to showcase how Hollywood failed them.
Walton Goggins Reflects on His Time in a Comedy Series
Walton Goggins...
- 4/21/2024
- by Diya Majumdar
- FandomWire
A lot goes into a good performance – from research to blocking to facial expressions and beyond. But at its core, an acting performance comes down to reading lines of dialogue on a piece of paper. Many actors do their level best to read the lines as written. Some other actors, bless them, like to get a little more creative.
Television and film are filled with fascinating line readings from actors. Whether it’s an emphasis on an unusual syllable or just an outright scream, certain performers are able to make dialogue feel particularly vibrant. As pop culture travelers ourselves, we’ve come across many interesting line readings over the years. What follows are some of our favorites. Be sure to share yours in the comments as well!
“There were a lot of…fatalities.”
Jonah Hill in This is the End
It’s hard to pull off the “actors-playing-themselves” gambit in...
Television and film are filled with fascinating line readings from actors. Whether it’s an emphasis on an unusual syllable or just an outright scream, certain performers are able to make dialogue feel particularly vibrant. As pop culture travelers ourselves, we’ve come across many interesting line readings over the years. What follows are some of our favorites. Be sure to share yours in the comments as well!
“There were a lot of…fatalities.”
Jonah Hill in This is the End
It’s hard to pull off the “actors-playing-themselves” gambit in...
- 4/19/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
If there was one thing that was going to tempt movie-goers into cinemas for some mid-budget vampire action in 2003, it was probably Bill Nighy as a vampire overlord. Or, was it the marketing campaign featuring a leather clad Kate Beckinsale? I’ll let you decide… The early noughties had already brought some decent vampire action, before we were subjected to the shimmering embarrassment to the genre that was the Twilight saga. We were also just a few short years away from seeing some proper kick-ass, sexy vampire action on the small screen with Hbc’s excellent True Blood series. The vampire genre was starting to show some signs of a re-awakening, and films such as the fun but flawed Queen of the Damned from 2002 and, of course, the awesome Blade series, were leading the bloodsucking way.
Vampires have always been a popular form of escapism for audiences and they’re still massively popular now.
Vampires have always been a popular form of escapism for audiences and they’re still massively popular now.
- 4/17/2024
- by Adam Walton
- JoBlo.com
Hunter Schafer consistently captivates me with her striking appearances on the red carpet. She exudes fearlessness in her fashion choices.
Her latest outing at the Berlinale International Film Festival for her horror film Cuckoo left jaws dropping, mine included. Recently, on Thursday, April 11, she once again captivated everyone with her standout look at the Second Annual GQ Global Creativity Awards.
Hunter Schafer’s dress featured a classic silhouette with a deep V neckline and slits at the front and back, crafted from silk duchess material adorned with muted yellow, blue, and charcoal brushstrokes (Credit: M10s / TheNews2 / Cover Images)
This occasion aimed to honor visionary creatives and trailblazers whose contributions shape the cultural landscape.
The ceremony at Wsa in New York City drew many prominent figures, including Michaela Coel, Emily Bode, Dev Hynes, and Mickalene Thomas.
Ethereal in Custom Hand-painted Marni Gown
Hunter Schafer arrived at the event adorned in...
Her latest outing at the Berlinale International Film Festival for her horror film Cuckoo left jaws dropping, mine included. Recently, on Thursday, April 11, she once again captivated everyone with her standout look at the Second Annual GQ Global Creativity Awards.
Hunter Schafer’s dress featured a classic silhouette with a deep V neckline and slits at the front and back, crafted from silk duchess material adorned with muted yellow, blue, and charcoal brushstrokes (Credit: M10s / TheNews2 / Cover Images)
This occasion aimed to honor visionary creatives and trailblazers whose contributions shape the cultural landscape.
The ceremony at Wsa in New York City drew many prominent figures, including Michaela Coel, Emily Bode, Dev Hynes, and Mickalene Thomas.
Ethereal in Custom Hand-painted Marni Gown
Hunter Schafer arrived at the event adorned in...
- 4/13/2024
- by Florie Mae Malapit
- Your Next Shoes
Brad Silberling's 2009 comedy/adventure "Land of the Lost" was a big-budget re-imagining of Sid and Marty Krofft's low-rent 1974 TV series of the same name. In the TV show, Marshall (Spencer Milligan), Will (Wesley), and Holly (Kathy Coleman) are on a routine river-rafting expedition when they encounter the biggest earthquake ever documented. They ride a raft through an aperture in the Earth and wind up in the Land of the Lost, a subterranean world ruled by dinosaurs and populated by ape-like proto-humans known as the Pakuni. Later in the series, there are discussions about having sailed through a time doorway, although the Land of the Lost is not prehistoric Earth, but a bizarre nether-realm filled with magic crystals, ineffable high-tech obelisks, and evil lizard people called Sleestaks. "Land of the Lost" was a touchstone of Gen-x kiddie entertainment.
In the PG-13-rated 2009 film (a spoof as much as an...
In the PG-13-rated 2009 film (a spoof as much as an...
- 4/13/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Hunter Schafer is a jaw-dropping beauty on the red carpet!
The 25-year-old Euphoria actress posed for photos while arriving at the 2024 GQ Creativity Awards on Thursday night (April 11) held at Wsa in New York City.
Photos: Check out the latest pics of Hunter Schafer
For the event, Hunter wowed in a custom, hand-painted dress by Marni inspired by Van Gogh‘s famous “Starry Night” painting.
Other stars in attendance included Adam DeVine, Erykah Badu, Danny McBride and wife Gia Ruiz, Michaela Coel, George Lucas and wife Mellody Hobson, GQ Editor-in-Chief Will Welch and wife Heidi Smith, Zack Bia, J.B. Smoove and wife Shahidah Omar, Morgan Spector, and Lewis Hamilton.
In a new interview with GQ, Hunter confirmed rumors that she previously dated Rosalia. Find out more here.
Fyi: Hunter is wearing a dress by Marni. Lewis is wearing a Dior outfit. Erykah is wearing an outfit by Marni.
Click through...
The 25-year-old Euphoria actress posed for photos while arriving at the 2024 GQ Creativity Awards on Thursday night (April 11) held at Wsa in New York City.
Photos: Check out the latest pics of Hunter Schafer
For the event, Hunter wowed in a custom, hand-painted dress by Marni inspired by Van Gogh‘s famous “Starry Night” painting.
Other stars in attendance included Adam DeVine, Erykah Badu, Danny McBride and wife Gia Ruiz, Michaela Coel, George Lucas and wife Mellody Hobson, GQ Editor-in-Chief Will Welch and wife Heidi Smith, Zack Bia, J.B. Smoove and wife Shahidah Omar, Morgan Spector, and Lewis Hamilton.
In a new interview with GQ, Hunter confirmed rumors that she previously dated Rosalia. Find out more here.
Fyi: Hunter is wearing a dress by Marni. Lewis is wearing a Dior outfit. Erykah is wearing an outfit by Marni.
Click through...
- 4/12/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
When you first see The Ghoul in “Fallout,” the most pronounced feature of Walton Goggins’ character is what’s missing. Just under the brim of his weathered cowboy hat and just above his wrinkled upper lip — you know, where his nose should be — there isn’t one. You can see the narrow nostril-dividing tissue, but there are no nostrils to divide. Instead, there’s just an A-shaped hole in his face. A cavity. An absence. So even though it’s obvious the handsome charmer from “Justified” is there, buried under a pound of latex, Prime Video viewers may not realize the physical demands of a role visibly defined by what’s been removed.
