Alam Nyo Ba?

Tyler

With the release of Scream 7, we thought it was finally time to figure out what happened to the prior New York–set sequel. We’ll get into why Neve Campbell didn’t return, why Tim Robinson has a voice cameo, and which horror icons almost didn’t make an appearance due to legal reasons. There’s a lot to break down, so let’s take a look at what happened to Scream VI.

Greenlighting Scream VI

After the success of Scream 5, another entry seemed like a no-brainer. The cast all expressed interest in making another film, and it was officially greenlit on February 3rd, 2022. Radio Silence returned with Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett in the director’s chairs, and James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick writing the script. Matt and Tyler signed onto the project knowing only that the film would take place in New York City. They had such a fun time making Scream 5 that they wanted to continue the journey, trusting the writers’ vision.

Courteney Cox was the first cast member to sign on, eagerly returning to the role of Gail Weathers. Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Jasmin Savoy Brown, and Mason Gooding reprised their roles. Supporting cast additions included Liana Liberato, Devyn Nekoda, Jack Champion, Dermot Mulroney, and Josh Segarra. Their audition process involved reading a killer monologue; here’s hoping that footage sees the light of day eventually.

Busick and Vanderbilt actually had Samara Weaving in mind for the opening victim while writing the script. Given Radio Silence’s past history with her, having starred in Ready or Not, it seemed like an obvious choice. They called her up during a meeting in Montreal, and she jumped at the opportunity.

Hilariously, the photo of Reggie, her would-be date, is actually Samara’s husband, Jimmy Warden, and their dog, Muzzy. Oddly enough, it’s the first American film where Samara uses her natural accent, and she claims the character is closest to her real-life self. The restaurant in the opening, Hasta El Fuego, is named after Radio Silence’s group chat, where they discussed movies during the pandemic. It’s actually a line from Bad Boys for Life.

No Sidney

Unfortunately, Neve Campbell did not return after a pay dispute with the studio. She released a statement: “As a woman, I have had to work extremely hard in my career to establish my value, especially when it comes to Scream. I felt the offer that was presented to me did not equate to the value I have brought to the franchise. It’s been a very difficult decision to move on. To all my Scream fans, I love you. You’ve always been so incredibly supportive. I’m forever grateful to you and to what this franchise has given me over the past 25 years.”

A Sidney Prescott–less sequel started on a strange note but at least gave Sidney a break after over two decades of being stalked by Ghostface. The film explains this with the line:

“I talked to Sydney. She’s not coming here, is she?”
“No, she sends her love, but she’s taking Mark and the kids someplace safe.”

So, at least they didn’t unfairly kill her off. The script went through a rewrite, focusing more on the young survivors from the prior film. This worked out well; the core four, Tara, Sam, Chad, and Mindy, have a great dynamic and feel like legitimate friends. Surviving a set of serial killers tends to do that.

Hayden Panettiere returned as Kirby, a fan favorite from Scream 4. Her survival had been teased, and now she’s an FBI agent trying to solve the new murders. A late addition to the cast was Tony Revolori as the opening Ghostface. He was friends with Mason Gooding, who convinced him to take the role. Although Revolori had never seen a Scream film or been into horror, he stood out in the opening.

Faking NYC

Scream VI follows the survivors of the prior film, now living in New York City and attending college. A new Ghostface targets them, leaving masks from past killers at the crime scenes. Who could be behind it? Will another legacy cast member be lost? While Scream 5 explored the dissection of legacy sequels, Scream VI takes a deeper look at horror franchises. As Mindy puts it: “Rule one: everything is bigger than last time. Rule two: whatever happened last time, expect the opposite. Rule three: no one is safe.”

Despite taking place in New York City, Scream VI was filmed in Montreal, Canada. Most of New York appears via inserts shot two days before Halloween, with recreations of iconic locations like corner bodegas and subway stations. The filmmakers avoided stereotypes, showing everyday city life. The subway was recreated practically, with no green screen, since using an actual car would have damaged the stage floor.

