Author: Ada Blood

In 2025, filmmaker Eli Roth launched the media company The Horror Section, and is set to direct his first movie under the new banner, Ice Cream Man. The Horror Section also recently formed a partnership with Mass Appeal, an entertainment company founded by Grammy-winning rapper Nas.  While there are no specific figures on the deal publicly available. The partnership will include an investment from Mass Appeal into The Horror Section. Alongside, Roth and Nas co-develop film and television projects. Kicking off with Nas and Mass Appeal CEO Peter Bittenbender coming on to executive produce Ice Cream Man. Ice Cream Man “Nas…

A lawsuit was filed this morning in California federal court against Taylor Swift and UMG Recordings over her new album. The suit was filed by Maren Wade, who alleges that Swift’s Life of a Showgirl infringes on her trademark. Wade is seeking unspecified damages for trademark infringement, false designation, and unfair competition. In 2014, Wade launched a column in the Las Vegas Weekly called “Confessions of a Showgirl.” In it, the former America’s Got Talent contestant talks about her experiences as an entertainer, evolving into a podcast and live show. So her trademark includes things like live stage performances, theatrical…

In 2016, Lights Out, directed by David F. Sandberg and co-written by Eric Heisserer, hit theaters. The horror feature took in $149 million worldwide on a production budget of less than $5 million. Given the monumental success of the first film, a sequel has been in and out of development for years. Now the potential feature has a new writer attached,  Connor Osborn McIntyre, who recently wrote Animals.  Lights Out told the story of a family being menaced by an evil entity that lives in the shadow and dark recesses of buildings. It starred Teresa Palmer, Maria Bello, Gabriel Bateman,…

The release of Disney+/Hulu’s 4-part reboot series Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair is coming up fast. Of course, this is kicking off rumors that the series may have more in store.  With several core members of the cast and crew already saying they are on board for more. Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair, follows the titular character, who is now an adult with a daughter of his own. Despite his best efforts, Malcolm’s new family is sucked into his biological family’s chaos when his parents demand they attend their 40th wedding anniversary. Most of the cast…

Last April, Happy Death Day filmmaker Christopher Landon and star Jessica Rothe, confirmed there would be a 3rd installment. And there really hasn’t been much movement on the project, until now.  In a recent interview Rothe gave an update on the projects, admittedly slow, progress. Mostly reaffirming her commitment to finishing Tree’s story. “The truth is, Chris Landon — our brilliant, fearless writer-director — he has the whole third one figured out,” she tells Screen Rant. “I think, at this point, it’s just logistics. All I’ll say to you and to all the fans is, whether it’s next year or…

With HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter series, plenty of people are revisiting the early 2000s film. Or, in the case of Andrew Garfield (The Magic Faraway Tree), discovering them for the first time.  The actor recently revealed he watched the films for the 1st time, but didn’t know that doing so was “controversial” at the time.  Garfield’s Reaction  “I hadn’t watched the Harry Potters until recently … and he’s [Daniel Radcliffe] really good in those Harry Potter movies. Those Harry Potter movies were really good,” he told the Hits Radio show My Life In Movies. “I know it’s like controversial. And…

We have some exciting casting news about the upcoming The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Glen Powell (How to Make a Killing) will be joining the project to voice Fox McCloud. He’ll be starring alongside the returning Chris Pratt and Charlie Day as Mario and Luigi, respectively. Powell made the announcement this morning on Instagram. It’s a cute video of him running and jumping around theater seats while music from Nintendo’s Mario Bros. video games plays. At the end he turns his back to show the Star Fox logo on his jacket. And if there was any doubt still left about…

In 2024, Zelda Williams made her feature directorial debut with Lisa Frankenstein, written and produced by Diablo Cody. Cody says the film was written to be R-Rated and was heavily edited to get down to a PG-13.  Both she and Williams are lobbying to have the “superior” R-Rated cut released. Lisa Frankenstein is a horror-comedy taking place in 1989.  It is a coming-of-age story about a misunderstood teenager (Kathryn Newton) and her crush, a handsome corpse (Cole Sprouse). After a set of playfully horrific circumstances brings him back to life, the two embark on a murderous journey to find love,…

Earlier this month we reported on Bruce Campbell being diagnosed with a “treatable” but not “curable” cancer. He recently gave an update on how the diagnosis is affecting promoting his new movie Ernie & Emma.  A film he wrote, produced, directed, and starred, working alongside his wife, Ida Gearon. Despite him being known as a horror icon for playing Ash Williams in the legendary Evil Dead franchise. Ernie & Emma is far from a horror film. “It’s almost like you have to have this disclaimer of, ‘Warning: No chainsaws! Danger: No blood!'” Campbell told USA Today.  In it Campbell plays…

In 2024, David Cronenberg’s sci-fi horror film The Shrouds was released. It centers around GraveTech, a company developing a machine to communicate with the dead. While wanting to speak to the deceased is common horror fodder, The Shrouds brings that idea into the 21st century. You see, GraveTech’s devices wrap the departed in an enveloping cloak that is basically one big camera/MRI/CT scan. Each headstone in the company’s proprietary, nondenominational, cemetery has a screen that their loved ones can activate from an app. To see a live feed of their body as it decays. Kooky idea, right? What if we…