“I can’t see so well. I mean, I could see, but your periphery is gone,” Goggins said in an interview with IndieWire. “I’ve got these things over my teeth, so it’s hard to talk.
“I can’t see so well. I mean, I could see, but your periphery is gone,” Goggins said in an interview with IndieWire. “I’ve got these things over my teeth, so it’s hard to talk.
- 4/9/2024
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
As theater owners attempt to stabilize consumer moviegoing habits after the disruptions of the Covid-19 pandemic and Hollywood’s pivot to streaming, chains like Alamo Drafthouse have found success by serving full meals and alcohol during films. But Danny McBride isn’t sold on the idea.
In a recent interview with GQ, the “Righteous Gemstones” star sounded off about his distaste for food and alcohol in theaters. He explained that he feels like the combination of a bar and a movie theater brings out the worst parts of both places.
“I hate it, I can’t stand it,” McBride said when the conversation turned to theaters that serve full meals and alcohol. “I also don’t think it makes sense to combine booze with movies. You’re going to have to piss. Doesn’t alcohol make you want to get up and get loose? You don’t want to sit there,...
In a recent interview with GQ, the “Righteous Gemstones” star sounded off about his distaste for food and alcohol in theaters. He explained that he feels like the combination of a bar and a movie theater brings out the worst parts of both places.
“I hate it, I can’t stand it,” McBride said when the conversation turned to theaters that serve full meals and alcohol. “I also don’t think it makes sense to combine booze with movies. You’re going to have to piss. Doesn’t alcohol make you want to get up and get loose? You don’t want to sit there,...
- 4/6/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Robert Downey Jr. plays Australian actor Kirk Lazarus in his Oscar-nominated role in Tropic Thunder. Downey Jr.’s Lazarus takes the extreme step in Method acting and undergoes pigmentation alteration surgery to play an African-American man. The role was clearly a satire that mocked the extreme lengths some actors were willing to go to for a role. Downey Jr.’s co-star in the film, Danny McBride, revealed how the actor stayed in character the whole time.
Ben Stiller, Brandon T Jackson, and Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder
Downey Jr.’s portrayal in the film received criticism for donning Blackface, but his acting in the film was praised by many. He was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar that year, which he lost to Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight.
Robert Downey Jr. Went Full Method To Play The Exaggerated Version Of A Method Actor Robert Downey Jr. played...
Ben Stiller, Brandon T Jackson, and Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder
Downey Jr.’s portrayal in the film received criticism for donning Blackface, but his acting in the film was praised by many. He was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar that year, which he lost to Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight.
Robert Downey Jr. Went Full Method To Play The Exaggerated Version Of A Method Actor Robert Downey Jr. played...
- 4/5/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
The stoner action-comedy film “Pineapple Express” set needed more aspirin on its set than weed.
Each of the principal actors got seriously hurt on the shoot, Danny McBride says — otherwise, it was a total “blast.” In a recent interview with GQ (video below), the “Foot Fist Way” alum rattled off his injuries from the shoot — as well as the ones suffered by leads Seth Rogen and James Franco.
A central fight scene between the trio of actors in the 2008 film led to broken bones, at least one concussion, and two split skulls.
“That fight scene was crazy. We were going for it, so everybody got injured,” McBride said. “I think Seth broke his hand or his finger or something and Franco had split his forehead open. Like that’s why he has a bandana for most of the movie with sweatbands because he had actually split his forehead open. He had a big scar there,...
Each of the principal actors got seriously hurt on the shoot, Danny McBride says — otherwise, it was a total “blast.” In a recent interview with GQ (video below), the “Foot Fist Way” alum rattled off his injuries from the shoot — as well as the ones suffered by leads Seth Rogen and James Franco.
A central fight scene between the trio of actors in the 2008 film led to broken bones, at least one concussion, and two split skulls.
“That fight scene was crazy. We were going for it, so everybody got injured,” McBride said. “I think Seth broke his hand or his finger or something and Franco had split his forehead open. Like that’s why he has a bandana for most of the movie with sweatbands because he had actually split his forehead open. He had a big scar there,...
- 4/5/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Los Angeles, April 5 (Ians) Actor and comedian Danny McBride recalled accidentally hearing Hollywood star Robert Downey Jr. going method on himself and staying in character as he went to take a bathroom break in between takes.
Downey Jr. played a method actor in Ben Stiller’s comedy ‘Tropic Thunder’, where McBride played an explosives expert and was given an earpiece to communicate with the set as his character was perched in a watchtower above the production.
The earpiece was connected to the microphones of several of the cast and crew down below.
“I guess during one of the takes, they had left Downey’s mic on, and so I’m sitting up there, and I’m like, ‘Oh, I can hear what he’s saying’,” McBride said in a GQ video interview, reports variety.com.
“He was talking to people, and he was in character the whole time. And then...
Downey Jr. played a method actor in Ben Stiller’s comedy ‘Tropic Thunder’, where McBride played an explosives expert and was given an earpiece to communicate with the set as his character was perched in a watchtower above the production.
The earpiece was connected to the microphones of several of the cast and crew down below.
“I guess during one of the takes, they had left Downey’s mic on, and so I’m sitting up there, and I’m like, ‘Oh, I can hear what he’s saying’,” McBride said in a GQ video interview, reports variety.com.
“He was talking to people, and he was in character the whole time. And then...
- 4/5/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Robert Downey Jr. played a Method actor in Ben Stiller’s comedy “Tropic Thunder” and things got meta on set. In a new GQ video interview, Downey’s co-star Danny McBride remembered accidentally hearing Downey going Method himself and staying in character as he went to take a bathroom break in between takes.
McBride played an explosives expert in the film and was given an earpiece to communicate with the set as his character was perched in a watchtower above the production. It turns out the earpiece was connected to the microphones of several of the cast and crew down below.
“I guess during one of the takes, they had left Downey’s mic on, and so I’m sitting up there, and I’m like, ‘Oh shit, I can hear what he’s saying,'” McBride said. “He was talking to people, and he was in character the whole time.
McBride played an explosives expert in the film and was given an earpiece to communicate with the set as his character was perched in a watchtower above the production. It turns out the earpiece was connected to the microphones of several of the cast and crew down below.
“I guess during one of the takes, they had left Downey’s mic on, and so I’m sitting up there, and I’m like, ‘Oh shit, I can hear what he’s saying,'” McBride said. “He was talking to people, and he was in character the whole time.
- 4/4/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Going to the theater is different from it used to be. Back in my day, going to the cinema meant purchasing an overpriced ticket and concessions, then experiencing a film alongside a group of strangers in silence with occasional outbursts of laughter or surprise. Today, boutique theaters double as restaurants for outrageously priced pub-style food, with beer, wine, and cocktails to get you sauced for the evening’s feature presentation. Some people enjoy this kind of atmosphere. However, Danny McBride thinks serving food and drinks in cinemas is absurd, and he has an idea about improving the theater-going experience – marijuana!
Speaking with GQ magazine, Danny McBride said, “I hate it, I can’t stand it,” about serving dinner and drinks in the middle of a movie. “I also don’t think it makes sense to combine booze with movies. You’re going to have to piss. Doesn’t alcohol make...
Speaking with GQ magazine, Danny McBride said, “I hate it, I can’t stand it,” about serving dinner and drinks in the middle of a movie. “I also don’t think it makes sense to combine booze with movies. You’re going to have to piss. Doesn’t alcohol make...
- 4/4/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Tropic Thunder is one of those meta-films that have a lot going on right under the surface. With a cast of actors who were really committed to the bit of the film, including Robert Downey Jr. Downey was deep in his character for the time the film was being filmed, and nothing shows that more than the particular song that he made up for doing his business.
