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.

The Marlon Brando (“The Godfather”) biopic “Waltzing with Brando” just got its first trailer, and we don’t think it’s what anyone was expecting. The film is written and directed by Bill Fishman (“My Dinner with Jimi”), and stars Billy Zane (“The Boys”) as the late acting legend. The trailer for “Waltzing with Brando” opens on filming a scene from “The Godfather,” but quickly reveals its true focus. While the movie is framed around his acting in Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic film and “Last Tango in Paris,” the plot will center around Brando’s environmental activism.  In the 1970s Brando attempted to…

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For several decades, Robert Zemeckis has been one of Hollywood’s most sought-after filmmakers. A status earned through hits like “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “Death Becomes Her,” “Forrest Gump,” and “Cast Away.” It’s hard to imagine that he would have any trouble getting a project green-lit but it turns out there is at least one he hasn’t gotten off the ground, a film adaptation of “Back to the Future: The Musical.”  “Back to the Future: The Musical” In a recent interview on “Happy Sad Confused” with Josh Horowitz, Zemeckis was asked if he could make any project, what would it be?…

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NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has been having increased technical issues since mid-October. The agency’s Deep Space Network has been working on diagnosing and correcting these problems with the 47-year-old craft. Diagnostics became much harder when Voyager’s communications seemed to be cutting out completely. It turns out that the spacecraft was using a radio transmitter that hadn’t been utilized since 1981. Voyager 1 On October 16th, the flight team sent Voyager 1 a signal to turn on its heaters, which it should have had ample power to do. By October 19th, it was discovered that the command had triggered the fault…

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Rapper Snoop Dogg is currently hard at work promoting his new album “Missionary,” but he also has other irons in the fire. In addition to the new record and his work with the video game “Fortnite,” he is also developing a movie. The film is said to be inspired by his love of “Planet of the Apes,” but with a new spin. “I can’t really give up the storyline, but I’m going to [share] the idea,” Snoop said. “I love ‘Planet of the Apes.’ ‘Planet of the Apes’ made me wait too long to see the next one. So I’m…

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You can’t stop the thunder. It seems that Paramount Pictures is looking to make a sequel to its NASCAR drama “Days of Thunder.” Tom Cruise (“Mission: Impossible”) is reportedly in early talks with the studio about reprising his role. “Days of Thunder,” was directed by the late Tony Scott (“The Hunger”), and first hit theaters in 1990. The film centers around Cole Trickle (Cruise) as he enters the high-pressure world of NASCAR racing. He is a hot new driver with an even hotter temper, and his attitude soon gets him into trouble with other drivers, as well as his own…

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Oscar-nominee Eddie Murphy (“Beverly Hills Cop”) is boarding the mothership for a biopic about the legendary music group Parliament-Funkadelic. Bill Condon (“Kiss of the Spider Woman”) will direct for Amazon MGM Studios. Murphy will be bringing the funk and playing the group’s otherworldly frontman, the legendary George Clinton. The currently untitled biopic is based on Clinton’s memoir, “Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard On You?.” It will be the untold story of the forming of the musical collective and Clinton’s personal journey. Becoming pioneers of funk by employing sci-fi themes, surreal sounds, and psychedelic shows. Solidifying…

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Netflix has released a new trailer for the second season of “Squid Game,” directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk. Viewers will re-enter the arena alongside our ol’ pal Player 456 aka Seong Gi-hun (played by Lee Jung-jae). The upcoming season will take place three years after he won the lethal series of children’s games. Season 2 The new trailer opens with masked guards welcoming a (mostly) new group of competitors to the sinister games where they will fight to the death for a huge cash prize. We see them playing the familiar childhood game Red Light Green Light. Except in this version…

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Musician/actress Reba McEntire (“The Voice”) wants to add super hero to her resume. In a recent chat with SiriusXM Hits 1, she told host Ben Harlum that she wants to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Which is something none of us ever expected to see, but now need in our lives. “I’d love to do a Marvel comic,” McEntire said. “I wanna be a like, female Reba McEntire Power Ranger or something like that in a Marvel movie.” Despite Hasbro owning the Power Rangers IP, Marvel has published some of the comic adaptations. “My superpower would be able to…

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The team behind “Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey,” have set their sights on corrupting everyone’s favorite marionette in “Pinocchio: Unstrung.” Horror icons Robert Englund (“A Nightmare on Elm Street”) and Richard Brake (“Barbarian”) have now joined the cast of this new blood-soaked fairy tale! Brake will portray Pinocchio’s creator, Geppetto and it seems Englund will play his friend/conscience, Cricket. The pair will star alongside Cameron Bell, Jessica Balmer, Jack Art Gray, and Peter De Souza-Feighoney. “Pinocchio: Unstrung” It has also been revealed that the doll used will be fully practical, and created by Emmy-winner Todd Masters (“Dune: Part Two”). “I’ve forever…

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Art The Clown is still in theaters kicking ass and taking names! Damien Leone’s “Terrifier 3” has made $55.1 million at the worldwide box office, making it the highest-grossing unrated film of all time! “Terrifier 3 crosses $50M at the worldwide box office and officially becomes the highest grossing unrated film, even surpassing the highest grossing NC-17 films,” Leone posted on X (formally Twitter). On domestic alone “Terrifier 3” has raked in $44.5 million. Running circles around “Terrifier 2”’s $15.7 million combined worldwide box office numbers. Not only did Art beat out his own movie he snatched the crown from…

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