The film includes cameos of killers like Michael Myers, Pinhead, Freddy Krueger, and even the Babadook. Legal concerns initially blocked their appearances, but they were allowed as long as the characters didn’t act in ways they’re known for—standing still was enough, and it made for a fun moment. The bodega scene drew controversy for featuring Ghostface with a shotgun. Matthew Lillard, original Scream star, commented, “Scream VI to me is too violent. I don’t really understand Ghostface running around with a shotgun. Personally, that’s not clever.”

For the filmmakers, the scene subverted expectations, emphasizing a real threat. Jason and Greg’s apartment uses the same set as the core’s apartment, with some walls and doors moved. Movie magic.

The film features Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (which was primarily filmed in Vancouver) playing on a TV during a key scene, and the murder board showcasing killers from past films required permission from every actor. Props and wardrobe from the franchise were recreated entirely, including the fax machine explosion from Scream 3 and robes for every Ghostface. It’s a true smorgasbord of Scream history.

Ghostface Reveal

The old-school movie theater in the film replaced a warehouse idea, distinguishing it from Scream 2’s ending. The Ghostface reveal involves Richie Kirsch’s family seeking revenge on Sam for killing their son. Dermot Mulroney’s third-act role was key to getting him on board, and Jack Quaid returns as the former Ghostface, Richie Kirsch, showing his obsession with the Stab series. Fun detail: the font in Richie’s fan film matches Twin Peaks.

Jack Champion also appeared in the Ghostface costume prior to the reveal, a moment he begged to film as a horror fan. Tim Robinson appears as Quinn’s boyfriend in a quirky voice cameo.

Brian Tyler returned to compose the score, joined by Sven Faulconer. Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park contributed “In My Head” for the opening, and he also worked with Demi Lovato on the end song “Still Alive.”

Scream VI released in the United States on March 10th, 2023, bringing in $44.4 million on opening weekend, the largest in the franchise’s history. Its worldwide total reached nearly $170 million. It was a bona fide hit, loved by audiences and critics alike, earning a 77% critic score and 90% audience rating.

Unfortunately, this film marked the end of the Samantha and Tara Carpenter storyline before Scream 7 began production. Melissa Barrera was fired due to political statements, while Ortega demanded a high salary and sought to move on. Rumor has it Ortega left before Barrera was even off the project. Hopefully, we’ll learn more when exploring what happened to Scream 7 with Kevin Williamson returning.

For the first time in the director’s chair, we’ll see if Scream 7 lives up to the prior films or ends a franchise spanning 30 years. For now, Scream VI serves as a great sendoff for Sam and Tara. Oh, what could have been.

But that is what happened to Scream VI.

A couple of previous episodes of this show can be seen below. For more, check out the JoBlo Horror Originals YouTube channel—and don’t forget to subscribe!

The post Scream VI: Behind the Scenes of the New York Sequel appeared first on JoBlo.

Zach Cregger, writer/director of Barbarian and Weapons, is directing a new Resident Evil movie for Sony, aiming for a September 18, 2026 theatrical release. Cregger has said that his movie will be “obedient to the lore” of the Resident Evil video games, but won’t be about the characters from the games, because their stories have already been told in game form. Filming got underway a couple of months ago, with the streets of Prague being transformed into the video game setting of Raccoon City. The project is now in post-production – and according to Constantin Film CEO Oliver Berben, Cregger has been given carte blanche on it.

Cast and Story

Cregger wrote the screenplay with Shay Hatten (Army of the Dead) and the story apparently harkens back to the original Capcom game’s horror roots. Here’s the supposed logline: Bryan, a laid-back organ courier, is sent on a late-night delivery to Raccoon City General Hospital. En route through a snowy mountain road, he accidentally hits a strange woman with his car. She survives—but something is very wrong. As he tries to help, Bryan stumbles into a full-blown outbreak involving horrifying tentacle-based mutations and bio-engineered monstrosities. 