Ben Stiller, Brandon T Jackson, and Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder
Danny McBride, who was in the film as an explosives director within the narrative of the movie, talked to GQ about the curious way in which he found out how in character Robert Downey Jr. was when it came to his role as Kirk Lazarus, the Australian method actor who essayed the role of Lincoln Osiris.
In character, Robert Downey Jr. made a song to sing while relieving himself
Robert Downey Jr.
Ben Stiller, Brandon T Jackson, and Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder
Danny McBride, who was in the film as an explosives director within the narrative of the movie, talked to GQ about the curious way in which he found out how in character Robert Downey Jr. was when it came to his role as Kirk Lazarus, the Australian method actor who essayed the role of Lincoln Osiris.
In character, Robert Downey Jr. made a song to sing while relieving himself
Robert Downey Jr.
- 4/4/2024
- by Anuraag Chatterjee
- FandomWire
Danny McBride and friend David Gordon Green were sitting around Rough House Pictures in South Carolina and spitballing about about improvements they might make to the movie-going experience.
In a GQ interview, McBride revealed he hates the modern-theater-that-serves-dinner trend. “I hate it, I can’t stand it,” he said. “I also don’t think it makes sense to combine booze with movies. You’re going to have to piss. Doesn’t alcohol make you want to get up and get loose? You don’t want to sit there, drink beer, and just be quiet. I would have no interest in going to see a movie and just pounding IPAs. Just f**king falling asleep.”
Ah, but there is an alternative vision to that.
Weed and movies “go together f**king perfectly,” said McBride. The friends have talked about the concept of opening a theater...
In a GQ interview, McBride revealed he hates the modern-theater-that-serves-dinner trend. “I hate it, I can’t stand it,” he said. “I also don’t think it makes sense to combine booze with movies. You’re going to have to piss. Doesn’t alcohol make you want to get up and get loose? You don’t want to sit there, drink beer, and just be quiet. I would have no interest in going to see a movie and just pounding IPAs. Just f**king falling asleep.”
Ah, but there is an alternative vision to that.
Weed and movies “go together f**king perfectly,” said McBride. The friends have talked about the concept of opening a theater...
- 4/4/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Danny McBride has a bone to pick with movie theaters. With the popularization of theaters that now serve dinner and drinks in the middle of a movie, the “Eastbound & Down” and “Pineapple Express” comedian recently told GQ magazine that he is staunchly against the trend.
“I hate it, I can’t stand it,” McBride said while addressing the theaters-that-serves-dinner trend. “I also don’t think it makes sense to combine booze with movies. You’re going to have to piss. Doesn’t alcohol make you want to get up and get loose? You don’t want to sit there, drink beer, and just be quiet. I would have no interest in going to see a movie and just pounding IPAs. Just fucking falling asleep.”
A better idea, according to McBride, would-be movie theaters that offer marijuana and allow patrons to smoke pot. Movies and weed “go together fucking perfectly,” he said.
“I hate it, I can’t stand it,” McBride said while addressing the theaters-that-serves-dinner trend. “I also don’t think it makes sense to combine booze with movies. You’re going to have to piss. Doesn’t alcohol make you want to get up and get loose? You don’t want to sit there, drink beer, and just be quiet. I would have no interest in going to see a movie and just pounding IPAs. Just fucking falling asleep.”
A better idea, according to McBride, would-be movie theaters that offer marijuana and allow patrons to smoke pot. Movies and weed “go together fucking perfectly,” he said.
- 4/3/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Robert Downey Jr.’s meta Method acting may have been a little too…Method-ly…on “Tropic Thunder.”
His co-star Danny McBride told GQ (video below) how the recent Oscar winner stayed in character throughout production of the 2008 comedy. And we do mean throughout production. Downey, who played an egomaniac Method actor who donned Blackface in the satirical film about the making of a war movie, would even “piss in character,” McBride said.
Perhaps that earned him his 2009 Best Supporting Actor Academy-Award nomination. (He didn’t win; Heath Ledger did posthumously for “The Dark Knight.”)
McBride, who played an explosives director on set, recalled being up in a watchtower and still hearing Downey in his earpiece talking to himself even on the way to the restroom.
“I guess during one of the takes they had left Downey’s mic on and so I’m sitting up there and I’m like,...
His co-star Danny McBride told GQ (video below) how the recent Oscar winner stayed in character throughout production of the 2008 comedy. And we do mean throughout production. Downey, who played an egomaniac Method actor who donned Blackface in the satirical film about the making of a war movie, would even “piss in character,” McBride said.
Perhaps that earned him his 2009 Best Supporting Actor Academy-Award nomination. (He didn’t win; Heath Ledger did posthumously for “The Dark Knight.”)
McBride, who played an explosives director on set, recalled being up in a watchtower and still hearing Downey in his earpiece talking to himself even on the way to the restroom.
“I guess during one of the takes they had left Downey’s mic on and so I’m sitting up there and I’m like,...
- 4/3/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Connor Sherry and Gabriel Labelle
Photo: Paramount
Snack Shack, director Adam Rehmeier’s latest aggro-comedy, opens with an unusual sight: A pair of 14-year-old boys chainsmoking at the dog track. Amid a string of shouted expletives, with the words “fuck” and “pussy” enhancing every other word and giggle, our heroes,...
Photo: Paramount
Snack Shack, director Adam Rehmeier’s latest aggro-comedy, opens with an unusual sight: A pair of 14-year-old boys chainsmoking at the dog track. Amid a string of shouted expletives, with the words “fuck” and “pussy” enhancing every other word and giggle, our heroes,...
- 3/15/2024
- by Matt Schimkowitz
- avclub.com
Universal Pictures and Peacock forked over an amount somewhere in the range of $400 million to acquire the rights to distribute a trilogy of sequels to the 1973 classic The Exorcist, which we’re going to another collaboration between Blumhouse Productions and directed David Gordon Green (who recently delivered a trilogy of Halloween sequels), they were definitely expecting the first entry in the new trilogy to go over better with audiences than The Exorcist: Believer did when it was released last October. (You can read our 4/10 review Here.) The box office numbers were okay, the movie pulled in $137 million on a $30 million budget, but Universal was hoping for a lot better than “okay,” and the reactions were largely negative. Soon after the release of Believer, we heard that Universal and Blumhouse still intended to carry out the trilogy, but the follow-ups would be reworked. While speaking to The Direct this week, producer...
- 3/7/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Hallelujah!
The critically acclaimed HBO comedy The Righteous Gemstones has been officially renewed for Season 4. Here's everything we know so far.
The series is creator Danny McBride's most-watched HBO show, with an average of 4.9 million viewers per episode.
The Righteous Gemstones follows the world-famous Gemstone family, headed by televangelist Eli Gemstone, played impeccably by John Goodman.
Danny McBride, Adam Devine, and Edi Patterson star as Eli's ne'er-do-well adult children who are each vying for a place in the family legacy.
The children see only dollar signs in their dad's megachurch, Gemstone Ministries, and they resort to all manner of underhanded deeds to claw their way to the top.
Other friends and family members round out the cast, played brilliantly by Walton Goggins, Tim Baltz, Tony Cavalero, Cassidy Freeman, Gregory Alan Williams, and Skyler Gisondo.
The Righteous Gemstones Season 4 Release Date
The Righteous Gemstones was renewed for Season 4 just before...
The critically acclaimed HBO comedy The Righteous Gemstones has been officially renewed for Season 4. Here's everything we know so far.
The series is creator Danny McBride's most-watched HBO show, with an average of 4.9 million viewers per episode.
