Author: Ada Blood

Hi, I’m Ada. I like long walks in the graveyard, horror movies, comic books, and bringing you the latest in nerd-centric news.

In 1996, Katherine Applegate and her husband, Michael Grant, launched the first book in the Animorphs series. It ran through 2001 and comprised an impressive 54 main novels, with multiple spinoffs.  Now, Disney+ is adapting the wildly popular books into a new TV show! The project is still in early development; however, Bayan Wolcott is attached to write and executive produce. Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler, and Sev Ohanian will executive produce for Proximity Media. Iole Lucchese and Caitlin Friedman executive produce for Scholastic, which published the original books the show will be based on.  The series, like the books, follows…

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The horror series Zona Merah is being adapted into a feature film courtesy of Screenplay Films. Sidharta Tata and Fajar Martha Santosa will co-direct, with Tata returning as a screenwriter. Santosa will be in charge of the development process.  The series is set in Rimbalaya, Indonesia, during an outbreak of the living dead. Survivor Maya must race against time to find her missing sister before the city turns into a red zone. The film is reported to move the universe in a darker, more unforgiving direction. These survivors’ fight to go on must become more desperate and brutal to defeat…

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Fresh off the success of Clown In A Cornfield, Eli Craig plans to inject more horror into the holidays. Nick Jonas (Power Ballad) and Kathryn Newton (Ready or Not 2: Here I Come) will star in White Elephant from MRC, Radio Silence, and Project X. This will be the first film release under a new partnership between these production companies. Craig will direct from a script by JT Billings, on which he did some additional writing. “Eight friends. One prize. Zero trust. Their annual festive holiday gift exchange spirals into a cutthroat game of Christmas carnage,” the logline reads. Joans…

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Last year, Zach Cregger wrote and directed the Oscar-winning horror film Weapons. It’s just been confirmed that Zach Shields (Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire) will be joining him in co-writing the upcoming prequel film. The current working title is Gladys, named for the character played in the first film by Amy Madigan. Weapons tells the story of a town where all but one child from the same classroom goes missing at the same time. Lone student, Alex (Cary Christopher), deals with the fallout while supposedly in the care of his mysterious aunt, Gladys. Madigan won an Academy Award for…

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6 seasons and a movie may finally be coming to fruition! 2x Golden Globe winner Donald Glover gave an update on the long-awaited Community movie, based on the beloved series.  “We’re working on it right now,” Glover told Entertainment Tonight. “I know everybody’s been saying that for forever, but I swear to you, I’m not lying about this. I really think that something is gonna happen soon.” He noted that the cast are all in a group chat together,  we “were just on the text chain talking about it.” Community ran on NBC and the now-defunct Yahoo Screen, for 6…

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On Tuesday morning, New Hampshire State Troopers responded to a call about a crash at the Bedford Toll Plaza. A 2026 Lucid Gravity, driven by voice actor Eugene Mirman (Bob’s Burgers), had struck the plaza and was currently on fire. The witnesses reported that the driver appeared to be stuck inside the vehicle.  While officers were en route, Governor Kelly Ayotte just so happened to be on the scene with a veteran State Trooper as a part of their security detail. The unnamed former trooper and witnesses were able to remove Mirman from the car through a window.  When officers…

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In 2024, Brad Twigg (Shriekshow) unleashed Crackcoon onto the world. Now he is threatening promising to do it again.The sequel, Crackcoons is currently in pre-production with a Kickstarter campaign to get things rolling.  The follow-up film will have Twigg returning to direct from a script by Jon Killough (The Dead Next Door). Josh Wasylink (Psycho Goreman) will be handling the creature effect for these mutated trash pandas. Crackcoon centers around the dealer of a new synthetically-altered street drug. During a car chase with the police, he tosses a bag of the drug out the window into some woods. From there…

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After Scream 7 raked in over $200 million at the global box office, making it the first in the franchise to hit that milestone. Spyglass has officially greenlit Scream 8.  Sisters Lilla and Nora Zuckerman are already attached to write the script. The duo worked as showrunners on Peacock’s Poker Face, and have written for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Suits, Fringe, and Prodigal Son. They also penned the recently scrapped series Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale. Creator Kevin Williamson made his directorial debut for the franchise with Scream 7. But he has already said he will not return to direct…

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Last week, Grammy Award-winning rapper Megan Thee Stallion made her Broadway debut in Moulin Rouge! The Musical. Making history as the 1st woman to perform the role of The Zidler. Unfortunately, last night she had to exit the show mid-performance. It was confirmed later that she was hospitalized for undisclosed reasons. “During Tuesday night’s production, Megan started feeling very ill and was promptly transported to a local hospital, where her symptoms are currently being evaluated,” her representative, Didier Morais, told The Hollywood Reporter. “We will share additional updates as more information becomes available.” Her hospitalization was also confirmed by hairstylist…

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Hollywood is littered with stories about casting decisions that almost were. In her new memoir, AlphaPussy: How I Survived the Valley and Learned to Love My Boobs, Gina Gershon shares hers. Gershon turned down a role in 1981’s Friday the 13th Part 2 over a topless scene she saw as exploitative.  “I was offered a lead in that movie,” Gershon told Fox News Digital. “And, of course, I was so excited to act in movies, but it definitely felt kind of exploitative to me and a little silly that right before she gets killed, her top has to come off.”…

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