Author: Ada Blood

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino (“Pulp Fiction”) is praising Todd Phillips’ movie “Joker: Folie à Deux.” The much-anticipated follow-up to his Oscar-winning 2019 film “Joker” recently bombed at the box office. It found very few defenders among audiences and critics. Tarantino and his “Pulp Fiction” co-writer Roger Avary recently chatted with Bret Easton Ellis for the latest episode of the “Bret Easton Ellis Podcast.” When the duo was asked what movies they had checked out in the theater recently, Tarantino said he watched “Joker: Folie à Deux” at an empty showing.  “I really, really liked it, really. A lot. Like, tremendously,” said…

Universal Orlando Resort is opening a brand new park, Epic Universe in May of 2025. It will be Universal Orlando Resort’s third theme park and fourth park overall. This particular destination will have themed areas based on “How to Train Your Dragon,” “Harry Potter,” Nintendo, and the studio’s classic lineup of movie monsters.  Monster Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment Universal has just revealed some of the monsters in the Monster Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment ride. That will be located in the Dark Universe section of the park. These figures are already billed as “some of the most visceral, powerful, and fast-moving…

British rock band Oasis reuniting wasn’t on many people’s 2024 bingo cards, but it quickly became one of the biggest selling shows around. More than 50,000 tickets sold for the U.K. reunion tour will now be canceled, because of resellers. These invalidated tickets will be made available (again) through the official seller, Ticketmaster, at face value. Which is still expensive with all the fees, but way chaper than buying on secondary platforms. Oasis Ticket Cancellations Like most huge concerts demand for Oasis tickets far outweighs the supply. To combat this fans were told they could only buy tickets through Ticketmaster…

In June of 2015, Hollywood legend Sir Christopher Lee passed away. The actor/musician had many iconic roles, but playing Saruman in Sir Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy and “Hobbit” prequel films was one of his biggest. Lee’s voice will return as the White Wizard in the upcoming anime film “The Lord of The Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.” And no, it is NOT with AI. For the past nine years, “The Lord of the Rings” projects have sidestepped the character in one way or another. Warner Bros. Discovery’s new anime adaptation is directly tied with Jackson’s…