The Righteous Gemstones follows the world-famous Gemstone family, headed by televangelist Eli Gemstone, played impeccably by John Goodman.
Danny McBride, Adam Devine, and Edi Patterson star as Eli's ne'er-do-well adult children who are each vying for a place in the family legacy.
The children see only dollar signs in their dad's megachurch, Gemstone Ministries, and they resort to all manner of underhanded deeds to claw their way to the top.
Other friends and family members round out the cast, played brilliantly by Walton Goggins, Tim Baltz, Tony Cavalero, Cassidy Freeman, Gregory Alan Williams, and Skyler Gisondo.
The Righteous Gemstones Season 4 Release Date
The Righteous Gemstones was renewed for Season 4 just before...
- 2/29/2024
- by Shela Ward
- TVfanatic
Exclusive: Production has wrapped on indie feature Bad Man, starring Seann William Scott (American Pie) alongside Johnny Simmons (The Perks of Being a Wallflower), Rob Riggle (21 Jump Street), Chance Perdomo (After We Fell), Andre Hyland (Barry), and Lovi Poe (Chelsea Cowboy).
Inspired by a true story, the action-comedy follows a wild man state cop (Scott) who shows up in a small town with a big meth problem and immediately butts heads with a strait-laced local deputy (Simmons) as they attempt to solve a murder.
The production marks the feature directorial debut for Michael Diliberti, who co-wrote the screenplay with JJ Nelson. Previously, he wrote the Sony movie 30 Minutes or Less which starred Danny McBride, Jesse Eisenberg, Michael Pena, and Aziz Ansari, with Ben Stiller producing.
Producers are Warner Davis and Todd Friedman for Hemlock Circle Productions, Brian Levy for Entertainment 360, Monty Blencowe and Shaun Sanghani for Sss Entertainment.
Inspired by a true story, the action-comedy follows a wild man state cop (Scott) who shows up in a small town with a big meth problem and immediately butts heads with a strait-laced local deputy (Simmons) as they attempt to solve a murder.
The production marks the feature directorial debut for Michael Diliberti, who co-wrote the screenplay with JJ Nelson. Previously, he wrote the Sony movie 30 Minutes or Less which starred Danny McBride, Jesse Eisenberg, Michael Pena, and Aziz Ansari, with Ben Stiller producing.
Producers are Warner Davis and Todd Friedman for Hemlock Circle Productions, Brian Levy for Entertainment 360, Monty Blencowe and Shaun Sanghani for Sss Entertainment.
- 2/15/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Ironclaw’ star Zac Efron has been set to lead the comedy from Jody Hill ‘Famous.’
Efron will take on the role of Lance Dunkquist, a fame-hungry man who has one thing going for him: he looks exactly like Hollywood superstar James Jansen, who will also be played by Efron. Bent on using that coincidence to his advantage, Lance travels to Los Angeles determined to make it big no matter what it takes.
‘Mr. Robot’ creator Sam Esmail is attached as a producer. The project is adapted from the novel of the same name by Blake Crouch, with Chad Hodge handling the screenplay. Esmail and Chad Hamilton will produce through their Esmail Corp banner. Black Bear will present the package at EFM to international buyers with CAA Media Finance and WME Independent representing the U.S. rights.
Also in news – Aaron Taylor-Johnson cast in David Mackenzie’s ‘Fuze’
The film will...
Efron will take on the role of Lance Dunkquist, a fame-hungry man who has one thing going for him: he looks exactly like Hollywood superstar James Jansen, who will also be played by Efron. Bent on using that coincidence to his advantage, Lance travels to Los Angeles determined to make it big no matter what it takes.
‘Mr. Robot’ creator Sam Esmail is attached as a producer. The project is adapted from the novel of the same name by Blake Crouch, with Chad Hodge handling the screenplay. Esmail and Chad Hamilton will produce through their Esmail Corp banner. Black Bear will present the package at EFM to international buyers with CAA Media Finance and WME Independent representing the U.S. rights.
Also in news – Aaron Taylor-Johnson cast in David Mackenzie’s ‘Fuze’
The film will...
- 2/9/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
David Gordon Green has exited “The Exorcist: Deceiver,” the 2025 sequel to last year’s poorly received sequel in the horror franchise. Universal and Blumhouse are searching for a new director.
“Deceiver” has been removed from Universal’s release calendar and replaced with Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic “Michael,” arriving April 18, 2025. Meanwhile, Green is in production on “Nutcrackers” starring Ben Stiller and Season 4 of HBO’s “The Righteous Gemstones.”
“The Exorcist: Believer” failed to conjure up big bucks at the box office and received frighteningly bad reviews, with Variety chief film critic Owen Gleiberman writing, “The clichés of demonic possession pile up with dutiful nostalgia, but they’ve lost their shock value.”
“Believer” brought in $65 million at the domestic box office, plus $70 million in international markets. Green wrote the screenplay with Peter Sattler and shares a “story by” credit with Scott Teems and “Righteous Gemstones” mastermind Danny McBride, who also...
“Deceiver” has been removed from Universal’s release calendar and replaced with Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic “Michael,” arriving April 18, 2025. Meanwhile, Green is in production on “Nutcrackers” starring Ben Stiller and Season 4 of HBO’s “The Righteous Gemstones.”
“The Exorcist: Believer” failed to conjure up big bucks at the box office and received frighteningly bad reviews, with Variety chief film critic Owen Gleiberman writing, “The clichés of demonic possession pile up with dutiful nostalgia, but they’ve lost their shock value.”
“Believer” brought in $65 million at the domestic box office, plus $70 million in international markets. Green wrote the screenplay with Peter Sattler and shares a “story by” credit with Scott Teems and “Righteous Gemstones” mastermind Danny McBride, who also...
- 1/11/2024
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Leslie Odom Jr., Ann Dowd, Jennifer Nettles, Norbert Leo Butz, Lidya Jewett, Olivia Marcum, Ellen Burstyn | Written by Peter Sattler, David Gordon Green | Directed by David Gordon Green
Fresh from the recent Halloween sequels, director and co-writer David Gordon Green takes a crack at another big-name horror franchise with this legacy sequel to The Exorcist, the first of a planned trilogy. The result is something of a mixed bag, and your enjoyment of the film will largely depend on your relationship to the original movie.
In an effective prologue, African-American photographer Victor Fielding (Leslie Odom Jr.), has to make a horrific choice between saving the life of his wife, or that of his unborn child, following a devastating earthquake. Cut to fourteen years later, where we find Victor as a single parent in Ohio, living with his teenage daughter Angela (Lidya Jewett), whose best friend is her white school...
Fresh from the recent Halloween sequels, director and co-writer David Gordon Green takes a crack at another big-name horror franchise with this legacy sequel to The Exorcist, the first of a planned trilogy. The result is something of a mixed bag, and your enjoyment of the film will largely depend on your relationship to the original movie.
In an effective prologue, African-American photographer Victor Fielding (Leslie Odom Jr.), has to make a horrific choice between saving the life of his wife, or that of his unborn child, following a devastating earthquake. Cut to fourteen years later, where we find Victor as a single parent in Ohio, living with his teenage daughter Angela (Lidya Jewett), whose best friend is her white school...
- 1/9/2024
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
As confetti twirls and fireworks paint the sky, ring in the New Year in style! Take your family for a sparkling journey through a curated selection of feel-good comedies, thrilling adventures, and inspiring stories. Escape into vibrant worlds where resolutions rise like champagne bubbles and every dream takes flight.
Binge start with Hotel Transylvania where Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) runs a monster resort for creatures like Frankenstein’s Monster (Kevin James) and the Mummy (CeeLo Green) where they can be themselves without humans bothering them, until his teenage daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) falls for a human backpacker named Jonathan (Andy Samberg).
