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The first two episodes of VisionQuest follow Vision (Paul Bettany) as the bounty hunter Paladin (Todd Stashwick) chases him. The two episodes released on Oct. 20 bring in a new threat. Paladin and Vision both cross paths with another synthezoid, one with deep roots in Marvel Comics. The show gives her a very different backstory...
Two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington is teaming up with Christopher McQuarrie, the director of Mission: Impossible, on a new action project, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The story follows a police officer with terminal brain cancer who returns to his family, only to find that the mistakes of his past have come back with him....
Long before Mike Flanagan took charge of the Prime Video adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie, he made his name with a trilogy of Netflix TV miniseries. He has a knack for blending horror with a genuine exploration of human lives. More recently, The Fall of the House of Usher reimagined classic Edgar Allan Poe tales...
FX has officially greenlit a fourteenth season of American Horror Story, according to media reports. The theme of the new installment remains under wraps. Season 13 is currently airing, with several of the franchise’s key cast members returning, Jessica Lange among them. Ryan Murphy continues to serve as the show’s creator. The latest episodes follow...
Ridley Scott’s post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama The Dog Stars will arrive on digital platforms abroad on October 27, according to WhenToStream. The film stars Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin and Guy Pearce. It is based on Peter Heller’s novel of the same name, which is set in a future where a mysterious virus has wiped...
Keanu Reeves, the star of The Matrix and John Wick, is in negotiations to take the lead in Paramount Pictures’ The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil, a remake of the 2019 South Korean film of the same name. James Wan (The Conjuring, Aquaman) will direct. The original follows a crime boss in a provincial city...
In the early 2010s, The Hunger Games enthralled a whole generation of readers, and a wave of dystopian fiction followed. One standout took the genre into space. Pierce Brown’s six-book Red Rising saga swaps the deadly arena for Mars, where a strict, color-coded caste system governs every part of life. The “Golds” sit at the...
Mike Flanagan has spent years bringing some of horror’s best-loved stories to the screen, from Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep to Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House. His latest King adaptation, Carrie, has earned rave reviews and is dominating streaming on Prime Video. His next big project may be his most daunting yet. He is bringing...
Crimson Desert Enhanced: Charting the Unknown launches on October 29 GMT/PT. A new Features Overview video previews some of the adventures the DLC adds to Pywel. After the video, the list below explains what you need to finish before each feature becomes available. https://youtu.be/k9WnZqkAFis Content overview and prerequisites Several Charting the Unknown features unlock only...
The studio Mars Media is actively developing a fresh adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s novella “Heart of a Dog,” according to BK Media. Ruben Dishdishyan, who worked on “The Master and Margarita,” will serve as producer. The story follows Professor Preobrazhensky, who transplants human organs into a dog. The experiment produces Sharikov, a character who can...
