Author: Ada Blood

On April 14th, Lena Dunham’s autobiography Famesick hit shelves. In it, she discussed her first hit HBO show, Girls, including some disturbing stories about former co-star Adam Driver. Dunham created, wrote, starred in, and directed the 2010s phenomenon at just 23 years old. This youth and inexperience, predictably, led to some situations getting out of control. On the show, Adam Sackler (Driver) is Hannah Horvath’s (Dunham) on-again-off-again boyfriend. She claims that while shooting all 6 seasons of Girls, Driver was “spectacularly rude to her.” In Famesick, she recounts him throwing a chair at the wall next to her and screaming…

On April 11th, screenshots from an anonymous source containing supposed leaks about George R. R. Martin’s The Winds of Winter began to make the rounds. It contained claims that the long-awaited book was not only completed, but it was also set to be released this year.  Today, Martin’s publisher, Bantam Books, has debunked this as just another rumor. The alleged leak supposedly came from a “production assistant at Bantam Spectra” who had been there “for years.” Of course, details were kept vague to protect anonymity and to make it harder to smell bullshit.  “The manuscript was delivered internally in January…

So, the good news is that Rhonda Shear’s Up All Night is getting its own Roku channel. The better news is the show is looking for talented independent filmmakers to help fill out the content.  “Inviting all Filmmakers, Short films, Comedy Specials, Music Videos, Video Podcasts, Series, Animators to reach out to upallnightroku@gmail.com to submit your content to air on our new channel! These have to be produced already and broadcast  quality. We will get lots of eyes on your content! This is the channel we have all been looking for! Welcome,” Shear posted to X. She hosted USA Network’s show…

Today, we are speaking with filmmaker James L Edwards about the recent viral success of his film Her Name Was Christa. In early March, a post was made to the Facebook group Tubi Horror Movies about his 2020 directorial debut. The group, which has just under 200k members, began flocking to the streamer to check out the dark romance. With the internet being the internet, the film was also turned into meme fodder. Often with images of the lead actors produced by generative AI.  Her Name Was Christa tells the story of Stephen (Edwards), a middle-aged and awkward telemarketer, dealing…

Lionsgate recently acquired the rights to adapt Paul Tremblay’s 2015 novel A Head Full of Ghosts. Now, Fiona Dourif (The Pitt) has joined the cast for the upcoming horror film! She’ll be joining the previously announced David Harbour (Stranger Things), Rebecca Hall (The Beauty), Esmé Creed-Miles (Hanna), Bodhi Rae Breathnach (Hamnet), and newcomer Hollie Hill-Pearson. A Head Full of Ghosts follows a suburban family whose lives are torn apart when their daughter, Marjorie, starts acting strangely. Her descent into madness is played off as a possession for a 2000’s reality show. The story picks up 15 years later, following her…

After 20 years of waiting, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon is getting a sequel! Director Scott Glosserman and writer David J. Stieve will be returning for Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon. As the name suggests, it will continue to follow the crimes of a very chatty serial killer.  2006’s The Rise of Leslie Vernon was a meta slasher that quickly gained a cult following. One that has been clamoring for more Vernon. Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon The film’s original stars, Nathan Baesel, Angela Goethals, and Robert Englund, will…

HBO’s classic late 80s series, Tales From The Crypt, has never been (legally) available to stream, until now… All 7 seasons will be making their digital debut on Shudder, uncensored!  As a part of the horror streamer’s Halfway to Halloween celebration. The first season will hit Shudder on May 1st. After that, new seasons will roll out every Friday until June 12th. The voice of the original Crypt Keeper, John Kassir, made the announcement at Overlook Film Festival, where he revealed an all-new teaser and poster art in a panel for the series. The original series is inspired by EC…

Fresh off the success of Final Destination: Bloodlines, Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein have signed on to do another major IP. Sony Pictures has signed the filmmaking duo to an expansive first-look deal that includes all of the studio’s film labels. As a part of this deal, they will direct Sony’s Columbia Pictures adaptation of Metal Gear Solid. Developing the project under their newly launched company, Wonderlab. This is the first-ever film adaptation of the popular video game created by Hideo Kojima. “Metal Gear Solid was nothing short of a groundbreaking cinematic masterpiece that forever revolutionized video games,” said Lipovsky…

On March 30, the animated live-action hybrid series The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Returned to television via MeTV Toons. Piggybacking this launch with the release of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, when interest is at an all-time high. Fans were certainly excited to see the 1989 show return to the air… until they watched an episode. And they accused distributor WildBrain of using AI technology to restore the series. WildBrain has since responded to and confirmed some of these accusations. Now, we are not saying that The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! is known for its stellar production values.…

In February, it was announced that Josh D’Amaro would be taking over for Bob Iger as CEO. As D’Amaro takes the reins, it’s being reported that the company is expected to lay off as many as 1,000 of its 231,000 full- and part-time employees via role eliminations. Many of these cuts are expected to come from the marketing team.  This comes less than 3 years after the last time the company had to do mass layoffs in 2023. It came right after Iger came out of retirement to take over the role. After his first successor, Bob Chapek, implemented a…