The Woman King (2022), where Viola Davis stars as the fearless General Nanisca, who trains the Agojie, the all-female warrior unit that protected the West African Kingdom of Dahomey with exceptional skill and ferocity. Ghostbusters (2016), Directed by Paul Feig’s all-female reboot follows Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy), Erin Gilbert...
Binge start with Hotel Transylvania where Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) runs a monster resort for creatures like Frankenstein’s Monster (Kevin James) and the Mummy (CeeLo Green) where they can be themselves without humans bothering them, until his teenage daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) falls for a human backpacker named Jonathan (Andy Samberg).
The Woman King (2022), where Viola Davis stars as the fearless General Nanisca, who trains the Agojie, the all-female warrior unit that protected the West African Kingdom of Dahomey with exceptional skill and ferocity. Ghostbusters (2016), Directed by Paul Feig’s all-female reboot follows Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy), Erin Gilbert...
- 12/27/2023
- by Editorial Desk
- GlamSham
The Righteous Gemstones Season 4 has been given the green light at HBO, with fans wondering what to expect from the black comedy's return.
Created by (and starring) renowned comedian Danny McBride, Gemstones has been making waves on HBO and its streaming home, Max (formerly HBO Max), since its debut in 2019.
The series follows the Gemstones, a family of televangelists who put the 'fun' in dysfunctional as they rule over an empire of corpulently funded megachurches.
Read full article on The Direct.
Created by (and starring) renowned comedian Danny McBride, Gemstones has been making waves on HBO and its streaming home, Max (formerly HBO Max), since its debut in 2019.
The series follows the Gemstones, a family of televangelists who put the 'fun' in dysfunctional as they rule over an empire of corpulently funded megachurches.
Read full article on The Direct.
- 12/23/2023
- by Klein Felt
- The Direct
Exclusive: Emmy winner Ben Stiller has taken on his first lead film role in six years in Nutcrackers, a new title from David Gordon Green that’s currently in production in Ohio.
In addition to starring, Stiller is producing the pic through his Red Hour Films banner. Other producers on the project include Rivulet’s Rob Paris and Mike Witherill, John Lesher for Red Hour, and Rough House’s Nate Meyer. Rivulet is fully financing the film, with UTA Independent repping North American rights.
News of Stiller’s new film project comes amid a period of some change at Red Hour, as EVP Richie Schwartz has departed the company after heading up development for a little less than two years. As of the last year and a half, Stiller has been joined in running Red Hour by former UTA partner and Paramount chief, Lesher, whose work overseeing film and TV...
In addition to starring, Stiller is producing the pic through his Red Hour Films banner. Other producers on the project include Rivulet’s Rob Paris and Mike Witherill, John Lesher for Red Hour, and Rough House’s Nate Meyer. Rivulet is fully financing the film, with UTA Independent repping North American rights.
News of Stiller’s new film project comes amid a period of some change at Red Hour, as EVP Richie Schwartz has departed the company after heading up development for a little less than two years. As of the last year and a half, Stiller has been joined in running Red Hour by former UTA partner and Paramount chief, Lesher, whose work overseeing film and TV...
- 12/20/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome, brave souls and thrill-seekers, to the ultimate cinematic journey through the end times! If you’ve ever wondered how you’d fare when the credits roll on civilization, you’re in the right place. Apocalypse horror movies are a macabre playground for the imagination, blending survival, terror, and a touch of fatalistic humor amidst all the chaos and rubble.
Buckle up, because we’re diving headfirst into the abyss to countdown the top 15 end-of-the-world horror movies—a collection where humanity’s twilight dances on the big screen in all its horrific glory!
Sony Pictures 15. Legion (2010)
Kicking off our list is Legion, where the forces of heaven turn against humanity, decreeing the world’s swift end. This unique apocalypse scenario pits a group of disparate individuals against a host of vengeful angels, all within the confines of a roadside diner in the desert. The film is a symphony of supernatural action,...
Buckle up, because we’re diving headfirst into the abyss to countdown the top 15 end-of-the-world horror movies—a collection where humanity’s twilight dances on the big screen in all its horrific glory!
Sony Pictures 15. Legion (2010)
Kicking off our list is Legion, where the forces of heaven turn against humanity, decreeing the world’s swift end. This unique apocalypse scenario pits a group of disparate individuals against a host of vengeful angels, all within the confines of a roadside diner in the desert. The film is a symphony of supernatural action,...
- 12/19/2023
- by Jonathan Dehaan
Exclusive: Range Media Partners has signed Sam Lipman-Stern, the documentary filmmaker, producer and cinematographer behind the revelatory HBO series Telemarketers, which debuted to much acclaim in August. The deal marks the first strategic partnership between Range and Weisman Worldwide Entertainment, which will continue to co-manage the artist.
A buzzy exposé drawing on Lipman-Stern’s professional experience in the telemarketing industry, which places a huge spotlight on its predatory tactics, HBO’s three-part limited docuseries recently won the Critics Choice Documentary Award for Best True Crime Documentary. In addition to creating and co-directing the show, Lipman-Stern exec produced alongside Danny McBride, Josh and Benny Safdie, and more.
On the heels of his success with Telemarketers, and through the collaboration between Weisman Worldwide and Range, Lipman-Stern is already working on several new projects for 2024 including a scripted drama and music-based documentary which will be announced in the coming months.
In a statement on the signing,...
A buzzy exposé drawing on Lipman-Stern’s professional experience in the telemarketing industry, which places a huge spotlight on its predatory tactics, HBO’s three-part limited docuseries recently won the Critics Choice Documentary Award for Best True Crime Documentary. In addition to creating and co-directing the show, Lipman-Stern exec produced alongside Danny McBride, Josh and Benny Safdie, and more.
On the heels of his success with Telemarketers, and through the collaboration between Weisman Worldwide and Range, Lipman-Stern is already working on several new projects for 2024 including a scripted drama and music-based documentary which will be announced in the coming months.
In a statement on the signing,...
- 12/6/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
If you didn't see it in theaters or want to experience it again from the comfort of your couch (and perhaps in the warm glow of the lights from your Christmas tree), The Exorcist: Believer is coming to Digital on December 1st and 4K Uhd, Blu-ray, and DVD on December 19th via Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, and we have a look at the cover art and full list of bonus features for the home media release, including a feature-length commentary with David Gordon Green, Ryan Turek, Peter Sattler, and Christopher Nelson:
Press Release: Universal City, California, November 27, 2023 – Discover what makes Blumhouse’s The Exorcist: Believer horrifying with never-before-seen bonus content available on Digital December 1, 2023, and 4K Uhd, Blu-rayTM and DVD on December 19, 2023, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The all-new bonus content with cast and filmmaker interviews gives a behind-the-scenes look at making the film, including editing an exorcism,...
Press Release: Universal City, California, November 27, 2023 – Discover what makes Blumhouse’s The Exorcist: Believer horrifying with never-before-seen bonus content available on Digital December 1, 2023, and 4K Uhd, Blu-rayTM and DVD on December 19, 2023, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The all-new bonus content with cast and filmmaker interviews gives a behind-the-scenes look at making the film, including editing an exorcism,...
- 11/30/2023
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Amazon listings had previously said that The Exorcist: Believer (our review can be read Here), the latest entry in the Exorcist franchise, wouldn’t be reaching physical media until July of 2024, but thankfully that’s not the case. The movie is available on PVOD – you can buy it from Amazon’s Prime Video at This Link – and will be available to watch through the Peacock streaming service as of December 1st. But if you’re holding out for physical media, you’ll only have to wait until December 19th for The Exorcist: Believer to get its 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD release.
