Author: Amy Davis

Prolific director Martin Scorsese says he will be once again making a film about the life of Jesus Christ. It seems like it will be a huge departure from his 1988 film “The Last Temptation of Christ,” which starred Willem Dafoe as the religious icon. The movie featured some highly controversial scenes, causing no shortage of protests by some religious organizations.  Scorsese confirmed the project in 2023. He recently discussed how he intends for the film to subvert viewers expectations about organized religion. “I’m trying to find a new way to make it more accessible and take away the negative…

Director David Bruckner (“Hellraiser” 2022) will be writing and directing “The Blob” reimagining for Warner Bros. Pictures. This will be the third time this movie has been remade since its inception in 1958, which starred Steve McQueen. It was then remade by Larry Hagman in 1972 as “Beware! The Blob.” The next time was Chuck Russell’s 1988 film starring Kevin Dillion. The original film centers around an amorphous alien lifeform that hits a rural Pennsylvania town and begins consuming everyone who crosses its path. Each victim causes the red gelatinous lifeform to grow and become stronger. Until it is powerful…

Golden Globe nominee and musician Selena Gomez will play music legend Linda Ronstadt in an upcoming biopic. Gomez teased the announcement by posting an image of Ronstadt’s 2013 memoir “Simple Dreams” to her Instagram story. The news has since been verified by other sources, but there are no other cast announcements at this time.  While little is currently known about the new film, it is already in pre-production. Producers for the project include Ronstadt’s manager John Boylan and James Keach, who produced the 2019 documentary “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice.” We don’t currently know what part of Ronstadt’s…

There is a bit of a shake-up for the cast of Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein.” Jacob Elordi (“Saltburn”) has replaced Andrew Garfield (“The Amazing Spider-Man”) as Frankenstein’s Monster. This change thankfully doesn’t seem to be done with any malice. Some strike postponements leading to scheduling conflicts with Garfield, and there doesn’t seem to be any bad blood between him or the production. The cast for “Frankenstein” will still include Mia Goth (“Pearl”), Christoph Waltz (“Most Dangerous Game”), Felix Kammerer (“All Quiet on the Western Front”), Lars Mikkelsen (“The Witcher”), David Bradley (“Pinocchio”), Christian Convery (“Sweet Tooth”), and Oscar Isaac (“Spider-Man:…

Content Warning: the article below will contain discussions about mental health and suicide. If you are struggling help is available through The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK(8255). We’re back with another edition of Urban Legend: Fact or Fiction. In this chapter, we are going to look at the notorious song “Gloomy Sunday” and see if it actually caused a spike in suicides. The Story In 1933 Rezső Seress and László Jávor collaborated to write the tune “Gloomy Sunday,” the song contains lyrics like; “Sunday is gloomy, my hours are slumberless.Dearest, the shadows I live with are numberless.Little white flowers…

Fast food chain White Castle will turn 300 select locations into “Love Castles” in honor of Valentine’s Day. From 4 to 9pm, these resturants will offer a fine dining experience including hostess seating, table-side services, and festive decor. This tradition started back in 1991, and aside from a two-year break for Covid-19, it has been going strong ever since. With tens of thousands of people celebrating with sliders over candlelight each year. “Celebrating Valentine’s Day at White Castle has become a tradition for hopeful romantics and Slider enthusiasts alike,” Jamie Richardson, Vice President at White Castle, said. “We look forward…

Adult Swim addressed “Steamboat Willie” hitting the public domain in the most on-brand way possible- turning it into a raunchy animation. The short is the first appearance of the iconic mascot of the brand, Mickey Mouse. It hit public domain on January 1st, 2024. This means people can use that version of the character, without the full force of the notoriously litigious company coming down on them. As you can imagine, the internet has been having a field day with this. There is already a horror movie on the way, too. Since internet culture is their bread and butter, Adult Swim…

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Sweethearts is offering limited-edition “Situationship Boxes” of its iconic candy hearts. These boxes have blurry and misprinted candies that “are as hard to read as Gen-Z relationships.” Okay, Boomer. “Singles are taking ‘situationships’ to the next level this year, and Sweethearts is here for them,” said Evan Brock, vice president of marketing for Spangler. “The printing on Sweethearts isn’t always perfect. This is our way of embracing those imperfections in a way that taps into pop culture.” Situationships are romantic entanglements where the participants haven’t established the nature of their relationship, according to the…

Creator, writer, and star of “The Orville” Seth MacFarlane has added even more to the confusion about the show’s future. In 2023, he said odds for renewal were “50-50.” We haven’t had a lot of news about the series since then. But, we do know it ISN’T canceled, but it isn’t renewed either.  “All I can tell you is that there is no official death certificate for ‘The Orville’,” MacFarlane told The Wrap. “It is still with us. I can’t go any further than that at the moment. There are too many factors.” Co-star Scott Grimes chimed in to remind…

You know the old saying “Life imitates art”? Well, “Ready Player One” author Ernest Cline and Dan Farah, who produced Steven Spielberg’s film adaptation, are about to do just that. The duo has partnered with tech company Futureverse to make a Readyverse, “a multi-world, multi-IP, interoperable open metaverse experience for mass consumers.” Yes, the book/movie about an expansive virtual reality universe is about to become an expansive virtual reality universe. Making this possibly the most literal interpretation of an IP we’ve ever seen. This new universe will also have some licensed digital props and other IPs from the 2018 “Ready…