John Wick’s Derek Kolstad is turning Streets of Rage into a movie. Alex Garland teases the folk vibes of his new horror movie, Men. Lucy Liu and Tom Ellis are bringing Exploding Kittens to life at Netflix. Plus, what’s coming on Charmed, and more Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness teases. Spoilers, away!
The Munsters
Jeremy Wheeler has joined the cast of The Munsters as Mr. Gateman, “Herman’s boss at the one and only Gateman, Goodbury and Graves Funeral Parlor, the finest funeral home in all of Mockingbird Heights.”
Streets of Rage
Deadline reports John Wick’s Derek Kolstad has been hired to write a film adaptation of the classic beat ‘em up arcade game, Streets of Rage, for dj2 Entertainment, Escape Artists and Sega.
The Blair Witch Project
According to the latest issue of The Ankler newsletter, Lionsgate is once again looking to reboot the Blair Witch franchise.
EXCLUSIVE: Start prepping those pitches, genre scribes, because it sounds like Lionsgate is ready to venture back into the woods again for another BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, since good IP is never truly dead in the Streaming Age… https://t.co/AGfumgwjT8 pic.twitter.com/68WrjoWkCf
— Jeff Sneider (@TheInSneider) April 18, 2022
Leprechaun
Likewise, Bloody-Disgusting reports Lionsgate additionally plans to reboot the Leprechaun franchise a fourth time, following the false starts of both Leprechaun Origins and Leprechaun Returns. Currently, there is no word if Darren Lynn Bousman — who has actively campaigned for the series’ reigns on social media — will spearhead the latest attempt.
Mina Harker
Deadline also has word Karyn Kusama’s Dracula spinoff starring Jasmine Cephas Jones as Mina Harker is no longer moving forward at Blumhouse and Miramax.
Men
In conversation with Empire Online, Alex Garland described Men as a “folk horror” film in the tradition of The Wicker Man.
Yeah, it’s not sci-fi. If we’re gonna get into subgenres, the subgenre here is folk horror. It’s the horror of rural England. It’s certain kinds of churches, certain kinds of forest – the shadows within dark green. That kind of thing.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
The latest Multiverse of Madness TV spot remixes previously-seen footage.
Nothing can prepare you for the Multiverse. 🌀
Get tickets now to experience Marvel Studios’ #DoctorStrange in the Multiverse of Madness only in theaters May 6. pic.twitter.com/pZCfLDnajn
— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) April 18, 2022
Desert Shadows
Mitch Pileggi I.D’s a monster with the ability to cocoon its prey in the trailer for Desert Shadows.
Escape the Field
A group of strangers are dropped into a cornfield with an unseen monster in the trailer for Escape the Field, starring Jordan Claire Robbins, Theo Rossi, Tahirah Sharif, Julian Feder, Elena Juatco and Shane West.
Exploding Kittens
Lucy Liu, Tom Ellis, Abraham Lim, Ally Maki, Mark Proksch and Sasheer Zamata will lend their voices to “an adult animated comedy series” based on the popular card game, Exploding Kittens. According to TV Line, the series will follow God and the Devil after they’re “sent to Earth in the bodies of chunky house cats.”
Charmed
Harry finds Macy in the afterlife in the trailer for “Cats and Camels and Elephants, Oh My…” airing April 29.
Love, Death + Robots
Finally, Love, Death + Robots returns for a third season May 20 on Netflix.
We interrupt this feed to bring you a very special message…
LOVE, DEATH & ROBOTS: VOLUME 3 ❤️💀🤖
May 20 pic.twitter.com/jdpeFlUsSL— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) April 18, 2022
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