Weapons cast member Austin Abrams has the lead role and is joined in the cast by Paul Walter Hauser (Cobra Kai), Zach Cherry (Severance), Johnno Wilson (I Love That for You), and the previously mentioned Kali Reis. Cherry is said to be playing a scientist at a hospital and Reis is set to play an ex-military character that was initially written for a male actor.

Cregger, a big fan of the Resident Evil video games who has never watched any of the previous movies, has said, “It’s gonna be not at all like Barbarian and Weapons. It’s going to be a rock ’em, sock ’em… it’s for me to play. And turn my brain off and just make an… Evil Dead II… get crazy with the camera. … It’s a weird, fun, wild story. This movie follows a person from point A to point B. It’s like a real time journey, where you just go deeper and deeper into the depths of Hell.“

Constantin Film is producing and co-financing the film. Constantin’s Robert Kulzer, Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee and Miri Yoon, and PlayStation Productions are also producing. Nicole Brown will be overseeing the project for Sony’s Columbia Pictures.

Carte Blanche

Berben recently told Deadline that Cregger’s film is a “complete new set-up” of the Resident Evil franchise that is “far away from everything that is connected to Resident Evil, only because Zach Cregger has his own style.” Cregger was given “the carte blanche to do whatever he wanted to do with that IP. With Resident Evil, we have had an incredible journey with one of the most successful international IPs of more than a billion dollars in box office for many years and now we are creating something new, not just a new story idea, but to allow a new generation to take the IP into their own hands and form something different.“

Are you glad to hear that Cregger has carte blanche on his Resident Evil? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

The post Zach Cregger has been given carte blanche on his Resident Evil movie appeared first on JoBlo.

Do you like blood? Violence? Freaks of nature? Well, here at Arrow in the Head, we love all of those things – and that has inspired us to put together this list of some of The Goriest, Bloodiest Films Ever Made. Some of the movies are on here due to their historical significance, some are due to the amount of fake blood that was used during the production, and all of them are quite messy. Here we go:

Blood Feast (1963)

This is where it all began. In the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, independent filmmaker Herschell Gordon Lewis and his producing partner David F. Friedman were looking at the major movies of the day to find what they could offer the moviegoing public that the studios weren’t providing. They started out with “nudie cutie” sexploitation movies, meeting the demand for bare flesh. After taking note that violence in movies had always been rather tame and/or relatively bloodless, even in Alfred Hitchcock’s recent proto-slasher hit Psycho, they decided that, with the next stage of their careers, they would bring gore to the movies, in vibrant color. Armed with animal parts collected from butcher shops and a blood mixture with the secret ingredient of Kaopectate, Lewis and Friedman brought the world Blood Feast.

It tells the story of caterer Fuad Ramses, a devotee of the ancient Egyptian goddess Ishtar. 5000 years ago, Ishtar’s followers would offer up human sacrifices to their deity, sacrificing female virgins to appease her and then feeding on their flesh and blood. Fuad Ramses believes it’s time to bring back the old ways. After booking a job to cook up an Egyptian feast for an unsuspecting woman, Ramses sets out to collect the ingredients he’ll need to make a traditional feast in the name of Ishtar. He stalks the Miami area, killing nubile girls and hacking off body parts from his victims – a leg from one, the tongue from another, a brain, blood collected from whip wounds, etc. Lewis made several more blood-soaked movies after this one, most notably Two Thousand Maniacs!, earning himself the nickname “the Godfather of Gore” along the way. And every time we’ve seen a slasher make a bloody mess of their victims since 1963, we’ve had H.G. Lewis and Fuad Ramses to thank for it.

Tokyo Gore Police (2008) 

Asian horror films and Japanese horror in particular have a ton of entries where the blood flows freely and impressively. One of the goriest movies to come out of Japan is Tokyo Gore Police, as you might have guessed from its title. Just a quick look at its trailer will be enough to convince anyone who loves to watch insane bloodshed to order it ASAP. The film has some of the most insane set-ups in terms of characters having body modifications and the blood shed by some of them is just beautifully insane in quantity. The film was shot in just two weeks and the total amount of fake blood used is not clear, but it definitely was a whole lot. This film is over-the-top in just about every aspect and it appeals only to a very specific audience, but for those folks, it’s a beauty to behold. Director Yoshihiro Nishimura is better known as a makeup effects artist with films such as Meatball Machine Kodoku, Mutant Girl Squad, and the Tomie series on his filmography. His movies feature some gooey, juicy, and gory stuff, so having his name attached to this can only be a good omen for those who have yet to see the film. 