Director David Gordon Green crafted the story for The Exorcist: Believer with Danny McBride (who wrote all three of his recent Halloween sequels with him) and their Halloween Kills co-writer Scott Teems, then wrote the screenplay with Peter Sattler (Broken Diamonds). Here’s the synopsis: Since the death of...
Director David Gordon Green crafted the story for The Exorcist: Believer with Danny McBride (who wrote all three of his recent Halloween sequels with him) and their Halloween Kills co-writer Scott Teems, then wrote the screenplay with Peter Sattler (Broken Diamonds). Here’s the synopsis: Since the death of...
- 11/27/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
David Gordon Green’s The Exorcist: Believer comes exclusively to Peacock on December 1, and today brings word about the film’s Digital and physical media releases.
Discover what makes Blumhouse’s The Exorcist: Believer horrifying with never-before-seen bonus content available on Digital December 1, 2023, and 4K Uhd, Blu-ray and DVD on December 19, 2023, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The all-new bonus content with cast and filmmaker interviews gives a behind-the-scenes look at making the film, including editing an exorcism, the stages of possession, and featured commentary.
Bonus Features on 4K Uhd, Blu-raytm, DVD And Digital:
Making A Believer – Filmmakers and cast reveal their collective approach to bringing differing perspectives into this drama about synchronized possessions. Ellen And Linda: Reunited – The Exorcist: Believer expertly weaves the fates of Chris and Regan MacNeil into its story. Witness a moment of cinema history as these two Hollywood icons meet on-set for the first time in years.
Discover what makes Blumhouse’s The Exorcist: Believer horrifying with never-before-seen bonus content available on Digital December 1, 2023, and 4K Uhd, Blu-ray and DVD on December 19, 2023, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The all-new bonus content with cast and filmmaker interviews gives a behind-the-scenes look at making the film, including editing an exorcism, the stages of possession, and featured commentary.
Bonus Features on 4K Uhd, Blu-raytm, DVD And Digital:
Making A Believer – Filmmakers and cast reveal their collective approach to bringing differing perspectives into this drama about synchronized possessions. Ellen And Linda: Reunited – The Exorcist: Believer expertly weaves the fates of Chris and Regan MacNeil into its story. Witness a moment of cinema history as these two Hollywood icons meet on-set for the first time in years.
- 11/27/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
News that Skyler Gisondo has been tapped to play Jimmy Olsen in James Gunn’s in-the-works Man of Steel reboot Superman: Legacy has sparked obvious questions about his involvement in Righteous Gemstones‘ upcoming fourth season.
Here’s the answer in a nutshell: He’ll be able to do both.
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Here’s the answer in a nutshell: He’ll be able to do both.
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- 11/21/2023
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
What an excellent day for an exorcism.
The Blumhouse film “The Exorcist: Believer” will make its streaming debut on Peacock starting on December 1.
Directed by David Gordon Green and co-written by Green and Peter Sattler, “The Exorcist: Believer” is a direct sequel to the 1973 classic “The Exorcist” and returned star Ellen Burstyn to the franchise for the first time since she received a Best Actress nomination for the original film.
“At first, she was very skeptical,” Green told A.frame, the academy’s editorial website. “Her immediate answer was, ‘Hell no.’ I think people have approached her many times about sequels, so I said, ‘If you won’t be in my movie, at least be my friend.’”
Green told the outlet he and Burstyn then began discussing his intentions for the film – particularly his approach to the material.
“Ellen and I spoke and shared literature and philosophies and had a few social conversations.
The Blumhouse film “The Exorcist: Believer” will make its streaming debut on Peacock starting on December 1.
Directed by David Gordon Green and co-written by Green and Peter Sattler, “The Exorcist: Believer” is a direct sequel to the 1973 classic “The Exorcist” and returned star Ellen Burstyn to the franchise for the first time since she received a Best Actress nomination for the original film.
“At first, she was very skeptical,” Green told A.frame, the academy’s editorial website. “Her immediate answer was, ‘Hell no.’ I think people have approached her many times about sequels, so I said, ‘If you won’t be in my movie, at least be my friend.’”
Green told the outlet he and Burstyn then began discussing his intentions for the film – particularly his approach to the material.
“Ellen and I spoke and shared literature and philosophies and had a few social conversations.
- 11/20/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain is a coming-of-age adventure comedy film directed by Paul Briganti, from a screenplay by the Please Don’t Destroy guys Martin Herlihy, Ben Marshall, and John Higgins, who also stars as the three main leads in the film. The Treasure of Foggy Mountain revolves around three childhood best friends Ben, John, and Martin who live and work together, but lately, John is getting the feeling that all of them are drifting apart. To get them all closer once again he takes them on a treasure hunt on the titular Foggy Mountain. The Treasure of Foggy Mountain also stars Conan O’Brien, X Mayo, Nicole Shakura, Bowen Yang, Megan Stalter, Cedric Yarbrough, John Higgins, and Sunita Mani. So, if you loved the Peacock film here are some similar movies to watch next.
Pineapple Express (Starz & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – Sony Pictures
Synopsis: Ride high on the Pineapple Express,...
Pineapple Express (Starz & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – Sony Pictures
Synopsis: Ride high on the Pineapple Express,...
- 11/18/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Peacock announced on Friday that The Exorcist: Believer, the first in a new trilogy of films based on the 1973 horror classic, The Exorcist, will debut exclusively on the platform on December 1, there joining titles like The Black Phone and Five Nights at Freddy’s, among many others.
Hailing from Universal and Blumhouse, Believer introducers viewers to Victor Fielding, who, since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake 12 years ago, has raised their daughter Angela (Lidya Jewett) on his own. But when Angela and her friend Katherine (Olivia Marcum) disappear in the woods, only to return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, it unleashes a chain of events that will force Victor to confront the nadir of evil and, in his terror and desperation, seek out the only person alive who has witnessed anything like it before: Chris MacNeil.
Oscar winner...
Hailing from Universal and Blumhouse, Believer introducers viewers to Victor Fielding, who, since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake 12 years ago, has raised their daughter Angela (Lidya Jewett) on his own. But when Angela and her friend Katherine (Olivia Marcum) disappear in the woods, only to return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, it unleashes a chain of events that will force Victor to confront the nadir of evil and, in his terror and desperation, seek out the only person alive who has witnessed anything like it before: Chris MacNeil.
Oscar winner...
- 11/17/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
David Gordon Green’s The Exorcist: Believer has scared up over $130 million at the box office, and the film is now available at home on Digital outlets. How about streaming?
The Exorcist: Believer comes exclusively to Peacock on December 1, 2023.
Peacock will also have the following Blumhouse content available to stream on 12/1…
Black Phone Dangerous Breed: Crime.Cons.Cats Don’t Let Go Five Nights at Freddy’s Halloween Kickback Sick The Hunt The Invisible Man (2020) The Lazarus Effect The Purge (series) S1 The Purge (series) S2 They/Them Vengeance You Should Have Left
50 years after the most terrifying horror film shocked the world, The Exorcist: Believer is a brand-new chapter in the saga, directly following on the groundbreaking original 1973 film.
Since his wife’s death, Victor (Leslie Odom Jr.) has raised daughter Angela (Lidya Jewett) alone. After Angela and her friend (Olivia O’Neill) return from a three-day disappearance with missing memories,...
The Exorcist: Believer comes exclusively to Peacock on December 1, 2023.
