Cover Art: IDW Comics Blumhouse-Atomic Monster are reportedly developing a feature adaptation of Hannah Rose May’s comic book series “The Exorcism at 1600 Penn”. The supernatural thriller sees the White House becoming a demonic battleground during the first term of the first female president of the United States. She must balance boiling political tensions, the […]

HBO Catherine O’Hara, one of the most distinct comedy stars and screen performers, has died. She was 71. The Toronto-born O’Hara died Friday at her home in Los Angeles after a brief illness, according to her reps. Across more than five decades of film and television, she built a body of work dominated by fearless […]

NEON NEON has released a final trailer for the Oscar-nominated animated fantasy feature “Arco” from filmmaker Ugo Bienvenu which hits cinemas today. Winning the top prize at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, and playing at both Cannes and Toronto last year, the project is dubbed a “magical and beautifully animated journey through time”. Arco […]

Sony Pictures “Black Swan,” “Caught Stealing” and “The Wrestler” filmmaker Darren Aronofsky’s new work has become the subject of a lot of debate in the past 48 hours. Titled “On This Day… 1776,” the multi-part animated web series from AI studio Primordial Soup which Aronofsky founded last year, re-creates moments from the American Revolutionary War. […]

Photo: Greta Zozula. Courtesy of Sundance Beth de Araújo’s drama “Josephine,” a film centring on an eight-year-old girl (Mason Reeves) who witnesses a rape in Golden Gate Park, took the top two prizes at the Sundance Film Festival’s closing ceremony. Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan star as the girl’s parents who struggle to find a […]

New Line Cinema, 20th Century Studios In August last year, Fathom Entertainment’s 35th anniversary re-release of 1990’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” movie played on around 1,300 screens and snagged a commendable $3.7 million in its run. That made it the top-performing classic film of the year for Fathom. They, Saga Arts and Warner Bros. Pictures […]

20th Century Studios The most contentious box-office weekend of the month is here with a bunch of smaller new titles arriving that, going in, no one is quite sure how they will perform. The biggest domestic commercial release is Sam Raimi’s survival horror/dark comedy film “Send Help” starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien. That pulled […]

Lionsgate Confusion has bloomed following comments by acclaimed horror filmmaker James Wan at a special screening of 2004’s “Saw” at the Sundance Film Festival. Wan and Leigh Whannell created the franchise with the original film, which Wan directed and Whannell wrote and co-starred in. Both have remained executive producers throughout, but have had no real […]