Braindead, a.k.a. Dead-Alive (1992) 

Whether you call it Braindead or Dead-Alive, this horror comedy from Peter Jackson is a longtime favorite for many horror fans, both for its sense of humor and for the sheer amount of blood, gore, and practical effects seen throughout the film. The moment where an ear falls into a bowl of soup may be the grossest scene in the film, but it’s definitely not the bloodiest. One of the most famous gore sequences in cinema history is the one where lead Lionel, played by Timothy Balme, faces a horde of zombies that just keep on coming, forcing him to use whatever he can to dispatch them as fast as he can. In this moment, he gets his trusty lawnmower and just decimates the horde of zombies with blood and limbs flying in every direction. Three hundred gallons of fake blood are said to have been used in the final scene of the film alone. And to think, everything that happens in this movie was all caused by a little Sumatran Rat Monkey.

Evil Dead (2013) 

If any Evil Dead movie were to show up on this list, you might have expected it to be Sam Raimi’s original, with its messy demon meltdowns, or Evil Dead II, with its blood flood… but it’s actually the 2013 Evil Dead, directed by Fede Alvarez, that holds the unofficial record for the largest amount of fake blood ever used on a movie production. Alvarez has said in interviews that 50,000 gallons of fake blood were used just during the climax of the film, which features blood literally raining from the sky. Other reports have the total amount of fake blood used at 70,000 gallons for the whole film. The original had about 300 gallons used, so the filmmakers really upped their blood game on this one. Adding to that, this Evil Dead was mostly shot in order, so the blood sprayed on the walls, props, and actors could remain and help with continuity, avoiding having to have the crew re-spray the same places later or go back and adjust blood on previously shot scenes. Most of the blood may not come out of human bodies, but when bringing the violence to the screen, Alvarez made sure to include moments that are likely to make pretty much any viewer cringe.

Terrifier 2 (2022) 

This low budget, independent production beat all odds and became a box office success with only a few screens and word of mouth to get tickets sold. Writer/director Damien Leone went into Terrifier 2 wanting to make one of the goriest, bloodiest films of all time. Some absolutely love the result and others just hate it; there seems to be no middle ground when it comes of the adventures of supernatural serial killer Art the Clown. In this sequel, Art had to increase his bloodshed and thus causes all kinds of mayhem and murder, allowing the viewer to see a cat o’ nine tails used on two people, mashed potatoes used in a whole new way, a very particular birth sequence, and more death and mayhem than the first film could ever have dared. The amount of blood and guts here caused the film to earn torture porn accusations and a boundary-pushing NC-17 rating.  

Piranha 3D (2010)

Director Alexandre Aja has never shied away from using blood and gore in his movies. This should be obvious to anyone having seen his entry in the “New French Extreme” genre, High Tension. With his 3rd US remake, after The Hills Have Eyes in 2006 and Mirrors in 2008, he got around to truly letting loose with Piranha 3D in 2010. This film is all about boobs, blood, and kills. The titular fish cause the carnage here, and there is so much they ran out of actors to kill on screen. For example, actress Devanny Pinn played two different victims during the production, making it a bit of a game to find both of her on-screen deaths in this film. So many die in this Spring Break-set film, with so many spectacular deaths and mutilations, some of them are bound to be remembered for a long time (err, Jerry O’Connell). This film uses a ton of blood and mixes it with water, making it look even more impressive, adding to the pantheon of bloody films with just a few truly killer sequences. 

Let us know your goriest film favorites in the comments below!

