Courtesy of IFC Films Resurrection, a new psychological thriller starring Rebecca Hall and Tim Roth, is in theaters now. Directed by Andrew Semans, it follows a mother who is forced to confront her past. Roth tells ABC Audio what drew him to the project. “I was traveling with my son. We were actually in France …
‘Peacemaker’ director James Gunn, Marvel’s Kevin Feige reach out to ‘Batgirl’ directors after movie gets shelved
L-R Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah/Marvel Studios Hollywood is usually better known for cutthroat competition between, rather than words of support from, those within the industry. However, Warner Bros. Discovery’s canceling of its Batgirl movie has brought out the latter for directors Bilall Fallah and Adil El Arbi. The directing duo whose superhero movie …
The team jockeys for leadership in season 13 trailer of ‘Archer’
FXX FX Networks has dropped the trailer to season 13 of Archer. With Malory Archer’s exit — prompted by the real-life death of her alter-ego, Jessica Walter — the team on Archer is now jockeying for the leadership position of their spy agency. Meanwhile H. Jon Benjamin‘s Sterling Archer vows to “keep my mother’s legacy …
Former ‘iCarly’ star Jennette McCurdy accuses “The Creator” of emotional abuse in new memoir
McCurdy in 2018 – Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Jennette McCurdy, former star of iCarly and its short-lived spin-off, Sam & Cat, has stepped away from the cameras. Thanks to a new excerpt of her book I’m Glad My Mom Died that was published in Vanity Fair, it’s clear to see why. McCurdy gets frank about the pressures she …
Kevin Bacon explains why ‘They/Them’ isn’t your average slasher flick
Josh Stringer/Blumhouse They/Them, pronounced They-Slash-Them, is a slasher flick with a side of social commentary. The film stars horror movie veteran Kevin Bacon as the sinister director of a gay conversation camp, where LGBTQ+ teens find themselves being hunted by a mysterious masked killer. Bacon tells ABC Audio when writer/director John Logan pitched him the …
‘Aftershock’ director says Hulu documentary “comes at a crucial time”
Hulu Aftershock, a documentary out now on Hulu, follows the widowed husbands of Shamony Gibson and Amber Rose Isaac as they seek to raise awareness of the high maternal mortality rate of Black women and how the crisis can be solved. The documentary’s director, Paula Eiselt, tells ABC Audio the film “comes at a really crucial time in this country,” …
‘Hysteria!’: Peacock announces series about ’80s “Satanic panic”
Peacock If you’re of a certain age, you might remember what became known as the Satanic Panic of the 1980s, when everything from Dungeons and Dragons to heavy metal was seen as promoting Satanism. Peacock has announced it’s capturing that era in a drama series called Hysteria!, written and directed — most appropriately — by …
Autopsy: Family killed at Iowa park shot, stabbed, strangled
Three family members killed during a shooting last month at an eastern Iowa state park were shot, stabbed and/or strangled, according to autopsy results released Thursday. Tyler Schmidt, 42, died from a gunshot wound and “multiple sharp [Read More…]
Kevin Spacey ordered to pay $31 million in ‘House of Cards’ dispute
Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A Los Angeles judge has denied Kevin Spacey‘s attempt to overturn a $31 million arbitration award he was ordered to pay House of Cards producers for alleged sexual misconduct involving young crew members behind the scenes of the Netflix series, according to Deadline. Spacey was booted from the …
In Brief: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ headed back to the movies, and more
Paramount has announced the title of an animated reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. The studio announced Thursday that the project will be called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, and will hit theaters on August 4, 2023. Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird‘s Mirage Studios comic creation, those “heroes in a half-shell” have …