Peacock will also have the following Blumhouse content available to stream on 12/1…
Black Phone Dangerous Breed: Crime.Cons.Cats Don’t Let Go Five Nights at Freddy’s Halloween Kickback Sick The Hunt The Invisible Man (2020) The Lazarus Effect The Purge (series) S1 The Purge (series) S2 They/Them Vengeance You Should Have Left
50 years after the most terrifying horror film shocked the world, The Exorcist: Believer is a brand-new chapter in the saga, directly following on the groundbreaking original 1973 film.
Since his wife’s death, Victor (Leslie Odom Jr.) has raised daughter Angela (Lidya Jewett) alone. After Angela and her friend (Olivia O’Neill) return from a three-day disappearance with missing memories,...
- 11/17/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Exorcist: Believer (our review can be read Here), the latest entry in the Exorcist franchise, is now available on PVOD – you can buy it from Amazon’s Prime Video at This Link – but according to Amazon listings it won’t be reaching physical media until July of 2024. While we wait for those discs to start shipping out, Variety has revealed when the film is going to start streaming on the Peacock service… and the date isn’t far away. The Exorcist: Believer will be available to watch through Peacock as of December 1st.
Director David Gordon Green crafted the story for The Exorcist: Believer with Danny McBride (who wrote all three of his recent Halloween sequels with him) and their Halloween Kills co-writer Scott Teems, then wrote the screenplay with Peter Sattler (Broken Diamonds). Here’s the synopsis: Since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake 12 years ago,...
Director David Gordon Green crafted the story for The Exorcist: Believer with Danny McBride (who wrote all three of his recent Halloween sequels with him) and their Halloween Kills co-writer Scott Teems, then wrote the screenplay with Peter Sattler (Broken Diamonds). Here’s the synopsis: Since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake 12 years ago,...
- 11/17/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Sketch comedy is inherently hit-or-miss. When you watch any given episode of the comic staple "Saturday Night Live," it's hard to imagine a single installment over its nearly 50-year run that is wall-to-wall perfection; some sketches and running gags and characters are just stronger than others. The same can be true for movies either inspired by famous sketches or created by sketch-comedy writers and performers. The latest example is the straight-to-Peacock feature film "Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain," in which the three guys of Please Don't Destroy, best known for their sketches on recent seasons of "SNL," team up to save their friendship and locate a multi-million-dollar treasure before anyone else does. Portions of this film are clever or funny (though not often to the level of laugh-out-loud hilarious), but even clocking in at 90 minutes, it wears out its welcome.
John Higgins, Martin Herlihy, and Ben Marshall play (unsurprisingly) John,...
John Higgins, Martin Herlihy, and Ben Marshall play (unsurprisingly) John,...
- 11/17/2023
- by Josh Spiegel
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Sheree Cohen is leaving A3 Artists Agency to join management/production company Mainstay Entertainment as a partner.
Cohen’s over 25 years of experience in entertainment spans talent agencies, where she spent the last two decades, casting, and management. Most recently, Cohen was a partner and served as Co-head of the talent department at A3 Artists Agency, which she joined in 2019, prior to its rebranding from Abrams Artists Agency. Before that, Cohen served as SVP of talent at Buchwald for six years. She began her agenting career at Kohner where she spent 11 years.
“We’ve shared numerous clients with Sheree over the years and have always admired her taste, her tenacity, her collegiality, and her commitment to the artists she represents,” Mainstay CEO Norman Aladjem said. “Sheree will of course amplify our management business, and as importantly we look forward to adding her powerful voice to our company culture.”
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Cohen’s over 25 years of experience in entertainment spans talent agencies, where she spent the last two decades, casting, and management. Most recently, Cohen was a partner and served as Co-head of the talent department at A3 Artists Agency, which she joined in 2019, prior to its rebranding from Abrams Artists Agency. Before that, Cohen served as SVP of talent at Buchwald for six years. She began her agenting career at Kohner where she spent 11 years.
“We’ve shared numerous clients with Sheree over the years and have always admired her taste, her tenacity, her collegiality, and her commitment to the artists she represents,” Mainstay CEO Norman Aladjem said. “Sheree will of course amplify our management business, and as importantly we look forward to adding her powerful voice to our company culture.”
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- 11/7/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
David Gordon Green's 2022 slasher film "Halloween Ends" is an unusual entry in the series in many ways. In it, the vicious masked serial killer Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney) has been living in a sewer and stays out of the film's central action for the bulk of its running time. "Ends," instead, focuses largely on a character named Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell), a man who, two years ago, accidentally killed the young boy he was babysitting. Green envisioned Corey's hometown town of Haddonfield, Illinois as a bitter and wounded place, full of spiteful, hurt people who cannot heal from the murderous damage that Michael caused way back in 1978, as well as his return in 2018. Every citizen is bitter, angry, and paranoid. Corey is bullied and picked on, unable to outlive his mistake.
When Corey wanders into Michael's sewer (he was fleeing bullies), he finds Michael and a strange transference occurs.
When Corey wanders into Michael's sewer (he was fleeing bullies), he finds Michael and a strange transference occurs.
- 11/7/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
David Gordon Green's 2018 slasher film "Halloween," a direct sequel to John Carpenter's 1978 slasher film also called "Halloween," famously ignored the nine "Halloween" sequels and remakes made from 1981 to 2009. The original film starred Jamie Lee Curtis as a teenage babysitter named Laurie Strode who ran afoul of a mysterious, silent masked killer named Michael Myers. In the original "Halloween II," it was revealed that Laurie was Michael's long-lost sister, a conceit Green would handily abandon for his 2018 update. Instead, Laurie was, 40 years later, still wounded by the events of the 1978 film, and had become a ragged survivalist, outfitting her home with booby traps and training herself how to use weapons in the off chance that Michael should ever escape the local mental institution and begin his killing spree again. Perhaps predictably, that very thing happens.
Green's "Halloween" ends with Laurie trapping Michael in a burning building, seemingly to die forever.
Green's "Halloween" ends with Laurie trapping Michael in a burning building, seemingly to die forever.
- 10/31/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
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The "Halloween" franchise has been through it. John Carpenter's masterful 1978 original essentially launched the slasher craze, but the filmmaker had little creative interest in mapping out a horror franchise. He wanted to use his 1980s box office clout to make increasingly ambitious movies in all manner of fantastic genres. Still, there was simply too much money to be made off his low-budget triumph, so he reluctantly participated in its exploitation as a producer and, for a couple of films at least, story generator.
And when audiences rejected his (brilliant) non-Michael Myers installment, "Halloween III: Season of the Witch," he checked out entirely, allowing the producers to mine the white-masked fiend for a series of quick-and-progressively-silly cash-ins.
After a failed attempt at building a Druidic lore around Michael (while turning Danielle Harris' young Jamie Lloyd into a potential slasher...
The "Halloween" franchise has been through it. John Carpenter's masterful 1978 original essentially launched the slasher craze, but the filmmaker had little creative interest in mapping out a horror franchise. He wanted to use his 1980s box office clout to make increasingly ambitious movies in all manner of fantastic genres. Still, there was simply too much money to be made off his low-budget triumph, so he reluctantly participated in its exploitation as a producer and, for a couple of films at least, story generator.
And when audiences rejected his (brilliant) non-Michael Myers installment, "Halloween III: Season of the Witch," he checked out entirely, allowing the producers to mine the white-masked fiend for a series of quick-and-progressively-silly cash-ins.
After a failed attempt at building a Druidic lore around Michael (while turning Danielle Harris' young Jamie Lloyd into a potential slasher...