The post The Goriest, Bloodiest Films Ever Made: some of our favorites appeared first on JoBlo.

The first season of Legendary’s MonsterVerse TV series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters ran on Apple TV+ from November 2023 into January 2024 (you can read our own Alex Maidy’s review of the first batch of episodes HERE), and the premiere of season 2 is set for February 27th. A couple of months ago, it was announced that Apple had also ordered a prequel series starring Wyatt Russell, reprising his role as Colonel Lee Shaw, the younger version of the character played by his real-life father, Kurt Russell. And in a new interview, that prequel series has been described as a punk rock Cold War spy thriller!

Monarch Info

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is the latest chapter in Legendary Entertainment’s MonsterVerse series, which currently consists of Godzilla, Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Godzilla vs. Kong, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, and the Netflix animated series Skull Island.

The ten episode first season was set after “the thunderous battle between Godzilla and the Titans that leveled San Francisco and the shocking revelation that monsters are real” (as seen in Godzilla 2014). It tracks two siblings following in their father’s footsteps to uncover their family’s connection to the secretive organization known as Monarch. Clues lead them into the world of monsters and ultimately down the rabbit hole to Army officer Lee Shaw, taking place in the 1950s and half a century later where Monarch is threatened by what Shaw knows. The dramatic saga – spanning three generations – reveals buried secrets and the ways that epic, earth-shattering events can reverberate through our lives. The cast includes Anna Sawai, Kurt Russell, Wyatt Russell, Kiersey Clemons, Ren Watabe, Mari Yamamoto, Anders Holm, Joe Tippett, and Elisa Lasowski. Season 2 brings the addition of Prey star Amber Midthunder.

Season 2 will also consist of ten episodes. It will pick up with the fate of Monarch — and the world — hanging in the balance. The dramatic saga reveals buried secrets that reunite our heroes (and villains) on Kong’s Skull Island, and a new, mysterious village where a mythical Titan rises from the sea. The ripple effects of the past make waves in the present day, blurring the bonds between family, friend and foe — all with the threat of a Titan event on the horizon.

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters comes our way from Legendary Television. Matt Shakman (WandaVision) directed the first two episodes. Black, Fraction, and Shakman executive produce the series with Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell from Safehouse Pictures, as well as Andy Goddard, Brad Van Arragon, and Andrew Colville. Hiro Matsuoka and Takemasa Arita executive produce on behalf of Toho Co., Ltd., the owner of the Godzilla character.

Prequel Series

Joby Harold is the showrunner of the prequel series and also secured an overall deal with Legendary that will see him oversee the entire Monsterverse franchise for Apple, which will feature “both new and fan-favorite Titans.“ The series will follow the story of Colonel Lee Shaw, an American operative who in 1984 went on a secret mission behind enemy lines in an attempt to stop the Soviets from unleashing a horrific new Titan big enough to destroy the U.S. and turn the tide of the Cold War.

When the subject of the prequel series came up during an interview with Collider, Wyatt Russell said, “You’ve got absolutely no f*cking clue what to expect. I think people are going to expect one thing and be like, ‘Holy shit, this is not what I expected.’ It’ll go deeper into Lee’s experience after he came up, and being sort of put on ice, in 1982, and then what happens after that, and why he’s needed and the mission he goes on.“

Executive producer Tory Tunnell added, “I think what’s going to be really fun for audiences is that, again, we’re really working within the ethos of you don’t need to have seen the movies, don’t even need to have seen Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, to enjoy the new show. It’s going to be something that is going to be tonally a departure from what we’re doing. It’s going to be a little bit more voicy, a little bit more punk rock. It’s a Cold War spy thriller that has a card flip aspect to it. One of the things, as we continue to build out this world, is we want everything to have its own space, its own lane, so we’re not repeating ourselves.“

Are you interested in the Monarch prequel series? Share your thoughts on this one by leaving a comment below.

The post Monarch: Legacy of Monsters prequel series described as a punk rock Cold War spy thriller appeared first on JoBlo.

