Get a new look at Timothée Chalamet’s Wonka in a new poster. Rick & Morty teases what’s to come in a new poster. Plus, the Salem’s Lot reboot may be going straight to Max. Spoilers go!
We Bury the Dead
Deadline reports Daisy Ridley is attached to star in We Bury the Dead, a zombie “survival thriller” from director Zak Hilditch (1922). The story is said to follow Ava (Ridley), “a desperate woman whose husband is missing in the aftermath of a catastrophic military experiment. Hoping to find him alive, Ava joins a body retrieval unit, but her search takes a chilling turn when the corpses she’s burying start showing signs of life.” Filming is expected to begin this February in western Australia.
Home Safe
Deadline additionally reports Mira Sorvino, Felisha Terrell, Jason MacDonald, Juddy Talt, Emily Topper and Michael Shenefelt will star in Home Safe, an A.I. “psychological thriller” from director Jacob Vaughn (Bad Milo). The story follows Anna (Terrell), “the editor-in-chief of a news magazine, and her husband Daniel (MacDonald), the founder of an AI-centered home security company.” After the two are “threatened by a mysterious houseguest” the couple installs Kiera (Sorvino), an “advanced home security system” whose “growing sentience” escalates into an even greater threat than home invaders.
Out of Darkness/Origin
According to Deadline, the stone age horror film Origin has been retitled Out of Darkness and is now scheduled for a February 9, 2024 theatrical release date. Starring Safia Oakley-Green, Chuku Modu, Kit Young, Iola Evans, Luna Mwezi, Arno Luening, Rosebud Melarkey and Tyrell Mhlanga, the story follows “a small boat” in the Paleolithic period reaching “the shores of a raw and desolate landscape. A group of six have struggled across the narrow sea to find a new home. They are starving, desperate, and living 45,000 years ago. First they must find shelter, and they strike out across the tundra wastes towards the distant mountains that promise the abundant caves they need to survive. But when night falls, anticipation turns to fear and doubt as they realize they are not alone.”
Salem’s Lot
Variety reports that Gary Dauberman’s Stephen King adaptation could now launch exclusively on Max, instead of heading to theaters. The trade reports that Warner Bros. feels like it needs Max content, due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike.
Joker: Folie a Deux
In conversation with Definition Magazine (via Comic Book) Joker: Folie a Deux cinematographer Lawrence Sher admitted the musical sequel was “risky” but is “excited for everyone to see it.”
Next year we’re releasing the new Joker movie, and we’re currently in the final stages of post-production. It’s a pretty risky movie and it’s going to be surprising for people. I’m so excited for everyone to see it.
Wonka
Comic Book has a new poster for the Willy Wonka origin story starring Timothée Chalamet and Hugh Grant.
The Veil
A retired priest shelters an Amish girl from the deadly green haze of the aurora borealis in the trailer for The Veil.
Quantum Leap
Ben must protect “the key to nuclear energy” from Nazis in the synopsis for “Secret History,” the ninth episode of Quantum Leap’s second season.
At Princeton University in 1955, Ben must find a formula hidden by Albert Einstein that holds the key to nuclear energy before the Nazis get it; he’s surprised to run into a familiar face on campus.
The Winter King
Derfel finds Nimue “inside the Isle of the Dead” in the synopsis for the tenth episode of The Winter King.
Derfel finds Nimue inside the Isle of the Dead; guilt ridden by the deal he’s been forced to make with the Saxons, Arthur vows to fight to save Britain.
Gen V
Gen V has released a trailer for next week’s season finale.
Rick and Morty
Finally, Rick and Morty celebrate Halloween with a Five Nights at Freddy’s reference on a new poster for season seven.
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