Author: Ada Blood

Oscar-nominated actress Melissa McCarthy wants to work with the Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer on a sequel to the horror movie “Ma.” Considering McCarthy just played Ursula in the live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid” this could be one of the most exciting villain team-ups we have ever seen. During a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, McCarthy sang Spencer’s praises. “I would do anything with Octavia, for Octavia, in the ballpark of Octavia, if there’s a picture of Octavia in the background at one point in the script — I would do anything for that glorious woman,” McCarthy said when asks if…

The fine folks at Merriam-Webster are clearly losing their sight, possibly their minds. But we can assure you- it’s fine. The famed dictionary publishers posted a chart showing their website’s Top 10 Lookups ‘Right Now.’ The results create the opening line to Papa Roach’s 2000 nu-metal anthem, “Last Resort.” The nearly 200-year-old company shared the graphic with the text “We’re not even mad; this is amazing.” While the internet has come together to do some amazing things like naming a humpback whale Mr. Splashypants or naming a research ship Boaty McBoatface. Some commenters were quick to call shenanigans. Namely by…

Actress Zazie Beetz has confirmed she will not be returning as Domino in “Deadpool 3.” Which is a bit surprising since she was was a central character in the 2nd installment of the franchise. She explained during a recent interview that while she is excited for the new movie, she won’t be a part of the cast. Even though the plot for “Deadpool 3” is still being kept under wraps, we know Ryan Reynolds will be returning as the title character. More excitingly, Hugh Jackman will be back to play Wolverine for the first time in five years! Plus, Jackman…

The much-anticipated “Venture Bros.” movie just scored a summer release date. Amazon has confirmed that the follow-up to the popular Adult Swim series, “The Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart,” is coming later this year. This new film comes almost 5 years after “The Venture Bros.” went off the air and will hopefully bring some much need closure. The series started on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim block of programming in 2004. It ran for 7 seasons over the span of 14 years, with various specials peppered around the sporadic seasons. “The Venture Bros.” revolves around scientist…

Fast food juggernaut McDonald’s has partnered with Squishmallows for a new line of Happy Meal toys. Jazwares, the company that makes the soft, squishy toys will be making 24 collectible versions that include exclusive and seasonal plush designs. To make the partnership even sweeter, Universal Music Group will also be part of the deal. 14 of the 24 Squishmallows will come with a playlist that matches their personality, created by Universal! These playlists will be accessible via a QR code that comes with the toy. While there is no definitive word on which artists will be featured. Universal Music Group…

Actors Ryan Reynolds (“Deadpool”) and Kenneth Branagh (“Oppenheimer”) will star in the new action-adventure film “Mayday.” This project will be another joint venture between Apple Original Films and Skydance Media. The companies previously collaborated on the animated movies “Luck” and “Spellbound.” “Mayday” will be co-directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley. The same duo behind the Chris Pine-led action-adventure comedy “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.” The script is based on an original pitch that Goldstein and Daley made to Skydance earlier this year. (Meaning this script was also finished *before* the ongoing WGA strike started.) Then the film…

Golden Globe winner Hugh Grant is in talks to star in “Heretic,” a new horror film from A24. It’s a project written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (“A Quiet Place”). While plot details for “Heretic” are still under wraps, it is currently rumored to revolve around two young religious women that are lured into a game of cat-and-mouse. This terrifying ordeal is said to take place inside the home of an eccentric man.  While Grant is mostly known for his romantic comedies, in recent years he has been fighting that typecasting and showing his range. Most recently he…

Have you ever thought to yourself “The 1980 comedy “Caddyshack” sure could use some “Gremlins”? Well, fear not because “Caddy Hack” is now a thing that exists! “Caddy Hack” centers around an already struggling golf course that suddenly suffers a string of caddies being murdered. The culprates? A band of pesticide-mutated gofers, that are just a touch murder happy. Of course, the greedy owner of the golf course tries to cover up the bloodshed, a la “Jaws.” All while an unhinged groundkeeper wages an all-out war on the killer gofers. Will the staff be able to successfully stop the “Gremlins”-esque…

After the massive success of “The Super Marios Bros. Movie,” Universal Pictures may be setting its sights on “The Legend of Zelda” as its next big video game adaptation. According to reports from Hollywood insider Jeff Sneider, the studio is in the process of closing a deal with Nintendo and Illumination to make this a reality. “I’m told that Universal is, in fact, closing a ‘big deal’ with the Nintendo corporation for The Legend of Zelda,” said Sneider said on The Hot Mic podcast. “Zelda is looking like the next big Illumination-Nintendo franchise, which we were all sort of expecting.…

Emmy-nominated/winning actresses Elle Fanning (“The Great”) and Sarah Paulson (“Ratched”) have joined the cast of “I Am Sybil.” The new film is co-written and directed by Mirrah Foulkes (“Judy & Punch”). The project is based on the real-life case of Sybil, one of the first mainstream diagnoses of dissociative identity disorder (DID).* The name Sybil is a pseudonym given to patient Shirley Mason in the 1973 non-fiction novel “Sybil,” by Flora Rheta Schreiber. The book examines at the treatment Mason received for her DID by psychologist Connie Wilbur. While Fanning and Paulson’s exact roles in “I Am Sybil” have yet…