In the build-up to the release of Evil Dead Rise (read our review right HERE) in 2023, Evil Dead franchise rights holders Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, and Rob Tapert let it be known that they were already looking forward to producing more entries in the series, with Campbell revealing they were hoping to make a new sequel / spin-off every two or three years. Last year, they proved their commitment to this idea by hiring Sébastien Vaniček, who made his feature directorial debut on the French horror film Vermin, a.k.a. Infested, to write and direct one new installment in the franchise and Francis Galluppi, who made his feature directorial debut with the crime thriller The Last Stop in Yuma County, to write and direct another.

Vaniček’s Evil Dead Burn has wrapped production and is heading toward a July 24, 2026 theatrical release. Galluppi is now assembling the cast for his film – and it might be called Evil Dead Wrath!

UPDATE: Warner Bros. has not only confirmed that the movie is called Evil Dead Wrath, they’ve also unveiled the logo and announced that production is underway!

The original article follows:

Cast

Plot details on both Evil Dead Burn and Galluppi’s film are being kept under wraps, but three weeks ago it was announced that Galluppi has cast Charlotte Hope (The Nun), Jessica McNamee (Mortal Kombat), Zach Gilford (Midnight Mass), Josh Helman (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga), Ella Newton (Dangerous Animals), Elizabeth Cullen (Goolagong), and newcomer Ella Oliphant in his movie.

Rob Tapert is producing the project alongside Sam Raimi, with Romel Adam, Jose Cañas, Lee Cronin, and Bruce Campbell serving as executive producers.

Galluppi

Sam Raimi made his feature directorial debut with the original The Evil Dead, which introduced Campbell as iconic hero Ash Williams. Ash returned for Evil Dead II, Army of Darkness, and the Ash vs. Evil Dead TV series, with Raimi directing the films and the first episode of the show. After seeing a short film directed by Fede Alvarez, the Evil Dead rights holders gave him the chance to make his feature directorial debut with the Ash-less 2013 Evil Dead. Then Lee Cronin was hired to make the Ash-less Evil Dead Rise based on the strength of his own feature debut, the 2019 film The Hole in the Ground. So Sébastien Vaniček being hired to make an Evil Dead movie right after entering the feature world with Vermin / Infested is very on brand for this franchise, and so is Francis Galluppi being hired to make one when he was fresh off of The Last Stop in Yuma County.

An animated series follow-up to Ash vs. Evil Dead is also in the works.

Title

According to the production slate on the New Zealand website The Screen Guild (Evil Dead 2013, Ash vs. Evil Dead, Evil Dead Rise, and Evil Dead Burn have all been filmed in New Zealand, where Tapert lives), a movie titled Evil Dead Wrath is scheduled to begin filming in Auckland this month.

No further details are offered on the site.

Are you interested in seeing what Francis Galluppi will be doing with Evil Dead Wrath? Share your thoughts on this one by leaving a comment below.

The post Francis Galluppi’s Evil Dead Wrath is now in production! appeared first on JoBlo.

Before the second season of their hit Addams Family show Wednesday even premiered, Netflix had already ordered a third season of the show – and now, Deadline reports that Winona Ryder has joined the cast of Wednesday season 3, reuniting with her Beetlejuice Beetlejuice daughter Jenna Ortega and director Tim Burton. Ryder and Burton previously worked together on Frankenweenie, Edward Scissorhands, and both of the Beetlejuice movies.

This move also keeps Ryder in the Netflix family, as she recently finished working on five seasons of another hit Netflix show, Stranger Things. Deadline notes, “Wednesday and Stranger Things dominate the streamer’s Top 5 most popular English series, with Wednesday‘s two seasons at #1 and #5 and the last two seasons of Stranger Things as #3 and #4.”

Reminder

Wednesday 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. Here’s the season 2 synopsis: Wednesday Addams returns to prowl the Gothic halls of Nevermore Academy, where fresh foes and woes await. This season, Wednesday must navigate family, friends and old adversaries, propelling her into another year of delightfully dark and kooky mayhem. Armed with her signature razor-sharp wit and deadpan charm, Wednesday is also plunged into a new bone-chilling supernatural mystery.

