Not one, but two giant crocodile movies are on the way. Get a sumptuous look at Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron in a new video. Plus, it’s spaghetti Thursdays on the next episode of Rick & Morty. Happy spoiloween, everybody!
Starve Acre
According to Bloody-Disgusting, Brainstorm Media has acquired the North American distribution rights to Starve Acre, the upcoming folk-horror movie starring Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark. Set in 1970’s rural England, the story concerns Richard and Juliette’s “seemingly idyllic family life thrown into turmoil when their son starts acting out of character. At Starve Acre, their remote family home, archaeologist Richard buries himself in exploring a folkloric myth that the ancient oak tree on their land is imbued with phenomenal powers. While Juliette turns to the local community to find some kind of peace, Richard obsessively digs deeper. An unexpected discovery soon occupies the couple’s attention and dark and sinister forces, unwittingly allowed into the home, offer a disturbing possibility of reconnection between them.”
Tik/Croc
Deadline reports Tik/Croc, “a social media horror movie” about “an enormous crocodile that makes headlines when its terrifying rampage is caught on social media” is now in development at Film Mode Entertainment and Jaggi Entertainment. Based on a script by Ryan Meharry (Raising Hope) and Yasmin Kassim (Neighbors), the story will follow “a local high school student desperate for cash and fame” who “sets out on a dangerous mission to capture it all on her TikTok account.”
Crocodile Island
Coincidentally, we also have a trailer for Crocodile Island, a film about a father and daughter trapped on the archipelago of the title located in “the Devil’s Sea, the Bermuda Triangle of Asia.”
The Boy and the Heron
Studio Ghibli has also released a tie-in music video for The Boy and the Heron.
Nautilus
After being scrapped by Disney+, TV Line reports the Jules Verne-inspired British drama series, Nautilus, will now air on AMC later this year.
Invincible
In conversation with The Hollywood Handle, Invincible showrunner Simon Racioppa addressed the rumor Spider-Man makes a cameo in season two.
I’d love to have crossovers with all, with DC, with Marvel, with all these other characters. I mean… in our show you gotta have to wait and see if that’s a thing that can happen or not. I’d love that to happen, you know, is very tricky nowadays, for Marvel they sometimes license their characters to other studios. So crossing over in television is way harder than it is in comic books.
Loki
Zaniac has its world premiere in a new trailer for the final two episodes of Loki’s second season.
Doctor Who
The Fourteenth Doctor sets his time rotor to November 25 in a teaser for Doctor Who’s first 60th anniversary special—including part of the opening to the new version of the show’s theme.
Rick and Morty
Finally, Rick serves his famous spaghetti in the trailer for “That’s Amorte,” next week’s episode of Rick and Morty.
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