- 10/31/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
The Exorcist: Believer (our review can be read Here), the latest entry in the Exorcist franchise, is now available on PVOD – you can buy it from Amazon’s Prime Video at This Link – and to mark the occasion, special effects artists Christopher Nelson and Vincent Van Dyke have taken to Instagram to share full body images of the demon that is only briefly glimpsed in the film! Since these are full body shots and demons don’t wear clothes in Hell, these images might be considered Nsfw, so I’m just going to link to them. Van Dyke’s post can be found Here and Nelson’s is over Here. One image of the demon can be seen at the bottom of this article.
Director David Gordon Green crafted the story for The Exorcist: Believer with Danny McBride (who wrote all three of his recent Halloween sequels with him) and...
Director David Gordon Green crafted the story for The Exorcist: Believer with Danny McBride (who wrote all three of his recent Halloween sequels with him) and...
- 10/26/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Despite multiple red herrings, clues, and characters like Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn) blaming Pazuzu for the dual possessions haunting The Exorcist: Believer, the entity responsible is actually a very different demonic figure from Mesopotamian lore: Lamashtu.
While the demon can be barely glimpsed in a quick flash on screen, makeup effects co-designers Chris Nelson and Vincent Van Dyke give a closer look at their stellar work via Instagram.
The Exorcist: Believer, now available on Digital, frequently makes callbacks and ties to the original film by writer William Peter Blatty and director William Friedkin. Moreover, it frequently alludes to Pazuzu as the one behind the mysterious disappearance, reappearance, and subsequent possessions of young girls Angela (Lidya Jewett) and Katherine (Olivia O’Neill). It seems reasonable that the demon first encountered by Father Merrin (Max von Sydow) might be back thanks to frequent references and calls for “Mother” and a seemingly intimate familiarity with Chris MacNeil.
While the demon can be barely glimpsed in a quick flash on screen, makeup effects co-designers Chris Nelson and Vincent Van Dyke give a closer look at their stellar work via Instagram.
The Exorcist: Believer, now available on Digital, frequently makes callbacks and ties to the original film by writer William Peter Blatty and director William Friedkin. Moreover, it frequently alludes to Pazuzu as the one behind the mysterious disappearance, reappearance, and subsequent possessions of young girls Angela (Lidya Jewett) and Katherine (Olivia O’Neill). It seems reasonable that the demon first encountered by Father Merrin (Max von Sydow) might be back thanks to frequent references and calls for “Mother” and a seemingly intimate familiarity with Chris MacNeil.
- 10/25/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
It’s the final full week of October 2023, which means the Halloween season is winding down. But don’t worry. The new horror releases aren’t stopping on the road to the big day.
Here’s all the new horror releasing October 24 – October 29, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
David Gordon Green’s The Exorcist: Believer has scared up over $100 million at the worldwide box office, and the film is now available at home beginning today.
From Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, you can now rent The Exorcist: Believer on Digital platforms for $19.99, or you can purchase the film for $29.99.
50 years after the most terrifying horror film shocked the world, The Exorcist: Believer is a brand-new chapter in the saga, directly following on the groundbreaking original 1973 film.
Since his wife’s death, Victor (Leslie Odom Jr.) has raised his daughter Angela (Lidya Jewett) alone.
Here’s all the new horror releasing October 24 – October 29, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
David Gordon Green’s The Exorcist: Believer has scared up over $100 million at the worldwide box office, and the film is now available at home beginning today.
From Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, you can now rent The Exorcist: Believer on Digital platforms for $19.99, or you can purchase the film for $29.99.
50 years after the most terrifying horror film shocked the world, The Exorcist: Believer is a brand-new chapter in the saga, directly following on the groundbreaking original 1973 film.
Since his wife’s death, Victor (Leslie Odom Jr.) has raised his daughter Angela (Lidya Jewett) alone.
- 10/24/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Exorcist: Believer (our review can be read at This Link), the latest entry in the Exorcist franchise, didn’t go over well with critics or the general audience… which pretty much makes it a typical Exorcist movie, because none of these movies – other than the original The Exorcist and Exorcist III – are very popular, even among the horror crowd. It has managed to pull it more than $107 million at the global box office since being released earlier this month – and now it has been announced that it’s going to be reaching PVOD tomorrow, October 24th!
According to Syfy Wire, The Exorcist: Believer will be available to rent and/or purchase for $29.99 on PVOD services like Vudu and Apple TV. It’s up for pre-order on Amazon’s Prime Video at This Link.
Director David Gordon Green crafted the story for The Exorcist: Believer with Danny McBride (who...
According to Syfy Wire, The Exorcist: Believer will be available to rent and/or purchase for $29.99 on PVOD services like Vudu and Apple TV. It’s up for pre-order on Amazon’s Prime Video at This Link.
Director David Gordon Green crafted the story for The Exorcist: Believer with Danny McBride (who...
- 10/23/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
David Gordon Green’s The Exorcist: Believer has scared up over $100 million at the worldwide box office, and the film is coming home to Digital outlets for Halloween.
The Exorcist: Believer will be available exclusively on digital platforms where you can rent or buy tomorrow, October 24, 2023, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
50 years after the most terrifying horror film shocked the world, The Exorcist: Believer is a brand-new chapter in the saga, directly following on the groundbreaking original 1973 film.
Since his wife’s death, Victor (Leslie Odom Jr.) has raised his daughter Angela (Lidya Jewett) alone. After Angela and her friend (Olivia O’Neill) return from a three-day disappearance with missing memories, they begin displaying frightening behavior. Victor’s best hope is to find the only person who has seen anything like this before: Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn), whose haunting experience with her daughter Regan may be the key to combating ultimate evil.
The Exorcist: Believer will be available exclusively on digital platforms where you can rent or buy tomorrow, October 24, 2023, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
50 years after the most terrifying horror film shocked the world, The Exorcist: Believer is a brand-new chapter in the saga, directly following on the groundbreaking original 1973 film.
Since his wife’s death, Victor (Leslie Odom Jr.) has raised his daughter Angela (Lidya Jewett) alone. After Angela and her friend (Olivia O’Neill) return from a three-day disappearance with missing memories, they begin displaying frightening behavior. Victor’s best hope is to find the only person who has seen anything like this before: Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn), whose haunting experience with her daughter Regan may be the key to combating ultimate evil.
- 10/23/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Over the weekend, David Gordon Green’s legacy sequel The Exorcist: Believer passed a big milestone at the worldwide box office, officially crossing the $100 million landmark.
Worldwide, The Exorcist: Believer has thus far scared up a total of $107.5 million in its 17 days of release, $54.2 million of which was made here in the United States.
For the sake of comparison, Gordon Green’s Halloween Ends, the final part of a trilogy of legacy sequels, finished its worldwide run with $104.3 million last Halloween season.
The reported production budget for The Exorcist: Believer was in the ballpark of $30 million, meaning it’s likely turning a profit in theaters. The catch? Universal spent $400 million acquiring the rights to The Exorcist, so it’s a bit complicated to measure the success of this one.
There’s no doubt Universal and Blumhouse hoped that The Exorcist: Believer would kick off this new trilogy with as much...
Worldwide, The Exorcist: Believer has thus far scared up a total of $107.5 million in its 17 days of release, $54.2 million of which was made here in the United States.
For the sake of comparison, Gordon Green’s Halloween Ends, the final part of a trilogy of legacy sequels, finished its worldwide run with $104.3 million last Halloween season.
The reported production budget for The Exorcist: Believer was in the ballpark of $30 million, meaning it’s likely turning a profit in theaters. The catch? Universal spent $400 million acquiring the rights to The Exorcist, so it’s a bit complicated to measure the success of this one.
There’s no doubt Universal and Blumhouse hoped that The Exorcist: Believer would kick off this new trilogy with as much...
- 10/23/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
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