Jenna Ortega plays the title character and beyond Wednesday, other members of the Addams Family include Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley, Luis Guzmán and Catherine Zeta-Jones as Gomez and Morticia, Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester, and Joanna Lumley as Grandmama.

In addition to Winona Ryder, whose character name has not been revealed yet, Wednesday season 3 will see Eva Green joining the cast to play Aunt Ophelia, the sister of Wednesday’s mother Morticia. Green has also worked with Tim Burton multiple times. Their previous collaborations: Dark Shadows, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, and Dumbo. 

On the classic sitcom version of The Addams Family, Ophelia was presented as being the opposite of Morticia: a cheerful blonde. That’s not Wednesday‘s approach. References to her on the show have set her up as a troubled psychic who was committed to a psychiatric hospital. In the final moments of season 2, she was shown to be locked in a cell beneath her mother’s house, and she had written “Wednesday Must Die” on the wall in her own blood. So there has been quite a build-up to this character’s season 3 appearance.

Ryder

Wednesday creators/showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar had this to say about Winona Ryder joining the cast: “When it comes to Outcasts, Winona Ryder is the GOAT. Her legendary partnership with Tim Burton has defined some of cinema’s most unforgettable characters. We loved collaborating with her on Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome her to Nevermore.“

Director/executive producer Burton added, “I am so happy that Winona has joined us, she fits right into this world. And she’s a dear friend. I always feel lucky to work with her.“

What do you think of Winona Ryder joining Wednesday season 3? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

The post Winona Ryder reunites with Tim Burton and Jenna Ortega for Wednesday season 3 appeared first on JoBlo.

I’m not sure if we’ve ever seen the Predator franchise in a better place. At least financially. Sure, the argument can certainly be made that it’s getting away from what originally made the franchise what it was and becoming much more sci-fi-based, but there’s no denying those box office receipts. And the man at the helm is none other than Dan Trachtenberg, who has released three of his own with Prey, Predator: Killer of Killers and Predator: Badlands.

I was able to chat with Dan about Badlands in anticipation of the film’s digital and physical release. We get into whether or not he’ll still be involved with the series since signing his First Look deal with Paramount. Dan also gets into why they cut out most of the androids in the film and opted instead to have one actor portray the majority. I can’t recommend this release enough as it is filled with insightful commentary and deleted scenes that provide both more context and an alternate look at what could have been. It’s genuinely one of the best releases I’ve seen in a while. And you can hear all about it in the video above!

Predator: Badlands plot:

Set in the future on a deadly remote planet, Predator: Badlands follows Dek, a young Predator outcast from his clan, who finds an unlikely ally in Thia and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.

Bonus Features:

o Embodying the Predator – Meet the talented team of designers, performers, and effects artists responsible for bringing one of cinema’s most terrifying creatures to life on screen in ways we’ve never seen before!

o Authentic Synthetics – Get up close and personal with synths Thia and Tessa as star Elle Fanning walks us through the process of crafting two characters who may look the same but have evolved in surprisingly unique ways.

o Building the Badlands – With razor sharp grass, killer trees, and terrifying animals, never has a planet been more deadly than Genna. Uncover how a team of artisans built this threatening landscape, transforming real locations into the dangerous environments seen on screen.

o Dek of the Yautja – For the first time ever, director Dan Trachtenberg has given audiences an extended peek at Predator culture. Follow the evolution as filmmakers reveal the process behind developing the Yautja’s home world, spacecraft, and family dynamics.

o Audio Commentary: Watch the film with audio commentary by Director Dan Trachtenberg, Producer Ben Rosenblatt, Director of Photography Jeff Cutter and Stunt Coordinator Jacob Tomuri.

Predator: Badlands is now streaming on Hulu and available to purchase on physical media.

The post Dan Trachtenberg tells us whether he’ll be involved in future Predator movies and why he cut major synth characters from Badlands appeared first on JoBlo.